"You...... You're not kidding me. Ye Junwen looked at the few people kneeling below with a little headache, and the deputy marshal Edlang next to him was also kneeling there, and the news of the defeat was brought to Ye Junwen by them.

This defeat was something that Ye Junwen really didn't expect, and the defeated unit was the one that had escorted the prisoners before. Previously, Ye Junwen defeated the troops of the Saigus Empire and captured about 40,000 people, and Edlang said that he wanted these prisoners, so Ye Junwen nodded and let the troops under his command of about 20,000 escort these prisoners back, and now it is this army of 20,000 people that is defeated.

To be honest, Ye Junwen didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, theoretically speaking, there are no other troops in the territory of the Saigus Empire, and the remaining imperial troops are all in the main city to prepare to defend against their attacks, there should be no danger, he doesn't care about it. However, this army was indeed defeated, and Ye Junwen didn't expect it.

What is even more surprising is that the army that defeated him was only 600 people, not a regular army. Yes, the identity of the enemy has been determined, it is a man named Karamon. The private army led by the Earl of Berford, that is, the levy troops. Calamon. Bai Ford is the head of the Bai Ford family, the earl of the Saigus Empire, and the place where Ye Junwen's troops were attacked is the fief of the Bai Fu family.

At that time, Ye Junwen's troops were escorting prisoners, and when they passed through this land, they naturally didn't care about the lords of this place. Although there are only 600 people, facing 20,000 enemies, it seems like a grasshopper shaking a tree, but Calamon has his own strategy.

First of all, the 20,000 troops here are very lax, they don't think that anyone will attack them, the regular army in the territory has been defeated by Ye Junwen, there is no large-scale troops, as for the kind of conscription of hundreds of people, they don't pay attention to it at all.

Secondly, there are more than 600 of them, and there are still more than 40,000 of their own people in this barracks, although they are temporarily captured, but as long as they rescue people, their numbers will be surpassed. Bai Ford's side also relied on this to persuade the 600 people who followed him to raid Ye Junwen's army and rescue their own troops.

So on the night of the same day, the 600-strong troops directly raided the barracks, of course, the main thing was not to kill the enemy, but to create chaos and take the opportunity to save people. A group of knights prepared torches, and immediately lit the torches after rushing into the barracks, and then set fire everywhere, because Ye Junwen's troops were too lax, their attention was on the prisoners in their care, and as a result, the enemy raided successfully, and the army fell into chaos all of a sudden, and Bai Fu's people quickly began to release the prisoners, and then led them to raid the warehouse where the weapons were stored, and then continued to rescue other soldiers and the like.

After that, the process was very smooth, Bai Ford's men were like a snowball, and Ye Junwen's troops were scattered and could not be assembled properly, which led to more and more chaos, and finally the general who led the troops saw this situation and decided to retreat, so he led the rest of the troops to leave the battlefield.

After statistics, Ye Junwen's side probably lost more than 3,000 soldiers, and the loss in numbers was not very large, after all, the other party had few people, and he was not ready to chase them to death, but tens of thousands of prisoners basically all escaped, and all the ordnance, grain and grass and other things were lost.

Fortunately, the cohesion of Ye Junwen's troops is still very large, if the other troops are broken up like this, it will still be very difficult to gather again, but Ye Junwen's troops at least did not appear a large number of deserters after being dispersed, and the troops soon began to look for the main force, and soon they all converged.

Although the troops are converged, as I said before, most of their weapons and armor have been lost, and the grain and grass have been burned, and there is no way for them to fight back, so the generals here have no choice but to come back and confess. The people kneeling in front of Ye Junwen were the generals who were responsible for escorting the prisoners, including Edlang, who had proposed this plan before, also felt that he was responsible and was accepting the guilt.

"So you were attacked by a force of 600 men and defeated?" Ye Junwen held his forehead, "As my soldiers, you don't save face for me." ”

"The last will be guilty, and he will be punished!" The general, who was kneeling, also knew that it was his responsibility and immediately said.

"Please punish the marshal." Edlang next to him also said.

"Pull it out and give you eighty lashes first." Ye Junwen waved his hand and said, "Hang up and fight in front of the whole army." ”

"Thank you, Marshal, for your kindness!" Hearing Ye Junwen's words, the general here hurriedly said. Yes, this is already a grace, under normal circumstances, there is no problem with this kind of thing being cut directly, Ye Junwen was just sentenced to a whipping, in a sense, it means sparing his life, of course, thanks to this. As for the whipping, this general is naturally willing to accept it, if Ye Junwen doesn't punish anything, he can't get over it in his own heart.

"As for you, remember." Ye Junwen pointed at Edlang and said, "The big war is coming, you still have work to do, write down this mistake first, and then make up for it, if you still make mistakes, you won't beat you at this age, I will beat your son." ”

"......" Edlang was a little speechless, but he also got up, thought about it, and said, "Lord Marshal, this man named Berford still has some ability, 600 people dare to attack our 20,000 military camps, not only need courage, but also need wisdom. Now that he has rescued those captives, will he pose any threat to us? ”

"Indeed, heroes are born in troubled times." Ye Junwen nodded, "At present, this sudden appearance of the army is indeed a bit troublesome, but their current situation should not be very good, lack of materials and food and grass, and the only place around them to replenish these things is only one." ”

"Where is it?" Edlang asked.

"Of course we're here." Ye Junwen said with a smile, "The things they want are all in our barracks, and the other party will do it to us no matter what." ”

"What? He wouldn't have the audacity. Edlong said in surprise.

"600 people have done everything to attack 20,000 people, what else is he afraid of." Ye Junwen spread his hands, "Think about it, although the other party got 40,000 prisoners, but this just looks scary, these 40,000 people are 40,000 mouths, do you think a small earl can afford to raise such a large army?"

Of course, it is impossible to afford it, Ye Junwen's current identity Serina's father was a count before, he was a poor soldier, and all his savings were used to raise soldiers, so he raised a private army of 1,500 people, and now there are 40,000 troops here in Bai Ford, how can this be afforded, one person can eat his savings in one bite.

According to the battle report brought by the general, although their food and weapons were lost in the war, most of them should have been burned, and the enemy set fire to the camp in order to create chaos, although the tactics were very successful, but they themselves could not get this food. As for the weapons, in fact, they didn't have much with them, they were just the troops responsible for escorting the prisoners, and they didn't need too many weapons to change. Therefore, Berford's army should be short of money and food now.

However, now that the 40,000 people are dismissed, Ye Junwen does not estimate that it is impossible, although Bai Ford has never seen this person, but at this time, he suddenly raised troops to join the battle, he should be an ambitious person, and it is impossible not to seize this opportunity. He should want to take these 40,000 people to do a career, so now the other party must be trying to find a way to solve this problem. In Ye Junwen's opinion, the only solution is to find them, is there more food and grass around here than their barracks?

Ye Junwen is sure that Bai Ford will definitely bet on this now, of course, it is impossible to rush up directly, Ye Junwen feels that the other party still has some wisdom, even if he wants to rush, he must find a good time.

"How long can we keep our food and grass going?" Ye Junwen asked.

"At least for half a month, there is no problem." Edlang here replied, Yes, Ye Junwen After they entered the Saigus Empire, there was no follow-up supply of grain and grass, and the grain transport troops could not reach them at all, but Ye Junwen's grain and grass were all sent by others. Yes, these are the grain and grass of the Saigus Empire's troops, and the grain and grass of their previous 200,000 troops basically fell into Ye Junwen's hands, so for the time being, Ye Junwen doesn't have to worry about the grain and grass, even if Bai Ford's side cuts off their back road, they are not in a hurry, they are in a hurry.

"Then don't worry, wait." Ye Junwen said, "Send a reconnaissance force here to reconnoiter the movements of Bai Ford's side, and the preparations for the siege here should not stop." ”

"Yes, Marshal." Edlang nodded, it seemed that Ye Junwen did not plan to slow down the siege, and it was really unnecessary to think about it.

So Ye Junwen's troops continued to prepare for the siege step by step, seeing this situation, Bai Ford, who was asking for information everywhere, was indeed very anxious, as Ye Junwen said, they lacked everything, and it was they who couldn't withstand it if it dragged on like this, he also thought that Ye Junwen would immediately send troops back to find them after hearing the previous battle report, but the other party actually ignored them, and still prepared to attack the city on his own, which made him very anxious.

What he didn't know was that just when he was in a hurry and didn't know what to do, Ye Junwen also received a piece of news from his side, which made him have to be anxious.