One stone stirred up a thousand waves, shocking three counties and nineteen states.

Couriers traveled through the starry night to Gevaudan, Shovel Harbor, Wargne County and Baishan County to deliver the latest military information.

Within Zhongtiefeng County, messenger cavalry frequently traveled between towns, and the number of patrol troops on the road also increased sharply.

The blockade of the war made the people increasingly thirsty for news from the outside world. Therefore, starting from the day Niuti Valley was placed under military control, the Provisional Military Command posted announcements in the town square every morning to inform them of the enemy's situation, battle status, captures and the list of those killed in action.

In the extremely depressing atmosphere, the men listened to the war news to relieve their boredom, while the women anxiously checked the death list.

The announcement originally had no name, and the public called it a "war communication."

Since the birth of war communications, crowds have always gathered in the town square, and requests to "read it again" can be heard from time to time.

Everyone "read" the war communications eagerly. After reading today's news, they eagerly await tomorrow's news.

Today's war communications were posted later than usual, which made the people who had been waiting at the bulletin board very dissatisfied.

As soon as the announcement was posted, crowds gathered.

Although it came late, it was also longer. In the past, it was only one and a half sheets of paper, but today it was three full sheets of paper.

[The whereabouts of the enemy chief and his own troops are unknown]—The first article caused panic among everyone.

Like a solid cannonball plowing into the column, the crowd exploded like a boiling kettle. The people in front kept shouting and screaming, and the people behind tried their best to find out what was going on.

After careful consideration, Winters decided to inform the people of the true enemy situation.

Because bad news is like a bald head, no matter how thick the wig is, one day it will show up. Instead of sitting helplessly and watching the rumors spread, it is better to inform the military and civilians openly.

"Stop making noise!" shouted an old man with white hair and a cane in front of the announcement: "The announcement hasn't been finished yet! If you don't want to hear it, I'll leave!"

The old man is a well-known doctor and gentleman in Niuti Valley. He enthusiastically reads letters and announcements to the illiterate people every day, and he is quite prestigious among the townspeople.

Hearing the old doctor's scolding, the crowd gradually became quiet.

The old doctor squinted his eyes and looked at the bulletin board, his upper body tilted back unconsciously.

"What did you write about? Good old man?" I had an impatient temper and couldn't help but ask.

The old doctor held his cane tightly, with a light flashing in his eyes: "The next communication is a personal letter from Tribune Montagne."

…

Tiefeng County, Shovel Harbor, Church.

Alpha leaned on the bench and recited word by word: "...If you ask us what our goal is, I can answer with one word, that is victory! Win at all costs! Win without fear of all terrors

Victory! No matter how difficult and dangerous the road ahead is, win the victory! Because without victory, there is only destruction..."

What the old doctor of Cow Hoof Valley said was inaccurate, this article was not the only one written by Winters Montagne.

In fact, all the words in "War Correspondence" were written by Winters, who carefully considered the words and chewed up countless quills.

However, other communications were released in the name of the Provisional Military Command. Only this open letter was signed by Winters with his name.

This open letter is also the first "emotional" article published by War Letter.

The previous contents were all mechanical war status reports, without emotion or warmth, just like a steel doll spitting out cold numbers one after another.

But this open letter is different. You can feel the author's generosity and intensity in every word.

Mayor Potal listened to the entire text silently and asked: "Is that all?"

"There is also a title." Alpha flipped through the first few pages of the announcement, with a faint smile on his lips: "A letter to all the soldiers and civilians of Tiefeng County - his rhyming ability has improved a lot, but his naming ability is as poor as ever.

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"To all the soldiers and civilians of Tiefeng County?" Mayor Potal noticed something strange: "Does that mean all villages and towns can receive this announcement?"

"It should be." Alpha dusted off the notice and said, "We can all receive it, and of course other villages and towns can also receive it."

Mayor Potal's guess was correct. This was the first "War Communication" sent to the entire Tiefeng County.

Previously, due to limited printing capabilities, War Letters were only posted in limited numbers in Val d'Eau and Gévaudan.

It's all thanks to Senior Mason who came up with a solution: Winters wrote the content the night before and sent it to Gevaudan at once. He used Gevaudan's printing equipment to print it overnight, and then sent it to the whole county and even neighboring counties.

Mayor Potal smacked his lips: "In addition to these notices, the rebels also sent us fifty horses and three hundred iron-tipped sticks..."

"That's called a stabbing hammer." Alpha corrected the other person, and he smiled: "But the term 'big stick with an iron tip' is also appropriate."

"Okay, thorn awl...thorn hammer." Potal's expression was a little subtle: "I didn't give them weapons before, but I didn't give them weapons. Now they are suddenly so generous. I really don't know what they want to do..."

"I didn't give it before because he could send troops to support Shovel Port at any time. Now giving weapons and horses tells us that Shovel Port can only rely on itself from now on." Alpha let out an imperceptible sigh: "Winters...

Montagne is going to fight for his life."

…

late at night.

Winters Montagne stood on the bank of the Bighorn River with his helmet on his head and his sword in hand, a blood-red military flag flapping behind him.

Not the east coast, but the west coast.

A pontoon bridge across the Bighorn River lay quietly in front of him. Hundreds of soldiers and war horses were reaching the west bank through the pontoon bridge.

Everyone who walks across the pontoon bridge salutes the military tribune waiting at the bridge.

This fleet has been hidden by Winters for a long time...

The focus of guarding Tiefeng County is to guard the river. The focus of guarding the river should be to guard the river channel, not the river bank.

The ability of sheepskin rafts to fight in water is pathetic. In order to avoid capsizing, the Teltun people even kneel when riding sheepskin rafts.

The small raft would capsize when hit. The big raft was stable, but it was difficult to move, and the biggest fear was to set the boat on fire.

To put it bluntly, the galley [Good Luck] during the Goldgan pirates was a well-deserved overlord on the Big Horn River.

Does Winters have a boat?

No, because Tiefeng County's ships were all in Shovel Harbor, and they were all detained by Mayor Potal.

But when he learned that Terdun's troops were going to take advantage of the warm winter to launch a second round of attacks, he immediately ordered Samkin to start building rafts and boats.

The navy was also of great use in Plato - this was the painful lesson learned by the Fifth and Sixth Legions in the Battle of the River Styx, and he had never forgotten it.

But Winters never used this fleet once.

When he stormed Tartai, he deliberately used rafts and left the boats idle.

After Turton's troops arrived at the Bighorn River, he set up defenses on the river bank and gave way to the river.

The Teltown people used the tactics of exhausting the enemy and disturbed the west bank more than 20 times a night. When everyone's spirit was about to break, the order to "put the ship into the water" was on his lips several times, but Winters gritted his teeth.

Went back.

This fleet has been hidden in our hands, and it has been very difficult to hide it.

Tonight, I can finally take it out and show it to the people of Teltown.

Once again confirming that the green nine-horse-tailed banner was just a bluff, and that the Fire-warming People's Army had already set off, Winters immediately ordered the companies in Tiefeng County to withdraw from the fortress along the river, and Samkin's "Brave Brigade" and "Adult Soldiers"

succeed.

The city defense of Niuti Valley was originally responsible for the city defense of Niuti Valley by Samujin's "Fen Yong Brigade", but was instead taken over by "young soldiers" temporarily recruited from Niuti Valley.

By substituting the enemy's forces with others, Winters created a mobile force.

The size of this unit was not large, with a total of 647 people including him.

There is only one selection criterion - riding on horseback without falling off.

Nearly a thousand Herd horses were seized from Tartai, and equestrian skills were added to the expedited training of each company.

This improvised "cavalry regiment" looks very strange:

A small number of people used the long saddles of the Platons, which were convenient for fighting;

Another group of people used the short saddles of the Huds, which were good for riding and shooting;

Some people simply don't have a saddle, just tie a layer of soft padding on the horse's back, and use simple iron rings and wooden rings as stirrups.

Among these people were Dusak, the grown-up man on horseback, soldiers from the infantry regiment who were chasing ducks, and adult men who could ride horses recruited from townspeople and villagers.

Andre and Don Juan arbitrarily took away the cavalry squadron, making Tiefeng County's predicament even worse.

But Winters has never complained, and he has never fought a battle where everything went smoothly and everything went smoothly.

It is normal to make use of the shabby and use a spear sharpened at both ends.

If there is no war horse, capture the war horse. If there is no cavalry, train the cavalry. If there is no saddle, use a blanket to top it.

All members of the "Cavalry Regiment" had crossed the river, and Samkin led his men to begin dismantling the pontoon bridge.

Winters stepped on the stirrups and held the saddle with his other hand, looking back at the men's faces that were either resolute, calm, frightened or tired.

Without rhetoric, he got straight to the point: "As you all know, the barbarian chief's pro-army forces have already moved. They may be moving north to attack Shouzi Port and Warne County. If that is the case, Zhongtiefeng County is safe for the time being.

"

The winter night is very quiet, not even the chirping of insects, only the heavy breathing of people and horses can be heard.

"But the Teltown people are more likely to go south, because the further north you go, the harder it is to cross the river." Winters calmly analyzed the dilemma of Tiefeng County: "Go south, cross the river from Lower Tiefeng County,
To be continued...