Chapter 281: Increasing the Battalion and Increasing the Troops
With the little fox's awe of the old fox's wisdom, Li Zijun led the army out of Filano City!
The day before their departure, Virgil Bixia met with Li Zijun alone, and told him to him the whole Jihua of the Yaksa rebellion.
As Li Zijun and others speculated, the protagonist of the counterinsurgency had already fallen to Camp on the day Virgil Bixia chose Li Zijun.
In order to allow Li Zijun to better cooperate with Kemp's actions, Virgil Bixia did not hide much from this and told Li Zijun most of the truth.
After learning the specific reason, Li Zijun felt helpless that the reason why Virgil Bixia made such a decision was largely because he listened to his judgment.
On that day, Li Zijun had sworn that the Ziqing Empire had no intention of using troops against Dongyu, and that the Fengqi Empire's transfers were just a fool's errand, in fact, they were just to interfere with Dongyu's final decision.
Virgil Bixia was already a little skeptical about this, but hearing Li Zijun's remarks, he was even more sure of his inference, and he also had the idea of using camp.
Camp's training work in the south did not go smoothly, and he was under tremendous pressure from both the local and the princely quarters! He urgently needed a great achievement to establish his prestige in the army, so that the training could proceed smoothly.
However, if the camp is directly mobilized to quell the chaos, in case the problem of the Yaksa cannot be solved in a short period of time, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no other ideas during the Fengqi Empire. The so-called contracts are not even as good as paper in many cases! Once they take advantage of the chaos to raise troops to attack Dongyu again, and then Kama has other ideas. It would be difficult for Camp to unite with the Fengqi Empire and take care of everything! The southern part of Dongwoo is only afraid that it will fall into continuous war.
Virgil Bixia also has some understanding of the woman Karma, and he also thinks that it will be difficult for Camp to deal with this woman quickly. And what he worries most about is that Camp has something to do in the rush for quick success.
In that case, Virgil Bixia will not only train the Southern Legion and restrain the Great Prince's idea of completely ruining it! It may also cause a series of chain reactions, leading to the instability of Dongyu's political situation.
For the same reason, Virgil Bixia could not have chosen Bloom, or any other official who intended to obstruct or undermine the training, to serve in this position.
Among the officials trusted by Virgil Bixia, only Belloc has such ability and strength. But Virgil Bixia also needed him to stay in the military department to restrain the eldest prince, so he Zuihou was also excluded from the shortlist.
For a moment, Virgil Bixia thought of the late generals Hobbs and Sean. If only these two generals were still around. He won't be so stretched in terms of employing people!
In the end, Li Zijun was chosen as the commander of the rebel army, which was absolutely helpless for Virgil Bixia! In fact, he did not want Li Zijun, who had already established his image in the north, to establish his own contacts in the south.
In order to better restrain Li Zijun, none of the troops assigned to him by Virgil Bixia had any contact with him, and most of the middle and high-ranking generals were royal relatives or the heirs of the great nobles in the court. In a word: they are all people who cannot be easily bought by Li Zijun!
The first time Li Zijun met these people, he discovered Virgil Bixia's intentions, and he could only secretly look up to the sky and sigh while smiling bitterly!
Fortunately, these people have received a systematic education of nobles for many years, except that they will not have any emotional connection with Li Zijun. In other aspects, such as carrying out orders, setting an example for soldiers, etc., they all performed very well.
In addition, Virgil Bixia accepted Li Zijun's recommendation for Fred to take the position of chief of staff of the rebel army, and at the same time agreed to his request for more troops. Although only 20,000 local troops. But it still made Li Zijun rush a little relieved.
It's just that all this can't change Li Zijun's somewhat lazy character, and as soon as the team left the confines of Filano City, he jumped off his horse and got into Fred's carriage. Take off all of your armor. Not only did he lie down, but he also put a pair of feet on the table in front of Fred.
"Hey, hey, hey. I said, Master, didn't you notice that I was still looking at the map. Get rid of your stinky feet!" Fred said dissatisfiedly, turning the pen in his hand and pushing against Li Zijun's feet.
"What do you see, didn't I tell you, we are just helping to run the 'dragon set' this time, I'm afraid that we won't even be able to meet the real battle, why do you waste your energy somewhere?!Come on, chat with me!" Li Zijun's posture seemed to be very comfortable, and he never meant to take his feet down.
"No! Before leaving, I clearly heard your impassioned speech, and I seemed to feel that my blood was boiling with all that you said! Why did you become like this in just a few moments?"
"I really want to know, how would those soldiers who had just listened to you feel when they saw their marshal wearing a red vest and lying here with such no image?" Fred saw Li Zijun's appearance, and also understood that he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, and put down the pen in his hand and said to him in a teasing way.
"Soldiers don't care what you look like, they just want you to come back alive with them, that's the most important thing!"
"As for this 'red vest', it is my mascot, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is anti-axe and chisel slashing, lightning and fire in wartime!" After the Mills incident, Li Zijun no longer dared to take off his 'ink shirt' easily. Although it was basically his turn to use force this time, he still decided to wear this vest on his body at all times.
This was the first time Fred had seen Li Zijun's red vest, and he thought his remarks were just a joke, so he shook his head and smiled and didn't pay much attention to it.
"This is the news that Elder Van Lunding just delivered, do you want to take a look?" Fred picked up a letter on the table and shook it to Li Zijun.
"You've seen it all, it doesn't matter if I see it or not, if you want to, just tell me, if you don't bother to say it, then you can just give the order, anyway, my token is in your hand!" Li Zijun waved his hand to Fred.
"And what do you do if you do this, marshal, and leave everything to someone else?"
"Why am I doing so much with you? Don't complain, I reminded you before, let you stay in the capital and wait for the birth of your child, you said that you don't worry, you have to follow!"
"What, there are so many things to dislike now?! I'm telling you, it's too late!"
"As for what I'm doing, haven't I already found a person in charge of the team, what do you want me to do?" and Fred became more and more familiar with each other, and the conversation between the two became more and more unscrupulous.
"It looks like I'm on a thief ship, you're a little scoundrel!"
"Thanks for the compliment! I think the elements of a team's victory are: a scoundrel, a few smart people, and a bunch of hard-working fools! In our team, all of this is there, and the victory will be ours in the end!" Li Zijun said as he waved his arm fiercely, and he smiled smug when he saw Fred's stunned expression.
"Don't overthink things too simply!' Elder Van Lunding came back with a message that said, 'At the moment when the Yaksa had just arrived in Nogan, Mantejo had led three thousand cavalry to attack the Yaksa army. I think he was trying to take advantage of the Yaksa's unstable foothold and paralysis of his mind to get off to a good start, which would be more conducive to his subsequent defense of the city. ”
But what Mantejou didn't expect was that Karma had been prepared for his counterattack. Instead of posing any threat to the Yaksa army, Mantejo's attack fell into the battle array that Karma had designed in advance. After a hard battle, less than 300 of Mantejo's 3,000 cavalry broke out of the siege and returned to the city of Nogan. ”
"In this way, the defenders of Nuogan City are only three thousand at the moment?" Li Zijun was also taken aback by the news, and he couldn't help but open his eyes and look at Fred and asked.
"Indeed, but until the moment Elder Van Lunding sent back the news, the city of Nogan was still in our hands. Strange, right?" Fred couldn't help but smile faintly when he saw Li Zijun finally show a surprised expression.
"Has Kama led a large army to attack the city in so many days?" Li Zijun frowned and asked.
"Although the Yaksians continue to increase their troops to the city of Nogan, they have never attacked the city, which is why the city has not been lost to this day!"
"Increasing troops?" Li Zijun muttered to himself, took his feet off the table, and sat up slowly.
"What phenomenon did Elder Van Lunding use to judge the situation of the Yaksa's troop buildup?"
"Tents! The ever-increasing tents of the Yaksians outside Nogan City! Elder Van Lunding made his judgment from this!"
"Hurry up and send someone to inform General Camp, Karma is likely to shift the focus of the attack in his direction!" Li Zijun quickly stood up, but he was just about to push open the door of the carriage, his expression returned to normal, and according to the previous position, he lay down in the carriage again.
"Why aren't you in a hurry?" Fred asked with a smile as he looked at him.
"I almost got cheated by you! With you here, I don't need to think about it at all. No wonder I didn't see Clemens when I set off, you should have sent him out to deliver the news!" Li Zijun said, closing his eyes again.
Fred thought that Li Zijun had been fooled, and when he saw him react so quickly, Fred couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"Could Karma be our target?" Fred continued to test Lee's speculation about the matter.
"It's possible, but it's not likely!"
"Let's not talk about the fact that almost all of what we have traveled along the way is a road, and we are completely operating in our own country, so it is difficult to set up an ambush!"
"From a purely strategic point of view, it makes no sense for her to choose us, because even if they succeed in defeating us, as long as General Camp cuts off their retreat according to Jihua, they will not be able to escape the fate of defeat. (To be continued......)