There was surprise in Wu Lai's smile, because he didn't expect that someone would jump out to take the blame for Howell. Of course, he also guessed why Radone did this, and he also knew Radone's confidence. This was the Woye camp, and at this time, there were at least a thousand Woye soldiers surrounding Wu Lai, and more soldiers were constantly coming here.
After a joking smile, Wu Lai's eyes fell on Howell, and then he slowly shook his head, letting Howell understand his disdain and contempt. Then, Wu Lai gently waved his sleeves: "Caesar, beat him."
"Okay!" Caesar nodded in agreement, and with one move, he rushed forward with his shield, full of murderous intent and might...
Looking across Assyria, the only one who could carry 240 kilograms of armor and travel long distances and move freely was probably Caesar.
The vulture, who was good at discovery, not only gave Caesar a good positioning and training, but also tailored a set of armor and shield for him - the shield was actually Caesar's weapon, because he had no talent for fighting skills and weapons, and his understanding of the use of the shield exceeded his IQ level.
Of course, the premise of all this must be based on sufficient strength.
What Caesar lacked the least was strength. During the time he worked at the mill, his greatest pleasure was to pull the spare stone pulley of the mill, lift and throw...
With his gloves on, Caesar's punch could knock a running bull over, and a raised arm could stop a frightened horse from moving forward, but his most powerful move was his shield attack - holding the shield with both hands and charging forward with all his strength against his shoulders.
This collision broke a stone beam one elbow square, broke a log that was almost as big as a hug, and also knocked down a solid stone wall.
Now, the target of this collision is Radone.
Radone retreated hastily, because although he didn't know that Caesar's shield had ever broken stone beams, logs, and knocked down stone walls, Caesar's height and power were enough to scare him. Most importantly, he didn't expect Wu Lai to be so clean and neat as to beat him without even a hint of hesitation.
As soon as Radone retreated, the rest of the officers dispersed. It seemed that they were going to encircle Caesar, but that was not the case - the momentum of this unprecedented big guy's charge was like a battering ram used to blast city gates. If you were hit by him, you would be half dead if not dead. If you didn't get out of the way quickly, would you die with Radone?
"Bang!" Radone's lower back hit Howell's desk, and his retreating body suddenly stopped. Amid the sound of cups and plates clattering, Caesar's shield had arrived. Just as the shield was about to hit Radone, Caesar flipped his wrist and turned the shield, changing the collision to a hit, because Wu Lai's order was to beat, not to kill. Radone didn't know how terrifying the force of Caesar's collision was, but Caesar himself knew it.
"Bang!", with a muffled sound, Radone's body drew a graceful parabola at an angle and flew to the inside of the big tent. "Puff!", another muffled sound, Radone fell on a pile of torture instruments, his eyes rolled back, foam came out of the mouth, and he had fainted.
Seeing Radone like this, Caesar got a little anxious and quickly turned to Wu Lai and said, "Master, I didn't use any force at all. He just couldn't take it."
As soon as these words came out, the people around him almost dropped their jaws in shock. They thought, you slapped someone more than ten steps away, and he fainted after landing, and you said you didn't use any strength? If you had used all your strength, wouldn't poor Radone be beaten into a pulp? You know what, it really was like this. When the vulture was testing Caesar's strength, he dragged out an adult wild boar for Caesar to play shield strike. Caesar used all his strength to hit the wild boar with his shield. Not only was the wild boar slapped away more than ten steps, but its internal organs were also shattered.
"You didn't use your full strength? Well, then you come back first." Wu Lai said with a smile.
"Okay." Caesar responded in a muffled voice, flipped his hand, put the big shield on his shoulder, and ran back to Wu Lai with a clang. At the same time, nearly a hundred armored soldiers cut through the tent and ran to Howell, who was still in shock. After a shout, swords, shields and guns moved and pointed at Wu Lai.
Howell, who was guarded by more than a hundred armored soldiers, regained his courage. He slammed the table and shouted, "Wuliglindo! This is the Woye Army camp! You are in my camp, even if the soldiers hurt my officers! Do you think you can get away?!"
"Shut up!" Wu Lai slammed his sleeves fiercely. "Howell, whether I leave or stay is not up to you! I only ask you one question, have you made up your mind not to return the food?!"
Howell was stunned, thinking that you are still thinking about the food, but Wu Lai's question was so aggressive that he didn't have the energy to think about it. He replied angrily without hesitation: "I won't return it, what can you do?!"
"Good! Good job!" Wu Lai raised his thumb, "Howell, you deliberately destroyed the defense and obstructed the defense of my Salt Marsh Army. Good! I will not defend the Gap Defense Zone! If you have the guts, come! Caesar!"
"Yes!" Caesar answered loudly.
"Let's go!" Wu Lai turned his horse's head.
"Yes!" Caesar agreed, then rushed to Ulama in one step, held his shield horizontally, and took the lead.
"Want to leave?! Not that easy!" Howell waved his hand and shouted, "Stop him! Capture him!"
"Who dares?" Wu Lai turned his head and frowned, pointing at Howell, "Mengbao!"
Suddenly, a white shadow pounced on Howell like lightning...
After a long while, Howell gritted his teeth and watched Wu Lai's back as he left the camp gate. Although he was so angry and embarrassed that his face turned red, he could do nothing because he did not expect that Wu Lai had already planned to use Mengbao to kidnap him, and he had more than a hundred people from the Second Legion waiting outside the camp gate in advance, led by Di Kaila, who was actually Dai Te's capable lieutenant.
What he could not accept the most was that Wu Lai not only broke in and caused trouble and injured Radone, but he also went on to complain to Di Kaila first and accused himself of destroying the defense.
"General Howell, we are all Assyrian soldiers. No matter how big the matter is, we should put the overall situation first." Di Kaila didn't know what to say. He was invited by Wu Lai to lead his troops here. Wu Lai told him that he was invited to meet Howell at the Woye Army camp to build a relationship. Di Kaila was a little tired of staying in the forest behind Wu Lai's defense zone waiting to receive prisoners, so he happily followed him, but he didn't expect Wu Lai to play such a trick.
"Hmph! Don't say these things to me alone." Howell was naturally furious. Not only was he, a general, being dragged out by a cute baby by the arm, but Wu Lai was also smoking with a smug look on his face the whole time...
Dikaila sighed, thinking that the quarrel between the two of them would only cause trouble for Assyria. However, Wu Lai had just said that he would no longer defend the gap, so the current plan was either to persuade Wu Lai or to persuade Howell in front of him: "General Howell, Wu Lailindo just said that he would no longer defend..."
"General Dikaila, can we not defend the Gap Defense Zone without Woleglindo?" Howell patted his chest, "His Salt Marsh Army retreated before the battle, so my Woye Army will go!"
"Well... okay." Di Kaila nodded, thinking that since this is not the responsibility of our Second Legion, it's just right that one of you has to retreat and the other has to defend.
In the end, Howell gave up the idea of leading his troops to cause trouble for Wu Lai right now. Cutting off the food supply of the Salt Marsh Army was originally intended to force Wu Lai to withdraw. Now the goal was only a step away from being achieved. He only needed to wait quietly for Wu Lai to leave with his troops. If he led his troops there now, although he was sure that he could suppress Wu Lai and regain his face, what if that "big white lion" specifically picked on him again?
So, Howell decided to swallow his anger for the time being.
Wulagindo, one day, I will give you back, Howell said in his heart.
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"I will beat up anyone who dares to touch my food." Woolley had achieved this, but achieving this was not the goal. The ultimate goal was to evacuate the Gap Defense Zone with an excuse that Connor could accept. Of course, retreat did not mean evacuating the battlefield. You know, the entire Assyrian Gorge is now a front line, and for now, it is most appropriate to leave the head-on confrontation with Hulett's First Legion to the Woye Army - it takes another evil to deal with an evildoer.
An event that seemed accidental but was inevitable successfully eliminated Woolley's worries. Now he could withdraw his troops as required by the Duncan family in order to use the enemy's forces to consume the strength of the Woye Army, and at the same time make Connor not think that he was betraying his trust and entrustment. However, in order to truly achieve the latter, Woolley had to explain it to Connor in detail and tell him his idea of opening up another battlefield. Of course, this battlefield would not be too far from the Gap Defense Zone - this was basically certain.
"If you touch my food, you are touching my people. If you touch my people, you will suffer." When getting off the horse, Wu Lai turned around and looked in the direction of the Woye camp, smiling brightly.
Six days later, more than 4,000 men of the Woye Army entered the empty Gap Defense Zone. Except for a group of three led by Reid, the regiment commander, who stayed behind with two guards to handle the handover procedures, the rest of the men had left last night.
"Good luck to you." After taking the signed handover documents from the other party, Red smiled and said.
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"Have a good trip." The other party said with a smile.
Coincidentally, at the same time that Woolley's defense zone was being handed over, Teller's part of Hulett's Third Army was also being handed over.
After signing the handover documents, Teller mounted his horse and led his team away, because his father Jiachi had specially sent a messenger to instruct him two days ago to return to Black Stone City immediately after the handover was completed.
After walking for more than ten miles, Wei Dun approached Telma with a smile and said, "Young Marshal, where is our new defense zone?"
Teller grinned and whipped his whip forward: "The rear."
"The rear area?" Wei Dun was stunned and thought to himself, what is going on? Are they taking a rest?
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When Wu Lai and his entourage of more than 2,000 people marched into Kayikede City, in addition to Date and Bailey, Kayikede City Governor Dika also showed up to greet them. Although this outstanding member of the Prio family was the highest-ranking official in the family, he was not the head of the family - Dika had always been bothered by this.
DiCaprio has always felt that his father made a wrong decision because he was obviously smarter and more decisive than his brother, Terriprio, who became the head of the family. In fact, if he could choose, DiCaprio would rather let his brother Terriprio be the governor and he would be the comfortable head of the family because he is almost fifty years old and he is tired of it.
Of course it's boring. The consul not only needs to face the pressure from the Supreme Council, the Senate, and the temple at the same time, but also has to take into account the people's livelihood - the civilians may not cause him any trouble, but there is never a shortage of strong citizens in the city of Caeckede, and they can always make Dicaprio lose sight of one thing while focusing on another.
But Dicaprio also knew that if he gave up his position as consul, he would have a very uncomfortable life in the family, because his incompetent brother Telipio liked to do the most to squeeze his younger brother, and he would not let him have an easy life after he resigned.
However, in recent times, Dicaprio has been reflecting on why he does not live as well as the governors of other city-states. Of course, he is very clear about most of the reasons, such as the complicated power of various factions in the city of Caikeda, etc. But the most important point is that he, Dicaprio, does not have a clear position, that is, he does not really depend on anyone, which is rare in Assyria.
Actually, Dicaprio was thinking about who to rely on, but when he first came to power, Connor and Qi Yuan, who were fighting each other fiercely, actually extended olive branches to him at the same time, which frightened the timid Dieter so much that he dared not make a decision. In the end, he chose to play the peacemaker and not rely on either side. Don't say that this trick really works. It seems that he has offended both sides, but in fact it is equivalent to offending no one. He just can't expect to get anything from the two of them - but at least he feels at ease. Although he has lost the benefits, he no longer has to worry about being in the wrong line and being defeated.
But Dicaprio regretted it because he found that Wu Lai could play both sides between Qi Yuan and Connor. Wu Lai is now a recognized follower of the Duncan family, but the one who sent him soldiers to strengthen his strength is from Connor's side - Dicaprio happened to know the Ezhen family very well because his sister-in-law is a member of the Ezhen family.
Dicaprio really wanted to be like Wu Lai, but he knew that if he took the initiative to get close to Qi Yuan and Connor, even if he was not looked down upon, the other party would not treat him as a close friend, and that would obviously be asking for trouble.
However, Dicaprio soon thought of a solution - to make friends with Woolley.
Although being on good terms with Woolley seemed a bit cheap, it was only an appearance. In secret, Woolley was both highly regarded by Connor and favored by the Duncan family. Therefore, Dicaprio made the decision without any psychological barriers. Then, he kept waiting and looking for an opportunity. What's more, he soon got it...
"General Woolley is indeed a handsome and dashing young man." Dicaprio said with a smile after Date introduced himself.
"Lord Dika, thank you for your compliment." Wu Lai said with a smile, "I should have come to visit you, but I was busy with military affairs, so I was delayed. Now Lord Dika has to come to greet me in person. Wu Lai feels guilty."
"General Woolley, you are too polite. I have just discussed with General Date that the garrison camp should vacate the southwest camp for your troops to rest. After fighting the enemy for so long on the front line, it is time for the soldiers to have a good rest." Dicaprio laughed and said, "I have prepared a banquet at my private residence. General Date and I will welcome General Woolley together. Please do not refuse."
"Lord Dika is so polite. How dare I refuse?" Wu Lai said with a smile.
"Okay, then, let's get in the car first." Dicaprio extended his hand and gestured for invitation.
Wu Lai smiled and nodded, but he was thinking in his heart, this Dicaprio has nothing to do with him, and he is not on the same side as Duncan or Connor, so why is he so attentive?