Chapter 773: Attacking the Arab Region? Attacking the Haina Region?

"What! There are so many people. Where did they land from?" The Governor of the Arab Region's face turned very ugly. He couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes and asked loudly angrily.

"Governor, please calm down."

"The current situation is unclear, but it won't be long before we get a reply from the Navy..." Tasker responded calmly and unhurriedly.

The Governor of the Arab Region realized his own gaffe and tried to calm himself down, then asked again: "So, how many troops can you gather in the next three days?"

After thinking for a moment, Tasker gave a number: "About 20,000 people."

Hearing this number, the Governor of the Arab Region couldn't help but widen his eyes and stared at Tasker in disbelief, as if he wanted to get more explanations and answers from him.

"Governor, in order to form an expeditionary force, the Grand Duke took away 30,000 men from the Raber Corps, leaving less than 6,000 men. Even though more than 4,000 soldiers were recruited later, the current strength is only a little over 10,000."

"The city defense force is nominally 8,000 strong, but in reality there are only 5,000. The number may be even lower than I estimated. Let's assume there are 5,000. Maintaining the city's defense requires at least 3,000 men, so we can only withdraw 2,000 men."

"There are more than a thousand criminals in the three dungeons. They can be armed, so that counts as a thousand men."

"We can get 3,000 men by drawing the garrison troops from the three important towns around us."

"We will recruit a group of desperate men from among the adventurers and mercenaries, about a thousand of them."

"For the remaining three thousand vacancies, we recruited some minor nobles along the way, but they are not of great use."

After listening to Tax's report, the Governor of the Arab Region sat down on the wooden chair somewhat weakly.

Although he was a mediocre person who relied on his sister to rise to power, he was able to judge the crisis in the Arab region.

Thirteen months ago, under the auspices of the Church of the God of Beasts and the Church of the God of Giants, Grand Duke Brera of the Grand Duchy of Brera and King Lindsay of the Kingdom of Arland signed an alliance agreement. After that, the two sides shook hands and made peace, ending the century-long dispute between the two countries.

In a broad sense, the Arab region has become a special inland area. The coastline is patrolled and guarded by a naval fleet, so there is naturally no need to maintain too many troops on land. First, two legions of 60,000 people were transferred to the western border of the principality to guard against the eastward advance of the Teton Kingdom. Subsequently, half of the Arab Legion's troops were separated and incorporated into the royal capital garrison.

As for the two noble legions that were originally semi-standing armies, they were disbanded at the moment the covenant was signed. If no expeditionary force was formed to support the Storm Church, the Arab region could have assembled at least 100,000 troops in a short period of time.

"General Tuckers, what should we do now?"

"Governor, the only solution now is to divert the trouble to the other side and lead the other party to the Haina region of the Arland Kingdom."

"Use this time to report this matter to the Grand Duke and request reinforcements."

"In addition, we should strengthen the city walls, gather the troops, defend the city strictly, delay time, and wait for reinforcements."

“This way, even if you don’t achieve anything, you will definitely not have any faults.”

"General Tuckers, I'll leave everything to you." The governor of the Arab region's eyes lit up, and he looked at the other party with gratitude from the bottom of his heart, "In this Arab region, any personnel and materials you like can be used at will. If any noble does not cooperate, I will go to their door to negotiate in person."

"Yes, Governor."

The Governor of the Arab Region sent Tasker to the gate of the Governor's Mansion, but his worries still lingered in his heart.

"No, I can't just sit there and wait for death."

The commander of the Third Fleet, Hiroyan, is an old acquaintance of his sister, so it should not be a problem to borrow a few thousand elite soldiers from him to help defend the city.

The Governor of the Arab Region did what he said. He returned to his study and asked the daughter of a noble who had not yet left to spread out parchment for him. After he had prepared his words in his mind, he went to the desk, picked up a feather pen, and began to write a letter.

……

The border area between the Grand Duchy of Brela and the Kingdom of Arland is located under a towering tree in the forest. With the intelligence collected by the reconnaissance troops, Weilin understood why there were no troops in the border area.

"Tell me, should we attack the Grand Duchy of Brera first or the Kingdom of Arlande?"

Hebrew stood up and suggested impatiently: "My Lord, according to the Black Rock Army's report, most of the noble soldiers guarding the city in Miami Province in the Arab Region are old, weak, sick and disabled. It can be foreseen that most of the combat power here will be drawn to form an expeditionary force to support the Storm Church."

"I think we should attack the Grand Duchy of Brera and seize the Miami Province first, so that we can have a foothold."

"In addition, this place is close to the sea. We can send a message to the Teton Kingdom to organize a navy to attack this place. With the cooperation of both sides, it will be easy to occupy the Arab region."

"That makes sense. It seems that you have grown a lot during this period of time." Weilin looked at Hebrew, nodded with satisfaction, and praised him.

Hebrew chuckled, then sat down and waited for his master's decision.

Weilin looked at the leader of the Star-Moon Knights and asked, "General Devonshire, what do you think?"

"My Lord, I think we can first attack the Haina region of the Arland Kingdom and occupy this place before the army of the Woodland Alliance."

"The Arab Region can send a message to the Teton Kingdom as General Hebrew suggested, asking them to send their navy. The two sides can cooperate tacitly to capture this area."

"After the fall of the Storm Church, the next target will be the Grand Duchy of Brela. In order to resist the army of the Teton Kingdom, Grand Duchy of Brela will definitely not withdraw troops from the western border, and will not withdraw troops from the capital either. So we will only face the armies of several nearby regions."

"Please make the decision."

Weilin waved for Devonshire to take a seat, then asked several other people.

Everyone had different suggestions. After comprehensive consideration, Weilin decided to divide the troops.

The main force of the 15th Army attacked the Haina Region of the Kingdom of Arland and occupied the Haina Region before the Forest Freedom Alliance.

In addition, a detachment of troops was sent to stay in the Arab region of the Grand Duchy of Brela to encroach on villages and towns and grow stronger. When the Teton Kingdom navy landed, it would be time to capture the Arab region.

After careful consideration, the Weilin Qianbao Army stayed and let Hebrew lead the army. They also asked Barrett, the master of arcane, to assist and protect his safety.

As for the Ice Bear Knights, they are temporarily handed over to Devonshire for custody.

Before dividing the troops, Weilin called the Hebrews into the tent and told them to think more about everything and never believe things easily, but also not to hesitate and not to lose sight of the big picture when making decisions.

The next morning, Weilin ordered the army to raise its flags and march towards the direction of the Kingdom of Arland.