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When the army reached ten miles outside the imperial capital, Roddy ordered the entire army to stand by on site. Then he asked the messenger to invite the deputy commander Zieg and the commander Gordon who accompanied the army.

Before going to the war, Roddy specifically asked Abbas XI to send a general of the Guards to go to the war with him - nominally saying that he was young and had no experience, and hoped that His Majesty could send a general familiar with the military formation to help him. Of course, this was Nicole's idea.

Abbas XI readily approved it and immediately sent Commander Gordon, who had been in charge of contacting the Tulip family after this incident, followed the army to the northwest - and brought two thousand royal guards! Because in the eyes of Abbas XI, he could not fully believe this young Duke of Tulip. As for that Commander Sieg, he was simply a low-level officer that the emperor had never even heard of. In comparison, it was more appropriate to send a trusted person around him!

"Commander Zieg! I have an idea, so I'll discuss it with you!" Roddy said carefully.

"Duke!" Zigg smiled faintly: "Now you are the Supreme Commander. If you have any orders, just agree!"

Roddy glanced at Geden, who just smiled and said nothing, nodded at him.

Roddy took a deep breath and said his thoughts.

"I decided to divide the Wolf Tooth Army into two, and commanded by Gordon and led 10,000 Wolf Tooth Army to march with two thousand royal guards and baggage troops behind! But all the horses of the 10,000 cavalrymen were given out! Commander Sieg and I led 10,000 cavalrymen, two horses each! Only carry the four-day dry food for you, and quickly headed straight to Wat Fortress! I calculated that if we change our horses on the road, we can reach Wat Fortress within four days without resting!"

As soon as this sentence was said, Geudon and Zieg were both shocked. Zieg shouted first, "How can this be done!" Then he realized that he was a little out of control and lowered his voice and said hurriedly: "Duke, we don't have much troops at first, so we have dispersed again... I'm afraid it's even worse!"

Roddy sighed a long time, looked at Zigg's face and said seriously: "Master Zigg, do you think we will lead 20,000 people to the Northwest Wat Fortress... 20,000 people are enough? You know, there are only less than 100,000 remaining soldiers and defeated soldiers in the Northwest Army. If we remove injuries and those who lose combat capabilities, we may be able to ensure that the combat effectiveness will be good! Sixty thousand people, and the army that has just won a big defeat, can we fight more than the 180,000 troops in the Dayue Kingdom? Even if we add 20,000 of ours, can we fight?"

"..." Zieg was silent for a while, slowly breathed, and whispered: "I can't beat it! I will only dare to force myself to compete with them unless we brought 50,000 people."

"That's it." Roddy sighed: "I thought about it for a night last night before I figured out this point..." (At this time Andy shouted in his mind: "You can't think of it without me! If I hadn't taught you, could you think of it?")

Roddy ignored Andy's ghost cry and said slowly: "We can't defeat anyway, so our little force can only play a role in boosting the morale of the army! As soon as our tulip banner arrives, I believe that the morale of the Northwest Army will be stabilized! The biggest difficulty of the Northwest Army is not that it can't defeat, but that it dares not fight at all! They still have 100,000 people! The previous 200,000 people were defeated by 80,000 people, and now we only have less than 100,000 troops, but the enemy has gathered 180,000 troops. The Northwest Army has even less confidence. We are giving them morale! Instead of sending troops! As long as we have reinforcements over, even if there are only 5,000 people, the Northwest Army will know that the reinforcements will arrive! They will think that the imperial capital has sent reinforcements! There is hope! They will be excited!"

Roddy looked at Ziger and Gordon, and saw that they stopped talking, he slowly said: "Of course, even if the Northwest Legion has a stable morale, it is unlikely to defeat or repel the Great Moon Kingdom with this little force. My plan is to stick to it! As long as the Northwest Legion can be excited, even if it cannot retreat to the enemy, it is absolutely no problem to hold on to Wat Fortress!"

Zieg couldn't help but frown and said, "Just guard?"

Roddy glanced at him and knew that this honest soldier didn't understand those political things - in fact, if Nicole hadn't explained it to him, how could he understand it?

"Commander Zigg, let me tell you, His Majesty the Emperor didn't even want to fight the Great Moon Kingdom! We can't afford to fight! The Northwest Army has collapsed halfway, so we can only give in temporarily. The southern legion is too far away. Even if we mobilize it, from mobilizing to gathering troops, and then sending troops to the northwest, it is not enough! Even if it is the Northern Legion - if the Northern Legion is mobilized, then the Roland Continent suddenly fights, and everyone will be really finished."

The last sentence was a bit inappropriate tone, but Roddy didn't care about so much - these words were taught by Andy last night, and he had to copy them in a hurry.

Roddy sighed and continued, "But fortunately, the Great Moon Kingdom can't afford it. Their current attack is just to consolidate their own victory. To be discouraged, they have won this war! It is good to be able to eat the Northwest Legion, but even if they can't, it doesn't matter to them. As long as they can guarantee victory, they can gain a favorable position in the negotiations with the empire in the future."

Roddy has gradually talked about the issue of politics from military issues. Although Zieg, a pure soldier, did not understand it very well, even Geudon, who often hangs out in the power center of the palace, only understood half of it.

"So our task is to persevere! We cannot let the empire be defeated again! We must stop the current declining situation and firmly nail the army of the Great Moon Kingdom to Wat Fortress! The Great Moon Kingdom is a foreign race on the grassland. They cannot afford to drag it down, and they do not have that much strength to drag it down with us! When time comes, they must withdraw their troops! In that way, the empire will not be too passive in the final negotiations."

Roddy said his thoughts carefully, and Geudon and Zieg had nothing to say.

At that moment, at the order of Roddy, the four brigades of the Wolf Tooth Army were divided into two groups. Zieg ordered one of them to dismount and handed over the horses. Although the young soldiers were extremely reluctant to part with their beloved war horses, the Wolf Tooth Army was very strict and no one dared to speak.

Roddy sighed and ordered each of his ten thousand people to take dry food and remove all the heavy armor on his body. Then he lined up to set off.

Before leaving, Roddie stopped Gordon and gave him some instructions.

"Mr. Geden, there are two things you can do, please help me! The first thing: you will lead the remaining 12,000 people forward, and the speed cannot be too slow! If you can be fast, it will be fast! When you pass by a city defender, recruit their war horses on the spot! I will give you a token, which was given to me by Your Majesty! If there is a defender objection, you will show him the token. If you still object, you will kill them directly! After you have replenished the war horses, you will immediately speed up and catch up! I understand and tell you that although I just told my plan, I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid of it! You are behind. If something happens, I still have a reinforcement to count on!"

Geden laughed, took the token, and laughed: "Don't worry, Master Seit, your token is mostly not available. Our Royal Guards want horses, and where dares to refuse to give it?! Look at our royal uniform, who can say no!"

Roddy smiled slightly and then said seriously: "The second thing you must remember carefully! I saved a box in the baggage truck with our family badges, which is easy to find! If... I mean if! If something happens to me... Remember, it must be if you are completely sure - if something happens to me and I die in battle, you should take out the box as soon as possible! Burn all the things inside!!"

"Ah?" Brother Dun was stunned for a moment: "What is the box in that box?"

Roddy showed a strange smile on his face: "It's nothing, it's just a skeleton. Remember, this is my military order!"

After Roddy finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and gave an order, the army set out!

The sound of the skeleton in his mind was already thunderous.

"Damn it! You guy! So cruel!!!"

Roddy's face remained unchanged and said lightly: "So remember, Andy, this time I go, I live, you live! If I die, you will die too! So don't fool me anymore, help me wholeheartedly! Haha..."
Chapter completed!