To be honest, Emperor Marius is a gambler.
Because what he did was actually equivalent to sending out all the trusted troops in his hands again.
Currently, the only ones left in Siyuan City are a small half of the Immortal Legion, which has been disabled in the continuous battles.
If it weren't for the purpose of clearing out the remaining rebels around Siyuan City and maintaining the security of Siyuan City, I'm afraid Immortal Legion would have been sent out by Marius...
Therefore, Emperor Marius appointed General Agason as marshal, and asked General Agason, whose troops were also crippled, to go to Fort Lela to reorganize the manpower.
Agason was driven away by Marius to look for Justus, but he was looking in the wrong place - he thought Justus was in Erudition City.
Previously, General Clerion controlled Red Death at Erudition City. In order to give Creon more space, Justus would not be constrained, so he went to Imperial Port and never came back.
The reserve forces of the Immortal Legion, namely Imperial Guardss, are also following Governor Justus in rebuilding Imperial Port.
But Agason went to the right place when he went to Erudition City - not long after he arrived at Erudition City, Emperor Marius was rescued by Li Ang at Brettwen.
Therefore, General Agason naturally has no need to go to Imperial Port to find Justus, but returns to Emperor Marius again.
Emperor Marius asked Agason to go to Fort Lela, actually because Fort Lela was originally the resident of General Agason.
However, the rebels had already approached Siyuan City at that time. The rebels lost control at Erudition City, and Snake Worship Cult besieged Imperial Port on a large scale. At this time, there was no point in holding on to Fort Lela - the enemies all emerged from the hinterland.
So at that time Emperor Marius transferred Agason back, gave up Fort Lela, and let Agason regain Marasburg, which seemed to be a more important hub at the time, thus quickly reconnecting the three major cities.
Now that the domestic war has subsided, Emperor Marius has turned its attention to Duchy of Dexia, and Fort Lela naturally becomes more important at this time.
Besides, Fort Lela was controlled by Kairos a few days ago. Although Kairos is now focused on pursuing Snake Worship Cult, his current state cannot reassure Emperor Marius.
In order to prevent Kairos from becoming the second Sheila Yuzas, Emperor Marius replaced the marshal with Agason and sent him back to Fort Lela.
Different from Seven Forks Fortress of the Lionheart Kingdom, Fort Lela is not the kind of border fortress that directly faces the enemy, but a connecting hub between various military and political important places.
Three hundred miles to the east of the fortress is the cultural center Erudition City, four hundred miles to the south is the capital and political center Siyuan City, more than two hundred miles to the north is Sava Fortress who is at war with the Lionheart Kingdom all year round, and about four hundred miles to the west is the border with Duchy of Dexia.
Bacchus Empire has two such hubs, one is Marasburg that Emperor Marius once asked General Agason to take back, and the other is Fort Lela.
Such hubs usually stock up on heavy troops, because if there is a problem anywhere in the surrounding areas, reinforcements can be sent from Marasburg or Fort Lela. At the same time, logistical supplies and various material transfers must also be transferred through it.
In fact, in the entire Pande Continent, only Bacchus Empire has this kind of transit hub.
On the one hand, this is due to the different military systems. The various legions of the Bacchus Empire are essentially dispatched by the state and are not the private armies of local lords.
In order to prevent the border lords from taking advantage of the emperor to support their troops from afar, causing the country's legions to gradually turn into the lord's private soldiers, it is necessary to build a midway fortress to keep a close eye on them. Usually, the person in charge of Fort Lela is the most trusted general of the emperors of the past dynasties.
This is not to distrust the border lords, after all, it is related to national security. In fact, even if you do this, problems will still arise. Shira Yuzas's rebels actually bought the country's legions into his own followers in various ways.
On the other hand, it is mainly because Bacchus Empire lacks horses.
Since Siyuan City is located on the southern coast, it is far away from places like Sava Fortress in the north.
However, the number of domestic cavalry and carriages is relatively small, and the efficiency of transportation and rescue is not high enough. Naturally, this kind of military transfer center is needed to shorten the distance of reinforcements to avoid being cut off in various important areas.
Just like not long ago, due to the fall of the hub town Marasburg, the connection channel between Siyuan City, Erudition City, and Imperial Port was lost, and Bacchus Empire was directly cut into two halves.
Agason's prestige in the army is indeed very high, and now he has the status of marshal. After he returned to Fort Lela, there were no problems with the garrison of the fortress.
Even though many of these armies were affiliated with the Shadow Legion and were originally commanded by Kairos, Agason, who was also born in the Shadow Legion, still easily took over them and reorganized them in a very short time.
But Sava Fortress in the north has a very serious situation...
To be precise, a war broke out again in Sava Fortress - at a time when war should not be started at all.
The lord of Sava Fortress is General Titus, but this general was sent to the Amara Continent by Emperor Marius early in the morning, and the situation at that time really made it impossible to send another person to manage Sava Fortress.
The rebels of Hila Yuzas have been very persistent in besieging Siyuan City and have not gone to Sava Fortress.
This resulted in Sava Fortress being left unattended for a long time, and there were not even enough troops stationed there.
In this case, Lionheart Kingdom and Duchy of Dexia would naturally want to go to this place.
The reason why King Ulrich did not respond to Alina's call for help was actually because his troops had already secretly crossed Sava River.
So he signed an armistice agreement with Alina, but did not notify the whole country of the armistice agreement...
Because like the emperor from the Amara Continent and Old Bacchus Empire, he sent troops to sneak attack before the ink on the armistice agreement was dry.
But things like history are really surprisingly similar. Just like when Bacchus Empire and Bacchus Empire were trying to get Pande Continent at the same time, they ended up fighting each other first to share the cake - Lionheart Kingdom and Duchy of Dexia also fought together to compete for the ownership of Sava Fortress and the surrounding areas.
While Li Ang was fighting to the death with Snake Worship Cult in Bax, Duke Brennus of the Lionheart Kingdom was fighting fiercely with Bahaman, the caliph of Duchy of Dexia, near Sava Fortress.
Brennus's troops are relatively elite, but Lion Knight Order is still under reconstruction, and the number of troops participating in the battle is relatively small;
Bahaman brought a large number of Dexia Qazi Raiders, with a larger number of troops, but Dexia's troops have never been very adaptable to overseas operations. In terrains other than deserts, their combat effectiveness may not be fully utilized.
As a result, the two sides fought for nearly two months, each suffering heavy casualties, but no one gained any substantial benefits...
It wasn't until the news that Li Ang occupied Calundru Castle came that Dexian people fully evacuated Sava Fortress. However, they encountered an ambush during the evacuation. Bahaman finally escaped and returned to Dexia with only a few dozen guards.
Brennus, who suffered heavy losses, also failed to get Sava Fortress, and he was also ambushed when he led his troops to try to control the surrounding villages. He ended up with the same fate as Bahaman, and only fled back to Lion Territory with a few dozen knights...
--The people who ambushed Bahaman were the same group of people as Brennus. General Titus happened to come back at this time, and they came back with Phoenix Knight Order.
In fact, General Titus had come back a long time ago, but he encountered the enemy - the infantry in the Fear Legion - on the way.
There are actually a large number of infantry in the Fear Legion. After all, most of the former Imperial Third Army were infantry. The number of infantry in the Fear Legion is even greater than that in Python Knights.
These undead infantry are quite powerful in combat. They used to be elite warriors when they were still alive. They were the spear regiment of the third legion of the ancient Bacchus Empire. They were also a typical hedgehog-type infantry regiment that formed a dense phalanx with spears and large shields.
But when Maltis appeared under Siyuan City with the Fear Legion, this infantry regiment was not with Maltis, otherwise Emperor Marius might not be able to seal Fear Legion into Siyuan City.
This is because this infantry regiment was separated from Maltis at sea, and they were separated relatively far away.
In winter, the northern seas of the Pande Continent will freeze, and the large area of frozen ice will cause large ocean currents to appear on the sea, and the ocean currents will push all the way to the southern bay of the Pande Continent.
Therefore, monsoons and waves caused by ocean currents often occur in the south of the Bacchus Empire in winter, just like the wind and waves encountered by Li Ang's troops in Serendil.
Fear Legion It is indeed easy for those broken ships that have been in disrepair to encounter various problems if they encounter wind and waves during a long voyage.
In addition, General Titus was ordered to destroy the Snake Worship Cult port of the Amara Continent in a timely manner. Snake Worship Cult's other large forces did not go to sea, but Fear Legion of Maltis came out alone in a broken ship.
After all, Fear Legion, this undead army is different from ordinary people. They have no requirements for the safety of transportation and whether the port is suitable - anyway, these undead Fear Legion don't care about falling into the sea, they can climb up from the bottom of the sea...
Fear Legion, who was driving a dilapidated ship, encountered a winter ocean current on the southern coast of the Pande Continent. As a result, the fleet, which lacked sails and basically relied on oars for power, was washed away by the ocean current and became two parts.
Most of Python Knights followed Maltis to land in Qiza, while Fear Legion's infantry was affected by the ocean current and drifted into the bay northwest of Siyuan City - this huge bay is the end point of the ocean current in the southern sea area of the Bacchus Empire. Of course, in summer, this is the starting point of the reverse ocean current.
In other words, the ship carrying the Fear Legion infantry has actually passed through the Siyuan City sea area and traveled a long distance...
But they have never been able to log in because Titus carried Phoenix Knight Order.
After General Titus was ordered by Emperor Marius to attack the Snake Worship Cult port of the Amara Continent, he returned from the Amara Continent with Phoenix Knight Order. When they were about to return to the Siyuan City sea area, they encountered the Fear Legion fleet that was washed away by the ocean current.
They didn't know that this was just the infantry of the Fear Legion, so they followed all the way, trying to prevent Fear Legion from landing.
Encountering Fear Legion at sea is actually a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - this undead army is indeed powerful after landing, but those broken ships are simply vulnerable at sea.
Therefore, Phoenix Knight Order's fleet plans to take this opportunity to kill Fear Legion at sea.
After all, Phoenix Knight Order didn't bring horses with him when he came to support from the Amara Continent, and they didn't plan to fight Fear Legion on land without horses.
Unlike Fear Legion, normal horses are not suitable for large-scale ocean voyages.
Fear Legion's horses are all undead. They will neither run around nor be frightened, and can be loaded into the cabin of a ship. However, live horses take up a lot of space, and they can easily die of illness on the ship.
General Titus, with Phoenix Knight Order, did kill half of the fleet carrying Fear Legion infantry at sea, but it was delayed for a long time. Even after Siyuan City rescued them, they landed at Vida Village near the bay.
Precisely because Siyuan City had already rescued the siege at that time, General Titus did not go to Siyuan City immediately, because soon after he landed at Vida Village, he heard that there was a war in his own territory, and that two groups of foreigners came to fight on their own territory...
General Titus naturally couldn't bear this situation. He was a fierce general with a bad temper, and Vida Village was not far from Sava Fortress, so he took Phoenix Knight Order and rushed towards Sava Fortress, and happened to bump into the caliphate Bahaman who was retreating.
To be honest, the reason why Bahaman was ambushed after leaving Sava Fortress's jurisdiction was probably mainly because he brought too many horses...
Seeing the troops of Bahaman withdrawing from the area under the jurisdiction of Sava Fortress, the people of Phoenix Knight Order can naturally realize that the cavalry of these desert tribes must have attacked the territory of General Titus before...
The people of Phoenix Knight Order are indeed very loyal. General Titus helped them destroy the port of Snake Worship Cult in the Amara Continent. For them, they are their own people. In addition, the desert nation's troops brought so many horses... then they definitely deserve a vote.
So Bahaman was ambushed by Phoenix Knight Order without any precautions, resulting in heavy casualties. Most of the horses became Phoenix Knights's mounts.
Later, Titus planned to take Phoenix Knight Order back to Sava Fortress to complete supplies, but he bumped into Brennus who was searching the village under his rule.
Brennus's habit of searching wherever he goes has harmed him this time...
Although Titus himself sometimes scratches the land, he obviously cannot accept his own land being scratched by others...
And Phoenix Knight Order is a team with a relatively sense of justice, and they don't want to see such plunderers, so they took another shot.
Phoenix Knights, who has horses, is indeed very powerful. In addition, Brennus did not expect to encounter such a strong enemy in the village. After being charged by Phoenix Knights for several rounds, Brennus had no choice but to run away.
But sometimes people are really fickle. After winning several big battles in a row, General Titus may have become a little bit drifting - he defeated Fear Legion, Duchy of Dexia and Lionheart Kingdom, the strongest lords in a row. Anyone else might be a bit drifting.
During the continuous battles on the two continents, Titus has formed a deep comradeship with the Phoenix Knightss. The Phoenix Knightss only know him so far, so they will naturally follow him to fight.
But suddenly he had such a strong army in his hands, and it had been maintaining a winning streak, and had not suffered any major losses - under this situation, General Titus began to have some other ideas.
For example, support your troops with self-respect.
For another example, take advantage of the fact that Phoenix Knight Order is in your hands now and take the opportunity to expand your strength.
It is actually quite normal for him to have such thoughts. If he went to see Emperor Marius now, Phoenix Knight Order would probably no longer be commanded by him, and he would become an ordinary general again.
It is estimated that both in terms of attention and specific strength, they are not as good as Agason and Creon, and there are two or three governors with higher status above them...
But what if he keeps holding Phoenix Knight Order in his hand?
Even... what if he can use Phoenix Knight Order to gain more territory of his own?
Is it possible to become the governor of the Bacchus Empire?
His Majesty the Emperor has always been the smartest person, and Governor Livius has always been full of misdeeds. Just because his family controls Shadow Infantry, he has always been able to hold the high position of Governor...
So, what if you hold Phoenix Knight Order in your hands for a while and find a way to turn it into your own private soldier?
If you want to keep Phoenix Knight Order in your hands, the best way is of course not to let the war end...