In the square in the center of the city, the once bustling shops were now looted, and soldiers and nobles gathered in front of the church in the square.

"Give it all to me! Give it to me! Even if you force them with your sword, let them stop the enemy's breakthrough! The baron frantically whipped the retreating commanders in the front row, and by the light of the lightning, Jacques clearly saw that the knights, who had been known for their bravery and had sworn to him to be willing to go to the fire for him, were now full of horror. No matter how many gold coins the baron came up with, he could not restore the courage of these people.

"My lord, the enemy thunder can be cast even in the rain! We can't stop it! ”

"It's raining so hard that we can't fire our bows and arrows! I couldn't even find my soldiers. ”

The baron stared coldly at the two protesting knights, and in their eyes, which had not been closed for two days, blood-red blood covered them like spider webs. He beckoned lightly, and several of his men stepped forward quickly, stabbing the two knights in the necks before they could speak out in disagreement.

"I give you a fiefdom and give you the glory of your nobility! I don't even mind if you rob civilians and allow you to blasphemy! However, there is one thing, only one thing that I cannot tolerate, and that is when I need you to draw your sword, you say no! If a dog won't hunt its prey, why would I let it live! Let me tell you, today, whoever retreats behind me, he is my enemy! ”

The knights who had just withdrawn glanced at him, and then exchanged glances with each other, a few people turned their heads, as if they were going to return to the battlefield, and a few others took two steps back, sneered and threw the swords in their hands on the ground, and they said: "Even if we are willing to continue fighting, we will not find soldiers who are willing to fight for us." ”

His words resonated with everyone, and in such a torrential rain, no commander could lead his subordinates to step forward and fight desperately.

Knights who are not afraid of death do exist, but the result is also obvious: the result of their fear of death is to rush forward and die, and their charge does not summon the courage of their subordinates, but only makes their lives end faster.

And what about the soldiers who fled? No one could catch or even identify them, and many of them even took off their uniforms and ran into the ranks of civilians fleeing and running out of the city.

More than a dozen heavenly thunders rang out at the same time, and everyone clearly realized that Xiaoyang City was now a place of death.

As the Elise people say, their god's eyes are firmly fixed on this place, and everyone who dares to resist can only end up in death. And what about their gods? Their gods have long since forsaken them.

Their priest swore to them that the thunder would not explode, and it exploded!

Their lord had sworn that there would be no next time, but there had been dozens of times now!

Allowing your subordinates to loot can certainly boost morale, but only before looting. After this, every soldier and officer who has been rewarded on the battlefield has the greatest concern to preserve the wealth that has been snatched up so far—for which they can even lose their honor as a nobleman and a soldier—even though these honors have long been trampled under their feet.

"No, we still have a chance! There's still a chance! The baron drew his sword and pointed at the battle line two blocks away, saying, "This attack is their oracle, as long as you kill him, everything will be over!" The only thing the Elise have relied on until now is the spells of the oracle, and he is now in our encirclement. Just kill him and we'll win. ”

"But there are four oracles of the enemy," Baron Jacques was coldly reminded, "and there is one on the wall." ”

"So what! Why did this oracle only dare to shout on the city walls, and not dare to fight the one who entered the city? Don't even dare to come and answer it? Because the enemy knows very well that they have far fewer troops than we do! ”

But the knights didn't have time to listen to the baron's analysis for them at this time, and the baron's credibility had been bankrupt a dozen times last night. The civilians didn't know, and the knights knew all too well, that their baron had planned to burn down the entire city. If it weren't for this heavy rain, maybe all this would have happened.

"The enemy did not attack us." "We are not in danger, they came into the city just to take these civilians." ”

"Without these civilians, what will you live on in the future? Can you still be a knight without a knight with a lord and a tax? From the look in the eyes of these men, the baron already knew that he could no longer convince them to-day. Each of these knights had already slung their swords at their waists, and if he tried to force them to obey in the name of the lord, I am afraid that the swords would soon be drawn and pointed at themselves.

"Whatever we are, at least we'll survive. When the jihadist arrives, we can pursue it again. Only a madman would continue to force his attacks on a night like this. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, in the direction of the enemy's breakthrough, there were suddenly loud cheers.

The baron got up from his horse and looked into the distance, and by the light of lightning he saw that the encircling forces had been completely routed, and that the oracle was driving them away.

A large number of civilians were pouring through the open gap towards the west gate.

……

The defenders of Xiaoyang City in the city had been frightened, and they were tightly huddled in the southeast of the city, a blank space centered on the church, and the rest of the city was handed over to Wu Xiaoqing, allowing him to lead the citizens around the city.

According to the original plan, Wu Xiaoqing only wanted to rescue the rebellious residents of the city, but when this task was easily completed, he relied on the information provided by the residents to capture the baron's warehouse near the west gate where he was stockpiling grain. - To be more precise, the defenders in the warehouse just saw Wu Xiaoqing pick up a pistol, so they took the initiative to open the door and surrender.

According to the clues, Wu Xiaoqing successively found several stables, markets, and weapons depots in the city.

Many places were completely devoid of defenders, and the contents were not taken away. In some places, it was clear that they were ready to burn, but the fire was extinguished by the torrential rain before it could grow bigger.

The battle lasted for about two or three hours, and after that, Wu Xiaoqing's task was to take his troops and monitor the remaining defenders, so as not to give them a chance to come out and prevent them from carrying supplies.

In fact, the enemy also seems to lack such a will.

The two sides were separated by a street, and they looked at each other from a distance at the barricades at the intersection of the two intersections.

If the war is carried out to this point according to the conventional logic of war, it can be said that the victorious side has already won the game.

With a little more effort, you can easily wipe out the remnants of the defenders. Or just a siege, and after a few days, these defenders will also have to surrender due to lack of food or the plague - an era in which a large number of contagions are almost inevitable in densely populated places on rainy days.

But the search and rescue team had no such plan at all, not only was he not ready to attack or besiege, but he had even asked Xu Yan to prepare in the camp, as soon as the heavy rain stopped, they would take these tens of thousands of horses and horses to quickly join the brigade.

More fighting is meaningless for the rescue mission, because the remaining soldiers, who will later be taken prisoners, will also be the most difficult part to manage. Even if these prisoners of war were given to the search and rescue team, he might not be willing to take them. The presence of these prisoners of war on a long march will greatly increase the risks and variables of management.

The rain rained from afternoon to evening, and there was no intention of stopping at all, and the huge amount of rain even turned many low-lying places in the city into a flooded country. It wasn't until the next day's day that the rain finally became lighter.

When Wu Xiaoqing gradually retreated along the street, he saw that along the way, countless corpses were soaked in the rain. In some places, the water was so deep that the bodies were even floating on the water.

As soon as the sun came out, swarms of flies began to move, and many of the wild dogs in the city stayed around the corpses and barked wildly - according to the search and rescue team, the city soon became uninhabitable, and the number of corpses and the complicated weather were far beyond the capacity of this era.

After returning to the camp, Wu Xiaoqing inspected the prisoner camp again, and after the inspection was over, the search and rescue team also counted the latest number of prisoners, the number of all prisoners exceeded 24,000, plus an army of more than 1,500 people, this team has crossed the threshold of 25,000 people.

In the morning, everyone had a short rest, and after lunch, the huge team began to move.

At this time, Wu Xiaoqing finally realized why Shen Changwen scolded the street excitedly after hearing the news of the rain.

Compared to the hearty battle, marching in such weather, especially with such a large crowd of people, is too difficult - even with the help of a search and rescue team.

The road, which was originally dirt, was soaked in heavy rain and trampled by countless people, and became a complete mud pond. Most people have to walk barefoot, or they won't be able to walk at all – because the mud stuck to the soles of their shoes can make it impossible to walk at all. The most important thing is the people who have fled, even if they are walking in groups of a dozen or so, there will still be escapees. The march of more than 20,000 people is almost three or four kilometers long, and even if he rides a horse, it will still take more than ten minutes for Wu Xiaoqing to walk from the end of the line to the end.

However, most of them could not run far after escaping, because they were in groups of a dozen people, and the captives had no tools on them, so it was difficult for them to untie the sturdy nylon ropes they had brought from modern times. Under the guidance of Wu Xiaoqing, the soldiers could easily catch up with these people. After that, there is the necessary punishment, and even the execution of those who dare to resist.

In Wu Xiaoqing's eyes, these trivial tasks seem to be more difficult than fighting, especially the execution - although all the specific work is handed over to Lance to carry out, the order itself still needs to be said by Wu Xiaoqing himself.