Of course, Ai Fujie never expected that in fact, Li Tianhao's plan was to march in three ways from the beginning. Wei Song's advice to him was to attack the east and the west, and the westernmost of the three roads was actually the first to act, that is, the naval army led by Elda attacked the city of Hykum along the Nanra River.

With Elda's excellent naval command ability, this small fleet quietly set out from Horur City, advanced covertly all the way, and used a small force to sneak attack the checkpoints set up by the Yaki Army along the way, and unknowingly touched the edge of Hekum City. With the feint of Gernas, he successfully transferred 40,000 troops of the Yaji army, and then the cavalry led by Li Tianhao personally attacked and transferred the main force of Evjie's army out of Hykum City.

First, he landed Xenus and his mercenary group, and then joined forces with the navy to launch a surprise attack on the docks outside of Highcombe. The docks at Highcombe City were originally small, and the recent expansion was also intended to accommodate the incoming Yaqui Fleet - which was not easy to supply quickly. And the ships in charge of guarding near the dock can only be regarded as civilian-level in terms of number and ability to coordinate operations, and the original Yaki navy is not particularly strong, not to mention that this is only an inland river transport ship in the depths of the Naragawa River? It was too difficult for the sailors on these ships (if they can still be called sailors) to deal with a fleet commanded by a captain who had been at sea for many years and had fought against the wind and waves and pirates, so the ships were quickly beaten to pieces, and most of them simply surrendered. At the same time, the soldiers stationed on the docks suffered a disaster that was even more unfortunate than their water companions. A mercenary group of more than 400 people led by Xenas covered up like a fierce god descending from the sky. This group of mercenaries, who are already fierce, have been trained by Xenas and their ability to coordinate combat has been greatly improved. Even the regular army was out of the dust. For this group of men who live on commissions, every living person in front of them is a commission. Crazy and bloody carnage swept across the docks. Under this baptism of blood and fire, the Yaqui garrison fled for its life like an avalanche, even faster than the heralds who had gone to Highcum City to report the news.

By the time Vandalu got the news and had regrouped his troops and horses out of the city, Elda's forces had already landed and were converging with Xenas's forces and heading for Haycombe.

Vandalu originally thought that the enemy would not have a large number of troops to attack from the waterway, so he did not send all his men and horses, and only brought about 3,000 men. This was indeed expected by him, but he miscalculated the combat ability of these people. For Elda had brought six hundred crossbowmen with him. The salvo of 600 powerful crossbows made Vandalu deeply appreciate the horror of this weapon, coupled with the rapid assault of the Xenas Corps, he was overwhelmed for a while, and the team of 3,000 people soon could not support it, and began to retreat.

Realizing his mistake, Vandalu dealt with it relatively calmly, and he managed to get rid of the enemy army and retreat to the city of Highcom, sending people to report the news of Epger urgently, while organizing the defenses - although he knew that the enemy's strength was not enough to take the city of Highcum. But he was still keenly aware that the enemy army was likely to pay attention to the grain and grass stored by the army, once the grain was destroyed, the army would be unsustainable, so he sent most of his troops to protect the grain.

It's a pity that his thoughts still haven't escaped Wei Song's pre-calculation, Elda's purpose was not the food and grass of the Yaji Army from the beginning. Forcing the Yaggi army back into the city of Heikum was their real goal, and it was for this reason that Xenas did not pursue with all his might, but half-chased and half-sent the Yaggee army back to the city. And so it goes. Elda had plenty of time to do what he wanted: he had his men burn down the newly built dock and everything around it. At the same time, it also dug up the guards near the city of Highcombe.

It was only when the rushing waters of the Nanra River appeared in Wangdaru's eyes that he realized his mistake. It turned out that the other party's purpose was never Hecomb City. Or where grain and grass are hoarded, destroying embankments and docks is the goal! Without a dock, even if the fleet came to Highcomb City, it would not be able to complete the supply quickly, and could only be transported by small boat; Without the embankment, these rivers would not be able to cause any substantial damage at the moment, but once the Naura River enters the flood season in July, the city of Hakum will inevitably be swallowed up by floods, not to mention that the castle is in danger, and all the hoarded grain will be washed away! In order to prevent these things, it is necessary to build embankments before the flood season arrives, and in case it is necessary to transport grain to higher places, which alone requires a lot of manpower and time. As a result, the plan to make the fleet raid the enemy's rear have to be postponed, and it is difficult to say whether it will be able to do so before the flood season arrives, and how much mess needs to be cleaned up during this period, just thinking about it makes me feel big.

Wan Dalu, who was standing at the head of the city, beat his chest and stomped his feet, and he was actually played hard by the enemy! This humiliation is something I have never experienced before! However, this was not the most unfortunate thing, when Everger returned with his troops, he learned of what had happened here, and also learned that Elda had swaggered upstream with his fleet after destroying the embankment, taking all the ships outside of Hycomb with him, except for those that had been completely destroyed. The Yaki could only watch as they slowly walked back, but there were no ships to pursue. Immediately after that, news came from Karui in the direction of Cyris City: the troops led by Gurnas had also withdrawn to Cyris City, and Karui led the pursuit but fell into the ambush of Gernas, although he did not suffer much loss, he lost the opportunity to pursue and was preparing to return with his troops.

The Yaji army in the three directions did not take advantage of the slightest, but instead lost their troops, and even the general Nalu died on the battlefield, leaving a mess to clean up. Iver was so angry that he trembled all over, and even his voice changed: "These damn thieves are playing such a despicable little trick!" I can't spare them, I can't spare them! ”

Ulysses, who was surrounded by his four sons, looked at the angry general Ephraim who was blowing his beard and glaring, and secretly shook his head in his heart: Efger, as a brave general, has no doubt about his ability in all aspects, but the commander of the army is so impetuous, such a move is easy to be used by the enemy. Thinking of this, Ulysses took two steps and said, "Don't be too resentful, my lord, the enemy army has advanced and retreated in this battle, and all departments have cooperated tacitly, and it seems that it is indeed a strong enemy." Although our army suffered a small defeat, it also learned the true strength of the enemy army, and it was not without gains. What's more, the superiority of our army has not been shaken because of this, in the future, we must not underestimate the enemy, steady and steady, even if we succeed a few times like this small trick, we will not be able to fundamentally change the situation of the war, and adults do not have to worry about it. On the contrary, it is that Li Tianhao, according to the old man's observation, this person's bravery is indeed very accessible, and I am afraid that only Viscount Libera can compete with it in our army, but unfortunately Viscount Libera did not come out this time. If you want to restrain this person, it is better to write to Your Majesty and ask Viscount Libera to help him. ”

Iver was angry, and when he heard this, his heart was shocked: You must know that although Viscount Libera never asked about the factional disputes in the court, he was a friend of Ulysses, and the prime minister Usubu had always been afraid of this person's outstanding achievements, and Ulysses had another plan to bring him out at this time?

Originally, Everger respected Ulysses quite much, but at this time, due to the shame and remorse of the defeat, as well as the worry about his future position in the court, Everger's judgment was skewed, and at this moment, doubts and scruples about this veteran suddenly rose in his heart, and the seeds of demons quickly took root in his heart, blossoming and bearing fruit. After hesitating for a long time, Everjie said with a smile: "The old man is serious, if Viscount Libera has to come to defeat the thief army, we warriors will inevitably seem too insignificant. I have a plan here, although it is very risky, but if it succeeds, it is safe to destroy the thief army. It's just such a heavy task, if it weren't for a famous general like the boss, I'm afraid it would be difficult to do it, I don't know if the boss would like to? ”

"I want to hear about it." Ulysses bowed and said lightly. (To be continued......)