"I see!What should we do next?" Victor's words rekindled hope on Potter's disappointed face.

"Starting tomorrow, we will launch a continuous attack on Santa Cruz! This time, within three days, I will take Santa Cruz at all costs!"

"In this way, I am afraid that our losses will skyrocket!"

"I said: at all costs!"

"We're running out of time, and if we can't capture Santa Cruz in three days, we'll have the only way to withdraw our troops!" said this, Victor sighed deeply.

"Why?"

"Edlaide's successful sneak attack on 'Big Moon City' this time is a very bad sign for us! To put it mildly, the combination of Slint Protector, Karen and Hamilton is not Edlaide's opponent at all. ”

"If it weren't for the recurrence of Edlaide's old injury this time, he would definitely stay and stick to 'Big Moon City', and in that case, we will undoubtedly lose a lot!"

"Actually, this is also Edlaide's fear of death, otherwise, just this battle, he will be able to get half of my Fengqi! No matter what, we must rush back as soon as possible, and we must not give Edlaide such a chance again!"

"Is our situation really that bad?"

"It's only going to be worse than I said! In three days, if we can't take Santa Cruz, I'll definitely withdraw my troops, and that's the deadline I've given myself!"

"But the northern part of the company is still providing support to Santa Cruz, even if we don't sleep for three days and three nights, can we really take Santa Cruz?" Potter was still skeptical of Victor's claim.

"Here's the information I just got, look at it!" Vic said as he took an envelope from his bosom and handed it to Potter.

Half-convinced, taking the envelope, Potter pulled out the note inside. Just one glance, his face was filled with an expression of disbelief:

"Is that true? Heller isn't kidding us, is he?"

"The information has been verified, and Heller has indeed left 300,000 troops in the territory of Aojin, and they are constantly advancing towards Santa Cruz at the moment. If nothing happens, tomorrow night, they will arrive outside the city of Santa Cruz. And their arrival also indicates that Marcus will no longer receive any support, whether it is soldiers, food, grass, or baggage. Santa Cruz has become an isolated city!"

"I didn't expect Heller to come this way, and it's really beautiful! It seems that this time Marcas is in a catastrophe!"

"It's not 'pretty', it's just greed! As for Marcas, he is really going to be finished this time! Not only him, but after this time, the Proud Gold Empire will also cease to exist!" Victor smirked as he said this.

Almost at the same time, Marcus took over the same intelligence in the hands of Simpson.

"Your Majesty, Heller didn't withdraw to the Monlin Empire at all, he, he lied to us!" Simpson reported to Marcas with a sad face.

"What the hell is going on? Didn't our people see with their own eyes that the Monlin army had withdrawn to the territory of Monlin, what about this army of 300,000?"

"After General Bob attacked Monlin, Heller did lead a large army and retreated to Monling's border with us. But who would have thought that he would send us a soldier to withdraw all the way to Monlin to support Khorfikan, while he himself led an army of 300,000 and came back again. Our scouts only saw the large army that Monlin had withdrawn to the country, ignoring Heller's presence. ”

"This Heller is also extremely insidious, he led a large army around in a big circle, and we didn't notice them at all. By the time they show up again, they've completely cut us off from the north!"

"This time, Heller, this bastard, not only deceived us, but also deceived His Majesty Edlaide, General Bob has already taken prisoners of war back to Dongyu!"

"Your Majesty, what are we going to do next?"

"What should I do?" Marcus frowned slightly, and slowly sat back in his place.

"What's the news from Ed?"

"I just received a battle report from Dongyu, His Majesty Ed has occupied the three cities including the Crescent Moon, and Slynt and Karen have already withdrawn to the 'Big Moon City'!"

"They're officially at war?"

"It was His Majesty Ed who led people to attack the 'Great Moon City' and burned a large amount of grain, grass and baggage in Fengqi. Slynt was forced to withdraw his troops. Although there were some battles between the two sides during this period, so far, they have basically been mainly tentative. ”

"The only thing worth mentioning is that His Majesty Ed captured General Hamilton behind His Royal Highness Fengqi. I just don't know why, His Majesty Ed quickly put him back again!"

"At present, among the three giants in the 'Great Moon City', only Hamilton has the experience of commanding large corps to fight, and without him, the strength of Fengqi's southern defense line will be reduced by at least half. I don't know what His Majesty Ed thinks, so I let him go without even thinking about it. It's a shame to think about it!" Simpson grumbled fiercely.

"Did Ed let General Hamilton go once before?" Marcus pondered for a moment, as if he remembered something, and turned to Simpson.

"Isn't it, last time in the Ziqing Empire, His Majesty Ed caught Hamilton once, and he released Feng Qi without saying anything. This time, your majesty, tell me what is the reason for this?"

"Sow discord!"

"Sow discord?" Simpson shook his head with a wry smile:

"I don't know if he's separated from others, but his move is about to separate us!"

"Uncle, what about them?"

"It's not all, it's just that the eldest prince and the eighth prince said some angry things, and you don't have to take it too seriously. ”

"What did they say?" Marcus asked Simpson in a low voice, sighing softly.

"On the one hand, they dislike that His Majesty Ed is moving too slowly, and there has been no real progress after so many days, and on the other hand, they complain that Bob withdrew his troops too quickly and did not continue to put pressure on Heller!"

"Just a month after His Majesty Virgil's death, Ed rushed to the front for us. Moreover, in such a short period of time, he has already taken three cities of Fengqi and captured a general. At such a speed, they are still 'slow'!"

"What's wrong with Bob's withdrawal? He doesn't have more than 100,000 men at his disposal, do they want him to take this man to attack Khauerfekan? What a joke!" Marcas was still trying to suppress his anger at first, but the more he spoke, the louder he became.

"Your Majesty, be quiet! Now that the situation is special, you can't mess with yourself at this time!"

"Uncle, I know, I'm just a little angry!" Marcus let out a sigh of relief, waving his hand, barely suppressing the anger in his heart.

"Grain, grass, baggage, how long can we last?"

"We stockpiled another batch of grain and grass before Heller cut us off, and under normal circumstances, within a month, we don't need to worry about this!"

"It's just baggage" Speaking of 'baggage', Simpson showed an embarrassed expression.

"Uncle, I'm mentally prepared, just say it!"

"Five days at most!"

"Five days?!" Marcus gasped when he heard the number. He thought it would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.

"All of them?"

"We've been making arrows all the time, so it's in the best condition, and the rest probably won't take more than five days!"

"Five days!" Marcus tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"Uncle, I want to trouble you with something, please promise me!"

"Your Majesty, if you have anything to order directly, Weichen will definitely swear to complete the task you gave me!"

"No, it's not that serious!" Marcas saw that Simpson had misunderstood him, and he hurriedly waved his hand:

"I just want you to take someone to tear down those idle rooms in the palace overnight, so that we can raise more giant trees and boulders. ”

"Demolition of the palace? This is not possible! no! no!" Marcus could say before he could finish speaking, and Simpson's head was already shaking into a 'rattle'.

"There are not enough huge trees and boulders to defend the city, we can just demolish some houses, and we will double the compensation for them in the future, how can you let me demolish the palace? This is absolutely not good!"

"Uncle, I won't hide it from you when we talk to our own family!"

"Judging from the current situation, in five days, as long as Victor does not withdraw his troops, Santa Cruz is almost certain to be broken!"

"At that time, who will be able to compensate the common people who have demolished their homes? Victor? This is impossible! No matter how generous he is, he will not be able to be so generous!"

"We?" Marcus shook his head with a wry smile:

"We had nothing left at that time, so what was the compensation for them?"

"Victor, on the other hand, will have no qualms about occupying our palace. Everything we have painstakingly protected will only end up cheapening our enemies!"

"In that case, why are we displacing people?"

"Listen to me, demolish the palace!"

"But at this time, if we demolish the palace, aren't you afraid of affecting the morale of the army?"

"Affect the morale of the military?"

"No! If we do this, we will only unite the military and civilians of the whole city more closely around us and fight against foreign humiliation with us!"

"Really?" Simpson's eyes filled with suspicion.

"Everything you do for the people can be seen by the people! There is another thing, that is, you must not think that many times, the people love this country more than us!"

"These are all instructions from Ed! I didn't think much of it when I heard him say it, but now that I think about it, I realize that it was all 'golden words'! Unfortunately, I understood it too late!" Marcus sighed deeply again. (To be continued.) )