Cecil swore that he really looked like he would turn around and leave, and he wouldn't want to wade into the troubled waters even if Lord Sandra blamed him!

There was no follow-up food, and the grain stored in the barracks was only less than half a month behind the 50,000 army, and it would take at least more than 20 days to smoke the sauce from the settlement fortress, and he didn't have the ability to conjure up a week's rations for the 50,000 army out of thin air.

"Do you think I'm a god?"

So Cecil pointed to his face and asked the Earl of Hicks in disbelief, "Where shall I go to help you solve the problem of lack of food?"

“......”

Earl Hicks' expression stiffened, and Cecil had been pointing fingers in the barracks lately on the pretext that he had letters from Sandra and Phil.

But I have to say that some of the orders he gave are indeed very suitable for the current situation of his army, even if he does not want to admit it, Earl Hicks can only pinch his nose and approve.

Gradually, he had to admit that Cecil was much more talented and capable than himself in this regard.

As for the aspects of character and character, the two of them are one perverse and violent, the other is stubborn, and they are not good people......

"If we really can't do anything, we can only withdraw from the army now. Cecil glanced at Earl Hicks with pity, if he dared to retreat, Phil would dare to take his title to the end, and the military power was about the same.

But if he didn't want to retreat, he had to break through the walls of the Barya Pass within half a month, which was not an easy thing to do.

After all, the city wall on the north side of the Baria Pass and the city wall on the south side are basically two levels, because this pass fortress was originally built by the White Sword Province.

Of course, it was impossible for Atum to build a fortress to defend against attacks from his side.

And Cecil's proposal actually has his own calculations in it, and it is very likely that Count Hicks will be deprived of his military power at that time, and Ivan's life and death are unknown, and only he, Cecil, is Sandra's cronies.

Presumably, Lord Sandra will definitely fight for him for the coveted position of commander of the army.

"No!"

Unexpectedly, Earl Hicks couldn't help but slam the table when he heard this, and roared angrily, he knew that once he retreated, it meant that he was about to lose everything.

All the interests that were loyal to Phil at the beginning will be cruelly withdrawn, and even he will put the family's century-old foundation into it.

None of this is acceptable to him.

"Order the whole army to prepare and start storming the walls of Baria Pass tomorrow!"

Earl Hicks was not going to make a mere tentative attack as before, and it was indeed effective to wear down the enemy's strength and morale a little, but he could not afford to wait.

"Count Hicks, I hope you'll figure it out!" Cecil's eyes widened, and he was a little shocked by Count Hicks' boldness.

At the same time, he was a little worried that Earl Hicks would really break through the Barria Pass, and then his plan would not be completed.

Without an army in his hands, he was always insecure under Sandra, and if the war in the north was over, would he still be able to get a big man like Sandra to be reused?

Isn't it because of his understanding of the Barria Pass that he can get the attention of Sandra and Phil?

"I think clearly, or I'll lose everything I have now!" Earl Hicks knew exactly what his decision meant.

Then Cecil squinted his eyes and asked: "But you must keep the news of the grain transportation channel cut off and the grain and grass reserves burned strictly secret, otherwise the entire military camp will face the possibility of mutiny." ”

"I get it. ”

Count Hicks gradually calmed down, and a sense of urgency weighed on him, and of course it was impossible for the five thousand troops to keep this secret because of one of his gag orders.

So they had to be sent out on a mission.

"Good luck. Cecil took a deep look at Count Hicks, then bowed his head and left respectfully, he had wanted to use Count Hicks' army to fight Atum, but now it seemed that there was no chance.

What he didn't know was that Atum was wounded and bedridden, and he and this army faced three paladins including Roland, plus a Spartan monarch and his most powerful warriors, and the dragon-slaying knight Siegfried.

The next day, Count Hicks' army began to attack the Baria Pass, and the upper echelons of the army were more or less informed of it, and an atmosphere of tension and panic permeated the upper echelons, and the low-level generals were still confused.

Because the order to attack issued by the Earl of Hicks this time was so sudden, they usually get the news two or three days in advance before launching the attack, but this time they directly got the news of the army preparation the night before, and the attack began early the next morning.

Some smart people also vaguely smelled that the atmosphere was wrong, and those big people now walked with an anxious rhythm.

Finally, on the third day of the continuous day and night attack, the news that the grain and grass in the rear had been burned and that the grain and grass in the barracks were only enough to last less than half a month broke out in the barracks of the Earl of Hicks.

Coupled with the stubborn resistance of the army at the Baria Pass, the two exchanges of sovereignty over the city walls led to the uncontrollable outburst of stress and emotions of some soldiers.

Although the soldiers' revolt was small, with only a few hundred soldiers participating, and was suppressed in a short period of time, without much impact, the seeds of discontent and conflict were quietly planted.

At the same time, the situation of the defenders of the Baria Pass was also very bad, most of them were very tired from their mental bags, and the Spartan warriors had not closed their eyes for two days and two nights.

His spears were gone, his knives and swords were covered in flesh, and their armor was covered with bright red blood, both of their enemies and their own.

Even a few Spartan warriors had helmets that didn't know where they had been thrown in the melee.

In this battle, the three hundred Spartan warriors were reduced again, and this time seven Spartan warriors were killed on the spot, and thirteen were seriously injured and fell to the ground, and they are now being treated inside the Baria Pass, and I don't know if they can survive it.

In just two days, the 8,000 defenders had lost about 2,000, and the walls were conquered twice by the enemy, but they were both recaptured by them under the leadership of the Spartan warriors.

It can be said that Leonidas and his warriors played an irreplaceable role in this battle, and even Leonidas himself suffered a lot of injuries.

Roland wanted him to step back and rest, but he refused.