The giant saved my life?

Who would believe it to be true if it wasn't for personal experience?

……

At dusk, the area around Suolong Pass had calmed down, and everything meant that the battle was over.

The Marquis of Savitin was still very hardworking, and he faithfully fulfilled what he promised in the agreement. As a result of the all-out attack of the main forces of the Lord's Kingdom, they directly penetrated the camp of the entire kingdom coalition and forcibly tore it apart.

Tianhao never thought of completely annihilating the huge white coalition army under the Lock Dragon Pass from the beginning. That's an unrealistic fantasy. Even in the best of circumstances, being able to encircle half of the enemy would have achieved the expected goal, not to mention the Marquis of Savitine's performance, with a white coalition of more than a million trapped in the encirclement, almost three-fifths of the total number of the Papal Army, the main Saxon army, and the remnants of the Plantagenet Kingdom.

Yes, they were just besieged between the mountains, the remnants of the walls, and the armies of the giants. Although the fighting on the periphery was over, these people who were surrounded did not admit defeat and did not lay down their arms.

Tianhao handed over the task of persuasion to the Marquis of Savitin, after all, acquaintances are better to talk to each other.

The negotiations did not last long, and after nightfall, the besieged army chose to surrender.

They really can't find a second way out. Most of the commanders, including Bishop Somson, have fled, and the encirclement is isolated from several major warehouse areas. Although there was plenty of food, enough to last more than three weeks, the arms warehouse fell into the hands of giants. Without ammunition, stubborn resistance is a dead end.

Moreover, the messenger sent by the Marquis of Savitin repeatedly promised, and swore in public to his deed gods———— the Giant King promised not to kill the captives, not to eat them as food, and not to cut off the captives' fingers as before. As long as they obey orders honestly, all those who lay down their arms will be given preferential treatment.

The messenger did not give an explanation for the word "preferential treatment". Because there is no need, the final interpretation is still in the hands of the giants.

The desperate trapped began mass surrender.

Tianhao led his guards and important ministers to a makeshift prisoner of war camp. Although there are many people here, it is very orderly. Gun-wielding dragon warriors set up sentry posts on high ground, closely patrolling the prisoners in the camp who lined up to be examined. According to the regulations established by the young regent, all dragon soldiers who came into close contact with the prisoners of war were equipped with cold weapons. This is mainly for the convenience of management and the ease of violent resolution in case of emergencies.

All prisoners of war were required to strip naked for examination. This would put an end to the possession of small arms such as daggers and, more importantly, the seizure of personal belongings. The same process had been used on prisoners of war in the Viking Kingdom before, and later Tianhao added a ———— to check the whole body.

A middle-aged man dressed in the uniform of the Saxon kingdom walked to the front of the group, and in front of sharp knives and spears, he honestly stripped naked. It was a little cold, and he curled up, his hands clasped around his shoulders and shaking. The pitiful appearance did not arouse the sympathy of the dragon censors in the slightest. It was a burly and sturdy leader of ten, and he motioned to his entourage to cut off the hair of the prisoners of war in three or two strokes according to the regulations. Because it's so long, it's entirely possible for some delicate and cunning fellow to hide the scattered gold and silver deep in the roots of their hair.

That's not enough, there's one final check.

A dragon soldier with an iron tong in his hand stepped forward. In fact, it is not a pliers in the conventional sense, but an expander based on pliers. Apparently not liking the work he was doing, he frowned, touched his finger on the shoulder of the white captive, and uttered an English word with a strong commanding nature.

"Bend over."

The white POW curled up and bent over, and the dragon soldier shoved the metal expander into his anus and pinched the spring-loaded grip hard, and the white POW tensed up and let out a hoarse scream.

It's the perfect hideaway for small things.

As the sphincter is forcibly stretched, an oval-shaped object about the size of an egg falls out of the middle of the intestine.

It was a polished barbarian kneecap. The body is beautiful jade white, and the original shape can no longer be seen after modification. It's just that the surface is covered with filthy feces, and just looking at it makes me feel disgusting.

The bones of giants are valuable, especially the joints that are polished into beads. Although it did not reach the exchange price of gold by weight to one, it was enough to make ordinary soldiers rack their brains for personal concealment, and even turn a blind eye to various prohibitions.

In the past, if such a thing was discovered, the white captives who were hiding their belongings would have been executed on the spot. As for now...... The dragon soldier in charge of the inspection showed a little anger on his face, and the strength of his hand increased, and the spring that controlled the metal expander was pressed to the end, and the fork-like tip also poked out to both sides.

The white prisoner of war let out an increasingly violent scream, he felt that he was about to die, but he did not expect that the terrible force from behind him suddenly disappeared, and the whole person was relieved, and he couldn't help but lose his strength and collapse to the ground.

The dragon soldier swept over him with disgusted eyes, and the officer in charge of maintaining order next to him poked the white captive with the long stick he had been holding in his hand, and whipped him hard, beating the creature who was limp to the ground like a frightened mouse, and in a panic he got dressed, covered his buttocks, which was still releasing hot pain, and twisted his strange steps, limping into the prisoner of war camp in the north.

There is no need to kill people now, after all, the living are more valuable than the dead. Tianhao had already thought about where these white prisoners of war would go———— in addition to the northern part of the mainland, the newly discovered islands also needed a lot of labor. The previous practice of cutting off the captive's fingers and releasing them was actually psychological warfare. He deliberately selected 10,000 captives, one for every kingdom. These people who have their fingers chopped off are the best propaganda machines, they will never understand that they are being used invisibly, and they will only cry out to everyone they know about their tragic plight.

That's what Tianhao wants.

But he had no idea that this would directly trigger a series of terrible thoughts and fears about the future of the Marquis of Savitin. He even took into account the religious beliefs and various aspects of the Lord's kingdom, and then made a decision to change the position of the camp.

On the surface, Tianhao maintained the majesty that was indispensable between the nobles of the higher echelons and the Marquis of Savidin, but in fact, he smiled in his heart.

This was the most brilliant victory achieved by the northern barbarians since the outbreak of war between the north and south of the mainland.

Thinking of this, Tianhao showed a gentle and kind smile on his face. He stopped, turned sideways, and smiled at the Marquis of Savitin, who had been following him, "Choose some people from your army to stay!" ”

Savidin was surprised by this, and subconsciously thought about the bad side, and didn't know what to say for a while, and his expression became very embarrassed.

"You've proven your worth as an ally. Next, the king will also give you corresponding preferential treatment. Tianhao smiled and comforted, "I mean, let your people stay and learn our language." In the future, there will inevitably be more frequent exchanges between us, and we will not be able to do business without understanding the language. ”

The Marquis of Savitin suddenly realized, and he nodded excitedly: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your magnanimity. Praise be to the Lord for guiding me in the right direction. ”

"Three thousand!" Tianhao's laughter was full of special allure, and it went directly into the depths of the marquis's brain: "It's up to you to decide the list, I believe that half a year will be able to make their studies fruitful." ”

Immediately afterwards, Tianhao bent down, leaned close to the marquis's ear, and lowered his voice: "To be honest, I don't believe in your king, but I believe in you." ”

This is said from the heart, although the Marquis of Savitin is a veteran who has been in the officialdom for decades, he is still praised by the young giant king without leaving a trace. This is by no means a good person card in the ordinary sense, but the result of his own practical actions to promote the union of the kingdom of the Lord and the northern barbarians...... As the leader, the Marquis had every reason to think that Tianhao was not lying, and these words were indeed from the heart.

Tianhao smiled and raised his hand to gently pat Marquis Savidin on the shoulder a few times, his eyes were full of solemnity and trust: "We are friends. ”

……

The offensive and defensive battles of Kamui Fortress continued.

The canyon to the north has been filled in for more than a kilometre or so. Most of the filling is mud and stones, mixed with a large number of corpses.

The Duke of Calis issued the strictest order ever issued: everyone must move forward and take the Lock Dragon Pass at all costs. Violators will be executed on the spot!

20,000 men as an attacking unit, slowly moving forward amid the officers' curses and shouts. Behind them were a thousand heavily armed duke's guards, heavily armoured and armed with muskets, who would not hesitate to aim at their targets and pull the trigger if they saw any signs of flight or evasion.

The Rhines made a lot of long wooden ladders, but they were quickly attrition in battle. As a last resort, they changed their tactics, and still a large number of sappers carried sandbags full of earth and stones to attack with the fighting troops, and when they reached the bottom of the fortress walls, they began to pile up earth.

Stormtooth quickly saw through his opponent's thoughts, but he was powerless to change. There were too many white people attacking, and the entire Dragon Marine Corps took turns to suppress it with dense firepower, and although it achieved brilliant results, the ground outside the city was also rising at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was a pile of abandoned objects and corpses. In four days, the "ground" of the northern city wall had risen by about eight meters, which was the result of a desperate and bloody battle by the dragon defenders.

Stormtooth felt fortunate that if it weren't for the fact that the white commander on the opposite side still used a fixed style of play and wanted to bombard the city wall with heavy artillery, resulting in the discovery of the artillery position, which caused his own artillery to cover and completely destroy all the heavy artillery, resulting in no ranged weapons available...... Then this battle will certainly face many more difficulties than it is now.

There are just too many white people. They had already left at least 100,000 corpses in the northern part of the fortress. However, looking at the current momentum, they still have plenty of manpower to continue the attack.

The Duke of Calis was on the same mind.

"Keep on the offensive and never stop."

"This is not the sphere of influence of the giants, they do not have access to logistical supplies and support. As long as such offensive momentum and intensity are maintained, sooner or later they will run out of ammunition. At that point, we will be able to win this battle. ”

"We are not alone. Reinforcements are coming, and the giants will be on their backs. ”

Calis did not talk gibberish and deliberately deceive the soldiers below. In fact, since last week, the convoys heading north from the major kingdoms have sensed that something is wrong———— small groups of infantry from Leizhou City on the eastern coast have begun to move south, and their targets are multiple temporary supply points located within more than eighty kilometers south of Shenwei Fortress. The method is crude and simple: kill everyone, burn everything available, pollute the wells with corpses and feces, and completely destroy all facilities.

This is the standard method of assault warfare.

In this era when there was no telegraph and telephone, it took a long time for the message to be returned. According to the battle plan formulated by Tianhao, as long as the reinforcements from the southern countries were delayed for two weeks, the strategic goal would be achieved.

Calis's guess was correct, and the countries of the South had indeed sent people to investigate the devastated supply points. However, it is only an investigation, and it has not yet entered the link of finding out the truth and mobilizing the army to the north on a large scale to support.

The previous victory over the giants can only be described as "brilliant". The capture of the Dragon Pass is enough to go down in the epic. From the king to the common people, everyone thought the northern giants were vulnerable. Under the rule of this all-encompassing contempt, the destruction of supply points is naturally attributed to horse thieves, bandits, and outrags. It was the magistrates, not the high-ranking military institutions and the king, who were troubled by this.

Calis made daily rounds with his guards among the soldiers. He was a true commander-in-chief, greeting the soldiers, arranging good food for the wounded, and cheering up the depressed soldiers.

For officers, Calis is a combination of grace and might. He handed out large bounties of gold and silver, and commented on every attack. Officers who fought valiantly were selected and promoted, and those who feared the battle were severely punished. The practice of cutting off the heads of living people and hanging them on wooden poles was not unique to giants, and similar objects can be seen in many camps in the Rhine Kingdom. The dead had begun to decay, and while the soldiers felt the "care" of the duke, they also germinated a more vigorous will to fight.

Rather than shrinking due to the prolonged attack, morale has remained high...... I have to admit that Calis does have extraordinary military ability.

For the first time, Burst Tooth felt the heavy pressure from his opponent.

The city's arsenal of ammunition is shrinking dramatically, especially with ammunition. Although the transport line to the south of the canyon remained open, as the battle began, all the soldiers who had been temporarily serving as transporters returned to the battle sequence. As a result, the number of supplies that came in each time was drastically reduced, and the consumption could not keep up.