Cole was staring at the map when a herald broke in:

"Report to the marshal, the army has been stationed. But something happened to the grain and grass escort, and within three days, it could not be reached. Tonight's food ......"

The generals had an expression of watching a good show. The holder of the tiger talisman has a certain right to levy grain, although there is no big county near the rich people, but it is not a problem to levy three days' rations, and it is just a big deal. They were sure that Cole didn't know, and they would be overwhelmed by it. Some of them had already set up their shelves, waiting for the young marshal to ask them for advice.

Cole had a clear view of the generals' expressions, and couldn't help but feel secretly amused. She looked at the general who showed the most obvious "come and beg me", and coughed lightly:

"General Leo, I order you to take my token and go to the nearby city to collect food, and be sure to collect it before dark, otherwise you will be punished with twenty rods!"

Leo's face stiffened, and it took a long time to squeeze out a few words from between his teeth:

"The subordinates obeyed. ”

"All right, go down too. Cole sent the strange-looking generals away. "All right, go down too

Coleburn wanted to continue thinking about the war, but another man came in from outside the tent:

"Roger, long time no see!"

Cole looked up in amazement to see Lotao's grinning face.

"I followed Knoch all the way to Stanway, and when I heard you were here, of course I came to hug my thighs!"

Lietao is still that Lietao, no matter what he says, he has no shape. But only he can bring Cole that inexplicable familiarity, and that's ...... Loved one's warmth.

"I see...... Wait, you said Nooch got to Stanway?"

"Yes, there are quite a few escorts along the way!"

Cole's face was extremely ugly. He should have thought that Zola had no power in his hands, and there was no trace of large-scale mobilization of Longze's army, where did the 300,000 rebels in Stanway come from? He just didn't expect that Haoyue would openly challenge the five-nation treaty established by the Demon Punishment Alliance prohibiting mutual merit, and directly send troops to Stanway!

"It seems that there is something wrong with this Demon Alliance......" Cole raised his eyebrows. Quia tu es huc: mane apud me aliquamdiu tum Vicarii iudiciales et sint vobis“.“ Since you're here, stay with me for a while, and give you an adjutant. ”

“... qui tam temere eligens es?““ ...... Are you so sloppy in your choice?"

?? Quid autem times, leporem tigris in manus meas, quis audet object!““ What are you afraid of, the tiger talisman is in my hands, who dares to oppose it!"

“Obiicio!““ I'm against it!" Leo looked excited.

Cole didn't pay any attention to him, it was a verbal notice, not a solicitation for their opinion.

"Nunc vastaberis, quomodo ergo tu...""Marshal, how can you make ......" Leo was extremely dissatisfied, but one of the intruders interrupted him:

"Report to the marshal, the informant has sent news that the rebels have withdrawn from twelve cities overnight, leaving behind a large amount of grain and grass!"

The generals were stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted:

"This plan to penetrate the enemy is too obvious!"

"That is, how about treating us as three-year-olds?"

"Then who is Zola looking down on?"

......

No one paid attention to the subtle changes in Leo's face.

Cole's eyes moved slightly, and without warning, he suddenly drew his sword:

"One day later, launch a general assault on Stanway!"

The generals thought for a moment that something was wrong with their ears. When they react, fry the pan immediately:

"Marshal, please think twice! This is obviously the other party's trick to lure the enemy!"

"Marshal, don't be impulsive!"

"Marshal ......"

Elio shouted the most fiercely, and at last he began to curse.

Cole stomped his foot a little annoyed, and "Tiger Power" was released!

Cole glanced at Leo and snorted coldly:

"Drag Leo out and slam fifty boards with a rod!"

Under Cole's terrifying coercion, none of the generals dared to intercede for Leo, and watched Leo being dragged out by two big men.

"Those who don't listen to the commander's orders, take this as a warning!" Cole glanced around, "Let's all go down!"

The crowd left the tent in a huff.

Letao walked out from behind:

"Hey, don't tell me you really didn't see it as a trap!"

Cole just smiled and didn't answer his question directly:

"Have you ever wondered how Zola knew that our food and grass were short of food, and deliberately left military rations to lure us?"

"What do you mean......"

"I'm just skeptical right now. But more importantly," Cole pointed to the map with his sword, "although we have a large number of troops, the grain and grass line is too long. Stanway and its surrounding areas are so mountainous that grain and grass must pass through Leighton City to reach the front line, and Leighton City is less than 100 miles away from Carter City in Stenwey, and the cavalry can reach it in half a day. In other words, as long as Zola is willing, he can lead his army to raid Layton City in two days as soon as the grain and grass arrive, and burn our grain and grass to the ground. At that time, our 400,000-strong army will be self-defeating. ”

Colle paused for a moment and continued:

"But this Carter City is located on the edge of Stanway, and what is even worse is that Carter is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and Zola cannot hold it at all when our forces are superior. So he took the initiative to abandon the city by retreating, and seemed to lead us to attack, but in fact he hoped that we would not move, and wait until two days later he could successfully sneak attack. ”

Letao gasped:

"Wait, but if we attack, won't we be ambushed by Zola?"

"Of course. It's called killing two birds with one stone. ”

"Then we should retreat to Leighton City immediately!"

"Hold back, why hold back?" said Cole with a sly smile.

A day later.

The army marched in unison toward the border of Stanway. The leading generals either cursed or hung their heads, and it was clear that everyone was not optimistic about the prospects of this battle.

Seeing that Stanway had arrived, a guy whose ass was almost shattered into eight pieces ran out again:

"Marshal, please allow your subordinates to lead a team and explore the way for the army!"

The generals were shocked when they heard this. In their opinion, there must be an ambush in this city, and it is no different from seeking death to explore the way.

"If Leo is ambushed...... Shouldn't we just go to death?"

In an instant, this thought flashed through everyone's hearts. Although they usually call each other brothers, but in the face of death, they silently shut up.

The silence of this moment is extremely ironic.

A smile of incomprehensibility appeared on Cole's lips:

"Accurate!"

Leo mounted his horse and rode away. Cole could feel undisguised pride in his back.

When Leo was gone, Cole turned around, and his voice ran through the entire army:

"The rear army becomes the front army, march forty miles to the west, and act immediately!"

Although the generals were puzzled, they did not need to be surrounded and annihilated, and quickly carried out the order.

Letao leaned in:

"I can't understand you anymore. ”

Cole naturally knew what he was referring to, and said with a smile:

"I'll make a bet to you, forty miles away, Layton Heights, but an hour there will be a rebel army from Carter, do you believe it?"

“...... Why?"

"Zola, of course, will think that it is highly likely that I will not move, so he will quietly gather his heavy forces outside Carter. Once the mole has the news, he must arrive before the mole signals us to enter the city. Carter's closest road to here is Leighton Heights!"

"I see!" Letao said, "you mean...... The mole is Leo?"

"Looks like you're not stupid!"

“......”

Celebration banquet.

The generals, who had been pretentious not long ago, came to toast Cole at this time. The battle was so beautiful that they had to re-examine the young marshal. Zola's move was almost seamless, and none of these supposedly invincible generals saw through it. But this little-known Roger not only failed Zola's wishful thinking, but also took advantage of the situation to fight back and defeat the rebels. To put it bluntly, with this battle, Cole is enough to be famous for eternity.

Cole, who was overwhelmed by alcohol, made an excuse to run out of the camp, and the evening breeze of Hexun also made his drunkenness subside a little. Away from the noisy crowd, Cole had time to think about the day's battle. Truth be told, if Cole hadn't spent some time in Stanway, he wouldn't have been able to see through Zola's ruse. But according to his understanding of Zola, this man has not learned and has no skills since he was a child, and this strategy will never come from Zola's hands. At such a time, who would be advising Zola?

Thinking of this, Cole couldn't help but shudder. For some reason, he always felt that all his actions since Field's extermination seemed to be running according to a pre-set trajectory. There seems to be an invisible hand in the dark, wantonly manipulating his life.

Inside Stanway State Camp.

The furious Zola took almost everything he could smash, and the whole barracks could feel Zola's anger.

Sakovic frowned and looked at Zola to vent his anger. When he couldn't fall, Sakovic said coldly:

"That's pretty much it, now is not the time to get angry!"

"Can I not get angry? 130,000! 130,000 troops! All at once! Didn't you say that the priest's prophecy was very true?" Zola suddenly remembered something, rushed to Sarkovich, grabbed his shoulders and shook him vigorously, "So what happened this time?"

Sakovich's face changed instantly, he snorted angrily, and magic gushed out, slapping Zola onto the tent:

"I advise you to be sober, recognize the current situation, and talk about this issue again. The next time you dare to talk like that, I won't be so polite!"

Sakovic walked away. Zola got up from the ground, and his eyes were extremely vicious:

"Sakovich, sooner or later, I'm going to chop you up!"

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and twenty-six of the thirty-six cities in Stanway have been captured by Cole. Zola's forces were also reduced to 100,000. According to Cole's plan, in half a month at most, he will be able to successfully recover the entire territory of Stanway.

It was at this time that the unexpected happened.

On that day, the city of Colek was encircled, and the encirclement of Zola's lair was completed. However, a sudden command completely disrupted all the layouts.

The anxious Arthur didn't care about any rules and regulations, and rushed directly into the main account:

"Immediately withdraw the army and return to the capital! Zola's 200,000 iron cavalry is less than 500 miles away from the capital!"

“...... Your Highness, this is impossible!" Someone immediately retorted among the generals who were deliberating in the main account, "Zola's 300,000 troops have been wiped out by us 200,000, where can he find another 100,000 troops? Besides, Zola has long been surrounded, how can he run for more than 3,000 miles without knowing it?"

"Zola's 200,000 rebels will arrive in Kyoto in a few days, can this king still deceive you? The troops near the capital have all been transferred, and the remaining 50,000 old and weak soldiers can't stop it for too long, you have to rush back as quickly as possible!" "It's too late......" Cole's face turned pale, "Zola must have taken advantage of the Hazy Moon to surprise attack Renyan City, and we can only return the same way." It will take us about ten days at the earliest to return to Renyan City, and Zola's troops will be broken within five days!"

"200,000 cavalry, day and night, time is completely enough!"

"That's absolutely not going to work!" Cole said categorically, "After many days of rapid marching, our soldiers will inevitably be exhausted, and the enemy army is waiting for work, these 200,000 cavalry are simply sheep in the mouth of a tiger! Now the only way to do it is to do the opposite, they attack Renyan City, we are surprised that the attack on Liyue City and the Rem Sect Stanwei Prefecture is located on the border of Longze, and we can reach Haoyue in one day, and seventy percent of the 200,000 troops from Zolala are Haoyue and Rem cultists, I don't believe that they will not come back!"

"You are betting on my father's life here!

"There is no other way! I only bring 3,000 light cavalry, and the rest are ambushed on the road from Renyan to Haoyue, and if the rebels do not arrive, I will let the remaining army rush back to the capital division for 3,000 miles!"

"How do I know if you'll be back when you arrive?"

As soon as Arthur said this, the surroundings immediately fell silent. The generals were in a fog and couldn't understand the meaning of Arthur's words, but Cole could hear them clearly.

“...... You doubt me?"

Arthur was also quick to speak, and he wanted to explain, but Cole interrupted him:

"Your Highness doesn't need to say it, the general will not accept the order of the foreign monarch, and the minister will retire. ”

Cole clenched his fists and brushed shoulders with Arthur.

Off-the-books.

Cole smashed a big tree that was more than ten meters thick with a punch, and his face was hideous. Since he embarked on the road of revenge, the former irreversible friends abandoned him one after another, and the bamboo horse, who had known each other for thirteen years, wanted to put him to death all the time, loved and hated him all his life, and thought that his best friend had bad intentions from the beginning...... Along the way, Cole encounters betrayals he never dreamed of, enemies he never wants to face. Although he knew that his conflict with Arthur would one day erupt, he was still reluctant to pierce the window paper too soon. After all, for him, how many people are left in this world who can be called "friends"?