The iron axe entered the hall and made a standard military salute.

“Tfecco’s troops are expected to arrive at the fork of the Redwater River in four days, so the First Army is about to leave this afternoon,” Roland said bluntly. “The troops stationed in the border town will meet you at the meeting place, and I will rush through as soon as possible.”

“Doesn’t the town need to be fortified?”

“All the enemy’s movements are under the control of lightning and Maisie, and there is no need for a soldier’s defense, just to break it down in one front.”The prince paused, "and the long-song fortress needs to leave a hundred men to guard the nobles."

“Stay here... here?”The iron axe is a little.

Roland briefly recounted the order he had given to the five men, "I gathered them together precisely to facilitate the caretaker.After learning that Tifeko attacked the West, it was not allowed to move any thoughts, the Second Army's weapons were old, the combat experience was insufficient, and it might not react in the event of a sudden situation, but with the addition of the ten teams of the first soldiers, they could ensure that they could not lift the wind and waves.I don't want any mess behind the Redwater River at the fork in the river."

“Follow me, Your Highness.”He should.

“Are you going too?”After the iron axe left, the nightingue came from behind the main seat.

"Of course," Roland said, "if I don't go, who else can use the power of Lien?"I may not be very good at commanding the battle, but the bunker is closed, the tank pats the face, that is my life."

“I know what a tank is?”The nightingeal's face was confused.

"Well, it's a carriage that's dragging the cannon," the prince coughed, "but we don't have enough horses, so the cannons need to be transported by the town number, and they can't be called tanks."

“So you chose honey?”She blinked, “As far as I know, she can tame the tiger and the leopard as a horse.”But can a gun pulled by a beast also be called a tank?”

"Of course," Roland licked, "it's also called tiger and leopard."

As he was saying, Carter came in with a white-tailed irises in his arms, "Your Highness, there is news of the border town."

Roland clapped his hands, only to see the white-tailed irises spread their wings like a spiritual, break free from the arms of the knights and vacate, and glide for a distance and rest firmly on his shoulders.He drew a piece of dried flesh from his pocket for the bird to swallow, and the latter consciously raised a claw to make it easy for him to untie the strips tied to it.

The iris was not changed by Maisie, but one of the air messengers trained in honey.They can remember five to six different people, as well as hundreds of flight routes, and can connect with the nest as long as they are taken to a strange place.This time Roland went to the fortress, bringing a total of four messengers, they can travel back and forth between the two places in an hour, and fly without stopping for the whole day.In the absence of radio, this is the fastest way to contact.

Roland spread out the paper wrapped in the cloth and quickly browsed it.

The sender was Wendy, who had taken the Lotus, Hilvi, Leaf, Hummingbird and Nanawa to the Redwater River fork at her request.The ship also set off with some members of the artillery team and eight artillery pieces - this is also the largest number of guns that can be accommodated on the town deck after being lightweight.

The prince estimated in his heart that when Wendy pushed the sails at full speed, it would take a day for the cement ship to reach its destination.Although Hilvi served as a navigator and ships could travel at night, Wendy's magic was far less powerful than Anna's, unable to exert uninterrupted abilities.So rest at night, transport during the day, four days is only enough to go back and forth, up to sixteen field guns to the river fork.

Although the number was not as large as the last battle, the gunfire was barely enough, considering the surprise raid and the other side's inability to launch a rapid counterattack on the ship.Roland took the pen and paper handed over by the night-time, and wrote a new instruction—ordered the garrison to carry arms, ammunition to set out immediately, and the great forces of the iron axe converged at the fork in the river.

In half an hour, the white-tailed irises will be able to deliver the letter to the scroll, and she will pass it on to Captain Brian.

...

Roland arrived at the scheduled location the next morning.

The sparkling river water is divided into two here, one flowing to the long song fortress and the other connecting the Red Water City.

Because the latter river is wider, people are accustomed to think of it as the main river of the Red Water River, and the road to the fortress is called Little Red Water.

After disembarking, the witches who had been waiting by the river for a long time came to meet.

“What about Wendy?”Roland looked around and asked.

“It was the day to return on the town trumpet,” said the leaf, “and she said there were still a number of artillery to be delivered.”

"I heard that you were dealing with Tifeko Wimbledon, the pseudo-king who hunted witches in the city every day?"She asked, “What are you going to do with us?”

Although the Iron Axe and the main force of the First Army had not yet arrived, the early preparations could be made in advance—as long as there were witches.

"I need to build a line of defense on both sides of the main river," he crouched down and simply drew the intention with a stone, "and if this line represents the enemy's forward route, my troops are distributed on both sides of the bank, and suddenly launched an attack in the form of a clamping."In order to have an unsatisfying effect, they must first hide.Therefore, you need to raise on the shore two earth houses that make up the V-shaped angle, the house is long, the walls must be thick, there are eight compartments, and there is only a small window on the side facing the Red Water River.”

"Your Highness, I don't quite understand..." said Lian puzzled, "you can hide the soldiers in the earthen house, but they can't attack the boats on the river."If the pseudo-king's fleet does not stop at all and does not land, what should we do if this all the way to pass?"

"No, they can't get over it," said Roland, "and then you'll know."

Then he looked at the leaves, "You are responsible for covering these fortifications, weeds and vines, and making them look more natural."

“Yes,” the leaves said.

In this way, when the artillery is pushed into the fortifications in disguise, these two earth houses that seem useless in Lian's eyes will be instantly transformed into an unsinkable "sail battleship".By then, as long as the baffle on the window is opened, each compartment can spit out deadly flames, sixteen field guns will not lose their heads because of the bumps, in fact, under such close-range shooting, almost closed eyes can hit the sailing ship in the middle of the river - if not sinking, it is enough to make their deck into a shala field.

And from the beginning, the enemy was in an unfavorable state of the T word, Roland thought with satisfaction, you tell me, how to lose T-shaped face?(Unfinished.)