Chapter 888: The Confrontation Between Deng Jiaer and Nikita (Part 1)

The sun slowly rose from behind the eastern mountains, and the golden dawn ignited the sky, dyed the mountains yellow, and illuminated the earth.

Under the blue sky, the dark formations of the Hiran army were neatly arranged on the vast green field outside a hill.

Long spears pierced the sky, armor, shields and weapons shone with thousands of cold rays in the dawn, and large flags fluttered in the morning breeze.

Nikita stood on the temporary watchtower built with wood, looking at the hill not far away.

The hill not far away was full of the flags of the Knights of Michael and the military flags of the Britannia Empire.

Armed with these flags, the hill was like a giant hedgehog.

The entrances of the various mountain roads on the hill were equipped with fortifications such as wooden fences made of wood.

Although these fortifications were made of wood, they should not be underestimated.

If we rashly attack the hill that is now full of fortifications, the casualties will only be high.

According to the intelligence of the scouts, the vanguard of the Eastern Route Army of the Britannia Army is now stationed on this hill.

After coming to the foot of this hill and seeing the surrounding terrain with his own eyes, Nikita had to admire the person who chose to set up the counterattack position here.

This location is chosen very well.

First of all, this hill is large enough for more than 10,000 soldiers to be stationed on it.

Secondly, this hill is steep enough. If a blocking position is set up on it, the attacker will suffer a lot.

Finally, if the reinforcements of the Holy Hilan Empire want to continue to advance westward, they must take down this hill.

If they want to bypass this hill, it is not impossible.

But if they bypass this hill, the vanguard stationed on this hill is very likely to go around behind them, cut off their retreat, and attack them from behind.

A commander with a little bit of brains will not let the enemy appear behind his buttocks, and there are more than 10,000 enemy troops.

In other words, if Nikita wants to continue to advance, he must capture this hill and defeat the Eastern Army's vanguard troops stationed on this hill.

Looking at the hill with fluttering flags not far away, Nikita couldn't help but frown, thinking in his heart:

- Could this army be really led by Su Cheng...

After seeing this well-chosen blocking position, Nikita couldn't help but wonder again in his heart: Could the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army's vanguard troops really be secretly replaced by Su Cheng?

In order to calm himself down, Nikita turned around and asked a scout standing on the watchtower with him:

"Have you really found out? Has the enemy's vanguard commander really not changed? Is it still Deng Jiaer?"

As soon as Nikita finished speaking, the scout hurriedly responded:

"Commander-in-chief, we have verified it through multiple channels."

"No matter which channel, it shows the same result - the commander-in-chief of the vanguard of the Eastern Route Army of the Britannia Army has not changed. Deng Jiaer O'Brien is still the commander-in-chief, and Samuel Brooke is the deputy commander."

"As for Su Cheng himself, he stayed under the city of Vuk, commanding the main force of the Eastern Route Army to besiege Vuk."

Nikita has heard similar words many times these days.

The most important task Nikita gave to the scouts these days was to find out whether the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army's vanguard had been replaced by Su Cheng.

The intelligence sent back by the scouts these days is almost exactly the same - the commander-in-chief of the vanguard has not changed, and Deng Jiaer O'Brien is still in charge.

But no matter how many times Nikita heard the content of this intelligence, he could not feel completely at ease.

After all, Su Cheng's reputation of "winning every battle" has long spread to every corner of the continent.

Not to mention those ordinary generals and soldiers, even Nikita himself couldn't help but feel fear and cowardice when he heard the name Su Cheng.

Nikita sometimes guessed that if the commander-in-chief of the vanguard was really replaced by Su Cheng, then as long as Su Cheng walked out of this hill and showed his face in front of them, there might be many generals and soldiers who would choose to surrender obediently because of fear of Su Cheng's reputation and strength.

Whenever Nikita doubted whether the commander of the vanguard had really been changed, he would ask the scout this question, and then listen to the answer that he had heard countless times these days.

Only in this way could Nikita suppress his fear of Su Cheng a little and let Su Cheng's emotions ease a little.

After confirming from the scout once again that the vanguard had not changed its commander-in-chief, Nikita turned his head back and continued to look at the hills not far away.

Just then, a soldier dressed as a scout rode a fast horse from a distance and ran to the watchtower where Nikita was.

As soon as he arrived at the bottom of the watchtower where Nikita was, the scout said in an excited tone:

"Commander! There is new important information!"

As soon as the scout finished speaking, Nikita immediately waved to the scout.

"Come up!"

"Yes."

After the scout climbed up the watchtower with agile movements, he reported to Nikita in a tone that could not hide his excitement:

"Commander! Someone saw Su Cheng appear under the city of Fuka!"

"What?"

Nikita asked the scout with round eyes:

"Really?"

"Commander, it's true! Many people saw Su Cheng in person outside the city of Fuka! I was one of the people who saw Su Cheng appear in person outside the city of Fuka!"

"Su Cheng was wandering in the camp outside the city of Fuka, seemingly checking the construction of the camp."

"Su Cheng's hair and eyes are black, and his facial features are somewhat different from those of ordinary people, so the possibility that someone is pretending to be Su Cheng or that we are mistaken is very low."

"Su Cheng is really still commanding the main force of the Eastern Army!" the scout emphasized again.

After hearing what the scout said, Nikita felt relieved.

This was the most reassuring thing he had heard in these days.

What Nikita feared most these days was that Su Cheng secretly replaced his position with Deng Jiaer, and the commander-in-chief of the vanguard became Su Cheng.

Now that someone has finally witnessed Su Cheng appearing outside the city of Fuka, it shows that the scouts' previous intelligence was true - the commander-in-chief of the vanguard is really not Su Cheng now.

The most frightening thing disappeared, which made Nikita feel relieved.

The scout then continued:

"Commander, the mayor of Fuka City asked me to bring you a message."

"The mayor of Fuka City hopes that you can come to rescue them as soon as possible. Fuka City can't hold on for much longer."

As soon as the scout finished speaking, Nikita, who was in a good mood at the time, waved his hand nonchalantly.

"I know, I know."

"I will rescue Fuka City as soon as possible."