Chapter 457: A plan within a plan
For Lucian, this was also an unforgettable night.
When she saw the soldiers falling in front of her, she couldn't even hold the staff steady in her hand. This was the first time she faced such a battlefield. Under the dark night and firelight, killing shouts and screams continued one after another. Those soldiers who didn't even have time to put on their armor were killed mercilessly, and their bodies were thrown aside.
"Bang!!"
Another corpse fell heavily. Looking at the other person's wide eyes and ferocious expression, Lucian screamed in fear.
"Hey, there's another woman here! Kill her!!"
At this moment, the fortress soldiers who heard Lu Xian's shouts rushed over and raised their swords towards Lu Xian. Looking at the fierce soldiers in front of them, Lu Xian screamed, dumbfounded. Standing there blankly, watching the opponent's long sword slash down...!
"Bang!"
However, at this moment, the wall next to Lucian suddenly burst, and then a tall man of steel emerged from it. He completely ignored the opponent's attack and punched the soldier in the head. Then Lucian watched helplessly as the soldier's head was broken directly from the body by the huge fist, just like a ripe and rotten apple being blown away by the strong wind and flying backwards like leaves. The headless corpse spurted blood and then fell directly to the ground.
"What are you doing here?"
Duanmuhuai turned his head and glared at Luxian fiercely. Under Duanmuhuai's gaze, the latter's legs weakened and collapsed to the ground. Seeing this familiar action, Duanmuhuai suddenly thought of it.
"Oh, are you that slave?"
"Yes, yes...Sir..."
"Okay, stand up."
Duanmuhuai looked around, then looked at Luxian.
"The battle is almost over, and there are only some resisting guys that need to be dealt with. Don't stay here, lest you get killed... Forget it, come with me."
"Yes..."
Although Lucian's legs were now as trembling as a newly born deer that had not yet had time to stand firm, she gritted her teeth and stood up and followed Duanmu Huai.
The entire fortress was now in a mess, with blood and corpses everywhere. Of course, they were basically the corpses of soldiers from the Bonn Fortress. After all, those who attacked them were elites from various countries, and they were completely different in terms of strength.
"...Why must we kill people..."
Following Duanmu Huai, looking at the corpses in the fortress in front of him, Lucian couldn't help but ask. When Duanmuhuai heard her inquiry, he just glanced at the other party.
"Because this is war, and war will naturally kill people."
"Then... why war?"
"As far as the Tribunal is concerned, Herman and the AL Cult have joined forces to attack us. They are simply desperate. Killing them is a matter of course. Of course, for the resistance, it is even simpler. They just want to live."< br>
"... Survive?"
"That's right."
Duanmuhuai walked out of the fortress and looked at the dim and dark night sky in front of him.
"This country is almost finished. The upper one percent controls 90% of the wealth, and ordinary people can't even eat enough... Haha, have you ever tasted the bread that the common people eat? It's just like The stone makes no difference.”
"………………"
Lu Xi'an nodded slightly. As a slave, she had of course eaten that kind of bread. In fact, that kind of bread was just like Duanmu Huai said, it was just like a stone. She couldn't even bite it, and it couldn't even be placed on the table. It can make a "dong dong" sound, so that people don't know whether it is bread or stone.
"Common people even have a problem to survive, but those nobles, rich businessmen and high-ranking officials are rich and rich, and they live a comfortable life. At this time, struggle is almost a matter of course. After all, there are only two ways for the citizens of Herman. , either be exploited to death by the nobles and businessmen, or rise up and fight.”
Having said this, Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.
"Anyway, for them, the worst outcome is death. But now, for them, there is no way to survive. Sooner or later, they will die, so they might as well give it a try, maybe there is hope."
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“……………………”
Hearing this, Lucien lowered his head, clutched the staff in his hand, and said nothing.
Duanmuhuai didn't care. Now he believed in Qildi's judgment. This girl named Lu Xi'an was probably a noble lady who ran away from somewhere. Otherwise, she wouldn't even know the basic common sense of common people. Know.
But Duanmu Huai doesn't care.
At this moment, he also came to the square in the center of the fortress and said hello to An, Gu Leiya and others who were on guard there.
"Yo, how's it going?"
"Everything goes well, Mr. Knight, but it's still a little too exciting for everyone."
As he spoke, An winked at Duanmuhuai playfully and looked along her line of sight. Sure enough, Duanmuhuai saw several girls not far away bending over and vomiting - well, they They are all graduates of Manalia Academy. Obviously, compared to An and Gulea who followed Duanmu Huai around several planets and participated in many wars, these freshly-baked Manalia Fresh graduates are obviously not used to the real battlefield.
"Okay, cheer up!"
In front of them, Hannah was also cheering them up with a serious look on her face.
"You are the elites of Manalia! This is a battlefield! Not a training ground! If you are negligent here for a moment, you will die! You will turn into a corpse! So now, I want you to be more vigilant! Do you understand?"
"Yes...!!"
Although the students' answers were a little weak, they stood up. Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai nodded and said nothing more. After all, this was their first time on the battlefield, so it was good that they didn't pee their pants. Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai made a gesture.
"Bell Girl."
"Here, meow, bear with me! (>^ω^<)"
As soon as Duanmu Huai finished speaking, Lingnu suddenly emerged from behind him, startling Lucien next to him.
"You take the Valkyrie back and tell Krim that the first phase of the operation has been successful, and ask her to send people over to take over the fortress immediately! It must be completed before dawn!"
"Received!"
After capturing the fortress, what Duanmu Huai had to do was to immediately replace the original fortress soldiers with soldiers from the Fourth Army, pretending that the fortress had not been attacked, to confuse the first and second armies. Fortunately, he had the Night Crow Black Star and Valkyrie gunboats on his hands, so it would not be a problem to secretly transport some soldiers over during the dark and windy night.
At this time, Qildi and Uluze also rushed back respectively.
"Sir, there is someone missing in our team... Ah, he is here."
Qildi, who hurried back, saw Lucian standing next to Duanmuhuai and breathed a sigh of relief. When the latter saw Qildi, she hurriedly bowed her head and apologized.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I used to..."
"It's nothing, this kind of thing happens often. In short, let's treat the wounded first."
"Yes."
Luxian nodded in agreement, and then looked at Duanmuhuai again.
"Thank you for saving me...thank you very much...!"
After saying these words, Lucien turned and left, returning to Kildi's guards to start treating the wounded.
Duanmuhuai just glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze and looked at the night sky.
Next, it depends on how the opponent plans to act.
At the same time, in the camp of the First Army, Kriolev was staring at the same night sky.
"General, it's so late, you should rest."
Adjutant Karl stood behind him and reminded in a low voice, while Kriolev shook his head.
"I'm not tired. Hey...how long will it take for reinforcements from the Second Army to arrive?"
"It will take at least three days, and we are not very sufficient in terms of supplies."
Speaking of this, Adjutant Carl frowned.
"The council's excuse is that supplies are insufficient, and we need to find a solution ourselves!"
"Huh..."
Kriolev snorted coldly. Of course he understood why his adjutant was so angry. Originally, according to Kriolev's idea, the deployment of three legions should be done secretly. After all, the art of war is cloudy and real. , the imaginary is the real. As long as the other party doesn't know how many troops they have in total, they can make a big fuss about this.
But the council was so good that they sold them all with just one mouthful, and they just had to report all their ID numbers to the rebels!
Now the rebels know that there are three legions jointly acting against them, with a total of 100,000 people. Now their side is completely exposed!
Not only that, Kriolev understood better why the Council was unwilling to give him more supplies. Because Kriolev's plan was to rely on his own numbers to attack from all sides, so that the rebels would be exhausted. After all, there was only one steel giant, and he could only take care of one direction. If attacked from all sides, the Iron Giant will obviously not be able to catch up with every battle.
However, this tactic consumes a lot of time and materials, and the Council does not like it. They are afraid that the other party will ignore it and drive the Iron Giant directly in front of the royal city, and that will be the end of it.
So they made excuses not to provide sufficient supplies, just to force Kriolev to make a quick decision.
This will of course cause a large number of casualties, but for the Council, they wish that more people from the First Army would die, so that the army would pose a smaller threat to the Council...
"Hey..."
Kriolev sighed again. He deliberately gave up the Bonn Fortress in order to use the Bonn Fortress as bait. After all, if the other party wanted to take action, they would definitely not let go of the Bonn Fortress, and as long as they attacked the Bonn Fortress, then they would It's like he has taken the bait. By that time, he will be able to lead the First Army, the Second Army, and the Fifth Army to rush in at once... maybe there will be a chance of victory.
"There's no news from the Fifth Army yet?"
"………………"
Adjutant Karl shook his head silently. The Fifth Army was originally a guerrilla force. It could be said that they were running around all over the country. Maybe they would be wandering around when the council issued an order.
If they were blocked by the Fourth Army, that would be a problem.
But now... Kriolev had a bad feeling.
Something seems to have gone wrong.
But forget it, things have reached this point anyway, and we can only take one step at a time.
(End of chapter)