Chapter 495： A brief silence before the fortress

After he finished speaking, Lei Xiao thought for a while, and instead of deploying the action directly, he took a step and came to the old general's side again, and asked, "General Bai, what do you think about the current battlefield situation?"

"Your Excellency, judging from the current situation, the old Red Devil will not give up easily."

Nodding slightly at Lei Xiao, Old Bai stroked his gray beard lightly and continued: "Based on what this old man knows about that guy, his character is cautious and cunning, and he will never take the risk of lightly attacking and attacking him. Uncertain battle.

At this stage, with the loss of three legions, especially two long-range legions, the opponent's advantage is no longer there. It can be seen that since the opponent has not retreated, it means that he must have a strong hole card. "

"Is that really the case?"

Nodding thoughtfully, Lei Xiao rubbed his chin and continued: "It seems that one of the cards in the opponent's hand must be the missing part."

"Your Excellency is right. After the first round of the fortress attack and defense just now, the atmosphere around the battlefield is already extremely disordered, and it is impossible to perceive it at all. In addition, the surrounding mountains make this point even more exacerbated."

Shaking his head helplessly, Old Bai Shenhe frowned and said, "This old man has already spilled all the scout troops that could be used, but he still found nothing."

After a pause, Elder Bai added: "You must know that this area, although the terrain is extremely complex, is my Leng Yan's land after all.

Before that, the old man had dispatched his cronies to visit the hunters and farmers in all the surrounding villages and towns, and drew an extremely detailed topographic map, including various remote mountain roads and animal roads, which were already well known by the scouts under his command. It stands to reason that it is absolutely impossible for the other party to escape our eyeliner. "

"If that's the case, then things are very strange."

Hearing this, a puzzled look appeared on Lei Xiao's face and said: "In the case of our absolute advantage in terms of geography, how could the opponent's legion-level 10,000 people move without leaving behind? Any traces? Didn't we notice it at all?"

At this moment, the doubts on Lei Xiao's face became more and more obvious, just as Bai Lao said.

At this stage, including the subordinates who are invisible outside, they have not noticed any clues at all.

Especially Bai Wei, who has a very sensitive sense of smell, and Nanxing Nanyue sisters, who are good at tracking and just went out to investigate again, also found nothing.

"You're talking about the Eighth Legion that disappeared, right?"

On the other side, Ariel moved lightly, walked over and said, "Could it be that the enemy has already withdrawn that troop? Or is it just used as a suspect to confuse us?"

"Your Highness, the possibility of this is almost zero."

Shaking his head slightly, Old Bai still frowned and said, "Just as Your Excellency Ke Qing said just now, the large-scale mobilization of the army of ten thousand people will not go unnoticed by us anyway."

"Is it possible that... the enemy used a large-scale teleportation magic?"

Dai Mei frowned and pondered for a moment, before Ariel asked again.

"There is no possibility of returning to Her Royal Highness."

Shaking his head again, Bai Lao replied: "As far as I know, Leng Yan's strongest fourth-order space magician can only accurately transmit a few squadrons of soldiers at a time, and the distance is relatively limited. The space system powerhouses are also similar.

Furthermore, this kind of large-scale teleportation spells consume a lot of magic power. If there is really such a powerful man in the Holy Night Army, wouldn't it be enough to directly teleport the soldiers into the mountain fortress? Why is it so troublesome? "

Hearing the sound, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.

Before that, he had asked Jiang Hao, who used to be a fifth-order peak space magister, about teleporting soldiers.

Knowing that even with Jiang Hao's majestic and vast magic power back then, he couldn't achieve legion-level space teleportation at all, which is evident.

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao added: "General Bai is right, and then again, even if the other party really used teleportation magic to instantly teleport the soldiers to our side, it would definitely cause our side to suffer. If you notice it, you can't completely lose your trace."

"It makes sense... As for the entire crew to carry stealth equipment, it is even more impossible. First, this kind of equipment is expensive, and it is impossible to install it in large quantities. Second, even if it is installed in large quantities, it will disappear visually. , but from the three aspects of traces, sound and breath, you can always detect some clues."

She nodded thoughtfully, and Ariel's delicate face suddenly showed a puzzled look: "Could it be that the other party's army really disappeared out of thin air?"

"That's naturally impossible."

Taking a deep breath, Lei Xiao, who was also full of question marks, responded, "All in all, as Old General Bai and I analyzed just now, it must be some kind of conspiracy by the other party."

"Then what should we do now?"

Hearing this, Ariel's dark eyebrows were almost twisted into twists, and she said again.

"Two countermeasures, the first is to continue to increase the detection measures in the surrounding area, and the second is naturally to be prepared to respond to changes without changing."

At this moment, looking at the Holy Night Army under the fortress, who had already gathered the retreating soldiers, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Your Excellency Keqing said very well, this old man will go to inform Bert and the other two fortresses, let them not relax for a moment, and be ready to deal with the unknown tricks of the enemy at any time."

After Mr. Bai finished speaking, he nodded to Lei Xiao, then bowed slightly to Ariel, then turned to greet a few Commanders Leng Yan who were on standby, and quickly left together.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

A rough voice sounded, and the knotweed took a step forward and bowed slightly towards Lei Xiao.

"As I said just now, the most urgent task now is to figure out the movement of the other party's vanishing army as soon as possible."

Ningmei thought for a moment, Lei Xiao immediately responded: "As for the last step of taking the plan, it is not yet time to implement it. After all, when the situation is not fully grasped, it is obviously not an option to disperse the combat power to attack the enemy's rear. Wise choice."

Immediately afterwards, Lei Xiao first opened the recitation, connected the other subordinates in turn, and then quietly arranged: "Huzhang, you and Ye Cang, Chaoyan, Lin, and Nanxing, Nanyue, Baiwei, Ah, who are outside. Ling and A Bing together, continue to track the disappearance of the Legion."

"Although we don't have any clues at the moment, we can imagine that the enemy's target must be one of these three fortresses."

Having said this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly and added: "Therefore, the nine of you are divided into three groups, focusing on investigating around the three fortresses. As for Hong Ye, just stay with me and obey."

"Follow your orders! Your lord!"

Hearing the sound, the knotweed in front of him and all the subordinates bowed to take their orders, and then disappeared in a flash, and at the same time, there was a neat response from the other end of the chanting.

Gu Ren

After finishing all these arrangements, Lei Xiao, who was standing on the towering fortress, moved his pitch-black eyes upwards, and set his gaze on the bright twin moons in mid-air, frowning slightly again.

At present, the enemy's elite long-range forces have been defeated, and they have completely lost their firepower advantage over their own.

However, in this case, the other party still did not choose to retreat.

From this, it can be seen that the opponent is obviously confident in the cards in his opponent's hand.

"That hidden legion will never fall from the sky, will it?"

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao couldn't help but curl his lips slightly, and thought to himself: "Furthermore, the opponent's hand must be more than this one. Then, how will the opponent act?"

"The current battlefield is so quiet, just like the brief tranquility before the storm."

Not far away, I saw Ariel in a strong suit walking over and asking Lei Xiao, "What tricks will the Holy Night Army use next?"

At this moment, when Ariel looked at Lei Xiao, she couldn't help but add a bit of indescribable meaning.

She didn't realize it until the excitement of fighting off the Holy Night Army just passed.

In front of this young man with a self-possessed expression, he has already saved countless cold flame people behind the fortress, as well as the royal soldiers on the city wall, from the ravages of war.

Otherwise, under the fierce attack of the enemy's two long-range legions just now, I am afraid that this mountain fortress will be crumbling again.

Such a move would not be an exaggeration to call him a hero of Leng Yan.

The most important thing is that the other party is just a guy who came from another world, but he has done many things that the members of the royal family and noble families who should have assumed the responsibility of protecting Leng Yan couldn't do it...

This point made Ariel, who is also a member of the Leng Yan royal family, ashamed.

At this moment, although Ariel didn't want to admit it, what Lei Xiao had done really shocked and touched her.

"It's a trick, I can't speculate. However, the opponent's goal is naturally these three fortresses."

On the other side, slowly withdrawing his gaze, Lei Xiao responded: "Also, this mountain fort has the most perfect defense, so the situation is self-evident."

"You mean that the opponent's next target is likely to be the other two small fortresses halfway up the mountain?"

Hearing this, Ariel regained her composure. On her delicate face, a sudden realization appeared, and she said, "Though the two small fortresses have the same strength as here, they are after all temporarily formed by garrison troops from all over the world. , the combat power is much weaker.

And the number of magic cannons is very few, plus the height of the city wall is only less than ten meters, it is indeed easier to be captured by the enemy. "

Speaking of which, Ariel's eyes lit up and continued: "However, the terrain is the biggest advantage of the two small fortresses, and it can also make up for these disadvantages to a considerable extent."

"Yes, if the enemy really chooses to attack those two small fortresses, then there must be countermeasures. Therefore, we naturally cannot be negligent."

Nodding slightly, Lei Xiao looked into the distance, and finally landed on a small fortress on the mountainside, and responded.

Needless to say, this mountain fortress was able to block the footsteps of the 80,000 Holy Night Army before.

Undoubtedly, there are two other small fortresses on the left and right sides. The three are horns of each other, and they can work together to contain the enemy's forces.

And if a fortress is captured by the enemy, it will undoubtedly mean that an arm has been broken, and the defensive ability of the mountain fortress will also be greatly reduced.

Therefore, whether it is the mountain fortress itself or the small fortress next to it, it is natural that one cannot be missing.

"A means of countermeasures? Then we have to climb up bit by bit. Could it be that the other party can still fall from the sky?"

Hearing this, Ariel followed Lei Xiao's line of sight and also looked at the small fortress, thinking thoughtfully.

At present, the small fortress that the two of them are looking at is located on the left side, next to a dense forest.

As for the one on the right, the surrounding area is extremely empty, making it easier to defend and difficult to attack.

On the other side, when he heard Ariel's mouth, the same thought popped up as he had just now, Lei Xiao couldn't help but smiled and said again, "Then let's wait and see."

After a pause, Lei Xiao continued: "The dawn is no longer far away, and the dawn will undoubtedly further reduce the opponent's advantage. Presumably the opponent will start to take action soon."

Sure enough Lei Xiao's voice just fell.

The two Holy Night Corps, who were originally at the foot of the mountain, each defending the small fortresses, began to move, and slowly approached the two small fortresses respectively.

At the same time, the other two legions that had been in the rear also began to press heavily and rushed towards the mountain fortress.

"What's happening here?!"

Looking at the three-sided attack of the Holy Night Army, Ariel's fair face suddenly showed a hint of puzzlement, and she exclaimed: "Could the enemy plan to attack our three fortresses at the same time?!"

"Of course it's impossible."

He waved his hand slightly, indicating that Ariel should not be nervous, and Lei Xiao responded: "If I expected it right, the real main attack direction of the multi-shot is just one of the three fortresses, and the other two are just to contain me. Fang troops."

After he finished speaking, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the four Holy Night Army legions under the fortress, which were moving mightily, and said again, "The enemy's cards are ready."

"Then which one is the other party going to attack? Is it the jungle-side fortress on our left, or the open fortress on our right? Or is it this mountain fortress?!"

Hearing this, Ariel swallowed her spit involuntarily and muttered to herself, "Also, where will the other party's vanishing army appear?!"

Not long after Ariel finished speaking, the two enemy legions in front of the mountain fortress and the other two legions were already approaching the city.

"It seems that the answer will be revealed soon."

At this moment, Lei Xiao took a deep breath of the air filled with blood and murderous intent, and said slowly.