Chapter 1512: Karma (I, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
The night breeze was slightly cool, and in the dark blue sky, the stars emitted a little blue light, and there was darkness in all directions, except for the crackling sound of the bonfire in the middle.
The orange firelight flickered, and the surrounding area was hazy, and in the distance, a few figures could be vaguely seen, sitting silently around the campfire.
Under the light of the campfire, their shadows all dragged behind them for a long time, and the black shadows kept shaking, as if they were hideous dark ghosts.
Behind them, the leaping and flickering light of the fire occasionally reflected the silhouettes of several people—and many more hid in the darkness in the distance.
The surroundings seem very quiet, only the cries of summer insects can be heard, and occasionally the screams of night owls like ghosts crying can be heard, which contrasts with the silence of the night.
Suddenly, a loud neighing of horses came: 'Sigh sigh......
Everyone present couldn't help but be shocked, jumped up from the ground one after another, pressed the hilt of the sword with their vigilant hands, and looked around.
But in the dark night, nothing was found.
All around was the wind that had not changed for a thousand years in the wilderness.
After they had been waiting nervously for a long time, the man in the middle smiled reluctantly, beat his spirits, and said, "No...... Nothing.
It's just a false alarm. Everybody sit, all sit down. ”
After saying that, he took the lead and sat down next to the campfire again.
His face could be clearly seen by the light of the campfire.
It was none other than the original Prime Minister Madorins~!
Next to him were several of his loyal henchmen.
At the head of the group was none other than Madolins' number one loyal dog, the Minister of Military Orders, Fell.
In addition, there are Dodri, Tan Gao...... and a few other young Zhuang officers who came to power because of the mutiny.
The rest of the group also looked at each other a few times, and then sat down on the campfire, and at the same time there was the sound of swords in sheaths.
These young men of power, who came to power in the bloody coup d'état that swept the country, have been actively promoting the war since taking office, and have won the trust of the High Priest of the Dead.
Originally the mainstay of the Empire, they were ruthless and determined to build a new empire that spanned Semitic and humans.
Awakening to the power of the world, drunk pillow beauty knees, is the well-deserved focus of the entire Semitic tribe, can be described as high-spirited, heroic and dry, with heaven and earth as a chessboard, all living beings as chess pieces, and show their ambitions.
However, just two years have passed, and now, these Semitic arrogant sons are all pale and have blank eyes.
When he heard the slightest sound, he looked around, and was even more alarmed than the old man from Madorins.
It is not surprising that for five days, these young soldiers have been frightened by the indiscriminate bombardment of the fortress of human warfare, those incendiary bombs exploded in front of them, and they watched the last crazy dance of the people on fire, and as soon as they closed their eyes, the screams of the burned soldiers lingered in their ears.
According to their original battle plan, while the human army was not killed, they recruited as much army as possible, mainly Semitic nobles and knights, to form an army that dared to fight, and bet all the bets at one time to fight to the death with the enemy.
Win or lose.
In the past, the practice of organizing battles and resisting was useless in the face of the overwhelming superiority of human beings.
In the end, it will only turn into a stupid refueling tactic, and it is better to concentrate on a decisive battle.
Moreover, even if it is lost, then the 200,000 troops defending the imperial city will definitely be wiped out.
These 200,000 people are out-and-out Lingshan essences, almost all of them are educated, and they are from the landlord class, and their loss will inevitably cause fatal damage to Lingshan, and it is impossible to recover their vitality even for fifty years.
And because of the hatred of the families of the war dead, it will divide the reconciliation between Acadherine and the Caribbean, creating irreconcilable internal contradictions, which will eventually lead to division and even civil war.
I have to say that like all those self-centered mad dogs who 'I do all these things for your own good', these people do have enough conscience to do things.
For his own selfishness, he did not hesitate to pull everyone to give them a back to accompany the funeral.
But then again, as loyal lackeys of the High Priest, they have been waging wanton extortions in Spirit, excluding dissidents and suppressing dissenting voices.
His hands were stained with the blood of his compatriots, and his reputation was already thirty miles away, and I don't know how many people were sharpening their knives in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to slaughter them.
The so-called debts are not worried, and lice are not bitten. Everyone is shameless anyway, and they don't care about it. On the contrary, he secretly rejoiced because someone buried him: the big husband, he will be defeated vigorously, there are not tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people died for themselves, and he can't show his lofty status in the empire.
But...... But then, their wishful thinking did not kick off.
After witnessing the power of human machine gun cannons, the soldiers had little courage left. And the fortress of war is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
All the troops, including the officers, were demoralized and fled.
Moreover, these officers of the Young Zhuang faction, although they were all on their toes in their usual manner, looked impassioned, and loudly swore that they would live and die with Arcaderin, fight with humanity until the last moment, and never give in.
For this reason, I don't know how many aristocratic Miss Jiao, who is very literary and artistic, was moved to tears.
But in fact, one by one, as the editor-in-chief of "Lingshan Times" Pivis said, "strong and timid", caring for his life, simply put, he is afraid of death.
The incendiary bombs dropped on the fortress scared almost all of the self-styled Semitic heroes into urinating.
It turns out that it is not only the cannon fodder who rushes to the front who dies in the war, but also the elites who hide behind like themselves.
Human beings are really not on the road, they don't care about the rules of war, everyone is an official, the meaning is not long enough, you guys are really blowing us up~!
It's embarrassing.
You must know that people like yourself are extremely important people who are responsible for the country and the nation, and they are extremely important people whenever and wherever they are.
Once it dies, the country and the nation have no future.
His life does not belong to himself, but to the Semitic people, for the sake of the Semitic people, no matter how difficult the conditions are, he must grit his teeth and live.
However, how can these human beings treat themselves so rudely with these weapons without any reason?
Therefore, after fleeing back to the city, the army was full of panic and soldiers.
At this time, it is simply impossible to defend the city, not to mention anything else, a few incendiary bombs fall, and they have to finish playing.
So after a short military meeting, everyone immediately decided to flee...... Well, the whole is temporarily turned in, and the strength is conserved for the future.
Originally, this was an excellent strategy.
Abandon the struggle for one city and one place, rely on the vast Lingshan area, and wage war with the enemy, fight movement warfare and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, launch a people's war, and disrupt the enemy's supply lines......
When the Semitic invaded the Terrans, Lord Luo did just that. Preserve strength, resist step by step, retreat step by step, consume the enemy's strength at the same time, and exchange space for time.
But now, when Madorins did so, it was not so effective.
At first, they quietly transferred all the remaining soldiers, and did not tell the soldiers the purpose of the march, but cooperated them to escape with them.
At first, it was relatively smooth, but you must know that these soldiers and generals are all Akadrine, and at the beginning of the war, defending their homeland, protecting their land and property, naturally there is no problem.
But when it comes to giving up his family and running away, going thousands of miles to fight with humans, he naturally stops doing it.
Arkadeline has fallen, what if those Free Army track down Zhulian and his own family?
Within the Semitic people, it was customary to plant and raid the house.
Don't say anything else, just the ferocity displayed by the director of the State Administration of Taxation, Leole, is enough to make people drink a pot beautifully.
He is deeply inherited by the lord, known as the ruthless character who can 'pick up pure green non-GMO soybean oil from the stone'.
When the nobles of the Semitic clan heard the name of Second Master Lei, they all trembled with fright.
What if he went to his house to collect his taxes...... Just thinking about it is already a cool breeze coming up from the tail bone~!
Not to mention that there is a super ** OSS Lord Lorraine standing behind him. Second Master Lei himself admitted that he currently only has the five successes of Lord Lorraine.
Therefore, before they had gone fifty miles, the soldiers realized that something was wrong and began to make trouble. Ask the officers to give an explanation.
General Fell rushed up with his own gendarmerie, and then cut off a few heads, and then barely pressed down,
Just when everyone thought that there was nothing to do and were about to reorganize the team, the human war fortress appeared in the sky.
It was simply a disaster, a huge disaster~!
The war fortresses swooped down from the sky like vultures, let out a chilling scream, and dropped bombs of great power on the ground.
Many people were so frightened that they peed their pants on the spot, and they couldn't run with weak legs.
The power of the bomb was so great that it was no less powerful than the high-level lich's desperate attacks, and when it was fired, it exploded like an earthquake.
At that time, the troops were all lined up in dense lines in order to march, and there was no time to dodge.
When the enemy bombarded and gathered the ranks, a little count showed that a fifth of them were missing.
There may have been many deaths from the bombing, but not so high.
From this, it can be seen that those dog cubs must have become deserters and fled in the chaos.
Major General Dodri ...... Well, originally Dodri was just a major, but because he rushed to the forefront in the coup d'état, bravely killed the former Chancellor of the Exchequer and the minister's dog, and made great contributions, he was promoted to major general.
Major General Dodri, the second 13, after discovering the situation, immediately burst into a rage. There was a strong demand that the gendarmerie be sent back to arrest him.
The so-called brain-dead doctor without medicine is talking about his situation, right?
The rest of the soldiers didn't know about it, but after his fuss, everyone knew about it.
When those simple and honest soldiers heard this, they woke up to the fact that everyone not only obeyed orders, but also ran away~!
As a result, the hearts of those who had been easily suppressed floated again, and some people shouted "Let's go get the deserters back", turning around and running like rabbits.
The number of soldiers who invited him to go back to arrest people suddenly increased, and Fair felt that it was not good, so he immediately led the team to suppress it again, and just cut off a few heads, suppressing the soldiers again, and then the war fortress appeared again.
Then there was another bombing, and then everyone formed a team again, and again they found out that someone had deserted. Then bounce and press......
It went back and forth three or four times, and everyone who tossed was angry.
This time, however, the officers learned to be shrewd and spread the soldiers apart, so that the bombing losses could be reduced.
But just dispersed the troops, the enemy's cavalry appeared on the horizon.
Seeing them rushing up with sabers and rifles, the officers were almost crying, this is too unsophisticated, right?
Fighting a war should not be a dignified formation and defeat the emperor's army. Is the gong beating against the drum?
This kind of obscene play of bullying the weak with the strong, bullying the widow with the crowd, and harassing on multiple lines is simply a knight's humiliation.
But at this time, the soldiers are scattered, and it is too late to form a confrontation.
Everyone could only watch as they passed through the middle of the troops like iron drills on mutton skewers, scattering and crushing them all. Then went straight to the banner of the Chinese army.
In the face of the enemy's shining sabers and grenades, there was no choice, and at this time, everyone had to desperately flee and ask for more blessings.
The dizzy ran wildly, and went out for more than a hundred miles, and when the enemy retreated, he gathered his men and horses again. Looking at it again, the infantry did not know where to run for a long time, and only a few thousand cavalry remained.
And all the supplies were lost.
At this time, everyone was all hungry, so they had to go around to extort the people, and they grabbed some grain, chickens and ducks, but when the meal was ready, before they could spoon it, the damn war fortress rushed over.
Although at this time, it was already late, and it was difficult to find the target for the war fortress in the sky.
But tens of thousands of troops made fires together to cook, and the little smoke was as dazzling as torches in the night, and the war fortress was found dozens of miles away.
Then there was another round of indiscriminate bombardment, and a large army of chickens and dogs jumped.
In this way, after the continuous pursuit and bombing of the human army in the past few days, Madorins was like a lost dog, only caring about fleeing for his life, and did not even eat a hot meal.
Quite a few soldiers died as a result of the bombardment and constant pursuit by the enemy.
There were also people who ran very fast, but they were tired of being chased and fleeing like dogs, so they turned their horses' heads and launched a suicidal charge against the Terran coalition that caught up behind, and then they were beaten into a sieve by rifles.
But more people are looking for an opportunity, quietly slipping away, taking off their armor, throwing away their military uniforms, and pretending to be an ordinary person to escape.
Like a knife cutting a potato, the army of more than 100,000 people who had left the city now had less than a few hundred left, all of whom were Madolins' cronies, and their morale was exhausted to the extreme.
However, this is not without its benefits.
For example, when tens of thousands of people were fed by horses, they would eat every leaf along the way like locusts and rob all the villages along the way.
But now there are only a few hundred people, and the logistical pressure has been greatly reduced, and everyone can go to the countryside and grab a few pigs and cows, which is enough to eat.
And the target is much smaller.
At least during the march for the past two days, as long as you pay a little attention and hide in time, you will not be patronized by the enemy's war fortress again.
And the speed of the pursuit of the human army has also slowed down, and they will probably go back to consolidate the victory, so that everyone can breathe a sigh of relief now.
Madorins sat down again by the fire, then took a twig and stirred the fire thoughtfully. It made the flame more vigorous.
He looked at the flames, and there was a bitterness in his heart: he originally wanted to lead the army out and use the vast territory of the Semitic tribe to engage with the enemy. Even if you can't defeat it, at least you can preserve your strength.
But I didn't expect that after a few days, I actually died and fled. The army was left with less than a thousand men. What's next?
Why hasn't the undead moved until now, the Lich and the Dark Mage, the War Fortress?
This is different from what the Lich Cameron promised himself.
Aren't they afraid that the human race will go north after annexing the Semitic tribe and growing its power, and completely destroy them?
He frowned, lost in deep thought.
Even the wrinkles on his forehead have deepened a lot.
Although the officers next to him were silent, they quietly exchanged ...... Exchanging strange glances.
Not far away, several soldiers in clothes were lying on the grass, staring blankly at the starry sky, not knowing what was on their minds.
Faintly, a few low choked voices could be heard in the distance, and it was obvious that some soldiers were hiding somewhere and crying secretly.
When Fair heard this, he frowned, and then shouted to an officer next to him, "Tan Gao, you take someone over to have a look." ”
Tan Gao agreed, then stood up and walked into the darkness with a few soldiers.
Then he heard another commotion on the other side, as if several soldiers were arguing, and Fell immediately shouted: "Dodri, you guys bring people over to see it, and if you don't do it, you will cut off their heads." ”
The others agreed, then stood up and walked towards the mess. After a while, the noise subsided.
But after a while, they still haven't returned.
Fell couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, stood up, and said to himself, "I'll go over and see what is going on." ”
With that, he patted his ass and walked out.
At this point, only Madorins and a few of his cronies were left next to the fire.
Looking at Fell's back, the guard officer was a little puzzled: why did several of them look a little sneaky today?
But seeing that Madorins was still in deep thought, it was not easy to disturb, and he could only watch his figure disappear into the darkness.
At the same time, a sense of foreboding rose in my heart. It seems that Fair's departure is a big mistake for himself. (To be continued.)
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