In the evening, the snow began to fall again, and it was white and white. In the fluttering snow,

Falcon Empire scout captain William Dennis immediately in the snow, his eyes were as sharp as a sword and he looked at the figure of the Gallic troops retreating south slowly appeared in the distance, first of all, the light cavalry wearing a blue cloak, it seemed that the other party was very cautious, and had been on the road for six days in a row, and was still meticulous First spread out along both sides of the road to the south with light cavalry, and only after sensing that there was no ambush did he send a safe signal, half an hour later, there was a rumbling sound of the earth in the distance, it was the main force of Gaul's southern retreat, only to see that in the white fog in the distance, hundreds of infantry queues holding legion flags began to appear,

The 110,000 army in the north of Gaul wild dragged out a length of more than 20 miles, the Gauls deserved to occupy the local advantage, the choice of the route of retreat to the south, is also the choice of the safest one, there is nothing too dangerous along the way, the surrounding field of vision is broad, not conducive to the army assault operations, in the safety of the problem is not big, the Gauls rushed all the way to the stars for six days, every day the march is more than 80 miles, almost all their efforts in the direction of Kyoto, although the two sides have reached an agreement in private, in fact, both the Gallic army and the Falcon army are very clear, the Gallic army does not enter the Gallic Kyoto range for a day, and the Falcon army does not close the road to the north for a day, this battle is not over, a 80,000 people, a 110,000 people, under the right circumstances, all have the ability to catch the opponent off guard and turn the tables directly

The so-called "breakout" of the Gallic troops, numbering as many as 110,000 men, were required to prepare for wartime in order to prepare for the battle that could break out at any time, and the soldiers marched in groups with their own bags and bags, all dressed in armor, and the officers' helmets wrapped in a white cloth, or stripped of their rank insignia, and they mixed in with the infantry ranks. There was no excitement or sadness on his numb face, only an uncertain future, and this arrangement was mainly intended to confuse the public, so that the Falcon scouts who were watching nearby could not distinguish who was the Chinese army in Gaul.

The 110,000 Gallic army, which was like a cloud, dragged out a length of nearly twenty miles behind him,

Each infantry regiment was spaced three miles apart, and this arrangement had advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it can effectively avoid encountering the main force of the opponent, and the disadvantage is that in the absence of abnormal circumstances, all the cavalry units must be sent out, and the troops must be urged to maintain a tight queue at all times, so there is no way to drive away the peeping eyes of the nearby Falcon Army light cavalry scouts for the time being.

Tielan was dressed in the armor of an ordinary officer, and his eyes looked around vigilantly, and a black line in the distance made his pupils constrict, this black line that had followed them for six days stopped at the edge of the forest, it was the scout cavalry of the Falcon Army that flashed with a metallic sheen. Dressed in light chain mail, the pointed spear-topped helmets of the Falcon Empire army, and carrying a meter-long crossbow on their backs, these scout cavalry stared coldly at the Gallic troops wriggling like ant colonies in the distance. The feeling of a vulture perched high on a cliff looking at its own food was very upset to the Gallic general. "My lord, thirty miles ahead, it's Vernon in Kyoto!"

A forward cavalryman galloped over. His tone was irrepressibly excited, and his shouts stirred up the marching troops all around, Vernon. As the news spread, the Gallic army let out a whole cheer "Hooray! "What are these people cheering for?" The Falcon Scout Captain looked at the celebrant Gauls with a look of surprise on his face, "As if he was cheering...... Ahead is Vernon of Gallic Kyoto!" said a young scout from the Northwest next to him, who could understand Gallic language

"Vernon, Vernon on the outskirts of Kyoto in Gaul, has it finally arrived?"

The Falcon Scout Captain's face was stunned for a moment, he raised his face, and looked into the distance with a deep gaze, through the wind and snow that had just stopped, Yixi could see the outline of a city in the distance, the Scout Captain's hand holding the reins of the war horse trembled slightly, his face was calm, he tilted his head to one of his subordinates behind him, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you ready?" "Of course, I can guarantee that the Gauls will go crazy this time!"

The answer was a subordinate with a scar on his face, the corners of his mouth were slightly grinning, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and he said with a sneering smile: "We have prepared two large truckloads of fuel bombs, and we have been following these bastards for six days, just to wait for this moment, I really want to see the scene when the explosion opens, half of the walls of Vernon City are lifted to the sky, these Gauls who retreated south think that we are just spying on them, and they will not think that they will not be able to return to Kyoto at all, our goal is actually to make them unable to return to Kyoto at all!"

"Alright, don't talk nonsense, we have to report to Your Majesty!" the scout captain waved to his subordinates, turned and galloped away

"Are these bastards finally willing to leave?"

Looking at the Falcon Army scouts who disappeared in the distance, Tie Lan waved his horsewhip a little angrily and hatefully, and finally felt a little relaxed in his heart,

It's not that he didn't think that as soon as he left the Antura area, he immediately turned back and blocked the Falcon Army in Antura in the north, but the report he received made him feel like he was splashed with cold water, Vekia Falcon personally led 50,000 elites of the Central Army to follow closely behind him thirty miles, along the way the two armies were like being pulled by an invisible rope, Tielan stopped in front, the Falcon Army also stopped behind, Tielan advanced, the Falcon Army also advanced, the distance of thirty miles, there was also the close trailing of the Falcon Army scouts along the way, Tielan did not have the slightest possibility of changing the march,

Under the fat man's fierce gaze, Tielan had to go all the way south until he entered Vernon, Kyoto was in sight, the morale of the whole Gallic army was suddenly boosted, the soldiers and officers were cheering about to go home, Tielan also felt that the danger was finally far away, he didn't know, the real danger had just come, on the other side of the side road where no one was paying attention, the two carriages full of goods covered with black tarpaulins on the outside of the signal were given. Began to turn the axle and headed in the direction of Vernon, "snap"

The wheels were crushed against the road that was still covered with snow, and there was a rhythmic creaking sound on the frame, as if something was shaking neatly from side to side, and the goods on it were piled up to two or three meters high, and the thick tarpaulin on the inside was not clear in the outer suit, although it was not known what it was, but it looked very heavy, because the four horses pulling in front of them kept making the sound of fluttering breathing from their noses as they ran. The horse's hooves kicked up the snow on the ground, and the direction of travel was a three-way intersection on Vernon Road ahead, and on the seat of the driver of the carriage sat a burly young man, dressed in gray robes all over his body, with a bulging waist, as if there was something, and he couldn't see his face, and he looked coldly at the intersection in the distance

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the road to his left, and three light cavalry in Gallic uniforms galloped from the fork in the road. They went to Vernon to convey the news, the Marquis of Guia, the head of Vernon, is a friend of Lord Tielan, the 110,000 army has been trekking in the ice and snow for six days in a row, the army needs a place to rest, and this return to Kyoto is not just as simple as returning, Tielan brought back 110,000 troops this time, even if such a military force is placed in Kyoto, it is also a strong and staggering capital. If it works, it is entirely possible to reach the level of the military chief and the deputy minister of military affairs, "Roger, you go and inform the city guard, Rafido. Go and inform Lord Gia, I will go to the front and clear the gates of the city so that the army can pass through the city......" one of the three hussars commanded in a loud voice, with golden hair. He was around twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he looked quite handsome, revealing a toughness

For the carriage that appears at the fork in the road. The officer just glanced at it, and didn't have much interest in continuing to look at it, this kind of all-wrapped, seemingly mysterious commercial carriage, is not uncommon in Gaul, the driver is reluctant to show his true face and cover the goods, because the carriage is full of smuggled goods that can't be put on the table, now Gallic Kyoto materials are in short supply, prices are soaring, under heavy profits, smuggling is rampant, and many blows have no effect, in fact, everyone knows very well that most of these people who can have the ability to smuggle goods into Kyoto are very wealthy families in Kyoto behind them, otherwise it is absolutely impossible for these smuggled goods to pass through Guò from the Kyoto area controlled by these wealthy familiesUnless he feels that he is not dying fast enough, who will go to trouble! The officer, who was born in one of the wealthy families in Kyoto, directly ignored the storage of this carriage.

The carriage swayed towards the walkway of Vernon's gate made of huge stones, there was a team of ten guards outside, and there were several carriages waiting for inspection at the door, most of them were similar to this carriage, the guards were very lenient in the inspection of these kinds of carriages, if there were familiar people, they would not even need to be inspected, "The army is about to pass Guò, clear the road immediately!" The light cavalry officer came to the city gate, took out the Wen jiàn representing his identity, and shouted loudly to the guards, the city guard glanced at the officer's Wen Jiàn, and hurriedly checked all the carriages that were still parked on the stone bridge outside the gate in one breath, and came to the last fully wrapped freight carriage, the guards unexpectedly found that the driver's seat was empty, and the people on it were long gone, "Whose goods is this?" The city guards shouted around very dissatisfied, but no one responded, "Hell, it's worthy of running away in fear of sin!" The guard muttered in a uneasy voice, "Leave it alone, pull the carriage into the city at once, and clear the road!" If you delay the arrival of the army, you will be guilty of death!" The officer glanced at the regimental battle flag that appeared not far away, and rode on his horse and urged loudly

"Yes! Yes!" The city guards were stunned, and hurriedly shouted, "Come on, get this carriage away immediately!"

The other city guards hurriedly ran over, pulling, pushing, pushing, the heavy carriage gradually submerged into the aisle of the city gate, and when there was less than half a meter left, a fiery red arc with a whistling sound of distance shot towards the carriage from a distance with a gorgeous parabola

"Watch out for the arrows!" the city guards shouted in fright, and the other soldiers hurriedly lay on the ground, not daring to move, snap, the arrow cluster fell, making a soft sound, and the flaming arrow cluster was firmly nailed to the carriage's cargo, and the tarpaulin covered on it turned into a red volcano almost instantly,

In an instant, a huge thunderous explosion lit up the entire city gate, and the red circle of light that rose into the sky directly lifted the roof of Vernon's already narrow city road, and on both sides of the city road corridor were balloon bubbles that were flattened and squeezed at the same time, and all objects in both directions of the turbulent air flow were swallowed up, boom! A series of explosions shook one after another, and the entire city wall of Vernon shook, and the flames were blinding, as if illuminating the entire vast field.

"This ...... This ......"

The guards at the city gate were already trembling by the sound of a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

He was hit by the strong surge of air and turned over, and when he got up, he saw a terrible scene, only to see countless bricks and debris and human corpses, which were thrown into the air heavily, and even more exaggeratedly, there were several archers on the city wall, and they were directly swept away by the huge air 'wave' swept under their feet, and fell down from the city wall of more than ten meters high. On the old city wall that has experienced hundreds of years of wind and rain, a huge crack suddenly appeared,

A Gallic general who was rushing to the city gate suddenly stopped, he was the Marquis of Guia, the head of Vernon, he looked at the city gate that collapsed by the explosion, looked at the huge crack in the city wall where the black clouds rolled, his face was ugly and ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Bastard, it must be a premeditated attack, immediately block the city gate in and out." All the troops are on alert!"

"My lord, Lord Tielan's army is almost outside the city......" the adjutant next to him reminded in a low voice

"What's the situation, don't care about this!Who dares to guarantee that this attack was not planned by him Tielan!" Marquis Gia seemed to be greatly stimulated, his face was about to deform, and he roared angrily, "What can have such power must be the weapon of the Falcon Empire, and the return of Tielan's army is unknown, and the situation in the north is also getting worse." If he has already betrayed the empire and joined the Falcon Empire, if we open the city gates, it will be tantamount to exposing the whole of Kyoto to the enemy!" "Then ...... now" The adjutant looked at a loss "The whole army is ready for battle." Whoever is outside the city gates must be blocked until we find out!" the Marquis of Gia slammed his fist against the wall as the order was given. The trombone sound of total readiness echoed in the sky of Vernon, "Is this the whole city on alert?"

Tielan rode on his warhorse and looked at the wall of Vernon, which had begun to collapse in a large area with black smoke in a straight line. Also dumbfounded, the sound of the horn from Vernon in the distance indicated that the other party had directly listed himself as an enemy without even asking!

"Bastard, is Vernon's army crazy!" The generals of the Kyoto Army heard Vernon's battle horn, and immediately scolded angrily in the back, "Lao Tzu rushed back from the north desperately, is this the treatment?"

"Just hit it in, I don't believe a little Vernon can stop us," some people shouted extremely arrogantly. Vernon's garrison was only 5,000 men, and our retreating army was as high as 110,000, so it is appropriate to teach these people who don't know the rules a proper lesson!"

"Okay, everyone, be quiet, I think this should be just a misunderstanding! There's no need to make such trouble" Tie Lan was relatively calm, he looked at his subordinates who looked excited, raised his hand and said slowly, "Marquis Gia is a cautious person by nature, Vernon is the gateway between Kyoto and the north, in this sudden situation, closing the city gates, restricting access, and keeping the whole army on guard are all relatively normal behaviors, you don't need to make such a fuss, you have to believe that we are all fighting for the honor of the empire"" Then what should we do now? If we can't enter the city, will the 110,000-strong army camp under the city tonight? Now that the weather is so cold, and the attrition in the army is strict, every night is a torment for our soldiers" The general asked with a look of discan't bear to ask, "And we are also closely followed by the 50,000 Falcon Army, of which there are more than 20,000 cavalry troops alone, and the other party is eyeing us all the way, in this case, who can sleep!"

"It shouldn't be like that, we have reached Vernon on the outskirts of Kyoto, does the other party still dare to take military action?" A general said that it should not be so bad, just before the words fell, everyone heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves from far and near, it was a scout cavalry coming, the war horse had not yet stopped, the cavalry had already jumped down from the standing horse out of breath, knelt down on one knee in front of Tielan and said" The situation is not good, the cavalry of the Falcon Army behind us suddenly forced into the red line of our army's 20-mile cordon, and our army's scouts have been routed by surprise! The other side is rushing towards the rear of our army."

"What! 20,000 falcon cavalry are coming at the rear of our army!"

Tie Lan was dumbfounded when he heard this, the whole person was stupid, there was Vernon City Gate closed in front, and there was a large number of Falcon Army cavalry in the back, Tie Lan suddenly found that he was like a mouse in a tube, he couldn't move forward, he could retreat! For a moment, he even felt that the other party had no intention of letting go of his 110,000 army from the beginning, but the other party could endure it until he was about to enter Gaul Kyoto. "Assemble immediately and prepare for battle!" Tielan turned around with a high spirit, his eyes swept over his subordinates, and shouted loudly 0000000 "Woooo Tielan really has a problem, he only has 5,000 people, and he is still a garrison, but the other party is an elite army of the empire, (to be continued......)