The Open Door (2)

"What are you doing, Varisian! Why don't you give the order to pursue!Do you want to watch the remnants of the Gallic army withdraw unharmed!" A slightly hoarse tired voice came from behind him,

"It's Lord Emma" Varisian heard this familiar voice, came back from his trance, turned around, took a deep breath, looked at Hutu Emma, who also looked tired, shrugged his shoulders and said, "How to chase! The soldiers' bodies have reached the limit" "What do you mean by reaching the limit, you are delaying the fighter, and you can even be said to be afraid of death and cowardice!" Hutu Emma said with a stern face

Varisian defended himself" Everyone fought fiercely for three hours in a row, and the body lì has indeed reached the limit, if the Gauls pressed up and fought to the death, they might still be able to hold on, but now, the Gauls are evacuating, and the Gauls still have cavalry troops in them, which are evacuated in an orderly manner, not a rout, we are still at a disadvantage in terms of body and strength, once our army leaves the mountain terrain, it is undoubtedly to give up the advantage of holding on, once the Gallic army counterattacks our army on the way to pursue, what will our army continue to resist, in fact, even if you want to chase, we have no strength to chase!”

"Nonsense, of course I know that the current situation is not conducive to pursuit, but have you thought about how to explain it to Your Majesty?" Hutu Emma's angry beard floated up, her body trembled slightly, she looked at the resolute Varisian, and said angrily, "Your Majesty's task is to block the retreating Gallic army, but we have watched so many Gallic troops withdraw safely! Our army blocked the main force of the Gallic army with 50,000 men for more than 100,000 three hours, and although with the assistance of Thor, the casualties still reached 11,000, and the Tiger Army of Hasenrimbau was not comparable to other Gallic legions, and it could definitely fight with the Central Army in terms of combat power!" His eyes swept over the corpse-strewn battlefield below, and he said in a fierce tone, "We have killed enough people."

Varisin's voice stopped, his eyes stopped at the edge of the earth that flashed white in the sun, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "To be honest, if Hasenrambo can continue to maintain the offensive like before, our army is afraid that it will last less than 5 hours, and at that time, even if His Majesty arrives, he can only collect the corpses for you and me." Although some of them were eventually spared, at least everyone survived, and this is the limit of what we can do! If we put tens of thousands of troops in danger just to avoid punishment, I, Varisian, am willing to bear this punishment!" "You have changed! Finally you are no longer the cold-blooded guy who is self-righteous and cares about the life and death of his subordinates" Hutu Emma looked at him with complicated eyes, but instead of being angry, a smile of agreement appeared on the corner of his mouth for the first time" "I have changed? What do you mean?" Varisien's face froze for a moment, and he heard Hutu Emma say that he was cold-blooded. He said angrily, "When have I ever been cold-blooded!" Rui Erdian Northern County, you insisted on crossing the border to hunt down the King of the Steppe Khan, and became famous in one battle! But you have ever thought about the life and death of thousands of subordinates, this is not what cold-blooded is!" Hutu Emma looked solemn. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he said in a slow tone, "Later, when you encountered the white Changying's Dongting general Bo Guoer Zamu, you boldly led 10,000 cavalry to risk death to raid, and luckily killed Bo Guoer Zamu, who could shake the entire battle situation. It's completely a blind cat who is extremely lucky and bumped into a dead mouse, and in that battle, you are famous on the mainland. It's like a rising imperial general, but have you thought about it, how many people came back with 10,000 cavalry rushing out with you?"

Hutu Emma's series of words made Varisian's face change "This ......" Hutu Emma obviously didn't want to let him go, and continued: "The Battle of Staros, you crushed the last counterattack of Rui Erdian with the blood of tens of thousands of subordinates and grenadiers, and you were arrogant and arrogant, and your subordinates died countless battles, and even you almost hung up! Only care about your own merits, completely ignoring the lives of your subordinates, such a person is not cold-blooded!"

Hutu Emma looked away with a heavy face, snorted, and said" That's why I'm particularly opposed to marrying my daughter to you, I know that many people regard you as a lucky general of the imperial army, and even His Majesty also talks about it, but I have spent decades on the battlefield, from a high-spirited young man to a gray-haired old man, once known as the first to defend the city on the mainland, and once worked as a despicable smuggler, who has never seen it, I have seen too much good luck, and I have seen countless bad luck, and I know very well that no one can always have good luck with you, not every forced pursuit, it will be victory waiting for you"A person like you, who believes in his luck too much, once he misses, it must be extremely miserable, or even die, I don't want my daughter to become a widow at a young age!" Hutu Emma's eyes were full of sophistication, which made Varisian feel frightened for the first time,

The previous scene swirled in his mind, and for a moment the whole person was stunned, his mouth opened, and finally found that there was nothing to refute, Hutu Emma looked at him who was standing there, and suddenly said, "If Your Majesty has to pursue it, just say that I insisted on giving up the pursuit."

"How can this be done, I am the main person in charge of this battle, and if it is punished, it should be me!" Varisian was anxious, and insisted with bloodshot eyes

"Why are you so confused!" Hutu Emma glared at him angrily, "You are His Majesty's most relied on henchman, the most likely person of the Empire to become the sixth pillar of the Empire, and now is the time when His Majesty needs to be reused."

In the battle of Goude, you will be punished for a year, and if you are punished again for losing this battle, this great military feat that opened the door to the hinterland of Gaul will not be given to someone else for nothing" Hutu Emma raised his head, looked up at the sky, and said with a smile, "I am already old, even if I am punished, what can I do?"

"I am the person in charge of the research of the Imperial Alchemy, at most, let me leave the army and go to the Imperial Military Research Institute, for me, this is not only not a punishment, but a kind of relaxation! I have killed countless people in my life, I thought that I would eventually die on the battlefield, but I didn't expect to be able to have the opportunity to get out of this bloody battlefield in my old age and spend the last time in peace, God can be regarded as very face-saving to my old bones!

"Remember, don't let my daughter down, or I won't forgive you! But I still have the strength to throw a few popping bombs!" Hutu Emma said with a paused voice and an unusually stern face

"Mistress Emma!"

Varisian's body shook slightly, looking at Hutu Emma with a stern face, his face showed an unexpected surprise that could not be concealed, Hutu Emma said this, basically means that he has agreed to his marriage proposal, and this sudden good news made him stupid

Hutu Emma's withered palm, sneered, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said in an extremely relaxed tone, "Okay." Even if we are unable to pursue, we can't even watch the already empty city of Berlin del not enter! This is unjustifiable! Order the troops to march into Berlin del, as you said, we are still alive, we have persevered, no matter whether we are punished in the end, no one can take away the glory of opening the door to the hinterland of Gaul! Your name and I will inevitably be recorded in the history of the empire."

Varisien's eyes lit up as he listened, and he felt a surge of heroism in his heart, calming down his excitement. Looking at Berlindel not far away, he shouted to the herald cavalry behind him, "The whole army is marching towards Berlindel!"

In the afternoon, a little light rain suddenly fell in the clear sky, and the white was confused. Some black dots appear in front of you

"Attention, the whole army is ready for battle!" The Falcon Army, which had entered Berlindel, quickly ran up the city wall, and countless crossbow shooters half-crouched at the battlements firing port, holding infantry crossbows in their hands. More than a dozen heavy bed crossbows were pushed up the city wall by the soldiers, and the chill of countless metal arrow clusters flashed in the rain curtain with a stunning metallic white light

At this time. The Gallic soldiers who had dispersed from the front line also noticed that something was wrong on the city wall, and the routs stopped one after another, and in the white rain curtain, they saw the waving Falcon Army battle flag blown by the wind and rain, and immediately panicked, "What's the matter, Berlin del missed!" The Gallic rout looked helpless and was blocked 500 meters in front of Berlin del, most of the Gallic soldiers did not know what was happening, they saw the falcon battle flag fluttering on the wall of Berlin del on the way to retreat, and the first thing that came to mind was

"There's no way back!!"

The soldiers of the desperate local garrison scolded angrily, the people were noisy, the black pressed a head, and the Gallic army that lost its armor wandered at a distance of about 500 meters in front of Berlin del, and they looked at the Falcon Imperial flag fluttering on the city wall from a distance, their faces were hesitant, in order to run faster, many Gallic soldiers dropped their spears, swords, bows and arrows, and the various colorful banners of each team were discarded to the ground,

The walls of Berlin del were blown up several gaps in the attack of Varisian, and the section of the city was burned black by fuel bombs, but the tens of thousands of Falcon crossbow shooters guarding the walls made the Gallic army without heavy infantry dare not take a step forward, "Rush forward, otherwise, we will all die!" All kinds of shouts, the officers inspired the soldiers, and finally there was a group of bold routs unwilling to try to storm Berlindel, the soldiers trembled and approached, scattered military orders rang in their ears, the soldiers had to move forward, some of the soldiers began to grind and rub up, slowly moving forward little by little, only hoping that the other troops could attract the Falcon Army's furious shots, and not let it be their turn to attract the heavy bed crossbows on the city wall that can be called "meat grinders",

As a result, at the time of one hundred and fifty meters, it was violently counterattacked by the crossbow shooters on the city wall, and the Gallic officers under the command were shot into blood gourds on the spot, and the rout immediately collapsed like a crumbling frame car, crying father and shouting mother's panic and dropped more than a thousand corpses, and even rolled and crawled and retreated, in the long wind and rain, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the flesh and blood under his feet were blurred, and the blood flowed into a small river with the rain, "What's going on here?" A tall Gallic general rode a war horse, under the protection of several attendant cavalry, and hurried from the direction of the rout, he saw the thousands of routs hovering outside the city of Berlin del, angrily raised his horsewhip, and shouted, "What are you all grinding about, are you crazy! Why don't you go into Berlin del, and want to be the minced meat under the hooves of the falcon cavalry here?" "My lord, you should first look at the battle flag on the wall of Berlin del!" A Gallic rout reminded in frustration, "Battle flag?" The Gallic general's hand with his whip stopped, and he looked up unexpectedly at the walls of Berlin del, his eyes were as big as brass bells, full of shock and incredulity, how could it be! He saw a whole column of Falcon flags fluttering in the wind on Berlindel, and the feeling was like sunshine, which made him feel dizzy for a while. The golden falcon on the battle flag seemed to come to life in the wind and rain, and the eyes embroidered with silver thread were full of murderous coldness, vivid, and directly captured the soul of people!"This is impossible!" The Gallic general shuddered in shock on his war horse, he was the commander of the 21st local cavalry regiment, Bihoff, at this moment, he felt that all his strength was drained at once, and he almost fell off his war horse, he knew that Hasenlimpo had brought 100,000 main forces to help Berlindel, but there was a qiē in front of him. A violent chill rose in his heart, didn't he say that the 100,000 main forces of Lord Hasenlambo returned to Berlindel? Then why was the battle flag of the Falcon Army flying on the city wall!

Where is the 100,000 main force of Lord Hasenrambo? A strong sense of doubt made Bihuff's head feel like it exploded, and the thought of the most infuriating and possible way to explain the current situation, his eyes were bloodshot, and his teeth were almost crushed,

It seems that he has really been abandoned! Anything that is rushing to the aid of Berlin is a lie!

Bihuff looked at the battle flag on the city wall. It's like a golden falcon looking at countless falcons, its fists clenched together, and its fingers turning white from overexertion, which is the only way to explain it. Why did the 100,000 main troops rushing to the aid of Berlin Del disappear like smoke and dust, and why is it not the Gallic battle flag that is flying on the walls of Berlin Del now, but the battle flag of the Falcon Army that makes people completely desperate!

The Falcon cut off the way to retreat! Or Hasenranpo really rushed to the aid of Berlindel, or Hasenranpo simply transferred the main force of his Sixth Army and the Kyoto Army in the name of reinforcement. But he threw the 100,000 local garrison regiment with the weakest combat strength to the murderous main force of the Falcon Army, and it doesn't matter what the truth is." The god of war of the empire. Such a despicable villain is my Gallic god of war, how can our army be undefeated! What a big joke!" Bihev was so angry that he threw his horsewhip to the ground angrily, and laughed out loud on his horse, and floated in the rain with great resentment and unwillingness.

Algernon Julia walked silently in the rain, and the rain hit her helmet and ran down her fair and smooth face with an icy feeling,

Here was the mountain road on the right flank of the battle line, where Varisian had broken through, and beside her were a hundred Gallic Praetorian Guard cavalry who had sworn to protect her to the death, their horses' hooves trampling on the muddy ground, making a crackling sound, and the red cloak behind the Praetorian Guard, stained with mud, looked wolf-bèi "Lord Overseer, the cavalry of the Falcon turned in the direction of Berlindel and seemed to have given up on the pursuit of us!" A bloodied Praetorian Guard cavalry rode from behind and reported to her "Berlindel! Sure enough, the other party's attack on Berlindel was a trap! I didn't expect to jump into the other party's arrangement" When Algernon Julia heard this name, her heartstrings touched a little, her pretty face became more and more pale, the front line collapsed, and the local garrison died countless deaths, "I hope Lord Hasenlampo can make a decision immediately! Otherwise, ......" Algernon Julia raised her head and looked at the sky where the raindrops were falling, her lips trembled slightly, the defeat of the Battle of Rusty was a foregone conclusion, from the moment the front line was attacked by the Falcon Army, she knew that only the front line of the local garrison regiment would definitely not be able to hold it,

She immediately sent a quick horse to report to Hasenranpo, who was galloping to the aid of Berlin del, asking him to immediately build a defensive line at Berlin del, or directly lead the main force to withdraw from Berlin del into the interior of Gaul, so as to preserve the last strength of the empire.

In order to buy time for Hasenrimbaud to retreat, she commanded the Gallic Praetorian Guards to fight to the end, and only the hundred Praetorian Guards who stayed by her side survived, as if she had a premonition of something, Algernon Julia did not flee in the direction of Berlin Del like other routs, but entered the mountain road towards the unmanned right flank, which could lead directly to Berlin Del, but because the Falcon Army used to pass Guò, no one would have thought that she would take this fork in the road around the edge of the long road, so she has not encountered the Falcon Army until now

But for some reason, a thick uneasiness enveloped her heart, and her eyes shot into the dense forest around her, except for the sound of raindrops hitting the leaves, and the terrible silence around her, "Attention!"

At this moment, a Gallic Praetorian Guard cavalry more than ten meters away suddenly raised his hand, but at the moment when he shouted this sentence, countless white lines shot out from the woods in front of him with a whistling, blood splattered, and more than a dozen Gallic Praetorian Guard cavalry almost didn't even say a word, they were shot into hedgehogs by sharp arrows, and their bodies fell to the ground with a snap from their horses

"Bastard, get ready for battle!" The Gallic Praetorian Guard cavalry around them hurriedly drew their swords, their eyes looking around, their faces full of nervousness

"Miss Algernon Julia, it's really a blessing, I just wanted to take a shortcut, I didn't expect to catch a big fish like Miss!"

A loud voice came, in the frightened pupils of the Gallic Janissary cavalry, countless black cavalry suddenly appeared in the surrounding forest, densely packed, the number was definitely more than a thousand, and each person had a terrifying cavalry assault crossbow, like a demon god in the dark night revealed from the depths of the dense forest,

In front of these cavalrymen, a slightly chubby young man, dressed in fine metal armor and wearing a metal mask similar to that of a demon king, threw a faint glance at Algernon Julia, a kind of proud gaze (to be continued......