Chapter 80: A small setback

Sure enough, the next moment, three large fireballs rolled out from the bandits' walled gate, the diameter of the three large fireballs was more than two meters, and they were simply behemoths in front of humans, with raging flames, and quickly rolled down the narrow slope leading to the bottom of the mountain.

The road leading to the walled city suddenly narrowed at this pass, and a large fireball could basically block the road, and people would never be able to avoid it.

"Hurry back! Hurry back! The soldiers of the vanguard regiment of the official army panicked, if such a big fireball crushed over, no matter who it was, they would definitely be burned and they didn't even know their own mother, and the indomitable momentum just now was gone, replaced by the embarrassment of running for their lives.

An army, no matter how well-trained, cannot change the nature of human beings who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and once their lives are in danger, people's minds will not think about tactics or discipline, but only how to escape for their lives.

In an instant, the shield soldiers standing at the front were knocked down one after another, and the fire immediately engulfed their bodies, and some of the soldiers who were burned by the fire began to run in embarrassment, and unintentionally set the bodies of their colleagues on fire.

Finally blocked the three fireballs with the corpses of the brothers in front of them, and then three more rolled down the hillside, rushing directly into the crowd, allowing the fire to engulf one flesh and blood body after another.

"Retreat! Evacuate! Before the commander could give the order, the soldiers in front had already begun to turn around and flee, and by the way, they broke the team behind, and everyone knew that there was no way to fight this battle.

General Charlie, who was standing in the rear command, was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, seeing that his troops were about to break through the walled gate, but he didn't expect some big fireballs to suddenly appear, not only did he frustrate his attack, but also caused him to lose a lot of brothers, this is his carefully cultivated lineage, and it is all the capital of whether he can stand here in the future, Charlie's heart is distressed, and the tips of his heart are beginning to tremble.

The most important thing in the war is to judge the situation, according to the current situation, this battle will definitely not be able to be fought, and if it continues to fight, it will be an absolute loss-making deal, in order to end such a bandit nest, lose so many elites of themselves, if this matter spreads, not to mention whether it will be punished or not, it will definitely be laughed at by that group of guys to death.

Although Charlie was very unwilling, he was a very rational person, and he would not let his brothers make senseless sacrifices on the battlefield because of his superiors, so he calmly faced and shouted heavily: "Collect the troops and return to the camp!" With that, he turned his head and glared at Olivia fiercely.

Olivia knew what he meant, and was immediately frightened, and cold sweat came out of his back directly, and subconsciously pulled Lacoliver's sleeve and cast a look of help at him.

Clifford patted his hand and signaled his reassurance. Clifford knew that Olivia definitely didn't mean not to say it, no matter what, he should help him, who made him his future father-in-lawβ€”one of them?

Sure enough, after returning to the barracks, General Charlie was so angry that he yelled at Olivia: "Olivia, you idiot! Why didn't you tell me in advance that the other party would set off fireballs?! Do you really want to see my jokes? Or are you in collusion with the bandits inside?! Say! ”

Olivia was startled, almost knelt on the ground, and hurriedly bowed to General Charlie several times, and said tremblingly: "General Charlie, you are clear! I really didn't know that there would be fireballs in Joseph's cottage, when we attacked him before, we couldn't hit him halfway up the mountain at most, how could you be as brave as your Fourth Legion, which hit his door directly and forced him to use a trick. ”

Collie couldn't help but sneer in his heart, this kid's ability to slap horses is really high, this set of praise is simply not leaking, and he also smiled and spoke for Olivia, and said: "General Charlie, please calm your anger." I guess Olivia wasn't lying. Joseph is just a clown, he will be crushed to death sooner or later against your Fourth Legion, he will not do him any good to help Joseph, I think he really doesn't know that the other party will use such a cruel method to attack the other party's officers and soldiers. ”

General Charlie is experienced in a hundred battles, he is not a fool, he also knows that Olivia will never help Joseph at this time, unless he is a fool, just now it was just because of the defeat in the first battle, and he also lost a lot of generals, his heart is angry, he must find someone to spread his anger, seeing that Clifford said this, he sold Clifford a face on the donkey, and said coldly: "Hmph, for the sake of the face of the prison army, I will believe you this time, but you better think carefully about what you have not said, If I let me know that you still have something to hide from me, I'll send you, the Patrolman, to take the lead! ”

Olivia breathed a long sigh of relief, and felt a little more grateful to Clifford in her heart, and saluted General Charlie again and again, saying: "General Charlie, you know everything, I have already told you, give me a hundred guts, I don't dare to deceive you!" ”

"Humph!" General Charlie was still angry, flicked his robe, and walked out with a short knife in his hand.

"Thank you, Lord Clifford." Olivia, who seemed to have survived the catastrophe, gave Collie a big bow and thanked him very sincerely, and then he really admired his foresight, and the meal was really worth it.

Clifford smiled slightly, helped him up, and said with a relaxed smile: "Mr. Olivia, what are you polite to me?" Anyway, you're the first friend I've ever met in the North, so how can I watch you have something going on? If you're in trouble, who's going to invite me to drink such delicious wine? ”

A joke made Olivia completely relaxed, straightened up, smiled at Cleford, and said, "Don't worry, Lord Earl, when we return triumphantly this time, I will definitely invite you to drink a few more glasses of wine." ”

Be sure to call your daughter, Clifford said obscenely in his heart, but said with a spring breeze on his lips: "Good to say, easy to say." I miss the time we drank together. ”

In Joseph's barracks, the second leader returned with a great victory, full of ambition, and laughed proudly at the toast: "Big brother, what did I say? Those officers and soldiers are just like that, in the situation just now, if we were sure to rush over directly, it is really at the critical moment of life, if you don't dare to play with your life, you can only die. However, those who eat official salaries, they are reluctant to do so. "The second master is worthy of being the head of the cannon, and he knows the thoughts of the officers and soldiers clearly, no wonder he has been able to stand for so many years.

However, Joseph and his three masters sitting on it couldn't laugh, they knew that the failure of the official army in this attack was just a moment of carelessness, they didn't expect that they would attack with fire, and when they were ready next time, they would definitely not be defeated so easily, not to mention, such a big fireball was very troublesome to do, and they didn't have much inventory in the cottage, if they were all finished, then they would have to be slaughtered.

"Second brother, you fought a very good battle, but I still think that we should seek Zhao'an, after all, our strength is not on the same level as the official army, and besides, we don't have many big fireballs in stock." The resourceful three masters said with a worried face, after today's battle, the officials and soldiers will definitely hate them to the core, if they don't hurry up to find a way to recruit An, and when the officials and soldiers break through the walled gate, they will definitely kill them without leaving a chicken and dog.

"Zhao'an, Zhao'an!" The second boss had just won a battle, and he was poured a basin of cold water by the third brother, and his heart was naturally unhappy, his dark face sank instantly, and the beard trembled angrily, and said with full of unhappiness: "I also agree to Zhao'an, but the key to the question is whether people agree?" People don't look down on us bandits who have fallen into the grass, and you have all seen the treatment of the envoy just sent, so why should we take the humiliation on ourselves again? In my opinion, we will fight them to the end, yes, we don't have many fireballs left, but the other party doesn't know our reality, we will fight hard these days, maybe they will hurt them, they will know the difficulty and retreat, and they will never dare to provoke us again. ”

Joseph, the big boss, sat on the main seat of the cottage, listening to the quarrel between his two brothers with a solemn face, in all fairness, he still agreed with the opinion of the three masters, if it was about fighting, he also saw the fighting quality of the officers and soldiers just now, he didn't think that this group of rabble under his command could win them, the victory of the second boss today was completely stained with the light that the officers and soldiers were not prepared for at all, if the officers and troops attacked next time, the fireball may not have such a good effect, they could set up some obstacles in front, Then use a long pole to pluck the fireball under the mountain stream.

If this group of officers and soldiers is really on the same page with them, then most of them will be eaten by them, and they will retreat? At the very least, he has not yet seen any signs of retreat from the officers and soldiers.

However, what the second boss said is also reasonable, the problem is that he wants to surrender now, and he can also see that the other party, General Charlie, wants to take his head to invite the hearts of the people of Duolai County, how can he surrender easily? People often understand that "who surrenders without conditions?" But the reality is often "no conditions, no matter, who told you to surrender?" ”

A bandit who robs homes and houses, kills people and sets fires, is full of evil, angry and resentful, and sees that the strength of the official army is strong and he has no way out, so he wants to surrender and write off the bad things he has done before. An ordinary criminal, even if he turns himself in, it is impossible to absolve all the sins, and at most the sentence is lighter, and a great traitor like him, even if he turns himself in, he will not be able to run away from the crime of killing his head. Ten shots are enough.

What should I do? Joseph had a sad face, and did not say a word with a straight face.