"General, what the hell is going on? How can there be so many Ming troops here? An officer couldn't help but ask.

George shook his head, he was also a second monk who was confused, and he couldn't figure out what this was all about. Turning to the officer, he said, "Immediately send a flying pigeon to report the situation here to His Excellency the Marshal." The officer answered, and immediately ordered his men to bring pen and paper, write a report quickly, and then hand it to George for a look. Seeing that there was no problem, George wrote a few ciphers at the end of the biography with a quill pen and gave it to the officer to send out.

Another officer asked George, "General, what shall we do now?" ”

George thought for a moment and ordered: "Order the teams to go into the mountains and hide, and at the same time send scouts to Vladikavkaz to reconnoiter the situation." The officer answered the promise and immediately went down to give the order.

In other words, Lambert has always been puzzled by the actions of the Ming Army these days. In the middle of the night, Lambert, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up by his own soldiers. Lambert got up, and when he saw his own soldiers, he said with a worried face: "Your Excellency, General George has sent an urgent message from the flying pigeon, saying that Vladikavkaz has been lost!" ”

Lambert didn't react for a moment, "What? What did you say? The soldier hurriedly repeated it.

Lambert's face changed drastically, and he snatched the handbook and read it, and couldn't help but panic and bewilder. "This, what's going on? How did the enemy army appear in Vladikavkakaz, and also occupied Vladikavkaz?! Lambert's mind was a mess of mud for a moment, and he couldn't figure out what was going on. Immediately thinking that Vladikavkaz was not only a logistics supply channel for the army, but also a back route for the army to withdraw to the country, the consequences of this loss can be said to be unimaginable. Lambert's face became even more ugly at the thought of the horror. Immediately ordered the soldiers to convene the people to the great tent to deliberate. The soldiers answered the promise and ran down.

Lambert picked up the book and looked at it, suddenly his heart moved, and he muttered: "Could it be that all this is a conspiracy of the Ming people?!" ”

Soon after, the congregation will arrive in the Great Tent. After a salute, seeing the marshal's solemn expression, they couldn't help but glance at each other, feeling strange in their hearts.

Lambert raised the flying pigeon biography that Yang had just received, and said, "This is the flying pigeon biography sent by George just now. It is said that Vladikavkaz was captured by the Ming army. ”

When the crowd heard the news, they were in disbelief, and Enzo exclaimed, "How is this possible! The enemy is all in front of us, where is the enemy to attack Vladikavkaz? Moreover, I left 10,000 main forces and 20,000 servant troops in Vladikavkaz, and even if a small force raided Vladikavkaz, it would be absolutely impossible to succeed! The generals echoed the news, and it was hard to believe the news.

"The enemy forces that appeared in Vladikavkaz were not small forces, but large main armies. Not only were our garrisons almost completely wiped out, but even the 5,000 men and horses brought by George lost most of them and almost didn't escape. ”

Everyone looked at each other

Lambert threw the preacher on the case and said, "There is nothing to doubt about this matter, that is, Vladikavkaz has been lost." I never understood why the enemy began to storm us, and then it was just a bluff. I finally understand now. He frowned and exclaimed, "What a cunning enemy! They attacked with ferocity and destroyed our batteries, so that we could feel the weight of the pressure and bring in the troops from all over the country, including the men and horses guarding Vladikavkaz. The subsequent bluff was just to confuse us. In fact, by this time they had already transferred the main forces to seize Vladikavkaz! What a good idea! We were completely fooled by them! ”

Zorn shouted, "Please give the order of the commander, and we will kill it back immediately!" The generals were clamoring for a fight to retake Vladikavkaz.

Zorn didn't say anything immediately, but looked thoughtful. After suffering many heavy losses from the Ming army, he became more cautious.

General Giuseppe said: "Your Excellency, Vladikavkaz is very important to us, if we don't rescue in time, not only us, but even His Majesty's army will be short of food and grass in a short time, and the consequences will be very terrible!" Why is Your Excellency Marshal still so hesitant? ”

Lambert frowned, "I'm just a little worried. Shaking his head, he said to Giuseppe: "You are right, we cannot afford the terrible consequences of the loss of Vladikavkaz. Then he said to the generals: "Go down at once and gather your troops and horses, and rush back to Vladikavkaz early tomorrow morning, and you must take Vladikavkaz back in the shortest possible time." The generals agreed in unison.

One of the generals said with some concern: "If we all leave, what will we do here?" Zorn said angrily: "Vladikavkaz has been taken by the enemy, so what do you do here!" ”

Lambert pondered: "According to George's report, the main forces of the enemy army should be in Vladikavkaz, and there are enemy troops on the Chechen island here, and their number must be very limited. Then he said to Giuseppe: "Giuseppe, you lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard this place." The enemy army does not have many soldiers and horses left, and even if you come to break through, you should be able to resist it. Giuseppe bowed in agreement.

When Lambert saw that the arrangements were ready, he ordered the generals to go down and prepare.

Lambert sat in the handsome seat, frowning and dazed. He felt that he was facing the Ming army, as if he was facing a cunning and terrifying lion. Lambert didn't want to think about it, but he couldn't help it. Shaking his head vigorously, he muttered in annoyance: "When my army arrives in Vladikavkaz, we will definitely destroy them completely!" Lambert decided to use this battle to make a name for himself.

The whole barracks was in an uproar, and the officers and men of the army hurriedly prepared their marches and prepared to return to Vladikavkaz. The soldiers were very depressed.

Early the next morning, as soon as it was dawn, Lambert led the army out. The army marched west along the northern shore of the Great Force, galloping to the aid of Vladikavkaz. The local camp had only 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Giuseppe. The army departed, and a large barracks became quiet. Giuseppe felt that he had nothing to do, so he led his soldiers to hunt in the nearby woods. For several days, Giuseppe left the barracks early in the morning and returned to the barracks in the evening with a large amount of prey. At night, several huge bonfires were lit in the barracks, and the prey he led was skinned, washed, and grilled on the bonfire, for the whole army to feast! 10,000 soldiers are leisurely and happy here, but it is far better than the suffering of other soldiers' expeditions!

It is said that Lambert led the army all the way to Vladikavkaz. After many days of marching, the army finally reached the outskirts of Vladikavkaz and joined up with George's thousands of men and horses. Lambert asks George about the situation in Vladikavkaz. George reported that everything was fine.

Lambert led a large army into Vladikavkaz, and saw from a distance that the city gates were closed, the city walls were waving flags, the swords were as strong as forests, and there were many Ming soldiers in armor.

When the army approached more than 300 paces in front of the city wall, Enzo rode out to the city and shouted a challenge. However, no matter how much he shouted, there was not the slightest movement in the city. Enzo shouted for a while, and when he saw that the other party still did not respond, he couldn't help but get annoyed, and immediately put the crosssword across the saddle, untied a special crossbow from the saddle, pulled the bowstring, and loaded it with arrows, which was one for the nearest Ming soldier in the city. I only heard a soft sound, and the Ming soldier was hit by an arrow and fell from the city.

Enzo sensed how the soldier's body was fluttering, and hurriedly rode his horse to the soldier's side. At first glance, where is this flesh-and-blood soldier, a dummy made of straw. Enzo felt very strange, and quickly looked at the castle head, and found that the soldiers on the city wall did not seem to be real people. Enzo immediately bent down to pick up the armor-skimmed scarecrow from the ground and rode back to Lambert.

He handed the scarecrow to Lambert and said, "Your Excellency, none of the people on the city wall are real people, they are all scarecrows!" ”

Lambert and the others looked at the scarecrow, and they were all puzzled. Lambert hesitated for a moment, raised his right hand, and shouted, "Attack!" ”

The drums of war began to sound, and the Byzantine army rushed towards the city. As a result, there was no resistance, and the army broke through the city.

When the Byzantine cuckoo entered the city, there was no sign of half of the Ming soldiers, only those scarecrows in armor. A deep uneasiness rose in Lambert's heart, and he immediately stopped the rear team, ordered the rear army to stand guard outside the city, and then ordered a group of soldiers and horses to control the city gates on all sides, which made the rest of the soldiers and horses search the city in separate ways.

The Byzantine armies shuttled through the streets and alleys to search for the Ming army, not to mention the Ming army, even the people of the city were gone, many officers and soldiers only felt that it was too weird here, and couldn't help but swish and chill behind them.

A group of Byzantine officers and soldiers broke into the city and saw tens of thousands of people gathered here. All the people looked very frightened when they saw the Byzantine army suddenly appear.

When an officer reported the situation to Lambert, Lambert frowned and asked the officer, "Why did the Ming people gather those ordinary people together?" What's going on? The officer said: "I have already asked, those ordinary people were driven by the Ming army." The Ming army told them that if anyone dared to leave the prison for half a step, they would be killed immediately! Therefore, those people stayed in the prison for the past few days and did not dare to leave. As for what happened, they didn't know at all. ”

Lambert frowned and muttered, "What the hell is going on?" What's going on here? Since the Ming people have occupied such an important city, why did they suddenly abandon it again?! ”

When the generals heard Lambert's words, they were also confused. One of the generals said with some trepidation: "I don't know what the enemy's plot is?" Enzo exclaimed, "Whatever their schemes, we will find them and destroy them!" ”

Lambert said to the scout captain, "Immediately send scouts to scout on all sides!" The scout captain answered and hurried down.

Lambert then said to George: "Look for the local captured officers and soldiers at once, I want to know the situation in detail." George answered and ran down.

Soon after, a disgraced general was brought to Lambert, none other than Baggio, the general who had remained in Vladikavkaz. However, this Baggio general does not look like a general at the moment, and he is as embarrassed as a refugee. When Baggio saw Lambert, he was ashamed, bowed and bowed, "Your Excellency! ”

Lambert couldn't help frowning and said, "I thought you were dead, but I didn't expect you to be alive." Baggio was speechless.

Lambert stood up and walked over to Baggio. Baggio didn't dare to look at Lambert and hung his head.

Lambert said: "Even if the enemy appears suddenly, you have 10,000 soldiers and horses in your hands, and you have a city to rely on, why was it captured by the enemy army in an instant?" ”

Baggio said indignantly: "They came to call the door in the guise of our army, saying that His Excellency the Marshal had sent them back to strengthen the defense of Vladikavkaz. As soon as the door was opened, it was found that it was not our army at all, and it was too late to close the door! The enemy entered fiercely, and our army was caught off guard and rushed into the city! ......" Lambert snorted in exasperation. Baggio didn't dare to say any more, and hung his head.

Lambert suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "Where are the enemy troops occupying here?" Why did our army come and it became an empty city? ”

Baggio looked surprised and said, "It's an empty city?" ”

Lambert asked, "Don't you know?" ”

Baggio hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't know." During this time, several of my officers and I were under house arrest in the dungeons. What is going on out there, we have absolutely no idea. ”

Lambert thought for a moment and asked, "There's always someone guarding you, right?" Baggio nodded hurriedly and said, "There are guards, several soldiers." ......" Lambert immediately asked, "When did those guards leave?" Baggio thought for a moment and said, "Those guards were there five days ago, and I don't know why they haven't been there since then. ……”

Lambert frowned and muttered, "Five days ago? In other words, the Ming Army left here five days ago! It's been five days, where have they gone? Then he asked George, "Is there any news from the border?" George shook his head. Lambert immediately said, "Go and ask about the situation at the border." George said yes and ran down. When Lambert speaks of the frontier, he refers to the original frontier of the Banzantine Empire. At present, the border areas of the Byzantine Empire have hoarded a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance, as well as more than 100,000 troops transferred from all over the country.

Lambert walked over to the top and sat down, frowning at the current situation. He didn't like the current situation very much, it felt like a fog that he couldn't see clearly, and the Ming Army was like a ghost that he couldn't see and couldn't grasp. Lambert would rather fight the Ming army than fight the bloody battle on the Caspian coast before, rather than the current situation. The generals looked at Lambert with doubts in their hearts, not knowing what to say.

Before the wee hours of the morning, Lambert was still sitting at the bookcase, looking at the map and frowning. George came in, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Excellency, the border side has replied." ......" Lambert quickly looked up, "What do you say?" George put a flying pigeon in front of Lambert and said, "The border is replying, everything is normal over there, and no enemy has been found." ”

Lambert hurriedly picked up the book and read it, couldn't help frowning, and muttered, "What's going on?" Why is everything working on the other side of the border? Then he refocused his gaze on the map in front of him, took Vladikavkaz as the center, and finally fixed his eyes on the Caspian Sea camp, his heart moved, his face turned pale in an instant, and he couldn't help but tremble: "Could it be ......" and then shouted at George: "Send a warning message to Giuseppe, the enemy is likely to surprise him, tell him to be vigilant!" George was taken aback and didn't react for a moment. Lambert exclaimed anxiously, "Go! George reacted and quickly answered and ran down.

Lambert paced back and forth anxiously, worried to the extreme.

A moment later, the generals hurried into the tent. Lambert ordered: "Order all the armies, assemble at once, and gallop to the seaside camp!" The generals were only puzzled, and Enzo asked, "Why did you suddenly return to the camp?" Lambert was in an irritable mood, too lazy to explain to him, and shouted: "Less nonsense, go quickly!" Everyone didn't dare to ask again, so they hurriedly answered the promise and ran down to give the order.

It was early in the morning, and after a long journey of many days, the officers and men of the army were now sleeping soundly, but they were woken up by the sound of hurried trumpets and the shouting and scolding of the generals. However, he was unhappy in his heart, but no one dared to disobey the military order, scolding in his mouth, but he did not dare to slack off in his hands and feet. After all, the Byzantine army was an elite division, and the order was so sudden, but the whole army was assembled when it was dark. Then the army hurriedly marched out of Vladikavkaz and along the road from which it came.

At the same time, in the seaside camp, Giuseppe and 10,000 soldiers who stayed behind were still lying on their backs. Wisps of white smoke emanated from the campfires in the barracks, and the air was filled with the smell of alcohol and the slightest smell of meat. The whole barracks was very quiet, and if it weren't for the fact that many people were sleeping around the campfire, I would have thought it was an empty camp.

An officer staggered to his feet, walked to the fence and unbuttoned his pants to untie them. At this moment, someone suddenly covered his mouth and nose from behind, and before he could react, he felt a bone-piercing cold penetrate his chest. The officer was in infinite pain and frightened, and wanted to struggle and scream, but the strength had run out quickly, and his body would not listen to him at all! Then his soul flew out of his body and went to report to their God.

The Yanyun soldier behind the officer gently put down the officer's body. At the same time, hundreds of Yanyun elites climbed over the fence and entered the camp like tanuki. Some of them immediately went to the vicinity of the gate to get rid of the sleeping sentries and open the gate, while the other part ran straight towards the big tent.

Several soldiers guarding the door of the tent woke up. I saw many Yanyun soldiers appear in front of me, and I thought I was dreaming? At this moment, all the Yanyun soldiers swarmed up, slashing indiscriminately, and several sentries were cut down in a pool of blood before they could snort.

Giuseppe, who was sleeping soundly in the big tent, woke up and scolded angrily: "What a noise in the early morning! Before he could finish speaking, he saw a large crowd of people rushing in. Giuseppe was furious and shouted, "Get out of here!" Who called you in? However, a few cold rays of light flew in. Although Giuseppe was still in a hangover, he was a veteran of the killing field after all, and when he saw a few cold lights flying, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly rolled over to the other end of the marching bed. Only a few slashing sounds were heard, and several long knives slashed heavily at the place where he had just been lying. Giuseppe was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat and woke up half of his hangover.

Only then did Giuseppe see clearly that his big tent was full of wolf-like Ming officers and soldiers! Without waiting for Giuseppe to figure out what was going on, those Ming officers and soldiers rushed up to attack and kill Giuseppe! For a while, I saw the wolves surging, and the cold light flickered!

Giuseppe was startled when he saw the ferocity of the other party, and when he wanted to draw his sword, he couldn't help but be shocked when he touched his waist with his hand! said that it was too late, and it was very fast, and I saw that a few horizontal knives had already whistled and slashed! At this time, Giuseppe didn't care about his image, and quickly rolled on the spot, and he was able to avoid the other party's attack! Before he had time to get up, several other Ming officers and soldiers rushed up again, and several long knives covered Giuseppe and slashed straight down! Giuseppe couldn't avoid it, and in a panic, he grabbed a stool to resist. Only a few loud bangs were heard, and the stool was split into pieces, and one of the Ming officers raised his right foot and kicked Giuseppe his chest! Giuseppe snorted, and the whole person involuntarily flew backwards, broke through the big tent and fell outside!

Giuseppe rolled on the ground and quickly got up. At this time, he suddenly found out that he didn't know when the Ming army had been killed! The camp was full of the voices of the Ming army, killing and killing, while their own soldiers were running in panic and running around, constantly being cut down in a pool of blood by the other party! Giuseppe was terrified and didn't know what to do.

The Ming officers and soldiers who raided Giuseppe chased after him and surrounded Giuseppe's regiment. One of the Ming officers shouted in Byzantine: "Surrender quickly, spare you from death!" Giuseppe panicked, didn't know what to do, and shouted: "You Ming people are all cowards, you will only win by many, and you dare not fight me alone!" ”

The Ming officer was furious and shouted; "What a barbarian who doesn't know whether to live or die! I'm going to convince you today! Then he shouted at the crowd: "Stand down!" The crowd immediately took five or six steps back and gave way to an open space. The Ming officer walked up to Giuseppe, pointed at Giuseppe's nose, and said loudly: "I'll fight you alone, if you can win, Lao Tzu will let you go!" When Giuseppe heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then he was worried that the other party would regret it afterwards, and hurriedly said: "You are a Ming general, but you have to talk count!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.