At dawn, all the Assyrian divisions had assembled and left the camp. Wu Lai also climbed up Broken Blade Mountain early, and Ye Renwu followed without exception - this was not her request, but Wu Lai's decision, because Wu Lai always felt that if Ye Renwu was left in the camp, the two maids would most likely not be able to keep her, and it would be safer for him to keep her by his side.

"Today's signal soldiers are twice as many as yesterday, Wu Lai, it seems that you want to break the deadlock today." Ye Renwu took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Yes, when I left Assyria to fight, some people speculated that it would take me half a year to conquer Menia." Wu Lai smiled, "Because Menia has always been known as a strong city, and Hatra has so many troops under his command. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that my reputation as Wu Lai Grindo is so high that they dare not oppose it, this battle would probably not have been fought."

Night Blade Dancer sighed: "Wulai, I understand what you said and did, but I still have to remind you that you'd better kill me, especially after you capture Menia."

"Do you think I'm slaughtering the people favored by heaven?" Wu Lai frowned.

"Isn't it?" Ye Renwu regretted asking as soon as she asked, because she found that Wu Lai's expression was very serious, and there seemed to be anger burning in his bright eyes. That look suddenly made her feel vaguely afraid.

Before today, she had never seen Wu Lai like this. Even when he was imprisoned and she was his guard, Wu Lai had never expressed such anger and hatred towards her as he did today.

"Ye Renwu, people and territories can be hostile to each other, but we can't confuse right and wrong!" Wu Lai stretched out his arm and pointed at Ye Renwu, and suddenly raised his voice.

However, what even Wu Lai himself did not expect was that his action immediately caused a reaction from the special forces company - the twelve special forces company soldiers closest to Wu Lai raised their individual crossbows towards Ye Renwu at the same time.

"Stop!" Wu Lai waved his hands quickly, "Disperse!"

The twelve special forces soldiers immediately responded and turned around in unison.

Ye Renwu was silent. At the moment when she was pointed at by twelve crossbows, she thought she was going to die in the next moment. What surprised her even more was that she always thought she could face death without fear, but at that moment just now, she clearly felt her fear.

"I don't like to get angry. I've always believed that anger can't solve problems, but you've obviously angered me just now." Wu Lai looked at Ye Jianwu with a cold gaze. "Ye Jianwu, don't forget that Menia, which Hatra now occupies, is Assyrian land. What the Assyrian army did was not to massacre, but to fight back against the invasion."

"Think about it carefully. Since the founding of the Tianjuan Nation, it has occupied Kimo, occupied Hurlit, and then invaded Assyria. During the invasion, you Tianjuan people plundered and robbed, brutally killed, enslaved, and exploited the people in the occupied countries. Countless soldiers and civilians died under your butcher knives. Countless families were torn apart because of your brutality. How many civilizations were destroyed in your hands! This is the blood debt you owe to Kimo, Hurlit, and Assyria!"

"In terms of personal grudges, haven't you, the Tianjuan people, committed enough crimes within the scope of Menia? Ye Renwu, the entire city of Seneca was massacred, and my stepmother, sister, and brother, Wu Lailindo, were all killed. Tell me, can I forget these hatreds?" Wu Lai looked at Ye Renwu and asked.

Ye Renwu didn't dare to speak.

"The mastermind behind the massacre of Seneca was Hatra, the mastermind behind the invasion of Assyria was Helenpetra, and you, Yeren Wu, are an accomplice." Wu Lai glanced at Yeren Wu and said word by word, "I can pardon the accomplice, but I will never forgive the mastermind. So, whether you want to see or hear it or not, Meniya, I will definitely break into the city within two days, and I will definitely chop off Haren's head with my own hands within five days!"

As he was speaking, four soldiers from the special forces company ran over, each carrying a large wooden box.

"Put it here." Wu Lai said, pointing to the flat grass a few steps in front of Ye Renwu.

After the four special forces soldiers agreed, they put down the wooden boxes and opened them. In a few seconds, they skillfully put together a "big wooden table" that was fifteen cubits long and ten cubits wide. Ye Renwu stood up curiously and took a look. It turned out to be a big sand table.

Wu Lai walked to the table and waved his right sleeve: "Golden Wolf!"

"Report to the Lord, the Golden Wolf is here!" A deputy company commander of a special forces company quickly ran to Wu Lai's side.

"Today's observation will be yours," said Wu Lai.

"Yes!" Golden Wolf puffed out his chest, saluted very crisply, then turned around and ran to the large telescope.

"Communication! Flag signal!" As soon as Wu Lai finished speaking, more than a hundred soldiers ran over. After quickly forming a team, they saluted in unison.

"The speed of the frontline soldiers' attack, defense, advance and retreat all depends on your signals. If there is a mistake, the consequences will be disastrous. So, no matter how tense or tired you are today, you must hold on! No mistakes can be made! Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

After the communications and flag signals were spread out, Wu Lai grabbed a stack of copper plates from the groove in the corner of the sand table and began to arrange them on the sand table. The square copper plates painted black represented the Hatra army, and the round copper plates without paint represented the Assyrian army. Each plate counted for one thousand people.

Wu Lai moved quickly, and soon the copper pieces were placed on the sand table.

Ye Renwu walked over, took a quick look, and understood everything.

"Wu Lai, I beg you to kill me." Ye Renwu suddenly said.

"Why?" Wu Lai did not look up, but continued to stare at the copper pieces.

"I have long been worthless to you. What's more, I am the kind of invader you mentioned. I am guilty, execute me." Ye Renwu sighed heavily, "I don't want to live in a guilty conscience all day long, because I always feel that what you do is right, but on the other hand, I have to stand on Tianjuan's side."

"We'll discuss this later. Now, I need to command the battle." Wu Lai turned his head and glanced at Ye Jianwu. "You have to understand that the sooner the war ends, the better."

Ye Renwu hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

The voice of the Golden Wolf suddenly came over: "Report to the Lord! The enemy troops are moving out of the city from the east, south, and west! The number of troops on the city wall is nearly half less than yesterday!"

"Got it!" Wu Lai replied loudly, and glanced at the sand table, "The entire army quickly moves to a position 450 steps away from the enemy!"

"Signalman received! Repeat! The entire army quickly moves to a position 450 steps away from the enemy! The entire army quickly moves to a position 450 steps away from the enemy!" The signalmen responded in unison.

"Flag signal received! All troops quickly move to a position 450 steps away from the enemy!" The flag signal soldiers said in unison, and raised flags of all sizes, sending out flag signals...

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"What's the situation?" Hatra was also looking at the sand table. In order to command more conveniently, from the third day, he set up the command post in the tower group a thousand steps behind the south gate. There were four secondary towers around the main tower where he was currently located. While monitoring the four directions, he could use flag signals to command the deployment in these four directions.

"After seeing our army's reinforcements, the enemy troops on the east, south and west sides suddenly quickened their pace." A deputy general replied.

"Have the reinforcements been completed?" asked Hatra.

"This is the last batch." replied the general.

"After completion, close the city gates immediately." Hatra nodded and glanced at the sand table again. "How is the migration of residents to the north of the city going?"

"It is also underway. Although a small number of Assyrians are resisting fiercely, they have been dealt with. Your Highness, please rest assured." The deputy general replied quickly, "Everyone should be in place before dusk."

"Not before dusk, we have to hurry." Hatra frowned.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will send someone to urge them immediately."

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"Report to the Lord, the number of enemy troops in the first and second lines of fortifications has nearly doubled compared to yesterday!"

"Report to the Lord, the enemy's city gate has been closed!"

"Report to the Lord, our troops have entered the designated positions on three sides!"

The Golden Wolf in charge of observation kept reporting loudly about the situation. Every time he reported, Wu Lai would make some small adjustments on the sand table. Seeing his concentration, Ye Jianwu suddenly felt an indescribable complex feeling in his heart...

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As the wind blew gently through the courtyard, it shook the cluster of flowers in Helen's mind.

She suddenly sighed, turned around and looked at the female official who was still kneeling on the ground: "Get up, after all, this matter is not your fault."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The female official kowtowed quickly to express her gratitude.

"Child is becoming more and more useless." Helen sighed again, "He can't even get past Red Valley Bay. If this gets out, how will the Avram family feel?"

"Your Majesty..." The female official hesitated for a moment and said, "In fact, some rumors have already spread."

"Really? What did you say?" Helen frowned.

"They say...they say that Duke Child deliberately did not go to Assyria..." the lady-in-waiting said hesitantly.

"Nonsense." Helen frowned and interrupted the female official. "Those who spread rumors are all brainless. Childe is the backbone of the Avram family. If he deliberately does not cross Red Valley Bay, then isn't he telling the world that the Avram family has given up Hatra, and I have given up Hatra."

"That's right, but your majesty, idle people love to listen to and spread gossip." The female official said hurriedly, "King Wushuang's safe return is a great joy to the empire and the Avram family. Duke Child knows that he cannot cross Red Valley Bay, and he must have his reasons."

"Now that you know about this, have you sent anyone to inquire?" Helen asked again.

The female official shook her head quickly and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not make a decision on my own. Besides, I heard that Duke Childe and his party only camped along the boundary line in the river valley and did not return to the fortress."

"Got it." Helen nodded. "Send some people to investigate immediately. It's only two hundred miles away and they can be back in a day and a night. If they find out the truth, I will feel at ease."

"I obey your order." The female official bowed.

"No." Helen suddenly changed her mind. "You go too. The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."

"As you command, Your Majesty." The female official was surprised and bowed again to accept the order.

"Remember, don't disturb Childe, go quickly and come back quickly." Helen waved her hand, but suddenly she felt a strong sense of weariness in her heart.

"Go ahead." Helen waved her hand again...

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"Puff" - Pu Tong spat out the grass leaves that he had almost chewed up, turned his hand, took another one from his belt and put it in his mouth.

"Commander, how about a cigarette? I have one here," said a battalion commander next to him.

"What are you smoking?" Pu Tong glared at the battalion commander. "Don't think about these crooked ideas all day long. If you want to be promoted, it's fine. Exchange your military merits for it. Besides, don't you see that I am annoyed, division commander?"

The battalion commander grinned and said, "Division Commander, you really misunderstood me..."

"Go away, go away, shut up. I told you I'm annoyed." Pu Tong made a gesture to drive him away.

"Then, Commander, can you please tell me what's bothering you?" As the battalion commander under Pu Tang, he naturally knew that Pu Tang only treated them, the junior officers, as his brothers in his heart.

"How can I not be annoyed? It's been half a day and there is still no order from the lord..." Before Pu Tong finished speaking, the flag signal soldier's report came from behind him -

"Report to the division commander, the lord has ordered the Sixth Division to launch a feint attack!"

"Feint?! Didn't we say that the possibility of a feint today is zero? Why another feint?" Pu Tong was confused. "Oh my god, the lord fooled me again."

Seeing that Pu Tong was mumbling something but didn't express anything, the battalion commander at the side quickly reminded him, "Division Commander, it's time to give the order."

"I know!" Pu Tong glared at him and drew his sword. "Everyone of the Sixth Division, get ready!"

Before he could finish his words for the second time, Pu Tong heard faint shouts and screams coming from his right.

Huh? Are Pompey and Isaac going to feint as well? Pu Tong looked to the right subconsciously and wondered.