Chapter 357: Surrounding the points and supporting the support
Guangming Calendar December 31, 1199.
Night.
In another day, 1200 years will enter, and a new century is coming.
The Eagle Army’s camp is brightly lit.
On Middles, New Year is not a traditional festival.
But this time it has been nearly a year since it was launched. The last time I was stationed in the castle was three months ago.
So Lei Wen specially ordered the entire camp to relax and rest.
In addition to soldiers who need to stand guard and patrol, every 10 people can get a small barrel of ale - about the amount of each person per cup.
Not much, but it was enough for the soldiers to surround the fire, eat stewed meat, chat and fuck, and laugh loudly in this cold night.
When we have fun, we will dance around the bonfire and dance the hometown. The melody of the songs sways. Under the illumination of the fire, we feel a bit leisurely and happy.
The same goes for officers.
Eric, Weiston, including Link Simon, Arcory, whose injuries were basically cured, and Lancha of the Independent Legion all gathered in the central tent.
The quota for officers and soldiers is the same.
It's not that there is insufficient supplies, nor is it that it is deliberately trying to show the unity of officers and soldiers.
In fact, as long as you can lead the soldiers to win continuously, they don’t really care whether the Lord General has gained more enjoyment.
The nephew of an emperor in his previous life would rather stink the meat than give it to his soldiers. However, because it could bring about one victory after another, he did not see his soldiers mutiny, but instead he was very popular. .
This limitation is purely because drinking too much wine can easily make things happen, and it is not subject to human will.
Reversely, the dishes at the banquet were much more hearty than the soldiers.
Of course, due to seasonal restrictions, the main ones are smoked and roasted meat. The fresh fish chiseled out of the river.
The rarest thing is a few plates of lettuce with green leaves - this is rare in winter and is also the fastest eliminated.
Hed, whose mouth was filled with crisp vegetable leaves, chewed his cheeks, making a crisp sound, and then sent them down with half a cup of honey water. He beat them without any elegance He hiccupped, waved his hand and shouted: "Is there any more? Take it!"
"It's almost done." Lei Wen was speechless: "A total of 4 pounds of lettuce were served." , 3 and a half pounds into your mouth, isn't it enough? You're from the Slater family, not from the Bowena family."
Bowena means "bull" in imperial language.
"I can't blame me for this." Hyde smacked his lips without any satisfaction:
" He has been sleeping in the open for 3 months with you. Now he has finally celebrated. The wine cannot be drunk well, so you won't let me eat some food. ? "
At this point, he shook his head and lowered his head: "Otherwise, if you let Eric out again and rob the logistics troops on the opposite side again?"
Eric He shouted: "I do!"
"Go out two more times and I can save a set of enchantment armor for my son!"
As soon as these words were said, they immediately caused a wave of laughter, and everyone pointed at Eric and scolded and joked.
There is still a little sour in the words.
In the past period of time, Eric's heavy cavalry has been dispatched three times and intercepted three waves of supplies from Bolan City.
The wine, meat, and the large pots of lettuce in the entire camp were all snatched back from there.
Raiven has always been generous in dealing with the spoils, so Eric has gained a lot.
Not only did he pay off all the loan he had previously owed Lei Wen, but he also saved up a lot of wealth.
Levin also smiled, pointed at Eric's big and small eyes and said: "If there is, you don't have to volunteer. Now the news comes, I can give you the next second. Send it out! ”
Another burst of laughter.
The crowd yelled, and gave Lei Wen a glass of wine together, and then continued to eat and drink.
The most important thing in the military camp is discipline, but if you really want to relax, it is also the most "rules".
In the lively atmosphere, Hyde was also a little itchy: "Levin, otherwise the opponent's logistics troops will be intercepted next time and my people will take action?"
"You're going to come over. , you can't just leave it alone, right?"
At this moment, I don't know who answered:
"Yes, the wife of Viscount Hyde's family, I want to use it. It's useless! ”
The scene became silent for a moment.
When everyone remembered the fact that Hyde had just been married, a burst of laughter almost overturned the tent.
Several officers were smiling and their faces turned red, and they almost crawled under the marching table.
Hed was frozen in place for a moment: "Leiwen, don't care!"
Not long after he finished speaking, he himself laughed and shook his head helplessly.
"A bunch of bastards!"
Leiwen was also a little amused because this joke put him in.
The banquet continued.
But after all, I was in the military camp, and even if I relax, I couldn’t stay up all night.
The time comes in the second half of the night, and the officers in the main tent leave with great pleasure. They should rest when they should rest, and they should be night when they should be night.
Hyde bit half of the parsnips—that is, the root of the radish—and sucked the teeth: "To be honest, since you let me come, you can't leave a single battle to me." Fight? "
"I am unknown to the Battle of Thorn Ridge, a chapter that is destined to be famous for later generations. I have to give me some chance to show this time, right?" "Then my military historian and Poet, isn’t it because he has vaginity!”
When talking about the four words “historian”, Lei Wen’s face suddenly became a little strange.
After Hu Xia, who said "My Lord", left, the person who took over his work discovered his "major book" manuscript. After reading it, he did not dare to hide his personal information and handed it over to Lei Wen directly.
Give Lei Wen a great shock.
If you don’t read that manuscript, Lei Wen didn’t know that he won consecutive victories because he had a "shocking think tank" like Hu Xia. "What, is there any problem with what I said?" Hyde frowned.
"No, I just remembered something funny." The manuscript Lei Wen burned it after reading it, and he had no intention of letting it spread to the world. Of course, this dark history would not be mentioned at this time:
"You can't do this job, so let Eric continue."
"This will not be the last war, you have the opportunity to perform."
Hed frowned: " What's the difference? I admit that I'm far inferior to Eric in terms of personal strength, but I just intercepted the logistics force. What's the difficulty? "
"You still really don't know how to fight." Lei Wen smiled.
Now there are nearly 600,000 people in Bolan City. People eat horses and chew every day, and the food consumes is nearly 2 million pounds.
In one month, that is 60 million pounds.
Even if the defenders in the city carry more food, they will only eat the whole country every day.
So Lei Wen adopted the tactic of "surrounding the point and attacking the aid".
Don't go to Bolan City, just pick the logistics troops to take action.
The main thing is to rely on the mobility and impact force of heavy cavalry on the Great Plains.
On the same distance, the heavy cavalry ran back and forth, and the heavy infantry might have just walked halfway.
In addition, heavy cavalry is more important than infantry, and it deals with opponents faster and brings a stronger sense of oppression.
Now the food gap between the defenders in the city is getting bigger and bigger, and the opinions of the nobles within are not unified. If the delay is too long, it is possible that the nobles in the city will lead their troops to support them.
The troops heading to rob will suffer a considerable degree of loss.
Of course, Lei Wen will win in the end.
But God cannot be hurt.
Lei Wen could use more than 10,000 combat soldiers to force the 130,000 troops in Bolan City to not dare to go out, relying on his previous momentum of winning every battle and losing very little.
Once there is any damage, the other party may develop the courage and courage to fight to the death.
Leiwen is not afraid of a decisive battle, but since he can avoid losses, why cause trouble for himself?
After talking about this, Hyde still had some understanding of it:
"...It's broken, why is my scalp itchy? I'm going to grow my brain?" Lei Wen turned around and walked out.
Seeing that he didn't seem to be going back to his camp, Hyde couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?"
"Secret!"
…
Same moment.
Unlike the joy in Raven's camp, Quentin, the Grand Marshal of the Principal of Aivol, seemed quite haggard.
There are three beautiful beauties lying beside me. They are all noble girls from the knight family. They have delicate skin and slim figures. Although they can't let go of them on the bed, they have a unique taste.
If it were normal, Quentin would definitely be very happy. On a whim, it was common for a night to make a fuss.
But now, Quentin only feels extremely empty.
Stand up from the bed, wrap your nightgown, and Quentin exits the door.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
As soon as he pushed open the door, his brows couldn't help but frown.
This smell is really bad!
There is no so-called public toilet in the Principal of Aivol, and urination and drowning must be solved through toilets.
Now, 600,000 people eat horses and chew them, and the four doors are closed again, resulting in the excrement in the city being unable to be transported out at all.
There is no centralized hoarding location in the city.
So, it is not difficult to imagine where those things fall—under the city, in the corner where no one often goes, or under a certain haystack.
Their smell will then flow through the entire castle along the vents.
"Damn--" Quentin covered his nose and cursed, came to the study to light incense, and then felt better.
Luckily it's still winter, if it's summer...
But if the current situation is in place, this war will likely be delayed until that time.
When summer comes, the ice and snow melt, the flies and insects that are attracted, and the smell of smoke may even seep into the ground along the soil...
Qentin hits him violently A chill!
"You have to find an opportunity to go back quickly!" Quentin said, then took out the paper and pen and prepared to write a letter.
The tip of the pen is hung on the parchment paper and cannot fall down.
How to go back?
The Battle of Thorn Ridge has spread throughout the Principality of Evor.
Everyone and the civilians praised Fowler and the 2,000 soldiers for their courage, and the bards even praised their hymns.
The praise of Fowler is the shackles that fall on Quentin.
What Fowler couldn't understand the most was that it would be fine if others were fanatical, but Evor VIII, the dignified grand duke, was as easy to fool like the common people in the city!
Is his mind the same as a certain man's characteristics, and he is still in the child stage! ?
Not only did he ignore his sister's opinions, he also ordered him to send troops to fight Lei Wen repeatedly.
Is that why I don’t want to go out?
yes.
But it's not just me!
After he was a great marshal, with no soldiers or soldiers, he brought some personal guards.
The three counts and one marquis are the real commanders.
Qentin has the right to speak, but if these four people are united and determined to go on the battle, Quentin can't stop him.
But except for Frank, Gattugan's loyal confidant, who kept calling for a war, the other three were all mixing with each other!
Inside and out, he was tied to the stolen rack and almost ignited the fire. "Sir." Quentin's chief guard knocked on the door and walked in after obtaining permission: "Urgent report."
"..." Quentin sighed silently: "... Say it, how much has he lost this time?"
It's nothing more than a loss of logistics supplies.
Qentin is even a little used to it.
Tired, destroy it!
After all, I have been intercepted three times in a row.
The heavy cavalry marched like the wind. Every time I received a message here, I had already run away with my car and horses and carriages.
There was no time to stop it. After arriving, I could only see corpses on the ground - most of the time I would throw away leather armor and weapons all over the ground.
After all, there are not many troops who can maintain the formation and not escape directly when facing 1,000 heavy cavalry rushing forward.
Qentin couldn't help but buckle his neck, feeling his throat a little itchy.
The vegetables in the city have been exhausted long ago. In the past few days, besides meat and honey wine. No matter how much water I drink, my throat is dry every day and my bad breath is a little unremoved.
It's all because Lei Wen robbed his logistics troops!
Thinking of this, Quentin felt that the ulcer in his mouth became more and more painful.
The next batch of goods he ordered will contain a lot of high-end and cool wines. If he is robbed by Lei Wen again...
Qentin's facial features will be distorted.
But the words of the Knight of the Guard made Quentin breathe a sigh of relief: "Sir, the next batch of logistics troops are still on the road and have not been robbed."
"That's good... Quentin nodded.
He wondered if he wanted to send a few flying monsters to airlift the things he wanted.
But immediately this idea was driven out of my mind.
Not to mention, there are not many monsters flying in the city, and we must also keep an eye on the movements of Lei Wen's main force.
Even if it can be transported, the supply in the city will not last long.
At most next year - no, it should be June and July this year, and the food in the city will almost be exhausted.
It's not a big deal to continue to drag on.
He must fight this war whether he wants it or not, it has nothing to do with public opinion.
Qentin's entire power comes from Evor VIII. If he is disgusted by him, then the child of his knight family will be defeated back to his original form.
Qentin really didn't want to experience the days when he was called back and forth by real nobles all day and even a baron had to ride on his head.
"Frank..." Quentin muttered.
Maybe it's time to meet him in private and discuss it.
At that time, I support Frank, let him unite the military power, and have a decisive battle with Lei Wen.
If you win, your marshal will be well commanded and will make great contributions; if you lose, you can also have a goal to pass the blame. "Sir, do you already know?" asked the chief guard.
"What do you know?" Quentin was a little confused, then stretched his brows: "Oh yes, you said you had an urgent report before, what's going on?"
The chief guard took two steps forward and lowered his voice: "It's the Earl of Frank..."
As the marshal of the Principality and the close minister of Ever VIII, Quentin not only controls the Principality Guards, but also It is the only intelligence force in the public sector - Wolf Kiss.
Now, all the nobles in the city, every move is under the surveillance of Wolf Kiss.
The Chief Guard began to tell the information collected, which was not long, but it made Quentin's forehead sweat.
"Sir, the opportunity is rare. Do we want..."
Quentin pursed his lips: "No, don't act rashly."
The chief guard was a little anxious: "But sir, this is a chance to make a final decision..."
"I said, don't act rashly!" Quentin stared at the chief guard: "Although the merits are good, I have to be killed." "Also, don't tell His Highness about this for the time being."
" br>"If your Highness punishes you, I will bear it!"
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(This chapter ends)