Black Iron Crown

King Emalu frowned slightly, and asked a follower beside him, "Do you know the number of the opponent?"

"Uh... I'm sorry Your Majesty, we have not established an intelligence network here, and our sources of information about the enemy are just rumors, so I don't know the exact number of enemies..."

The servant said tremblingly, King Elmaru usually has no kindness, and he does not know how many people were executed by cruel torture because of his incompetence in handling affairs.

However, the current King Emalu didn't do that, and just waved his hand to make his followers retreat.

"Your Majesty, we don't need to be afraid. The weakened face of this empire can't beat the rebels in our own country. Why should we be afraid of them? Why should they fight fiercely! Maybe this will get more benefits! "

The vassals of the Kingdom of Bazalan clamored loudly that their appetites had been greatly supported by the gold and silver treasures in the western region, and they were no longer satisfied with the wealth they had obtained now.

They can imagine what kind of wealth will be hidden in the huge country of the Ridka Empire. After winning this war, they will get a huge income that they never imagined.

King Emalu was noncommittal, frowning slightly, thinking carefully in his heart.

After a while, King Elmaru finally made up his mind under the urging of his vassals. He stood up and clapped his hands and said, "Well, we will have a fierce fight with the Ridka Empire!"

"Long live Your Majesty! I admire your wisdom so much." At this time, the servant beside King Emalu hurriedly stood up and complimented him.

"Hmph..." King Emalu didn't speak, but just chuckled.

Soon, King Emalu began to gather the scattered vassals who were burning, killing and looting in the land of the western border.

Gathering armies together to engage the enemy in a decisive battle is a tactic used almost everywhere.

Unless the number of people reaches tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, it will cause great pressure on logistics, so they will choose to divide their troops and advance.

For example, during the unification war of the Ridka Empire, the army under Emperor Caffett's command reached more than 100,000 people, and he could only choose to divide his troops into four ways to fight.

King Emalu's messenger ran with his order, conveying it to each of the lords.

soon,

The vassals under King Emalu gathered around him early, and arrived at King Emalu's residence with a huge amount of wealth.

After thinking about it for a while, King Emalu chose two huge castles for his vassals to guard. Although he said before that he would have a good fight with the people of the empire, it does not mean that he is a fool.

There are ready-made castles that can be defended, why should I take the risk of defeat and heavy losses to engage in field battles with the enemy?

Keeping the fruits of victory that have already been obtained is more important than anything else.

What's more, it is not a small number for an army to eat horse chews. After he broke through these castles, all the food inside fell into his hands.

He is not worried about the consumption of food and grass, but the imperial army does not have this advantage.

It stands to reason that this is their home field and should have a greater advantage, but the reaction of the empire was too slow, and Lena was also besieging the imperial capital at the time, which made them unable to support the west.

And when they pulled out their hands to prepare to send troops, the people of Bazalan Kingdom had already grabbed enough food, which prevented the imperial army from getting enough food in the west.

The vassals of the Kingdom of Bazaran were somewhat dissatisfied with King Emalu's approach.

Although as early as more than 20 years ago, Emperor Kaffit led the elite of the empire to beat the Kingdom of Bazalan to the ground, but the weak combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the western region in the previous battles made them lose their respect for the empire.

Before sending troops, they were afraid of the military power of the empire and seemed very hesitant.

But after realizing that the enemy was nothing more than that, they began to be unscrupulous.

In their view, there is no need to be so tight at all, and it takes much longer to defend the city than to fight in the field.

If you fight the enemy directly, it won't take much time at all. You can force the opponent to cede land and pay compensation by simply crying to defeat the enemy cleanly. It is not impossible to even swallow the empire.

And even at the price of some troops, as long as they have money in their hands, they can expand their army tenfold.

But although they thought so in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it out.

King Emalu gained great prestige because he started this war and won the victory. The vassals have not yet had the courage to express dissatisfaction with King Emalu.

Soon, the vassals of the Kingdom of Bazalan entered the two castles to defend them.

Choosing two castles is actually a helpless move. Although the land in the west is not small, there are actually no particularly prominent lords.

Most of their castles were handed down a long time ago, not to mention being in disrepair, at least they have not been expanded.

There simply wasn't any castle big enough to house fifteen thousand people.

Therefore, as a last resort, King Emalu made such a decision.

The coalition forces of the good imperial capital of the Bookeden Kingdom were not aware of this, and they were still marching towards the area controlled by the Bazaran Kingdom.

"My lord, according to our information, the troops of the Kingdom of Bazalan have retreated into the two castles. They must have received the news that we have arrived, so they do not plan to confront us head-on."

A knight rode his horse and came to Earl Redmara and said.

Although the western region has almost turned into a hell on earth under the ravages of the Bazalan Kingdom, there are still many people struggling to survive here.

Hearing that someone came to expel their enemies, they were naturally willing to lead the way and tell the Imperial Capital Army everything they knew.

Earl Redmara immediately told the news to King Satri. After all, people from the Kingdom of Bukeden were the main force at this stop.

After listening to Earl Redmara's words, King Satri nodded slightly and said with a smile: "So that's the case, but this doesn't stop us from moving forward. Now that they have divided their forces, it is our good opportunity."

"They divided their forces into two. As long as we can conquer one of the city walls, they will be the turtle in our urn, and we will surely win the final victory!"

Earl Redmara was taken aback when he heard what King Satri said.

Listening to him speak so easily, he couldn't even believe his ears.

Everyone knows the role of the city walls. A castle with a thousand people is enough to defend against enemies that are several times larger than one's own. What's more, each of the two castles has no less than seven thousand people.

"Will he go to war?" Earl Redmara's worry became deeper. When they were marching in a carriage, the lords of the Bookeden Kingdom didn't look like they could fight.

Now that His Majesty the King is so contemptuous of the enemy, Earl Redmara feels that this war will be very difficult.