Chapter 496 The brief tranquility in front of the fortress
After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao thought for a moment and did not directly deploy the action. Instead, he took steps to come to the elderly general's side. He raised his eyebrows and asked: "Old General Bai, what do you think of the current battlefield situation?"
"Your Excellency, guest, judging from the current situation, the old red devil will not give up easily."
Bai Lao gently stroked his gray beard, nodded to Lei Xiao and said: "Based on my understanding of that guy, his character is cautious but also cunning. He will never take risks and fight an uncertain battle."< br>
"At this stage, with the successive losses of the invasion corps and the two long-range corps, the opponent's strength advantage is no longer as good as before."
Speaking of this, Bai Lao's voice became more solemn: "It is not difficult to see from this that since the opponent has not retreated yet, it means that he must be hiding a powerful trump card and is confident that he can reverse the situation of the battle."
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"Is that true?"
Lei Xiao pondered and nodded, frowning more and more: "It seems that one of the trump cards in the opponent's hand must be the legion that disappeared at the beginning."
"What your Excellency Ke Qing said is absolutely true. The aura on the battlefield is now extremely chaotic and cannot be sensed at all. In addition, the surrounding mountains are aggravating this."
Mr. Bai shook his head helplessly and frowned: "I have already sent out all the scout troops that could be used, but I still got nothing."
"To be honest with you, your Excellency, although the terrain of this area is extremely complicated, it is my Leng Yan's territory after all. Before this, I had secretly visited the hunters and farmers in all the surrounding villages and towns, and drew a very Detailed topographic maps, including various remote mountain paths and animal trails, are already known to the scouts under his command.”
Bai Lao's wrinkled face was full of doubts, and he continued: "In this case, it stands to reason that it is absolutely impossible for the other party to escape our eyes."
"So, things are indeed extremely strange."
Lei Xiao pondered and nodded, thinking thoughtfully: "Just like what Old General Bai said, this is our home field. How can the opponent move a legion-sized force without leaving any traces? Not noticed by us?”
After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao couldn't help but sigh, with a puzzled look on his face.
So far, the main subordinates wearing invisibility cloaks and investigating have not noticed any clues.
Even Bai Wei, who has an extremely sensitive sense of smell, and the Nanxing Nanyue sisters who just left and are good at tracking, found nothing.
"The other party simply evaporated out of thin air."
Ariel, who had been listening by the side, frowned slightly, tilted her head and said, "Could it be that the other party has already withdrawn that unit? Or is it just being used as a suspect to confuse us?"
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"Go back to Princess, this is almost impossible. Large-scale troop mobilization at the legion level cannot escape our eyes no matter what."
Bai Lao shook his head, still frowning and said: "I can be sure that the disappeared legion must still be near the battlefield, or even lurking somewhere on the battlefield."
"Is it possible that the opponent used super large-scale teleportation magic?"
Ariel lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then asked again.
"Going back to Your Highness the Princess, this is also impossible."
Bai Lao patiently explained to Ariel.
"You know, even the strongest fourth-level space magician in our Lengyan royal family can only accurately teleport a few squadrons of soldiers at a time, and the distance is extremely limited. The space experts of the Holy Night Kingdom are also similar."
"Regardless of the fact that group teleportation consumes a lot of magic power. If there really is such a powerful space warrior in the Holy Night Army, wouldn't it be enough to just teleport the soldiers into the interior of the mountain fortress? Why bother?"
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After listening to Bai Lao's explanation, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
Before that, Lei Xiao asked Jiang Li, who was once a fifth-level peak space mage, about teleporting soldiers.
It is evident from the fact that even with Jiang Li's majestic and vast magic power, it was impossible to achieve legion-level space teleportation.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao nodded and added: "Old General Bai is right. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the other party really uses teleportation magic to teleport the soldiers to our vicinity, it will definitely cause It is impossible for our detection to be completely lost.”
"Then the other party won't have everyone invisible, right?"
Ariel frowned and asked again.
"Don't worry, that's even more impossible."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and responded: "Firstly, this kind of equipment is expensive and it is impossible to install it in large quantities. Secondly, even if it disappears visually, it can be seen from the traces, sounds and breaths." On the other hand, there are always some clues.”
"That makes sense."
Ariel pondered and nodded, the confusion on her fair face becoming more and more obvious: "Then where did the other party go? How did he do this?"
"This is the most difficult and even fatal problem at present."
Lei Xiao took a deep breath and responded slowly: "Just like what Old General Bai and I analyzed just now, there must be some kind of conspiracy of the other party hidden in this."
"What should we do now?"
A faint hint of worry appeared on Ariel's cheeks, and her eyebrows were almost twisted into twists.
"Two points of countermeasures. The first is to continue to increase the detection intensity in the surrounding area. The second is to be prepared and to remain unchanged in the face of changes."
Lei Xiao looked directly below the fortress, where the Holy Night Army had gathered the defeated troops, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Your Excellency, Guest Minister, is right. I will go and notify Bert and the other two fortresses right now, asking them not to relax for a moment and to be ready to deal with the enemy's unknown tricks at any time."
After Bai Lao said this, he bowed slightly to Ariel, then turned around to greet several Leng Yan commanders on standby, and left quickly together.
"Sir, what are our next steps?"
A rough voice sounded, and Huzhang stepped forward, caressed Lei Xiao's chest and saluted.
"The top priority now is to figure out the movements of the missing legion as soon as possible."
Lei Xiao nodded to the knotweed, and Linlin responded: "As for the last step of taking advantage of the situation, it is not yet time to implement it. After all, when the situation is not fully grasped, it is not good to disperse the combat power to sneak attack on the enemy's rear. A wise choice.”
After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao opened his mouth to read, connected with other surrounding subordinates in turn, and then quietly arranged: "Huzhang, Ye Cang, Chao Yan, and Lin will join Nan Xing, Nan Yue, Bai Wei, A Ling, and A Bing who are outside. , tracking the traces of the missing legions together.”
"Although we don't have any clue yet, what is certain is that the opponent's target must be one of these three fortresses."
At this point, Lei Xiao added another sentence: "The nine of you are divided into three groups to conduct investigations around the three fortresses. As for Hong Ye, just stay with me and obey my orders."
"Yes! My lord!"
Huzhang and the surrounding subordinates responded in unison, and then disappeared in a flash.
After arranging all this, Lei Xiao, who was standing on the wall of the fortress, moved his dark eyes upwards and fixed his gaze on the bright twin moons in the deep night sky, frowning slightly again.
Just as I and Bai Lao analyzed just now, after the two long-range legions were defeated, the opponent undoubtedly completely lost its firepower advantage over us.
It stands to reason that in this case, the opponent no longer has the prerequisites to capture the mountain fortress, but even so, the opponent still did not choose to retreat.
It can be seen that the opponent is obviously confident in the trump card in his hand, and it is very likely that there is more than one trump card.
"That hidden legion won't fall from the sky, right?"
Lei Xiao slowly retracted his gaze and landed on the temporarily quiet battlefield directly below. He frowned and continued to think: "What will the other side do next?"
"What a quiet and eerie atmosphere, just like the brief calm before the storm."
Ariel, who was dressed in a smart outfit, walked over and asked Lei Xiao: "You are from another world, what tricks do you think the Holy Night Army will use?"
While speaking, Ariel couldn't help but have some indescribable meaning in her eyes as she looked at Lei Xiao.
Only after the excitement of repelling the Holy Night Army had passed did she realize it clearly.
The calm-looking young man from another world in front of him had once again saved countless Lengyan people behind the fortress and the defensive soldiers on the city wall, saving them from the ravages of war.
Otherwise, under the fierce offensive of the enemy's two long-range legions just now, I am afraid that this mountain fortress would have been on the verge of collapse.
With such an action, it would not be an exaggeration to call him a hero of Leng Yan!
"The most important thing is that this guy is just a guy from another world, but he has done many things that the royal family and nobles who are supposed to be responsible for protecting Leng Yan cannot do..."
Thinking of this, Ariel's starry eyes flickered and she couldn't help but sigh.
Although he was unwilling to admit the negligence of his royal family, everything this guy did really shocked and touched him.
"As for the trick, I can't guess it, but the opponent's goal is easy to guess."
Lei Xiao smiled faintly at Ariel and responded: "A small reminder, this mountain fortress has the most complete defense, so the situation is self-evident."
"You mean that the other party's next target is likely to be one of the two small fortresses halfway up the mountain?"
An expression of sudden realization suddenly appeared on Ariel's delicate face, and she said: "Although the military strength of those two small fortresses is not much different from here, after all, they are temporarily composed of garrison troops from various places, and their overall combat strength is much higher. Much weaker.”
"As for the number of magic cannons, they are very few. In addition, the city wall is only less than ten meters high, so it is indeed easier to be captured by the enemy."
When Ariel said this, she continued thoughtfully: "However, the terrain is the biggest advantage of the two small fortresses. I hope they can make up for some of the disadvantages."
"Indeed, compared to the mountain fortress, the disadvantages of the two small fortresses are still extremely obvious."
Lei Xiao's eyes looked far away, and finally landed on a small fortress on the mountainside, and nodded thoughtfully.
"If the enemy really chooses to attack those two small fortresses, there will definitely be methods that we did not expect, so there must not be any negligence."
Lei Xiao clearly understood the reason why the Mountain Fort Fortress was able to stop the 80,000 Holy Night Army before.
Undoubtedly, it is because the two small fortresses on the left and right mountainside are like horns to each other, working together to contain the opponent's forces.
And once a fortress is captured by an opponent, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to having an arm broken, and the defensive capabilities of the mountain fortress will also be greatly reduced.
Therefore, whether it is the mountain fortress itself or the two small fortresses next to it, neither of them is missing.
"Unexpected means? Could it be that the other party could fall from the sky?"
Ariel followed Lei Xiao's gaze and also looked at the small fortress, her gaze gradually becoming serious.
From this position, the small fortress that Lei Xiao and Ariel were looking at was located on the left side of the mountain fortress and was built next to a dense forest.
The one on the right is surrounded by an extremely empty space and seems to be easier to defend and harder to attack.
When Lei Xiao heard Ariel's words, he had the same thought as his just now. He couldn't help but smile and said: "As for whether the other party will fall from the sky, let you and I wait and see."
After a pause, Lei Xiao's expression became solemn again, and he added: "The arrival of dawn is no longer far away, and dawn will undoubtedly further reduce the opponent's advantage. Presumably the opponent will start to take action soon. ”
Sure enough, Lei Xiao's words had just finished.
The two Holy Night Legions, who had originally formed a formation at the foot of the mountain to defend our small fortress, began to shrink their formations and slowly approached the two small fortresses.
The other two legions, which had been firmly in the rear, also began to press forward aggressively towards the mountain fortress.
"What's going on?"
Ariel looked at the three-sided attack of the Holy Night Army, and a trace of confusion suddenly appeared on her delicate cheeks, and she said in surprise: "Is the opponent planning to attack our three fortresses at the same time?!"
"If you think about it carefully, if the opponent does not have the advantage of long-range power, he may not be able to capture this place with all his strength, so how can he divide his troops? It is just a bluff."
Lei Xiao waved his hand, indicating to Ariel that there was no need to be nervous, and said with a smile: "It is conceivable that the opponent's real main attack direction is still one of the three fortresses, while the other two are feint attacks, just to contain our side. ”
Lei Xiao looked down at the four Holy Night Legions moving mightily under the city, with a flash of light in his eyes: "It seems that the opponent's trump card for winning is already ready."
"Then which one is the opponent going to attack? The fortress on the edge of the dense forest on the left, the open area fortress on the right? Or the mountain fortress in the center?"
Ariel swallowed nervously and murmured to herself: "Where will the opponent's disappearing army appear again?"
At this moment, the two opposing armies that had bypassed the depression in front of the mountain fortress, and the other two opposing armies that had just climbed halfway up the mountain, had already reached the city and began to form their own formations.
"Don't worry, the answer will be revealed soon."
Lei Xiao took a deep breath of the bloody air filled with strong murderous intent, and slowly spoke. (End of chapter)