Chapter 7: The Battle of Dukuba

We marched west for three whole days, during which time I had seen enough of the refugees, the wild dogs and the cold corpses on the side of the road, the vultures were everywhere, they would no longer eat rotting camels, they began to eat people, I shot every vulture I saw, the bodies of the Sudanese could never be eaten by animals, at least I thought. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Three days later, when we arrived at Sekuten, was thrilled to see me, he thought I was dead more than once, and when I arrived, he was still thinking about whether to support Dukuba or stay put, but fortunately, when he hesitated, I arrived. It has also become a refuge for refugees, and there is a constant influx of refugees, and although I am asking for support from the central part of the country, I still know very well that the support will not come until seven days later, which are the most difficult seven days, and they are also the turning point of life and death in Sudan. I also began to recruit lone Sudanese soldiers, like Shiba Zumer, and re-enlisted them, because we had robbed a lot of Kugit convoys here, so we had enough weapons and equipment, and water and food were quite sufficient, and by that evening I had recruited more than a hundred soldiers, but they were just sheep in wolf's clothing, and they looked indestructible, but they were actually a rabble, and counting the hundred men I had left here before, we had more than two hundred in total at that time.

The people are very supportive of me, they say that I am the hope of the Sultanate, and they have begun to take over some things, which relieves the pressure on our army, I heard say that the Kugit have not been seen in the past few days, and they used to attack us often, but now there is no movement at all, I am faintly aware that the Kugit have abandoned here, and they plan to capture Dukuba in the next few days, so the rear will no longer provide support to the army in front, which is not good news, The defenders of Dukuba must be in dire straits now, and I waited here for another day, and still did not see any of the Kugit troops, so I intended to support Dukuba that night, and I left fifty men here, and Sbick was still left here, and I took the others away.

We walked fast, because it would not be cold so that no one dared to stop, perhaps frightened by the cold temperatures, or perhaps out of their own love for their homeland. We arrived at Dukuba before dawn, and the besieged water in front of Dukuba was impassable, and we bypassed the besieging troops and entered the town, and the walls were full of sleeping soldiers, leaning against each other, and some of them were lying on the cold ground, and they looked at us without the slightest emotional turmoil, and the despair on their faces made my heart ache. After the city wall is the dilapidated houses, some are still billowing smoke, the wounded soldiers are full of castles, some die in front of the castle gate, I walked in, the first sight saw Rogge, he no longer has the original fighting spirit, some only confused and depressed, I saw him very excited, but seeing his dirty and unsuitable beard and unkempt urn stinky hair, I was startled, Ukis and his situation is similar, the whole castle is only Artis that idiot is talking energetically, looking at this glorious Sultan army, I felt a pang of sorrow in my heart.

I didn't look at the generals who lost their souls, but slowly walked to the top of the castle, and slowly raised the flag of the Sultanate, the eagle-headed eyes on the flag were still so bright, and everyone's eyes looked at me, including Rogge and Ukes, Artis was obviously dissatisfied that I had robbed him of the limelight, but seeing the fanatical gaze of the others, he suppressed the anger in his heart, looking at the flag representing the Sultanate, many images surged in my heart, dead bodies by the roadside, vultures next to dead bodies, The Sudanese warriors who sacrificed their lives for their country, the firm eyes of Siwana, the hopeful faces of the people... At last the fighting spirit in my heart turned into the loudest cry from my mouth: "Long live Sultan." ā€

The rest of the people were also infected by me, and the roar of "Sultan, long live" echoed through the town, and the roar shook the hearts of every sultan, and the people of the city stood up and looked at the highest point in the city, and they picked up the sword around them again, and held it over the heads of the whole country.

The Kugit people outside the city obviously heard this voice and began a new round of attack, after my encouragement, the morale of the army was greatly improved, and when they returned to the battlefield again, they were full of combat effectiveness, I handed a sword to Rogge, and said to him: "Mr. Rogge, you will always be our commander, hold your sword steady, just as you taught us at the beginning, return to the battlefield, we need you." Looking at my clear eyes, a line of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, and he patted me on the shoulder gratefully and said, "Thank you, you are the hope of the Sultanate." With that, he rushed to the battlefield.

I put on my armor again and stood at the top of the city, and the soldiers looked at me with admiration, and one of them came out to me and said, "Dear warriors, we are at your command. I looked at him excitedly, and then looked at the enemy beneath the city.

I raised the six giant crossbows at the head of the city to the highest point, let it attack several large pits outside the city, and gathered the cavalry, I also mounted my war horse, put on my splendid armor, and there were nearly three hundred knights behind me, I stood in front of them, facing the city gate, and drew the blood-red sword slowly but forcefully, and then I asked them to open the city gate, and looking at the city gate that was about to be opened, I was left with only anger in my heart, I don't know whether it was anger against the enemy or anger at the ruler of the sultan, Or anger at the slaughter of the poor people who could not do anything about it.

Finally, the city gate opened, and I rushed out first, accompanied by the charge of three hundred knights, and it was obvious that the Kujits outside the city gate could not hold on, and were bounced back a long distance, and when they came out, I quickly gave the order for the knights to attack the trebuchet, that is

The real key thing, if the enemy does not have trebuchets, it will take at least a few months to break through the defenses of Dukuba, but the situation outside the city is not so easy to control, many Sudanese knights are red-eyed, where there are many enemies, they will rush to where, three hundred knights quickly dispersed, this is not a good thing, the Kujit began to close back to the city gate, and I can hardly see any Sudanese knights in my sight, only dense Kujit infantry.

I reluctantly gathered dozens of people and rushed to the trebuchet, I used the blood-red sword to cut the rope of the trebuchet, to my delight the situation happened, the rope was cut and burned, so that it could save a lot of trouble, there was a big pit next to the trebuchet, many Kujit people were trapped in it, the giant crossbow sent out a long arrow and pierced the chests of dozens of people, the huge impact almost made me turn on my back, I looked around, the scene was a mess, the second wave of attacks was about to begin, And we haven't done anything to defend ourselves.