Chapter 460
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Chapter 460: Unstoppable Advance
Lu Rui, who had just received the beacon signal, probably couldn’t have imagined that his border city would be completely breached in just an hour.
Luo Ji’s army, upon entering the city, quickly secured the city gates on both sides, as well as the military camp and the city lord’s manor.
They then unceremoniously plundered the resources from the city’s armory and supply warehouse, also snagging a map from the military camp.
However, Lu Rui likely understood that for a border city frequently subjected to invasion, stockpiling too many resources there was ill-advised.
Once it fell, it would only benefit the enemy.
Therefore, the weapons, equipment, and resources in both warehouses were quite limited.
Luo Ji filled his few wagons quickly. His entire caravan was still long, and these meager supplies clearly couldn’t satisfy Luo Ji’s appetite.
Calculating the time, at this point, the opposing player should still be in their main city, mobilizing troops and assembling their forces.
As thoughts raced, Luo Ji quickly spread out the map he had obtained from the military camp.
Comparing the locations and distances on the map, he rapidly calculated.
Since it was a relief force, it should at least be a thousand-man unit, right?
For a force of that size, if they were infantry, it would take at least 4 to 5 days to march from the main city to the border.
Even for cavalry, it would take about 2 to 3 days.
In other words, time was still ample. Seizing the opportunity before the enemy reinforcements arrived, Luo Ji decisively decided to capture another city!
Of course, before leaving, he definitely had to imprison all the surviving enemy soldiers. Then, he would simply discard the prison keys.
The soldiers, left in the dark, would naturally have no way of knowing that Luo Ji’s army had left the city.
Each of them would remain huddled in their cells, not daring to move, fearing for their lives.
Leading his army out of the city, Luo Ji immediately employed the strategy of swift military action.
He led his siege force on a forced march directly towards the next city!
The moment Luo Ji’s army pressed down, the defending general of the second city was completely bewildered.
How long has it been since the beacon signal went up? Yet, the enemy’s army was already outside his city?
Without any suspense, the defending forces of this city were even weaker than the previous one, practically nonexistent in front of Luo Ji.
Before the sun completely set in the sky, Luo Ji’s siege army had already captured the second city with an unstoppable advance.
Simultaneously, Luo Ji gained two more captives: the defending general and the city lord.
Taking advantage of the situation, he rested in this city for a night, alleviating the fatigue accumulated from the day’s forced march.
The next morning, after plundering all the resources in the second city, Luo Ji repeated his tactic, commencing another forced march towards the third city.
Across three consecutive cities, Luo Ji’s siege force had been virtually invincible, conquering every target!
When you develop well in the early stages, once you rise, you can act so unrestrained.
However, Luo Ji wasn’t carried away by the continuous victories.
He clearly knew the situation.
The key was that the enemy reinforcements hadn’t arrived yet!
Besides the border city, the defending forces of the two subsequent cities were only 500 strong.
In contrast, Luo Ji’s siege army held overwhelming advantages in every aspect against these mere 500 defenders. Attacking them was like child’s play, wasn’t it?
What Luo Ji was doing now was seizing as many resources as possible before the enemy army arrived, then simply packing up and leaving.
He had no intention of directly clashing head-on with Lu Rui’s approaching army.
If it came to a direct confrontation, leveraging his 2 Elephantmen units, he could still fight against 1,000 or 2,000 enemy troops, and his chances of victory were probably not small.
But the problem was that it would lead to unnecessary casualties.
This wasn’t the outcome he wanted. When you have the ability to retreat unscathed, why would you necessarily want to fight to the death with the other party?
Luo Ji never did things that were meaningless.
Calculating the time and distance, things were getting a bit sensitive now.
Moreover, the fatigue from two consecutive forced marches wasn’t easy to recover from.
Knowing when to quit while ahead was the best strategy.
Luo Ji didn’t plan to continue attacking.
The accumulated resources and equipment from three cities had already filled his entire caravan.
Loading up the supplies, Luo Ji directly abandoned the cities and left.
This time, he intended to go as far as possible, then simply retreat on the 7th day.
After Luo Ji’s army departed, the next morning, the reinforcement troops dispatched by Lu Rui arrived outside the city.
The city gate was open, but there wasn’t a single defending soldier on the wall.
The general leading the troops instantly changed expression, as if realizing something ominous.
“Maintain vigilance! All soldiers, enter the city!”
The army quickly entered the city.
The city’s inhabitants seemed unharmed, but all the defending soldiers had vanished.
Not a single enemy was in sight either.
Faced with this situation, the leading general’s eyebrows furrowed into a tight knot, his expression grim.
He immediately ordered several of his soldiers to find some commoners and inquire about the situation.
However, the city’s inhabitants knew little.
As soon as Luo Ji’s army entered the city, they all hid in their homes, not daring to come out.
They had even blocked their windows with cloth and dared not breathe loudly, fearing that someone might discover their presence and bring about their demise.
However, commoners were aware of events like enemy sieges and the defeat of defending forces.
After hearing their accounts, the leading general’s face grew even more unsightly.
He quickly ordered his soldiers to inspect the military camp’s warehouse and the city’s food and supply warehouses.
Upon inspection, all three warehouses had been completely emptied.
They also discovered the surviving defending soldiers in the city’s dungeon.
However, all the prison cells were locked, and the keys were nowhere to be found.
To release the men, they would have to summon artisans later to dismantle the doors and unlock them one by one.
Listening to his soldiers’ reports, the leading general’s face became frighteningly grim for a moment.
He had no time to ponder.
Leaving a hundred soldiers in the city to handle the aftermath, he decisively led the remaining forces to the other two cities.
All three cities were handled almost identically.
It was as if a swarm of locusts had passed through.
Each warehouse was completely emptied, and not even a grain of rice was left!
Realizing that something major had happened, the leading general dared not delay.
He immediately wrote an urgent report and sent it overnight from the border to Lu Rui in the Royal City.
At that moment, a loud ‘bang’ echoed.
Lu Rui, who had only read half of the urgent report, completely exploded.
He immediately overturned the table in front of him!
Three cities, the resources of three entire cities! All of them were completely taken!!
