In the Battle of the Unknown Valley, Sekler defeated the Hudd coalition.

The leaders and their troops fled, and were chased by Alpad all the way.

More than three thousand ears were counted from the corpse alone. The bloody human ear was worn with straw ropes and installed two large trucks.

Paratu's Fifth and Sixth Legion also suffered heavy casualties.

More than 7,000 corps infantry and more than 5,000 auxiliary soldiers were summoned to participate in the battle, with a total of 772 people killed and 943 seriously injured.

Slight injuries cannot be calculated because almost all the soldiers who survived were injured.

The criterion for determining serious injuries has also become whether you can walk on your own.

After cleaning the battlefield, Paratu's army marched towards the northeast without stopping.

There is no doubt that the Palatus won a victory.

If it was in the past, they could already "talk and laugh and sing happily".

However, the victory of the battle is difficult to make up for the lack of strategy.

Alpad failed to break up the Hud coalition - because the Hud coalition was originally in bulk.

Although the various tribes did not work very hard in wars, escaping was a strong point. The cavalry of the Suz tribe who was under the siege collapsed and the battle turned into "dogs chasing rabbits".

It’s nothing to chase a rabbit. According to past experience, it’s enough to hurt the Huds.

But now the wolves believe that the horse is in a downturn. Even if the horse can kick one wolf to death, two wolfs, the remaining hungry wolf will still lick the wound and follow the horse tightly.

Just as there is no independent will called the "Heds", the motives of the Heeds fighting the Palatus are also very complicated.

For the lower-class Herders, on the one hand, they were violently coerced to fight, and on the other hand, they were also eager for class improvement brought by trophies, rewards and military merits.

Above the lower herders, there is a full-time warrior class in Heard society.

Including the leaders of the small tribe, the relatives, friends and guards of the leaders.

To some extent, these people had similar motivations to ordinary Hedder herders. They drove the tribe, and the three major groups drove them.

They are unwilling to lose their strength, but they also desire spoils.

Armor, weapons, muskets, ammunition, and craftsmen are resources that are difficult for all ministries to obtain on weekdays.

The older leaders still remember the good days in the past. They hoped from the bottom of their hearts that they could destroy the permanent army of Paratu and then go to Paratu to rob - as long as they did not lose their own troops.

In the eyes of more ambitious and powerful leaders, this battle will not only eliminate the Palatu's standing army, but also a good opportunity to establish prestige and control the troops.

In addition, for all the Hurds, there is a collective emotion that is invisible and intangible, in the heart but indescribable.

That is the hatred and resentment of the "Hed people" towards the "Palatus", which is not linked to a certain body, but is in the hearts of every Hued person.

This emotion may not have been strong enough that "the tribe across the river robbed my two horses, and I hate it", but it does exist.

In short, the White Lion's strategy of "not letting go, but not biting" has been recognized by most Heards.

Except for the Chihe tribe and the Terdun tribe, most of the leaders were only trusted men, and they needed time to gather the lost tribes.

No one dared to fight head-on with the Palatu Legion anymore, but no one was willing to give up.

The purpose of Alpad and Sekler was achieved, and the retreat of the Palatu army became extremely quiet and there was no war again.

Only the occasional Hud light cavalry reminded the Palathus: the enemy has not stopped.

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Realizing that the second pontoon bridge was also destroyed, the emotions of the Palatu army became uneasy and depressed.

Anyone with a slightly normal mind can see that this army has reached a desperate situation.

The Palathus didn't lose, but there was no way out.

That night, two auxiliary soldiers stole horses and wanted to escape.

They were caught by patrol cavalry on the river beach and executed in public early the next morning.

It is necessary to make a decision quickly - this is the consensus of all officers.

At the enlarged meeting of senior officers, someone suggested: "Otherwise, continue to wander upward?"

Continue to move upwards, a simple and crude way.

The higher the water, the shallower the river, the narrower the river. Isn’t it enough to walk to a place where it can flow?

"Where to go?" Colonel Bode choked back without mercy: "Even if you walk upward for two hundred kilometers, the Styx will still be a hundred meters wide! Just walk into the shade mountains and go around from the Montas home?"

"I'm just talking..."

Another silence.

Someone also suggested: "I have seen workers who log in the mountains. They cut trees in winter and transported them to the riverside to nail them into wooden rafts. When the water rises in summer, they can go down the river directly to the forts of the kings and the inland sea."

"We also zamudai?"

"Maybe it's feasible..."

"Everyone." Lieutenant Colonel Robert was having a split headache: "The principle of buoyancy!"

The buoyancy of an object is related to the volume of liquid discharged. The officers present have at least learned it, whether they still remember it or not.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert picked up the paper and pen and began to calculate: "The wooden raft is not a ship, it has no empty capsule, it all depends on the buoyancy of the wood. Half the density of the wood is used to draw water, which means that 1 kilogram of wooden raft can carry 1 kilogram. In fact, it is definitely not possible to do one to one, but I will calculate as much as possible for you.

There are now more than 20,000 people in the entire army, each of which is 70 kilograms, and a total of 1.4 million kilograms, which is 1,400 tons! Where can I go to the wood? Where can I find it?!"

The more he calculated, the more excited Lieutenant Colonel Robert became: "This is just the weight of a human, and we have not included our weapons, armor, baggage, and ammunition! By the way, there are horses! There are war horses! We still have tens of thousands of war horses! In addition to war horses, there are horses to pick up."

The meeting scene was silent.

"Download the wooden raft? You can think of it!" Lieutenant Colonel Robert suppressed his anger: "It would be better to just jump into the river with one piece of wood and throw all the weapons, armor and war horses to the Hurds!"

"Then there is no need for wooden rafts, what about building ships?" someone asked in discontent.

"Ship! What kind of ship?" Lieutenant Colonel Robert finally couldn't control himself: "There aren't there Vineta people in the army? Call them over and ask how many ships you need to load 20,000 people! There are also war horses! Even if you take the largest ship on the inland sea and want to load 20,000 people, you still need a whole fleet!"

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In the military tent, the atmosphere became extremely depressing.

Robert is not an easy type to be excited, but he is very rational.

But the more rational a person is, the more likely he will collapse when facing absolute despair.

"We are here to stick to it and send people to the Kings Castle to find a boat?" Colonel Haugwitz asked in a pondering question: "There are many ships in the Kings Castle. Every year, don't the wool go to the Kings Castle to load ships first, then go down the river to send them to the Union Province and Venetta?"

[Note: The river in the Palatou population refers to the Jinliu River, that is, the rushing river in the population of the United Provinces and Venetta]

A glimmer of hope ignited in everyone's eyes.

"That's right! There are ships in all the kings' castles! They are of all sizes!"

"The Styx River is connected to the river, and all the rivers on the wasteland are connected! Let the ship come and pick us up."

"Gentlemen!" Lieutenant Colonel Robert couldn't help but shout: "We are upstream! The Kings Castle is downstream! Haven't you heard of [buying boats to go east]? The Venetta merchant bought a boat in Paratu, carried wool to the inland sea, then demolished the boat and sold wood, and finally rode back to the Kings Castle!"

Colonel Bode comforted Lieutenant Colonel Robert and explained to others: "From the Kings Castle here, it was upstream. The people of Vinetta would rather buy boats to go east than go against the current because it was too difficult.

We sail against the current by three things, paddles, sails and boaters. It is winter now, and the west wind is blowing, not only against the current but also against the wind. We cannot use sails, and no one can pull us. If we want to get enough paddles, we can get Venetta or the Inland Sea Fleet of the United Provinces.”

"Don't count on the ship!" Colonel Bode summed up heavily, he paused and said, "The only feasible way is to stick here and send people back to the Kings Castle for help. As long as reinforcements can defeat the barbarians on the other side of the river, we can build a pontoon bridge."

Because there are no fixed piers on the pontoon bridge, in order to keep the axis position from being offset, cable anchors need to be arranged on both sides of the shore, upstream and downstream.

The Hud robbers guarded the other side of the river, which was equivalent to jamming the throat of the Palatu army.

If they are not defeated, the pontoon bridge cannot be built.

"I think it's feasible!" Some school officials agreed loudly.

A school official asked worriedly: "Persevere? Are we still enough food and fodder?"

Colonel Bode firmly replied: "If you don't have enough, save yourself! If you don't have enough, kill your horse! You must guard until reinforcements arrive."

"What if reinforcements fail to rescue them?"

"On the Xinken land alone, we can pull out tens of thousands of Dusaks and militias. How could we not be able to defeat the thousands of Heds on the other side?" Colonel Bode was confident: "The barbarians invaded, and militias from all over the country must have gathered. The army headquarters just sends them here."

Colonel Haugwitz held his arm and asked, "It is still too passive to expect reinforcements to rescue the siege. We should find a way to send some people across the river and destroy the barbarians on the other side. There are almost three thousand barbarians on the other side, four thousand people. As long as we can send fifteen squadrons."

[Note: The fifteen squadrons had a full 3,000 cavalry, but the actual combat was difficult to replenish, and there were only about 1,700 cavalry]

Lieutenant Colonel Robert asked, "How to send it over?"

"Boat?"

"Where can I get a ship that can hold two thousand cavalry!"

"Go upstream and transport it little by little by little with a boat."

"Col. Haugwitz! Have you ever thought about morale?" Lieutenant Colonel Robert retorted with his eyes: "If the Hurds can stand on the other side, they cannot monitor the upstream and downstream? Once they fail, the losses will be not only the cavalry of fifteen squadrons, but also the war horses of fifteen squadrons.

I won’t tell you whether you can cross the river. With the current state of the army, we will collapse before we can reach the other side! The soldiers will think you are going to escape!"

Haugwitz sneered: "You underestimate the Paratus too much!"

Lieutenant Colonel Robert was furious: "We do the hard work, what qualifications do you have to say this?"
To be continued...