Chapter 228: The Entire Army on the Eastern Front Is Ready!

July 5th, 290 AD of the Britannia Empire.

16:44 pm.

Luo Lin's Army, Eastern Front, South Bank of Shunau River, Leer City.

Lair City is a relatively small ordinary city on the south bank of the Shunau River in the Luolin Empire.

The total population of Lyall City is only 20,000.

However, such an ordinary small town is now anything but ordinary.

Because an army of 60,000 people stationed in Leer City.

Laer City, a small city with a population of only 20,000, certainly cannot accommodate 60,000 troops, so these 60,000 troops are stationed outside Laer City.

The office room of the Lord of Lyle City was also temporarily borrowed and used as a temporary combat meeting room.

At this time, a heated discussion was taking place in the combat meeting room transformed from the city lord's office.

A roar with a hint of anger resounded in the combat meeting room.

"Why?! General Luo Xie! Why don't you take the initiative to attack! Such a passive defense is just a passive attack! We now have 60,000 troops! There are 20,000 more troops than Su Cheng! With the superior strength, You don’t take the initiative to attack, but defend, what are you thinking?!”

As soon as the roar came down, a strong hand pressed on the left shoulder of the owner of the roar, a burly young man.

"Calm down, Ed."

The burly man named Oed shook his body and threw the powerful hand off his shoulder. Then he turned his head and shouted to the owner of the big hand, a thin young man:

"I'm calm! Eugene! It's because I'm calm that I questioned General Roche like this!"

The young man whom Eude called Eugene replied in a plain tone:

"I'm telling you to control your tone. General Luo Xie is the person in charge of the Eastern Front and the commander-in-chief of this 60,000-strong army. You and I are just deputy commanders. We have different levels. We are talking about our commanders. Don’t you think it’s rude to yell like that?”

After hearing Eugene's scolding in a calm tone, Erd's breathing became thicker and faster.

Erd was silent for a while, and then his breathing slowly became steady.

"……you're right."

After saying such words to Eugene, Ode turned his head back, bowed his head to a tall and thin young man sitting behind the long table in front of him and said thank you:

"I'm sorry, General Luo Xie, I was too excited just now, please forgive me."

"No, no need to apologize."

The tall and thin young man - Luo Xie, the coach of the 60,000 Luo Lin Army, waved his hand and then continued:

"I didn't take it to heart."

"Thank you for your forgiveness." Erd continued, "However, what I just said is serious. I do not agree with the proposition you just made. I think we should not be so passively defensive now, but take the initiative to attack."

After saying that, Erd raised his head and looked at Luo Xie, who was sitting behind the long table, with serious eyes.

Luo Xie, who was sitting behind the long table, moved his gaze and scanned the four young faces standing in front of the long table one by one.

There were only these 5 people in the battle meeting room of Nuo University.

And these five people are Su Cheng's opponents this time - Luo Xie, the coach of the 60,000-strong army, and the four young generals who were sent to assist him and serve as deputy commanders of the 60,000-strong army! That is, the four people Gill, Ode, Eugene, and Simeon.

Just now, Luo Xie summoned Gill and the four of them to the combat meeting room.

The purpose was to announce to the four of them his plan to defend against the enemy.

After telling the four of them about his plan to defend against the enemy, as he expected, Erd, who had a fiery personality, was the first to raise objections.

Because Ode has a fiery personality and likes and is good at attacking.

The battle plan proposed by Luo Xie was to carry out passive defense.

Now, the Eastern Route Army led by Su Cheng and the 60,000-strong army led by Luo Xie,

Across a river called the Shunau River, the north and the south face each other.

The Shunau River is just a very ordinary and unknown river. If he hadn't been ordered to lead his army to carry out a delayed operation against the Eastern Route Army of the Britannia Army, Luo Xie wouldn't even know that there was such a river.

The amount of water in the Shunau River is very small and the flow is very slow. Even though it is now the rainy season, the water level of the Shunau River is still low enough that one can cross the river just by walking.

In view of the current situation, Luo Xie plans to divide the 60,000 troops under his command into 5 troops! He and the four young assistant coaches with full potential and talents in front of him will take command respectively.

Let Simeon lead 10,000 people, Erd lead 20,000 people, and Gil lead 20,000 people. A total of 50,000 troops crossed the Shunau River and set up a defense line on the north bank of the Shunau River!

Simeon's 10,000-strong army was placed on the left wing of the north bank, Oed's 20,000-strong army was placed in the middle of the north bank, and Gil's 20,000-strong army was placed on the right wing of the north bank.

The three armies formed a horn-like posture, taking care of each other and resisting the 40,000-strong Eastern Route Army of the Britannia Army.

Eugene, who has a steady personality, led 5,000 people to sit in Leer City on the south bank of the Shunau River, which is the city where they are staying now.

The geographical location of this Lyell city is important.

If 50,000 troops are sent to the north bank to build a defense line, then Leer City will become a transit point for transporting baggage to the north bank of the Shunau River.

It is most appropriate for such an important position to be held by Eugene, who has a stable personality.

Roche himself led the last 5,000 people to sit in Mayin City, which was further south than Leer City, and was responsible for the overall command in Mayin City.

The above is the defense plan designed by Luo Xie against Su Cheng's 40,000 Eastern Route Army.

After telling the four young lieutenants in front of him about his defense plan, as Luo Xie expected, the fiery-tempered Erd was the first to raise objections.

Erd believes that they now have 60,000 troops, and their total strength is greater than that of Su Cheng. They should use offense as defense and concentrate their forces to attack Su Cheng first.

Luo Xie was already prepared for Ode's objection, so he said to Ode in a calm tone:

"General Oede, our goal on the eastern front is to launch a delaying operation against the Eastern Route Army of the Britannia Army, holding back these 40,000 enemy troops so that the central front, that is, Commander Barr's side, can Able to implement psychological tactics to defeat Albert's center army."

"Therefore, on our eastern front, we only need to be able to hold back Su Cheng's 40,000-strong army."

"Since we can just delay the enemy and prevent them from taking rash actions, why do we need to increase the risk?"

"I admit that the 'attack-defense' plan you just proposed, General Oede, is very constructive, but I will not agree to your plan."

"If we choose to attack, this will greatly increase the variables and risks!"

Speaking of this, Luo Xie's tone became more serious.

Although Luo Xie is only a 32-year-old young man, in terms of age, he is still older than the four people in front of him, whose average age is only about 20 years old. Therefore, he has experienced more battlefields and has more experience. A little more, too.

Therefore, although he is still just a young man, Luo Xie has also developed a bit of the temperament of a superior, and he speaks with force.

The words that came out of Luo Xie's mouth were like rocks, pressing towards Erd.

Moreover, the rocks were getting heavier and heavier, and they gradually pressed Ode down slowly, unable to look directly at Luo Xie.

"When I fight, what I pursue most is 'stability'." Luo Xie continued, "I don't seek merit, but I seek no faults, so as long as I can successfully complete the task of 'holding back the Eastern Route Army,' I will Contented."

"Therefore, my decision to defend will not change. I will not adopt your offensive plan that only increases risks and variables."

"But... I'm still not convinced!" Erd said stubbornly, "I still think that the best battle plan for our army now is to take the initiative to attack!"

After seeing that Erd still refused to listen to the advice, Luo Xie sighed softly, and then said in a helpless tone:

"Since Erd is stubborn, let's just have a vote. The minority obeys the majority, so you don't have any opinion, right?"

After saying that, Luo Xie sat up straighter and said loudly:

"Those who support this defense plan of mine, please raise your hands!"

As soon as Luo Xie finished speaking, he immediately raised his right hand high.

While Luo Xie raised his right hand high, another tall and thin young man standing in front of his desk, namely Eugene, also raised his hand.

Not long after Eugene and Roger raised their hands, Simeon, an ordinary-looking young man who had been silent and insignificant since just now, also raised his hand.

Out of 5 people, 3 people agreed to carry out this defense plan.

The results are already obvious.

After looking at the raised hands of Eugene and Simeon, the corners of Luo Xie's mouth rose slightly, imperceptibly.

In fact, just now, Luo Xie played a little trick.

He still has some understanding of the four young assistant coaches in front of him.

Ode has a fiery personality, while Eugene and Simeon have stable and cautious personalities.

Therefore, precisely because he knew the character of these people, Luo Xie deliberately proposed this vote just now.

Because he knew very well that Eugene and Simeon, who had stable and cautious personalities, were very likely to choose his prudent defense plan.

After seeing the results of the voting, just as he expected, Luo Xie couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

Erd looked at Roger, then at Eugene and Simeon, with a look of hesitation on his face.

Although Oede still felt dissatisfied, since even the voting results were the same, he had nothing to say.

He could only grit his teeth silently and accept the defense plan that he strongly opposed.

"The results of the vote are clear, so let's start deploying troops now."

Luo Xie continued with a somewhat proud tone:

"This meeting will end here. Later, the four of you will order your troops and start setting up the defense line. I want to see the north bank of the Shunau River before July 10th. A line of defense has been built. A defense line composed of 3 troops!"

"yes!"

The four people standing in front of the long table responded in unison.

Luo Xie waved his hand, motioning for them to retreat, and said:

"Okay, today's military meeting is officially over. You guys can go down and get ready."

"yes!"

The four people responded in unison again, and then filed out of the combat meeting room.

Erd raised his eyes and looked at Eugene and Simeon who were walking in front of him, with displeasure flashing in his eyes.

Then, he slowed down and walked to the extremely handsome man walking at the back of the four people.

"Hey, Jill."

After walking up to this handsome man, Erd put his lips to his ear, and then continued:

"When you voted just now, you, like me, didn't raise your hands. You, like me, advocated concentrating our forces and taking the initiative to attack, right?"

This handsome man whom Erd calls Gil is none other than Gil de Rais, now recognized as a military genius in the Rollin Empire and recognized as the number one among the younger generation in the military.

After hearing Erd's question, Gil replied in a calm tone:

"Yes, that's right. I don't agree with General Luo Xie's plan, but who calls him the commander-in-chief of this 60,000-strong army? Although I am very unhappy, I can only listen to him obediently."

Although Gil's tone was very calm, Erd, who had worked with Gil for a while and had some understanding of Gil's temperament, could still detect a hint of displeasure from Gil's calm tone.

"well……"

Erd sighed, and then continued:

"It's really unpleasant... I can only bite the bullet and implement this defense plan that I don't agree with..."

"snort."

——As soon as Erd finished speaking, Jill next to him snorted and smiled.

"I will not listen to General Luo Xie's words."

Jill said in a confident tone:

"I will listen to General Roger's words obediently, implement this defense plan obediently, and lead 20,000 people to deploy on the right wing on the north bank of the Shunau River."

"But if the opportunity arises, I will no longer care about this plan."

After saying that, the corners of Jill's mouth raised slightly.

He showed an intriguing smile.