Chapter Ninety-Seven: Effective Tactics Without Shame
Under the light of the torch, Wu Xin's face turned pale.
He was in a relaxed mood just a few minutes ago, and Godafy was busy writing letters to his sister and then sending messengers for help.
Cassano, without interference, carefully arranged the defensive line and organized a well-defined set of defensive measures.
He mixed the soldiers of the Knights Hospitaller and the nomads of the Godafi tribe in groups of ten, and asked the nomads to trust their new comrades.
Such a mix of units with higher combat effectiveness and lower units can effectively avoid the rapid disintegration of weak brigades, and their will to fight will be much better with a firm main force on their side.
The frontal front was dominated by the infantry of the Knights Hospitaller, while good hunters were drawn from among the nomads and used as projection fire at the heights of the Colosseum.
Wu Xin and the female knight Deverichy led ten retinues as the last strategic reserve.
This plan looked very good, even if there were more than three hundred enemies in his vision, Wu Xin was still sure that he could hold out long enough.
However, what matters are never smoothly achieved, especially on the battlefield.
"Help me, brother, where are you, brother, help me!"
"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!!"
"They ate both my husband and my son...... Brother, can you hear me...... My brother saved me............"
All sorts of miserable wails came from the half-ogre front.
Hundreds of unfortunate women, wailing naked in the sand.
Amin, who had expected that he might face a tough battle, brought hundreds of women from nearby tribes here.
His men forced the women to kneel on the road between the two armies and then ** them in front of their loved ones.
The border between the Sultanate of Tunisia and Libya is very nihilistic for nomads, and although most marriages take place within tribes, even nomads know that consanguineous marriages are not sustainable, and inter-tribal marriages are common due to the instinct of genetic exchange.
Many of these women were married off from the Godafi tribe.
Such a humiliating sight could not be endured by any dignified man, and the nomads of the Godafi tribe were all about to attack. Their organization was already loose, they had no junior officers, and the situation was quickly spiraling out of control.
The soldiers of the Knights Hospitaller were overwhelmed by officers of all ranks, and most of them could not understand the women's shouts. But in the current situation, you don't need words to know what's going on.
Although the beliefs were different, and the friendship of fighting with the Godafi tribe was not accumulated enough, they also felt the pain of seeing their fellow human beings being so insulted and ravaged.
The soldiers of the Knights Hospitaller all looked at Cassano. Only the female knight of Devreich looked at Wu Xin.
Cassano put his hand at his side and shook his finger at Wu Xin covertly, signaling him to keep quiet.
Cassano has seen a lot of such a situation in the history of warfare, but this is the first time he has experienced it personally.
He fought countless tough battles with the French and the Ottomans, and never saw such a shameless act.
The Barbary pirates would do the same to force the enemy into battle, and they would gather the women of the village under the stronger towns, and those women often had relatives in the city as well, and then the pirates would happily be in front of their fathers and brothers, their daughters and sisters.
Once the defenders want to save their compatriots. Without the protection of the city walls, it will give them a chance to fight into the town.
But Cassano had remained on the island of Malta, and the Barbary pirates had not yet carried out any large-scale operations here, and even if they had landed, they would not have done such a thing in this military stronghold.
He knew that he could not conform to the enemy's intentions and could not abandon the preset position.
Of course, the side effects of this are obvious, and one of the sources of the army's strength is the women and children who defend it, and such a scene can damage the morale of the troops in the short term, and greatly damage the prestige of the leader in the long term.
He felt that the best option was for him to bear the side effects of this decision. And Wu Xin can maintain his reputation.
Although most people could not see him waving his hand, his silence was enough for the soldiers to understand his attitude.
The nomads whose families had been ravaged could not help themselves, and some of them had already heard the cries of their own families.
"Don't be impulsive, they just want us to rush out."
That's when it happened. Godafi's shouts rang out.
Godalfi didn't want to go out in the field, he shouted to his men: "This is the enemy's conspiracy, can't you see it!" Once we rush down, without the terrain advantage, we will be eaten by these beasts in one bite. At that point, it's not just these women who will be ravaged. The women of our tribe also have to endure such a fate. ”
"Don't be impulsive, don't be tempted by the enemy!" He worked hard to patrol the front of the formation, trying his best to protect his base.
"Brother, it's me, brother! I'm Shamir."
"Brother! Brother, it's me, I'm here! ”
At this time, Godafy in front of the battle suddenly heard a familiar voice, and in the midst of the howl of a half-ogre and the pleading of a woman, he could distinguish the voices of his two sisters.
He followed the voice of his relatives and saw the scene that made his head congested, and the two sisters he had hoped for were naked and tied to a camel with one of his nieces, who was also naked.
They looked miserable, obviously ravaged, but they were not ** at this time, and Armin the brain drinker just smiled and stroked their hair.
He was wearing heavy armor and didn't be happy with his subordinates, so he waited for Godalfe to see his family and show him a good scene.
He smiled coldly, tapped his fingers, knocked the head of a Godafi sister open, and then licked his tongue, sucking her brain into his mouth, and then made a delicious tsk sound.
The sound made several merry half-ogres reach ** in a flash, they straightened up, and then pounced on the women below them, biting off their necks and shoulders.
Dying directly may be a relief, and those kneeling on the ground, the women next to them, who are sprayed by the blood of their fellow victims, are the real culmination of fear.
This scene made Godafei lose his voice all of a sudden, his reason was reminding him that he couldn't give up his position, but he couldn't make a sound out of his mouth.
Without the appeasement of the chief, the mood of the nomads soon approached a tipping point, and some of the young men rushed out in spite of it.
Wu Xin made up his mind and said to Cassano and De Verrich: "It's been delayed long enough, while they are committing violence, we will break up their formation directly from the center." ”
Then he raised his voice so that both the soldiers and the nomads could hear: "Comrades, please listen to me. ”
The female knight of Devlich repeated Wu Xin's words at the highest volume.
"Comrades-in-arms, the situation is so critical that there is no time for any tirade, but for a real man, a few words are worth a thousand words and ten thousand words. There is no doubt that it is a rational choice to hold your ground and let the enemy attack our front. So that most of us can return to Tripoli alive. ”
Wu Xin paused, glanced at the enemy's battle line, and then continued.
"But this sanity, this life, is that what you want? At least I don't, because I know that I can't escape death, no life can escape the final destruction, and what can really live forever in the world is dignity and honor, and only honor and dignity are worth defending with life. ”
"If there is only reason and courage and dignity are lost, then reason is really nothing but a disguise of cowardice and cowardice, and it is nothing more than a walking dead to watch these women being ravaged, eaten, and then living as cowards and cowards."
Wu Xin looked at the female knight of Devlichy who was amplifying for him beside him, and nodded heavily: "The atrocities of these beasts must be severely punished!" Rather than live as a coward and a coward, I would rather fight with glory and die with glory than be a coward and a coward, and rush with me! ”
After he finished speaking, he directly urged the camels to charge, and the nomads who had been patient to the limit all rushed out at once.
Cassano couldn't stop it.
He didn't hesitate any longer, waved his hand, and commanded the equally excited Knights Hospitaller infantry to follow.
Seeing that his tactics were working, Armin smiled as he leisurely knocked on the head of Godafei's niece and drank it down.
With a delicious brain in his mouth, Amin waved his hand: "Kill them all!" (To be continued.) )