Chapter 314: The Enraged Tanan
When he heard that the urgent report was from the Beit League, Tanan knew that what he had been worried about had happened, the battle of the Brakkat Plains had only ended for three days, and according to the usual practice, the military report of the Beit League should arrive tomorrow with the logistics supply troops, and now it was not only a day earlier but also an urgent report, so the content of the emergency report can be imagined.
"Come in. ”
He tried his best to suppress the irritability in his heart, and then said in a deep voice, and his face instantly returned to that calm and majestic expression.
"My lord, the Beit League is urgent, the enemy army is besieging the city!"
After the captain of the guard came in, he knelt down on one knee and raised his fists above the top to report loudly, without any usual etiquette, which shows that he also knows how urgent this military situation is.
"Where's the messenger?"
In this case, Tanan naturally wanted to know the details of the Beit League as soon as possible, but when he heard the news that the city was besieged instead of broken, his worry suddenly became much lighter, after all, there were 30,000 defenders in the Beit League, but if the city was besieged, it should not be a problem for him to rush to the rescue.
However, what he didn't know was that this group of messengers was sent to Bracaton by York at the first time of Lear's siege, and after he was killed, Bango and Farman were besieged by fire before they could send troops for help, and even a small number of old soldiers stationed in the West City also scattered and fled after the flames of the burning city, and were chased and annihilated one by one by Ilore leading hundreds of sea eagles.
At this time, the Beit League was already in ruins, and not a single barbarian fly was left.
"Dead. "The chief of the guard said with some humility, he naturally understood how angry the leader would be when he received such an answer, but this was not something he could decide, the messenger frothed at the mouth and galloped into the camp before he could finish the sentence 'the enemy is besieging the city' before he died of exhaustion, which shows what a terrible exhaustion he has accumulated along the way.
"Dead!?"
Tanan grabbed the captain of the guard by the collar and dragged him to him.
"I don't know the number of enemy troops, where they came from, who the commander is, the geometry of their equipment, and the situation of the Beit League, so you tell me that the messenger is dead?" The anger brought by Sandru, which had been suppressed before, finally exploded after hearing the news, and with a muffled thud, the body of the chief of the guard was slammed against the pillars in the king's tent.
However, he didn't even dare to wipe away the blood that spilled from the corner of his mouth, and the chief guard immediately knelt on the ground with trembling shoulders and said, "Your Excellency, since the Belt Alliance has sent a messenger, there will definitely not be only this one, and please send a battle mage to wait at the camp gate, in case such a thing happens again in the future, it is a top priority." ”
The Captain's words finally gave Tanan a reason to calm down and not fall into a rampage, and he realized that his captain was right, and anger didn't solve anything, especially in this case.
"Pass my order, let Vir and his men be stationed at the gate of the camp without leaving half a step, and inform the generals that the troops are ready to move at any time. However, when the chief of the guard was about to step out of the tent, Tanan suddenly stopped him.
"What's your name?"
"Amari, Amari-. The chief guard was stunned for a moment, then turned back and replied respectfully.
"You are good, work hard, the future of the barbarians will be in your hands. Tanan's faint comment almost made Amari's blood boil, and he gave Tanan a military salute with great respect and strode out.
After another half of anxious waiting, the barbarian's camp finally welcomed a second messenger sent by the Bayt, and like the previous one, this messenger died of exhaustion almost the first moment he ran through the gate, if it weren't for the fact that Vir and other battle mages immediately cast spells for him to heal and relieve fatigue.
Originally, the Beit League and Bracaton were both on the same page, but this flat and unobstructed terrain became the barbarians' biggest nightmare under the threat of the Ilore who arrived later, and York sent three teams of thirty messengers to the Beit League, but only two of them were able to reach the barbarian camp in the end.
And when the messenger finally woke up half an hour later under the nervous gaze of a dozen generals, Tanan finally knew the details of the Beit League, if the details of four days ago were counted.
Thanks to York's prudence, he sent a warning to the Brakkaton Plains as soon as the enemy army appeared under the city, otherwise Tanan would not have received any news if he waited until the city was burned.
"So the enemy army has only five thousand men and dares to besiege the Beit League?"
After listening to the teller's account, Tanan sat on his knees on the handsome desk, but there was no hint of mockery in his tone, the intense uneasiness that had been bothering him all this time could not be fake, he could almost conclude that the enemy army was definitely far more than five thousand, but because the battle was not fully unfolded, it did not show its true face.
"You are the first group to set off, so is there a second group behind you?"
The south of the tower looked at the wolf knight standing uneasily under his seat, he urgently needed more and more accurate information.
"I really don't know, Lord Hui, and the enemy army behind us caught up from the sky just half a day after we set off, and we had no choice but to disperse and hide in the surrounding mountains and forests. ”
"This can't be!" the Wolf Knight's reply was abruptly interrupted by Gnison. "There are more than five hundred Thunderbirds and Eagle Owls stationed in the Bayt League, even if the enemy has the kind of terrible firearms you said, it is absolutely impossible for the sky to be completely controlled by just a few thousand enemies, are you going to tell us that the defenders of the Bayt League are all wiped out!?"
In fact, not only Gnisson, but even Tanan did not believe that the rock-solid Beit League would be captured by thousands of enemies in half a day, even if the number of enemies was ten times more impossible, you must know that it was a full 30,000 defenders and there were ghost beasts stationed there, and York was also known for his caution among all the barbarian generals, and it was impossible for him to make any stupid decisions on the spot.
However, in the face of Gnison's questioning, the wolf rider was just cowardly speechless, to be honest, even he himself did not believe that this was the result, but when those overwhelming sea eagles launched a continuous pursuit of them for several days, it was true that none of the thunderbirds appeared in the sky to help them.
"Sit down!"
Tanan shouted to stop Gnison's continued attack, the messenger couldn't lie, but the news he had was only the first thing he could see when the enemy army was besieging the city, thinking of this, the barbarian leader was a little annoyed by York's caution, if he could send a messenger team later, then he would definitely bring more detailed information, but he didn't think that if it was later, he would not even be able to see a fly from the Beit League.
"Humph!"
Despite his rage, Gnison would not do such a thing as disobeying the leader's majesty, but he sat down angrily and did not look at the messenger wolf rider again, but gave him a strange glance at Haag, who was a few steps beside him, but the latter just didn't feel anything, and Gnison didn't say anything more.
"Pass my command, and the army will immediately withdraw its camp and return to the Beit League. ”
After a short period of thought, Tanan finally made a decision, it was planned that after they had annihilated the main army of Erathia, they would continue to advance into the enemy's hinterland, at least plundering a few important towns before the Erathians regrouped their army to make up for the months of material loss and slaves, and then depending on the situation, they would continue to occupy Erathia or advance towards the mage empire in the east.
Only now the enemy's actions in the Beit League were like an iron nail in his heart, and he had to go back anyway, and in the absence of a grasp of the enemy's true strength and true intentions, the return of the whole army was undoubtedly the safest way.
His decision immediately aroused a fierce reaction from the generals, and although the vast majority of people did not say it, their twinkling eyes undoubtedly indicated that they had a strong opinion on this decision.
If nothing else, after finally defeating the resistance of the Erathians, this rich and fertile land was placed in front of them like a girl who had stripped naked, and this temptation was the dawn that had always supported the barbarians in battle.
Faith and glory are not worth mentioning in the face of the golden gold and wanton plunder, and if you choose to return with the whole army, it is equivalent to giving up this piece of fat to your mouth completely, and in this case, these generals will inevitably have some different thoughts in their hearts.
However, if it were to be appointed who would bring troops back to give up such an opportunity to others, few of these generals would be willing.
"My lord, wouldn't this be a bit of a fuss?"
Finally, someone cautiously put forward his opinion, but it suddenly attracted the attention of everyone present.
"Goth, are you questioning my decision?"
What were the generals and captains thinking, how could Tanan not know that once upon a time, the barbarian army that could shed blood for the glory of the ancestors and the freedom of the barbarians was now only greed and ambition, which almost made the anger he had just suppressed explode in an instant, and the reason why he was still trying to restrain it now was not that he wanted to hear Goethe's justification, but that he had decided to leave a deep impression on his generals.
As the best battlemage leader in the Barbarian army, Goth's status was needless to say, so she felt compelled to state her opinion before Tanan could express her unmistakable anger, and the anticipation and encouragement in the gazes of the vast majority of people made her feel that she had this responsibility.
"My lord, according to the military report, the number of enemies is only 5,000, even if the information is unknown in the early days of the war, we can exaggerate to judge that the enemy's hidden strength is 20,000, but the defenders of the Beit League are a full 30,000, and General York is also known for his calmness and good fighting.
Although I don't know the method of military formation, I also know that in a siege war, the defending side has an absolute advantage, and I have heard of the principle that the defense of the city is five out of ten, and no matter which angle you look at, the Beit League has never lost the truth.
And our army has been in a stalemate with the Erathians in the Bracaton Plains for several months, and now it is difficult to achieve victory, if we do not capture the results of the battle, then this war will be meaningless, and I am afraid that it will also chill the hearts of the soldiers.
I'm not questioning your decision, but I don't think there's a need to make such a fuss, just send a general to lead more than 10,000 troops to support to resolve the urgency of the Beit Alliance, and the main force of the army can continue to advance to the hinterland of Erathia, so that the siege of the rear can be relieved and a large number of results can be captured by the threat of victory, wouldn't it be better, I believe this is also the opinion of the vast majority of people, what do you think, generals?"
At the end of the story, Goethe did not forget to pull everyone up, her opinion alone may be light-hearted, but if she pulls everyone as a backing, even the leader has to think carefully, and if it really angers Tanan, she also understands the truth that the law does not blame the public.
The people who originally nodded and praised Goth's speech couldn't help but instantly stiffen when they saw the sudden appearance of this scene in the end, to be honest, what Goth said was what they thought in their hearts, but no one wanted to do this kind of thing by jumping out to question Tanan directly, but Mu Chengzhou had to bite the bullet and claim yes for the sake of common interests.
However, this scene fell in Tanan's eyes, and it undoubtedly pushed his anger to the extreme.
"Who else thinks so?"
Although his face was silent, the light in Tanan's eyes was about to condense into ice.
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