Chapter 59 IV Sending troops to Dils
As the biggest contributor to this coup, Polkadot is really well-deserved. Together with Kanas, he stabbed the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Herondis, and stopped the attempt of Li Tianhao's group to rescue the king in time, although in the end Her Royal Highness Princess Alfrette was still missing, but since the king fell into his own hands, the political value of Her Royal Highness Princess is not to be worried. In the suddenness of the incident, Polkadot did not panic and adjusted his deployment in time, and he was indeed worthy of being one of the three captains that Palch was proud of.
The day after the coup, Prince Bard announced to the nation that the king was seriously ill, and that he was temporarily appointed as regent, and that he was in charge of government affairs with the high priest Kumbagir, and at the same time blocked all information about Princess Alfrite. Since Princess Alfrit did not show any political talent on weekdays, Bard's statement can be said to be logical, and the normal life of the residents of Nirru City has not been affected, but there are more soldiers patrolling than usual, so it did not cause much commotion.
But under the calm surface, the major nobles are really busy. Now that the coup was successful, a handful of vacillating nobles also defected to Prince Bud's camp. And according to Poka's opinion, since Li Tianhao has sent someone to rescue the king, it means that he has taken precautions against this matter, and after controlling the situation, he must use the fastest speed to send troops to the Dils Territory, take advantage of the fact that Li Tianhao has already sent troops and have no time to take care of other things to occupy the Dils Territory, and then negotiate with Yaqi to deal with Li Tianhao together, so as to maintain the stalemate situation. At the same time, quick action would also prevent the southern Nubia from taking advantage of the fire and controlling the situation before they can gather forces.
To complete these military steps, of course, a large number of troops are required. But it's a pity that Palch's main force has been taken away by Li Tianhao. Now Palci's only force is 10,000 men in Pokata. In order to increase their popularity, the nobles organized their male slaves to serve as soldiers. The size of this army is considerable in terms of numbers alone. However, the fiefs of the major nobles were quite scattered, and it would be a waste of time to gather these forces; Second, there were very few sophisticated weapons left in Palci's arsenal. It was not enough to equip such an army with an arsenal and the nobility's own strength, not to mention that these armies were only the size of an army, and the fighting power of these untrained slaves could not be counted on at all.
To this end, Polka devised his own battle plan: to use these large armies to advance from the main road on the east bank of the Namra River, and he himself led the main force of 7,000 men to attack the fortress of Vera from the eastern path, and as long as the fortress of Villa was captured, then he could attack the city of Essras and the port of Portsmo.
Poka had sent 3,000 men from his own army to join the troops on the Western Front, and he intended to use these troops as the backbone to lead the army, which would at least be much better than having the nobles lead it.
In preparation for the dispatch of troops, Polkadot was very busy. Of course. He had little hope for the slave owners' armies, and his energy was focused on his 7,000 surprise troops.
Finally ready to stop, Polkaa inspected his troops before the attack as usual, and the army of 7,000 men was neatly arranged and intimidating. Poka rode his horse and slowly glanced at the soldiers—some of them were destined to never return to their homeland, and if Li Tianhao had acted quickly, there might have been even more fierce battles waiting for them. Polkadot doesn't think Li Tianhao is an easy enemy to deal with, but he is still confident that he can deal with him when facing a two-front battle.
Thoughts tumbled through Polkadot's brain, and suddenly a sight flashed through Polkadot's eyes. Poka's mind moved, and he looked back in the direction of the scene.
In fact, it was just a human face, but a strange feeling passed through Poka's heart. When he looked back and looked closely, he realized what attracted him to that face. It was a face too handsome for Polkadot to ignore his presence. And this person obviously doesn't want his handsomeness to attract the attention of others, so he deliberately makes some ugly modifications, which is unreasonable. Polkadot continued to scan the man's form. Only then did he realize that the man was unusually well-proportioned and strong, albeit only in the attire of a Palci soldier. But it feels like a centurion.
Pocal grabbed the horse's head, turned back and pointed at the man with his whip: "You." Dequeue! ”
The man hesitated and strode out. Seeing that this person was popular and powerful, Polka liked it very much, so he said, "What is your name and where are you from?" ”
The man bowed his head and saluted, "Lord Qiyu, my name is Chakrada, and I am from Kusdo County. ”
Pokata urged the horse to take a few steps closer and said, "Kusdoshire?" Your accent sounds like a resident of Nirru. Looking at your appearance, your skills should be good, why didn't anyone introduce you? I think it's okay for you to at least be a captain. ”
The man's head was lowered: "Your lord, you are laughing. The villain's little trick"
Seeing that the man's voice was getting softer and softer, Poka couldn't help leaning out to understand it, but at this moment, the man suddenly rushed up like lightning, and said, "You are not qualified to command!" ”
This time was too sudden, everyone present had no time to react, Polka saw this person pounced, hurriedly reached out and pulled out the knife, but he didn't expect this person to flash to the dead end, and pulled the bridle of the horse, the horse suddenly tilted to the side, Polkada hurriedly tried hard in the opposite direction to maintain balance, and at the same time pulled out and slashed at this person. Unexpectedly, this person's movements were extremely fast, and his body was already swinging while pulling the bridle, and Polkadot's knife had just come out of the sheath, and this person's feet had already kicked Polkadot! Rao is Poka didn't struggle to straighten up and couldn't withstand these two kicks, not to mention that he himself added a force in the same direction? Immediately Poka was kicked off the saddle and fell to the ground, and the man rode on Poka's horse, and as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, the horse immediately ran away!
"Spies! Get him! I don't know who spoke up first, and then the whole army was in an uproar, and everyone gathered around to arrest the spies. The man was on his horse, and the horse seemed to grow on him, dodging left and right, knocking the front soldier to the ground, and then jumping out of the encirclement.
"Shoot the arrows!" Polkata, who stood up, commanded loudly. The other party's skills are vigorous, and he is by no means under himself, Pokata understands that this must be a capable general sent by Li Tianhao, just a few days ago he lost dozens of soldiers in order to encircle and suppress one of them, but he didn't expect that there were still people mixed into his own troops!
With Pokadot's command, the bow and arrows rained down on the man, and the man drew his saber on his horse, protecting himself and his horse from above, but he was so impenetrable that he could not shoot a single one!
Seeing this, Poka snatched an officer's bow and arrow, and shot at the man. Polka's archery skills were absolutely first-class in Palci, his arrows were fast and urgent, completely different from other arrows, the man obviously did not guard against Polka's arrow, and at the last moment realized that something was wrong, and swung his knife to cut off Polka's arrow, but Polka's arrow was not weakened, and still shot the man's left waist. What's more, disturbed by Polka's arrows, the man was unable to pull away all the arrows, and in an instant, the horse under his crotch was hit by three arrows, and he was also shot with two arrows!
"Chase!" Polkadot commanded loudly. (To be continued......)