After seeing through the true intentions of the Frank army, Issel hurriedly sent orders to the strongholds around the "Bushu Border", requiring the defenders there to immediately rush to the "Bushu Border" and intercept the Frank army.

Although time was tight, more than 3,700 soldiers were gathered before the Frank army approached the "Bushu border".

When mobilizing troops to defend the "Bushu border", Issel issued an order to these soldiers responsible for guarding the "Bushu border" to hold the Frank army for at least 48 hours, and after 48 hours pass, they can evacuate the "Bushu border".

The reason why Issel issued such an order instead of letting the soldiers defend to the end is that this is the cleverness of Issel.

If the soldiers were allowed to defend to the end, the morale of these soldiers would only decline.

After all - facing the attack of the 300,000 Frank army, defending the "Bushu border" to the death is no different from dying.

The soldiers are not fools. Letting them perform such a vague mission of death will only cause their morale to decline, and they may even rebel in the face of war.

Only those soldiers who are no longer elite, or under some special circumstances, can they rush to carry out the mission of death.

But - if you set a specific task goal, the result will be different.

Issel set a specific mission goal for the defenders of the "Boushu Border": to hold the Frank army for 48 hours, and to retreat after 48 hours pass.

Knowing how long you can retreat after you stay, and not knowing when you need to stay before you can retreat - the impact these two mentalities on the generals and soldiers are completely different.

The former will make the generals feel that they have a goal and have hope of survival, and their morale will rise.

The latter will make the generals feel like they have no goal and feel that they are waiting to die, and their morale will fall.

This is Issel's cleverness.

The more than 3,700 soldiers who knew in their hearts that they could retreat as long as they could hold the Frank army for 48 hours were able to survive, relying on their strong strongholds, launched a tenacious blockade against the 300,000 Frank army.

Although their strongholds were shaking under the fierce attack of the Franks, they remained firm until the end.

Despite the difficult process, the more than 3,700 soldiers finally completed their combat missions successfully, successfully delaying the Frank army for 48 hours on the "Bushu Border".

After the mission was completed, the alive soldiers hurriedly evacuated the "Bushu Border".

The "Bushu border" has become an unprepared state.

After all the Britannian soldiers retreated, the Franks easily crossed the "Bushu border" and entered the homeland of the Britannian Empire.

The Rhine Front, which the Britannian Empire spent a lot of money, was broken through by the Frank army.

However, the efforts of these 3,700 soldiers were not in vain.

They sacrificed their lives and delayed the Frank army for 48 hours, and bought precious time for Issel and his army.

When the Frank army crossed the "Bushu border", Issel and most of the military forces he brought also successfully crossed the Issu River and entered the Rhineland Plain.

The Issu River - the largest tributary of the Rhine River, basically travels east-west, with its source located in the Kingdom of Schuper, and its flows from east to west, passing through the Kingdom of Schuper and the Britannian Empire.

The Rhineland Plain is located in the east of the Kingdom of Shupel and the Isu River in the south.

Crossing the Isu River north along the Rhine Front means reaching the Rhineland Plain!

The army led by Issel and Albert finally arrived at the Rhineland Plain before the Frankish army.

After arriving at the Rhineland Plain, Issel's military strength was as he had expected at the beginning, gathering an army of 300,000.

Among these 300,000 troops, 240,000 were troops of the Gabriel Knights and 60,000 were troops of the Rachel Knights.

A battle of 300,000 to 300,000, and the two sides participated in the battle with a force of up to 600,000 will soon break out on the Rhineland Plain.

The atmosphere above the Rhineland Plain became more and more serious due to the arrival of two large armies...

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Because of its proximity to the border, not many people are willing to live in the Rhineland Plain.

Therefore, even though the Rhineland Plain is a very livable land, there are very few rural areas that have been rooted here.

The civilians living in the Rhineland Plain had already received news that the Frank army was about to come, so they hurriedly packed up all the luggage and dry food that they could take away in time, fled from the Rhineland Plain, and left this vast plain to the Britannian army and the Frank army as a battlefield.

Because there were not many civilians living in the Rhineland Plain, all the civilians here successfully escaped to a safe place before the Rhineland Plain turned into a flesh-and-blood mill.

It's early morning now.

Two armies lined up against each other on the vast Rhineland Plain.

These two armies have conspicuous characteristics.

The army on the south side was all wearing black armor.

The army to the north has an ordinary silver-white armor color, but they all wear strange pointed helmets.

However, these two armies have the same characteristics.

That is - their military formations are boundless.

No matter which direction they look, their military formations are boundless, and their soldiers seem to have covered the entire Rhineland Plain.

The army to the south is the 300,000-strong joint force of the Britannian Empire.

And the army northwards is the Frankish army.

The Britannian Army and the Frank Army had a tit-for-tat confrontation.

Yesterday afternoon, the two armies "meeted" here in a tacit understanding.

After the "meeting", the two armies stopped tacitly and began to camp, but no one launched an attack on anyone.

Because it was almost dusk, it was no longer suitable to launch an attack.

Although neither of them launched an attack, both sides were on guard against each other and prevented them from launching a sudden attack.

Fortunately, after the two armies "meeted", they were always peaceful.

The Britannian army was stationed in the south and the Frank army was stationed in the north.

The two armies, which should have been incompatible with water and fire, spent a peaceful night strangely.

The commanders of both sides are actually waiting.

All are waiting for tomorrow.

It's too late now, and it's not suitable to launch large-scale offensive and defense.

Only when tomorrow is dawn will the battle begin!

After spending the peace night, the two armies acted at the same time again with great understanding.

When the sun just rose from the horizon, both the generals of the Britannian army and the generals of the Frank army emerged from each camp, and then began to form formations according to the commanders' orders.

Neat military formations of different shapes and sizes appeared one by one on the vast plains of the Rhineland.

Soon, both the Britannian army and the Frank army were ready for war.
Chapter completed!