Chapter 66: [Life and death follow]

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When the army reached a place ten miles outside the imperial capital, Roddy ordered the whole army to stand by. Then the messenger invited the deputy commander Zieg and the army leader Gordon.
Before the expedition, Roddy specifically asked Abbas XI to send a guard general to accompany him on the expedition-nominally he said he was young and had no experience. I hope his Majesty can send someone familiar with the army. The generals come to help themselves. Of course, this is Nicole's idea.
Abbas XI readily approved, and immediately sent the Gordon commander who had been in charge of contacting the Tulip family after this incident to go to the northwest with the army-and brought two thousand Royal Guards! Because in the eyes of Abbas XI, he still couldn't fully believe the young Tulip Duke. As for the commander of Zieg, he was a low-level officer that the emperor had never even heard of. In contrast, it is more appropriate to send a trusted person around!
"Commander Zieg! I have an idea, so I have to discuss it with you!" Roddy said carefully.
"Lord Duke!" Sieg said with a faint smile: "Now you are the Supreme Commander, what orders do you have, just say it!"
Roddy glanced at Gordon, Gordon just smiled, did not speak, and nodded to him.
Roddy took a deep breath and said his thoughts.
"I decided to divide the wolffang army into two, and Gordon led the ten thousand wolffang army to march along with the two thousand royal guards and the heavy army! But all the horses of the 10,000 cavalry were let out! Commander Zieg and I took 10,000 cavalry soldiers and two horses each! With only four days’ worth of dry food, we went straight to the Watt Fortress! I calculated that, in this case, our cavalry will change horses on the road without rest for a moment. Arrive at Watt Fortress in four days!"
As soon as this sentence came out, Gordon and Zieg were both shocked, and Zieg was the first to shout: "How can this work!" Then he realized that he was a little gaffe in his speech, lowered his voice and hurriedly said: "Lord Duke , We didn’t have many troops, and we are dispersed again... I’m afraid it won’t work!"
Roddy sighed for a long time, looked at Zieg’s face, and said sternly: "Commander Zieg, do you think we can drive to the Northwest Watt Fortress with 20,000 people... Is 20,000 people enough? You know, now The Northwest Army has only 100,000 remnants of defeated generals left. If the injuries and the loss of combat capability are removed, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness can guarantee a good achievement! Sixty thousand people, and it is still an army that has just fought a major defeat, can fight Does the Great Moon Kingdom’s 180,000 army? Even if we add our 20,000, can we fight it?"
"..." Zieg was silent for a while, breathed out slowly, and whispered: "I can't beat it! Unless we bring fifty thousand people, I dare to reluctantly fight with them."
"That's it." Roddy sighed: "I thought about it all night before I figured out this..." (At this time, Andy called out in his mind: "If you don't have me, you want a fart! If it wasn't me Teach you, can you think of it?")
Roddy ignored Andy’s screams and slowly said:
We can’t fight anyway, so our strength can only play a role in inspiring the military! As long as our tulip banner arrives, I believe the Northwest Army The military will stabilize! The biggest difficulty of the Northwest Army now is not to be able to fight, but to dare not fight at all! They still have 100,000 people! The previous 200,000 people were defeated by 80,000 people, now we There is only less than 100,000 left, and the enemy has gathered an army of 180,000. The Northwest Army has no confidence. We are to give them morale! Not to send troops! As long as we have reinforcements past, then even With only 5,000 people going, the Northwest Army will know that reinforcements will arrive! They will think that the Imperial Capital has already sent reinforcements! There is hope! They will cheer up!"
Roddy looked at Zieg and Gordon, and saw that they were not talking, he said slowly: "Of course, even if the Northwest Legion has a stable mind, it is still impossible to defeat or repel the Great Moon Kingdom with this strength. My plan is to persevere! As long as the Northwest Army can cheer up, there is absolutely no problem in holding the Watt Fortress even if the enemy cannot be defeated!"
Zieg couldn't help frowning and said, "Just keep it?"
Roddy glanced at him, knowing that this straightforward soldier didn't understand the political stuff-in fact, if Nicole hadn't explained it to him, how could he understand it?
"Commander Zieg, let me tell you, His Majesty didn't intend to fight the Great Moon Kingdom at all! We can't afford it! The Northwest Army is half broken, and we can only give in temporarily. The Southern Army is too far away. , Even if it is mobilized, from mobilization to gathering troops, and then to the northwest, not two or three months is not enough! Even if it is the Northern Army-if the Northern Army is mobilized, then the Roland Continent suddenly comes over, then everyone is really real Ruined."
The last sentence was a bit nondescript, but Roddy didn't care so much anymore-these words were taught to him by Andy last night, and he could only copy them in a hurry.
Roddy sighed and continued: "Fortunately, the Great Moon Kingdom can't fight it either. Their current offense is just to consolidate their own victory. To be frustrated, they have won this war! They can eat the Northwest Army. Although it is good, even if they can't eat it, it doesn't matter to them. As long as they can guarantee victory, they will be able to gain a favorable position in future negotiations with the empire."
Roddy has gradually moved from military issues to political issues. Of course, Zieg, a pure soldier, doesn’t quite understand it. Even Gordon, who often huddles in the palace, the center of power, only understands half of it. .
"So our task is to persevere! We can't let the empire be defeated again! We must stop the current decadence, and firmly nail the army of the Great Moon Kingdom to the Watt Fortress! The Great Moon Kingdom is a foreign race on the grassland, and they can't delay it. They didn’t have that much strength to hold on with us! When the time comes, they must retreat! That way, the empire will not be too passive in the final negotiations."
Roddy spoke his own thoughts carefully, and Gordon and Zieg had nothing to say.
At the moment, under the order of Roddy, the four battalions of the Spikes were divided into two teams. Zieg ordered all of them to dismount, and then handed over the horses. Although the young soldiers were very unwilling to give up their beloved horses, the Spike Army had strict orders and no one dared to speak.
Roddy sighed and ordered his ten thousand people to take dry food on his body and remove all the heavy armor on his body. Then lined up to go.
Before leaving, Roddy stopped Gordon and carefully ordered.
"Commander Gordon, there are two things you can do for me! The first thing: you take the remaining 12,000 people forward, and you can’t be too slow! You can go as fast as you can! When you pass by a city guard When the army is in the army, recruit their horses on the spot! I will give you a token, which was given to me by your majesty! If there is an opposition from the defender, you will show him the token. If you still oppose it, just slaughter it! After I got the horse, I immediately speed up to catch up! I can tell you clearly that although I said my plan just now, I'm not afraid of ten thousand but just in case! You are behind, if something happens, I still have a reinforcement. Count on!"
Gordon laughed, took the token, and laughed: "Master Dorset, don't worry, your token is actually useless. Our Royal Guards want horses. Where can the defenders dare not give it? ! Look at our royal uniform, no one can say anything!"
Roddy smiled slightly, then said with a serious face: "The second thing, you must remember carefully! I saved a box in the truck, with our family badge on it, it's easy to find! If... I mean. If! If something goes wrong with me...Remember, it must be under the circumstances that you are completely certain-if something goes wrong with me, I am killed in battle, you go and take out the box as soon as possible! Burn all the things!!"
"Huh?" Gordon was taken aback for a moment: "What's in that box?"
There was a strange smile on Roddy's face: "It's nothing, just a pair of skeletons, remember, this is my military order!"
Roddy finished speaking, turned his horse's head, gave an order, and the army started!
The voice of the skeleton in his head was already thunderous.
"Damn! You kid! Too vicious!!!"
Roddy's face remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "So you remember, Andy, this time I go, I live, you live! I die, you die! So don't play me anymore, and help me wholeheartedly! Haha..."
After all, ride the horse and raise the whip, ten thousand mighty cavalry march toward the northwest! In the sun, banners cover the sun, swords like forests...