"I actually let an officer of the Duchy of Luzon mix up on the island, and finally let him escape along the way!"

After receiving the report and details of the beginning and end of his subordinates, He Shixiang, who was in charge of commanding the landing force, was furious. "Words * Love * First * Fa [Latest Chapter Reading Baoly] This was originally a wing commander of the Wu'an Garrison Brigade, after being framed and surrendering to Chen Wu, he has now become the brigade commander of the main force, and he is loyal to Chen Wu. That's why he, who knows this issue well, is so angry.

There is both anxiety about the possible consequences and dissatisfaction with the negligence of the soldiers under him.

"Brigade Commander, it's not that we don't work hard, it's that the other party came too coincidentally. Just in time for the sky to dawn, our people will land on the island when they change guards. Moreover, the other party is a local of the island, and is very familiar with the terrain here, and even hides a small boat under the cliff on the east side of the island. Otherwise, you will never be able to escape if you are someone else! ”

Despite the same shame, his subordinates blushed and spoke. These reasons are piled up, and it is difficult for anyone to guarantee that they will not be negligent at all.

"Dare to quibble!"

He Shixiang scolded angrily, but he also knew that what the other party said was reasonable, and after ordering each person to be twenty soldiers, he did not give a more severe punishment, so he waved them down.

Soon, the military tent was quiet again, and He Shixiang fell into thought while looking through the interrogation records of the prisoner.

Originally, the overall plan of the Songjiang Army was to occupy Yanjian Island, block the news, wait for two successive waves of soldiers to converge, land in Northern Luzon in one fell swoop, and sweep the Duchy of Luzon in a surprise manner. As long as the central government collapses, the remaining leaders and powerful nobles from all over the country can be broken one by one little by little. But the commander of the Northern Legion named Arroyo let this plan fall through.

After the other side transmits the news back, it is very likely to attract the initiative of the Northern Army to attack. In other words, the 5,000 people who landed on the island first are likely to rely on Yanji'an Island to hold on for more than a month before they can wait for the Ninghai division to return again.

That's not good news!

After all, Yanjian Island is only 60 square kilometers in size, and there is not much room for them to advance or retreat. Although the Governor said that the rule of the Duchy of Luzon was almost rotten, except for the royal army that still had some combat power, the other three major legions may not even be able to defeat the second-line alert troops of the empire. But even so, the sheer number of people is there, a full 60,000 people!

If all of them were mobilized, it would be twelve times the number of troops that had already landed in the Songjiang Army.

In a general sense, elite troops can be used as three to be very powerful, and one as five is even more absolutely disparity in strength. One is ten...... Unless the other side is not a regular army at all, or has specific conditions such as the right time and place, it will never be possible. And once it can be done, it will be a famous victory in history.

After thinking about it for a long time, He Shixiang finally made a decision.

He ordered his men to begin a major effort to fortify the island's camp, preferably using local materials and civil engineering to build a small city on the island. At the same time, the soldiers were also dispersed to the eastern hills to conduct preliminary investigations, and if the front was difficult to hold, they would retreat there, and use the terrain to continue to delay.

In short, no matter what, it must be delayed until the Ninghai division rushes back again!

………

When the soldiers of the Songjiang Army on Yanjian Island burst into action, after several dangers to escape from the enemy soldiers who were searching for them, Arroyo finally used the small boat hidden on the east side of the island to quietly escape back to the dock where he set out under the cover of night. Fearing that the enemy might intercept him here, he didn't even dare to show his face openly, dragged the boat to a hidden place, and then rushed back to Caralkron without looking back.

Although the wolf was unbearable, Arroyo knew that it was a big deal, and as soon as he returned to the station, he didn't bother to take a bath and change clothes, so he immediately asked to see his school officer. It's just that the commander of his own department was a guest at the headman's manor outside the city and had a drink. Arroyo waited patiently for a day, but he didn't see the other party come back for a long time, so he could only ask for the address and rush over in person.

By the time he swore to explain the situation to the commander and attracted the attention of the other party, it was already three days after he left Yanji'an Island.

If it was the Songjiang Army or the emperor in his heyday, the news would have been spread out of Zhongzhou with an expedited report at this time. Anyone who dares to delay a military plane will be regarded as a serious crime, and will be imprisoned at the slightest point, and will be exterminated at the worst level. However, the actions of the Duchy of Luzon were comparable to those of the last kingdoms on the eastern continent, and they were sluggish and sluggish.

After the news came out of Caralclond, it would have only taken a day and a half to reach Minduluo, an important town north of the royal capital, which was also the headquarters of the Northern Legion. As a result, due to the rain on the road and the muddy road afterwards, it took the messenger three days to deliver the letter. Then, it took another two days for the commander of the Northern Army to notice the letter and forward it to Manila.

This time it's even more excessive.

The messengers of the Northern Legion who delivered the message did not believe that anyone would invade them in the vast ocean. What's more, the person who reported the news also said that the enemy only captured Yanjian Island, and did not land in Northern Luzon.

Yanjian Island? Is that the territory of the principality?

It took another three and a half days to get the news to Manila, the royal capital, which was less than four hundred kilometers away. Although the roads on the island are curvy and muddy, full of woods and planned haphazard estates, the pace is too slow anyway.

Then, the letter was dropped on the desk of the Manila magistrate, and it was only five days later that it was noticed by the magistrate, who had been drinking all day.

"There is about a large battalion of elite enemies who have captured Yanjian Island?"

He stroked his long, well-groomed beard and fell into tangle and contemplation. However, only half a minute later, the political officer, who was almost sixty years old, made a decision - to send the letter back to the Northern Army and let them watch it!

Anyway, it was just Yanjian Island, which was no different from a land outside the Principality of Luzon in the eyes of the Duchy of Luzon - this administrative official did not even think that the enemy could use Yanjian Island as a springboard to accumulate forces to attack Northern Luzon.

So, the intelligence went around and slowly returned to Mindulo, where the Northern Army was stationed, and a dispute over whether to fight or not to fight. When the decision was finally made, and the 5,000 men of the Left Battalion of the Northern Army slowly set off from Mindoro to prepare for Carakron, which was at the forefront of the front, it had been more than a month since Arroyo left Yanjian Island!

It was such a long time that Arroyo was on the verge of turning white.

The Songjiang troops who were waiting for the battle on Yanjian Island were also surprised, and at first, their mood was worried and urgent. With all his strength, he even forcibly demolished a number of Ilogo houses, and used timber and mounds to build a small city. But then, waiting left and right, the expected army of the Duchy of Luzon never arrived, so that the Songjiang army almost cut off the autumn water.

He Shixiang even had doubts for a while, could it be that the one named Arroyo fell into the sea and drowned on the way back?

However, the native soldiers of the Principality of Luzon finally responded to He Shixiang with practical actions. Arroyo took the news back with him, but the principality's information transmission and decision-making and execution were only "a little" inefficient.

Nearly three months after landing on the island, the soldiers of the Northern Army of the Principality of Luzon finally launched a landing operation on Yanjian Island with the momentum of hundreds of boats, large and small wooden boats and a small number of two-masted warships!

It seems that the momentum is not small, but it is a pity that the largest of these ships is only 600 materials, and it is almost impossible to pose a decent threat to the Ninghai Division. In particular, those small boats that can only sail between the Yanjian Island Chain and North Luzon Island are simply vulnerable to the Songjiang Army's large ships equipped with ramming angles.

It's a pity that the main force of the Ninghai Division is not there!

On the watchtower, after holding the "monocular", a new item jointly developed by the War Readiness Administration and the Ministry of Industry, and looking at it for a while, He Shixiang couldn't help but sigh regretfully.

"The army of the Principality of Luzon is about to land!"

The drums of war rumbled, and with one after another shouts and warnings, the Matsue Army quickly completed its combat preparations. At this time, the soldiers of the left battalion of the Northern Army finally rowed their boats to within three nautical miles.

"It's less vicious than expected."

After a preliminary estimate, He Shixiang and several of his subordinate co-captains frowned.

According to the number reported by Arroyo's entourage, He Shixiang and the others believed that the Duchy of Luzon was likely to use a large army to encircle and suppress it. Even in the best-case scenario, the entire Northern Army of 15,000 men will be mobilized to attack. Who knows, it's only a third of the way around.

To be precise, it was the 5,000 men of the left battalion plus the department to which Arroyo belonged, for a total of 5,500 infantry troops!

"Is this just a feint? The main forces of the enemy landed in other directions on the island? Some of his subordinates raised this possibility, and looked back at the observation posts set up on the hills in the distance, and the colorful flags were still waving, and he couldn't help but look puzzled.

They had made two preparations, both inside and out, in order to determine the true direction of the enemy's landing, but until now no other information had been sent back to prove that the enemy had only seen so much - then again, the small city they had built improvised had included the water source, and they had made up their minds not to defend it from the beginning.

In other words, exactly from which direction the troops of the Principality of Luzon landed did not mean much to them.

"There are only two possibilities." Looking at the Luzon Northern Army soldiers who landed on the beach from a distance, He Shixiang's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Either the enemy plans to use a large battalion of 5,000 people to test our strength, or the other party doesn't look down on us at all." ”

No matter which one it is, the Songjiang Army will make these native soldiers who boldly land pay a price that will be unforgettable for a lifetime!