31. Cat and mouse

Mo Feng turned his head to look and saw a beautiful woman with a slender figure and long burgundy hair sitting on a chair not far away, her face was very calm, which was very different from her panic at this time.

"Dear Miss Katarina, I understand your concern for the people, but the city lord's fort is already overcrowded at this time, and the existing food and supplies are only enough for these people to eat for about three weeks at most, if I really let all the people in, how can I feed them? I guess at that time, before the enemy could break through, we ourselves would have mutinied due to famine! ”

Mo Feng glanced at Caterina a little gloomily, his heart was surging with malice, he already knew Ash's true identity, and naturally he also knew that the woman in front of him was the fiancée of Ash who he hated so much that his teeth chattered!

But although he could deal with Ash secretly, he didn't dare to deal with Caterina openly, not even the slightest verbal disrespect, unless he was tired of it!

The former hid his identity, and people from the outside world thought he was dead, while the latter came here with a big move, and he didn't believe that no one would know!

Thinking like this, Mo Feng could only hide the viciousness in his eyes as much as possible, forced himself to put on a pleading look, paused and said again: "The most important thing is that although I have already sent someone to ask for reinforcements, the opponent's combat power is too strong, and in less than a month, it is impossible to bring in enough troops to repel the opponent."

This Fite City is equally important to both the Lawrence Empire and us, and I'm afraid that not only us, but also the other side will also have reinforcements coming one after another, so that no matter who lives or loses, it will be a protracted battle, so I must not let those people in! ”

Caterina sat calmly and elegantly in her seat, holding a cup of hot coffee in her hand, drinking slowly, the long years of aristocratic life and the huge family background have given this underage girl a noble temperament carved to the bone.

Just listening to Mo Feng's righteous words, she still couldn't help frowning slightly, before she had clearly seen with her own eyes that there were many civilians in the City Lord's Fort who did not belong here, all of them were rich and noble families dressed gorgeously, wearing gold and silver, and at this time, the people gathered outside the door to beg for shelter were all ordinary people and poor people who had no power and no place to go, Mo Feng was willing to let those rich people in, but turned away those poor people, what this meant, she really knew too well.

Suppressing the disgust in her heart, Caterina put down the teacup in her hand and said lightly:

"I understand Mr. City Lord's concerns, but now most of the people have gone out of the city to take refuge, and most of those gathered outside the gate are the old, weak, sick and disabled who are unable to move, and the number of people is actually not as much as the rich people who Mr. City Lord took in, and the food they need every day will not be much, just let them come in for refuge, and at the same time distribute a minimum amount of food, it should not have much impact on the current situation."

After that, seeing that Mo Feng was about to open his mouth to refute, he then said: "In this way, in exchange, I am willing to personally go for Mr. City Lord and go to General Xueyuan Wei to seek reinforcements, I can assure you that within half a month, I will definitely be able to transfer back more than 20,000 blood armor troops!" ”

Hearing this, Mo Feng's heart suddenly rejoiced!

The Wei Jian Army mentioned by Caterina refers to Wei Zheng, the supreme commander of the 'Blood Armor Army' in the most important frontier city 'Snow Ridge City', which has been stationed on the western defense line of the Verte Empire all year round.

The Verthian Empire is located on the edge of the Neo-Yucca continent, connected to the endless sea to the south and east, and the boundless Shadow Wasteland to the north, so since the founding of the country, the empire has never been invaded in these three directions, and only the western front of the empire, because of the close proximity to two ambitious powers, has had years of war.

Most of the terrain on the western front of the empire was in the form of continuous and steep mountains and dense forests and swamps, which forged large natural fortresses for the Verte Empire, which relieved great pressure on the Vertes Empire, which was not very militarily powerful.

On the western front, except for a rare situation like Fit City, only the vast wasteland 'Snow Ridge Plain', which is covered with heavy snow all year round, can be used by a certain number of large armies to march and fight, and because the Snow Ridge Plain is open and borders with the Lawrence Empire and the Four Gods Alliance at the same time, the rear of Snow Ridge City is directly connected to the interior of the empire, so it is particularly important!

The leaders of the Lawrence Empire and the Alliance of the Four Gods are not easy to match, especially the Alliance of the Four Gods, which is much more bordering, and it is simply common for the Verte Empire to use troops!

It stands to reason that the relatively weak Verte Empire is not qualified to compete with those two countries, but Wei Zheng and his 'Blood Armor Army', in the case of years of war, have blocked the two empires outside Snow Ridge City for twenty years, and even led the army to chase through the vast Snow Ridge Plain many times and invade the hinterland of the place, which can be described as a veritable hero!

If Caterina's grandfather Fester is the 'Imperial Sword' of the Verte Empire, then Wei Zheng and his Blood Armor Army are the veritable 'Imperial Shield'!

If anyone can solve the crisis in Fit City now, Weizheng is definitely an excellent and reliable choice.

In fact, Mo Feng didn't think about sending someone to Wei Zheng for help, but he knew very well that with the weight of himself and a small Fit City, it was really difficult to move that high-powered general!

There is no other reason, the war on the western border has been going on for many years, although the number of blood armor troops is huge and incomparable, but in the face of the invasion of the two major enemy countries from time to time, it will still be a little tight, Mo Feng remembers, just a few years ago, there was a small city with a situation similar to Fit City, only less than five hundred miles away from Snow Ridge City, which was about to be attacked by the Four Gods Alliance, and the deputy city lord of that city personally ran to Wei Zheng's castle in the starry night, wanting to seek reinforcements, but that Wei general used that it was not the defense area he was responsible for. I was stunned that I didn't even let the deputy city lord enter the gate of the castle!

In the end, the city was undoubtedly destroyed, the people fled, died, the city lord was killed, and the deputy city lord also killed himself with hatred because he did not achieve his mission!

And after Wei Zheng heard the news, he didn't even frown! Even after His Majesty the Emperor learned about the whole story, he did not blame him, just because his role was too great, and without him, there would be no stability on the western front of the empire!

It's just that even a guy like Wei Zheng has a person who can absolutely obey his words!

That's the current First Duke and First Marshal of the Empire, Lord Feist!

It is said that Wei Zheng has been serving by Duke Feist's side since he was a teenager, and even his little life was saved by Duke Feist himself, even after Wei Zheng left Duke Feist's side and began to serve independently, he was often taken care of and promoted by the latter, and the weight of his kindness is beyond words!

So even if no one asks for reinforcements, as long as Caterina speaks, Wei Zheng will never refuse!

Because of this, after hearing Caterina's promise, Mo Feng didn't feel that this promise could not be fulfilled at all!

The 20,000 blood armor army, compared with the ordinary emperor ** team, is definitely different in quality, there is no comparison at all, as long as they are reinforcements, then as long as he holds his city lord fort to the death, and waits for the other party to come to help, he can definitely completely recapture Fit City back in his hands with a thunderous force!

In the end, after just performing some embarrassment, Mo Feng nodded in agreement, "Okay, Miss Katarina, I agree to your request. ”

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Ash and Nana sat across from each other in a very secluded cave, their faces pale and their eyes tired, long lost their previous radiant appearance.

The cave was small, and it was cold and damp, and the warm sunlight only struggled to penetrate through the vine-obscured opening, adding a pitiful warmth to the place.

Ash sat at the mouth of the cave, his eyes were staring through the cracks in the vines at the entrance of the cave, staring at the dozen or so Lawrence Imperial soldiers who were looking around and searching around dozens of meters away.

Originally, Ash and Nana were about to get out of the other party's pursuit, although the other party's expansion was very wide and the speed was amazing, but as long as they remained undetected, with the advantage of a small number of people, as long as they gradually widened the distance between them and the other party, it was not difficult to get out of pursuit in this vast forest sea.

It's just that this good wish was completely shattered by a wolf pack that suddenly came out two days ago!

It is very common to encounter wild beasts in the jungle, with Nana's skills, it is indeed not difficult to deal with a group of vicious wolves, but in the past few days, he and Ash have been running around all night, and there is almost no time to slow down, and the physical state is naturally not more than usual, so the time of fighting is inevitably longer, and when she completely solves those evil wolves, the pursuers in the rear also heard the movement and rushed to find them in surprise.

What followed was a near-death chase.

The pursuers in the rear can be selected by Qatar as their guards, and their quality and physical fitness are outstanding, coupled with the temptation of high-ranking officials, they all seem to be beaten with chicken blood, as if what they are chasing at this time is not an enemy, but a high-ranking official and a moving treasury!

It's just because they know that their general has promised that as long as he kills those two guys who make him hate to the core, he will be promoted by two levels and rewarded with five hundred gold!

In this way, a total of 300 people actually chased Nana and Ash without falling behind, and always kept the distance between the two at about 100 meters!

This can force Ash and Nana to be miserable, and in the case of being completely exposed to the local vision, they don't care about what direction to look for, so they can only run wildly with their heads stuffed, who knows that under this run, they are actually damn to break into a canyon!

The valley is flanked by high mountains, the walls of which are as smooth as two mirrors, and although the valley is wide and the vegetation is denser than the outside, it is suitable for concealment, but it is a cul-de-sac with only one exit!

Now, a chase battle becomes a game of cat and mouse!

After this, the soldiers no longer bit them so tightly, but blocked the exit of the canyon, and then rested in place, looking for food.

After these days of desperate rushing, Rao is they are extremely high-quality, and they have already been tired to half of their lives, all relying on a trace of will to insist, at this time seeing that Ash and Nana have gone deep into the Jedi, there is nowhere to escape, they naturally relaxed their last breath, ready to recover their physical strength and then enter the Grand Canyon to search slowly, anyway, unless the other party has wings, it is absolutely impossible to escape.

"Those guys have already probed over here, it seems that we can't stay here longer, wait, when it gets dark, we will move immediately!"

Watching the dozen or so soldiers fade away, Ash finally breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and re-covered the gap in the vines, leaned against the rock wall of the cave and said.

"But finding food at night can be difficult."

Hearing this, Nana replied weakly.

Like Ash, she was very, very tired, and the injuries on her body had not been thoroughly treated, and they often cracked, and at this time there was already a tendency to become inflamed and suppurated, and the scarlet blood had already stained her small clothes, and if she didn't speak, others would definitely think she was dead.

"I know."

After all, she is a comrade-in-arms who has been suffering together for a long time, and she is safe and sound on the road, looking at Nana's appearance, Ash's heart is inevitably a little uncomfortable, and it is precisely because of this that he endured the fatigue of his body and the panic in his heart, and tried his best to put on a calm appearance: "It's just that it's too dangerous to move during the day, and when you go out at night, let's see if I can pick some fruit, by the way...... Hopefully the herbs that can be useful. ”

"Yes."

Nana didn't have the strength to change back to her former self, so she just quietly complied.