My heart is the bird of the wilderness, and in your eyes it finds its sky.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

After sending three reinforcements consisting of Spartan heavy infantry, Macedonian royal pikemen, and Cretan archers, all the generals under Bai Feng's command also came to the commander's tent of the pro-guard barracks under the notice of Bai Feng's personal soldiers.

In the military tent, Bai Feng, dressed in a silver-white Starfall Iron Battle Armor, was sitting in the middle of the command, and on either side of the lower side stood Rodriguez, Hans, Luculus, Louis and other generals, and even the newly arrived Leonidas was among them.

It is not an absolute secret that the Spartan Legion will fight in place of the Lancers, as long as Charlemagne and the Imperial magnates in the imperial capital do not know, that is enough, and whether others know it or not will not change anything.

"Luculus. When all the generals had entered the military tent, Bai Feng raised his head and ordered Luculus on the left, "Tell everyone about the emergency military information you just received." ”

"No!" Luculus stood up and said, "Just now the garrison of the second bridge sent an urgent military situation, and six thousand Jurchen cavalry appeared on the north bank of the Xingyue River; if nothing else, the cavalry of the Jurchen tribe has launched an attack on the defenders of the bridge at this time. ”

"Six thousand Jurchen cavalry?" Louis, who was stunned when he heard this, said calmly: "If the Jurchen tribe wants to launch a full-scale invasion of the south, it is impossible to send only six thousand cavalry;

"This ...... Probably not for the time being. Luculus's tone was uncertain: "Of the three bridges in the Xingyue River, the closest to us is the third bridge, and now the garrison of the second bridge has sent back an urgent military situation, and the other two bridges should be fine." ”

"I don't think so. Di Maria, who was in the same mind as Louis, shook her head and retorted: "The cavalry of the Jurchen tribe is limited in number, and they will not choose three bridges as their attack target at the same time; ”

"General Luis, General Di Maria. Seeing that Luculus, who was speechless, was a little embarrassed, Bai Feng promptly spoke out and changed the topic: "You two have fought with the Eight Banners cavalry of the Jurchen tribe more than once, what do you think they want this time?"

"This ......" Louis and Di Maria, who looked at each other in the face of Bai Feng's sudden question, hesitated for a moment before Louis explained: "General, I think this attack of the Jurchen tribe is very likely to be a tentative attack before the large-scale southern invasion. ”

"You mean that the six thousand white flag cavalry that attacked the second bridge was only the vanguard of the Jurchen tribe, and their main army was not dispatched?" Bai Feng, who was difficult to grasp the Jurchen tribe's intention to send troops, said undeniably: "You tell me specifically. ”

"General, the 100,000 cavalry of the Jurchen tribe has occupied our Longxiang Province for half a year, and the Langxiang Province, which is not very rich, has already been plundered by the Jurchen cavalry, and there is no more property for them to plunder. ”

"At this time, the cold winter has gradually passed, and the warm spring season is really the most suitable time of the year for the cavalry to fight; ”

Speaking of this, Louis paused to look at Di Maria, and then Di Maria said: "But the large army we have assembled on the south bank of the Xingyue River is the existence that the Jurchen cavalry has to fear, so they must test us before sending troops to invade the south. ”

"If we are powerless to stop the temptation of the Jurchen tribe, then the 6,000 cavalry of the White Banner will take advantage of the situation to enter our Besansun Province, and then the 100,000 Jurchen cavalry will flock to our Besansong Province like a tide under the temptation of wealth. ”

"If we can block the Jurchen tribe's tentative forces and successfully resist the 6,000 cavalry of the White Banner on the north bank of the Xingyue River, then the leaders of the Jurchen tribe will carefully consider the possibility of a failed southern invasion, and may temporarily abandon the plan to invade the south. ”

"Really?" Hans objected, "According to you, the purpose of the Jurchen cavalry's invasion of the south was to plunder property, and since they could no longer gain any benefits by staying in Langxiang Province, how could they be willing to stay in Langxiang Province, and it was not inevitable that they would go south?"

"General Hans is right. Hans is Bai Feng's confidant and favorite general, and he is also a battlefield general who has been promoted by his exploits, and Louis's attitude towards him is naturally polite: "Going south is indeed the inevitable choice of the Jurchen tribe, but now is not the best time to go south." ”

"Look, everybody. Louis, who walked out of the queue, pointed to the magic map in the center of the military tent, and calmly analyzed: "Among the six provinces that fell in the north of the empire, the ones occupied by the Jurchen tribe are the easternmost provinces of Langxiang and Mulhouse near the junction of the Sunset Mountains and the Holy Light Mountains. ”

"Among them, Langxiang Province, which is across the Xingyue River from our Besansong Province, is stationed with 100,000 cavalry from the Jurchen tribe's Five Banners, and Mulhouse Province, which is behind Langxiang Province, is stationed with 60,000 cavalry from the most elite Jurchen tribe. ”

"The westernmost part of the six northern provinces is occupied by 200,000 Khitan troops, Verdun and Metz, west of Imperial Reims, south of Imperial Klevmont, in these two provinces, the empire has 35 legions, 700,000 troops!"

"The provinces of Saint-Diye and Alsace, which are occupied by 200,000 Turkic troops in the middle of the six northern provinces, are connected to the province of Langer in the south, and the garrison of the empire in Langer province has 25 legions and 500,000 troops!"

"Although the newly formed standing army of our empire is far less powerful than the steppe cavalry in terms of combat effectiveness, our numerical superiority is beyond the reach of the steppe cavalry; therefore, the Khitan army and the Turkic army do not dare to go south easily in a short period of time. ”

"The Turkic tribes, the Khitan tribes, and the Jurchen tribes, among the three steppe tribes, the strongest is the Turkic tribe, and the weakest is the Jurchen tribe;

After Louis, who was standing on the left side of the magic map, finished speaking, Di Maria, who was in the queue on the right, walked to the map and added: "If the 160,000 cavalry of the Jurchen tribe really dares to go south with all their might, then we can take the opportunity to annihilate them completely!"

"Our Besançon Province will become their burial place!" With that, Di Maria urged the spiritual power in her body to turn the Besançon Province on the magic map from green to red, and then confidently continued:

"Our army, which is now stationed in Besançon Province, has a total of nine legions and 240,000 troops, and once the Jurchen tribe army invades the south with all its might, our army can immediately abandon Besançon Province and retreat to the southern province of Pollini, surrendering Besançon Province to them. ”

"After the 160,000 troops of the Jurchen tribe enter Besançon Province, we will have our 240,000 troops in Pollini Province in the south and 500,000 troops in Langer Province in the west.

"General Di Maria, has this plan of yours ever considered the millions of people in our Besançon Province?" After listening to Di Maria's excited narration without saying a word, Bai Feng, who frowned slightly, spoke: "They are all fresh lives. ”