Chapter 365: The Plan to Destroy the Family

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Even Raven, who is always known for his madness, couldn't help but feel his heart beating faster when he thought of this tactic.

If it succeeds, it can indeed break the deadlock.

But if it fails, the result will be...

The whole army will be annihilated!

Want to gamble once?

"Huh..."

Taking a deep breath and exhaling for a long time, Raven calmed himself down.

No matter what tactics, before actually seeing the Blue Castle, they are just talk on paper.

They didn't stay in Winterspring for long, leaving a small number of auxiliary soldiers to garrison. Three days later, Raven and Jonah led the army to set off.

It's not that Raven doesn't know how to sympathize with Jonah and his Gaoling Army. In fact, this is a joint decision of the two.

Spring is coming soon.

When the temperature rises and the permafrost melts, the roads in the Principality of Eivor, which are not very good, will become extremely muddy. In that case, marching is simply asking for trouble.

The journey was not far.

On February 27, 1200, Raven finally led the Eagle Army to the outskirts of Blue Castle.

"Is this Blue Castle..."

Riding on a horse, Raven looked at the towering city wall with a frown.

Even though he had learned about the scale of Blue Castle in detail from intelligence, he was still shocked by the capital of the Principality of Eivor when he saw it with his own eyes.

It was a grand star-shaped city, a regular hexagon, with 6 city walls, 9 meters high, and each wall was more than 3,000 meters long.

Every 50 meters, there was a crossbow - there were as many as 60 crossbows on each wall!

There was a striking and prominent bastion at the angle between every two walls, which was enough for the people on it to strike the enemy under the city from a high position without dead ends.

The Hailan River flowed in from the northeastern wall and out from the southwest wall.

The blue city wall was shining brightly under the sunlight, like a blue beast!

"Oh my god..."

Eric lifted his visor in surprise and rubbed his small eyes red.

In his previous imagination, no matter how big the Blue Castle was, it would be about the same as the City of Monen at most.

But now it seems that the size of the Blue Castle is three times that of the City of Monen!

Even if the current Eagle Army and Jonah's army were all pressed up, they might not be able to occupy the walls of the Blue Castle!

Attack by force?

How many lives would it take to fill such a towering wall?

"..."

Earl Jonah remained silent, but his face became extremely gloomy.

He thought of a history.

More than 550 years ago.

At that time, the Principality of Eivor was not long established, and the high walls of the north and south defense lines had not been built yet, but it was attacked by the Insa Empire.

A full 200,000 elite Insa soldiers fought against Eivor for a full year under the Blue Castle!

During this period, Insa used all kinds of tactics, but all failed.

In the end, it had to retreat in a hurry, leaving behind 70,000 corpses, and gave up the plan to annex Eivor.

It was after that time that the Principality of Eivor was truly recognized by many human regimes on the continent.

Jonah once doubted the authenticity of this history, because the Grand Duke of the Principality of Eivor at that time was a tyrant who usurped his nephew's position, "Eivor II".

This person was known for his political shrewdness, greedy character, and military incompetence.

Even with the merit and prestige of repelling Insa's 200,000 troops, he was still overthrown by the ministers in his later years, which led to Eivor's long tyranny, and various families took turns to be the boss.

It was not until about 150 years ago that the Grand Duke position returned to the Eivor family.

How could such a leader resist 200,000 elite Insa soldiers?

Now Jonah understood it completely.

Blue Castle was indeed not a city that could be easily breached.

Not to mention that his infantry corps had not arrived yet, even if they did, together with the people under Raven, there were only about 40,000 people.

And what they were facing was a full 320,000 troops occupying a strong city!

At this moment, a horn sounded, and it was Raven who was going to hold a military meeting.

"Send the order down and set up camp." Jonah regained his mind:

"Gimangs, you follow me!"

"Yes, sir!"

Gimangs was a viscount - to be precise, a court viscount serving Jonah.

Although he had a title, his fiefdom had long been lost. The "Hopkins" family, who had served Jonah for generations, was both an eunuch and a butler.

When the troops were out, Jinmans became Jonah's adjutant.

He was very proud of this, so no matter his posture or expression, he tried to be perfect.

The plate armor on his body was spotless, his right hand was always across his chest, his chest was straight like a rooster, and his steps were steady, a typical aristocratic pace.

This was nothing in normal times, but in the military camp, it looked as exaggerated as an opera singer.

The most terrible thing was his expression.

On a face as flabby as a bulldog, there was a face as stiff as a dead person, with eyes only half open, looking at everyone as if they owed him three or five hundred gold coins and asking for a beating.

With such a face, he accompanied Jonah to the tent that Raven had just set up.

There were still many people moving things outside, which seemed a bit messy, so Raven just glanced at him and didn't care much.

"Baron Raven, I think it's time to formulate a specific strategy for the future." Earl Jonah said straight to the point:

"You have also seen that Blue Castle is definitely not something that can be won by a strong attack, so we must find a way to get the Aivor out of the city to fight us!"

Raven did not respond immediately, but looked at the others.

The officers present basically agreed and nodded in agreement.

After all, siege is not that simple.

Calculated by 60 bed crossbows on one city wall, even if these bed crossbows have a limited range of strikes, basically every point on the battlefield may encounter at least 6 bed crossbows at the same time.

In this case, it takes huge losses to transport siege equipment to the edge of the city wall.

Moreover, with the previous lessons, this time the Aivor people may have dealt with it more carefully. With their manpower and material resources, they can create a catapult that is several times higher than Lei Wen's side.

Hundreds or thousands of aircraft are possible.

Hundreds of thousands of huge rocks were thrown down, and the damage caused...

"Baron Raven, the Count is asking for your opinion." Jinmans said slightly dissatisfied.

Raven did not look at him, but said to Jonah: "Count Jonah, since you have proposed this direction, you must have made a decision in your mind, right?"

"That's right." Jonah nodded: "Our advantage over Ivor is mobility."

"Blue Castle is indestructible, so let's start in other directions!"

As he said that, Count Jonah stood up and pointed to the map:

"The Aivol County where Blue Fort is located is the core of the Principality of Eivol. With it as the center, the Henting County in the northwest, the Boland County in the southwest, and the Cluke County in the southeast, together form the richest mansion in the entire principality. The Everplain.”

“The economy is the most developed and the population is the most dense.”

“For us, away games are disadvantages, but also advantages.”

"The enemy's troops are basically allocated. We can completely break the troops into pieces, take the Aivor region as the core, and carry out a sweep from the outside to the inside."

"Burn houses, plunder food, and drive refugees to the Blue Fort!"

"In this way, either Blue Fort will open the door to welcome the refugees and consume huge amounts of food in the city; or you will keep the refugees out of the city and watch them starve to death!"

“Either the Blue Fort can’t hold on to food consumption, or it’s so exciting that it can’t sit still anymore—

In either case, the Aivor people have to open the door and fight us!

And this is exactly the effect we want to achieve! ”

After saying this, the entire tent became quiet, and the officer's eyes were filled with glory.

This is indeed a very effective method.

Moreover, leading the army out to rob, can also generate a lot of revenue, which can be said to be both public and private!

Lancha closed his eyes in despair.

Reasonably, this is indeed the best way the Eagle Army can take at present.

As an Aivor, he was powerless and could only watch his hometown fall into a sea of ​​hell!

If I had known, I wouldn't have surrendered.

It was better to die at that time than to suffer here now.

"I don't agree with this tactic."

What?

Could it be that I told the truth?

Lan Cha opened his eyes and saw an unexpected scene.

The rest of the officers, including Eric, had a lot of surprise on their faces, and Earl Jonah frowned, and the undisguised disgust appeared on the face of Jinmans behind him.

Everyone's eyes were concentrated on Lei Wen's face.

"You, what did you say?" Jinmans asked.

"I said, I don't agree with this plan." Lei Wen calmly retelled his words.

"But why!?" Jinmans' tone became more and more serious:

"Baron Raven, although you are the commander-in-chief of this military operation, do I have any problems with my Earl's plan? If not, why not?"

"You must know that denying others will not increase your majesty!"

"Shut up!" Eric Teng stood up:

"Mr. Jinmans, please pay attention to your attitude towards speaking!"

Raven smiled in his heart, Eric was really thick and thin.

Jinmans was obviously a viscount, but he called him "Mr.

Jinmans' constipated expression when he was poked into his lung tube even more shows that Eric's word hit him.

"Okay, since it's a military conference, of course it's free to speak. Our Eagle Army has never had a tradition of not letting people speak." The words were taught a lesson, but Raven nodded to Eric with a smile, and then turned to Earl of Jonah completely ignored Jinmans:

"It's not that your plan is not good enough, it's just that there are some things you don't think about."

Although Jinmans was talking just now, Earl Jonah felt unhappy, otherwise he would have stopped him long ago, so he just nodded and signaled Raven to continue speaking.

"The benefits of this method have been mentioned by Count Jonah, so I will talk about its disadvantages." Lei Wen looked away and glanced at the audience:

"Indeed, Count Jonah does this and it is very likely that he will force the Aivors to fight us in a decisive battle, but there is a question, have you ever thought about it?"

"So far, why have we been able to win repeatedly?"

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

The officers looked at each other and then spoke.

Some people say it is because the Eagle Army has stronger quality, some people say that the Wind King's troops were unexpected, and some people say that the Eagle Army has better equipment.

Of course, there is also the praise and praise of Lei Wen's military capabilities.

Listening these contents one by one, Lei Wen nodded:

"Yes, but not all."

“Let me answer my previous question first.

Why can the enemy have fled in the last two battles since entering Aivor, especially the Battle of Thorn Ridge, without any effective resistance? ”

"Because we dare to fight, they are afraid to fight."

“Because they have a way out.”

"Now that our troops are at the city, we will destroy their homeland that they have grown to today. Will they still collapse at once like before?"

"There are 320,000 troops in the city. If we count them, we will count them 160,000 soldiers - 4 times our number. An army of this size is not afraid of death, and everyone becomes a powerful soldier on the Thorn Ridge. , can we still win? ”

As soon as the three words "Thorn Ridge" were released, the officers of the Eagle Army present fell silent.

They were all people who experienced that war. At that time, how the soldiers led by Fowler persisted and refused to surrender, leaving an indelible impression on them.

Questions arose in my heart - Yes, how should they win in the face of an army of more than 100,000?

"Too cowardly, Baron Raven." Jinmans couldn't feel that feeling, and Yuhan disdained: "I don't know what you saw on Thorn Ridge, but that must be just your illusion."

"Most of the Evor's army are just serfs pulled up. A group of sheep in armor is just sheep, while our Cairns army is a fearless pack of wolves, lions, and has been armed to the teeth!"

"I don't even understand this principle. Have you won one after another by luck since you entered Aivol?"

This time, before Eric could speak, Raven's face sank first:

"hyena!"

"Yes!" The hyena had been holding her anger for a long time and immediately walked towards Jinmans when she heard the order.

A trace of darkness flashed in Earl Jonah's eyes: "Baron Raven, what do you mean?"

"Military meeting, I can tolerate discussions on views." Lei Wenheng said:

"But I cannot allow attacks and insults to my personality!"

Jonah breathed stagnant.

Jinmans shouted, "I am the viscount, you have no right to deal with me!"

"This is the army! I am the leader of this army!" Lei Wen refused to let go:

"According to military discipline, those who roar in the military camp and insult Shangguan will be whipped 30 times and executed immediately!"

The hyena stepped forward and grabbed Jinmans' shoulder and dragged it outward.

Earl of Jonah sank her eyelids.

Although he was not happy, he would not turn against Lei Wen because of this kind of thing, not to mention that Jinmans was indeed aphasia.

The sound of whipping the flesh sounded, and each stroke seemed to hit Count Jonah's face, causing his cheeks to tremble constantly.

The 30 whip was quickly finished, and the hyena walked in first, Jinmans limped and followed, looking at Lei Wen with a gaze full of resentment.

"Mr. Jinmans." Lei Wen said lightly:

"I've beaten, so even if this matter has been revealed, in addition to insulting me, you have many mistakes that I must point out."

Jinmans was about to burst into anger.

Is there not enough physical humiliation, and will I still humiliate me mentally?

But the whip marks on his back were now painful and itchy, and they were swollen and pressed against his armor, making it difficult for him to breathe. And Count Jonah had no intention of standing up for him, so he could only suppress his anger:

"Then please Baron Raven talk!"

He wanted to see what kind of flowers Lei Wen could tell.

Lei Wen smiled faintly: "Mr. Jinmans seems to look down on serfs."

"Do you know, how many serfs are there in my military officers here?"

Jinmans felt a slight shock, and then he found that most of the officers present were looking at him with a sneering expression.

Lei Wen asked again, "Do you know why I was able to win the Battle of Iron Birch at a disadvantage of 1:7 in the field and defeat Count Palmer and Marquis Faraday?"

This sentence immediately attracted Count Jonah's curiosity.

The battle was so fierce that it could be seen from the remains of the battlefield that he was indeed very curious.

Lei Wen said: "Because at that time, the Marquis of Faraday was in Tiehua County, doing the things planned by Earl Jonah without planning."

"Iron Birch County is just a relatively barren county in the Principal of Aivol, with a small population, and most of them are serfs that Mr. Jinmans despised."

"But they, in one month, killed and intercepted one-third of the logistics forces of the Faraday and Palmer coalition, killed thousands of soldiers, forcing Palmer to fight me to a decisive battle. "" ""

"Serfs are also humans. They will be angry, resist, and will stab you at critical moments!"

Speaking of this, Raven's expression became more sincere, and he looked at Jonah and said, "Now, our troops are far less powerful than the coalition forces of Palmer and Faraday, and the land you plan to clean up and the population above are far away. It is several times or even 10 times more than Tiehua County.”

"If the Principal of Aivol did not come out to fight as you planned, but dragged on, how many troops do you think we have to invest in the logistics forces to ensure that nothing happens? And we can be in that kind of enemy everyone is. How long will it last in the harsh environment?”

Count Jonah fell into deep thought.

He is now increasingly understanding why Raven can advance rapidly and win repeatedly in the Principality of Aivol.

Because Aivol's people are not Raven's enemies.

Jonah also witnessed this, and the bustling scene in Bolan City was proof of this.

The army could not drive away all the refugees, and many of them would definitely disperse into the countryside.

The locals were more familiar with the terrain than these outsiders.

Jonah alone could think of poisoning, leading to death, blocking roads, and other vicious and despicable means.

When he thought of the logistics supply route, which was full of these hateful and unscrupulous revengers, Jonah couldn't help but shudder.

There was a sound of armor colliding behind him. It was obvious that Jin Mans wanted to say something, but Jonah immediately raised his hand and looked at Raven seriously:

"So, Baron Raven, how are you going to fight the enemy?"

Raven thought for a moment and responded: "I do have an idea, but I need more information at the moment."

"Next, I will send people to infiltrate the Blue Castle and investigate carefully. When I get enough intelligence, I will discuss it with the Earl."

Jonah nodded slowly and stood up: "In this case, I won't ask any more questions."

"However, I hope you will remember this, Baron Raven."

"War... is always full of surprises."

Raven raised his eyebrows slightly. Earl Jonah was not only talking about this war, but also the war that was happening outside the direct provinces of the empire.

Although these two wars are thousands of miles apart, they affect each other.

If there is no breakthrough here, and the front battlefield changes, then...

Raven closed his eyes and suppressed the thoughts that were surging in his heart:

"Dismissed!"

Next, Raven called William again and asked him and Ernada to repeat the old trick and go to the Blue Castle to get information.

Their faces have been remembered, and the upper route is difficult to take, but this time, Raven did not intend to let them spy on the attitudes of the nobles, but with a new purpose.

"What do you want information like this for?" William was very puzzled.

"Hey, this is too disgusting, why don't you just ask someone else to do it?" Ernada frowned and wanted to refuse.

Snap, snap.

Two money bags fell into their palms.

Ernada was stunned, and William was still frowning.

Then, another money bag fell into William's hands.

"Guarantee to complete the task!" William immediately smiled and pulled Ernada out.

As a result, not long after leaving the tent, William let out a wail!

Raven's mouth curled up a smug smile - the last purse was filled with copper coins.

When you go out, you always need some change!

But Raven's good mood didn't last long.

Just like Jonah said, war is always full of surprises.

And these surprises come one after another.

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