Chapter 433 (Out of the Cage) (6)
As soon as Manninger's order to withdraw was spoken, the spirit could no longer support it. His heart was greatly damaged, he was still in high spirits one moment, and he only thought that the defeat of the enemy would be on the same day, but the next moment he received bad news. Such a sudden joy to great sorrow has always been the most hurtful. Although Manninger is a masterpiece of a generation, after all, he is also a year old, and he can't stand such a sudden change in speed.
After his command was spoken. I don't have the spirit and strength to speak anymore. It was only for the leaders of the camps in the tents to be dispersed.
The coach is like this, and the people below are naturally at a loss.
It's just that Manninger vomited blood and almost fainted, but after all, he hadn't gotten rid of it. It was ordered, but it didn't give any explanation. It was only with the majesty of the leader that the people below were suspicious of his orders, but they did not dare to disobey them in the slightest way.
There are pros and cons to everything, and the military system of the Odin Empire is crude and loose, not as complete and clear as the Byzantine army. However, Odin's army has always been a legion belonging to each tribe, and the leader of the legion is not only the commander, but also the identity of the clan chief. Under the dual status, the majesty and power were also much greater than those of the corps generals of the Byzantine army. As the leader of the Odin Legion. No matter how ridiculous the order is, the people below will not dare to disobey it.
When the order to withdraw troops came down, the battalions moved one after another.
But after all, it is a large army of 10,000 people withdrawing troops, where can it be said to move?
Moreover, at this moment, there are many forces of Odin besieging Green here, and Manninger ordered "the whole army to assemble", and the meaning is naturally very clear, not only his main elite force must be withdrawn, but even the surrounding several troops responsible for the encirclement must also be assembled and withdrawn.
Tens of thousands of troops set off. It's not like you just touch your lips and leave. Dispatch the cavalry out of the battalion, go to several other directions to inform the assembly of other troops, and order the soldiers of each battalion to pack up and leave......
One thing at a time, it can be said that it affects the whole body.
But Manninger immediately ordered and urged again and again, and even the orders were full of impatience and eagerness. He even ordered that the whole army could abandon the heavy materials that were heavy and difficult to carry, and assemble lightly. Even the surplus food stored in the army can be discarded!
"The whole army carried six days' rations, the reindeer cavalry went first, and the main infantry led the soldiers to follow. ”
After resting for a long time, Manninger finally regained a little spirit, and pressed down a series of orders: "Leave five thousand people here in the palace!"
The army gathered and began to move, and the chaos delayed for a whole day.
During this time, Manninger is said to have vomited blood twice. After a quick moment, and finally on the afternoon of the second day, the whole army was ready to open and withdraw its troops.
The Odin reindeer cavalry that had been withdrawn and roamed on both flanks of Grimm's troops were also retracted, and the troops that were blocking behind Grimm were also withdrawn, and under Manninger's orders, they didn't even want the camp at all, and the whole army only carried weapons and equipment. and marched around Green's camp. Entered the main army camp in Manninger.
Until all the preparations were finally completed, Manninger did not announce the real news to the public!
Even, before he fell unconscious, the first thing he did was to let his henchmen and guards kill all the routs who came back from Xincheng!
Pity this guy, who was originally an elite warrior of the Bashak tribe, fled all the way from Xincheng, and fled all the way, almost desperately rushing day and night to report the news. In this icy and snowy climate, the road is difficult to walk, and some of them are carrying it, and a few people have died on the road. There are also a small number of people who fell behind because of the loss of their mounts, and they were able to run to the Manninger camp alive to report the news.
It's not that Manninger is ruthless, but he understands it in his heart. At least at this critical moment, the news that the nest has been copied has been copied. It must not be scattered in the army!
The whole army is gathered here, but the nest is lost! More importantly, tens of thousands of troops are here, and the consumption of food alone is a huge number! Although the food in the army was only carried, it was more delivered by the continuous deployment of the rear.
Originally, this was all done by Morka, the son of the old nest new city, but now the nest is lost. So one of the direct consequences is...... His tens of thousands of troops immediately ran out of follow-up supplies! Relying on the grain stored in the army, it would not be able to sustain itself for a long time!
Once the news of the nest's discarding spreads. The morale of the army will immediately be unstable! There is also a Byzantine army with a number of nearly 20,000 in front of him, in case the other side takes advantage of the situation, once there is any flash...... He Manninger really can't cry anymore!
At this time, even if it was one in ten thousand dangers, he would not dare to take it!
You must wave your army back to the division!!
If you want to say Manninger's current mood, it is naturally full of grief!
Morka is his own son, and he is the eldest son whom he has spent the most effort cultivating! After many years of cultivation, he has watched such an eldest son grow up, and he can finally follow his own march and fight to share his worries. Faintly is his future heir!
But now his son was actually beheaded under the city in the old nest in the big rear where he thought it was the safest! The old nest was also lost! What's even worse is that. Battle of the New Town. Reserve most of the money that Manninger had looted and regained after he captured Siltan and Corsican!
Food, money, ordnance. This thing. Manninger was all gathered in the new city, originally hoping to make the new city the base camp of his Bashak clan to take root in this land in the future, and those money, food and materials were all prepared for the large migration of the tribe after the beginning of spring!
But now, it's all gone!!
Since the southward conquest, almost all the loot and looted goods have been stored in the new city! Moreover, before winter, in order to survive the winter, Manninger even ordered that most of the grain collected from the whole county be concentrated in the new city!
So, from any point of view, the new city can't be lost!!
Absolutely not to be lost!!
He, Manninger, had ambitions. In the future, all plans, calculations, and ambitions will be pinned on this foundation!
The most important thing is that now that the new city is occupied, if there is no reserve in the new city, his tens of thousands of troops. I don't even have food for the winter!!
That's right, Siltan County is huge. Corsica is very large, but the Odin people are not good at farming and production, and they have been entrenched here for most of the year, but they have made a mess of these two lands, and at this moment, Manninger has the heart to give up the new city. Take the army to eat elsewhere, but there is a large county of Siltan, and almost all the food in all parts of the country has been looted! Only a small amount of surplus food that can satisfy the small garrison is left in a few places! Where is there a place that can supply the food consumed by tens of thousands of troops?!
Therefore, he will go back, and he will take back the new city! In this cold winter, tens of thousands of Odin children are going to live by drinking the northwest wind!
Don't talk about wars. In another ten days and half a month, I am afraid that people will starve to death if they are hungry!
If you want to say that you are distressed, I am afraid that the distress in this area is better than the pain of losing a child!
Now for Manninger, it's a race for time! Xincheng is even more dangerous! Although he didn't know which of the Byzantine army had attacked his lair, and which general was leading it.
But Manninger has led the army for many years, but he can be sure that those who dare to take such a big risk and attack the enemy's nest with a small force must be very courageous. And after all, it's the kind of crazy person who acts unconventionally!
He is not afraid of anything else, but he is afraid that if he loses the enemy general who attacked his lair, in case he starts crazy, he will set a fire......
Presumably, eating the Grimm in front of him is secondary.
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Manninger is in a hurry, and Char is also in a race against time here.
Char's 800 horsemen came all the way south, fighting several times in a row, no matter how strong these transformed cavalry were, no matter how magical the muscle fruit left by this ancient goblin, no matter how strong the people and horses were. But after all, it's still flesh and blood.
After a few battles. Naturally, some people were injured and some were killed in battle. The elite and incomparable 800 horsemen were finally and inevitably attritional.
After Char occupied the new city, the cavalry around him, plus those who were not seriously injured and could still support the battle, only had more than 700 cavalry, and more than a dozen seriously injured cavalry, which could only be temporarily placed in Manninger's marshal's mansion in the new city to recuperate.
Fortunately, Charyato has more time than Manninger. He calculated in his heart that even if the defeated soldiers who left the city could go to the Manninger camp on the front line to report the news, and then go back to the division with the whole army of Manninger, one by one. No matter how eager Manninger was, no matter how desperate he ran, even if Manninger sent the most powerful cavalry back to the army first, it was cold and freezing weather. Even if it was all cavalry, at least it would not be possible to come back in three days.
When he entered the city, he disposed of the Odin captives. After all the feet were cut off and thrown outside the city gate, and after freezing all night, when people were sent out of the city to check the next day, it was really all gone.
Char refused to give up, and ordered the corpses of a hundred and ten Odin warriors to be collected, and they were hung with ropes and hung on the city wall!
Pity the son of a dignified commander of the Red Snow Legion, the future patriarch heir of the Bashak clan, who died at Char's hands in the final blow that Char smashed. Even the corpse was directly blasted into pieces, and not even a complete silhouette could be recovered. Only some broken armor remained, which was also hung on the city gate by Char's order!
After the gates were filled with the corpses of the Odin, Char began the next move.
He first gathered all the surrendered and annexed troops in the city, most of which were from the Corsican Military District, and a small number of local garrisons from the former Siltan Military District. The number of these soldiers in the city was about 2,500.
When Char's cavalry entered the city. With the power of annihilating more than a thousand Odin defenders, killing Morka on the spot, and smashing the city gates, where do these surrendered troops have the courage to resist?
Char ordered all these troops to be assembled, and then began to lecture.
He was pressed for time, and he didn't have so many gentle means to slowly calm people's hearts. The bloody methods used to deal with those Odin prisoners of war had already made these people frightened, and now that he had gathered the whole army to give a lecture, many people were worried in their hearts, just afraid that this ruthless Byzantine general would also be a master who liked to slaughter prisoners of war......
More than 1,500 elites of the Chixue Army were easily slaughtered, although there were more of them. However, the combat effectiveness was several stops worse than that of the 1,500 elite of the Chixue Army. If the person in front of him really wants to raise the butcher knife, where does this person have the ability to resist?
While everyone was afraid, Char spoke.
The cold north wind was still blowing, but Char didn't even have any armor on his body, so he held his fire fork in his hand and strode to a big stone that had been temporarily withdrawn in front of him.
He deliberately paused for a moment so that every soldier in the surrendering army in front of him could see his figure carefully!
When he broke the city yesterday, he flew to kill Morka and smashed the city gate, and his figure was already seen by many people. At this moment, he is standing in front of him, who would not recognize him as a fierce man?
Yesterday's majesty was like a god. Who can forget?
And Char's face was grim, and after a moment of silence. I finally spoke.
His precepts, tone and his eyes at the moment, sharp, clear, sharp!
"I know you're scared of death now! If I want to kill you, it's just a matter of moments! I don't care about the life or death of you people at all! Killing or not killing is just a thought of me!"
Boy. It's not half a point. came up to forcibly oppress people with such an imposing appearance!
However, his powerful divine power yesterday is vividly in his mind, and at this moment, this arrogant and domineering words are spoken. But it just seems to be the taste of such a matter of course.
"But, I won't kill you! Lao Tzu spared your lives! Not because I was merciful! I don't know how to be merciful! I don't kill you just because you are still useful to me! I don't shy away from telling you this! So I saved your life, and you don't have to be grateful to me!"
There was a pause. Char heavy. There was one more, and the cold voice was even more cruel, and it resounded out of the audience.
"Now you will work for me and work hard for me! I know that there must be talented people among you who have the intention of luck! You are now afraid of me, and you have surrendered to me! You are still talented people may think that Manninger in front of you will definitely come back when he knows the news! He has an army of tens of thousands. When the time comes, the city will have a different lord, and you people will surrender once or twice. Gradually, I will get used to it! It's a big deal to drop it again when the time comes! Haha! Some of you have such thoughts, I'm afraid that there are not a few, Lao Tzu knows it very well in his heart, and he doesn't need to spare the circle with you!"
When these words were spoken, sure enough, among the more than 2,000 surrendered troops, many of them had fluctuations in their faces.
Although Char's cavalry is ridiculously strong, the number is still too small after all. And the strength of the Odin people is also ingrained in the hearts of everyone. These hundreds of cavalry were able to copy Manninger's lair, and their strength accounted for two points, but only seven points was luck and trickery. Once Manninger's army returned to the division, it would be absolutely impossible to hold the new city with a few hundred cavalry.
When the time comes...... It's a big deal, it's just going down again.
When you have such thoughts, it is indeed not uncommon.
These are all people who have surrendered, and once the bones are soft, it will be very difficult to harden them.
"But I'm going to tell you now! This kind of thought, you will die sooner rather than later! Because you will not have another chance to surrender! Not at all! It's not that I won't give you a chance to surrender! It's that Manninger won't give you another chance to surrender!"
Char's face was full of hideousness, and he shouted viciously: "You have all seen those corpses on the city wall! The people of Toodin in this new city are all the elites of Manninger's most descendant relatives! Now most of them have been slaughtered by Lao Tzu! Even his own son of Manninger has been slaughtered by Lao Tzu! He has lost more than 1,000 elites of his lineage, and even his own son has died, and he Manninger's heart. You are not idiots, just think about what the anger in Manninger's heart would burn into if he came back and came to the city and saw the corpses hanging on the walls! Not even a complete corpse is left. He's going to be so angry that he's still vomiting blood!!!haha!"
Speaking of this, Char's eyes were fierce, slowly sweeping the audience, his eyes were as sharp as a sword at the moment, and everyone who was swept by him was shocked by his eyes. Don't dare to look at him.
I heard Char's evil voice ringing in my ears: "Think about it again, when the time comes, Manninger knows that when the city is broken, when more than 1,000 of his elite descendants were slaughtered by me, and when his own son was slaughtered by me, and more than 2,000 of you stood by and watched, not moving! When Manninger knows this, will he spare you? Will he accept your surrender again?! As long as you are not idiots, weigh yourself in your heart! His Manninger's monstrous anger will be poured out on you! If there are any more half-hearted people who want to join the Odin people in the future, let this idea be cut off as soon as possible! If it falls into the hands of Manninger with the character of Odin. I'm afraid that I won't give you a chance to speak and defend yourself, so I directly ordered you all to be buried alive!。
Everyone changed color!!!When he raised his head to look at Char, his eyes were full of fear and trepidation.
"So! What I want to tell you now is that you have no other choice! All roads have been exhausted! Now there is the only way to live, a glimmer of life. I can only choose to follow me!Other than that, everything else is a dead end, a dead end!!"