In the end, Leon spent a lot of energy and words to get rid of those three guys, and Barbossa also contributed a lot to this. After all, Leon was not good at wrangling with the nobles.
"They should be very angry now. It's really a pity that I can't stand in front of them and mock him."
After receiving the good news from Jackson, Ronan immediately slapped his thigh and laughed loudly.
"Then the next stage is the second stage. You, my lord, I, Meluses, and Matthias will each lead a force. We will use the advantages of scouting and the convenience of our mutual communication to share the burden and introduce Leon's side to us.
In the trap!" Magna also smiled and responded to Ronan.
"Okay! Although I'm sorry for those hard-working people, this is the only way to do it. Meluses, you can take people to places like villages that have not been affected yet, and the crops can be harvested.
Harvest, and burn what cannot be harvested.
Then if there is not enough food, you can distribute some supplies to the residents and they will go west. In short, you must not leave a grain of food for Leon and the others!"
Ronan turned to Meluses and said, Meluses nodded and turned to gather the troops.
"Over at Feng Ming, let Bornhard prepare too. Although it's a pity, there is no other way!"
A few days later, Leon, who had given up on Feng Ming as a tough nut to crack, had led his troops to sweep a full circle, but was unable to catch Ronan and his party who were scattered into several groups and hiding.
The most important thing is that one of the main reasons for giving up attacking Fengming is because they are running out of supplies and have no time to waste here. They must find some nearby towns and villages that do not have a defensive force like Fengming to plunder some food.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of water in the southern part of Gaoling. If they were in the hot north, fresh water would be a big challenge for them.
But Ronan did a very good job. He would rather injure the enemy a thousand times and lose eight hundred to himself than let Leon feel better. Leon searched a large area, but it was like a supernatural event had occurred, and Leon could not find it.
A living person, let alone food.
The village was empty. It seemed that the village had been moved away for several days. Some of the early-maturing crops had been cut away, and the remaining crops that had not yet matured for a while were all burned, leaving only a piece of charred farmland.
Leon also came to a town in the westernmost part of Fernando Territory, but that town seemed to have become a dead city.
The gate of the town was just open, as if welcoming Leon's arrival, but there was no one inside. It was unusually quiet. Leon was riding a horse on the street, and the soldiers spread out to search the town.
The town was not particularly big and was quickly searched. Barbossa walked to Leon who was standing on horseback in the center of the town, shook his head and said:
"There is nothing here. They moved it very clean. Judging from the dust in the house, they must have moved away for a while.
By evacuating all residents, burning all crops, and hiding his troops from us, Roderite is determined to bring us down."
"And we are about to let him succeed! Without supplies, we will all starve to death before long!" Leon said bitterly.
"Since they have done so well, they will definitely not give up halfway. We will definitely have the same result if we move forward. Although it will cause them to suffer more losses, I am afraid that we will all be here. He
They are forcing us to retreat to the east." Barbossa said with a wry smile.
"We can't leave! With the current situation, once we retreat to the east, those fox-like nobles will no longer be willing to contribute, and may even slowly turn their backs. It will be difficult for us to have a chance.
Those people must not be able to move fast with their things! Send out cavalry troops to pursue them!" Leon continued.
"No, Your Highness, those people must be accompanied by military escorts, and Rodrith's scout troops must be near us. Once the cavalry attack alone, they will fall into the enemy's trap and will be intercepted or ambushed. When the time comes, they will retreat.
Without the cavalry, we will be even more passive in dealing with Roderet!" Barbossa dismissed Leon's strategy.
"Damn it! Then what do you think we should do?" Leon was already at a loss for ideas.
"Our remaining supplies will never be able to sustain us all the way to Starfall City, so we have to return to Fengming and make a desperate move to capture Fengming. Fengming has a permanent population of tens of thousands, and the city must be rich in supplies, and with Roderet's reputation
Paying attention to Feng Ming, it is very possible to support him again. Then we will not be stopped by the rear troops like the previous times, and we must pursue and fight hard." Barbossa proposed a countermeasure.
But what made them blunder was that Ronan and Bornhard had obviously been prepared for this. After Leon and the others returned from a round trip of less than ten days, Feng Ming had already left the building empty.
"Damn it! Chase! Chase me! There's no way that a large team of tens of thousands of people can't leave no traces, and they definitely can't go far!" Feng Ming looked at the empty wall and wrote a few mocking messages to him with paint.
City, Leon finally couldn't control his rage.
After a day of rapid march and pursuit, they encountered difficulties at a fork in the road.
"Your Highness, the enemies are divided into three groups and heading in different directions!" the scout soldier who sent the message said as he knelt on one knee in front of Leon's horse.
"Can you tell the number of people?" Leon asked.
"Back to Your Highness, I can't confirm the specific number of people, but looking at the traces, the number of people heading southwest is the least, and the number heading west is the largest!" the soldier responded truthfully.
"Okay! The one who chases the most, the others will be sent out with small teams of scouts to track and investigate!"
Two days later, when Leon's soldiers were tired from the journey, Leon's army, following the steps of the people in the west, came to the entrance of a small valley.
"Do you have any impressions of this place? Barbossa." Leon asked with a frown.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I've never been here." Barbossa said helplessly, spreading his hands.
"It looks like a trap!" Leon frowned even more tightly, obviously considering it seriously.
"But this valley is too small, and the mountains on both sides are not high. They shouldn't be able to hide the right troops. Let's send people to the mountains on both sides to investigate!" Barbossa also felt that there was a problem, but it was indeed what he said.
Said, there are no conditions to hide troops here.
After waiting here for another day, Leon received news about the soldiers sent out to investigate.
"Your Highness, there is nothing in the valley or on the mountains. No trace of anyone has been found, and no traps have been found!"
"Okay! Set off immediately, continue the pursuit, and look at the traces. We will soon catch up with them." Leon put down the kettle in his hand, wiped his mouth and immediately decided to set off.