Chapter 57: The Rebellion After the Turmoil
Before the Witch was completely defeated, the leader of the Black Guard and the commander of the Witch met at a distance from the battlefield. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The chief witch is under the command of nearly a hundred witches, and they seem to be standing around casually, but in fact, they have surrounded the Black Guard team. The team leader and her subordinates noticed this, and their expressions under the mask became nervous, but they still quietly came to the shrine maiden.
"What are you going to do, my lord?"
The team leader stood in front of the chief witch and asked pretending to be calm.
"What else can I do? Of course it isβ"
Before she could finish her sentence, one of the Blackguards, whose throat was itching from being overly nervous, coughed. She didn't cough so loudly that no one would even notice it on a normal day.
But now everyone's nerves are tense, and even the sound of a needle falling on the ground can be detected, let alone the sound of coughing. When the squad leader and the chief witch heard the cough, they knew something bad was going to happen, and before they could stop it, the witch and the Black Guard showed their weapons, and the two sides fought.
The squad leader was a beat faster than the reaction of the chief witch of the witch, she saw that the situation was out of control, and slashed at the other party with a knife first, the distance between the two was too close, and the chief witch of the witch couldn't block it, and was still cut on the arm. The combat power of this squad leader was originally inferior to that of the Shrine Maiden Chief, but the Shrine Maiden was injured and could not play to her full level. In addition, she was constantly losing blood, and her physical strength slowly couldn't keep up, and she finally died under the squad leader's knife.
After the death of the chief shrine maiden, the Black Guards also defeated her cronies. But they also suffered heavy losses, and in the end, only eight survived, and four of them were wounded.
By daybreak, the riots were over completely. Maier returned command to Yu Mingli, and then rode with Yishan and Euris to investigate the scene, wanting to know what was going on with the attack.
The trio, accompanied by the guards, circled around the Twenty-Nine Village, during which they encountered the Danyun River, which had attacked the evil witch convoy. With a dozen cavalry and thirty or forty light infantry, he escorted nearly a hundred evil witches to slowly advance in the direction of Nami Castle. Dan Yunhe didn't recognize Maier, nor did he see the Allies, so he immediately stopped his march when he met Mai's party and looked at them with a wary expression.
After Maier, Yishan, and Euris had their identities identified, he stepped forward with peace of mind, thanked the three of them sincerely, and then left with the soldiers and prisoners.
After separating from Dan Yoon-ha, Maier said to the two girls beside him with a wry smile.
"My decision was wrong, and it was a big mistake."
Yishan and Euris understood what Mel meant, and along the way they saw a lot of loaded wooden carts with oxen on them, ready to be pulled away at any time. The attackers were able to make the carts because Mel had left them too much time to make them ready.
If the ultimate goal of the witch was not Nami Castle, but only to loot the supplies, by the time Maier and the others had made a battle plan, they would have run away with the supplies long ago.
"But in terms of results, we won." Euris comforts Maier, "Luck is also part of strength - or rather, bad luck doesn't win at all." We're not gods, we can't know everything, so for us, just win, don't care about what we have. β
"Yes." Yishan also chimed in, "If we send troops early, it will make Nami Castle empty, and if the evil witch takes down Nami Castle, we will be completely passive." β
The girls had already said this, and Maier could no longer criticize herself, so she could only show a helpless expression and sigh lightly.
"I don't understand, why are they attacking Nami Castle? With their combat strength, even if they capture the castle, they can't hold it, and if they are to grab something, they can only barely take half of the supplies from the outer villages. Attacking the castle will lose a lot of personnel, so they can take less supplies with them, so there is no need for them to risk attacking Nami Castle? β
"Maybe it's because they're going too well in the outlying villages." Euris guessed, "In the outlying villages, there are very few corpses of witches in the eastern half, only a few more in the western half. But there are a lot of bandit corpses on the western half, which means that they are most likely eating black in the dark. The only place where they suffered some losses was the Great Clan Castle we passed by, but it was clear that there had been a tough battle, and it was normal for them to have losses. β
"Do you mean that after trying to capture a big clan castle, the witch thought that this was just the case in Twenty-Nine Village, and then she had the audacity to attack Nami Castle?"
Maier thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.
"It shouldn't be like that. They used a lot of ladders and battering rams when attacking Nami Castle, and if they had been improvised, they would not have been able to build so many siege engines in the night. In addition, although many trees were burned along the way, we found no signs of logging, so it is obvious that the siege equipment was brought in from outside. β
"You mean to say that the attack on Nami Castle was premeditated?"
Yishan showed an incredulous expression. Criminals taking the initiative to attack the castle of the regular forces is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, as long as the brain is not broken, no one will do it.
Even if the castle was defenses empty and could be easily taken and looted of the castle's belongings, only outlaws would dare to do so. Because the moment they captured the castle, they were destined to be hunted down by the castle owner, and after other forces heard the news, they would also send troops to encircle and suppress them because of fear and disgust.
Other unscrupulous people may have been amazed to hear the news, but the mood didn't last long. The outlaws are very "pragmatic", and in addition to their admiration, they will soon realize that the people who capture the castle must have a lot of money and materials, and they will also join the siege after that.
All in all, the outlaws attacking the castles or towns of the regular forces will undoubtedly cut off their own survival. At that time, no matter how much money he has, no matter how much materials he has, no matter how well he hides it, he can only spend the rest of his life in fear. Moreover, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the big operation of attacking the castle cannot be done by one person or two people, the more people, the more things will happen, and the greater the probability of exposure, and exposure for the attacker means death.
The great witch of the Black Shrine has been idle for a long time, forgetting the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes, and only fame and fortune are left in her eyes, so she will agree to this plan to make a big death. Those who come up with plans are blinded by ambition and forget the dangers they implied, which is why they come up with such plans.
In fact, the plan of attacking Twenty-Nine Village was already very dangerous in itself, and the attack on Nami Castle directly touched the bottom line of the locals. The castle is of great importance to them, it means protection, it is the foundation of the village of Twenty-Nine.
For example, what would you do if someone came to dig the foundation of your house in the middle of the night and tried to smash the load-bearing wall of your house with a hammer? Surely you will reply, do you need to ask? Of course, it's to get up and copy the guy's ****!
The current 29 villages are in such a state. The villagers and soldiers, who had recovered from the chaos, began to be filled with hatred in their hearts. Some people began to gather outside the gate of Nami Castle, shouting for Yu Mingli to call Nami Monk back, and then let Nami Monk lead the main force to completely wipe out the scum who attacked Twenty-Nine Village and pretended to be a shrine maiden from the world.
The people outside the gate said "let" one by one, which made Yu Mingli very unhappy. Nami is the leader of the 29th Village, whether it is "please" or "ask", it is okay, but "let" is absolutely not.
The head can be manual, but the hand can't move the head, because everything the hand does is the command of the head, which is a matter of order. Now the villagers speak in such a disrespectful tone, obviously they no longer take Nami Monk in their eyes and use her as a tool.
The reason why the villagers did this is simply that when they were in danger, Nami did not protect them. Although they didn't say anything, they subconsciously felt that Nami had broken the contract. However, they forgot that it was they who forced Nami Jushi to lead troops to Shangjin County.
Yu Mingli sent people to reprimand the villagers outside the gate, but the villagers in turn began to insult Yu Mingli. In their opinion, the crisis is the result of the name "Mel? Byrons's "people solved, not she solved." As the supreme governor of the 29th Village, she "did nothing" when the people were in crisis, which swept away the prestige she had built up among the people.
But in fact, if it weren't for Yu Mingli whispering to Yishan and Uris, and even giving up his command to get reinforcements, Twenty-Nine Village might not have survived this crisis. Yishan and Euris could have forcibly occupied an unattacked gate when the castle was about to be breached, and quickly left the castle with their own men, ignoring the place.
At that time, the two of them will definitely have a feud with the twenty-nine villages, but so what? Even Nami Castle in Twenty-Nine Village has been breached by the enemy, how can they still have the energy to seek revenge against them? Besides, Yishan and Euris are not ordinary girls, one of them is from the Xiaohu family, and the other is a princess of the Egus Kingdom, and neither of these forces can be offended in the Twenty-Nine Village.
It didn't take long for Dan Yoon-ha to return to Nami Castle with his captive. When the villagers saw the evil witch wearing the ghost mask, they immediately became ruthless, and surrounded them and beat and pulled. Dan Yunhe only had a few dozen people in his hands, and he couldn't stop him at all. One by one, the captives were dragged away by the villagers, crying out one after another, and disappeared into the crowd in a blink of an eye, without moving.
Some of the light infantry near the captives were also wounded, and Danyunha, seeing that the situation was not good, immediately ordered to abandon the captives, led the cavalry to squeeze a way through the crowd, and fled with the infantry to the city gate. At this time, the attention of the villagers was on the captives, and no one was crowded at the city gates. The defenders took the opportunity to open the city gate and let them in.
Most of the villagers blocking the gates were men, and the witches who were captured were all women. The simplest act of revenge that a man who has lost his mind can do against a woman who has no power to resist is that the clothes of the captives are torn to shreds, and the scene outside the city gate has become unsightly.
The defenders on the city wall did not dare to tell Yu Mingli about the outside affairs, they knew Yu Mingli's temper. If Yu Mingli knew that the villagers were doing such an immoral thing in broad daylight, he would definitely bring troops out to kill those who took the lead. The soldiers understood the anger of the villagers and wanted them to vent their anger. This is not to make the villagers comfortable, but because as long as the villagers have vented enough, they will not block the city gate and curse.
The riots continued for a long time, and did not stop until the return of Maier, Yishan, and Julis. Fortunately, they had come back from the gate on the opposite side, and they did not know what was happening on the other side, otherwise even Mel would have ordered the killing.
After all the captives had been humiliated to death, the riots did not end as the defenders had expected. This incident led to the emergence of one small leader after another among the villagers, and these small leaders elected a leader. The man who was elected as the leader was originally from a ruffian, and after he tasted the sweetness of violence, how could he still care about negotiating terms with Yu Mingli?
He found a house in the downtown area, climbed to the roof, and spoke loudly to the villagers.
"Listen to me! In this disaster, the big guys have suffered serious losses! In order to save our lives, my brother and I went to the Yan family's castle for help, but the Yan family actually shot my brother to death! These clans don't care about our lives or deaths! I just want to save my life! It's not fair! Why do we have to be chased and cut by those stinky, so they can hide in the castle and eat and drink spicy food?! Now there are knives, guns and clubs on this battlefield! It's all guys! And siege ladders! And that one, that thing for hitting the city gates! Why don't you come with me to Yanjia Castle to do a vote! When the time comes, what will be robbed, whether it is money, food, or women! Whoever grabs it will be whom! β
With that, the ruffian quickly climbed down from the roof, picked up a spear from the corpse of an Ira's light infantryman, and raised it high.
"Follow me if you have any kinds!"
Someone among the villagers immediately responded, picking up weapons nearby and standing beside him. This kind of thing is most afraid of having a beginning, after gathering dozens of people who misbehaved on weekdays around the ruffian, more and more people joined in, and the team attacking the Yan family castle suddenly expanded by hundreds of people.