Chapter 84 III All-Out Attack
If Libera's plan succeeds, then maybe Yaki will have a breath of life, but Palci is not obligated to do what he wants. Ever since receiving the allegiance of Ankadirme, Parch has mobilized all channels of propaganda to announce to the whole of Yaqui that the High Priest Figor is nothing more than a despicable person who has tarnished the glory of the god Ra, and that all believers should obey the orders of the High Priest of Ankadirme.
This move is actually quite insidious, because at the time of the announcement, Ankadirmo was still serving in the temple of Ra, and this announcement was tantamount to making Ankadirme's apostasy public, and the many priests in the temple of Ra, as well as the priest army, would face the problem of who to follow. This will lead to a violent conflict, whether Figor or Ankadilmo wins, the strength of the priest army will be greatly damaged, so that the military strength of Yaki can be dealt a blow without Fipalci, and even if Ankadilmo wins, his strength will be greatly damaged, which is also good for controlling the priests of Ra in the future.
In fact, similar to Palci's original intentions, the priests and the priestly army fought each other for their own side, which eventually turned into a fierce conflict. Ironically, this time the two leaders of the priests actually reached a consensus, but they were bitter and could not speak, in the face of Palci's bad move, they could only play their own roles, and the needle pointed against each other, and finally Ankadirmo led his followers out of the temple of Ra and went south to Palci before King Yaki intervened.
However, after this conflict, the priestly army not only caused considerable casualties, but also caused an unprecedented division. Nearly a third of the priestly army chose to follow Ankadirmo. Palci effortlessly deprived the priest army of thirty percent of its strength, and at this point Li Tianhao judged that the time was ripe to attack Memphis. So he sent a ****** to the whole country of Palchi.
This time, the total number of troops in Palci was 200,000, and as many as 500,000 people provided logistical support. The reason why Li Tianhao can have this confidence. The main reason is that Wei Song's production reform has achieved initial results, and the reform in the Diles Mountains was carried out the earliest, and the effect is the most obvious, and then it decreases to the north in turn, and the people who have benefited have enthusiastically signed up for the army, but the Diers army, which has always pursued the policy of elite soldiers, only selected the strongest men to serve in the army, and the rest were incorporated into the ranks of the people. A large amount of supplies from the rear were sent to the front line in sections along the Nanra River, which not only ensured efficiency but also saved people's manpower, and the whole country was contributing to the final battle against Yaki. Li Tianhao has gathered such a rich family foundation for the first time since he started the army. Therefore, even he who is accustomed to keeping a low profile can't hide the high-spirited expression on his face.
Li Tianhao divided the 200,000 troops into five routes: 30,000 troops led by Gernas, Dara and Zalan were on the left side, and advanced along the west bank of the Nanra River to the west side of the port of Arisenda; Fifty men of Palci and Nubian mercenaries led by Hector, Chikirda, Wodd, and Zukar advanced along the east bank of the Nara, to the port of Arisenda, while the port of Maranster, under Elda's control, supplied the army; by Brooks, Xenas. Eglius led 20,000 elites, plus the priest army led by Ankadirmo as the leading force, attacked the temple of La from the southeast, and then marched to Memphis; by Wesson, Agobar. Tatar, Jimda led 20,000 men from the west to cut off the connection between the Temple of La and Memphis, and cooperated with Brooks to capture the Temple of Ra; Li Tianhao himself took Mueller. Alam, Elaine. led 80,000 main forces to Memphis. Jamo, the head of intelligence, assists in the overall operation, Lysius. Shevuda and Bodeka met the rear for the transfer of supplies, leaving Tia, Mokadu and Pokel in Echtiton to protect Her Majesty Queen Alfrite.
The five armies launched an all-out offensive against Yaqui, who was pocketed by Palci, and the momentum alone was already shocking to the Yaquis, so that all the areas still under Yaqui's control along the way surrendered to the wind or deserted the city, and the focus of the war was soon concentrated on the Nara-delta region near the port of Arizenda, the Temple of Ra, and Memphis.
The port of Arisianda was located at the mouth of the Namra River, where the delta was covered with a dense network of water, making it difficult to advance, and since Gurnas and Hector were both steady generals, the battle proceeded in order, and the offensive front of the troops was approaching the port of Arisianta little by little. The city walls of Memphis were strong, and Libera and Vultures had carefully trained their troops and arranged the defense work during the year, so although the number of defenders in Memphis was insufficient, it was not something that could be conquered in a moment. Li Tianhao was not in a hurry to conquer it, but while preparing for the siege, he waited for the troops attacking the La Divine Temple from the two sides to converge with him.
In contrast, the battle against the temple of Ra was fierce and hard. Because Wei Song moved faster than Brooks, they lost contact with the Memphis direction before the priest army could react, after which Brooks commissioned Xenas and Eglius to launch a fierce assault that took the unprepared priest army by defeat. Although the priest army fought valiantly, they could not resist the thunderous attacks of the two masters and apprentices of Xenus and Egrius, and they were finally forced to abandon all their fortifications and retreat into the temple of Ra. However, the war had changed dramatically at this point, for the simple reason that the soldiers of the Dils army did not dare to destroy the temple for fear of the punishment of the god Ra, and could only wait and see the priest army that hid in the temple, resulting in a situation where they could not march into the army, and instead relied on the strength of the priest army of Ankadirme.
Li Tianhao was also out of helplessness at this point, he could only send soldiers who originally belonged to Yaki to complete this task, because if the Parchi army or the Dils army that believed in the god Amun, or the Nubian mercenaries were used to defeat the temple of the god La, then all the damage to the temple would arouse the disgust of the people of Yaki who believed in the god of Ra, and only by seizing the temple in their own hands could this happen, but they had to face the current situation.
It is precisely because of this that Li Tianhao specially appointed the two most intelligent generals in the Dils army, Wei Song and Brooks, who would never destroy the temple on impulse, and Brooks himself has the blood of the Yaki royal family, so he is the most suitable person to recover the temple.
But even Brooks couldn't force the soldiers to rush into the temple. If the priest army left the temple, then he could still order the soldiers to attack, and if they cowered inside the temple, I am afraid that only the priest army of Ankadirmo could attack it with dignity. But Ankadirmo's troops were not large enough to solve the war, and Brooks understood that Ankadirmo didn't really help Palch in this war.
Since you can't go in and destroy the enemy, you have to find a way to lure them out to fight. The question is, what kind of temptation can get the priestly army out of the temple knowing that it is a dead end? Brooks suddenly had a bold idea. (To be continued.) )