Chapter 405 [There Are Always Some ......]
According to Sogher's description, there were about 500 exiles from the Corsican Military District, including the remnants of the defeated generals, a small number of whom were officials and senior generals at all levels in the former governor's palace, of course, all of whom were from the line of the pro-Gaia princes, and there were about 300 other guards, because the escapees were all cavalry, so they were temporarily organized into a cavalry regiment. The commander is still Thorgel... From this point of view, this Sogel should be quite a capable person.
To Char's surprise, according to Sogher's own account, he himself is not actually Gaia's descendant... Sogher turned out to be a descendant of the eldest prince Cardoso. As a high-ranking general, but he supports the civilian system, it can only be said that this general still has some ideas of primogeniture in his head.
However, he did have some skills, and he seemed to be upright, so after Cardoso died, Gaia became the only heir to the governor, and the general Sogar chose to support Gaia... From this point of view, this guy is either the kind of person who is good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, or the kind of guy who is not right about things and people, and has a public j1 heart, in general, Char thinks that this Sogel should be the latter.
After Sogel joined Gaia, he was not reused by Gaia at the beginning, after all, the second son of the governor may not be so broad-minded, but after the formation of the government-in-exile of the Corsican General I1, Gaia had to reuse the only remaining good general in the Corsican Military Region, although this so-called "reuse" was only to hand over the remaining 300 cavalry to the commander of Sogher.
But this decision was the smartest thing Gaia had ever done in her life... This decision saved his life!
The Corsican government-in-exile, after fleeing to the Besta Military District, experienced a short honeymoon period with the Besta Military District, and the legendary Governor's wife treated the government-in-exile favorably, but these preferential treatments suddenly changed dramatically overnight!
On the front line of Oscuria, the group of the Red Round Table quickly issued a statement to Odin's side, and although the wording of the statement was quite strong, it was ...... This so-called toughness is limited to words... Words like "serious protest" or "hurt the feelings of both parties", although they seem to be tough, but even an idiot will understand that relying on such words is trying to scare the Odin Shenwen who is far away in the north, the strongest man in the continent...... This kind of behavior is simply flattering for the blind to see!
As for the Red Round Table, there was no real action, not even a simple military move, not even to ask the allies close to the north to mobilize their troops and horses, and to make it look like a threat to the Corsican military district. Several allies in the northern military districts are still stepping up their efforts to reorganize their troops, but they continue to send large quantities of military supplies and troops to the direction of Osgilia.
Even the Besta Military District, which is geographically closest to Manninger, did nothing...... The Governor's wife had ordered the infantry of the two technical regiments to assemble towards the border, but it was only two flag regiments, and the gesture was only defensive... Prevent Manninger from coming up too big and sneaking up on himself.
Everyone knows that relying on the strength of the two flag regiments, if you just hold the checkpoint, it may be enough, but if you want to fight back, it is a joke at all.
There was no news from the Red Round Table in favor of the Corsican government-in-exile... It is said that there are still internal quarrels, arguments, and no conclusion has been reached.
But overall, it seems difficult to make a tough stance on Odin within the Red Roundtable. Now they are besieging Osgilia, and the Landis are joining forces with the Byzantine royal family... The blockade at sea was getting worse, and the Landis were said to have assembled another fleet to sail to the Byzantine Inland Sea. Landis's internal business with the Red Roundtable Alliance's normal ordnance supplies has been completely suspended.
At this time, the Landis people have undoubtedly stood on the opposite side of the Red Round Table, if they tear their faces with the Odin again...... At the same time, the decision to make enemies of the other two powerful countries of the world is likely to shake even the president of El Salvador, who is the most assertive advocate of toughness in the Red Round Table.
The Red Round Table has been slow to make a clear statement on the disposition of the Corsican government-in-exile, and even according to human feelings, there is no nominal source of sound or material aid for show.
It was as if the Red Round Table had suddenly become deaf and dumb, completely oblivious to the existence of this little government-in-exile. In this case, the attitude of the Besta Military Region, which was originally full of enthusiasm, immediately cooled down.
The Governor's wife, who had been visiting every day, had suddenly disappeared. Although the daily daily necessities were still constantly delivered, it was only when Gaia went to see the Governor's wife again, she was blocked from the door of the Governor's Palace, and the other party either said that the Governor's wife was not in the palace, or replied that the Governor's wife had something to go out. After two or three times in a row, Gaia also muttered in her heart.
And Sogher was keenly aware of some undesirable changes. First of all, the city defense unit of the city of the Besta military district was replaced. A cavalry regiment came out of the city. Although it was claimed that it was to prevent the Odin from invading south, this cavalry banner was ordered to be transferred to the prefecture to strengthen the guard.
This excuse seems to be fine, but Thorgel, with his years of military career, sees that something is wrong.
He made two requests to Gaia, but Gaia didn't take them... In Gaia's view, perhaps there is a lack of sincerity within the Red Roundtable to support itself, even if it is a little colder, but ...... I will never harm myself. At this point, Gaia is very confident in her heart. No matter what, nominally, everyone is still their own people. But Sogher was getting nervous.
The number of defenders in his current city seems to have increased, especially since the garrison of the Doge's Palace has strengthened the number of at least one infantry regiment. Immediately, the city defense army kept changing its defenses, and the number of them became more and more.
Then, in the immediate vicinity of the mansion where he was, it was evident that the number of soldiers patrolling the streets and the number of patrols had increased considerably. The Doge's wife still doesn't show up!
Finally, Thorgel's repeated remarks made Gaia suspicious, and he asked to see the Doge's wife again, although this time he still couldn't see it
But he was the real man of the Besta Military District, but he was received by the Governor-General, Lord Yuri. Governor Yuri seems to be a kind old man, in his fifties, he has a lot of silver, and his spirit is not very good, when he received Gaia, his attitude was still very gentle, and after a while of warm questioning, everyone politely exchanged a cup of tea, when Gaia asked what kind of measures were taken within the alliance to help him, the kind governor spread his hand, and only said that he was now semi-retired equipment, and most of the official business was handled by his wife, and the governor's wife had been busy with the troops in the north because of the persecution momentum of the Odin people in the past few days, and had already gone out of the city to the north to inspect military affairs。
Governor Yuri doesn't have a council, and everyone knows about this, so Gaia can't help it. However, the old governor's kind attitude dispelled Gaia's doubts and concerns.
After coming back, no matter what Sogel said, Gaia couldn't listen to him.
In desperation, Sogel could only do what he could.
First he gathered up all the remaining three hundred cavalry, and all of them entered the first level of combat readiness, and began to secretly stock up on food and fresh water, and at the same time warned all the cavalry that their horses must be fed by themselves every day, and must not be handed over to the servants and grooms sent by the Bestas in the mansion.
Then there is the control of food, all the food must be eaten by a special person first, and then everyone eats it again, in case someone poisons it.
Although Sogel is only a soldier, after all, he has also been by the side of the eldest prince Cardoso for many years, the eldest prince is the leader of the civil official system, and the civilian official is good at strategy, and although this general Sogel does not catch the chief himself, he is also very clear: If you want hundreds of people to disappear silently, there are many ways!
He even vaguely felt that from the current momentum, the Red Round Table Alliance really couldn't turn against the Odin!
The general himself felt that whether it was from both political and military perspectives, if he was a high-level member of the Red Round Table Alliance, he would not choose to turn against the behemoth of the Odin Empire at such a time!
To offend a powerful enemy in order to help an ally who has been utterly destroyed seek justice, if the Red Roundtable is really done, then ...... Unless the high-level collectives are crazy, or the high-level are all saints!
Even such a general already understands the truth, but this Gaia prince still doesn't seem to have thought of it... Or maybe he thought about it, but he ran away from the fact in his heart, like a man who fell into the water, just staring at the last straw in front of him... Whether it's a straw or a dagger!
It was a premeditated night.
That night, Gaia was delighted to receive an invitation to the Governor's wife and Governor Yuri, who had not appeared for many days, and it was clearly written that a banquet was set up in the Governor's Palace, and the Governor of Gaia was invited to come and discuss affairs. At the same time, the person who sent the invitation said that the governor's wife felt very guilty for neglecting her allies because she had been busy with official business for many days, so the banquet also carried some compensatory feelings.
Gaia was very happy to accept the invitation, but then General Sogher expressed strong opposition! He said to Gaia at that time: The other party has been moving for so many days, and he has already arranged the covers, and now he is waiting for the final introduction of us...... At such a time, how can you still take the initiative to stretch out your head? It is better to gather people immediately and kill them out of the city! Gaia did not believe it, but still decided to bring people to the banquet. At this time, General Sogher finally decided to do it himself!
He said that Gaia could go to the banquet, but it was strongly recommended to bring more cavalry to escort him, Gaia was already impatient, he was convinced that his allies had no reason to harm him, and this Sogel was noisy in his ears every day, if it weren't for the lack of such a figure who could preside over military affairs under his command now, he would have been unable to tolerate this guy who did things not to his liking.
Gaia reluctantly agreed to Soger and bring more guards, but she had already secretly made up her mind in her heart, after returning from the banquet tonight, she would have to find an excuse to remove this Soger and replace him.
With Gaia's permission, Sogel immediately gathered almost all of his men and "escorted" Gaia all the way to the Doge's Palace for a banquet.
Gaia sat in the carriage, still thinking about how to ask for help after meeting the governor's wife tonight, but the direction of the carriage had changed unconsciously......
Thorgher, who had quietly subordinated his loyal henchmen, changed the direction of the convoy halfway through and turned towards the city gates.
Although there were also a small number of servants sent from the governor's palace, they had all been subdued by Thorgel's order to be lightning fast! While Gaia was still sitting in the carriage and thinking about his thoughts, the carriage had quietly approached the city gate!
At this time, the Governor's Mansion prepared an ambush, and finally got the news that the prey did not get in by itself, but turned halfway and ran towards the city gate. Immediately, the soldiers and horses of the Besta Military Region were immediately mobilized and chased all the way.
In this situation, General Sogher finally showed a superior military strategy!
He made a series of risky moves, and these risky moves, in hindsight, were all very correct and wise!
Instead of fleeing with his men directly, he separated his already weak forces! He divided about a hundred cavalry, which he ordered to move around the city at once, just to cause a riot! It is better to feint to attack the governor's palace! These hundred cavalry were all brave men who dared to die, and Thorgel had carefully selected men and horses.
Immediately, a hundred cavalry began to set fire everywhere in the city of Vesta, and even whistled and set off movements, making a gesture of feint to attack the governor's palace.
The pursuers of Besta were confused by these people, and in the night they only saw fires everywhere in the city, and some people took advantage of the night to attack the governor's palace, and the pursuers were confused and could not find a clear location of Gaia, so they could only return to the governor's palace first, for fear that something would go wrong in the governor's palace. Later, the leading officer of the pursuing army was demoted by the governor's wife......
On the other hand, Sogher had already taken Gaia out of the carriage and rode directly towards a city gate. Previously, Sogel carefully forged more than a dozen sets of flags of the Besta Army ... These things are not difficult to get, although they are made roughly, and they will naturally be seen through by people in the daytime, but at night, they suddenly come out, and people rush to the city gate, and they only shout from a distance that there are people in the city who are in trouble, and Mrs. Zongzhen sends people to reinforce the city gate.
The army defending the city was not on guard, and it was finally realized that Sogel led people to rush to the front, and Sogel led people to fight to the death, and more than half of his men were killed and wounded, and they took people to protect Gaia and broke the city!
With this risky move, Sogel seized another opportunity: If the Besta people wanted to kill their own people, they would not dare to make a noise! The news must only be closely protected among the core group and must not be spread to the outside world! Those troops defending the city must not know the inside story! Therefore, although the city defense mobilized a large number of troops and strengthened the defense, he still had a great chance to take advantage of the chaos to kill them! When he rushed out of the city, the number of Gaia's group was not much left.
In the midst of the rebellion, many officials of the government-in-exile in Gaia were left behind and disappeared in the city. Only Thorgel and less than a hundred cavalry guards escaped. At this time, Thorgel made another decision! Less than five miles out of the city, Thorgel ordered all the men to stop. The main road outside the city has three directions, two of which lead to the south and one to the north. Thorgel gathered all the cavalry together, and then made a brief order! He actually ordered the hundred cavalry to leave the group, gather on their own and flee to the south!!
This move frightened Gaia, who was already panicked! The major general had completely lost any ability to react, but at least, he had only such a small number of soldiers left on his side, and he instinctively felt that he had to keep his soldiers and horses by his side to be safe! But Thorgel resolutely opposed this approach.
"That governor's wife is resourceful, she has already arranged a cavalry regiment outside the city! With our people, even if we run with all our strength, we will not be able to escape! Their cavalry regiment has a large number of horses, even if we run out, it will be just as difficult to escape when the horsepower is exhausted! We can only let all the cavalry gather along the way, and then pretend to escape, the enemy will definitely think that you are with the large army, and will never think that we dare to escape from the brigade alone! In this case, maybe we still have a chance of surviving!"
Speaking of this, Sogel held back tears and said to the only remaining hundred cavalry soldiers in front of him: "I must tell you clearly... Most of you will die! The enemy will follow your horseshoe marks and will not let you go! Your mission is to flee as far as possible, and the longer you delay, the better! In this way, Childe will have more time to escape! You are all the best soldiers of the Corsican army, you have experienced life-and-death battles, you have survived a hundred battles, and you have survived to this day, and every one of you who has come here is the best elite, but now, I command you to die! Not for me, not just for Childe, but for Corsica! For our revenge! As a Corsican soldier, I wish I could go on the road with you, and then fight the enemy for a while, and die happily! But I can't do that! It's not that I, Thorgall, are afraid of death, it's that I still have a mission to complete! We can't all die in Dokuri, because if we all die, then the Corsican seed will be extinct! We must leave behind the seeds, the seeds of restoring our homeland, and the seeds of revenge against the enemy! I swear here in the name of my ancestors that as long as I, Sogher, live, will never forget my mission! For the rest of my life, I will devote all my life to the cause of revenge! Those murderous Odin, those treacherous allies! Each of them, I will let them pay with blood! The blood feud of our brothers, I will definitely get it back for them!" With that, Sogel took out a roster from his bosom!
"In this list are all the brothers who came out with us tonight! Three hundred and sixteen in all! Many of them are now no longer in the city! And you, each and every one of you, are written in this booklet! If I can get out alive and protect our Governor, then this name will one day, when we can regain our homeland, every one of you will be a hero of Corsica!
After Sogher finished speaking, the hundred cavalry, almost not a single one hesitated, they all gathered together quietly, one hundred horsemen, the last hundred cavalry of the Corsican army, saluted General Sogher, and then, after assembling and platooning, they roared along the road to the south!
Thorgel watched the last hundred of his horsemen almost tearfully as he watched the general sit on his horse and weep silently, his whole body trembling, and he could scarcely restrain his impulses.
As Sogel had predicted, the Governor's Wife of the Besta Military Region reacted very quickly, and the cavalry regiment outside the city quickly pursued after him, following the horseshoe marks left on the road. The bait of the hundred cavalry was all unlucky.
Sogar took Gaia with him, with only four wounded guards left, and fled along the path over the mountains and mountains, all the way north.
He wasn't quite sure what the future would be... After all, he was only a soldier, and he was not good at too complicated strategies, and he thought that under the circumstances at that time, there was no way out to go south. What the Bestas have done, it is already clear that the Union has completely abandoned Corsica as an outcast. Then to the south, it is the territory of the alliance warlords, and there is no hope of going.
The only glimmer of hope is to go north, to be able to quietly return to the Corsican Military Region, and then hide it, secretly contact the old courtiers of the Corsican Military District, and those armies that have been absorbed by the Odin, and then operate secretly, gather forces, and secretly organize forces to resist the rule of the Odin, maybe there is a glimmer of hope in the future......
After Char listened to Sogher's words, he stood in front of the wounded soldier and sank for a while. Then he sat down silently, and when he looked at Sogher, his eyes were already full of respect.
Although the positions are different, in any case, such a loyal and brave general, his qualities are admired by himself.
Sighing, Char said slowly: "There is always some bravery that makes people cry...... He looked at Gaia who was unconscious next to him and shrunk into a ball: "...... There is always some cowardice that will make people despicable.