Just like last time, although the dukes and counts had already smelled the breath of war before this, and for this reason, most of the troops in their respective territories were invested in several routes that Sun Lin's army had to pass through them, and before that, these dukes and counts also built a large number of fortifications here, although they were not made of stone bricks, but the huge trees in the depths of the forest that were tens of meters high were bonded underground with earth mud, and the effect formed after making the horses, wooden towers and wooden walls was also very satisfactory, which included Sun Lin, who was preparing to attack.

"Huh? There were several layers of fortifications, all of which were made of woods and giant trees. That's not simple, can't you just use a trebuchet to blow it down? If it doesn't work, I will use a heavy trebuchet to set fire it all for me, anyway, the New Delhi Peninsula is short of charcoal in winter, and after this battle, it can just solve the problem of the inhabitants of the empire who do not set the sun for the winter. ”

"But Your Majesty? If......... What if you set the forest on fire? You know, this can easily have a chain reaction. But when Sun Lin decided on the battle plan on the morning of June 29, Bobby, who was beside him, frowned slightly and asked, "And with the density of the forest around here......... I think it's likely that the enemy camp will be set on fire, and several nearby villages and towns will be set on fire. ”

"That's why I said it was a last resort after the trebuchets couldn't knock down the wooden walls. Well............ That's it! And we can't let the territory of our empire not be expanded because of a few thousand people, right? ”

In this way, after Bobby made a determination to include all 6 collars in the territory of the Sunset Empire, Leo was in charge of the herald in order to give Bobby the order, intentionally or unintentionally changed "depending on the situation to decide whether to use a heavy trebuchet" to "you can give priority to the use of heavy trebuchets", but the originally difficult to break through the defensive belt was completely broken by the Sunset Imperial Army on July 1st in less than 2 days, or it can also be said to be completely burned, and in these 2 days of battle, At least nearly 10,000 duke's private soldiers and the militia in his territory were all burned alive, and as many as 30,000 militia or private soldiers escaped, but in the end, most of the soldiers were captured by the feudal knight army led by Leo and the knight squires equipped with them, and they actually escaped back before even 5,000.

Of course, because Sun Lin's army used the so-called rough version of Greek fire, although Sun Lin's army broke through the defense belt on July 1, it was not until the first week, that is, on July 8, that Sun Lin's troops began to move forward, because before that, except for the heavy swordsmen and feudal knights, all the rest of the troops joined in the operation to extinguish the fire. According to post-war statistics, nearly 10,000 hectares of forest were directly turned into scorched earth as a direct result of the fighting, a total of six villages and three towns were damaged to varying degrees by the fire, and at least 7,000 civilians died. And if it weren't for the fact that the fishmen in the waters off York's territory had learned to dig rivers, and dug several underground rivers and existing rivers and streams near the battle zone in time, so that Sun Lin's troops could immediately obtain a lot of water in the battle zone, otherwise the losses caused by the fire would have been even greater.

However, the losses are large, and the gains are also large. One is what I said before, it is estimated that the people in the empire territory do not have to worry about the next winter coming, there is nothing to keep warm, and the second is that because of the use of fire attack by Sun Lin in this war, everyone has been known on the bright side, the sun never sets empire is not afraid of forest warfare at all, if the sun does not set empire urgently, they really dare to play with fire in front of everyone, and from York Territory in just a few months after the occupation, all facilities will be fully restored, And it has also reached a level of advanced prosperity that was not possible to achieve in the territory of York before, or even unbelievable, and it is already implying that these dukes and earls are fully capable of restoring the facilities in their territory before the sun sets, so they should not be concerned with the so-called scorched earth policy. As a result, under the blind speculation of many parties, these dukes and earls actually had collective head cramps............ Oh no, if they have a head in their head. He actually gathered all the troops in the capital of the territory, and abandoned all the towns and villages in the territory, giving Sun Lin a chance to catch them all.

"Are they all fools? Do they really think that the brittle walls of those cities and castles can withstand the attacks of the Imperial siege forces? Will Emperor Randster send troops to their aid at this moment? Pack**............ Bobby! Evenly distributed, you have two cities and one castle, and I have two castles and one city, and the army configuration is the same, and they all attack according to the original plan. Let's compare and see who completes the task first, if it were you, I could rely on you to become the baron of the Sardinian Lordship, as for the York Lord, that piece of land has been booked by the Blackbeard guy, and as for the Normandy Lord............ Actually, I'm like a piece of territory to play with the construction ............"

Subsequently, after Sun Lin's army dealt with the battlefield, Sun Lin immediately divided into two routes with Bobby's soldiers, and brought 6,000 fully equipped regular troops, including Yoman longbowmen, hook and sickle soldiers, feudal knights and engineering troops, plus 10,000 town militia as baggage troops and reserve troops, and rushed to the capitals of the six territories.

In fact, before this, Sun Lin was worried that these dukes and counts would be like those dukes and counts in the Holy Roman Empire in the original world, although they fought each other in peacetime, and stabbed others in the back from time to time, but they would unite with each other Sun Lin at critical moments, so that Sun Lin had to expose some troops to maintain his own battle victory rate. However, it turned out that Sun Lin had thought too much about it, because for hundreds of years, although these dukes and earls had not created any wars on the surface, but in secret, these dukes and earls had no less yin, and the small road broke the other party's banquet to spend money to hire assassins, and even in the duke's family other than the original Purple Rose family, there was an unwritten rule, that is: If you want to become the head of a clan, then you must have blood in your hands that has flowed through other territorial families, and who has more, Whoever is more likely to become the head of the clan.

In the end, the six dukes and earls of the northwest region of the Lancester Empire would not unite against Sun Lin's army at all, so in any way, Sun Lin was in a winning situation.