Xia Ya is extremely angry!
He heard the sudden invasion of the Odins on the Wildfire Plain. The army had already arrived in Wildfire Town, but the empire had nothing to do... In such an emergency, Char Ya almost desperately tried his best to deceive and risk his own life. Going to the enemy army to play the gauntlet, fighting with the old guy Manninger, and playing a lot of acting skills, he finally succeeded, delaying the march of Odin's army.
He originally pinned all his hopes on Green, who stayed behind in Denzel City. This guy nicknamed Mad Dog, a military wizard who was hailed as a "famous general" by the imperial eagle generals, learned that the enemy After the news of the army's attack, I made good use of the little breathing time I desperately got, and arranged as much preparation as possible...
Although Char also knows that this situation is extremely difficult, but the guy Green was said by Ruhl and the others to be amazing, maybe this guy can come up with some clever tricks...
Why is Char working so hard on the wildfire
Because Moore County has long been regarded as his own garden! That's his Uncle Char's territory! He absolutely will not tolerate a group of wolf-like northern Odins savagely rushing into his own territory to burn, kill and loot, turning the rich and fertile Morshire into a scorched earth! !
But now, when I come to More County, I look around, but... it has become a fucking scorched earth! !
Farmland was burned, water sources were polluted, livestock were slaughtered…
In such a situation... Why is Lao Tzu working so hard on the Wildfire Plain! !
Xia Ya's anger was really frustrating. After he fell off immediately, he really fainted.
The people next to him panicked when they saw it, and quickly put up Xiaya, poured water for a while, and patted the back with a tube top. After a while, Xiaya woke up with a snort and looked up to see Hawk and others. With concerned eyes, he suddenly turned his head and saw Cang Yi in the farmland beside the road. His heart became angry again, and he suddenly roared, pushing the person next to him and jumping up: "What's going on! What's going on!!"
Xia Ya's eyes widened in anger, her hair almost stood up in anger, and her face was full of suffocation.
Seeing that Xia Ya's expression became more and more wrong, she seemed to be a little unsteady standing there. Sharba had already come up and hugged Xia Ya, anxiously said: "Xia Ya! Don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive, let's go back to Danze soon. Go to Ercheng…”
On the far road, there were several cavalrymen in the service of the More County Guards who were driving two carriages loaded with food towards Denzel City. When Xi Ya saw it, he immediately got on his horse and took the people with him. Just like a gust of wind rushed past, Pegasus rushed to the road and stopped it, shouting loudly: "Stop it all!! Where are you soldiers!! You are doing nonsense here..."
Those cavalrymen were sweating profusely and looked anxious, and someone shouted impatiently: "Quickly get out of the way!! Military affairs are urgent, do you guys want to die!! We are the defenders of Denzel City, and we are here to serve you. Follow the military orders of the garrison commander! If you don't want to die, get out of the way!"
When Xia heard this, she was so angry that she laughed wildly: "The garrison order of Denzel City?"
Just when Xia Ya was about to draw a knife to kill someone, suddenly there was the sound of horses' hoofs in the distance, and a voice shouted from a distance: "Is it Lord Xia?! Lord Xia! Lord! You are finally here! "
Xiaya looked up, and a horse came flying in the distance. The man on the horse was disheartened and embarrassed. It was Philip.
Philip rushed to the front of the horse and restrained the horse. The horse raised its front hooves and neighed loudly, almost knocking Philip off the horse's back. Philip hugged the horse's neck. , but his expression was very excited: "Sir! You really returned safely! I was worried, so I asked the order of Lord Green to come out to welcome you. God bless you, you really returned safely! Come back to Denzel with me. City!"
Xia Ya looked furious, pointed around and shouted, "Tell me first, what's going on!"
Philip was stunned for a moment, then immediately whispered: "Sir, these are all orders from Lord Green, as soon as I arrived in Denzel City, Lord Green learned that I had delivered the news, and immediately dispatched everyone in the city. , he asked me to greet him, and said, you must be furious when you see this situation, but please don't be impatient, go to Denzel City to see him immediately, and he will naturally have something to say to you."
"Tell me?!" Xia laughed wildly: "Okay! What a mad dog Green! Before the enemy comes, he will burn his house to waste! I want to see what reason he can come up with!"
Immediately Xia Ya resisted the murderous intention in his heart, and led the people to run wildly all the way, and what he saw along the way made him even more shocked.
The person sent by that guy Green obviously pursued the "scorched earth policy" on his own territory. The farmland he saw along the way, the grain that was originally cultivated in the spring, all turned into a large sea of fire! The villages were full of fireworks, and the granaries were burned into huge fireballs. Only a small amount of food was transported to Denzel City by the conscripted carriages. The carriages were also destroyed on the road, and the soldiers who drove the carriages did not care. Hesitant to simply set fire to the spot!
Green obviously sent all the people. The people who drove the carriages and carried things along the way, the farmers who drove the old and the young to Denzel City, were not only among the local garrison troops. In addition, some of the city's tax collectors, security soldiers, and even some prison guards in prison uniforms were all sent out. Xia Ya even saw some people burning crops on the farmland by the roadside. He saw blood dripping from his heart and tried to stop him several times, but Philip stopped him and only said that it was Green's idea, please Xia Ya first. Go back to Denzel City to discuss.
Along the way, Xi Ya was able to hold back his anger, and finally arrived at Denzel City in the afternoon.
Although Denzel is a small town on the border, it is the garrison of a county after all, and because of the last battle with Odin, this is the command post of the temporary military region, and the city defense has also been reinforced and repaired. The level of the military fortress is 11 meters high, and at this moment, outside the city wall, there are many craftsmen and civilians recruited from the city who are desperately rushing to work, temporarily cutting some of the felled tree trunks into rows of rough wood. Sharp wooden stakes stuck to the ground.
And some of the woods around the city wall were either cut down, and most of them were too late to cut down, they were simply set on fire, and there was thick smoke everywhere!
The city gate was also overcrowded. Many peasant families from the surrounding villages were driven into the city. The crowd was crowded with passers-by, and the city gate was crowded. Xia Ya and others approached, and they finally entered the city with the help of the cavalry in front.
As soon as I entered the city, I saw that the streets were even more cluttered and crowded, and there were soldiers standing above and struggling to shout: "Don't stop, don't stop! All go into the city! Don't crowd under the city wall! Go inside quickly. There are tents and food in the city! Get the fuck out of here! Eat the whip if you dawdle!!"
Seeing this scene, Xia Ya's eyes were red, and he led the people to the garrison mansion in the city. They are all tents, and a large number of Byzantine civilians who were driven into the city from the surrounding areas have temporarily settled here. Those tents are obviously armaments that were carried out from the military warehouse. There was a crowd vying for tents and food.
The gate of the guard house was wide open, and even the guards only had two left. Xiaya rushed to the door, turned over and dismounted, regardless of the guards' obstruction, and rushed in. How could the guards stop Xiaya? After being pushed by him, he fell down, and Xiaya strode in and shouted: "Green! Green! Where are you! Come out for me!!!"
Just ran into the lobby, but heard a surprised voice from inside: "Lord Xia Ya is back!!"
A figure ran out of it and hugged Xia Ya. When Xia Ya saw it, it was none other than Afrey Carter! As soon as Xia Ya saw this guy, he froze for a while before saying, "Yi? Is it you? Are you here?"
Avrekat was full of sweat, his sleeves were rolled up, his hair was disheveled, and he looked very tired, but he was very happy: "Yes, my lord, we arrived three days ago, and Mrs. Yulia stayed in the back house, and also There's that guy Cato, who was sent by Green to count the city's ordnance..."
Green!
Xia immediately remembered and shouted, "Where's Green! Where's Green's bastard!!!"
He pushed Afre Carter away with force, and Afre Carter only had time to say: "It's behind..."
As soon as Xia heard it, she ran in anxiously, regardless of what Alfre Carter was shouting at the back.
When he rushed into the back yard, he saw Green's figure sitting there in the back hall. In front of him stood two soldiers, who seemed to be reporting something to Green. Charya strode in, just about to Yelling, Green had already seen Xiaya, raised his head and shouted, "Wait a minute!!"
Green's tone was dignified, and when he looked up, there was a sense of freedom and solemnity in his eyes, which made Xia, who was full of guilt and anger, stunned.
Then Green quickly confessed to the two soldiers: "North of the city... fortifications... the woods... burnt..."
Green spoke quickly, and Xiaya was full of anger, and he didn't hear it very clearly. After the two soldiers led the way out, Xiaya rushed to the front, punched the table, and with a bang, the table was covered with He smashed a hole: "Green! What the hell are you doing!!! Do you know that the suburban villages outside Denzel City have become a piece of scorched earth!!!"
Green's face was sinking like water, he glanced at the table that had been smashed into a hole, then raised his eyelids, glanced at Xia Ya, and said calmly, "I know."
"... You know!" Xia Ya stared immediately, and fire almost burst out of his eyes: "You know!! You ordered this?!"
"Yes." Green nodded hard.
Seeing Green's admission so happy, Xia was stunned for a moment. He froze for a while, and immediately roared: "Why did you do this!!!"
In stark contrast to Xia Ya's furious expression, Green's calmness and indifference seemed even more bizarre. He looked up at Xia Ya, his eyes turned for a moment, and then he suddenly sighed, his tone was bitter and low.
"Xia Ya... When will you grow up and mature!"
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As soon as these words came out, Xia Ya suddenly tasted the deep bitterness and unwillingness in Green's voice when he spoke. Seeing Green's tired expression, his eyes were red, and his heart was even more shocked, he was speechless, unable to say a word. Out.
Green glanced at the expression on Xia Ya's face and sneered: "Put away your anger first and sit down for me!"
After all, he was a famous imperial general who once commanded the army. This suddenly showed his majesty. Xia couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, as if it was not Green who was sitting in front of him, but a little bit like he used to be in the Roderian cavalry regiment, facing the majesty. The feeling of General Adrick.
Involuntarily, he sat down.
"Char, let me ask you, what do you think war is!"
"War..." Xia was bewildered by such a mindless question: "War... is to defeat the enemy..."
"Stupid!" Green refuted unceremoniously: "War? War is... the one who kills you! Steal your money! Occupy the land! Eat your food!!"
Xia Ya had never heard of this statement before, so she couldn't help but move.
"When your people sent the news, I learned that the Odins had invaded, in such a short period of time... I understand what you mean, you sent people flying horses to send the news, hoping that the person who stayed behind would do it immediately. Good preparations... Ha! Char! What do you think I am Grimm!! Is it a god?!"
Green suddenly blushed and shouted loudly: "One day! I only have one day!!! Denzel City, the city's soldiers are weak! Odin people invaded in a big way, even if I have the ability to reach the sky, I can do it in one day. What's the arrangement?! Can I conjure 100,000 heroes? Char! You look down on me Grimm too much!"
Xia Ya was completely silent.
Indeed, even if he fought desperately for a day or two, he had to face the invasion of tens of thousands of Odin's strong army, relying on such a small place as Denzel City, how much preparation could he make with such a small amount of soldiers? Although Green is known as a famous general, but... After all, he is a human being, not a god!
"I can tell you, Char! Even if it's not me Green who stays here, it's anyone else... Even Adric, even Ruhl, or even... Any wise general, even Hess Ting and I switch positions, and he will make the same decision here!"
Green's eyes swayed with excitement, he gritted his teeth and smiled proudly: "The Odin army turns out that the enemy has tens of thousands of soldiers, what do we have? The soldiers are less than a thousand! Most of them are local garrison troops, or even many. It’s not a soldier at all, but a local tax collector, a prison guard!! In terms of strength, there is no doubt that we are completely vulnerable!! If there is another way, do you think I would be willing to make this move!”
"I… "
Green shook his head: "The Odins came from far away, and they came so quickly, so quickly, so suddenly! Obviously this was a prepared raid! The advantage of the Odins lies in the suddenness of their attacks! But if you think about it carefully , this is also their biggest weakness! The army is running long distances. In order to gain speed and time, they must go into battle lightly, and will not carry heavy food! And if it is the Chixue Army, I know this army, they are In a mixed army, there are more infantry than cavalry! If we want to speed up, we must abandon all the baggage, food and equipment! In this way, we are given the only chance!"
Seeing that Xia Ya had calmed down, Green quickly said: "They have other things to say, weapons and so on, they can cut down forests to build on the spot, but the only thing that can't be changed, food!! Whether it is people To eat horse chews, they all have to eat, and they all have to feed their stomachs before they can fight! The purpose of the Odins is very simple. As long as he rushes into Moore County in one breath, he knows that Moore County produces grain! When the time comes, as long as his army arrives, there will naturally be his granaries everywhere! Our farmland, our granary, he can reach out Take it! In this way, their only weakness has been made up! Don't you understand this simple truth?!"
"But, I know that once they invade, they will surely burn, kill and loot, but our territory will become a wasteland... I just wanted to avoid this situation, so I tried my best to delay him on the wildfire plain and send someone to you. send a message…”
"Childish!!" Green scolded Xia Ya unceremoniously: "I thought you should have matured a lot, but I didn't expect you to be so naive!"
"Then you will burn your own territory to scorched earth?!"
"It's better than letting those grains fall into the hands of the Odins and become the other side's rations!" Green shook his head: "Where's your brain! Are you stupid! We burned ourselves, at least these things don't? It will fall into the hands of the Odins! I don't have much time! If you can delay the enemy for a month, I can naturally harvest the grain and transport it all to the city! But in one day, what do you want me to do? do it!
Don't burn it, after two days, the Odins will still be robbed by them! Burn it out!
We burned ourselves, at least not in their hands! After the Odins came, they lacked food! This simple truth, you don't understand? ! "
Better to burn yourself than fall into the hands of the Odins...
This truth, Xia Ya is not a fool, how could he not understand? It's just that when he saw his territory become like this, blood dripped in his heart, and he was a little confused when he was agitated. down.
But then Xia Ya's face changed: "That's not right!"
He stared at Green: "Although the strategy of clearing the scorched earth you said makes sense, don't we have no other way?"
He suddenly stood up, glared at Green and shouted: "I managed to buy one day, although I also know that it is not enough to prepare for this day by ourselves, but... why don't you send someone to ask for reinforcements! !"
He pointed to the door and shouted: "The Seventh Army of the Empire's Central Standing Army is stationed in Linjun in the south! We only need to hurry to report the news. Although the Seventh Army's combat effectiveness is not as good as Rodriguez, it is still the Empire's Central Standing Army! Once they learned that the Odins had invaded, how could they not come to the rescue quickly? As long as there are 20,000 or 30,000 reinforcements, we can also resist the Odins! As long as the Seventh Corps comes to the rescue, why should we do such self-destruction? scorched earth strategy!!"
When Green heard this, a miserable smile appeared on his face.
"Xia Ya..." His tone suddenly revealed incomparable fatigue, and there was a hint of deep sadness in his eyes: "You... You are far away in the wildfire these days, the news is blocked, and you still don't know the current situation in China. The situation..."
Green clenched his hands tightly, and suddenly a few tears slowly fell from his eyes.
"In the days when you were away, the situation in the empire has changed greatly! Those warlord parties have raised the flag of rebellion openly, and they have turned against it! The rebels in the Armenian military region have been besieging Osgilia for many days, and now they are in Osgili. Under the city of Ya, the rebels from six military regions, including the Armenian military region, have gathered, and the total number has reached more than 100,000! More rebels are also heading to the imperial capital! Most of the governors have rebelled. The 7th Corps you mentioned... They were indeed in Linjun County in the south, but just four days ago I got the news that the 7th Corps raised troops to go to King Qin of the Imperial Capital, but before they started, they were betrayed by the two military regions The army attack has been defeated!! At this moment, most of the counties around Moor County are no longer owned by the center of the Empire! There is Odin in front, and rebels in the back... Humph, for help? Let's go there for help!"
As soon as Xia Ya heard this, she thumped and sat down, her face changed wildly.
"Empire... I'm afraid it no longer exists!" Green burst out such a sentence from his teeth.
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After Xia Ya was shocked, to be honest, his first thought was: Now that this is the case, why is I still standing here
Anyway, he himself was not a member of the Byzantine Empire. It was only by chance that he joined the Byzantine army. To be honest, he did not have much sense of belonging to this empire. Some people have feelings.
Since this empire is about to end, Laozi, the county governor, is afraid that he has done his best. It is better to pull people and leave quickly! Take a detour back to the Wildfire Plain, occupy the mountain as the king, and naturally enjoy a happy life in the future.
But this thought only flashed in Xiaya's heart, and his expression changed immediately, and he overthrew the thought himself!
Shaya! Did you forget Kevin! Have you forgotten about Kevin's blood feud!
Have you forgotten your oath to "kill all the Odins"! !
In the past, I was naturally a free savage, but now, in such a situation, do I still have the qualifications to walk away
If nothing else, Tu Turtle is a person who is very kind. He only sees that the current emperor of the empire, Emperor Cantos, treats him with great respect and appreciation. Seeing that the empire is over, he runs away...
Oh shit! Mr. Xia Ya can't do such a stupid thing!
He slapped himself hard!