Chapter 338: Holly Fortress
Higg really didn't expect that his drive to kill people with a knife would further disrupt the deployment of the druids, and he would find more opportunities in Korqin City. But now, this wolf, it turned out to be Josephine, whom Benjamin had sent to the Druids a few years earlier, was the mother Marissa had been looking for! Thinking that he actually lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot, Higg really couldn't laugh or cry.
Even if he has a lot of opinions about Benjamin now, he is very dissatisfied with Josephine's self-esteem as a regent, and he also annexes the rebels by various means, which is indeed not very upright, compared to Schneider's righteousness, Josephine is indeed a little unscrupulous. Although Schneider did something extreme, he did disrupt a large territory east of the druids, and really carved out a piece of his own world, and the rebels from all walks of life were also sincerely attached. Josephine's dormancy and Benjamin's dormancy are already preserving their strength, and who can't see it with a discerning eye?
But is the strength preserved? In Higg's eyes, strength is built by fighting, by swords and blood. He is really worried about his uncle now, if this continues, does the recovery of the Forest Country still have anything to do with this uncle?
Josephine was in a confrontation with the Druids, and she disrupted her left flank and captured a large number of officers such as Grimm, the commander of his left flank army, and the marching staff officers and lieutenant generals who followed Green, which greatly reduced her strength. On the contrary, because of his own reasons, the druid camp increased by forty or fifty thousand troops, breaking the balance of confrontation, and he had to add fuel to the fire to provoke the druid army to attack Josephine, who was even worse, even if Josephine himself was not annihilated, then at least temporarily withdrew from the stage of competing for the restoration of the druids.
A thousand elven archers, two thousand battle dwarves, hid behind a hillside, waiting for the enemy's pursuers to pass, and then Higg led this elite of his own creation, under the guidance of Grimm's guide, to return the same way, straight into the empty rear of the druids.
The whole army of the druids attacked, and the plan was to fight quickly, and the logistics of no more than 10,000 men left behind in the rear were preparing to move the camp south with the army. This logistics army, how could I never have imagined that the battalion that had just been attacked a few days ago had angered its main army, and now its main army was attacking in all directions, sweeping all the way, at this time, someone would sneak attack their camp again.
The main force of the advance detachment, under the leadership of Higg, suddenly appeared behind the enemy's camp and destroyed all the druids' camp, killing more than 3,000 people, including nearly 100 druids, and more than 6,000 others, all of whom became prisoners. A large amount of military rations had already been loaded into trucks, and before they could be transported with the army, they were intercepted by Higg.
This huge victory made Green look at Higg again.
"General Green, the POW camp will be handed over to you!" Higg said.
"General Higg, you trust me so much?" Grimm asked in surprise, "I'm your prisoner too!" ”
Higg said: "In one day, I want you and your officers to turn all these captives into the left wing of your Liberation Army!" Then follow me to take Holly Fortress! ”
"What?" Green was even more shocked, "A dangerous pass like Holly Fortress, one man is a pass, and ten thousand people can't open it, even if we take all our lives, it will be difficult to take it!" ”
"It's precisely because it's a one-man pass, and it's a dangerous pass that can't be opened, that I'm interested!" "Don't forget, your life is still in my hands, and your left flank army will be under my command until you return to the Liberation Army!" ”
"Yes, General!" Although the general is suspicious, it is much better to be able to obtain military power than to be a prisoner.
The fortress of Holly, which Higg was unable to attack before, was forced to make a detour of seven or eight hundred kilometers, and after many hardships, nearly three thousand casualties and missing men, it was only from the east of the fortress that it reached the west of the fortress, and now this fortress was less than fifty kilometers away from the Druid camp occupied by Higg, and it could be reached by a day's march.
But Higg was not in a hurry, and he gave the army a full day to rest and wait for Green to form his new left-wing army.
Before dawn on the third day, Higg put away the banner of his advance detachment, hung up the banner of the druid camp, and let Green's left-wing army, pulling thousands of already packed supplies and military rations, rushed towards the Holey Fortress, and his advance team became the escort force of this logistics supply army.
Fifty kilometers away, for this huge convoy to get to the fortress in one day, it was necessary to start the journey before dawn, and arrive at the fortress just after dark, shortly after dark.
In the northern summer, the jungle is very hot, and the convoy needs to stop and rest for a period of time to avoid heat stroke, even if people can bear it, but the animals pulling the cart also have to rest. Fortunately, the daylight hours were long enough, and now it was the longest day of the year, and after more than ten hours of marching, the convoy reached the west side of the fortress of Holey when it was just getting dark.
"Who?" The people at the gate shouted loudly.
An old dwarf in the Green army stood up and said loudly towards the city gate: "We are General Bols's logistics army, and we passed through this pass a few days ago because of the pursuit of the rebels, have you forgotten?" We, General Bols, have exterminated the rebels and want to return to the camp! The soldiers and horses did not move, the grain and grass went first, and we were about to return to the east with supplies. ”
The people of the city said angrily: "Under no circumstances are the gates of the fortress allowed to be opened at night, don't you know? If you want to get through, let's talk about it tomorrow during the day! ”
"Your Excellency, you misunderstood, we don't want to pass the test at night!" The dwarf said in a loud voice, "We, General Bols, have done a great job in destroying the rebels this time, and we have to be taken care of by our brothers in the pass, and Lord Bols has ordered me to send some condolences to the brothers in the fortress when I pass by the fortress, in order to show the sincerity of General Bols in rewarding the meritorious soldiers." Because we have to hurry tomorrow morning, we dare not delay the hour, so we can only serve it now. ”
"Hahaha!" There seemed to be a different person at the gate, and he laughed and said, "What kind of reward has General Bors taken care of us?" ”
"Twenty carts of preserved meat, thirty carts of military wine, eighty carts of dried fruits and dried mushrooms, and two carts of yellow matter, which were given to General Peruzzi as a reward for the brothers!"
"Hahaha!" The man in the city laughed and said, "General Bors is so reasonable and sympathetic to our brothers here, but I am disrespectful in Peruzzi!" Come on, open the gates! ”
"General!" The adjutant general beside Peruzzi hurriedly said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to open the city gate at night!" ”
"What's wrong? The rebels around here have been wiped out! What are you worried about? Peruzzi said angrily, and then said, "If you don't feel at ease, take a few people down to see it yourself, and if it's true, let them in!" General Ben still has to rely on General Bols to promote, it's not good to save face! ”
"Yes, General!" The lieutenant didn't dare to say anything more, and led someone down to investigate.
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"My lord, this is the pass token that our general gave to our logistics team, originally it will be used tomorrow after passing the customs, since you don't believe it, please check it first!" The dwarf smiled and handed over a token.
Peruzzi's adjutant took the token, carefully inspected it, handed it back to the old dwarf, his face was a little calm, and said: "The customs are important, we are ordered to guard the pass, and operate in strict accordance with the requirements of the customs defense, and please don't misunderstand the general, please don't misunderstand General Bors!" ”
"The general's words are serious!" The old dwarf said, "This was originally for the safety of all of us, for the sake of the security of the country, to act according to the regulations, and the adults are fulfilling their duties, and it is too late for us to admire, how can we misunderstand?" Come on, open all the car covers, and ask the general to check it! General, please! ”
Peruzzi's adjutant nodded and said to the people around him, "Go and see!" ”
The adjutant then said to the old dwarf: "Originally, it was our druids who escorted the grain and grass, why did you dwarves become the head of the house this time?" ”
The old dwarf said movingly: "The general doesn't know, the battle ahead is fierce, the losses are serious, in order to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop, General Bols concentrated the most elite druid warriors, formed a death squad, charged into battle, and annihilated the rebels in one fell swoop." General Bols was treating the daredevils in the big camp fifty kilometers away last night, so, for the time being, I will act as the logistics convoy, and early tomorrow morning, these meritorious druid warriors and generals will all return to the army, and I promise to pass tomorrow, definitely not me to hand over the token! ”
"I can't imagine that my druid warrior is so loyal and brave, it's really admirable!" The lieutenant said, "If it weren't for the druid's cards tomorrow, you wouldn't be able to pass the test for the time being!" ”
The old dwarf hurriedly said, "I know the rules of the pass!" ”
"My lord, it's correct!" Several soldiers sent to inspect the goods of the reward returned and said to the adjutant.
"General, the reward has been verified!" The adjutant shouted to Peruzzi on the city tower.
"I'll just say, you're suspicious! With General Bors out of the horse, the rebels here have long been terrified and run away, hahaha! Bols laughed and said, "Open the city gates, notify the whole army, unload immediately, and add dinner tonight, hahaha!" ”
"Oh~~~!" Up and down the city wall, all the soldiers were thunderous with joy, guarding the pass in such a place, and they could not go anywhere, and their tongues could fade out of the smell of birds, but tonight there was food and drink, how could they not cheer excitedly?
The gate of the fortress was slowly opened, and more than a hundred oxen carts, driven by more than a hundred dwarves and elves, entered the gate of the fortress in an orderly manner, and the people in the fortress were eagerly waiting for the arrival of these supplies.
When there were still ten ox carts left in the end, in the darkness two hundred meters away from the rear of the convoy, Higg sat on the back of Xiao Baiyun and led the soldiers of the three thousand advance detachments towards the gate of the fortress, taking advantage of the night, and quickly rushed over.
"Enemy attack, close the city gates!" When there was still fifty meters away, the sentry on the city pass finally spotted this strange team and hurriedly shouted.
More than a hundred wagons drove the dwarves and elves from the convoy, and they took their weapons from the carts, and first stabbed the oxen in the buttocks with axes or daggers, and all the oxen who were in pain pulled the carts and rushed desperately into the fortress, and the whole interior of the fortress was washed away by these ox carts.
"Woo~~" The horn of the charge outside the city and the horn of the enemy attack in the city sounded almost at the same time, and the fortress soldiers who wanted to close the city gate were all hacked to death by more than a hundred people who drove the ox cart in, and at this time the soldiers outside the city also followed Higg into the city gate, quickly scattered to both sides, and rushed towards the steps of the city gate tower......