Chapter 59: The Verge
"What team is this?" Liu Lei lay in the grass on the mountain, looked at the team that stretched for several kilometers at the foot of the mountain, and asked in a low voice.
"The eldest young master, we have seen five troops drive over here in the past few days," the third son who was lying beside him replied in a low voice.
At this time, it has been five days since the day of preparation, and Sanzi and the others have been lying on the roadside hill in front of the valley for five days, and people have been passing on this path for the past three days.
"This ...... It should be someone from the Huang family," Liu Lei asked suspiciously, pointing to the flag in the team.
The third son looked at it carefully and whispered: "Yes, that's right, it's the people of the Huang family, this is already the second team sent by the Huang family."
Liu Lei nodded and said enviously: "Alas! The family is big and the business is big, and the main force of the family has long been withdrawn, and so many people can still be pieced together! ”
"Big young master? Where's the eldest young master? A man climbed up from behind and asked in a whisper.
Liu Lei hurriedly retreated when he heard this, and whispered, "What's wrong with me here?" ”
The man hurriedly leaned over and whispered, "Young Master, Captain Liu has sent someone back, and Mr. Li told them to go back!" ”
There has been no news of Liu Bushan for several days, Liu Lei was in a hurry, hurriedly said a few words to the third son, and immediately ran to the valley.
Liu Lei hurriedly rushed into the hall and asked anxiously, "Where is it?" Where? What's the news? ”
Li Tianlong came over and said, "Young master, don't worry, sit down and say, sit down and say!" ”
Liu Lei nodded and saw one of Liu Bushan's subordinates, he had seen this person know him as Datou, Datou saw Liu Lei hurriedly stood up and greeted him, Liu Lei waved his hand and said, "Sit down and say, what is the news, tell me quickly"
The big head hurriedly repeated what he had just said to Li Tianlong and Zhu Dezhi: "We have been active on the edge of the Warcraft Forest for the past few days, and we have not found any traces of a large army, and we have also contacted many expeditions, but they all say that the Warcraft Forest is very calm and there is no movement!" ”
Liu Lei listened to his words and frowned, he didn't expect to get this news.
Zhu Dezhi opened his mouth and asked, "Young Master, did we guess wrong?" The forces of the Stormwind didn't even want to make a detour."
Liu Lei also had doubts about his previous guess at this time, could it be that the people of this world have not mastered the advanced tactics of interspersing in a roundabout.
"Sunset City, has the Stormwind City-State taken it?" Liu Lei asked, these days, there are often reinforcements passing by nearby, they are afraid of being found in the valley all day and dare not go out, at this time the strength is not strong enough at this time, the more low-key they are, the better.
The big head shook his head and said: "No, it's strange to say, according to the people who came over there, the army of the Stormwind City State has attacked more than a dozen times, and the two sides have fought bloodily for several days, and Sunset City has really unexpectedly defended."
"That can't be! More than 100,000 people have also piled up on the city wall, and 20,000 weak chickens will definitely not be able to stop it," Liu Lei said.
Li Tianlong thought for a while and said, "Then, didn't they even think about filming troops to cut off the reinforcements?" ”
Liu Lei walked to the hanging map and said: "In the past few days, there are tens of thousands of reinforcements from our direction alone, I estimate that there are seventy or eighty thousand reinforcements gathered at this time, even if the Storm City State can defeat these people, many of these people can escape and it is still a threat, but if they can't achieve the goal of total annihilation, they can't move forward with confidence, not to mention that the army that returns will not give them more time at all."
"That is, they scattered the troops" Li Tianlong listened to Liu Lei's words and said affirmatively, and then pointed to the valley where they were and said: "The front of our neighborhood is the Warcraft Forest, and the back is the mountain range, if the reinforcements retreat, they will definitely retreat to us, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if they really like the young master said, they are eyeing us here, and they must be divided into small forces if they don't want to be discovered, otherwise there are reinforcements everywhere around here, and they will definitely not be able to pass." ”
Liu Lei nodded that Li Tianlong still has experience in military affairs, and he got to the point, and he hurriedly asked, "Then Uncle Li, how many people do you think can hold here?" ”
Li Tianlong thought for a while and said, "About 10,000, otherwise although the reinforcements are defeated, they can't stop them." And if 10,000 people are ambushed nearby and sneak attack, the rout of the reinforcements will definitely be killed by surprise, and there is really a possibility that the whole army will be annihilated by the front and rear attacks. ”
"Yes, yes, yes" The big head on the side heard Li Tianlong's words and hurriedly echoed: "In the past few days, we have indeed found that many expeditions have withdrawn from the Warcraft Forest, and our captain also found that these people behaved like soldiers, but at that time, we were in a hurry to find the troops of the Storm Wind City-State, and many of the expeditions were composed of veterans, so we didn't think much about it." ”
Liu Lei's face changed, and he hurriedly said to the big head: "You go back now, be quick!" Tell Captain Liu to find out where these people are assembled as soon as possible, and then come back immediately, and be sure to pay attention to safety! ”
The big head hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly went out to prepare to return.
"Uncle Li, how are we preparing now?" Liu Lei asked.
"Our previous simple wall to block the beasts is okay, but it is completely useless against the army, all the past few days have been reinforced and repaired, only to about four meters in height, the width is about three meters, but the degree of solidity has increased several times, at least it can last for a while"
Liu Lei nodded, the previous wall was just a simple log fence behind the pile of soil, there was not much defense at all, it was very simple to be knocked down, and after this reinforcement, at least it would not fall down as soon as it was pushed, but it was still dirt.
"Lao Zhu, where are you?" Liu Lei turned his head and asked.
Zhu Dezhi hurriedly replied: "In the past few days, the purple flame liquid has been produced fifty catties!" And according to your requirements, more than 200 hollow pottery balls have been burned out of containers! ”
Liu Lei said with an ugly face: "What's the matter, I gave you all the old people and children, and nearly 100 people only got fifty catties in the past five days?" ”
The purple flame liquid was the first time that Liu Lei prepared and came to deal with the black panther beast, but the last time he got it had already been used up, five days ago he had already handed over the formula to Zhu Dezhi, and asked him to take someone to hurry up and prepare it, when he came back, Li Tianlong used the purple flame liquid to deal with the bandits The effect was not bad, and it also reminded Liu Lei of this killing weapon and prepared to be a killer weapon.
Zhu Dezhi said with a look of shame: "Young Master, these people used to be farmers and coolies, and they had never been exposed to the preparation of this thing, and you also ordered to keep it secret and separate each process, and after they are all familiar with the process, the speed of production will come up, and it is estimated that twenty catties will be produced tomorrow, but our raw materials are no longer enough, and we can produce a hundred catties at most!" ”
Liu Lei sighed, their current predicament is not only the upcoming war crisis, but also the serious shortage of war preparation materials, the only thing that makes Liu Lei happy is that the valley is full of herbs, so the medicine is sufficient.
Speaking of this, Liu Lei suddenly remembered what he had discussed with Old Man Li five days ago, so he hurriedly left the two of them and ran out, leaving Li Tianlong and Zhu Dezhi unclear.