Chapter 969: Pre-War Fight

"If I put 100,000 elites in your hands, are you sure you can break through their blockade and enter Nafir?" Yamen Khan asked.

"Just breaking through the blockade shouldn't be difficult. After all, the area is vast and sparsely populated, and the enemy shouldn't dare to divide their troops easily.

You only need to send a small army to contain them, and the main force can easily get past them. General Bartumih replied without thinking.

The strongest thing about the Tukan people is their mobility.

The reason why they suffered heavy losses before was because they always fought tough battles that they were not good at.

As long as the same mistakes are avoided this time, there will be no large-scale attrition.

"Very good, I'll give you three days." Yamen Khan nodded with satisfaction and said, "After three days, you will lead the main force of 100,000 people to go north, and I will lead the rest to contain the Faerun coalition for you."

"No." General Bartumih shook his head repeatedly, "Where can there be a monarch who is behind the throne? Your Majesty, please leave this job to me."

This rearing job is no different from docking the tail of a gecko.

It is used to attract the enemy's attention, and the risk factor will be greatly increased.

It is very likely that they will be completely surrounded by the enemy, leading to total annihilation.

"If this task is entrusted to you, do you think you can suppress the Scandinavian Master?" Yamen Khan asked.

"This..." General Batumikh hesitated for a while, because he couldn't figure out Yamen Khan's thoughts.

In fact, when they met this time, he felt that Yamen Khan was a different person.

Both his temperament and the nature of his strength have undergone tremendous changes.

Yamen Khan's eyes flashed and he said: "The National Master and the others want to turn me into their Buddha, but this is just the first step.

The second step is to establish their own Buddhist kingdom in the endless wilderness.

He dares to manipulate me in this way now, he will dare to manipulate Hubadi in this way in the future, and he will dare to manipulate my descendants in this way.

Therefore, no matter what, they cannot return to the prairie. Everything started from me and everything will end with me. "

Human nature has completely taken over in Yamen Khan's body.

He once briefly entered the state of killing Buddha, and he knew deeply that he was no longer the same person in that state.

He will no longer have any feelings for his descendants and the Tukan people.

Instead, treat them as cattle and horses, as livestock.

For his own cultivation, he would not hesitate to kill all living creatures in the endless wilderness as long as necessary.

But this Buddha of killing is not so easy to cultivate.

Sowing evil causes good results.

This in itself is a self-contradictory cultivation method.

The practice of reincarnation is not like the method of becoming a Buddha.

It's more like a never-ending punishment, trapping him on the road to becoming a Buddha forever.

Once this Buddha is planted in the endless wilderness, it will be the beginning of endless disaster for the Tukan people.

"Your Majesty..." General Batumikh obviously did not expect Yamen Khan to have such a supreme feeling of sacrificing for the entire Tukan people.

"The general can dedicate everything to the Tukan people without hesitation, so why can't I? I am their heavenly khan, and I should hold up the sky for them."

Yamen Khan seemed to be explaining his own funeral, "If I encounter misfortune, I hope that the general can assist Hubadei like he assisted me, so that he can become a qualified king."

General Bartumih knelt down on one knee and cut his palm with the dagger he carried. After holding a brief ceremony, he solemnly said: "I swear in the name of the Immortal God, I will use My life is devoted to Prince Hubadei.”

"I believe in the general's character, let's start taking action!" Yamen Khan waved his hand, indicating that the other party could retreat.

As the decision was made, the entire Tukan army started to act like a precision machine.

General Batumikh and Yamen Khan had a tacit understanding and concealed this large-scale military operation from the killing lamas headed by the national master Scanbukh.

They did not gather 100,000 Tukan elites to attack together, but quietly, scattered in the name of plunder, and then gathered in the distance.

Anyway, the Tukan people are not that dependent on supplies, especially now that supplies are extremely scarce.

The only things that can be called large baggage are those in the Tukan camp.

But now that the weather has completely warmed up, they are no longer necessary in a short period of time and can be completely discarded when necessary.

By the time the Scandinavian army reacted, General Bartumih was already hundreds of kilometers away with 100,000 elite troops.

Imperial Master Scanbuch suddenly realized that he had shot himself in the foot.

It was he who single-handedly turned Yamen Khan into their reincarnated Buddha. Now when he showed his own will and disagreed with him, he had no way to counter it.

Compared with themselves, those lamas who kill living beings will unconditionally follow Yamen Khan who has become a living Buddha killing.

The only thing he can do is to actively cooperate with the remaining Tukan generals to welcome the coming thunder blow of the Faerun coalition.

The desperate eastern region, which had been peaceful for nearly three months, was once again turbulent.

It's just that all eyes are not focused on the Faerun coalition, but on the Asanas Plains, the Far Eastern Territory that was just established two months ago.

Because what measures the Faerun coalition will take next depends entirely on how Gavin's Far Eastern Territory will deal with the Tukan army that breaks through.

In other words, are these 100,000 Tukan troops really going to break through?

It was also a bait to lure the Faerun coalition to take the initiative.

When they were preparing to wait for the Faerun coalition to launch a full-scale attack on the tail of Tukan's army, which Yamen Khan personally commanded, they directly turned back and surrounded the Faerun coalition.

Take advantage of your own mobility and impact, cooperate inside and outside, completely defeat it, and then cannibalize and strangle it.

…

Tukan's army.

A Tukan Eagle Knight scout landed not far from General Batumikh and reported loudly: "General, a large number of shark lizards and burrowing insects were found ahead."

"Send an order to the entire army to stop advancing and stay where they are to rest." General Batumih heard these two names and immediately issued two orders, "Send someone to invite the Great Shaman Hari Chagai."

Those are two types of burrowing creatures that are very common in the endless wilderness, and are a very troublesome existence for the Tukan herdsmen.

Not only because these predators like to lurk under the ground and hunt the herdsmen’s livestock, but even the herdsmen themselves.

It is difficult for ordinary herdsmen to kill them. As long as they lie dormant underground, many methods can do nothing against them.

Also because these predators dig large numbers of burrows, leaving a large number of natural horse traps on the ground.

Once without checking, gallop into such an area.

At worst, it will cause your horse to break its legs; at worst, it will break the rider's spine and neck.

General Bartumih never believed that it was a coincidence that a large number of shark lizards and burrowing insects were found here.

This is likely to be the first conundrum the strategist lady voters have in store for them.

The arrival of the great shaman Harichagai was much faster than General Batumih expected.

He is the commander of the Tukan Eagle Knights. He has been personally leading the team to conduct reconnaissance at the forefront.

When they met, Hari Chagai said with a solemn expression: "These shark lizard beasts and ground burrowing insects were not released temporarily. This plain itself is their habitat. I am afraid they have been living here for centuries."

General Bartumih's expression instantly turned extremely ugly and he said, "What does the great shaman mean, is that there are caves and tunnels full of them under this plain?"

If so, the mobility of their Tukan people will be restricted again.

He originally wanted to use the Tukan people's mobility to directly pass over the enemy without engaging them at all.

As long as they get behind them, they can be nailed to death, making it impossible for them to draw troops to encircle the tail-tailed army led by Yamen Khan.

There is hope for Yamen Khan to retreat slowly along their retreat route.

The two men had previously discussed only the worst-case scenario.

Whenever there is a glimmer of hope, Yamen Khan will not give up easily.

"Yes." Hari Chagai replied in the affirmative, "Our manpower can open up to three safe passages from it."

"Three routes are safer than one. Then we will divide our troops into three routes, each of which will be ten kilometers apart and advance in parallel." General Bartumih was very decisive.

There is no turning back when the bow is drawn.

There was no other way for them to go - to the west was the Lesser Forest, which was hundreds of kilometers deep, and to the east was the endless Assen Lake.

Both of them are far more dangerous than this grassland full of natural traps.

Although the Ser Kingdom in the southeast is their ally, they have a bad reputation, not to mention that they are unwilling to let go of their national borders to allow them to retreat.

Even if they were let go, the Tukan people would still worry about whether the Seer Kingdom was inviting the king into the urn in order to squeeze out the last bit of profit from them.

The wilderness shamans led by Hari Chagai used simple and crude methods to destroy digging traps, but they were also very effective.

Directly use the earthquake technique to collapse the cave hidden under the ground.

As long as their location is discovered, even if they are not dealt with, the threat they pose will be greatly reduced.

"Yun Yao is the enemy's armed Yun Yao!"

"All the Eagle Knights are in the air. Even if we can't repel them, we must contain them. We must not give the enemy a chance to get close to the army."

"The enemy's spellcasters are manipulating the weather. Please ask our wilderness shaman to confront them. Otherwise, once it turns into a heavy rainstorm, our marching speed will be greatly slowed down."

"Damn it, this is the enemy's plan. Our wilderness shamans are opening a safe path for our army. We don't have any extra energy to compete with the enemy for control of the weather."

As soon as the main force of Tukan led by General Bartumih entered the Asanas Plain, they once again felt the difference in the tactics of the strategist lady.

He first made full use of the unique geographical environment and local monsters of the Asanas Plain to form the first barrier.

This natural barrier not only greatly restricted the mobility that the Tukan people were proud of, but also prevented them from attacking from multiple directions.

It also takes up most of the energy of their casters.

When the second and third cards are played, it will be more passive.

The second card is none other than the armed Yunyao who showed off his prowess in the defensive battle of Taifulam City.

Their terrifying bombing capabilities left a deep impression on the Tukan soldiers.

Not daring to give them a chance to get close to their army, the Tukan Eagle Knights circling around immediately gathered to stop them.

They have fully learned from their last experience.

The Tukan Eagle Knights used their numbers and speed to circle around the armed cloud rays, and stuck the flying dragons firmly around them.

At the same time, the proportion of spellcasters among the Tukan Eagle Knights increased, and a large number of fireball wands were equipped.

In the air, it is much easier to cast spells with a wand than to cast spells normally.

Even so, they can only contain the armed cloud rays, so that they cannot bombard the main force of Tukan, but cannot completely shoot them down.

The long-range firepower of the armed cloud rays is too fierce. Whether it is the self-propelled crossbows or the skeleton cannons, the range is far beyond that of the Tukan Eagle Knights.

If they want to cause damage to them, they must withstand the bombardment of this firepower.

Those flying dragon knights are just guarding around the armed cloud rays. As long as the Tukan Eagle Knights do not try to attack the armed cloud rays, they will not take the initiative to invite a fight.

Because the combat order they received was not to bomb the main force of Tukan on the ground, but to contain the enemy's Tukan Eagle Knights, so that they could not fly around recklessly and interfere with the next combat plan.

Gavin's third card was to manipulate the weather.

This time, it was not only the druids of the Great Valley who took action, but also the water witches of Asen Lake led by the water spirit witches of Asen Lake, so the impact range was particularly large and the power was particularly strong.

Not only the entire Aesannas Plain, but also the surrounding areas were sunny to cloudy, then cloudy to light rain, and finally turned directly into heavy rain, which continued to fall endlessly.

This card is linked to the previous two.

The wilderness shamans of the Tukan people were distracted by the natural pits of the Aesannas Plain, and there was no way to fight against the enemy's spellcasters and seize the control of the weather.

If they spend too much energy on seizing the control of the weather, the rainfall will certainly be greatly reduced.

But the Tukan army will become dangerous, and the casualty rate will increase significantly.

The Tukan army led by General Batumih seemed to be stuck in a muddy swamp. In one day, they only walked 30 kilometers.

They were cavalrymen known for their speed. Any marching speed of less than 100 kilometers a day was unqualified.

After nightfall, there was no way to march.

Because those natural pits were no longer just pits, but became swamps filled with rainwater. Once trapped, the death rate would increase significantly.

…

The situation of the Aesannas Plain was immediately reported to King Yasang, the commander-in-chief of the Feren coalition.

King Yasang laughed and said, "General Gavin did not disappoint me as always. Send an order to the whole army to launch a full-scale attack when the sun rises.

Order all spellcasters to manipulate the weather. I want heavy rain to fall on the entire Sesk Plain and connect it with the Aesannas Plain."

King Yasang, who is known as the lord of the revival of the Kingdom of Cormier, naturally has a high level of war literacy and keenly seized the opportunity.

Previously, the Furen coalition did not take any action because they were afraid that the Tukan army would lure the enemy out of their hole.

The main force of Tukan broke through the siege, but it was true that they lured the Furen coalition to attack their rear army, and then suddenly turned back and pulled the Furen coalition into the field battle they were best at.

For the Furen coalition, which was mainly composed of infantry, such a situation would definitely be a disaster.

Even if it was not completely defeated, it would cause a large number of casualties.

But now, the main force of Tukan has been trapped by the natural trap created by Gavin.

Not only did it become extremely difficult for the main force of Tukan to advance, but it was also not an easy task to retreat.

This will give the Furen coalition a window of five to six days, which is enough for King Yasan to launch a fatal attack on the enemy.

The Furen coalition led by King Yasan is unwilling to fight a hard battle, but it does not mean that they cannot fight a hard battle.

Especially after Gavin sent a large number of exclusive priests of the goddess of strategy to join the Furen coalition, they made up for another fatal shortcoming of theirs - there is no unified command center.

After three months of integration.

The exclusive priests of the Lady of Strategy not only conquered the ordinary soldiers and mercenaries, but even the commanders and leaders admired them very much. They dared not say anything and absolutely dared not ignore their unique abilities and suggestions.

This can be seen from the transmission of orders.

Even if it was midnight when King Yasan issued the order, it took only half an hour for it to spread throughout the entire Furen coalition, and then it was intensive preparation.

Or lighting a fire to cook, or preparing equipment, or passing orders.

When the sun rises, they will be fully prepared for the attack.

If these exclusive priests joined before, it would probably be the sun that came out just to pass on King Yasan's order, let alone launch a full-scale attack.

Before the war, the caster moved first to create a favorable environment for his army, which is a routine operation in Furen's large-scale war.

The stormy environment will certainly have a significant impact on the Furen coalition.

But the impact on the Tukan people is even greater. The heavy rain will limit their mobility, and both attacking and escaping will become extremely slow.

The rain would wet their bows and arrows, making it impossible for them to use their best horse archery.

Moreover, magical rainfall is highly malleable.

It is completely possible. It is raining all around, but there is no raindrop on the heads of the Furen coalition army, and even the morning sun can still shine in.

The Tukan army that was left behind will not sit and wait for death either.

Although they only numbered 50,000, their elite level was even higher than the 100,000 troops that broke through.

It was mainly composed of two parts, one was the Khan's guards, with more than 20,000 people, and the rest were the killing lamas and their lama slaves.

The entire Tukan camp was shrouded in the sound of chanting, and the blood-red light that soared into the sky directly broke through the weather manipulation performed by the spellcasters of the Furen coalition, forming a large circle with a radius of no less than ten kilometers, and no rain fell. (End of this chapter)