Due to the large number of generals killed in battle, Gernas had to temporarily promote four Qianmen Zhang to temporarily act as generals, and they were responsible for commanding the siege of the city of Assras. Although these four people have a good record, they have no experience in commanding large armies, but at the moment Gernas can't care about so much. Leo, who was wounded again, was also transferred to his own team as a staff officer.

After some preparation, Gernus began to attack the city, but the results were not as smooth as he expected. The walls of Essrath were so strong that it would be difficult to damage them with catapults, and the thieves' mysterious bows and arrows had enough to endure for the besieging troops. Such an attack would only increase the casualties, and even if the city could be barely breached, it was estimated that the casualties would be in the tens of thousands. At the moment, Gernas's forces were more than enough to trap the city of Essrath, so he decided to fight a protracted war and save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers for himself with starvation.

He had prepared a large amount of grain reserves for this purpose, and even estimated the grain reserves and production in the areas actually controlled by the thieves, using this as a benchmark to calculate the time that Essrath City could hold out, and confirmed that he could besiege them before launching his troops.

The key to the success of this strategy now lies in the ability of Dara, who is responsible for escorting the food convoy, to safely deliver the grain here. Due to the difficulty of the mountain road, the only way for the grain transport team to choose was the main road, and the action was easy to be mastered by the thief army, but fortunately, the main force of the thief army has been surrounded in the city, and only the five hundred cavalry led by Mueller are wandering outside, and the three thousand men of Dara will not have a problem dealing with them. At present, the food of the Yaji Army can still last for a month, and Dara can deliver the food before this deadline, no matter how slow it is.

But it didn't go as smoothly as Gernas calculated. Seeing that half a month had passed, Darla had not heard from him, and what made Gernus even more uneasy was that none of the scouts sent had returned. By the twenty-fifth day, the situation was still the same, and Gernus began to become anxious: this showed that all the scouts had been killed without exception, that the thieves had completely controlled the intelligence of the entire mountain, that they had been completely cut off from Darra, so that the troops sent by the thieves would not be just five hundred cavalry, but there must have been other troops!

On the twenty-seventh day, a herald came with joy on his face: "General! General Darla! General Dara is back! The food has arrived! ”

Gernas was overjoyed, and hurried out of the camp with the herald to meet him. From afar, I saw Darla's troops and the endless grain carts, but they were all haggard and disheveled, and it was evident that they had been through many fierce battles in the past few days, and everyone was exhausted. Gernas let out a long sigh of relief, and despite all the ordeal, the food had finally arrived.

Darla, who was at the forefront, had multiple injuries on his body, and his miserable appearance made people see at a glance his hard work these days.

"Lord Darra, it's a pleasure to see you again." Gernas smiled and stepped forward.

"Lord Gernas, I have lost a lot of loyal subordinates." Darla's eyes were filled with guilt.

"Lord Dara doesn't have to worry about it, it is expected that the thief army will attack and disturb, and it will be a success if you can transport grain and grass." Gurnas said as he stepped forward.

At this moment, one of the two guards who had been following Dara suddenly drew his sword and slashed at Gurnas! Caught off guard, he was immediately slashed in the chest, and looking at the blood gushing out of his chest, Gernas opened his mouth wide and looked at the perpetrator.

"Down there is the Muller of the Tyres! On the orders of Li Tianhao, I came to take your life. The guard coldly dropped the words. Gernus fell down with a look of incredulity, and the last sight that came to mind was the Yaki soldiers behind Dara raising their weapons and straddling their bodies towards the Yagi.

It all started half a month ago. Ever since the grain and grass escorted by Dara entered the area controlled by the thieves, it was obvious that they were under surveillance. Sure enough, soon the cavalry corps led by Mueller appeared. Knowing this for a long time, Darla was fully prepared, so Mueller, after several unsuccessful raids, switched to harassment-type warfare. For this kind of painless attack, Dara doesn't need to care, the only thing that bothers him is that Muller's endless and tireless attacks have exhausted the soldiers, but fortunately, Muller's cavalry should be more tired, so Dara doesn't particularly care about this matter.

Three days later, when Darra's troops began to have to stop and rest due to exhaustion, something Dara could not have imagined happened. The army of thieves has launched an attack on him!

It's hard to imagine how Darra's spirit was hit at that time. The number of thieves in front of me is more than five thousand, where did so many people come from? All of this shows that the assumptions of the Yakhi Army, Gernas, and Dara himself are all wrong. From the very beginning, they fell into Li Tianhao's trap, and everything that Mueller's five hundred cavalry did was a feint, the purpose of which was to make the Yaji army think that only five hundred cavalry were harassing in their rear, but in fact, Li Tianhao had already ambushed more than five thousand thieves in the deep mountains, and its purpose was to aim at the logistics supply line of the Yaji army from the beginning!

The war had already been decided from the beginning, and although Dara had 3,000 regular troops, he was exhausted after a few days of Mueller's raids, and at this time he was attacked by a 5,000 fresh army led by Lorencis, which was a disaster. The slaves carrying the grain dispersed in a hurry, and even if the soldiers fought back, their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced by fatigue, and the battle ended in just one hour, with more than 1,000 dead in the Yaki army, and all the rest surrendered. Only Dara fought until the end, and Darra, who had already suffered more than a dozen wounds, naturally had no chance of winning against an opponent like Muller.

Dara laughed miserably: "I really didn't expect that my Dara ended up in your hands, and I really failed to let me go last time." Do it. ”

Muller's knife pressed against Darra's neck: "I personally don't care about your life, but it's a pity that the young master of my family seems to appreciate you, and he has instructed the generals of the whole army not to kill you, and to persuade you to surrender to our army as much as possible." We've heard about what happened to you the last time you returned to Kadum City, and now that you've failed again, I'm afraid no one will be able to save you this time, right? The young master of my family asked me to pass on a word to you, we will become stronger and stronger here, and there will be more stages that can display your talents, do you want to consider coming to our side? ”

After listening to the words of this brave general, Dara bowed his head deeply, and after some time, the sword in Darra's hand fell to the ground.