It's no wonder that Deneri was surprised. Even Wu Lai himself didn't expect that Date would give him such a big gift - 320 horses pulled a total of 100 large tents for Wu Lai, which could provide food, fresh meat, oil, vegetables, and some quilts and clothes for 400 people to consume for nearly a month.

"Master Wu Lai, this is a handwritten letter from General Date." The assistant officer leading the team respectfully handed a letter to Wu Lai.

Wu Lai nodded and took it: "You have worked hard all the way, take a rest first, I have arranged for the kitchen team to cook for you."

"Reporting to Lord Wu Lai, we are not working hard. General Dai Te has ordered us to leave immediately after unloading the supplies and not to stay any longer," said the assistant officer.

"Let's eat first before we go. I also need to write back to your general." Wu Lai said with a smile. He then said wait a moment and turned to walk into his own tent.

Date's letter started with some polite words, and then he told the Woye Army's battle plan: "... The Assyrian Gorge is more than 700 miles long. There are only five known locations suitable for large-scale attacks. Your defense zone is one of them. The legions and the Woye Army stationed in these five locations are not only fighting to meet the enemy, but also competing against each other secretly..."

"Luring the enemy deep into our territory and encircling and annihilating them is the strategy that the Woye Army and I have discussed to defeat the enemy, but I didn't expect that it would be you who would take over the defense..."

At the end of the letter, he wrote: "I have selected ten of my personal guards for you. They will be by your side. If the enemy attacks, you must not fight. These ten people will protect you and leave safely."

After reading the letter, Wu Lai could basically guess what was written in Eddie's letter. After frowning and thinking for a while, he spread out a piece of letter paper and began to write a reply...

Before dinner, Wu Lai gathered the laborers together. They had already been here for two days, and if they were not guided, they would become even more nervous.

After praising everyone's performance over the past few days, Wu Lai said with a smile: "Over the past two days, I've seen that everyone seems a little confused. Some are confused in their hearts, and some are confused in their work. So, while it's still early, I'll sort it out for everyone."

"On the way here, for convenience, I selected Biya, Tess, Ole, and Oya from among you to be my assistants. The four of them are also very competent and I am very satisfied. Now, I have decided to divide the 100 of you into three platoons and a cooking squad. Together, we will be called the Logistics Company."

"Platoon? Cooking squad? Together they are called the 'logistics company'?" Everyone was puzzled, thinking that they had never heard of this "platoon", "squad" or "company". What are they?

Wu Lai naturally knew that these guys couldn't understand it. It would be strange if they really understood it, unless they also came from the place in Wu Lai's previous memory.

"Excluding the cooking team led by Tess, you still have ninety people. Biya, Ole, and Oya, each with twenty-nine people, and these twenty-nine people are divided into three teams..."

Although Wu Lai's starting point for changing the organization was to strengthen the unity of the laborers and disperse their fear, the effect was unexpectedly good - at dinner, Biya's first row, Ole's second row, and Ao Ya's third row were actually competing in discipline and style, which really made Wu Lai happy.

Shortly after nightfall, in the Woye Army's base on the right wing of the Woley Defense Zone, Howell was listening to reports from his lieutenants. He was Gosmondo's cousin and the commander-in-chief of the Woye Army.

After listening to the report, Howell's brows slowly relaxed: "Okay, this guy from Salt Marsh Town knows a little about military affairs. If he does this, the Hulit-Kimo coalition will think that we are still on the defensive."

"But General, why must the Hulit-Kimo coalition attack here? They have already lost a lot of men?" asked a young lieutenant who looked no more than twenty years old.

"Gonsa, my good nephew, if you were half as smart as your brother Deneri, you wouldn't ask such a stupid question." Howell laughed, causing the other generals to burst into laughter and making Gunsa blush. This was his first time to participate in a war, but so far, he had not had the opportunity to fight in the battlefield.

"But since you asked, I'll tell you." Howell continued, "As the attacking party, the Hurriyet-Kimono coalition failed to succeed in its surprise attack, and also attracted the Assyrian legions to station troops on the border. So, constantly harassing and exhausting us has become their first choice at the moment..."

Howell kept talking, and Gangsa and the others nodded repeatedly. Just when everyone was listening attentively, a scout's report suddenly came from outside the big tent - "Dear General Howell, there is movement in the river!"

Howell stopped immediately: "Come in and report!"

"Yes!" The curtain was lifted and a scout walked in quickly. "Dear General Howell, about forty large and small ships suddenly appeared from the upstream direction and are now passing through our defense zone at a high speed."

"About forty ships? Less than a thousand people?" Howell frowned.

"General, do we need to gather troops immediately?" Gangsa asked hurriedly.

"No need." Howell waved his hand decisively. "Although the enemy has less than a thousand people, it is enough to take over the defense zone of Salt Marsh Town. Notify them to hide carefully and wait for orders."

"Yes." The generals stood up and responded.

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"Lord Wu Lai, a fleet appeared in the middle of the river!" Oya quickly ran into Wu Lai's tent.

"Be more specific." Wu Lai put down the half-finished model in his hand.

"Lord Wu Lai, the observation post discovered that a fleet of boats was rowing over from upstream. It is now less than two miles away from the river bank, and it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe."

"How can we tell the enemy from us?" Wu Lai laughed and stood up and said, "The Assyrian army has only a few ships. Beat the drums immediately to warn the enemy.

It turned out to be the enemy? Ao Ya's heart skipped a beat and he quickly turned around and rushed out of the tent to beat the drum.

The rapid drumbeats of "dong dong dong dong" broke the tranquility of the night, causing the beasts and birds in the forest to roar and startle. The hundreds of civilians in the logistics company also quickly acted according to the pre-arranged arrangements. In just a moment, nearly a thousand torches were lit in the defense zone, and six more blazing bonfires appeared on the gap leading to the river bank...

When they saw the Wu Lai defense zone was as bright as day, the scouts sent by the left and right wings of the Woye Army to monitor were stunned.

What are the Salt Marsh garrison going to do? They all wondered at the same time.

At the same time, at the edge of the gap, Wu Lai put down the telescope in his hand, and the majestic and cute baby stood beside him.

"Young master, put on your armor first." Bailey came over carrying Wu Lai's armor box.

Wu Lai turned around and saw that Bailey was already wearing light armor. He smiled and said, "I don't need that thing. The one you are carrying was given by Miss Eddie. Have someone put it back."

"Okay, sir." Bailey nodded, stretched out his hand to call a laborer, handed him the armor box, whispered a few words of instruction, and the laborer carried the box and ran towards Wu Lai's tent.

"Master, what's the situation?" Bailey asked.

"The other party has stopped and is now circling in the river," said Wu Lai.

Bailey quickly took out the telescope that Woolley had given him in Salt Marsh Town. Eh? It was just spinning in the river.

The fleet was circling back and forth in the river because Teller could not make up his mind - he was the young commander of the Third Corps of Hulett's Army. Logically, he did not need to put himself in danger, but he came anyway.

Just like the Assyrian legions, the Hurrian legion also had the habit of competing for credit. After all, the greater the credit, the greater the benefit, and Teller was naturally no exception.

As the junior commander of the Third Army of Hulett's Army, Teller controlled nearly 60% of the Third Army's forces - more than 38,000 people.

Originally, Teller had the best chance of breaking through the defense line and rushing into the Assyrian territory first, because the battle was raging in Honggu Bay and Teller's 5,000 main elite troops had already assembled on the other side of the river, while the city of Kayiked was still sitting still - it had not received any news at all, and there was only a standing observation post of 400 people left in the gap.

At that time, Teller had the best of both worlds - the two banks were about ten miles apart, and at this distance, the observation posts on the other side could not see the movements of Teller's army at all. The continuous drizzle that had been falling for more than ten days always caused large patches of water mist to rise from the river surface at night. The area where he was stationed was protected by a large area of ​​mangroves, and these plants growing in the water tightly covered his boat port...

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Teller prepared three hundred ships for these five thousand main elite troops. If all of them were used, the first wave could send three thousand five hundred people to the other side. The ten-mile waterway would not take much time. As long as they occupied that gap, within three days, Teller's follow-up troops would be able to cross by eighty percent. By then, Teller could burn and kill everywhere on the land of Kayikede.

But just half a day before Teller scheduled the time for the troops to be dispatched, flames suddenly rose up in the harbor. Seventy percent of the three hundred ships were burned in this sudden fire, and the mangrove forest that had existed for who knows how many years was burned into a "black forest". Until now, Teller still couldn't figure out whether the fire was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. He only knew that the "huge bonfire" that burned in the evening illuminated a large area of ​​the night sky red, and also alerted the four hundred standing observation posts at the gap...

Thinking of that heart-wrenching fire now, Teller still has some lingering fears. Of course, regret is also inevitable, and it even makes him have a traumatic impression on fire.

At this moment, there was a fire in front of him, above the towering gap...

"Marshal Teller, give the orders." A deputy general couldn't help but remind him in a low voice. His name was Wei Dun, and he was Teller's uncle. So although he was Teller's subordinate, he had never been very respectful to Teller.

If Wei Dun was not indeed a brave warrior who was good at fighting tough battles, Teller would have kicked him away long ago.

"What order?" Teller put down the telescope in his hand. This was a treasure that he had tried every possible means and spent a huge amount of money to get from the Assyrian territory.

"Either attack or retreat." said Wei Dun.

"Do you think it's time to attack now?" Teller asked.

"Of course." Wei Dun pointed at the top of the gap and said, "Young Marshal, the enemy's situation can only mean one thing, that is, their defense is empty. In the previous battles, their defense area rarely had lights at night. They are doing this now, they must be trying to scare us away."

"Ridiculous!" Teller frowned and scolded, "Whether there is light or not, there are always two or three thousand people waiting for you up there. Humph, this time they lit so many torches to make it impossible for our brave warriors to escape. Weidun, your plan is useless."

"Young Commander, how can it be useless?" Wei Dun said, "Let's hurry up now. As long as we can get 'the five of them' into the forest, it will be worth it if the rest die."

Teller was furious. This time he was in charge in person to implement a "special plan" - to send a brave and resourceful lieutenant and four elite gladiators into the forest. Then, these five people would find a way to sneak into the city of Kayikede and throw the large amount of poison they carried into all the wells...

This is a vicious plan, but it is also a good way to defeat the enemy, although it seems despicable no matter how you look at it.

"Retreat!" The angry Teller immediately ordered a retreat. He agreed with Weidun's statement, but Weidun should not shout so loudly in front of the soldiers.

"Young Marshal, we can't retreat. The enemy is trying to scare us." Wei Dun said hurriedly.

"Can't retreat? Humph! Take a look for yourself!" After hesitating for a moment, Teller handed the telescope in his hand to Weidun.

After Wei Dun took a look at it, his brows immediately frowned. Although his eyesight has always been good, he only saw a bright red fire just now. Now when he looked through the telescope, his feeling suddenly changed -

There were shadowy figures on the top of the cliff, with teams of soldiers holding torches moving back and forth. A rough estimate showed that the number of people was more than double that of the past.

Could it be that the enemy had anticipated our move? Wei Dun hesitated and put down the telescope, a little dazed.

"Let's retreat and take a long-term view." Teller sighed and said.

Seeing dozens of boats in the middle of the river turning around and rowing upstream, Wu Lai on the clifftop smiled and shook his head, and said to Bailey: "The enemy has retreated. Tell everyone to put out the torches. Tonight, double the number of observation posts."

"Yes." Bailey nodded in agreement and turned quickly to convey the order.

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"What?" Howell couldn't believe his ears. "You mean, they just lit a few more torches and the Hulett Army retreated?"

"Dear General Howell, they not only lit more torches, they also made many dummies with grass and branches. Each dummy had a torch in his hand. Then they used two long wooden sticks to string the dummies together and carried them around. One soldier carried eight dummies, and they lined them up in a queue. If you didn't look carefully, you would think they were really teams of soldiers on patrol," the scout replied.

As he listened, Howell's eyes narrowed...