The next day, the Southern Corps on the south bank of the Lanz River convened again for a military meeting. Compared to yesterday, the generals all looked a little depressed, except for the commander of the 72nd Division, Raymond.

Vitin sat at the table with his eyes closed, no one knowing what he was thinking. Of course, his appearance fell into Raymond's eyes, like a defeated fighting dog, and he couldn't even make a miserable whine.

Raymond craned his neck and looked around with contempt at everyone seat, his gaze falling on Dawes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile. He was a little grateful to Dawes now, if he hadn't lost most of the strength of the 63rd Cavalry Division on the flank, Raymond probably wouldn't be able to look down on others so arrogantly. However, although in his heart he applauded Dawes's defeat, but he wouldn't say it, not only would he not say it, but he would also take this opportunity to humiliate Weiting and Dawes.

Looking around Dawes, who had a sad face, Raymond looked at Wei Ting, who had his eyes closed. Hmph, you don't want to give me a chance to make meritorious contributions, but now you can make you suffer. Raymond sneered in his heart, and his eyes became more and more disdainful when he looked at Wei Ting.

As if sensing Raymond's gaze, Wei Ting opened his eyes and stared at Raymond coldly. Raymond was not afraid, and the two of them looked at each other like this.

"Ahem. ”

Daladier coughed twice, drawing everyone's attention, and Vittin and Raymond looked over as well.

"Your Excellency, Legion Commander. He first bowed slightly to Wei Ting, "His Royal Highness the Prince, is there any news? At present, the defenders of Lantz Town opposite have merged with Munster's army, and it is not for our 30,000 people to take it, I think you should first straighten out our subordinates, wait for His Royal Highness the Prince to arrive, and then consider the attack, I don't know what you think?"

Daladier's humble tone and attitude made Wei Ting's face look a little better, and he was really grateful to Daladier for speaking out at this time. Although Dara has always been the grass on the wall at first, at this time he still respectfully regarded Wei Ting as the commander of the legion, which was a kind of support, which gave Wei Ting some confidence.

But as soon as Daladier finished speaking, before Vittin could speak, Raymond grabbed the words first.

"Commander Daladier, you said 30,000 people? Do you think we still have 30,000 people? The 63rd Cavalry Division and the 75th Division combined, I'm afraid there are not as many people as your 88th Division!"

Raymond's words hit Wei Ting's sad place, making Wei Ting's face sink again. Wei Ting clenched his fists, but after much hesitation, he let go. Now he only has one brigade and full combat effectiveness, and if he really clashes with Raymond, the situation will be overwhelmingly unfavorable for him. Even if Daladier showed support for him just now, Wei Ting didn't think that Daladier would be willing to confront Raymond head-on for him.

Hearing Raymond's ridicule, Daladier really just smiled, and had no intention of refuting it at all.

Although he knew that Daladier would not really do anything for him, but now seeing that the face of the person who was still supporting him just now changed so quickly, Wei Ting couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart.

"It's too early to find someone to take responsibility for the defeat!" To everyone's surprise, at this time, the commander of the 64th Division, Bazin, opened his mouth, and faintly disagreed with Raymond's meaning, "The more times like this, the more we should work together, shouldn't we? At least before the arrival of the prince, we should show some results, otherwise where will the face of the Southern Army be?"

Although everyone understands what Bazin said, no one will listen to it, and even Bazin himself understands that it is almost impossible for these colleagues to put aside their prejudices and work together. But if the meeting goes along with Raymond's wishes, then these people will only end up splitting, and it is not impossible to even fight in the same room.

Vitin quietly looked at Bazin, wondering what he meant. In last night's attack, Bazin's 64th Division suffered considerable losses, with more than 1,000 casualties, and if it had not been for the 88th Division taking over his main attack, this number would have been even greater. Of course, compared to the 63rd and 75th Cavalry Divisions, these losses were relatively small.

Probably sensing Wei Ting's gaze, Bazin also turned his face in the direction of the main seat, and used his peripheral vision to give Wei Ting a covert look. Although Bazin's expression is now very upright and resolute, it seems that he really wants to unite everyone, but from this look, Vitin understands Bazin's true thoughts, he doesn't want to see the legion dominated by Raymond, but he also doesn't support Vitin, obviously this is also an ambitious person.

After a defeat, the only people who can still covet the position of captain of the Southern Army are Raymond and Bazin. Dawes was thankful that he had not been removed from his post after such a defeat, and with his strength, he was not qualified to think about the position of corps commander; Daladier's strength was quite complete, although he lost a dozen guns, but the other losses were negligible, and his eighty-eighth division was in a better position than Bazin's sixty-fourth division. But Daladier was not originally from the Pritown faction, and his long-standing style of sloppy behavior also showed that this person did not have the courage to fight for the position of captain. The only ones left are Raymond and Bazin, although Bazin has a lot of losses, but the combat effectiveness of the troops is still intact, and in the face of Raymond, at least there is some confidence.

Thinking about these things, Wei Ting also saw the true thoughts of his colleagues. Obviously, Raymond, who has not lost a single soldier now, is a shadow on everyone's heads, his seventy-second division is the largest in number, and it is from the Knoyes family, the background is tough enough, and he is the one with the most chance. Although the others have their own ideas, they basically understand that they must now support Wei Ting, who is still the nominal commander of the legion, in order to compete with Raymond, and with their own strength, they cannot resist in front of Raymond.

Although he understood that neither Bazin nor Daladier really supported him, this did not prevent Vittin from taking advantage of these people. "General Bazin is right, now is not the time for infighting, if we want to take Lantz Town, we must work together, we must not be like yesterday!"

After speaking, he also solemnly bowed to Raymond. "General Knoyes, yesterday was my command mistake, and I apologize to you for yesterday's rudeness, and I hope that you can put aside your past suspicions and get through the difficulties with everyone. ”

Raymond's cheek couldn't help twitching, compared to Wei Ting, he didn't have the ability to dance with long sleeves. Although he is an old aristocrat like Knooille, and comes from a high-class family, Raymond has a military temper, or a warlord temper, unlike Weiting who can switch between a soldier and a politician so easily.

Wei Ting said this, and the other generals also looked at him, Raymond had to stiffen his face and said stiffly: "This should be the case, I will definitely go all out on the battlefield." ”

Wei Ting raised his body, although there was still a sincere expression on his face, but he was even more disdainful of Raymond in his heart. He deliberately distinguished Raymond from others just now, just to remind Raymond not to go against him, even if there are only half of the 63rd Cavalry Division left, but he still has the support of three division commanders behind him. And Raymond's reaction was as Wei Ting expected, although he was forced to admit Wei Ting's authority as the commander of the corps, but he was still reluctant, which could also force the other division commanders to continue to stay on his side.

Stabilizing the situation for the time being, Wei Ting cleared his throat and brought the conversation back to the war.

"At present, the number of Connaught's army, the Imperial Capital garrison, and Munster's army has reached about 25,000, and although it is not clear what the casualties of the defenders of Lands Town were yesterday, it should not exceed a thousand. After yesterday's losses, our troops can only be said to be equal in numbers with the other side, and they no longer have an advantage. And judging from the combat effectiveness shown by the other party yesterday, it is obviously much higher than we expected before, not only is it well-equipped, but the combat effectiveness of the imperial capital garrison is not as weak as imagined. First of all, I will self-examine the mistakes I have made before, it was my underestimation of the enemy that caused the Legion to suffer such great losses, and I hope that everyone can also face up to the enemy and try to come up with a good battle plan. ”

Compared with yesterday, Wei Ting's words are no longer a little arrogant, at least in the ears of the generals, it still sounds more comfortable, even Raymond can't jump out of the thorn.

"The enemy is on the defensive, the fortifications are strong, and even more so that they are so well equipped that it will not work to attack head-on. I think that now we can only confront each other on the south bank, waiting for reinforcements from His Royal Highness the Prince. Daladier spoke first, much as he had said before. He now has little hope of capturing Lanz Town, and can even say that he has a somewhat negative and pessimistic attitude, and just wants to wait for reinforcements from Pritown to come and avoid further losses of his own troops.

Vitin frowned, he didn't want to wait like this, if Michel VII came to capture Lanz Town, then he would have no chance to wash away his shame and keep his position as Legion Commander.

But he can't scold these generals like he did yesterday now, after all, the situation is different. He looked back at the others, trying to see if they had any better advice.

After hesitating for a moment, Dawes hesitated and raised his head, which had been hanging down, to look at Wei Ting.

"I have an idea. ”

Everyone's eyes turned to Dawes, and of course, there were some unfriendly glances in those eyes, such as Raymond, who just looked at Dawes with contempt. Receiving such treatment, Dawes could only bury the bitterness in his heart, after all, it was an indisputable fact that he lost the battle and humiliated the entire Southern Legion.

"Munster's army has come from the direction of Kitsen, and now the north-east of Lands must be empty, and we can launch a surprise attack there. ”

Raymond snorted coldly, and immediately retorted: "But there are not only the armies of Munster and Connaught near Dweide, but also 25,000 men stationed on the defensive line from Glamorgan to Lanz Town, and since the Siliul people have sent troops stationed in Kissen to reinforce Lanz Town, they will definitely send other troops to fill the vacancy after the Munster army moves to the defense." ”

"But the number of troops in the Kissen area must not be too much, the Siliul people have only mobilized 40,000 men from the western provinces to guard Deweide, and the garrison force of the god capital is 50,000, and now half of them are in the town of Lands, and it is impossible for the Siliul people to deploy all the remaining forces in Kisen. If we move in the direction of Kisen, we fear that the enemy forces that have broken through the defense line of Glamorgan-Lands Town will inevitably mobilize forces to support Kisen, and the nearest is the troops of Landstown. ”

"So what. If we can't conquer Lanz Town, can we conquer Keison so easily?" Raymond put his hands in front of his chest, leaned back, and looked down at Dawes.

"We don't need to attack Kiesen, we just ambush the enemy in the middle. ”

Dawes's words made the generals a little surprised, and they were also a little impressed by him. This idea was indeed feasible, the army in the vicinity of Siliul was still too small compared to the south, and because the southern army was on the offensive, there were not too many worries, and the mobility was much stronger than that of the Siliul army, which had to defend the city. Although Kissen was not the best offensive direction for the Southern Army, the Siliul Army, which was fighting near the capital, did not dare to let the defensive line leak, and it was inevitable to support Kissen. And if it is fought in the field, then the Siliul army without fortifications will have no advantage, especially the imperial capital garrison, it is difficult to exert sufficient combat effectiveness like in Lanz Town.

Raymond was also stunned by this, just now he still despised Dawes, so he couldn't figure out the key, but now he was a little speechless.

"But His Royal Highness's order is to capture Landestown, not Kisen!" he shouted, retorting reluctantly.

"We don't need to attack Kitsen, as long as we ambush reinforcements from Landes on the way, then we can backhand Lantz. Bazin, who understood Dawes's thoughts, said immediately.

Vitin slapped his knees and pursed his lips in thought. At first, he thought that Dawes's plan was to bypass Lanz Town and attack other places, just like Henry, but after hearing Dawes's words, he was also deeply attracted to this plan. Weiting knew that Dawes, like him, was now very eager for a chance to prove himself again so that he could make amends, so Dawes was not willing to sit back and wait for reinforcements and let the credit be taken away by others.

In the same situation, Wei Ting also strongly agreed with this plan, and in the end, he made up his mind and said: "General Dawes's plan is very good, I support him, do you have any objections?"

Bazin immediately spoke up in support, and Daladier nodded after glancing at Raymond. Although Raymond refuted Dawes, it was because of his face, and he was unwilling to slap himself, and after figuring out the key, he was also in favor of this plan in his heart.

In the end, everyone agreed to the plan, and Dawes finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least he didn't have to be looked at by others.

Several generals of the Southern Corps immediately discussed the location, timing, and specifics of the deployment of troops. In these matters, Dawes, who proposed the plan, and Weiting, who made the final decision, suffered more, after all, they didn't have many people in their hands now, and they could only get the worst position.

Raymond finally got the opportunity to attack this time, his 72nd Division would be used as the main ambush to outflank the enemy's reinforcements, while Weiting's 63rd Cavalry Division and Dawes's 75th Division could only be used as bait.

After agreeing on the specifics, several division commanders immediately returned to their units to prepare for action. If the whole army moved together, the defenders of Lands would not dare to advance rashly, so they decided to move in batches. Raymond's troops would be the first to be deployed the next morning, and would also be tasked with surveying the ambush site. Bazin's Sixty-fourth Division and Daladier's Eighty-eighth Division were drawn at noon and 2 p.m., respectively, and the troops of Vitin and Dawes left their positions on the south bank following behind the Eighty-eighth Division.

The task of Weiting and Dawes is the most dangerous, they are on the task of luring the enemy, although they will not leave too far from the 88th Division, but even if the 88th Division is added, if their more than 10,000 troops are caught up by the Munster Army and the Connaught Army before reaching the ambush circle, then it is likely to be another big defeat, and such a defeat is already something that Weiting and Dawes can no longer afford.

While the Southern Army was preparing to move its camp, Michel VII also gathered nearly 80,000 troops of the southern princes in Nanterret and prepared to march towards the town of Lands.

Michel VII returned to Nanterette on the same day he had inspected the Midnight Castle, and he was so anxious that he did not even spend a night at the Midnight Castle. And Michel VII, who returned to Nanterre, himself wondered why he was in such a hurry.

These days, Michel VII is often in a trance, wandering from time to time, and seems absent-minded about many things. But when he was able to concentrate, he could clearly feel that his mind was much quicker than usual, and he was no longer as hesitant to make decisions as before.

However, such a state is only a minority, and he is still a little dazed most of the time.

The night before leaving for the town of Lands, Michel VII sat in front of the bedroom window and watched the moon alone in a daze. He always felt that he had forgotten something, but he could not remember what he had forgotten.

Although the troops were about to be mobilized the next morning, Michel VII was not sleepy at all. Michel VII, who was troubled by the clutter of his thoughts, ran to the bookshelf again and found the book that the elder Winston had given him.

"—To my dear friend Michel Noy Knoyer

I am deeply touched by your sincerity of friendship and pursuit of learning, so I give you this biography of Astrad. Reading history makes it wise, and I hope you will find a beacon to guide you in the glorious history of the empire. When you hesitate and stop, may this light light light the way forward.

Please don't feel sorry that I can't attend the dinner at your castle, I really think of you as a friend. Everyone has his or her place in society, and if you can stand in a position where you can make a great contribution to society, it means that you will be extraordinary. And I'm the same, I have my own mission, and Midnight Fort is where I belong, so please don't complain that I've rejected your invitation several times, I'm just doing what I have to do.

—Winston No. Jerichault"

I beg your pardon. Michel VII stroked the Count's gift to him and silently apologized in his heart.