Chapter 874: Détente

"Are you alright, my lord?" Just when Bach was puzzled, Li Zijun's greeting came to his ears.

"Me?" Bach finally remembered what had just happened, and he hurriedly examined himself in its entirety, and after making sure that there was no pain on his body, he let out a long sigh.

"It's okay! Thank you so much this time!" said Bach, turning around to give Li Zijun a salute.

"My lord, don't be in a hurry to thank me, I want to thank you here!" Li Zijun gestured to Bach with his chin as he held his arms.

"Thank me?" Bach looked down Li Zijun's chin, and he saw a long dragon composed of sparks and fire.

"You mean?"

"That's right, it's them! I can clearly see their military uniforms! Thanks to you, we have finally caught up with them!" Looking at the unharmed army in the distance, a happy smile appeared on Li Zijun's face.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that soon, he and Bach couldn't laugh!

"What, you asked me to stop advancing? What are you kidding?! At this moment, Annan City is in danger, I am afraid of losing when I rush to march back, you actually let me stop, I can't do it!"

"General Kamp, in the city of Annam today, in addition to your 100,000 troops, there are nearly 50,000 local troops. As long as it is not for the generals defending the city to be hot-headed and go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Ziqing army, it will never be a problem to hold on for a month! You really don't need to rush back in a hurry!"

"You don't have a back ache when you stand and talk! What if you can't hold it? It's not my responsibility to lose Annan City alone! Okay, I also know that you two have good intentions, and I understand it! I'm just embarrassed. I can't listen to you until Your Majesty removes me!"

"Someone. Take the two adults down to rest!"

"Smack!" Seeing that Camp was going to drive him away, Li Zijun was a little annoyed. He took out His Majesty's warrant from his bosom and slammed it down in front of Kemp.

"Whether to drive us out, or order the army to stop advancing, you choose, general!"

Camp had been by His Majesty's side for many years, and he was naturally very familiar with what this thing was in front of him, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"What is this?"

"Isn't everything clear to the general himself?" Li Zijun took two steps back and made a 'please' gesture to Kemp.

"Lord Admiral, give the order to stop advancing!" Bach hurriedly shook his head at Camp when he saw that he was really about to pick up the warrant.

"Heralds, heralds!" Camp frowned. He called the herald outside the tent in.

"Order all the armies to stop advancing immediately!" Camp glanced at Li Zijun next to him again:

"Camp in place!"

"Yes!" the herald did not hesitate, turned and ran out of the tent.

"Lord, I don't understand, why do you have to let me stop advancing? Don't you know that saving soldiers is like fighting fire?" Once again, only Kemp, Li Zijun and Bach were left in the tent, and Kemp couldn't help but yell at Li Zijun.

"General, I ask you to answer me: If you rush to Annan City in the current way, how much combat strength will you have left in this army?"

"Well, I can arrange for them to be repaired when I return to Annan City, I believe. Just give them three days and they will be able to get back to their best. ”

"I believe that the general's soldiers have this ability! But the general has not thought about it, the other party may not give you these three days!"

"How is this possible, the city of Annan is thick and high. How can it be that you can't hold it for even three days?!" Speaking of this, Kemp's face suddenly changed:

"You're saying Ziqing will sneak up on me along the way? The Ziqing army has become a lone army, their commander will not have such courage, right?"

"He doesn't need much guts at all! Ziqing has mobilized at least 600,000 troops, and there is such an army in hand. The other side can completely surround Annan City first, and then attack us head-on, or sneak attack. Because, they have such strength!"

"And this is still the most common strategy, if it were me, I would surround the three missing one, and lead the army in the city out of the city to rescue! Just imagine, if the army in the city saw their commander caught in the siege of the other party, what choice would they make?"

"They will" Hearing this, Kemp's face changed dramatically, and even his breathing became rapid.

"Annan City is in danger at the moment, we can't just stay here and do nothing, right?"

"The city of Annam is indeed dangerous, but it is not to the point of precariousness!

"What is the current situation in the Acropolis?" Li Zijun asked as he walked over to Camp's map and pointed to the 'Acropolis'.

"I'm angry when I talk about this, Feige actually gave up the Acropolis without telling me! I'm so angry! Let me see him again, I'll have to skin him!" Camp became more and more angry, and slammed his fist on the map

"You said that Feige retreated all the defenders of the Acropolis into Annan City?" Unlike Kemp's anger, Li Zijun's face was full of surprise.

"What, does the prince want to laugh at my lack of strictness?"

"No, no, I don't mean that! I'm just glad that the general has such a subordinate! Annan City is worry-free!"

"Just because he is afraid of the enemy, don't make me happy!"

"He's not afraid of the enemy! General, you and I both know very well that in the current form, the Acropolis can't be defended at all! Since we can't hold it, why should we waste our soldiers and materials in such a place instead of strengthening our grasp of a larger position?!"

"Feige, that's the bearded man, right? I didn't expect him to act well, and the use of soldiers is also very interesting!"

"If I'm not bad, he must have reminded you not to rush back to Annan City in the letter informing you that he had abandoned the Acropolis?"

"That's because he's worried that I'll go back and cure him for the crime of not fighting!"

"General, can you calm down and think carefully about whether we are rushing back to Annan City now to assist in the defense, or whether it is more important to cruise around Annan City?"

"Of course, it is of great use to rush back to Annan City, as long as I am in Annan City, as long as I am alive, I can guarantee that Annan City will always be in our hands!" Camp said, waving his arm quite confidently.

"General, why are you so on defense?"

"Don't want to 'defend' what I want, attack? You also said that Ziqing used at least 600,000 troops this time, 'wanting' to defeat them with the 50,000 people in my hands? I'm sorry, I'm not so ambitious!"

"Since you have to say 'defense,' then I'll tell you 'defense'! You are a soldier, and it is your duty to defend the territory and protect the frontier, and the 'territory' and 'soil' here are probably not just just an Annan city, right?

"In this case, can you protect them with these 50,000 people?"

"I can't do it either, but I can sneak attack Ziqing's grain route, ambush their lone troops, wait for the opportunity to join forces with the army in the city, and I will do everything I can to buy more time for the people around me to retreat!"

"Even if we don't do anything, the Ziqing army will never dare to attack the city with all our might!"

"Are you laughing at me for being a 'coward'?"

"No, no, General, you have misunderstood what the prince meant, the prince just hopes that the general can postpone your return to the city and renegotiate a more feasible plan of action. Is it, my lord?" Seeing that the two were about to stiffen, Bach hurriedly stood between them.

"I really didn't mean that! If I collide with the general somewhere, please don't be surprised!" "After all, this is camp's territory, and Li Zijun doesn't want to get too stiff with him, not to mention, Li Zijun has a good personal relationship with Kate, even if it's because of this relationship, he doesn't want to offend camp. So, he took the initiative to bow to Camp and gave him a deep salute.

"That's it, I'm also a little too anxious, and I'm a little impulsive! Ed, don't you forget to go to your heart?" Li Zijun's identity was there, and Kemp didn't dare to be too aggressive, he let out a long breath and pulled back what he had just said.

"Don't stand still, sit, sit!"

"Ed, before you, what do you think we should do now?" After the two of them were seated, Kemp's tone changed and he asked for Li Zijun's opinion.

The relationship between the two sides had just eased, and Li Zijun was worried that his idea would anger Kemp again, and he couldn't help but hesitate slightly.

"Don't do this and that, I'm not a person who can't listen to advice, you can rest assured and boldly say it, yes or no, and discuss it slowly with us!"

"Yes!" Hearing Kemp say this, Li Zijun's heart was at the bottom, and he immediately said what he thought.

"Lord Wang, you said, 'Fei Ge is not allowed to go out of the city,' I understand this, and I also think that this is the safest decision at present! But you said that you want to bypass the Ziqing army, is this too bold? Even a little risky? What if, I mean, if the enemy discovers our whereabouts, they will 'encircle and intercept' us? As you just said, they have mobilized at least 600,000 troops this time. You don't really want to use these 50,000 people to fight to the death with the Ziqing army, right?" After listening to Li Zijun's plan, Camp didn't wait for anything to say, and Bach frowned first.

"50,000 vs. 600,000? I'm not that bold! But I'm not afraid of their 'encirclement and interception,' and I even want them to do so!"

"Because in this way, we will also buy His Majesty more time to gather troops!" Li Zijun smiled slightly, stood up again, and walked straight to the map that Camp hung in his tent. (To be continued.) )