Chapter 2273: opposing sides

"Velea fell, Navarra was captured?" When the news reached Hanard, it made him a little confused: "Didn't I have ordered the fortified walls to clear the fields, all the outer cities were abandoned, and only a small number of people were left behind. Spying on the enemy? Why is Navarra there?"
The officer who reported it said: "It was the order of the Grand Duke of the Black Snake. There are many properties of the Grand Duke in Verea, and his property has not been transferred in time."
Hannard was annoyed: "What power does he have to command the army!? The command of every army and every soldier should be here!"
The officer glanced at the other busy people in the command room and replied, "I checked the records, and it was an order from Mayor Yuri."
Since Dean Helen was captured and the army retreated to the Western Capital, the command of part of the army passed to Blaise Yuri.
Yuri was drinking tea in the corner of the room, and when he heard his name, he smiled awkwardly and said: "General Hannard, I can't do anything about it, the Black Snake put pressure on me and asked me to delay the advance of the Gripen country. , so I just…

"Enough~! How dare you do this, I said before, all the mobilization of troops must be decided by the headquarters!" Hannard paced angrily.
Yuri shuddered with fright, resisting the shrinking in his heart and said: "General Hannard, you also know that the Grand Duke of Black Snake is the queen's uncle. His request, I...I..."
Hannard asked, "So what? His property is preserved?"
"This... I don't know, I think it's useless to transfer it completely."
"Hmph~!" Hannard asked, "Where is the Grand Duke now? Is it in the Western Capital City?" He thought about the large number of Black Snake's personal guards, and they were very powerful, and they could borrow them in the city.
As a result, Yuri replied: "He took the guards to the south more than ten days ago, saying that he was going to the south for a vacation to watch the rain."
Hannard slammed his fist on the thick table.
Dutch has been watching the fun with arms folded. General Staff Officer Gushnan said: "Several generals are in command. Now the command here is too scattered, and many people have the power to mobilize their own troops. In order to fight better, do you propose to His Majesty a unified command?"
Hannard glanced at the staff officer and Dutch, frowning a little embarrassed, not to mention that the Knights of the Holy Moon were not controlled by him at all, and the garrison of Anmosidu was not completely commanded by him, the king of the North was private Arming him is completely out of his control, he can only negotiate a decision. For the family in charge of the army, it is not that he does not know the importance of unified command, but his qualifications and strength are not enough to convince the public. He has to consider the thoughts and ideas of King 17. He cannot directly Go for this right, otherwise the Seventeenth World will not make a decision to jointly command multiple people on the Western Front.
At this time, a tall old man in a white gold-trimmed priest's robe appeared outside the door.
"Ah, esteemed Lord Ahan, you are here." An officer noticed first and stepped forward to greet him.
Basholomi Bashovin Ahan is the military science instructor of the Royal Academy of the Devil Moon Empire, and is also the Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Speaker) of the Imperial Council, Minister of State of the Privy Council, and the Devil Moon State Church, Winter Sect Debile Ecumenical Bishop and Holy Inquisition Judge of the Diocese of Santiago, Barony of the Red River Region. So it's no surprise that he's here in a holy priestly robe.
Ahan held a two-meter-long staff in his hand, and the golden streamer floated as he walked: "In addition to bringing the power to use the 'imperial bell' this time, I also came as the special envoy of the Privy Council Overseer, Your Majesty The current battle situation is extremely dissatisfied, he has read the battle reports on the front line, although the enemy has used some superior weapons and mysterious weapons, it cannot be used as a reason for the unfavorable battle situation."
Hanard's expression was solemn: "Mr. Ahan, the actual situation is even worse than the content of the battle report. The Gripen Empire bet the fate of the entire country to start a war, and their strategic purpose has changed! Although I am not sure why they didn't fight against the war report. Mo Xidu is attacking, and our current strength is at an absolute disadvantage."
Ahan said: "Saint Vikya has also been attacked by the army of the King of Creation. The embassies of the two countries are actively discussing the issue of the border garrison. Once the agreement is reached, there will be no pressure from Saint Vikya. Some of them can be dispatched. In fact, His Majesty has already ordered the deployment of the southern army. I brought 150 red-robed archmages who have been trained in forbidden magic. Timing for 'The Bells of the Empire'."
While we were chatting, the sound of a relay of war drums was heard in the Western Capital City. This was a police drum that would only be sounded when the enemy was making a big move. Soon after one after another battle reports came, various observation posts outside the Western Capital City were occupied one after another, and several passes in the north and south were also occupied by giving up their defenses. Then an aerial scout flew down and trotted all the way to report: "The enemy siege beasts appeared, and a large number of siege equipment were found to be mobilized!"
The elderly Gushinan glanced at the time, and then looked at the sky outside: "It's almost dusk, does the Gripen country like to launch a large-scale attack in the evening recently?"
The army of the Gripen Empire has made a large-scale move.
The total strength of the Holy Griffin Empire is known as 10 million, and it actually mobilized 6.5 million combat troops, including 50,000 air cavalry, 37,000 super heavy cavalry, 210,000 heavy cavalry, 700,000 cavalry, 470,000 crossbowmen, and heavy cavalry. There are 210,000 armored infantry, more than 1.7 million light infantry, 40,000 mechanical soldiers, 6,900 siege equipment of various types, about 1,200 siege beasts, more than 4,000 siege beasts, miscellaneous soldiers, and medical staff. There are 21 generals, 207 lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadier generals totaling more than 3,000 people. The commander is personally served by the king. There are also 3,000 Haichao friendly troops.
At this time, a total of 6.5 million people have not yet been assembled, and many troops are still on the way. Many troops that have entered the magic moon are scattered in various villages and towns west of Anmosidu. The troops assembled around Anmosidu will exceed more than Two million, those slow-moving heavy-armed troops have gathered more than 2,000 units at this moment.
After the Gripen King occupied Verea, he issued an order to siege the city with heavy artillery. Covered by air cavalry and ground troops, they advanced until they reached the makeshift high ground, which was the maximum range of the thousand crackers and trebuchets.
At about 4:30 in the afternoon, Magic Rock opened fire.
Hundreds of magic rock thousand crack cannons spit out flames at An Moxi, dozens of kilometers away, and the trebuchet threw the magic rock ball into the city.
The XC area of ​​Anmosidu started to protect the city, and the magic rock cannon mounted on the city wall launched a counterattack. The difference in shooting distance appeared again. The Magic Rock Thousand Crack Cannon, which reached the longest range, was completely outside the range of An Mo Xidu's counterattack, and the battle situation was crushed by one-sided firepower.
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