The all-out Colenwa made Hig secretly frightened that this guy who was going to kill people with a knife was both admirable and hateful.

The key is that he can mobilize himself with only Shante's chess piece, and he himself does not even show his face. You help him fight, and he doesn't have to admit your affection, how can this kind of pinnacle tactics not make people feel cold?

The time is just right, and you will be given exactly one month to prepare for mobilization. It is true that Higg needs a month to step up the production of weapons and equipment, the mobilization of soldiers and soldiers, the preparation of food and grass, as well as the preliminary reconnaissance and the formulation of detailed battle plans.

About 30 kilometers east of Misland City, the bank of the Marshall River is the best blocking position, the Marshall River is the only terrain advantage of Sigeyi, more than 40 meters wide river, there is no bridge, the other side needs to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river, summer is the flood season of the Marshall River, this river will become a natural obstacle for enemy reinforcements.

"General Rogson, General Snowlin!" Higg said, "If there is a problem at that time, make sure to retreat first, even if you are lit, you can't lose your life in vain!" Remember, we are not lackeys of Catherine and Colenva! ”

"Yes, young marshal!" Rogson and Snorling said at the same time.

Rogson and Snorlin were assigned by Higg to carry out a secret mission, a secret mission that only the three of them knew, and Shante was not told!

Sneak attack on the beacon tower of the place! There are two beacon towers about 200 kilometers between Misland and the city of Echenwu, and Higg needs to cut off the signal for Sakinin's rescue and delay the arrival of reinforcements!

But a sneak attack on the beacon tower is not trivial, one step is careful, the beacon will be ignited, so that the other party is alert, and Colenva's plan can easily be aborted. Moreover, the beacon towers are all steep mountains, there are strong fortresses, guarded by at least fifty or sixty soldiers, and once there is movement, there are at least ten places in the fortress where the beacon towers can be lit.

So it can be said that it is very risky, but Higg is not a man of Kolenva, there is no need to be responsible for his battle plan, he is responsible for the lives of his own soldiers and his own lives.

Rogson and Snowlin each selected thirty veterans, plus the people they had brought with them, to prepare to attack the two beacons at the same time. The sneak attack must not be too early, it must be at dawn the night before the total attack time. If it is too early, it will be detected by the enemy, and the beacons will send fire signals to each other every night to confirm that the beacons are still in their hands, and if the signal is incorrect or no signal is issued, it will arouse suspicion, and the other party will investigate immediately.

Therefore, Higg ordered Rogson and Snoring to carry out a sneak attack on the beacon at dawn on the night of the previous day, and if it was successful, when the other side found that the beacon was wrong, it was already the night of the general attack, and the other party sent someone to investigate, and there was a day to lose. By the time Echenwu City fully deciphered the truth about the sneak attack on the beacon, at least three days had passed.

Although Snorlin and Rogson were only 50 percent sure, Higg had to do the same, and he was supposed to go by himself, but he was persuaded by the two that the commander could not leave the army, otherwise the army would be in turmoil.

The time of the general offensive was three days later, Snoring and Rogson set off first into the enemy-occupied area to lurk, the beacon tower that the two personally investigated, and personally led the troops to sneak attack, coupled with the steadiness of these two veterans, Higg was a lot more relieved.

The night before the general attack was launched, Higg set out with 3,000 cavalry, 15,000 infantry, 5,000 crossbowmen, 2,000 men, and 1,000 craftsmen, and Charles with 2,000 infantry, 1,000 baggage troops, and 3,000 men. Only 5,000 soldiers and Nicole's Fuxing were left to garrison Fuxing City.

When Colenva launched the general assault, Higg's army was in the intended position to hold back.

The total length of the river bank to be defended is six kilometers. Because the north side is a dense subtropical forest, which is not suitable for large-scale river crossings, Higg can completely prevent the other side from crossing the river sporadically by ambushing three hundred crossbowmen there and ambushing them on his own riverbank; To the south are the hills that connect with the Gaudall, where the river crosses the valleys and from which it is impossible to cross the river. If the enemy wants to cross the river quickly, these 6,000 meters of river bank are the only way to go, unless they are willing to detour hundreds of kilometers.

Higg first recruited all the boats from the surrounding villages to build pontoon bridges, crossed the other side of the river, and set up many traps and horse rejection piles where the other side might build pontoon bridges on the other side of the river.

This is a plain area, and it is the flood season of the Marshall River, and there is no condition for barrage to store water, otherwise, Higg relies on this river to get the other side into a quagmire.

On the other side of the river, soldiers and craftsmen were assembling catapults, while 300 men drove ox carts around looking for stones, while others cut down trees in the woods upstream, tied the felled trees with ropes, and pulled them along the river to a predetermined position, so that the craftsmen could start erecting the arrow towers thirty meters away from the riverbank.

Higg knew that Kolenwa had already attacked, and that this guy who had no last resort was always as accurate as a textbook, and would never be on time.

But Higg couldn't be sure when local reinforcements would arrive, as he didn't know if Snorling and Rogerson had already succeeded. He just looked at the soldiers he had spent a lot of money and energy training, most of them were on the battlefield for the first time, and many of these soldiers would be buried here.

"General Higg, can you tell me why General Rogson and General Snowing didn't come?" Shante asked Higg.

Higg smiled: "Of course, it doesn't matter if you tell you now, they are on their way back from the local beacon tower!" ”

"What did you say?" Shante was surprised and said, "You attacked the beacon? Why don't you tell me that you don't trust me anymore? ”

Higg smiled: "General Shante, it's not that I don't trust you, but I don't want you to be embarrassed, you know what you can do, can you stop me?" If you know it, you will become a person who does not report it, are you worthy of your Majesty the Queen? ”

"Did it work?" Shante asked.

"I don't know, at least the nearest beacon tower is not exposed, and we can't see the beacon in the distance!" "They act before dawn, and if the sneak attack fails, the other party's beacon will light up!" Now there is no light, there are only two possibilities, successful or too difficult They gave up the sneak attack! ”

Higg looked at the depressed Shante and said, "Shante, I have to be responsible for the lives of these my comrades-in-arms, not your majesty!" If you don't sneak up on the beacon, how long can these recruits of mine last, you should understand very well, I just try to make these recruits survive as many people as possible, do you understand? You don't understand, because you only have your Queen Majesty in your heart! ”

In the evening, Rogson came back first, because he had to return to command the cavalry, so he attacked the nearby beacon.

Higg greeted him with a smile, looked at the more than 20 scarred soldiers, and found that there were still a few veterans who did not return to the camp. ”

"General Higg, you will not fail in your mission! Request to be rebuilt! Rogson said and exhaled, "It's dangerous! ”

"Rest first, and when General Snorlin returns, we'll celebrate together!" Higg laughed.

"General Snowlin's side was not exposed either!" Rogson said with a smile.

Higg smiled: "That's good, we're waiting for his good news!" ”

At noon the next day, Snoring also returned with more than 20 scarred soldiers and excitedly reported the news of the successful sneak attack to Higg!

Higg's heart finally let go a little, and he turned to the messenger and said, "General Rogson and General Snowlin, successfully sneak attack the local beacon, and the merit will be credited!" Inform the whole army of this news immediately! ”

"Yes!" The messenger replied excitedly.

Snorlin said: "Young marshal, this sneak attack does not meet the requirements of first-class combat merits, I don't accept it, please take it back, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public!" ”

Higg patted Snowlin's arm and said, "There will be no outsiders in the future, you and Rogson don't call me a young marshal, a general or something, you veterans, there are not many left, if you call it like that, you will be divided!" Just call me Higg, or like Old Man Hua, call me a kid, you can do it. I will not call you generals anymore, but by your names. There is no joke in the army, since I have given a first-class military merit, there is no reason to take it back, so let's not take it as an example! ”

"Yes, young marshal!" Snorlin said with tears in his eyes, what a great honor it is to have no master-servant relationship with the son of the old handsome, his young marshal!

The success of the surprise attack on the beacon was delayed by at least two to three days for the enemy reinforcements, so Higg had at least three to four days to build fortifications along the river. In addition to the 3,000 people brought by Charlie's logistics troops, a total of 5,000 people and craftsmen, plus some soldiers, were busy on the 6,000-kilometer defense line on both sides of the Maier River.

Finally, on the evening of the third day, all military deployments were completed.

More than thirty ballistas were assembled and lined up a hundred meters from the river shoreline; Fifty or sixty meters behind the ballista, more than 30 catapults were also assembled, and a large pile of stone bullets was placed next to the catapult by the other party. These were all the heavy ranged weapons that Higg was able to come up with. On the line thirty meters from the riverbank, a fifteen-meter-high arrow tower was erected every 100 meters, each with sixteen crossbowmen.

There is another pay-off line along the river bank, that is, the horse-rejecting pile on the bank of your own side, which stretches for 6 kilometers and is covered with all kinds of thorns.

The entire banks of the Marshall River, illuminated by the setting sun, are spectacular!

Higg planted three thousand cavalry troops behind the woods upstream, which was his hole card and could not be exposed to the enemy in advance.