Chapter 663: The enemy army took a shortcut and fled. It is time to pursue them.

Chapter 663: The enemy army took a shortcut and fled. It is time to pursue them.

After Kashin learned about the current situation of Sheldon from Jantok, he could not help but sigh with emotion. Since the outbreak of the church rebellion, Sheldon Castle has become the biggest beneficiary.

Although they lost a huge amount of wealth in this turmoil, the political wealth they gained in return was incomparable.

Sheldon Castle adopted a very unique strategy for population restoration. They directly purchased slaves from all over the world and devoted themselves to training and educating them in a way that suited their own ideas.

This approach not only quickly filled the population gap, but also cultivated a large number of talents with professional skills and correct ideas for Sheldon Castle, implemented the strategic planning of Tan Aili's craft population, and made Sheldon Castle far ahead of the entire era in this regard.

In addition, Sheldon Castle also invested huge sums of money in civic education and civilian medicine.

Through popular education, people's knowledge level has been greatly improved, and their immunity to cults has been greatly enhanced. At the same time, the perfect medical system has ensured people's health and they are no longer easily troubled by diseases.

As a result, the church lost the opportunity to gain a foothold in Sheldon Castle forever.

Compared to other places, since it is impossible to completely eliminate the influence of the church among the population at one time, the aftermath of ignorance will always exist.

However, Sheldon Castle has become the place where the influence of the Church has been most thoroughly cleared because of its successful resistance to disasters with large-scale population losses many times.

Moreover, since the supporting foundations of education and craft industries are solid, people only need to live their lives peacefully and have no interest in cults.

On the other hand, when the team that had won a great victory in attacking the reinforcements of Pumasai received the signal for help and rushed back overnight, the army rested far away and sent scouts to investigate the situation.

They found that everything was over. The corpses of the zombies in the army were still there, and there were traces of fires everywhere. Even the food and grass they relied on for survival had been looted, and those that could not be moved were burned. The main force of the coalition army was completely wiped out.

Therefore, it was useless for the reinforcement team to go back, and they could only change their route and go back to the capital along the Narji Canal to prepare for defense. The attempt to annihilate the main force of Pumasay was declared a failure.

So the army changed direction and returned to the capital along the canal. This is a nice way of saying it. In fact, they were facing a shortage of food and fodder and had to flee back to the capital in defeat, otherwise the morale of the army would be unstable.

All this could not escape Tan Aili's sight. The falcon had been circling in the sky, paying attention to the developments. They took a detour sixty miles away and had a panoramic view of everything.

After some calculation, Tan Aili realized that the 100,000-strong army was short of food and began to retreat back to the capital, and the crisis of their siege was alleviated.

So he called a meeting of the generals and gave the order to follow his plan.

Chasing without attacking is a brilliant strategy that requires patience and accurate judgment. We have to wait for the moment when the enemy's food and grass are exhausted before launching a fatal attack. Therefore, all soldiers in the army must closely guard the excess food and grass to ensure their safety. Other soldiers only carry three days of dry food and a small amount of water, and go into battle lightly.

The main force of the mountain division will set off in an hour, leaving 2,000 people to guard the food and grass. These food and grass can provide about four days of food for the entire army at a critical moment, which is an important guarantee for the victory of the siege.

When the army began to move, Tan Aili passed a military order to Tok. This time, she specially sent a messenger to ensure that the order could be conveyed accurately.

The messenger clearly conveyed the military order: the sharpshooters must take enough dry food for three people, march quickly for 200 miles, and set up an ambush at Dengos Bridge.

The messenger continued, "The Marshal has ordered General Toker to decide whether to destroy the Dengos Bridge or set up an ambush based on the actual situation. The Marshal does not know the specific situation of the Dengos Bridge, so everything is up to you, General.

However, as far as we know, the coalition forces have about 100,000 people, and they are currently running low on food and fodder, so they may not be completely annihilated by us along the Dengos Canal line..."

After listening to this, Tok immediately replied: "Yes, sir! Thanks to the messenger for delivering the message. Our troops will set out immediately. Also, please tell the commander that Sir Kashen is with us!"

The messenger didn't quite understand what Sir Kashen meant to the Marshal. He just had to pass the message back...

After the messenger left, Jean Tok ordered his men to set off. They had no mounts and had to march two hundred miles quickly, which was a very arduous task. Fortunately, the entire army had a good rest, so they gritted their teeth and gave it a try.

Jean Toque: "There is no need to set fire. The whole army should move forward as quickly as possible. When the civilians see us leaving, they will rush to harvest the wheat. They are lucky. As for the cleansing of the Christians, the new government officials will send troops to take care of it. We just need to fight..."

After mobilizing the sharpshooters to march out, the other generals led their troops out of the wheat fields, and asked Tok to go to the secluded place where Kashin was resting and wake him up to march together.

Kashin couldn't help but sneer when he heard the military situation. It turned out that another coalition army had actually deserted the battlefield! This was really unexpected! Now, the entire army was ready to pursue, and the sharpshooter unit was sent to set up an ambush at the Dengos Bridge.

"Haha! Madam does have an idea, let's execute it! However, the archery troops don't have mounts, so the marching speed will definitely be slower. I'll set off first..." Kashin said.

"Captain, please check the terrain first to see if we can defend the bridge. The Marshal has given me the decision. Whether to destroy the bridge or set an ambush is up to us." said the captain of the sharpshooter unit.

"No problem! According to common sense, with your strength, it is harder than climbing to the sky to successfully ambush the enemy. What's more, your supply of arrowheads is not enough. Do you have to rely on hand-to-hand combat?" Kashin said bluntly.

"Yes, the captain is right. We should just destroy the bridge and prevent them from crossing the river. By preventing them from crossing the river, we will give the pursuit team more room to maneuver!"

Kashin calculated that he had been in meditation for less than two hours, and his body had no time to fully rest. He could only drag himself tiredly and ride on his wolf to move ahead.

Silver Wolf soon took the lead among the main force, allowing Tok to lead his troops to trot forward. In terms of rapid march, they came from various divisions of the Imperial Guard, and their qualities were mixed.

Let Toque announce that there is no need to wait for the lagging companions, and everyone must march quickly without distraction.

Those who fall behind must catch up slowly and arrive at the designated location to report. If they get lost or slack off, they will be punished mercilessly by military law.

Those who do not fall behind will be rewarded with half a year's military pay and be awarded a third-class merit once. The purpose is to identify who are the real elite soldiers so that the commander-in-chief can have a clear idea of ​​who is who.

Tan Aili is in control of the entire army. She is not familiar with the entire army. It is already good enough for her to get to this point after some running-in. The most important thing is that she is willing to give up the bounty.

She herself would not embezzle military funds and would share wealth with the soldiers. Even in such difficult times, Mobile Bank would still serve with the army, so she did not need to command the army with power and could still make military orders as firm as a mountain.

Therefore, this forced march was inadvertently selecting the truly elite, and those who fell behind could be promoted to senior positions in the army in the future. During the march, people were judged on their abilities regardless of their background, and rewards and punishments were clear, so morale was high.