Eventually, Geetak and the 'bribed' fellow were brought before Redmond and, under the threat of reluctantly, told the news of the Don goods.

These Tang goods were bought from a caravan that was accidentally trapped in Rezwan by heavy snow, and the number of Tang goods in the caravan was large, probably worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and the caravan was almost repaired, and it could leave Rezwan City at any time.

Redmond was aroused by the greed of the three pieces of news, and wanted to take the goods for himself, anyway, he had planned to seize the city of Rezwan after the beginning of spring, but he had advanced the time.

However, Gitak also told him that the caravan was guarded by many guards, and that Rezwan's local soldiers would have to be taken by the whole army, which made Redmond hesitate.

In addition to Rekmund's army, there are also armed forces of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance in Canalan City, and Rekmund is afraid that if he takes the army away, his old nest Canalan will be taken away by the Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

In the end, it was Gitak, a foreign merchant, who acted as an intermediary to bring the two families together, and facilitated the cooperation between the two families, and together they sent troops to attack the city of Rezwan.

The 5,000-strong army of Redmond dispatched 4,500 people, and the 3,000 caravan of the Canaland Merchant Alliance escorted 2,500 troops, and each of the two families left 500 people to stay in the city, which could not only ensure the safety of the city, but also contain each other.

Sixty percent of the loot was from Rykmund, thirty and a half percent from the merchant alliance, and the remaining half was owned by the Gitak, who provided the intelligence and facilitated the union of the two families...

Redmond: How did this arrested businessman become a partner?

The night before the departure of the Canalan robbery coalition forces, an owl with detailed information about the coalition forces flew back to the city of Rezwan.

"Well done, who commanded and planned this bait operation?" Pan Xiaogu couldn't help but praise after reading the report of the entire operation process.

Most of the subordinates who participated in the bait operation were Zhao Wu's subordinates, and the subordinates were praised by the lord, and he was also honored as the chief officer, so he hurriedly stood up and introduced Pan Xiaogu.

"The commander of the operation is Zhao Zhonghan, the captain of the third reconnaissance team."

The reconnaissance battalion has three field reconnaissance teams, one team is composed of birds of prey and beast warriors as the core, responsible for aerial reconnaissance, the second team is based on thieves and other light skill masters, responsible for night infiltration and reconnaissance, and the third team is responsible for makeup and infiltration, and the members are all Hu people in the territory.

"Captain Zhao Zhonghan has made a great contribution this time, and after he comes back, he will be promoted to the deputy commander of the scout battalion." Pan Xiaogu promoted Zhao Zhonghan to Zhao Wu's deputy on the spot, and he attached great importance to this person's strategic overall situation.

The main purpose of this operation to lure the enemy out of the city and destroy the enemy in the field was to seize Canaland, the largest city in the eastern part of Khazar Province, and the elimination of Rekmund's army was only a prerequisite for capturing the city.

The Five Rivers Army had not received any news about the Shang Alliance forces before, and if they attacked the city directly after destroying Rykmund, then the three thousand Shang Alliance forces remaining in the city would definitely bring huge casualties to the siege operation, and even lead to the failure of the siege.

Zhao Zhonghan was able to come up with a way to lure the Shang Alliance armed forces out of the city as soon as possible after learning the information of the Shang Alliance's armed forces.

"I don't look at my background in the Five Rivers Army, I only look at military merits, and meritorious service will be rewarded, I hope you will work hard and make more military achievements." At this military meeting, in addition to the middle-level officers of the Five Rivers Army and Cheng Yun and others, there were also several Hu officers in the servant army who attended the meeting, and Pan Xiaogu just said to them.

After these servant army officers learned from others that Zhao Zhonghan, who had just been promoted for merit, was actually the same as them, he was also a Hu person, and his mind immediately became hot, and at the same time, he also wondered if he should also take a Han name?

After Pan Xiaogu said the above words, he ignored these Hu officers, these people didn't even understand Chinese, and letting them come to the auditorium was just a means to enhance these people's sense of belonging to the Five Rivers Army.

"This time there are more enemies than expected, and the original battle plan will have to be adjusted, and the next is the new battle plan announced by Chief of Staff Lu Dingbang."

Because of his previous contribution to the reorganization of the servant army, Lu Dingbang has taken off the hat of acting on his head, and now he is officially appointed as chief of staff.

Lu Dingbang stood up straight from his seat and gave a standard military salute to the others before introducing the battle plan.

"Because of the strength of the enemy's forces, the staff decided to transfer the second infantry battalion, which was originally deployed outside the city, back to the city to strengthen the defense of Rezwan. The lurking positions of the 2nd Infantry Battalion were taken over by the 1st Battalion, 4th Battalion, and 5th Battalion, the servant corps attached to the 2nd Battalion was temporarily handed over to the 1st Battalion, and the 1st Infantry Battalion was reinforced by the 1st Amur Brigade of the Chinese reserve. ”

There were two or three hundred people in a brigade of the servant army, and the captains were all Hu officers who were inclined to the Five Rivers Army, and the Five Rivers Army was organized into a total of thirty-five brigades, most of which were assigned to the main Han army as vassal troops, and only the first to the fifth five most loyal brigades were used as the reserve of the Chinese army.

After Lu Dingbang's introduction, he saluted again, and then sat back in his seat.

"Okay, if you have any comments on the new battle plan, you can put it forward."

The plan was not large, and no one else had any opinions.

"Since everyone has no opinion, then we will disperse and go back to prepare, if the lurking position is not completed, it must be completed before dark tomorrow!" There is no cover outside the city of Rezwan, and there is no cover within a radius of more than ten kilometers, which is very unfavorable to the concealment of the army.

Therefore, Pan Xiaogu asked the troops to dig underground bunkers three or four kilometers away from the city, covering them with white cloth to conceal the troops, and at the same time, these underground dens can also provide soldiers with a place to hide from the cold wind.

For this reason, Pan Xiaogu even gathered the few gunpowder in the army and used blasting to speed up the excavation of bunkers.

"My lord, the white cloth used for camouflage is not enough, our marine battalion is only half equipped, and the other half is not camouflaged with the bunkers of the servant army." Boss Nguyen of the Marine Corps said

Pan Xiaogu frowned, the white cloth in Rezwan and Gilholz City had already been collected, and there was not much left white cloth in the system territory.

"You build a shed out of branches and thatch, and then get some snow to cover the roof, and explain the shed so that it doesn't collapse because of the snow!" Pan Xiaogu quickly thought of an alternative.

"Do anyone else have any questions?" After solving the problem of the Marine Battalion, Pan Xiaogu looked at the other officers again.

"My lord, what about the horse? We've tried it in the past two days, but it's still too cold in the nest, and the war horse will not be able to stand it if it stays for a long time. "The officer of the cavalry battalion asked a new question.

"Then take the blankets, the quilts, and the furs from the city, and spread them all into the ground, and there is not some wool in the city? Those things are also warm, take them all! In short, all ministries must make every effort to overcome difficulties and win this battle! ”