Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Hunter and the Prey (2) "Retribution!"

A scout covered in bark and grass came running quickly, his outfit was clear that he had just returned from a mountainous area with lush forests. ”

As Sennat's subordinate, Commander Cindy Cantelli, who commanded 5,000 infantry stationed on the southwestern border, did not put down the barbecue in his hand after hearing the scout's return, and even continued to chew in his mouth, but only snorted through his nose to indicate that he had heard.

The scout obviously also knew the temper of his commander, he would never allow others to disturb him during meals, although he was in the army now, but if he violated his taboo, I am afraid that he would definitely be the first to do anything that is most dangerous in the future.

After waiting for Commander Cindy Cantelli to finish nibbling on the roast in his hand, tossing the bone on the ground, and wiping his greasy hands from his clothes, the scout whispered: "The vanguard of our army has arrived in the Valo Mountains, and the scouts have encountered the enemy scouts, and have lost more than twenty men. ”

Commander Cindy Cantelli didn't ask much, he hooked his finger at the guards beside him, and immediately two people came over and slowly unfolded a map of the Wallow Mountains made of sheepskin for him, while Cindy Cantelli said very dissatisfied: "Idiot, how do you look at it so dark, why don't you light a few more torches!"

When the four torches had illuminated the parchment map, Cindy Cantelli slowly looked away, and after only a few glances, he became very impatient, and said to the scout, who was kneeling beside him, "Why are you still dying there?" ”

The scout crawled to Cindy Cantelli's side, and after carefully reading the map, pointed out the location of both the enemy and the enemy, while Cindy Cantelli frowned, because he found that the location of the Mochizuki Magic Exchange was not on either side of the main road, but deliberately detoured for several kilometers, and was stationed on a mountain called "Valen".

This strange phenomenon was very incomprehensible to Commander Cindy Cantelli, and he stood up, hooked his hand, called all the subordinates standing aside, and asked them: "Strange, although the peak of Valen Mountain is relatively high, there is only one passage up and down the mountain, how could they choose to rest in such a Jedi? ”

"Lord Commander," one of his subordinates said, "We have been ordered by the Lord to delay the advance of the other side and buy time for the large army to assemble, and now they are doing this, isn't it exactly what we want?"

"Hmph, you coward!" another subordinate said: "When the large army comes, most of us are responsible for maintaining the encirclement, how can we have any military merits? It is better to take advantage of the night to kill directly, the other party is only 300 people, and we have nearly 5,000 people." ”

"How can this be done? Not to mention the military order of the lord, just our 5,000 troops have not been gathered together at all now, and they are deployed in an area of thirty kilometers, and now the adults can only fight with only 1,000 soldiers, not to mention that the other party has a magician, and we don't have any siege equipment, so it will be a loss to rush the attack." ”

"How can it be rewarded if you don't take risks?"

"But a blind attack is simply death!"

"Shut up!" Cindy Cantelli didn't want to listen to her men arguing anymore, and shouted directly: "Now it's for you to discuss and come up with a countermeasure, not a quarrel." Okay, now where have all the units of our army arrived?"

"Your Excellency, please see, our army has 1,000 people who occupy the passage that the enemy must pass through to the north, and according to the instructions of the lord, they will arrange their positions on the spot and resolutely prevent the enemy from fleeing in the direction of the imperial capital. And 500 more people have also arrived, and in about 1 hour it should be enough to block their way back to Mochizuki City. ”

"So, how did the enemy react?" Commander Cindy Cantelli thought for a moment, and then asked, "Are you ready to break out?"

"Your Excellency, the enemy army is still stationed on Mount Valen, and it seems that there is no intention of breaking through, and their scouts have contracted massively after encountering our scouts, and now they seem to be holding the only passage up the mountain, it is too dark, and time is tight, and we can only detect so much. ”

"Useless waste!" said Cindy Cantelli, scolding, and then hooked his hand to bring the soldier with the map closer, and he himself held a torch and almost put his head on the map. After carefully looking at the positions of the enemy and us marked on the map several times, he found that the 4,500 infantry he brought out this time had almost arrived at the predetermined position as originally planned, while the opponent was still on the defensive.

Cindy Cantelli's heart began to become restless, and under normal circumstances, to be the commander of a single army and to defend one place alone is almost at the end of the day, at most a little more abundant garrison, a little more troops under his command, and if he wants to continue to be promoted to the top, or even become a general in command of many armies, unless he has great military merit.

Although Lord Senat announced his departure from the imperial capital, it has been so long, there has been no large-scale battle at all, it is just to expand in all directions as much as possible, but the amplitude is very small. And the position where Cindy-Cantelli's headquarters is stationed is basically near the inaccessible mountains, and there is no comparison with those friendly troops stationed in the city, and every time Cindy Cantelli goes to the friendly army to do business, he will hate it, why should he hide in the mountains and eat coarse grains every day, and he can't even touch a woman?

Now, after receiving Senate's order, Cindy Cantelli knew that General Nelson would personally rush here to command the entire battle, and this General Nelson was the most rigorous, I am afraid that he would not be able to get any oil and water by himself as soon as he came, Cindy Cantelli had long heard that the magician was the richest creature on the continent without dragons, and now he surrounded the opponent with more than ten times the superior force, and it was absolutely impossible to say that Cindy Cantelli did not want to be greedy for merit.

After much deliberation, Cindy Cantelli still made up her mind, anyway, her two troops had blocked the opponent's rapid retreat, and Cindy's Cantelli's own 3,000 infantry is ten times the number of opponents, if this opportunity is not used, it is a pity, if he wins the battle, it is needless to say that of course there is merit, but even if he fails, it is nothing more than the loss of some manpower, and then catch some farmers to make up the number, anyway, Lord Senate's elite troops will arrive tomorrow morning at most, one night, and it is a mountainous area, and his side is still blocking the opponent's main retreat channel, it is already invincible, there is no reason not to fight.

Thinking of this, Cindy Cantelli spoke: "Order, our army hastened and must surround the opponent at the peak of Valen in the Wallo Mountains within two hours. At this point, Cindy Cantelli paused, looked at her subordinates, and saw that most of them were looking at her expectantly, so she smiled and said, "I personally led the team up the mountain to hunt." ”