The capture of the city of Kuba by Epger meant that the Ulysses army was no longer alone, and Ulysses had no worries once the grain route was opened, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Speaking of which, the main reason why it took so long for Evje to capture the completely undefended city of Kuba was because of the crushing defeat of the Yaki fleet at the Nara River. The first thing Everger realizes when he gets the news of the tragedy is that the surface power of the Dils rebels has outnumbered him, and if they attack the passage between Hycomm and Horol from the water, they will be in a dilemma. The reconnaissance work in the direction of Kuba City was not going well, and Ai Fujie felt that Li Tianhao's troops might be operating nearby, and they had to be careful. Therefore, Ephrje strengthened his garrison in this area, and only resumed his march to the city of Kuba when the floods of the Naura River came as scheduled and the naval forces of the Dils army could no longer threaten them.

A few days later, 12,000 Ulysses joined forces with 20,000 of Epger's men in the city of Coopa. The two met again after many days of separation, and they each recounted the joys and hardships of the period, which was embarrassing. Everger first told Ulysses the disturbing news that he had captured a total of four small cities along the way, and that these four small cities were the same as the city of Kuba in that there was not a single grain of grain in the storehouses, only that the civilians of the city had no more than a month's worth of food.

Ulysses smiled bitterly when he heard this: "It's really thorough, take away all the food, leaving only the mouths of the civilians waiting for us to feed, if we plunder the civilians because of lack of food, it will inevitably provoke a popular uprising, and this bit of food is far from enough; If, on the other hand, we use a small amount of rations to appease these civilians. It will put a greater burden on the supply of our army. It seems that the thieves want to fight us for a long time. ”

Ai Fujie nodded and said, "That's the problem, at present, our military food supply is not a problem. But if we continue to conquer the city, it's hard to say, not to mention anything else. The city of Essrath and the few smaller towns around it alone are already a big burden. ”

"Now that the flood season of the Nanra River has arrived, it is impossible to transport it by water until the flood season is over. I think the attack on Kadum City should be slowed down for the time being, compared to the fact that it is more important to join forces with Lord Vandalu to capture the city of Silis and open up a new grain transportation route, although it is far from Silis, but the road there is relatively wide, but it is more convenient. Ulysses said.

"That's true, it's safe," Everger said, frowning suddenly, "I just think it's weird." Li Tianhao's troops disappeared out of thin air like ghosts, and what was even more strange was where did he transport all the food? It is said that the transportation capacity in the mountains is limited, how can it disappear so quickly? Those civilians also don't know, how did they do it? ”

"I can't figure that out either. But instead of dwelling on these, I think what is the purpose of Li Tianhao's last two sorties? He always used the 3,000 cavalry, but the combat effectiveness of these 3,000 cavalry was comparable to that of 10,000 elite infantry. I was eaten nearly 6,000 men in a row, and his troops came and went like the wind, always hiding in the shadows and waiting for an opportunity to move. It seems that this force cannot be resisted at all, except for the actions of the army. ”

Everger knew that Ulysses' third son, Sigis, was still unknown, but it was very likely that he would be more than lucky. Sigis was Ulysses' favorite son. As a military general, Sigis is not like the other three brothers who have their own strengths, his abilities are very average, and he is a young talent who is expected to stand at the top command of the Yaji Army in ten years, but it is this son who is the first to lose in this battle. Everger was afraid of touching the veteran's heart. They all hugged their shoulders and said: "The original thief army in Horur City is estimated to be about 10,000, in addition to these 3,000 people, there are nearly 7,000 enemy troops, where have they gone, they must have another purpose when they are lurking." If we are so deluded by these three thousand cavalry that we ignore the seven thousand. I'm afraid it's in the hands of the thief army. On the contrary, if we always keep the army moving, the 3,000 cavalry will not be able to help us. And those seven thousand infantry are slow, and if they are dispatched, we will surely find them. When the time comes, we can gather and annihilate them, so as to prevent future troubles. ”

Ulysses nodded heartily. Feeling that he was stumped by the disappearance of Sigis, he always wanted to find this cavalry to take revenge. As a military general, you can't bring your personal emotions to strategic judgment, and Everger's words woke up Ulysses. Ulysses thought for a moment and said: "Your Excellency, you are very right, but compared to this, I think our intelligence work needs to be strengthened, in fact, since the capture of Essrath City, I have found that our intelligence work efficiency has deteriorated, and now we can hardly get the correct information, so we cannot make reasonable judgments, in comparison, the intelligence work of the thief army is much better than ours, otherwise they will not be able to quickly mobilize their forces to attack our army." ”

Avger let out a long sigh, slapped the handrail heavily and said: "I don't know this, it's a pity that our intelligence network in the Dils Mountains has long been cleaned by them, and it often goes without returning by scouts alone, it seems that the thief army has a very big advantage in this regard, and we have no other way to think of it for the time being except for the group of men and horses to march together, even if we capture all the occupied cities, we still have a hard cleanup to do." ”

Ulysses couldn't help but sigh as well. I think back to my side, but I gathered a full 120,000 troops to come. Now that the thief army has been beaten piecemeal, plus the siege casualties, more than 10,000 people have been lost, not counting the 6,000 sailors lost in the Nanluo River and the losses on the side of Lord Wangdarlu. The thieves are far more heroic and good at fighting than they imagined. Next, how to use the forces in your hands to push the thief army into a corner? After pondering for a moment, Ulysses spoke: "I would like to ask Lord Evger to lead your troops to the city of Silis to help Lord Vandalus conquer this city together, and I will garrison the city of Kuba to keep the food route between Horol and Essrath open, and at the same time establish our own intelligence network. In order to continue the struggle against the thief army, it is urgent to strengthen intelligence work. ”

Ephraim looked at Ulysses, and a trace of guilt came to his heart: to be honest, he had to wait so many days to enter the city of Kuba, and as a result, Sigis disappeared, and Homan lost his army. Although this was at the behest of Prime Minister Usubu, he still couldn't help but feel sorry for the old general. Ulysses, however, sent himself to attack the city of Cialis, leaving himself to keep the grain route open. Compared with himself who commanded the army, the weak Ulysses put himself in danger of being attacked by Li Tianhao at any time, and also had to take on the difficult work of establishing an intelligence network. The goatee under his head like an inverted onion trembled slightly, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "Then there is you, General Lao." ”

At that moment, a centurion ran in from outside, his face full of panic, and his dignity as if he had just escaped from the gates of hell. I saw him stammering and shouting, "Big ?????? My lord, no, no, Helu?????? The city of Horol is lost! General Azmi died in battle! (To be continued......)