"Legislature Commander, a large number of troops were found in the southwest direction." A messenger ran to Mits and reported on one knee.
"Okay." Mittes nodded. At this time, he was already advancing to the west with his own troops. The goal was of course to intercept the troops of the Second Corps on the opposite side, and he had already prepared for this.
Of course, it takes a little time to assemble the troops. Mites first sent a reconnaissance force when the troops were assembled. When he set off, he happened to receive the reconnaissance information. As he thought, the opposite army appeared west, which was heading to the main battlefield Tedmala area, and was indeed preparing to reinforce.
Intercepting the Second Legion was his mission, so he immediately ordered his troops to accelerate. Although it was night and it was not very conducive to marching, he had already expected this situation and prepared a lot of torches and the like. As expected, everything was also in his plan.
After ordering, the soldiers of the Fourth Legion also accelerated their advance. After a period of rushing, they successfully arrived at the interception site, which was one of the several interception locations that Mites had determined in advance. They had also detected the approximate location of the opponent's troops. According to the speed calculation, they could intercept them here.
"Route and organize defense." It's too late to build defensive fortifications, but it's enough to make the formation in advance. Mittes feels that as long as he successfully intercepts, it's already a great achievement. The terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it happens to be a gentle uphill position. It's enough to block the opponent with this advantage.
So the Fourth Legion was waiting for the arrival of the opponent's troops while arranging the troops. As a result, after waiting for a while, there were no people waiting for them. Many of the reconnaissance around came back, but they all said that they did not see the opponent's troops.
"This..." Mits was a little surprised. There should be no problem with his interception position. Did the other party take a detour and deliberately bypass his own troops? Did the other party consider the situation he would intercept? Except for the place he guarded, it would be very troublesome to circumvent other roads, but it is not ruled out that the other party takes those difficult roads to complete the support mission.
"A little clever, but... it's useless." Since it's a difficult road, of course it's slow to walk, so as long as you find them, you can still continue to intercept the other party. What you need to know now is which path the other party is taking. So Miters immediately sent his reconnaissance troops to conduct reconnaissance in other directions.
Mites thought about it and decided to continue moving westward, that is, the Tedmala area. In this way, even if the other party detours, they would not be faster than them. As long as they find out, they could immediately rush over and intercept them.
However, what he didn't expect was that just as their troops were ready to start the march, an emergency occurred. His reconnaissance unit caught a team of scouts nearby, but to Mitus's surprise, the scouts were actually their own people.
"You are... Jitter's subordinates?" Mits asked to the scouts who were brought to him. To be honest, he was quite suspicious of the identities of these people.
"Yes, Lord Mittes." The soldiers were not very panicked, "We are all scouts of the First Legion."
Jit is the commander of the First Legion of the Massodra Empire. Of course Mittes knew each of his men, but it was impossible for everyone under him to know. Although these people were indeed wearing their military uniforms, it did not mean that they were really their own people. Mittes thought for a moment and said directly: "Take these spies out and kill them."
"What?" several scouts were stunned. "No, stop, Lord Miters, why should we kill us? We are not spies, we are really the reconnaissance units of the First Legion."
"Why are the reconnaissance troops of the First Legion here?" Mits said, "This is the border of the Tedmala area. How could you find out if the enemy is coming here? It is clearly pretending to be the enemy."
"Ha?" The few people were stunned, "No, Lord Miters, we were ordered to detect the enemy and followed the enemy all the way to this side."
"Follow the enemy?" Mits was a little stunned.
"Oh? Lord Mites, don't you know yet? We have won, we won this battle." said the scout.
"What a mess?" Mittes looked confused. He really couldn't understand.
"The troops of the Saint Wailan Empire have just retreated and have completely withdrawn from the Tedmara area. We have won," said the scout.
"Hmm? Alas? Wait..." Mits was shocked when he heard this, "You said the troops of the Saint Wayland Empire were evacuated? Did you evacuate from here just now?"
"Yes, just in the evening, the troops of the Saint Wilan Empire suddenly began to evacuate. They probably couldn't fight anymore, so they gave up." The scout said, "But the Legion Commander still asked us to follow them to report the situation at any time. We tracked for a night. They should be coming here. They probably were going to go to the Nesinde Fortress east to meet with the Second Legion there. The Legion Commander has sent someone to notify you about this. Don't you know yet?"
"Nested Fortress has been burned!" Mits suddenly roared when he heard this. He already felt something was wrong. The First Legion of the Saint Wilan Empire retreated and was in this direction, so they had detected the troops of the First Legion before. No wonder they did not intercept successfully. The other party was not heading in this direction at all, but heading in the opposite direction. The First Legion notified him that he certainly had not seen it, and he had already set off at that time.
Of course, these are not the most important things. The point is, where is the Second Legion they are looking for? It must be no longer in the Fortress of Nesinde, because it has been burned there. Mittes closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly shouted: "Oh no, I've been trapped."
"Hurry, go back and notify Jit. The war is not over yet. Let them bring their troops to meet me immediately." Mittes immediately shouted at several scouts.
"Ha?" The scouts were of course confused. Their mission was to drive the enemy out of their territory. Now the other party can't fight and retreat by themselves. Isn't this a victory? What is General Mits talking about?
"Send someone quickly! Otherwise, Thrad will be lost." Mits didn't want to explain to them. He didn't have this time at the moment, so he immediately shouted to the other soldiers next to him, "Go, change the direction quickly and hurry back."
Judging from Mits' appearance, the scouts also felt that the other party was not joking. Thrad was the name of the fortress guarded by the Fourth Legion. If this fortress was lost, the consequences would be serious. So although they couldn't figure out what the situation was, they took Mits's messenger and rushed to the First Legion to report the message.
Mittes led his troops to hurry back to the same route. Although Mittes was very anxious, he could not fly back directly. By the time he returned to Fortress Thrad again, it was almost dawn. Under the light red morning light, Mittes saw the flag of the Saint Wilan Empire erected on the city wall. This fortress no longer belonged to them.
"Fuck!" Mites directly punched the ground. Although he could probably have thought of this result. In order to intercept the Second Corps, he took away most of the troops. There were only a small number of troops left in the stronghold. It could not last long by the other party's army. However, when he really saw the other party's flag, he still couldn't help but get angry. This time he was completely fooled.
"How could it be..." The adjutant next to him hadn't understood what was going on, so why was his stronghold suddenly snatched away?
Of course, Mits had figured out the whole situation. He was completely misled by the other party and was trapped by the other party. He didn't expect that the wizard commander would be so cunning and could actually play this trick. Of course, now he also felt that he underestimated him.
Of course it was too late to regret. What we should think about now is what to do. Siege the city immediately? Miters shook his head directly. This may not work. Of course, he also knew that based on their current situation, it was impossible to attack the city. Not only did the soldiers work all night, they had no siege equipment at all. They were going out to intercept the troops, but who would have thought there would be a siege battle?
What's even more troublesome is that everything like baggage is in the stronghold. Without baggage, they can't do anything at all.
After thinking about it, Mits had no choice but to decide to surround the stronghold and wait for the First Legion to come. The First Legion needs supplies and supplies, and siege weapons. Only when they come to meet can they start siege.
On the other hand, the water god and others in the city had just finished the cleaning work. There were still many remaining soldiers in the city, and they tried to set fire to the baggage before they landed in the city. Fortunately, their set fire was not like they burned their own fortresses. They used magic circles. They just used to ignite the fire with torches. There were mages on their side, so it was very convenient to put out the fire, so most of the baggage was saved.
The stronghold is temporarily stable, and the baggage and other things have been seized. The water god has temporarily completed his work. The rest depends on Ye Junwen's performance. What he can do is to keep this stronghold for a period of time. Of course, this is not an easy task.
Chapter completed!