Another person drew a few red and blue arrows on the map for comparison, shook his head lightly and said: "The situation is not good for us, before the rain tide rose, the status of Shengyang Mountain was insignificant at all, but now it is extremely important. Now the terrain in this area is like an hourglass, the upper and lower sides are open, but the Holy Sheep Mountain is in the middle of the hourglass's leaky eye, and the St. Beak runner-up is stuck here, and our way to the south is blocked. And with our current strength on the Eastern Front, it will be too difficult to counterattack and take Shengyang Mountain. Now that the Muto army is retreating northward, I think it is better to retreat to this area, although the retreat is relatively large, but there is no favorable type in the area from the Van Sa Hill to the Holy Sheep Mountain, and it is more difficult to establish a defense. There are many mountain cities and villages on the Van Sa hills, and it is possible to rely on convenient conditions to establish a defensive line around it to prevent the enemy from continuing to attack north. ”

The others also looked at the map and said: "Van Sa Hill, there is only this place to defend, and there is no place to defend in the future, if Van Sa is broken, we will have to retreat to the Vulcan Mountains with the whole army." ”

Ruhl nodded: "This place cannot be lost, the enemy army is now moving eastward, and it is to launch a decisive battle in this place." ”

The staff officer said, "We should now move the army eastward at once, so that we can defend the Van Sah hill without losing it." ”

"But this place can't be left undefended. Ruhr said: "Let the Cao Yan Division Jenian and the 42nd Army stay here, and the rest of the army will all march eastward." ”

At this moment, an officer walked in from outside the war room.

"What's the matter?"

The officer said, "General." Two letters from the imperial capital. ”

Ruhl took the two letters and read them through each one. "Two pieces of news, one is the end of the civil war in St. Vicia, and King Radat retains the throne. Bixia and the ministers believe that the Sindmore side will soon negotiate peace with Thebiles, and let us expand the results of the war as much as possible during this period, so as to lay a good foundation for future peace talks. ”

"That's not good news. A staff officer said: "Now that the war situation has just turned against us, this letter will undoubtedly put more pressure on us." ”

"General, what about the other letter?"

"The other one is a private message to me. Ruhr said: "Okay, you immediately convey the battle order to the armies and disband." ”

All of them are gone. Ruhl handed another letter to the guard officer beside him: "Look at it. ”

The guard officer looked at it and frowned, "Genesis kingship?"

"The secret letter that Jodah harvested before, the decipherer of the imperial capital has only translated these four words so far. These four words appeared several times in the letter, and they believed that it should be the code name of a certain organization, Shili. ”

The guard officer thought for a moment. Said: "But I haven't heard of the organization of the Creation Kingship in Shijie, which can penetrate into the army of St. Vicia, and there may even be one in our army, what kind of organization is this, and what is their purpose?"

"Hmph, isn't it easy to guess the purpose?" Ruhr said, "There are people who have the power of creation in both armies, and they either want to use this to gain high positions in the two countries, or they deliberately want to provoke a war between the two countries. ”

"This ......," said the guard officer, "If it's the former, it's nothing, there are members of mercenary groups from all over Shijie mixed into our two schools, and it is not uncommon to increase the influence and status of mercenary groups in the two countries." But if it's the latter, it's hard to imagine. ”

Ruhl said: "Since the beginning of the war. The Imperial Government was still relatively restrained in sending troops to war, and did not send a large army to put pressure on St. Vickya, just to prevent the war from expanding. On the Santa Vicktian side, although they started the war, the main purpose should be related to the political situation in their country. I don't know much about this issue, but I still have to be careful, if someone really deliberately provokes a war between the two countries, then our campaign here will definitely not further expand the war between the two countries. ”...,

I believe that domestic think tanks should also consider this. ”

Ruhl said: "The person who created the kingship will not be able to find out for a while, and perhaps he will have to wait until the war is over and then investigate slowly." ”

Two days later. The Van Sa Hill, where the Demon Moon Army was located, was building a fortification, because of the heavy casualties before, the morale was too frustrated, and the two armies of Muto and Jodah were placed in a relatively backward position on the joint defense front.

In Jodah's army, the officers mourned the death of General Wilson. Jodah lamented that he had retreated in such a hurry that he could not even bring Wilson's body back.

Alain knew Jodah's thoughts. It can only be comforted with his eyes.

Langdon said: "General Joda, in the first few battles of the past two days, there are only more than 10,000 of our army's nearly 30,000 troops left, more than half of the casualties, and the morale of the officers and soldiers is low. ”

Jodah sighed: "I don't have any good way, morale is made." After three defeats, the morale of the army has been dealt a heavy blow, and it is not that it can be restored. I can only find a way to soothe the feelings of the officers and soldiers first. In this way, you will visit the battalions, comfort the wounded, and try to relieve the frustration of the soldiers while the enemy's offensive is now suspended. ”

Outside the barracks, it was rare that the rain had stopped, but it was only temporary, and it would start to fall again soon after. The soldiers took advantage of this good weather to repair their weapons and build barracks, but although everyone was busy, most of them were sullen, and some were even crying.

The officers went on to reassure the camp while patrolling it, but they didn't get much effect. On the mercenary's side, the barracks have been built, and the last thing that Volcan lacks is stone, and after rough processing, with the help of the mage, it becomes a small stone house. Everyone assigned a room and took off their belongings, and a few people sat down with each other, you look at me, I look at you.

The death of comrades-in-arms is inevitable, although for these mercenaries they have not been together for a long time, but after experiencing life and death together, they will also have feelings. Seeing so many familiar figures disappear from their side in a few days, no one is sad.

In the corner, the blacksmith was drinking alone, with a bandage on his shoulders and an amputated left arm. Vane and Irina were also injured, but not too severe, with the most serious being Bimoyer, who was taken on a stretcher to the treatment team and has not returned.

"Hey, blacksmith, don't drink any more, it's not good for you. In case the chief sees it......" Irina advised, but as soon as she spoke, she was hit by a sword wound on her waist, and she frowned in pain.

The blacksmith was still drinking, he wanted to use alcohol to numb the pain in his heart, and their comrades on the same team died, and one of them had come to the barracks with him.

"Let him drink so he won't be so upset. ”

Luo turned around and said, "Bimoyer, you're back." ”

Ursula came with Bimoye, and together they found a seat and sat down, saying, "This guy fell under the curse of witchcraft, and in fact his injuries were not very serious, but he was only hit by six arrows. ”

Irina frowned and said, "You're still kidding if it's like this, it's not serious to be hit by six arrows?"

Ursula smiled and said, "It's just because it's time to joke, otherwise I can't stand this atmosphere." And with his magician's physique and the soft armor in his clothes, those arrows couldn't kill him at all. ”

"Why didn't you see Podala and Sert?"

"Celt is slinging needles, how can Podala walk away casually as a pro-guard. ”

Irina said, "Aren't you also a pro-guard?"

"Uh......" Ursula grinned, "how can I be the same." But there will be a high-ranking officer to come to you in a moment, blacksmith, you should drink later. ”...,

The blacksmith saw that all the wine in the jug had been drunk, and he fell asleep.

Irina asked, "You just said officer, who will come?"

"I don't know, it should be a senior officer at the rank of colonel. ”

Wayne waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter what kind of officer he is, condolences or something, isn't it just to say a few words that don't cost money." If you want me to say that the most haode condolences now is to give me a table of good wine and meat, so that I can eat to my heart's content, and then rest for a day or two without fighting, this is the most haode condolences. ”

said condolences and condolences: "Whether to fight or not, it is not just up to us to have the final say, then we have to agree to it, as for the big wine and meat, the meat pipe is enough, and you can drink a little wine." ”

"Ah, yes...... It's General Muto. "All the mercenaries around the barracks have come out.

Mu Tuo glanced at the blacksmith who was asleep in the corner holding a wine bottle, didn't pay attention to him, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, if you want to eat meat, eat together." ”

The cracked tables were put together, the rain awnings were propped up, the soldiers' rice bowls were put on the table, all the prey they had killed were stewed in the boiler next to them, and the supplies of military food were brought up.

The captain of the mercenaries, Sein, asked curiously, "General Muto, why did you come here to comfort us, and you brought so many people here?"

Mu Tuo stood in front of the table and said, "Isn't it strange? I originally joined the Demon Moon Army as a mercenary, and these people who came with me are all mercenaries in our army and other armies. I have already consulted with your commander Jodah to put all our mercenaries together and hand them over to Jodah to lead, so they will be your comrades in the army from now on. ”

"I see. ”

Muto waved his hand and said, "Everyone sit down and prepare for dinner, hurry up." ”

The soldiers sat down at the long rows of tables, and after a little cold talk, Muto took the lead in offering a glass of wine to the dead mercenaries, and then dined with them.

Although the rules in the army are not to drink casually, there is no way to do it in this case, so they can only let them drink a moderate amount of alcohol to vent.

I didn't drink much, but I also had a bit of alcohol. After drinking and talking a lot, the original frustrating atmosphere was quickly broken, they confided in each other and scolded each other, even people who didn't know each other, they chattered endlessly about the bitterness in their hearts, and some directly threw themselves on the table and cried.

Seeing this, Bimoye felt a little emotional, saying that the soldiers on the battlefield were made of iron, but in fact, they were iron and people, which he couldn't feel when he stayed in the imperial capital and listened to those battle reports.

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