After a while, Verlaine's voice came through the door: "Svis. Major General Hepburn!

Please come in. “

"Yes!" Sveis pushed open the door and stepped inside.

"Please take Viscount Gironde to collect the items, he is now the Supreme Commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, with the rank of Lieutenant General. ”

"Yes, Marshal. ”

Verlaine shook Girond's hand and said, "Gironde, my old friend, it's up to you this time." ”

"Don't worry, my friend!" Gironde hugged Verlaine tightly, "but remember, you owe me a case of fine wine." ”

"Hehe, you old potato," Verlaine patted Gironde's face: "Please!"

Such an intimate gesture had never been seen in the marshal.

Sveis took Gironde to the logistics department to collect the items, and when he handed Gironde the lieutenant general's uniform on a silver platter, he saw a little tear in Gironde's eyes.

"Viscount Girondin," Sveis asked softly, "what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, just remembering some of the past. Gironde shook his head, picked up his uniform and changed into it in public...... Unlike what Sveis thought, Gironde's movements were quite skilful and fluid.

A full set of general's military uniforms is very complicated, with dozens of buttons up and down, and if you are not careful, the belt and the ribbon will be entangled, and you generally need to have two people to assist you. Even if someone helps, ordinary people can't even reach his speed.

Gironde finally fastened his belt and hung up his sword, and in front of Sweez's eyes, he was already a standard general!

"Smack!" and Sveis gave him a military salute.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency!" Sveis said sincerely, "You are now the Supreme Commander of the Fifth War Zone!"

"It's time for me to go. Gironde returned the salute: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for taking care of you along the way." ”

"I'll send you. Sveis said sincerely. He rarely does. It can be seen that the elderly and loyal Viscount Gironde has already won his love.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General. I'm a little curious," Walking in the corridor of the military chief, Sveis asked, "You said that you did not hold a position, why are you not unfamiliar with the affairs of the army?"

"Your Excellency is strange about this," said Gironde, "and when I was young, I served with Verlaine. ”

"I see. Sveis nodded, no wonder the marshal wanted him to be the commander of the fifth theater of operations, presumably the marshal knew Lieutenant General Gironde very well!

"We fought together and promoted together. It's a good brother. In the end, he finally accumulated merit to the colonel and entered the Dark Demon Temple to study together. "But I was useless, and I failed all three trials...... Finally, I returned to my hometown. ”

"Why?"

"The Examiner said that I was not aggressive, and that the commanders and generals of the coalition forces had always advocated the supremacy of offense. Gironde smiled wryly and said, "With this comment from the priest, I have no choice but to retire." It's disappointing to say, but while waiting for the results, I practiced putting on and taking off my military uniform thousands of times. ”

Sveys remembered his study experience in the Dark Demon Temple, and knew that it was mostly because Gironde didn't understand the world. There are very few officers in the Demon Temple who cannot succeed in the trial...... If it doesn't please the priest, that's a different matter.

"As soon as Verlaine came to me, I knew he was in trouble. How can I stand idly by while my friend is in trouble?" said Gironde, "and how much more so that I can put on my shirt again." He must have offended many priests. ”

Svis's heart was a little sour—Marshal Verlaine's status today had reached the point where he could meet the Dark Lord. How can you put any priest in your eyes? It's almost the same to forget you.

"Break up here, Lord Duke," Gironde said, turning, "you have your own duties, goodbye." ”

"Goodbye, Lieutenant General Gironde!" Sveis took the initiative to shake someone's hand for the first time in adulthood: "It's a pleasure to be friends with you!"

Lieutenant General Gironde smiled, turned and walked down the long staircase, at the end of which a group of guards was already waiting for him with the flag of the Fifth War Zone.

Sveis stood on the steps and watched as the lieutenant general stepped onto his horse and faded into view.

"Report to the sir," someone outside the tent shouted, "the Chief Liaison Officer is back!"

"Let him in. I dropped the map in my hand and rubbed my dry eyes.

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and Marfa, covered in dust, walked in.

"Sit down," I said, gesturing to the empty seat next to me, "what's new?"

"Hmm......" Marfa picked up the water and poured it first, "Their new commander may have arrived......"

"Arrived?" I frowned, "Do you know who it is?"

"I don't know!" Marfa put down the water glass, "But the enemy army has already begun to move. ”

"Be specific. ”

I spread out another map of the whole of Camp.

"A few days ago, all the enemies were concentrated, and it turned out that they were all transferred. Marfa pointed to the map and said, "The new troops have arrived, and there are only a few more of them...... The details are being investigated. Now we only know that there are not only regular heavy infantry inside, but also a considerable number of slave soldiers! In addition, the borders of the country are also tightly sealed, and our information in other countries is no longer available. ”

"Well," I thought to myself, "what are they going to do?"

"Their banner is still in the Fifth War Zone, and several solid camps have been established. ”

"But it's strange that the camp was not set up near the transport line, but in a roughly horizontal line," Marfa said. ”

"Are they not in a hurry to advance?"

"Yes, the camps are not far apart," said Marfa, "and if we attack one of them, we will immediately be surrounded by the enemy who has rushed to support." ”

"Where are they headed?"

"I can't see it at all now," Marfa shook his head, "Anyway, every time I go to a town, I will restore the defense and keep people stationed, and I will also organize ordinary civilians to participate in the defense, which seems to be stationed for a long time......"

"Looks like we're in trouble. I nodded and said, "Can your men find out who their new commander is? even a little bit of information." ”

"It's a little difficult, you know, boss, our people can't get in at all. Marfa said, "Never." You can also give it a try. ”

"Then you can arrange it. I said, "Let me think." ”

What exactly does the enemy want to do? With such a posture, he still looks like he is fighting steadily. Could it be that they are not in a hurry to wipe out us, nor are they in a hurry to repair the transportation lines?

It's also unlikely, if you give up the transportation line, then what will the Fifth War Zone eat? It can't be that the Demon Alliance is ruthless, and even the Fifth War Zone has given up, right?!

I spent the afternoon in the camp and didn't have a clue.

Because the other side had very little information, at the military meeting held later, some people said that they wanted to attack, and some people said that they wanted to retreat, but everyone could not come up with an idea.

"Where are we going to retreat?" I asked the officer who advocated retreating: "The order issued by the military headquarters clearly states that our task is to go into the battlefield first and drag down the enemy on the opposite side!" In other words. It's that we have to stay here until the war is over!"

"If we retreat, we will be said to be fleeing from the battle, and I will be fine, but you will all die!" I looked at the officers around me: "On the contrary, as long as we are the last troops to leave the battlefield, then whether we hold back the enemy or not, we have completed the mission! No one dares to say anything to us." ”

"If we want to fight, there will undoubtedly be losses," I looked at the officers who were clamoring to attack: "Now, we have very little information in our hands, how can we fight? Give us your lives, and can we throw them out at will?"

"That. What are we going to do?" asked Carlos.

"Let's wait!" I said, "Wait for the intelligence!" Once the information is ready, we can find their weak spot and fight again, as we did the previous times! And by then, maybe the war will be over!"

"What if there is no intelligence?" asked another officer.

"Then hide!" I said, "Camp is so big, it's easy to hide from 60,000 people." When we have the chance, we will come out and catch a handful, and when the wind is tight, we will hide...... Remember, you can't have a head-on confrontation with each other!"

"Yes!"

Immediately after the meeting, I sent an order to Heert to shrink his troops, send more spies, and keep a close eye on the enemy's movements. At the same time, Moya's receiving troops should be prepared.

The enemy, on the other hand, continued to build camp unhurriedly for the next ten days, without any eagerness.

There is no doubt that they know that we are in zài, but they do not know where we are.

We know where they are, but we can't eat a bite!

Why can't I eat it? The reason is simple.

I have personally run to see that their camps are so well built that these armies are like masons, and the camps are very well built, first with wood and then with stone - not in a morning or afternoon.

Moreover, these armies were well-trained and fully armed, and night raids were even more impossible.

Around a camp, there are several other camps within a hundred miles in a straight line, and the camps on the first line are even closer. Countless cavalry squads roamed around the clock, and if a camp was attacked, the troops of other camps would immediately receive the news and rush to it......

If you don't die, the army in each camp is just 10,000 people, and it will take you 50,000 men to fight it in two or three days! When you just take down this camp, you will just be surrounded by the enemy......

Under strong pressure, I had to order the troops to retreat again and again. We retreated fifty miles and fifty miles, and they built one camp after another...... Your mother, the Demon Alliance's money is nowhere to be spent?

As soon as the camp is erected, the enemy sends small squads into the surrounding towns and villages.

Unlike before, they brought food and supplies to appease the people and clear the area......

The people everywhere have food, no one has fled the famine, and those who have wandered have returned home, and there will be no longer the scene of the hungry people everywhere before.

This trick is very powerful, and a large part of Marfa's men are disguised as hungry people to pass on information.

Now, no matter who it is, as long as they are more than three miles away from their place of residence, they all have to hold the road of the Demon Alliance!

The scope of activity of the intelligence officers became smaller and smaller, and in the end they had to open up other routes of transmission. Information from other demon countries had to go through the sea!

I have a piece of information that has just arrived. There are blood stains and water marks on it. The date was a month ago, which shows how difficult this information was to pass on!

Marfa translated the information on the side - the mountain peak reported to the boss and the big boss: Yesterday, the new commander of the fifth theater of the Demon Alliance set off from Fort Fox. Hill 57 confirmed that this commander was a lieutenant general, a Terran, male, and in his fifties. Hill No. 24 paid a lot of money to buy the orderly of the military station, and confirmed that this person's name was Gironde. Hereditary nobleman, viscount. (Hill 24 collapsed two days later). Yamaoka Nineteen confirmed that this person was from the Sunset Plains of the Uruk Empire of the Demon Alliance, had no official position, and owned a fief. (Yamaoka 19 collapsed a day later). Yamaoka 11 confirmed that this person was frugal in food and lodging, did not speak much, and had a calm demeanor, which was completely different from ordinary demon generals......

Marfa's subordinates, more than forty intelligence officers lurking in the Demon Alliance's Bruke Empire, all have the code name of Yamaoka. The mountain peaks are their heads, and they are all excellent officers. In their mouths. Call Marfa the boss and call me the big boss.

But for this bit of information, several intelligence officers died in the line of duty......

"Order," I said, "that the mountain peaks are dormant, and until the other orders arrive, only the beauty of the scenery shall be introduced, and the snow shall not be forcibly melted." ”

"Yes!" Marfa looked up at me, "but ......"

"It doesn't matter, this battle is over, the war is over. I said, "A little bit of people is more precious than anything else." ”

"It's my fault, I didn't train them well!" said Marfa reproachfully, "I can't get valuable information!"

"How can it be worthless?" I said, "I didn't hold an official position, but as soon as I came out, I was a theater commander with the rank of lieutenant general......!" Isn't that enough?"

Marfa blinked.

"We came across a rock, a very hard stone!" I said, staring into the distance, "I'm sure that either someone in the Divine Alliance has leaked secrets, or there is a particularly cunning senior officer in the Demon Alliance. If it's the latter, we're going to be in trouble!"

Just then, Carlos arrived.

"Report to the sir," he said, "Galia has arrived! As he spoke, he handed me a few papers.

I first opened the wax seal on Fischette's letter, took out the letterhead, and looked at it. It is said that it is a personal letter, but in fact, most of it is a battle report from Fichette to me, which is naturally more truthful than other means.

“...... In mid-August, what you did behind enemy lines was reported to the military headquarters. There were very few people who knew about this matter, and it was limited to the high-ranking generals of the royal faction, but they were all dumbfounded, and even His Excellency the Prince looked up to the sky and sighed. Count you shit luck......

“...... At the end of August, the Demon Coalition swooped in, and the Divine Coalition was well prepared, and the two sides fought a big battle, and the offensive of the Demon Coalition was slightly reduced by ......"

“...... At the beginning of September, the Divine Alliance counterattacked, with a total of more than 500,000 troops from 17 legions as the main attack, and 150,000 troops from 6 legions feintting, advancing in both directions, and another 300,000 troops in the center, and the main direction of attack was the Trafa Empire of the Demon Alliance. The Demon Coalition lost the first battle, and then mobilized more than 600,000 troops to fight. In the early days, the Divine Coalition was extremely smooth, and the two beast cavalry legions of the Bansai Empire in the direction of the feint attack once broke into the territory of the Trafa Empire......"

“...... In mid-September, the reinforcements of the Demon Alliance arrived, and the Fire Legion and the Bansai Legion fought a series of battles, and the Bansai Beast Legion, which was superior in numbers, was defeated, and only half of the 80,000 Beast Cavalry retreated, and retreated in the direction of the feint......"

“...... In late September, the main attack direction encountered the elite of the Demon Alliance. Under the leadership of Prince Letu, the main battle legion of Tanxi was excellent, and then it made a detour to inflict heavy losses on the first part of the demon alliance, defeating the enemy's three legions of 160,000 with one legion of 80,000 people...... Later, due to the love war, he was surrounded by the demon coalition army, and then broke through the siege......"

“...... Inspired by you, the Demon Alliance sent several elite light cavalry, paired with griffins and blood demons, to raid the rear transportation lines of the Divine Alliance, burning countless grains and weapons. And because His Highness sent officials to pass on the responsibility, the Divine Coalition Army has not been able to supply for nearly ten days, and after this repeated blow, it has to shrink its strength and gradually enter the defensive ......"

“...... In October, the Demon Coalition was adjusted, and the troops were divided into four counteroffensives, all of which were spearheaded by special troops, and the Divine Coalition had suffered heavy casualties and had to gather in one place. At this point, the surprise attack plan of the Divine Alliance has failed, and both sides have formed a formation in the middle of the dividing line between gods and demons, and began to fight in formation on the scale of the legion, day and night, and the blood flowed like a river......"

“...... Also, after being attacked in the rear, Karl. Prince Ulysses and the military department have brought a group of officials under the temple to justice, although this move has made the logistics supply unhindered, but the temples of various countries have been excited, and they have sent letters to the temple of Paradise Island, with the intervention of the three cardinal priests, Karl. Prince Ulysses no longer served as commander-in-chief of the coalition forces and had left for his homeland, and the successive defeats of the coalition forces in the subsequent battles were directly related to the prince's resignation. The military headquarters of the Divine Alliance has been controlled by the Divine Temple faction, and the Prince has left his post, and your whereabouts have been leaked! It is reported that in the near future, the Divine Temple will also take some action, with the aim of weakening the rights of the royal factions of various countries. You must be cautious in everything when you are in the enemy, do not seek merit but seek no fault, as long as you come back safely, there is your own highness here to take care of you......"

Seeing this, I smiled inadvertently, although I was not so miserable that I ran back, but there were friends who were thinking about me and solving problems for me...... Immediately, there was a warm friendship in my heart, and I was a person who needed emotional support.

"Inform the regimental commander-level officer to come to me. I turned to Carlos and finished speaking, and looked at it again.

“...... The Dark Province and the Dark Moon Province are normal, the elders are in good health, and your three tigresses are obediently staying at home. Another female bandit has several letters, because it is an extraordinary period, His Royal Highness will not be polite to read it for you, in addition to the wisps of affection, but also remind His Excellency Bai Yun that the period of one year has arrived, if His Excellency Bai Yun does not appear again, the female bandit will put down all kinds of business in her hands, and go to the dark province to stage a husband-hunting story.

It seems that the female bandit who has no love is already very impatient, and His Royal Highness has to reply to it as Bai Yun to soothe his eagerness...... His Excellency Bai Yun's handwriting is too difficult to imitate, and because it is very torturous to write meaty love words, I will charge you a ghostwriting fee of one hundred punches (it is His Highness who beats you, not You beat His Highness), and the stationery and other miscellaneous expenses are additional......"

When I saw this, I couldn't help but be stunned. This kid dares to blackmail me! Look at the young master, how will I clean you up when I go back!

The others were orders from the War Department and a letterhead from Fichette detailing the special units of the Demon Alliance.

"Sir!" Carlos returned, "The officers have arrived. (To be continued......)