Chapter 219: Retreat
The next day, just after dawn, the artillery bombardment began on time, Ye Junwen also had the attitude of training gunners to let many people go up to try, with the guidance of the people who fired the artillery on the first day, the people on the second day were relatively fast, and soon the falling points of the shells began to concentrate in the place where they hit the bombardment.
Seriously, these soldiers have never fought such an easy battle, they have the advantage now, but they have hardly paid any price, the war has started until now, except for one person who was injured last night (or because of the explosion of the gun), there are no losses, and the soldiers sometimes feel that they are not here to fight, they are simply here to train, this is too simple.
And the situation in the city is indeed gloomy, although the Duke of Seletto did not talk about the night attack last night, but the soldiers probably know what the situation is, the people who went out yesterday did not come back, and then the other party's artillery fire is still bombarding today, so there is no need to say anything. It was clear that the plan to destroy the enemy's weapons had failed, so they would have to take a beating and pray that the walls would not collapse, which felt like they were waiting to die.
This pessimistic future also made the soldiers feel emotional, they couldn't do anything at all, even if they wanted to fight the enemy or something, because they couldn't see anyone at all, and this one-sided beating was too bad. This kind of ordeal made some soldiers begin to regret a little, regretting whether they had followed the wrong person.
Many non-commissioned officers also noticed the change in the soldiers, after all, they were the first to complain about the soldiers, so soon, the Duke of Seleto also learned the news. Of course, the Duke of Seleto is also in a hurry, what should I do? Now that they are already short of troops, they can't deal with these soldiers anymore, but what is the solution?
"Otherwise, let's evacuate." Duke Seleto's staff said suddenly.
"Evacuate?" Duke Seleto was stunned, "Where to retreat?" This city is the largest and strongest city in the entire kingdom, if we can't even defend this city, other cities can't hold it, isn't this still death? ”
"Your Majesty, didn't the Elves come with news that they were willing to participate in the war?" The staff member here said.
"But...... Those elves are simply not worth trusting. Duke Seleto said, yes, the elves contacted him, saying that they asked him to resist, and their elven troops were gathering, and if necessary, they would fulfill the contract of their allies and help them. That's what he said, but even Duke Seleto himself knew that the people of the elves couldn't be trusted, why did the elves help in the civil war of the human race, and he also knew that the purpose of the elves was to make the human race as internal friction as possible, so let them fight desperately is not to let them and Ye Junwen consume each other, and say that if necessary, fulfill the alliance contract, isn't it just to make a profit at the right time, this Duke of Seleto understands, so he doesn't trust the elves either.
"The elves want to reap the benefits, so we will draw them into the war." "Their troops will definitely be gathered at the border, and when the time comes, they will enter our territory and plunder under the banner of helping us, and since we know the location of the other side's troops, we will approach them directly, and we will also attract the coalition forces to fight each other." ”
"So we're going to retreat to the west and draw the coalition forces over?" Duke Seleto asked.
"Yes, as long as the elven forces and the coalition forces fight, we may be able to find a chance to fight back." Said the staff.
Duke Seleto thought about it a little, this is also a solution, after all, if they stay in the city now, they are waiting for the result of the city wall being blown down, and nothing else can be done. I really don't know how long the walls will last, because they are now in tatters, and it looks as if they could collapse at any moment, and if there is a breach, the enemy will not be able to stop them at all.
On the premise of waiting for death, it is not impossible to retreat, thinking of this, Duke Seleto nodded slightly: "In this case, while continuing to ask for help from the elven clan and inviting the other party to join the battle, we retreated towards their side. ”
Of course, retreating is also a matter of night, if you run like this during the day, is there still a way to survive being chased by the other party all the way? Of course, it is safer to retreat at night.
It's a pity that Duke Seleto still doesn't understand what the situation is now, their surprise attack force was discovered last night, Duke Seleto just thought that the other party expected it, they didn't know that Ye Junwen actually had equipment that could see at night. He felt that his plan should not have been guessed by the other party, after all, the siege had only started for two days, and it was impossible to imagine that they would abandon the city so quickly under normal circumstances.
Ye Junwen really didn't expect this, of course, he didn't need to think about it, and in the evening, the scouts came to report, saying that there seemed to be movement in the north of the city, a large-scale troop movement, and it seemed that they were preparing to leave the city.
"Two days in a row? That doesn't seem right. "Hegar is a little strange, the other party's movement looks like he wants to attack them at night again, but the problem is that last night's night attack was completely wiped out, and no matter how stupid a person is, it is impossible to send another wave and another wave.
"Huh...... I guess I want to run. Ye Junwen said suddenly.
"Huh?" Hegar was slightly stunned, run? This siege has only started for two days, and the other party has taken the initiative to abandon the city and flee? Isn't that an exaggeration? But after thinking about it for a while, he felt that it was possible, after all, this one-sided beating, there was no power to fight back, and it was indeed a way to retreat, "It's possible to run, but which way to run?" ”
"Elves." Ye Junwen thought for a while and said, "Since the other party is retreating now, the target should be the elven clan, they must have reached some alliance agreement with the elven clan, and now it is estimated that they want to join the people of the elven clan." ”
"I see." Hegar nodded, after all, the people of the elven clan had come to see them before, and it seemed that they had also declared war with them. But after all, they haven't built a country yet, so this declaration of war is not very formal, but it also tears their faces.
"Inform the whole army, pursue." Ye Junwen waved his hand directly, of course, this can't let the other party run away so simply, otherwise where will his face go. So with a wave of their hand, the troops began to move.
At this time, Ye Junwen's troops were really suffocated, two days after the siege began, most of the soldiers in the army were resting, yes, only the artillery units were fighting all the time, and their infantry team was waiting for the city wall to be blown up, and after waiting for two days, the city wall was still nothing, they were now high-spirited, and they had the feeling that they had no place to send, now it's okay, it's finally their turn to perform, of course, they are all riveting.
Although it was the middle of the night, the soldiers were in good spirits, and when they received the order, the cavalry was the first to set off. Seriously, these cavalrymen didn't expect that they could be useful in siege warfare, they were all ready to dismount and climb the ladder with the infantry team, but it was really their turn, this war was really wonderful, and the scenes they had never seen before appeared one after another.
Of course, Ye Junwen didn't need to hide anything to attack the opponent's troops, the cavalry set off directly with torches, while the infantry team followed behind them, and waited until the cavalry team arrived first, and after breaking up the enemy's formation, they just picked up and harvested. So this army was also discovered very quickly, can this not be discovered, from a distance, I saw a flame dragon coming towards them, hundreds of thousands of troops, this scene is very spectacular.
"The enemy is coming!"
"How could it be! Now what? "The troops on Duke Seleto's side panicked all of a sudden, they didn't come out to fight, they were ordered to retreat, but I didn't expect that the enemy would attack before all the troops came out, what should I do? Don't say anything about the formation, they didn't even have their weapons in hand.
"How could it be ......" Duke Seletto didn't expect the enemy to come over so quickly, they all quietly gathered and set off, the enemy was still more than ten miles away, how could he find out about their movements? Are there spies in their troops? I don't know what's going on, but it's too late to say anything about the current situation.
So the Duke of Seleto waved his hand and hurriedly broke through to the west, and the troops also hurried towards the west. However, the troops on Duke Seleto's side are also more infantry, and there are not many cavalry at all, after all, they participated in siege battles before, and they didn't need cavalry, and after capturing the city, they also defended the city, and they didn't need cavalry. The previous cavalry units were actually sent out in the previous war to support the Fifth Legion, and they did not return.
Two legs can never outrun four legs, so the cavalry team on Ye Junwen's side chased them for a while, and soon caught up with them. At this time, Duke Seleto's troops had no formation at all, and the troops themselves were already out of order, so the cavalry team didn't need to charge the formation at all, and it was over with the heads.
Of course, in the dark, the cavalry team on Ye Junwen's side couldn't see the location of the enemy's main general, Ye Junwen came to order them to intercept the troops and let their infantry come up to harvest, but now the enemy has no troops at all, and they will scatter as soon as they rush, and they don't know who to intercept, so they can only cut it in the end.
This battle was really chaotic, people on both sides didn't see the situation clearly, and the tactical arrangements were not implemented in place, and Ye Junwen didn't expect that the other side could be chaotic like this. In general, the battle was fought until dawn, and by the time Ye Junwen and the others arrived at the battlefield, there were already corpses here, of course, all of them were basically the corpses of Duke Seleto's troops.