Chapter 44
"At present, the number of defenders in Wimbledon City is not much different from before this war, and even the total number is even higher, but there is a huge gap in actual combat effectiveness! Excluding the original 35,000 defenders in Wimbledon City, only the 10,000 forbidden army led by you can be regarded as elite, and the rest of the local troops can only be regarded as a rabble, and they are also weaker than the original defenders in terms of psychological quality and understanding of the situation in the north!" Although Bunian's words were not so good, Li Zijun and Bob both knew that he was telling the truth, so they just looked at each other and shook their heads with a wry smile, and didn't say much.
"It can be said that if it weren't for Master Hou, you won several battles in succession and successfully boosted the morale of the soldiers in the city, even if Marshal Yule attacked Wimbledon City, it would not be impossible to succeed!"
"Because of this official document, even if you want to slow down the recovery of those cities, I am afraid it will be a little difficult! After this battle, the forbidden army must withdraw to the capital. And if Hou Ye wants to establish a defense system as soon as possible, he can only do so by sending troops with the defenders of Wimbledon City as the main body. ”
"It should take at least a month and a half for your reinforcements to reach Wimbledon, and if you do, Wimbledon's defenses will drop dramatically! The Monlin Empire was able to dig a tunnel in Wimbledon City, and it would not be difficult for the Turbulent Hungarian Empire to install a few internal lines! At that time, Wimbledon City would probably be even more dangerous than when the Monlin army arrived!"
After listening to Bunian's analysis, Li Zijun frowned unconsciously.
"Princess Blanche is still in our capital to this day, and if there is a war between our two countries, isn't Princess Julie afraid that we will deal with Princess Blanche?" Bob was still a little uncertain about Bunian's statement.
"It's just a princess, and even her father doesn't care about life or death, let alone her!" Li Zijun said with a wave of his hand.
Compared to Bob, Li Zijun also knows Blanche's other identity, and he has more associations when he hears Bunian's statement.
"If you were Julie, where would you ambush the army?" asked Li Zijun, who got up and walked to the map.
"If you want to break through Wimbleton, which is guarded by you, even if there is an internal connection, it will be difficult to succeed without an army of more than 200,000. And now that we know what they're capable of, and the time constraints, the place where they might be ambushing is already on the horizon!" Bunyan said, landing his finger on the map.
"Prosius, that's our place!" Bob exclaimed when he saw Bunion's finger.
"Prosius is more independent than the other cities, and there is no separation from Wimbledon, and all of them are flat rivers that are conducive to the rapid movement of cavalry, and there is no better place for the Tuhun army than here!"
"Big Brother Bob, who is Prosius' guard?"
"It's Longfellow! He's been stationed in Prosius City for a long time, so it shouldn't be a problem!" said Bob, unsure.
"Are you sure there is something wrong with Langfellow?" asked Li Zijun, tapping lightly on the tabletop and looking at Bunian.
"Sure!"
"It seems that it's a pity that the Monlin Empire has let you dig tunnels here! Do you have any relatives in the Monlin Empire? I will arrange for them to rush to the Seine Peninsula as soon as possible. ”
"No, no, no!" Bunian's eyes were full of sorrow, there must have been an unknown encounter in his heart!
Now is not the time to explore Bunian's privacy, Li Zijun chooses to look in other directions.
"Report!" The three of them were still figuring out how to deal with the Turk-Hungarian Empire when Diego suddenly appeared outside the door.
"Come in!" Li Zijun said nonchalantly.
Diego walked into the room and saw Bob and Bunian in the room, and he hesitated.
"Let's just say anything, Big Bob and Bonian are both trustworthy friends!"
"Master, Boswell and Stutta are back, and they are outside the door now!"
"Oh, great! let them all in!" After the Tiger bandits were dispersed, Li Zijun has been sending people to find the whereabouts of Boswell and Stutta.
"Master Hou, your subordinates are here, it's not suitable for me to stay here, we will discuss other things later, I will leave first!" Bob knew that Boswell and Stutta were the two leaders of the Tiger Bandit Bandits, although Li Zijun said that he didn't care, but it was not convenient for him, a cronie of the sixth prince, to stay, after all, he got up and left.
Li Zijun also understood Bob's distress and personally sent him out of the room. Bunian also wanted to say goodbye, but before he could speak, Li Zijun glared at him fiercely, blocked his words back, and he had no choice but to accompany Li Zijun to greet him.
"Big Brother Boswell, Stutta, you're back!" Li Zijun was happy to see the two people in front of him, and took their hands back to the room.
"Young master, I'm worried about you!" The two wanted to kneel down to salute Li Zijun, but they were pulled up by Li Zijun.
"That place in Meigong Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, why were you suddenly broken up by the Evil Wolf Bandit Group?" asked Li Zijun after letting them know each other with Bunian, and only after they were all seated in their seats.
"This time the wolf bandit group took a night attack, and mobilized almost 50,000 people, and the brothers resisted desperately, but in the end, because they were outnumbered, they had to withdraw from Meigong Mountain in batches from the trail in the back mountain. It's just that not long after we left Meigong Mountain, we encountered the army of the Turk-Hungarian Empire. In the past, as long as we didn't take the initiative to provoke them, they generally wouldn't take the initiative to attack us. But this time I didn't know Weishenme, and as soon as they saw us, they surrounded us. Seeing that the limelight was not right, Sheryl, me and Stutta each led a team to break through. ”
"Thankfully, when we moved, the Turmon-Hungarian army had not had time to close the encirclement, and we were able to break out of the encirclement. After the breakout, Stuta and I soon met each other, and we wanted to return to Sarat City immediately, but the Turcare-Hungarian army did not know what was stimulating, and kept chasing and intercepting us until we ran back to the range of the Dongyu Empire, and they did not give up their pursuit of us. Together, there were nearly four thousand of us, but by the time we fled here, there were less than two thousand!"
"Where are they all, how are they in physical condition, and have they been settled?" the Tiger Bandit Regiment was equivalent to Li Zijun's disciples, and he asked with concern.
"They are all still outside the city, but almost all of them are injured, and we are worried that it will cause inconvenience to you, young master, by letting them enter the city, so we didn't let them enter the city. Boswell said with some embarrassment.
"Digo, go and get the brothers of the Tiger Bandits into the city, and get some doctors to treat their injuries. To the outside world, they are stragglers who escaped back from the First Battle of Huluyu!"
"There are 50,000 Wolf Bandits? You read that right?" asked Li Zijun after Diego left. Li Zijun knows a lot about the Evil Wolf Bandit Group, and he doesn't believe that the Evil Wolf Bandit Group will be so strong at all.
"They do all wear the emblem of the Wolf Bandits, but their fighting power is much stronger than that of the Wolf Bandits! In connection with the subsequent change in the attitude of the Turgean and Hungarian armies towards us, I also think Stutta's guess is justified!"
"Stutta: Tell me your reasoning. Li Zijun scratched his head and looked at Stuta and asked.
"When the wolf bandit group attacked at night, I was leading people to patrol the mountains. If it weren't for the fact that we had a secret sentry, it is likely that we would not have been able to spot them when they touched them. They are very skilled in their tactics and movements, and they are extremely tacit in their coordination, and their combat effectiveness is quite strong! Even compared with the Dongyu border guards I have seen, they are not far behind! The Evil Wolf and Robber Regiment has dealt with us so many times, I don't think their combat quality can be improved so quickly!"
"My other suspicion is the number of people! The Wolf Bandit Group has been suppressed by us and the Fire Bandit Group for so many years, and they have always been weaker than our two bandit groups in terms of strength, and it is impossible for them to become so strong overnight!"
"In addition, the number of troops mobilized by the Turgeo-Hungarian army is also a doubt! They cannot dispatch more than 100,000 people for the sake of our small group of tiger bandits, and they must have some major military operations. As long as we are not wiped out, they will not be able to completely sweep away their worries, therefore, I think that the attack on our Tiger bandit group is just a preparatory action for the military operation of the Turbulent and Hungarian army, and their target should be the Dongyu Empire. This was later confirmed when we escaped from the string. Stutta nodded to Boswell and motioned for him to continue.
"As we withdrew from the steppe, we stumbled over a mountain col where we found at least 10,000 Turk-Hungarian soldiers. Out of curiosity, Stutta and I sent someone over to check on the situation. Our scouts came back and said that there was a large amount of military supplies and food for the other side, enough for three months for an army of 100,000!"
"Where?" Perseville asked, nervously, confirming Bunian's initial suspicions.
Boswell had never seen Bunian and couldn't trust him, hearing him ask, Boswell turned his head to look at Li Zijun, who nodded slightly.
"It's here, Luming Mountain!" Stutta said, getting up and pointing to a dot next to the map.
"Why are you there?" said Li Zijun and Bunian in unison.
Luming Mountain and Prosius are in two directions, one east and one west, just now Bunian has set the point of attack of the Brunic Empire at Prosius, how can their supply point be located in Luming Mountain?
"After you passed through Luming Mountain, has there been any change in the intensity of the Turbulent and Hungarian army's attack on you?" Li Zijun and Bunian looked at each other, and Li Zijun came to the map and asked.
"Looks like it's getting stronger!" Stuta and Boswell said after checking each other.
"How can you get stronger?" Li Zijun said to himself with a frown, as he tapped the map lightly with his fingers.
"The commander of the Turk-Hungarian army is Boyle!" said Bunian suddenly.
"Only he would do such a suspicious thing, which can also take advantage of the extermination of the Tiger Bandit Bandit to the greatest extent. Moreover, I suspect that the Turgeo-Hungarian Empire is divided into two ways this time, one bright and one dark, one real and one virtual! Luming Mountain is false and bright, and Prosius is real and dark! It must be so! Boyle put the main force of the army in Prosius!
"If, as you said, Boyle can switch between reality and reality at any time, and focus his attack on the city of Zarat. Bring me back! Boyle is really hard to deal with!"
"You seem to know Boyle very well, do you have any trouble with him?" Li Zijun asked as he looked at Bunian.
"Master Hou, can I report this matter to you later?" Bunian showed a confused expression.
"I believe in you!" Li Zijun said with a slight arch of his mouth.
"This time, Boyle didn't expect you to join my camp, and you happen to know the true identity of Wasted Luo, he is destined to be a monkey in this battle!" Li Zijun suddenly smiled.
"Monkey fishing for the moon?" Bunian looked at Li Zijun in confusion.
"It's empty!" Bunian smiled when he heard Li Zijun's explanation.
"Since the entry point of the main force of the Turgeo-Hungarian Empire has not changed, then their supply point should be in this place!" Li Zijun put away his smile and slammed his fist on the map.
"Meigong Mountain!?" said Boswell and Stutta in unison, and then they both showed a look of sudden realization.
"Digo, hurry up and get Big Brother Bob back, I'm afraid I'll have to kill God again this time!" Li Zijun's eyes showed a cold light.
"Uncle, do you think Edlaide will believe what I wrote?" asked Princess Julie, sitting beside Boyle.
"Not only will they not believe you, but they will guess our intentions!"
"In that case, you won't stop me from writing a letter, and instead of being discovered by him now, it is better for us to attack the city of Salat directly, and perhaps the Seine Peninsula is already in our hands now!" said Princess Julie, with some dissatisfaction.
"Do you think that if you don't write a letter, Edlaide will not suspect us in the Hungarian Empire? If I guess correctly, Edlaide will only wait until Higgins and his army arrive at Wimbledon before sending troops to take over those cities. ”
"Does Edlaide dare to resist the orders of the military headquarters?" asked Julie, puzzled.
"Do you think Edlaide is a guy who is willing to listen to other people's blind orders? He doesn't take the so-called orders of the military department seriously. Since he managed to push Yule back, Bob is even more obedient to him, and there is no one in the northern region of the Dongyu Empire who can make him do what he doesn't want to do! ”
"And you have the advantage of writing a letter, which is to let him know that our Turk-Hungarian Empire is ready to make a move!"
"Is that a good thing?" Julie felt a little confused.
"Of course it's a good thing!" Edlaide was only skeptical at first, so that he was sure of his thoughts. And it was at this time that I sent the remnants of the Tiger Bandit Regiment to him. What would you think if you were him?"
"The Turquoist army that surrounded the Tiger bandit group is in the northeast, which means that the main force of the Turbulent and Hungarian forces is also in this direction. Edlaide would have thought we were trying to move him out of Wimbledon to pursue Jule so that we could attack his city of Salat, and he would move the army to the northeast!" Julie looked at Boyle in surprise.
"Not only that!I've also set up a supply point in Luming Mountain, and I'm sure the Tiger Bandits will bring him this news as well!"
"With Edlaide's current strength, it would be a big risk to support the city of Zarat, but if he attacked our supply points, he would be more than enough! ”
"If I'm right, Edlaide will choose to attack our supply points!, as long as he leaves Wimbledon, Bob's reckless man won't have anything to deal with!" Boyle said with some smugness.
"As long as Edlaide sneaks up on Luming Mountain, he will fall into the trap you have set beforehand, and he will probably never have a chance to return to the city of Salat again! At that time, from Wimbledon to the Seine Peninsula, this vast land will become the territory of our Turk-Hungarian Empire!" Julie said with a smile as she looked at Boyle.
"Uncle, what will you do if Edlaide doesn't leave Wimbledon, or waits until Higgins arrives at Wimbledon?"
"It will take at least forty days for Higgins to arrive with a large army, and we must force Edlaide out of Wimbledon before he arrives. Five days later, if Edlaide did not leave Wimbleton, we turned the hypothesis into reality and ordered the 50,000-strong army lying in ambush near Mount Luming to storm the city of Salat. I don't believe Edlaide can sit back and watch his territory be breached by us. Once he is out of town, we can continue to perform the previous jihua. ”
"The weapon that Edlaide used when he attacked Monlin's army head-on is the treasure of defending the city! If the Turmon-Hungarian army encounters this weapon in the city of Salat, our losses will be great!" said Julie, with some concern.
"A little loss is inevitable!But as long as we can get Zuihou's victory, it's all worth it!" Boyle's eyes flashed with the glint of a gambler.
Three days later, Li Zijun sent all the night elves around him to escort Bunian back to Sarat City, and Bunian was in Sarat City to advise his two sisters, at least to ensure that Sarat City was worry-free in the short term.
Boyle must have blocked all the roads from Wimbledon to Sarat, and only the Night Elves would be able to get Bunnian back safely.
Because of this, Catherine and Li Zijun also had an argument, she felt that the Night Elves should follow him and protect him, but in the end, Li Zijun still used the safety of Sarat City to convince her. It's just that Catherine herself still stays by his side, which is actually what Li Zijun is happy to see!
On the fifth day, Li Zijun ordered Boswell and Stutta, as well as thirty members of the Tigers bandit regiment, to go out of the city with himself and 5,000 cavalry. As soon as Li Zijun left the city, Bob ordered the city gate to be closed and continued to impose a curfew.
Hearing that Li Zijun's direction seemed to be to recover the lost cities, Boyle sneered shallowly.
Recovering a few empty cities doesn't need Li Zijun, the commander of the Northern Army, to step out at all, he is simply setting up a suspicious formation!
It's just that because Boyle couldn't correctly judge the direction of Li Zijun's departure from the city, he didn't have time to arrange enough surveillance personnel in this direction, and he couldn't prepare for Li Zijun's whereabouts.
And because Li Zijun chose to go out of the city in this direction, Boyle was worried that Li Zijun would immediately withdraw to Wimbledon if he found something. Therefore, Boyle could only continue to wait.
Fortunately, Li Zijun didn't let Boyle wait too long, and on the third day he left the city, he let the army he led disappear!
"Disappeared!?" Julie asked in disbelief as she looked at the subordinate in front of her who reported Li Zijun's situation.
"They were there the night before, and they disappeared at dawn! The tent was still there, but the people inside were gone! Because they had placed scarecrows at the sentry and at the gate, our men didn't notice the problem until noon, and when they tried to walk over, they saw the scarecrow and the empty tent, and realized that we had been deceived!" said the man timidly.
"Scarecrow again! Edward seems to be particularly keen on using this thing, he just used it to tease Yule, and this time he used it to joke with us. It seems that Edlaide is still a child after all!" Boyle said with interest when he heard Li Zijun use the scarecrow again.
"Don't be emotional! we've lost Edlaide's whereabouts now, what should we do next, my good uncle!" said Julie, seeing Boyle's appearance, with some dissatisfaction.
"Now that we have made a judgment, we must believe in the results we have reached! Edlaide must have turned to attack Luming Mountain, as long as we pay attention to the main roads along the way, we will always find his traces!"
"Then what will our army do next, will it attack or not?"
"Wait a few more days! Li Zijun is not far from Wimbledon, once he feels that Wimbledon is in danger, he will immediately return there. Then all our efforts will be in vain!Let him go a little further, so that when we are outside Wimbleton, he will be more willing to jump into our trap!" Boyle felt like he was sure of victory.
Most smart people are confident, and Boyle is no exception! It's just that he didn't expect that Li Zijun had already led a large army to Meigong Mountain. Now even if the Turquoise and Hungarian troops besiege Wimbleton, Li Zijun will not come back, he has already prepared a big gift for Boyle there, and he will not be surprised when Boyle sees it!
However, Li Zijun also had troubles, and the sisters of the Giant Clan heard that Li Zijun was going to personally attack the supply points of the Turbulent Hungarian Empire, and they insisted on following him to set off.
Li Zijun is currently only surrounded by the guards of the dwarf tribe and the giant clan, and their images are too special, and Li Zijun is worried that because of these people, Boyle will guess his whereabouts along the way. Therefore, Li Zijun originally planned to take Catherine alone. But I don't know how this matter was heard by the two sisters, and they had to follow the heard. Li Zijun tried his best to persuade them, and they still appeared in his team.