Chapter 354: Back from the Dead
"Brothers, what part of you are from?" asked the local army man looking back in surprise.
"We are part of the vanguard infantry battalion of the Central Army, and we were ordered to be responsible for the defense of the city along the way. The officer of the Central Army who was asked said.
"Okay, good, that's good, with you stationed, we don't have to worry about being copied back. The local armies relieved themselves and continued to march forward, and the central army behind them also followed them to march forward.
The two roads marched back and forth to their respective destinations without interfering with each other, and the central army behind was stationed in the pass cities that were automatically repaired and strengthened from the back to the front, and in this way they marched all the way for a full ten days, and the local army in front finally caught up with the tail of the central army in front, and after contact, they were stationed in their respective counties, and the central army in the back also stationed in their respective city defenses against these county towns, and built various fortifications.
At this time, Montenegro had become a situation in which the siege force was encircling the city, the local army was occupying the city defense in the middle, and the central army was on the periphery, and the world outside Montenegro was already in chaos. The local army that was blocked out urgently sent a letter to the imperial court ten days ago, saying that they were stopped outside Montenegro by the central army's advance guard and central guard, and Hang Xiao, who heard the information, was in disbelief.
"How could the infantry battalion of the Central Guard be on the front line of Montenegro, who are those people on the wall of the capital city if they are in Montenegro?"
"I can't say this clearly, after receiving the information, the intelligence department has quickly contacted the six infantry battalions of the central guard and the avant-garde, the mid-guard is all in the capital, and no troops have pulled out the camp, and the news from the avant-garde side will come back soon. Yan Tao said.
"Central Defender...... Advance guard...... Could it be the central guard and avant-garde of the Ding Long period, those who have been dead for more than two years?" Hang Xiao thought for a while and looked at Yan Tao in shock.
"Maybe it's really them, but it's also possible that someone is pretending to be a ghost and pretending to be a dead person, after all, those horse thieves in Montenegro still claim to be the right guard horses from two years ago, and the safest way is to let the gendarmes stationed on the southern front of Montenegro quickly send someone over to take a look. Yan Tao said.
"Then quickly give He Ming an order and ask him to personally go to the Eastern Front to inquire about the situation of the other party. Hang Xiao exhaled and said.
While the two were talking, a Condor flew back outside. Yan Tao went out to take a look and got back a piece of information, He Yunzhong reported that the six infantry battalions of the vanguard were all stationed, and not a single soldier left.
"It's really a hell of a life, the six infantry battalions of the avant-garde didn't move, but the local army was blocked by the avant-garde infantry battalion outside Montenegro, is that a ghost blocking them. Hang Xiao exhaled depressedly, "That's it, send two summons at the same time, one to the gendarmes on the periphery." Let He Ming see who is pretending to be a ghost in the periphery, and send a letter to the siege troops who have penetrated deep into Montenegro, informing Deng Yong that their back road is likely to have been cut off and the local army cannot enter, so that they can quickly stabilize the offensive and form a new government and a new local army on the spot while advancing forward. As for the situation behind them...... It is best to use the newly formed local army to turn back and capture those passes and cities occupied by the fake central army, of course, they also need to send some troops and horses appropriately, and the imperial court will also let the local army on the periphery attack from the outside in, well. That's it. Hang Xiao said that his tone was already a little anxious, and his palms were sweating. The people trapped in Montenegro were all the most elite troops in the country, and he couldn't help but not be nervous.
Yan Tao immediately began to pass on the book, giving orders to He Ming, Deng Yong, and the local troops on the eastern and northern lines of Heishan. Let He Ming inspect the situation, let Deng Yong establish a new government and a new local army on the spot, and let the local army outside polish their eyes to recognize that those people are pretending and quickly start attacking from the outside to the inside, and reoccupy those cities at all costs. Open up the rear of Deng Yong's army and firmly hold it.
Hang Xiao watched the Condor fly away after the order was written, but he couldn't settle down in his heart.
If the people who copied Deng Yong's back route were really the central guard and avant-garde of the former Central Army, who had been dead for more than two years, they would not be able to defeat the reoccupied pass cities with just a group of local troops. The former central defender and avant-garde were all descendants of Ding Long, just like the right defender. It is the elite of the elite in the entire Swiss military circle, ten cavalry battalions and two infantry battalions in the middle guard, two cavalry battalions and two cavalry battalions mixed into a guard battalion, six cavalry battalions and six infantry battalions in the front guard, these twenty-six battalions of more than 300,000 horses can be attacked and retreated to that block, and they should be combined with the right guard that has become the Black Mountain Army. This also means that this campaign to recover Montenegro has basically failed before it ends, and Hang Xiao is upset when he thinks of this. The only hope now is that He Ming can quickly go over to find out the situation, and then make it clear that it is not the former Central Army, but someone pretending to be a ghost.
In such a distraught two days later, He Ming and the local army on the periphery of Montenegro have already returned, one said that the one who guarded the eastern line of Heishan seemed to be indeed the former vanguard of the Central Army, He Ming and the general of the city head talked from afar, and felt that the other party was very likely to be Guo Ziyue, the former deputy commander of the vanguard of the Central Army, who had been dead for more than two years, and the local army on the periphery of Montenegro also sent back a message, saying that he must fight hard to attack the city. Deng Yongbu, who had already penetrated deep into the interior of Montenegro, couldn't get in touch, I don't know if the birds were interfered with and couldn't pass the military order, or if all the people had been captured and couldn't send back the letters. Hearing these news, Hang Xiao was even more upset.
Commander He also sent back a piece of information, saying that all the prisoners on the southern front of Montenegro had been released, and the other party said that they didn't want to waste food to feed these prisoners, but Fang Tianhao, Hou Shensi and other senior generals of the guard were not released for the time being. Yan Tao said.
"It's the same thing last time, and they're too picky. Hang Xiao smiled bitterly.
A few days were spent in such distraught, this morning, Lei Leopard returned to the capital with five thousand feathers of Lin Wei, as soon as he saw Hang Xiao, he said about Hang Rui's wedding, and asked Hang Xiao not to blame the two hundred feathers of Lin Wei, after all, immortals and mortals have no way to predict or stop them, and they have been loyal to their duties all the way and have not made any mistakes.
"I don't care about punishing these people now, you tell me what the situation is over there in Montenegro first, have you seen Gao Lingfei, Ding Xiaolong and the others with your own eyes?" Hang Xiao asked.
"I did see it with my own eyes. Lei Leopard nodded, "Not only did I see them, but I also saw some new and old Montenegrin magistrates and Montenegrin troops, how to say... That place in Montenegro is definitely not as easy to fight as imagined. ”
"It's not easy to fight, now the six battalions of the rear guard are all wiped out on the southern front, the two guards on the left and right and the six battalions of the avant-garde and the six battalions of the northwest army are stuck in the quagmire and don't know whether they are alive or dead, and the places they finally fought out are firmly occupied by the former central guard and avant-garde, hey......" Hang Xiao said and sighed.
"Is the situation so serious?" Thunder Leopard was shocked, "then ...... Then hurry up and contact Montenegro, and don't fight at all. He said anxiously.
"Don't fight, then don't you want Montenegro?" Hang Xiao exhaled.
"I also understood what Mo Cong and Gao Lingfei meant that day, they just wanted to find a place to live in Montenegro, not to occupy Montenegro to do anything independent or split the Swiss country, Montenegro let them live in Montenegro, which is also the Montenegrin court of the Swiss country, why make such a big move?" Lei Bao said.
"Montenegro is still the Montenegro of the Rui Kingdom, can you guarantee that Mo Cong is not a spy of the Long Kingdom?" asked Hang Xiao.
"How can Mo Cong be a spy of the Long Kingdom, will the immortals of our Rui Kingdom help a spy of the Long Kingdom to marry Rui'er and forcibly occupy Montenegro? If this is the case, why did the immortals help the Rui Kingdom build such a large giant spirit pass, and at every critical moment, he suddenly appeared to resist the invasion of the Long Kingdom and kill the masters of the Demon Sect who came to attack, is he too idle to do for a while to help this side and help that side for a while?" Lei Bao said.
"Well, you have a point. Hang Xiao nodded with a sigh of relief, "How was Rui'er's wedding day, is she happy?" he asked with a different subject.
She was very happy, saying that thanks to the appearance of the gods, her dream came true, and she finally got her wish and married Mo Cong. Lei Bao said. (To be continued......)