Chapter 263: Oath
Now that he has made up his mind, Char begins to think about other problems.
He turned his head to glare at Green, "In that case...... What else do we have to do? Even if we use a scorched earth strategy...... But with such a small number of troops, how can we defend the city? I have seen all of Odin's 50,000 troops, and the soldiers are strong and strong! The Red Snow Legion is indeed an elite and strong army, and we can't hold it!"
"You can't keep it for a long time. Green shook his head: "But we don't need to be long at all, his eyes became a little fierce: "The Odin people are coming from afar, and tens of thousands of troops need to eat, drink, and need food! We have burned down everything here! Their army has a top priority, and the first thing is to collect food! The army has run out of food, and as long as it is cut off for two or three days, I am afraid that there will be chaos! Therefore, as long as we retreat in the city and do not go out, we will hold on! I judge that with the character of that guy Manninger, he does not have the courage to be decisive and stoic! He will definitely abandon us, and then the sample army will go south, and the army will attack other areas! Because he needs to grab food as quickly as possible! Therefore, I judge that once we put on a posture of holding on, he will not dare to waste time and fight with us! Hmph, this method can only be used on Danninger, this guy Manninger I know, although he is a little cunning, but he lacks a little toughness! If I change to another Odin commander, or if it is Hastings who is killed outside, I will never dare to use this method. ”
Green slapped the table and shouted, "One day, two days at most! We only need to defend for two days at most! When Manninger's army comes, he will also try to attack the city! But as long as we take a tough posture! Remind him with facts that even if he can take our city, it will take at least five or six days! Then he must not dare to take the risk! Because his food is definitely not enough to last that long! So he will definitely choose to give up! To put it mildly, now that the gates of our empire are wide open, there is no defense everywhere, and he only needs to wave his army and drive straight in, and there are places where he can grab food! Why waste time on us to risk it?"
Char also had a gleam in his eyes: "Hmm...... You mean, as long as we survive the first battle, we can wait for a turnaround!"
I have to say that Green's words are indeed very reasonable, this famous general nicknamed Mad Dog really sees the only weakness of the Odin.
The Odin people must be anxious to go to other places to grab food to replenish military funds, and they may not risk wasting time to attack Denzel City, as long as their side puts on a hedgehog posture, maybe this is really a glimmer of life! Although the two discussed it, Char still couldn't help but ask "How did the situation become like this?!"
Green also smiled bitterly when he heard this: "I have been in Denzel City, and most of the news I have obtained has been circulated, which may not be accurate. However, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor suddenly began to purge the warlord henchmen of Osgillia and sent troops into the Red Zone, and after the warlord party fled in a big way, he erected the flag of judgment......"
Speaking of this, Green glanced at Char and said in a low voice, "There is one more big thing." ”
Char sighed, his heart was naturally shocked, why did he go to the wildfire field for so many days, and after he came back, even the sky had changed, thinking of this, he laughed weakly: "What else is the big deal, you can say it." ”
"I heard that the reason for His Majesty's sudden break with those warlord henchmen was the assassination of Kavihill one by one! His Majesty decided that those warlord henchmen did it. ”
"......" Char was really stunned at this time, his eyes bulged out, and he looked at Green for a long time before he suddenly stretched his neck and shouted: "What ?!!!!! is Cavihir dead?" Just as night fell, a large cloud of dust rose on the horizon, and a troop of cavalry roared, crossing the borderline of the Byzantine Empire, and finally entered the territory of the Byzantine Empire.
This is a rare invasion of Byzantium's army in several major wars in recent years, so when a group of reindeer cavalry rushed through the hilly mountains and mountains that were recognized as the national border, all the Odin cavalry suddenly sat on the back of the deer and waved the long knives in their hands, shouting excitedly.
After most of the gallop, the mounts of the Odin people have long been exhausted, and the reindeer mount is not as good as the war horse in the ability to gallop long distances, although the Odin people have successfully entered Byzantium, but each Odin cavalry saw that the mount under his crotch was sweating, but due to Manninger's strict orders, he did not dare to rest, and could only grit his teeth and forcibly continue to go deep into the hinterland of Byzantium.
At night, to the surprise of these Odin cavalry, how did the legendary "fertile and rich" Byzantium become like this? There was a strong smell of choking in the air.
The Odin cavalry walked slowly, and finally found a village, waited outside the village for a while, and sent two cavalrymen to sneak into the silent village under the night, and after a while, the two Odin cavalry came out to report. The village was deserted!!!The cavalry rushed into the village, and the cavalry, who had been excited, was immediately doused with a bucket of cold water! The thirsty and thirsty warriors were frustrated to find that they could not find a single food or even water to drink in this village! Several of the wells in the village had been blocked by rocks, and in one of the ponds, as soon as they ran in, they heard the buzzing of flies and insects, and when they lit torches, they threw the carcasses of several slaughtered animals into the pond, which had already rotted and rotted after soaking, and polluted the water! As for food, there was no food. All the houses in the village were searched, but no food was found, and as for the granary in the village, it had already turned into a large pile of ashes.
It's like, like, like......
"Fuck, are there any other Odin troops who have been here before us? The Odin Advance Cavalry, who was hungry and tired before us, had to keep searching, and hunger and thirst were dragging them down more and more slowly!
The head of the Bashak, who commanded the forward cavalry, thought for a moment and made a correct decision.
"Send two people back and report the news here to the chief leader at once!" The first order was correct, but the second decision was stupid!" "The rest of the people are resting in place!"
After all, it was only a little more than a day, and even though Green carried out the scorched earth strategy with tenacity and courage, the time was tight and the manpower was insufficient, where could he do it so quickly?
There are still many places at this moment, as long as this group of Odin cavalry continues to gallop south, at most for an hour or two, you can see that several villages near the city of Denzel are still intensively carrying out the work of destroying food and carrying supplies, and many villagers refuse to evacuate......
If, at this time, this Odin forward cavalry immediately forced south despite exhaustion, then it is likely to ......
As soon as they rested like this, Char and Green had a whole day to continue to scorch the earth! Manninger's army was all infantry, and the two-legged man naturally ran much slower than the four-legged reindeer.
It wasn't until noon the next day that Manninger's army finally arrived in the territory of the Byzantine Empire! At this moment, it was already the third day since Char was deceived.
After hearing the report of the anxiously running forward cavalry, Manninger was also greatly shocked, and immediately recklessly forced the march south! Although the Red Snow Legion was also a strong and elite army, but such a forced southward march was exhausting for many days, and by the time they really rushed into the Byzantine border, the team looked scattered, and many Odin warriors had already fallen behind along the way.
Although Manninger knew that such a forced march was too inappropriate, but after learning the news brought back by the forward, the Bashak patriarch was anxious! Although he had already received the news in his heart, when he really entered Mooreshire, as far as he could see, the farmland had turned into a black scorched earth......
Manninger picked a few out of his eyes, rode on the snow-white horse, and suddenly shouted: "Good!!so ruthless!!good boy!!!"
He yelled angrily, and suddenly his body shook and he fell from his horse.
Many of the leaders of the nearby tribes hurriedly swarmed up to help him up, and Manninger opened his eyes, pushed them away, and shouted angrily: "What are you shouting! I am not dead!"
He struggled to stand up, looking at the village in the distance that was still smoking, and the ruins were like a ghost domain, Manninger's eyes became extremely hideous! "Okay, what a ruthless boy!" Manninger laughed, but the laughter was full of anger: "That kid who came to deceive me! Dare to come alone in front of me to leave a big lie, and the sword and axe will not change his face! I only think he is very courageous! Later, I found out that I was deceived, and I felt that this kid was not only courageous, but also cunning enough! He is brave and strategic, and he is a talent! Hahahaha! But now it seems that this kid still has such a ruthless heart!
At this time, there was a forward cavalry in front of him who saw the arrival of the army, and the leader of Odin, who was the forward cavalry, ran back with people and asked to see Manninger.
Manninger shouted for a while, and was staring at the black soil in a daze, when he heard that the leader of the vanguard was coming, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and strode over.
The leader of the strikers was kneeling down on one knee to salute, but suddenly he saw the patriarch rushing towards him with a furious face, and before he could speak, Manninger had already kicked him in the heart and kicked the guy over! Manninger kicked him with hatred, and the leader of the strikers immediately spat blood from his mouth! Manninger went up and pulled out his long knife with a bang, and slashed at the opponent's neck! The head rose to the sky, and a cavity of blood spurted out! Everyone else was stunned, and they didn't know why the patriarch was so angry and directly cut off the leader of the strikers without saying a word?
"Fool! I want to kill him 10,000 times!!"
Someone next to him finally spoke: "Patriarch one by one, one by one"
"Don't you think so!" Manninger turned around, threw the long knife in his hand on the ground, and shouted: "My order is for him to lead his troops south first, and raid the city of Danyir at the speed of cavalry!! What did this fool do!! He found out about the abnormal situation here, and sent someone to report that I was right! But he actually ignored my orders and stopped here! The good situation was destroyed by this fool!!!
Seeing that the leaders of his clansmen were puzzled, Manninger looked over, met a pair of blank eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "There is a lack of resourcefulness in his tribe, although there are many warriors of the Bashak tribe, but there are too few brains......
"Don't you understand? Then I'll tell you! That Byzantine kid deceived us the day before yesterday! For what? It's to delay time! Now it seems that he ran back and burned all his grain and farmland, and wanted us to have no food to collect! But he still didn't have enough time! Although we were fooled, he only delayed it for a day! One day was not enough time for him to scorch the earth! I was worried that these Byzantines would come up with some tricks to order the strikers to rush south and attack the city of Denzel at all costs! Just to avoid the possibility of accidents!!But this bastard is good! When he saw that the situation was not right, he hastily ignored my orders and stopped!!But he knew that the Byzantines' scorched earth strategy was not enough time!!He stopped here for another day and a night, but it was equivalent to giving the Byzantines another day!!So that they could complete the scorched earth strategy!!At this moment I can bet! We will go south to the city of Denzel, and we will not find food for two days around!!
Manninger said this, his expression was gloomy: "Order, the forward cavalry return to the middle army! Let the warriors rest for an hour, and then set off for Denzel City!"
Some of his subordinates were puzzled again: "Patriarch, since the situation is urgent, why do you have to rest for an hour, one by one, one by one"
"It's useless. Manninger shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not fast when it's time to be fast, the opportunity has been lost, and it's too late now, so it's better to let everyone rest and recuperate, and when we get to Denzel City, I want to take a good look at that kid!"
By the time Odin's men appeared on the horizon, it was already late at night.
After three days of preparation, a rude fortification had been erected under the city of Denzel.
In the wilderness outside the city, some of the groves were cut down or burned by fire. Beneath the city walls, crude, makeshift wooden stakes were planted in the ground.
It's a little rough, but both the width and the thickness are strong.
The gates were closed, and the defenders above the walls were ready.
Because not long after the last war, as a temporary command post in the theater, there were originally a number of ordnance that had not been used after the last war. There was no shortage of bows and arrows, and a few ballistae were also pushed up the walls.
Originally, these ordnance, to be honest, the moths in the garrison of the predecessor colluded with the officials of the military region in charge of the theater during the last war, and quietly withheld them, and they originally made up their minds to fill their own pockets, but it happened that the original buyer was a warlord of a military region in the southwest, but later for some reasons, the price was not negotiated, and the matter was delayed.
But I didn't want to drag it out until now, but it happened to be cheaper Char.
At this moment, the whole city has been mobilized, all the soldiers of the garrison have gone up to the city wall, and the other tax soldiers and prison guards have also been formed into a team to join the ranks of the number to enter the city.
Char even went to the prison in the city, which originally held dozens of prisoners in the city of Denzel, and Char promised in public that as long as he could hold the city, he would be exempted from their crimes after the war, and he would also reward them with thirty gold coins.
There were also the guards of the passing caravans, all of whom were recruited by Char, and Char persuaded the few caravans that happened to be unfortunate enough to be surrounded in the city of Denzel.
"The Odin people are coming, once the city is breached, the goods in your caravan will definitely be looted! You won't even be able to save your life at that time! You might as well cooperate with me and help me defend the city! I will definitely be rewarded heavily afterwards!"
There were even two caravans from Odin in the city, and Char immediately confiscated all the other party's goods and drove all those Odin out of the city.
Although this is a bit inappropriate, Char does not dare to take risks......! He wouldn't dare take that risk now.
I have made some preparations, or in other words, in the limited time, everything that can be done has been done, and there is no way to do what cannot be done. In short, when Char stood on the city wall and finally saw the army of Odin approaching in the distance, he suddenly felt relieved, which made him feel a little ridiculous.
(Damn, anyway, it's a matter of time to live or die!) The walls are lit with torches, and the woods are burning in many places in the wilderness below the city. So the army of Odin turned out, and both sides saw it clearly.
When the black-pressed Odin army was displayed in the distance below the city, and tens of thousands of majestic Odin warriors spread out in the wilderness like ant colonies, the Byzantine defenders on the city walls were suddenly shocked! These defenders are a rabble that has been temporarily pulled up, although there are some local garrisons, but they were originally miscellaneous soldiers, and they have not experienced any battles, at this moment they saw tens of thousands of Odin majestic soldiers under the city, and the momentum was soaring, and they were even more reminiscent of the savage and ferocious legends of the Odin people they heard on weekdays, and many of the defenders turned pale, and some people were so frightened that their whole bodies trembled on the spot.
Char stood on top of the city tower and saw that many soldiers around him showed a look of fear, and sighed a little in his heart.
At this moment, morale is low, if you can't think of a way, I'm afraid it will be bad for the defense of the city! Thinking of this, Char's eyes rolled, and he suddenly jumped on the wall of the city wall and stomped on it, shouting at the black oppressive Odin array in the distance.
"Manninger, you Odin people are guests from afar! Lao Tzu, as the host, I will invite you to have a cup of tea first! After saying that, Char laughed, and under the eyes of tens of thousands of pairs of eyes, he stood on top of the city wall, unbuttoned his pants, and pulled a bubble of urine under the city! Seeing him do this, everyone was stunned! Char, the bubble bird, lasted for a long time, and laughed and said: "Brothers, we are guests from afar, don't let the Odin people laugh at us for not knowing etiquette!"
Standing next to him was Alfrecut, this guy had been following Char for many days, and knowing the character of this adult, he also laughed and exclaimed, "My lord has spoken! Brothers, let's invite Odin barbarian to tea!"
Immediately, all the soldiers around him who were originally under him also burst into laughter, and dozens of men jumped on the wall and stomped on them, stood in a row, unbuttoned their pants, and urinated on the famous city. Suddenly, I saw a row of men standing there, and the water column was roaring......
Some of the soldiers, after urinating, deliberately shook at the Odin army in the distance, turned around, and slapped the enemy twice when they pulled down their buttocks.
Such a Han faction suddenly made many defenders on the city wall burst into laughter, and for a while, the fear was much lighter.
The Odin people in the distance saw it clearly, and many of the Odin people showed anger on their faces, and some shouted and cursed.
For a while, the city and the city shouted and cursed, and after a while, I saw the Odin army separated, and a snow-white and majestic war horse slowly came out, and immediately sat a majestic and mighty old man with silver hair, who was Manninger.
"On the city!" Manninger's voice was cold, but when he shouted, the voice clearly fell on the ears of tens of thousands of people above and below the city wall! "On the city!, but that Sharba?!" Manninger sneered: "Come out and answer!"
Char looked at it carefully, and also smiled and stepped forward: "Your Excellency Patriarch Manninger! Haha! But I'm sorry! I used tricks to coax you that day, Lao Tzu's real name is Char Thundering! Commander of Armaments in Moore County! When Manninger heard this, his expression moved: "Char Thundering? It turned out to be you! Zhuo, I heard that in the last war, there was a kid in Byzantium, and even Hastings dared to compete, and it was really good!"
After a pause, Manninger shouted proudly: "You are just a small county guard, how many troops can you have? At this moment, you are trapped in a lonely city, and there are no reinforcements! I have tens of thousands of Odin soldiers here, as long as I give orders, the city will be broken! It is better for you to open the city and surrender, I ......"
Char didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, what's the use of this kind of nonsense? Lao Tzu even burned his own territory! After spending such a lot of money, is it for surrender?"
After speaking, he snatched the bow and arrow from the hand of one of the guards beside him, pulled the bow and arrows, and shouted: "Do you know that Lao Tzu once made an oath in the battle of the Arbucket Plain!"
"Oh?
Char didn't answer, he laughed, the bowstring in his hand vibrate, and a meteor shot out! Manninger sat on his horse and saw a ray of light shooting, and immediately shouted, and swung his knife over, and heard a muffled sound, and the blade in his hand blocked the arrow, but his blade also snapped into two! The broken blade fell to the ground, plunged into the soil, and buzzed and vibrated incessantly! Manninger only felt that his arm was sore, and his mouth was in great pain, and he couldn't help but look up at the city wall in surprise! Char took a deep breath, and suddenly roared angrily, ping. Thunder!"In my life, kill all the Odin!!! [Ask for votes!]