Chapter 45

Yule received the news that Li Zijun's troops had suddenly disappeared, and his face, which had been tense, finally relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Marshal, you've been following the news of Edlaide for a while, can you tell us it's Weishenme now?" He was a close friend of Yule, and during this time he was stationed in Tartar to ensure the safety of the rear of Monlin's army, missing several battles with Edlaide.

"At first I was worried that Edlaide was young and frivolous, especially after the big victory against us, and if he ignored Boyle, Wimbledon would probably fall into the hands of the Turk-Hungarian Empire, and if that happened, our expedition would be tantamount to a wedding dress for the Turk-Hungarian Empire. But now it seems that Edlaide did not fall for Boyle, and Boyle may have to return in vain this time!" Yule was amused the more he spoke, and his smile became brighter.

"Marshal, that kid from Edlaide has made us suffer such a big loss this time, why do you still think about him, don't you hate him?" As Yule's old friend, Ralph actually knew very well what he was worried about. It's just that Yule has been depressed and silent all this time, and today he finally got a good news, and Ralph hopes that Yule can use this to express his depression. So Ralph deliberately pretended to be confused and asked Jurdo to talk about it.

"You're knowingly asking, old man!" said Yule, who understood Ralph's intentions, and smiled.

"When I was defeated at the hands of Edlaide just now, I hated him so much! After so many years of hard work and preparation, I really couldn't swallow him alive just because of his all the efforts and preparations! But after these days of reflection, I gradually understood that my failure this time was entirely due to my personal underestimation and misjudgment! I thought about the Dongyu Empire too simply!" Yule sighed as he said this.

"At that time, if I hadn't tried in vain to attract Edlaide to Huluyu, but directly and quickly ended the battle on Huluyu, and then personally pursued Edlaide, the outcome of the war would probably not be what it is now! But it's too late to say anything now, it's my personal mistake, and it doesn't have much to do with Edlaide, he just did what he should do!"

"Later, although he played tricks on me, after all, he did not really kill the captives he captured, and on that basis, he has no real hatred with us! As for the army of Monlin, who died in defeat, they all died on the battlefield, and there will inevitably be casualties, and I have no reason to continue to resent him! On the contrary, because of these three battles, Edlaide has earned my respect, and he is an opponent who is definitely worthy of my full strength!"

"And you must have guessed that the reason why I paid attention to Edlaide was not because I was worried about him, but more because of the future situation of our Monlin Empire. ”

"First of all, no matter who we and the Turk-Hungarian Empire seize Wimbledon, it will be equivalent to opening the northern gate of the Dongyu Empire, and at the same time completing the military deployment of forming a strategic suppression of the other side! At the same time, the Seine Peninsula will become an enclave of the Dongyu Empire, surrounded by the Turk-Hungarian Empire on three sides. If the Dongyu Empire can't regain control of Wimbledon City in the short term, I'm afraid the ownership of the Seine Peninsula will change!"

"Secondly, it is easier for the Turk-Hungarian Empire than us to complete the overall strategic deployment around Wimbledon. Once this deployment is formed, our goal of expanding eastward in the Monlin Empire will immediately come to naught. The Tibetan Empire in the north is an alliance with us, and we still want to use them to hold back the Turk-Hungarian Empire, so it is reasonable for us to do anything against the Tibetan Empire. Moreover, even if we risk the condemnation of the world to attack the Tibetan Empire and win the battle, we will not get anything of value, and the gains will not outweigh the losses, and our south is the Aojin Empire, and the mountain roads between us and us are rugged, and it is difficult for us to achieve any great results in the battle. In other words, our Monlin Empire will fall into a very passive situation. This is actually the reason why our Menglin Empire has been working hard in the Dongyu Empire for so many years!

"Zuihou, we have always had a hostile relationship with the Turkish-Hungarian Empire. It can be said that if it weren't for the poisoned arrows of their emperor Nosky, and the lack of time for Boyle and Julie, the great war between us would have started a long time ago. Neither of us had a clear advantage before, and it was only a two-point situation. But if the Turk-Hungarian Empire occupies the fortress of Wimbledon, the merits will be judged! Don't talk about fighting, even if it drags on like this, we can't afford to drag it out!"

"Therefore, in the current state, Wimbledon City is only in the hands of the Dongyu Empire that is most beneficial to us! I am not in a hurry to lead the army to withdraw from Taltal, I am afraid that Wimbledon City will be in danger, and at that time, I do not mind reaching out and holding Boyle's hind legs, at least not allowing Boyle to gain a firm foothold in Wimbledon City. If Higgins, who arrived later, and Boyle got into a fight, we could have fished in troubled waters!, but now it looks like Boyle and I don't have much of a chance!" said Yule, a look of loss.

"Weishenme?" Ralph really didn't understand this time.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Turk-Hungarian Empire is divided into two forces this time, one attacking the city of Sarat and the other attacking the city of Wimbleton. The first thing to do is the Battle of Zarat, so that it is possible to mobilize Edlaide to send troops to support, the best is that Edlaide himself leads troops to reinforce, as long as he moves, Boyle will lead the main force of the Turk-Hungarian army to storm Wimbledon. The Turkish-Hungarian Empire must also have an internal response in Wimbledon, and Bob is a martial artist, and he may be difficult to defend Wimbledon. ”

"That's right, what's wrong with Boyle's Jihua?" Ralph was even more confused.

"On the surface, there really is no problem! It's just that if he wants to realize this jihua, there must be two prerequisites: one is that Edlaide must move!"

"Isn't Edlaide already out of town?"

"The second point is that Higgins didn't have time to get to Wimbleton!"

"We've got the information that Higgins won't be there for at least a month, and that's no problem!" Ralph wondered.

"Old man, you overlooked a little thing in the intelligence. The day after our failed attack on the west gate of Wimbledon, Li Zijun sent a dozen men to Higgins' camp. On the surface, these men were reporting to Higgins, but if you look at the speed of the march, it was almost day and night! Can they be in such a hurry? And after the victory, these men did not stay with Higgins, but immediately returned to Wimbleton. Don't you think it's a little strange that they're doing this?"

"I didn't think much of it at first, but when you say that, I've noticed something!" Ralph's eyes suddenly flashed.

"Hurry Higgins to Wimbleton!" said Yule, somewhat helplessly.

"Edlaide has already discovered Boyle's plot, and has begun to prepare to deal with the Turk-Hungarian army before we have even retreated! Higgins is a low-key man, but he is very old in leading the army! As long as he appears in Wimbledon in time, Boyle will not have much chance!"

"Is Edlaide really that smart?" Ralph gasped.

"Anyone who underestimates Edlaide on the battlefield will lose a lot of money! I'm an example!" Yule said with a wry smile.

"And I suspect that Edlaide is not just going out of town in this direction to buy Higgins time, he has most likely already gotten Longfellow's situation. If this is really the case, Edlaide must have guessed the location of the grain and grass of the Hungarian army, and Boyle may not only return in vain this time, but he is afraid that the losses in the first battle of this mountain will not be too small!" there was a hint of schadenfreude in Yule's tone.

"The fact that Longfellow was originally an inside line of the Turk-Hungarian Empire is a high secret of our Monlin Empire, how could Edlaide know his identity? Marshal, are you overestimating Edlaide!" Ralph said unconvinced.

"Nothing is impossible! Now that we can get the news, Edlaide can do it too! But it doesn't matter to us anymore, and we can finally go home. Yule seemed to let go of the burden in his heart, and his tone was both a little helpless and a little relaxed.

"Shall we leave a team behind and give it to Boyle when he is defeated, or wait until Edlaide completes the sneak attack and clean him up?" Ralph was still a little unwilling to accept the Monlin Empire's anticlimactic actions.

"Forget it! there's no point in us doing that, and it's very likely that Edlaide's whereabouts will be exposed, and it will be easy to help Boyle. However, we can sacrifice a small army to prevent Edlaide from retreating from the grasslands. It's a good idea to leave a little trouble for both Edlaide and Boyle!" Yule suddenly thought of something, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

"Edlaide has caused us so much damage this time, are we just going to stop him?"

"Besides, I've already sent someone to tell Bradley about Bessie, and with what I know about this Juggernaut, he won't let Edlaide go easily!

After successfully shaking off the eyeliner around him, Li Zijun didn't dare to stay for a moment, and directly led the army to insert it into the prairie according to the established route.

In order to ensure the concealment of the attack, Li Zijun chose to advance by day and night along the way. After several days of running, they finally arrived in a forest more than ten miles away from Meigong Mountain.

Li Zijun was worried that it would be easy for the other party to discover their whereabouts if they walked forward, so he ordered the troops to wait where they were, and Stutta led a few members of the Tiger Bandit Group to reconnoiter the surrounding situation.

Soon Stutta brought back the news that patrols of the Wolf and Bandit Regiments were constantly appearing around Meigong Mountain, and they seemed to be on guard for something. Fearing that they would find out, Stutta did not approach the Meigong Mountain, and he planned to dive over at night.

Li Zijun was extremely happy to get this news, which means that their efforts for so many days have not been in vain, and the granary of the Turkish-Hungarian Empire is probably really in this place. Ignoring the obstruction of others, he decided to go to Meigong Mountain to understand the situation in person.

After nightfall, the wolf bandits lit sporadic fires around Meigong Mountain to prevent others from approaching. Seeing such a situation, Li Zijun was even more sure that the granary of the Turbulent and Hungarian army was in this place, and he became more and more curious about the situation in Meigong Mountain.

Taking advantage of the night, led by Boswell and Stutta, Li Zijun only brought Catherine and the giant sisters. In such a place, everyone understands that the essence is not expensive, so the others did not express any unnecessary opinions on Li Zijun's choice, and several of them set off like this.

Although those sporadic fires undoubtedly exposed the figures of ordinary people, for Li Zijun and the others, they were nothing at all! Li Zijun and his party were all martial artists above the sword master.

Both Boswell and Stuta were already mid-level swordsmen, and they knew the situation of Meigong Mountain very well, and they were always able to hide the location of their figures.

Not to mention Catherine, her rank as a great swordsman is at the top of everyone, and because of her many years of assassin career, even Li Zijun, who is with her, has to take a few more glances before she can find her.

Originally, Li Zijun thought that he should be stronger than Victoria and Barbara, but he soon found out that it was not like that. The Giant Sisters are excellent hunters, and despite their size, they always find the best way to disguise themselves.

After seeing their performance, Li Zijun was slightly disappointed, he was worried that he would become a burden to others, and his movements became nervous.

Catherine quickly noticed the change in Li Zijun's mood and quietly took his hand. This is the first time Catherine has taken the initiative to hold hands with Li Zijun in front of outsiders, and Li Zijun was slightly stunned. At this time, Li Zijun dared to go to Victoria and Barbara also leaned on his back from behind, and they also noticed Li Zijun's nervousness and soothed his emotions in this way.

Feeling the gentleness of the three of them, Li Zijun smiled at them and felt much more relaxed.

Li Zijun, who had regained his natural movements, soon followed Catherine to the bottom of the mountain, and under the guidance of Stutta, several of them entered a very inconspicuous cave.

This is the retreat of the Tiger Bandit Regiment Zuihou, only the successive leaders of the Tiger Bandit Regiment can know the secret of the secret passage, as for who built this secret passage, there is no record on the genealogy of the Li family.

Stuta groped around the walls of the cave for a while, only to see him lightly plank it, and a small door appeared on the wall of the cave that could be passed through by one person, and Boswell was the first to enter.

When Li Zijun and the others walked in, Boswell had already lit the oil lamp in the secret passage, and they used the light from the oil lamp to follow Boswell through the secret passage. There are many similar passages in the secret passages, and Li Zijun knows that once some passages are wrong, there will never be a way to turn back! He kept reminding Catherine and the Giant Sisters to follow Boswell.

After walking for about ten minutes, the group came to another exit of the secret passage. Both Boswell and Stutta put their ears to the vent and listened for a while to make sure there was no one outside, and then opened the passage.

The exit of the secret passage is the graveyard of the Tiger Bandits, and of course it is unlikely that such a place will be guarded, and naturally no one here wants to run here in the middle of the night to feel the gloom of this place.

Even so, Li Zijun and the others were still very careful, once again making sure that they were safe around them, and they left the cemetery cautiously this time.

In order to save time, Li Zijun, Boswell, and Stuta went to three places to check out the three locations where the bulk of supplies might be stored.

Catherine and the Giant Sister Flower of course followed Li Zijun, and their goal was the closest place to the secret passage, which was also the condition that Boswell and Stutta agree to Li Zijun's participation in the operation.

As we get closer to our destination, the security around us becomes tighter. Li Zijun and the four of them avoided several patrolling soldiers in a row before they came to the outside of their destination. The Turk-Hungarian soldiers here no longer conceal their identities, they all wear the regular uniforms of the Turk-Hungarian Empire.

Such a large area was all fenced, and as soon as Li Zijun tried to lean over, Catherine reached out and held him firmly in place, and Victoria and Barbara also came to help hold him.

"I'll go!" Catherine whispered in Li Zijun's ear, nodded to the Giant Sisters, and leaned against the fence in a flash. With a slight stroke, Catherine's figure had disappeared behind the fence.

"Woo!" The voice of a vicious dog suddenly came from behind the fence, which startled Li Zijun and almost stood up directly from the ground. Fortunately, Victoria and Barbara held him down and didn't let him do anything stupid.

What made Li Zijun feel strange was that the vicious dog did not howl, but just "wooed" for a while, and then there was no sound. After a while, Catherine quickly jumped out of the fence and got back to Li Zijun's side before the patrol could find out.

When the patrol left, Catherine immediately signaled Li Zijun to withdraw, and the four of them quickly returned to the secret passage. After waiting for a while, I saw Boswell and Stutta, who had complicated expressions.

Li Zijun knew that this place was not good to say anything, so he immediately opened the secret passage, and they returned to the army garrison the same way.

"Brother Boswell, Stutta, what have you all discovered, why is this expression?" Li Zijun asked as he looked at the two of them.

"Young Master, we found out that the brothers of the Tiger Bandit are being held here, can we rescue them all?" Boswell and Stuta exchanged glances, and Boswell pleaded.

"Young master, please rest assured, we will not delay this mission!" Stutta pleaded beside him.

"Did you understand that they were being held in Meigong Mountain?" Li Zijun was a little puzzled, Boyle Weishenme was going to put this time bomb in such an important place.

"I overheard the guards say that the wolf bandit group suffered a lot of losses in attacking Meigong Mountain this time, and they wanted to make our people enrich their ranks, which was originally a very normal thing among the bandit groups! I only heard this, and the rest was not very clear. Stuta replied.

"How many of them are there, and what are the injuries?" Li Zijun suddenly had an idea, and he then asked.

"I just looked at them from afar, and although almost all of them had injuries, most of them had some skin injuries. I estimated the size of the location, and there should be five or six hundred people. Stuta continued.

"Wife, what did you see?" Li Zijun suddenly turned his head to look at Catherine and asked.

Catherine didn't expect Li Zijun to call herself so in front of so many people, her face turned red and she glared at Li Zijun fiercely.

"Most of it is grain and grass, which can supply at least 200,000 troops for half a year! ”

Li Zijun chose to ignore Catherine's vicious eyes, and he began to recall the deployment of the Turk-Hungarian army in Meigong Mountain.

According to memory, Li Zijun marked the Turgeo-Hungarian army one by one on the map of Meigong Mountain. After the annotation, Li Zijun closed his eyes in front of the map and tapped his knees lightly with his fingers.

Before, Li Zijun only thought that the Turbulent and Hungarian army had borrowed the name of the Evil Wolf Bandit Group, but now it seems that the Evil Wolf Bandit Group did participate in the sneak attack on the Tiger Bandit Group. And so far, the Wolf Bandits are still cooperating with the Hungarian Empire. The Evil Wolf Bandit Group is the Liliang of the Dark Moon God Sect, Li Zijun has known this matter for a long time, and it is difficult to hide this matter from the Dark Moon Divine Sect, and the cooperation between the Evil Wolf Bandit Group and the Dark Moon Divine Sect must be the instruction of the Dark Moon God Sect.

It's just that Li Zijun doesn't understand a little, since the Turk-Hungarian Empire is cooperating with the Dark Moon God Cult, why should Weishenme sacrifice Princess Blanche? If you just use the so-called reason of confusing the Dongyu Empire, it will seem a little too pale!

The Wolf Bandit Group helped the Turk-Hungarian Empire in this way, they must have guessed that the Turk-Hungarian Empire was preparing for an attack on the Dongyu Empire, and they should also be able to think that once the two kingdoms went to war, it would endanger the safety of Princess Blanche, and they would still do this?

The Turk-Hungarian Emperor Nosky is finished! Li Zijun finally found the most suitable explanation for this matter.

Under normal circumstances, Blanche would not gain the trust of the eldest prince no matter what she did, especially in the case of the Turk-Hungarian Empire's sneak attack on the Dongyu Empire, her life would become more and more difficult! But if Boyle and Julie killed Nosky at this time, then Blanche would not only not be suspected, but would also gain the sympathy of everyone because her father was murdered, and she would have the foundation to gain a foothold in the Dongyu Empire!

The more Li Zijun thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct, and at the same time, he also thought that Julie's previous actions such as rushing to Salat City to plead with Sheling Fruit were just showing weakness to the Dongyu Empire. Tactfully express to the outside world that she and Boyle do not fully grasp the Turk-Hungarian Empire, and it is impossible to mobilize too many troops, but it is all for today's scam!

When he first heard Catherine's description of grain and grass, Li Zijun felt that something was wrong, and now he finally figured it out. It is not half a year to supply 200,000 troops, but to supply 400,000 troops for three months!

Thinking of this, Li Zijun couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat! Thanks to the fact that he had secretly transferred Higgins before leaving Wimbledon City, otherwise with Bob's ability, he would definitely not be able to stop Boyle's wild attack. Li Zijun couldn't help but secretly rejoice!

After sorting out this mess, Li Zijun was even more sure of the necessity of attacking Meigong Mountain.

"Stutta, tomorrow you will sneak into Meigong Mountain again to determine how our group of brothers are doing, and how many of them there are, and it is best to find a way to get in touch with them. In short, the more you know about them, the better! After giving the order to Stutta, Li Zijun took Catherine to his camp to study the battle.

The feet of the sun have stepped on the horizon, and the entire Meigong Mountain is reflected in the sunset to show a blood-like red, as if it is destined to be a night full of blood!

Suddenly, a cavalry contingent of nearly a thousand men rushed towards the Meigong Pass.

"It's the Tiger Bandits!, be on alert!" shouted the sentry desperately as he barely saw the emblems on the cavalry in the dazzling sunset.

The cavalry quickly discovered the sentry's location, dozens of arrows shot in his direction, affected by the setting sun, the sentinel's reaction was a little slower, and an arrow passed through his throat, and his life ended at this moment!

Immediately after that, arrows rained down, and dozens of people from the vicious wolf bandit group guarding the Meigong Pass fell to the ground in an instant.

After this formation, the cavalry of the Evil Wolf Bandit Regiment was also assembled, and they rushed out of Meigong Mountain.

When the cavalry of the Tiger Bandit Regiment saw that the Wolf Bandit Regiment was chasing after them, they did not entangle, and immediately turned their horses and fled.