After Xia Ya led the army into the city, he immediately went to the garrison to see Green.
After meeting, Green had a calm expression, and when he saw Xia Ya, he just smiled lightly: "Oh, you're back."
Xiaya took off his helmet and threw it to a guard at random. After dragging Green into the garrison, he couldn't help but ask: "What the hell is going on, tell me what happened in detail. ."
Green's expression was calm, and his expression was not nervous. He even looked relaxed. He just glanced at Xiaya: "I thought you would choose to stay in Mesta City."
Xia Ya listened, stunned slightly, then shook his head and said, "I thought so, but the location of Mesta City is not good. Once it is defended, it will be deeply trapped in the Jedi. Sigh..."
After walking into the council hall, Xia Ya sat down: "Okay, I'm very anxious, please speak up."
Green nodded, his eyes calm: "Okay."
He glanced at the guards beside him: "Let's all go out."
After everyone was gone, Green's face gradually became solemn, and he looked at Xia Ya: "Do you know, you took a very dangerous move."
"Well, what do you mean?"
Green shook his head: "In my letter to you, I didn't tell you what to do, only let someone lead the way, please self-determination..."
"Well, not bad." Xia frowned and looked at Green: "I'm also very surprised, why don't you even have a suggestion for such an important matter..."
"Because I don't know what to do." Green smiled bitterly.
"… "
Xia was stunned.
Green's military talents are the best choice, and the guy Ruhr admires him very much, not to mention that he is a rare "famous general" among eagle generals, and his previous record is also brilliant. But when Green himself admitted that he had no choice... Xia still didn't believe it.
"Hey, listen to me first."
Green's expression lifted, and he said slowly: "Seven days ago, our scouts encountered the scouts of the Black Flag Army at a place about 20 miles northeast of the city. However, the two sides did not make contact, only saw each other's flags. , the two sides withdrew separately... This is my order, the scouts go out to the city to patrol and reconnaissance.
"Well, then what?"
Green took a deep breath: "At that time, after I received the report, I immediately sent a formation of hundreds of cavalry to patrol the northeast. As a result, within three days, I encountered the Black Flag Army four times, and the two sides still did not contact. . However, there is a phenomenon that puzzles me."
"what?"
Green smiled bitterly: "The first time I found the other party, it was 20 miles northeast of the city, the second time I found it, but it was 30 miles away, and the next few times I found it was 50 miles away from Denzel City. The farthest time, our scouts ran directly to the border of More County, which was almost approaching, and only saw the patrolling of the Black Flag Army from a distance."
Xia Ya was also puzzled.
This phenomenon is really puzzling.
Generally speaking, when marching and fighting, the scouts are the eyes of the main force. If the scouts are found, the distance between the main force of the enemy army should not be too far.
Moreover, the Black Flag Army actually came to More County, so in a normal judgment, it would not only send a hundred and ten patrolling horses, and there must be a large group behind.
If Hastings discovered the existence of such a resistance force of the Byzantine Empire, and sent a large army to destroy it.
So... why is one more distance than the other
It seemed that the Black Flag Army was retreating step by step, and his scouts were advancing step by step.
The scouts of the Black Flag Army had already found that the distance to Denzel City was less than twenty miles away, but why did they gradually move away and retreat
"In normal terms..." Green continued, "I wasn't too surprised to meet the Black Flag Army. After all, the rest of the Sixth Corps is with us. The Sixth Corps was defeated by the Black Flag Army and retreated to us. From here, Hastings acted cautiously, and it is not surprising that he sent some teams to search. What is strange is that if it is to pursue the rest of the Sixth Corps, it is impossible to send only a few teams, at least score points Five or six thousand elites or even more troops will do. Moreover, after discovering us, they shrink the scouts further and further away...
Afterwards, I made a decision, sent hundreds of cavalry out of the city, and decided to conduct a power search to get in touch with these Black Flag Rangers. "
Shaya nodded.
He also worked as a scout in the Rodriguez cavalry before. He knew that the so-called "power search" was actually sending a small group of rangers to search for the enemy's situation. Contact is a small-scale battle. The encounter between the hundred and ten cavalry. The two sides fought a battle to test the attitude of the enemy.
"As a result, after I dispatched hundreds of cavalry, I found the Black Flag Army again in the northeast, but this time, the Black Flag Army didn't seem to have any intention of retreating. In one match, both sides suffered some damage, but they were generally equal. However, I was surprised by the attitude of the Black Flag Army this time. , go back separately.
After this powerful search, the Black Flag Army did not retreat but advanced. For the next two days, the rangers of the Black Flag Army would often haunt the surroundings, and they were getting closer and closer to Denzel City. Once, hundreds of cavalrymen had already run to the woods a stone's throw away from the city. "
"I tried to grab a few tongues and come back, but these Odins were very vicious, and there were several small-scale battles, and we didn't catch a single prisoner. If the other party is lost, they will flee far away." Green sighed. He sighed: "I don't have a lot of cavalry in my hands. I want to set up a cover to kill a group of them, but I can't do it."
Xia touched his nose. Almost all the cavalry under his command had been taken to Mesta City by him. Most of the defenders in Denzel City were infantry, so it was no wonder Green had no choice.
"It's been almost seven days, and I can only see the rangers one after another, but the black flag army's large troop has never appeared. I have doubts in my heart, and I can't guess what Hastings is trying to do."
Green frowned: "I originally suspected that Hastings wanted to bluff, but I'm afraid there are only such a small group of Rangers coming, and there is no large group. After the previous game ended, they dared to fight us fiercely. In fact, Instead, they pretend to be tough... But if you think about it, it's unreasonable. If you do this, what's the use for them?"
After listening to Green's introduction, Xia Ya's nervousness was relieved by half - in any case, since there were no large troops from the Black Flag Army, the situation was not at its worst - he managed to accumulate this wealth in his own hands. , at this time, if you fight head-to-head with the Black Flag Army, you will not be able to afford to lose.
Xiaya sat there, pondered for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Fuck, this is really weird, if Hastings is coming to beat us, the reconnaissance has also detected these days, so just send the army directly. With such a group of Rangers around, what are you bluffing for... bluffing, um, bluffing..."
He suddenly slapped his thigh: "You say bluff, it's a bit possible..."
"But, why?" Green said steadily: "Does he expect to rely on a few hundred stragglers to scare us away from the city? This is impossible. We have already taken a tough stance. The cavalry has also been in contact a few times, and if they want to intimidate us, then they should also understand that this is impossible."
Green smiled bitterly: "Anyway, these guys always cause me a lot of trouble. I originally planned to let the people who gathered in the surrounding villages and towns in the city return to their homes these days. Summer is coming soon, and it's at this time. Hurry up and cultivate, and I can barely harvest a season of grain before winter, but these guys from the Black Flag Army outside the city are so harassing, but it's very difficult for me to do it."
He sighed: "I don't dare to make a decision to call you back directly... Because I can't rule out a possibility: the Black Flag Army is deliberately tossing here to attract our attention, and after you return to help, they want to attack Mesta City. So, I can only let you decide for yourself."
Xia Ya smiled: "Well, since I can't guess anything, I just don't think about it. Anyway, I've already come back, and I brought back a lot of cavalry. Now those Odin cubs, if they come to harass them again, just put them back. They ate."
Xia Ya's idea is not bad. Before, Green lacked cavalry, and there was no way to use these black flag army stray cavalry, but now Xia Ya has brought back a large number of horse thieves and cavalry, and the city has sufficient mobility. Xia Ya was going to do it hard.
In the afternoon, a sergeant reported, and a small group of cavalry from the Odin Black Flag Army appeared in the woods outside the city. Xia Ya immediately led five hundred horse thieves out of the city without stopping.
The Odins in the woods in the northeast outside the city saw Xi Ya's cavalry leaving the city from a distance, and immediately divided them into two groups. One part of the 350 cavalry quickly left the woods and headed northeast. The remaining 50 cavalry It took on a fighting stance.
The two sides fought fiercely, and the fifty Odin patrolling were not afraid at all, and they fought fiercely with the horse thieves, and they were all annihilated in the end.
Xia Ya cut off the heads of seven or eight Odins by himself, but what makes Xia depressed is that these black flag troops are really sturdy, and they would rather die than surrender. Even if they are injured, they also assume a posture of death. Come, fight to the last person, all died on the spot, and finally someone fell into a desperate situation, and simply wiped his neck with a knife.
After a battle, none of the survivors was caught, which made Xi Ya very annoyed, and even counted the battle damage at the end. Although 50 Odin cavalry were wiped out, his own people also killed and injured more than 30 cavalry.
When the number of the two sides was more than ten times the number of enemies, he also killed and wounded 30 people, which shows the sturdyness of the Black Flag Army!
Xia Ya held back his anger, but only returned to the city to rest for the night. The next day, hundreds of cavalry of the Black Flag Army were haunting the city. Xia Ya led people out again, but this time, these cavalrymen of the Black Flag Army did not confront Xia Ya head-on. Seeing Xia Ya leading people out, they turned around and left.
Xia Ya was full of anger and pursued it relentlessly. She chased it until it was dark. She ran for nearly a hundred miles, almost reaching the northeastern border of More County, and then crossed More County and entered a neighboring county. , Xia Ya then ordered to stop, watching the more than 100 black flag troops in the distance pass the border.
After returning to the city, Xia said angrily to Green: "I understand Hasting's tricks! This guy is deliberately disgusting us! Damn! He has discovered our power, but for some reason, he does not have enough The troops were divided to deal with us, and we could only send a small group of cavalry to harass us constantly, and we were exhausted! We had implemented a scorched earth strategy before, and his small group of cavalry came to harass us, which prevented our farmers from returning to their homes to farm. If the season is delayed, we cannot produce food here, and if the time is delayed, we will have a food shortage problem sooner or later!"
Green thinks what Char said has three points of truth, but still has doubts: "If Hastings already knows our truth, then there is some truth to this approach... It's just that we have Mace in addition to Denzel City. Tacheng, he is harassing here, we are not afraid, and in Mesta City, the surrounding land has allowed farmers to return to their homes, and there should be no problem with food."
"Damn! So what exactly is Hastings doing?" Xia laughed angrily instead: "Is that guy bored and come to have fun with us?"
"He must have some plans, but we haven't figured it out for a while." Green frowned: "Hasting is superfluous. He can tell Manninger about our situation here. After all, this is the territory of the Chixue Army. As long as Manninger sends troops against us. Why did Hastings intervene?"
The two discussed it for a while, but they didn't have any clues. They only felt that Hasting's actions were unreasonable. In the end, Xia Ya could only rest in a dull mood.
Back in the room, Xia threw the fire fork heavily on the table, but heard Dora's voice in her mind.
"idiot."
"What?!" Xia raised her eyebrows.
"I said you're an idiot, your brain is too simple." Dora's voice was full of mockery: "You and the guy named Green are just thinking about things from a tactical and strategic point of view... That Green is a general who only thinks about strategy. What about you? Did the war make your mind stupid? Could Hastings do it for some other reason?"
"Other reasons?" Xia Ya was about to refute, but suddenly his heart moved, he sat down slowly, and his face gradually calmed down: "What do you mean..."
"Perhaps... this matter has nothing to do with this war!"
Xia: "…"