424. Mutations

As soon as the army of Qin Dong arrived in Shalong Town to join the friendly forces of the tribes, and he was receiving the leaders of the tribes in the big tent of the Chinese army, Agul hurried in and was about to report, and saw so many leaders of the tribes in the big tent, so he swallowed back what he was about to say.

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Qin Dong knew that he had something urgent, and hurriedly said, "Agul, what's the matter?" The tribal leaders here are our friends, not outsiders, so if you have anything to say, let the chiefs listen to it."

Qin Dong's words were full of trust in these Germanic clan leaders, which made them all feel a lot more at ease, and their bodies and emotions were also relaxed.

Agul said: "Your Majesty, the matter is done, the Burgundian has been fooled!" Our army can immediately turn around and go south! ”

"Good!" Qin Dong was overjoyed when he heard this, stood up and laughed: "Hahaha, the Burgundians have finally been fooled, this time I must make them look good, by the way, is there any news of the Western Empire Alliance?" ”

Agul said: "There is news from over there that the Western Empire coalition army has given up its plan to go to support Lyon after knowing that we have withdrawn, and there is no action in Valence at present!" ”

Qin Dong pondered, and after a while, he looked at the leaders of the Germanic tribes and asked, "Leaders, there is no problem with pulling out the camp and going south tomorrow, right?" ”

The leaders of the Germanic tribes all stood up and said in unison: "Your Majesty's military order, I should obey it!" ”

"Good!" Qin Dong stood up with satisfaction and ordered: "Spread my will, eat at five o'clock tomorrow morning, and set off for Lyon at six o'clock!" ”

The generals, the ministers and the chiefs of the Germanic tribes responded with a loud voice: "Yes! ”

After the crowd dispersed, Qin Dong left behind Hans and Agul, the deputy commanders of the cavalry division. He instructed Hans: "Hans, from now on, you immediately send scout cavalry in the direction of Lyon to clear the scout cavalry sent by Gundorbad to track us. We're going to pounce on Lyon again all of a sudden, so that Gundobad doesn't have time to react before the troops come to the city! When the camp is drawn early tomorrow morning, your cavalry division will take the lead and march to Lyon as fast as possible."

"Understood, the last general will leave!" Hans didn't talk nonsense, and immediately got up and left. After Balhan led 5,000 men to the west to attack the Franks, Saxons, and Sarmatians, the cavalry division was temporarily put under the command of the deputy division commander Hans.

Qin Dong said to Agul again: "Contact the people who have infiltrated the city of Lyon." Get in touch with them, agree on the time of siege cooperation, this matter must not be a business trip! ”

"Yes. The minister understands the seriousness of this matter, and the minister will do it himself! ”

After Qin Dong was once again the only one left in the big tent, Qin Dong began to fall into contemplation again, and still did not know the real situation on the side of the Western Roman Empire's coalition forces. And he was still a little uneasy about the Germanic tribal leaders on his side. Although these people were very honest in front of him, he still didn't dare to use them with confidence, he couldn't guarantee that these people would not drop the chain in the key matters of the decisive battle, if they could fight fearlessly in the face-to-face decisive battle of the Western Roman Empire's coalition forces, it would naturally be the best, once these people collapsed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Come on, call Liu San!" Qin Dong thought about it and still didn't feel at ease. It was decided to take some measures against the leaders of the Germanic tribes, so they sent someone to call Liu San, who was in charge of the specific military intelligence work.

Liu San was quickly called over. "See Your Majesty!"

"Excuse me!" Qin Dong waved his hand, "What is the specific situation on the coalition side, have you gotten any news there?" ”

Liu San said: "The minister just got the news and was about to come over to report to His Majesty, His Majesty sent someone to call the minister, the commander-in-chief of the Western Roman Empire Coalition Army, Li Ximir, originally planned to pull out the camp to reinforce Lyon yesterday, after getting the news of our army's retreat yesterday, the Visigothic King Theodoric II and the King of Alan, Sanjiban and others did not agree to continue to reinforce Lyon, in their opinion, since our side has retreated, there is no need for them to come north again, it is better to take advantage of the cool weather to return home with a large army immediately, And the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Li Ximir, was very meritorious and wanted to defeat us in a battle to fulfill his prestige, so he insisted that the coalition forces should pursue us, and now the two sides are deadlocked, and the city of Valence is in the midst of an undercurrent, in my opinion, without our hands, they will fight themselves! ”

Qin Dong rubbed his face and said: "I had long expected that there would be a rift between them, but I didn't expect that before the fight started, their own people would make trouble first, which is good for us, the more acute their internal contradictions, the more beneficial it is for us, for the time being, it doesn't matter so much, whether they are united or divided, Lyon City, I am going to decide!" In addition to this matter, there is another thing I have asked you to do! ”

Liu San saluted and said, "Please command!" ”

"Don't be busy yet, I'll ask you first" Qin Dong waved his hand and said, "What's the anomaly on our friendly side?" ”

When Liu San heard this, he immediately understood what Qin Dong meant, and replied, "I haven't found anything abnormal for the time being!" ”

Qin Dong pondered for a while and said: "I still don't worry about those people, in this way, you send people to pay close attention to their every move, but you can't let them see the flaws, I must know them well, once those people have the heart to lead the team to escape or have the heart of cowardice in the decisive battle of the Western Empire, immediately kill them secretly, blame the Western Empire Alliance, and cause their hatred of the Western Empire Alliance, this needs someone to come out to guide, at this point you must find a reliable person to execute!" ”

Liu San nodded and said, "I understand, I'll do it!" ”

"Well, there you go!"

On the morning of the next day, the allied forces of the Hu Empire set out their camps and marched towards Lyon, and the Burgundian reconnaissance cavalry along the way had already been killed by the reconnaissance light cavalry sent by Hans, and the Burgundian in Lyon did not know that the army of Qin Dong had turned around and rushed south again.

In the evening of the same day, when the army was camping, Liu San heard the sound of the eagle outside, and immediately walked out of the tent, and after a while, an eagle landed on his arm from the sky, he took out a small sheepskin note from the eagle's claws, opened it and looked at it, and then let the eagle out, and walked quickly to the Chinese army tent in Qindong.

"Your Majesty, there's new news from the Western Roman Empire's coalition forces!" Liu San walked into the big tent and said immediately.

Qin Dong was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's the news again?" ”

"Richmir and Theodoric II and others broke up unhappily, Theodoric II, King of Alan, Sanjiban and others left Valence in the afternoon and was on the way home, and the army of Hildrik of the Sally tribe and the Saxons and Sarmatia did not move for the time being, and now it is these soldiers and horses and Richmir's army that remain in Valence, a total of 100,000 horses, and 50,000 horses of Aegidius, a total of 150,000!"

After hearing this, Qin Dong thought for a while and ordered: "Continue to monitor, report immediately if there is a situation, you go down first!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Another day passed, and the allied forces of the Hu Empire arrived in Zama, which had been broken by Hans's cavalry division again the day before, and not a single person in the city had fled, not even anyone to report the news to Lyon.

While eating lunch, Liu San brought another piece of news, which was very unfavorable for Qin Dong to attack the city of Lyon, "Your Majesty, the situation is a little bad, Richmir's 80,000 Roman army and Aegidius's 50,000 Gallic army are staying in Valence and not moving, but Cheldrick of the Sali tribe is coming to Lyon with his 20,000 horses, accompanied by 10,000 Saxons and Sarmatia, a total of 30,000 people, they are marching very fast, and they are likely to arrive when we attack Lyon, According to the intelligence, they wanted to go back to the west from Guò Lyon this time, because it was much closer to Lyon! ”

Qin Dong's brows furrowed after listening to the report, and he thought of a possibility and asked, "How is going on over there in Balhan?" ”

Liu San said: "There is news coming over, it is very smooth, and he has turned the world upside down!" ”

"Is it possible that Hildrik and they got the news that their lair was attacked, so they rushed back to the rescue?"

Liu Sanyi patted his head: "Your Majesty, this is very possible, otherwise they will not take the road of Lyon, after all, this is the land of the Burgundians, if they go to Lyon, what will Gundobard think?" ”

"Hmm!" Qin Dong nodded and asked, "Where are they now?" ”

"You can't go far in an afternoon, and you have to cross the river, at most to Movo".

Qin Dong immediately walked to the map and found Mowo's location, and asked, "Has Hans's cavalry division now reached the city of Lyon?" ”

Liu San shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be yet, probably in Limone!" ”

Qin Dong pondered, thinking in his heart whether to order the cavalry division to stop advancing and ambush the 30,000 men who were eager to go back in Limone, or to order the cavalry division to bypass Leon and ambush the army of Cheldrick and others on the way forward?

After thinking for a while, Qin Dong still decided to let the cavalry division bypass Lyon and go farther south to ambush Hilldrick and others' 30,000 troops, because the time dragged on, it is likely that Gundobad in Lyon City will find out that something is wrong, because the cavalry division has already killed a large number of reconnaissance cavalry sent by Gundobard, and if those reconnaissance cavalry do not return for a long time to appear, Gundorbad will know that something is wrong, so it is better to let the cavalry division bypass Lyon to ambush Hilldrick and others 30,000 troops.

After thinking clearly, Qin Dong immediately said to Liu San: "Immediately send an order to Hans, ordering him to immediately stop thinking about Leon's march and bypass Leon to go to Vienna to ambush Hilldrick and others' 30,000 troops, by the way, what is Hilldrick's troop configuration?" ”

Liu Sandao: "30,000 people, including 10,000 heavy cavalry, 10,000 axe-throwers, and the other 10,000 are ordinary infantry!" ”

"Inform Hans of this situation, and let him pay attention, the Frankish axe-throwers are not easy to deal with!"

"Yes!" (To be continued......)