1821 The Death of a Famous General (2)
On the orders of Algernonkatya, the young officer of the city gate ordered a wagon of timber and a bucket of grease that had been kindled to the fire, and the clerk reported that the grease came from the enema shop in the city, and was worth six silver coins, and that the timber was taken from the lumberyard in the city, and that it was worth two silver coins, and that it was the best dry wood, and that I could vouch for it by my reputation
"I'll give you 6 credits! and 2 credits! That's enough!" The young officer waved his hand with a gloomy face, he waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to carry the timber onto the city wall, and threw it from the city wall to the vicinity of the two corpses that hugged each other to death, and the timber was soon piled up into a small hill, and the sunset had completely fallen, only the last ray of light shone from the corner of the opposite ridge, like a lover who was in love making a final farewell to the land in front of him, took a breath, the young officer's hand trembled slightly, picked up a torch on the wall, and walked to the top of the city gate,
At his feet, there was a finished pile of wood, which was large enough to completely cover the two bodies, but from the position of the young officer, it was still possible to see the top of the two heads, a woman with long brownish-red hair and a slightly gray hair. It's as if the two have never been separated, they have become one
"Hasenrambo, please understand."
The young officer muttered in a low voice with a pale face, raised his torch with a slight tremor in his arm, and his mind swirled around the crazy woman, the man who had not answered his question until he died, lit the barrel with the torch, and kicked the burning grease down, and watched the flames that were like the light of the stars falling from the sky all splash and fall on the pile of wood. It was lit at once, and the fire was blazing,
The officer couldn't bear to look away, his fingers clenched together,
Just tonight, the former first general of the empire left this filthy world with humiliation and anger, black smoke filled, fire burned in the night, and in the night wind you could clearly hear the burning wood exploding and bursting out with a crisp sound like "da! da", like a pair of lovers whispering in a whisper.
Suddenly, a choking puff of black smoke drifted in the wind. The young officer coughed uncomfortably, and his face changed, and the dry wood did not have such damp black smoke, only the outer skin was dry. But the heart of the wood is still moist, and the wood is semi-dry.
"What's going on?" he angrily called for the errand. Question: "You promised with your life that all the wood is dry wood!"
"My lord, the rainy season has been going on lately. Completely dry wood is not easy to find" The clerk's face is ugly, but it is to burn two corpses, and the dead man will not give any opinion, so only these semi-dry ones can be, the clerk said with a sad face how hard he was to get a cart of dry wood from the lumberyard owner, and even these are also worth 2 silver coins, the stingy lumberyard owner is really black!
"Bastard!"
The young officer's angry eyes kicked on the clerk, the clerk rolled on the ground with a painful scream, and the panting officer stepped on his body more than a dozen times before stopping, if it weren't for the fact that this guy was his servant for many years, he would have killed him with a sword now, the damp wood was very troublesome, if the fire was not burned properly, he would be the object of ridicule of Quan Dani tomorrow, and he would be able to play such an oolong incident, and the young officer felt that he could die now!
On the heights of the city of Denny, Algernon Katya put his hands behind his back, letting the cold wind of the night blow his hair fluttering, there was no starlight in the night, and the fire at the city gate was particularly eye-catching: "Why, even if you die, don't you want to be quiet?"
Algernonkatya gazed at the sparkling fire and listened to the roar in the distance. "Go find dry wood at once, if the fire is extinguished, I will kill you with my own hands, and I will never allow an imperial general like Hasenlimpo to be sent on his way with damp wood!"
With a hint of solemnity in his eyes, Algernon Katya looked at the fire from afar, and asked the attendant behind him, "This time the army is trapped in Daniel, Hasenlampo has an unshirkable responsibility, from the Falcon Army unscathed in front of the formation, there is a huge suspicion of collaborating with the enemy, let him into the city, he will definitely die, die outside the city, at least he still retains the reputation of the family, will not be implicated because of this matter, is my decision wrong!"
"Your Excellency's decision is always correct, even if Hasenrampo didn't die outside the city, he would die inside the city! The generals won't let him go, and it's a blessing to die outside the city compared to that ending!" replied the attendant, bowing his head,
"That young man is not suitable for the heavy responsibility of guarding the city gates, and he can't even figure out his position as a soldier, so let's change someone!" Algernonkatya took a deep breath and waved his hand vigorously, as if he had put aside all his worries, and turned around and walked towards his office,
At this time, he heard the slightly surprised voice of the attendant officer, "My lord, there seems to be movement in the falcon army on the other side!"
"What! The Falcon is ...... at this time How could he ...... at this time!!" Algernonkatya showed a touch of annoyance on his face, no matter how ruthless he was, he couldn't get rid of Hasenlimpo's head that was leaning down at the city gate as quickly as possible.
That guy is here to report the news, desperately coming, facing the 100,000 falcon army, fearless,
And all he can do is to strictly close the city gates, watch coldly, and ask for answers to questions that are impossible to get answers to, not many people know that at that moment, his heart is like a sword crushed, this is the tacit understanding between two soldiers who have tried their best to protect the western front of the empire,
Hasenrampo knew that he couldn't get into Danny, and he knew that Hasenranpo was not a traitor,
At the first moment of his appearance, Hasenrampo predicted that he would be pierced through his heart by random arrows, like a real soldier who died, but the 100,000 falcons did not shoot arrows, and watched Hasenlimbo cross the thousand-meter swamp in difficulty and finally die under the city gate, the man on the other side deliberately instigated this qiē to happen!
Algernonkatya pressed his hands heavily on the triangular battlements of the city wall, a stream of red blood flowing down his cracked eyelids, and his eyes glared at the black-armored warriors of the Falcon Army who were forming in the distance, if their eyes could kill. There will be no living people on the other side!" He could have avoided this, that bastard, wouldn't he even want to calm down on Hasenrambo's last journey?"
Countless starlit torches spread all over the wasteland ahead, the flash of metal armor was like the color of flame under the red torches, and the black Falcon crossbow shooters with white threaded helmets on their heads lined up in a line of battle,
"Attention, enemy attack"
At the same time, the bells on the eastern section of the fortress of the Danny city wall. It was like the cry of a night crow that suddenly exploded in the calm night. As if a stick had stabbed a hornet's nest, the soldiers panicked behind the bunkers of the wall, spears towering, "Archers come forward!" and the infantry captains shouted to drive the archers along the walls. Countless infantry bows stretched out the bowstrings. The long arrow enters the burst momentum. The black army formation on the opposite side pressed towards Danny City, and the soldiers' breathing fluctuated rapidly, "If someone dies during the day, someone will be buried at night." I knew ......!" some of the soldiers were whispering about their bad luck, the infantrymen raised their shields, the officers looked away uneasily, and the generals hurried to their own for what they wanted
The black falcon crossbowmen marched forward in order, one flag after another, the flags fluttering like the tide of the night, and the pressure was so great that the hands of the Gallic archers on the front line of Gallic archers trembled slightly, and sweat rolled down their foreheads. The bowstring between the fingers is a little slippery, and it seems that it will fall off without all your strength, "Hold on!"
Algernonkatya's eyes burned, the blood flowing from the corners of his eyes was swept away by him, the Falcon Army stopped about 200 meters in front of Danny City, the battle flag fluttered, the morale was like a rainbow, and shooting against the Falcon Army archers was definitely the most terrible thing,
The range of the Gallic bow is 100 meters to 120 meters, and the range of the falconry infantry crossbow on the opposite side reaches 150 meters to 170 meters, and if it encounters a tailwind, it can reach a terrible 200 meters.
When the two sides preemptively fired a salvo of 10,000 arrows, it must be their own people who fell! But this is a battle of momentum, and no one can choose to retreat! The tense breath is like a silk thread! "Raise the crossbow!" Rows of Falcon infantry lined up, picked up the heavy crossbow in their hands, and neatly pointed in one direction, the fire under the gate of Dan Ni City, like the North Star before dawn, was as heart-wrenching. Under the military order, countless arrow clusters from the place of the army like locusts leaping over the night sky in an instant, the cold light of the arrow clusters fell from the black night sky, pop, dense like rain, a small number fell on the city wall, more fell on the city gate,
Some of the sluggish fires suddenly burst into flames, and the fiery serpents swelled along the city walls, even illuminating half of Danny's three-mile-long wall.
The fat man stood silently on the mound behind the military formation, the night wind blew through the woods next to him and whimpered, the central general of the empire, Hu Keqili, stood half a meter behind him in armor, the fire in the distance was still on his face, and red dots flashed in his eyes, Hu Keqili looked intently, the warm and somewhat strange firelight reminded him of the days of Riwa Cheze, when he was just a destitute swordsman, a descendant of a declining little nobleman, even if he was recognized as having the strength to surpass the knights, but because he was poor and could not afford to buy war horses and knight armor, he could only spend time in the swordsman army,The woman she once loved was also married far away from her because of her identity.,In a fit of rage.,I participated in the competition held by Riwache.,
A qiē change, the origin and the choice at that moment, different choices, will bring different endings, no wonder at that moment His Majesty was so angry, it was a general's funeral, but also a congratulatory gift for a couple of lovers to finally be together, His Majesty Xià decided to personally send this belated gift after scolding the southern governor Statunko! His Majesty gave Hasenranpo the opportunity to choose, if Hasenranpo did not choose to stubbornly return to Danny, but chose to run away, he may not be able to live in secret with the woman he loves, but this stubborn guy ...... As a respectable opponent, it is impossible for His Majesty to allow Hasenlambo to continue to live tenaciously, and only for the dead, can His Majesty give the other party a grand "funeral"
Hukochili's eyes burned like red-hot coals
"It's very lively! I wonder if the Gauls in the city are completely stupid by now!" Hukochili heard another fellow beside him who didn't know what emotion was, and the terrifying face was reflected in the firelight. Salon's right hand subconsciously touched the one-eyed eye with the blindfold, as if touching the wounds of the past, and the corners of his mouth grinned,
Said to himself, "Hasen, Lampo, this bastard, I'm really a little jealous of him, even if he dies, he has a beloved woman willing to accompany him, as a man, what qualifications does he have to regret, you know." My left eye was gouged out by the mad woman of Bellena. I loved her so much that I even went to take on the impossible task for her, but I failed. as a penalty. The woman gouged out one of my eyes and gave it to my employer. But what can be done? Those who are dead cannot live! Eyes that are gone can no longer light up!"
"I heard that you set off from the Southwest. A person who has just married the Basro family and married two wives in a half and a year is not ashamed to say such things!"
Hukochili's face turned cold and white at this guy with thick skin like a city wall, since Ssalon became the governor of the southwest region, in just half a year, he married two wives in one breath, and has been recognized by his colleagues as a typical example of self-depravity, compared with this guy who has no sense of honor at all, Hukochili, who is still single, feels that he is as pure as a baby "As a soldier, he should fight bravely, and he can't retreat in front of thousands of troops, who knows if it's a person or a corpse who will go back!" "Before meeting the unknown fate, it is a sin to let the woman you like keep it alone without any name! Even if I really die in battle, at least those women who get my name can still share my rich inheritance, and I am worthy of them!" Salon stopped his voice and glanced at Hukochili with a straight face, "And I'm not the kind of ascetic swordsman who swears never to touch a woman's finger in my life, that kind of person is a pervert, and I don't know what to think!"
"Bastard!"
Hu Keqi's strength of the green tendons from his forehead, he used to call himself an ascetic swordsman in Riwache, because the poor have no money to buy armor and war horses for promotion knights, if it is an ascetic swordsman, maybe he will be lucky enough to get the funding of a big family and become a guard knight belonging to the family, such a knight has no fief, but at least a passable Weibo income, it is much better than staying in a swordsman camp with no future at all, and I don't know when he became cannon fodder on the battlefield.
"Say something like this at someone else's funeral...... You two bastards should stop in moderation!" came the Falcon Majesty snorted heavily, and the broad back of the hand behind his back cast a domineering momentum in the firelight, and the two imperial warriors, Hukochili and Salon, immediately stopped talking like docile kittens
After half an hour, the fat man turned around from the front and glanced at the two guys behind him, "After such a fuss in Danny City, it must be a fluctuation in the morale of the army, Sallon, are you sure that the supplies will arrive tomorrow?"
"No problem!" a sneer came out of One-Eyed Salon's mouth, and replied, "The steppe cavalry used 60,000 war horses to draw two-thirds of the grain in the southwest region, enough for 300,000 troops to eat for a month, and the southern army cut down wood upstream to create more than 300 wooden rafts for transportation, and when the time comes, the grain will be unloaded here, and such a quantity will definitely make the Gauls completely desperate."
"Is the loss on the part of Kozi counted?"
"Seventeen wooden houses collapsed, eleven were injured in the flood, one was missing, and about a hundred sacks of horse feed were washed away in terms of supplies!
"Horse feed?" the fat man frowned slightly,
"The missing person is the one who guards the horses!" Salon replied: The horse feed house is also among the vandals, and a few days have passed, and there are many bad luck!"Try your best to find the body, even if it is a death in battle!" The fat man nodded, under such a flood, it is difficult to survive, he only arranged a thousand troops in Kezi, but he did not expect to cause such casualties, the flood rushed into the city, causing the collapse of the house, it can be seen that Cheng Dù of the flood that night "Collect the team!"
The falcon crossbowmen were in unison, each shot out of a row, turned around neatly, changed to a row, tens of thousands of military formations, as many as hundreds of queues, until the end of the shooting, countless arrows were inserted into the masonry of the city gate, and no one seemed to look at the other city walls, in Danny City, "Crazy, the Falcon Army must be crazy!" A low voice of discussion spread in the dark night "There are two madmen during the day, and there are tens of thousands of madmen at night......"
In the land of the city gates, the flames are silently extinguished in the early morning wind,
A ray of morning light illuminated the earth, and the Gauls who were waiting for the whole city were stupid when they saw the scene in front of them, and the white feathers of countless arrows were deeply inserted in the cracks between the stones of the city gate, and on the ground, on the extension of the watchtower, it was like overnight, and it fell a snow covering the city gate alone, and the saber in the hand of a Gallic officer fell to the ground, and he looked complicated and looked like a place that had completely turned into ashes
The white wood ash swirls in the wind, flying into the distance, unrestrained, light as nothing,
"You've got your wish, and at this moment, no one can separate you!" Algernonkatya muttered in a low voice above the high castle, "Finally all of them have been reduced to ashes, and you can enjoy such a grand courtesy from the enemy, Hasenrambo, you can rest and close your eyes in peace!" (To be continued......)