Chapter 376 Poppiliqi Mountain

Lorist thought that Grand Duke Fisabren had no other way than to withdraw his troops and return to the Eastern Desert Province. Anyway, he could advance to the border between the southern province and the Eastern Desert Province along the avenue behind the camp burned to ashes. So he was not in a hurry at all. He first sent a scout to inquire where the armed forces of the Fisabren family had retreated. He was preparing to ask the soldiers to pack their luggage and prepare to set off the camp in two days before departing.

Perhaps this time, I can lead my army directly to the Eastern Desert Province. The old nest of the Fisabren family, Juhu Castle, was smashed. If Juhu Castle was smashed, I wonder if the old guy Feisabren would fight with him or lower his arrogant head to express his surrender? Just as Lorist was thinking, he received a reward from the scout Qingqi: "Your Highness, the Fisabren family's armed forces did not withdraw from the Eastern Desert Province. They set up camps in the Pobilichi Mountains in the southeast of the southern province..."

"Well?" This surprised Lorist, Poppilichi, the name seemed to be a little impressed: "Map."

Schwart quickly spread the map of the Southern Province on the table. When Lorist looked at it, he was no wonder that he had an impression of the place name Pobilichi Mountain. In the original Southern Province strategy plan, after driving the Fisabren family out of the Southern Province, he prepared to build a blockade line like a copper-walled iron wall along the border between the Southern Province and the Eastern Wasteland Province. The southeastern border of the Southern Province is to use the terrain of the Pobilichi Mountain to build a fortress castle to block the entire southeastern border as a defense center.

From the map, the border between the southern province and the Eastern Desert Province is not only long but also flat, so for hundreds of years, the Caoman tribe on the Northeast grasslands have basically entered the mainland from the southern provinces. Earl of Felim's family's old territory was in the southern province. His ancestors learned and absorbed the advantages of the Caoman Cavalry in the war against the Caoman tribe and formed the Pegasus Legion, a famous light cavalry legion.

In fact, the border between the southern province and the Eastern Desert is the dividing line between hilly and grasslands. Although the terrain is flat, it does not lack lakes, gullies, hills and small mounds. What Lorist originally thought was to use these natural geographical features to build five castle fortresses as the center of defense, supplemented by sentry towers and beacon towers, and then digging trenches to connect them. Just like a spider web, it creates a tight blockade at the junction of the two provinces, completely blocking the external traffic lines of the Fisabren family territory, and defending the border ranger's harassment and guerrilla attacks on the southern provinces.

But now the old guy in Fisabren commanded his family to retreat to Mount Pobilichi with his family armed forces? Why not retreat directly to the Eastern Desert Province? That is his family territory and the home court. The terrain is wide and suitable for the guerrilla tactics of the border ranger. It is like a fish in water for the ranger of the Fisabren family. But the Grand Duke of Fisabren seemed to turn a blind eye to this point, let go of the avenue leading to the family territory of the Tiger Castle, and led his army to garrison on Mount Pobilichi. What is he trying to do? Aren't he afraid of sending a catapult to smash his new camp?

Lalist stared at the map and pondered for a long time but couldn't guess what Grand Duke Fisabren meant? However, from the map, Grand Duke Fisabren did not retreat to his family territory, but instead seemed to be angry at guarding Mount Bobiliqi. If you can't beat you, you will feel disgusting. Nearly 80,000 troops were shrouded by your side. Don't pay attention to him. Worrying that he would struggle in the rear and flanks, you would be in jeopardy. If you pay attention to him, you have to send a large number of troops to guard him strictly. Looking at the range of Mount Bobiliqi, Lorist found that if he wanted to suppress the armed forces of the Fisabren family, he had to control at least three key points around Mount Bobiliqi. These three key points must be built fortresses and at least sixty thousand guards...

On Sunday, the old man clearly wanted to restrain his troops, and Lorist cursed in his heart. Now he understood the meaning of Grand Duke Fisabren doing this. Let go of the avenue and stationed troops on Mount Pobilichi, so Lorist could not ignore these enemies occupying Mount Pobilichi. If you want to go out to attack the Eastern Desert Province to attack the Tiger Castle, you have to see if the 80,000 Fisabren family armed forces will cause trouble for themselves. The mildest ones cut off the retreat, and the severe ones will disrupt the entire southern province.

There are only two ways to make them settle down. One is to send troops to defeat them and drive them out of Mount Pobilichi. The other is to divide the troops to guard several major transportation routes and build castles fortresses, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Moreover, a place where 20,000 people can only be defended rather than attack. After all, the Sabrun family has 80,000 armed forces, just like a fist, which can be attacked at any time. However, there are three places, one place has 20,000 people, and 60,000 horses are trapped at the foot of Mount Pobilichi. They cannot take the initiative to attack because the number of enemies is four times that of theirs...

Although it is only a small area in the southeast of the southern province, Mount Pobilichi is not a mountain, but a general term for a mountainous area. From the map, there are several forks leading to the Eastern Wasteland and the Southern Province in the Pobilichi Mountains, which can be said to be a well-connected place. Occupying Mount Pobilichi, the border ranger of the Fisabren family can attack the Southern Province at any time, or retreat to the Eastern Wasteland at any time. This is a place where you can attack and retreat.

It is necessary to take down Mount Pobilichi and completely drive the Fisabren family out of the southern province. Lorist made up his mind and decided to go and see Mount Pobilichi himself. The Grand Duke of Fisabren knew that his family's catapults and chariots and steel crossbows were invincible, but he still chose to occupy Mount Pobilichi. Where did he get such great confidence? He would not be assured if he didn't witness it and observe it with his own eyes.

Despite the opposition of many knights, Lorist only brought El, Reddy, Schwart and a thousand guards to Mount Pobilichi under the guidance of the scouts. At the first glance when he saw Mount Pobilichi, Lorist understood why Grand Duke Fisabren occupied the place.

The Bobiliqi Mountain is different from other mountains. The outer edges are cliffs and cliffs that are forty or fifty meters high. The forks leading to the depths of the Bobiliqi Mountain either bypass the bottom of the cliff or in the valley. The scouts caught an old bandit. The old bandit said that the uphill places of these cliffs and cliffs are all in the mountains, and the hills in other places are gentle slopes outside, while the Bobiliqi Mountain is uphill from the mountain. This is simply a natural giant rock castle fortress.

The old bandit said that there were five or six groups of bandits in the Pobiliqi Mountain in the past, and they each chose the dangerous places in the mountains to build a mountain village, with thousands of people. However, last year, the Third Border Ranger Army under the Grand Duke of Phisabren said that it was on the Grand Duke's order to ask the leaders of the clan village to surrender to the Fisabren family. During the negotiations, they suddenly took action and captured the clan villages through internal and external cooperation, and then took all the young and strong people to the Eastern Desert Province. It is said that they were going to dig gold in Jinchuan...

The old bandit was too old and had a lame foot, so they were released by the racist. Now they built a small shed at the foot of the mountain and lived a two-acre land, and they were still comfortable. The condom he just went to see just now and didn't catch the rabbit, but was caught by the scout Qingqi.

The old bandit lived in the mountainous area of ​​Pobilichi for most of his life and was very familiar with the terrain of this area. He told Lorist that although the outer edge of Pobilichi was cliffs, there were cliffs and cliffs after passing several passes outside, there were gentle slopes, valleys, woodlands and streams. The place was wide and beautiful. Except for the three forks leading to the mountains, there were no other paths that could go around inside.

"Sir, don't look at the many paths under these cliffs, some of which are blocked. After walking for a long time, I found that there was no road ahead. Basically, the paths with more lush weeds are dead ends, and the rest of the paths are connected. At the end, there is a fork here, leading to the mountains. There are two forks, one more than five miles away from here, and a little further south. The other one has to go west, and three or four miles away from here." The old bandit didn't know who Lorist was, and they were all called adults.

"Is the mountains all over the two forks of roads the same?" Lorist pointed to the cliff in front.

"It's all the same, sir, this is strange. The outer edge is like this. Whether it is the southern province or the eastern wasteland province, there are all such stone walls and ridges. It is said that in legend, Poppy Mountain means giant mountain villages, and it looks like a huge mountain village." The old bandit gave a affirmative reply and explained the origin of the name Poppy Mountain.

The problem now is that Grand Duke Fisabren led 80,000 troops to occupy this giant mountain village. If you want to capture this mountain, you have to follow the three forks to enter the mountain before you can attack the mountain. Lorist does not think that Grand Duke Fisabren gives him this opportunity. According to the old bandits, these three forks are circled around under these cliffs for a long time before you can reach the mountain. The armed forces of the Fisabren family only throw a few stones on these cliffs, which is a huge tragedy for the troops marching below to prepare for the attack...

Lorist raised his monocular lens and looked at the top of the Poppilichi Mountain. The flag of the Fisabren family was already planted on the cliff above the fork in front of the mountain. It was obvious that the attack through the fork was already blocked. Seeing the soldiers of the Fisabren family building walls and stocking up stones and wood on the hill, Lorist felt a lot of pressure.

The old guy really chose a good place. Taking over Mount Poppiliki would be equivalent to abandoning the two most sharp attacking equipment of the Norton family. Lorist believed that his own thunderbolt catapult would not be able to throw stones onto a cliff forty or fifty meters high. The steel crossbow of the chariot would not be able to achieve effective results and goals when firing crossbow arrows from an upward attack angle. The enemy would hide on the cliff and ignore the threats brought to them by the catapult cart and steel crossbow...

If the attack cannot be attacked, then we have to consider how to defend. Lorist thought for a long time, but it was still more reliable to build a castle fortress at three forks. But he was very unwilling to accept that the attacks of the Fisabren family armed forces who guarded Mount Pobilichi to the southern province through three forks was equivalent to giving up the initiative of the battlefield. Moreover, the construction of the three forks and the surrounding supporting defense facilities not only cost a large amount of extra expenses, but also a castle fortress arranged 20,000 people to guard it, which was equivalent to being held by the enemy of Mount Pobilichi to hold his 60,000 troops. If Mount Pobilichi was in his own hands, it would only take 20,000 troops to block this border.

Lorist took a monocular telescope and scanned one mountain to the other. Hey, what are the soldiers doing? After watching for a long time, I realized that it was the soldiers of the Fisabren family who built a connected cable bridge on the tops of two separate cliffs to facilitate the rapid transfer of defensive forces. Then... Then Lorist saw the Grand Duke of Fisabren.

It was indeed Grand Duke Fesabrun. The clear face of Grand Duke Fesabrun appeared in the circular frame of the monocular telescope. The old man seemed to have grown older and no longer had the original arrogance of being arrogant and arrogant. He should have supervised the soldiers to build a cable bridge on it. The reason why Lorist saw so clearly was because Grand Duke Fesabrun faced him directly, and should have also discovered Lorist and his party peeping at the foot of the mountain, frowned and looked carefully.

Grand Duke Lorist and Grand Duke Fisabren looked at each other five or six hundred meters apart. However, Grand Duke Fisabren could see more clearly with a monocular lens in his hand. After a while, Grand Duke Fisabren discovered that Lorist was at the foot of the mountain. He spoke with excitement. Lorist thought this might not be a good thing, but he should be cursing himself.

But soon, a low horn sound came. Lorist was stunned: "The old man actually sent troops?"

Then I saw countless grass barbarian cavalry rushing out from the fork in the road at the foot of Poppilichi Mountain.

"My God! This old guy is so shameless. He actually sent Caoman cavalry to capture me." Lorist cursed, feeling like he was greatly insulted. He chased the old guy, a third-level sword master, and fled. Now the old guy doesn't come forward to send these Caoman cavalry to capture me, don't he look down on him?

"Your Highness, let's go first." El next to him didn't think so. Now the 80,000 troops of the Fisabren family, except for the 50,000 soldiers who were the third and fifth second border rangers, the remaining 30,000 were all Caoman cavalry. This time, Lorist came to check Poppiliqi Mountain and only brought a thousand guards. Many ants bite the elephant to death, so he didn't dare to be careless.

"Okay, let's retreat first and bring the old bandit with you. This old man is a living map and will be useful in the future." Lorist turned his horse's head and followed suit, but he still reminded El.

I don't know if these Caoman cavalry were tired of staying in Poppiliqi Mountain or if the Grand Duke of Fisabren pointed at Lorist and offered a sky-high reward. Nearly 10,000 Caoman cavalry chased Lorist and refused to let go. Finally, Lorist was furious and ordered Schwart to take a few guards back to report the message first. He took the guards to a small hill to guard. Nearly 10,000 Caoman cavalry attacked Xiaoshan and for more than two hours, they got nothing except leaving two thousand bodies.

Lorist was the only one who could not open the door. He occupied the small path on duty and killed the Caoman cavalry and was full of blood. He finally found a breath in his chest. Soon the Pegasus Corps who were receiving the response arrived, killed the Caoman cavalry who were surrounded by the hills, and took Lorist back to the camp.

Lorist, who had a little washing, changed his clothes and armor and returned to the tent. He said to the soldiers all over the tent with a gloomy face: "Tomorrow, the soldiers will be sent to Bobiliqi Mountain, and everyone will think of ways to capture the enemy's camp."

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