Chapter 496 The Brief Tranquility Before the Fortress

After speaking, Lei Xiao thought for a while, and did not directly deploy actions. Instead, he stepped up to the old general's side, and asked with frowned eyebrows, "Old General Bai, what do you think about the current battlefield situation?"

"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the Red Devil will definitely not give up easily."

The old man gently stroked his gray beard, nodded to Lei Xiao, and said, "Based on what I know about that guy, his character is cautious and cunning, and he will never take risks and fight unsure battles."

"At this stage, with the successive loss of the intrusion legion and two long-range legions, the opponent's strength is no longer as good as before."

Speaking of this point, Bai Lao's voice became a little more dignified: "It is not difficult to see from this that since the opponent has not retreated, it means that he must be hiding a strong hole card, and he is confident that he can turn the tide of the battle."

"Is that so?"

Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, his brows furrowed even tighter and he said, "It seems that one of the cards in the opponent's hand must be the army that disappeared in the first place."

"What Your Excellency Ke Qing said is very true. The atmosphere on the battlefield is already extremely chaotic, and it is impossible to perceive it at all. In addition, the surrounding mountains are all the more aggravated."

Old Bai shook his head helplessly, and fixed his gray eyebrows: "This old man has already poured out all the scout troops that can be used, but still nothing."

"To be honest, Your Excellency, although the terrain of this area is extremely complicated, it is still my Leng Yan's territory. Before that, the old man had secretly visited all the hunters and farmers in the surrounding villages and towns, and drew a very The detailed topographical maps, including various remote mountain and animal paths, are already well known by the scouts under his command."

Bai Lao's wrinkled face was full of doubts, and he continued: "In this case, it stands to reason that it is absolutely impossible for the other party to escape our eyeliner."

"That said, things are indeed extremely strange."

Lei Xiao nodded his head ponderingly, and said thoughtfully: "As the old general Bai said, this is our home field. How could the opponent's army move without leaving any traces? Didn't we notice it?"

After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao couldn't help sighing softly, with a puzzled look on his face.

So far, the main subordinates wearing the invisibility cloak and investigating outside have not noticed any clues.

Even Bai Wei, who has a very sensitive sense of smell, and the sisters Nanxing and Nanyue, who have just left and are good at tracking, also found nothing.

"The other party simply evaporated out of thin air."

Ariel, who had been listening by the side, frowned slightly, tilted her head and said, "Could it be that the other party has already withdrawn that troop? Or was it just used as a suspicious soldier to confuse us?"

"Returning to Your Royal Highness, this is almost impossible. A large-scale troop mobilization at the legion level cannot escape our eyes no matter what."

Bai Lao shook his head, still frowning and said: "The old minister can be sure that the disappeared army must still be near the battlefield, or even lurked somewhere in the battlefield."

"Is it possible that the opponent used super-large-scale teleportation magic?"

Ariel lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then asked again.

"Going back to Her Royal Highness, this is also impossible."

Bai Lao patiently explained to Ariel.

"You know, even the strongest fourth-order space magician of my cold flame royal family can only accurately teleport a few squadrons of soldiers at a time, and the distance is extremely limited, and the space powerhouses of the Holy Night Kingdom are similar."

"Leaving aside the fact that the group teleportation technique is extremely mana-consuming, if the Holy Night Army really has such a space powerhouse with boundless magic power, wouldn't it be enough to just teleport the soldiers into the mountain fortress? Why bother?"

Hearing Bai Lao's explanation up to this point, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.

Before that, Lei Xiao had asked Jiang Li, who was once a fifth-order peak space magister, about teleporting soldiers.

Knowing that even with Jiang Li's majestic and vast magic power, it is impossible to achieve legion-level space transmission, which can be seen.

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao nodded and added: "Old General Bai is right. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the other party really used the teleportation magic to teleport the soldiers to our side, it would definitely cause trouble. It is impossible for our side to completely lose track of our perception.”

"Then the other party is not fully invisible, is it?"

Ariel fixed her willow eyebrows and asked again.

"Don't worry, that's even more impossible."

Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and responded: "Firstly, this kind of equipment is expensive, and it is impossible to install it in large quantities. Second, even if it disappears visually, it can be traced, sound and breath. On the other hand, you can always detect some clues."

"That makes sense."

Ariel nodded thoughtfully, and the puzzlement on her fair face became more and more obvious: "Then where did the other party go? How did this happen?"

"This is the most difficult, even fatal problem at present."

Lei Xiao took a deep breath, and slowly responded: "Just like the old general Bai and I analyzed just now, there must be some kind of conspiracy hidden by the other party."

"Then what should we do now?"

A faint worry appeared on Ariel's cheek, and her black eyebrows were almost twisted into twists.

"Two countermeasures, the first is to continue to increase the detection of surrounding areas, and the second is naturally to be ready to respond to changes."

Looking directly below the fortress, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes and said, the Holy Night Army that had already gathered the defeated soldiers.

"Your Majesty is right. I will inform Bert and the other two fortresses right now, and tell them not to relax for a moment, and be ready to deal with the enemy's unknown tricks at any time."

After Bai Lao finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Ariel, then turned around to greet several Leng Yan commanders who were on standby, and left quickly together.

"My lord, what should we do next?"

A rough voice sounded, and I saw Hu Zhang stepping forward, touching Lei Xiao's chest and saluting.

"The most urgent task now is to find out the movement of the disappearing army as soon as possible."

Lei Xiao nodded at the knotweed, and Lin Lin responded: "As for the last step of planning, it is not yet time to implement it. After all, when the situation is not fully grasped, it is not a good idea to disperse the combat power and sneak attack the enemy's rear. A wise choice."

After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao opened the conversation, connected with other subordinates in turn, and then arranged softly: "Kumizhang, Ye Cang, Chao Yan, Lin, join Nan Xing, Nan Yue, Bai Wei, A Ling, and A Bing outside. , follow the trail of the disappearing legion together."

"Although we don't have any clues yet, what is certain is that the opponent's goal must be one of these three fortresses."

Speaking of this, Lei Xiao added another sentence: "You nine people are divided into three groups, and investigate around the three fortresses respectively. As for Hong Ye, just stay by my side and obey."

"Obey! My lord!"

Polygonum cuspidatum and all the surrounding subordinates responded in unison, and then disappeared in place in a flash.

After finishing all these arrangements, Lei Xiao, who was standing on the wall of the fortress, moved his pitch-black eyes upwards, and set his sights on the bright twin moons in the deep night sky, and frowned slightly again.

Just like what I and Bai Lao analyzed just now, after the defeat of the two long-range legions, the opponent undoubtedly completely lost their firepower advantage over us.

It stands to reason that under such circumstances, the opponent no longer has the prerequisites to capture the mountain fortress, but even so, the opponent still did not choose to retreat.

It can be seen from this that the opponent is obviously full of confidence in the opponent's hole cards, and it is very likely that there are more than one hole cards.

"That hidden legion will not fall from the sky, will it?"

Lei Xiao slowly retracted his gaze, and landed on the temporarily quiet battlefield directly below, frowned and continued to think: "What will the opponent do next?"

"It's such a quiet and weird atmosphere, just like the short tranquility before the storm."

Ariel, who was dressed in a strong outfit, came over and asked Lei Xiao, "He came from another world, what kind of tricks do you think the Holy Night Army will use?"

While speaking, Ariel couldn't help showing a little indescribable meaning in her gaze towards Lei Xiao.

She didn't realize it clearly until the excitement of repelling the Holy Night Army had passed.

The calm-looking young man from another world in front of him has once again saved the countless Lengyan people behind the fortress and the defending soldiers on the city wall, preventing them from being ravaged by the flames of war.

Otherwise, under the fierce attack of the enemy's two long-range legions just now, I am afraid that this mountain fortress is already on the verge of collapse.

Such a move, even if it is called Leng Yan's hero, it is not an exaggeration!

"The most important thing is that this guy is just a guy from another world, but he has done many things that members of the royal family and aristocratic families who should have taken the responsibility of protecting Leng Yan could not do..."

Thinking of this, Ariel couldn't help sighing as her starry eyes flickered.

Although he didn't want to admit his royal family's dereliction of duty, what this guy did really shocked and moved him.

"Tricks, I can't speculate, but the opponent's goal is easy to speculate."

Lei Xiao smiled faintly at Ariel, and responded: "A small reminder, this mountain fortress is the most well-defended, and the situation is self-evident."

"You mean that the opponent's next target is likely to be one of the two small fortresses on the mountainside?"

On Ariel's delicate face, a sudden realization appeared, and she said, "The strength of the two small fortresses, although not much different from here, is after all temporarily composed of garrison troops from various places. Much weaker."

"As for the number of magic cannons, there are very few. In addition, the height of the city wall is only less than ten meters, so it is indeed easier to be captured by the enemy."

When Ariel spoke up to this point, she pondered again and continued: "However, the terrain is the biggest advantage of the two small fortresses. I hope they can make up for some disadvantages."

"It's true. Compared with the mountain fortress, the disadvantages of the two small fortresses are still very obvious."

Lei Xiao looked far away and finally landed on a small fortress on the mountainside, and nodded thoughtfully.

"If the enemy really chooses to attack those two small fortresses, there will definitely be means that we did not expect, so there must be no negligence."

Lei Xiao clearly understood the reason why the Mountain Fortress was able to stop the 80,000 Holy Night Army before.

Undoubtedly it was because the two small fortresses on the left and right mountainsides acted like horns, coordinating and restraining the opponent's forces.

And once a fortress is captured by the opponent, it will undoubtedly be tantamount to being cut off, and the defense ability of the mountain fortress will also be greatly reduced.

Therefore, no matter whether it is the mountain fortress itself or the two small fortresses next to it, there must be one of them.

"Unexpected means? Could it be that the other party can fall from the sky?"

Ariel followed Lei Xiao's gaze, and also looked at the small fortress, her gaze gradually became serious.

From this position, the small fort that Lei Xiao and Ariel were looking at was located on the left hand side of the mountain fortress, and was built next to a dense forest.

As for the one on the right, the surrounding area is extremely open, making it easier to defend and harder to attack.

When Lei Xiao heard Ariel's words, he had the same thoughts as he did just now, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "As for whether the other party will fall from the sky, let us wait and see."

After a pause, Lei Xiao's expression became solemn again, and he added: "Dawn is no longer far away, and dawn will undoubtedly further reduce the opponent's advantage, presumably the opponent will start to take action soon. "

As expected, Lei Xiao's voice just fell.

The two Holy Night Legion, who had originally spread out under the mountain to defend our small fortress, began to shrink their formation, and then slowly approached the two small fortresses.

At the same time, the other two legions, which had been firmly in the rear, also began to push forward aggressively, heading towards the direction of the mountain fortress.

"What's happening here?"

Ariel looked at the three-sided attack of the Holy Night Army, and a look of confusion suddenly appeared on her exquisite face, and she said in surprise: "Could it be that the opponent is planning to attack our three fortresses at the same time?!"

"Think about it carefully. Without the advantage of long-range strength, the opponent may not be able to capture this place with all their strength. How could they divide their troops? It's just a bluff."

Lei Xiao waved his hand, signaling to Ariel that there is no need to be nervous, and said with a smile: "It is conceivable that the opponent's real main attack direction is still one of the three fortresses, while the other two are feint attacks, the purpose is only to contain our side. troops."

Lei Xiao looked down at the four holy night legions that were moving mightily below the city, his eyes flickered with brilliance: "It seems that the opponent's trump card is already prepared."

"Then which one is the opponent going to attack? Is it the fortress on the edge of the dense forest on the left, or the fortress in the open area on the right? Or is it the mountain fortress in the center?"

Ariel swallowed nervously, and muttered to herself: "Where will the other party's disappearing army appear?"

At this moment, the two opposing legions that had bypassed the depression in front of the mountain fortress, and the other two opposing legions that had just climbed up the mountainside, were already approaching the city and began to form their own formations.

"Don't worry, the answer will be revealed soon."

Lei Xiao took a deep breath of the bloody air filled with strong killing intent, and said slowly.