Chapter 900: 'Trying to Catch the Dead'
"I also agree with the marshal's decision! This is definitely our best chance to get rid of Edlaide, and we must not let him go easily!" the general had just stepped back when another general stepped forward.
And after this general, four or five generals came out one after another, and all of them, without exception, agreed with Victor's decision to attack the city.
"That's it," Victor, who had already sat back in his seat, looked happy and stood up again.
"Wait!" Aubrey cursed inwardly and raised his hand to stop Victor from 'announcing' his decision.
"General Aubrey, do you have any other opinions?" Victor frowned and turned his gaze to Aubrey's face.
Aubrey had hoped that someone would stand up against Victor first, and then he would come out and push the boat. But now it seemed that this was unlikely, and he glanced at the group of 'flame-clinging' guys, cleared his throat, and said what he thought:
"Marshal, I hate Edlaide as much as you, including the generals in the battalion! I also want to eat his flesh and drink his blood! But I don't think we should ignore the danger around us because of the hatred in our hearts!" At this, Aubrey secretly glanced at Victor's face, and seeing that he had not changed much, Aubrey continued:
"General Hamilton said that seventy or eighty thousand Ziqing troops suddenly appeared behind us, plus the tens of thousands of people we found a few days ago, this total of Edlaide has persuaded the fourteen or fifty thousand Ziqing troops to serve him. ”
"I'm okay with this algorithm, right?" asked Aubrey, turning to Hamilton.
"No problem, yes!" Hamilton bowed slightly, nodding to Aubrey.
"The generals just said the same. The combat effectiveness of the Ziqing Army is not worth mentioning, and I deeply agree with this. I don't think we have a problem beating them! just one thing, and that's if we're absolutely healthy!"
"The marshal judged that we could take Trafford in three days. I'm convinced of that, but what do we do next?"
"We have all seen the tenacity of the defenders of Trafford, and taking it in three days will surely inflict great casualties. Now we have more than half of our casualties, and in three days, I reckon, we will be at least close to two-thirds of our total force. At that time, if we want to defeat the Ziqing army behind us, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, right?"
"It's just that they don't support Edlaide in the city! once they send troops to support Trafford, we're going to be in a harder place!"
"Do you want us to give up?" said the general, who had spoken first, standing up again, looking at Aubrey with disdain on his face.
"No, no!" the anger in Aubrey's heart had rushed to the top of his head. But on the surface, he still maintained that friendly smile:
"My idea is to first make it easier and then difficult, first deal with the Ziqing Army behind us, send all our wounded back home, and then we will turn our heads and concentrate on dealing with Edlaide!"
"Edlaide is not a fool, what if he takes this opportunity to escape?" said another general, who had spoken before, as he stood up.
"Actually, our encirclement no longer exists, didn't Edlaide run as well?"
"But"
"Don't be, General Aubrey has some point! Who do you think is the most suitable person to crush the Ziqing Army behind us and send our wounded back home?" Victor asked, raising his hand to stop the others from arguing with Aubrey.
"Marshal, if you can trust me, give me an army of 100,000. I promise to get the job done!" Aubrey reacted surprisingly quickly this time, and before Victor could finish speaking, he was already ready to ask for his life.
"And our wounded?"
"The last general will guarantee that they will be sent back to Fengqi safely and safely!"
"Okay! I'll rebuild Dongying at once. Just wait for the general to return, and then we will concentrate our forces on Trafford!"
"Yes!" Aubrey nodded at the same time. An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Aubrey didn't see it, just the moment he looked down and smiled. Victor and Hamilton breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, it wasn't just them, after seeing Aubrey leading the army and protecting the wounded to leave the Fengqi camp, Li Zijun and Lance and others at the head of the city also showed a relaxed smile!
"Ed, shouldn't we be ready?" Lance asked with a smile as he looked at Li Zijun.
"Wait, I have good news for you!" Li Zijun said, handing the two notes to Lance's hand.
"Yuan Xiu and Duo Yu are back?"
"More than that, would you like to take a look at the note below?"
"Kate, who is this?"
"General Kamp's proudest son and my best friend! He has finally convinced General Kamp to come to our aid!"
"Yuan Xiu and General Duo Yu have 50,000 soldiers and horses, and Kate also has 50,000 soldiers and horses, and we have received 100,000 reinforcements at once this time. What is even more valuable is that of the 100,000 soldiers and horses, nearly 70,000 are cavalry. This time, Victor will suffer!" Speaking of this, Li Zijun got a little carried away, and he actually reached out and put his hand on the shoulder of the strange old man Lance.
Usually no one dares to do this in Trafford, the soldiers on Dongyu's side are okay, and the generals of the Ziqing Army can't help but widen their eyes when they see this scene, and they all believe that Lance will turn his face because of this.
But what everyone didn't expect was that Lance actually reached out and put his hand on Li Zijun's shoulder, and the two laughed together!
At midnight that day, Li Zijun led the army in the city, united with Yuan Xiu, Duo Yu and White outside the city to raid the southern camp of Fengqi again.
To Li Zijun and the others, the number of troops in the southern camp was pitiful, and they occupied the entire southern camp with almost no effort; and what made Li Zijun even more puzzled was that during the entire process of their capture of the southern camp, there was no movement in Victory, which also made Li Zijun's plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements in the end!
"It's broken! Send a secret message to Kate and let him follow us to the west gate! The infantry enter the city, and the cavalry will follow me!" Li Zijun turned his horse's head and rushed straight to the west gate where Victor was.
As Li Zijun guessed, they did not encounter any resistance here, and they successfully stormed Victor's Chinese tent.
Except for the flickering candlelight, the place was empty, and it was not difficult to see that Victor had already led the army out of here.
"Victor is really still Victor, and it finally didn't make me completely disappointed in you!" Seeing the surrounding scenes, Li Zijun couldn't help but show no trace of chagrin, but suddenly laughed.
"Marshal, what's wrong?" Kate, who had just arrived, didn't know what was going on, and when she heard Li Zijun laughing, she thought something big had happened, and immediately quickened her pace and rushed in.
"It's okay, Victor escaped!"
"Marshal, don't worry, he can't escape, Belloc and General Feige have completely blocked their retreat, and this time Victor has no way to escape!" Kate said as she took out a secret order from her bosom and handed it to Li Zijun.
Seeing Kate's solemn expression, Li Zijun didn't dare to slack off, and immediately opened the secret order, just one glance, he frowned!
"Understood!" Li Zijunzai carefully read the secret order three times, and finally, he closed his eyes and handed the secret order back to Kate's hand.
Kate took the secret order and did not put it in her arms, but turned the secret order into ashes by the candle flame in the tent.
"Marshal, what are we going to do next?" Kate turned her head and bowed to Li Zijun for instructions after kicking the black ash on the ground.
"Shall we go back to the city first?"
"Back to the city?"
"Don't worry, you won't be able to make a mistake!
"Yes!" Seeing Li Zijun so persistent, Kate didn't dare to say more, and led the army to follow Li Zijun back to Trafford.
After a night of silence, the next morning, after a full meal with all the soldiers, Li Zijun led a 100,000-strong coalition army composed of Dongyu and Ziqing cavalry, and rushed out of Tradford City with murderous spirits.
Slightly unexpectedly, Li Zijun did not take the big road this time, but chose a small path that few people usually walk.
"How could the prince take this road? Doesn't he know that this road is much farther than the big road?" As a general from the western part of Ziqing, Yuan Xiu was very familiar with the terrain of this generation, and he was very puzzled by Li Zijun's choice, and asked Duo Yu in a low voice.
You don't know the prince, maybe you don't believe it, his familiarity with the terrain of this generation is not even below you and me. ”
"How is this possible?" Yuan Xiu's face was full of 'disbelief'!
"I know you won't believe it! Let me tell you, whenever the prince goes, he will ask the locals to help him draw a map and make a sand table. I've seen it, and although it's a rockery, it's almost no different from the actual situation. With this thing in hand, he naturally didn't have to worry about going the wrong way!" Duo Yu said and nodded to Yuan Xiu with a smile.
"Don't worry, the prince must have his reasons for going here, and it is definitely not what you think!"
"You're so confident?"
"If you're still skeptical, why don't we take a gamble?"
"Bet on what?"
Of course, if you win, I won't stop you from doing anything!"
"How do you know that I am going to be disarmed and returned to the field?" Yuan Xiu was slightly taken aback, and looked at Duo Yu and said incomprehensibly.
"This, you promise to bet with me first, and I'll tell you!"
"Okay, I'm betting!
"Actually, I don't know, but the prince told me that he guessed that with your character, you are likely to quit the military after this battle, and he asked me to stop you as much as possible!"
"Why?"
"He didn't say it, and I didn't dare to ask!, we've made up our minds!" Duo Yue looked at Yuan Xiu and smiled, urging his mount to speed up. (To be continued.) )