Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 18 Turning point
Just after the two carriages drove slowly through the deep city gate and merged into the street, the two men who had been waiting in the small grocery store next to the city gate exchanged glances and turned to the dark.
"Is it these two cars?" The gray-clothed man looked at the direction where the carriage disappeared and asked in a deep voice.
"Well, yes, there are only six people in this group." The man in green shirt who followed behind nodded and replied, "It seems that the six people in this group didn't know each other when Zhegu Pass came into our sight, but they seemed to be familiar with each other later. They got acquainted quickly, especially the two principals, who were both young women, and soon wrapped up together, which made us a little confused, but it seems that they are not the same people."
"Well, it seems that monitoring needs to be stepped up, but why didn't our people get anything valuable to report?" The man in gray was obviously a leader, and asked with some dissatisfaction, "No matter what Clear, how do I report to the above?"
"My lord, there is nothing suspicious about the identity certificates of these people, and there is nothing to be picky about the reasons for going there. I really can't find any loopholes. Why don't we just take them down and review them first?" Qing The man in shirt suggested a little aggrieved.
"Fart! You want to trouble us, don't you? There is no doubt about the evidence, so why do you need someone to examine it? I don't even look at where this place is. If it is in Bonan, it may be possible. Here, once you can't find it What happened, let the Lord City Guard know, wouldn't it cause another big disturbance? That guy has long disliked us, and if he seizes the opportunity, he will play a copy of our Security Bureau in front of Master Li The turmoil of the last time has not subsided yet. Mr. Diao and Mr. Tong have already greeted us above, and now they are in the limelight. If there is not much doubt, who would dare to act rashly? Let’s save it, I would rather brothers work hard Please, put more thought into it." The gray-clothed man interrupted his subordinate's suggestion sharply, probably the boss' warning was still in his ears.
"Then why don't we always be oppressed by them like this? We are directly under the direct management of the higher authorities. Even though Mo Lun is an expensive city guard, he might not be able to control us, right?"
"Hmph, bear with it for now, let's talk after this period of limelight." The gray-clothed man was also a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he also knew the look of his eyeliner, and he didn't dare to disobey the warnings from above, so he had no choice but to tell his subordinates again and again. , "Arrange the people below to keep an eye on him, I have to report to the superiors, these guys are definitely not good birds, let's see what the opinions of the superiors are."
Mailey stared coldly at the map in front of him. He was always as calm as a mountain, and he was a little unsteady at this time. He didn't expect that Li Wufeng would use such a huge force. After coming onto the Terok battlefield, does he really want to stop himself from taking Merrington City at all costs? There are five divisions in the west with more than 110,000 people, and there are three divisions in the south with more than 60,000 people. A total of 180,000 troops have been assembled.
A sneer flashed across the corner of his mouth, and Mai Li weighed in his heart the Northwest Army, which was overwhelmingly approaching in front of him. There were more than 110,000 people. The huge loss made Mai Li heartbroken, but Mai Li still believed that as long as there was a head-on confrontation, the remaining 200,000 troops in his hands would still be enough to crush the 180,000 Northwest Army, making it impossible for them to come and go.
It is obvious that the main force of the Northwest Army is coming from west to east in front of you, and the ones rushing up from the south are just to contain your own flanks. This can certainly contain your own side, but the dispersion of troops is also inferior in terms of quantity and quality. For the Northwest Army, it is not a good thing. As long as the timing is right, I can mobilize superior forces to deal with the partial division in the south. It's just that Li Wufeng is not a good person, how can he not see this? Could it be that Li Wufeng also knew that the Prime Minister asked him to resolve the matter of returning to the teacher as soon as possible due to the barbarian riots in his country?
Thinking of this, Mai Li couldn't help but feel a little irritable, and the letter written by the prime minister came to mind again. If Li Wufeng heard the news, he would definitely use the situation to pester him endlessly, so that he couldn't get out, and hit him himself. I am afraid that the abacus will be difficult to succeed.
Seeing the moody and cloudy expression on the coach's face, the subordinates listed below all exchanged glances with each other, as if they wanted to say something, but they were afraid of interrupting the coach's train of thought, so they could only silently wait for the coach's reply. speak.
It took a long time before Mailey looked away from the map, and there was still a thoughtful expression on his slightly pale and thin cheeks, "Hoffman, where is the enemy army that sneaked into the Southern Camp?"
"Return to Commander, the enemy army is now camping 120 miles west of us, and there is no other action now, probably waiting for their follow-up main force to join." Mentioning this army, Hoffman The viscount gritted his teeth, and the veins on his forehead burst open. This is a disgrace in the history of the Second Corps. It was successfully raided by the opponent, and it caused great losses to his own side, and the morale was also hit. Although the coach did not blame too much He himself, but as the chief general of the corps, no matter what the objective reasons are, he himself knows that he is actually inseparable.
"Well, how far are those two units of theirs from us?" Mailey ignored the eager expression of his subordinates, and turned his eyes to the intelligence adjutant beside him, "Are there any Teroks in the city?" Change?"
"Return to Commander, the enemy troops on the southern front have crossed the border of Lulong and entered the Terok territory, and are now marching towards Merrington City, which is about 160 miles away from us; the enemy troops on the western front The progress of the army is very fast, and now they have controlled the entire southwestern region of Terok that we originally occupied. About one hundred and fifty miles away, the speed seems to have slowed down."
Nodding silently, Mai Li didn't say anything more, and turned to look at the leaders of several corps: "Everyone, what do you think of the Northwest Army's intervention this time?"
Seeing the commander's question, Viscount Hurley, the commander of the Fourth Corps, immediately replied: "Commander, the Northwest Army has mobilized such a huge force this time that they have almost exhausted their elite forces in the Northwest. Do you really want to head-on? Is he really going to fight with us? I doubt this very much. Now that the territory of the northwest is extremely empty, if the Xisluo people take the opportunity to go south, I am afraid that Li Wufeng will lose sight of the other, and be in a mess, right? Besides, if the Taiping Sect people launch an offensive in Lulong, Lulong will Now there is only one security division, can it withstand it? Is there something wrong with it?"
Hurley's words revealed the doubts in the hearts of the three corps leaders present. The northwest under the control of Li Wufeng was originally a land surrounded by enemies. The Western Regions and Luobei people in the world are not in harmony with Li Wufeng. The reason why he dared to swallow Jielu in one fell swoop was of course because he analyzed all aspects of the situation and concluded that Li Wufeng was unable to intervene in a short period of time. For such a plan, unexpectedly, Li Wufeng not only intervened, but also mobilized a huge military force to intervene suddenly, causing the unsuspecting own side to suffer huge losses from the very beginning.
Marquis Dominic also echoed: "Lord Hurley is right, Commander, we have to analyze what is going on, and why Li Wufeng dared to come to victory so boldly regardless of his fundamental position." Locke's trip to this muddy water, there must be a mystery in this episode, what are the Taiping Sect and Sithrow people doing now? Aren't they our allies?"
In fact, Mai Li had already considered this issue long ago, but he knew that Li Wufeng was definitely not a mindless general, and his rise in the Northwest proved this point. To illustrate a problem, he has already had countermeasures to deal with the enemies in the east and north. The problem now is not to consider why Li Wufeng dared to send troops to Terok, but to consider how to solve the dilemma in front of him.
"Everyone, the issue of Taipingjiao people and Sithrow people is not within our scope of consideration. Now we need to think about how to deal with the current situation. The attack on Merrington City has just started, and we encountered such The situation was indeed beyond our expectations, and the Prime Minister asked us to take down Merrington in a short period of time. Now it seems a bit unrealistic. But we can't just leave like this, we must teach the Northwest Army a lesson Let them dare not go north easily, and ensure that Fanlin City and Jiama area fall into our hands." Mai Li carefully said a few words from between his teeth, "Li Wufeng is a wolf, if you don't give him something to make him remember Live the pain~IndoMTL.com~he will bite you tightly."
"Commander, do you mean that we want to abandon Merrington City?" The three regiment commanders under the seat were shocked when they heard this, and the impetuous second regiment commander, Viscount Hoffman, even ran to the commander. Before the case: "Marshal, you can't! How much did we pay to fill up the moat? This is about to be won, how can we give up lightly?"
His bayonet-like eyes swept over Hoffman, and Hoffman, who lost his temper, couldn't help but shrink back, and hurriedly stepped back two steps and begged: "Commander, please think about it, the opportunity is rare, and this is our opportunity. It's something the empire has been waiting for for a long time. If Li Wufeng takes the opportunity to expand his influence to Terok, it will be difficult for the empire to find such an opportunity."
With a long sigh, Miley showed a rare aftertaste look on his face: "Hoffman, in fact, I feel the same as a few of you. Why don't you want to win Merrington City in one fell swoop and achieve your goal, but the early stage received The prime minister's secret order, because the barbarian rebellion in the northern part of the country is very violent, His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to it, and needs to return to the army immediately. Here, the tower of Merrington is high and thick, and it cannot be lowered in a hurry. If you blindly attack, it will only be in vain Losing troops. Right now, Li Wufeng’s army is pressing down on the country, and the situation has changed. We have lost the opportunity, and if we want to force it, the wise man will not do it.” Mai Li pondered to analyze the current situation, but he did not say one thing. The court is already under a lot of pressure. A group of nobles are quarreling in front of His Majesty's ears all day long, slandering the military's slow action, which makes His Majesty very unhappy. If your lord loses power, I am afraid that the current excellent situation of military power in the country will change. It's just that these words can only be known by oneself, but they are not enough for outsiders.