After two days of marching, Ness arrived in the Cloud Forest with 50,000 royal troops, where he met Claude Kuru, the lord of Black Rock City and the current commander of the Gilgidian army. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Standing in front of Nice, the lord of Black Rock City, Claude was not tall, about one meter six or five, with a thin figure, his face was pale and there was not much blood, and Ness noticed that Marshal Claude was wearing a black leather case on the front of his right arm, and Marshal Claude actually had no right hand.

Ness didn't dare to show the surprise on his face, "Marshal Claude." Ness respectfully bowed to the dark-haired man in front of him.

"General Nice, thank you for your hard work, and I rushed here from Lanyue City with my army. Meng Fan looked at the thirties royal army general in front of him and said with a smile.

"Marshal Claude, you have given orders, and your subordinates should obey them. Ness hurriedly replied, "Well, very well, General Nice, come with me." Meng Fan led Ness to a wooden table.

At the wooden table stood Gruya, Oram and others, "General Nice, you came with the army." Oram greeted Nice. "General Oram. Ness nodded to Oram.

"General Oram, have you known General Ness for a long time?" Meng Fan looked at Oram and asked, "We have met a few times in Cangyun City before, Ness is a very young general in the royal army, he has a high-level fighting spirit at the age of twenty-six, and was awarded the title of general of the royal army by the king...... Oram replied with a smile.

King Landry of Gilgias holds several large banquets in the royal capital Cangyun City every year, and the royal ministers, generals, and nobles in the royal capital are all frequent guests at the banquets, and Oram, who is also a general of the royal army, has met Nice several times at banquets held by His Majesty the King.

"General Oram, I've heard that General Herman was assassinated by a dark mage during his war with the Kingdom of Fran?" said Ness, who came to the wooden table.

Herman was Olam's superior, and it was only after Herman's death that Oram became the commander of this royal army.

"Yes, General Herman was assassinated by a dark mage during the battle at Tiger Springs Mountain, but I was holding off the pursuit of the Fran army at the time, and I didn't witness how General Herman was assassinated...... Oram replied.

"It is said that only the commander of the Purple Sun City Territory Army, Dorn, and dozens of soldiers saw the assassination of General Herman, and the Holy See of Light has received the news that the Holy See has sent people from the Inquisition into the Kingdom of Gilgias to collect news of the dark mage...... Ness said.

"General Nice, General Herman's death is regrettable, but let it go in advance, let's talk about what we want to ...... next" Meng Fan tapped the wooden table in front of him with his left hand and said.

"Yes, Marshal Claude. Ness nodded to Meng Fan. Meng Fan, Nice, Oram and others gathered around the wooden table, on which was a map of Gilgia.

"General Nice, the spies I sent have already found out clearly, every ten days, a batch of grain and grass will be transported from the Red Flame Fortress and transported to the frontline battlefield of Lanyue City through this road......" Meng Fan gestured on the map with his left hand, pointing out the supply line of Bretan's army.

"Lord Claude, our next mission is to cut off the supply lines of the Bretan army, right? Ness looked up at the map and said.

"Not true. Meng Fan shook his head, "General Nice, the 50,000 troops you brought this time and the 30,000 troops under General Oram will stay in the Cloud Forest...... You don't have to do anything, just hide in this forest. ”

"Don't do anything?, Marshal Claude, then you let me bring the army over......" Ness was a little puzzled. "General Nice, I let you stay in the Cloud Forest, of course, to cut off the supply lines of the Bretan army, but ...... Now is not yet the best time to attack the supply lines of the Brettan army. Meng Fan clicked on the map with his left hand.

"General Nice, Lanyue City is only five days away from the Red Flame Fortress...... Now the supply lines of the Bretan army ...... Not long enough. Meng Fan said with a slight swipe of his finger between Lanyue City and the Red Flame Fortress on the map.

"Marshal Claude, do you want to ......" Ness quickly reacted, and from the expression on Nice's face, Meng Fan knew that this young general had comprehended the strategic plan in his heart.

"Hehe, General Nice, you are very smart, it seems that you don't need me to say anything more. Meng Fan looked at Nice and nodded appreciatively.

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Three days later, Meng Fan arrived in Lanyue City with 20,000 troops from the territory of Black Rock City.

"Lord Duke, Marshal Claude has come to Lanyue City. "In the lord's palace, Carmeno, the general of the royal army, reported to the Duke of Dulaika.

"Claude is coming?" Dulaika can't figure out the situation, a few days ago, Claude only asked for 50,000 military horses from him, and within a few days, Claude came to Lanyue City, Dulaika didn't receive any news about the battle between the Gilgidian army and the Brettan army, what is the purpose of Claude asking for 50,000 military horses from him?

"Lord Duke, Marshal Claude brought 20,000 troops from the territory of Blackstone City. Carmeno continued, "20,000 territorial troops?" Dulaika showed a surprised look, he gave Claude 50,000 royal troops, originally Claude still had 30,000 royal troops in Olam, these 80,000 troops did not come to Lanyue City with Claude, it seems that he has to figure out what the new commander of the Gilgidian army, Claude Kuru, is doing.

Outside the Lord's Mansion, Meng Fan's carriage, the commander of the Gilgidian Army, stopped, Meng Fan got down from the carriage, and a group of people were waiting outside the Lord's Mansion, led by a red-haired man about sixty years old, Meng Fan had seen this red-haired man in the royal capital Cangyun City a few years ago, the uncle of King Landry Pars, Duke Dulaika.

"Field Marshal Claude. The Duke of Dulaika greeted Meng Fan as he stepped out of the carriage, but did not salute, as a member of the royal family of Pars, Dulaika Pars had the privilege of not saluting anyone but the king.

"Your Excellency. Meng Fan smiled and saluted the red-haired man in front of him.

Dulaika welcomed Meng Fan and his party into the Lord's Mansion, Meng Fan and Dulaika sat at both ends of the long table in the Council Hall of the Lord's Palace, but the poor Marquis of Aifuman, who was the lord of Lanyue City, couldn't even sit in the position that the master should have in his own territory, and the Marquis of Aifuman sat in the middle of the long table and sat with several royal generals.

"Marshal Claude, a few days ago, you sent your men over to transfer 50,000 troops and horses from Lanyue City, why don't you see this army coming with you today?" Duke Dulaika, who was sitting in the council hall, couldn't wait to mention to Meng Fan the whereabouts of the 50,000 royal troops.

"Lord Duke, I gave them a mission, so they didn't come with me. Meng Fan picked up the teacup and took a sip and said.

"Mission?, Marshal Claude, what mission have you assigned to them?" asked Dulaika, staring at the dark-haired man sitting in front of her.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, "Lord Duke, as the commander of the Gilgidian army, I naturally have my own considerations for the deployment of the army, so I don't need to report to you in detail, Lord Duke." Meng Fan looked up at the red-haired man in front of him and said.

Hearing Meng Fan's words, Dulaika was immediately furious, no one in the Gilgian Kingdom dared to speak to himself in such a tone, Dulaika's hands under the table couldn't help but clench into fists.

"Marshal Claude, Lord Duke just wants to know the whereabouts of that army, and this does not prevent Marshal Claude from your strategic arrangements. General Carmeno, who was sitting next to Duke Dulaika, said.

"Of course it won't get in the way, but I have given General Ness a very important task, the less people know about it, the better, Lord Duke, you don't have to be in a hurry, and I, Claude Kuru, will not eat all that royal army in my stomach. Meng Fan smiled and said.

Looking at the frivolous look of the black-haired man in front of him, Dulaika hated itchy, but the other party was the commander of the Gilgidian royal army, and Dulaika was not good at attacking in front of the generals in the council hall.

"Marshal Claude, now that you have arrived in Lanyue City, what do you think of the current situation in Lanyue City?" Dulaika asked as she held back the anger in her heart and stared at Meng Fan.