Chapter 615: Plunder
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Not far from the border of Doragarh, hundreds of wagons lined up on the main road, and although each carriage was equipped with three healthy horses, it was still a bit difficult to compare with the heavy grain and grass loaded on the carts, and the speed was not fast enough. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Pierre looked up at the sky, he originally planned to enter the Moon Shadow Empire before noon, but now it was noon, and there were still more than fifty miles from the border, and if he continued at this speed, he didn't know when he would be able to catch up with the army in front.
"Rest for fifteen minutes, hurry up and eat, and then give me some spirits!" Pierre's order was issued, and the warriors jumped off their horses and began to move their numb legs, although they did not need to walk on their own, but the taste of jolting on horseback for long periods of time was not pleasant.
A few minutes later, a caravan suddenly came up from behind, Pierre frowned, at this time, there were still people running to the Moon Shadow Empire to do business? casually threw the remaining half of the jerky in his mouth into his mouth, then stood up and walked over, and the warriors also took three mouthfuls to dispose of the food in their hands, and followed behind Pierre.
"My lord, it's convenient. The caravan, apparently recognizing Pierre as the leader of the samurai, jumped out and greeted them with smiles on their faces.
"Check. Pierre didn't bother to talk nonsense with these people, so he waved his hand directly, and immediately went up and several samurai began to look through the caravan vehicles.
After a while, the samurai came back and reported, "My lord, it's all some common necessities, and some food. ”
In the process of the samurai inspecting the vehicles, Pierre was already observing the merchants in front of him, and he could see that the strength of the other party was not very weak, but this was normal, it was a time of war, and if there was no confidence to save his life, who would dare to come out and run around.
"We are a small business, so please take care of it. The merchants smiled flatteringly.
"A small business?" Pierre sneered: "If these things are shipped in, I'm afraid they can be sold for a sky-high price, right?"
Since the coalition army burned down many villages at the beginning, and then advanced all the way, the people of the Moon Shadow Empire fled one after another, so the ordinary supplies and food and other things transported by the merchants were extremely scarce resources near the border of the Moon Shadow Empire, and it can be said that they have no market.
"Where, where, after all, the people are innocent? ”
"Oh, so you're still doing good?" said Pierre, smirking.
At this time, the warriors saw that this was just an ordinary caravan, so they sat back lazily, and only had a fifteen-minute rest, and of course they were reluctant to waste it.
Originally, Pierre was ready to let go, speaking of which, the coalition forces have been searching for grain and grass in the Duchy of Doragal during this time, and if they don't even let people do business, it will be a bit excessive, but before Pierre can speak, he suddenly found that the eyes of several people in the caravan seem to be patrolling the grain cart intentionally or unintentionally, and he can't help but be vigilant, and the words on his lips have become: "No, this is an extraordinary time, and no one is allowed to enter and leave the border without permission!"
"I understand, I understand. The merchant at the head agreed in a stack, took out a small bag that didn't know what it contained and stuffed it into Pierre's hand: "This is not a matter of an adult's words?"
Pierre slapped the merchant's hand aside: "Don't come with me for this ......"
Before Pierre's words were finished, a blazing fire bloomed on the other hand of the merchant at the head, and the distance between the two was too close, and Pierre didn't expect the merchant to dare to do anything to him, and he only had time to release the rock guard before he was caught off guard, and then the whole person was sent flying.
"Burn the car!" The merchant at the head snorted coldly, and countless tongues of fire burst out from around him, and for a while, the flames were everywhere, and several figures also came out from the bottom of the caravan's carriage, and they turned out to be all fire-based warriors.
Although Pierre was sent flying, his injuries were not serious, and when he saw the fire in the grain trucks, his eyes were suddenly split, and the soldiers in charge of the escort also reacted at this time, and they all pounced and fought together.
There are only a few dozen people in the caravan, but there are more than 200 samurai in charge of escorting the grain carts, and the combat effectiveness is completely disproportionate, but the key is that these people are all not afraid of death, and they do not fight with Pierre and them, even if they are surrounded by dozens of samurai, they must set fire to the nearest grain cart before they die.
The battle ended quickly, and it didn't take long for the attackers disguised as merchants to fall in a pool of blood, Pierre's pale face commanded his water warriors to extinguish the flames, and when the statistics came out, Pierre's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, these people were obviously prepared, and the division of labor was clear, in a short period of time, nearly half of the grain and grass were burned, and the rest were wet with water, if they couldn't be dried in time, I am afraid they would be inedible.
Pierre stood stunned and looked at this mess, this was simply a flying disaster, he didn't know how to explain it to it, he only knew that his future had come to an end.
A few days later, in the tent of the coalition army, Hoffman and Lambosburn and others were discussing how to crack the combination of Tacente and Ryan, and after studying for so long, none of the plans were foolproof, which made many strong people have a headache, it can be said that as long as these two people are there, they will not dare to let go of their hands and feet to fight with all their might, because if they come out, no one can guarantee that they can withstand the blow of extinction, but there are fewer strong people dispatched, and it is impossible to be the opponent of Jun Diming and others.
Schloss's guard suddenly walked in, holding a letter in his hand: "My lord, urgent from the rear." ”
Schloss took it a little strangely, what could be the matter behind him at this time? But after just a few glances at the contents of the letter, Schloss's eyebrows immediately twisted together: "What do they do to eat? Dozens of people destroyed the grain truck?!"
Hoffman and the others took the information and read it, and they all felt a little incredible, at most, Jun Tuming could only slow down the speed of the coalition's advance, and it would not have any impact on the final battle situation at all, as for the food problem, it was really not possible to find a way in the territory of the Moon Shadow Empire, and the reason why they did not snatch food in the Moon Shadow Empire before was because there was no need for that, since Jun Tuming did this kind of thing, it was no wonder that they did.
"Mr. Vasily, last time you said we should push towards Yanjing as fast as we can?" asked Lambosburn suddenly.
"Last time it was just my feelings. Vasily smiled: "And this time, it's almost certain." ”
"Sure what?"
"Jun Tuming doesn't want us to go to Yanjing, at least not now, Jun Tuming's combat style has always been to pursue crushing pleasure, I've known him for so long, and it's the first time I've seen him do everything like this. ”
When things go wrong, there must be demons, Lambosburn exchanged glances with Hoffman and Pressley, and they all saw the heartbeat in each other's eyes.
"Schloss, send someone to collect grain and grass nearby. Hoffman gave the order directly.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Schloss got up and walked out of the tent, and a quarter of an hour later, hundreds of squads galloped out of the ranks of the coalition army, flocking to the nearby villages and towns, the so-called collection is actually looting, but who cares so much now.
A few hours later, the samurai brought back the good news and found two granaries that were not too large, and the problem of food and grass for the coalition army was temporarily solved, but the food and drink of the 150,000 army was a terrifying number, and the grain and grass in the rear could not keep up.
Since the top brass of the coalition forces had already made the decision to rush to Yanjing as soon as possible, Schloss had no choice but to send a large number of men to search forward in a fan shape, and in this way, the small amount accumulated to barely be able to maintain the attrition of the army.
This situation continued until the coalition army arrived at the city of Corion, which was seven hundred miles away from Yanjing of the Moon Shadow Empire, and the huge Corion City had already been relocated, not to mention the grain, not even a grain of rice could be seen, and it was still the same if it was further forward, and the nearby villages and towns were also unpopulated, which meant that Jun Tuming actually used the method of clearing the field to cut off the supply of the coalition army.
Schloss was furious and sent a team of 20,000 people, this time it was not only for the looting of the granary, it was far away from Yanjing, and the civilians who had not had time to evacuate suddenly fell into bad luck, the crops in the field had not yet reached the harvest season, and the only little grain was robbed by the coalition army, which was not much different from killing them, and they were forced to be ruthless, and there were also civilians who spontaneously organized to resist, but where did they fight the warriors who had been in battle for a long time, and the result could only be given away in vain.
Just when the warriors of the coalition army were looting around, in the palace of the Moon Shadow Empire, Jun Tuming looked at Meredith in front of him expressionlessly: "That thing will break out of the cocoon tonight, how to find it?"
Cold sweat oozed from Meredith's forehead, and he wanted to say to Jun Diming that the two-month deadline had not yet arrived, but looking at Jun Diming's gloomy gaze, he didn't dare to say it anyway.
"It seems that I expected too much from you. Jun Diming sighed: "Do you remember what I said to you at the beginning?"
Meredith swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, give me a little more time......"
"Hehe, I want to give you time, but who can give me time?" Jun Diming chuckled: "But it's only noon, you still have a few hours to prepare, I hope nothing happens that I don't want to see." ”
Meredith walked out of the hall in despair, the bright sunlight fell in Meredith's eyes, but it looked extremely gray, at this moment he was extremely jealous of Dewey's mad dog, why could he cultivate in the underground palace, but he had to do such a thankless thing outside?!
Meredith, who was in self-pity, was so focused that the warrior next to him shouted at him several times in succession and didn't hear it, until the warrior cautiously stretched out his hand and pulled him, Meredith reacted and looked at his subordinates listlessly: "What's the matter?"
"My lord, there's a letter from Carol. ”
"Oh. Meredith subconsciously responded, and continued to walk forward, but after a few seconds, Meredith's body stiffened there, and he slowly turned his head to look at the warrior: "What did you say?!"
(To be continued)