Chapter 894: Battle of Otto (I)

Compared with the East Route Army, the West Route Army's advance was extremely smooth.

The city lords of all the cities they met on the road opened their doors and surrendered very well, not even daring to offer any resistance.

Along the way, the West Route Army only encountered one city that dared to resist.

Facing the Western Route Army with more than 80,000 troops, the only city that dared to resist was naturally captured easily.

After capturing the only city that dared to resist, the knights of the Western Route Army followed the orders given to them by Su Cheng before the expedition and launched a retaliatory massacre against the only city that dared to resist.

After completely destroying the city into ruins, the Western Route Army's subsequent advance became smoother.

The generals of the West Route Army did not look like they were here to fight, but more like they were here for an armed parade.

Because the distance was shorter than that of the Eastern Route Army, and their advance was much smoother than that of the Eastern Route Army, the West Route Army had now reached their final goal, Otto City.

After arriving at Otto City, the knights of the Western Route Army discovered that the lord of Otto City had been waiting for them for a long time.

The lord of Otto City did not choose to open the door and surrender, but chose to fight to the death with the Britannias.

The city lord of Otto City summoned the garrison of surrounding cities early, and temporarily recruited a group of passionate young people who were determined to serve the country, and raised an army of 60,000 people.

As soon as the 80,000-strong army of the West Route Army came into contact with the 60,000-strong army of Otto City, several small-scale conflicts broke out.

Both sides use their own methods to assess the other's strength and find out the other's intelligence.

Although the city lord of Otto City raised an army of 60,000 people, most of the 60,000 people were temporary recruits.

These temporary recruits may not be worthy of being called "soldiers". It may be more accurate to call them "strong men".

These "strong men" can only fight against the odds. Once the battle situation falls into a disadvantageous position, they will be defeated at an alarming speed.

After several small-scale trials, the West Route Army roughly figured out the strength of the 60,000-strong army in Otto City - they were no match for them at all.

The knights of the Western Route Army were very confident about the upcoming battle. Unless the troops from Otto City came out several times more, they would never be their opponents.

After several days of contact and preparation, both sides were impatient with waiting. As if they had already negotiated with each other, both armies unanimously chose to have a decisive battle today.

The location for the decisive battle was chosen on the vast plain southwest of Otto City.

The 60,000 troops raised by the lord of Otto City lined up with their backs to Otto City, hoping to fight to the death with the invading Britannia army outside Otto City.

The morale of the West Route Army was also high. Facing the 60,000 troops in front of them, most of them did not show the slightest fear on their faces.

The generals of the West Route Army, who were already in high morale, looked even more relaxed when they saw that there were many people in the Xilan Army opposite who didn't even have a suit of armor.

Nearly half of the soldiers in the Western Route Army are members of the Uriel Knights.

These soldiers from the Knights of Uriel,

They are all "newcomers" who have never been on the battlefield. They smell the air of the battlefield and feel the increasingly solemn atmosphere around them. They feel very fresh about the battlefield they set foot on for the first time.

While feeling fresh, they were also eager to try, eager to start a battle with the Xilan Army in front of them as soon as possible, so that they could have room to display the skills they had developed on the training ground.

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West Route Army, this formation.

Most of the knights of the Western Route Army were gathered in the formation at this time.

There is a temporary watchtower in this formation.

As the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, Willy was standing on this watchtower, looking at the Xilan Army in the distance.

Looking at the Xilan army in the distance that didn't even match the military flag, Willy couldn't help but have a relaxed and comfortable smile on his face.

There was no need to wait for the battle to begin, just looking at the Xilan army's military formation that didn't even have the flags,

Willy could already guess what the scene and results would be like when the next battle began.

After looking back, Willy sighed softly, with a look of regret on his face, and said to himself:

"The lord of Otto City is also an incredible talent."

"It is a pity that such brave and resourceful people cannot be used by our country."

The city lord of Otto City did not choose to defend the city, but chose to fight the Britannia army on the plain outside the city - this was actually a very smart approach.

If you choose to defend the city and rely on the city wall for defense, it seems to be easier to fight against the Britannia army, but in fact it is not like this at all.

First of all, Otto City is not a fortress. It is not a city specifically designed to defend against enemies such as Muhawicz Fortress or Avalon Fortress. Otto City is just a wealthy city with a developed economy.

Therefore, there is no defensive equipment at all in Otto City.

Without the help of city defense equipment, defending the city will not be much easier than fighting in the wild.

At the same time, the most important thing is that the majority of the soldiers in this army temporarily raised by the city lord of Otto City are strong men recruited temporarily.

These strong men have nothing but enthusiasm, and are basically of no use except for fighting smooth battles and building momentum.

These young men now rely on their passion to maintain such high morale.

However, their morale is very fragile.

Once they see the strong fighting power of the Britannia Army and the cruelty of the battlefield, their passion will cool down at an alarming speed.

And their morale will naturally fall with it.

If a city attack and defense war is launched, the fierce battle will inevitably last for a long time.

After seeing the cruelty of the battlefield and the strong fighting power of the Britannia Army, the morale of these temporarily recruited young men may fall in the first few days of the city defense war.

Once the morale falls to the bottom, these young men will no longer be useful.

Not only will they be useless, they may even do more harm than good.

Once the help of these young men is lost, it is absolutely impossible to defend Otto City with only the remaining soldiers from various cities.

In simple terms, this temporary army could not withstand a long battle, so it could not rely on Otto City to defend the city.

The lord of Otto City saw through this point, so he gave up defending the city and chose to fight a decisive battle with the Western Army on the vast plain.

In a decisive battle in the wild, the duration of the battle would naturally not be too long.

If the battle was fast, the outcome might be decided in half a day, unlike the city attack and defense battle, where it was not uncommon for a city attack and defense battle to last for more than half a year.

The lord of Otto City planned to take advantage of the high morale of the recruited men and defeat the Britannia Army in one fell swoop with this high morale.