Chapter 749: El Turns the Tide (IV)

"...Brother, are you kidding me?"

"No, I'm serious."

"Use the troops we have...to find a way to rescue the 300,000 troops in the Aighar Corridor?"

"Yes."

Silence...

After a long silence, Gabriel stretched out his hand and touched El's forehead.

One hand touched El's forehead, and the other hand touched his own forehead.

As soon as Gabriel's hand touched El, El slapped Gabriel's hand away with a look of disgust.

"What are you doing..."

"Just checking if you have a fever."

"...Be careful or I'll beat you up."

"Brother! Are you serious?!"

Gabriel stood up from the ground with a "whoosh".

"Many people died when crossing the Aighar Mountains. Now we have less than 2,000 troops!"

"What can we do with this little force? How can we save the 300,000 troops in the Aighar Corridor!"

"I know this is a difficult task, but there is nothing else we can do."

"I am a Hiranian after all. I can't watch the 300,000 troops in the Aighar Corridor being annihilated."

"Even if we can't save these 300,000 troops, we must at least save the teacher and Kamil."

"No matter how reluctant we are, we can only bite the bullet."

After saying that, El loosened the collar of his shirt, leaned down and looked at the map in front of him, concentrating.

Although Gabriel wanted to say something else, he closed his mouth and sat aside obediently when he saw El concentrating at this time.

Silently watching El who was thinking of a clever strategy.

Silently waiting for El to come up with a clever strategy to fight back in such a desperate situation.

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While El was thinking about a strategy to successfully fight back in such a desperate situation——

The Holy Hilan Empire, the secondary capital Ariel.

Vasili's roar echoed in the government office of Ariel.

"Why?! We are a dignified 'superpower', but we can't even mobilize reinforcements!"

Vasili was very lucky. When the Knights of Michael launched a strategic battle against the Muhavitz Fortress, he successfully found a donkey and a carriage.

Under Dmitri's superb driving skills, the donkey cart drifted and successfully escaped from the Muhavitz Fortress.

After escaping from the Muhavitz Fortress, Dmitri took Emperor Vasili and Prime Minister Mond to the safest city in the west of the empire-the secondary capital Ariel.

The Holy Hilan Empire is a "dual capital system", with an imperial capital and a secondary capital.

The location of the Holy Hilan Empire's imperial capital-Elemua is in the east of the central part of the empire.

And the location of the Holy Hilan Empire's secondary capital-Ariel is in the west of the empire.

In addition to being the secondary capital of the Holy Hilan Empire, Ariel is also the second largest city in the Holy Hilan Empire. In terms of population and prosperity, it is only inferior to the imperial capital of Arenmuya.

In Dmitri's cognition, this is the safest city in the western part of the Holy Hilan Empire.

In order to ensure the safety of His Majesty, Dmitri drove a donkey cart to Ariel overnight.

Although the journey was difficult, he finally arrived in Ariel safely.

After arriving in Ariel, Vasili's first order was to block the news.

He did not intend to let anyone know that he escaped from the Mukhavets Fortress by riding a donkey cart and drifting the donkey cart.

Even Vasili himself felt ashamed of this kind of thing.

However... Vasili's news blockade was not in place.

His Majesty, the Emperor of the Holy Hilan Empire, rode a donkey cart and performed a donkey cart drift to successfully escape from the Mukhavets Fortress - this news was still circulated later.

And it was clearly recorded in black and white in the history books of later generations.

In later generations, the anecdote of "Donkey Cart Drifting Vasili" became a daily joke for many history enthusiasts and historians.

Of course, these are all later stories.

After arriving in Ariel, Vasili's second order was to mobilize all the troops that could be mobilized, rush to the southwest front, and recapture the Mukhavets Fortress!

After escaping from the Mukhavets Fortress by donkey cart and calming down a little, Vasili secretly swore: He must take revenge!

He must recapture the Mukhavets Fortress at all costs! Regain his face! And reopen the supply line to rescue the 300,000 troops in the corridor.

Although Vasili didn't know much about military affairs, he also knew what impact it would have on the 300,000 troops in the corridor if the Mukhavets Fortress was taken away by the Knights of Michael.

So under Vasili's order, the officials of the secondary capital Ariel had no choice but to act quickly.

After the action, the officials of Ariel gritted their teeth and told Vasili: At present, there are no troops in the country that can be transferred to support the southwest front in time.

After hearing this news, Vasili was furious, and his roar echoed in the Ariel government office.

"Our Holy Hilan Empire is a 'superpower'! It is the only 'superpower' on the continent with a standing army of more than one million! Why can't we even transfer a troop to recapture the Mukhavets Fortress!"

As soon as Vasili finished speaking, a young official below whispered to Vasili:

"Since the establishment of the fourth knightly order of the Britannia Empire, the Knights of Uriel, our country is no longer the only country on the continent with a standing army of more than one million..."

"Shut up!" Vasili shouted at the civil servant, "I want to know why even a rescue force for the Muhavitz Fortress cannot be transferred! Don't tell me other irrelevant things!"

"Yes, yes! I won't make the same mistake again!"

"Your Majesty..."

After Vasili scolded the official who didn't understand the air and reminded him, a senior official came out to explain to Vasili why no reinforcements could be transferred to recapture the Muhavitz Fortress.

The reasons he listed were almost exactly the same as the reasons El used to explain to Gabriel.

The Southeast Front and the Far East Front also had to keep an eye on the Frank Empire and the grassland people, so they could only squeeze out a part of their troops.

Because the territory of the Holy Hilan Empire was too large, with the sea in the west and the grassland in the east, the territory was so large, so the various war zones were also far apart.

Even if some troops were squeezed out from the Southeastern Front and the Far Eastern Front to serve as reinforcements to rescue the southwest front, by the time they arrived at the southwest front, almost all of the 300,000 troops in the Aighar Corridor had starved to death.

The Central Guards were almost the same reason.

The imperial capital, Alenmuya, is located in the east of the central part of the empire, and is also very far away from the southwest front.

When the troops of the Central Guards were transferred to the southwest front to rescue, almost all of the 300,000 troops in the Aighar Corridor had starved to death.

After listening to the official's explanation, Vasili's face turned pale.

"How could this happen... How could this happen..."

Vasili murmured as he retreated.

Because of his staggering steps, Vasili finally fell to the ground, and the Prime Minister Mond and the officials around him quickly surrounded and supported Vasili.

"Did the 300,000-man army just get wiped out in the Aghal Corridor... I... Did the 'Iron Hammer Operation' that I strongly advocated fail so completely... How could this happen..."

Vashili looked like he was about to cry, his face was frighteningly pale.

Because the facts in front of him were too cruel, Vashili's face took a long time to return to normal.

In the end, Vashili couldn't help it anymore, covered his face with one hand, and burst into tears.

Vashili's loud crying echoed in the government office of Ariel for a long time.

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Military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian