Episode 14: The Great Conspiracy, Section 5, The Terrible Trap 1-2
More than ten days later, Ammu personally led soldiers from three legions, as well as a convoy transporting grain, grass and coins, to the northern border.
When the officer in charge of logistics stationed in the north heard the news, he waited on the official road for several days. When he saw the convoy, he greeted him with excitement. "I would like to send my regards to the Marshal."
Ammu waved his hand in return: "Where are the troops now, where is Marshal Kerui, how is the battle ahead, and has there been any reaction from the two countries in the past two days." Ammu asked many questions in one breath.
The logistics officer secretly complained in his heart. As a logistics officer, how could he know so much military information? However, he still reported everything he knew: "Returning to the marshal, I just know that the two provinces are all under the control of our army."
, originally the province that the Nola Kamu Empire had surrendered to was planned to be officially announced in the next few days, but suddenly General Tiger Flame of the Tukani Empire came here with troops, and Marshal Corey had already gone to meet the enemy."
After listening to the simple report, Ammu understood in his heart that the three provinces where the Nora Kamu Empire planned to surrender must be postponed, at least after the battle between Corey and the Tiger Flame General, there would be enough troops to protect them.
That's the time.
Thinking of this, Ammu asked again: "Do you know Tukani's military strength?"
"I don't know, but I just received an order from Marshal Kerui last night, saying that a large amount of food, coins, and many supplies are needed," the logistics officer reported.
Ammu vaguely felt that something dangerous was happening, so he turned around and said to his adjutant: "Ask the three regiment commanders to choose the light cavalry to advance quickly, and then the infantry will escort the convoy." After giving the order, Ammu remounted his horse and waved his arm.
: "Quickly advance."
Two days and one night later, Amu led his cavalry to the city of Larika in the Tucani Empire. It was the big city that Kerui had defrauded by pretending to surrender troops, and it was also the city closest to the original imperial capital of Tucani.
"Where is Marshal Kerui?" Ammu didn't even get off his horse and shouted at the officers who came to greet him.
"Sir, Marshal Corey has already attacked the original capital of Kani. Representatives from the three provinces of the Norakham Empire have also rushed there. The Marshal has divided his troops into two legions and has secretly moved towards those three provinces to prepare.
Take over three provinces."
"Let's go." Ammu didn't even enter the city. He gave the order and immediately accelerated towards the original capital of Kani. On the way, Ammu kept asking the cavalry to speed up.
An officer was very puzzled: "Marshal, since Marshal Kerui has already taken control of this province, and Marshal Kerui cannot be defeated by that tiger flame, why are we in such a hurry?
Ammu snorted coldly, pointed to the surrounding scenery and asked: "Look around, is there anything special?"
The officer looked around and shook his head: "Sir, there's nothing special."
"What season is it now? What should be around?" After Amu reminded him, not only this officer, but almost everyone realized that something was wrong. Since it was midsummer, there should be crops that were about to mature around him, but the surrounding area was not burned down.
There are dead crops, and some areas are overgrown with weeds.
"Sir, what do you mean?" An officer said with a surprised expression on his face.
Ammu nodded heavily: "That's right. You guessed it right. Huyan actually used such a move. It was really vicious. It's true that Kerui knew how to fight, but he wouldn't have thought of such a move.
Terrible things happen."
The expressions on the officers' faces became heavy, and they ordered their subordinates to speed up the march.
Before dawn, Ammu arrived at the original capital of Kani. By this time, he had been marching for two days and two nights. He didn't even bother to rest, and headed straight for the room where Kerui lived.
Before they even got to the room, they heard Corey's cursing voice. Ammu thought to herself that Corey hadn't slept all night, and maybe something went wrong in the war.
"Asshole, you are just a civil servant who dares to persuade me to stop my march. Our Yasi army will not encounter any opponents when it sweeps across the continent. Although Tiger Flame is powerful, he is no match." Corey kicked the man who was kneeling on the ground.
Fiatney.
Fiatni neither hid nor retreated. He stood tall and kept saying: "My lord, please wait a moment. The intelligence officer sent will be back today. Please wait a moment."
"No wait, give me the order immediately to continue the attack." Corey roared angrily.
Just as the officers were preparing to take the order to attack, a burst of laughter came from outside the door: "What made you so angry and angry?" The officers looked at the door and saw Amu walking away with a smile on his face.
Come in.
Seeing that Ammu was coming, Kerui immediately said with a smile on his face: "Brother Ammu, you don't know, these provinces are not even aristocrats, not even a businessman, even if there is a granary.
It's empty, and the soldiers didn't get any trophies. I'm really, really pissed off. I plan to attack Tukani's new imperial capital directly to show them how powerful I am."
After hearing this, Ammu just smiled, pulled up a chair and sat near the door.
Seeing Ammu sitting down, the officers who were about to go out to call the troops to assemble all stood there, no one dared to move a step.
"Brother Ammu!" Corey was a little anxious. Ammu raised his hand to tell Corey to wait a moment, and asked Fiatni: "Tell me, intelligence officer, what project are they going to investigate."
"Sir, I am just a little confused and need confirmation." As a civil servant, Fiatni did not dare to make random comments in front of Ammu. Ammu smiled and said: "You are doubting that Tukani deliberately
These lands were given to us, and all the supplies that could be taken away were taken away. The land has not been cultivated since last year, and those two provinces also deliberately bullied the people, right?"
Hearing what Ammu said, Fiatni immediately became energetic: "Marshal, I really don't understand why some people were left alive since the entire village was killed, and almost all of them who survived were those who were killed by Mr. Corey."
Someone you have met or spoken to."
"Go on, what else?" Ammu supported Fiatni and continued.
"Sir, look at the fact that these provinces don't have any food reserves, and they don't even have much silver coins, let alone gold coins, magic crystal coins, treasures and the like. Originally, the official thought that Tukani was planning to abandon these provinces.
, but suddenly it happened that our army needed a large amount of food to relieve the people in these provinces. For the first time, our Yasi army encountered the problem of not enough food, and there was not enough time to immediately prepare food from the country. The most terrifying thing is that, except for those two
In addition to three provinces, the two newly captured provinces we captured are both large provinces with a population of one million. What’s more surprising is that there are many more unrecorded populations in these provinces.”
"Population not recorded, please explain in detail what this means." Ammu also became a little nervous, this was more terrifying than he originally thought.
"These people who are not recorded in the records were secretly investigated by the lower officials. All those investigated were released from prison or were thieves who were driven here."
Bang! Amu smashed the table in front of him into sawdust with one palm: "Hu Yan, you are so ruthless to use such tactics."
"Brother Amu, what's going on?" Corey still didn't understand at all.
Ammu looked at Corey and his face softened slightly: "Let me ask you, what will happen if the battle line is too long and the troops are scattered. What will happen if the soldiers have no food."
"Then I'm dead." Corey didn't even have to think about it. He was also a person who led troops in countless battles. Even if he didn't know these things before, in the past few years, he heard and saw that he knew some of them.
.
"That's right, this is Hu Yan's tactic. First, let you rush forward. He knows that he can't beat you head-on, so he retreats, letting your troops be dispersed for occupation, and then concentrates the superior troops to defeat them one by one. There is another move.
That is, when we have no food, the Tukani spies hidden in these provinces will incite the people to cause trouble and cause us civil strife." Ammu expressed his worries.
Only now did Corey feel that something was terrible.
At this time Fiatni said again: "Two marshals, I have another concern, and I have sent people to implement it, which is the three surrendered provinces of Nora Kamu."
"Are you afraid that it will be empty there, with nothing there?" Corey asked, staring at Fiatni.
Fiatney nodded heavily. Ammu pulled him up and asked, "When will your spies come back?"
"Let me tell you, I will send out a large number of spies in ten days. Counting the time, at least half of them should be back by noon today or tonight at the latest." Fiatni answered solemnly.
"Okay." Ammu patted Fiatni on the shoulder: "Military judge, mark him with a major achievement."
"Thank you, sir." Fiatni saluted quickly.
Corey was so angry that he kicked the chair in front of him away: "That bastard, why don't you fight me head-on?"
"Wars are fought with more than just troops. Extraordinary moments require extraordinary measures." Ammu sighed softly.
Due to two days and two nights of forced march, Ammu went back to his room to rest. Just when dinner was put on the table, Fiatni's men came back. Corey rushed into the room where Ammu was resting and shouted: "Brother Ammu, hurry up."
Get up, the same goes for those three provinces, and one of them is secretly transporting things away."
As soon as Amu heard this, he jumped out of bed. He didn't even have time to put on his armor or sword, and rushed barefoot to the combat conference room. Several spies were constantly reporting on the situation, and the staff were recording and analyzing.
"Two marshals, the situation is worse than imagined." A staff officer pointed to the map on the wall and said. This was the map that had just been marked. Ammu only glanced at it and saw that Nora Kazu must have been there early.
Tactical arrangements were made. Once Yasi took over these three provinces, it was a huge defeat.
"What is this blue line?" Ammu suddenly pointed at the map and asked.
"Returning to the Marshal, the three provinces of Nora Kamu are secretly transporting supplies to the outside world. This is their escape route. There are also some nobles who are unwilling to give up all their property and are secretly transporting their treasures out.
, and Nora Kahu’s army forcibly took these nobles away.”
As soon as the staff officer finished speaking, Corey said eagerly: "You mean, they should hide the treasure instead of taking it all away."
Amu stopped Kerui: "At this time, food is more important than treasure. People will starve to death if they can't buy food with money. What I care about is how much food can be left in these three provinces."
"No more. We guess that not to mention the army, even the people in these three provinces will not have enough food for ten days. They have been searched once by the regular army of Nora Kahu, and everything they eat should be taken away.
These ten days are just enough for us to accept it," the staff officer said helplessly.
"Yes, sir. Our reputation in Asia has been extremely high in recent years. If we leave the people alone after the occupation, then our majesty's reputation for kindness over the years will also be affected." Fiatni also followed up and said.
Ammu closed her eyes and leaned back on the chair. Everyone knew that what she was encountering now was very troublesome.
If you give up accepting it, then if the news spreads, no one will surrender to Yasi in the future. But if you accept it, it will be equivalent to jumping into the enemy's trap.
"Who can tell me how much food can be raised now?" Ammu suddenly asked.
Immediately, a staff officer came over: "Given that we currently control these provinces, we have enough food. We have already raised a large amount of food from the four border provinces. If the imperial capital raises more food, it will be enough for the currently occupied provinces to eat until next autumn."
, don’t worry at all.”
"Then what if it counts as the three provinces of Nora Kahu?" Ammu asked again.
"Sir, that's very troublesome. Although our food reserves in Yasi are sufficient, transportation also takes time. The food collected now is enough to feed all the provinces and the army for a month. This is still under the distribution situation, and then at least
There will be no food for ten days, so this can be brought from China." The staff officer looked bitter.
At this time, Ammu suddenly laughed, and the laughter became louder and louder: "One month, there is still one month left." Just when everyone did not understand why Ammu was laughing, Ammu suddenly grabbed Corey and asked:
"Corey, you know what I was most famous for when I was young."
Corey shook his head. He didn't know, but every officer in the room admired and respected Ammu. He knew all of Ammu's war history by heart. Laziao took a step forward, bowed and said, "Muharin
When the general was young, he was the first to be noticed by the Yasi Military Headquarters because of his elusive appearance and extremely fast marching speed."
"That's right, there's still a month left. Humph." Ammu snorted twice, with a smile on his face. Officers who knew Ammu knew that this was when Ammu was about to make a killing move.
"The generals listened to the order, dispersed their defenses, and advanced towards Nora Ka'hu at a speed of twenty kilometers per day. The Raji'ao Army and the Hankos Army jointly defended here, and after seventeen days, they began to advance at a speed of thirty kilometers per day.
Attack at the speed of the new imperial capital of Tukani." Amu gave the order loudly. Although the army commanders did not understand what Amu meant, they still accepted the order.
"Instruct the border troops and the four legions to reinforce two on each side."
"Now, I want to borrow something from you." When the commanders of the legions were about to leave, Ammu suddenly stopped everyone: "Each legion, give me five thousand of the most elite soldiers. Kerui will use your golden thunder.
The Eagle and Holy Magicians also lent me half."
Corey became even more confused and didn't understand what Ammu was planning to do.
After all the officers were ordered to go out, Amu pointed at the map and said: "Korui, in this direction is the imperial capital of Nora Kahun. Don't you like to loot the imperial capital the most? This time our goal is here, I
We are going to capture the Nora Kahun Imperial Capital."
When he mentioned the looting, Amu's face flashed with a cold light. But Corey didn't notice all this, but he was very excited when he heard that someone else's imperial capital had been captured.
"Look at these two routes. You advance from the east, keep making progress, and attack any larger towns you see. Don't care about the loot. You must cause panic in their country. Disrupt their plans first, and then return to the army to open them up.
Defense line, behind the defense line there are countless coins and food."
After listening to Ammu's explanation, Corey immediately understood everything and felt very happy in his heart.
"Don't worry, it's just a mess. In short, it will make them sleep uneasy, right?" Corey particularly liked this tactic and laughed happily. If Amu wanted him to stay behind, I'm afraid it would be Corey.
There will definitely be chaos, but fortunately the Spirit Eagle is extremely fast and will not affect their command.
Ammu stared at the map, and then looked at the excited Keri. He sighed softly in his heart, as if he had made up his mind, and patted Keri on the shoulder: "Ke Rui, you must remember
, run away after the fight, don’t stop casually, let Nora Ka’s army not know your location, the imperial capital is a target, but it is not a place where we must fight. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." Corey nodded with a smile.
"You really understand. You must remember that as the commander-in-chief, you are responsible for the lives of your subordinates. You must only think about attacking the Nora Kahu Imperial Capital. The purpose of our operation is to disrupt the opponent, not to seek death.
"Amu stared at Corey with a serious face.
At this time, Kerui also put away his smile and nodded solemnly: "Brother Amu, I am no longer a child. I can distinguish the priorities. You must also pay attention to safety."
