"Bernie, you have to know that the current situation cannot be explained by a simple saying "unexpected"." Viscount Erie looked at Bernie Klee seriously. He wanted not only an explanation, but also a way to resist the Xia army.

"I know!" Of course, Bernie Kley knew the most important thing now was how to solve Xia Jun who was under his nose. Therefore, at this moment, he no longer had the intention to defend himself.

But when the Xia army vanguard was about to arrive, how could Bernie think of a way to resist the Xia army in less than a day, or in this moment, in just a moment?

In the end, there was no other way. Bernie could only make a cheap plan for the Xia army pioneer who was about to arrive in front of him: "Report to Lord Lord, according to the information, the Xia army was divided into two parts, and what was about to arrive was only the first part with less than 30,000."

"The second part of the Xia army is that the main army has more than one day left, so in one day, we will devote all 200,000 troops to destroy the vanguard of the Xia army, which is less than 30,000 troops, and give the Xia army a powerful force, so that they can know that we are not easy to bully, so that we can buy a considerable period of time for the army behind!" Bernie said and thought, and the more he thought, the more he felt, the more he felt, and he even became excited as he spoke.

As Bernie explained his new method under the gaze of everyone, whether it was Viscount Erie who sat high on the throne or the other representatives of the hall, the powerful, it seemed like there was a pillar in his heart. Without Yili speaking, the others immediately praised Bernie's method, and they all agreed with each other.

"Okay! Bernie, this is the only way now." Erie was also very excited. He sent the handrail of the throne and stood up. There was no need to seek the opinions of the others. He shouted loudly: "Captain Knight Byron!"

"I'm here!" Byron Emery stood out of the queue with Viscount Erie's shout, stroking his chest seriously waiting to take the order.

"You have heard Bernie's words, and I ordered you to lead a 200,000 army to destroy the vanguard of the Xia army in one day." After Viscount Erie gave the order, he shouted sternly to his cavalry leader: "Byron! I wonder if you can do it?"

Facing this scene, Byron did not leave any room for him at all. He had only one choice: "Go back to the Lord, your subordinates will definitely destroy the Xia army!"

Byron did not feel disgusted with this only choice, but felt very confident. After all, there was a steady stream of reinforcements behind him, and his opponent was just a vanguard of less than 30,000 troops from the Xia army. Now he wanted him to lead an army of 200,000 to destroy the other party, and he said it was easy.

If Aubrey Baxter, the monarch of the Baxter Kingdom, was in this place, he would definitely remind the people in the hall that if they wanted to deal with the Xia army, it would be better to have more than ten times the strength of the troops - this was summarized by Aubrey's war with the demise of the entire Baxter Kingdom in the end!

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Seeing the enemy who was beyond his sight pressing towards his defensive army formation, Zhu Cheng couldn't help frowning again, which made him look even more serious.

Half a day ago, when Zhu Cheng led the vanguard army to approach the target, the scout came to report that he had found a large number of enemy troops attacking his side.

After repeated investigations by the scouts, Zhu Cheng was still surprised when he found that there were 200,000 troops coming. He did not expect that he would have the honor to make the enemy look down upon him so much.

You should know that the entire vanguard army includes 10,000 militias responsible for logistics, and 10,000 servants, only less than 30,000 people. The enemy dispatched 200,000 troops. This was determined to destroy them!

"Captain, it seems that the enemy wants to destroy our vanguard army in a short time." After learning about the information, the staff officer Taidong seriously expressed his views.

"Well, I guessed this too." Zhu Cheng nodded and asked after hearing the staff member's opinion, "Staff, what should we do? Should we withdraw our troops first and meet the central army? Or should we defend on the spot and wait for reinforcements?"

Taidong did not give Zhu Cheng his own answer to this question, but instead asked: "Why should the leader ask multiple times?"

After asking back, Taidong didn't wait for Zhu Cheng to answer. After smiling at Beifang, he turned to Zhu Cheng and said, "I guess the leader has made a decision in his heart, so we should make arrangements early."

"Hahaha~! You are the one who knows me!" Zhu Cheng laughed at Taidong's words, but the tension in his heart was slightly relieved.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cheng thought of the upcoming enemy army, and withdrew his already reluctant smile, he immediately ordered: "Order the entire army to set up a formation and defend! In addition, inform the rear command center that our headquarters was attacked and request support!"

Following Zhu Cheng's order, the entire vanguard army immediately found a condescending hill under the leadership of the scout and began to deploy defenses.

The militia first cleaned up the terrain around them, built defensive facilities at the commanding heights of Shanbao, and cleaned the surface outside the defensive battle formation to remove trees and weeds to avoid blocking the field of view.

The 10,000 servants were not idle. Although they could not do any high-tech work, they could still do physical work such as cutting down trees, clearing weeds, and carrying huge rocks.

The main force of the vanguard army, that is, the soldiers of the 11th Regiment, did nothing, but was raising their strength to wait for the arrival of the enemy. At that time, facing the attack of 200,000 troops, it would take a lot of effort to operate the weapons.

The defense facilities were built in an orderly manner, but Taidong found Zhu Cheng at this time. Facing Taidong with a ugly face, Zhu Cheng took the lead and asked: "Staff Officer Tai, what's wrong with you? Is the progress of the construction of the defense facilities too slow? Or has the enemy accelerated the advancement?"

"Return to the regiment commander, it's not!" Taidong's face did not change at all, and it was still very ugly, but he still answered Zhu Cheng's questions: "The construction of defense facilities is very fast, and the enemy did not speed up."

"Then why is your face?" Zhu Cheng saw that there was no problem with the aspect he was most worried about, and became even more confused after breathing a sigh of relief. He said, "What problem has you encountered? If you have it, say it quickly!"

"Oh~!" Taidong sighed heavily at this and said in Zhu Cheng's gradually stern eyes: "Yes, leader, we are in big trouble. We don't have enough water!"

"What?!" Zhu Cheng got the answer, but was shocked. However, he thought of his past two days and immediately understood Taidong's difficulties. He sighed heavily.

Although the Pioneer Army crossed the river for less than two days, the experience along the way was very annoying. Either encountering indigenous refugees who wanted to rob military rations or encountering wreckage all over the ground.

Not only were all villages and towns along the way burned down, but even the water source was polluted. All the wells along the way and the broken corpses in the small rivers and streams would change color as long as they were seen by individuals, let alone drinking the water in them.

Therefore, all the water of the Pioneer Army relies on militia to obtain from the river behind. Fortunately, the distance is not far, and I can still transport it from now on, otherwise the entire Pioneer would have to go all the way. Therefore, the Pioneer Army is very strict in the management of drinking water to avoid unnecessary waste.

But now we have to carry out defensive operations. When the enemy sieges, the supply line behind will be broken.

It’s okay to say that the food is fine, but there is no problem with persisting for two or three days, but the drinking water reserve is only the pot of water on the soldiers, which won’t last long!

So when Zhu Cheng heard Taidong say the word "water", he knew that their vanguard army was in great trouble!
Chapter completed!