Twilight of Empires (9)
At noon on the sixth day of negotiations, the sunlight shone through the glazed ceiling of the hall, and a pale yellow halo fell on the negotiation table, and in the quiet hall, only Algernon Julia, Andaline and Duoxuan were three people, "A total of 55,762 people, there should be no omission!"
Andalyn carefully closed the roster full of names on the table, rubbed her temples extremely tiredly, and whispered to Algernon Julia who looked calm next to her, although it was only a superficial response, but in order to show that it was true enough not to arouse a trace of suspicion on the part of the Falcon Army
For six days, the two women spent time checking the list one by one, and in the face of the names of more than 55,000 captives that could be called a sea of smoke, it was definitely a big project of labor for the two-person duo who had put together improvised pieces.
Although I had already prepared in my heart, at noon on the sixth day, Andalin, who was sitting on the left side of the thick stack of lists, inadvertently turned her fingers to the last page of the list, her eyes suddenly looked a little dignified, and her fingers were on the last page, and she felt that there was a thousand pounds of weight, and when the negotiations ended, it was the moment when the war broke out.
Andalyn hesitated, her hands trembled slightly, as if the fingers were not turning over a light list, but a heavy soldering iron that burned red, this turn may be the horn of war, and the sound of countless living beings fighting seemed to be coming through this thin list, "What's wrong?"
Algernon Julia noticed her strangeness, looked over from the side, with a calm look, her fair and slender fingers slowly helped Andalene pick up the last page, and quietly glanced at the old man opposite who was bowing his head to sign the text, and a faint cold light flashed in his eyes, "Is your verification completed?" The multiple choices on the other side seemed to sense something, and raised his head unexpectedly, his eyes were like electricity. "It's done"
Algernon Julia lowered her head, her face calmed, nodded, and said apologetically, "It took six days to complete the check, which must have delayed a lot of Your Excellency's work, in fact, this kind of thing only needs to be handed over to a few capable subordinates to be completed jointly, but it is my stubbornness that made the negotiation lag for five days, and also made Your Excellency wait for five days."
"It doesn't matter, I can treat every captive with care. Your attitude is truly admirable!"
Duo Zhi smiled on the other side, from the very beginning, he had been waiting for the other party's words, but the other party was indeed very serious, serious and even Duo Zhi was surprised, and several times, Duo Zhi even had the illusion that the other party was really here to negotiate. "Now that it has been checked, I can ask, when the handover of the captives will begin," Algernon Giulia signed her name on the text. As soon as the ransom arrives, we will immediately release them according to the list" Duo Xue was stunned with surprise on his face, almost without the slightest hesitation. responded in a cheerful tone that surprised the two women,
"It's as simple as that?" this time it was the turn of the two girls to be stunned, and Andalyn whispered in disbelief
Seeing the surprised and disbelieving expressions on the faces of the two women, the corners of the old man's mouth grinned slightly. Spread out his hands and said with a wry smile, "It's nothing strange, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." My Falcon Empire has a good reputation in this regard, and to be honest, this kind of negotiation is really boring, every day I go through the noisy and boring list, His Majesty Falcon attaches great importance to inviting the two of them to appreciate the piano, and sends people to urge me every day, if it continues like this, I am afraid that I will inevitably be scolded by His Majesty, and now that it is finally over, I can go back to my life!"
"In that case, please tell the Falcon Majesty, after all, you and I are enemies at war, and I am very unaccustomed to staying in the enemy's area" Algernon Julia stood up from her seat, standing alone like a lonely black rose, and said coldly, "If Your Majesty is really sincere, the piano appreciation will be set for tonight! We will return tomorrow! We will go back first, if the Falcon Majesty has a decision, please tell me!"
"Okay, I'll pass it on to His Majesty!"
Duo Xue nodded at the two women, his eyes narrowed slightly, he reached out and picked up the text on the table, and stood in place to watch the two leave.
Standing on the windowsill, watching the backs of the two women hurriedly walk up to the carriage at the steps, and finally disappear into the depths of the distant street, Duo Zecai retracted his gaze with a heavy weight, and casually threw the seemingly important Wen Jiàn on the table, this negotiation book was meaningless, quickly walked to the desk and sat down, picked up the quill inserted in the inkwell, and wrote something on a pale yellow piece of paper, and then handed it to a guard outside the door, "Immediately give this to Your Majesty!"
The cold moonlight slowly rises in the forest, at first it was just a silver arc, the climate in early summer began to be a little warm, but at night, the vast undulating earth was covered with small cracks that were dry and bottomless due to lack of water.
There is a thin layer of dust on the surface of the ground, and if a gust of wind blows, the dust will flutter with the wind, blurring the originally clear night sky.
On the top of the desolate hill, an ancient castle garrisoned by the Gallic nobles of Rasti's left flank seemed to be deserted for a long time, and the roof was overgrown with weeds, and it seemed to bend down in the night wind. Although the walls were made of the abundant local flakes, there were numerous cracks that allowed the ivy to be hooked on, and the village below the castle had long since lost sight of the peasants, and the Gallic sentinels had built a new lookout post at the location of the castle to keep an eye on the surrounding situation.
This ancient fortress with an unimportant geographical location, because it is far away from the big fortress in the rear, was in the range of being decisively abandoned at the beginning, but I don't know what the generals above thought, after completely abandoning, and suddenly ordered the whole army to advance fifteen miles, this small fortress in abandonment was used again, because it was too remote, the garrison here was only a small team, the night wind blew, the dog's tail grass swayed gently, ups and downs in the wind, stretching their lonely posture to the fullest, and the wild flowers on the mountain were like crossing a layer of silver under the moonlight。
The Gauls would not have thought of it. The first wave of the Falcon Army's all-out attack was first hit at this inconspicuous point, as a huge triangle formed by the entire defensive line, the location of the entire castle is undoubtedly too remote, for the entire battle situation, the strategic value of the entire strategic point is almost negligible, but just as the fighter is always like a loach that is difficult to capture, the difference between a famous general and a mediocre talent is to be able to have a pair of eyes to see where the fighter is
Soldton, the second army of the Nord army, who was accustomed to studying maps, was undoubtedly such a commander,
Although in the unification war of the mainland, the table was not good. The Falcon Army commanded by the fat man was dizzy, but that also depends on who the opponent is, Salton's personality is silent, steady, and his grasp of the fighter is also effective, and the most fancy to the fat man is that this famous general is actually a gambler, as long as he sees an opportunity, he will turn into a hungry gambler. Don't hesitate to bet all the bets, gambling is the characteristic of any famous general, don't dare to fight, how to win!" His Majesty's order" A messenger cavalryman came to Thorton, who was in charge of the left flank, and after a cursory review of the order, Thorton's eyes lit up and immediately ordered a battle meeting, "His Majesty's order has finally arrived!" All the Rode generals were a little excited. Originally, they were supposed to play in the battle of the middle line, but the decisive withdrawal of the Gauls made the Roude army can only watch the northwestern army out of the limelight.
After reading out the Falcon Majesty's battle order in public, Salton pointed to the map spread out on the long table in the middle and said aloud, " His Majesty Xià asked us to attack the Gallic army at the same time, but also to tightly attract their troops on the left flank, it is not difficult to hit the Gauls, the difficulty is how to attract the Gauls left flank, at present, the total strength of our army is 50,000 people, compared with the 70,000 troops on the left flank of Gaul, there is still a gap, and the other side is the local army of Gallic Kyoto, well-equipped is not under us, so it is best to adopt a decoy tactic, take a reliance point, and use this point as a bait to start a battle with the left flank of the Gauls, and then attract all the forces of the left flank of Gaul"The point that can be used as bait must be the place where the other party feels that there will be danger if they don't take it back" Salton's finger drew a long line on the map, and finally landed on a spot" At present, I think the direction of Mount Andras is the most appropriate, it is the only way to quickly withdraw to the defensive area after the left flank of the Gauls has been attacked, I have sent people to investigate, there is an inconspicuous path on the side of Mount Andras, the enemy only has a few small guard towers there, we can insert it from there, cut off this road in one fell swoop, if the left wing of the Gaul does not want to be trapped and die before our army is encircled, the only way is to desperately open this road!"
With the order, in the second half of the night, the 50,000 Roude troops led by Salton appeared in the direction of Mount Andreas, almost effortlessly seized the castle as a watchtower, and then went straight to the back of the left flank of the Gauls, and the left flank of Gaul, which got the news of the attack, also issued an order to move closer to the Andras Mountains at the same time, when the sky was slightly shining, the two armies found that the two sides had faced each other "ready to fight!" The heralds galloped in front of the infantry arrays on both sides, and in the white morning mist, 50,000 Nords lined up in ten, with regular shield-and-spearmen at the forefront, and a squadron of long-handled axes in the middle, completely abandoned and shirtless, revealing a strong arm
In the position of this formation, the battle flags of the Falcon Army are fluttering, and on both sides are more than a dozen blood axe battle flags representing the Odd infantry squadron, the soldiers who make up this formation are all experienced and skilled Nord warriors, and on the left side of the formation are two full Nod Hurricane Axe warriors, these soldiers of unusual height, wearing heavy armor, wearing a dense helmet on their heads that only show two eyes, and carrying eight small axes on their strong backs, just standing there, the silent murderous aura can be felt from afar
On the opposite side of the Roud Legion, Tielan, the head of the left wing of Gaul, was looking at the uniquely equipped Falcon Army in front of him with a confused gaze, his broad figure was wearing golden shining heavy armor, making him look like a rumored hero, he was the first time he encountered the Roude Legion, for this steel battle formation that was obviously different from the previous opponent, his eyes were slightly hesitant, "Come, order the flank to send the first wave" Tie Lan stared at the flash of iron armor in the fog in front of him, waved his hand slightly, and with the sound of the trombone of the formation, the four Gallic infantry phalanxes at the front of the queue began to move, and the neat queue was like a dark cloud pressing over. Behind the phalanx of infantry, there were about 6,000 Gallic archers lined up in two huge cones, and the report of the attack was in the streets in the middle of the night, and although Tielan had given the order to urgently approach Mount Andras, the force of 70,000 men could not be assembled at once,
At present, the Gallic army in front of the Second Legion of Gaude has only 4 local regiments of Gallic Kyoto, numbering 56,000 people, and the Gauls who received the order are slowly approaching, and their armor is very eye-catching in the reflection of the sun. In an instant, the earth seemed to appear a dark blue, filled with the smell of death,
"Stupid Gauls, don't you know that I'm a man of foot fighting, and I'll give you a memory that will never be forgotten!" Salton looked at the provocation of the Gauls, his face suddenly awe-inspiring, the Roude legion with its back to the mountains can be said to be quite advantageous in the terrain, condescending, brave Roud warriors are not afraid of anyone. The dense trumpets in the Nord army were sounding like a torrential rain again, and the long-awaited Nord berserkers finally waited for their chance to show themselves, "Forward, crush them!" The 16,000 Nord infantry, also flanked, marched in orderly steps. Their tomahawk-marked diamond-shaped shields shimmered with a dark glow under the inky sky. The black spear, on the other hand, did not have the slightest light, as if it had frozen the light. Behind them were four thousand Goude archers, their bows half-hung down. The arrows were pointed at their own toes, and as the attack distance approached, these archers skillfully leaned back. Draw the bow and arrow, and shoot the bow and arrow diagonally upwards forty-five degrees
"Whoosh, whoosh"
The archers on both sides were the first to engage, countless arrow clusters shuttled back and forth in the air, where the arrow clusters fell, the infantry on both sides fell in pieces, and there was a slight fluctuation in the Gallic army, and the soldiers of the Roud Legion had long been commonplace, and their firm footsteps stepped on the earth with a rumbling sound, like a whole muffled thunder, "Rush!" The Nord infantry in the front row raised their bayonet spears in unison, and the tips of the long spears moved forward in unison, as if a forest composed of spears suddenly appeared on the ground, and the tips of the spears flashed with a terrible light of metal,
At this time, the early morning wind carried the billowing white mist, which seemed to be affected by this breath, and when the north wind blew, it all fell to the side of the Gauls, "Attention, the whole army is stable" The vision of the Gallic army became blurred, and it was almost impossible to see anything from 50 meters away, only the earth was shaking violently, and the yellow sand and dust were raised in front of it. It was as if a storm had been set off in the plains.
"Kill!" The heavily armored heavy infantry was wrapped in yellow dust, and tens of millions of black figures were surging like waves at this moment.
"Stabilize ......"
The chaotic voices of the Gallic officers also stopped abruptly at this moment, accompanied by countless fierce and shocking shouts of killing, countless flashing knife lights, and the swift killing wind carried the smell of blood, like a huge scythe swept in, "Kill!" A piece of metal collided miserably, and the Gallic soldiers in the front disappeared in an instant,
"Kill!" The warriors on both sides were bloody at this moment, holding the spears in their hands, and stabbed out towards the body of the enemy opposite, bringing a rain of blood to fall, "Kill" The flying axes of the Hurricane Soldier followed, with countless cold lights, in the nearest ten meters, like a torrential rain, densely hit the front of the Gallic military column, because the distance between the two sides was too close, and what could be hit by a qiē became a powerful weapon to attack the other party, and the two sides collided together like two long steel walls that collided at high speed, and after a burst of people turned on their backs, the dominant side struggled to wave their weapons and smash any blocking objects in front of them,
"Bang, Bang, Bang!" The armor shattered, the shield was knocked away, the Gauls wailed in panic, like a black storm flashing in lightning and thunder, and the Roude army was like a wave, slapping on the flank of the Gallic Kyoto army, and the sound of fighting and screaming in the dense fog of this morning were intertwined into a hell on earth,
8:17 a.m.,
There was confusion on the flanks of the Gallic Kyoto army, and a rushing detachment of Rode infantry inadvertently cut off the flags on the flanks,
The scale of victory also began to tilt at this moment, the flank of the Gallic Kyoto army was beaten into chaos, a squadron of squadrons was filled in, and corpses were all over the field, but it still could not stop the strong advance of the Roude legion, and there was a click sound of broken spears and guns everywhere, in the face of the real elite infantry, the army formation composed of the Gallic infantry was like a piece of paper, like a ripe ear of wheat swept by a strong wind, falling down one after another, and the Roude infantry was ruthlessly harvesting lives,
"My lord, the flanks are scattered" The scout galloped over, turned over and dismounted in front of Tielan, the head of the Gallic Kyoto Army, and reported loudly, "Report, the central line has encountered a strong assault by the Falcon Army, and Lord Hasenrambo has asked us to rush to the aid immediately!" Just when Tielan felt helpless and waved his horsewhip in anger, a herald cavalryman from the legion headquarters brought the news that made him even more uneasy, what do you mean, the central line has also been attacked? Then we are not completely isolated now! (To be continued......