Chapter 2353

The news from the south was obviously not stopped, or the rebels in the north never thought that they would face such a situation from the beginning.

From the very beginning, they discussed the military situation here. Simply put, it was the question of how they should deal with the army from the south.

From their point of view, the army from the south must come over. First of all, in terms of the number of troops, you have five legions and our two legions, you have the upper hand. Since you have the upper hand, why don't you call over?

You must know that this is a rebellion. Under normal circumstances, when encountering a rebellion, the empire must send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. Otherwise, wait for the rebels to grow stronger? Waiting for others to follow suit? Faced with a rebellion in the past dynasties, it must be the first time to strike out and crush it directly.

So they are really not in a hurry, just waiting for you to come over. And just as Linton thought, they were really ready for a "big surprise". No matter how the imperial city deploys troops or arranges the legion to suppress the rebellion, they have already discussed the corresponding countermeasures.

However, the problem is that the opponent did not follow the routine at all. It doesn't matter if they didn't directly attack them, but the Third Army Corps on the front line started to build fortifications. Can you believe it, the superior side directly started to prepare for defense.

No matter what they thought, none of them expected such a situation. This...doesn't really want to fight with them, how can someone be so stable, and Linton on the opposite side is not that kind of person at all.

This sudden situation made them a little unaware of how to react, and soon, a lot of news came from the south. That is, the three policies formulated by Linton.

They haven't made any anti-information preparations at all. When they see it, they want to hold their feet and stop it. Obviously, it's too late.

Seeing these three policies, the rebels immediately understood Linton's intentions. It is obvious that Linton's articles are all obvious divorce schemes. Who is the object of the divorce? It can be seen from the discriminatory bias of the policy.

The top two legion commanders, as long as they have their heads, Linton didn't even mention anything about surrendering now, and he didn't intend to let you surrender.

As for the officers below, if you kill the army commander, you will be able to offset your merits and demerits, giving you a way to forgive your sins. Going down, the soldiers can surrender now, even without the Yi tribe, and beheading the officer can also atone for the crime. As for the people in the end, not only did they not mention any crimes against the people, but even if you go to the south now, you can open up wasteland and get more land.

It can be seen that Linton's series of orders became looser as they went to the bottom, which can be said to be a layer upon layer of alienation between the various classes.

The moment they saw these three policies, everyone felt a headache. Linton is aiming at the bottom layer, and the lower the level, the more people there are. The more people there are, the harder it is to unify ideas.

And this is their current weakness.

So Linton was wondering why these people didn't shout slogans at the beginning, and the matter of shouting slogans is still very important to the rebellion. To put it simply, you must at least draw a pie that others can understand for those who follow you.

To be honest, Linton didn't know what the situation of these rebels was, so the words they used at the beginning were weird. Then if you don’t draw a big picture, I will draw it. These three policies are the big picture drawn by Linton.

Now, it's clearly the turn of the rebels to have a headache. How should they respond to this obvious estrangement? The officers present obviously felt something was wrong, but what do you say? they do not know.

Of course they don't know what to do, after all, they are the army. You talk about how to fight a war, how to attack a city, they can naturally come up with various plans. But you talk about how to appease the people, how to fight and deal with such political problems, they are not good at it at all.

The main body of the rebel army now is the officers of the two legions. How many of them understand this. Even if someone knows, can they really play with those civil servants?

And obviously, this group of people didn't think about this issue. They thought that the rebellion was a military matter. The other party calls, they call, and when it is decided who is orthodox, then it is a matter of governing the country. And the matter of governing the country obviously has nothing to do with them. At that time, there will be civil servants to take over this kind of matter.

But now, for some unknown reason, they suddenly jump to a field that they don't know how to play. Doesn't this make them don't know what to do?

But even if they don't know what to do, they still have to find a way. Of course, they also know what weakness they have on their side, that is, their control is too weak. The officers at the top knew that they would fight for the new emperor again, and they were willing to give their loyalty, but the people below were not necessarily, and Linton was aiming at the area that they could not control.

"Or, let's take the initiative to fight!" One of the officers suggested. The political side really doesn't know how to deal with it, but they know what to do with the military side. In the current situation, it seems that the other party really won't call. The original plan obviously didn't work.

Looking at these three policies, I always feel that they will fall into a quagmire, so it is better to take the initiative to call them now.

"Fight over..." Toman, the head of the First Legion, frowned upon hearing this, and if he took the initiative to fight over, he would have completely abandoned his previous plan. Not to mention that all the strategies discussed before are invalid, and they didn't predict and prepare for what happened afterwards, which is too dangerous.

"Now the Third Legion has begun to build fortifications on this line, and I heard that they are planning to build a fortress by themselves." Tommen pointed on the map, and then continued, "The combat effectiveness of the Third Legion is not bad, their Legion Commander Now it is a woman named Esdeth, although she is a woman, her previous record with the orcs should not be underestimated, otherwise the members of the Third Legion would not obey him."

"In terms of combat power, are we afraid that she will fail?" An officer next to him said immediately.

"If it's just the Third Army..." Tommen said, "The Seventh Army is now stationed near the main city. It will take less than two days to march to support the Third Army. Once we attack in an all-round way, the Seventh Army will definitely Support. The other legions are ordered to stay at their own bases, and now the empire has stepped up surveillance. Once there is an action, the Seventh Legion will have time to return to defense."

"These cowards!" A few officers nearby shouted angrily. This defense is really troublesome and too difficult to break through.

"More importantly, we never thought about taking the initiative to attack from the beginning. It can be said that we are not ready to take the initiative to attack at all." Toman said. Indeed, from the very beginning, they felt that the opponent would definitely attack on their own initiative, and even built a lot of fortifications here. They planned to defend at the beginning, but now they are suddenly asked to attack the opponent's defense line. can go.

Since the army is going to move, it's not just a matter of setting off. Logistics, food and grass, that is completely different from defensive warfare. They now need to organize and spend a lot of time preparing. What's more, what you have to face is the fortifications built by the opponent, and you have to attack the city. You also need to prepare such siege equipment.

It is already a disadvantage to take the initiative to attack the opponent's prepared fortifications. If they are not ready, can they win? Although Toman doesn't know much about politics, his military literacy is absolutely fine.

"Marshal, what do you think should be done?" asked the legion next to them. They had nothing to do, so they naturally looked at Tommen, who was in charge.

Tommen also frowned. There were only two roads before them. He still took the initiative to call as he said just now, but he really didn't know what to do. The second is to wait and continue to wait for the opponent to attack. It is obviously impossible to have a way out. This is all rebellion, and it will either succeed or be ruined.

Tommen even preferred to wait now. Although he could see that the other party was alienating, Tommen didn't have that deep understanding of how effective the alienation could be. The effect of cutting flesh with a blunt knife is not as obvious as that of a direct knife. At least Toman feels that as long as they confront each other, the opponent will definitely not be able to bear it. I have to call.

But although he doesn't have that long-sightedness, there are still people who have it. While everyone here was waiting for Tommen to make a decision, a voice came from the side.

"Marshal Tommen, assemble the army as soon as possible and prepare to take the initiative to attack."

"Mr. Prince." Everyone looked at the man who came in from the door. This is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his forties. He looks like an ordinary middle-aged man. He has gray hair and a well-groomed gentleman beard. He is also very well-groomed. A man of nobility.

The officers here naturally know this Mr. Prince. Although the other party's surname may be made up, it doesn't matter who the other party is, because this Mr. Prince is the mouthpiece of the new emperor they are loyal to now. , In other words, what the other party said was actually His Majesty's will.

"Actively attack?" His Majesty the Emperor obviously meant to let them take the initiative to attack, which made Tommen frown again. Is the effect of these three policies so great? The new emperor obviously felt that they would not be exhausted, so he gave the order to take the initiative to attack.

"This is... His Majesty's order." Mr. Prince said.

"I understand." Although Tommen had no idea, he still nodded and said, "Notify the whole army and prepare to take the initiative..."

"Wait Marshal, there is actually another strategy that can be implemented." Mr. Prince interrupted at this time, "This time, the First Army will be the main force, and they will also cover the Second Army. And they have Another mission."