The next day, the celebration of the emperor's birthday continued, but the vanguard in charge of reinforcements all quietly set off.

This battle is a matter of life and death for the Dongyu Empire, and no one dares to take it lightly, and all the reinforcements are advancing at full speed towards their respective goals.

Li Zijun listened to Fred's advice, and before the brigade left, he asked General Hobbes to transfer White as his assistant.

In fact, although it was Hobbes who promoted Li Zijun, in fact Li Zijun was not the best candidate for the logistics minister in his mind! Hobbes was able to find at least ten people, all of whom were more qualified for the post than Li Zijun.

Fred probably guessed the reason why Li Zijun took this position, but he didn't want to make Li Zijun lose confidence when he was about to leave, so he found a so-called bullshit reason to borrow prestige!

Li Zijun is certainly not a fool, he knows the reason for this appointment better than everyone else. Over the years, he has picked up a lot of benefits in this regard, and he is happy to keep pretending to be confused.

The reason why Hobbes recommended Li Zijun was very simple, that is, the emperor Bixia exerted pressure on him! Hobbes was forced to have no choice but to ask Li Zijun to take on this important responsibility.

But Hobbes never really reassured Li Zijun! The logistics minister of the Dongyu Empire was not only in charge of some things such as eating, drinking, and Lazar, he was also the actual commander of the rear army. The Minister of Logistics not only had to ensure the supply of the army, but also had to be on guard against the enemy's sneak attack at all times, which also gave him the authority to command one-fifth of the army's strength.

In order to help Li Zijun solve military problems, Emperor Bixia has found an assistant for him, who is Bob, the current general of Wimbledon.

Although Bob is always giggling when he is with Li Zijun, he is a real battlefield warrior, and having him by his side can at least ensure that Li Zijun does not make big mistakes in the military, which also makes Hobbes a little relieved.

In addition to commanding ability, the logistics minister must also have excellent organizational and coordination skills! The things that Li Zijun did on the Seine Peninsula and in the capital were all childlike things in Hobbes's eyes, and he was still worried that problems would arise in the high-speed operation of the troops.

For this reason, Hobbs also specially selected an assistant for Li Zijun to help him solve this problem, and in fact, this person has already begun to work.

Hearing Li Zijun's recommendation of White, Hobbes was secretly happy! The assistant he chose was White. Although White is nominally a military officer in the army, since he is very likely to be the son of the future prime minister, no one dares to let him really appear on the battlefield! Therefore, White has always been arranged to work in logistics, so that when there are military exploits, White can share them with him, and when he charges into battle, he can also ensure his safety.

Although White himself is not very good, he is good enough to be practical and careful, and he has never made any mistakes in his original work.

In addition, White and Li Zijun still have a relationship with Vinnie, and the matter between Li Zijun and Vinnie has become known all over the city. Although Alec has not relented, everyone understands that Winnie can only marry Li Zijun in the future.

It's just that Hobbs heard that White had prevented Li Zijun from communicating with Vinnie, and Hobbs was still a little worried that Li Zijun and White's cooperation would have problems, but now it seems that the problem has been solved, and he readily agreed to Li Zijun's request.

White's affair was nothing more than a minor episode, and the entire northern reinforcements barely stopped for a moment along the way, and reached Wimbleton, the first assembly point of the march, as quickly as possible.

Immediately after the brief announcement of Bob's appointment, Hobbes summoned a meeting of the main generals of the army to report on the current state of the war.

"As of three days ago, the troops of the Monlin Empire were still blocked by our army from the cities of Tartar and Tocopia!" Yale, the chief of staff of the Northern Reinforcements, announced the news with some surprise, and the entire hall immediately fell into jubilation, except for Li Zijun, who frowned.

When the reinforcements from the north set out, they had deduced all kinds of situations that might be encountered in this battle, and the most optimistic result was that the two cities of Tartar and Tokopia should have also been lost! What happened to lead to such a result? Li Zijun was a little confused.

"Who is the commander of Monlin's army?" Hobbs and Sean were all battle-hardened, and they were surprised to hear such a result, they didn't join the celebratory crowd, Hobbes looked at Yale and asked.

"It's William, it's he who commanded the initial sneak attack, and it seems that he is still a little unprepared for the attack!" Yale said with a smile on his face.

"Weishenme, not Yule?" Hobbes asked, casually.

"We just got the news that the commander of this battle was indeed Yule, but he was suddenly assassinated just before departure. It is said that although his injuries are not fatal, he will not be able to get out of bed within a month or two!" Yale continued.

"Is the news reliable?" said Hobbes's voice with a depressive surprise.

"Infallible! Our men have visited Yule himself, and he does look badly injured!"

"God really helped me with the Dongyu Empire!" said the old duo of Hobbes and Sean as they looked at each other and sighed.

"General Yale, have our people seen Yule's wound?" Li Zijun always felt that something was wrong there, and asked Yale politely.

"Our people clearly saw that Yule's face was pale, the wound on his chest was still oozing blood, and the smell of medicine was all over the room, isn't this enough to prove that Yule's injuries are not light?" Yale is a general who has climbed up step by step from the bottom, and he looks down on Li Zijun very much for a guy like Li Zijun who relies on power to make military achievements, and he is not a little angry about Li Zijun's suspicions.

"General Yule doesn't want to find someone from the Divine Cult to help him heal?" Li Zijun asked as if he didn't feel Yale's attitude.

"On the day of Yur's accident, the local archmage was going out to teach the Fa, and the others didn't dare to treat Yule at will, so he could only rely on medicine to heal his injuries. Yale said lightly.

"Marshal, I don't think this is a bit too coincidental! Yul was just about to set off when an assassination took place, and it just so happened that at this time, the local mage went out on a mission! Why do these things seem to have been arranged in advance?" Li Zijun looked at Hobbs and said respectfully.

"No matter what, we must support these two cities, and everything will be said when we get there!" Hobbes was silent for a while when he heard Li Zijun's reminder, but he still gave the order to rush to the front.

After this period of assembly, Wimbledon City has all arrived with 120,000 local troops, and the nobles' guards have also gathered 50,000 troops, plus 100,000 forbidden troops and more than 70,000 people left in the northern garrison, and at present, the Dongyu Empire has gathered more than 300,000 troops in the northern region, and the northern defense line has finally stabilized.

Hobbes ordered General Sean to lead the vanguard with 20,000 forbidden troops and 30,000 local troops, followed by himself with 70,000 forbidden troops, 80,000 local troops, and 50,000 guards of the nobles.

The necessary garrison troops could not be mobilized at will, and Hobbes actually only left Li Zijun with 10,000 forbidden troops and 20,000 local troops to escort grain and grass and transport baggage.

"Master Hou, with so much grain, grass and baggage, they only left us 30,000 people, isn't it too much for them to do this!" Bob followed Li Zijun back to the room and said dissatisfiedly.

This time, due to the urgency of time, there was no time to mobilize the people, and the soldiers had to rely on the soldiers themselves to transport the food and baggage. Hobbes was indeed a little nervous about leaving only such a little person for Li Zijun, which caused Bob's displeasure.

"They see me as a credit grab, it's normal for them to react like this!" Li Zijun said with a smile.

"Brother Bob, can the defenders of Wimbledon be trusted?" Li Zijun suddenly lowered his voice and stared at Bob and asked.

"Absolutely no problem!Hou Ye, what do you command?"

"I want to leave half of the arrows and a third of the grain and grass in Wimbleton, can he keep it a secret?"

"Master Hou, when the country is in danger, you?" Bob thought that Li Zijun wanted to make a fortune in the country, and he was a little embarrassed.

"Brother Bob, I'm definitely not doing this for personal gain, please believe me in this regard!" Li Zijun hurriedly explained.

"Master Hou, what do you mean by that?"

"Brother Bob, if you are the commander of the Monlin army this time, and give you a month, are you sure to break through the cities of Tartar and Tokopia?"

"It's going to take a month, ten days is enough!" Bob said confidently.

"Brother Bob, if you don't like to hear something, although you can be regarded as a fierce general on the battlefield, you can't become a qualified commander yet! Do you think that the Menglin Empire has been secretly preparing for so long, and will choose a commander who is not even as good as you?"

"Didn't the chief of staff of Yale say that the commander of the Monlin army was originally Yule, and he was forced to change generals in the Monlin Empire because of his temporary assassination!"

"With such a big military operation, will the other side only prepare a commander? And I think there are too many doubts about Yule's assassination, and I even suspect that this is a plan!"

"They already have a big advantage, is it necessary to use a trick at this time?" Bob still didn't quite believe Li Zijun's statement.

"Brother Bob, I believe you should have done a deduction as well, what is the worst deduction result?"

"Monlin's army has been fighting all the way to Wimbledon!" Bob kept thinking about this question during this time, and when he heard Li Zijun ask, he immediately replied.

"Our reinforcements will arrive here before the Monlin army arrives, do you think it is possible for the other side to break through Wimbledon?"

"The total number of reinforcements this time is 220,000, and the original defenders of Wimbledon are 35,000, even if you don't count the nobles' guards, with the help of the walls of Wimbledon, it will be difficult for the Monlin army to go further! ”

"The Monlin army would never dare to stay with us at Wimbledon for a long time, because they simply could not complete their logistics. Not only that, but they must always be on guard against a sneak attack by the Turbulent Hungarian Empire, once they are cut off by the Turbulent Empire, their army will immediately fall into a dead end!"

"Therefore, they must quickly occupy Wimbledon City and use it as a fulcrum before they can continue to attack us!" Li Zijun told Bob what Fred had said to him before leaving Beijing.

After listening to Li Zijun's words, Bob was shocked into a cold sweat.

"Master Hou, then let's hurry up and report your speculation to Marshal Hobbes!"

"It's useless! They all said these things when they were deducing, but at this time, they all deliberately forgot about them!" Li Zijun said with a sigh.

"Master Hou, what the hell is this weishenme?" asked Bob, puzzled.

"They were all dazzled by the glory of the world's meritorious feats, and they all wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Menglin Empire's change of generals to create a brilliant record of destroying 500,000 troops! I can't dissuade them anymore!" Li Zijun's tone was full of helplessness.

"Actually, I wanted to keep my eldest brother in Wimbleton, but I really can't do without him militarily. If there is a change ahead, I need your eldest brother to help me withdraw the defenders of the cities as much as possible. As long as we can hold Wimbledon for fifteen days, Monlin's army will withdraw!"

"That's why I wanted to keep some of the food and baggage behind for that time. ”

"But Master Hou, if everything goes well ahead, I'm afraid there will be trouble with this behavior of yours!"

"Brother Bob, if it's really like what you said, I'm willing to be punished even a little bit. I'm not going to bother my big brother!"

"Master Hou, you have seen this. If there is really anything in the future, I will definitely bear it with Master Hou!"

"Brother Bob, thank you!" Li Zijun heard Bob say this, stood up and bowed deeply to Bob.

Ready at Wimbleton, Li Zijun and Bob set off with their troops. Originally, Li Zijun wanted to leave Victoria and Barbara in Wimbledon, and only take Catherine to the front. But this pair of giant sisters still followed, and once again let Li Zijun see their stubbornness!

Thinking that Hobbes would definitely not send someone to deliver a war report to him, Li Zijun would send liaison officers to the front line every day to understand the situation.

During this time, Monlin's army launched daily attacks on the cities of Tartar and Tokopia, but there was no progress.

Sean's army was already hiding behind the city of Tartar, and he was ready to launch a sneak attack with Hobbes, who had rushed to Tocopia, while Monlin's army was attacking the city. If the battle goes well, the crisis of the two cities will be solved in one fell swoop, and if the battle situation is not ideal, Sean is ready to enter Tartar City to help defend the city.

Hobbes agreed with Sean's idea in principle, and when Lee got the news, the Jihua was only one step away from the time of the attack.

After learning of this jihua, Li Zijun immediately accelerated his pace. The current strength of the Dongyu Empire is only half of the opponent's, but it is greedy to divide its troops and raid, once either side loses, it will bring huge losses to the Dongyu army. Li Zijun knew that he didn't have time to stop Jihua's execution, he only hoped to rush to Tocopia City as soon as possible, so as to increase Hobbs's chances of victory and make the situation not too bad!

What Li Zijun didn't expect was that the two-way armies of Hobbs and Sean both achieved great victories, and Monlin's army was defeated. Hobbs and Sean didn't wait for Li Zijun at all, they directly led the army to chase down.

Li Zijun was worried that they would fall into the trap of the Monlin Empire, and constantly sent liaison officers to remind the two generals. But by the time Hobbes and Sean received Li Zijun's letter, they had already recovered the three lost cities, which also made them completely lose their vigilance. Ignoring Li Zijun's reminder, they chased in the direction of Meng Lin's defeated troops fleeing.

Seeing his side's overwhelming record, Li Zijun did not have a trace of joy, and the unpleasant premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger!

"Where are Marshal Hobbes and Vice Marshal Sean?" asked Li Zijun, looking at the liaison officer.

"At present, Field Marshal Hobbes and Adjutant Sean are already in force, and they are still pursuing the defeated army of Monlin! When I rushed back, they were more than thirty miles away from our closest city to the city of Hucaro in the Monlin Empire. ”

"Catherine, take out the map!" said Li Zijun, jumped off his horse, took the map from Catherine's hand, and searched for the location of Hobbs and Sean with Bob beside him.

"Brother Bob, what is this Huluyu place?" asked Li Zijun, pointing to a seat on the map.

"It is already the territory of the Menglin Empire, and it is said that Huluyu Island is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, as if it has been pressed by a huge gourd! The mountains there don't seem to be too steep, and they are not on the road to the Menglin Empire. Master Hou, why are you suddenly interested in that place?" Bob asked as he looked at Li Zijun puzzled.

"Brother Bob, hurry up and stop the army!" Li Zijun said with a change of face when he heard Bob's description.

When Bob saw Li Zijun's appearance, he immediately stopped the army.

"Master Hou, what's wrong?"

"Marshal Hobbs and Vice Marshal Sean are likely to be tricked into Huluyu!" Li Zijun said in a low voice, worried about affecting the morale of the army.

"Then what should we do now?" Bob was really battle-hardened, and when he heard Li Zijun's words, he became calm.

"Let the local troops leave half of the food and grass, and then return to Tartar City immediately with other supplies. As for us, we led 3,000 forbidden troops to the city of Hucaro, and the rest of the forbidden army escorted grain and grass to follow us. I hope we can stop them in time!" Li Zijun said this, but he was not even sure at all.

Bob hesitated, and after conveying Li Zijun's order, they led three thousand forbidden troops to quickly rush to Hucaro City.

When Li Zijun and Bob arrived at Hucaro City, the soldiers in the city were talking and laughing, and no one was paying attention to the defense.

Bob stepped forward and easily called open the city gate, even avoiding normal inquiries, seeing this scene, Li Zijun's face became even more ugly!

"Get your guard, this is the logistics chief of the reinforcements. Let him come and see him!" said Bob angrily when he saw the soldiers' performance.

After a while, a guy who looked like a second ancestor came to Li Zijun with a wine burp.

"Who is looking for me?" The second ancestor drank high, and his tongue was a little bigger.

"You are the guard here?" Li Zijun felt as if he hadn't seen this person, and asked with some confusion.

"Don't you just love Ledder, I know you!" said the guy with a grin pointing at Li Zijun.

"Oh, you know me. Who the hell are you?"

"I'm Field Marshal Hobbes's youngest son, my name is Trollope, and now I'm the guard here!"

Another guy who came to melee like himself, Li Zijun sighed in his heart.

"I now order you to immediately send soldiers who are familiar with the situation on Huluyu to find out the situation over there! At the same time, send a herald to look for our army, and once Hobbes is discovered, remind him to pay attention to the ambush of the other party on Huluyu! In addition, from now on, all soldiers will go to the city and keep a vigilance in the direction of the Menglin Empire!"

"Are you kidding me? Huluyu is not on the route of my father's pursuit, what is the Monlin Empire doing there in ambush?"

"Execute the order!" Li Zijun didn't bother to explain to him, and directly gave the order.

Trollope hesitated for a moment, but finally went down to convey Li Zijun's order.

At first, Trolop didn't take Li Zijun's words to heart, but as the liaison officers who went out of the city to find Dongyu's army returned to the city in vain, Trolope became nervous.

After a while, the soldiers who went to Huluyu to reconnoiter ran back in a panic.

"What the hell is going on, have you found my father?" asked Trollopou, pulling the soldier anxiously.

"We couldn't get close to Huluyu at all, and there were a large number of troops of the Menglin Empire, and their appearance was very neat, and they didn't look like they had lost a battle at all! They soon discovered our squad and immediately sent cavalry to pursue us. I was the only one in our ten-man squad who ran back!" At this, the soldier seemed to remember something, and suddenly burst into tears.

"Did you hear anything?" asked Li Zijun, staring at the soldier.

"The sound of fighting and screaming was incessant! It was as if our people were trapped inside!" the soldier shuddered at the thought of the terrible sound.

Li Zijun waved his hand to let the soldier leave, and hesitated for a while.

"Prepare to burn the city!" Li Zijun reluctantly gave this order.

"What do you want to do?" Trolope asked anxiously when he heard that Li Zijun was going to burn the city.

"As soon as the Monlin army has wiped out our army, they will immediately attack this place. We can't hold the city of Hucaro at all, and we must not let our troops be consumed so needlessly!"

"General, we should go and rescue my father now, as long as we rescue them, we will not be afraid of the Monlin Empire!" Troop pleaded with Li Zijun in his arms.

"Your argument is theoretically true, but in reality, we can't do it at all! We people can't even hold the city of Hukaro, how can we defeat the other side in a field battle! We must retreat now!"

"Edlaide, do you want to rebel, Marshal, you dare not save it!" Trollope became excited, pointing to Li Zijun's nose and questioning.

Li Zijun didn't want to waste all the time on Trollope's body, so he secretly gave Bob a look, and Bob knocked Trollope unconscious with a palm.

After solving Trolope, Li Zijun immediately ordered the city to be burned and led his troops to return to Wimbledon in a hurry.