Ye Zifeng stood in the spacious room that Pendes led into the door, and the surroundings looked magnificent, full of baroque carvings carved in gold as the main color, evenly distributed in each just right place, making this small military intelligence office built in the palace called the Military Affairs Department look like an elegant Western-style dining room more like the emperor having breakfast. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As soon as I entered the door, there was a military map painted directly on the wall on the front, which used countless combat symbols that Ye Zifeng was very familiar with to mark out almost all the military facilities including his own military power allocation, enemy military power allocation, important military strongholds, perennial fortified defense lines, and huge cities, at a glance Ye Zifeng was extremely surprised, as if the combat map of the Caucasus painting style was arranged in this exquisite room like a famous masterpiece, which was worth letting those who know how to appreciate it look at it for a whole day. However, after reading this battle map, which looked a little surprising at a glance, Ye Zifeng calmed down, and the positions of the various markers drawn on it made Ye Zifeng a little afraid to compliment.

All the cities are concentrated behind the Allah Pass, and all the permanent fortifications are all built outside the Allah Pass, and the vast majority of the Imperial Standing Army is stationed in the permanent fortifications outside the Allah Pass, which will make the Imperial army extremely concentrated, not only can play the strongest combat effectiveness, but also the Gobi terrain outside the Allah Pass is also very suitable for large armies to fight. Once Ye Zifeng had a whim, he finished reading all the Lord of the Rings trilogy at one time, and the second and third parts impressed Ye Zifeng the most, first of all, the cruel cold weapon battle in the Middle Ages in the Battle of the Holy Helmet Valley made Ye Zifeng's blood boil, and then in the third part, the king of the Rohan Kingdom led six thousand cavalry to sprint in a wedge formation in front of Minas Tiris, the capital of Gondor, and the army of half-orcs made Ye Zifeng so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

But just thinking about those blood-boiling film and television works is not helpful at all now, for the concentrated troops, of course, the most elite combat power of the empire is concentrated, but this also means that once the 500,000 imperial iron army stationed outside the Allah Pass is broken, the Allah Pass will definitely open the door, even if there are 200,000 imperial steppe legions gathered on the Moss Plain, but these steppe legions that have been living a peaceful life on the Moss steppe without war and worry-free food and clothing are naturally impossible to resist the enemy's iron hooves, What's more, the Moss grassland is flat and wide, and it is nearly the size of two Qinghai-Tibet plains now, and there are only 200,000 pampered people in such an area, and the steppe legions stationed like uncles will naturally not have good results, and the open Allah Pass is like an open gateway to hell, from which the ghosts will gush out, constantly eating away at the peace on the calm grassland, and the grassland legions scattered in various cities on the Moss grassland will naturally be broken by the other party. Thinking about it this way, it is naturally not surprising that the enemy can hit the imperial capital. But who is Ye Zifeng, the ruthless Ye Zifeng on the battlefield, he dares to let his flagship go to the front in space, and bombard the pilgrims with powerful firepower to the point that there is no scum left, Ye Zifeng like this will naturally not let the other party get a little cheap, it's not bad if I don't fight you, you still come to beat me, it's really unpleasant.

But Ye Zifeng is unavailable at this time, the marshal of the empire Cole has died outside the Allah Pass, and the marshal of the imperial capital, Kulun, is only two years older than Ye Zifeng, for such an age gap, even if the other party is born in a family of generals, Ye Zifeng will take it seriously, Ye Zifeng does not think that he is worse than the other party.

A long river that crosses the Moss Plain divides the Moss Plain into two halves, one half called the Moss North Plain and the other half called the Moss South Plain, and this river is what Penders called the Moss River. Fortunately, there is only one ferry on the entire Moss River that can go directly to the imperial capital, and the ferry town on the Mosnan Plain is called Moss Town, where five hundred local defenders are stationed, and the Holais who are famous for their longbows on the Moss Plains guard this peaceful town, and every Holais is a good warrior, but this does not mean that they will accept orders that are not conducive to fighting at all and are clearly sent to death. The battle order issued by Penders to cross the river was changed to Ye Zifeng, and Ye Zifeng would not accept it.

We must not wait for the enemy to reach the imperial capital before counterattacking, every inch of my territory is my imperial capital. Ye Zifeng pressed his mind in his heart, turned to Penders and said, "Pendes, come over here." ”

"Your Majesty." Penders answered, bypassed the round table during the meeting, and walked to Ye Zifeng's side.

"There are still twenty large battalions built by the Imperial Army on the Mosnan Plain, I took a look, there are five thousand people in each large battalion, which means that I still have 100,000 Southern Prairie Legions to use, right?" Ye Zifeng pointed to the barracks icon marked on the map, each "convex" represented a large camp of 5,000 people.

"That's right, Your Majesty." Penders nodded yes.

"Immediately order, ten of these large battalions, 50,000 troops to camp in the rear of the town of Moss, the plain should easily accommodate an army of 50,000 men, let these troops prepare for the enemy after crossing the river, build fortifications on the spot, build stone forts, install turrets, I will see in five days a thousand cannons pointed at the enemy camp on the northern plain of Moss." Ye Zifeng took out a long stick from under the round table, pointed to the map and kept comparing it, and finally drew an area behind Moss Town, "After that, let the Holais people stationed in Moss Town row to the middle of the river in small boats at night, set traps and boat blockages, and use rockets to ignite the keel and pontoon bridge of the ferry that the other party has made to slow down the enemy's advance." Once this mission is accomplished, abandon the town of Moss and retreat to the Great Army's defenses. From the remaining ten large battalions, the strength of five large battalions was allocated to form the right flank of the central army. ”

Ye Zifeng stood on tiptoe, holding a long stick on the right side of the map and another area, but it was smaller than the previous one, but it could not be said to be a projectile place in this high-proportion map, and there was no problem at all in arranging an army of 25,000 people.

"Let the fleet stationed in the upper reaches of the Moss River help the right flank army to cross the river, and maintain support at all times, once the crossing of the river is found to be blocked, do not force the crossing of the river, temporarily retreat, empty the enemy's shore defense facilities with cannons and immediately rush to cross, establish fortifications before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, and the remaining five large battalions form the left flank, and the direction is on the left side of the central army." Ye Zifeng circled an area on the left that was similar in size to the circle on the right, "And the method is similar to that of the right-wing army, with the lower reaches of the Moss River fleet to help cross the river, so that the pressure on the town of Moss can be reduced as soon as it is opened, and it can also be the dispersion of the opponent's military forces." This is the first stage of my plan, you go and give the order first. Ye Zifeng waved his hand to Pendes beside him, indicating that Pendes could leave, but Pendes did not move for a long time, Ye Zifeng did not have any doubts, and turned his head to look at Pendes beside him. Penders was sluggish at this time, his expression was in a trance, his eyes were blank, and he was obviously in a state of slipping, although Ye Zifeng always slipped away, but he would never tolerate his subordinates slipping when he was arranging the battle situation, and he would not execute, if it was placed before, Ye Zifeng would probably have taken out a pistol and forced his head to yell at him, but at this time Ye Zifeng did not have a pistol, so Ye Zifeng frowned and took a step forward, and twisted Pendes's ears.

"Did you hear what I said before?" Ye Zifeng stuffed this sentence into Pendes's ears in his loudest voice, and Pendes immediately showed bitterness and was awakened from his sluggish state.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you let go of me first and listen to me slowly." With a crying expression, Pendes kept blinking at Ye Zifeng, holding his left side of his face with both hands, and constantly begging Ye Zifeng for mercy.

"You say!" Ye Zifeng let go of the hand that was twisting Pendes's left ear.

"It is so, the Minister of War does not have the power to mobilize the army, and only the marshal himself has the right to transfer such a large-scale movement." Penders said to Ye Zifeng with a bitter face, as if he had died of his parents.

"What about me!" After Ye Zifeng heard it, he immediately asked, and they heard that they had the right to mobilize the army.

"No, no, no, of course, Your Majesty, you have the power to mobilize the army, but this may be approved by the unanimous vote of the Parliament, plus the Marshal's order, the army can be mobilized, and it is just the army mobilization strategy that Your Majesty said at breakfast time, I am afraid it is not enough to mobilize the army. I suggest that the nobles be summoned at once for discussion and then a decision will be made on the dispatch of troops. Pendes's tone was extremely earnest, plus before Pendes broke into the dormitory and had to pull himself over, Ye Zifeng didn't think that Pendes had any disloyal thoughts, maybe it was for his own good to hold a meeting of nobles. Ye Zifeng studied history when he was in junior high school, foreign countries, especially the ancient feudal system in Europe and the ancient Chinese feudal system, are very different, the royal power is not as big as imagined, in China the emperor can cover the sky with one hand, but when it comes to the European dynasty, the emperor wants to do something or look at the faces of the clansmen, maybe even when he goes to the toilet, he must always be vigilant against the subordinates of the aristocratic private faction to peep, such as the mobilization of the army, without the participation of the nobles, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch.

Sighing, Ye Zifeng calmed down and patted Pendes's shoulder, which made Pandes's neck shrink in fright.

"What time is it?"

"It is," Pendes said, pulling out his pocket watch and glancing at it, "it's eight twenty o'clock, Your Majesty." ”

"Go and help me inform the nobles, come here at half past eight to discuss matters, you must know the urgency of the military situation, I can't help but delay in the slightest, understand." Ye Zifeng looked at Pendes with a firm tone and firm eyes, which made Pandes seem to faint, but when he thought of the mission that Ye Zifeng gave him, Pendes immediately replied in the same firm tone.

"I know, Your Majesty, I will definitely complete the task." Penders trotted out of the wide military office.

Ye Zifeng waited for Pendes to leave, re-faced the map drawn on the wall, and thought about his plan to disperse the enemy.

The maid guarding the door placed a delicate condensed milk tea in front of each seat, plus a few small pastries with a ragada mouth. Seeing these pastries and asking about the fragrance of condensed milk tea, Ye Zifeng couldn't help but feel a little hungry, after all, he came here to think about the battle plan when he got up early in the morning, and his breakfast was postponed. Ye Zifeng sat on the main seat, picked up a piece of pastry on the plate and put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, the soft skin wrapped in refreshing cream jam every bite made Ye Zifeng enjoy it very much, so Ye Zifeng kept eating the pastry, while still waiting for the arrival of the nobles. But Ye Zifeng seems to have forgotten one thing, how many of these nobles stand with him, and a few of them will support him, even if it is such a matter related to his own survival, the nobles should not let it go, and use it to refute and ridicule Ye Zifeng. The aristocracy is like this, although it cannot be said that all nobles are selfish, but there are a few that are inevitable.

Arrived at half past eight as scheduled, and several gorgeously dressed nobles also walked into the empty military hall before, and these nobles were all viscounts and barons, so the nobles at the end of the line did not dare to disobey the emperor's orders, and it was not these nobles who could really confront the emperor, but nobles like dukes, marquises, and earls, who had real power, private land, and private troops, and the nobles who dared to confront the emperor's side, and they would have a PK with your emperor if they had nothing to do.

However, there are not no such nobles among the people who came, there are only five dukes in the whole country, and now the attendees account for two-fifths, eight marquises, and eleven earls, such a lineup is enough to compete with the emperor, and they can arrive on time when they hear the emperor's call, which means that they are basically on the emperor's side, Ye Zifeng slightly relieved his heart.

"Gentlemen, please be quiet, the pastries on the seat and drink milk tea should be regarded as compensation for everyone's early rising." Ye Zifeng stood up, "Everyone knows that the enemy has already overwhelmed the territory with a large army, no, it should be said that it is an invasion of the country, most of the empire has fallen, and now is no longer the time to stand idly by, we have to strike back, it is time for us to send troops to combat their arrogance." ”

Ye Zifeng's long stick tapped on the map behind him, "Is Lord Marshal here?" ”

"That, Your Majesty, Marshal Cullen is a little unwell, and he may not be there until later." Penders on the side reminded in a low voice.

"Since the marshal has not come, we cannot specify a definite battle plan. Hurry up, this meeting is very important. ”

"Got it, Your Majesty." Penders nodded and retreated, while Ye Zifeng sat back in his seat. This is a nobleman sitting below asked.

"Your Majesty, didn't you say before that you would stick to the imperial capital, why have you changed your mind now?"

Ye Zifeng inquired from Penders about how the current nobles of the great enemy are standing, and Penders said that the nobles are now divided into two factions, one faction supports sending troops to meet the battle, and the other faction intends to stick to the imperial capital. Obviously, the aristocrat who questioned him was a hawk who supported the troops.

"I thought about it last night and found that sticking to the imperial capital is not a good solution, everyone knows the truth of cold lips and teeth, so I plan to listen to your opinions and send troops to meet the enemy."

Obviously, the nobles present were a little excited after hearing this, after all, only the hawkish nobles could come now. Early in the morning, as soon as they heard that the cronies sent by Penders ran to their house and said to their housekeeper that His Majesty was going to send troops, these nobles immediately began to prepare, and rushed to the palace in the dust, and some of the nobles were still sleeping naked in the bed with their naked wives in their arms.

"Then has Your Majesty seen the battle plan woven by the Military Affairs Department and the marshal?" Duke Allen, who was sitting on Ye Zifeng's left, leaned over and said to Ye Zifeng.

"Not really, but I have a plan." Ye Zifeng shook his head, "I have absolute confidence in myself, and I feel free to pass this plan at this meeting." ”

"Your Majesty, it's a little inappropriate not to look at the plan of the Military Affairs Department, after all, those staff officers, they are professionals." The other duke who was present, Grand Duke Scolin frowned slightly and asked Ye Zifeng.

"There's nothing wrong with that, I've perfected this plan." Ye Zifeng waved his hand, "When the other nobles arrive, I will announce my plan, and everyone will listen to it then, and then decide whether to support it or not." ”

Both dukes stopped talking, one began to close his eyes, and the other held a teacup in one hand and a pastry in the other, as if in contemplation. Seeing that the two dukes stopped talking, and the other nobles also closed their mouths in understanding, the huge military affairs hall suddenly became a little silent.

"You have a good rest, I'll go first." Ye Kexin looked at Major Brandton who was lying on the hospital bed and comforted him softly.

"Yes, sir." Major Brownon responded. Ye Kexin withdrew from the ward. This is an officer walking briskly towards Ye Kexin, holding a tablet in his hand.

"Sir." The officer saluted Ye Kexin with a military salute, Ye Kexin returned the salute, and the officer handed the tablet in his hand to Ye Kexin, and began to report, "Ten minutes ago, the photo taken by the ship's camera from the 'Praetorian' fleet 'Krupp' frigate on a reconnaissance mission in the asteroid ring. ”

Ye Kexin looked at the photos on the screen, although the battleships were equipped with ultra-high-definition cameras with more than 100 million pixels, but taking photos at such a distance was inevitably a little blurry. The photograph shows a very discordant gray shadow mixed in with the asteroid belt, and although it is very discordant, it is not necessarily easy to see if you don't look closely.

"What is this?" Ye Kexin frowned and pointed to the gray shadow in the photo, and asked the officer.

"I don't know, the copy of the photo has been sent to the research institute, and they said that the results will be available in an hour, and they also said that if you want to shorten the research process, it is better to let the battleship get closer and take pictures."

"I see." Ye Kexin returned the tablet to the officer, "You go and get busy first, I'll deal with this matter and notify the fleet commander stationed on the periphery of the base to come to my office." ”

"Yes, sir." The officer received the order and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Ye Kexin.

"Wait, let's go again, President Feng called over."

(To be continued)