Chapter 501: Tough
While Buck was analyzing the battle situation for Aubrey, Li Zijun also came to a similar conclusion.
"At most, we can hold out for a day, and we must evacuate this place before dawn the day after tomorrow, otherwise, all of us will die here!" Diarra easily made this judgment after getting his own casualty figures.
"Your Highness Marcus, where are they now, and how long will it take for them to reach Eagle City?" Li Zijun touched his nose and looked at the map on the table to ask Rogge and Hope.
"Before sunset, His Highness sent someone to deliver the news, they have just walked to this place!" Rogge took out a wooden stick and pointed out the position of Marcas for Li Zijun with a little helplessness.
"Why are they walking so slowly? At their speed, they may not be able to reach Eagle City in another seven days, and we won't be able to stop the Feng Qi Army for so many days!" Diarra was more familiar with the situation on this road than Li Zijun, and he could only see the problem here at a glance.
"Didn't they listen to our advice and take all the baggage with them?"
Seeing Rogge nodding, Li Zijun's face couldn't help but show a bitter smile.
"This is just nonsense, isn't that what we had planned?!" Diarra couldn't hold back the anger in his chest any longer, and he jerked himself up from his chair.
"Brother, don't worry, after all, the decision over there is not ours, even if you are in a hurry, it will be difficult to change the current state!"
"I'm afraid that I will also take some responsibility for this matter, His Royal Highness Marcus believes in my ability too much!" Li Zijun understood that Marcas must be because of his Highness. Only then did I tolerate the existence of this situation. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head.
"Confused! This is a battlefield after all. No matter how strong you are, you alone. It's impossible to stop Feng Qi's thousands of troops?!"
"Ed, what are we going to do next?shall we build them again and abandon their baggage and speed up the march?" Diarra had joined the army, but he was not a true soldier yet, lacking the spirit of not giving up and seeing death to accomplish his mission.
"It doesn't make much sense for us to talk about it like this, we still have to think of some other way!" Li Zijun suddenly laughed as he said that.
"What else to do?" Diarra, Rogge, and Hope couldn't help but cast questioning glances on Li Zijun.
"Bridget, select three hundred of your best soldiers from your ranks, and send all our wounded soldiers here to His Highness Marcas. ”
"Also, you should report to Your Highness in front of everyone as much as possible: we can last a day here at most. Tomorrow night we will withdraw from the defensive line, and ask Your Highness to send troops to build a second line of defense in this place and meet us at the same time!"
"Are you trying to force them to give up their baggage?" Hope and Rogge immediately understood what Li Zijun meant.
"But is this second line of defense too close to our brigade?"
"If you don't get closer, those wealth fans won't feel the pain of the skin! I think after learning about this situation, they will not only give up their baggage, but also run faster!" Li Zijun waved his hand to Rogge and explained with a sneer.
"Bridget, you will be on your way after the wounded are bandaged, you must be fast! The fate of our people is in your hands, you must not let us down!" Li Zijun walked to Bridget's side. She patted him on the shoulder.
"The last general will definitely complete his mission!" Bridget gave Li Zijun a standard military salute and turned to leave.
"What if we still don't give up the baggage?" Hope said suddenly, looking at Bridget's back.
"We can only do our best to obey the fate of heaven now, but if they really give up their wealth and not their lives, then let them give up their lives. I will never let my brother sacrifice his life for this!" Li Zijun's face froze and he let go of his cruel words.
Rogge and Hope secretly exchanged glances, with what they knew about Li Zijun. They all knew that he was not posturing by saying this. When the matter comes, it is really possible that Li Zijun will pass on the order to 'open the road'.
I hope that the group of bigwigs can recognize the form. Don't make a decision that misleads others and yourself! Rogge and Hope both prayed in their hearts.
"Bridget, you're telling me the truth. Is the situation really that bad on your side?" Marcus was also taken aback when he heard Bridget's report, but he still had a bit of luck in his heart, and after ordering the other people in the tent to leave the big tent, he asked Bridget again for confirmation.
"Your Highness, you just have to look at the wounded people I brought back, and you will understand everything!"
"This has to be the way Archduke Edlaide used the counterattack to delay Aubrey for more than a day, otherwise, we are afraid that we will not be able to hold on for a long time!" Bridget saw that Marcas was still hesitating, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious.
"Understood!" Marcus let out a long sigh as he finally made up his mind.
"Bridget, you go down and rest first, and I'll call a meeting of the generals. It's time for them all to sober up!"
"Marshal, forget about resting! There is still a fierce battle ahead, and the last general really has no heart to stay here. ”
"Your Highness, can you allocate some arrows to us, we don't have much stock over there, I hope you can bring some back to make up for the shortage over there!"
Hearing Bridget's words, Marcus felt his heart heat up, and he stepped forward and patted Bridget on the shoulder, not saying a word for a long time.
"Come, arrange a meal for General Bridget and his men according to the highest standards. Also, prepare 30,000 arrows and give them to them after dinner, so that they can take them to the front to kill the enemy!"
"This is my gratitude to the soldiers at the front for their bloody battles, as their representatives, you must eat this meal! When you return in triumph, I will also hold a feast to entertain you and our heroes!"
"Yes!" Bridget was tempted to refuse, but when Marcus said this, he finally gladly accepted the invitation.
Sending Bridget out of the tent of the Chinese army, Marcus immediately convened a general meeting of the whole army, which was attended by almost all the important generals of the whole army.
Marcus did not talk nonsense in the face of the generals, and directly threw out the issue of discarding the baggage and speeding up the march.
"Ladies and gentlemen, judging from the current situation, we have no time to delay any longer! once the defense line built by Diarra and Grand Duke Ed is breached, we will have no way to escape in the face of the Fengqi Iron Cavalry!"
"Is the situation really serious to this point?" After listening to Marcas's account, Simpson showed a slight skeptical expression. In fact, it was precisely because of his persistence that Marcus has not been able to discard the excess baggage.
"Uncle, I'm afraid it's a lot stricter than you think! I'm sure you've seen those wounded soldiers outside before you came here, you might as well think about it carefully, what a fierce battle it must have been, so many wounded soldiers will appear? We can't hesitate this time, otherwise, we living people will be dragged to death by those dead things in this place!" Marcas was really a little anxious this time.
As far as I know, the Fengqi army responsible for pursuing us is only 20,000 people, while the troops left behind by us are more than 10,000 people, and the strength of the two sides is not very large. Maher surprised everyone and stepped up at this time.
"Don't forget, the real commander of our Royal Highness troops is Edlaide Grand Duke Li, he is a figure known as the 'Dongyu Military God'!"
"In addition, he has two fierce generals, Rogge and Hope, as his deputies, how can he not stop them for even a week?!" Maher now hated Diarra, and here he deliberately weakened his existence.
"Edlaide, the Grand Duke is not an ordinary lover of money, could he be trying to raise the price and make us pay more?!" Maher glanced at the generals with obvious ill intentions and sneered.
"Maher, Ed took the initiative to take over from Master Diarra as the commander of His Royal Highness's troops this time, and never made any requests, how can you be so disregarding the facts and evaluating the friends who sincerely help us?!"
"I'll assume I've never heard what you say today, and you won't mention it again!" said Marcus with a cold look at Maher.
Marcas then assigned a general to set up a second line of defense at the location designated by Li Zijun.
"From now on, as long as you still recognize the position of my acting marshal, please go back at once to carry out the order to destroy the excess baggage! Prepare to speed up tomorrow! Adjourn the meeting!" This time Marcas was unusually tough, not only clearly expressing his support for Li Zijun, but also uncharacteristically giving the order without discussion.
After sending off the generals in the tent, Marcus hesitated and sent someone to invite Bridget to his tent again.
"General, I have a secret letter here, which you must hand over to Archduke Edward alone, and directly into the possession of the Archduke!" Marcas handed the letter into Bridget's hand and whispered to him solemnly.
"Marshal, rest assured, the faith is in the people, and the faith is ruined!" Bridget cautiously and cautiously took the secret letter into her bosom, and assured Marcas with great firmness.
"Please!" Marcus raised his hands and patted Bridget on the shoulder before personally escorting him out of the camp.
"Am I a little overwhelmed?" Marcus whispered to himself as he watched Bridget's back fade away.
"Even if I'm nervous when Ed laughs at me, I have to make this matter clear, this matter is really too implicated!" Marcus sighed deeply as he looked into the distance, and returned to the barracks with a lot of heart. (To be continued......)