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- Mother Teresa (world-renowned Catholic charity worker, founder of the Missionary Society of Charity)

The coronation ceremony of Yoki Yamashita and the formation ceremony of the inner and outer armies were all over before nine o'clock in the morning, and since the kingdom of Lucy had been established according to Bai Feng's idea, what Bai Feng needed to do next was to launch a siege and annihilation battle against Gregory's army.

According to yesterday's plan, Licinius's 1st Army and Vermina's 2nd Army would appear on time at noon today on the left and right flanks of Gregory's army, and at the same time, Leonidas's army would block the retreat of Gregory's army.

The Seventh Regiment of Lucurus, who followed Bai Feng and stationed at Camp Kirkwall, was tasked with heading north from Camp Kirkwall to face off with Gregory's army and force Gregory's army into the encirclement of the four-way Roman army.

After the dramatic attack and defense of Camp Kirkwall, Gregory's army, which had suffered heavy losses, was now 52,000 men at full strength, of which 7,000 were more mobile cavalry, and the remaining 45,000 were all soldiers from northwestern Lu.

With three Roman legions and a barbarian phalanx legion, plus 30,000 warriors from southwestern Lu, a whole 90,000 elite army besieging Gregory's 52,000 soldiers from northwestern Lu, it was undoubtedly a battle that was already doomed before it even began.

With the combat effectiveness of the Roman legions and the defensive strength of the barbarian phalanx legions, supplemented by the strategy of 30,000 warriors from southwestern Lu, as long as the commanders of the armies such as Licinius, Vermyna, Leonidas, and Luculus did not make any low-level mistakes, the Roman army was already invincible.

The only thing that worries Bai Feng is whether his superior army can successfully annihilate Gregory's inferior army and ensure that no fish escape, after all, defeating the enemy army and completely annihilating the enemy army are completely two different concepts, and the difficulty of implementation is completely different.

In the temporary headquarters of the Kirkwall camp, after Bai Feng voiced his concerns, Yoki Yamashita, who had just been crowned King of Lucy two hours earlier, made a pretty good and practical suggestion: let the Lucy army take the initiative!

After the 100,000-strong counterinsurgency army suffered heavy losses in the first battle, why was Gregory still unwilling to lead his army to retreat, but continued to stay on the outskirts of the Kirkwall camp? In the final analysis, didn't Gregory want to use the siege method to fight the rebels under great population pressure?

In view of this, Yamashita Yoki believes that the army of the Kingdom of Lucy, which takes the initiative to attack, that is, the so-called rebel army in Gregory's eyes, will definitely attract Gregory's attention, and when the time comes, an extremely fierce battle will inevitably break out between Gregory's army and Lucy's army.

30,000 elite warriors of the Lucy Kingdom plus 70,000 ordinary warriors of the Lucy Kingdom, against 45,000 elite warriors and 7,000 elite cavalry under the command of Gregory, no one dared to decide whether to win or lose this battle before the battle officially began.

But what Natsukawa and Nishimura can assure Hakumine is that their army will not be defeated in the five hours before sunset, which means that Hakumine will not only have plenty of time to deploy the encirclement, but can also postpone the decisive battle until nightfall.

The inability to fight at night was a natural deficiency of the barbarian warriors, but it was not a defect of the Roman soldiers, and the nearly 30,000 systematic soldiers in the three Roman legions did not have any concept of night blindness at all, and night fighting was an undifficult test for them.

The 18,000 barbarian longbowmen and Spartan legions belonging to the three Roman legions, although they were also barbarian warriors, the extremely rich army food in the city of Rome greatly alleviated their night blindness.

Therefore, as long as the 100,000 troops of the Lucy Kingdom can delay the battle until nightfall, then Bai Feng's Roman army can fight a hearty battle of annihilation under the premise of taking advantage of the advantage, and annihilate the army of Gregory who went south to quell the rebellion in one fell swoop!

After agreeing on this battle plan, Xia Chuan Heigong and Nishimura Jun hurriedly left the temporary headquarters and began to distribute the weapons and equipment that Bai Feng had taken out to the soldiers under their command, making final preparations for the battle that was about to break out.

After handing over all the weapons and equipment in his White Spirit Ring to Xia Chuan Heigong and Nishimura Jun, Bai Feng was busy sending cavalry to find the main generals of the other three Roman armies and inform them of the changes in the battle plan.

After the two-hour preparation time had passed, the 100,000 Lucy soldiers, who had finished lunch at half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, dressed in their brand-new armor, armed with sharp swords and strong round shields, faced the noon sun, and embarked on the journey of taking the initiative to go out to meet the enemy.

Looking at the long line of 100,000 Lucy warriors leaving the camp in turn, Bai Feng, who was standing at the head of the wall, asked Yamashita Yangxi who was following him: "Mountain, how many of the 100,000 Luci warriors you said could return to the camp alive tonight?"

"My lord, in my opinion, most of these warriors can survive more than 70,000, and less than 50,000. Yamashita Yoki, who still regarded himself as a spy of the shogunate, replied respectfully: "After all, this is a bitter battle that has to be fought hard by flesh and blood. ”

"Yes, this is a bitter battle that has to be fought hard by flesh and blood, and it can't end unless it is a heavy casualty. Immediately, Bai Feng instructed Yamashita Yangxi: "After the war, for the families of those soldiers who died in battle, you must take good care of them, and you can't let the warriors not be at peace after they die." ”

"Don't worry, my lord. Yamashita Yoki understood: "I will definitely appease the families of those soldiers who died in battle, so that they can become the first loyal supporters of the Kingdom of Luci and the city of Rome while eating and drinking without worrying about food and clothing." ”

"Well, in the future, you must always remember your identity, you are the shogunate spy of the city of Rome, and the king of the kingdom of Lucy. Bai Feng admonished earnestly: "On the premise of ensuring the loyalty of the Lucy Kingdom to the city of Rome, do your duty as a king." ”

"No!" Yamashita Yoki, who was nodded by Bai Feng, finally stopped using the echo that was exclusive to their shogunate figures.

Seeing that half of the 100,000 troops had left the camp, and the 30,000 foreign troops were slowly advancing under the leadership of Nishimura Jun, Bai Feng turned his head and ordered: "Luculus, you go and arrange for the soldiers of the Seventh Legion to rest quickly, and after four hours, it will be their turn to play." ”

"No!" Luculus turned and went down to make arrangements.

Because all the 100,000 soldiers in the camp went into battle, the outer wooden wall defense line of the camp fell into an embarrassing situation of no soldiers, and in order to avoid an unexpected situation, the Seventh Army Corps, which was about to rest the whole army, sent two wings of soldiers to defend the city wall.

Four battalions of the Fourth Wing of the Seventh Legion and two thousand longbowmen of the Third Longbow Company were to be stationed on the four walls of the camp, so that each wall of the camp would be guarded by three Roman soldiers and five hundred longbowmen, at least to ensure that the camp would not be attacked.