In the mountains, there are several small rivers less than ten meters wide. Sebastian stubbornly led an advance party of nearly 5,000 people to erase his footprints through these rivers, shaking off the elven scouts behind him.

Whenever the elven scouts chased to the river, they could only look at the fish-man who had lost their trace and sigh at the river, and then divide their troops to continue to look for traces of the fish-man coming ashore on both sides.

However, the cunning Sebastian sometimes became suspicious, so that when the spirit followed after him, he found that the clue was broken halfway through.

Some elven scouts were also ambushed, causing heavy losses.

Eventually, Sebastian and his advance party came out of the river one night and quietly burrowed into the woods. From this point on, there was no longer a wide river along their way.

The elven scouts were a little more conservative after being ambushed several times, only to be lost.

While Henry was taking the broadsword to Charles, Elizabeth was standing in front of a huge sand table in the command room, thinking about the enemy's target.

Blue flags had been planted in several places where the enemy had shown their tracks, and it could be seen that the enemy was heading north.

But Elizabeth wasn't sure which target they were aiming for, and the mountains were a mountainous region where important cities could be reached either east or west. Whichever city on either side is captured, it will tear a huge hole in the defensive line.

At this time, a staff officer walked in and reported the latest situation to Elizabeth, "Report to the commander, the enemy has been found this morning......

The latest information is marked on the sand table, there is a village in the western part of the mountain that was attacked by a group of fishmen, but the fishmen were discovered by the secret sentinel and only made a little contact and retreated into the mountains.

A few dozen kilometers northwest of this village is an important city, Wutong City, which is an important logistics base for the surrounding area.

What's more, the area around Wutong City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the middle is dominated by plains, which is an important grain production base in the south, and this plain extends all the way to the sea.

If Sycamore City falls, the surrounding plains will be undefendable, and the Fishman army can rush up to the plains from the sea and quickly occupy the grain-producing area.

If the Fishmen build a defensive line in the mountains around the plains, then there is a good chance that they will gain a foothold there.

Thinking of this, Elizabeth's eyes narrowed, and she immediately made a decision.

Orders were emanated from the headquarters in various ways, and then delivered to the various combat units and coordinated units.

At noon, a train stopped at the station north of Osmanthus City.

Hima stretched, intending to get out of the car and buy something to eat while she was parking. Her boyfriend was an adventurer in Avalon City, and she followed her to Avalon to work as a clerk in a jewelry store owned by a fellow countryman. This time her boyfriend was called back to China, and she came back with him.

At a class reunion during the New Year's holidays, Himema saw a lot of familiar faces not appearing. After some exchanges, we learned that many old classmates were involved in the war, some like York and Kent went to the village to train and command the militia, some joined the army like Jima's boyfriend, and some worked three shifts in the workshop. With the exception of Halkala, who has absconded and disappeared, most of their old classmates are engaged in work related to the war.

Hima saw the station staff push carts loaded with rice, chicken legs, pickles, braised eggs, etc. onto the platform, and the aroma of chicken legs wafted into the carriage.

She didn't get off until the next stop, which was just right for lunch. She was able to get off at her destination before evening, find a hotel and settle in, and it was dinner time. Tomorrow was her boyfriend's day off from boot camp, and he had written that he had taken a leave of absence so that the two of them could stay in the hotel until the sun went down.

At this moment, the conductor who came to the carriage shattered her beautiful illusions.

"Dear passengers, I regret to inform you that this train has been urgently requisitioned by the military, please bring your own salute items and get off the train as soon as possible. Passengers who get off the train are asked to register with their tickets at the registration desk at the exit of the station, and the railway authorities will provide accommodation and food assistance for the period before the train resumes. ”

The elves in the carriage were stunned for a moment, then began to salute in a chaotic manner by taking them off the luggage racks, and then walked towards the doors on either side of the carriage.

Hima was stunned for a little longer than the other passengers, and the grandmother next to her took her luggage before she came back to her senses.

She was the last to leave the carriage, and when she reached the platform, she saw a group of soldiers lined up on the platform.

The group of soldiers first received a chicken leg and braised egg rice in front of the trolley, and then boarded the carriage in which Jima had just ridden.

There were two long lines in front of the station, a line of heavily armed soldiers at the entrance, and a check-in office at the exit not far from the station where passengers had just gotten off the train.

One of the passengers in front of Hima asked, "How do I get to the station here?"

The staff at the station shook their heads, "Don't think about riding in a carriage, almost all wheels in and out of the city have been requisitioned, except for wheelchairs and strollers." You don't have to think about horseback riding, and when you get out of the city, there are only cats and dogs left on four legs. ”

"That's the end of it. The traveler's face darkened, "It seems that the wedding will not be in time." ”

Seeing the sad face of the passenger, the staff said to him: "Wait a minute, you can take the voucher to the post office to send a message three times for free, and talk to the bride and groom, the red envelope and a meal can only be made up later." ”

The traveler's face darkened, "I'm the groom." ”

The staff were also stunned at this moment, but he couldn't think of any way.

"Forget it. The prospective groom said helplessly, "Isn't it okay for Lao Tzu to run back?"

Jima on the side also frowned when she saw this, so she had to run over too?

On the train, Charles and the others were watching a large sack with an open mouth and filled with freshly ripe plums on the seat by the window.

"Which passenger forgot to take it?" Charles scratched his head, he didn't expect his seat to be taken by a sack of plums.

Woodward looked at the sack and said, "I guess, I'll take it to the conductor and let them take it down and claim it." ”

As he finished speaking, he lifted the sack, when a parchment note floated out from under the sack.

Charles picked up the note that floated to his feet and saw that it read, "Home-grown, give it to the brethren." In the lower right corner of the note is a stick figure of the military emblem of the Elven King's Army.