The continuous sound of gunfire overpowered the terrified howls of the humans, and from time to time there was a loud rumbling sound through the surging crowd and into the ears of the great Polotsk aristocratic generals in the rear.

"Why! Why the hell is that?! Why did the Taiping Army suddenly appear on the edge of the main force of our army! Can anyone give me an explanation! ”

A grumpy count lord shouted at the crowd around him as he looked at the retreating line.

"We have been suppressing the infiltration of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom into the Polotsk region, they cannot determine the location of our army's main force so quickly, the Taiping army can attack so accurately and quickly, it can only show one problem, someone betrayed us, but this person's status is very high, so that he clearly knows our military movement information!"

A middle-aged nobleman with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks glanced coldly at the inner circle of the main force of the Polotsk coalition army present, those small and medium-sized nobles and even knights who were recruited were impossible to be informed of the destination in advance, they were all brought here by the big nobles they were loyal to, so there could only be two kinds of people who leaked secrets.

One is his own people, and the other is a mature spy system that is inextricably linked with the local people in Polotsk, it is obvious that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot penetrate the Polotsk region so thoroughly in terms of the time of founding or the alien identity, and this middle-aged aristocrat who is good at political leaning naturally targets his suspicions on his 'colleagues' around him.

As for the second situation, it's not that this middle-aged nobleman can't think of it, but he doesn't feel the need to consider that situation, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has no allies in Eastern Europe at all, and they themselves don't have a mature espionage system in the Polotsk region, and those powerful countries in Eastern Europe are all on the opposite side or even at war with the Taiping Army, so there is no reason to help the Taiping Army pit their teammates!

The lords of Polotsk did not even suspect the Christian Brotherhood, which had fled, because they did not think that the Christian Brotherhood would have much benefit from doing so, and most importantly, the lords of Polotsk were not aware of the prestige and potential intelligence network that the Christian Brotherhood had among the people.

"Okay, so is there any point in arguing about that now? Turn around and see what has become of the battle! The next thing we should think about is how to escape from the Taiping army, and now that we are not completely defeated, let's decide whether to continue to hold on to Polotsk City, or rather, become an honorary nobleman of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?! ”

A bland and calm explanation completely extinguished the flashpoint of the command of the Polotsk aristocratic coalition on the verge of rage, whether it was the brainless irascible count or the cold middle-aged nobleman, his eyes seemed to have lost some important meaning, and his noble head drooped.

Everyone present is not a fool, or it is impossible for a fool to sit in this position under the turbulent aristocratic inheritance system, the contrast of strength between the two sides is very obvious, the military strength of Polotsk itself is inferior to the Taiping army, and now that the main force has been defeated, the only capital to delay time in the struggle will be lost, what else can they do except flee and surrender?

The only good news is that if you run away, you don't have to worry about where to go, the whole of Eastern Europe is the enemy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and if you flee to any country, you will not be buried and assassinated, but the exiled nobles who have lost their fiefdoms are destined to live a life under the fence, this feeling is obviously difficult for everyone to accept.

Of course, in addition to these two negative options, there is also a 'road to fame' that will allow you to die, return to Polotsk, and then die in the attack and defense of Polotsk......

At least, their deaths will be propagated by the hostile forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as a typical representative, to inspire more noble lords to resist the Taiping army to the end!

Isn't this the reproduction of authentic chivalry in the Middle Ages?

What an inspiring sacrifice!

The names of the soldiers and civilians who died in the war are not remembered, but the nobles and generals who died in battle are recorded in the history books, and then the great martyrs who died fighting against foreign invasions are marked on the back for future generations to pay respect.

Therefore, there is actually a threshold to be a hero, first of all, you must be able to climb to a position that is enough to act as a hero, if you are a flat-headed commoner, except for your parents and family, who cares if you die on the front line of the fight against aliens?

If you can leave you a monument to the Unknown Soldier, you will be lucky.

Even in sacrifice and dedication, the status of people is hierarchical, this is society!

It is also the sadness and helplessness of the little people.

Those who glorify their ancestors in life and are loyal to martyrs after death are always the handful of national elites who stand above the crowd.

"Let's go, the front is no longer able to withstand it, the Taiping army does not have formed cavalry, and it can't catch up with us."

No one answered the question of surrender or run away, and the great nobles of Polotsk directly ignored this 'unseemly' question, silently mounted their fine horses, and left the rear with their cavalry.

The vast majority of the nobles fled to their own domains, with the exception of a very few who went to the city of Polotsk, a branch that seems to have proven a lot of problems.

The aristocracy is also an ordinary person, and even to a certain extent, these high-class people who have a lot of assets and can live a better life are more greedy for life and fear of death than the poor people with mud legs, and the probability of wanting them to be generous on the battlefield of defeat is really not very large......

The reason is very simple, they think that their lives are not worth exchanging the lives of a few Taiping soldiers!

All beings are equal, but human beings themselves divide them into three, six, nine and so on, and everyone strives to climb up in order to make their lives more 'valuable', even if calamity strikes, this concept will not be changed for a while.

The battlefield soon calmed down, there was an essential gap in the strength of the two sides in this decisive battle, the Taiping army only used one round of offensive to break the will to fight of the Polotsk aristocratic coalition army, the terrifying scene of being killed by a close-range salvo, the headless charge at a glance, is not at all what the Polotsk aristocratic coalition army can resist, and the most important thing is that the Polotsk aristocratic coalition army is also less than the main force of the Taiping army in terms of numbers, and the Taiping army can easily put out a semi-encircled offensive front and crush the entire Polotsk aristocratic coalition army position in one fell swoop.

As a result, nearly 10,000 Polotsk aristocratic coalition troops were crushed, and the main force of the Taiping army suffered casualties of less than a battalion of hundreds of people, and since then, the Polotsk region has no military strength that can compete with the Taiping army.