Chapter 160 Meeting before the battle
"Report the commander of the army, and found that the enemy's large army was moving towards the Willes Plain." The scouts here brought the latest news to Conrad. It was obvious that the enemy's troops were moving towards the decisive battle location they had agreed on. It seemed that everything was normal, and it seemed that they wanted to have a head-on duel. However, if this happened to other generals, Conrad might believe it directly, but this person is Ye Junwen, and this guy is not a simple person.
"Investigate again and expand the scope of reconnaissance." Conrad thought for a while and ordered again. He still felt that there was something wrong with the other party. Although he didn't know what it was, there should be some surprise attack troops or something.
"Sir, then we..." asked the adjutant next to him.
"We... are ready to set off too." Conrad said. Their tactics have been planned, and they also want to defeat the First and Second Joint Force. This opponent's active attack is also a very good opportunity. Of course, they cannot let it go. Only by solving this force can they attack the main city with peace of mind.
General Conrad's Fifth Army began to march, but they were still very careful. From the beginning of leaving the city, they advanced very carefully, and were worried about encountering ambush and other things. Their reconnaissance forces were also investigating everywhere. Although they tried very hard, there was no useless information that was fed back to General Conrad so far. Apart from the movements of the enemy troops, there was no other useful news.
"Is it... the eighth prince interfering in the military discussion?" He also knew the news about the eighth prince in the opposite military formation. Could it be that the prince came out to make trouble at this time and asked them to start a decisive battle? However, this idea only appeared for a second, and General Conrad quickly denied it himself. Yes, if you guess according to the mentality of luck, you will definitely fall into the trap of others. Maybe the other party is just to make himself have such an idea.
I can't guess it or detect it. To be honest, General Conrad started to feel something was wrong at first, but now the troops are almost at the Weles Plain, and they retreated directly before they even fought, which felt even more strange.
The Wiles Plain is actually near the place where they fought with the United Army before. The Mitsburg Hills to the south, and this side is a relatively vast plain area, which is of course very suitable for the troops on both sides to form formations. It seems that it is very normal to choose the decisive battle site here.
Unlike the places where we fought before, there are plains around here. If there is a cavalry team that detours behind them like before, they will be able to discover the other party very early and can adjust the formation in time. Therefore, it is difficult to succeed if we use the previous surprise attack strategy. Because of the experience last time, General Conrad also sent a large number of scouts around, and it is impossible for soldiers to reconnaise, so they are worried that the other party will use these strange tricks, but so far, they have not found it.
General Conrad's troops arrived at the decisive battle site smoothly, and did not receive any attacks in the middle, which was very smooth, which made General Conrad feel even more strange. It was already noon at this time, and there was no fog around. The view here was very good. General Conrad also walked to the slightly higher earth slope next to him and soon saw the situation in the distance.
Ye Junwen and his troops arrived one step ahead of General Conrad's troops. They have begun to renovate their formations. The troops are lined up in square formations, and the army of more than 100,000 troops stand together. This momentum is very scary. However, the same is true on the opposite side. General Conrad also has troops of nearly 100,000 people. Although the number is slightly smaller than that of the United Army, their troops are more pure. As mentioned before, some of the troops of the First Legion are actually recruiting soldiers, not regular soldiers. Although everyone has changed into the same armor and has been temporarily organized, after all, they have only been working together for so many days, and they are still a little different.
From all aspects, the troops on both sides are not very different, so there is no advantage or disadvantage in such a matchup. General Conrad's opinion, this battle is about command and dispatch on the spot, and then morale. Of course, if this is a normal battle, he always feels that this battle will not be normal.
"First the team and be ready to deal with the attack at any time." General Conrad ordered. Of course, there is no way to do it at the moment. It is impossible to tell what the other party is going to do.
Because the Fifth Legion marched carefully, it arrived later, so the whole team was naturally slower, so they were generally at a disadvantage. If the enemy launched an attack when they did not complete the entire team, they would be very passive. However, the problem is that when the Fifth Legion was in the process, the opponent seemed to be watching them all the time. General Conrad obviously found that the other party had already completed the team, but he didn't attack.
Until the Fifth Legion's troops were basically integrated, General Conrad breathed a sigh of relief, but soon frowned. What did the opponent want to do? Why did he think that the other party might attack? Although it seemed like a good thing, General Conrad was even more worried.
Just as he was thinking about what was going on, what he didn't expect was that when the formation in front of him opened, General Conrad saw several people riding horses and walking out of the opponent's camp.
"The commander of the First Legion of the Saint Wilan Empire, the commander of the Second Legion is here to invite the enemy general to come out to answer." One of the soldiers shouted in the direction of the Fifth Legion's formation.
"Answer when you come out?" Conrad was even more confused. Is the tactical process on the other side too retro? In fact, there was such so-called "demeanor" in previous wars. During the decisive battle, I wrote a letter to make a fight, and then I would meet in front of the formation to talk about life, and then face the front. But the problem is that this situation has long disappeared into the long river of history. What are you doing?
"Sir, it must be a trap, don't go." The adjutant next to him said immediately.
"It's okay, I'll go and see." Conrad didn't want to go there at first, and he really didn't want to pay attention to them, but now he really couldn't think of what the other party was trying to do, so he decided to meet the other party and check it out to see what plans the other party had.
So soon, Conrad also took a few people out of his military formation. The generals on both sides walked to the center of the battlefield and observed each other. Hejar and Conrad originally knew each other. They were almost the same age. Conrad's military service was even greater than Hejar. Of course, it was Ye Junwen who saw Conrad for the first time. Although the two had played against each other before, they did not see the above.
"Conrad, long time no see you." Hejar said first, "In the Battle of Musander eleven years ago, we were still comrades-in-arms who fought side by side. I didn't expect that the situation would be the current situation when we met again.
"Things are unpredictable," Conrad said simply, "I didn't expect to play against you on the battlefield."
He said hello to Hegar just briefly, and Conrad quickly turned his attention to Ye Junwen. He wanted to know the young man's thoughts more, after all, this is very important for the current judgment of the war situation.
"Sure enough, heroes are young, you are Serena Clove, right?" Conrad said.
"I said... Uncle, you still have to rebel with the rebels at your age. Isn't it too exaggerated?" Ye Junwen said, "I really couldn't think of the reason for your rebellion. You said that you, the commander of the legion, have done the final result. If you really succeed in rebellion, you can still be the emperor or the eldest prince ascends the throne. Where can you be promoted? Even if you are really promoted, how many years can you enjoy it? If the rebellion fails, you will be unable to protect your eternity and eliminate all the achievements of fighting for the empire for forty years. So no matter how I think about it, I think your reason for rebellion is very strange."
"Do you want to persuade me? This is impossible." Conrad said, "You don't need to know the reason for helping the eldest prince. You shouldn't think you can convince me to withdraw from the army here."
"Not this, I just think it's strange." Ye Junwen said, "I'm afraid that you will be unable to say it if you die later, so I specifically asked you to come out and explain it. Are you really not going to explain?"
"Why explain?" Conrad asked.
"If you don't explain, you will not be a big devil, which means you are only at the level of a miscellaneous soldier. You may die miserably in a while." Ye Junwen said.
"You are the first one who dares to speak to me like this in forty years," Conrad said. "It seems that you are very confident."
"I know you are guessing what tactics I'm going to use, but this is all the misunderstandings of others. I actually like to be strong and don't need any tactics to deal with you." Ye Junwen said, "Since you are unwilling to surrender, then start the fight and command well, and don't break it up all at once. This is not good-looking."
Chapter completed!