Chapter Ninety-Eight—Dispatch of Troops
With Feng Yuchong's gold medal troop transfer order issued, the soldiers of the Qi State who were still resting entered the state of combat one after another. I thought that on a snowy day like today, I would be able to take a good rest, but I didn't expect that Feng Yuchong would directly issue an order for the whole city to be on guard and defend against the Dark Legion.
Through communication with the deputy general, Feng Yuchong also let the three girls around him successfully go to the three city towers to preside over the defense. Of course, they don't have to do anything, they just need to stay there and wait and see.
After all, the current strategy and method of mobilizing troops is only to guard against the attack of the Dark Legion, and it is not wise to bet all the troops on it until it is clearly discovered that the Dark Legion is attacking.
Therefore, Feng Yuchong did not go to Chenglou, but took the initiative to choose to stay in the main military camp in the center of the city, as the army was transferred to various places, there are still more than 10,000 troops left in this garrison camp have not been mobilized, Feng Yuchong also temporarily let them not unload their armor, weapons do not leave their bodies, ready to join the battle at any time.
In front of the big tent of the Chinese army, Feng Yuchong was dressed in bright white armor, standing with his hands in his hands, staring worriedly at the night sky that had turned silver white due to the falling snow. The flying snow that fell on the helmet and cloak around him was a little far away, and he might not even be able to see Feng Yuchong's figure clearly.
Since the troops dispatched were all orders issued by his arrows, Feng Yuchong was able to know in great detail how many troops he still had to mobilize.
It's just that what he's worried about now is not whether the army is enough to mobilize, what he's worried about is that the soldiers of their Qi country are already too tired, and during this time of dealing with the dark army, why aren't they burning their own vitality?
At present, food is not rich, and even in short supply, many soldiers cannot eat enough, and the potential high pressure on physical fitness is likely to crush them. And as soon as there is a situation in the army where the soldiers fall, the situation becomes very dangerous.
Feng Yuchong was very worried about this, but he had nothing to do, at this time he had nothing to do except continue to stay in the big tent of the Chinese army and wait for news.
On the upper floor of the northern city, Sun Hao's deputy general Fang Qing was nervously arranging the soldiers to prepare for defense, during this time, the dark army had not launched an attack for a long time, and the original defensive equipment on the city tower had not been used for a while.
Gao Hanyue stood in the center of the tower, her right hand holding the arrow that Feng Yuchong gave her, symbolizing the power of the governor of the city. She did not wear armor, but temporarily borrowed a set of maid's white moon cloth to wear, in order to prevent accidents and need to deal with it, she did not wear a veil to cover her face, but chose to temporarily stay away from most of the Qi soldiers to avoid unnecessary trouble.
She knew that women were always special in the army, although she had the order of the governor of Huicheng in her hand, which gave her the ability to mobilize the soldiers on the north city wall at will, but in fact, she had no prestige in this army, and there were things that she still didn't want to mix, so she simply handed over these trivial tasks of arranging soldiers to Fang Qing, the deputy general who assisted her.
"General Gao, the humble post has been arranged. Fang Qing was a little confused about Feng Yuchong's arrangement, and there was a slight dissatisfaction in his tone.
When he received this order from Feng Yuchong, he was really a little surprised, he heard that the leader of the east and west city towers was an old friend of Feng Yuchong and Sun Hao, and they were also girls, so he was a little unwilling.
He originally thought that Feng Yuchong would hand over the overall defense of the northern city wall to him to lead, but he didn't expect such a girl to appear out of thin air, holding the arrow of the governor of the city and becoming the person who really led the defense of the northern city wall.
Out of respect for Sun Hao and Feng Yuchong, he still tried his best to ensure his attitude towards Gao Hanyue. Of course, out of loyalty to Qi Guo, he is still doing his best to deploy the defenses of the soldiers on the northern city wall.
Having participated in so many confrontations with the Dark Legion, Fang Qing knew very well the Dark Legion's consistent combat style. They don't rush in at the outset. Instead, they will first use the Batrider troops in the air and the Mole troops operating under the ground, using their abilities to attract the attention of some Qi soldiers, and then carry out a surprise attack from the front.
Although they had experience in fighting against the Dark Legion troops, Fang Qing was still a little worried, after all, the bed crossbow, the sharp weapon they originally used to deal with Batknight, was now also due to the depletion of special crossbow arrows and had to be suspended. Without the help of the bed crossbow, he really didn't have any confidence in his heart.
So, he simply told Gao Hanyue about this matter, anyway, now Gao Hanyue is the one who holds the governor's order arrow and actually controls the dispatch of the army on the north city wall, although she is a woman, Fang Qing is still a little jealous.
Gao Hanyue smiled slightly, she couldn't hear the subtle disbelief in Fang Qing's tone, she didn't care about this, as long as Fang Qing could do it to her satisfaction, she didn't want to spend too much time on this.
"General Fang has worked hard, how is the morale of the army now?" Gao Hanyue said lightly, without any emotion in her tone, but her voice still suddenly touched Fang Qing's heartstrings.
Gao Hanyue's voice is soft and delicate, even if she is not emotional, the words she says lightly carry her original characteristics. Fang Qing's thoughts were attracted for a while, and he forgot to answer Gao Hanyue's question.
"What, what is the difficulty of General Fang?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Fang Qing came to his senses, he immediately retracted his scattered thoughts, and explained with some weakness: "There is no difficulty in the last general, now the overall military spirit is quite stable, although the soldiers may lack physical strength due to lack of food, but it is still possible to persist for these days." ”
Fang Qing's words also touched Gao Hanyue's heart, and it was only after she returned here that she realized that they had already faced an irreparable crisis, the lack of food had caused the soldiers to generally decline in physical strength, and the people in the city were even worse, and they might even be dying of starvation, which Gao Hanyue could not accept.
Sighing secretly, Gao Hanyue said gently: "Since this is the case, then work hard brothers for some more time, as long as it can be confirmed that the dark army is not attacking the east direction of the city, the brothers can change batches and rest." ”
Morale-boosting words Gao Hanyue knew that it was useless to say it now, and what the soldiers of Qi State lacked at present was not morale, and what they lacked now could not be made up. After thinking about it again and again, Gao Hanyue could only use such words to comfort the soldiers in front of him.
Deep in Fang Qing's heart, he was a little noncommittal about what Gao Hanyue said, but his face was still respectful, "Humble duty conveys Gao Hanyue's promise to the whole army." ”
Fang Qing bowed and left, Gao Hanyue still stood in place and did not move her footsteps, she didn't care about Fang Qing's attitude, she was more concerned about whether the Dark Legion would take advantage of this sudden change in weather to attack them again?
Thinking of this, Gao Hanyue walked to the edge of the city tower, the northern city of the city has always been the main target of the dark army's attack. Therefore, the base camp of the Dark Legion outside the city is also outside the North City, but due to the dark sky, Gao Hanyue can't see the situation in this barracks clearly, and he can't know what the Dark Legion is doing now.
Gao Hanyue estimated the time in his heart, and now the five thousand people led by Sun Hao should have made a detour to the vicinity, about twenty miles away from the west city of Huicheng, it is a vast forest, and it is also a very good place to hide soldiers. Presumably, Sun Hao is now going to march to the location of the Dark Legion barracks, and it is very likely that he will wait there for an opportunity on the way.
With this peripheral army as a guarantee, Gao Hanyue's heart can be regarded as somewhat confident, the Dark Legion has attacked Huicheng many times, but it has never completely taken Huicheng and given them this last place to live.
The Dark Legion is like a nightmare existence for all the forces on the Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent, but the Dark Legion has been stranded outside the city for such a long time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Dark Legion's idea is by no means as simple as destroying their Qi Kingdom.
Taking a deep breath, Gao Hanyue's heart was also a little helpless, since she knew the bloodline contract she had made with Guangjun Cangwu Spirit, her mentality had changed imperceptibly.
The five-year period seems to be too early now, after all, in front of the dark army, they may face the future of being killed by the dark army at any time, and no one can see the bright future and future.
But Gao Hanyue knew very well that she had borrowed the power of Guangjun Cangwu, once she had the opportunity to defeat the Dark Army in the future, then sooner or later she would face the problem of parting with her companions, she knew very well the style of Guangjun Cangwu's instrument spirit, and it was very likely that she would not be able to escape this catastrophe at that time.
She didn't want to face such a future, she didn't dare to imagine that when the time came, what kind of actions she would make, she didn't know herself.
Gao Hanyue has thoughts in her heart that no one else knows, and if possible, she is willing to exchange her life for the life of someone she thinks is important. She didn't want to really get to that time, and she was miserable and miserable to be taken by Guangjun Cangwu Instrument Spirit according to the contract, she would rather let her life be worth it than leave so aggrieved.
Thinking of this, Gao Hanyue couldn't help but sigh secretly, and then gradually retracted her chaotic thoughts.
She knew very well that in the current situation, she could not take care of these future matters, the threat of the dark army was imminent, and she had to concentrate on observing the movements outside the city.
In the city, because of the heavy snowfall, the people in the city also walked out of their homes one after another, standing on the street and staring up at the dim and dark night sky, but the white snow continued to fall.
Because of the shortage of population, most of the remaining people in the city are old and weak women and children, and the young and strong men have already joined the army and become the last line of defense of the Qi State.
The old people were hunched on their backs, their hands on crutches, and the women were holding their young children in their arms, standing in front of the door and quietly gazing at the snow.
Without exception, the old and weak women and children were pale and thin, and their movements were unstable, and it was clear that this was also a consequence of the lack of food.