Chapter 267 [Acquisition of the Wildfire Plain]
Green's apprehension was not without reason.
Morka's choice outside the city is also very wise, he only has more than 5,000 people, after slaughtering the mounts, the original small number of cavalry has mostly become infantry, if it is only in the outer city of the city, there is naturally no problem, if you are lucky, it is not impossible to capture Denzel City.
But since reinforcements came, and it was 2,000 cavalry...... Then the balance of power changes dramatically.
With his more than 5,000 infantry, the odds of victory in the field battle against 2,000 elite cavalry are too few, and if he does not even withdraw, in case he is entangled by the enemy, then it is not impossible to be eaten alive by the opponent in the field battle. In this case, Morka simply made up his mind, abandoned Denzel City, and led the people to leave immediately, this decision has to be said to be quite wise.
Nene's cavalry brigade slowly pursued along the way outside the city for a while, because Morka retreated very carefully, Nene did not find a chance to pursue, but just hung the team far behind, keeping both sides at a safe distance, and then watched the Odin people leave south.
The city has become a sea of joy at the moment, the morale of the defenders in the city is not high, but they will defend it if they have the idea of defending their homeland and relatives, but they also know that they are afraid that there is no chance of winning if they really fight, that is, they are just guarding one day at a time, but I didn't expect that a miracle really happened, the Odin people left, and they were alive in the dead, how not to be ecstatic?
Green had already ordered people to quickly remove the earth and rocks blocked under the city gates, and let the reinforcements from outside enter the city. Char looked at the cheers around him, and was sighing in his heart, but suddenly looked back and found that Via's face was a little unnatural.
Naturally, Wei also saw the cavalry outside the city clearly, and even more clearly saw that among the cavalry, Nenei was in a strange figure, and she was very awake in the crowd @0 As soon as Wei saw her, her expression suddenly became a little strange, and then she went down to the city without waiting for Xia Yaduo to say anything.
Nene did not rush into the city, but led people to run a garden in the wilderness outside the city, and after inspecting, he made sure that the Odin people were really far away, and then slowly came towards the city wall. And at this time, in the city, Via had already asked Char to prepare two horses for her.
"You're leaving, aren't you?" Char was a little puzzled.
Wei Ya didn't want to meet Nene, so he turned over and shook his head: "I still have urgent matters, and I can't delay." β
After sitting on the horse and looking at Char, she still said in a low voice: "This city can't be defended, at this moment the Odin people are going south, but Mor County has become behind the enemy! Manegg is also a famous Odin general, and he will never allow a Byzantine army like you to be behind him before he invades the south! So once he frees his hand, he will definitely pull out your nail first." I still suggest that if you want to live, you should abandon it and take a detour south to escape. β
When Char heard this, his expression was also solemn, but after he thought about it carefully, he laughed and said: "I can't be unhappy when I receive the grace of others! The old emperor treats me well, but if it comes to the end, I just run for my life and run away, this kind of thing "I Char Thundering can't do it, I understand your kindness."
"Pedantic. Wei Ya sat on the horse and looked at Char coldly, and slowly shook his head: "You want to find death yourself, don't blame others." β
Speaking, at this moment, although the earth and stones under the city gate were not all scattered, but they also cleared a gap, Wei Ya immediately rode away, under Char's signal, the defenders made way of the road, let Wei Ya pass, Wei Ya rushed out of the city gate, but suddenly shouted, stopped the horse, and then turned the horse's head and ran back, came to Char's face, looked at Char condescendingly, the eyes seemed to be a little complicated, and finally sighed: "That's it, I know, if I don't save you in death, the person who entrusted me to save you will be very disappointed." I have an idea, after you listen to it, how to choose, make your own decisions. β
After a pause, she leaned down and lowered her voice: "The only formed army in the north of the empire is the Seventh Corps, the Seventh Corps is stationed in Linjun in Moore County, not too far from here, at this moment their situation is more difficult than yours, there are rebels on the left and right, and there is Manninger's Red Snow Army going south behind them." If you want to go south to Osgilia, but the road is occupied by the rebels, just an infantry regiment, it is impossible to reach Osgilia through the enemy-occupied area that is allergic for thousands of miles, so they must be in a dilemma now, if at this time, you, "You let me fight the idea of the Seventh Corps?" Char's eyes suddenly lit up! Via sneered: " Among the standing corps in the central Byzantine army, the strength of the Seventh Corps can only be counted, but after all, it is also a central standing army, and the equipment and the quality of the soldiers are always much stronger than the rabble under your command now....... Hmph, the commander of the Seventh Corps was appointed before the last war, and he has been in office for less than half a year, his prestige is insufficient, his foundation is unstable, and he is also a rice bucket, if you can master this army, you will at least have a little capital to protect yourself in the north. β
Char's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, but he glared at Wei Ran: "You, are you hinting at me to seize military power? I'm just a small county garrison......
Via sneered: "You can't do it alone, but that Green next to you ...... Hmph, don't you actually know that he once served in the Seventh Corps? Now in the five flag regiments of the Seventh Corps, three of the flag officers are his former colleagues and subordinates! With him to help you, if you ......
Speaking of this, a hint of murderous aura flashed in Via's eyes, and then he shut up.
Char's heart pounded when she heard this.
Via paused before she spoke slowly, her voice cold and low: "The troubled times are coming, and the northern part of the empire is no longer owned by the empire! This lone army is either eaten by the rebels, or by the Odin! or eaten by you! There is no fourth possibility! It is better to be destroyed in the hands of the rebels or the Odin...... Hmph, measure it yourself!"
Wei Ya said that, no more, beat the horse and whipped, shouted, and galloped away.
Out of Denzel City, Via immediately went to the southeast, watching from a distance the group of people and horses in Nene also turned around and returned to the city, Via paused slightly, looked at the city wall of Denzel, and sneered in his heart: The teacher said that he was a man who could be made, but now it seems, hum, there is still a little bit of the taste of killing and decisiveness, Mother Fan, how can it be done! The teacher is only afraid of looking away...... Alas, teacher, teacher, is he dead after all?
The city of Denzel is already overcrowded. Originally, it was just a small border town, and the population was only in the tens of thousands. But now, in addition to the original population in the city, a few days ago, the scorched earth strategy forcibly moved many people from the surrounding vicinity into the city, and the population nearly doubled at once.
When the 2,000 cavalry of the inner part of the city entered the city, they saw that the streets were crowded, and the original square in the city was already full of tents, and it had been turned into a temporary dwelling for the population.
Fortunately, the establishment of Denzel City was originally with a certain military purpose, and there was a small military camp in the city, enough to garrison thousands of soldiers, and after the 2,000 cavalry in the inner part were placed in the barracks, he immediately took several of his big leaders to meet Char.
Char was already busy, but more often than not, he was a little deliberately hiding from Nene. But people come to the rescue from afar, no matter how much they hide, it is impossible not to see it.
Fortunately, after seeing it in the garrison mansion, Nene didn't say anything to embarrass Char, and his expression was as usual, but after saluting lightly, he said in a businesslike tone: "Lord Garrison, I have received a lot of favors from the Byzantine Empire at the beginning, and this time I heard that the Odin people were besieging the city, so I came to do my best, and I didn't ask for any reward, but I just ask my lord to give them a way out for the sake of many of my people who are subjects of the Byzantine Empire." β
"Huh-?"
Char heard this, faintly tasted a little taste, looked at the same hall Green, Green smiled slightly, although he didn't recognize Nene, but as early as when Nene entered the city, Sharba had already quietly told him the absurd story between this "Brother Mengjiang" and Char, Green listened, and almost vomited blood with laughter, but later after the people of Nene entered the city, Green observed this cavalry up close, but the more he looked at it, the more he was moved! The two thousand cavalry under Nene are just a group of horse thieves, but in Green's opinion, most of them are well-ridden, strong and strong, and their quality is naturally needless to say, and the queue also seems to have a bit of a rigorous taste, not as loose and chaotic as ordinary horse thieves, even in the eyes of an imperial general like Green, this is a group of quite good elite cavalry. Although the personnel were a little mixed, looking at the two thousand people, the old ones were small and small, the old ones were already full of white beards, the younger ones were immature, and even some of them were actually women! However, if you can carefully select them, it is no problem to pick out a thousand elites.
He was shocked, such an elite was actually just a group of horse thieves?
And at this moment, there was obviously some hint in Nene's tone that he wanted to be co-opted - how could Green refuse such a good thing? He immediately smiled and said: "Your Excellency has the heart to serve the country, which is naturally good, but there are naturally laws in the army, and we will discuss the matter of co-optation slowly......
Then Green wanted to say something more, but Char was already a little depressed, and glared directly at Nenene: "You, what do you want to do?"
I smiled in my heartβ remembering the few pieces of advice the mysterious master gave me before I left in Wildfire Town, after having a deep conversation with Aunt Sofia. But at the moment, his face remained calm, and he said: "My lord, I don't have any thoughts, let's be honest, although I am used to being free, but the current situation is different from the past, I also have to find a way to live for my brothers and sisters." β
When Char heard this, he just frowned, and stared at Nene carefully, this woman had to marry herself a few days ago, but when she looked at it today, she was so restrained, but it made Char mutter in her heart......
Nene's eyes immediately turned to Green, and he said, "The Odin people are moving south, and they have penetrated deep into Byzantium at this moment...... To put it irreverently, after this battle of Byzantium, the lands of the north are no longer owned by the empire, whether they are won or lost......"
Although these words made Green, who was full of loyalty to the empire, a little harsh, but he was not a pedantic person, and he also understood that according to the current situation, what Nene said in front of him was true, so he nodded.
I don't know if the two adults have thought about it, once the Odin people occupy the land in the north of Byzantium for a long time, then it will bring a direct consequence. Nene sighed, a little helpless.
Char and Green's eyes lit up and they looked at each other, "You mean, Wildfire Field?"
"Yes, the wildfire plain was originally a place where there were no three things, so there were no less than dozens of horse thieves and black tribes in the wildfire forest, and there were no less than dozens of horse thieves and black tribes who occupied the mountains on the wildfire plain. Originally, the two empires didn't care about this place, and we were naturally comfortable and hated to survive on the wildfire field, but once the Odin occupied the northern part of the Byzantine Empire, the situation immediately changed...... After that, the wildfire field will become the backyard of the Odin! How can their army be stationed in front of them, how can they allow so many uncontrolled armed forces in the wildfire field behind them?
There is some truth in what she said.
The Odin people have already marched south in a big way at this moment, and several corps have taken advantage of the lack of defense in the north of the Byzantine Empire to enter, once they occupy the land, where will they easily withdraw? In this way, the wildfire field will naturally become the territory that Odin must control! Otherwise, it will be impossible to maintain effective control over the Byzantine land that has been defeated! Char asked himself, if he is the commander of Odin, once he has his hands freed, the first thing he has to do is to pull out all the threatening nails behind him! His own Denzel City is naturally a nail, but how can those large and small horse thief gangs in Wildfire Plains be armed? ! It is necessary to send troops to clear it! Even the garrison of Wildfire Town is indispensable! It is necessary to pave a solid route for one's rear! So that the army in front can feel at ease! Green also thought of this, and nodded lightly at Char, but Char didn't speak, Green smiled and said, "In this case, Nene...... Your Excellency (Green didn't know what to call Miss or what, hesitated for a moment, or simply call Your Excellency), you are tired from afar, please rest in the garrison mansion now, I will discuss your placement with the garrison, and then ......"
Nene didn't say much, and saluted the two directly, and even Lou didn't look at Char more, and went straight down.
After Nene left, Green laughed, looked at Char Γ· his face became extremely strange, and suddenly whispered, "I said...... You're married. β
...... What?!" Char glared: "Damn! It must be that Sharba's guy who is too talkative!!" Green laughed, looked outside the door, and lowered his voice again: "Marrying a wife, and giving thousands of elites, such a good deal, why don't you do it? β
"Bah! I want to marry you!" Xianya was angry and was about to run away, but Green grabbed him and laughed ="Don't run!!" Uh, okay, stop glaring, I'm not going to say it. β
After he forced Char to sit down, he said in a low voice: "Aren't we worried about the lack of troops in our hands? This Miss Nene reminded me, on the wildfire field, but there are still a lot of forces, the current situation, some brains have to find a way out, if we can take it over...... Even if it's just a part of it, it's a big benefit!"
Char is also excited, the mercenary group of Wildfire Plains JL, the samurai regiment, the horse thief group, and those large and small black tribes are all objects that can be co-opted, these donkeys, weavers are more or less, although the quality is uneven, but there are always some elites in it, such as the two groups of people who followed their own Hawke and Russell, these guys used to be mercenaries, and the quality of the monomer is naturally needless to say, but it needs to be honed and integrated, it is an elite.
"That's an idea. Char pouted, but when he mentioned the incorporation, he suddenly remembered what Wei Ya said to himself before leaving......
Thinking about it this way, that Via actually said such things to himself, openly implying that he had absorbed the army of the Empire...... It seems that this Via has no loyalty to the Empire! It's just that Via reminded himself that to do this, he needs Green's help, and Green is loyal to the Empire, will he be willing to help himself......
"I have an idea. Green smiled lightly: "Things in the wildfire field are urgent, and while Manninger is not free, we have to act as soon as possible." Among your men, Hawke and Russell were originally dead mercenaries who ate on the wildfire field, huh...... Forget about Hawke, he is young and vigorous, but he is afraid that he will not be able to.
That Russell is old and sleek, he has been on the wildfire field for many years, and he is familiar with everyone, and those tribal gangs, large and small, have more or less friendship with him, so it is better to send him to be a liaison...... Well, and Nene too, let Russell and Nene go to the wildfire field together, and leave immediately, if we can say that we can mobilize a few tribal groups to vote, our strength can be much stronger!"
"Nene sent Nene to do what she could do?" Char frowned, in his opinion, Nene did not have any connections in the wildfire field, but Russell was a good candidate.
Green sighed, he stared at Char for a moment, then slowly walked over and closed the door, turned around, and stared at Char: "You really don't understand, or are you pretending to be with me?"
Looking at Green's serious expression, Char's heart suddenly moved, and he immediately read the meaning in Green's eyes!