Chapter 71 The Reason for the Decisive Battle(1/2)
All officers from the Land Court have recited a sentence: "The premise of a main battle is that both sides have the intention of a decisive battle."
[Hed-Palatu War] is the best footnote to this sentence.
The Hed tribe ran in front with all their belongings, and the Palathu army chased after them until the sphere of influence was delineated again - this is the previous war model.
General Sekler dreamed of having a main battle with Chihe tribe, but as long as Chihe tribe didn't want to fight, the battle would not be possible.
The reason is nothing more: the party with stronger mobility has the right to choose the battlefield.
The barbarians are the most keen and cunning, and they also have one man and many horses. They come and go like the wind, and they are only willing to fight a battle that they can win.
Once they smell any danger, they will run away without hesitation, and the battle will become boring again.
But now the Palatus people have grasped the pain point of Chihe tribe, which is Bianli City.
In the early years, there were actually some urban settlements on the Great Wasteland.
The Huds were in their heyday. They beat the Palatus nobles to hide in the castle and tremble, and allowed the Heds cavalry to plunder the population, food and wealth.
Some tribes and even the entire tribe moved into Paratu, trying to seize Paratu's rule.
The eagle tore and swallowed the flesh and blood of the galloping horse, becoming stronger and stronger.
The prosperous Hed tribes built cities one after another. Although most people still lived in water and grass, it did not prevent the ruling class from living in the city and enjoying it.
The palace was decorated with the stolen gold, silver and jewelry, and the Palatu slaves worked for them. The nobles of Hed lived a luxurious life one after another.
There are no luxury goods on the wasteland, but it doesn't matter.
Because as long as you have money, there will be Vinetta people.
The Venetta merchants came from thousands of miles to deliver swords, horses, spices, silk and wine to the Hed "Khans".
The chiefs of various tribes competed for wealth and tried their best.
If you use cotton cloth as a tent, I will use silk as a tent. If you use one layer, I will use two layers.
Even Falcons and saddles have to use "imported goods" or they will lose face.
Geographicalist Bai Boluo once recorded this: "...The leader was wearing two layers of silk clothes, surrounded by eunuchs, and a dwarf was responsible for making him laugh... He ordered people to take out three jewel-inlaid scimitars for me to choose. When I shook my head, he gave me all three scimitars..."
Bai Boluo also left such a record: "When the leader lived a life more luxurious than the king, the lowest herders among them had only pitiful few cattle and sheep."
With the publication of Bai Boluo's "Notes on Traveling to the West", "Chief Hudd" gradually became synonymous with "luxury, money, and spending a lot of money".
Of course, in the Venetta dialect, this word refers to those suckers who "don't bargain, do a generous job", which has a slightly derogatory meaning... and a little bit of jealousy that he is unwilling to admit.
But there is always a feast when the banquet is over, and those are things from the past.
Since the defeat of Que Ye Khan thirty years ago, all tribes have become prosperous and declined.
The attack and defense of both sides changed, and Hudd and Zhucheng were gradually abandoned.
First, relying solely on the output of the wasteland, we were unable to support the city; second, the restored Palatus people specially selected the Hed tribe who built the city.
Because the city represents the concentration of wealth, the Hed tribe consciously gathered their homes together, which saved the Palathus a lot of trouble.
Some of the Hed cities were captured, plundered, and destroyed, some cities were occupied by the Palathus, and the remaining cities were abandoned.
[Hed-Palatu War] has become a mobile war in which you chase and escape.
Therefore, while building a city in Chihe tribe brings benefits, it also gives the Palathu people a clear goal.
The Palatou army surrounded Bian Li, as if he had pinched the balls of Chihe tribe.
If the Chihe tribe wants to rescue Bianli City, they must defeat the Palatu army.
Sekler was only worried about two things: First, the reinforcements of Chihe tribe simply gave up Bian Li and Bai Shi; second, the reinforcements of Chihe tribe did not dare to fight to the decisive battle, and changed their harassment tactics to delay the siege.
The former seems to be very worried now. The Chihe reinforcements have a strong desire to attack and there is no sign of giving up Bian Li.
As for the latter, it is a game between the two sides. The curtain has not been opened yet, and it is still unknown who is the hunter and who is the prey.
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The night attack of the Jeska tribe was a success.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Jeska's original plan, the entire army should be used to smash the command chain of Terdun's troops with one punch.
However, the hard battle in the day had exhausted the Paratus.
As soon as the Terdun tribe retreated, many Palathu soldiers collapsed to the ground and could not wake up.
Only the cavalry who did not participate in defending the city still had the power to fight.
Forty-four Dusak light cavalry, sixty-eight borrowed Hussars, plus Winters and Andre.
There were only one hundred and fourteen horses in total, which turned the Teldun camp upside down.
If the people of Terdon were sleeping in the felt tent, the results would be even more brilliant - because the felt tent was flammable.
Butterton Camp had been burned to white ground before, and now they don't even have a few items left of their homes that they can ignite.
The blessing in disguise caused the fire-burning objects prepared by Winters to be useless.
It is estimated that the fire-grower would never have dreamed that a camp would be attacked for two consecutive nights.
After baking, turn over and bake.
In the chaos, the brave Hudds took advantage of the chaos and simply went home. Although they didn't get any spoils, they were better than losing their lives.
There were also centurions from the outside, and the thousand-man commanders fled directly with their troops. They did not want to lose their family's family's family's wealth for the Teldun tribe's offering to the heavenly gold men.
I think they shouldn't be from Terdon when they meet again next time.
The troops were too small and were destined to be limited. Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Jeska was unwilling to come at all.
"Scare the Huds and come back. You don't expect you to make great achievements and make them dare not camp within ten miles." Jeska said when assigning tasks to the two centurions: "Be careful, don't break yourself into it.
The result was also as the lieutenant colonel expected, Winters and Andre's men could create chaos, but not enough to completely defeat the Terdun team.
Even if there are 20,000 pigs, there will be no more kills with a hundred cavalry.
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It was foggy this morning.
The scout cavalry sent out received rewards from thousands of Hed cavalry gathered their troops along the way and were heading east.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The scout also rewarded that he saw the blue ponytailed star among the cavalry.
Obviously, the direct members of the fire-growing man were not defeated, and the fire-growing man himself did not admit defeat.
This battle is not over yet.
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The battlefield is like a random stack of building blocks. If you draw any piece, it will cause unknown changes.
On the eve, the Jieshika team captured the golden man who sacrificed the heaven.
Yesterday, the Terdun tribe besieged the bridgehead.
If these two things can still be seen in causal relationship, then the chain reaction it triggers will be transmitted to [Beizhai] twenty kilometers away in a hidden way in a hidden way.
Colonel Bod Gates, the commander of Beizhai, must have thought that the reason why the Chihe tribe outside fought to the death was that a United Provincial Artillery Officer was accidentally lost.
Beizhai has two infantry brigades and a cavalry squadron, plus an auxiliary soldier of a hundred-man team, with a total force of nearly one thousand three.
The camp is small but strong enough, and it has a large amount of food and ammunition.
The only problem is "water".
In order to occupy a higher terrain, the camp was located on a hillside.
It is about 300 meters away from the Beihuiliu River, and the camp cannot directly obtain water sources.
This was not a problem, because the establishment of a village here was originally intended to prevent the defenders in the city from crossing the river and breaking through, so as to control the river bank from being condescending.
But now the reinforcements from Chihe tribe arrived - this was beyond the expectations of the Palathus, and Beizhai was the first to be affected.
The reinforcements of Chihe tribe were Bai Shi Yaxin's uncle and younger brother. They did not attack Beizhai, which was obviously because they had seen through the weakness of Beizhai's difficulty in obtaining water.
The Chihe tribe outside was busy intercepting the Palathu soldiers who were drawing water, while Colonel Bode inside was busy digging the well, and the battle was in a stalemate.
But just yesterday morning, the Chihe tribe seemed to have received some signal and suddenly launched a general attack on Beizhai.
Colonel Bode did not know that Telton's troops also besieged the Jeska brigade twenty kilometers away - on the other side of the battlefield.
Winters didn't know that the fire they set would cause Chihe tribe to attack Beizhai.
No one can see the whole picture of the battlefield, because there is no condescending position for people to overlook the thousands of people fighting, suffering and death.
For most people, war only occurs within fifty meters around them.
The chessboard cannot be seen, the soldiers are chess pieces, Winters is also chess pieces, and Jeska is also chess pieces.
Only a few people can be called chess players: White Lion Yasin, Sekler, Alpad... but even they can't see the full picture of the chessboard.
Everyone struggles within the range that they can see, know, and can reach their power.
Take Colonel Bode as an example. He only thought about how to defend Beizhai. He neither understood nor cared about the big plan.
The Chihe tribe exerted a lot of force, and the casualties of the Beizhai defenders increased sharply.
To be continued...