Chapter 890 Strategic Military Discussion

"If Taimar charges down like the Twin Stars, the Tukan people will naturally not mind turning it into a ruin." Gavin analyzed patiently, "But once they determine that it is a tough bone that cannot be gnawed in a short time, they are very likely to bypass it and rush to Tevram at the fastest speed.

Firstly, for the Tukan army, the biggest threat is not us, but the Furen coalition that is about to land. As long as the Furen coalition is blocked at sea and forced to move to the landing port, they will have enough breathing space and then turn around to deal with other cities.

Secondly, the Tukan people's baggage was forced to be abandoned in the sniper battle at Lake Asen. Most of them have been taken away. According to conservative estimates, their food is only enough for them to survive for ten days. Once they fall into a famine, they will collapse without fighting.

The food reserves in other cities are just a drop in the bucket for the Tukan army.

Only Tevram, the capital of Cesk, has the ability to completely resolve this crisis. It is not only the wealth gathering place of the Cesk Kingdom, but also the main storage place for military supplies of the Faerun Coalition.

As long as the battle is successful, the two major crises can be solved at the same time. If it were Lord Tuling, what choice would you make? "

After bringing the Totem Tree to the Leatherman Kingdom, Gavin's memory of this war in his previous life can only be used as a reference.

The successive battles with the Dark Witch were all chain reactions caused by the Totem Tree he brought. In his memory of his previous life, it never happened at all.

The Tukan people only fought a full-scale war with the Leatherman people when they crossed the lake. The Leatherman witch used her powerful elemental magic to break the ice layer, killing a large number of Tukan people and forcing them out of the Leatherman Kingdom.

That battle also hurt the Tukan people, but it was not fatal. Only one-fifth of them stayed in Lake Asen forever, but most of their baggage was taken over.

The Kingdom of Leatherman was also seriously injured, and countless Leatherman Berserkers were killed. Not only did they fail to continue to participate in the follow-up of this war.

In the following decades, they were in post-war complications.

Not only did the dark witches emerge to fight for power, but the Kingdom of Sel took advantage of their weakness and constantly invaded them. It was not until the arrival of the Arcane Calamity that the Kingdom of Red Mage suffered a devastating blow, and the two sides stopped fighting for a long time.

Because of Gavin, everything was running wildly in a direction that deviated from history.

In the sniper battle of Lake Asen, they fought far more successfully than in history, not only reducing the losses of the Berserker Corps of the Kingdom of Leatherman to 50,000, but also causing the Tukan people's losses to reach a terrifying one-third, and intercepting 80% of their baggage.

If it were an ordinary army, they would have collapsed long ago with such terrible losses. It was because of the pressure from Yamen Khan, and they had to huddle together to keep warm in a completely new and unfamiliar environment.

Not all developments are favorable to Gavin and his team.

The intervention of the dark witch made the freezing of Lake Asen nearly half a month earlier. The main force of the Furen coalition led by King Yasan was still floating on the sea and had not yet landed.

This made the entire war move towards the unknown.

Because of the changes in the situation of the Tukan people themselves, the tactics they adopted must be very different from those in the previous life.

Although the Tukan people in the previous life suffered a great loss on Lake Asen, they still arrogantly believed that it was the fatal injury caused by the Leatherman people relying on the geographical advantage. They were still irresistible and invincible. The so-called Furen coalition was just a group of rabble and could not pose a great threat to them.

Therefore, after crossing Lake Asen, they did not make full use of their speed advantage to invade Cesk, but plundered and plundered as usual, making themselves bloated and slowing down. When they arrived at Feishant, ten days had passed.

The Furen army had built fortifications like a copper wall and iron wall there, and the two sides dragged the war into a long offensive and defensive battle, and finally the eagle from the grassland was forced to die.

When the slaves of the Tukan people broke out in a serious civil strife, King Yasan led the Furen coalition to attack decisively. The old dragon took advantage of the situation and killed Yamen Khan in one fell swoop, causing the Tukan army to collapse thousands of miles away, and less than one-tenth of them escaped back to the endless wilderness.

This life is different.

Because the losses at Lake Asen were too serious, they must attach great importance to the Furen coalition that was about to arrive, and actively look for food supplies to survive.

Since King Yasan arrived in the East Region of Despair early, he was able to kill Yamen Khan in his previous life, so why didn't he take the initiative this time?

I can only say that those who think this way underestimate the current Yamen Khan, and also underestimate the belief of the hundreds of thousands of powerful soldiers in Furen, which can enhance a person's combat effectiveness.

It is not easy to say that there are strong people everywhere in Furen. There are dozens of people who can compete with the witch Haslan. Have you ever seen one of them? Those divine incarnations of the gods? Where did they go?

On the one hand, it is true that the witch Leatherman banned the belief of the gods, leaving the gods no reason to intervene.

On the other hand, the gods are afraid that their divine incarnations will be slaughtered by Yamen Khan if they are not careful.

Losing a divine incarnation is a small matter, but causing serious damage to their own faith in Furen is a big matter - ordinary people cannot tell the difference between the gods themselves and their divine incarnations.

Once a divine incarnation is killed in public in the material plane, it won't take long for the news of the death of this deity to spread everywhere, causing many people to shift their beliefs, thus affecting the original deity.

Just like some evil gods, such as the famous colorful dragon mother and five-headed dragon queen Tiamat, who has been killed many times in history, and several times were even done by a group of new heroes who have just entered the legend.

A group of ordinary legends killed the five-headed dragon queen Tiamat?

Don't be kidding.

Not to mention the five-headed dragon queen, even if it is the legendary spouse around her, sending one at random is enough for a group of ordinary legends to digest, let alone the original deity.

What they killed was not the divine incarnation of the five-headed dragon queen, but the puppets secretly manipulated or the divine incarnation that has not been successfully summoned. As for the original deity, it is likely that it is still trapped in the dark dragon nest of Baator.

Even so, every time the belief of the five-headed dragon queen in the material plane will be suppressed and affected to a certain extent.

In such a large-scale war, it is rare to see the incarnations of the gods charging at the front line. They say that mortals should solve their own problems. At most, they use obscure oracles to guide their believers and let them guess for themselves.

Success is naturally the guidance and glory of the gods.

Failure is also because their believers have misunderstood the will of the gods.

In short, the gods are not wrong and cannot be wrong.

If you want to completely defeat Yamen Khan, you must constantly weaken the power of Tukan’s army and make them lose their fighting spirit. Everyone is alienated from Yamen Khan, and his side has a strong army of faith that can be used for blessing. King Yasan has the power to defeat Yamen Khan.

Going to the door alone now is definitely a delivery.

King Yasan naturally understands this truth.

Therefore, he will secretly talk to the red-robed wizards of the Kingdom of Sel to contain them and help Gavin create opportunities for war, but he never shows up in front of Yamen Khan, in order to wait for the army to be in place and start with a conventional war.

After thinking for a while, the Earth Spirit Witch replied: "In that case, bypassing all the cities along the way and quickly attacking Tevram seems to be an excellent choice, but the risk they need to take with this tactic is a bit too great.

If successful, it can certainly solve two major crises at the same time.

What if it fails?

What if they don't capture Tevram before the large-scale arrival of the Furen coalition?

Along the way, they have no additional food supplies, there are cities that cannot be captured in front, and there are several strong cities behind them. They will be in a desperate situation."

Wen shook his head and replied: "Lord Tuling said this because he really doesn't understand the Tukan people. The endless wilderness where they live all year round has an extremely complex climate and relatively scarce supplies. There are all kinds of monsters in the wilderness. From the day they were born, they have to fight against the cruel nature.

The strong competitiveness and gambling nature have been deeply embedded in their bones since then.

They will never give up until the last moment, and they will compete to the end even if there is a glimmer of hope.

Pressure and hardship will only make them more united.

These dangers in your eyes, he They won't even consider it, because they only think about how to win, how to survive, and how to move forward.

And Tevram City doesn't have Haslan Witches or powerful Berserkers. As long as the Faerun coalition doesn't arrive, relying only on the mercenaries of the merchants, do you think they can withstand several rounds of attacks from the Tukans? "

The Earth Spirit Witch said without thinking: "Although Tevram also has a city defense maze, it is not the same as Moshantir City. The city defense maze of Moshantir City can't withstand a round of their attack, let alone Tevram. Once the city defense maze is broken, When the enemy is defeated, it will also be the time when Tevram falls. "

"So, Taimar is not our main defense place this time. The nearly 700 kilometers to Tevram is. We have to artificially create various obstacles to slow down the advance of Tukan's army as much as possible. The longer we delay, the more time the Furen coalition will have. As long as we can delay until the landing day of the Furen coalition, the balance of victory in this war will lean towards us. "Gavin finally revealed his real battle plan, but he did not just tell it to the earth spirit witch, but to several other uninvited listeners.

"Good, good, good, you are worthy of being the commander of the North Road appointed by me. Your strategic vision is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary people. If it weren't for the enemy's military strength being too strong, I'm afraid that they would be directly blocked on Lake Asen by a series of extraordinary tactics you have come up with in the Kingdom of Leatherman.

If that situation really happens, I don't know whether to cry or laugh. "Before the person arrived, a hearty laugh with full energy arrived first.

The person who came was none other than King Yasang, the initiator of the Furen coalition.

The Tukans successfully crossed the lake, and the supreme commander of the Furen coalition should have breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, they had been preparing for this war for several months, and the manpower and material resources mobilized were not a small amount.

If their coalition was still floating on the sea, the enemy would have been defeated.

The Furen coalition would have become an absolute joke. Who would they ask to reimburse their losses?

"Your Majesty." Gavin and the earth spirit witch stood up and saluted at the same time. They were not surprised at the arrival of King Yasan. They knew that he was coming and had been listening for some time.

"No need to be polite." King Yasan waved his hand and said, "The direction of the next war depends on the implementation of your plan. If you cannot delay the enemy for more than eight days, the war will become very troublesome."

King Asan looked at Gavin with extremely complex eyes, and he knew that he was a double-edged sword.

But he didn't expect that this double-edged sword was so sharp.

Not only did he cut the enemy's body black and blue, but a backhand sword inflicted pain to the bones of the sword wielder.

The departure and landing times of the Faerun coalition forces were not decided casually.

It is the result of a multi-faceted comprehensive evaluation by the war mages of the Kingdom of Cormyr using various prophetic spells and strategic and tactical perspectives.

If they land at the time they choose, regardless of the right time, place, and people, they will be on the side of the Faerun coalition, and their chances of winning will be very high.

Who would have thought that Gavin, the fate-troublemaker, would get involved and everything would be in chaos.

All the prophecy spells failed, directly putting the Faerun coalition into an embarrassing situation.

But no one can blame Gavin for this, because a prophecy is a prophecy and can only be used as a reference and cannot be regarded as an established fact.

No one knows whether everything would have gone as predicted without Gavin's intervention.

Even Savras, the god of prophecy, cannot guarantee that his prophecies are true and valid. If his ability was really so magical and powerful, he would not have been defeated by the mage god Azuth and imprisoned for thousands of years. .

Gavin heard the hidden meaning and asked to verify: "Your Majesty, you mean that it will take eight days for the coalition forces to fully land in Tefram?"

"Yes." King Asan nodded and said, "This is my responsibility. My intelligence system miscalculated the freezing time of Lake Asen. I originally thought that we had sufficient time to prepare for war. Who would have thought that we would even land ashore?" Can’t catch up.”

The King of Cormyr was as open-minded as ever, taking all the blame directly on himself, and never mentioned that Gavin might have caused this.

The earth spirit witch said on the side: "This is our responsibility. Lake Asen froze in advance because of the severe elemental chaos caused by our coalition war with Tukan and the dark witch."

"There is no way to put the responsibility for this matter on you. You have shouldered too much for this war. This is a war after all, and anything can happen. We should also take this variable into consideration. We didn't. It's a mistake." King Asan insisted.

"You two adults don't need to blame yourself. We can only blame the invaders. The most important thing for us now is to consider how to hold off the Tukan army for eight days. This task is very difficult. They travel hundreds of kilometers every day. What's more important for those Tukan troops?" It's common for people to be embarrassed." Gavin, the instigator, changed the topic to the main topic.

It is the most meaningless to discuss this. If you have this energy, you might as well think about how to deal with the enemy.

"Commander Gavin is still open-minded, but I have fallen into the trap." King Yasan laughed and said, "Before that, I would like to introduce you to a comrade. I don't think there is any need for me to introduce him. You should know him." ”

King Asan pointed to the left side, the woman who looked like a flame.

This person not only has long fiery red hair, but also wears fiery red armor, a fiery red cloak, fiery red full lips, and flame-like eyes, exuding a flame-like charm. Just being stared at by her makes people feel ignited. The illusion makes people unable to help but throw themselves into the flames, even if they know they will be burned to ashes, there is no turning back.

Once you see this uniquely charming woman, it's hard to forget her.

Gavin had already recognized her identity at a glance. Leyana Ross, the leader of the Red Crow Mercenary Group and one of his strong competitors for the Baron of Rockland, took the initiative to nod and smile in greeting: "Captain Leyana, it's been a long time." not see."

"Mr. Gavin, you are well." Leyana also nodded appropriately, neither humble nor overbearing.

King Asan explained from the side: "Captain Leyana is proficient in mercenary combat. The Red Crow Mercenary Group she led was one of the first mercenaries to arrive in the Kingdom of Sesk on their own. She has contacted more than 5,000 people. A mercenary.

From the direction of Tefram, we have begun to destroy the roads along the way, set up traps, and set up checkpoints to slow down the march of the Tukan people. I hope you can cooperate sincerely and avoid misunderstandings and conflicts. "

In this Tukan War, Gavin has changed a lot of things, but some things are still going on as usual, especially the Faerun Alliance.

In her previous life, Leyana rose to prominence during the war with the Tukan people. With her superb political skills, she was at home among the major mercenaries. She made full use of the mercenaries' powerful individual and small group combat capabilities. , like a pack of wolves, penetrated deep into the enemy lines of the Tukan people and carried out harassment, which greatly restricted the Tukan people's jungle ability and made a huge contribution to the Faerun coalition winning the final war.

Gavin responded with a smile: "This is natural. Our chariot army took the risk to cross the Tukan army this time. In addition to wanting to get ahead of them and slow down their march, we also wanted to have our chariots loaded with We have a large amount of fine trophies from the Battle of Assen Lake, and we just want to cooperate with the local mercenaries who arrived in advance to maximize the value of these trophies. "

Gavin, who had been a mercenary, would never look down upon this group of people.

Because these people often wander on the dangerous edge of the world, many great adventure heroes were called adventurers or mercenaries before they became heroes, because most of them work for money.

This makes their career growth rate often placed at the first level of this world.

Mercenaries can be said to be a mixed bag, including those rookies who have just entered the industry and dragons who are still in the growth stage. (End of this chapter)