Chapter 461: Bait
"My lord, I don't know why, but I always feel a little uneasy. Looking at the thick night, one of the generals looked worriedly at Gareth, who was standing beside him.
Gareth was ordered to lead the remaining army to garrison the Baria Pass, and it was important not to allow the troops of the Lopez Kingdom to take advantage of the situation and break through the fortress.
The reason why the general was upset was that a third of the scouts they had scattered outside the fortress had lost contact, and some had found traces of small army activity in the field.
Gareth was convinced that this might be the 50,000 enemy troops whose whereabouts were unknown had reached the vicinity of the Barria Pass.
Because none of the spies Jason had planted in Phil's camp to find out the mission and whereabouts of the 50,000 troops, he was extremely wary of this army.
The unknown is the most terrifying, but it is a pity that the scout who found traces of the enemy's activities did not find a large army of the enemy nearby, and even the enemy's scout cavalry did not find it, otherwise he might be able to find the specific location of their military camp by capturing one or two enemy tortures.
With a clear location of the enemy, Gareth will also have a lot easier to deal with.
Unlike now, even if so much manpower and material resources were expended, it could only be confirmed that the enemy had reached the vicinity of the Baria Pass, but the exact location of the enemy could not be found at all, so the vigilance could only be increased, so that most of the soldiers could not rest well.
This made Gareth feel distressed, could it be that these 50,000 troops could still get into the ground?
It would be nice if Astolford was here, with the high-altitude realm of Junying, coupled with his superhuman eyesight, there is no place to hide at all on the scale of 50,000 people.
On the other side, in a col two days away from the Baria Pass, more than 40,000 troops were stationed in it, and there were guarded sentinels scattered nearby, and dozens of cavalry teams roamed around beyond the col, and they would rush up whenever the scouts of the Barya Pass appeared.
In addition, in order to confuse the sight of the Baria Pass, cavalry was also sent from other directions to hunt down the Barya Pass scouts, otherwise a large number of scouts would have disappeared, and Gareth would have already found them.
It's just that the commander's behavior has puzzled many people, and this kind of hiding in Tibet has caused many soldiers to complain.
If the enemy's army was strong, several times their own, they might still accept it, but the situation was quite the opposite! Obviously, the defenders of Baria Pass were a little weaker than their own side.
It's like you're running for your life, which is also a big blow to morale.
Now there is a very unfavorable rumor in the barracks that the commander of this army has been frightened by the northern barbarians in the last war, and does not dare to confront them head-on.
This was a shame for the martial Lopez soldiers, and many felt that the young commander was unworthy to command them.
"Marshal, if we continue like this, not only will it be difficult to complete the task taught to us by His Majesty, but I am afraid that there will be a big mess. In one of the largest tents in the col, a bearded general said helplessly to a young man who was looking at a map.
The young man's blonde hair was draped over his shoulders, and his lilac eyes seemed to be forever filled with a faint smile.
Legend has it that only people with the royal blood of the ancient Silai Empire would be like this, and the blonde hair and purple eyes have always been the representative of this country, and I don't know if it's true or not.
After hearing the general's voice, the young man took his eyes off the map and said to him with an apologetic smile: "General Woolf, you have to worry more about pacifying the soldiers, the Baria Pass is now a fortress of war, I will not attack rashly without adequate preparation, otherwise it will be us who are unlucky, and at that time, the Earl of Hicks will be a lesson for us." ”
General Woolf replied with a wry smile: "But if we continue like this, we won't have enough food to spare, and the only food left now will only be enough for us to eat for half a month, unless we can get to the planned location now." ”
"Believe me, dear General Woolf, I assure you in the honor of the Murphy family that we will win this war. The young man of the Murphy family looked at General Woolf earnestly and said word by word.
"Well, honorable Marshal Forne. In desperation, General Woolf had no choice but to believe in him, believing in Murphy's long-standing family.
Although this family is now only a viscount noble, its background makes no nobleman in the Lopez Kingdom dare to underestimate it, and even let them stand up and support His Majesty Phil's accession to the throne, and they are also lobbyists personally visited by Marquis Bode.
Because the current patriarch of the Murphy family was once a student of Balde Creon, it is worth mentioning here that the Marquis of Balde used to serve at the Western Knight Academy more than twenty years ago, and he also taught there for a while.
"Ah, by the way, have our spies found out who is the general who is now stationed at the Barria Pass, is it the famous Lancelot or the Roland, who made a name for himself in the last war?"
His eyes were full of excitement and anticipation, and only by defeating these two most famous people in the north of the Lopez Kingdom could he truly prove his ability.
Unfortunately, General Woolf shook his head lightly and replied, "No, those two have moved to the other side to resist the army led by His Majesty the King, and now there is a general named Gareth who has served as the mayor of Erbia, and we have only so much information about him." ”
"Francis's gateway to the town of Erbia, it seems that this General Gareth is also a confidant of our esteemed Second Prince, His Royal Highness. Fu En smiled and said to himself: "It's also very interesting, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Second Prince will feel heartache if he dies in this war." ”
Woolf lowered his head and didn't answer, because it was very inappropriate to call Jason His Royal Highness the Second Prince at this time, he didn't want to ask for trouble, who knows how many Phil's eyes and ears were in this barracks behind him?
"I suddenly had a very interesting plan. At this time, Marshal Forne clapped his hands violently and said happily: "I just don't know if this Gareth general will be fooled." ”
Then he tore off the map that hung on the wall, pointed to a small cross on it, and said, "How about we lay a bait here?"
Woolf looked at it and couldn't help but exclaim, "Nora Town?"