Chapter 48: The King's Past

Fortunately, it is clear that the general did not turn the evil qi into a murderous machine. The dazzling colorful tassels in the sun circled around the late squadron leader twice, and then slowly squatted down: "Look, Squadron Leader Silanya, what's the difference between when you're alive and after you're dead?"

This clueless and brainless word didn't know who to ask the question, which made all the soldiers stunned, and the middle-aged soldier didn't know if he was asking himself, so he opened his mouth and didn't make a sound. Fortunately, the young general answered his question after a moment of silence.

"Actually, it doesn't seem that there is much of a gap. The person is still the same person, as if he is asleep...... "Thinking about it, Silanya did feel that he had washed away his shame with death at the moment of death, although it was self-defeating, his face was unusually calm, if there was no blood on his chest, he really looked like a sleeping person.

"People, life and death, in fact, are only one breath. Ladies and gentlemen, can anyone tell me what qi is and what is qi?" the young general raised his face, his bright gaze swept over the faces of hundreds of people: "Who else can tell me what is the integrity of a soldier?"

If being a soldier loses even the most basic integrity of being a human being, what is the difference between him and a dead man? No, ...... Just like Silanya, life is better than death! Gain and loss! Is this still a soldier? What are the four words that stand in front of our sight at the moment each of us are summoned by the empire? Defend the family and the country-" The young general shouted these four words with a flushed face: "Our ancestors created and built this country and handed it over to us." If it is lost in our hands, when our children and grandchildren grow up, they will take the country from us, and they ask us, where has the country gone?

"You say, How can we answer to our children? Could it be that your father was hiding to take care of his family, so your father lost the country? Can we answer like that? You tell me!" The young general glared at everyone in front of him: "You tell me, the country is ruined, the family is ruined! Why do you put the destruction of the country before the death of the family? The country and the country, without the country, where is the home!"

"Now, look at me, look at the blue sky and fertile soil that gave birth to you and raised you! All of you tell me! What is the duty of a soldier?"

"Defend the country. The dozen or so soldiers at the front hurriedly spoke.

"I didn't hear it, say it again!" the young general shouted even louder.

"Defend the country—"

"Are you still men? Are you still soldiers? You are all like old ladies. Take out all the strength you used to feed when you were young, and tell me what is the duty of a soldier--"

"Defend the family and defend the country!!" Up and down the city wall, all the soldiers, even the archers who had just been shot in the shoulder, pulled their necks and shouted the same sentence!

The high walls of Hanyang Fortress tremble in a roar!

After the end of the War of the Gods, it is recorded in the Hanyang City Chronicles: "In the autumn of the 6th year of the magic calendar, the king personally led one hundred and twelve horsemen, galloped for three days and three nights, entered Hanyang, and fought against the rebels. The king said: 'The living are angry, but the dead are not?' None of the thousands of rebels could answer. The king said, 'What country is in front and what country is behind?' None of them could answer. Wang San said: "Armored soldiers, born in the empire, standing in the blue sky, how can they repay the trust of the country?" Under the city of Wang Li, the sun is not moving an inch away, Hanyang is fixed, and the rebel chief Lanya apologizes for his crimes.

In later war historians, His Excellency Amy, the acting general of the Northern Theater of Operations, kept the city of Hanyang, which was garrisoned by 2,000 regular troops, and this matter was much more difficult to operate than it seemed. Amy didn't know anything about Hanyang City, let alone any acquaintances and connections, and before he decided to make this move, he had already thought of a panacea persuasion that would work for any officer, which was very rare.

The biggest problem faced by Amy was how to cross the two or three hundred miles long mainland highway of the Sangan River defenders, under normal circumstances, in the midst of war, the defenders along the continental highway would inevitably do everything possible to prevent the enemy's infiltration. This kind of infiltration of more than 100 horsemen has no chance of winning at all in military common sense.

In the Sangan River war zone, Lord Amy skillfully solved the problem with the barbaric method of setting up a card.

Back ten days ago, the fourteen or five caravan teams that had initially entered the small mercenary card were brutally exploited and driven out of the car, and these exploited caravans immediately took refuge in the Sanggan River war zone emotionally in order to vent their anger against Amy's empire, and told their experience to the Sanggan River defenders in front of them truthfully. Taking advantage of people's curiosity, such news soon began to spread along the Continental Highway.

Standing in the position of the defenders of the Sangan River, of course, they would have given "the most false and cheapest" sympathy to the caravans who had been severely attacked by the enemy - especially after carefully examining all the belongings on them and finding that there was absolutely nothing wrong with them. As a result, the defenders of the Sangan River tended to turn a blind eye to these hapless merchants, allowing them to pass through their fortresses and cities as quickly as possible, so that they could tell more of their misery to the inhabitants.

From the third day onwards, the small mercenary group had begun to label all the merchant groups that entered the card as collaborators and spies. Regardless of whether they resist or not, they will be imprisoned. Of course, all this happened inside the checkpoint, and outsiders didn't know about it, even if a few of the scouts of the Sanganhe River were imprisoned and ran out, they couldn't have known that the little mercenary group had begun to fully accuse them of thieves, and the news conveyed by these sneaking scouts was even in Amy's calculations.

As a result, the Sanggan River defenders thought that the merchant group that was released from the card in the later period must also be the unlucky ones who had been exploited, but in fact, the real unlucky ones had already begun to go to prison, and the fake unlucky ones took advantage of the little cheap sympathy and laziness of the Sanggan River defenders, and wrapped their weapons in the tattered salute of the long sword.

Amy and Her Royal Highness Lu'er, who transformed into a human form, also followed.

After arriving at Hanyang City, the hinterland of the Sanggan River, Midori transforms into Norton, a half-orc officer. There are actually two obvious loopholes here, first, Midori has never seen Norton, so the image of transforming into a half-orc is very poor, and if anyone has seen Lord Norton, they can see the problem at a glance. Second, orcs are never allowed to ride horses, and any human who has had even the slightest contact with orcs will know this. It's a pity that Amy and Lu'er don't know, and of course, what makes people sigh even more is that the defenders of Hanyang City, who have not had much contact with the Fanos army, don't even know such common sense.

In this case, the news of Lord Norton's title and reinforcements immediately shocked all the defenders.

Even if this is the case, the defenders of Hanyang City also have a chance to turn the tables - according to the official process, the reinforcements must show the transfer order issued by the General Staff Headquarters.

Amy had already anticipated this, and so, there was the Yellow Panties incident. Long after Hanyang City anyway, Daqingshan and Horns frowned and asked Amy the same question: "What if Squadron Leader Silanya didn't show his underwear at that time, or if Squadron Leader's underwear was a different color?"

The smile that made people feel very pleasant, but actually very angry, floated on the corners of Amy's mouth again: "This...... Yellow is the color of the royal family, red is the color of the Emperor of Redstone, white is the main color of the Northern Union Army, blue is the color of the uniform of the Imperial Guard, and green is the color of the uniform of the military inspector...... Unless...... Squadron Leader Silanya doesn't wear any clothes...... No...... Even if he doesn't wear any clothes, I can connect with the Black Dragon Knights from some black, not to mention, the Colorful Dragon Knights...... But there are seven colors that are completely unused...... "Listening to the war prediction depicted by Lord Amy, the two honest men, Horns and Da Qingshan, showed such a look on their faces.

Regardless of how His Excellency Amy found the black nearby, in short, Amy was confident that she would grab the "deadliest" handle of Squadron Leader Silanya, so that the other party completely lost his composure and completely forgot that he had to check the formalities to fulfill his obligations.

Of course, in this process, the half-orc general Fei who was transformed by Lord Lu'er also played a great role, and the snot bubble offensive was in full swing, making Xi Yalan and other officers uneasy, even if there was such a half-smart person who could think of the order, he was also covered tightly by the turquoise snot bubble.

In the last step, all the rebels know their status by insulting means.

It was a risky move, one that surprised everyone, and it didn't seem to be possible at all. Ray Barton couldn't have imagined, but Amy did...... It is probably this gap that leads to Marshal Ray Bottom, who is also an excellent officer, can only be a supporting role in the end, while Amy is the first protagonist in the war of the gods. In Amy's own words: "In war, no matter how disgusting the way you use, as long as you can win, it is a good way, a very good way." ”

Amy took such a big risk to take Hanyang City for only one purpose - to catch a big fish in troubled waters!

Amy, Daqingshan, and Horns had reached a consensus on this point: the hinterland of Hanyang City had been conquered, and the defenders of the Sangan River would definitely be reinforced from all over the country, and in this case, there would be a considerable number of flaws in the ironclad defenses laid out by General Ray Bottom. Amy believed that the kid on the other side would notice something, and maybe something would happen. In the same way, the defenders from all over the country returned to reinforcements or gathered under the city of Hanyang, and by taking advantage of this opportunity, Daecheong and Horns, who were in charge of the periphery, could wait for an opportunity to attack some of the enemy or even capture several cities, so as to extend the victory of victory. Let Amy put her in position and go to a siege or a strategic battle with the defenders of the Sangan River, ahem...... Then it's not Amy, it's two hundred and five.

At this time, Amy already knew that the battle in the Boundary Forest area was about to break out, and he was still thinking about beating the Sanggan River and crying as soon as possible - if it didn't hurt the child, the adults behind it would naturally come out, and it would naturally reduce the pressure on the Boundary Forest War Zone. Then, before the arrival of Dahaino's reinforcements, he made a few big buckets in the Sanggan River, and Amy dared to tear down Hamburg City to the ground for the continued existence of the city of Hanyang, so how could she care about this small city that was far inferior to Hamburg City in terms of value, especially in terms of difficulty of rebuilding? Then, use the ice and snow to play puzzles with Dahaino reinforcements, and capture a good opportunity to release some blood to old opponents such as Dahaino and Merlin. For Amy, these things can be thought of and done.

In the War of the Gods, Amy's action is regarded as one of the most classic cases of "sneak attack while there is chaos", and similarly, because most later military scientists believe that the success of Amy's sneak attack is inseparable from the experience of his mercenaries, therefore, in fact, this sneak attack has also become one of the most powerful testimonies that "mercenaries can replace the regular army at any time".

Unfortunately, Amy didn't know at this time that due to special circumstances, the General Staff Headquarters of the Western Emperor had officially canceled the battle plan codenamed Nutcracker in the afternoon of the same day, and the Eastern Army Corps immediately set off to the north, while the Western Army Corps except for the Dahaino Corps returned to defend Scambrai, and more than 40,000 people from the other four corps, including Merlin, went to southern Xinjiang to support the Sanggan River Theater.

At the same time, according to the plan, Daqingshan was leaving Kazi at night with more than 8,000 of the most elite mercenaries and entering the woodland along the north side of the mainland road, preparing to attack the reinforcements of the Sanggan River. Horns led more than 1,000 mercenaries and soldiers on the mainland highway to scrape the people's fat and ointment, the official statement of the small mercenary group is to attract the enemy's attention here to increase the chance of success of the sneak attack, and Amy also has a saying: war and wealth are not wrong, more importantly, war and wealth should be organically combined, wealth is good, the battle is beautiful. In short, there can be no excuse left for the Imperial Military Department or the Ministry of Officials.

In this case, the first day of the third month of the magic calendar.

Horns was leading the soldiers to shout and lash out at a few unfortunate fish, throwing all the good things he could see into the big pockets of the mercenary group. Suddenly there was a sound of wings flapping in the distance, and the two vulture knights led the reins of the vulture down from the sky.

When the vulture rider saw Horns, he quickly jumped off the vulture's back, ran quickly to the dwarf and whispered a few words, and Horns' body immediately stiffened.

"At least thirty thousand Phanos are approaching along the continental road toward the Sangan River, and if the enemy adopts a rapid march, they will arrive here in a day and night." ”

What are these guys going to do? Horns was a little dazed.

Before the official attack on the Sangan River theater, Amy led the Outer Legion to attack several small towns around Scambrai in succession, forcing Scambray to close sixteen gates and shrink all forces. And the number of defenders at Scambrai at that time was not a little less than that of the current Sangan River Theater. In this case, Marshal Dahaino only sent a force of a few thousand men to respond. Now, Amy may not have arrived at the city of Hanyang, let alone conquer Hanyang and threaten the entire Sanganhe war zone, why did Dahaino suddenly attach so much importance to it.

According to the information sent by Marshal Chi Datong before, hundreds of thousands of troops are preparing to fight a battle in the boundary forest, and Marshal Chi Datong is ready to make full use of the more than 3,000 miles long boundary forest to fight a scorched earth battle with the enemy. At such a critical moment, how could the enemy divide his troops before it was too late to increase his troops? Could it be ...... Something happened to the Boundary Forest?

With such an ominous thought floating through Horns' mind, he immediately asked the two vulture knights, one of them to immediately set off to investigate the Boundary Forest War Zone, while the other went to find out who was the commander of the army.

Watching the two young knights disappear into the clouds, the dwarf smiled bitterly under his dense beard.

A total of 1,593 soldiers were stationed on the mainland highways, one-third of whom were non-combat formations such as horsemen, coachmen, and men. As long as there are more than 10,000 enemies who come to attack, there is no chance of victory, if it is really 30,000...... Moreover, it is also a hundred battles of the 30,000 Fanos Continent, so these more than 1,000 combat forces can't withstand a random charge from the enemy.

Originally, there were also several dragon knights that could be used to pin down the enemy. However, when Long knew the approximate location of Chi Aotian's expeditionary force, he didn't listen to Amy's advice at all, and while his mouth was full of promises to fight to the death on the Sanggan River, he summoned the mounted dragon, and disappeared into the sky without greeting him. Yod received an urgent call from the Inner Legion, and three days ago he went to the northern mountains to participate in the conquest of a fortified castle of the Marquis of Delaware. The other three dragon knights also followed Daqingshan to participate in the ambush. At this time, in Horns' hands, in addition to ordinary soldiers, there were only four vulture knights.

"Reducing the number of troops and increasing the number of troops, as much as possible, put on a momentum of large troops to suppress the situation, and draw the attention of the defenders of the Sanggan River and the armies of other parties that may come here. Horns remembered Amy's last words before leaving: "Whether it's a surprise attack on Hanyang City or a reinforcement plan for Daqingshan, if General Raybarton finds that your place is empty, he will definitely judge something." If that's the case, we have almost no chance of winning. When Amy said this, there was a solemnity on her face that was rarely seen.

What bothers the dwarfs even more is the grain and grass. When Daqingshan went out to ambush, all the mercenaries and soldiers only carried 10 days' dry food with them, and all the rest of the food was concentrated here, some were originally brought down from Hamburg City, some were confiscated near Scambrai City, and some were forcibly unloaded from passing caravans. Bag after bag, neatly stacked, like a hill.

The ancients, Han Bai's bravery, no food and no war. This time to the south, because it is far away from the northern mountains, there is no logistical supply at all, Amy can be said to have been careful and tried all legal and illegal methods to accumulate this little possessions, according to the quartermaster's calculations, it can ensure that the battle will continue for three months.

People can retreat, what about food, and what about the hundreds of caravans that are still in custody?

Fight, you can't beat it, withdraw ...... For the first time, the dwarf's shoulders were under such tremendous pressure.