Realm of Power

After hesitating for a while, the Duke of Normandy, Cavill, caught his sharp gaze and suddenly saw hundreds of vultures circling in the sky on top of the corpses. He seemed to have thought of something, and he laughed and said three good words.

"Okay, okay, what a Yinqueqiu. Everyone, come back with me. The army will be stationed in Baiqiu!"

Three days later,

Yinqueqiu is covered with heavy snow, and the hills are undulating like waves. At a glance, you can feel the majesty of the terrain. Under such natural beauty, anyone will feel a sense of power.

Reposti stood on a high ground on Yinqueqiu, looking at the beautiful land with slightly frowning eyebrows. There was a slight worry between his eyebrows. The 20,000 Normandy troops advancing towards Yinqueqiu stopped at Yinqueqiu three days ago. Baiqiu at the entrance of Yinqueqiu is in a posture waiting for backup.

Reposti, who was preparing for the final battle at Yinqueqiu, was a little surprised, but also felt that it was reasonable. Without the most mobile 10,000 forward cavalry, the orthodox squeeze tactics that the Normans wanted to rely on would no longer be possible. keep going,

There are only two choices left,

The first is to desperately lead the remaining troops into Yinqueqiu and fight to the death with the expeditionary force that has already built a defense line at Yinqueqiu. This is very disadvantageous when the forward is destroyed and the morale of the entire army is shaken. Compared with the low morale of the Normandy army, because of the With the victory of the battle, the morale of the expeditionary force has reached the highest level since the landing. The fear and hatred of the Normans that originally permeated the expeditionary force has completely transformed into the desire for victory with this great victory. The spirit of the soldiers of the expeditionary force became more and more like a real imperial army.

The second is to choose to stop attacking. Choosing a favorable terrain to block the activities of the expeditionary force is the correct approach. The so-called local advantage is reflected here. As long as you stop, you will have the opportunity to mobilize reinforcements from all over the body. These various materials will be quickly replenished. As the strength continues to increase, the Normans will eventually complete their strength. The largest gathering on the planet,

And now it is the coldest winter. The Normans, who have local advantages, do not need to worry about supplies and food. The longer this confrontation lasts, the more unfavorable it will be for the expeditionary force. With supplies of tens of thousands of people, plus the rescued Salander slaves, the number has reached about 40,000, and the food consumed every day is measured in tons. If All shipped via Navy. That's an astronomical number,

In order to support the expeditionary force, the navy has mobilized a huge number of 70 transport ships, accounting for two-thirds of the number of transport ships in the navy's fleet. But even so, the transport ships have a smooth journey. A round trip from the sea center of Antoros takes nearly a week at the fastest speed. Time and this cruel winter are becoming the expeditionary force's biggest dilemma.

"What should we do now? Continuing to be trapped like this is obviously not good for us!" Deputy Army Commander Yagelins came from behind the defense line, still carrying the holes that fell from last night.

His eyes were red like a rabbit, and he was obviously in the same confusion. "Based on the food stocks we brought this time, plus the food recently looted from the villages along the coast, we will not be able to hold on for more than 4 days. After four days, if the transport fleet fails to arrive as scheduled, we will be in a situation where we have no food to eat! Even if the fleet arrives as scheduled, we must allocate one-third of our limited troops to transport food."

Jaglins glanced at the snow-white hills in the distance, and then paused in his voice before saying, "The Norman scouts have been paying attention to us. If it is difficult to cover up during large-scale mobilization, I'm afraid they will take advantage of it." This is an opportunity to attack the defense line! The terrain of Yinqueqiu is not good for us. Now they are the hunters, and we are the prey! They are waiting for us to be exhausted!"

"Yeah, this is where I feel most conflicted!"

Reposti withdrew his gaze from a distance, sighed worriedly and said, "When His Majesty Falcon issued the combat order, he specifically pointed out to me, "The core of the Battle of Normandy lies in the fight for time. Who can control it?" Time, whoever controls the initiative of the entire battle"

"When I received this instruction, I only half-understood it. I thought that the time mentioned by His Majesty Falcon should mean that we should attack quickly to force the main force of the Normans to fully assemble in France. , had to start a decisive battle with us in order to weaken the opponent's advantage in fighting at home, but now I suddenly realized how wrong I was."

"Oh? Isn't that right?" Yagelins asked with a confused look. According to his understanding, this is what His Majesty's words meant, so they made a battle plan to fight Yinque.

"Of course not!" An awkward wry smile appeared at the corner of Reposti's mouth, his eyes turned to the rolling hills in the distance, and he said slowly, "Your Majesty's so-called time is the dominant power in this battle, but it actually refers to the supply line of the expeditionary force.

Under unfavorable conditions such as the cold winter and the distant sea that the empire cannot take care of, it is difficult to transport every grain of our food. The eastern coast of Normandy is covered with hard frozen soil, and the soil that can grow crops is very limited. Military rations can only It is transported from a distant country and has to be transited through Antoros, so it is difficult for us to support war with war like the Normans did in Salander.

The barren land, the long ocean, and our long and ineffective supply lines are our biggest weaknesses. Now, the Normans have obviously understood this trick before us. They only need to stick to the spot and mobilize more troops from the rear. They just need to wait. us We are exhausted and have run out of food. Even if we don't take the initiative to attack, the expeditionary force will destroy itself without a fight. This arrangement completely disrupted our carefully planned battle plan of Yinqueqiu. Not only did the expeditionary force collapse in an instant, All the hard work the army put into fighting hard all night was wasted! And he also asked us to crucify ourselves on Yinqueqiu."

"So, we have to give up Yinqueqiu!" Yagelins's face changed. Although he didn't want to admit it, the current predicament undoubtedly proved the correctness of this reasoning.

Reposti shook his head and said, "No! If we abandon Yinqueqiu, we will be in a dangerous situation. The opponent's army only needs to press steadily as before, and everything we have achieved will be in vain! There are previous Enemy. With the sea behind us, it would be an unreachable hope for even one tenth of the 20,000 expeditionary troops to survive! "

"We can't defend, we can't withdraw. Are we just waiting here to die?"

Yaglinsi punched the nearby pine tree trunk with an angry expression, and a large hole fell from the top. A small tree fork hit Yaglinsi's helmet, making a crisp sound. Yaglins shrank his head subconsciously and found that it was just a small tree fork. He stepped hard and broke the tree branch into two pieces. Then he raised his head and saw Reposti with a strange face and his eyes fixed on that tree. branches with roots broken into several pieces

"What's wrong with you?" Jagelins asked angrily.

"It's nothing, I just feel like we don't have to die!" Reposti took a deep breath. He raised his head, looked away from the branches with deep eyes, and revealed a perceptive smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Really!" Yagelins' face showed a hint of joy, and he said with a bit of worry, "Are you sure you don't suffer from delusional disorder?"

"Haha, why did I lie to you!" Reposti choked and coughed. He squatted down, picked up two trampled branches from the ground, held them with his hands, only showing the front part, and then put them in front of Yaglins. He said in a condensed voice, "Come on, smoke one. Choose one of the two!"

"What do you mean?" Jagelins asked in confusion.

"Whoever draws the short one will go back to transport food!" Riposti's face became more and more serious, and he said coldly, "The other one will be responsible for defending Yinqueqiu!"

"Is this the method you're talking about?"

Yaglins scolded back angrily. Looking at the serious-looking Reposti, he had the urge to kick him hard. This guy likes to take advantage from the beginning to the end. He picked up the two branches by himself. , which one is long and which one is short, naturally I know it very well.

"Come on, choose one of the two, let's see which one of us has more luck!" Reposty thought, winking, then licking his lips at the branches, and said, "Actually, those who stay may not necessarily die, maybe. The other party may miss the opportunity because of hesitation! This is a no-brainer, come on, it’s not necessarily you who will stay anyway.”

"If you don't smoke, then I will smoke first! Don't worry, no matter what, I will take care of your family, so you don't have to worry too much when you get there..." Seeing Yagelins, he was still unfazed. Move, Reposti said to himself, stretching out a hand to pull out one of the branches. That is the one on the left. Judging from the size and length of the branches, it is obviously shorter than the one next to it. Some

Just when Reposti's hand was about to touch the branch, Yaglins was so quick that he pulled out another branch. Looking at the short branch that was only as long as his thumb, he sneered at the corner of his mouth and said, "What do you think?" Will I be fooled by you? I have been friends for so many years, but I still don’t know how many tricks you have!”

"Okay, you win!" Reposti stood up in frustration, quietly put another short branch with only one head into his pocket, and said, "We will evacuate as planned tomorrow, but before that, Our defensive position must move forward, otherwise we will really be nailed here! "

"Moved before?" Yagelinsi's face was stunned for a moment,

"I'm going to push the defense line to the mountain pass!" Reposti smiled, made a circle on the ground with his foot, tapped a point with his foot, and said, "This is our position, low on the four sides and high in the middle. If If the mountain pass is not restricted, the Normandy scouts will see our every move clearly. Only in this way can we have a chance to delay! "

"You are committing suicide by doing this!" Jagelins's face changed. He was also an excellent commander. Of course he knew that once the Normans found out that the defensive force was wrong, they would probably launch an all-out attack.

"On the second day after arriving at the mountain pass, I will retreat step by step to where I am now!" Reposti showed a sly smile on his lips and said confidently, "If you have ever encountered an ambush on this mountain road, and the enemy What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you gradually retreat, accompanied by an inexplicable and significant reduction in troop strength?"

"Ambush!" Yagelins said suddenly.

"That's right, we just have to take a gamble!" Reposti said with a stern expression, "This can delay at least 2 days!"

"What about 2 days later? It will take 3 days to transport the grain here!" Jagelins took a deep breath.

"What else can I do? Of course I'm waiting for you to save me!" Reposti looked at Yaglins shyly, then said with a look of realization, "I didn't expect you to be such a person. You owe me money but don't pay me back, and you don't save me when I'm dying!" To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (.Vote for recommendations, monthly tickets,