On the afternoon of May 19, news of the fall of the Anku Fortress reached the Koren Fortress,

That night, 20,000 Twak light cavalry supporting the fortress of Koren moved out overnight to urgently reinforce the city of Kran.

The next day, an infantry regiment of the regular corps, which had just arrived, received an order to leave,

On the third day, another regular infantry regiment left,

On the 21st, the remaining two thousand crossbowmen of the mixed corps were ordered to rush to the aid of the city.

At this point, almost all the troops led by nearly 40,000 twaks gathered in the area of the Koren fortress were withdrawn.

Thankfully, one of the newly recruited infantry corps that Pedi had asked Twak had arrived, and although they were simply trained recruits, in other words, armed peasants, they were more than capable of dealing with a third-rate army of barbarians.

In this way, with this corps and the 3,000 Twak infantry left, the army that Peidi can now call on has reached more than 10,000 people, of which 2,000 are the original fortress garrisons, which belong to the elite of the elite.

Although these forces could not crush the 50,000 army of the barbarians with absolute superiority, they still had the ability to fight head-on.

On the 22nd, in the north of the fortress of Cologne, in the left passage of the Cannia Mountains, a simple military fortress rose from the ground against the rock wall of the mountain.

The walled city was built on the advice of Sir Ike, with the consent of Pedi and his own supervision, and because of Pedi's compulsion, the walled city for one and a half soldiers was completed in only six days.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Peidi led 6,000 troops and personally guarded here.

The other 4,000 troops were stationed at the foot of Mount Prott, twenty miles west of the walled city, under the command of Hades, and Sir Ike, the chief of staff, outside the Britt Forest, ten miles east of the Canya Pass.

In the fortress of Coron, Pedi only had 500 defenders left to ensure the normal operation of the fortress.

Such a defense plan was proposed by Sir Ike, and was jointly approved by Pedy after a formal military meeting was discussed and discussed.

The purpose of this arrangement is to block the barbarians' route into the Koren fortress area, and force the barbarian army to fight a decisive battle in the plains and snow outside the Cannia Pass!

...

On the 23rd, the scouts sent by Pedi detected that the barbarian vanguard army of 5,000 was coming straight to the Kanya Pass.

In the afternoon, Pedi personally led a thousand elite troops from the Kanya Pass to meet the barbarian vanguard that was rushing towards his troops.

After two hours of bloody fighting, when the sky was getting darker, the two sides retreated, and the barbarian vanguard army lost more than 1,000 men, while the troops led by Peidi suffered less than 200 casualties.

That night, the barbarian scouts were like locusts all over the vicinity of the Canya Mountains.

In just one night, the Imperial Patrol Force engaged his men twenty times with the Barbarian Scouts.

The next day, May 24, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the barbarians arrived at the northern pass of Mount Kanya,

This time, instead of passing directly through the Kannia Pass, they chose to camp on Lake Hamik and confront the Imperial army across the Kannia Mountains.

In the evening, the barbarian army battalion, the generals of all levels who had just completed their garrison tasks, gathered in the main army's tent at the call of Prince Nulifu to discuss how to solve the 10,000 imperial garrison south of the Kannia Pass.

However, Prince Nuliv clearly thought too highly of his subordinates.

The discussion lasted for two hours, but still no workable plan was discussed, and the cooked meat and wine were consumed!

The tired Prince Nuliv couldn't help but look at Kebot at the end of his seat, he knew that the southerner had a wise mind, and he was eager for some useful advice,

But unfortunately, the other party did not put forward even one opinion as he imagined.

Perhaps Prince Nulif looked at Kebot for too long, so that the other party sensed it, and suddenly, a humble and unflattering smile appeared in Prince Nulif's eyes.

Seeing this, Nulifu immediately raised the wine in his hand, and then looked to the other side,

But the scene on the other side disappointed him, it was a group of drunken generals scolding and roaring,

"Hey!" he sighed in his heart.

At this moment, the prince of the Balu Kingdom wanted to ask the southerner, but in front of such a general, he couldn't open his mouth, so he could only drink in a muffled voice.

An hour later,

The 'military meeting' was over, and the generals returned to their tents with a full meal and a full meal.

Kebot also followed the drunken Prince Meru to a large cowhide tent on the flank of the Chinese camp, next to Prince Nulif's private tent.

As soon as Prince Meru entered the tent, he lay straight on his favorite tiger skin blanket, grabbed a cold wet towel on the shelf next to him with his right hand and wiped it on his face, and then gasped and said, "Every so-called military meeting is so memorable. ”

He seemed to be reminiscing, and he seemed to be laughing at himself.

Kebot next to him smiled, took the teapot from the fire rack and poured himself a full cup, tasted it lightly and said: "The belief in the god of war makes our officers and soldiers fearless, but it also breeds undeserved complacency and arrogance. ”

"Whew..."Prince Meru let out a long breath, spit out a mouthful of white rainbow, his body suddenly rose, and his originally turbid twin yangs became shiny in an instant,

At this moment, his shining eyes were staring at Kebot: "Why did you help Prince Nuliv a few days ago. ”

"What are you referring to?" said Kebot with a faint smile and put down his teacup.

"If it weren't for your suggestion, Nulifu wouldn't have withdrawn at all!" Prince Meru lowered his voice, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at the curtain of the camp, "If he doesn't withdraw his army, maybe his army of 50,000 will have already been defeated at this time!"

"Looks like you've decided?" said Kebott's smile widened.

"Hehe!" Prince Meru showed an ugly smile, thought about it and lay down again,

This time, he lay down longer, his eyes closed as if he were asleep.

And Kebot didn't care, only glanced at the prince lightly, and then drank hot tea to himself.

I don't know how long it has been, but the 'asleep' Prince Meru suddenly opened his eyes, his body did not move, and his eyes were surprisingly bright staring directly at the roof of the tent, where there seemed to be something worth reminiscing about.

In this way, more than ten minutes passed, and the prince seemed to say to himself: "I just want to change the Balu Kingdom, I want to make the Balu Kingdom stronger!"

"You'll help me, won't you?" said the prince, sitting up, his eyes on his southern teacher.

Hearing this, Kebot put down the tea bowl in his hand and said solemnly: "Of course, I swear. ”

"Then why are you helping Prince Nulif, you know, my biggest rival is Prince Nulif. The prince's cheeks turned redder, and he was visibly agitated.

Hearing this, Kebot slowly sat up straight, met the prince's gaze and said, "You also know the information that the scouts found a few days ago, so what do you think is the chance that the Imperial army will completely annihilate Prince Nulif's 50,000 army?"

"No one can annihilate our army, the god of war protects us, and we have mountains to rely on!" replied the prince at once.

"Then how much do you think Prince Nulif's troops will be left in the situation at that time?"

"At least half of it can be kept. The prince replied truthfully, "But as long as I weaken him by half of his strength, I am confident that I will defeat him in the competition for the throne of king!"

"I don't like variables. Kebot shook his head, "So, in my plan, I must completely annihilate Nulif's 50,000 troops, and turn all those who support him into lambs!"

"Annihilation?" the prince was shocked, "Is that possible? Also, that's an army of 50,000, almost half of the army of our Balu Kingdom!"

"Haha!" Kebot immediately mocked, "It's just a rabble, they will fail even in the face of 10,000 new recruits from the Empire!"

When Prince Meru heard this, his eyes kept flashing,

After a long while, as if he had made up his mind, he asked, "What are your plans?"

Kebot replied: "The first step has been successful. ”

"First step?"

"Gain the trust of Prince Nulif, and through the last retreat plan, our Royal Highness discovered that his men are a bunch of rubbish. "Soon, his own soldiers will call me to his tent, and he needs my advice." ”

"Oh?" Prince Meru furrowed slightly, "but even then he won't really trust you, I know him, he's a suspicious man. ”

"So, that's where my second step comes in!"

The prince subconsciously asked, "What plan?"

"Let the Imperial Army cooperate with us in a few scenes!"

"They want to tear you apart!" Prince Meru looked at his old man like a madman, "unless the commander of the Imperial army is an idiot, how can it be?"

"Haha. "I was away for a while, you know, and wonder what I'm doing?" I went to meet Sir Peddy Reagan, now the commander of Fort Colon. ”

"Didn't his guards kill you?" said Prince Meru, jokingly, but with a serious look on his face.

"I saved him," Kebot replied, "and although he doesn't appreciate it much, I've agreed with him to contact him if he wants to put an end to his troubles." ”

"Pedy Reagan, I have information about him, I heard that he is a powerful paladin, is he really powerful?" The prince was very interested in Pedy, who was about his own age.

Kebot thought for a moment and said, "If you only have twenty guards around you and you see him two hundred meters away, don't think too much about it, turn around and run immediately, because you will die if you are slow for a second!"

"So powerful?" the prince was shocked.

"More powerful than you think, his holy power is beyond my comprehension!" said Kebot.

After hearing this, Prince Meru was silent for a few seconds and said, "Then, he must be a wise man, such a person will not compromise casually, will your plan succeed?"

You must know that the current Koren Fortress has 10,000 defenders, and the consumption of their army has more than doubled instead of decreasing during this time, while Prince Nuliv's army has consumed one-fifth.

Now, that Sir Pedi only needs to hold the Kanya Pass and fight with Prince Nulif, you know, Prince Nuliv has no way to fight with the Imperial army!"

Prince Meru was not as optimistic as Kebot.

Soon, Sir Pedy would change his mind. ”

Kebot stood up as he spoke, and at the same time, made a silent gesture to Prince Meru.

Seeing this, Prince Meru's face changed slightly, and he immediately lay down and closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

A few seconds later, a voice rang out from outside the tent, "Your Excellency Kebot, Prince Nulif, please come over." Before the words could be spoken, the man had already walked in.