Chapter 405: The Counterattack Begins(1/2)
Your Majesty, sorry, Your Majesty, something happened in the south!"
The moment he heard this, Romanov's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and then he asked the auxiliary officer:
Please tell me clearly, what happened in the south?!"
"The enemy's army...the enemy's army fought all the way from the south...to the Tongshan Fort. So far, all six cities and three fortresses in the south have fallen into the hands of the enemy.
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"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!!"
Romanov looked unbelieving when he heard this.
Are you kidding me?
All six cities and three fortresses fell?
You know, this is half of his southern territory. How can he believe this?
Romanov grabbed the auxiliary officer's neck, lifted him up, and said with red eyes: "How dare you lie to me?!"
This auxiliary officer's face quickly turned red due to lack of oxygen, and soon his legs began to struggle in mid-air due to lack of oxygen.
When Romanov saw this, he threw a handful of them to the ground.
"Huh...huh..."
The unfortunate auxiliary officer breathed heavily, and then after seeing Romanov's gloomy face, he immediately begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, spare your life! How could I deceive Your Majesty? Everything I said is true, Your Majesty
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Seeing the auxiliary officer looking like this, the beard on Romanov's face trembled a few times.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! How could a humble minister deceive Your Majesty?!"
Seeing the auxiliary officer's appearance at this time, Romanov's large beard trembled.
He knew that his auxiliary officer would not lie to him, but when he thought that most of his southern territory had been lost, Romanov still refused to believe it, and then he felt a sense of powerlessness.
"How is this possible? There are 20,000 troops in Steel Ridge City, plus Pixon is in charge. Moreover, the battle report he sent clearly stated that the situation is relatively stable, so why did half of our southern territory lose control in such a short period of time?
All of them fell into the hands of the enemy? Could it be that Pixon was lying to me before?"
Romanov's voice became louder and louder, and finally he even began to roar loudly.
Seeing the dwarf king looking like this, the assistant officer just wanted to retract his head into his neck.
"What on earth...is going on?"
At this time, Romanov's mentality had begun to explode. Without his knowledge, he had lost a large area of territory. It is no wonder that he was like this.
After a period of time, Romanov finally learned what had happened in the south, and then his entire face became uncontrollably distorted.
Leaving aside the time of the previous invasion war, this all-out war has been going on for more than a year since it officially started.
After more than a year of fighting, Romanov collected enough enemy intelligence.
Usually when the fight reaches this level, everyone's cards that can be revealed have basically been revealed. The next thing to fight for is hard power. Whoever has a harder fist will have the last laugh.
Therefore, Romanov always thought that as a magical civilization, the strange magic arrows and the magic attacks of the mage troops were all the magic methods of Daxia.
Only now did he know that Xia Qi also hid a big move that could be called a strategic weapon.
"So it turns out that the Eastern Territory, which seems to have gathered a large number of troops, is actually a bait to attract my attention and troops. The real purpose of Xia Qi is to use this method to take advantage of me and then directly come from the Southern Territory
Call me directly!" In fact, Romanov's interview was only half correct.
At this time, he was deeply entangled.
He could not ignore the situation in the south, but outside the eastern front, Daxia's tens of thousands of troops were pressing there, making him unable to move.
In the current situation, it is undoubtedly too late to mobilize the border defense forces in the north and west.
At this moment, Romanov knew he had to make a choice.
After taking a deep breath, he shouted to his auxiliary officer in a deep voice: "Pass my order to recruit all the reserve soldiers who can be recruited, and then send them to the southern border to let them defend the city wall and resist the army.
The enemy's offensive!"
In early summer, Xia Qi personally led Daxia's army to the front line.
"The final general, the violent bear (green sheep), meets your majesty!"
"The humble minister Jin Ming (Zhou Yu) comes to see His Majesty!"
"No gift."
First, he signaled to everyone to excuse themselves, and then Xia Qi took the lead and walked into the camp.
Without too much politeness, Xia Qi directly began to confirm the latest frontline intelligence.
During this period, good news from the southern border was also sent over.
After the content was announced in public, all the generals of the vanguard army, including Jin Ming, who was the Goblin King, had a look of embarrassment on their faces.
"I am ashamed of myself. Your Majesty, please punish me!"
As he spoke, Jin Ming knelt down on one knee directly towards Xia Qi. Qingyang, Zhou Yu and Bao Xiong were no exception.
At this moment, Jin Ming felt uncomfortable in his heart.
I am also a former player, but I suffered a huge loss and couldn't move forward.
But Wang Arthur's side was unstoppable, winning consecutive battles.
In comparison, Jin Ming just felt like he was shameless in front of others.
Seeing this, Xia Qi expressed relief and said, "Okay. No one expected what happened in Ironforge, and the reason why Wang Meng and the others were able to fight so smoothly was also thanks to you holding back the tens of thousands of troops from the dwarf civilization on the opposite side.
, things of the past, let them go."
Xia Qi didn't intend to pursue this matter too deeply, because it was impossible to investigate this matter clearly.
Besides, there is no point in pursuing this kind of issue. Since it is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed, then don’t worry about it anymore.
In addition, Xia Qi had already sent people to appease the orc tribes and issued a large amount of compensation.
The chief culprit of all this, Delin, has also been beheaded by Qingyang, which finally gave the orcs an explanation and the matter can be settled.
After lifting Jin Ming and Du Yuanzhi from the ground, Xia Qi quickly got to the point.
There is nothing to say about Romanov's layout of the eastern front, he just wants to defend it.
Without a sufficient number of powerful front-line troops, it would be difficult to break through the trench on the opposite side where a large number of dwarf musketeers were accumulated.
It's okay to charge hard, but it's equivalent to risking human lives to pile up.
After a fight, even if you can win, it will be a miserable victory.
With heavy losses and great energy, is it still a victory?
And from a long-term perspective, after this all-out war is over, what if other foreign players invade again?
Let’s get back to the point.
After several months of attrition wars, the strength of the dwarf army on the opposite side had been reduced to about 40,000.
At the same time, the reinforcements of Rebet Owin who came in previously have been basically wiped out.
There are naturally casualties on Daxia's side, but they have elf priests to protect their lives. Counting the reinforcements brought by Xia Qi this time, the total force has reached close to 50,000.
After quickly confirming the situation, Xia Qi's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness. It was time to give the opponent a fatal blow!
With all the troops in the rear being exhausted, as soon as the eastern front collapses, the overall situation is decided.
Even if Romanov gritted his teeth and held on, he could only make some useless death struggles and could no longer pose any threat to him.
After Xia Qi annexed the dwarf civilization, it became a matter of time.
Then, the next step is to start this battle that can affect the overall situation.
The trumpet sounded, and Daxia's army was already approaching.
Through the telescope, Xia Qi could clearly see that the dwarf musketeers in the trench in the distance had already held the flintlock rifles in their hands.
As soon as Daxia's army entered the firing range, they would use a dense firepower network to completely engulf them.
Facing these tens of thousands of dwarf musketeers, Xia Qi didn't feel nervous at all.
As soon as Xia Qi waved his hand, the sound of war drums sounded on the front battlefield.
Just when Fielding thought Daxia was about to formally launch an attack, the army on the opposite side made no movement at all.
What trick is the other side trying to play?
As his thoughts arose, little black shadows appeared in the sky.
"Could the other party want to attack with a hot air balloon?"
But then I thought about it again and felt something was wrong. The wind was indeed strong today, but the wind direction was wrong. There was no point in releasing a hot air balloon that relied on wind power to move out. It would only cause trouble for myself.
At this moment, the figures finally became clear in the telescope.
In just a moment, Fielding's expression changed drastically.
To be continued...