Chapter 280: The Fate of the Invaders
The gap in the northwest corner of the city of Mesta, which was destroyed during the last time the Odin captured the city.
Although the Odin people later tried to organize manpower to repair the city defense, the destruction of the city wall, how easy it is to rebuild it? Moreover, the army of the Red Snow Army soon left, and the Odin army left in Mesta City with only a few thousand, and later successively transferred some of them to garrison other small cities.
The occupation forces of Mesta, too, tried to recruit the people of the city, but the citizens here hated these foreign invaders who had occupied their homeland, and because of the martyrdom of Lord Krinthia, the hearts of the people who had been favored by the ruling of Krinthia for many years were full of resentment. Therefore, the work of the Odin people to recruit the craftsmen has not been smooth, even if the Odin people with butcher knives forcibly recruited people, but when everyone worked, most of them were in violation of the yang and yin, and the gap in the northwest corner was not repaired for a long time.
Soon after, the rainy season came, and the heavy rain continued for several days, which made the construction even more difficult, and the Odin defenders in the city could only let it go.
When Char and the others rested until midnight behind the hillside outside the city, dark clouds rolled in the sky, and there was a faint sound of rumbling thunder, and then there was a loud bang, and a lightning bolt pierced the darkness of the sky, as if a photoelectric axe cut the sky directly!
With this thunder, the crackling rain came down again, and suddenly between heaven and earth, it was shrouded in a thick rain curtain, the rain was extremely violent, like a scoop, prostrate on the hillside overlooking the city, and the city of Mesta, which was not far away, seemed to be in a haze.
Such low visibility made Char happy in his heart.
As the rain fell, most of the small number of torches on the city wall were extinguished, and the light became darker and darker.
The visibility was getting lower and lower, and Char stood up on the hillside, anyway, with such a thick rain curtain, he didn't have to worry about being seen by the people in the city.
The crackling rain washed over Char's face, and immediately calmed his anxiety a lot. Char simply raised his head, tilted his head, closed his eyes, and felt the dense raindrops fall on his face. He even tore open his shirt hard, exposing his **'s chest to the rain, and the rain flowed down his strong chest muscles, although his whole body was drenched, Char felt an inexplicable pleasure.
This sudden heavy rain soothed the last trace of tension in the Great War Huang, and at this moment Char opened his eyes again, his originally anxious heart had calmed down, but in a pair of eyes, two flames jumped out!
Another flash of lightning swept across the sky, and the snowy light shone on the earth, and at this moment, Char's figure standing on the hillside clearly fell in front of the eyes of many cavalrymen!
In the eyes of many cavalrymen, this young leader, with his clothes open, arms outstretched, fists clenched, and a face full of sinister anger, looked at the thundering sky, and his expression of angry eyes was so amazing.
"God bless us!!" Char clenched his fists and shouted at the cavalry amid the sound of rain and rolling thunder.
Then, he raised a saber in his hand, pointed it to the sky, and shouted loudly: "Lao Tzu knows very well that to this day, there are still people among you who are not convinced by Lao Tzu! But it doesn't matter! Lao Tzu doesn't care about this! Today Lao Tzu is here to give you only one sentence! I am not one of those other officials of the empire! You follow Lao Tzu to fight! Lao Tzu will only say to you, 'Come with me,!,!! will never say to you, 'Give me a fight in today's battle, Lao Tzu will rush to the front of you! You will only see Lao Tzu's back!"
After saying that, Char jumped down the hill in a few strides, turned over and jumped on his war horse, he was under the lightning, the prancing horse raised his sword, and shouted: "The Odin people will remember today's battle!!You will also remember this battle!!Get on the horse!!"
As soon as the voice fell, he had already galloped out on horseback, and galloped away in the wilderness towards the distant city!
The cavalry of the brigade followed, and this heavy rain, as well as the thunder that was stronger than a sound, aroused the blood in the hearts of this group of men!
Nene stood at the bottom of the hillside, watching Char lead the crowd out like an angry lion, and looking at the distant back, Nene clenched his fists.
(This is the man I have chosen!!)
The annoying "whooshing" sound of rain filled the heavens and the earth, and the rumbling thunder that seemed to never stop...... These sounds almost perfectly drown out the sound of horses' hooves. Extremely low visibility caused by a thick curtain of rain. The raiding cavalry led by Char had almost rushed under the city walls, and they were not discovered by the defenders!
The Odin, who live in the north all year round, seem to be unable to adapt to this continuous rain, such weather, as if everything is full of moisture, and the weather for a month makes people feel as if their bodies are about to rust from the inside! Especially this damn rain! Rain! Rain! It's fucking rain again! Most of the Odin, on nights like this, hide in their rooms, corroded by the dampness, as if they feel that their people are about to rot.
Although the gap in the northwest corner of the city wall was not blocked, the Odin still set up two rows of fences here, just because of the soaking of the rain, the soil was soft, and many of the fences had been washed crooked by the rain, and even the riders who were better at riding could control the horses to calmly shuttle through the gaps.
The rain extinguished the torches, and it was dark under the walls. When Char and the others rushed to the city, he immediately reined in his horse, whistled softly, and immediately a figure rushed out of the cavalry, like an ape, climbing up the broken city wall with dexterity. The figure was a little emaciated, and it almost took a moment to climb the city wall, and then, very quickly, the corpses of two Odins fell from the city wall, both of which had their necks wiped in the darkness, and one of them had a severed back stuck in his chest!
Immediately, half of the city wall leaned out and waved his hand vigorously below. A flash of lightning flashed, and the figure illuminated, the young and slightly immature face, was none other than the Zaku boy Acai who followed Char out of the mountain.
Ah Caikou umbrella was holding a short knife, there was blood on the blade, his whole body was soaked, his clothes were attached to his body, and the appearance of standing on the city wall and waving his arms fell into Char's eyes, and Char immediately laughed "Kill it!"
The horse's hooves flew and leaped over a crooked fence!
Most of the Odin soldiers gathered in the tower of the city gate to avoid the rain, and just as Char and his men approached from the northwest corner, there was a rapid sound of military trumpets outside the city gate! The standard Byzantine army trumpets immediately alarmed the Odin people in the city tower above the city gate, and they rushed out one after another, looking out from the city.
Nene led no more than two hundred horsemen, galloping back and forth in the wilderness under the city gates, and the cavalry shouted loudly, trying their best to make the most noise.
The visibility was so low that the Odin couldn't see how many Byzantine troops there were outside the city in the dark, and although they were shouting and beating torches, how easy was it to make a fire in such a heavy rain?
Nene rode on a horse, watched from under the city, and suddenly snatched a riding spear from the hands of one of his men, and rushed up a few steps under the city gate, and with a loud shout, the riding spear in his hand was thrown like lightning!
A guy who looked like an Odin officer on the tower was angrily scolding something, and suddenly he felt a light in his chest, and then his body flew backwards! Looking down, a riding spear had penetrated his body, nailing him to the tower!!
For a while, the Odin defenders on the city tower shouted one after another, the drums were beaten, the horns were blown, and the warning signals were sent out one after another, waking up all the defenders on the city wall, and more and more Odin people rushed in the direction of the city tower......
Char's cavalry brigade rushed into the city from the gap in the northwest corner, almost no resistance and obstruction, but after rushing into the Hawke, he saw two Odin tents in the city wall, the sound of horses' hooves alarmed the Odin in the tent, two Odin warriors just walked out of the tent, surprised to look at the Byzantine cavalry that seemed to fall from the sky, before they had time to shout, Char had already rushed to the front, the snow bright saber rose and fell, with a bang, two heads flew into the sky!
Then the horse's hooves trampled on the bodies of the two Odin soldiers into a pulp of flesh, mixed with the muddy water on the ground......
After more than a thousand cavalry rushed into the city, they quickly divided into squads of seven or eight ten-man men and scattered along the various roads, and the cavalry of these squads began to set fire on all sides of the streets, as Char had previously ordered.
Although the heavy rain never stopped, the cavalry carried fire oil, once this fire oil was lit, it was difficult to extinguish the water, and suddenly the streets were full of fire on all sides!
Immediately, there were bursts of shouts of killing in the city!
What surprised the cavalry the most was that their actions of setting fire everywhere were not only resisted by the inhabitants of the city, but were even greatly helped! Many of the inhabitants of the city who were frightened and ran out saw these cavalrymen dressed in the uniform of the imperial ** team rushing in and setting fire in all directions, and these inhabitants of the city immediately shouted excitedly, and some even turned around and rushed into the house, and soon ran out with torches and joined the arson! Some even set fire to their own houses! Some people simply carried torches and followed the cavalry who set fire to the streets, shouting loudly as they ran: "The Imperial cavalry has entered the city!
Char led a large group of cavalry alone, but he plunged into the depths of the city from a wide street! In the previous plan, he would lead the main cavalry to directly capture the county guard!
They ran several streets before finally encountering the resistance of the Odin, apparently many of the Odin people gathered in the county guard in the city, although the county guard here is not a luxurious building, but compared to the simple buildings of the tribe where the Odin people live, it is much more luxurious. After conquering the city, the Odin unceremoniously made the county guard their garrison.
But the problem was that they were too careless, and the long street in front of the county guard was wide, and there were no fortifications for any defense, not even horses or stakes. Char's cavalry almost drove straight in, although the Odin tried to resist, but on the wide street, the cavalry could charge as much as they wanted, and the Odin warriors, although brave, but with flesh and blood, to resist the onslaught of the cavalry, it was not something they could do.
The queue of the Odin people who had gathered temporarily was quickly broken down again and again! Char kept his promise and charged at the front of the line! He was always the first to rush into the crowd of the Odins, and when the saber was raised, it was a bloody light!
Under the charge of the cavalry, the Odin people on the street were quickly defeated, and many people were even knocked to the bone by the galloping horse suits, and some were knocked to the ground, and they were quickly trampled into flesh by the cavalry that followed behind!
There were corpses left on the long street, and soon the Odin were forced into the county warden's mansion.
However, this county guard was originally only an administrative center, and the courtyard wall was not high, and the courtyard gate was not thick. What's more, in such a rainy weather, the power of the bow and crossbow was reduced to a minimum, and the Odin could not even fight back with a bow against the wall. The arrows shot were all soft, and Char rushed to the front, relying on his body strengthened by dragon blood, ordinary swords were not afraid at all, just blocking the flying arrows at will, so as not to hurt the horses.
The sounds of fighting in the city and the fires on all sides quickly put the defenders of Odin at the gates into passivity.
Outside the city, there were people inside and inside clamoring for a feint, there were sounds of fighting in the direction of the county guard in the city, and there were more than a dozen fires in other places! This chaotic scene suddenly made the Odin people at a loss.
What shocked Odin's hearts even more was ...... Where did the sounds of fighting in the city come from? Could it be that the Byzantines flew into the city?!
At this time, after hesitating, the defenders of Odin on the castle tower made a mistakenly decision: to allocate a part of their forces to rescue the county guard, and another part of their forces to fight fires in various parts of the city.
I have to say that this is a decision that could not be more wrong.
If at this time, the generals of the Odin army concentrate all their forces and immediately go to the rescue of the county guard, maybe there will be a chance. However, he was only distracted by the fires on all sides of the city, and only sent some reinforcements to rescue the county guard...... This decision directly buried the last chance of the Odin people to turn defeat into victory!
When the reinforcements sent from the upper floor rushed to Changjie outside the county guard mansion, Char's brigade of cavalry had already captured Junning Mansion!
There were originally hundreds of Odin in the county guard's mansion, but under the panic and the sneak attack at night, many Odin even fought naked, and under the fight of the cavalry, they had no power to fight back!
Char only took a moment of effort to break the county guard's mansion, and hundreds of Odin people were killed cleanly!
And by the time the Odin people brought back reinforcements from the city wall, Char's cavalry had already left the county guard and lined up on the long street to charge! Seeing that the Odin people were anxiously running along the long street from the direction of the city gate, Char let out a long laugh and raised his bloodstained long knife: "Drive these Odin people out of the city! Before dawn, this city is ours!"
On the wide street, the cavalry in a lined up charged again, and once the thousands of cavalry rushed up, how could the infantry be able to stop it?!
Soon, the Odin people, who were waiting for news at the city gate, were surprised to find that the reinforcements they had sent out had been driven back from afar on the street like ducks! The sound of fighting and screaming in pain could be heard in the distance, and the Odin warriors retreated in embarrassment on the streets in the dark night of heavy rain.
Char rushed to the very side, and in the melee, he also received two axes, but this ordinary attack only cut his armor, but it did not cause him any harm at all. His bravery had already convinced the rebellious horse thieves. At least this young imperial general left the impression on everyone that in terms of bravery, it was not inferior to their former leader, Miss Nene.
Thousands of Odin infantry soldiers were driven back to the city gates, and by this time, the defenders were completely disorganized. The defeated Odin people under the city wall tried to run back to the wall, while the defenders on the city wall tried to come down to the rescue, and the two sides crowded on the narrow steps of the female wall of the city wall, crowding each other in the dark, and some people were even squeezed and fell off the wall.
Char's horse had already rushed to the city gate, the saber in his hand had been thrown away, one hand pulled out the fire fork, the other hand desperately pulled up the reins, the war horse neighed, raised its front hooves, and immediately kicked an oncoming Odin warrior to fly out! Char was on the horse, and the fire fork quickly fell!
The iron stakes on the thick city gate were cut in two under the sharp fire fork!!
Char immediately rushed forward, and in the darkness, everyone clearly saw Char and Shang suddenly flash a red light, and then they heard a boom, the roaring sound, and even overshadowed the thunder in the sky.
In the darkness, I heard a cry: "The gates are open!
The inner and inner eyes outside the city were suddenly blasted open a huge hole, and in the red light, the door panel was torn apart, and immediately without hesitation, with a shout, he led his cavalry and rushed in quickly......
At this point, the defeat of the Odin is decided!
Char fulfilled his promise. Before dawn, the battle was over.
There were originally more than 3,000 defenders in the city of Mesta, and in the melee at night, more than half of them were killed on the spot, and most of them were turned into meat under the iron hooves of the cavalry in a daze before they could react. There are also hundreds of remnants of Odin's army scattered all over the city, but when the Byzantine army entered the city, it didn't even need Char to kill it himself, and the citizens in the city who were alarmed spontaneously formed a large army to chase and kill, and almost every street appeared in a different number of citizens, these people were holding their own kitchen knives or sticks and the like, chasing and killing scattered Odin warriors everywhere.
Even after the war, the supreme commander of the Odin army in the city of Mesta, who tried to escape in the chaos, ended up stuck in a street and surrounded by hundreds of citizens, and the five Odins, including the Odin officer, were beaten alive by angry citizens with kitchen knives and wooden sticks, and even when the body was collected later, it could not even be pieced together in a complete shape.
More than a thousand Odin warriors were taken prisoner, most of them wounded. Less than three hundred are intact.
When asked what to do with these Odin captives, Char stood inside the city gate, looking at the group of Odin who were driven together, his face was grim, and he glanced at the cavalry around him: "What do you think should be done?"
Although these horsemen were horse thieves in the past, they were not murderous people, and for a time it was suggested that these fellows should be let go, and others were advised to keep them as slave coolies......
Char listened to everyone's voices before slowly walking in front of the captives.
These captives are all Odin warriors, but after the defeat at this moment, they have lost their former fierce and ferocious appearance, and they are all depressed, and their expressions are a little blank under the pressure of the sharp sabers of the cavalry around them.
"Kill them all. Char coldly dropped a sentence.
The eyes of all the horse thieves around him suddenly widened, and they couldn't imagine that the new leader of the young rank was so ruthless!
Char snorted, and he pointed at the captives with a fire fork, "Do you think it's too cruel?
Char's eyes looked like they were about to burst into flames.
"The land under their feet! It's ours! The air they breathe now is ours! The food they ate last night was originally ours! They appeared here! Stand on our land! Breathe our air! Eat our food! You remember it for me! These guys are invaders! There is no need for any mercy or bullshit to speak of the aggressors! Kill all these scum! Let those who come after them understand that there is a terrible price to be paid for rashly violating other people's homes! If you don't let these people understand this truth, I'm afraid that they will come back unscrupulously in the future!"
After speaking, Char glared fiercely at the cavalry under his command: "If you don't kill them today, tomorrow they will come back to rob our land and eat our grain, by the way...... If you want your life, the aggressor must get the fate of the aggressor!"