Chapter 288 – 30. Operation Amphibious
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“Waaaaa!!”
The great army rushed.
The target is the wall.
“Stop!!”
“Pour water!!”
On the wall, the soldiers of the Seongguk moved busily, pouring hot water or oil, and dropping heavy stones from time to time.
Usually, when it comes to siege warfare, after canceling the shield of the castle wall with a modifier inverse calculation, they used to break the wall with a ballista and charge, but that was not the case now.
Gathering about 500 archers, they blew ballistas to offset the shields, and took advantage of the release to push the troops into the offensive.
“It’s really coming like a pack of dogs! Where is this place!!”
The bishop sighed and swung his sword at the imperial army climbing up the wall.
There is no end in sight.
During the day, the movement of the soldiers is full of smoke,
At night, the sea was created by the torches they held.
When I counted them, it was 400,000.
The problem is that this endless force is 1/10 of the invasion force.
As her troops, nine times her size her, were crouching in the headquarters, even she, who believed in her god her, felt fear.
“Bishop! There are too many!!”
Report of one of the knights during the melee.
There were imperial troops who had already climbed up ladders from all over the wall, and there were others riding huge siege weapons over the wall.
It seemed that the fall was not too far off.
“What about support? When will reinforcements come?!”
“That, that… Still no news…”
It’s a really embarrassing situation.
No matter how much it is a defensive battle, how can they protect it when the troops differ by almost 10 times?
I will burn my body as much as possible in the name of God, but a sense of despair creeps up.
“Kuh! Bishop! Really… Will reinforcements come?”
The knight was in doubt as he cut down his soldiers.
Will reinforcements come?
Even if it comes, will I be able to hold out until then? .
“Certainly…Come! I have no choice but to come! If this place is breached, all of Ephesus will fall into the hands of the enemy!!”
She struggled to ignite her hopes her.
However, contrary to her wishes, the army of Seongguk could not afford to send reinforcements.
This is because Seorae boldly divided the army and attacked 9 castles at the same time.
Requests for support and news of defeat came from all directions.
That was enough to drive the kingdom into panic.
A situation where you can go to support or not go.
If you go to support, the guarded castle will be empty, but if you don’t go, other castles will be occupied, and either way will suffer painful losses.
“Isn’t that what I said? You shouldn’t be stuck in a castle! It should have occupied the main road rather than the castle and set up an ambush. Do you know how many armies there were on the road they had to cross?”
“Then, how are you going to take responsibility if you lose a lot in the night? The enemy’s army is four million. “Four million”! How can you even think of going into the field against such a ridiculous army?”
“We also have a million troops! If we had inflicted great damage through ambush several times, the victory would have leaned against us! Because of your complacency, the situation has become this serious!”
The saintess let out a sigh as she saw the operation situation room on the verge of exploding.
Also Mei Empire.
Not easy to deal with
‘In order to go to support, each major castle must be emptied. Then, with the remaining 400,000 troops, one or several of them will be swallowed up. And we will use the troops that have already occupied the castle to defeat our army in the field.
On the other hand, if you don’t go to support, 9 castles will fall into the hands of the enemy, and then the province of Ephesus will be handed over intact. Of course, our military’s morale will drop to the bottom….’
What’s even scarier is that the army assigned to capture the nine castles is ‘400,000’ per castle. This ridiculous quantity offensive is only possible for the Mei Empire.
For a normal castle, no matter how full the soldiers are, 40,000 are the limit. The rest of the excess had to camp outside the castle or go somewhere else inevitably.
If those 9 castles are given away, a large army of 360,000 for each castle will roam the territory in search of other castles or castle armies.
‘I can’t back down.’
So I can’t back down
You must send support.
You have to defend the castle somehow.
However, if you send support, this place is empty.
A total of 9 armies are to be sent.
Excluding the defenders, they each had 100,000, far less than the enemy.
“… So, are you going to leave them alone now?”
“Then what! If you divide the army and send support, each has 100,000, but does it make sense against 400,000?”
“They said that the defensive battle can block even 5 times the number of troops!”
“By now, the enemy forces should be besieging the castles, so how can the reinforcements we send now fight the siege!”
“Then it was better. Mercury inside and field battles outside, so it’s like we’re besieging the enemy.”
“A siege is only done when the troops are superior. Siege when the army is only 1/4!”
“Please stop.”
A lesser saintess intervened.
It was a matter of life and death, so everyone was sensitive.
“Support must be sent. If those castles are passed over, it’s good to say that our castle is over.”
“However….”
“The passing of Ephesus means that the enemy’s operational radius increases by that much. And also the duration.”
The saintess thought for a moment before opening her mouth.
“There is no chance of winning with mere support…… Let’s pretend.”
“Chuck… If…?”
“We will send 10,000 to each of the nine provinces. However, the cavalryman will have a broom attached to the tail of the horse, and the soldiers will drive a large cart.”
“Yes?”
What the heck does that mean
“Put 40 torches into a cart, camouflage its size with a broom on a horse’s tail during the day, and disguise it with torches at night.”
“Ah!”
“If not… !”
“Yes. Disguise 10,000 soldiers as a large army, and we will attack the enemy’s main base with the remaining 900,000 soldiers.”
“There will only be 400,000 in the enemy base….”
“It is our victory in terms of numbers alone.”
“But then you throw away all the last names? No matter how hard you try, in the end 10,000… It will be consumed without meaning.”
“I do not know. Anyway, if you list 10,000 or 100,000, that’s it. Moreover, since they acted as if there were a lot of numbers, the enemy must have known the reinforcements as a large army. Even our allies in the castle .It will definitely exert great power.”
I don’t even want to defeat it.
You just have to hold on.
All they had to do was hold out until the army led by the saintess defeated the enemy’s headquarters and destroyed the rest of the armies individually.
The saintess stood up as if she had made up her mind her.
“This is sacred land. It is a place where you will never be trampled on by that villain.”
Eyes burning with hatred and anger.
She hated Seorae more than Aran.
Aran only revealed her color a little and did not follow God’s will, but the woman Seorae slaughtered as many as 80,000 priests. She raises a multi-million army and she desecrates sacred ground.
She is a great villain who should never be forgiven.
“Let’s go. Believe in God’s will.”
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“This is really comfortable.”
She was smirking while confined to the barracks.
The reason she laughs is no different.
This is because dealing with nobles has become much easier.
It was because she became Aran’s vampneel, and she was able to create a more powerful centralized system by biting nobles and turning them into vamgnir.
And as a bonus, he asked the kings of the dependent countries to make them faithful servants.
“As expected, you are a blessing in my life.”
Thinking of Aran, who should be sailing by now, she warmed up her body.
“Your majesty!”
A soldier rushed in.
“What’s up? Has the castle been captured?”
“That’s not the case, and the enemy is said to be splitting up into nine divisions to provide support!”
“Hmm… What size?”
“They say it’s estimated to be around 100,000 each!”
“100,000….”
Seorae smiled pleasantly.
“Are you sure? 100,000.”
“There is a lot of smoke during the day, and at night the torches are said to form a sea. .”
“It’s like our attacking force, right?”
“Yes. Your majesty.”
“Ahahaha!”
She burst into laughter.
“Yeah, I’m glad. Caught like an idiot.”
She understood right away.
The saintess’ bravado.
Because, Seorae was also using that method.
The saints knew that the army attacking each castle was 400,000, but in reality it was about a quarter of that number, 100,000.
Therefore, the total attack force was only (?) 900,000, not 3,600,000.
There are approximately 3.1 million troops left in the headquarters.
To be precise, there were 400,000 in the main camp, and the rest of the 2.7 million troops were waiting behind them.
“The actual enemy reinforcements will be around 10,000. Maybe 20,000 at most. Then, about 900,000 people will attack this main camp.”
“What shall I do?”
“I should welcome you.”
She laughed wickedly.
“You are a precious person.”
