A great gift! An absolutely great gift! - Woolley had never expected that DiCaprio would not only prepare enough food and fodder for him to last for 5,000 men for two months, but also give him 110 gladiators, and also said that Woolley didn't need to pay a penny, all for free.

"Lord Dika, your gift is too generous. How can Wu Lai afford it?" Wu Lai was a little moved. The amount of food and gladiators added up was not a small amount.

"General Wu Lai, the gap defense zone is the weak point of Kayikede City. Once it is broken through by the enemy, our Kayikede City may be lost. General Wu Lai has won many battles and saved the entire territory of Kayikede. This small gift is not worth mentioning." Dicaprio laughed and said.

"Defending the country is my duty. Besides, this gift comes from Lord Dicaprio's own pocket, so please take it back." Wu Lai said. Although he urgently needed Dicaprio's gift, he couldn't just accept it without knowing the other party's intentions.

"General Woolley, this is a gift from me, please accept it." Dicaprio became anxious when he saw that Woolley refused to accept it. He knew that it was easy to find 110 gladiators, but he had spent a lot of effort to get food and fodder for 5,000 people for two months. It was also fortunate that the Prio family had large farms in Kayikede, and there were many people willing to sell food to Dicaprio. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to do it in such a short few days.

DiCaprio persuaded and winked at Date, who understood and smiled, then joined in: "General Woolley should not let Governor Decca down, as Governor Decca is also doing his part to defend Assyria."

"That's right." Dicaprio laughed and whispered something in Wu Lai's ear. Wu Lai was stunned after hearing it, and then nodded.

"Okay, then I won't be polite." Wu Lai said.

"That's right, come on, let's drink." DiCaprio raised his glass with a smile...

After the banquet, Dicaprio warmly invited Woolley to stay overnight, and Woolley readily agreed because he knew Dicaprio had something to say to him.

Sure enough, after seeing off the other guests, Dicaprio invited Wu Lai to the small living room. After preparing the wine and fruits, he dismissed all the servants and said with a smile: "General Wu Lai, now there are only two of us left."

Wu Lai smiled and nodded: "So, Lord Dika, just speak directly, no need to hesitate."

"Okay." DiCaprio nodded immediately. In front of Woolley, the favorite of the three giants, he really didn't feel that he was condescending. "General Woolley, let me start with my Prio family..."

After listening carefully, Wu Lai smiled and said, "Lord Dika, you are right. Nowadays, Assyria likes to pay attention to background and support. There are very few people like Lord Dika who can be re-elected as city governors based on their real abilities. So far, there has been no precedent of entering the Senate after leaving office based on personal strength."

"That's it." Dicaprio slapped his thigh, sighed and shook his head. To put it bluntly, if he wanted to avoid being squeezed out by his brother, if he wanted his line to continue to prosper in the Prio family and seize the position of head of the family in the future, the only way left for him, Dicaprio, was to squeeze into the Senate. However, in addition to giving priority to the resigned city governors and legion commanders, the Senate members also had to get the nod from the highest decision-makers in the Senate.

And Woolley in front of him seemed to be able to do it for him, as long as he was willing to help him with the Duncan family. Of course, Connor also had to make an effort, because the candidate list for the Senate members had to pass the Supreme Council first. Without the recommendation of the Supreme Council or the Supreme Council's comments on the ruling were too mediocre, it would not work.

Having said that, Wu Lai certainly understood what Dicaprio meant. In terms of ability, there really isn't much Wu Lai can do to help Dicaprio right now, but isn't Dicaprio's initiative to get closer to him an opportunity for Wu Lai?

After making up his mind, Wu Lai smiled and patted his chest: "Lord Dika, don't worry. For many things, as long as we do our best, the results may be better than we expect. Personally, I am willing to support you, Lord Dika."

"Then I'd be very grateful." DiCaprio was naturally delighted. "Speaking of which, I've already benefited a lot from General Wu Lai. General Wu Lai has won consecutive victories in the defense zone. I'm sure I'll be among the top in the auxiliary war evaluation in the past six months."

Wu Lai laughed and said, "Lord Dika, you are too polite. I have an idea, but I'll have to trouble you."

"Oh? I'm all ears." DiCaprio's eyes lit up, and he involuntarily moved closer to Woolley...

On the third day after the Woye Army took over the defense, the dawn broke. In the misty river surface opposite the gap, a large number of ships slowly cut through the water mist, revealing a sea of ​​bright flags and neat formations. On the commanding ship, a large crimson flag fluttered in the wind, rustling.

In the middle of the flag, there is an embroidered black skull, which really looks like the "Pirate Series" that Wu Lai is familiar with.

When the Woye Army's observation post saw the red flag with a black skull, they were stunned: "Demon Legion? How could it be the Demon Legion?"

"Demon Legion" is another name for the Hurriyet First Legion in the Assyrian territory. In the era of worshipping gods, calling the enemy a demon usually represents slander and contempt, but this is not true for the Hurriyet First Legion, because it is called the Demon Legion because it is really terrifying - there were originally eight legions in the Assyrian territory, and now there are only four left because the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth legions were either completely wiped out by the enemy or were beaten to the point where they could not be recovered...

The reason why these four legions met with such misfortune was that their opponent was the Hurleyt First Legion, a brave and courageous army that was good at fighting and dared to fight fierce battles. From generals to soldiers, they were all fearless and courageous. It was the oldest legion in the Hurleyt territory, with the best military qualities and the most sturdy combat traditions, and also had the most stringent selection system.

Some people say that if a lieutenant general from Hulett's First Legion went to another legion, one could replace two lieutenant generals.

Others said that a thousand-man squadron of Hulett's First Legion was enough to easily defeat any two thousand-man squadrons in a head-on battle.

It was this legion that resisted the Assyrian army's advance when the Hurrian territory was in the most difficult situation, and forced the Assyrian army to take a defensive stance against the Hurrian territory for a long time. In the wars against Assyria in the past hundred years, the Hurrian First Legion suffered a major loss only once at the hands of Rini, but that was a trap specifically aimed at the First Legion and carefully planned for several years. In order to swallow up the Hurrian First Legion in one fell swoop, Rini gathered the elite main forces of the Assyrian legions at that time, with a strength of one and a half times that of the Hurrian First Legion. At the same time, the Eighth Legion was conducting guerrilla warfare on the flank.

In that battle, more than half of Hurlit's First Legion was killed or wounded, while the elite coalition forces under Rini only lost 10%, but the Assyrian Eighth Legion was completely wiped out...

Being able to achieve such a record despite the opponent's careful planning, the title of the Demon Legion is naturally well-deserved. It can even be said that the Demon Legion is the nightmare of every Assyrian soldier.

Fortunately, the Hurriyet First Legion was still damaged after all. For a long time, it could not cause trouble to Assyria again because its elite main force suffered too much loss and needed too much time to regroup. But now it has come...

The one sitting on the command ship at the moment is Liehuo, the left army commander of the First Legion. Born into the Lanting family, the second largest family in Hurley, he has a violent temper just like his namesake. He is 55 years old this year, and besides still retaining the strong muscles of a young man, his desire to dominate has not faded at all.

Liehuo was very disdainful of the defeat of the Third Legion, because in his opinion, the gap was not a big deal at all and there was no need to fight a night battle at all.

After taking a look at the gap, Liehuo waved his hand and said, "Go ashore!"

At the same time, the Woye Army observation post above the gap finally came to its senses.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Quickly light up the signal smoke!" He shouted in panic, "It's the demon army! Quickly light up the signal smoke! Enemy attack!"

... Two days later, the latest battle report from the Gap Defense Zone reached Kayikede City - "More than 4,000 people from the Hurlit First Legion attacked, and the Woye Army repelled the invading enemy at the cost of more than 1,900 wounded and 1,065 dead, and held the Gap. The enemy suffered about 2,000 casualties."

When the war report was delivered to Dicaprio's office in the governor's residence of Kayikede City, Wu Lai and Date happened to be there. As soon as the war report arrived, the three of them suspended the meeting. After all, at the moment, nothing was more concerning than war.

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DiCaprio frowned after reading the battle report. He handed it to Date and said to Wu Lei, "The Woye Army suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and the enemy was Hulett's First Legion, which lost more than 2,000 people. Overall, it was a small loss, but it's still within an acceptable range."

"Not bad, they can put up such a good fight against Hulit's First Legion. The Woye Army is really well-trained." Although Wu Lai said this, he didn't believe it in his heart. Although the Woye Army was well-trained and well-armored, it had little actual combat experience. If the data in the battle report was true, then the opponent would definitely not be that demon legion. If the opponent was that terrifying legion, then the data of the Woye Army must have been inflated - Wu Lai could be sure of this, because Teller said in the secret letter to him that it was the First Legion that would take over his defense. Looking across Assyria, there was no legion that could put up such a good fight against this demon legion under the circumstances where the advantages and disadvantages of offense and defense and the number of troops were not much different.

On the side, Date gently put down the battle report, and when he looked at Wu Lai, they both understood each other's eyes - the Woye Army's battle report was fake.

What the two thought was absolutely correct. There were two numbers in the battle report of the Woye Army that were exaggerated. One was the number of enemy attackers. In fact, Liehuo only brought 3,000 people this time, and they were divided into front and rear teams, with more than 1,500 people in each team. The front team attacked the gap because this was just a tentative attack. Of course, if the defense area of ​​the gap was really vulnerable, Liehuo would send the rear team as well. The second exaggerated number was the casualties of the Demon Legion. In fact, the casualties on Liehuo's side were less than 900, and the death and injury were almost 50-50. In other words, Liehuo used more than 400 lives in exchange for the record of nearly 2,000 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries of the Woye Army. This was also thanks to Wu Lai who repaired the stone wall at the edge of the gap, which prevented Liehuo's front team from rushing up, thus preventing the defending Woye Army from being defeated in the first wave of enemy attacks.

It is worth mentioning that the wolf smoke of the Woye Army played a big role in this defensive battle. As soon as the wolf smoke sounded, the left and right wings rushed over as quickly as possible. Otherwise, Liehuo would not have ordered a retreat when the situation was so good.

After this battle, Liehuo came to a conclusion that the enemy had a lot of troops, but their combat effectiveness was not high, so he decided to fight again on another day and take down the Gap Defense Zone in one go. But before that, he had to focus on building ships, because the enemy must have increased their troops after suffering a loss. If he wanted to take down the enemy, he would of course have to increase his investment in troops...

Howell almost vomited blood because of the loss of this battle. He was very depressed because he really couldn't understand why, when Woolgreen was defending, with such a small number of troops, he won one victory after another, the captured weapons were piled up like a mountain, and the captured prisoners were several times the number of the defending force. It felt like the enemy had come to surrender voluntarily, so why did he have to deal with such a ferocious monster when it was his turn?

But now was not the time to think about anything. He increased the number of troops, built stone walls, cut wood to build fences, and made log rollers. Howell arranged everything he could think of, and even sent the priests who were never used in the army to the defense zone to comfort the soldiers...

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"General Date, do we need to do anything to respond?" Dicaprio was a layman when it came to marching and fighting, and the numbers in the Woye Army's battle report were quite shocking. He thought to himself that Woleglin was still better at fighting, and asked Date.

"Not for the time being." Dai Te waved his hand. "The Woye Army suffered 3,000 casualties, but Howell still has nearly 20,000 men available. After the battle, he must have strengthened his defenses. In the short term, the defense zone can be kept safe. If the enemy is really Hulett's First Army, they generally won't engage in harassment warfare. They either don't fight or fight to determine the winner. Therefore, there will be no fighting in the Gap Defense Zone in the short term."

After that, Dai Te looked at Wu Lai with a smile: "General Wu Lai, what do you think?"

"My thoughts agree with General Date's." Woolley nodded with a smile, "I think we should discuss the issue of 'surrendering the prisoners' first."

"Yes, yes, this is our focus." Dicaprio said with a smile, thinking that since you two experts said there would be no war for the time being, why should I worry so much.

The three of them discussed for another meal, and when everything was settled, Woolley and Date left the governor's residence together.

"General Woolley, I'm afraid the two of us will have to 'take action' soon." Date's expression was a little serious, because when answering Dicaprio's question about response, he did not tell the truth, because it would be of no use even if he did, as Dicaprio could only help in limited ways. Woolley also understood his thoughts at the time, so he deliberately agreed.

"Then just move." Wu Lai said with a smile.