Chapter 15: The Fiasco
"Count Steve, forgive me for my presumptuousness, I am willing to lead my team in front to blaze the trail. Lieutenant Colonel Adams politely asked Steve for instructions
"Courage is commendable, and I approve it. There was a hint of appreciation in Steve's eyes as he looked at this Adams
As a result, Adams led his 800-man infantry regiment ahead of the large army.
About ten kilometers from the rebel camp, Adams called the crowd to a halt.
Later, Steve's men and horses were very unlucky along the way, encountering various traps. Earl Steve was furious, thinking that he must kill all the robbers.
What Steve didn't expect was that Adams suddenly made the crowd turn around against Steve's army.
"Lord Earl, this is the end of your journey. ”
Steve was shocked and immediately understood the meaning of Adams's words, but it was too late. Hundreds of arrows suddenly flew from both sides of the woods, and Steve's soldiers were shot down.
Adams asked his men to pull out the red triangular scarf that he had prepared and wrap it around his neck, thus distinguishing it from Steve's army. He led the eight hundred men to charge at Steve's more than a thousand men.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Steve led the cavalry guards to retreat. Leaving only the corpses of Imperial soldiers everywhere along the way, the lieutenant colonel officer named Adams shouted at the fleeing Steve.
"My name is Bevman, and I kind of came and fought with me. Steve's army of 2,000 was reduced to less than 300 heavy cavalry, and the rest were either killed or captured.
Filled with anger at the loss of more than a thousand people, Steve fled the mountains of Wilson.
At the same time, another imperial cavalry of about three hundred men retreated towards Haiyabao.
The air was filled with fog, and the defenders of Fort Haiya, seeing the retreating more than 300 cavalry, reported the situation to their commander, Baron Sedak. The baron couldn't see it very clearly, but he told the defenders to open the gates and let a spy see what was going on.
However, the cavalry suddenly accelerated less than a hundred meters from the city gate, and Baron Sedak realized that the situation was not right and immediately told the guards to close the city gate, but it was too late.
Gravel was the commander of the cavalry, and he told everyone to tie the red triangular scarf around their necks and quickly rushed into the castle.
They rushed all the way, and most of the defenders in the city were old, weak, sick and disabled, so they were naturally not their opponents. But the difference in numbers between the two sides was still very large, and for a time Gravel they were surrounded by Sedak's troops.
Over time, casualties began to mount, and Gravel was left with less than two hundred cavalry. He told everyone to retreat, to withdraw from the castle. However, the gates of the castle have been closed by the defenders. Gravel and his men were dwindling, leaving behind the corpses of Imperial soldiers.
There are less than a hundred people left in Gravel, and Gravel has already begun to fight. His body was covered in blood, but most of it was from the enemy.
At this moment, the city gate was opened, and Gravel saw a rare opportunity and rushed out of the city gate desperately.
But before several horsemen could rush out of the city gate, they were shot dead by the archers on the city gate. To make matters worse, the routed Earl Steve returned with a cavalry squad.
Some of the rebel cavalry, who had just burst out of the gates, engaged in another encounter with the cavalry, leaving Gravell with less than twenty cavalrymen.
They all carried out the final charge with the determination to die. Only four men rushed out of the castle, and behind them there was a large crowd of pursuers.
By this time, Gravel had already suffered seven or eight knife wounds, until the last rebel cavalry fell, and Gravel was surrounded by Steve's cavalry, and Steve saw Gravel covered in blood and ordered Gravel to be captured alive.
Eventually, Gravel was knocked unconscious by the wooden handle of his spear and dragged back to Haiyabao with a net.
A few days later, inside the command tent in the rebel camp.
"Marshal Morin, are we really not going to send troops to rescue General Gravel?" said Lieutenant General Bevman's face with a hint of anxiety.
"Marshal, General Gravel has made a great contribution to this operation. Delena also pleaded with Aaron to send troops to rescue Gravel
"Steve won't let him go, if we don't save him, he'll die. Bevman said again
Maureen was silent for a long time, thinking about the fact that his decision was a matter of life and death for many people.
"Let's wait and see what happens. At this point, Maureen's final decision was tantamount to a death sentence for Gravel.
"We're not going to save General Gravel?" Bevman couldn't control his emotions
"Calm down, Bevman. I'm more anxious than you are, but if I'm emotional, it's only our Wilson Resistance who will suffer. So we have to be calm and not fall for Steve. Mo Lin, a very bony man, said and said, tears actually flowed down his eyes.
For a while, everyone's hearts were extremely heavy.
After Gravel was captured, Baron Sedak went to see him personally.
"I can't imagine that you will also fall into my hands one day. As he spoke, he kicked Gravel in the lower body.
Gravel almost fainted due to the great pain, after which Baron Sedak had Gravel tied to a wooden rack. Hundreds of lashes were given every day, and Gravel's skin was already peeling open all over his body.
Every time Gravel was knocked unconscious, Sedak had someone douse him with cold water to wake him up.
Gravel felt the call of death, he wanted to give up, he felt too tired. However, a voice came from the depths of Gravel's heart.
"You can't die, you have to live, and only by living can there be a future. ”
"Yes, I want to live, I want revenge. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Gravel's face
Baron Sedak was very upset at the sight of Gravel's smile, and he snatched the whip from the executioner's hand and whipped Gravel himself, and Gravel's painful expression gave him pleasure.
"I'm going to live. Gravel admonished himself over and over again. Gradually, he began to go numb and hallucinate, he developed a high fever, and it was a question of whether he would survive the night.
Suddenly, a guard ran over and whispered something in Sedak's ear.
Suddenly, a lewd smile appeared on Sedak's face.
"Brought her to my bedroom. Sedak's heart seemed to blossom with joy.
After a while, a woman was taken by the guards to Baron Sedak's bedroom. That's right, this person is none other than Delena.
"I want you to let Gravell go. Delena said to Sedak with a blank face
"That's up to you, my beauty. ”