Like 90 percent of people, at the end of the day I always have to go where I'm not there, always go to the place from which I'm going to escape.

– Thomas Bernhard (Austria's most controversial writer)

The 1st and 2nd Wings of Hans's 1st Division, led by Divisional Adjutant General and Commander of the 1st Division, Piariech, joined up with Cabaye's Guards Cavalry Wing, and they took over the encirclement on the outskirts of the forest.

After the cavalry wing, which had been carrying out the encirclement for two days, was exhausted from sleepless work and urgently needed to recuperate, after the 4,000 soldiers led by Piarich took over the encirclement, Cabaye directly withdrew with his cavalry wing to the Chinese army where Bai Feng was located.

"General, two large-scale battles broke out in the Tempest base last night, especially the second one that lasted until dawn; ”

As soon as he came to Bai Feng's side, the dusty Cabaye did not delay in the slightest, and reported to Bai Feng the fighting that happened in the Wind Base last night, but as everyone knows, the two fights in the Wind Base broke out at the instigation of Bai Feng.

Even so, Bai Feng was still very satisfied with Cabaye's knowledge, and he praised Cabaye with appreciation: "Cabaye, you have performed a very good encirclement mission this time, and I will reward you for your meritorious deeds after capturing the Wind Base." ”

"General Xie!" Hearing Bai Feng personally praise his Kabaye, he hurriedly thanked him with a happy face.

"The soldiers of the cavalry wing have worked hard, you should take them back to the barracks in the county town of Brojansson to rest first. ”

"No!"

Looking at the back of Cabaye with the cavalry wing, Luculus, who had been guarding Bai Feng's side, rode his horse closer, and said to Bai Feng in confusion: "General, Cabaye is just a wing captain, is it worth your way to woo him like this?"

"Cabaye is indeed only a Wing Commander, but he represents all the officers of our Fourth Route Army who have recently joined me at the rank of Wing Commander, and moreover, he is a rare cavalry Wing Commander in the Imperial Army, not an ordinary infantry Wing Commander. ”

Bai Feng's words had a deep meaning, and Luculus, who was a system general, naturally wouldn't be unable to hear it, but he was still slightly puzzled: "General, when you form a larger cavalry force in the future, you can use our generals in Rome City, why bother ......"

Luculus's words were not very straightforward, but Bai Feng couldn't understand what he meant, and Bai Feng, who happened to have no one to speak, patiently explained to Luculus: "The Celestial Dragon Empire is too big, and we can't rely on the generals of Rome City to command all the armies alone. ”

"Even if we have enough generals to command all the armies, we still need to use a certain number of Draco generals, because only these generals who are familiar with the situation of the Draco Empire can help us better rule the land and people that belong to us. ”

Luculus, who was not low in understanding, quickly understood Bai Feng's intentions under Bai Feng's explanation, and after that, he didn't say anything more on this topic, but his attitude towards the captains under his command was much better in the future.

Half an hour later, all the troops gathered at Bai Feng on the outskirts of the mountains and forests, and officially ordered the generals gathered around him: "López, Borg, the two of you will lead the second division and the third division, and be responsible for building an encirclement on the spot on the periphery of the mountains and forests. ”

"No!"

"Batloli and Vermaelen, the four and fifth divisions led by the two of you are to outflank the left and right sides of the mountain forest, and within two hours, be sure to block the east and west exits of the gale. ”

"No!"

"Hans, you will lead the 1st Division to the north of the Daofeng base from outside the mountains and forests, blocking their northern exit. ”

"No!"

After three orders were issued in succession, the five division commanders of the Yulin Legion left here with their own personal guards;

"Luculus, you immediately lead the pro-guard to advance from the front to the south of the Tempest base, Leonardo, you lead the Feather Forest Wing to follow me, and let's go together to see what the Tempest base is like!"

"No!"

The soldiers that Luculus took with him were only the vast majority of the soldiers of the personal guards, and the six most elite Spartan heavy infantry and four Roman youth armies remained with Bai Feng, and these ten systematic troops have always been Bai Feng's personal escort troops.

The generals and the troops under their command moved rapidly like a huge war machine, and the elite soldiers of the Yulin Legion marched in unison to encircle the Storm Base from all directions.

An hour later, Luculus's personal guards appeared on the southern perimeter of the Tempest base, and an hour and a half later, the 4th and 5th Divisions appeared on the eastern and western periphery of the Tempest base.

Twenty minutes later, the 1st Division appeared on the periphery of the northern wall of the Storm Base, and as a result, the number of officers and men of the White Peak Army surrounding the Storm Base had reached more than 40,000, which was more than 10,000 more than the total strength of the Storm Thieves Regiment in the Storm Base!

After personally leading the Yulin Wing to the southern perimeter of the city wall of the Hurricane Base, Bai Feng did not rush to order an attack on the empty Hurricane Base on the city wall, but asked the soldiers of the Yulin Wing to copy a letter of persuasion written by him himself.

In this letter of persuasion, Bai Feng did not make some promises that could not be guaranteed, but only wrote down the current situation of the Storm Base and the situation of his army to recover the province of Brojanson and Toulon with his army.

For all refugees and the Forces nouvelles who were willing to surrender, they could settle directly in the provinces of Brojansson and Toulon, with the Forces nouvelles being recruited into the Eastern Legion on a merit-based basis, and those who were eliminated laying down their arms and settling down with their families.

On the back of the letter of persuasion, there is also a detailed description of the main body of the formation of the Eastern Army and the welfare benefits of the soldiers, which can definitely be regarded as a great temptation for the homeless refugees and the officers and men of the New Army.

After the 6,000 letters of surrender were copied, the soldiers of the Feather Forest Wing rolled the letters of surrender on the prepared arrows, and then three teams of Cretan archers slowly shot the 6,000 arrows with the letters of surrender into the wind base.

The encirclement of the Blast base by more than 40,000 White Peaks shocked both the divided new army and the greatly reduced elite in the Blast base, and Montgomery, who felt that time was running out, was forced to directly propose to the heads of the seven refugee groups that the two sides join forces to meet the enemy.

The hesitant seven leaders and the seven commanders of the Forces nouvelles, after some deliberation, decided to try to negotiate with Montgomery by means of a vote, and Luke Jr.'s opposition did not play a substantial role after all.

Coincidentally, as soon as they made the decision to negotiate with Montgomery, the first round of arrows from the Cretan archers entered the Tempest base, and the letter of surrender on the arrows instantly shook the determination of these leaders and the commanders of the Forces nouvelles to join forces with Montgomery.

As for whether Bai Feng's promise in the letter of persuasion is credible, it is no exaggeration to say that the credibility of the Imperial Army is more than a step stronger than that of the Wind Thieves, and in the minds of these former Imperial people, the image of the Imperial Army is still very positive and glorious, worthy of their trust.