Not far behind the 4th Legion, Li Huailin found his private army's camp. Of course, the 4th Legion had already discovered this camp. By the way, the 4th Legion was the one who provided the rations. After all, the private army here had to move quickly, so they only brought some dry rations with them. Fortunately, Li Huailin was influential enough. If it weren't for the Grand Marshal, Green would not have given him face and sent things over. After all, they were not in the same system.
When Li Huailin arrived, the private army's situation was a little lax. Originally, they planned to follow behind the 4th Legion and pick up the leftovers. As a result, the 4th Legion had only taken down one city, but they were held back by the Demons' strategy, causing them to be unable to advance. They had been waiting for two days. The private army had also been waiting for two days without doing anything, so they looked a little listless. But when they saw Li Huailin's arrival, the soldiers quickly perked up and immediately stood in line to welcome him.
"My Lord!" The soldiers shouted in unison. Legg and the others who heard the news immediately rushed out to greet him.
"It seems to be a leisurely life …" Li Huailin said as he looked around.
"Sorry, my Lord," Legg said immediately. As the highest commander here, it was difficult for Legg to shirk his responsibility. Indeed, these people had been a little too lax recently, and Legg could not stand it anymore.
"My Lord, let us fight," Reggie said immediately. "I don't know what's wrong with the 4th Legion over there, but they are not leaving. If they don't want to fight, let us be the vanguard."
"Oh? I don't know why they are not leaving? "Li Huailin was a little stunned." Don't you know what happened in the past few days? "
"What happened?" Reggie said inexplicably. "What happened?"
"My Lord, are you talking about the undead?" Legg, who was beside him, seemed to know a little. "I heard the people from the 4th Legion talk about it, but we're not very clear about the situation."
For the time being, the soldiers of the Fourth Division were not very clear about this matter. Because it involved the relationship between the two countries, only a few high-ranking officials knew about it. Brother Legg could not come into contact with the high-ranking officials. After all, they were not in the same system (private army here, national army there), so Legg only heard a little about it.
"This matter is not very complicated." Li Huailin briefly introduced the current situation to them. Of course, he mainly talked about the strategies used by the Demons.
"I see." After hearing the situation, the knights nodded. "No wonder the 4th army suddenly stopped moving. I heard that the Demons sent someone to the main city for a peace talk. I thought they were preparing for a truce."
"How despicable. They know that we aren't on good terms with the Undead, so they use such a despicable method," Reggie said angrily.
"It seems that the Demons have no other choice but to use such a strategy," Dramo said. Delamo said, "Fortunately, His Highness is intelligent and immediately saw through the other party's plot."
"So the current situation is that the Undead and human troops continue to advance in the direction of the original plan?" Reggie said. "My Lord, are we still following the 4th Legion? Can we fight in the war? I'm really a little bored. Let me kill more Demons. "
"The human troops and the Undead troops are now advancing in the direction of the original plan," Li Huailin said. "But there's still a problem now. Don't you think there's a small tail that hasn't been dealt with yet?"
"Is it Gordon's remaining troops?" Legg reacted the fastest and said immediately.
"Yeah, this army is lying in ambush somewhere near us. They should be somewhere between the human and Undead camps. Even though their numbers aren't large, it's still very annoying to have more than a thousand soldiers following us. That's why we have to get rid of them now," Li Huailin said. "That's right. You're right.
"That's great!" Reggie said happily. "Although it's only a little more than a thousand people, it's still meat. Besides, there's a Marshal of the Demons. It's more than enough!"
"More than enough, my foot!" Dramo, who was next to him, knocked him with a chestnut. "Be serious, His Highness is speaking!"
"Yes …" Reggie immediately quietened down.
"In short, our current goal is to eliminate the remaining troops of the other party. Is there a problem?" Li Huailin said.
"No, my Lord!" Everyone answered immediately.
"Then let's go now," Li Huailin said.
"Yes." Everyone immediately got into action, gathering the troops and preparing the logistics. About an hour later, the troops on this side were ready and began to advance toward the east.
On the other side, the Demons had also received the news. They were naturally paying attention to the movements of the Undead and the humans at all times. Previously, when their spies in the Undead suddenly lost contact, they already felt it was strange. They immediately sent people to step up their surveillance. As expected, they immediately found that the other party's troops were moving toward the south. Judging from this direction, they were probably returning to their original attack route.
"Quickly report this news to Her Highness Bayzela," Gordon said with a frown. Gordon said with a frown. It seemed that the humans and the Undead had already contacted each other and seen through their plan. He had thought that this matter would be exposed, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. He hoped that the main city would still be able to make it in time.
At this time, what was the main city of the Undead doing? They were frantically gathering troops. Now, there were only 60,000 troops left in the Undead army. It was really difficult for them to fight. It was obvious that there was no way to negotiate with the humans. The Undead were also determined to attack them. Although both sides were suspicious of each other, there was no telling if a fight would break out. In order to prepare for both sides, Bayzela ordered a nationwide conscription. Although there was no time for training, it was better to gather some soldiers to put up a front. They could even be used as cannon fodder.
At the same time, the Demons also requested for reinforcements from several of their vassal states. Just like the humans, the Demons also had many vassal states. Some of them weren't even from the Demons. There were also some races with relatively high combat strength, such as the Blood Rage Berserkers of the Gandalf Tribe, the Poisonous Blood Warriors of the Rochimi Tribe, and so on. However, although their attack methods were rather unique, their numbers were still too small. After sending out the request for reinforcements, the vassal states that arrived one after another were pitifully few in number. The largest one sent an army of 800 soldiers, while the smallest one actually sent 10 soldiers. All in all, they managed to gather a team of 3,000 soldiers. As the composition was too complicated, it could basically be considered an acrobatic team, which wasn't very helpful in battle.
On the other hand, the Demons were very helpful. After two days, the Demons had gathered more than 20,000 fresh troops. More importantly, most of these soldiers were veterans who had retired. In other words, they were very strong troops. Although they were a little old, they still had a lot of combat experience. They were much more useful than the newly recruited soldiers.
These veterans had already retired from the army. However, it was a critical moment now. When they heard that the country was in danger, these veterans also stood up one after another, expressing that they would protect the demons even at the cost of their lives. The scene was even a little touching. In this way, the troops of the demons in the city were forcibly pulled to 90,000. Although there were good and bad people mixed in, it was already a good number. At this moment, Gordon's news came back.
"What …" Bayzela was shocked. "We were discovered so quickly."
"So quickly." Prime Minister Sauron, who had come up with this plan, was also slightly surprised. After all, according to his original plan, even if the humans and the Undead couldn't really fight each other, it shouldn't be a problem to drag it out for a week or two. However, he didn't expect the problem to be solved so quickly. He didn't know where the problem was.
"What should we do now …" Bayzela was a little annoyed. "Although we have 90,000 troops now, their combat power isn't very strong. If a real battle breaks out, I reckon that we can't even defeat the 60,000 human troops. Let alone the Undead, is the only thing we can do now to defend the city?"
"Your Highness, I have an idea," Sauron suddenly said.
"What's the plan, Prime Minister?" Bayzela immediately asked.
"Your Highness, in the current situation, even if our 90,000 troops defend the city, they can only stop one side of the army. If we are attacked by both sides at the same time, we won't be able to hold them off," Sauron said. "So, we can think of a way to temporarily stop one of the armies …"
"How?" Bayzela immediately asked.
"Of course, by relying on the geographical advantage," Sauron said. "Your Highness, look here."
Sauron pointed to the map beside him and said, "We'll attack here, the Haergalo River."
"Here?" Bayzela was slightly stunned. He wasn't stupid, and immediately understood what Sauron meant after thinking for a while. However, this method would also cause the Demons to suffer 800 losses. To be honest, he didn't really want to use it, but he had no other choice. After thinking for a while, Bayzela slapped the table and said, "Alright, I understand. Let's do it this way."
"Yes, Your Highness," Sauron nodded and said.
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