394: Chapter 43: Revenge_2 394: Chapter 43: Revenge_2 Glancing through the contents of the report, Crown Prince Caesar’s somber face suddenly cleared up.
This “express report” came in just in time.
The moment Bertelli Fortress fell, he received this turnabout report.
If anyone continued to attack the Expeditionary Army for its inaction, he could directly retort.
Annihilating a fully staffed Bimon Cavalry Corps in a field battle was not only the first since the start of the war but also a rare feat even if you traced back hundreds of years.
It’s not that the Human Army couldn’t fight; mainly, to annihilate the enemy in a field battle, one required to have the right time, the right place, and the right people.
Given the combat strength of the Bimon Cavalry, they could break through and flee as long as they didn’t make any mistakes, even if they couldn’t win.
A full-staffed Bimon Cavalry Corps being encircled and annihilated in the field was purely unfortunate.
“Earl, look!
The supposedly invincible Orc Army is not as powerful as the Moxi People said.”
As Crown Prince Caesar spoke, he handed the express report to Count Jose.
He was ultimately too young to keep his composure and revealed his thoughts on his face.
Glancing at the content on the express report, Count Jose was also shocked but quickly recovered.
With this express report, their political predicament instantly vanished.
However, he completely ignored Crown Prince Caesar’s mockery.
If the Orc Army weren’t so strong, the Northern Three Kingdoms would not have always been on the defensive.
“Your Highness, send the news back home as soon as possible!
It would be best to deliver the express report to the Capital before the news of Bertelli Fortress’s fall arrives.”
Such is politics—maximize your advantages as much as possible to cover up problems you don’t want to expose.
“Yes!”
“Our trouble is gone, but we still need to take Moxi’s request for help seriously.
If they collapse prematurely, even if we achieve dazzling results tactically, it can’t cover up our strategic failure.
Send the orders down, increase the marching speed to forty li per day from tomorrow, strive to reach the front line as soon as possible.
The Bimon Clan is known for their payback.
Send someone to remind Earl Hudson to be careful of the Orcs’ retaliation.”
In the face of benefits, the conflict between the two earlier was simply not worth mentioning.
Brave generals always have more privileges.
Compared to others’ constant defeats, Hudson’s two consecutive victories have greatly changed his status in the eyes of Crown Prince Caesar.
Before, he couldn’t wait for Hudson to fall flat on his face, but not anymore.
The shared interests made Crown Prince Caesar abandon his initial prejudice.
Even if the rift still exists, it would only be buried deep in his heart.
He learned this from his father.
Even the strong Caesar III, during military meetings, was often left speechless by others.
In the inheritance system dominated by nobles, the base number of talents is quite small.
Those who can cultivate excellent generals are just large and medium-sized nobles who control core resources, and there are only about a hundred or eighty in the entire Alpha Kingdom.
Such a small base number can hardly breed a few capable generals, let alone generals with high EQ.
Exposed to more from a young age, their adaptability naturally became stronger.
With the threat of the Orc Army, the first requirement now is to be able to fight; all other issues can be put aside.
As for after the war, each will go home.
Those who continue to serve in the army are but a few.
The majority of noble generals returned to their fiefs.
They might not meet the king for ten or eight years.
It was basically out of sight, out of mind.
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In the Bimon Camp, Crown Prince Alex looked frighteningly sullen.
An entirely staffed Bimon Cavalry Corps simply vanished from the battlefield.
Such an unprecedented event happening under his leadership, whose prestige was already insufficient, was no different from throwing cold water into a boiling pot.
“I just let Luoyeiya inspect the Bearmen camp, how could he disappear all of a sudden?”
Even within the Five Great Emperor Courts, competition was unavoidable.
After the big explosion at the Bearmen’s camp, each clan would naturally send people to inspect it.
Sending people to survey from the air would be too impolite.
If they were killed as “human spies”, there would be no place to reason this out.
The cautious Crown Prince Alex directly deployed a cavalry corps.
Theoretically, such a force should be enough to handle any emergency.
“Your Royal Highness, there was a skirmish between our camp and the Bearmen’s.
However, traces of the battlefield have almost been destroyed, so it is impossible to directly identify the fighters.
From the location where Luoyeiya sent out his rescue signal, one can deduce that the troops he commanded were one of the parties in the battle.
About three or four hours after the big explosion, the Bearmen had also sent their remaining Hawkmen to investigate.
We found a few Hawkmen corpses nearby.
According to intelligence from covert sources, the Bearmen suffered heavy losses in the battle for Bertelli Fortress.
Nearly one main army was wiped out, with auxiliary troop losses of no less than 30,000.
In addition, several strongmen fell into enemy traps and were left forever in Bertelli City.
We can preliminarily conclude that it’s not likely the Bearmen who did this.
The other three Emperor Courts haven’t deployed their main troops recently, so we can also rule them out.
We can almost determine that the cavalry corps led by Luoyeiya were probably ambushed by the elite human legion, leading to their tragic end.
At the time of their demise, a human army passed by nearby.
It was the first legion of the Alpha Kingdom Expeditionary Army and the newly formed Twenty-Third Army of the Moxi people.
These two troops have been working together for a while.
The last time the Silver Moon Imperial Court sent out troops, they met them halfway and were almost completely wiped out.
Given their strength, if they were prepared in advance, they could wipe out our cavalry corps.”
Prince Butzweig analyzed with a serious expression.
Luoyeiya was his protege, and the Bimon cavalry corps he led were his old troops, purely loyal to him.
They didn’t accomplish anything but just went out for one mission, and were wiped out.
This was a significant weakening of his forces.
If it weren’t for the certainty that this was an accidental incident, he would have suspected Crown Prince Alex intended to kill with a borrowed knife, attempting to cut off his wings.
Of course, this is just a thought.
The internal struggle of the Bimon clan may have been bloody, but they weren’t so detrimental to give a cavalry corps as food to the enemy for the sake of infighting.
The entire Bimon clan has less than 300,000 people, and a thousand-man corps being damaged at once is a big issue that needs to be reported to the Imperial Court.
After this incident, Crown Prince Alex, as the highest commander, is likewise impossible to absolve.
After a long silence, Crown Prince Alex spoke slowly, “Prince Butzweig, I leave this matter to you.
Find their location, kill them all.
Use their heads to pay respects to our fallen warriors!”
The truth isn’t important, the key is to find a target and eliminate it to give an explanation to our nation.
“Your Highness, the enemy’s position has been confirmed.
Judging from their direction of march, they should be heading to the Flying Bear Fort for a shift change.
Counting the days, they should be reaching soon.
It’s too late to intercept them halfway.
The Flying Bear Fort has a history longer than the Moxi Duchy.
The city’s defensive works are very solid; a blitzkrieg wouldn’t be possible overnight.
And we can’t ignore what happened at Bertelli Fortress.
The depth and resources of the old human nobility should never be underestimated.
My Bimon clan is composed of cavalry, not adept at siege warfare.
It is best to find an opportunity to settle accounts with the enemy in field battles.
Besides, the Flying Bear Fort is not in our assigned area.
Our troops crossing boundaries would require negotiations with the Bearmen.”
Prince Butzweig decisively refused.
If you know there is a pit, you wouldn’t jump into it.
That’s not what a wise man would do.
Unable to take advantage of the Bimon cavalry’s superiority, and relying on a bunch of miscellaneous troops to attack the enemy’s heavily guarded fortress, Butzweig isn’t crazy.
We cannot take on a mission that is doomed to fail.