Chapter 686: The Great Turn of the North (Part 2)

Day 2 of the Battle of Avalon Fortress.

As soon as the sun rose on the second day, Hiran's army launched a fierce attack on Avalon Fortress just like yesterday.

The Michael Knights also defended the city wall and refused to give up an inch of ground.

Today's battle was as deadlocked as yesterday.

The two armies were constantly fighting on the outer walls of Avalon Fortress.

But in terms of the overall battle situation, the Knights of Michael still have the upper hand.

After all - the Michael Knights only need to hold on to the city wall and prevent it from being taken away by Hiran's army.

At noon, Avalon Fortress welcomed a distinguished guest.

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Avalon Fortress, command room.

"Mr. Humphrey, I didn't expect you to arrive at the fortress so quickly." Su Cheng gave a helpless smile to the old man standing in front of him.

The old man standing in front of Su Cheng was none other than the Governor of the North, Humphrey.

Last night, Su Cheng asked Willy to contact the Northern Territory Administration and ask Humphrey to come to Avalon Fortress to discuss important matters with Humphrey.

Su Cheng reasoned that it might take two days for Humphrey to arrive at the Avalon Fortress. Unexpectedly, Humphrey arrived at noon on the second day.

After Humphrey arrived at the Avalon Fortress, Su Cheng immediately welcomed Humphrey into the command room of the Knights' headquarters.

At the same time, he ordered the command room to be sealed, and no one, including Willie, was allowed to approach the command room until the conversation between him and Humphrey ended.

After listening to what Su Cheng said just now, Humphrey smiled softly:

"Repelling the invading army of the Holy Hiran Empire is our country's top priority right now."

"After I learned that Your Excellency, Captain, you wanted to discuss important matters regarding this battle with me, how could I not take it seriously?"

"After receiving the news that you wanted to have secret discussions with me, I rushed over immediately without stopping."

"Then - let's stop talking about it."

After saying that, Humphrey's expression slowly turned serious.

"Your Excellency, Captain, what is the important thing you want to discuss with me? Is it a strategy on how to defend the Avalon Fortress?"

After listening to Humphrey's words, a serious look gradually appeared on Su Cheng's face.

"No, it's not a strategy on how to defend Avalon Fortress."

Speaking of this, Su Cheng's left corner of his mouth slightly curled up, revealing a mysterious smile.

"It's about how to surround and annihilate these 300,000 Xilan troops."

As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, Humphrey's hand that was touching his short beard immediately stopped.

His eyes widened and he stared at Su Cheng blankly.

"A plan to encircle and...annihilate...the 300,000 Xilan army?"

"That's right." Su Cheng nodded seriously.

"..." Humphrey was silent for a long time.

After a long moment of silence, Humphrey finally spoke up:

"...Your Excellency, Captain, I know nothing about the art of war."

"But I also know some basic common sense about military use."

"If you want to surround and annihilate the enemy, you must at least have a force several times that of the enemy."

"Hilan's army has a combat force of 300,000 people, while the Michael Knights facing the enemy only have 120,000 people."

"The total number of troops is less than half of Xilan's army. How can we surround and annihilate this 300,000-strong army?"

"Does the Commander want to request reinforcements from the central government and request the Knights of Gabriel from the Rhine Front or the Knights of Rachel from the Southern Front to go north to help?"

As soon as Humphrey finished speaking, Su Cheng immediately replied:

"I do plan to request reinforcements from the central government, but the reinforcements I want to request are not the Knights of Rachel or the Knights of Gabriel."

After saying that, Su Cheng quickly walked towards the large map hanging on the wall in the command room.

"Mr. Humphrey, please look."

Humphrey followed closely and stood side by side in front of the large map with Su Cheng.

"I don't need the help of other knights. With the 120,000 people currently on hand, I can completely surround and annihilate the 300,000 Xilan army."

"Normally speaking, it is indeed completely impossible to surround and annihilate 300,000 people with 120,000 people."

“But the terrain of the Eghar Corridor makes this impossible possible!”

Su Cheng took out the knight's sword from his waist and replaced the baton with the knight's sword in his hand.

Su Cheng raised the knight sword in his hand and pointed the tip of the sword directly at the map:

"Mr. Humphrey, you should know better."

"Our Britannia Empire and the Holy Hiran Empire divide their national boundaries with the Eghar Mountains that run east to west."

"The Eghar Mountains are the highest and most massive mountain range in the continent. Normal people cannot climb over the Eghar Mountains at all."

"If you want to cross the Eghar Mountains, you can only take the only gap in this mountain range, which is the Eghar Corridor where we are now."

"We, the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hiran Empire, each control the northern and southern sections of the Aghar Corridor."

"We built the Avalon Fortress in the southern section of the Aghar Corridor."

"And the Holy Hiran Empire built the Muhawicz Fortress in the northern section of the Eghar Corridor."

"The two fortresses of Avalon Fortress and Muhawicz Fortress are equivalent to the north and south openings of the Eghar Corridor."

After saying that, Su Cheng pointed with the tip of his sword at the Muhawicz Fortress in the north of the map, and then pointed at the Avalon Fortress in the south.

"As long as these two openings are sealed, the Eghar Corridor can be sealed!"

As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, Humphrey raised his eyebrows.

Although he doesn't understand military affairs, Humphrey is not a fool.

After listening to what Su Cheng said just now, Humphrey had already somewhat understood what Su Cheng's plan was.

"Your Excellency, Captain, you mean..." Humphrey said hesitantly, "You plan to capture the Mukhervitz Fortress, block the north and south openings of the Eghar Corridor, seal the Eghar Corridor, and cut off the Supplies for these 300,000 Xilan troops?”

"That's right."

Seeing Humphrey's understanding so quickly, Su Cheng nodded with satisfaction, and then continued:

"It's like a straw. If you block the upper and lower openings, the water in the straw won't flow out."

"As long as we make full use of the unique terrain characteristics of the Eghal Corridor, it is completely possible to surround 300,000 people with 120,000 people!"

"As long as we can capture the Muhawicz Fortress, we can block the entire Eghar Corridor from the south to the north together with the Avalon Fortress."

"The 300,000 Xilan troops who have been deprived of supplies will be demoralized in a few days."

"By then, it's time for us to wipe them all out."

"...Your Excellency, the head of the regiment, your plan does sound wonderful." At this moment, Humphrey suddenly hesitated, "But how can we take down the Muhawicz Fortress?"

"If you can't take the Muhawicz Fortress, the idea you just had is just a fantasy."

"Muhawicz Fortress is at the northern end of the Eghar Corridor."

"What can we do to capture the Mukhavis Fortress located at the northern end of the Eghar Corridor?"

"It's true that my Michael Knights alone can't do it. So - I need the central government to allocate reinforcements to me."

"I need the Imperial Navy to help me!"

"As long as we have the help of the Imperial Navy, we have a chance to capture the Muhawicz Fortress!"

The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world

The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world