Chapter 897: 'Should', 'Will'
"Looks like I made a mistake this time!" Li Zijun shook his head and walked over to Minian's side.
"Misstep, you mean Yuan Xiu?"
"It has nothing to do with Yuan Xiu, it's Victor who saw through my little tricks, I underestimated him too much this time!"
"If that's the case, should we?"
"Don't! Yuan Xiu and they are always a threat to Victor outside, with them, Victor will definitely leave room in case the back road is cut off, and they must not be allowed to enter the city to assist in defense!"
"But us?" Minrien hesitated.
"You're worried we won't be able to hold Trafford?"
"In the past few days, Feng Qijun has people rushing to the city every day, according to this trend" Minian deliberately lowered her voice:
"At least that's not going to be a good sign, is it?"
"Eldest sister, according to your estimates, how many troops does Victor still have in his hands?"
"This" Minian hesitated for a moment, and she silently calculated Feng Qi's strength in her heart.
"Don't count, I'll tell you: less than 500,000 at most!
"Then their forces will be far above us!"
"That's right! It's just that you've undercounted a few things: first, he needs at least 100,000 troops to open up a back road for him; second, he needs 50,000 troops to take care of the wounded; and third, he needs 50,000 to 80,000 troops to escort grain, grass, and baggage. And in this way, his real usable soldiers are less than 250,000!"
"The casualty ratio between us was about one to three, according to that ratio, when Victor took Trafford. He will have no troops available. Do you think he really has the courage to stay the course?"
"If it were me, I would hold on. Because you are in this city, if I am your enemy. As long as I can get rid of you, I am willing to pay for the big loss!" Minian looked into Li Zijun's eyes. Very seriously.
"You hate me so much?"
"It has nothing to do with hating you or not! In my eyes, you are more terrible than those million soldiers!"
"Terrible, fortunately, it's not you!" Li Zijun was slightly stunned, and shook his head with a wry smile.
"Not necessarily! Victor's wisdom is definitely above mine, and since I can make up my mind like that, so can I!" Minian said, turning her gaze to the Fengqi camp.
"My lord, if the current situation continues, I'm afraid that we will eventually capture Trafford, and it will be difficult for us to hold this place!" Victor and Hamilton were discussing similar issues.
"Do you think I really care about this city and place?"
"You're for Edlaide?"
"That's right, it's for him! As long as we can successfully get rid of him this time, it will be to take everyone here, and I will not hesitate to do it!"
"Is it worth it just for him?"
"How many armies is one Ogden?"
"The estimate given by the military department is 200,000, and in my opinion, Dongyu's harvest in Ogden is at least double!"
"Eagle City, he is also the one who sabotaged our entire plan! If it weren't for him, at least half of the Aojin Empire would already be in our hands at this moment!"
"And this time. If it weren't for him blocking our way, we would probably end up sharing the Ziqing Empire equally with Dongyu. ”
"The losses he has brought to us are far more than a million, and if he escapes from my hands this time, our losses will only be even greater. Therefore. I must, I have to get rid of Edlaide this time!" As Minian expected, Victor was ready to get rid of Li Zijun at all costs.
For the next three days, the Feng Qi army would climb the city wall every day. Although the number of people is not too large, the psychological pressure on the defenders is getting bigger and bigger!
"Bang!" Li Zijun raised his leg and kicked a general of the Fengqi Army at the head of the city from the city. He slumped to the ground.
With the fall of this general, the Fengqi army that attacked the city lost its last support. Soon, they were either killed or jumped out of the city, and in a few moments, they completely disappeared from the city of Trafford.
Victor thought that today's last attack would make a difference, but he didn't expect it to end in disappointment, he looked at the head of Trafford, and didn't say a word for a long time.
"My lord, should we collect our troops?" After waiting for a while, Hamilton saw that Victor neither ordered the siege nor waved his troops to collect them, so he couldn't help but step forward and ask in a low voice.
"Collect the troops, yes, it's time for us to collect the troops!" Victor looked at Hamilton for a moment, and finally nodded to him helplessly.
"His grandmother's, I ****** feel it for the first time: being alive is such a happy thing!" Minian looked at the retreating Feng Qi army under the city, and burst into a foul mouth again.
"What are you doing in the blink of an eye at me? How many times have you used this trick, do you think I'm going to fall for you? Your grandmother's!" Minian seemed to feel that the scolding just now was not enjoyable enough, and she looked in the direction of Feng Qijun's withdrawal and said this loudly.
"Ahem!"
"Father?!!Why are you here?" the cough startled Minien, who quickly turned around and bent down to the Helm of Lance with a look of horror.
Seeing Minian, who can be called a giant, nodding to the thin and withered Lance, Li Zijun couldn't help but laugh secretly. Sometimes he wondered what kind of genetic mutation could make Lance give birth to a daughter like Minian, it was incredible!
"Look at you, where is there a girl?
"Yes!" Minian's strength had long surpassed that of Lance, and even far above him, but Minian was still afraid of her father like a child.
Seeing Minian obediently retreat to the side, Li Zijun nodded secretly in his heart!
Li Zijun tried to struggle to sit up from the ground, but Lance quickly stepped forward and grabbed him:
"We are all family, there is no need to be so polite!"
"Then I'll be rude today! Judging by your face, it shouldn't be good news that you brought us today, right?" Li Zijun arched his hand to Lance and asked him with a smile.
"We don't have many arrows, rolling logs, or boulders!"
"How many more days can we hold out?"
"The arrows are in a slightly better condition, and should last three days, and the reserves of rolling logs and boulders have bottomed out, and at most they will survive tomorrow. The consumption of these days is too great!"
"It's better than I expected, it seems that you haven't bothered a lot these days!"
"My father has moved all the rockeries in the city here, and my father has also demolished our rooms that we can't use for the time being. ”
"Your Excellency!"
"Don't say it politely! Traftall City is my home, and I can't watch it being taken by others! If you don't let me go to the city to participate in the defense, I will have to tear down the house at home!"
"Tear down the house, don't you say, it's a good idea?" said Minnie Ann.
"What do you want to do? Our house can be demolished, but the people's houses must not be moved!" Lance loves the people like a son, no matter when and where, he will never disdain to do those things that harm the people, and when he heard Minian's suggestion, his eyes immediately widened.
"Don't worry, my lord, I don't think Minian meant that. She should be thinking, we can buy a house in the hands of ordinary people!" Li Zijun saw that Minian was so frightened that he retreated, and he hurriedly came out to relieve the siege.
"How to buy a house?"
"We bought their house at twice the market price and promised that we would build them a new house on the same place, but the new house would require them to buy it at the original price. ”
"That means that as long as they endure this for a while, they will be able to leave the house in vain?! Father, this business has been done!"
"Just in case"
"My lord, there is no case!" Li Zijun stretched out his hand, and Lance pulled him up from the ground.
"We just need to continue to hold on for three days, and after three days, our reinforcements will appear behind Feng Qijun!" Speaking of this, Li Zijun deliberately raised his voice.
"What you said is true?"
"Lord City Guard, from the time we realized it, did I tell you a lie? I promise you and you today that in three days, or five days at most, our reinforcements will arrive!" Standing at the head of the city, Li Zijun waved his arm violently.
For so many days, Li Zijun has been eating and fighting with ordinary soldiers in the city, and he has already won the trust of all soldiers through his actual actions. Therefore, when he made this assurance, almost no one in the city doubted it, and they all got excited with the waving arms!
"Do we really have reinforcements?" Minian whispered as the Lens City Guard immediately returned to calm around him, and came to Li Zijun's side and whispered.
"Really!"
"Then why didn't you tell me before?"
"I see, you're talking about the 50,000 reinforcements, but haven't they gone around behind Victor and set up an illusion according to your plan?" Minian paused for a moment and guessed the truth about the reinforcements in Li Zijun's mouth.
"Yuan Xiu and White are not fools, Victor's indifference should have been noticed by them a long time ago, I think it won't be long before they will rush to our periphery!"
"'Should', 'would', why do I feel so unsure when I hear you say this?"
"It's right that you don't have a bottom, your heart is so broad-minded, how can it be so easy to the end!"
"Stinky boy, what nonsense are you talking about?" Minian was about to give Li Zijun a slap, but she frowned as soon as she raised her hand.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Minian like this, Li Zijun hurriedly stepped forward to support her.
"It's okay, it's okay, maybe the wound on my back has cracked again!" replied Minian, grinning at herself.
When Li Zijun heard this, he immediately came behind Minian, and sure enough, the wound on Minian's back cracked open again!
"Eldest sister, you can really carry it!" Li Zijun made sure that Minian was fine, and personally helped her to the command post. (To be continued.) )