Chapter 734: Recapture of Muhawitsi Fortress (I)

After Dmitri received the news that the Britannia Army had landed at the Blue Water Port, he immediately sent a messenger to report the matter to the front-line army in the Aighar Corridor, and asked Dominic to lead his troops back to support.

After receiving the news, Dominic hurriedly summoned his senior generals to discuss.

"I never thought that the Knights of Michael would attack the Blue Water Port across the sea and successfully land behind us." Dominic's face was livid, "It's really amazing... Su Cheng, you can actually think of attacking our rear by sea."

"Commander!"

At this time, a senior general stepped out.

"Let's quickly send some troops back to support! Mukhavet Fortress must not be lost!"

Everyone present was a senior general in the Hiran Army, and they were one of the few elites, so they all knew very well that if the Knights of Michael landed behind them, where the most priority and most worthwhile target would be.

It must be Mukhavet Fortress!

If any of them were to lead the Britannia Army behind them, they would choose Muhavitz Fortress as the primary target of attack.

Not only that, they also knew what would happen to the rear if Muhavitz Fortress was lost.

All kinds of baggage transported from various places in the rear had to be transported into the Aghal Corridor through Muhavitz Fortress to supply the nearly 300,000 front-line troops in the corridor.

If Muhavitz Fortress was lost, their supply line would be cut off, and they would not be able to get any supplies in this barren Aghal Corridor!

The current battle situation is very urgent and critical.

At this critical moment of life and death, Dominic made a prompt decision:

"Divide the troops! Send 100,000 troops to rescue the Mukhavets Fortress! The rest of the troops will stay where they are and continue to confront the Avalon Fortress!"

With Dominic's order, the front-line troops, which had lost 30,000 troops in the previous offensive against the Avalon Fortress and could not be replenished in time, and now only had 270,000 troops left, quickly moved.

100,000 troops were sent to rescue the Mukhavets Fortress, and the remaining 170,000 stayed where they were and continued to confront the defenders in the Avalon Fortress.

The 100,000 troops who returned to rescue the Mukhavets Fortress were commanded by Dominic himself and marched north at a rapid pace. However, the bad news suddenly came when they were only halfway through the journey.

The scout in the Mukhavets Fortress came on a fast horse to report, and he knelt down in front of Dominic with a disheveled face and dust on his face:

"Commander! Something terrible has happened! The Britannia Army arrived at the foot of the Mukhavets Fortress at dawn the day before yesterday, and the fortress... has fallen..."

"Ah..."

Dominic was struck by lightning when he heard this, and accidentally fell off the saddle.

"Commander! Commander! Are you okay?" The guards beside Dominic reacted quickly,

and got off the horse as quickly as possible, and then helped Dominic up.

"At dawn the day before yesterday?! The Mukhavets Fortress was breached at dawn the day before yesterday?!"

Dominic was anxious and angry, wanting to curse and cry. He drew the sword at his waist, chopped a big rock beside him to vent his anger, and howled to the sky, wanting to cry but without tears.

At this moment, Dominic suddenly remembered an important matter.

"Where is your majesty?!"

Dominic hurriedly asked the scout.

"How is His Majesty? Did His Majesty escape from the fortress?!"

"When the fortress fell, the situation was too chaotic, and we don't know whether His Majesty escaped successfully..."

After learning that Vasili was unknown whether he was alive or dead, Dominic's face became even paler.

The Mukhavets Fortress fell, and the plan to lead the army back to the fortress to stop the Britannia Army that landed behind them had been aborted.

The situation worsened.

And it worsened to a tragic point where it could not get worse.

After a brief vent, Dominic quickly ordered a halt to the march and summoned all senior generals to come and discuss countermeasures.

The atmosphere in the big tent was serious and heavy.

Everyone lowered their heads slightly, their faces were livid.

Dominic, sitting in the main seat, looked at the map spread in front of them, and he couldn't cry or roar.

"The Muhavitz Fortress fell at dawn the day before yesterday, and the Muhavitz Fortress received the news that the Britannia Army had landed in the rear at about dawn the day before yesterday."

"That is to say... just as the Muhavitz Fortress received the news that the Britannia Army had landed in the Blue Water Port, the Knights of Michael had already arrived at the city..."

Dominic held his forehead, stabilized his shaking body, and continued to groan:

"How could it be... this is too fast... The Knights of Michael only took 5 and a half days to run more than 400 miles, traveling more than 70 miles a day... this, this..."

"The fortress fell, the supply line was cut off, and His Majesty didn't know whether he was alive or dead... This is really..."

Dominic punched the wooden table in front of him. When he thought of the fall of the Muhavitz Fortress, he couldn't help crying.

Facing the current situation that took a sharp turn for the worse and was extremely critical, even a veteran like Dominic, who had experienced many battles, couldn't help but feel sad.

Although the tent was filled with stoves, making the entire tent very warm, Dominic felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. The warm air around him could not warm up his body.

"Commander..." At this moment, a senior general hurriedly whispered, "Commander, the situation is critical. Our army is not yet in a situation where it is bound to lose. It is not the time to despair. Please cheer up and work together with your colleagues to turn the tide."

"Yes, commander, please cheer up!"

"Commander! It is not the time to despair yet!"

...

All the senior generals in the big tent encouraged Dominic and themselves at the same time.

Faced with such a critical situation, everyone present felt helpless and desperate, so they could only encourage Dominic and themselves at the same time.

As time passed, Dominic's emotions finally calmed down slowly.

He began to issue orders to the senior generals in front of him, preparing to win a glimmer of hope for the nearly 300,000 troops in the Aighar Corridor.

"The top priority now is to recapture Fort Mukhavets and reopen the supply line."

"So there is no need to confront the defenders of Fort Avalon anymore.

"Send a message to the 170,000 troops left on the front line, and let them take all the siege equipment and retreat north to join us."

"At the same time, count the current reserves of food, fodder and other consumables in the army."

"We must recapture Fort Mukhavets before the food, fodder and other consumables stored in the army are exhausted! Reopen the supply line!"

"At the same time, count how many soldiers in the army have not received winter war equipment! Collect and take care of these soldiers who have not received winter war equipment!"

Military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian

Military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian