Chapter Ninety-Three: Return to the Imperial Capital

It was almost dusk, the main battlefield in the town of Sorad, the only street in the town. Almost all of the main forces of Emperor Pang Xin[***] were gathered here, struggling to resist the enemy's tidal attack.

The defensive line has been breached, countless soldiers of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom have rushed over, and the resistance battle has turned into a melee. Commander Higgins took the lead bravely, and while swinging his sword and slashing, he shouted loudly: "Warriors of the Empire, the time has come to sacrifice your life to serve the motherland and the goddess! As long as it gets dark, the victor will be us! The Empire will not forget us, and even if we all die here, our heroic souls will be remembered by the people forever! In order to be worthy of our relatives and worthy of this land that gave birth to us and raised us! Warriors, be heroic with me!"

"Fight!" the countless Pongsin Empire soldiers roared, struggling to pounce on the enemy soldiers. With his own life and blood, he defends the dignity of this land!

The battle can no longer be described as tragic, it is truly heroic! In the melee, the captain of the [***] group was martyred heroically! The captain of the 20th Brigade died heroically! General Lipsgow's left arm had been cut off by the enemy, and he had been hit by a feathered arrow on his back, but he still had red eyes and roared wildly and threw himself into the enemy group.

But the enemy soldiers were still getting more and more, and after killing a group, more groups rushed up again. In the distance, there is still a large number of enemy forces pouring in! The battle in Solad Town is at the last moment!

At this moment, every soldier in the town who was fighting suddenly felt the ground tremble slightly. Then, far behind the town, there was a faint roar: "Salmondo!"

Hearing this extremely familiar cavalry charge, the soldiers of the Empire were all excited. This is the unique roar of the Imperial Guard's [***] cavalry, and it is the decisive charge that only General Barker's troops will roar! Reinforcements are coming! The cavalry is coming! General Buck has not forgotten them, and at this most critical time, Salmondo's roar appeared in time!

Captain Higgins jumped onto several obstacle bunkers made of boulders and looked out to the back of town. I saw dust on the plains, and the sound of hooves rumbled. A large Imperial cavalry is galloping towards it at maximum speed.

The familiar flag, the familiar roar, couldn't help but bring tears to the eyes of the strong Captain Higgins. He turned around, raised his sword, and suddenly shouted, "Salmondo!"

Although the vast majority of the remaining defenders of the Ponsin Empire were not cavalry, what did it matter? At this moment, General Barker's name was the slogan of victory, the slogan of the charge! The slogan of decisive death! The more than 10,000 officers and men of the Fourth Army who were still alive also immediately shouted in unison: "Salmondo!"

The earth shook even more! In the blink of an eye, the cavalry had rushed to the entrance of the town. Another deafening roar: "Salmondo!"

The officers and men of the Fourth Army, knowing that the cavalry was about to begin to charge, immediately retreated to both sides like a tide. And the soldiers of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom forgot to chase and kill, and they also saw this cavalry that seemed to fall from the sky, the kind of angry lion and thunderous momentum, which frightened them!

I don't know who first shouted: "The enemy cavalry is coming! Run!" The crowd was in chaos, and countless people turned around, turned around and began to run wildly.

Fighting the onslaught of cavalry in the streets, the only end is to be trampled to death by the hooves of horses. As soon as the tens of thousands of soldiers turned around, they immediately crowded together with the troops who had just poured into the town. The small street was suddenly chaotic and crowded!

The cavalry has entered the town! The charge has become a battle cry: "Kill!" The first dozen or so horsemen plunged into the crowd of enemy soldiers head-on, and immediately the sound of ramming, wailing, and cracking bones continued. The cavalry did not stop, urging their horses to rush straight into the depths of the crowd. Then dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of horses galloped in. For a while, the enemy only hated his father and mother for giving birth to two legs for himself, and he cried and retreated from the entrance of the town.

At this time, the commander of the Zhuang Khan kingdom, Duke Wen Khan, had already crossed the filled trench with his follow-up troops. Originally, I thought that now that I had won the victory, I would be able to completely annihilate the enemy. In the excitement, he suddenly saw a great chaos among the troops in front, and the soldiers who had just entered the town rushed out desperately, even with the troops who were still outside the town.

He couldn't help but say angrily: "What's the matter? Why are the troops so flustered?"

"Report ...... Report to your lordship!"A captain-level officer rushed over and shouted in a panicked expression: "My lord, the enemy has suddenly come to support a force, all cavalry troops. Our army is all infantry, and we can't resist it!"

"What?" Duke Wen Khan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How many enemy cavalry are coming?"

"No...... I don't know, a lot, a lot, I don't know. I see, at least more than five thousand rides!"

"Five thousand horsemen?" Duke Wen Khan couldn't help but gasp, five thousand horses were not very terrifying. But since the main force of his cavalry was surrounded and annihilated by the defenders of the Ponsin Empire, the enemy has an absolute advantage in the number of cavalry!

In plain warfare, no matter how many infantry there are, when they encounter the impact of cavalry, they can only flee and dodge. Such a chaotic scene made it impossible to carry out an arrow attack. Could it be that the town of Solad was about to be successfully captured today, but at the last moment, it fell short?

The rout of the soldiers who attacked the town soon caused panic and uneasiness among the tens of thousands of soldiers who were still outside the town. Then, the figure of the cavalry of the Ponsin Empire had appeared at the entrance of the town. Ten rides, fifty rides, hundreds of rides, thousands of rides. With the sound of shouting and killing, he desperately rushed into the infantry formation of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom.

In order to survive, the panicked soldiers did not care about keeping in formation and obeying orders. shouted and turned around and ran. In this run, all the soldiers couldn't stand still, and in an instant, it turned into a big defeat and retreat of the whole army!

In the town, Captain Haxa, who had led the cavalry to gallop for a long time, and had rushed through the Panzu Mountains to reinforce in time without stopping, had already met with Captain Higgins! Without much to say, Haxa first saluted and said, "Captain Higgins, hard work! The general ordered me to lead the cavalry to reinforcements!"

Commander Higgins also saluted and said, "It's just in time! Thank you for arriving in time, the town of Solad is still in the hands of our army so far!"

Haxa nodded and said, "The battle continues, and I will lead the cavalry to pursue while the victory is won." You lead your subordinates to reorganize the defensive line, and we'll see you later!"

"See you later!"

On the stone tower at the entrance of the small street, Judy also saw the Imperial cavalry entering the town, and shook Keya excitedly, shouting happily: "See it? See it? It's our cavalry! It's our reinforcements! It's okay now! We're saved! We won't die!"

Keya grinned, "Wow! Oh, I saw it! Don't shake it, don't shake it, my wound hurts to death!"

Outside the town, Duke Wen Khan hissed and ordered his soldiers not to retreat. However, the great rout was already unstoppable! Under the fierce onslaught of the cavalry of the Pangxin Empire, more than 100,000 infantry of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom threw away their armor and fled. In desperation, Duke Wen Khan had no choice but to turn his horse's head and retreat in panic with the flow of people.

In this run, I ran almost fifty miles. Along the way, there were countless soldiers of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom who were killed. Finally evacuated to a small town, and the soldiers who were still around Duke Wen Khan were less than 50,000.

By this time, it was already dark. The Haxa's cavalry took it as soon as it was good, and withdrew during the night. In this battle, the vitality of King Zhuang Khan's [***] team was greatly injured and frightened again. It is unlikely that the army will be reorganized and counterattacked in a short period of time.

The town of Solad has finally calmed down. When Koya was carried back to the room by Judy, she found that Koya's wound had ruptured and blood was oozing out. This panicked Judy hurriedly re-medicated and bandaged him, and after half a day, he finally stopped bleeding.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and Britney, who was covered in blood, strode in and said with a smile: "Master, in this battle, our army has won a great victory." The enemy was defeated by our cavalry and fled, and in a short time, it will definitely not be able to attack our defense line again!"

When Keya saw the blood on her body, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and exclaimed, "Are you injured? Why don't you come here without bandaging it?"

Britney smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a small injury." Most of my blood was splashed on me by the enemy, and it looked scary, but it was fine!"

Judy hurriedly picked up the bandage powder again, and came over and said, "A little injury will be treated, let me see, where are you injured?"

Britney didn't refuse, sat on the bed, stretched out her hand and took off the bloody clothes on her body, and said, "Probably on the shoulders and back, the fight is too involved, I don't know it myself, you can help me find it." ”

In the blink of an eye, Britney's upper body was stripped naked. Sure enough, I saw two shallow knife wounds on her left shoulder and back. In addition, there were multiple bruises and abrasions on his right arm and lower abdomen. When Keya saw it, he couldn't help but hold her hand in distress, and said, "Britney, I've worked hard for you! I want you to lead the swordsman team to fight for me, and I'm really sorry to be hurt so much!"

Britney also held Keya's hand with her backhand, and said with a smile: "Look at you, what else do we have to divide between you and me? Didn't you say that we are of the same heart? Besides, although I am your slave, I am also a soldier of the Empire." Isn't it right to fight for the Empire?"

Keya smiled and said, "Thank you! After I go back, I will ask the Great Holy Maiden to spare you the pain of slavery and restore your status as a free man." In the future, you don't have to call me master!"

By this time, Judy had already begun to bandage Britney. Britney raised her hand to facilitate Judy's treatment, and said, "Actually, it's the same, I'm like a free man now." Besides, even if you restore your identity, you will always be my master, and there is no way to change this!"

Keya said: "Who said that there is no way to change it, as long as you become a free man, you can be justified......" Before he finished speaking, Britney suddenly saw that there seemed to be new blood on the bandage on Keya's leg, and exclaimed: "Huh, is your wound bleeding again? Judy, what's going on?"

Judy curled her mouth and complained: "Besides, Keya is not honest at all when he lies here." Hearing the sound of battle outside, he had to go out to fight. I didn't agree, he was still in a hurry with me. So, I had no choice but to take him out. With this move, the wound ruptured, and I had to treat him again. ”

"Really?" Britney suddenly became anxious, and turned to Keya and shouted, "Oh master, why are you so unconscious? What kind of battle are you fighting after being so seriously injured? Your life is more precious than ours, and the Holy Sect will not spare us if there are any consequences caused by too much blood." And if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Anne and Judy. ”

Keya had no choice but to surrender and said with a wry smile: "Okay, good! I was wrong, I won't dare next time, okay?"

Britney didn't say much about the owner. He stretched out his hand and lifted the clothes covering Keya's lower body, and said while looking at it: "How is it now? Has the bleeding stopped? In such an important place, you must not be careless!"

Keya hurriedly shouted, "It's okay, hurry up and cover it back, I'm ...... I ......"

Britney was stunned suddenly, and immediately subconsciously put down her hand, didn't speak, just raised her head and looked at Keya with a smile. Keya had to blush and turn her head away from Britney's upper body.

At this moment, Judy leaned down to bend over Britney and whispered something in her ear. Britney couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and said, "Really, hehe, this is a good phenomenon!"

After the defeat of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom, it really didn't dare to attack Sorad Town again. The next day and all day, the defense line of the Ponsin Empire was spent in peace. At nightfall, on the orders of General Barker, the troops began an orderly retreat. After the cavalry was cut off, about 17,000 soldiers who were still capable of fighting took more than 6,000 seriously wounded who did not die, and took advantage of the moonlight to embark on the road back to Yanjing. This is the end of the Battle of Solad.

These four days of fighting, plus the last 5,000 cavalry, the Ponsin Empire invested a total of 85,000 troops before and after. At this moment, when they withdrew from the battle, they had less than 30,000 seriously wounded. In other words, the number of soldiers of the Pang Xin Empire who died in this battle alone exceeded 55,000!

And the army of the Zhuang Khan kingdom was even more miserable, and afterwards they recollected the lost soldiers, counted the number and losses. It was found that there was originally a huge 200,000-strong dispatch army, not counting the wounded, but at this moment there were less than 80,000 people who could still fight. The losses were so great that the strategic threat to the Ponsin Empire had almost been lost. Moreover, in the final battle, the cavalry of the Pang Xin Empire killed the courage of the [***] team of King Zhuang Khan. Knowing that they had begun to retreat, King Zhuang Khan [***] did not dare to pursue.

On March 25, the year 2008 of the Imperial calendar, the troops withdrawn by the Pangsin Empire on the defensive line of Sorad Town returned to Yanjing safely. At this time, the millions of refugees had all been evacuated to Yanjing two days earlier. General Buck also led his troops to fight a battle with the pursuers of the Kingdom of Tandax at a distance of twenty miles from Yanjing, annihilating more than 20,000 enemies and forcing the enemy's main force to retreat thirty miles.

After that, Buck's main force withdrew to Yanjing. On that day, on the barracks training ground, General Buck saw the remnants of the Fourth Army, who were still neatly arranged and still in command, although they were ragged and exhausted. Rao is a tough guy for him, but he burst into tears and couldn't say a word.

But a soldier has a soldier's way of expression, and he salutes these warriors, both alive and dead! Thank them for their sacrifices for the motherland!

It was very windy that day, and the countless flags in the barracks were crackled by the strong wind. But there was no one in the whole barracks, and the living soldiers had no sorrow, only firmness! When General Barker saluted them, they returned the salute. They silently looked at General Buck, expressing their determination to die for their country with the highest etiquette of a soldier!

On that day, Koya returned to the Holy Cult and received magical healing from Venerable Fenia. The Great Saintess came to visit Koya in person, and although she inadvertently showed her concern for Koya, she still ordered him to go back to report to General Buck as soon as she recovered from her injuries. Assist General Buck and defend Yanjing!

At this moment, the troops of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, except for the Roberdo Emperor [***] team, have not yet arrived, and the troops of the other two countries have already arrived in Yanjing City. It's just that they fought all the way and suffered heavy losses, so they didn't dare to launch a siege battle. I had to camp far away, resting and waiting for the arrival of the Rofeldo army.

After Keya recovered from her injuries, she didn't bother to go home to see her, but just told Britney to go and tell her mother and sister that she was safe. He ran directly to General Barker's front-line headquarters and reported to General Barker. It's just that General Buck happened to be going to the palace to attend an emergency combat meeting convened by His Majesty at this moment, and he hadn't returned for a while. He was stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate of the headquarters, so he had to wait outside the headquarters, walking around anxiously.

At this moment, only the sound of horses' hooves could be heard, and a fast horse came galloping in the distance. When Keya heard this, he thought that General Buck was back, so he hurriedly greeted him. But the person on the horse was not Barker, but Diana, the daughter of General Barker.

Diana also saw Keya, and after the horse ran to his side, she pulled the horse rope and immediately stopped: "Keya, what are you doing here?"

Ke Ya had no choice but to smile bitterly: "The Great Sage ordered me to report to your father and assist your father in defending Yanjing!"

Diana jumped off her horse and said, "Then what are you doing here? Go in and see my dad!"

"Your father is not here, and the guards said they had gone to see Your Majesty. I couldn't get into the command post casually, so I had to wait here. ”

When Diana heard this, she said, "Then you come with me, I know all my father's guards, and they don't dare to stop me." Let's go inside and wait, I just so have something to look for him!"

Sure enough, the soldiers guarding the door did not dare to stop Diana when they saw it. After Diana swaggered in with Keya, she went straight to the command center. At this moment, everyone in the command center is busy, and no one has time to take care of them. Knowing Diana, he took the time to say hello to her and continued to be busy.

Diana didn't care, she found a stool to sit down on casually, and asked Keya: "I heard that you went to participate in the Battle of Solard?"

Keya was stunned and said: "Only when I came back from the battlefield did I deeply feel the preciousness and beauty of peace! Only then did I know that we should love life and life! Only then did I understand the greatness and nobility of soldiers! Only then did I understand that even if I died, I must die with dignity and meaning! This is how I felt after returning from the battlefield. ”

"Really?" Diana sighed and said, "Actually, I want to go into battle like you." But my mother wouldn't let me, saying that my father had already gone to war, and that if even I, the only daughter, went, would live! ”

Keya smiled, and was about to speak, but he heard a long laugh outside, and someone said: "Don't listen to your mother, my Buck's daughter is going to have such ambitions, is it possible that when the country is in trouble, she is still hiding at home and embroidering?"

Diana immediately jumped to her feet and ran to the door and shouted, "Dad, you've already come back, why don't you go home to see it?"

At this moment, the figure of General Buck appeared at the door. He hugged his daughter and said with a smile: "Where do I have that time? Since I came back, I have been so busy that I haven't even drunk saliva! Huh? Keya, you are here? Great, I was looking for you." ”

(To be continued)