Chapter 1488 Enemy Track
Kandy overlooked the battlefield and confirmed that there were no enemies alive, so he cast the 3-ring "fire extinguishing technique" to extinguish the fire that was still burning.
The corpses of jackals and hyenas were lying here and there in the scorched earth. They were all burnt black and their faces were blurred. It was impossible to tell who was a human and who was a dog. The few embers of Mars left on the corpse will be doused by the rain in a short time.
Kandy was about to fly up the hill to contact the group of wounded soldiers, when a thought from Joan suddenly came to his mind.
"Colonel Vasa asked me to go to the headquarters to attend the meeting. It seems that Weiss sent someone to send an urgent information about the enemy's reinforcements."
"I'm going to the command post right now, and I'll leave the follow-up work of rescuing the wounded soldiers to you and Ruby, be careful."
"Don't worry, I'll take good care of Ruby. You go to the meeting quickly, and I'll talk about it when I go back."
After receiving Kandy's reply, Joan disbanded the flock of birds who had worked hard all morning, suspended the search and rescue work, walked out of the house, and reported to the Corps headquarters.
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In the past week, the officers and soldiers recovered by Joan and Kandy, together with the supplementary militia and the Asa hunting cavalry who came to support, the total strength of the Alfheim Corps has been restored to 3,000 horses, plus the lizards in the swamp The human race already possesses the strength to contend head-on with the Jumonville Corps.
The lizardmen were not used to the dry living environment in the town. Weiss' troops did not enter Delin Town, but stationed at the outskirts of the swamp, forming horns with the Vasa Corps to contain the Jumonville Corps.
If the Jumonville Corps tried to attack Delin Town, it would face a huge risk of being flanked by the garrison of Delin Town and the Lizardmen.
While searching and rescuing the lost officers and soldiers of his own side, Qiao An also took care of the enemy's situation.
There are indications that the reason why General Jumonville held his troops patiently is probably waiting for reinforcements, and this is what Joan and even Colonel Vasa are most worried about.
In this spring rainy season, the fire giant mercenary group that Joan dreaded the most, perhaps because he hated the humid and rainy climate in the south of Alfheim, had never appeared in his scouting field of vision.
If the reinforcements that General Jumonville was waiting for did not come from the fire giant mercenary group south of the Brass Mountain, what kind of force would it be?
Joan even had a hint of doubt: this imaginary "reinforcement" does not exist at all, and his worries are just scaring himself. In fact, the Jumonville Corps has fallen into a situation of isolation and helplessness.
At noon on March 7th, Joan came to the headquarters of the corps and learned from Colonel Vasa that the lizardman patriarch Weiss had just sent an animal messenger—a falcon—to send the information, and the mystery in his heart was solved. .
"So that's how it is." After reading Weiss's personal letter, Joan suddenly realized, "The reinforcements that General Jumonville is waiting for are not from the Brass Pass, but from the 'Screaming Forest'. Stand still."
"The goblin clan entrenched in the 'Screaming Forest' has accepted the wooing of General Jumonville, led by the hobgoblin lord 'Tyrannosaurus Conqueror' Leto himself, leading a thousand elite hobgoblin wolf cavalry, plus more than two thousand A goblin is rushing to join forces with General Jumonville's troops—if the above information provided by the Lizardman is true, our situation is in danger!"
Magny's face darkened.
The Algonquin Valley where Powhatan Village is located is bordered by the "Screaming Forest". The Asa aborigines to whom Magni belongs have been enemies with the goblins in the forest for generations. How scary are the crazy monsters.
A few goblins are nothing to fear, but thousands of goblins gathered together, especially with the hobgoblin lord Letu and his guard wolf cavalry regiment in the back to supervise the battle, these dirty green-skinned monsters will turn into devouring monsters. All the torrents will leave no chicken or dog behind.
General Green pushed the frame of his glasses, and calmly analyzed the worst direction of the battle: "General Jumonville, with the support of the goblins, will definitely launch a siege to the town of Delin. If we can’t hold on, we have to make plans to retreat in advance.”
Joan's heart felt cold for a while.
If his hometown was doomed to fall, he would rather be the regular Hailan army that broke through Delin Town. The most basic military discipline of General Jumonville's troops is still guaranteed, and they will not massacre civilians.
However, if Delin Town was attacked by bloodthirsty monsters such as goblins or jackals, the residents of the town might not even have a chance to survive, and massacres would be the inevitable result.
"Since the outbreak of the war, we have retreated from the Brass Pass to the Delin River Valley, and then to Delin Town. If we lose this time, we will have Leiden Harbor behind us. Where else can we retreat?"
Colonel Vassar shook his head firmly.
"Magni, Nathaniel, no matter what you think, in short, I don't want to run away anymore. If Delin Town will eventually fall, I would rather die here than be like a dog in the water as a defeated general. fled back to Port Leighton."
"Don't be impulsive, George! Think about your family and friends, think about the governor who has high hopes for you, and think about Martha who is waiting for you to go home. You can't be arrogant on the battlefield." Lieutenant Colonel Green advised the old man with a wry smile. friend.
"It is precisely because I don't want to embarrass His Excellency the Governor and my beloved family members that I am not willing to be defeated all the time. Otherwise, I, the commander, will really become what the tabloid reporters call a 'constantly defeated general', 'except Kill the boss for nothing', become a real laughing stock!"
Colonel Vasa clenched his fists tightly, and there seemed to be two blazing fires in his eyes.
Joan is very clear that Colonel Vassar is a person who rarely shows his emotions. The reason why he made an exception today to show his inner anger and unwillingness is entirely because of the pressure of long-term failure, coupled with people's ridicule and misunderstanding, and his spirit is tortured , has reached the point of collapse.
Now no one is more eager than him as a commander to prove that he is capable of winning battles, so as to wash away the shame of "repeatedly defeated". Especially when facing General Jumonville, an old opponent who had defeated him countless times and even captured him, Colonel Vassar's desire for victory was particularly strong.
"Mr. Colonel, Weiss put forward an idea in the letter. When the goblin army passes by the edge of the swamp, if the lizard people take the opportunity to launch an ambush, it may cause serious damage to Letu's troops. I think this plan is worth trying."
Colonel Vassar frowned and sighed: "Joan, before you came, Magny and Nathaniel, I had already discussed Weiss' ambush plan. It is feasible, but the risk is too great, and Even if Weiss and the others are lucky enough to succeed in an ambush, it will be difficult to stop Leto's troops from continuing to march towards Delin Town."