"Mr. Patton, what should we do now?" Looking at the report sent by the scout, Raikkonen frowned and said to Patton sitting opposite: "The enemy has begun to retreat!"
The enemy who had been facing off for such a long time suddenly retreated. You don't need to think about it to know why. Even Patton was surprised and sighed: "That guy actually succeeded in doing this. It's really beyond my expectation."
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Barton even grinned when he said this, as if he thought this matter was funny. However, Laikuning was not in such a good mood as Barton. The fact that the enemy army began to retreat could not be hidden for long, and other nobles would soon know the news.
These nobles participated in the war to earn some military merit. With such a good
They will definitely not let go of the opportunity and will definitely come to Raikkonen and ask him to pursue the enemy. At that time, Raikkonen will be in a dilemma. Agreeing to pursue will be equivalent to acknowledging Roger's contribution in disguise; if he does not agree to pursue, he will
I may also be sued by other nobles to the military for delaying fighter jets and other crimes.
"Mr. Button, please stop laughing and think about what to do." Button's attitude made Raikkonen a little dissatisfied, and he said solemnly: "If this matter is not handled well, it will be a big trouble. You
Let’s make up an idea.”
Although Raikkonen was the commander-in-chief of the noble army and Patton was just his staff, the Patton family was Raikkonen's backer, so he was very polite to Jenson Button and asked Patton to make an idea for him.
In fact, Raikkonen himself wants to pursue the enemy immediately. After all, he is the commander-in-chief of the noble army. If he can capture a few enemy flags, his face will be glorious when he returns to Mandos City. But he also knows that Barton
He would definitely not agree with what he was doing. For Patton, he would rather allow the enemy's tens of thousands of troops to return home safely than let Roger make great contributions in this war.
What kind of commander-in-chief of the aristocratic army do you want to obey me? As long as I don't nod, you can't do anything! Looking at Raikkonen who was talking down to him, Patton also showed a proud smile on his lips.
However, as the heir of the family, Button is definitely not the kind of playboy, and he also knows the benefits of winning people's hearts. So he quickly put away his proud expression and said to Raikkonen sincerely: "Don't worry,
Although I hope that guy dies, I will never implicate you. Let’s tell everyone the news of the enemy’s retreat first, so as not to make it true.”
Button's words made Raikkonen feel better. He nodded in agreement and said, "I'll do it right now, but... what if someone else proposes to pursue?"
"Just to prevent this from being a trap by the enemy, no one is allowed to pursue the enemy at the moment!" Barton said coldly: "The less support that person gets, the greater the possibility of dying in the desert. I will never allow him to
Come back alive!"
Although Patton's method cannot be said to be perfect, it can at least be regarded as an explanation to other nobles. Raikkonen felt that it was acceptable at least. He left in a hurry after saying goodbye, wanting to pass on his order and leave Patton alone.
The person stayed in the quiet study room.
Barton, who was alone, no longer looked as gentle as before. He looked at the scenery outside with a ferocious expression and murmured to himself: "Roger Lee, you can never steal a woman from me, I will make you die in the desert!"
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While Patton was gritting his teeth and cursing Roger, Roger was still hunting enemies near the oasis. In recent days, in addition to killing another supply team, he also killed two scout teams.
After using the crystal skull to absorb the memories of the scouts, Roger learned that the two scouts were sent by the enemy forces on the border to investigate the situation of the missing supply team. From the memories of these scouts, Roger
Jie already knew that the enemy commander also noticed that the situation was very bad, and that they had very little food, water and even fodder left.
If soldiers don't have enough to eat, they won't have the energy to fight. Sand beasts can't charge if they don't have fodder to eat. No matter how large an army is, it won't have much combat power left after being hungry for several days. What's more, the coalition forces of desert countries have to face
There were almost the same number of troops of nobles from the Kingdom of Thorne as them. Roger estimated that these guys would retreat quickly to avoid ending up with the entire army destroyed.
According to the agreement between Roger and Raikkonen, his mission has been successfully completed so far. Roger can safely retreat from the dry water desert and leave the next battle to Raikkonen and other nobles.
However, Roger did not intend to leave the oasis, but decided to stay here. To be honest, he did not believe Raikkonen's promise. After the war, this guy would definitely turn his back on his promise. So Roger thought it was better to stay here.
Block the retreating enemy and seize as many flags as possible, so that Patton can be stabilized when calculating military merits after the war.
Having made up his mind, Roger just held the oasis firmly. On the one hand, he could continue to intercept the supply convoy, and on the other hand, he could wait for the retreating enemy troops and give them a head-on blow.
As Roger expected, the enemy also retreated along the supply line. Although you can walk any way on the vast desert, there are no oases on the way to replenish drinking water, so the retreating army must follow this route, even if
There is no way to take many more detours.
Habasha was riding on the tall sand beast, looking at the dejected soldiers behind him. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that the decision to retreat was correct. When the army retreated, there was not much food and water left, and the officers could only drink a little water every day.
, it was just a meal of food, and as for the ordinary soldiers, they simply walked long distances without water.
In the past few days since the retreat from the camp, there were weak soldiers and sand beasts lying dead behind the team along the way. In the beginning, there were only dozens of soldiers and one or two sand beasts every day, but now the number of soldiers and sand beasts will be reduced by hundreds of people in a day.
There are more than a dozen sand beasts. Even if the rest of the soldiers can still hold on, they can barely keep up with the team. To ask such a group of soldiers to fight the enemy desperately is to ask them to commit suicide.
All the fallen sand beasts became food for the hungry soldiers. Habasha even heard the news that even the corpses of those soldiers were not spared. But at this time Habasha could not control so much. As long as he could save most of them,
Some of the soldiers were brought back to the country, and he could accept whatever happened. The more than 20,000 soldiers were the most powerful force in the three desert countries, and there must be no mistakes.
The only thing that makes Habasha happy is that the first oasis is very close and he should be able to arrive tomorrow. Thinking of drinking the cool and sweet well water and having a good rest under the shade of the sand palm tree, Habasha can't help but lick it.
He licked his chapped lips. At this time, he had no idea that an enemy more terrifying than the desert was waiting for him ahead.