Chapter 370: The Last Hour

On the fifth day of the fight, Guhuadoro was also a little apprehensive in his heart.

Why?

Because the Duke of Tulip in this city is so stable!

Lord Lu Gao's cavalry corps marched west from under his nose to assault over! Could it be that this Du Wei was not worried about his rear at all? Not in a hurry at all? In the past few days, he has had a small fight with him, but he really does not seem to be in a hurry at all, and every day he sends a little people out to make trouble with him, fight a little, and then everyone collects his troops and goes back to rest together. Even in the last two days, he simply did not send troops out, but stayed on the city wall and waited for himself to attack. He tried it several times, but he couldn't come out of the city......

Damn it!

According to common sense, Du Wei should be more anxious than himself. He should be eager to eat himself in one go, crush his army, and then quickly divide his forces and go to the rear.

Guhuadoro's heart became more and more uneasy, and he also sent a team of several hundred scouts, trying to bypass Du Wei's defense line to find out the news from Du Wei's rear.

Unfortunately, Dewey sent a large number of hot air balloons in the sky and those hateful magicians flying around the sky on broomsticks (Guvaldoro still thought that the Decepticons were all magicians).

Even if the cavalry on the ground is fast, it is always faster than the enclaves in the sky, right? But almost all of them were driven back by the other party, and Guhuadoro lost a lot of people. After all, the vast majority of the cavalry followed General Lu Gao to the west, and there were only a few cavalry men left for Guhuadoro. He won't continue this kind of thing of sending scouts out to die.

And over time, in the barracks of their own. It's also getting a little unstable.

The soldiers were still loyal, but none of them were fools. Although the Northwest Army is clearly in rebellion. But after all, rebellion is one thing, and it is another thing to stay here knowing that you are going to die.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army before, it was said to the outside world that Lord Lu Gao led the cavalry to sweep the rear of Duke Tulip, and then returned to the army with one blow, and the two sides could collapse the Tulip family's army, and then we occupied the military fortress here as a barrier. Blocking the Emperor [**] team in the east, you can sit on the province of Desa, and there is also the alliance of the steppe behind it

This kind of lie can still deceive people at first. Stabilized the army

Available over time. Many of the soldiers below were also suspicious.

Guvadoro himself already had a belief in death. Be mentally prepared to be a "qualified cannon fodder". But if you are willing to die, it does not mean that tens of thousands of soldiers are willing to die with you.

Time went on day by day, but there was no news about the "Commander Lu Gao's handsome army to fight back" in the hope. All sorts of strange rumors began to spread in the army.

There is a saying that "Lord Lu Gao has abandoned us, he has already led the cavalry into the grassland, leaving us infantry who can't run fast on two legs to be cannon fodder after the break." ”

There is no doubt that this statement is true. However, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Guhuadoro immediately severely punished the people who spread this kind of rumors, and dozens of heads were cut off on the mounting poles, warning the soldiers not to spread such rumors, which was still very effective.

And. Guvadoro has been in the army all his life. is calm, and he does have a set of leading soldiers, with his ability and past prestige. It still stabilized the morale of the army.

Otherwise, if these tens of thousands of soldiers know that their land has indeed been abandoned and left behind as cannon fodder...... Then Guhuadoro will probably be torn to pieces by tens of thousands of angry and desperate soldiers in a moment!

Standing under the flagpole, he looked at the row of severed heads that spread rumors hanging high above, and Guhuadoro sighed: "I hope what you said is true, Lord Lu Gao has really arrived in the grassland......

Alas, it's been six days, six days, and if you hurry up, you should have passed through the province of Desa and entered the Northwest Corridor.

It is not these soldiers who are in danger now. These Qiu Eight soldiers are easy to deceiver, but those officers, those commanders and generals, are not fools. His lies deceived the soldiers, but those officers were military-literate. Guhuadora could clearly feel that in the big tent in the past two days, some officers shè to his eyes, obviously with some gray sè color.

And Guhuadoro himself is also anxious day by day - Lord Lu Gao, have you successfully broken through?!

But no matter how anxious Guhuadoro was, now he had no way at all, the only thing he could do was to follow the plan, day by day, and continue to support himself here! On the eighth day, the critical moment came!

The soldiers on the lookout in the barracks, looking into the distance to the east, screamed in horror a few times, almost crawled all the way down the lookout, and then ran towards the big tent......

At noon, a battle flag appeared above the eastern horizon, and then the sound of a vigorous march of the army was heard in the distance, the sound of rustling footsteps, trampling the earth, and the shaking of the earth could be faintly heard from miles away. There are also horses' hooves, wheels......

After the black figure on the horizon appeared, he then looked at the hanging banner and stabbed it fiercely in the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army, on the foundation of confidence!

That banner, everyone can see clearly, it is the Storm Legion in the north! And the Thorn Flower King Banner is the Guards of the Royal City!!

More than 10,000 northern jīng sharp cavalry led by Andre of the Storm Legion came from the northeast and quickly entered the range of the Northwest Army, and then did not attack immediately, but bypassed the large camp of the Northwest Army. ran all the way to the side of the Tulip Family Fortress, stopped at the north of the Northwest Army in a pincer state, and then began to set up camp.

To the south, the 20,000 infantry of the Wangcheng Guards were well armoured. The pace was steady, and one by one the phalanx slowly opened, and they stopped behind the camp of the Northwest Army in the distance, and began to camp in a hurry.

Some veterans of the Northwest Army, at the risk of violating military discipline, climbed the flagpole themselves and looked at it from afar. Some experienced veterans, who know some "lookout" knocks, can probably guess the number of these incoming enemy troops based on the opponent's flag.

After they had slid down the flagpole, the desperate news finally spread out of the barracks! The regular army of the Empire had arrived! There were at least 10,000 cavalry, and more than 20,000 infantry. And it's terrible. Plus the people of the Tulip family in the city, just surrounded their own army in the middle!

In the evening, the last bit of luck was broken.

To the south, a new Zenza force was again launched, under the banner of the men of Bohan, the governor of Nulin Province. There are at least 30,000 people. A small half were cavalry. The addition of this army completely surrounded the Northwest Army, and even the direction of the last gap was blocked.

All the soldiers of the Northwest Army understood: we are surrounded! And the enemy is several times larger than themselves.

At this time, even if "General Lu Gao's return to the army with one blow" is true, I am afraid that it will be difficult for my own side to win. Besides, who can be sure whether the "General Lu Gao's return to the army" is true or false? The morale of the army began to waver, and Gu Huadoro cut off a hundred people who chewed their tongues in one go, but they could not stabilize the morale of the army. He understood...... The time has come!

He dragged out Du Wei here for eight days. I have basically completed my plan. Next. It is to try to fight a real battle with the enemy, to inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy, so that the empire will lose its soldiers and horses. Unable to go west to estimate the Lugao ...... into the steppe

General Lu Gao, I hope you are safe at this moment.

Thinking of this, Guhuadoro coldly glanced at the more than 100 corpses on the ground that had their heads cut off, and then announced loudly in a calm tone: "Who is messing with our army's nonsense, cut it directly! I can assure you that everything is going well now, and the enemy has been attracted by us! Marshal Lu Gao's cavalry is coming, and when the time comes, it will be the time when we will wipe out the enemy!"

How many people still believe this, Guvadoro does not know. But one thing he knows is that this is a critical time. He immediately sent people to the warehouse barracks in the back, and moved more than 20 large boxes out, and then he was anxious for many officers and soldiers, looking at the more than 1,000 people gathered around, Guhuadoro jumped on a box, and then pulled out a long sword, and a sword slashed on the box, with a click, the corner of the wooden box was shattered, and countless golden gold coins flowed out of the box.

Guvadora grabbed a handful with all his might, then let go of his fingers, letting the gold coin fall between his fingers, and shouted loudly with his head held high...... Then I don't need to say it! Lord Lu Gao has an order, anyone who marches forward bravely, rewards, rewards, and those who cower in their heads, kill! Pass on our military order, and fight a decisive battle tomorrow morning, and tonight every soldier in the whole army will be rewarded with a pound of meat and a pot of wine for each tent! In addition, each person will be given an additional month's military salary! !

Regardless, Guvadoro's approach worked.

Suddenly, the crowd was stirred, and even some officers who had already wavered in their hearts couldn't help but warm up when they looked at the golden gold coins.

Gold coins, who doesn't like golden coins?

And ordinary soldiers, looking at their commanders, made assurances, that there is meat to eat, wine to drink, and additional military salaries...... Who isn't happy?

Looking at the cheering soldiers around him, Guvadoro breathed a sigh of relief.

But a hint of bitterness slowly came out.

Tomorrow...... Do we have a tomorrow?

He instructed his cronies to be in charge of paying the salaries, and Guvadora quietly left.

He first came to a huge tent that was almost luxurious behind the military tent.

It was no one else who lived here, but the "distinguished guests" of the Northwest Army, more than a dozen respected magicians.

Compared to the soldiers, these magicians didn't give Guhuadora much trouble - though they were more difficult to serve. These noble gentlemen demanded the best treatment, some of them demanded that they drink fresh honey every day, and some of them demanded that no one disturb him for a hundred meters from the tent where he lived, so as not to disturb his magical experiments. Other magicians demanded that a living creature be brought in every day, cows, sheep, chickens, and ducks - of course, if a large living person was sent in, he would not object to it.

Guhuadora has satisfied these "masters" one by one.

Other than that, these magicians don't care at all if they are abandoned as "cannon fodder".

Because, they are magicians. It doesn't matter if they end up being used as cannon fodder. In the minds of these magicians, they were invited to help by Lu Gao of the Northwest Army, and in the end, they helped him fight a battle, as for winning or losing, they didn't care at all, as long as they made a contribution and returned Lu Gao's favor, if they encountered danger, it would be a big deal to leave, and a wind control technique would fly away, and there would be no danger -- they were noble magicians! Lu Gao could only invite them, but he could not drive them to order. Moreover, even if you know that Lu Gao is a rebel, it doesn't matter. Magicians have legal immunity. When the time comes, as long as you leave and go to the Magic Guild to make a statement, as in history, the Empire will not hold magicians accountable. He is still a class above the law.

Therefore, until the last moment, they will not make any trouble for Guvadoro.

Guvadoro came to greet the gentlemen. For the first time, he was annoyed by the unstable soldiers, but instead he felt that these arrogant magicians he had hated before were so cute—at least they were against being left here as cannon fodder.

After greeting the magicians, Guvadora cautiously told them that a real war was about to break out, and he hoped to get their help. After receiving a promise from the magicians, Guvadoro left.

He couldn't help but feel a little envious of Du Wei in his heart. I've long heard that Duke Tulip has a lot of magicians under him, and ...... is really obedient to him, unlike here, to serve these guys like an uncle.

Guhuadoro returned to his tent, and his guards continued to strictly follow his orders, and no one was to approach his tent.

After entering the tent, Guvadoro stood outside Sebasta's cage and looked at the young general crouching inside the cage like a beast. The Major General crouched there, with a low whimper coming out of his mouth, his hands clutching his hair - poor fellow.

Guhuadoro pulled out a wine bottle, threw it into the cage, and threw a piece of cooked beef into it.

Seeing this young general, who had been a strong man in the past, squatting there like a barbarian, grabbing the beef and nibbling on it, Guhuadoro sighed softly.

"Cybasta, tomorrow, it's going to be over. When the time comes, I will give you a sword and take you into battle as well. You have become like this, and when the time comes, I hope you can die on the battlefield, which can be regarded as a kind of dignity. ”