I really can't control myself

There is no doubt that Grint's appearance ignited everyone's last glimmer of hope. The soldiers who were originally killed, who could not tell the difference between the southeast and northwest, moved closer to the high slope where Grint was. As for Grint, he did not directly lead his troops into the battlefield below. Instead, he formed a formation on the high slope, as if he was trying to gather his troops.

"It's not good." Gaseon looked at the situation. The appearance of Grint's troops was very bad. If the opponent launched an attack at this time, they would attack his troops from behind. Of course, it would cause a lot of losses, so Gaseon He quickly jumped on someone's horse next to him, then raised his hand and started to gather the troops.

Naturally, there was no confusion in Gasser's troops. When they heard Gasser's voice, they also moved closer to Gasser's side. The sound of fighting in the battlefield became slightly quieter, and they also saw reinforcements appearing on the hillside. It seemed that there was still a fierce battle, so they followed Garsain's order and started to line up.

"Everyone follow me, break out!" At this time, General Grint suddenly shouted. Garserne, who was gathering the team over there, was stunned when he heard the other party's words. He thought the other party was about to rush over, but it turned out that he was preparing to break out. If he breaks out now Is this a retreat? Grint is just here to save people?

"Chase me!" Garsain pointed in the direction of Grint with a wave of his hand, and the soldiers around him rushed towards Grint after hearing the order. Grint waved his hand as well, and his troops also stepped forward and quickly fought with Garsain's troops.

This was the first front battle tonight. Soldiers on both sides began to fight head-on, holding each other's front against each other. Just as the front lines were fighting, more and more troops were gathering on the two sides behind. Naturally, the soldiers on Garsain's side were gathered here, while the ambushed troops on Grint's side were those who had just escaped. At this time, Grint looked at the situation, waved his hand and shouted: "Break through to the west!"

After hearing the order, the enemy troops immediately began to shrink their formation and began to move closer to the west. Seeing this situation, Garsain became a little anxious: "Stick up and surround them!"

Garserne's troops wanted to surround the enemy, but the other side did begin to retreat. Some of the troops were holding back, while the others were moving towards the west. Before the encirclement of Garsain was formed, the opponent had already retreated.

"Chase! Chase me!" Gasein shouted with a wave of his hand.

"Stop chasing." As soon as he finished shouting, a voice appeared next to him. Garsain turned around and saw that Linton appeared beside him at some unknown moment.

"Not chasing?" Gasein was stunned for a moment.

"We are all infantry, so what is there to chase? The enemy has cover, so it is not a retreat, and the pursuit will be difficult to be effective. Let them go." Linton said, "Let's just clean up the battlefield here. "

"Let them go?" Garsain was stunned for a moment.

"War is about strategic goals, not personal grudges. Although I know you want to kill the person who ambushed you, it is not wise to pursue you now." Linton said, "The general named Grint made a very accurate judgment. , the current situation can still accurately judge the situation, and will not give you a chance, let them retreat, anyway, our strategic purpose has been achieved."

Garsain thought about it for a moment, but listened to Linton's words. One part of the troops focused on the enemy in the west, and the other part of the troops quickly began to harvest the remaining enemies on the battlefield.

Soon, the sun slowly rose and the battle was over. The battlefield was once again covered with corpses, but this time it was from the Kingdom of Kowikra.

At this time, Garsain's troops were cleaning the battlefield, counting the number of people, and sorting out the prisoners. Garserne had just finished listening to the report from his subordinates. This battle killed at least a thousand enemies and captured more than 200 people. It can be said to be a great victory. Unfortunately, the enemy's reinforcements arrived at the last moment and rescued many people. Otherwise, these 2,000 troops would have been blocked. En can keep them all.

"Don't look pitiful. In a war, you can't just blindly seek total victory." Linton said next to him, "We defeated the enemy's support troops and also seized the opponent's supplies. Didn't we achieve our goal? Yet?"

Gasein nodded, and indeed the baggage problem was solved. Although they also used fire this time, it was only used to seal the road. After all, they didn't have that much kerosene, so they grabbed a lot of baggage this time. , the problem of their troops was solved in one fell swoop. Now Gasain's troops are well supplied and their morale is high. It can be said that they are in full condition. The strategic purpose Linton mentioned has indeed been fully achieved.

"I understand, but they can't run away. Notify the entire army to prepare to assemble and march into the gold mine." Gaseon said.

"Think about it again?" Linton couldn't help but said after hearing Garsain's words.

"Think about it again?" Garsain was stunned for a moment, "Then we camp where we are and rest for a day before attacking?"

Indeed, after a night of fighting, the soldiers were still very tired, so Gaseon felt that Linton was worried about this, so he let the troops rest before attacking.

"You are guessing riddles." Linton held up his forehead. "During the war, can you try to figure out the enemy general's thoughts? Think carefully about what kind of person that general named Grint is."

"Hmm..." Garsain thought for a while, "You can still command calmly at that time. He is indeed a very powerful general."

"Listen up." Linton said, "That guy has a very clear grasp of the situation. Why did he show up last night? If he didn't show up, the enemy's 2,000 reinforcements might have been wiped out by us here. Then our troops They will lead a great victory and surround the gold mine. Without reinforcements, they can only wait for death. Seeing this, Grint had no other choice after discovering the situation here, but to come to the rescue immediately. Since he can do this Seeing the situation accurately means that he has made the best choice now."

"What...what do you mean?" Garsain asked, "What's the best option?"

"So do you still think the other side will retreat to defend the gold mine?" Linton asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Garsain was stunned, "Wait, you mean...Glint will give up the gold mine?"

"He knows that our goal is the gold mine, not them. At this time, retreating to defend the gold mine is not waiting to be surrounded by us. Do you think a general like Grint will seek death like this?" Linton said, "Give up the gold." Mine, we will naturally go to the gold mine instead of chasing them, and they will have a chance to breathe, gather their troops, ask for reinforcements, and they will have a chance to fight back. Grint is definitely not at the gold mine now."

"It actually happened..." Garsain couldn't believe it, but Linton's judgment was well-founded. He suddenly found that he had a lot to learn. This leader had much more knowledge than he thought.

Yes, although Garsain had been on the battlefield, he was only an ordinary high-level soldier at that time. He only had to obey the orders of his superiors and charge or retreat. Although he also led troops after he became a duke, they were only to encircle and suppress the rebels within the territory. Those rebels were really a mob, and they didn't need any tactics. They would just catch them and beat them up, and this time it was over. In his real debut battle, he also encountered a troublesome opponent, and he suddenly felt that there was a big difference between being a commander and a soldier.

But thinking of this, Garsain looked at Linton. This guy was younger than him and had never been on the battlefield. How could he be more skilled than him? "Have you ever led a soldier before?"

"No, I have watched Romance of the Three Kingdoms." Linton said, spreading his hands.

"What is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" Gasein looked confused.

"Just think of it as a book on the art of war." Linton said.

"Oh, the book on the art of war..." Garsain nodded, and it seemed that he was going to make up for it.

After resting for a while, Garsain gathered his troops and headed towards the gold mine. It didn't take long for them to arrive at the location of the gold mine. As expected, it was just as Linton said. They sent out a reconnaissance team to search around, but did not find any enemy troops. They really did not retreat to the gold mine, but directly give up.

Garserne captured the gold mine without any bloodshed and encountered little resistance. There are still people in the gold mine, probably more than 200 people working hard. Miners in this world belong to the lowest level of the profession. Generally speaking, no one would come to mine. Most of these people are actually criminals who were exiled here to mine. The 500-man army under Grint was used not only to defend against foreign enemies, but also to guard these prisoners.

Of course, it is very simple to accept this group of people. They were all locked in the squad room and could not get out originally. They had no intention of resisting when they saw Garserne's troops. It was obvious that Garserne was not their own army. The gold mine should be It was occupied by other forces, but what does this have to do with them? It's not mining for anyone anyway.

By the way, Gasain also threw in the more than 200 prisoners he had captured. Now they had more than 400 people working hard.

After searching everywhere, they found a lot of supplies here. It should be the food and grass materials hoarded by the garrison here, and now they all belong to them. In addition to what they got before, they don't have to worry about food supplies in a short time. In addition to these, they also received a large warehouse of raw gold ore.

"Is this a gold mine?" Linton saw the raw ore of a gold mine for the first time. It was still a black stone, but there were indeed golden particles on it.

"I've really made a fortune now." Gasein said as he looked at the raw ore in the warehouse. This batch of ore must have been dug before and was intercepted by them before it could be transported out.

"In short, as I said, our strategic purpose has been accomplished." Linton put down the ore and said, "There is no need to rush to chase the enemy. Let's stabilize this side first."