"How to bet?"

Gould frowned, and looked at Jose with some confusion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Instead of speaking, Joseph shook his head.

Seeing this, Alok also pondered for a while, and then said to the rest of the officers who attended the meeting:

"That's all for today's meeting, and as for the specific matters that Gould said, I'll leave it to Martin first. In addition, each of your battalions must be prepared for the next wave of Macedonian offensive, and today the third battalion is responsible for the vigil of the city defense, so you should go down first......"

Several battalion officers were ordered to leave, and Alok looked at José, waiting for him to speak.

"It's not that I don't believe them, it's just ...... What I'm going to say next will probably affect their morale, so I'd better tell you first. ”

Jose's expression was a little solemn, and he pondered for a moment before continuing: "I've been thinking about a question for the past few days, why are these Macedonians besieging Boulder Town, or rather, what is their motive?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Gould looked puzzled, but even Alok looked at him a little strangely. The fat man touched his head, looked at Jose with some strange looks and said:

"Do you need to ask? The valley corridor is full of rebels, and this is an area that has been overrun by the Macedonians, and these guys certainly won't let us make trouble behind them. That's why we sent troops back to clear our rear troubles. Didn't I tell you these things a long time ago...... You can't be over-exerting your mana today and affecting your memory, right?"

"That's the problem. Joseph's expression remained the same, ignoring the fat man's words, and asked rhetorically: "Why do the Macedonians want to stabilize the rear? Or in other words, what is the purpose of this long-distance expedition from Macedonia?

"If it's just for burning and looting, why do they need a stable rear, but if what they want is to capture the city, it's even less likely!"

When Joseph said this, he simply pointed to a topographic map of Moxi on the wall and said: "You are all soldiers who have been on the northwest frontier for many years, and naturally you know that although this is the northwest of the empire, it is not far from the eastern provinces! On the contrary, Moxi and Macedonia are separated by a Tadam Desert and the southern frontier of the Chatai Khanate of the steppe people.

"Then what do you mean ......"

"I don't know!" Joseph shrugged his shoulders dryly, and said a little shamelessly: "Lao Tzu is not Macedonian, how do I know what these guys think!"

Yarok finally lost his breath a little, and couldn't help but look at Joseph suspiciously: "In that case, Mr. Joseph, what is the use of you analyzing these things? What is the intention of the Macedonians to send troops is something that His Majesty the Emperor and those guys from the military department should think about, and the most important thing for us at the moment is how to resist the attack of the Macedonians, which is the most important." ”

"Of course it is!" said Joseph with some eagerness, "although this kind of thing seems to have nothing to do with our immediate predicament, it is actually crucial to our next step!"

Think about it, if these guys are trying to conquer the city, they will naturally take it step by step, first swallowing the outside of the pass, and then trying to enter the pass. In this way, they can gradually encroach, after all, the width of Moxi is also thousands of miles!

Now that they have forced most of Moxi's troops back to the Guannei, and almost all of the troops outside the Guanguan are their territory, at this time, it is natural that we can't let these chaotic troops make trouble in their rear! Hmph, take out a hand, pacify the rear, deploy troops, and take root outside the Guan, and it will be difficult to drive them away. ”

Joseph paused, and his tone softened a little: "This is to conquer the city, but what if these guys are here to burn and kill?"

Naturally, as it is now, occupy the outside of the pass first, and then hold every city and county, block the army in the pass in Moxi Pass, and wait until the harvest is almost over, and then withdraw all the troops and take them away with the plundered property!"

When Alok heard this, his face suddenly changed, but Gould still didn't react, and couldn't help asking:

"Isn't this strange, aren't these robbers here every time they come to get some benefits? Although Lao Tzu hates these guys very much, but they are better than relying on the trouble in Moxi, right?!"

"Gould, you don't understand what Mr. Chase...... 'Aloch's tone was a little solemn at this time: "If the Macedonians are going to retreat, these troops besieging us are not reinforcements, but ...... The vanguard army that opens the way!!"

Gould, who was also nimble, figured this out at once: if the Macedonians were to withdraw to Macedonia, they would not need any "stable rear" at all! What they needed was ...... Flat, a return journey without any resistance!

When Gould thought of this, his heart was suddenly shocked, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the map immediately: from Moxi Pass through the four counties outside the Guan, and then through the river valley corridor, to the Tadam Desert to Macedonia...... The fastest road recently, there are only a few small towns and passes along the way, and the largest town in the way is a prominent place name that has been marked in red - Boulder Town!!

Gould suddenly gasped and shouted in disbelief: "Hell, according to what you say, these guys want to take down this megalithic town, not to stabilize the rear towns that have been captured, but to clear the way for the Macedonian army to withdraw from Moxi?!"

Alok was also smiling bitterly, and then he continued:

"In this way, these Macedonian troops besieging us are naturally not reinforcements, but probably an elite army specially drawn by the Macedonians!

"I'm not only worried about that, even if I can temporarily stop this army, but don't forget, this Macedonian army is only the vanguard, and behind it there is a behemoth - the main force of the Macedonian expeditionary force, a large enemy force of tens of thousands of people......"

At this point, Joseph was silent for a moment, which was obviously the last thing Joseph wanted to see.

Perhaps the 2,000 men in the city could barely resist the current few thousand Macedonians, but Joseph would never be foolish enough to think that with these few remaining men, he could hold off the siege of tens of thousands of Macedonian troops. No, there is no need to besiege at all, I'm afraid they only need a face-to-face charge to destroy this small city!

Jose sighed, although there was no expression on his face, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart:

After all, among these guys, Alok is already considered to have some knowledge, but unfortunately he is just an ordinary officer in the army after all, and he does not have too much foresight and brains. As for Gould...... He has prowess and brains, but he is not suitable to be a qualified leader!(To be continued.) )