The situation at Lovington was a grand chess game played by Woolley, with each move closely linked and pressing forward.

In order to achieve this, Wu Lai deduced for seven months, and discussed the details with Guru, Mikoyan, Oddo, Shelley, Lori and others no less than a hundred times.

He had to do this because the situation on the continent required him to do so, and also because the current conditions required him to do so - he had to ensure that while he was fighting in Kayikede, the Longvington area could appear, stand, and consolidate in the manner he wanted.

Wu Lai knew very well that in order to turn the tide of the war, both Lunvington and Kayikede must be controlled at the same time, because occupying Lunvington was equivalent to controlling the salt. It must be known that salt is not only a daily necessities, but also a strategic material. Without Lunvington's salt, large areas including the Assyrian territory will fall into salt shortage, which will lead to public resentment and unstable military morale, which will cause many problems that will make the Tianjuan people helpless.

Gaining a foothold in Kayikede not only means gaining a large number of people, but also can play the role of dispersing and restraining the enemy and killing the enemy's manpower when the opportunity arises.

Under the current circumstances, defending these two places at the same time is undoubtedly a huge and almost impossible challenge, but Wu Lai has to do so, because the fall of either side means the death of the other side, because the enemy can calmly encircle and then slowly shrink, and can even consume Wu Lai without fighting a decent battle. When this consumption reaches Wu Lai's limit, the best result is to withdraw and escape back to Greendo Island.

But if it really comes to this, the restoration of Assyria or revenge will become empty talk.

All the soldiers who landed on Grindo Island to participate in the battle knew this, so their private slogan was "Even if we die in battle, we will not withdraw"...

Wu Lai knew that his movements in Mauritania had attracted the "maximum attention" of Tianjuan as he wished, but he was not afraid of it because he had made all the preparations. In order to prevent Tianjuan from sending part of its troops directly to Lunvington or even attacking Lunvington first and then Mauritania, he had also preset the "exposure time" of Lunvington early - it must be after Tianjuan's army entered Kayikede.

Can everything go as Wu Lai imagined?

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When he saw the gate of Lunvington again, a hint of emotion emerged in Gulu's eyes.

It took Guru only nine days from resigning, handing over to landing to get here, but even though the journey was rushed, he still went to the ruins of Polang Town to pay tribute to the victims after landing. It is worth mentioning that although not much time has passed, the new Polang Town, which is only four miles away from the ruins of Polang Town and has a military ship dock, has already started construction.

This was originally part of Wu Lai's plan, but even Wu Lai did not expect that the old Breaking Wave Town would disappear in such a tragic way.

In the past two days, Guru met many nobles who fled from the city of Lunvington for refuge. Some people recognized Guru and reminded him not to go to Lunvington, but every time Guru smiled and said, it’s okay, we will meet again.

Lunvington, here I come. Guru glanced at the huge fortified city gate again and said in his heart.

The first thing Guru did after entering the city was to visit Wei Huo at Duncan's mansion accompanied by Deleng. The conversation between the two parties was not long and the content was not much, but Wei Huo still felt very happy because everything that needed to be finalized had been finalized - compared with Puya and Deleng, Guru could undoubtedly better represent Wu Lai.

"Then I will prepare immediately and send the clan members to Greendo Island in batches." Wei Huo laughed and said. Although this move means that the Duncan family is completely under Wu Lai's control, it also means safety -

Anyway, if we surrender to Tianjuan, Wulai will kill us. If we don't surrender to Tianjuan, they will also send troops to destroy us. Instead of doing that, we might as well go to Grindo Island. At least we can save the lives of our clansmen. Even if Wulai is defeated in the end, the Duncan family can continue to thrive overseas. If Wulai wins, we can not only obtain a private era inheritance, but also gain supreme fame - look, when you were either fleeing or kneeling, we were fighting hard for the restoration of Assyria under the leadership of the great priest Saint Wulai...

"Okay, I will arrange guides and ships. General Weihuo, you should delay the Assyrian Southern Camp Army for the next few days and let them leave here in four days." Gulu said. When he entered the city just now, he also saw many Southern Camp Army strolling on the street. They all arrived last night, and today Plancy had another enthusiastic banquet, so they stayed in Lovington and did not head to the designated area.

"Okay." Wei Huo nodded.

"After they take action, General Wei Huo can gather your army." Gulu smiled slightly, "Just reorganize and deploy according to what we just said."

Wei Huo nodded again. Although Wu Lai's conditions included reorganization and deployment of defenses, it did not take away the Duncan family's military power. Wei Huo was still the commander-in-chief of the Lunvington army and had to continue to be stationed in the Lunvington area. However, after the reorganization was completed, the Duncan family would no longer interfere in Lunvington's political affairs, and everything would be handled by Gulu.

Four days later, the Southern Camp finally broke free from the "enthusiasm of the Lovington nobles" and arrived with belches, satisfaction, and hundreds of cartloads of gifts.

Wei Huo found an excuse not to attend the farewell ceremony, and it was naturally Plansi who led the farewell ceremony. Gulu mixed in the crowd of onlookers and watched the Southern Camp Army go away with a smile on his face. He then called out to Plansi who was about to get on the car to leave.

"Master Gulu, you are here too." Seeing that it was Gulu approaching, Plansi greeted him cheerfully and said in a low voice, "I was just looking for you to report the situation."

Guru smiled and nodded: "I was just looking for something with you."

…

When Wu Lai was listening to a report on the progress of household registration work at the Moritania Government Office, Pu Tong ran in, sweating profusely.

"Report to the Lord!" Pu Tong's face was full of excitement, "The Tianjuan Army is finally here!"

Wu Lai raised his eyebrows and asked, "How many people? Where are they?"

"At least 250,000 troops, in five army formations, have been advancing in a line since entering Kayikede, with a distance of about ten miles between each pair. They had entered our 300-mile range before dusk yesterday." Pu Tong reported, "Based on their marching speed, they will be able to reach the Liumu Town area in another six days."

The area around Liumu Town is about eighty miles away from Wu Lai's North and South Peak artillery groups. It has a large open area. Although it is not suitable for long-term garrison, it is not difficult to attack because of its excellent vision and well-connected surroundings. Therefore, even though it is occupied by the Tianjuan Army that retreated from the defeat in Mauritania, Wu Lai is too lazy to move them.

"Another six days? Have we explored the enemy's baggage situation?" Wu Lai frowned. They had already advanced 300 miles into our territory last night, but it would take another six days to reach Liumu Town. This speed could be considered cautious.

"There are so many of them, right behind the main team. They look like a special baggage corps." There were little stars shining in Pu Tong's eyes.

Wu Lai nodded and stood up. After sending away the reporting personnel from the Government Office, he waved to the signalman waiting at the door and said, "Go, gather all the school-level officers to come to me."

"Yes!" The two signalmen puffed out their chests and responded, then turned around and ran out quickly.

Pu Tong chuckled and moved closer to Wu Lai: "Lord, are you going to work on the spot?"

"Don't use the wrong words if you don't understand. On-site work is done on-site. Is this the site?" Wu Lai rolled his eyes at Pu Tong. "I warn you, if you dare to stop the scouts and rush to report again, I will fire you from the army."

"No, lord. I was wrong. I accept the punishment. Just punish me to destroy the enemy's baggage corps." Pu Tong begged hurriedly.

"Humph, you're dreaming." Wu Lai couldn't help but laugh out loud...

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As a general who had served in the army for many years, Dimon had imagined many times the scene of himself dying on the battlefield. In those scenes, he imagined himself as a nimble and strong hero. Even if he fell, he would fall on the way of charging, among the corpses of the enemy. Before falling, he would use a sword, a shield, and even his fists to harvest the lives of the enemies again and again...

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But that is just imagination after all, and imagination will always be different from reality——

Shortly after midnight, Damon actually fell down. No, he didn't fall down. He was thrown, torn, and then broken into pieces because a shell went straight through his tent and landed next to him.

The only thing to be thankful for was that he didn't even have time to feel fear and pain, so Dimon didn't know how terrifying this artillery night attack was - in the sound of the explosions, even the earth was shaking, in the firelight and smoke, wailing and screaming covered up the howling of fear, but the randomly flying shrapnel, weapons, stones or other things soon drowned out everything - this night, the tragedy of the Longvington Army was repeated...

Before dawn, the battle was completely over. More than 80% of the 20,000-man Southern Camp Army was killed in the bombardment. Although the remaining less than 15% managed to escape the bombardment area, they also ran into the interception network of Oddo, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Vultures, and a part of Lunvington while fleeing in a chaotic manner...

"Colonel Vulture, I'm afraid we may have to call a meeting of the soldiers and tell them that the main factor for victory was the geographical advantage and the arrangements made by the lord, because I just discovered that many soldiers underestimated the enemy." Odo said to Vulture as he flipped through the spoils account book.

"Well, the sooner the better. We also have to tell the soldiers that we are just a small fight here, and the big boss is on the lord's side." Vulture nodded.

"Yes, things are going smoothly on our side, but I don't know how things are going on the lord's side. It would be great if things could go smoothly as well. Do you remember what the lord said before we set out? He said that he would find a way to make the enemy choose Kayiked as the main battlefield, but that would be a lot of pressure for him." Oddo said.

"Yes, but you don't have to worry too much about the lord's safety. With the Wulai and Loli, the lord is safe. Even if we lose in Kayikede, the lord can still lead us to deal with the enemy in Longvington." Vulture said with a smile.

Oddo nodded...

Two days later, Helen arrived at Liumu Town.

Although she was a little tired, she still immediately summoned the generals of the Tianjuan Army stationed here. After asking them everything she wanted to know, she immediately ordered the guards to arrest and execute all the generals.

"I can understand your retreat, but your troops are nearly three times the enemy's, yet you sit and watch the enemy build a pass without daring to advance an inch. How can I vent my hatred if I don't kill them?" Helen said to these generals who were constantly begging.

"Take him away!" Helen frowned and waved her hand, "Immediately notify all the masters to come here."

"yes!"

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After the news of the Tianjuan Army's arrival at Liumu Town was passed back to Marsolitania, Wu Lai immediately rode to the pass. With a great battle imminent, he would rather command in person in front of the enemy rather than strategize in the rear. Besides, Marsolitania was not far from the pass and could not go far behind.

The appearance of Wu Lai boosted the morale of the soldiers stationed at the pass and the north and south peaks. In their minds, Wu Lai was a lord, a general, and a high priest, but more importantly, he was their parent. It was he who led everyone out of difficulties in times of trouble, and it was he who generously went to the battlefield when Assyria was in turmoil, to avenge the dead and seek peace for the living.

Now, he has come to us again and is guarding the pass with us. I wonder who among the high-ranking officials and nobles of Assyria can do this?

After a busy night, Woolley received a handwritten letter from Helen.

"Where is the messenger?" Wu Lai asked as he received the letter.

"He's waiting outside the door. He said he's waiting for a reply." Sales replied.

"Then let him wait first." Wu Lai glanced at the wax seal on the envelope...