Chuck City.

This is the first city captured by Char's 800-cavalry army after quietly entering Siltan County.

The thousands of Odin defenders stationed here were destroyed in the battle that day. After Char's 800 horsemen occupied the small city, they did not stop long, but plundered all the horses and livestock in the city, replenished a certain amount of provisions, and then quickly headed south.

There were still 2,000 annexes in the city, most of which were surrendered troops from the Corsican Military District, and a small number of the original local garrisons of Sirtan... After the entire county of Siltan and the Corsican military district were annexed by Manninger, these units surrendered and surrendered, destroyed and destroyed, and finally reorganized and returned to Manninger.

At this moment, the two thousand attached troops in this city have not dispersed. Char went in and out of the city that day, and the time was very short. That day, Char's eight hundred horsemen were like broken bamboos, and they easily annihilated a thousand Odin warriors, and after entering the city proudly, these annexes had already fallen into the guts, not to mention resistance, and they didn't even dare to have half a point of escaping, but after Char entered the city, he didn't even look at these annexes, and those annexes originally had officers and others who wanted to take the initiative to surrender, but unfortunately Char didn't seem to be interested, and ignored these people at all, and after searching for the materials needed, the whole army left the city.

Although many days have passed, the shock left by the battle that day on these annexed troops has not been able to dissipate until today!

The annex army in the city has not dispersed in August today, just because, after the Odin people in the city were annihilated, these guys suddenly found that they had nowhere to go!

Originally, although they claimed to be "attached to the army", but when those Odin uncles were there, who would look at them with their eyelids seriously? These annexes were all soldiers who had surrendered before, and most of the people of Odin looked down on these guys in their hearts, and they were driven by slaves on weekdays.

Now, these masters have been killed at once, and those who killed those masters of Odin have also left. This time, these annexes were at a loss.

In this cold winter, the entire county of Siltan was poisoned by the Odin, and if you walked in the wilderness, you were afraid that you would not encounter any people for hundreds of miles, and those villages and towns were almost empty. The snow is all over the place, if you really leave the city, I am afraid that you will not be able to walk for two days, and you will either starve to death or freeze to death!

Originally, in this troubled world, I was already content to be able to struggle to live a life, as for who is the master... In fact, I don't care much about these droughts, anyway, my home is gone, and I am a rootless person. Whoever is strong can ride on his head as a master, even if the Odin people are defeated and a new group of stronger masters come, we are nothing more than shrinking our heads and obedient, just let it be driven.

But that's the problem...... Char left without hesitation, for the incorporation of these annexed armies, but

It seems that there is no interest at all!

It's confusing.

The livestock in the city were all looted by Char, and there was only a little surplus grain left, and if there were no livestock, if you relied on two legs to go out of the city and another way, it would naturally be a dead end.

These two thousand attached troops have been a terrifying life these days... Originally, they were all used to being slaves, but suddenly there was no master who shouted at him in his head, but he had some meaning that he couldn't get by.

The biggest worry in my heart is that those Odin people are back again. After all, in Sirtan County, Odin is powerful. And the Odin people are the most ferocious, if once the Odin army comes here, the Odin defenders here are annihilated, and their own vassals are unscathed, I am afraid that those ferocious Odin people will inevitably be angry with their own surrendered army...... If it is light, all of them will become slaves, and if it is heavy, even if the whole army is slaughtered, it is ordinary!

There is no way to go, there is nowhere to go, but it is not a way to stay in this city and be in fear all day long.

These two thousand troops have been trapped in this Chuck City for the past few days, and they are looking forward to it day by day... But he didn't even know what he was looking forward to.

Naturally, the city walls have long been unguarded... This city is also ownerless anyway, and those surrendered troops don't have the heart to control any city defense, whether it is Byzantium or Odin, after coming, they will receive it, and they will come early to get one, so let's have a new master to mess around.

But at noon on this day, the gates of Chuck City were wide open, and the walls were empty, and the annexes in the city were hiding in the barracks to keep warm, and there were not even half of the people who patrolled.

The huge city gate was so wide open, and the snow on the road was naturally not cleared.

In the distance beyond the city gate, in the snow, in the distance, a group of horsemen appeared.

The distant cavalry is only a dozen horses, and according to the Byzantine military system, it is only a small team. Those cavalrymen, all lined with leather jackets, covered with leather armor, and hung on their saddles, were also the standard cavalry guns of the Byzantine army. A small group of cavalry came from far from the north, and the cavalry at the head of the platoon waited until it was not far from the city defense before calmly raising a military flag.

When this small cavalry team ran straight to the city wall, there were occasionally a few soldiers in the city gate who came out to collect snow and go back to boil water, and finally saw it, and they were startled from afar, and then they rushed away in the wind with a cry of surprise, and even the basin in their hands to collect snow was lost.

When the cavalry entered the city, all the surrendered troops in the city had been alarmed, and more than 2,000 surrendered troops just cowered in the original Odin barracks in the city, and even the camp gate did not dare to close, and 2,000 people shrank in the camp, all gathered there, and they did not dare to take a breath. Only a few of the leading officers of the surrender army gathered in a tent, and they only looked at each other, unable to make up their minds.

After waiting for a long time, he quietly sent his henchmen to look out at the gate of the camp, but he did not see a group of Byzantine cavalry entering the city for a long time, but after hearing that those cavalry had entered the city, he went straight to the warehouse, and then after inspecting the city for a while.

Finally, it had been a full hour since he entered the city, and he finally came to the camp of the barracks

Door.

The soldiers who were originally watching at the gate of the camp ran in, and they even ran in, where did they dare to stand at the door and peep?

Is it to kill, is it to surrender, is it to guard?

A couple of officers, none of them are nothing

How can there be a decisive person, the surrendered army, and the bullying of the Odin people for many days, even if the original backbone is broken, the backbone has already been broken at this moment, where is there still half a bit of courage?

It seemed that the time passed very slowly, and the people in the camp who were waiting for it were already about to go crazy with anxiety, and finally a military horn came from outside!

The Byzantine trumpet came and fell on the ears of the surrendering officers, which was first startled and then relieved.

It's okay, it's okay...... Not a clarion call for attack. Everyone is accustomed to hearing the Byzantine military horn, and they can distinguish it clearly, which is the rhythm of the horn of military etiquette.

Immediately, the sound of horses' hooves was heard outside, and the two horsemen rushed into the camp on horseback, and the officers in the tent heard the snorting of the cavalry outside!

"Your Excellency the General has an order! The whole battalion is assembled! Wait for your lordship's instructions! In less than a moment, the whole battalion has an order............ "Your Excellency the General" and "Your Excellency" ............ "General......

The shouts came, and the two horsemen in the camp went around the camp three times, shouting more than ten times, before they rode out of the camp gate.

The surrendered officers in the camp were suspicious in their hearts, and they discussed with each other for a while, not to mention anything else, but the title of "general" made everyone feel worried.

The rank of general? Could it be that a high-ranking Byzantine official came?!

Although he had doubts in his heart, he did not have the courage to resist after all, and after hesitating for a moment, the officers who had surrendered to the army still came out of the barracks, divided their men, and gathered the people of each battalion to come out.

They lined up hastily, just huddled in the camp in a mess, and then everyone elected two more daring ones and went out of the camp to meet them.

Outside the wide open camp gate, finally, after a while, the dozen horsemen entered proudly!

With two thousand descendants, the ranks were a little scattered, allowing the more than ten cavalry to slowly pass in front of the queue. After all, a few days ago, the Byzantine cavalry showed really terrifying combat power! Even the fierce Odin people were vulnerable, not to mention that these people were all defeated by the Odin's men?

In any case, after many days of worry, it would be good that the Byzantines had come to take over the city! Even if they had adopted their own horses, it would be much better than not having any hope every day.

A few of the officers in the surrendered army hung their heads when they were timid, and they didn't even dare to look at the cavalry, and one or two of the bolder ones only dared to quietly raise their heads slightly and peep with their spare eyes.

The more than ten cavalry bypassed the queue and slowly came to the front of the camp, but they did not dismount, but lined up, lined up, among the more than ten horsemen, there was a knight in leather armor on horseback, with gloomy eyes, swept the whole audience like a lost dog descending army, secretly sighed softly.

"Raise your heads.

A cold voice, in the cold wind, spread throughout the audience.

After a short silence, standing at the head of the ranks, two officers who had surrendered suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "So, Lord Sogher?

"It's Lord Thorgher!

"General Thorgel!"

The "general" who entered the city was naturally the last general of the Corsican Military Region who Char subdued, Sogher.

As the only remaining general of the Corsican Military Region, and in the past, he was quite prestigious in the Corsican army, Char spent a lot of effort and effort to subdue this General Sogher, and even took the initiative to give up the heir to the governor of the Corsican Military District, Gaia.

With such a useful person in his hand, how could Fuya not make good use of it?

In this plan, Char took 800 cavalry into Siltan County and drove straight in, and did not incorporate those surrendered troops along the way, naturally it was not that Char was not interested in those surrendering troops, but his cavalry relied on degrees and surprise attacks, and did not stay in the time to calmly absorb the army. As a supplement to the plan and the back, this general Sogher, on Char's order, walked slowly behind, following the route of Char's cavalry attack, collecting and surrendering troops along the way, and collecting Char's use.

Sogel was originally a high-ranking general in the Corsican Military District, and he was also quite prestigious. And most of these Odin's large annexes are Corsican's surrender army, this surrender army has more than 2,000 people, and the leader is also a flag regiment-level officer, barely a senior officer, in the Corsican military district, I have also seen a real senior general like Sogher, even if others do not recognize Sogher's appearance, but they have also heard of his name.

As the person who co-opted these surrendered troops, Sogel can be said to be the best candidate!

He used to be a member of the Corsican military region, he was familiar with the situation of the Corsican army, and he had prestige, and from Char's selfish point of view, Sogel was an upright person and had no personal ambitions.

Sure enough, when the name of "Sogher" was shouted, the originally quiet surrendering team immediately made a commotion, and many surrendering soldiers and officers, who were originally frightened or numb, suddenly felt a little more alive and hopeful when they heard this name!

Especially many people, it is clear that they seem to be relieved.

Seeing that there was a sudden commotion in the team, Sogel's eyes were a little complicated, but this complicated look immediately turned into a cold and hard!

"Quiet!!"

He took a deep breath, suddenly stopped drinking, and his sharp eyes swept over the officers standing in the front, and shouted: "What does it look like to line up in the army, make loud noises! If there is any more noise, drag it out and cut it!"

As soon as he made a color, more than ten horsemen on both sides of him immediately brushed up, raised the riding spear flat, and suddenly more than ten spear tips pointed at the surrendering team in front of him, and the tips of the spears were bright and clear, scattering cold light!

To tell the truth, if it really leads to any chaos, even if the two thousand surrendered troops no longer have the backbone and blood, if they really mess up, it is not something that can really be suppressed by a dozen or so cavalry. Two thousand against a dozen people, there is no need to fight, a swarm of swarms will go up, and the pressure will crush people to death.

But after all, the deterrence of Char's cavalry a few days ago was still there, and once they saw that the situation was wrong, the troops immediately stopped making noise, and they all returned to quiet, just looking at Sogel and the others in front of them in fear, and even the queue quietly retreated.

Sogel snorted coldly, his face full of anger: "Look what you look like! Originally, you were all serious soldiers! But now I only see a puddle of mud!"

He exhaled and raised his hand a little to a few officers in the front row:

A few of you talk back, and everyone else is shut up!"

The officers who were under his command looked at each other, and finally one of them, who seemed to be the highest-ranking officer, took two steps forward, saluted, and said in a respectful tone = "Makuto-sama......

As soon as he heard this title, Sogger's face suddenly sank!

When he was in the Corsican Military District, he held the official position of Shogun, and as a military supporter of the Governor's eldest son, the position of Shogunate was also considered a high-ranking figure in the Corsican Military District.

But at this moment, it was obviously the old man of the Corsican Military Region who shouted out the title of this position, obviously expecting Sogel to take care of the old feelings, but Sogel changed color, interrupted the other party, snorted coldly, and shouted: "The old titles, you don't need to mention them!"

After a pause, he said slowly: "I am now under the command of Lord Char, Marshal of the Northern Theater of the Empire, and I am the commander of the Third Corps of the Northern Theater of Operations!

The officer who surrendered to the army was still a little clever, and immediately changed his words: "Yes!

Sogel's face was slightly pale, and then he said in a deep voice: "How many people are in your whole battalion now, how many soldiers, how many auxiliaries? ”

The officer's face was a little bitter, but he said respectfully: "My lord, the number of people in the city who are currently attached to the army is two thousand three hundred and thirty-six...... I joined the Odin people before, where did those Odin barbarians know what military system, after we were absorbed, there was no distinction between the soldiers and auxiliaries, but they were all classified as a battalion...... But now there are two thousand and fifteen people in the camp, all of them here...... A few days ago, after the city was broken, some deserters in the city had fled in the past two days, and the rest of the people were all here. ”

Sogel sneered: "Deserters, hmph, the city has been broken for many days, and there is no control, why don't you run?"

The officer said honestly: "The Byzantine army that broke the city before levied all the horses and livestock in the city, and took away those who could be taken away, and those who could not be taken were slaughtered. If there are no horses, and we run out of the city rashly, we will freeze to death and starve to death in less than two days, we don't want to run, but we don't dare to ......."

Sogher nodded and glanced at the officer more: "You're telling the truth." ”

He paused, and said in a deep voice: "Since this city has been destroyed by the officials and soldiers of our empire, I have been ordered to take the city! You occupy this place, if you are willing to surrender, you will be taken under my command! If you are unwilling...... Hmph, my army in the northern theater will soon move south, and 8,000 cavalry will sweep in, if anyone wants to die for Odin, I can just let him die. ”

Of course, Sogel is talking about false rods, but the number of "8,000 cavalry" really scared these people!

A few days ago, it was only a few hundred cavalry, and they slaughtered the thousands of Odin people with a single charge! If there were eight thousand......

Anyway, these surrendered troops didn't have any intention of resisting, and as for giving Odin their lives, it was even more impossible.

When the officer heard this, he still hesitated, and immediately he was the first to kneel down on one knee and shout loudly: "I am willing to surrender to my lord!"

As soon as he took the lead, several officers behind him also quickly knelt down, and the soldiers behind him also did the same, and they all knelt down in the dark for a while.

Sogher's face was flat, and he said slowly: "Since I have surrendered, I will naturally not abuse my own soldiers like the Odin barbarians! From today onwards, the two thousand of you will be temporarily organized into a banner." He pointed at the leading officer again: "You have also temporarily received the position of the flag officer of the flag regiment!"

The officer's face was overjoyed, and then he heard Sogher shouting in a deep voice: "Since it has been incorporated into the Third Corps of our Northern Theater of Operations, it is naturally under the control of the Emperor's ** Law! I am not one of those Odin barbarians who are easy to fool! Military law in our army is strict, if someone does not obey orders, I will not estimate the old feelings! As for your ......" He still pointed to the officer: "Do things well, our marshal has clear rewards and punishments, if you do well, you will have a way out, if you don't do well, you will have a way out, if you don't do well, ......"

Speaking of which, I didn't say much, just a sneer was enough to make those guys cold

Sweat.

Without moving a knife or a shot, Sogel calmly subdued this small city, and combined two thousand surrendered troops, all of which were also absorbed.

His so-called "Third Corps of the Northern Theater" is not fake, Char really appointed the position of Sogel before this march, but this "Third Corps" originally only existed on paper. Sogel served as the leading general, but the eagle, the soldiers and horses, and only the more than ten horsemen who came out to accompany him this time as guards, as for any grain, grass, baggage, armor and ordnance, there was no shadow.

Char's calculation was to conquer all the way by himself, and Sogel slowly followed up and incorporated those subdued troops and attached troops. This "Third Corps of the Northern Theater of Operations", Char simply has the idea of "empty glove wolf".

This kind of calculation can be regarded as clever. Anyway, in Fuya's assumption, if it is done, with the prestige of Sogher's old days in the Corsican Military Region, gather those surrendered troops, if it goes well, he will get a corps out of thin air to gain troops, and in the future, if it is well rectified, it may not be able to come in handy! After all, the Corsican Military Region was also a very powerful military region before, and those Corsican surrendered troops, in fact, the quality of the soldiers was also quite good, but after the defeat, the homeland was annexed, and after being absorbed by the Odin, there were no bones, and if they were properly rectified, they could still be used.

If you take 10,000 steps back, you will be considered a failure...... Char didn't invest any capital anyway, and he couldn't lose anything.

Sogel only stayed in the city for half a day, and then left no more than 500 men to defend the city, ordered the rest of the army to assemble, and then personally led the men and horses out of the city and went south, but along the route of Char's previous march.

Several strongholds in front of him have long been swept away by Char, and in the city, there are still those annexed troops, waiting for him Sogel to take them in!

After Manninger's big victory, heart #o39; The spirit was extremely high, and all the Corsican troops were absorbed by him, and he did not dare to stay in Corsica, after all, the old soldiers stayed in their homeland, and Manninger was also afraid that there would be chaos, but most of them were scattered and distributed in Sirtan County.

According to Char and Sogher's calculations, the total number of these surrendered and attached troops in all parts of Siltan County is only as high as 20,000 or 30,000! If you continue to absorb it all the way, it will be like a snowball, although the force is weak at the beginning, as long as you can gather more than 10,000 people, the momentum will naturally be different!

When the time comes, with the prestige of Sogle and the cavalry deterrence of Char, maybe you can become a force qualified to influence the situation of the battle!

Soguer is following Char's plan in the city

The city has been co-opted, and in the new city, the capital city of Syltan County, Char's cavalry has entered the city!

The battle had already ended, and although Morka had left five hundred Odin warriors in the city when he went out to fight, the field battle was defeated, Char's cavalry broke the city, and the leader of the city, Manninger's eldest son Morka, was also killed by Char himself under the city gate! Such a majestic style had already made the remnants of the defenders in the city frightened.

Char's whole army fought all the way into the city, and the Ao 3_ people in the city did not have the heart to defend to the death, and a small number of conceited and brave Odin warriors fought desperately, but they were also crushed in an instant. There were more than 100 Odin warriors, who rode reindeer, and fled from the other city gates!

The Odin people did not defend the city and fight in the streets, but left Char with a lot of strength. He marched into the city with his cavalry and easily swept away the resistance. After the melee, there were also 100 wounded and captured Odin warriors, all of whom were the most elite native warriors in the Red Snow Army.

But for these captives, Char was not even interested in taking a second look.

"All of them had their feet cut off, stripped naked, and thrown into the snow outside the city gates!"

Char's voice was cold, and there was murderous aura in his eyes: "Haven't these Odin people always thought that they were not afraid of the cold? ”

With this one order, he would have killed those Odin captives!

Even though the Odin people were born in the north and can withstand the cold, but in such a cold winter, they cut off their feet, stripped off their clothes and threw them outside the city, were injured and lost blood, and ** naked in the snow overnight, even the strongest Odin warriors froze to death!

As for the "if there are still living ......", there is nothing at all

Yes.

For Char's order, the cavalry under his command naturally carried out it without hesitation, and in a few moments, those prisoners were stripped naked and thrown outside the city, and each of them cut off a pair of feet!

On the snow outside the city gate, more than 100 ** naked bodies, their feet cut off, and the ground was covered with blood. More than 100 Odin people struggled in the snow, scolding the harder ones, and wailing and wailing the miserable ones.

For a while, the attached troops in the city above and below the city were all terrified, and everyone changed color!

Char even went up to the city wall in person, just stood there in Leng Qiangba, looking, looking at it for a while, standing next to him Nene, finally couldn't help but sigh ←, and said in a low voice: "Char, in this way, will it be too much."

Over one r, ten

Neirou's eyes were a little unbearable, and he frowned: "Fight on the battlefield, and if you die, you will die." Even if you refuse to spare these captives and kill them with a knife, that's it...... Why torture him like this

Char glanced at Nene for a long time before exhaling softly.

Gently, Char's solemn voice fell into None's ears.

"It's not that I'm cruel, it's not that I'm murderous.

It's just that we have few people after all, and there are more than 2,000 attached troops and surrendered troops in the city, this is Manninger's lair, he has been running here for more than half a year, and the surrender army here is also the best he has integrated, and he has also installed some henchmen who are really surrendering...... We are a guest army, occupying this place, although today's battle has shocked them, it is inevitable that some people still harbor ill intentions in their hearts! I act like this, not for anything else, but to establish authority! Let these Odin elites, who used to be high in the sky, struggle and cry under their eyelids in the snow! Let those surrenderers in the city understand: If they dare to oppose us, they will face such a cruel punishment! Although we have been going well since we went south, even at this moment, we are still walking on a tightrope! On weekdays, there are naturally many ways to subdue people's hearts, and in addition to deterrence, there is also Huairou...... But now, I don't have so much time to be patient and gentle and to subdue people's hearts! In such a short period of time, I can only kill Liwei!

As he spoke, Char quietly pointed to some of the other officers on the city wall: "Look at their faces, o"

I moved in my heart, and when I looked back, sure enough, those officers who had surrendered to the army looked at the snow in the city

The wails in the ground, each one of them, were colorless, and their eyes were full of fear.

Nene finally sighed, although he was still a little unbearable, after all, he had to admit that Char's method did have an effect.

Char took a slow breath and looked at Nene again: "When we entered the city, more than 100 Odin riders fled out of the city through the side gate, I didn't let you chase and kill, and I deliberately left those live mouth......s!

He sneered and said in a low voice: "Once Manninger hears that the lair has been raided by me, and his son has also been killed by me, with his temperament, the whole army will definitely return to the division! At that time, the siege of Green's department in front will naturally be lifted! It's just that we here will face Manninger's monstrous anger." [Little Fiction 101010s.Иёτ] His subordinates are all the elite of the Red Snow Army, and he has the pain of losing his son, I am afraid that he will be desperate to kill us. Although our hundreds of cavalry are good at fighting, if they encounter a large army of Min 10,000 people, it is still insufficient. Look, the battle of the past few days was just an appetizer! Next, under this new city, there will be a big battle!"

Char said, his eyes became more and more fierce, he raised his head, and raised his right hand high at the sky

hands, then clenched hard!

"I want to settle the situation in the north in a battle under this new city! I want the Chixue Army, and I can't return to the north! The Chixue Army is the army of the Bashak tribe, one of the five major tribes of Odin, and since they dare to come to Nanluo this time, I want him to add tens of thousands of orphans and widows to the Bashak tribe! I want him to have no idea of looking south for several generations from now on!"

Nene looked at Char, listening to Char's cold voice, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, only to feel that the Char in front of him seemed to be a little different from before.

I couldn't help it, and I recalled the scene at the end of the previous battle, when Char suddenly exploded with divine might, killed Morka with his own hands, and broke into the city alone, smashing the city gate in one fell swoop!

At that time, he was so powerful, and he still remembers it vividly!

He was still so weak, but why did he suddenly seem to burst out with such a strong majesty in the past few days?

As if sensing Nene's strange eyes, Char lowered his head, exhaled, and raised his eyes to look at the screams under the city......

"Now that it has been broken, there will be no more restraints! Killing or cruelty, this fight must not leave half of humanity! Either I die, or people die, there is no room for anything! Today you may call me cruel, but if I fail, it is I, Char, and the soldiers and civilians under my command who are lying in the snow under the city screaming miserably!"