Chapter 432: The City of Peril
On the second day of the Northwest Army's overwhelm, the Sentinels kept bringing new news, but for now the Northwest Army was still holding its ground, even though their army was very close to the county town of Sadland. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It seemed that Gray had always trusted his own judgment, and the urgent report of the suspected collaborator letter was quickly sent to the desk of the commander of the Northwest Army, Ronkedo, in the city of Modo. When the commander of the Northwest Army saw the letter, he hesitated for a moment, and immediately realized that there might be some trouble, at least he believed that Gu Luo had no reason to betray him, so he immediately sent his orders to the outside of Sadland.
It is said that the commander of the Northwest Army was silent when he saw Gray's letters questioning Guro's loyalty, but he gave the order that Gray gather his army and be ready to attack Sadland. As for what Gray questioned, he didn't say a word, and instead praised Gu Luo for his scheme.
When Gu Luo got the letter from Roncodor, he couldn't help but sigh a little at the general's mind, which was obviously to appease himself, but he did not punish Gray for slandering him, indicating that he may not have believed Gray's words. However, as the commander of the Northwest Army, even if he had doubts in his heart, he would not rashly remove himself from his post, and such an approach would undoubtedly shake the morale of the army.
The reward is to appease himself, implying that he still believes in your Guro's loyalty, but he doesn't have any sense of blame for Gray who made the small report, indicating that he is still a little suspicious of himself, but not to the extent of really being guilty. Even if Gray couldn't understand what Ronktor meant, Gu Luo must have known the deep meaning of the general.
"It seems that we have to perform well this time, otherwise I won't have a good life when I return to Moduo City. Gu Luo couldn't help but look at the river valley corridor in front of him, and whispered to the soldiers beside him.
It took two days for Roncodo's letters to go back and forth, and the next day, to Guro's surprise, an army of tens of thousands of men appeared from the south, and they were under the name of the Sardran garrison. Gray was shocked by the results, and then he realized that he might have missed a great plane. However, to his surprise, Gu Luo did not take the opportunity to ask for the guilt, and after a few sneering words, Gu Luo put forward an opinion to him - although the reinforcements of Sadland have arrived, as long as they do not enter the city, the superior strength of more than 20,000 people of the Northwest Army can still block the reinforcements outside the city!
Guro's strategy was only one: to besiege the city of Sadran and not to attack, but to slowly consume the reinforcements. It should be said that this strategy is very clever, because the troops led by Gould at this time were only four banner regiments, a total of more than 12,000 people, less than the strength of a legion. On the other side, the Northwest Army has 23,000 people, and it is an elite soldier plus elite cavalry.
Although Gray is not very willing to accept Gu Luo's strategy, he has just missed an opportunity to attack before, and if there is any disagreement with Gu Luo at this time, he seems to be a little unconfident. Out of this mentality, Gray listened to Gu Luo's advice, and not long after Gould led the reinforcements to appear, Gu Luo rushed over with the northwest cavalry under his command, and his purpose was also very simple - that is, to prevent Gould from entering the city!
The vast majority of the more than 10,000 soldiers led by Gould were the new army of Sadland, and they had never experienced any major battles. At this moment, facing the fierce cavalry of the Northwest Army, even if they resist desperately, they can't stop the death charge of those guys at all. However, Gould was an outstanding military general in the end, and in the unfavorable situation of the battle, the fat man took his cavalry and personally pressed the formation, and barely resisted Gu Luo's charge.
But looking at the appearance of the Northwest Army, it is obvious that they are not ready to let themselves get close to the county town of Sadland, which makes the fat man very annoyed. When Joseph saw all this, he did not seem to be in a hurry at all, and he sent for someone to order Gould not to rush into the city, but to camp outside the city to stabilize his position, and wait for his order, and not to act rashly, so as not to cause damage to the army.
That being said, there were only 3,000 garrisons in the city of Saddland, and only 5,000 with the security forces. Although half of Sadland's elite 2,000 cavalry were inside the city and half in Gould's hands, these forces alone seemed to be no match for the Northwest Army outside the city. On the day Gould arrived in Sadland, the fearful scene occurred - more than 20,000 Northwest troops surrounded the city of Sadland, with 3,000 cavalry at the head and the remaining 20,000 infantry encamped in an open field a few miles away from the county.
Even when fighting against the Macedonians, Joseph had never seen such a shocking scene, more than 20,000 people were densely stationed outside the city, and the smoke rising from the cooking stove almost made José stand at the head of the city a little unclear. Sophia is very anxious, although she has never fought and is not good at military affairs, but seeing this scene, she still keenly feels the intention of the Northwest Army - it is obvious that these guys want to trap the city of Sadland to death, unable to enter or leave, and then consume Gould's reinforcements every day, and finally drag down the Sadran army inside and outside the city!
Most of the generals, including Yaroe, thought that they should go out of the city to meet the battle at this moment, at least let Gould enter the city, even if the casualties were larger, at least they would have a better chance of winning! What made them even more uneasy was that Sadrand did not have much food in stock, while the Northwest Army could take advantage of the situation to loot the grain of other towns and towns, and there was no need to worry about logistics at all, which made the main battle faction cry very high.
But the strange thing is that the angry generals in front of him, Joseph just watched from the sidelines, and didn't seem to even have the enthusiasm to participate in the discussion. After listening to everyone's discussion, he seemed to shake his head casually, then stretched out a finger, and then shook his head: "I know your thoughts, but in my opinion, there is no point in sending troops, just hold the county to the death." If Gould can't get in, he will be stationed outside the city, and the Northwest Army wants to encircle and send reinforcements, but Lao Tzu is not ready to fight them to the death. Anyway, without my orders, no one is allowed to send troops to meet the enemy!"
After saying this, Joseph directly took a few guards to inspect the army in the city, and it seemed that he did not see the danger of Sadland at all. It is said that after the meeting, the county keeper also found hundreds of soldiers to test his magic invention called "hot air balloons" on the school grounds in the south of the city.
Such a move made many people very puzzled and even dissatisfied: the Northwest Army has already arrived in the city, and this viscount still has the heart to study his magic inventions?!