War is originally a question of "spear and shield". The spear is to destroy the enemy, and the shield is to protect yourself.

The two sides of the fight are like two boxers, watching each other's every move at all times. If you make a slight mistake and are hit by a blow from the other party, it will be difficult to recover the fate of defeat.

Henry's current mood can be said to be very complicated.

It has been more than ten days since entering the Peacock Kingdom, and the army of the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom has marched rapidly and has already occupied five cities. This should be a nice thing to do, but it's not.

All five of these cities were burned to the ground like the first ones. The walls had been destroyed, not a single food had been left, not a single enemy had been seen, all the drinking wells had been filled, and the wood that could be used as fuel for the fire had been turned to ashes. In short, what I got was basically an empty city with no supplies.

This time, it hurt the soldiers. Because there were no good houses to stay in, the soldiers had to set up temporary tents. Some soldiers saw that the city walls in some places could block the wind and rain on one side, so they built temporary small houses against the city walls. I never thought that the city wall would collapse suddenly and inexplicably in the middle of the night, smashing many soldiers at once. From then on, the soldiers camped in the city in places where there was nothing around. The food was fine, and there was a follow-up transport team to bring the supplies over. The most nonsense thing is that because the well was filled to death, it faced the crisis of water cut-off as soon as it came up. In order to solve this crisis, the dragon knights had to turn into a professional drilling team, drilling for water everywhere. Because there is no fuel, cooking for the army has also become a problem......

In short, now the men were sleepy, the soldiers were complaining, and the pace of the army's march had to be stopped.

In fact, the above problems did not stump Henry, and the thing that really made Henry feel that the situation was not good was that his main force was being dispersed and disintegrated.

Because of the occupation of five cities, these five cities need to be guarded by people to ensure the continuous transportation of materials from the rear. With long supply lines, it is easy to be a target for enemy attacks. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the supply line, there must be dragon knights on the supply line to prevent the invasion of the enemy. However, the number of dragon knights is limited, and they are also responsible for the attack, so it is impossible to put all of them on the supply line. So the maintenance of the rear supply line was entrusted to the Yellow Dragon Knights.

There are now five cities in front of them, and the walls of each city have been destroyed, and they can no longer bear the burden of defense, so the defense of the five cities has also become a serious problem. When we set out from the Celestial Dragon Country, the army was about 50,000 people, and the original plan to capture their people to solve the problem of manpower shortage after fighting the Peacock Kingdom has become unrealistic. As a last resort, a force of 50,000 men had to be stationed in the city with 25,000 men to repair the walls and build new fortifications.

In a hurry to grab supplies, Henry led the army into a rapid march and had already penetrated deep into the enemy's interior. This army is now like a lone army, stretched into a long line, full of flaws on all sides, and can easily be cut in half by the enemy. It's like eating too fast because of gluttony, causing the stomach to not digest, which is really Henry's most painful realization.

"Sofya Weiqi, do you have any good ideas now?" Henry regretted a little that he was impatient, made the mistake of rushing forward, and violated the plan of slowing down the advance and rushing war made at the beginning, hoping to find a solution to the dilemma from Sofya Weiqi.

"Young master, I have some ideas, but I'm afraid that the young master won't be able to accept it. Sofya's attitude of groveling in the past swept away the flag, and it turned out to be a little serious.

"If you have any ideas, just say it. We are two generations of friendship, and there is nothing that cannot be said directly. Henry smiled kindly, but the taste in his heart was very bitter.

"Young Master, our current situation is quite dangerous, once we are cut off from the rear by the enemy, we may be defeated and lost. Sofya didn't want to say this, but the situation forced him to confess to Henry.

"I understand what you said, do you have any way to save us from defeat now?" Henry was a little angry in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't mess around, and if he made a mistake at this moment, he might never be able to undo it.

"Young master, will you shrink your forces for the time being?" said Sofya, who tactfully persuaded Henry to retreat.

"Is there no other way but this method?" Henry's face turned ugly, and he felt like a cooked duck was about to fly.

"At the moment, I'm afraid not. Moreover, we must shrink our forces as soon as possible, and gather our forces to a safe level before the enemy reacts. Sofya did her best to restrain herself and keep her composure, while carefully observing Henry's expression.

Henry was silent, his heart was mixed, and all kinds of thoughts kept wandering. Finally, as if a century had passed, he said slowly: "Retire!"

Sofya knew that it was quite difficult for Henry to make this decision, so he hurriedly arranged for the soldiers to spread the news of the retreat.

Just as the sergeants were busy preparing for the retreat, there was a loud roar in the sky, and the dragon knight leader suddenly jumped in front of Henry.

"Henry, why did you suddenly arrange for people to withdraw their troops?" the old man's voice was like a bell, and it shook everyone's heads.

When Henry saw the old man's posture, he knew that he had come to obstruct his withdrawal, and although he was very unhappy, he still held back and did not have a seizure.

"According to the marching strategy formulated by the old duke, our army should not be in a hurry to engage the enemy army, but should march slowly. Now that the supply lines of our army are too long to move on, we should prepare for defense before the enemy is ready. Henry knew that he was talking softly in front of the head of the regiment, so he had to drag out the old duke to back him up.

"After fighting for a long time, except for marching is marching, and without even seeing the enemy's hair, we have to retreat. I've fought for half my life, and I've never been so guilty. The old man's emotions were quite excited, and his voice became higher and higher. "Back then, when Lao Tzu and your father entered the Peacock Kingdom together, your father just didn't listen to my advice and hurriedly marched, which led to the final defeat. The dragon knights of my Heavenly Dragon Kingdom are invincible, and you commanders are incompetent, and you dare not let go of your hands and fight with the enemy. We have the power of the dragons to protect us, and there is no match for us in the world. What are you afraid of? The enemy is not as good as us, and the most powerful thing is only some kind of peacock magic, can we, the descendants of the dragon clan, still be able to lose to those birdmen?

The old man's words made Henry's head hurt. Reminds Henry of what his father had told him about it. Back then, the old duke's march was actually quite stable, and the situation was originally very good, but he didn't expect this guy Walker to emerge, and the tricks he designed one after another, so that the army of the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom, which had been successfully marching into the army, was encroached upon by the enemy step by step, and the attack was blocked, so it had to turn into a defensive posture. Later, it was the dragon knight leader who blocked Walker's attack from behind, and the army of the Celestial Dragon Kingdom was able to withdraw safely. However, Henry did not expect that the head of the regiment would have such a big opinion on the old duke on the issue of that year.

"Commander, let's all calm down and think carefully about the current situation. Think long way. Henry knew that he couldn't fight the old man head-on at this time, in case the old man was unhappy and left, it would be self-inflicted, so he planned to stabilize him.

"The little guy is now starting to learn the oil cavity slippery tone. I just want to hear from you, can you stop the withdrawal?" the old man was always unusually clever when he shouldn't be smart, which made Henry feel a lot of pressure.

"Sofya is the flag, you come over to me. Henry raised his voice and shouted at Sofya as a flag.

"Are you advocating the withdrawal of troops without authorization?" As soon as Henry's words came out, Sofya immediately understood that he was not good enough to block the gun for Henry. If it is, he is really unwilling in his heart, but if he says no, Henry will definitely not be able to go around himself. simply didn't say a word, lowered his head and let Henry fall.

"I never said I was going to quit the army. Henry seemed to be explaining to the old man. "The order I gave to Sofya was to change the direction of the march. Always be ready to deal with enemies from all sides. Sofya is the flag, tell me what you think, tell the head of the regiment. ”

Henry's tone gradually softened, and Sofya understood that Henry was trying to persuade the old man.

"Commander, I'm sorry, but I didn't understand the order. The young master really did not say that he would withdraw his troops. Sofya said very humbly, "Our army has now stretched a long line of march, but there is no enough safe strategic depth in the left and right directions. It's not safe for our military. After a pause, Sofya continued: "So we now have to turn the direction of our advance and expand our strategic depth, instead of pulling a long line like now, which is easy to be cut off by the enemy. ”

"Is that so?" the old man seemed to understand, and his attitude softened.

"Is this your idea?" asked the old man gently.

"Yes, I suggested it to the young master. Sofya was calm for the flag, and didn't know what the old man wanted to do.

"Tiger fathers have no dogs!" the old man suddenly sighed. "Back then, your father was also resourceful, and he was the right-hand man of the old duke's side, but I didn't expect that now, his son is so promising, and he can see things so far. With your support by Henry's side, there is hope for the next generation of the Celestial Dragon Kingdom. ”

Hearing this, Sovya hurriedly thanked the banner.

Henry, on the other hand, has mixed feelings at the moment, not knowing whether he is happy or lost.