Chapter 0407: Under Infighting
If Renard hears his words, he will have to laugh to death, and the fool will help you take the lead.
Sure enough, the next morning, the meeting went ahead as usual.
Earl Shelley looked around at everyone present and asked, "Have you made a decision?"
Everyone was silent, and all of them were old monks.
Seeing this, Earl Shelley was itching with hatred, but he couldn't help it, so he only knew the benefits: "Ladies and gentlemen, now the enemy's cavalry is attacking our territory and people in the rear, if we don't make a decision as soon as possible, I'm afraid that ......"
He didn't say what he said next, but the threat was strong.
The expressions of the lords changed, and they exchanged glances with each other, but no one spoke.
Earl Needham sneered secretly, and then spoke: "Earl Shelley, you made up the crusade against the rebellion, you made the plan, you planned the two routes of the march, and even the decisive battle was also proposed by you. ”
He clasped the tips of his fingers and added, "How about you set an example." ”
When the lords heard this, their eyes lit up, and their eyes turned to Earl Shelley.
That's right, the things in front of you are all made by you, who will take the lead if you don't take the lead?
Sensing the strange gaze around him, Earl Shelley's mouth was full of good teeth and almost didn't crush.
He took a few deep breaths and hinted that he should calm down, and he knew that he could not retreat, so he said with a smile: "You are right, so I am willing to send five hundred elite soldiers and two thousand farmers to the battle." ”
Immediately after, he glanced at the others with a sharp gaze: "However, the number of 2,500 people as a siege force is simply not enough, at least another 8,000 people must be added." ”
His meaning is obvious, and none of you present should try to pass the buck.
Count Marvin nodded, affirmed his statement, and said, "I also sent five hundred elite soldiers and two thousand farmers to the battle. ”
Since the two bigwigs have already expressed their position, there is no reason for the younger brother not to follow, so you are thirty and fifty together.
In desperation, Count Needham finally sent 200 elite soldiers and 2,000 farmers to participate in the battle, barely enough to gather nearly 10,000 siege troops.
In fact, everyone knows very well in their hearts that these tens of thousands of people are even so
It's just cannon fodder, the defenders have nearly 10,000 elite soldiers, and you send the same number of rabble to attack the city, isn't this looking for death?
However, this is also a helpless thing, only if you suffer a big loss, everyone's hearts will be aligned, and they will bet on their all.
This is similar to the gambler's heart, you must try the water first in the early stage, and if you lose, you want to turn over, but the result is getting deeper and deeper, and finally gritting your teeth and betting on your wife's book, doing a life-and-death fight.
After the decision, the lords returned to their camps and mobilized one after another.
It's nothing more than a few words of advice: the cat is behind others, don't rush forward stupidly, try to preserve your strength, and if you can't, retreat quickly.
This army of seven and eight gathered was directly sent to the battlefield under various banners and wearing all kinds of armor.
At the foreground are farmers with farming tools in their hands, and in order to increase their defense, they even wear hats and robes that they only wear when it rains, which is ridiculous to look at.
The defenders on the city walls were a little confused by this sight: were they here to do farm work?
It wasn't until the horn of the attack sounded that the defenders reacted: "!
Jimmy hurriedly wanted to report to Ray Dawang, but as soon as he turned around, he found the other party standing behind him, and he hurriedly gave a military salute: "General, the enemy is about to attack!"
Ray Dawang nodded in understanding, his face was no longer solemn and solemn, and he turned to a crying and laughing expression: "Is this the enemy who has been confronting me for several days?"
He even thought that if the cavalry corps was there, he might be able to completely defeat it if he rushed over directly.
Of course, there will definitely be losses on your side, and the losses will not be too small.
He sighed and said with a wry smile: "That's it, try to kill as few people as possible, after all, these people in front of me are the future lords of the Earl of Meredith, and if you kill too much, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble." ”
Lei Ye is a person who wants to rule the entire Southern Wilderness County, if he really kills the heavens and people, he will not only have to bear the infamy of a butcher, but I am afraid it will not be conducive to rule.
The most important thing is that now that demonic disasters are frequent, the population of Nanhuang County has plummeted by nearly three-tenths, and if you continue to kill it, no one will pay taxes for your own farming.
The world is still in the era of agriculture, and the farmer is the main productive force, and the same is the hope of a family, killed
They are destroying a family, destroying the foundations of a territory.
Jimmy nodded yes and passed the order on.
At this moment, the besieging army had arrived at the city with ladders and engineering vehicles, and because Lei Dawang ordered fewer casualties, no one shot arrows, just waited for the other party to climb up, let him raise his foot and kick down.
How much combat power you can expect from the Farmers to give them both kicks counts as critical damage
So there was a very comical scene on the battlefield, the peasants hummed and climbed the city wall, and before they could wave their farm tools to attack, they were directly kicked off the city wall.
The regular army of the lords was mixed with the peasants, and they always kept in mind the instructions that if they could shrink back, they would never rush forward, and if they could hide under the walls, they would never climb the ladder.
However, their attire was too eye-catching, and more than 3,000 regular troops were mixed among the more than 6,000 peasants.
Ray Dawang ordered, "Let the marksman shoot me the ones who are cowering behind." ”
As a former mercenary captain, what he hated most was the guy who shrank behind the team and couldn't do anything, so the sergeants who shrank behind the farmer fell into blood mold.
Suddenly, arrows rained down, mixed with bursting arrows, and the bullets burrowed into the cracks of their armor as if they had opened their eyes, and the screams were incessant.
I don't even know which ruthless guy came directly at the crowded place with two shells, killing and injuring countless people.
The siege lasted for half a day, and it was really thunder and rain.
In the evening, the two sides stopped fighting and began to settle the casualties.
The combined forces of the Earls of Meredith and Duke Duncan suffered single-digit losses, and two of them still failed to stand their feet when they raised their feet.
The losses of the anti-demon coalition army were not heavy, the farmers who participated in the main attack suffered less than 200 casualties, and the regular army that was cowering behind was killed and wounded more than 500 under the rain of bullets, and they retreated when they saw that the situation was not good.
In general, the losses are still within the tolerance of both sides.
At the same time, the rear of the anti-demon coalition army can be described as chickens flying and dogs jumping, five cavalry came and went, and within ten hours they captured two small cities and nine small towns one after another.
They didn't stop for a moment, they ransacked the lord's palace and the town hall before leaving.