Chapter Seventy-Four: A Lonely City

The hot wind was mixed with the smell of blood.

Bius thought to himself as he stood at the head of Abdus and looked down at the Dils army beneath the city.

Ever since the Abdus line was lost, Bius has remained in the city. As the only city in the entire Abdus Line that is still under the control of the Yaki army, as long as this city does not fall, the Dilc army will not be able to advance smoothly to the north and threaten the Yaki capital Ashtidon. As long as Abdus City supports one more day, then Viscount Libera and General Vultures in the rear will have one more day to prepare for the war, and it is for this purpose that the veteran Bius risked his life to hold on to this hopeless city, and Bius's move is undoubtedly using the last flash of his life to win a glimmer of life for Yaki's national fortunes.

The city of Abdus was in a terrible state at the moment, the walls had been shattered and crumbling by the Dils army with catapults; The soldiers lost nearly half of them, and the rest were wounded, starved, and diseased, and were almost incapacitated; The worst thing is that the large number of mid-level commanders has been killed, resulting in poor command and a lack of people to boost morale, all of which point to the fact that the city can no longer hold out.

I didn't expect it to last only five months. Bius sighed in his heart. Originally, in his plan, this fortified city could hold out for at least half a year, but unfortunately Bius miscalculated one thing. He had expected a fierce attack by the Dils army, for which he had already prepared all defenses. Because if the other party plans to besiege Abdus for a long time, it will play into his hands, and he has enough military rations to support him for more than half a year, or even a year. But he was wrong. It was true that the Dils army attacked fiercely for three days, but those three days were only feints. Their true purpose was to release a large number of rats into the city. When countless rats were thrown into the city of Abdus. The city's granaries were attacked by rats. Although Bius organized manpower to kill the rats with all his might, the attack of the Dils army outside the city held back a large number of manpower, so that in the end the rats became a disaster. By the time Pius had brought the rat infestation under control, the food in the city had been drastically reduced, and the Dils army no longer stormed, but instead besieged, and rarely attacked except for the daily destruction of the walls with catapults.

Seeing that the stock of food was gradually running out, Bius made a cruel decision, which was to organize his forces out of the city to attack the enemy army. Of course, he knew that it was possible to break through with his forces, but his goal was not to break out. Instead, he tried to hold on for as long as he could, and for that he had to consume some of his people to reduce the loss of food. But this trick once again fell into the trap of the Dils army. In the face of the decisive assault of the Yaki Army, the opposing side is full of ruthless characters who make the Yaggi Army fearful: Xenas, Muller, Hector and Agobar and other brave generals pour out, and their goal is not to destroy these Yaki Army, but to target the mid-level commanders of the Yaki Army. As a result of this battle, the number of casualties of the Yaji army was unusually small, and the more than 3,000 people who attacked were only killed by more than 400. However, these 400 men included more than 20 centurions and three leading commanders, and in the end the Yaki army was completely left uncommanded and driven back to the city of Abdus, and Bius could not close the gates to prevent the defeated troops from entering the city, and in the end his plan did not achieve any of the results he expected. It's just going in a worse direction.

Seeing that his moves were seized by the other party, Bius had to admit that he had lost the battle, and the only way he had left was to hold on. The soldiers endured the onslaught of flying stones from the enemy on a daily basis. Frugality persists, but everyone understands that the enemy is waiting. Wait for them to become weak from hunger, and then they will have to die.

Right now. He looked at the dense enemy camp beneath the city. Suddenly he felt something strange in his heart, just as he smelled the smell of blood in the air, and he was sure that it was not his own delusion, but a premonition, a premonition that a great war was about to take place - that the other side might launch a full-scale attack today!

If you are the commander of the other side, the most important thing you need to do is to estimate how weak the resistance in the city is. If the timing is too early, then the besieging soldiers will suffer unnecessary casualties; If the time comes too late, you can easily take the city, but you will waste more time. Obviously, his opponent is a calculating man, and if he chooses to attack today, it can be considered a good time. However, there was a hint of relief in Bius's heart, because if the other party waited for another three days, the Yaqui army would be completely incapacitated, and now he was sure that his men would be able to fight back, if he could stimulate their last instinct to survive.

While Bius was pondering, the enemy army began to stir. A large number of soldiers began to assemble, form a group, set up, and then began to slowly advance towards the city of Abdus.

Bius immediately ordered the whole body to be put on guard. All the soldiers took their weapons and stood at the head of the city, and although they looked a little sluggish and inflexible, they were at least able to stand up.

"Soldiers! The thieves finally couldn't help it! They're going to go on a full-scale attack, that's good! We've had enough of it in the past few months! Let's have a blast today! Rather than being trapped to death, at least now we can make the thieves pay the price they deserve! Yakhi warriors, show the thieves your strength! Bius shouted as hard as he could, cheering on the soldiers.

It was clear that these words had some effect on the soldiers, at least they all looked up at their commander, but they didn't roar as usual, because they really didn't have the strength to do so.

At this time, the city was already full of the Dils army. The other stood in line beyond the range of bows and arrows, and only one knight stood at the front.

All I could hear was him shouting as he straddled his horse, "Yaki soldiers! I'm Wei Song of the Dils Army! I know you still have the strength to fight, and I know that you won't be able to hold out for long, and that if our army starts to attack the city, you won't be able to hold it out until dark! But then you'll all die! And my men will suffer huge casualties! Why bother? We also have a large number of Yaqui in our army! They are all your brothers and sisters! But why are they in our ranks?! Because they saw that the Dils were the ones who sought their happiness! Under the rule of Palci, under the rule of Li Tianhao, the lord of the Dils, they can live a better life than under the rule of Yaqui! I can't think of any reason why you, fellow Akinians, should die in vain in this hopeless city and not be able to enjoy all of this! If you don't believe me, witness it with your own eyes! If you open the gates, it will all be possible! I've got enough food for you to enjoy! Just open the gates and come out! If you have witnessed all of this and think that I have lied to you, you can leave here and go back to Yaqui! This is my solemn promise to you here! A promise to you in the name of the god Ra! ”

Bius was angry when he heard this, this enemy general Wei Song, who had calculated himself for several months, finally came to persuade him to surrender, and he only persuaded the soldiers to surrender, which was clearly to instigate the soldiers to mutiny.

He hurriedly turned around and shouted to the soldiers: "Don't listen to his rhetoric! If he was sincere, why didn't he make this suggestion earlier? He is only afraid of you to tempt you with these conditions! Don't be fooled! ”

Speaking of this, Bius suddenly felt a chill in his right rib, and then the pain exploded in his right rib! He looked back and saw one of his own guards soldier holding the knife that had stabbed him in the body!

"You guys!"

"I'm sorry, sir. We want to get out of this city alive. The soldier said with a shudder.

Bius felt his body gradually begin to tilt towards the ground, and he struggled to draw his sword, but the seven or eight guards around him immediately stabbed more swords at him, and Bius fell into a pool of blood formed by his own blood, and the heavy smell of blood filled his nostrils.

"It's a pity that you can live," said Bigus, opening his bloody mouth, his last words, but in the eyes of the soldiers, he was just spitting out a few blood blisters.

At the last moment, the city of Abdus fell bloodlessly under the control of the Dils army. (To be continued.) )