The next day, the Chaos Legion continued to move forward. As mentioned earlier, Marvin believed in his judgment and believed that Ashu Rufate would never retreat without resistance and return to the city of Newestria. Now, he finally proved his vision.

His troops occupied the banks of the river without bloodshed. Of course, there was no doubt that by the time they arrived, Ashurufate had completely destroyed the bridge that originally crossed the river.

This kind of terrain that relies on river defense is generally not considered very favorable. If the enemy's footsteps are to be blocked on the opposite bank of the river, it will become what the military book says, "Be prepared for the front and the back, be prepared for the left and the right, and be prepared for everything, and be prepared for everything." Unless it is a river that is very large or very urgent, and has a limited ferry crossing. Otherwise, it is generally believed that defending according to rivers is not a particularly good strategy, and it is very easy to take advantage of it.

When Marvin arrived by the river, he saw the enemy troops waiting for the other side. The numerous cannons and musketeers and crossbowmen occupied the favorable terrain. If they wanted to cross, these weapons would cause terrible damage. Even as a Chaos General, Marvin was unwilling to throw his subordinates into this hopeless slaughterhouse.

But seeing the enemy's army retreat without fighting was not the style of a god-loving person. So Marvin ordered thousands of wizards in the army to engage in a long-range battle across the river.

This battle is actually a bit funny, because the distance is too far, and there are only two ways to attack each other: cannon and magic. Even these two have greatly weakened due to the distance. A fireball can easily roast twenty people together at a distance of 100 steps, but at this distance, as long as the eyes can easily avoid it. Even if it is not avoided, the fireball cannot explode after spending such a large distance in the air.

Of course, the same is true for cannons. If the shells want to hit the enemy at this distance, the difficulty is similar to shooting flies with a musket at a distance of 100 steps. It is a completely blind cat to catch a dead mouse.

In front of the two armies, this kind of battle went on for a long time. The final result was that a cannon was destroyed, and three members of the gunpowder and two barrels of gunpowder were directly destroyed. The reason for this phenomenon was that the operator accidentally lit the nearby gunpowder barrel. On the Chaos Legion, a very lucky shell hit the two Chaos Wizards - the apprentice, because the genuine Chaos Wizards were flying in the air on the magic disk.

It was too late at this time, and the battle ended here. Both sides withdrew their troops and returned to the camp.

As mentioned earlier, Marvin is a very cunning person. The reason why he was deceived by Ashu Rufate once and almost lost all his bets. But strictly speaking, this is not because he is stupid, but because he is really too smart in his calculations. It is like an overly exquisite sand sculpture castle. As long as the base is shaking slightly, the entire castle will collapse.

Of course, a person like him would not be bored in such a meaningless battle performance (as mentioned earlier, the pitiful results of this battle even originated from accidents). When he ordered the battle between magic and gunpowder, he had sent people he trusted to carefully understand the situation of the nearby rivers. On the surface, he was wasting time, but in fact he was just using this method to attract some of the other party's attention.

"Master," as soon as he returned to the camp, someone came over. He was a subordinate he had sent out before. With his magic wings, he had already cruised a large area in the past half day. This is the benefit of magic. "I have already obtained the enemy's defense."

"Come in and talk."

Marvin's tent is not big. On the table in the middle of the tent, an accurate map drawn by the southerners was already placed.

"This is their main direction." The subordinate pointed his hand. "Almost all the main forces are placed here, and they seem to believe that we will cross the river here." His fingers moved along the river on the map. "Here, here and here, there are no guards in these places. Even if there are, I think there are only a small number of scouts that cannot affect our army's actions."

"It's normal. They didn't intend to block us across the river. They just... tried to delay a little time." Marvin said. "If we pass here...even if we don't encounter any obstacles, it means time. We have to spend a day getting here even if we are marching, spend half a day building a pontoon bridge, and then spend a day crossing the river - if we use a raft or a ferry, we have to spend more time - and then spend a day returning. In this way, we spend more than three days taking a detour. And their purpose is achieved."

Marvin said in a sarcastic tone. "Fortunately, I know the terrain of this area very well. Thanks to Luo Jin, I spent a lot of time on the road to find him again and again. For safety, I can only walk some roads."

"Here, if I'm not mistaken, this should be a suitable area for crossing the river..." Marvin's finger poked hard on the map. "How are the stupid southerners' defenses here?"

"Here... there is no defense force here."

"You're sure." Marvin looked at his subordinates coldly. "Although the southerners are stupid, they shouldn't be so careless."

"I believe so." The subordinates replied decisively. "They deployed a small army here...set multiple cannons."

"Strange... Strange... It's really strange. What does this mean?" Ma Wen was stunned for a moment. "The troops stationed in such a... meaningless position... Wait... I think... I think I understand. You," he pointed his subordinates with his hand. "Go here tonight." His fingers fell on the map, and he circled the side of the small southern army's garrison. "What's going on here?"

Almost as Marvin deployed his next move, on the other side of the river, Ashu Rufate was also in his tent. Beller was with him, as well as Beller's two entourages, Robin and Tale.

"How is the situation in the rear?" Asu Rufate asked. They now know the fall of the city of Newestria. Because the Chaos Wizard spent a huge amount of magical shielding to interfere with the magic communication, the connection between the front and rear can only be carried out by fast horses and messengers. Asu Rufate also had no hope for the city of Newestria. If he retreated, he wanted to retreat to Gaohua City.

"The messenger has not come back yet." Berel spread his hands helplessly. "No matter what, Gaohua City needs time to repair the fortifications. As long as the city lord there is not an idiot, he must have done his best to start the construction. The longer we delay, the better."

"How many days can it be delayed?" Asu Ruffat asked. Since receiving the bad news before, he has maintained this expression - as if he was smiling, but when he looked closely, he couldn't help but feel dangerous and even terrifying. Beller was sure that if Asu Ruffat drew his sword - transformed it into a sword - and killed a few people, he would not be surprised at all.

"Today doesn't count, five days," said Beller. "I'm very tolerant to estimate that our opponent's IQ is kept at the level of ordinary people. After all, this river is very average." He raised his head and looked outside the curtain door of the tent. "The sky is gloomy, and it seems that there will be rain during this period. If it is heavy rain, it means that we can delay it for a longer time with the gift of God. Hope so."

"I don't think there will be five days," said Ashu Rufate.

"We burned the nearby wood as much as possible," said Beller. "In this way, even if the Chaos Wizard is capable, it should take at least one day to get the wood needed to build the bridge."

"That measure may not be possible. If the Chaos Wizards were preparing for this place when they came all the way? They were able to collect wood along the way... You know, they also have a map in their hands, so they must know that there is such a river here."

"I'm saying it. If that's the case, I guess it's four days."

"We will have to retreat in three days," said Ashu Rufate. "I don't know why, this tactic of defending along the river... makes me feel very uneasy."

"Are we in danger?" asked Beller, but when he asked this question, his eyes were looking at Robin and Tale.

"We originally...we had a distance of two or three days with the enemy. This was a safe distance, but in order to carry out this tactic, there was no such safe distance between us." Robin thought for a moment and replied.

"If the enemy crosses the river in a short time in some way... we have no choice but to stop and fight. Because our army has been bitten tightly," Taller added. "The biggest unstable factor is magic... This time the Chaos Legion gathered unprecedented numbers of magicians, and they might be able to use this to do many things beyond common sense."

"I don't know magic, but at least I know that any magic must consume the energy of the magician." Beral said. "If they use magic to cross the river... it means that many of them will be unable to go to the battlefield because they exhaust their strength."

"But even so, the number of magicians they can go to the battlefield may still exceed our army." Ashu Rufate interjected. "I decided to evacuate in three days, three days later. Leave a guard force to bluff, delay for a few more days and count for a few more days."

The night of the day was spent safely. The Chaos Legion did not show any effort to try to carry out night engineering. The next day was very calm, and even this type of performance war did not happen again on the first day. The Chaos Legion seemed to have given up other actions and began to collect the necessary supplies and wood for crossing the river with all his heart.

The two armies maintained their initial situation. If there is any change, it is that the sky is getting darker. Experienced people say that there may be an extraordinary storm. They say that this storm is what they expect, because on the one hand it can cause the river to surge, and on the other hand it can effectively hinder any construction.

The Chaos Legion's offensive took place on the third day.
Chapter completed!