Heart of Empire Chapter 496: Tightening

On October 8th, under the pressure of the Patience Group, the coalition forces had to shrink the line of defense, compress the defensive formation, and defend Bull City.

Under such circumstances, it was very difficult for Patience to continue to win further victories on the frontal battlefield.

But it doesn't mean she has no other options.

When the coalition forces were shattered on the front line of Bull City and could only defend at fixed points, for Patience, this line of defense was no different from non-existence.

Her main force remained under the Bull City, confronting Earl Sade's army, and there were often large-scale battles between the two sides.

But at the same time, Major General Elder, leading an army of more than 7,000 elite soldiers, quickly bypassed Bull City and launched an attack towards the hinterland of the Principality of Florence.

The bull city defense line is a big concept, and it doesn't just refer to a city. The so-called defense line is actually a large defensive area with Bull City as the core and radiating to the surrounding area. Only by guarding this defensive area can the Schindlers attack the interior of the Principality of Florence.

And when the coalition forces could only garrison one point and lost control of the entire surface, they had no way to prevent the Schindlers from making a detour.

Even, due to the excessive concentration of troops, the defense of the Florentines on the land behind Bull City can be said to be almost pitiful.

Within two days, Elder made rapid advances, conquering thirteen towns. Until October 10th, that is, in the capital of the Kingdom of Pudli, in the City of Silver, when the peace talks meeting that gathered diplomatic ambassadors from five countries began, Airder's army also hit the deepest point.

His troops even directly approached the city of Bauhinia, only two days away, which scared the Duke of Florence into a sweat!

There are more than 10,000 elite defenders in the city of Bauhinia, and when they got the news of Elder's approach, these defenders of the capital were ready for war. At the same time, His Royal Highness and the Florentine Council of Nobles sent more than a dozen orders to Earl Sade angrily.

These dozens of orders were issued consecutively within two or three days. Almost every few hours, a new order arrives in Sade's hands. At the beginning, although the tone of the order was very stressful, at least it was still asking Thaad to replenish the defense line as soon as possible to prevent the enemy from further infiltration.

Later, the tone of the order turned into a questioning, saying that he, Thaad, was suspected of dereliction of duty, but he was unable to complete the mission entrusted by His Royal Highness with the army in his hand.

In the end, when Elder's army approached the city of Bauhinia, the order became a little hysterical, forcing Sade to abandon Bull City, and the whole army returned to the city of Bauhinia to take charge of the capital. defense.

Earl Sade was very helpless.

From his point of view, it was obvious that Patience's move was to put double pressure on him both militarily and politically.

From a purely military point of view, the only way to win is to defend Bull City, wait for the enemy to initiate an attack, inflict as much damage as possible when the enemy attacks the city, and then attack aggressively after gaining a certain advantage. benevolent.

But things cannot be said that way, war is always for the sake of politics.

It is impossible for the Florentines to accept the ending of the capital being occupied. Not to mention, when the capital was breached, those nobles, and even the Grand Duke of Florence himself, had nowhere to escape-there were enemy troops on land, and there was a dead end at sea.

And once the head of state in Florence is captured by the Schindlers... no matter how beautifully Sade fought the war in Bull City, this can only be said to be a complete war Failure, or even the entire principality, may not be far from destruction by then.

Although, Sade knew that abandoning the entire army of Bull City and returning to the city of Bauhinia was a bad idea that couldn't be worse. The danger on the road is very great. You must know that although Elder has taken away some of the elite, the army of that woman in Patience is still under the Bull City.

More than half a month ago, Sade still remembered the journey back to Bull City from the border. The mobility of the Cormyr sub-corps is still fresh in people's memory. Under the pursuit of Patience, many soldiers of the coalition army were torn from the main force and wiped out as a whole.

Even, Sade is convinced that this must be a huge trap and a conspiracy. Patience on the opposite side was waiting for him to evacuate Bull City. At that time, there must be a huge pit on the way of his retreat, just waiting for him to fall into it.

But, don't you go back to the line?

Definitely not.

No matter how unhappy Earl Sade was, he could only order the army to prepare for withdrawal immediately.

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The next day, October 11th.

In the capital of the Kingdom of Pudli, the City of Silver, the Kingdom of Schindler, the Kingdom of Pudori, the Duchy of Florence, the Kingdom of Holy Victoria, and the New Empire of Holy Prome, envoys from five countries gathered together.

Another war that was no less intense than the frontal battlefield and could not see the smoke of gunpowder started in this city.

Ambassadors are fighting with each other~IndoMTL.com~In the palace of Queen Susan Bella, a very fierce debate has been launched.

Ambassador Schindler, facing the saliva of envoys from four countries alone, seemed completely overwhelmed.

People quoted classics, from history to law, and from law to morality, from countless aspects, they criticized the Kingdom of Schindler as useless, just like the most evil country in the world. Schindler's diplomatic ambassador often sat on the other side of the table, passively listening to others' sentences one after another, almost drowning in saliva.

But he also has his strategy: follow the instructions given by Prime Minister Verina before coming to the Silver City, and before the Battle of Bull City and the situation in the Duchy of Florence are fully clear, bite Sinde to death The previous conditions of the Lyle Kingdom did not let go. Some small concessions can be made on war reparations, on some public policies and commercial and trade policy conditions.

Of course, such a concession is actually insincere. No one could accept the conditions of the Schindlers. This negotiation seemed to be going on very intensely, but in essence, it was just a meaningless war of words.

Although the negotiation has already started, it means that it has not yet started. The final tone of this negotiation is determined only by the results on the battlefield!

And on the same day, Earl Sade led more than 60,000 soldiers and left Bull City.

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