Have nothing to do all night.
In the early morning of the second day, Art led his whole family to greet Flanders. He had just put on his armor and was about to walk out of the mansion to inspect the city wall, when a messenger in cotton armor strode over.
He hurriedly saluted Art, holding up two small cylinders with both hands, "The carrier pigeons returned from the southern front line, I saw the number, they are military pigeons from the front line."
He took the small cylinder, held it in his hand and opened the cork, took out the roll paper inside and unfolded it, then opened another cylinder, took out the roll paper and read it.
The content of the two cylinders is the same, and they are all densely packed with special numbers. This is the Welsh Army cipher text. The fact that two carrier pigeons can be used to deliver the same cipher text only shows that the military situation ahead is urgent.
“Decode it immediately.” Art raised his hand and handed one of the notes to the two personal guards following him.
One of the guards took the note, and the other guard quickly took out a charcoal stick, paper and a thin square wooden board from the bag on his waist.
The guard holding the note read out the numbers in groups of three, while the other guard wrote the predetermined Latin letters.
After a while, several rows of Latin words were written on the paper on the wooden board in the guard's hand.
On Friday, Lava will surrender, and our army will be stationed in the city. On Saturday, the enemy army will go north to station at Sauronburg.
Att's heart tightened. It was only a matter of time before Lavati broke the city. The trading city without city wall protection should have been attacked by the Welsh Army long ago. However, Art took into account the special characteristics of the city and ordered a siege instead of attacking, waiting for them to surrender on their own.
Today is Monday. It seems that Lavati has surrendered as early as last week. This is good news.
But suddenly the Lombard army moved northward, including more than a thousand cavalry, and Art became nervous.
Now that the main battle force of Lombardy has been held back by Provence, the scattered defenders and rangers in the North can only hold on to the fortified city to prevent the Welsh Army from launching a large-scale attack.
"Where did the thousands of heavy troops come from to go north? Did Swabia send troops?" Art was full of doubts.
Att didn’t know that just when the Welsh Army was besieging Lavati, the Principality of Lombardy secretly hired an army from the Southern Continent with a lot of money.
That army did not march by land, but took a boat from the sea to the southern port of Lombardy. When Art's eagle eyes deployed in Lombardy learned the news, the army was already ready to go north.
Matt couldn't help but sigh, "It's great to have money."
The guard who had finished reading the secret text was waiting for Art's order. There was no response for a long time. After a slight hesitation, he stepped forward. He half-stepped a reminder: "Sir, the military situation is urgent. Do you want to reply to the front line with military orders first?"
Matt came back to his senses and glanced at the young guard who had just graduated from the military academy. "Reply with a secret message."
"The infantry of the main battle legion withdrew from Lavati, retreated to Santiya and held on to the key fortress castle. The cavalry went out to detect the enemy. The garrison legions in the occupied areas immediately abandoned the villages and manors, gathered their forces, retreated to the fortified city, and protected the flanks. Reinforcements arrived on the 6th, and all the armies stood firm."
Atló thought for a while, and added, "Unless you are in an extremely dangerous place, try not to use lethal weapons."
Hence, after the guards repeated the military order to confirm that it was correct, Art walked towards the inner city behind him. He wanted to convey the frontline army intelligence to Flanders.
As he walked, Art ordered the remaining guard beside him: "Let the guards prepare to equip their horses. We have to rush back to the front line first. In addition, get my order later and ask the guards to go to the weapons research room to take all the newly made bombs to the front line."
With that, Art walked straight towards Flanders' room...
In the afternoon of the same day, after a quick lunch, a cavalry team left Wellsburg. The cavalry team consisted of more than 280 people and nearly 500 horses. The cavalry were all elites wearing armor and weapons. They generally traveled south along the direction of the river in the Wells Valley in a long queue of two horses.
The team has two kinds of flags, the iris-flying eagle heraldic flag of the Marquis of Flanders and the wolf heraldic flag of the Earl of Wales. The iris-flying eagle flag is three feet higher than the wolf cavalry. The flag-bearers hold the reins in one hand and hold the flag in the other. The flags are hunted in the wind by the horses under them.
Behind the cavalry team, more than thirty two-wheel-drive four-wheel carriages loaded with weapons, armor, grain and baggage were galloping under the handlers' whips, chasing the cavalry in front. Among the many carriages, three four-wheel-drive iron carriages were particularly eye-catching. In addition to these three carriages, they all had human heads and skulls painted with white paint. , and closely guarded by the carriage are eight fully armed cavalry, all of whom are fierce and fierce. They all belong to the Earl of Wales's Guard...
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More than a hundred miles away, in the Principality of Lombardy, the city of Lavati.
Hans was very disappointed when he received the order to withdraw his troops within four days of entering Lavati City.
Hans is now the captain of the infantry company of the First Division of the Wells Army. The legion has not been expanded for a long time. Especially since the First Division is the absolute main battle force, its establishment is almost maintained at the number of the Successor War. Therefore, it is really difficult for officers in the First Division to be promoted to military positions.
But Hans was lucky. In the recent battle against the night attack, Andrew, the captain of the third company of the first division, was injured and was transported back to the rear to recuperate. He, the flag captain who had made outstanding achievements in the defensive battle of Nanguan, finally finally After getting the opportunity to be promoted, he took over Andrew's position as company captain and became the commander of the third company. The company-level officer of the soldiers was already equivalent to the sub-regiment commander of the garrison. Hans was able to directly skip the company deputy commander and become the company captain. Hans was very proud for a few days.
Especially on the premise that the Welsh Army conquered Lombardy south and captured countless wealth and supplies, he was promoted to two levels. In addition to the military merit rewards that he had worked hard to obtain, his military career rewards would also be increased by two levels.
The city of Lavati surrendered last week, and Hans was ordered to lead the third company to garrison the city.
The Welsh Army has strict military discipline, and Lavati itself surrendered voluntarily. The Chinese Army ordered that there should be no hostile behavior at all.
Hans's company did a good job. Even though many officers and soldiers, including himself, looked at the splendid mansions and the gorgeously dressed citizens, their eyes flashed green, but they still resisted the urge to rush in and plunder. They garrisoned the city barracks according to military orders and controlled the main roads and throats. At the same time, they assisted the legion's baggage team to take over the arms of the citizen army and the army's granary and arsenal.
After the wealthy merchants in the city got over the initial panic and uneasiness, they gradually accepted this army. In the past two days, the merchants in the city have repeatedly raised supplies to reward the Welsh Army inside and outside the city.
"Those Lombard bastards, sir, I just stayed in this bustling city for a few days, and they forced me to evacuate, bastard!" Beside him, Burry, captain of the third flag of the third company, cursed loudly while helping Hans pack the items in the camp.
This Burry was originally the adjutant of Hans's banner. Hans was promoted two ranks to the captain of the company. Bury also became the commander of the third banner. Originally, he came to Hans's barracks to drink with him today. This morning, the wealthy businessmen in Lavati City once again sent a large amount of drinks and food to the garrison in the city, but they did not expect that the Chinese army sent an order to retreat.
“Although Lavati surrendered on his own initiative, the Lombards couldn’t bear to leave such a prosperous city to them~” Burry was still thinking.
Hans had packed up the weapons and armor in the barracks and the large iron box containing clothes and "personal belongings". He stood up and took a look at the bedroom of the mansion that originally belonged to a merchant in Lavati. He couldn't help but glance at the big velvet bed, "I will come back."
After saying this, he called to Bury, picked up the iron box and walked out of the bedroom.
Outside the bedroom, the officers and soldiers of the third company of the first division were also busy packing up the barracks and preparing to evacuate. Hans refused the soldiers who came to help carry the iron box, and directly carried the iron box out of the house and put it on the baggage carriage.
At this time, two men wearing coarse linen robes, tied with hemp ropes around their waists, and wearing hoods walked towards Hansbury and the two men.
Hans instinctively took a half step back and put his right hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
The man stopped five steps away, lifted his hood, and revealed his dirty face.
"Lord Dawson! Why is it you?" Bury exclaimed.
Dawson raised his hand to be silent, turned to Hans and said: "Hans, Lord Odo of the Central Army ordered the third company to select fifty elites and give them to me to stay in Lavati." After that, Dawson handed Hans a military order paper with the bright red seal of the Wells Army's Central Army...