Chapter 41 Five Li Tianhao's Left Hook
Since Li Tianhao has decided on the plan to send troops, the next question is who will lead the troops together.
Since the main force of this attack was cavalry, Li Tianhao's preferred targets were naturally Hector who was in charge of commanding the Palch cavalry and MΓΌller who commanded the Dils cavalry. Alam naturally followed Li Tianhao's actions, so his apprentice Agobar also had to follow suit. Among the rest, Wei Song had to command in the rear; Lorensis assisted Wei Song in intelligence work; Gurnas was to be in charge of the actual combat command, and Dara and Leo were also retained as his lieutenants; Horondis commanded the Palci infantry; And it was obviously too much for Tatar to be in charge of the 35,000-strong Nubian mercenary group, so Li Tianhao assigned Zukar, Wode, Jimda, and Zaran to help him; The only controversy is the deputy head of intelligence, Jamo, and the commander of the mercenary group, Xenas.
"Your Excellency, the intelligence work is the most important, so it is naturally indispensable to assist you." Jamo said politely.
"Are you familiar with the barbarian region? Li Tianhao was there, obviously you didn't notice it at all, are you embarrassed to say it? Such a heavy task of assaulting behind enemy lines, of course, can only get twice the result with half the effort if I join in with both wisdom and bravery! β
"But aren't Lord Senas's mercenaries all infantry? You don't seem to be able to keep up with the cavalry, do you? Jamo looked at each other coldly.
"Who said I'm going to take the mercenaries with me? It's enough for me to go alone. β
"Did you leave your responsibilities and go alone? It's child's play. β
"What responsibility? Didn't Li Tianhao throw this mercenary group to me? In this way, you will be in command of the mercenary group this time, and you will not have anything to do. β
How can that be? Sir Senas, you're fooling around. β
These two people are so enthusiastic about accusing and arguing with each other. In the eyes of everyone, it was just that the two of them were curious about Mueller's strange behavior just now. In fact, everyone is just as curious. It's just that each has a task in his body, so it's inconvenient to say more, and it's not as thick-skinned as these two. From a certain point of view. The spiritual wavelengths of Xenas and Jamo are very close, but they appear to be completely different.
Seeing that the two were getting more and more stiff, Li Tianhao had to come forward to stop him: "Let me say a few words." Once in enemy territory, intelligence work does need to be carried out immediately, so it would be a lot more reassuring to have Yamo go. β
"Your Excellency is indeed wise, only your judgment is the most convincing!" Jamo, full of joy, would not skimp on his praise at all.
"As for Xenas" Li Tianhao paused when he said this, his eyes swept to Xenas, and Xenas immediately raised his head and looked back, his eyes full of provocation. Li Tianhao turned his head to look at Mueller again. Mueller hurriedly lowered his eyes and didn't dare to look at him, Li Tianhao suddenly sneered, and said, "Let's go together, the mercenary group will be represented by Pokel for the time being." With him, there will be no boredom in the ranks. β
As soon as Li Tianhao said this, several people immediately couldn't help laughing. When Cernas heard this, he said with an unhappy face: "What do you mean that I won't be bored if I go?" How do you feel like I'm a clown? β
Pocker, who had been silent on the side, also raised objections, as the head of the craftsman, he had nothing to do with him when he went to the front, so he did not stand up to fight for the position of the army, and now it is not his share to attack. Instead, throwing the group of bandit mercenaries of Xenas to him to manage it is simply to add insult to injury. Pokel slammed his hands on the table and shouted, "I'll send a blacksmith into battle, and I'll need to settle the wages separately." β
No matter what Pokel says, he is also a member of the Li family's business group. When the words came to his mouth, he still changed his mouth, which can be regarded as saving some face for Li Tianhao.
Li Tianhao looked at the two unrelenting people, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay." Pocker was acting as the conductor, and the commission that would have been paid to Cernas was yours. β
"Hey! What do you mean? I didn't stop working, how could I deduct my wages. Xenas immediately jumped.
Li Tianhao motioned for Xenas to be restless. Said: "This time I want to appoint Xenas as the vanguard of the assault cavalry, so I must temporarily remove you as the commander of the mercenary group, this time you will represent the Count of Lorraine's family, and the merits will be owned by Arina, the head of the Count of Lorraine's family, do you have any opinions?" β
"No comment, obey." Seeing Li Tianhao raise his wife's name, Xenas had no choice but to accept the appointment. Because this time his mercenary group was able to obtain a large number of the best quality weapons and equipment, so as to become a male division armed to the teeth, completely relying on his wife Arina's private funding, and now it is natural to contribute something to his wife. But being taken advantage of by Li Tianhao made him feel a little guilty.
Seeing this, Jamo stood up and shouted, "Everyone! Now that the plan has been decided, why don't we give this operation a name, and call it 'Li Tianhao's left hook', how about it? β
Everyone frowned at the strange name, and Jamo stood in front of the battle map, and with his left hand, he began to draw a perfect arc in the city of Highcombe, ending on Epsom. Only then did everyone understand that it was indeed very similar to a left hook, and they all nodded yes. The first counteroffensive in the history of Palci as a sub-state was thus given a code name.
As the meeting ended, everyone began to prepare for the battle. After Li Tianhao took the time to eat something, he was busy until midnight to finish the affairs at hand, and he was finally able to rest. Alam brought him a plate of snacks, and while Li Tianhao was eating, he asked Alam: "Why didn't you see Lysius today?" β
"Shagora said that he went to the west bank of the Nanra River to preside over the construction mission, and Miss Tia went with him."
"yes, I see." Li Tianhao took a sip of honey wine and replied lightly.
"According to Shagora's report, Miss Tia seems to be doing well. Originally, a noble lady like her was more knowledgeable than the average person, and coupled with her extraordinary diligence, it seemed that Lord Lysius relied on her more and more. β
"Yes, it seems that a clerical job is a good fit for her, if she hadn't wasted time on martial arts that she wasn't good at, maybe she would be even more powerful than she is now."
Alam shrugged and said, "However, it's a pity, such a smart and beautiful young lady, isn't it, boss?" β
"What's the pity?"
Alam smiled and said, "Boss, you know in your heart that you don't need me to say anything." β
Li Tianhao turned his head and glared at him, then looked at the ceiling again, and let out a long breath. (To be continued......)