The Era of Generals

Chapter 358   Almost Mistake

"My lord, what shall we do?"

No matter how insensitive he was to the overall situation, Xiao Du still had a bad feeling in his heart when he detected Ouyang Lixing's marching movements.

And this seems to have nothing to do with him.

The scouts are under his control, and he is also in charge of manpower distribution.

But who would have thought that the other party's sense of touch would be so keen that he would wipe out all the guard posts he had arranged. In other words, in terms of the scout competition alone, he was completely defeated.

And it was a bad time to lose.

Just when the military situation was most urgent, he made such a big mistake.

Even because of self-confidence before, when his subordinates did not come back in time to update him on the enemy's movements, Xiao Du thought there was no major problem and was negligent.

If he could have sent people there earlier, no matter whether the sent people would come back or not, he would have noticed this strangeness very quickly.

Then at that point in time, he would have enough time to report to Zheng Yuanyun, and Zheng Yuanyun would also have enough time to deploy countermeasures.

And now, what to do?

Whether it is thinking about the purpose of the opponent's move, or sending troops to pursue it immediately, it seems that it is already too late.

Xiao Du looked at Zheng Yuanyun whose face was cloudy and uncertain, and felt uneasy.

How can Zheng Yuanyun have the time to deal with Xiao Du's crime now?

Zheng Yuanyun didn't even listen to his request for instructions.

What he was thinking about was exactly the purpose of Ouyang's strict move.

Fengqi province sent troops to support Nantes province?

Since it was support, why didn't you come to fight Taktan City?

Zheng Yuanyun, who once thought he had the chance to win, felt a little at a loss for a while in the face of the sudden unknown.

On several cases in his big account, like Ouyang Lixing, there is a military map covering Fengqi Province and Nantes Province.

He used his pen to draw on the map from time to time, starting from Dongping City, the stroke of the stroke heavily crossed the pass of the fortification office, and then according to the latest information sent back by Xiao Du, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, where the stroke of the stroke passed was exactly It was the marching trace left by Ouyang Lixing, which outlined the opponent's marching route.

Xiao Du watched nervously from the side. He knew that this was the habit of Mr. Zheng all the time. At such a time, he didn't even dare to take a breath, for fear that he would affect his thinking.

The tip of the pen had already drawn out the range Xiao Du detected, and Zheng Yuanyun's hand became less resolute at this time, but after a short hesitation, his pen continued to move forward carefully, always bending and twisting, always last until……

stop!

The pen tip of the cinnabar ink finally paused heavily and landed on a certain point on the map.

However, before Xiao Du could clearly see where the brush fell, Zheng Yuanyun threw away the brush and took a new one. After dipping it in black ink, he started to draw again.

This time, the starting point he sketched started from Ketan City, and the strokes of his pen no longer hesitated as before, but drove straight in, from Ketan City all the way up, no matter whether the front was forest or swamp, plain or mountain, all the way was destroyed. Going forward and finally...

stop!

The black strokes stopped again, and this time Xiao Du could see clearly that the end point of the route Zheng Yuanyun drew again completely coincided with the previous one.

And there is a city, the last city from Nantes Province to another province in the interior of the Zhu Yan Empire.

border.

Tianyuan City.

And the other two small cities that are guarding each other with Tianyuan City.

Xiao Du saw that this time, Zheng Yuanyun did not throw away the brush in his hand, but stroked it horizontally again, the black brush edge connected the three cities into a line, and in Xiao Du's eyes, the thick brush and ink had already become a line. Indestructible thick walls!

"this……"

He couldn't help being agitated, the road map drawn by Zheng Yuanyun, the red ones were naturally the troops of Fengqi Province under the Zhuyan Empire, and the black ones were their own troops.

It can be seen that if these two lines go down as Zheng Yuanyun imagined, the point where they meet is the black and thick city wall.

Is this the purpose of the other party?

Seeing this, Xiao Du still didn't understand what Zheng Yuanyun was thinking about. Judging from the opponent's marching route, although he hadn't finished walking yet, Xiao Du already believed in his heart that this was the opponent's plan.

"very smart."

Zheng Yuanyun let out a long breath, and threw the brush in his hand weakly on the table, allowing the ink to roll out irregular marks on the map.

He no longer needs a map.

Everything has been deeply imprinted in the mind, the map is, and the opponent's strategy is also.

"My lord, do they want to defend those three cities?"

Xiao Du frowned and asked, "But what's the use of this?"

In his eyes, those three cities are just small cities, and they are completely irrelevant. In terms of geographical location and strategic points, they are completely inferior to the three main cities of Ketantelxili that have been occupied by them.

"What is the use?"

Zheng Yuanyun glanced at him, "If you can't take these three cities, can it be counted as a full occupation of Nantes Province?"

"This...but..."

Xiao Du hesitated to speak, he really wanted to say, so what if he couldn't hold it?

It's nothing more than three small cities, even if they can't win, even if the opponent really sticks to these three cities as their base, then it's a big deal.

In any case, their Qingyang army has also obtained most of the territory of Nantes Province, which is already a great contribution.

"Do you know the meaning of the division of provinces?"

I don't want Zheng Yuanyun to speak again, "If you can't take these three cities, you can take advantage of this gap to continue to increase troops inside the Nantes Province. When the time comes, one will increase and the other will increase. Dare you say it will be useless?"

Xiao Du was speechless, and heard Zheng Yuanyun continue: "If it weren't for the fact that Fengqi Province has too many troops, I would have wanted to seal that pass first, but it's a pity..."

Through the sketching just now, he also sorted out his thoughts and clarified the intention of Zhu Yan Empire's move.

But so what?

The military plane was almost missed.

Zheng Yuanyun didn't mean to punish Xiao Du's crime.

In fact, didn't even he himself think that Ouyang Lixing would definitely attack Ketan City?

He also thinks that other than Ketan City, the other party has no other way to attack him?

It was precisely because of this that when the scout's news had not been sent back, he did not take it too seriously, which led to the current situation.

If you want to chase, you will definitely not be able to catch up.

The other party set off one day and one night earlier than them. Both sides were also marching on a large scale with huge troops. The soldiers of his Qingyang Empire had no wings, so how could they catch up?

It is possible to send a small army to catch up, but it is meaningless, catching up is just death.

Furthermore, the other party can move forward unimpeded in Nantes province, so can he, Zheng Yuanyun?

All he can do is to fight one city after another, how can he chase after him?