"Chapter 113: Amr Besieged Again"
In the city of Amur, the defeated troops were not in the city, and the morale of the originally high was much lower at this time. Although they broke through the blockade, they were chased by a small force of bluffing troops, and they lost a lot of men and horses along the way.www.biquge.info When they returned, they had assembled, they had counted, and the final count had Rooney stay in the room for a while, leaning back in his chair and not moving. The rest of the officers didn't know what to say, so they could only sit on the side and follow the general in a daze.
At the time of departure, Rooney set out with 11,000 men, even if the legion was expanded several times, this is still 40% of the current strength of the legion. However, when they counted the survivors again, even the officers in charge of the statistics counted several times, and the number of casualties in this battle was unprecedented in the regiment in the past ten years. After the battle, the troops that were safely withdrawn were 5,270 with light and serious wounded, and more than half of them were lost. And after removing the seriously wounded who need treatment, this number is subtracted from 1,000 to 2,000. In ten years, apart from the brutal war with the kingdom, there has not been a single battle with such great losses. One of the things that made Rooney angry the most was the enemy's losses, which were estimated to be less than half of their own, except for the endless skeletons. (It's lower than that, in fact.) )
Rooney is an old member of the Legion, he doesn't know how to make a difference, and he doesn't care how to make a difference. He had now abandoned his plans to attack, intending to garrison the city until the follow-up troops arrived. He didn't know how the other party had swelled their strength to such a short period of time, but he still remembered the scene when their Eastern Lord was brought back by Master Kuba last time, and he thought that the two sides should be evenly matched, as long as they could keep each other neutral, Amr would be theirs after that.
"It's possible that they'll take the opportunity to attack the city, hoping to take it for the Alliance. But they also need to be repaired, and their troops have to rest after such a long journey. Moreover, the garrison of Amur City is very strong, with us defending the city, after the battle is completed, the losses are lost, and the benefits are returned to the alliance. They shouldn't just call me. Rooney analyzed it, and after ensuring safety, Rooney ordered the troops to repair temporarily. Rooney's analysis was correct, except that he wasn't aware of two surprises: the system and the legendary card mission.
The troops were temporarily repaired, but their mood was mostly not relaxed. Many low-ranking officers wandered around the city, their faces were uniformly iron-blue, and their mood was also very low. The troops they lead are often only a few people left. And those people who gathered together to drink stuffy wine and not say a word became the real "light pole commander" at this time, and the troops were all wiped out.
Of course, there are also many troops that can be handed over to them when they break out, but they can't forget their previous comrades-in-arms. (Perhaps)
The soldiers of the Legion sighed and walked down the street, and the original inhabitants of the city of Amur saw them and hurriedly took refuge, for fear that these fellows would rush into their homes if they were not happy. Although the legion ordered the protection of the lives and property of the residents after occupying the city, the soldiers who found the opportunity to find it were inevitably beaten severely and a large amount of money was looted. They still remember what the legionnaires had done when they had entered the city, so they saw these soldiers and officers loitering. They all turned away from them like a plague god.
"What a bad day!" Looking at the sun in the sky that was constantly going west, a legionnaire crouching on the wall cursed, he survived the battle and was now sent to guard the wall. Although he survived, he was depressed. He was also a veteran of the Legion, and he hadn't fought such a humiliating battle since he came to the borders of the Alliance, annoyed by the asymmetrical battles and the rushing skeletons. Because in this kind of battle, which is already tantamount to failure, they simply have no heart to persevere.
"Why don't you kill me too......" He turned his head to see the officers who had lost their troops wandering around the walls drunk. The battle was not going well, and as soon as they returned, they went to the tavern in the city, and drank all the good wine they could find without paying a penny, and the bosses complained bitterly, but they did not dare to stop it. At this time, the morale of the legion simply fell to the bottom, the soldiers vented in various ways, and the beautiful women in the city tried their best to hide, who knows if those guys who drank too much will suddenly break into their house and do something.
The soldier sat down, put his spear aside, and another soldier he knew came over, holding a small wooden barrel from an unknown tavern, and bringing many empty glasses. He poured himself a bowl very unceremoniously, then drank the dark red liquid in one gulp and smashed his tongue. Soon the soldiers in the vicinity also came together, and these people gathered together and shouted, but they did not return to the temporary barracks (large houses that were forcibly occupied), and the officers in charge of the barracks did not care, because they did not differ from these people.
They wasted the good wine, blushing and discussing the dead friends and the events on the battlefield.
They remembered that when they attacked the city a while ago, the commander of the legion led his troops to break through the city's defenses, and the huge Abaron giant tortoise crawled under the city under the dense attack, and smashed open the city gate with the besieging soldiers, and they also rushed into the city, killing wantonly.
They remembered that the forces of Amr had been routed by their onslaught, and that the defensive weapons at the head of the city had been ruthlessly destroyed by the magic trebuchet. Under their superior forces, the Amur defenses gradually collapsed, and their consuls put up desperate resistance, eventually being killed by His Excellency the Legion Commander on the steps of the Amur parliament hall. What a proud moment it was, the gold coins and valuable goodies in the treasury went to the legions, and they also received a lot of "spoils" from it. People without families rushed into the homes of unmarried women and enjoyed the pleasures that women bring. At that time, their morale was high, as if they could defeat all the enemies in front of them. They do, but the reality is so cruel...
''Damn Tibetan Soldier City!'' Damn Li Xiaopan! The soldiers who remembered the name of the lord of the east cursed mercilessly and drank constantly, they wanted to vent all their grievances today, and they even thought of some methods, such as "women and wealth..."
The veteran of that legion drank a lot of wine and was in a better mood. He got up to go to the bathroom, she swayed, glanced out of the city wall very casually, then shook her head and looked carefully.
''Am I right?'' He rubbed his eyes and looked at them intently. The dragon flag fluttering high is slowly approaching the city.
''Quick!'' Let's go see what's going on! He shouted to the sentry beneath the city, who was in astonishment. But when he was woken up, he immediately ran over to check the situation.
"Don't drink it, let's see if those bastards from Hidden Soldier City are chasing after you!" He roared angrily, and the rest thought he was joking, and looked indifferent, but soon had the same expression as he had just been.
''It's an enemy attack!'' It's the troops of the Tibetan Soldier City! The sentry sped back, a sharp bow and arrow stuck in his hat. The gate opened, and the sentries and patrols entered the city as fast as they could, and the troops at the head of the city immediately threw away their wine glasses and moved quickly.
''This is truly the best hangover cure!'' The old soldier cursed, and then very casually poured a soak of urine on the city, and then took up his weapon again and let the trumpeter blow the horn.
The special military trumpet was sounded again, and the senior officers and generals of the legion who were in a state of trouble were very stunned, and immediately sent someone to inquire what was going on. At the same time, the troops in the city were ordered to guard their posts and drive all the people in the streets to their homes to prevent a "riot".
''They came, I didn't expect...''' After listening to the herald's report, Rooney sighed and muttered to himself.
''What do we do?'' Checkmate. The officers gathered around, anxiously asking for countermeasures.
''What else can I do?'' He looked at these colleagues who had not yet come out of the shadow of defeat, and sighed: "Defend the city, use those city defense weapons, and everyone stand on their own shifts." Siege is not easier than field battle, the city is very strong, as long as we hold the city, when reinforcements come, they themselves will retreat, and then it will be time for us to counterattack! Rooney's words are simple and straightforward. "But hold on to the city, or you will be torn to pieces by the Amurs in it!" ‘’
The order was passed down word for word, including Rooney's last sentence. No one wanted to be torn to pieces, and the soldiers who had just withdrawn from the regiment climbed to the top of the city, and the lightly wounded took up arms. They felt their hearts pounding and watched as the force approached little by little.
However, the opponents did not attack the city directly, but divided some forces out of the range of their weapons and surrounded the city.
"I know how the Amurs feel when they are attacked, and I hope we won't be like that...", a soldier who had only been in the regiment for only two years said this worriedly, and then was scolded back by the veteran with a "crow's mouth". But the veteran was also worried, and he was also afraid that what he had done to others would fall on him.
The troops outside the city did not prepare to attack the city in the first place, on the contrary, with the appearance of those unique light magic arrays, a whole row of tombstones appeared outside the city...
''It's going to be an uphill battle!'' ''That's how Philip describes it.