Section 18 Transitions
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Just after the two carriages slowly drove through the deep city gate cave and merged into the street, the two men who had been waiting in the small grocery store next to the city gate cave exchanged glances and turned into darkness. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"These are these two cars, right?" asked the man in gray in a deep voice as he looked in the direction in which the carriage had disappeared.
"Well, yes, it's just a line of six. The man in green shirt who followed behind nodded and replied, "This group of six people didn't seem to know each other when Partridge Pass was in our sight, but then it seems that they quickly became acquainted, especially the two main ones, both young women, who were quickly wrapped together, which made us all a little confused, but it seems that they are not all the way." ”
"Well, it seems that we do need to tighten the surveillance, but how come our people haven't got something of value to report it?" The man in gray was obviously a leader, and asked with some dissatisfaction, "I don't know what the situation is, how can I report it to the top?"
"My lord, there is no doubt about the identity of these people, and there is nothing to find fault about the past, I really can't find any loopholes, why don't we just take them down and review them first?" The man in the green shirt suggested with some grievances.
"Fart, you want to make trouble for us, don't you?, there is no evidence suspicious, why do you take someone to censor it? Don't look at what place this is, if it is in Bonan, maybe it is still possible, here, once you can't find out anything, let this city guard know, then don't you have to make a big storm? That guy has long seen us unpleasantly, and if you seize the opportunity, you won't get a copy of our security bureau in front of Lord Li? The last turmoil has not stopped. Lord Diao and Master Tong have already greeted us, and now they are in the limelight, and there is not much doubt about who would dare to act rashly? The man in gray sharply interrupted his subordinate's suggestion, probably the boss's warning was still in his ears.
"Then don't we just be pressed by them like this? We are directly under the control of the above, although Mo Lun is a city guard, I'm afraid he can't control us, right?" The man in the green shirt was still a little unconvinced.
"Hmph, bear with me for a while, and then talk about it after this limelight. The man in gray was also a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he also knew that his eyes were colorful, and he didn't dare to disobey the admonition above, so he had to tell his subordinates again and again, "Arrange for the people below to keep an eye on it, I have to report to the top, these guys are definitely not good birds, see what the opinions of the above are." ”
Miley stared coldly at the map in front of him, he had always been as calm as a mountain, and he was also a little unsteady at this time, he didn't expect that Li Wufeng, this guy, would use such a huge military force, almost all the elite troops in the northwest, and all of them were pressed on this Gerok battlefield, could he really stop himself from taking Merrington City at all costs? There were more than 110,000 people in five divisions in the west, and more than 60,000 people in three divisions and regiments in the south, and a total of 180,000 troops were assembled, which was menacing.
A sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth, and Miley weighed the Northwest Army that was pressing in front of him, more than 110,000 people, although he completely annihilated his 20,000 troops in one fell swoop, and successfully raided the southern camp, causing great losses, which made Miley heartbroken, but Miley still believed that as long as there was a head-on duel, the remaining 200,000 troops in his hands would still be enough to crush the 180,000 Northwest Army, and they would definitely be unable to come and go.
Obviously, it is the main force of the Northwest Army that is coming from west to east in front of it, and what comes up from the south is only to contain its own flank, so that it can certainly contain its own side, but the same dispersion of troops is not a good thing for the Northwest Army, which is slightly inferior in terms of quantity and quality, as long as the time is right, he can completely mobilize superior forces to solve this partial division in the south, but Li Wufeng is not a good person, how can he not see this? Could it be that Li Wufeng also knew that the barbarians in his country had messed up with the Prime Minister, so that he could solve the matter of returning to the division as soon as possible?
Thinking of this, Miley couldn't help but feel a little irritable, and the Prime Minister's handwritten letter came to mind again, if Li Wufeng learned the news, he would definitely take advantage of the situation to entangle himself, so that he could not get out, and his calculation was afraid that it would be very difficult to succeed.
Seeing the change in the expression on the coach's face, several subordinates at the bottom exchanged glances with each other, as if they wanted to say something, but they were afraid of interrupting the coach's train of thought, so they had to wait silently for the coach to speak.
After a long time, Miley's gaze was withdrawn from the map, and there was still a thoughtful expression on some of his slightly pale thin cheeks, "Hoffman, where is the enemy army that attacked the southern camp now?"
"Back to the commander, the enemy army is now camped one hundred and twenty miles west of us, and there is no other movement now, probably waiting for their follow-up main force to come and converge. "Speaking of this army, Viscount Hoffman couldn't help but grit his teeth, and the bruises on his forehead bloomed, this is a shame in the history of the Second Corps, it was actually successfully attacked by the other party, and it caused great losses to his own side, and his morale was also greatly hit, although the commander did not blame himself too much, but as a corps commander, no matter what the objective reason, he himself knew that he was actually difficult to get out of it.
"Hmm, how far are those two forces from us?" Miley ignored his subordinates' eager expressions, and faintly turned his gaze to the intelligence adjutant beside him, "Are there any changes in the Gerok people in the city?"
"Back to the commander, the enemy army on the southern front has crossed the border line of Lulong and entered the territory of Gerook, and is now moving in the direction of Merrington City, which is still about one hundred and sixty miles away from us; ”
Nodding silently, Miley didn't say anything more, and instead looked at several corps leaders: "Guys, what do you think of the Northwest Army's intervention this time?"
Seeing the commander-in-chief's question, Viscount Hurley, the commander of the Fourth Corps, immediately replied: "Marshal, the Northwest Army has mobilized such a huge force this time, and has almost exhausted their elite forces in the northwest. Now that the northwest territory is extremely empty, if the Sithrogs take the opportunity to go south, I'm afraid that Li Wufeng will be embarrassed by the fact that he will lose sight of one or the other, right? Besides, if the Taiping Sect people launch an offensive in Lulong, Lulong now only has one garrison division left, and he can resist it? Could there be some ghosts in the middle?"
Hurley's words expressed the doubts in the hearts of the three corps commanders present, the northwest under Li Wufeng's control was originally a place of enemies on all sides, the Taiping Sect in the east, the West Brothers in the north, and even the Western Regions and Luobei people in the northwest were not in harmony with Li Wufeng, and the reason why his side dared to boldly want to swallow Gerlok in one fell swoop, of course, was also to analyze the situation in all aspects, and concluded that Li Wufeng was unable to intervene in a short period of time, so that there would be such a plan, but I did not expect that to the surprise of his side, Li Wufeng not only intervened, but also mobilized a huge military force to suddenly intervene, so that the unsuspecting side suffered huge losses from the beginning.
The Marquis of Dominic also chimed in: "Lord Hurley is right, Marshal, we have to analyze what is going on, why did Li Wufeng dare to be so bold and disregard his own fundamental land to come to Gerlok to take this trip to the troubled waters, there must be a mystery in this episode, what are the Taiping Sect and the Sithro doing now? Aren't they our allies?"
In fact, Mailey has long considered this problem, but he knows that Li Wufeng is definitely not a brainless general, and his rise in the northwest proves this, and he dares to mobilize 180,000 troops to march into Gerlock, which can only show one problem, he has long had countermeasures to deal with the enemy in the east and north. The question now is no longer to consider why Li Wufeng dared to send troops to Gerlock, but to consider how to solve the dilemma at hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the question of the Taiping Sect and the Sithlos is not on our radar, and now we need to think about how to deal with the current situation, the attack on Merrington City has just begun, and it is indeed unrealistic to encounter such a situation, and the Prime Minister has asked us to take Merrington in a short time, which seems a little unrealistic now. But we can't just leave without a fight, we must teach the Northwest Army a lesson, so that they don't dare to go north easily, and ensure that Fanlin City and the Jiama area fall into our hands. A few words burst out from between his teeth, "Li Wufeng is a wolf, if you don't give him a little pain for him to remember, he will bite you tightly." ”
"Marshal, do you mean that we are going to give up the city of Merrington?" The three corps commanders were all taken aback when they heard this, and Viscount Hoffman, the commander of the second corps surnamed Anxious, even ran to the commander's desk at once: "Dashuai, can't! What a price do we have to pay to fill the moat, and now that we are about to take it, how can we give up lightly?"
The bayonet-like gaze swept over Hoffman, and the impatient Hoffman couldn't help shrinking, and hurriedly took two steps back and begged: "Marshal, please think about it, this is a rare opportunity, this is also something that our empire has been looking forward to for a long time." If Li Wufeng is allowed to take the opportunity to expand his power to Gerlock, then it will be difficult for the empire to find this kind of opportunity again. ”
With a long sigh, Miley showed a rare look of aftertaste on his face: "Hoffman, in fact, I and several others are in the same mood, why don't you want to take Merrington City in one fell swoop and achieve your goal, but in the early stage, I received a secret order from the Prime Minister, and the rebellion of the barbarians in the north of the country is very violent, His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to it, and needs to return to the division immediately. At present, Li Wufeng's army is pressing the border, the situation has changed, we have lost the opportunity, and we have to force it again, and the wise man will not do it. Miley muttered and analyzed the current situation, but there was one more point he did not say, the prime minister has been facing a lot of pressure in the court, a group of nobles in front of the emperor's ears all day long, slandering the military for being slow, making the emperor very unhappy, of course, these news are his own cronies in the court to inform the secret letter, once the prime minister loses power, I am afraid that the current military power in the country will change. It's just that these words can only be known to oneself, but not to outsiders.