Chapter 708 Exercise (Part 1)

The welcoming banquet prepared for Mude and Blaise was grand.

Plate after plate of food and bottle after bottle of drinks were served on the table.

In order to take care of the two elderly people, Su Cheng also carefully asked the kitchen to prepare easy-to-chew and easy-to-swallow food for Mude and Blaise, such as meat porridge.

After all, Su Cheng didn't know whether the teeth of these two elderly people who were over 60 years old were still good, and whether they could still chew food.

But after the banquet started, Su Cheng found that his worry was unnecessary.

Although these two elderly people were old, their teeth were still quite good, and their appetite was not inferior to that of these young people.

At the beginning of the banquet, the two of them launched a large-scale offensive against the food in front of them. They each grabbed a leg of lamb and gnawed it. Their posture was very bold, and it was completely unimaginable that these were two elderly people over 60 years old.

Perhaps it was because of the bold attitude of the two old men when they were eating that the atmosphere became heated soon after the welcoming banquet began.

Because it is wartime now, it is not appropriate to invite dancers and musicians to perform to liven up the atmosphere.

Moreover, Alyssa was also present at the welcoming banquet. Su Cheng did not want Alyssa to see him staring at the performance of the dancers, so Su Cheng did not invite any dancers or musicians to liven up the atmosphere.

In order to liven up the atmosphere of the banquet, Samuel volunteered to perform a sword dance.

Until Samuel volunteered to perform a sword dance, everyone at the scene - except Dale, was shocked.

Because they didn't know that Samuel could actually dance a sword dance.

The so-called sword dance is a traditional dance in the Britannia Empire Army. It is a dance that requires holding a sword in one hand and exuding elegance in handsomeness.

There are many different versions of sword dance. Some versions require holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, while some versions only require holding a sword in one hand.

The version that Samuel danced was the one that only required one hand to hold the sword.

Samuel drew out his knight sword and danced the sword dance in the center of the banquet venue.

For someone like Samuel, who was neither fat nor thin, neither tall nor short, and had a somewhat quiet temperament, this kind of handsome and elegant sword dance was very suitable.

Although he did not know how to dance, let alone sword dance, after watching Samuel's performance, Su Cheng instinctively thought that Samuel danced very well, and successfully heated up the atmosphere of the venue after the dance.

After Samuel volunteered to perform a sword dance, the rest of the people in the venue also went up to perform their own talents.

After the climax of the welcoming banquet, everyone was a little tired and started chatting.

All the people present were knights, and if there was any common topic, it was probably only military affairs.

Mud and Blaise did not know the current situation of the northern front, so they asked Su Cheng.

After some inquiries, they learned that the situation on the northern front had long been in a stalemate.

After launching a fierce attack on the Avalon Fortress for 7 consecutive days, the offensive was completely stopped on the 8th day.

Although the offensive was stopped, there was no retreat.

Neither withdrawing nor attacking, they just blocked outside the Avalon Fortress and built field fortifications, which seemed to be to prevent the Michael Knights from sneaking out of the fortress.

After seeing that the Xilan Army refused to withdraw and stopped attacking, but blocked outside the fortress to build fortifications, Su Cheng sharply judged that the Xilan Army wanted to fight a war of food and supplies with them!

Blocked outside the north gate of the Avalon Fortress,

and his Michael Knights consumed food and supplies, and competed to see whose food and supplies would run out first.

After learning that hundreds of thousands of Xilan troops were guarding outside the Avalon Fortress and fighting a war of food and supplies with them, Mud and Blaise both widened their eyes.

Mude's face was full of astonishment: "A war of food and clothing... How can they have the confidence to fight a war of food and clothing with Avalon Fortress..."

The north wall of Avalon Fortress runs from the east end to the west end of the Aighar Corridor. Unless the entire north wall is taken, it is impossible to surround Avalon Fortress and cut off its supply.

An expeditionary force of hundreds of thousands of people, fighting a war of food and clothing with a fortress garrison that is fighting on the home ground and whose supply cannot be cut off - this battle plan is really too crazy and whimsical.

Su Cheng understands Mude and Blaise who are now wide-eyed, because when he judged that the Xilan Army was going to fight a war of food and clothing with his Michael Knights, Su Cheng also widened his eyes in astonishment.

Su Cheng dared to conclude that such a stupid move was definitely not the idea of ​​Dominic, the commander of the Xilan Army!

Dominic is the first marshal of the Holy Xilan Empire. How could he not see the current situation of the war and make such a stupid move as a war of food and clothing?

According to the intelligence of the spies, the "Iron Hammer Operation" of the Holy Hilan Empire was the idea of ​​their Emperor Vasili.

So Su Cheng guessed that the idea of ​​the Hilan Army not withdrawing after the offensive was frustrated and fighting a food war with them might have been proposed by the Holy Hilan Empire Emperor Vasili.

No matter who came up with the idea of ​​fighting a food war with their Knights of Michael, Su Cheng had to thank him.

If the Hilan Army really withdrew from the Aighar Corridor, his "Northern Great Turn" operation would have been impossible to implement.

After some small talk, the people in the venue gradually talked about business and the "Northern Great Turn" operation.

"Everyone here should know the general process of this battle."

"I'll tell you the truth!"

Su Cheng continued to say solemnly to the knights gathered in front of him:

"Not only will I win this battle! I will also let history remember this battle!"

"I want to let the people of today and the people of the future see it!"

"See how I surrounded and annihilated 300,000 people with 120,000 people!"

"And I will not only annihilate the 300,000 Xilan troops in front of me, if the conditions are ripe,

I will also counterattack! I will lead the troops to the north! Invade the homeland of the Holy Xilan Empire!"

Su Cheng continued to speak loudly to the people in the meeting hall.

"But if we want to successfully surround 300,000 people with 120,000 people, we must have the help of the navy!"

"We have to use the sea route to deploy the 80,000 troops of the Knights of Michael to the rear of the Holy Hilan Empire."

"The Holy Hilan Empire's Blue Water Port is also a year-round ice-free port. The port is large enough and is closest to the Mukhavets Fortress. It is the most suitable landing point. There is no better landing point than this."

"However, Blue Water Port is also one of the main bases of the Holy Hilan Empire Navy."

"Blue Water Port has been stationed with more than half of the Holy Hilan Empire's naval forces for many years."

"If our side If the navy cannot annihilate the Northern Navy stationed in the Blue Water Harbor, then there is no way to talk about beach landing! "

"So - in this battle, the navy will play a crucial role! The victory or failure of the navy will directly affect the outcome of the entire battle. I will never allow anyone to affect the navy's operations!"

"Now that the two commanders of the navy and all the knights of my Knights are here, then - Lord Mud, just take this opportunity to tell us about the specific equipment of the Imperial Navy. "

"All the knights in my Knights, including me, don't know much about the specific equipment of the navy. "