Chapter 498: 'Minions'
"I am relieved to hear that Sir said this! You and Yarin have followed me for many years, and in fact, you are my right-hand man! The harmony between you is both your and my blessing. I hope you'll be as close as you can in the future!" said Aubrey, who raised his hand and patted Buck on the shoulder, then smiled and passed Buck away.
Aubrey seemed to have forgotten his previous evaluation of Arrin and the title of the 'minion', and naturally linked Buck and Arrin together.
In the face of Aubrey's change, Buck was a little dumbfounded! He never thought that in Aubrey's mind, he was nothing more than a 'minion'!
Today, Buck was in a low mood, and he had a little wine at dinner. Although alcohol is forbidden in the barracks, this ban is usually useless for people of Buck's level. As long as he wasn't scurrying around the barracks with a flask, no one would interfere with him.
Buck's amount of alcohol was good, but because he was in a bad mood, after a few glasses of wine, he was a little drunk and slept a little deeply, and when he woke up in a daze, there were already shouts of killing outside the tent.
"Sir, sir, wake up, wake up!" Buck's scholar didn't realize he was awake, and was still calling and shaking him desperately.
"Don't shake it anymore! I'm going to be shaken apart by you!" Buck was fully awake by this time, and he immediately stabilized his mind when he heard the shouts outside, although it was loud, but it didn't spread.
"What's going on outside?!Why does it sound so noisy?" Buck asked the scholar unhurriedly as he dressed.
"The Aojin army has come to steal the camp and rob the village! It could be in the camp at any time. What should we do now, sir?" the scholar was visibly frightened by the shouts outside. Trembling asked Buck.
The moon is dark and the night of killing, the wind is high and the sky is on fire! Buck's heart shook suddenly: Why did he forget about the fact that Li Zijun might come to rob the camp while it was dark?
Buck slapped himself on the head and strode out of the tent.
"Sir, your shoes!"
Looking at the two shoes in the scholar's hands, Buck couldn't help but smile wryly, and he hurriedly turned around and put on his shoes.
"Sir, in which direction shall we flee?" the scholar asked, thinking that Buck had run out in such a hurry to escape for his life, and whispered in Buck's ear.
"What nonsense, why are we running away? Hurry up and get the lantern and follow me to the lieutenant marshal! If you dare to talk nonsense, be careful that I let the lieutenant cut your tongue!" couldn't help but be a little angry, and reprimanded him loudly.
Seeing that Buck was really a little hot, the scholar didn't dare to slack off, quickly took a lantern, and ran ahead to lead the way for Buck.
"Mr. Buck, you came here at this time, you slept so deeply!" Seeing the two of Buck's master and servant, before Aubrey could say anything, Arrin preemptively began to attack Buck.
"Deputy Marshal Hui: My little body is a little uncomfortable tonight. I took some medicine and went to bed early. I did sleep a little deeply, and if it weren't for the call of the scholar, I was afraid that I wouldn't have woken up yet, so please don't be surprised, lieutenant?" Walked over to Aubrey and bowed to the ground and explained.
"Sir is not feeling well, do you want the military doctor to help take a look?" O'Briy secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his position had basically stabilized in front of him. Fake concern for Buck.
"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine! What's going on up front now?" Buck didn't have the heart to discuss his body with Aubrey at this moment. What he was most worried about was the battle ahead.
"Mr. Law, you give Mr. a detailed briefing on tonight's situation. ”
Hear Aubrey's orders. Yarlin didn't dare to slack off, and immediately told Buck about Diarra's sneaking camp and robbing the village.
Li Zijun, Diarra and Hope led five hundred elites, and at around eleven o'clock, taking advantage of the night, launched a surprise attack on Fengqi's camp gate.
Since all the secret posts outside the Fengqi camp did not send a warning signal before, Li Zijun and the others quickly took the camp gate.
At this time, the Su zhì of this Fengqi army was revealed, and not only did they not show any panic, but they quickly organized an effective counterattack.
Li Zijun, who had been prepared for this, did not force himself too much to break into the camp, and immediately led his subordinates to retreat to the camp gate to hold on.
At this moment, Hope was already at the camp gate, combining with the original facilities of the Fengqi Army to complete the new defense line.
This expression of the Aojin army was obviously telling the Feng Qi army: they were buying time for the main force. As a result, the Fengqi army launched an attack on the Aojin defense line again and again.
Because Li Zijun and Diarra scattered a large amount of thistle terrestris when they retreated, Hope's defense line was very cleverly set up, giving full play to the personal advantages of Li Zijun and Diarra, the two Juggernauts. As a result, the Fengqi army was hit hard at the beginning of the counterattack, and nearly a thousand casualties were paid in the blink of an eye.
But the more this happened, the more Aubrey felt the need to retake the camp gate, and he kept ordering the soldiers to come forward, but the camp gate was still in the hands of the Aojin army.
After listening to Yarlin's introduction, Buck couldn't help frowning:
"Lieutenant Marshal, 'Diarra' doesn't seem to really want to attack our barracks, it seems that he just wants to drain our strength and demoralize us in this way!"
"In addition, we can no longer adopt this kind of rushing forward method, this will only give Diarra and that person more room to play! "In order not to give the sergeants the impression that the Aojin Empire is in alliance with the Dongyu Empire, both Aubrey and Buck try not to mention the name 'Edlaide' as much as possible.
"From what I've observed, there aren't many sergeants on Aojin's dispatch this time, and as long as they can restrain Diarra and that man's movements, they will soon abandon the camp defense. ”
"At the same time, I also have a bit of an adventure. Now we will divide a team and order them to go out of the camp through the back door and go around to the front to flank this invading enemy!
"I'm against the division of troops!" Barker could not finish speaking, and Yar Forestry could not wait to stand up.
"There is darkness around the barracks at the moment, and our outposts on the outskirts were badly damaged before Diyala attacked, and we don't know anything about the situation outside the camp now. If the troops are hastily divided, the team of the battalion is likely to fall into the trap set by the other side. ”
"And that's not the worst outcome! I'm afraid that that guy will take advantage of the gap in our division and go straight to the camp through the back door. At that time, it will be us who will be flanked!, therefore, I am firmly opposed to the division of troops!" Yarlin clearly stated his reasons.
"Either way, that person will leave a team to pick him up. In this way, with the forces currently in Diarra's hands, it is impossible for him to have any more troops to sneak up on our rear camp!Adjutant Marshal, I insist on the decision to divide the troops!" Buck also came to lose his temper, and he was completely 'on the bar' with Yarlin this time.
Buck was full of confidence, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as he said this, a herald suddenly ran over from the back camp.
"Lieutenant Marshal: A group of unidentified men in black suddenly broke into the rear camp, they did not entangle with us, but just set fire everywhere, and one of our granaries has been set on fire by them. ”
"At this time, my general had already commanded people to protect all the granaries, and the fire in the burning granary was basically controlled. It's just that the gang of men in black is still running around, and the general of my family asked the deputy marshal to send someone to deal with this gang of men in black and eliminate their threat. ”
Hearing the soldier's report, a smug smile immediately appeared on Arlin's face, and after pouting at Buck, he took the initiative to stand up:
"Villain, please die: go and destroy this group of men in black on behalf of the deputy marshal!"
"Deputy Marshal, the appearance of this group of black-clothed people in the rear camp further proves my previous guess, this is simply that person bluffing!"
"I ask the lieutenant marshal to divide his troops immediately and go around to the front of the battle to destroy the enemy at the front gate!
"If I misjudge this time, I'm willing to accept any punishment from the lieutenant!" Buck stepped forward and took two quick steps, bowed to Aubrey and pleaded.
"Don't be in a hurry, sir, I think the most important thing at the moment is to hold our ground, and for the rest, it's not too late to wait until dawn!" Aubrey gave his order as he raised his hand to stop Buck from continuing:
"Yarlin, you take people to the back camp immediately, even if you can't destroy them, you must drive them out of the camp!" Aubrey weighed it again, but he was still reluctant to let Yarlin go to fight against Li Zijun and Diarra, and sent him to the relative safety of the back camp.
Subsequently, Aubrey assigned a skilled general to lead the absolute elite selected by the whole battalion to the front gate to deal with Li Zijun and Diarra.
Seeing that Aubrey had made such a decision, Buck sighed deeply, shook his head and turned away, and he even forgot that it was time to say goodbye to Aubrey.
Looking at Buck, who seemed to be a teenager old all of a sudden, Aubrey couldn't help but hesitate: Do I really suspect that he is wrong!
In any case, I would rather be responsible for the world than let the world fail me! Aubrey's selfish feelings finally prevailed, and he turned his gaze back to the direction of the camp gate. (To be continued......)