Of course, Wu Lai would not recall the Daishan team for no reason. The reason he did so was that the garrison suddenly made an unusual move yesterday morning - all members set out, and took away half of the militia, saying that they had received a notice from the legion to repair the Red Valley Bay Fortress and conduct a ten-day training there.

This reason is hard to convince people, but the garrison belongs to the Third Legion. The Seneca city-state only has the obligation to provide supplies, convenience and assistance, and has no right to dispatch or interfere, so Dayi has the final say on what to do and how to do it.

But Wu Lai knew that the legion would only require the city-state garrisons to complete fixed training tasks, would never add burdens to them, and would never let the garrisons bear the burden of repairing fortresses.

It was Rini who told him this.

So Wu Lai's first reaction was that there must be something fishy about Dayi leading the entire garrison to march out. After further deduction, he understood everything.

Dispersing the garrison was naturally intended to significantly weaken the defenses of the Seneca city-state. This meant that the Seneca city-state was about to be attacked, and that Dayi had deliberately set up a trap to allow Seneca City to be attacked - he was creating an excellent condition for the attacker.

However, Wu Lai did not think that the combat effectiveness of the attacker was very strong. At most, they were equivalent to the half of the militia that remained. Even if they could slightly exceed it, it would be very limited. To put it bluntly, Dayi was just creating a harassment, a harassment with almost negligible destructive power but a very good deterrent effect.

"Who did he collude with? A gang of thieves or bandits?" Wu Lai frowned and thought as he discussed this with Sibanok.

…

When Wu Lai summoned the Daishan team, Dayi had just led the garrison to set up camp at the Hongguwan Fortress.

"What horrible weather! It snowed so heavily as soon as I went out. Fortunately, we set out yesterday. If it was today, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to come." Ivan complained while adding dry firewood to the fire.

"Well, that's good too. It's a more convincing reason." Da Yi smiled slightly, put the big copper teapot handed by the guard next to the fire, and said, "We need to let Seneca know what the situation will be like without the garrison. These ignorant citizens have always only understood the war in terms of casualties. Of course, those whose family members have died in battle may be an exception."

Ivan laughed out loud: "I can't help laughing when I imagine that scene. Those citizens will be scared to death."

"Yes, the women will continue to scream, and their screams will continue to echo in the streets of Seneca. The louder they scream, the more panic people will become." Dayi smiled grimly.

"Is there going to be any trouble with Osiris?" Ivan asked.

"No." Dayi answered confidently, "He is smart. He knows that if he does something wrong, I will kill him. So, he will definitely smash the city gates and scare those citizens who are becoming more and more disobedient."

"But Aesop is still here, and he has hundreds of militiamen under his command. He is not a pushover." Ivan suddenly frowned.

Dayi curled his lips in disapproval. "All the decent men under Aesop's command have been mobilized by us. The rest can only carry weapons and stand guard. No matter how powerful Aesop is, he would never dare to lead such a group of cowards into battle. Osaires can rush in without any effort. He will kill a few civilians, burn some shops, and then retreat outside the city to wait for us..."

"That's great, that's great." Ivan said, smiling as he fiddled with the fire.

"When the time comes, I'll see which citizen dares to say no to me..." Dayi smiled coldly and broke the firewood in his hand.

At noon four days later, the snow had just cleared up and a large group of black dots appeared in the endless white expanse of land. They were a group of bandits, about six or seven hundred people, and their leader was Osaires.

In the early morning of the day before, Osiris led his men past the Red Valley Bay Fortress and then rushed all the way to Seneca.

When he saw the outline of Seneca's city from afar, Osaires felt that his fatigue disappeared in an instant. He squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then waved his hand to call his deputy: "Two rangers, go around the city."

The order was simple and concise, with two purposes: one was to take a general look at Seneca's garrison situation, and the other was to alert the insiders in Seneca City.

Two rangers rushed out from the left and right, quickly rushing towards Seneca City two miles away. At the same time, a horn suddenly sounded in Seneca City.

"Are you prepared?" Osaires frowned. However, he was not in a hurry to move. Instead, he sat upright on his horse, waiting for the cavalry to return.

"Boss, are Dayi and the others trying to cheat?" the deputy came over and asked in a low voice.

Osiris waved his hand and replied, "How is this possible? These lieutenants of the garrison are very trustworthy in these matters. Otherwise, how could they blackmail those nobles?"

"That's right, boss. Can we take a few women back this time?" asked the deputy with a smile.

"Civilians and slaves are all fine, but nobles, don't move. Grab more food, cloth and leather. This winter is very cold." Osaires rubbed his hands and said.

"Okay, I'll talk to my brothers." The deputy nodded and turned his horse's head.

…

When the first horn sounded, Aesop frowned and said, "Well, Wuleglindo, you are right again."

After a while, Aesop and Woolley met on the city wall of the main city gate. In addition to the two of them, there were Anthony and a group of nobles who had rushed there after hearing the news.

In every street and alley in the city, residents were either running around in panic or closing their doors.

"What's going on, Lord Archon?" The nobles pointed at the bandits who were rapidly approaching Seneca in the snowy field ahead and asked, all of them feeling a little uneasy.

"It should be bandits." Anthony was so angry at this moment. Bandits appeared as soon as the garrison was training. How could he not see the twists and turns here? Anthony was angry that Dayi didn't even know about it. He still regarded him as a friend.

"Am I, a city-state consul and a member of the Supreme Aristocratic Council, worse than dog shit in your eyes?" Anthony roared in his heart.

"Mr. Archon, what should we do?" asked a noble.

"What else can we do? Go home quickly, lock the door, and let your slaves do the work!" Anthony roared angrily.

"Is it still too late?!" A lazy voice came from outside the circle of people. Everyone who heard it was startled involuntarily. They looked in the direction of the voice and saw Wu Lai and Aesop coming over.

"Lord Aesop is here too, that's great." The person who said this was a loyal supporter of Anthony. He deliberately mentioned only Aesop and not Woolley, naturally wanting to flatter Anthony.

"My coming here is useless!" Aesop said bluntly, "All the elite soldiers of the militia have been taken away by the garrison to repair the Red Valley Bay Fortress. Now those I have are just decorations."

After Aesop said this, everyone became even more panicked. They had originally hoped that the militia could drive them out of the city, but now this happened.

"Everyone, don't panic!" Anthony calmed down, waved his arms, and said loudly, "Everyone, go back and organize slaves to defend the city. These bandits are few in number. If each household sends some people, plus the civilians, they will definitely not be able to break in!"

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As soon as Anthony finished speaking, a rapid horn sounded from the direction of the northwest gate.

Aesop and Wu Lai looked at each other and gave each other an approving look.

Everyone hurriedly looked towards the northwest city gate and saw a large cloud of thick smoke rising. Looking outside the city, the hundreds of bandits suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the northwest city gate.

"Oh no! The northwest gate has been destroyed!" a noble screamed.

"They have an insider!" someone shouted.

"What should we do now?" someone asked in surprise.

"Don't panic, everyone! Go back home first, and organize your families and slaves to resist as I said!" Anthony was quite calm.

"No! You are sending us to our deaths!" Wu Lai didn't mind disgusting Anthony. "No one can defeat the bandits if they fight alone! Now we are sending everyone back home! I'm afraid we will die before we can get home!!"

Wu Lai asked urgently, and everyone was stunned after hearing it. Yes, the city gates were burned down, and the bandits were charging again. No matter how fast they ran, they could not be as fast as the bandits.

"Then what should we do?" several nobles asked anxiously.

Wu Lai smiled slightly and raised his right hand: "I suggest that everyone stay here!"

"Stay?! Wuleglindo, did I hear correctly?" asked a noble.

"You heard it right!" Aesop answered on behalf of Wu Lai, "My advice is also to listen to Citizen Wu Lailindo! He is the favorite student of Lord Lini, the vice president of the Military Department of the Assyrian Citizen Academy. He can handle these things!"

Anthony frowned after hearing this, but the other nobles breathed a sigh of relief. It sounded good. As the favorite student of the vice-president of the Military Department, he should be good at military affairs.

"Aesop, as a tribune, you shouldn't be standing here!" Anthony asked with a frown. Yes, the tribune is in charge of the military affairs of the city-state. How could Aesop just stand there and watch the fun from the beginning, and he was standing with Wuleglindo?

"Consul Antony and Tribune Aesop stayed at the main city gate because this is the place where the decisive battle with the bandits will take place!" Wu Lai said loudly, and with a wave of his hand, two members of the Tongji League squeezed in from outside the circle of people, supported Antony on the left and right, took a step, and squeezed out of the circle of people.

"What are you doing?" Anthony was suddenly shocked.

"It's nothing. Since you are so timid, it would be more appropriate to send you back to the official residence." Wu Lai curled his lips and waved his hand. Anthony was dragged and carried away from the main city gate wall in full view of everyone.

"Wuliglindo, why do you say that the main city gate is where the decisive battle will take place? The northwest gate is already on fire." Just as a noble asked this, the shrill sound of the horn was heard again.

"Burning? That's right. Every city has a few guys who are in cahoots with bandits and thieves. But don't worry, there's only thick smoke coming out of the northwest gate. It's just a dream for these bandits to come in from there!" Wu Lai looked at Aesop with a smile, "Tribute Aesop, please go to the west gate now and drive those bandits to my side."

"No problem!" Aesop laughed and left quickly.

When he walked down the city wall and came to the street, Aesop couldn't help but turn around and look at Wu Lai's figure.

Wulai Grindo, Dayi is really unlucky to meet you. Aesop said to Wulai in his heart.