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Every soldier was trained by him personally, and the casualties were so heavy that the commander's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
Why would the Lagu royal family allow a bunch of incompetent guys who only know how to eat and do nothing to be responsible for handling enemy intelligence for the entire kingdom!
The news he received before he set off was that the soldiers in Gur City had extremely poor fighting spirit and were almost no different from the old soldiers guarding the city gates.
The military capabilities of the officers were basically abandoned and they posed no threat at all.
Although equipped with a strange weapon that had never been seen before, after research and testing, it was found that its power was limited.
The commander had also personally operated the real thing, and the pointed object he shot out couldn't even penetrate thick wooden boards, let alone armor made of steel.
However, the fact is that he was highly concentrated and marching all the way, and just when he was about to step out of the Quiet Forest and his tense emotions relaxed, he was ambushed by the enemy.
This is a carefully set trap!
Ordering the soldiers to hurry up and eat, the commander cursed angrily in his mind.
Soldiers have poor fighting spirit? Officers have neglected their military capabilities?
Combined with what he had witnessed before, the horrific attack that broke a thick tree in half, the commander understood that Lagu had been tricked.
He learned about Lagu's sneak attack plan in advance, accurately predicted his own marching route, and found the perfect ambush location.
Even give up hiding new weapons and boldly use the enemy's WD to expose the weakened new weapons and reduce the enemy's vigilance.
Anyone who dares to say that the officer who planned this set of combined punches is incompetent will definitely be beheaded by the commander with one sword.
"Stupid!"
Once again venting his anger at the intelligence department with words, the commander called his personal guards and asked them to inform the main force of his and other people's locations.
At the same time, he couldn't help feeling fortunate.
Lagu originally had no plan to divide his troops.
Later, when they were about 20 kilometers away from the edge of the Silent Forest, the commander took the initiative to propose that he would lead 10,000 soldiers ahead, while the main force would stay on standby.
Wait until you are out of the forest and reach a plain area with good visibility, then notify the main force to set off.
The legion commander began to feel that it was completely unnecessary.
With Lord Brando leading the way, how could we be ambushed?
But the commander kept asking, and the annoyed legion commander finally agreed.
It was this seemingly unnecessary action that saved Lagu's main force and avoided the tragedy of annihilation.
Domit, who was in charge of the rear, also realized that Lagu's main force had not arrived, so he did not order the brigade outside the forest to make a detour and encircle the enemy.
Otherwise, Lagu's 10,000 vanguard troops would surely die.
The commander's sense of war is also very sharp.
Although there was no evidence, he subconsciously felt that Lake's ambushes were definitely more than just those he saw.
So the direction of his retreat was not the original route, but to the right rear.
There were heavy casualties along the way, so Ren chose not to contact the main force, but only informed Sir Brando.
He was worried that without knowing the enemy's details, the main force would rush in and suffer heavy losses fighting in the forest where they could not form a battle formation.
At this time, the enemy's "arrows" were probably exhausted and they were forced to give up the pursuit at night.
The sentry sent by the commander returned safely and reported that there was no one around.
Only after he was sure that Lake had no intention of letting him go did he feel at ease to contact the main force.
The two sides were not far apart.
The commander's escape route was parallel to the main force, so the enemy only needed to turn 90 degrees to quickly meet up with him.
This is true.
About two hours later, sentries sent by the main force appeared nearby.
Another half an hour passed, and a bright light appeared among the dark woods ahead.
The ball of light gradually grew larger, and the commander could see clearly that more than a dozen magicians holding wands with glowing tips were walking towards him, surrounding the legion commander.
"Your Excellency the Commander!" He was covered in grass clippings and dried dirt, and looked a little disheveled, but his salute posture was still standard and full of vigor, without any sign of discouragement from the defeat.
There's no reason to be discouraged.
The legion commander patted him on the shoulder and said, "Gideon, good job."
More than 9,000 soldiers were sacrificed, but the legion commander did not blame him, because if it were not for his persistence, the casualties would have been far more than that.
Without the pride of being praised, the commander sullenly said, "The moment I was attacked, I sent a message to Lord Brando."
Hearing this, the legion commander was stunned: "Were you attacked at noon?"
"Yes."
The meaning is self-evident.
It's already seven o'clock in the evening, and it has been seven whole hours, and Brando hasn't arrived yet.
what happened?
"Did you get in touch later?"
"The last time was half an hour ago." After a few seconds of pausing, he continued in a low voice, "This time, Sir Brando didn't even reply."
The legion commander's mood gradually sank to the bottom.
He couldn't believe that such a lineup of two wizards, a great knight, a sky knight, and a magician would be surrounded and annihilated?
If Lake really had this ability, would he wait for Lagu to come and launch a sneak attack?
It would be understandable if it was Mr. Potter who did it himself.
The problem is that Mr. Potter has been confirmed to be busy with other things and there is no possibility for him to appear in the Silent Forest, which is theoretically absolutely safe.
Besides, if it was really Mr. Potter who was here...
The legion commander thought that now he would not be talking to Gideon, but preparing to use his head to greet Mr. Potter's famous magic, the meteor shower.
"Sir, I think things are not as we worry about."
Seeing everyone looking at him, Gideon explained, "It's true that the vanguard suffered heavy losses, but it's not because the enemy outnumbers us, it's because of the wrong intelligence.
On the contrary, their number of soldiers is far less than ours. I estimate that it is no more than 10,000 at most!"
"Is there any basis for this?"
"During the retreat, I paid attention to the intervals between their weapons' attacks. There was a bang, and then an arrow was shot out. Every 30 bangs, there was a short pause, which should be when they were reloading arrows.
Based on this number and the number of times the shooting stopped, we can estimate that there were only about 4000 people who ambushed us, with an error of less than 500.
Lake's hidden force will not exceed 4000. If it exceeds, we will not have a chance to escape with 900 soldiers."
The logic is very harmonious, and the legion commander also thinks that this is the case.
As for whether Lake deliberately let some of the vanguard soldiers escape, surrounded and annihilated Gideon at the edge of the forest, and then the entire army raided the main force of their own side who was unaware of anything, which was the best tactic.
Lake didn't do that. Are they stupid? They didn't think of it.
Gideon, who suffered a loss, would not think that Lake was stupid.
There is only one possibility, they can't do it.
After pausing for a few minutes to let the legion commander and others digest his analysis, he said, “If the ambush was planned by the Lake royal family, then there will definitely be more than 10,000 soldiers waiting for us.
But there are indeed only about 10,000 soldiers, which means our only enemy is the city of Ghor."
The legion commander asked in confusion: "Gul City knew that we would sneak attack through the Silent Forest, so why didn't they report it to the royal family, but chose to fight the enemy alone?"
Gideon smiled and said, “I have been thinking about this question since I discovered that the enemy soldiers are few in number.
I thought of many maybes, but I overturned them because the reasons were too far-fetched.
Finally, after eliminating all possibilities, I came up with an answer that was absolutely ridiculous.
The Lake Royal Family did not believe that Lagu could pass through the Silent Forest, so the Lord of Gul City had no choice but to fight the enemy alone.
The answer was so outrageous that the legion commander and the magicians holding their staffs were all blank-eyed.
"Uh..." A magician hesitated, "Sir Gideon, would the Lake royal family be so stupid?
They should at least send someone to verify it, right?"
"I feel sad for the Lord of Gul who I never met."
Gideon couldn't stop smiling: "I don't know from what channel, or by accident, Lord Gul learned that the monsters in the Quiet Forest will migrate in the summer.
He also discovered our WD in Gul City, and learned about our plan from him. We learned that Lagu would attack Gul City this summer and use a sealing array to cut off his connection with the royal family.
So he immediately reported to the royal family, but it was obvious that the royal family did not think that Lagu had the ability to pass through the Silent Forest full of high-level monsters.
The only evidence is the migration of monsters."
At this point, the legion commander understood: “It’s too late.
We will launch the plan this summer. Even if the royal family sends people to verify whether the migration of monsters is true, they will be eliminated by Lord Brando.
By the time the royal family received the news and noticed something was wrong, Lagu had already been surrounded and killed by us!"
"Yes."
After listening to the explanation, everyone was a little confused.
They just couldn't understand how the Lake royal family could be so lax.
"Of course, the Lord of Gul City is indeed very capable."
Gideon frowned, "He was able to cut off the connection between Mr. Brando and us. This is something I don't understand."
Hearing this, the legion commander quickly asked: "What should we do now?
Should we send a large army to rescue Mr. Brando immediately, or…"
Gideon glanced at him in the light from the staff.
Ragu is also different from before...
Arguably the most important battle in the past hundred years, the incompetent legion commander known throughout the country was sent to fight, all because of his Grand Duke father.
Fortunately, he was not that stupid. At least he was willing to seek and listen to other people's opinions.