Chapter 964 Precursor of Collapse
Given the opportunity, but unable to seize it. \ .().This is undoubtedly a sad thing.
As the old saying goes - if you don't take what God has given you, you will suffer the consequences!
So Tiu died, and died miserably. When the corpse was transported to the imperial city, although it had been mended by professionals, it was still bloody and horrific. What followed was for reasons that were both unexpected and expected. The murderer, the Sava tribe, had long been dissatisfied with Tiu's status as a hybrid. They believed that the latter had tarnished the noble bloodline of the Northern Wilderness royal family, so they laid an ambush. , raided the Tiu team in one fell swoop. If a group of Wild Wolf Riders hadn't happened to pass by, Tiu's body would probably have been difficult to preserve...
In the current situation where rumors are flying everywhere and Tiwu's identity is in doubt, this reason is undoubtedly reasonable. No one doubted it, at least not openly. When the upper class circles of the tribe heard the news, their first reaction was mostly gloating. Because they thought they knew more about the rumors and thought Tiu deserved to die. Then the second reaction was to ridicule and ridicule. Ridiculing the Sava tribe who did what they wanted to do, this time the flattery went to the horse's legs...
Sure enough, when the queen heard the news, she first mourned and then became furious. The Royal Guards rushed out like a tide, wiping out the Sava tribe once again. Immediately afterwards, the butcher's knife was swung at all the tribes that had good relations with the Sawa tribe in the past, and they spared no one and slaughtered them wantonly. For a time, the people of all the tribes hundreds of miles around were panicked and uneasy...
The queen was so angry that her body floated thousands of miles away!
Such a violent reaction was not expected by the tribe's senior officials. In front of the grieving mother who had lost her son, no one dared to stand up and give advice. They all restrained their children together, for fear of being at this sensitive time. Touching any sensitive nerve of the seemingly crazy queen, the imperial city was extremely stable for a moment.
Because it was the time of the war, the grand funeral of Prince Tiu was postponed. The queen recovered from her grief. He also immediately ordered the news to be blocked. We just have to wait for the war to end, and wait for His Highness Lansha to come back from the front before making any big arrangements.
There is nothing wrong with this move, but it just fell into the ears of a group of tribal leaders, and they couldn't help but feel frightened.
In fact, after the accident, everyone was waiting to see the Queen's reaction... Although Tiu died, the issue of his identity still existed. In this way, how does the Queen handle Tiu's funeral. It's definitely a signal. If the handling is hasty, it means that the rumors are true and Tiu does have Bran blood... This is exactly what everyone expected.
I never thought the Queen was unequivocal. As for Tiwu's funeral, not only was everything strictly carried out in accordance with the prince's status, it was grandly arranged. Even for the sake of consummation, he spent a lot of time waiting for Lansha to come back from the battlefield...
It’s too formal and too grand!
This move is undoubtedly an attempt to clear Tiu’s name. It was also the Queen who was secretly warning everyone - Tiu is my son. This is never true. If you have any doubts again in the future, don’t blame me for falling out!
At this point, recent old events have been brought up again and the buzzing rumors have been suppressed once again. I believe that no one will dare to mention it for a long time to come.
To a certain extent, Lansha's true identity is naturally more secret, and has been successfully buried in the long river of time...
This should be the ultimate goal of all the Queen's actions before and after!
A woman is afraid of herself when she becomes smart...
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alright. Back to the topic, let’s seize the opportunity.
As the Queen of the Northern Wilderness and the God of War Zi Yi, whose appearance, intelligence and other values are seriously outstanding. Lansha, the only child born from the strong alliance, has a much better ability to seize opportunities than her brother who came from nowhere.
Don't be afraid of the fish, and dig a deep hole for the Bran Empire and set up a sure-fire plan!
Well, from this perspective, Philip, who was aware of the approaching danger in advance, was undoubtedly very capable of seizing opportunities. In Shanxi City, if he is allowed to grind a little longer, he will most likely come into contact with Joshua who can make decisions through Tang En. In that case, maybe things would turn around... But a bunch of pig teammates were really weak and kicked away the few opportunities they had.
And it's a pity that there aren't many smart people with a clear head like Philip. Therefore, after King Bran received the news that the gray-clothed army, which had been raiding everywhere like chicken blood some time ago, suddenly slowed down its offensive momentum. The vigilance that had just raised in his throat suddenly fell back into his stomach, thinking that the gray-clothed army had gone too far and was now entering the period of adjustment to labor pains.
In this way, the issue that has been discussed a lot in the National Assembly recently is whether to call back the main front-line army to strangle the Gray Army. Of course, we should let nature take its course and wait for a while, and not be in a hurry to make a decision.
Not to mention their short-sightedness, that was an army of hundreds of thousands of barbarians, with a territory measured in thousands of miles. As long as there is a glimmer of hope that can be maintained, no one will think about giving up, nor dare to give up - whoever makes this decision, regardless of success or failure, will be the eternal sinner of the empire!
Who has the courage?
It's hard to say for others, at least the senile aristocratic members of the Congress chamber don't have such courage.
For example, King Bran's current situation is like that frog squatting in a pot of warm water. I know the danger, but I don't dare to break the situation. As he swayed from side to side, his thoughts decisively went astray, and he began to covet the warmth of the soup that was gradually heating up around him...
So half a month later, after watching the gray-clothed army slowly encroaching on an important road at a speed visible to the naked eye. What arose in their hearts was not a sense of imminent danger, but the thought that there were two more, so there was no rush...
Another month and a half passed, when the second main road was eroded. Well, according to the opponent's current slow speed, it will take at least half a month to occupy the last important road... There is still time, don't be in a hurry...
They were not in a hurry, but Bran's three main legions, who were also concerned about the battle situation at the rear, were anxious. You must know that there are nearly a million regular soldiers here. If there is no spacious main road for retreat, they will not be able to leave. And once the escape route is cut off, there will be nearly a million turtles in the urn, with no place to escape and no matter who they choose.
It's just a pity that it's useless for them to rush. Without the order of the capital military headquarters, they can't retreat without permission, otherwise they will be traitors. They could only feel anxious like ants on a hot pot while the three generals sent urgent messages back to ask for instructions.
And the reply from Brandu City is always wait, wait...
It's not just perfunctory, Bran has indeed made breakthrough progress. The negotiation teams sent one after another to negotiate with the Gray Army finally got a response from the other party that they could negotiate. It’s just that the Gray Army has too many lies. The location of the negotiation has been changed again and again, and the negotiation time has been pushed back again and again... It’s hard for Bran to say anything because of this, because the Gray Army’s reasons are very good. That is, in view of Bran's bad record, the Gray Army does not trust him, so we need to be cautious, cautious, and more cautious!
It is not that no one suspects that this is a delaying strategy by the Gray Army, but the key is that no reason can be found to support it. Because after the Gray Army responded to the request for negotiation, they stopped attacking the last important road. No matter how you look at it, they look very sincere.
However, neither the warm-water frog King Bran nor the main army of hot-pot ants noticed that the tribal army, which had been quiet for several months and seemed to be planning to station here, quietly opened its bloody mouth and exposed its front. Sharp fangs...
Finally, on a perfectly normal evening, hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops tore off their disguises, roaring like a mudslide or an avalanche, and rushed toward Bran's three main legions and nearly a million regular soldiers. .
The two sides have been in confrontation for several months, and the preparations they need to make are naturally extremely sufficient. It seemed that the tribal army had the upper hand, but the Bran army was not caught off guard when they were attacked.
According to common sense, the subsequent battle situation between the two sides is nothing more than a continuation of the previous alternative stalemate pattern in which the tribal barbarians had the upper hand and Bran's army fought and retreated.
But the actual situation was not like this. While resisting, Bran's army was distracted and worried that its retreat would be cut off. Inadvertently, Bran's army committed a military taboo and its combat power was reduced sharply. As soon as Pu came into contact with the tribal army, he didn't even make a symbolic splash of resistance. He was instantly pinned to the ground and beaten wildly.
To be honest, they can't be blamed at all.
Even if you want to play the game of burning the cauldron, you have to do it when there is no hope of escape. But now there is still a way out, and there is still a glimmer of hope, so how can they not take chances?
After all, who would want to die if he could live?
In this way, officers are somewhat powerless when commanding a battle, and they themselves are also concerned about whether there is still a way out, whether they can retreat safely, etc.
Not to mention the soldiers, the current situation is obvious to everyone, and it is a fact that their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the barbarians. Under these conditions, it is obvious which one is more important, military merit, military pay and life.
Besides, no matter the officers or soldiers, no one jumped out of the cracks in the rocks, and no one has relatives, parents, children or anything like that. If they continue to fight, they will definitely die. In this case, of course they have to think more about the former...
The miscellaneous thoughts like this are like small snowballs rolling down the mountain top, accumulating and gradually getting bigger... There is no military morale at all. Even if there are a few generals and regiments of soldiers who are not afraid of death and are loyal to the glory of the empire. But under such a general trend, the role it can play is very small...
Overnight, the three main armies suffered heavy casualties and lost countless positions!
Moreover, I have to say that the Bran Army was lucky in this result.
In the absence of Lansha's real-time command, the hundreds of thousands of tribal troops only persisted in the tactical requirements from Lansha for a while, and then returned to their usual swarm, fighting and charging without any technical content... This kind of tactics , although the combat effectiveness is still terrifying, the efficiency is much worse, and it fails to seize most of the occupation opportunities.
Of course, although there are slight flaws, the goal has been achieved.
During this night, the Blanco Army suffered heavy casualties and lost countless lines of defense. Even more unbearable were the soldiers who took advantage of the chaos at night to escape or become separated. As a result, the panic rumors spread rapidly and could not be stopped...
No matter how strong the fortress is, it cannot resist erosion from the inside out!
Just like Bran's empire, and just like Bran's main army now!
This is the most fatal blow!
Also, a sign of collapse——
…………(To be continued...)
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