Sure enough, as soon as the spring offensive began, the two conspirators who served as commanders-in-chief of the east and west group armies made a mistake.

On the Western Front, the Verden Front led by Duke de Wet had only one opponent to defeat, the Kingdom of Sidaris.

Even though he had twice as many troops as his opponent, he still tried his best to delay the launch of the offensive.

Rather than heading north to fight, he preferred to concentrate his forces to clear out the local armed resistance in Verden in order to stabilize his rear.

Under his orders, the Verden Front used brutal methods to attack local guerrillas, even innocent civilians were not spared.

The consequences of this are obvious - the entire Verden fell into riots!

Countless civilians joined the guerrillas, and in the chaos, killed King Ervir who had surrendered to Nilfgaard.

His son, Prince Christian, became the leader of the rebel army and began to lead the anti-imperial movement.

In addition to using a wave of brainless maneuvers to force back the civilians of Verden who originally defected to his side, Duke de Wet also suffered a preemptive strike from his opponent.

Seeing that the Nilfgaardians did not move northward, King Essein of Hydaris made an immediate decision and directly joined forces with Kratz Ann Clete of the Skellige Islands to attack the Verden Front from both land and sea!

Unprepared, De Wet was attacked on both sides and defeated repeatedly. The Widen Front, which was originally the flank, was pinned down in the Widen area and was unable to provide any support to Army Group Center.

On the eastern front, the Eastern Army Group commanded by Duke Adal Aep Darcy did not obey the emperor's order and went north to attack the Upper Aedirn area occupied by Kaedwen. Instead, it defended the occupied Aedirn.

, the regions of Leiria and Livia remained motionless.

Therefore, the plan to attack Temeria from the flank is temporarily unsustainable.

Taking this opportunity, the Temerian front army, led by Temerian King Foltest and Temerian Field Marshal John Natalis, quickly attacked and pushed the battle line southward to Bru.

In the Gege area, two fortresses were recaptured one after another.

Lu Qi, on the other hand, shouldered the important task of leading the Black Hawk Knights, all on horseback, and the 8,000-strong Redanian heavy armored cavalry, quickly marching westward to aid the combined forces of Hydaris and Skellig on the western front.

This all-cavalry unit has only one mission, which is to defeat the Wieden Front on the Western Front in the shortest possible time, and then circle back to the flank of Army Group Center to deliver a righteous backstab!

Meanwhile, the Nilfgaardians finally took action:

Marshal Meno Kouchren, who had been delayed for some time due to the local armed uprising, finally decided to launch an attack. He led the Central Army Group of about 100,000 people to leave the Aina River and go north to attack the lost Amelia Fortress.

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The emperor who was far away in the city of golden towers listened to the urgent military report from the intelligence department and learned of the inaction of the east and west wings. He finally couldn't help but issued a death order and forced Duke de Wit and Duke Adal Aip Darcy to

Immediately advance forward to cooperate with the offensive of Army Group Center.

The Eastern Front Army did not dare to stay in the castle anymore and began to pass through the Pontar Valley, a natural passage leading directly to Temeria and Redania, and attack the east side of Temeria.

Not long ago, King Henselt of Kaedwen, who had just shaken hands with the Nilfgaardians and divided Aedirn equally, returned to the north again after attending the joint meeting of the northern kingdoms.

Although he knew that the nation of Kaedwen was unable to resist the Eastern Front Army, he still led his 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Upon receiving this news, John Natalis, the Temerian Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Alliance Forces in Maribo, immediately saw the key points of the war situation.

Once the Pontar Valley on the eastern front is broken through by the Nilfgaardians, the Eastern Front Army can march directly to the city of Vizima and defeat Temeria.

In other words, the longer the delay, the more disadvantageous it will be to one's own side.

After realizing this problem, John Natalis immediately proposed to Foltest to adjust his strategy and strike preemptively!

Their target is naturally the main attack route of the Nilfgaardians - the 100,000 Central Army Group.

The entire coalition forces, including the main forces and reserves of Temeria and Redania, as well as other reinforcements, all moved south to reinforce the Amelia Fortress, intending to fight to the death with Army Group Center here.

In response to this, Marshal Meno Kouchren of Nilfgaard considered it and decided to turn west, giving priority to blocking reinforcements from the Northern Alliance to Amelia.

He chose to leave all his infantry behind and continue to reinforce the battle in Amelia.

And he personally led the Fourth Cavalry Corps and all the cavalry troops under the Second Corps, totaling about 46,000 people, to advance westward quickly.

The two parties soon met in the Bruge area on the west side of Amelia Fortress.

Facing the menacing black army of Nilfgaard, King Foltest, the commander of the coalition forces, decided to spread out his troops in formation, preparing to give the Nilfgaardians a head-on attack.

There are various signs that the coalition forces of the northern countries and the southern empire will fight a war on this plain three kilometers apart.

At this time, neither John Natalis, Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Allied Forces, nor Marshal Meno Cochran of the Southern Empire, nor even everyone on the battlefield could have imagined that this battle would determine the direction of the entire war...

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The Nilfgaardian Empire has a strength of 48,000, all of which are cavalry.

The strength of the Northern Allied Forces is 33,000, mainly infantry.

In terms of military strength, the Northern Allied Forces were slightly behind. However, this was because nearly 8,000 cavalry troops were assigned to support the Western Front.

Otherwise, the number of main forces on both sides would not be much different...

When a large army confronts you, detecting the enemy's situation is the first thing to do.

During the pre-war reconnaissance, the Nilfgaardian reconnaissance captain was timid and unwilling to go deep into the back of the valley for fear of being ambushed, so he retreated in a hurry and made a false report of "the rear was invincible." The Nilfgaardians took the lead.

A general attack was launched!

The battle started at dawn.

As soon as Marshal Meno Couchran came up, he sent Nilfgaard's Fourth Cavalry Legion, nearly ten thousand heavy cavalry, to charge against the Temerian and Redanian coalition forces directly opposite in the middle!

Perhaps because of the advantage of the terrain and the restraint properties of the spear phalanx, although the cavalry regiment once successfully rushed into the enemy formation, after losing its charging speed, it fell into a siege by the spears and was quickly surrounded.

defeated.

The commander who led the charge was also killed on the spot.

Although the charge in the center was hit, the offensive on the left and right wings achieved good results.

The dwarf volunteers responsible for guarding the two wings, as well as Kevir's Free Corps, were all under the impact of the black tide, like small boats in a storm, as if they were about to be swallowed up.

Commanders from both sides deployed troops one after another.
Chapter completed!