"Ciel, you lead a team and try to find out if there are any surviving residents in Whitehorse."

"Black Hitomi, you take a team of people as spies to the front to guard."

"The rest of the people, rest in place." Gu Xuan waved his hand and immediately arranged the next strategy. Next, he had to interrogate these captives of the southern alien peoples in order to obtain some valuable information.

Walking into a ruin, the smell of burnt ruins, and the thick rotting moisture made Gu Xuan frown.

"Bring the captives one by one." Gu Xuan gave the order and asked the soldiers to take turns to bring the prisoners in for one-on-one interrogation.

"The ...... of the different races of the south"

Without waiting for Gu Xuan's words to finish, the first prisoner to come in shouted with all his heart: "You damned imperial people, sooner or later we will take back the land that belongs to us." ”

"Oh? Is it? "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, Gu Xuan was surprised that an ordinary soldier could have this kind of awareness. However, there is no need for such a person to judge, and it is a waste of time.

A flash of coldness.

Draw the knife!

Put away the knife!

"Next." Under the push of one soldier, a second captive came in. Suddenly, the smell of blood and burnt in the room filled his nose, and the sight of two dead companions filled his nose, and a sense of fear instantly spread throughout his body.

Gu Xuan took all this into his eyes, it seemed that this was a very suitable person to be interrogated, he deliberately released the majesty of the Fourth True Ancestor, and asked in a low voice but full of majesty, "The army that you belong to the southern alien race?" ”

"We are the vanguard of General Thomas's men." The captive fell to his knees, his pupils dilated with fear.

General Thomas? It seems that the southern alien peoples attached great importance to this invasion, and even sent a "big" general with the same status as Bude. You must know that even the prestigious Estes has no more than a general in the future. Because in the entire empire, there can only be one great general. The same general named Thomas should also be the person with the highest status as a military general of a foreign nation in the south.

It's really tricky bad news, Gu Xuan raised his eyebrows lightly and continued to ask: "How many people are in your army, where are the marching food and grass placed, and what is the purpose?" ”

After some interrogation, it was learned from the mouth of the captive that the army had a total of 30,000 soldiers, and of course this was not counting the guards of food and grass.

The place where the grain is stored is on a hill called "Fam". The goal, of course, was to slaughter the cities behind Whitehorse to plunder resources so that their people would have better conditions to survive the winter.

Subsequently, Gu Xuan asked the captive to crouch in the corner, and then continued to interrogate the next soldier. With these ordinary soldiers alone, it is certainly impossible to know the deeper secrets, so he is to ensure the accuracy of these messages.

Finally, after all the captives have been tried, it can be assured that the information given by the second captive is accurate.

The next step was to prepare for his army to evacuate to the city. After all, his more than 1,000 soldiers alone wanted to fight against a foreign army of 30,000 troops, which was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Walking out of the ruins, Gu Xuan gestured. The soldiers were so excited that a few random people went in and killed all the captives on the spot.

"I didn't ...... There was not a single survivor. At this moment, Hill, who was searching for survivors, walked over. She spoke in a low tone, struggling to tell the truth that made her heart ache. After a search, apart from the dead and scarred corpses, there was not even a single seriously injured person.

Gu Xuan sighed lightly, stepped forward and pressed his palm on Hill's head, and said comfortingly: "Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, this is war!" ”

When the southern aliens set foot on the territory of the empire and invade, it was equivalent to the beginning of the war! Human life in war is reckless, not to mention that these alien peoples simply want to slaughter and plunder. Therefore, there was no survivor's situation, and Gu Xuan also expected it.

But this is war! There is nothing about justice, only a position. Just like the slaughter of these innocent residents of White Horse Town by the southern alien races, Gu Xuan would definitely not have a trace of sympathy when facing the southern alien races.

Soon the black pupil also probed back, and there was no large-scale army attack in front of him for the time being. However, the advance troops were slow to send spies to report back, and they must have known that something was wrong. Therefore, he couldn't stay for a long time, so Gu Xuan took out an imperial military map that he had with him. Find a stone pier and spread it out, and signal for Ciel and Black Hitomi to come over.

The map of the White Horse Mountain is a diamond shape, and the White Horse Mountain is located at the apex of the foreign territory near the south, and its diagonal apex is a city.

The two vertices of the other diagonal, the vertices on the left, are the White Horse Town where Gu Xuan and the others are now. The apex on the right is the mountain called "Fam".

And at the point where the two diagonals intersect, there is a military base!

In fact, on the map, most of the many military bases are at the intersection of such a diamond-shaped diagonal line. The advantage of this deployment is that the military base can support the left and right areas at the shortest distance, which is conducive to reconnaissance and can also protect the rear city to the greatest extent.

Gu Xuan crossed his arms and pondered, White Horse Town was slaughtered, which meant that the military base in the middle was very likely to be captured. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, these advance troops would have been discovered by spies at military bases.

"Black Pupil, you come with me, Ciel, you lead the army to the city, and tell the city lord the information about the invasion of the southern alien nations." Gu Xuan immediately arranged the next action.

"What about you, Lord Gu Xuan?" Hill asked, unable to contain his concern.

"I'll go to this military base with Black Hitomi to scout the situation." Gu Xuan pointed to the military base on the right side of White Horse Town on the map, and continued: "Now we must grasp the location of the southern alien army, otherwise we will be too passive. And Black Hitomi and I are both emperor envoys, so it's enough for self-preservation. ”

As he spoke, Gu Xuan moved his finger to the "Fam" Mountain on the right side of the military base, this place where the southern aliens stored grain, which was part of Gu Xuan's key plan.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. The consumption of food to support an army of 30,000 is absolutely huge. Although there was no way to know how many alien defenders there would be on Fam Mountain, the value of its sneak attack was enough for Gu Xuan to take this risk!

As long as the grain and grass of the different ethnic groups in the south can be cut off, it can have the effect of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. It is absolutely difficult for 30,000 troops to last three days without food replenishment, which is enough time for the empire to send troops to support.

Although the city in the rear is not an easy terrain to defend and difficult to attack, Gu Xuan's army and the city's garrison soldiers, 30,000 troops want to capture the city quickly, which is also a fool's dream.

Gu Xuan was sure that this great general named Thomas could not put the lives of his soldiers on the line for nothing. Even if he really attacked the city by force, they didn't have the time to slaughter and loot a city and then leave in a puff of smoke!

Then Hill led the large army to the city according to Gu Xuan's strategic deployment, and Gu Xuan and Hei Tong also rode horses to the military base respectively.