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Hilliard has been a little irritable in the past two days, although the urgent letter to Aslan has been sent yesterday, but Hilliard knows that it will only take at least two weeks to get instructions from Marshal Frederick, and two weeks is almost a magic barrier for the current situation in Manlon and the east, and it is impossible to wait until that time to react. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The area on the map that gradually darkens in color now gives Hilliard a headache for no reason, and he has always thought that it is the calmest, most stable and least needy place, but now it has become a place that could become the right and wrong of his political life at any time, and Hilliard does not know what to do with him.

Five days ago, the scouts had already discovered that there were signs of large-scale activities of the Tang army in the border area of one hundred and thirty miles northeast of Manlong City, and Hilliard attracted great attention at that time, but considering whether the enemy intended to mobilize his own troops, Hilliard did not immediately take countermeasures, but only increased the reconnaissance of the northeast region, but at that time, Hilliard already had a bad premonition in his heart, the large-scale activities of the Tang army in this area and whether the situation in the west of India and the situation in India Hilliard was not clear, but such a move by the Tang army was enough to arouse his own high vigilance。

Unfortunately, Hilliard's worst-case prediction finally came true, the Don army had invaded the eastern hills of Manlon three days earlier, and had broken through forty miles in one day, and today, intelligence showed that the size of the invading Tang army had reached two divisions, and it had continued to move south to sixty miles of the border, and had put on a posture of building a fortress and stronghold to be stationed for a long time at the present station, which made Hilliard restless.

Hilliard knew that the eastern mountainous area was in fact the weakest area under the control of the central Luzon political axe, and it entered the hilly area eighty miles east from Manlon, and the hilly area and the Hengduan mountain area further east had always been the activity area of the Gaoyue people, because the central political axe had not recognized the legitimate resident rights of the Gaoyue people, it also completely pushed the Gaoyue people to the western frontier that recognized the Gaoyue people, and in the first Luzon War, Li Wufeng launched a war under the pretext of the political axe of the Grand Duchy of Luzon to adopt a policy of racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing, and seized Northern Luzon from the kingdom, and the Gaoyue people completely fell to the western frontier It also became a major reason。

Due to the fall of Northern Luzon into the hands of Western Xinjiang, the Gaoyue people who were originally in the eastern Luzon region also moved into the Western Xinjiang in large numbers, and the number of Gaoyue people in the Luzon Kingdom is not large at present, but now the Tang army has unexpectedly attacked the eastern hilly area, which is indeed somewhat unexpected.

"General Tabraki, what do you think is the purpose of the Tang people's large-scale invasion of the south this time?" After staring at the map for a long time, Hilliard felt that he needed to consult this deputy who was not so well with him. He knew that the deputy had always been dissatisfied with his position as the commander of the Manlon region, and Hilliard did not care about this, and General Frederick gave him a simple task, that is, to hold the city of Manlon firmly, as long as it was choked, no matter how the Tang people tossed, they would never be able to pose a threat to Central Luzon. Hilliard, of course, knew that the deputy was very dissatisfied with his somewhat conservative strategy, but he knew that the reason why he was placed here by General Frederick was because of his steady style, as long as he could complete the task, what others thought, he did not have so much mental care.

"General Hilliard, it is clear that the Tang Army is coming against us, and the adversary knows the responsibility and pressure we are now bearing, and wants to take advantage of the invasion in the east to force us to send troops to stop their encroachment. "The meaty-faced Taburaki wasn't as reckless and brutal as he seemed, and just those two words raised Hilliard's wisdom to this guy by two levels.

"Well, General Taburki, I agree with your opinion, the enemy wants to lure the tiger out of the hole, but the enemy will not fail to think of this, they are afraid that they will also come here for a purpose. Hilliard would also like to see what the deputy thinks further.

"Of course, Eastern Luzon has never been fully included in the jurisdiction of our Luzon Kingdom, our management of that land has always been a formality, and there are very few Andean people in that land, at most some Gaoyue people, and now that the Tang army has invaded on such a large scale, I am very worried that the Tang Dynasty will infiltrate the Tang Dynasty on a large scale, and once our east falls into the hands of the Tang people, I am afraid that it will be quite difficult for us to reverse the unfavorable situation. ”

Tabraki's words made Hilliard frown for a while, this guy still doesn't seem to have given up the idea of taking the initiative to attack, although Hilliard also thinks that the current situation is very serious, but now he has to send troops to meet the battle, it seems that the risk is greater, Manlon's defense will inevitably be weakened, Hilliard is more worried that once the troops are divided and surrounded by the Tang army, the loss of troops will be small, once Manlon is lost, then the entire Central Luzon will face a huge crisis, Hilliard does not think that the situation has reached that point.

"General Tabraki, what do you think we should do now?"

"General, I think that now while the Tang army is not firmly established, the first attack, now the Tang army has two divisions deep into the eastern mountains, if left alone, once the Tang army establishes a solid supply line in the east, I am afraid that the Tang people will really have to gain a foothold in East Luzon, but now there is no decent road between Vito and East Luzon, their supply must be quite difficult, and the Tang people also understand this, so they will begin to adopt the strategy of building supply points to gradually deepen, and the general should also know that the situation in the west is not completely stable now, and General Frederick will not be able to send troops to reinforce us in a short period of time even if he receives our notificationIf we do not respond in time, it will be difficult for us to break the enemy's encirclement once it is stabilized. ”

Tabraki was very disdainful of the main general's practice of asking Aslan for help without thinking about how to deal with it, because this would not only be useless, but would only expose his own incompetence, but the other party was the main general, he couldn't stop the other party from acting like this, in his opinion, no one could help his side now, the garrison in Robin City had been reduced to the lowest number, and it was impossible to send reinforcements, the same was true for the Great Pine Forest City, only the first line of Giassi had heavy troops, but it was the lifeline garrison to defend against the Pasha people, and it could not be withdrawn at all, in a short time, this side could only rely on itself, if it was dealt with according to Hilliard's conservative strategy, Tabraki was sure, the Tang army will use this step-by-step encroachment method to turn the entire Eastern Luzon into their sphere of influence.

"You mean to send troops to meet them now?" Hilliard asked rhetorically.

"It depends on what you want, General, but my personal opinion should be reacted now, otherwise if you let it go unchecked, the Tang people will soon be able to build an improvised supply line, and we can't let them succeed easily. Tabraki nodded, he also knew that it was probably unrealistic to send troops on a large scale now, but this kind of small-scale attack was still quite feasible.

Gillette did not expect that he would be attacked by the Luzon army as soon as he entered this land, the scale of the enemy's attack was not large, but the goal was very clear, the two supply points were attacked by a small army of the enemy, seeing the burning improvised wooden shed and dozens of corpses, Gillette had a twitch in his heart, this was the first sacrifice since entering the Middle Continent, it seems that the enemy is not as conservative and dull as originally thought, the enemy's response should be said to be quite fast, and very effective, this is already the second supply point to be attacked, in these two days is more than 100 soldiers killed under the attack of the enemy, the war has not yet begun, there were more than 100 brothers who died, which was a little unbearable for Gillette, who served as the chief general of the vanguard army.

It seems that the intelligence reflected by the intelligence department is not accurate or complete, according to Hilliard's cautious conservatism, it seems unlikely that he will take this method, in addition to Hilliard, the Luzon army should also have a decisive and fierce leader, maybe it is the deputy general named Taburaki, it seems that the Luzon people are not all incompetent, at least the other party's response is quite old, this kind of small force counterattack is quite effective, after all, the Luzon people are still the masters of this land, and they still have an advantage in their familiarity with the environment。

It is not so easy to break this attack method of the other side, the long supply line due to the lack of good roads makes it more difficult to transport supplies, and more supply points have to be established for step-by-step transportation, and in this way, there are more opportunities for the enemy's attack, Gillette has some headaches, if Manlon's Luzon army has been using this method, I am afraid that the plan designed by Lord Cui and the corps commander will encounter great challenges, especially soon a large number of laborers from the interior of the empire and Vito will enter, which will attract more crazy attacks by the Luzon army, and if this cannot be done, the empire will not be able to firmly control East Luzon, and it will not be possible to form a perfect encirclement of Manlon and Central Luzon.

Gillette's eyes were focused on the steady stream of baggage teams, the governor of Northern Luzon probably hoped to get a new province as soon as possible, and he did his best to support the army, almost all the pack horses in Vito Mansion were requisitioned, and a large number of pack teams were almost lined up from Vito Mansion to the border, but if there was no temptation in this regard, I wonder if the stingy governor would be so enthusiastic?

Gillette couldn't help but shake his head, he still had the heart to think about these at this time, or should he think about how to solve this problem is the right reason, a team of pack teams slowly but unremittingly stretched forward, and his hand finally rubbed hard in his jaw, Gillette pondered all this in front of him, the scale of the enemy's army is not large, and the number is not much, that is to say, the direction of Manlon should still be dominated by Hilliard's strategy, if it can give this group of incoming troops a heavy blow, maybe it can hit the prestige of this adjutant general, then, thinking of this, Gillette seems to have figured out something。

(To be continued)