dognovel Chapter 192 Distant Enemies
Chapter 192 Distant Enemies
Autumn 1448 Eastern Border of the Yoda Empire
If autumn in other places is a harbinger of the withering of all things, then autumn here is a temporary notice of death. The sky full of yellow sand and the howling wind seem to have swallowed up all the living things here. Apart from the sound of the wind, there is no other sound between heaven and earth.
However, in such a desolate place, there is a castle hidden in the sandstorm. The towering walls block the roaring sandstorm. No matter how the wind and sand erode, it silently guards the people in the city like a giant.
However, the people in the city at this time were not ordinary people who were trying to avoid the wind and sand, but a group of Yoda soldiers who were sharpening their knives and ready to kill at any time. If it were not for the sandstorm, those soldiers would have followed the generals across the Kusha border and wantonly plundered and massacred the local people on other people's land.
In the hall of the castle, a group of Yoda generals were discussing the plan for the future invasion of Kushan. On the central table, there was a map of Kushan. However, on the map, several cities within the territory of Kushan were marked with red crosses.
"That is to say, our cities in Kushan have been taken away by the Kushans who were fighting among themselves. Coupled with the sandstorm that has lasted for several days, we can no longer detect the movements of the Kushans." Dougal, who was sitting in the upper seat, thought so.
Since receiving the order, he led the sea beasts to attack the eastern part of the Knights Anniyoda and reached the west. However, when he just arrived here, he learned the unfavorable news. It is no wonder why he was beheaded when he took office. The land that he had occupied decades ago ended up being lost in his hands. Of course, the emperor had to vent his anger on him.
"Originally everything was the same as usual, but in the past year, the emperor of a dynasty of Kushan, whose name seemed to be Galixica, led his army in a surprise attack on our stronghold, equipped with a large number of artillery. Our army was no match for them at all." General Yoda said bitterly on the side.
"What do Morgar and Voltolia say?" Dougal continued to ask after listening to his complaints.
"Voltolia is fine. Their Duke said that once the sandstorm stops, they will send troops to assist us in invading Kusha. But Grand Duke Morgar in the north has postponed the date of the troops' dispatch to next spring..."
"Forget it. They're our puppet state anyway, so we don't expect their army to be of much use." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Dougal.
"Why is it that every time I go to a place to fight, it's so difficult?"
Listening to the howling wind outside, Dougal thought to himself. He was about to serve as the governor of Chusda City, which was originally Yoda, on Grand Island. However, Chusda fell before he even boarded the ship. Then he was transferred to the Midland battlefield. Then he raised ransom for Adam, the idiot, and gave up his original military base. Now that he was in Kusha, these things happened again, so Dougal even wondered if he was born with bad luck.
"My lord, actually the strength of these two principalities is quite good. Before you came, they had been fighting back and forth with the various dynasties of Kushan. And after they send troops, the pressure on our border will be relieved." Seeing Dougal's melancholy look, General Yoda expressed his hope that Dougal would cheer up with optimistic words.
However, Dougal responded with helpless words:
"How do you think they got along with the Kushans?"
"Uh, is it their strong fighting spirit?" General Yoda said tentatively, and Dougal responded:
"Of course not. It's just a small country with no people, no equipment, no money, and a strong will to fight. How do you think they have artillery when they can't even make artillery?"
However, looking at General Yoda who was still thinking, Dougal was furious. Are all Yoda's generals like this now?
"We gave it to them! That's not even worth thinking about. Without the protection of Yoda's army and the support of various equipment, they would have perished long ago!"
Looking at General Yoda who realized it belatedly, General Dougal sighed and said:
"This failure is not just your fault. The policies of those people in the imperial capital should change."
The current invasion policies of the Yoda Empire in the east and west are very different, which is largely due to its lack of manpower.
The war that has lasted for nearly a hundred years has dragged down the entire Yoda Empire. Now Yoda is like a sick giant, gradually dying. Only by removing the source of the disease called war can the national strength be restored.
During the westward invasion, Yoda advocated the annexation of the Midlan lands and the assimilation of their culture, gradually turning them into Yoda's second-class citizens. They had successfully achieved this on Grant Island before, and cultivated thousands of loyal Honor Yodas.
However, in the east, because the Kushans were fundamentally different from the Yodas in terms of language, skin color, cultural customs, and religious beliefs, and there were no resources worth occupying by the Yodas, the Yodas mainly supported puppet forces and rebels in various Kushan dynasties, leaving the Kushans no time to care about the Yodas in the west. The Yoda army only occupied a few cities of the Kushans and never invaded the Yodas again.
In other words, the main direction of Yoda's attack was the Midlan Kingdom in the west, which led to a huge gap in military strength between the Yoda Empire on the east-west border. On the one hand, hundreds of thousands of troops were deployed to the Midlan battlefield, while on the other hand, the number of defenders guarding the eastern border was only tens of thousands.
And because everyone knows that the border with Kusha is the safest border in the entire Yoda Empire, countless nobles want to send their children here to gild their feet, making the garrison a veritable "young master soldiers". It is the best that can be done to let them stay in the barracks and not go out to fight. Who knows what kind of people their parents are? If they offend someone they shouldn't, their lives may be in danger.
As a result, despite such careful care, the quality of the garrison became worse and worse every year. Even the troops in some places were unable to participate in the expedition against Kuxia, as they suffered from various problems such as acclimatization once they went out.
As a result, the current consequence is that the Yoda Empire has to send some of its limited troops to the Kushan border, which also means that Yoda is currently unable to gain any advantage from either Mitlan or Kushan.
Dougal had also thought about how to solve this problem. In his opinion, as long as he ended the battle with one side and concentrated his forces to deal with the enemy on the other side, he could then start other wars again.
"The Yoda Empire has already occupied a large amount of land in Midland. We should quit while we are ahead. I believe that given Midland's current situation, there is a high probability that it will agree. Then we can have a decisive battle with the Kushans in the name of holy war. By then, all countries will surely send troops to support them. Our army will stay on standby and wait until the Kushans and other countries are both defeated. Then we will strike back and kill them. This will not only solve the problem of the Kushans, but also further consume the strength of various countries." At this time, Dougal was constantly thinking about the future direction of the empire in his mind, so much so that he didn't even pay attention to the response of General Yoda.
"My lord? My lord?"
Seeing that Dougal didn't say anything, General Yoda shouted, waking up General Dougal who was still thinking about Yoda's policy.
Looking at the generals arguing endlessly below, Dougal muttered to himself:
"Kuxia used to be such a distant enemy, but now it is so close."
A few days later, the sandstorm finally dissipated, and the soldiers immediately set about cleaning the sand on the city walls. As the city gate below opened, teams of knights wearing sea lion helmets walked out of the city gate under the leadership of Dougal, followed by large groups of infantry archers, as well as several artillery carts.
"Report!" The scout in the distance rode up to General Dougal and said:
"The Principality of Voltoria has sent nearly 5,000 troops to support us, but there has been no response from Morgar."
After receiving the news, Dougal ordered the scouts to return to the team and said to the soldiers behind:
"Soldiers of Yoda! In the past, your ancestors came to this land and established countless merits. Now, it is our turn to establish our own merits. In order to revive the empire and not to disappoint our ancestors, we must kill all the Kushans and never stop until the blood flows like a river!"
“Kill—kill—kill—!”
Looking at the soldiers who were in high spirits, Dougal put on a black Sea Lion helmet and shouted:
"Yoda Expeditionary Force, move out!"