Gould was ready to defend himself, but Joseph wasn't prepared to let him wait outside the city until next year. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In fact, Gould didn't even wait a day, and at the same time that José had completed the mobilization of the city's army, he sent Charles, Gould's old acquaintance, out of the city. When Charles was secretly escorted out of the county town of Sadland, the treasurer conveyed Jose's order with a serious face: there is no need to wait any longer, a breakthrough will be launched at midnight tonight, and all Gould has to do is to prepare all the troops and concentrate all his forces to attack the Northwest Army when he sees Jose's signal!

Although the order to go to battle made Gould quite excited, but what made the fat man feel a little puzzled at the same time was that what Joseph said was to see his signal and then go to battle, could it be that this viscount was ready to go out of the city to meet the enemy in person? Gould couldn't help frowning a little, now the main battle army in the city of Sadland is only three thousand people, although there is an elite cavalry team composed of slave knights beside Jose, but there seems to be no other combat power in addition, if Jose rashly goes out of the city to meet the enemy, I am afraid there is no chance of victory at all.

Gould told Charles about his doubts, but Charles smiled strangely, and then told Gould what Jose had told him. The fat man was immediately a little surprised when he heard this, but Charles just smiled helplessly and said, "Don't look at me like that, fat man, that's what Lord Viscount said anyway, I just passed on the word according to his instructions." Speaking of which, I myself feel that his order is too strange, but if you have any doubts, you can only ask him questions. ”

Hearing him say this, Gould was silent for a moment, but he raised his eyebrows, and even grinned: "Nonsense, what doubts does Lao Tzu have, since Boss Jose told me so, I will just do it, since he said so, there must be a reason for him!"

When Charles heard Gould say this, he first looked at him in surprise, then shook his head, and whispered in some confusion: "What the hell, when you were in Sadland in the past, you fat man was notoriously disobedient, and even the county warden couldn't do anything about you." Speaking of which, this Lord Viscount is such a powerful person, just one sentence can make this guy obey orders properly......"

The fat man grinned, half jokingly and half seriously, winked at Charles: "What do you know, the first article of the Sadland Private Army Decree stipulated by Lord Viscount is: Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty!"

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In the open space less than a few miles outside the city of Sadland, 20,000 Northwest troops were now densely stationed here. In the past two consecutive days, the Northwest Army's encroachment tactics have achieved a lot of gains, and they have at least killed the strength of one battalion under Gould, which has also greatly boosted the morale of these Northwest Army, and even Gu Luo, who has always been cautious, can't help but be very happy in his heart.

However, to Gu Luo's surprise, although the Sadland defenders had seen the strategy of the Northwest Army, the Viscount of Sadland did not seem to take it to heart, but unhurriedly let the more than 10,000 reinforcements stop outside the city. Gu Luo is not an idiot, he naturally knows that Joseph is not an idiot either, knowing that it was a wrong decision to let the army be hoarded outside the city, and still insisting on it, there must be his own concerns.

After Gu Luo told Gray his doubts, Gray smiled coldly, and then he shook his head and explained: "This is not surprising, according to my intelligence, the commander of this support army is Gould, and he was previously sent by Jose to collect food in his subordinate towns.

This shows that the Sadland guy was worried that our army would go south to plunder, so he rushed ahead of us to collect all the grain under Sadland. He didn't let the reinforcements enter the city, obviously because he was worried that we would not succeed in attacking the city, and he would go to his subordinate towns to plunder the grain, and even if he sent troops to intercept it, it would be too late, so he deliberately did not let the reinforcements enter the city, but continued to confront us, right?"

Gu Luo thought for a moment, but couldn't help but shake his head and said: "It's not likely, Qiao Se is a very shrewd person, and he can't lose a big thing for a little food." In his mind, it is impossible not to see that if we keep letting reinforcements outside the city, this support army will be defeated by us sooner or later, and then we will turn back and attack the city of Sadland, such a foolish move is unreasonable. ”

"What do you mean?" Gray couldn't help but frown, but asked Gu Luo anyway.

"I don't know what that guy in Sadran is up to, but I'm afraid he's doing it for some tricks, this guy is very cunning, and he can't be taken lightly. Gu Luo pondered for a moment, and then continued: "In this case, you and Commander Farazi should discuss the patrol work of the camp and set up more wooden stakes and horses to prevent the Sadran army from attacking at night." ”

Gray couldn't help but smile coldly, shook his head a little disappreciatively and said: "Lord Guro, do you think the Sadland army dares to attack us at night? The place where we are stationed is backed by a hillside, and the front is a flat river, and any wind and grass can be dispatched in time, as long as that Sadland's guy is not broken, he will not do this kind of death-seeking move!"

"Having said that, it's better to strengthen your defenses, I always feel that this guy deliberately can't shrink back, as if he's calculating something?" Gu Luo pondered for a moment, still insisting on his thoughts.

Seeing this, Gray couldn't help but smile deliberately and said, "Okay, Lord Guro, since you insist so much, I will order all the troops to strengthen their vigilance tomorrow and build fortifications at the same time." ”

"No, tonight I will give an order, and all battalions and regiments will step up their patrols, and if they find any situation, they will report it to the higher authorities immediately. Gu Luo frowned, and couldn't help but mutter: "I always feel that this Viscount of Sadland seems to be doing something, as long as he insists on half a month without accidents, the county town of Sadland will definitely be defeat......ed?"

Gu Luo's hunch was very sensitive, and he strengthened his guard on the night of José's decision to attack, and at his suggestion, a large number of patrols were arranged outside the camp of more than 20,000 people. At the same time, he sent a number of sentinels to investigate the movements of reinforcements in the county town of Sadland and the outer city, and at least for now, nothing was out of the ordinary.

This extraordinary result did not put Gu Luo at ease, but made him step up his investigation. Finally, in the evening, the sentinels under their command brought reliable news: according to their investigations, the Sadran reinforcements outside the city seemed to be showing signs of mobilization, but the sentinels did not dare to get too close, and as soon as they approached the vicinity of the barracks, archers immediately shot them back.

Gu Luo immediately faintly felt that there seemed to be a secret in the seemingly tight barracks of the Sadland reinforcements that he didn't want the Northwest Army to know......