Chapter 455

At the same time that the city lord received Lan Feng and a group of generals, the wing army also rushed all the way to the place where it was only thirty miles away from the windless city and set up camp. The scale of the camp of 300,000 troops is unimaginable.

While the Wing Army was preparing for the garrison, Nguyen Qiling also sent many spies to investigate the situation in the Windy City. In fact, as early as two days ago, before the retreat of Winless City, there were secret agents in the Wing Army who disguised themselves and infiltrated the city to find out the information of Winless City and the Night Army, so the news of the arrival of the Night Army reached the Wing Army garrison as soon as possible.

So far, the two sides have their own understanding. The meeting with the city lord was very long, and when he came back, Lan Feng and the generals had a full understanding of the situation in the windless city, and Lan Feng also successfully solicited the help of the city lord.

Ling Feiye said that Winless City was willing to provide relevant personnel to assist the night army in the battle. Although the overall number of people was small, Ling Feiye's behavior was an attitude, which could be regarded as relieving Lan Feng of his worries.

After returning to the camp, Lan Feng and the generals received news about the Wing Army, and now all the news is handed over to Zhao Xu to deal with. War is not child's play, compared to Zhao Xu, Lan Feng is still too young, inferior in all aspects, and the power of the army naturally has to be handed over to people with outstanding abilities.

In addition, as a general, the commander Zhao Wu was not there, and the affairs of the army should have been fully represented by Zhao Xu, and now Lan Feng's approach is naturally a matter of course.

Zhao Xu's position as a general may be a bit unworthy of the name, but fortunately, it was Zhao Wu who personally asked the royal family to canonize him, and this alone means that Zhao Xu's ability has been recognized by Zhao Wu, so it should be recognized by all the generals.

Now in addition to Zhao Xu, there are a total of five main generals in the army, and the rest are battalion generals. When discussing military affairs at the moment, only Zhao Xu is sitting in the main seat.

In a conference hall, Zhao Xu was discussing military affairs with the generals at this moment. The Wing Army has been stationed and may come to attack the city at any time, so they must be prepared to defend the city, and some supplies that will be used to defend the city need to be prepared as soon as possible.

When Zhao Xu and them were deliberating, countless night troops were busy arranging defenses. Windy City is not far from the mountains, and it is not difficult to get stones and rolling logs, so the supplies are not a problem. Now the generals are mainly discussing countermeasures to deal with the attack of the wing army, and the generals in the conference hall express their opinions.

Some suggested a tentative fight with the Wing Army to find out how effective the Wing Army was, some generals felt that the Night Army should take the initiative and crush the Wing Army with strong army morale, while others advocated defending the city with all their might. Now that the real commander is gone, the night army is only half of the opponent's strength, so it is not suitable to go out of the city to meet the battle.

If the rush to battle leads to a disadvantage in the first battle, it will have a very negative impact on the morale of the night army. If you defend the city, you won't win, but at least you won't lose. It's a conservative move, but it's a smart move. So, soon the generals in the conference hall were divided into three groups.

One main battle, two main defenses, and three main trial battles. Zhao Xu is the kind of person who is unwilling to talk nonsense if he can fight, so Zhao Xu is the main battle party. But Zhao Xu is not a stupid person, the current gap between the strength of the two armies is too obvious, that is a fact that cannot be ignored, so going out of the city to fight with the wing army is completely risky for them.

If it wins, it's okay, if it loses, it may be a complete defeat, this kind of risk is not something that Zhao Xu can bear, nor can other generals bear, so when three different opinions are put forward, after a brief consideration, Zhao Xu, as the main battle faction, still denied the proposal to fight. Unless they are sure of victory, but now they don't even know enough about the Wing Army, how can they talk about how much certainty they have.

Not long after, when Zhao Xu made a statement, Zhao Xu expressed his decision not to fight, and then the generals retreated and naturally discussed the concept of exploratory operations. Try to see if the combat power of the Wing Army is beneficial to the Night Army, and no general does not want to know what the actual combat power of the Wing Army is.

Next, the congregation will discuss for a long time together and finally decide on a few methods. It stands to reason that it is impossible for the Wing Army to dispatch the whole army for the first time to attack the city, so as long as some people come to call for battle, Zhao Xu can send corresponding troops to fight.

After discussing this matter, the generals discussed the ratio of the strength of the three battalions. Although it was a tentative battle, the victory or defeat still had a great impact on both sides, and the Night Army was reluctant to be defeated, because it would make the Wing Army understand that the Night Army was not invincible.

On the other hand, the Wing Army naturally didn't want to lose, and if they lost the first battle, it would be even more difficult for them to attack the city again. War is fought not only with manpower and material resources, but also with mental strength, and the morale of the army is always crucial in determining the outcome of a war. How to send troops can be decided on the spot after the arrival of the wing army, and now the generals are discussing the question of victory or defeat.

If the night army wins, everything is easy to say, if the two sides are evenly divided, then the night army will encounter many problems, if the night army is not defeated by the wing army, then the only thing left is to hold the city pass. All in all, the best outcome for the Night Army is only a victory.

Zhao Xu discussed with the generals for a long time, and said the follow-up impact of the three results one by one, and finally formulated a proper backup strategy according to the opinions of the generals.

At the end of a meeting, the generals left directly, and according to Zhao Xu's instructions, everyone returned to their respective jurisdictions.

It is not easy to garrison more than 100,000 troops in the city, and there is no spare space to gather soldiers together for training. Fortunately, before Dabi, the training of the night army has not been left behind, so there is no problem in this regard for the time being. As long as the generals above can ensure that the latest instructions are conveyed as soon as possible.

Due to the identity of the chief, Lin Xuanzhong is now staying with the original ten subordinates. The ten subordinates were naturally ordinary soldiers, and because of the difference in strength and what they had heard of Lin Xuanzhong, they were naturally in awe of Lin Xuanzhong.

On the other hand, Lin Xuanzhong took care of the ten of them, as long as they had any difficulties, Lin Xuanzhong would help them as long as he could. What Lin Xuanzhong has to do now, in addition to instructing ten people to practice normally, is to take ten people to patrol around the camp at a specific time.

The area around the barracks has been designated as a restricted area, and ordinary civilians are not allowed to approach it. The sound of the city could not be heard in the barracks, and the atmosphere of the military place was very strong, which made Lin Xuanzhong feel a sense of pre-war tension, and this time it was better than the previous times.

Compared with the demeanor of other soldiers, Lin Xuanzhong felt more and more that he was not a qualified soldier, but what he could do was no different from other soldiers.

During the period of leading the patrol, he occasionally met some acquaintances, although Lin Xuanzhong's long outfit was not very special, but many commanders who knew Lin Xuanzhong would always take the initiative to say hello whenever they met Lin Xuanzhong.

Those people's intentional overtures made Lin Xuanzhong feel unaccustomed, and it wasn't until he met Fang Qing and the others that Lin Xuanzhong felt more natural.

However, whenever a commander greeted Lin Xuanzhong, Lin Xuanzhong's ten subordinates were inevitably shocked. If it weren't for the prohibition of whispering during patrols, they would have dared to ask Lin Xuanzhong why he knew so many officers, especially celebrities. Among the three hundred people selected by Na Dabi, like Fang Qing and Bai Ye, they still knew their names.

After walking with Lin Xuanzhong for a long time, the ten people found that without exception, those who greeted Lin Xuanzhong were very polite, which made them more and more surprised by Lin Xuanzhong's identity. But Lin Xuanzhong didn't say it, so they naturally didn't dare to ask.

During the patrol, the person Lin Xuanzhong wanted to meet the most was Qingyi, and fortunately, he was lucky enough to meet him a few times. Most of the time it's just a matter of saying hello to each other, sometimes you can say a couple of words. And just like that, the day passed. I don't know when the Wing Army will come to attack the city, and Lin Xuanzhong, who returned to his residence, has been busy adjusting his mentality.

The day after the wing army set up camp, it was not surprising that Ruan Qiling sent an army, numbering about 100,000 people, and the 100,000 army rushed all the way to the windless city.

The Wing Army did not bring siege equipment, and it is clear that this trip was not intended to siege the city. At this moment, the winged army stopped at a position three hundred meters from the city gate, and the cavalry, infantry, shield soldiers, and archers stood in a specific phalanx, and the army was neatly faced. Looking down from the city walls, the sheer ranks of the Winged Army can be terrifying.

On the tower of the city, many Night Kingdom generals were surprised by the neatness of the formation of the Night Army, but the distribution of troops made the generals not quite understand. It didn't take long for all the generals' eyes to stop at the shield soldiers of the Wing Army.

The long shield didn't look like it was suitable at all, and I wondered why the Wings still had such soldiers. Then, just as the generals were puzzled by the presence of the Winged Army's shieldmen, one of the Winged Army's generals rode to the city.

"The 100,000 people of the Wing Army have come to invite the battle, and I beg your country to send troops to fight immediately. The general repeated the phrase three times, and the meaning was self-evident.

Zhao Xu and the other generals knew that the Wing Army would come to shout for battle, but they didn't expect that the Wing Army would come with so many people at one time. The number of winged armies will undoubtedly magnify the impact of the outcome of the first battle, which makes the question of victory or defeat of the first battle between the two armies even more critical.

After briefly estimating the number of wing troops, Zhao Xu's face in the city was more solemn, and the general on the side was also a little serious.

Sending 100,000 troops at a time, the hand of the wing army is very large for the night army with only 150,000 troops, but the night army must go out of the city to meet the battle. According to the results of the previous discussions, Zhao Xu had a sense of what proportion the 100,000 troops sent should be formed.

"General Zhao, the wing army has a lot of troops, and my army is probably not suitable for battle. Before Zhao Xu replied to the enemy generals below, a general felt that it was inappropriate to go to war and directly dissuaded Zhao Xu.

"Although the enemy army is indeed numerous, our army has to fight. Now, the whole Snow Country is waiting for this battle, and if we retreat and don't fight, the repercussions will be great, so although this battle is only a contest between the enemy and us, it will be inevitable. Zhao Xu shook his head and did not accept the dissuasion of his subordinates.