Sain's letter was sent four days ago. Although the water distance from Huokou Stone Beach to Hongguwan Fortress is only more than 300 miles, the speed is naturally greatly affected by sailing against the current.

The content of the letter cheered Trajan up, because Signe said in the letter that a way to break through the enemy camp had been found and put into practice. The letter could be delivered in four days. At noon on the day of delivery, the left army would attack. At night, the left army could break into the enemy camp, and the battle could basically be over by noon tomorrow.

At the end of the letter, Saiyin wrote: "Saiyin swears by the honor of the ancestors of the Lanting family that he will be able to perfectly implement this battle plan. I hope that the general will immediately send troops to break into Kayikede together."

"Good boy, you are of the same character as his father Agni." After reading the letter, Trajan could not help but smile bitterly and shook his head. When Agni was leading the army, he liked to play this kind of trick of executing first and reporting later, so the situation of merits and demerits offsetting each other often occurred. If not for this, he would have sat in the position of commander of the central army long ago, and Nero would not have had the chance to take over.

After hesitating for a while, Trajan called the messenger into the tent. Sein had been with him for quite some time, so he naturally understood the ability of this rookie in the army. Since Sein had even gambled the glory of his family ancestors, Trajan really couldn't pour cold water on him. Even if Sein didn't implement the plan, the troops sent there would be nothing more than a wasted trip. If no troops were sent, and Sein attacked the enemy camp, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity? Although the terrain of Caikede was not as favorable as that of Seneca, Menia, and Katti, it had the advantage of a vast territory where one could move freely. If the enemy did not have ten times the number of troops, they would never be able to encircle it. It was a good place to go.

The commander-in-chief urgently summoned the generals, deputy generals and generals of the Kimo army, so naturally they did not dare to neglect it and they all arrived one after another in a short while.

After reading the letter from Sein, Trajan said, "Sein is very similar to his father, Liehuo. They are both people who keep their promises. Sein has been with me for a long time and has no problem with his command ability. Therefore, I fully believe that he can overcome all the variables that are unfavorable to us on the battlefield and achieve the final victory."

The generals naturally understood the implication of Trajan's words, so apart from nodding, no one questioned the contents of the letter.

"Everyone knows what our territory is experiencing now. Although we still have a lot of troops, except for the fortress facing Honggu Bay, there is no place to defend. If we attack back, the enemy is in high spirits and has occupied our grain-producing areas, cutting off our source of military rations. In the area under our control, the new grain will not be harvested for more than two months, so it is urgent to break into Assyria..."

"Kaikede is a vast territory with many villages and towns and abundant grain production. If we can send 50,000 troops there, with the defense force of Kaikede City, we can either close the city gates tightly and defend it to the death, or simply abandon the city and flee. No matter which one, we can get what we need smoothly..."

"The Fourth Legion is Toyide." Trajan's gaze fell on an old veteran with sharp eyes.

"Here!" Toyide stood up.

"Your Fourth Legion currently has 40,000 soldiers and I will allocate another 10,000 infantry from the friendly Kimo army to you. In addition, all the boats will be transferred to your use. You must lead the army to set out immediately. Except for armor, weapons and two days' dry food, the entire army should not bring anything else. You must arrive before tomorrow afternoon." Trajan ordered.

"Yes, sir!" Toyide puffed out his chest and agreed. Although the journey was more than 300 miles by water, it was much faster to travel downstream than against the current. It would not be difficult to arrive before tomorrow afternoon. He just needed to be extra careful in the dangerous shoals and bays.

"Go now!" Trajan handed the signed battle order to Toyide...

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When night fell, Wu Lai started a fire, and then placed the two pheasants that he had just washed and skinned in the mountain stream next to the campfire. Two steps behind him, Shelley was sleeping soundly on a pile of hay. After all, she was a woman, and she couldn't be as energetic as Wu Lai after trekking for most of the day.

After a while, Wu Lai turned over the sizzling pheasant and was about to carry two large bamboo tubes filled with water to the fire when he heard a gust of wind behind him. Shelley was already pressed against his back, and with her arms around his neck, she bit his earlobe lightly.

"Hehe, I woke up." Shelley couldn't help sniffing after saying this, "Hmm...it smells good."

"Of course. My Wu Lai Greendo has always produced products with conscience. I have never sold inferior products as good ones." Wu Lai said with a smile.

Shelley tilted his head and thought for a moment, then nodded: "That's true, your reputation is quite good, Wu Lai, you are an outlier, you know that?"

"Abnormal?" Wu Lai was startled. "That's not a nice word."

Shelley giggled: "It's not a good word, so what? It can describe you. You are so young, you always know more than others, and what have you done that is not shocking?"

"Okay, I'll take it as a compliment." Wu Lai grinned and said.

"Of course I'm praising you." Shelley let go of Wu Lai and sat next to him, "I have a question for you."

"Okay." Wu Lai nodded.

"Why are they fighting?" Shelley took Woolley's arm.

"Oh, no, Shelley, that's a big problem for you." Woolley smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Go ahead, you must know the answer. I want to know, I really want to know." Shelley shook Wu Lai.

"Okay, but I'm going to keep it simple, okay?" Woolley asked.

"Okay." Shelley leaned her head on Wu Lai's shoulder.

"War is war. Generally speaking, there are five situations that will lead to war. The first is blind optimism about the outcome of a crisis or war, or underestimation of the cost of war. For example, during the Roman Split War more than 500 years ago, the Tianjuan people believed that they had military power and logistical resources that surpassed the rest of the territories combined. So, they launched a war and brazenly attacked Kimo, Hurlit, and Assyria..."

"The second is that if the party that takes action first or launches the attack has a certain advantage, then war is likely to occur. For example, the Hurriyet attacks on Assyria all happened suddenly after a period of silence..."

"The third one is..."

"The fourth is when the control of resources forces a military group to protect other resources, war is more likely to occur. This resource can be gold, food, or population..."

Wu Lai spoke seriously and Shelley listened carefully. As she listened, she suddenly burst into tears.

Wu Lai stopped immediately and said, "Shelley, what's wrong with you?"

"Woole, I am shaken." Shelley wiped away tears. "At that moment just now, I suddenly felt that God Amon is not perfect, because he cannot eliminate war. If he can do it but indulges people to release their greed and evil... Oh, I dare not imagine..."

After a slight sigh, Woolley hugged Shelley's shoulders with great pity. He knew what it meant for a clergyman to have his faith wavered - it was tantamount to denying everything about himself.

"No, maybe we just don't understand the intentions of the gods." Woolley comforted. Although he was sure that he came to this world in a strange way, he was still an out-and-out atheist, but this did not prevent him from comforting Shelley with such words.

"Maybe." Shelley raised his tear-stained face, "Wooley, tell me, how can we stop the war?"

After a moment's hesitation, Woolley gave his answer: "Use force to eliminate those who started the war."

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As night fell, the figure of Woolley emerged in Helen's mind.

At this moment, she was sitting on a cliff with the rushing Athanasius River at her feet. Before dinner time, the fleet of Hulett's Fourth Legion quickly sailed downstream from her sight - no one would have expected that the dignified Emperor Tianjuan would abandon his army and station on this cliff with only two thousand guards, and it was only forty miles away from Hulett's canyon fortress.

The wind gently blew the ends of her hair. Perhaps because she was wearing thin clothes, or perhaps because this place was too close to the river, Helen shivered slightly as the wind just blew.

Immediately, a cloak gently wrapped around her.

Helen did not look back, because she knew that the only one who dared to put the cloak on her without saying a word was Hatra Avram, because only he dared to ignore Helen's identity as an emperor.

To be more precise, Hatra is Helen's fiancé. The Avram family is a prominent family in the Tianjuan territory, second only to the Petra family. It is also a powerful ally of the Petra family. The friendship between the two families began more than 500 years ago. It is also because of this that the Petra family has been able to firmly occupy the position of saints and holy envoys in every generation since then.

A saint naturally cannot marry, and she must even maintain her chastity, because once she loses it, it means that she has voluntarily given up her title and rights as a saint.

Even if a saint remains chaste, there is always a time for her to abdicate. There are many possible reasons for this, such as dereliction of duty causing unrest in the territory, being unable to control the territory due to health reasons, or simply having too many opponents.

But the above may basically not happen under the alliance of the Petra family and the Avram family. Even if it happens, it will not cause trouble for the two major families to control the territory, because there is never a shortage of candidates for saints in the Petra family, just as there is never a shortage of young and handsome generals in the Avram family.

Helen was the best of the Petra family. Hathras was one year older than Helen and was the most outstanding talent of this generation in the Avram family. However, their marriage was arranged by the heads of both families when Helen was one year old. At that time, Helen was only one of the candidates for the saint, so it did not prevent her from becoming Hathras' fiancée.

However, after Helen went into hiding in Assyria and became a quasi-saint, Hatra basically lost Helen. Of course, their relationship remained unchanged. This seemed a bit unfair to Hatra, but it was not actually the case, because he could have other women besides Helen, but these women would never be able to have the title of wife.

But now Helen is no longer a saint, but an emperor, a title that has never appeared in this world before.

And Hatra no longer had to worry about having the title of husband without getting any real benefits. Now he was not only still Emperor Helen's fiancé, but also one of the first four kings to be conferred a title in the Tianjuan territory. Helen even gave him the command of the vanguard army.

"Why are you here?" Helen asked calmly, and she even frowned slightly, because Hartla should not be here, but should be more than 200 miles away, with the vanguard troops of the front army.

"I'm concerned about your safety," Hatra said.

"I know how to handle these matters." Helen finally turned her head. "But you, 'Wushuang King', left your post without permission and abandoned the army. Did you forget my instructions?"

"Helen, you are too kind." Hartla smiled. "The vanguard of the front army is also passing by here on the way to make achievements. I came to see you by the way, so it can't be said that I forgot your instructions."

"Achieve great success?" Helen frowned.

"That's right. The Seventh Legion of Hulett has agreed to my conditions. The end of Hulett and the Kimo people has come..."