Now that he has made up his mind, Xia Ya began to consider other problems.
He turned his head and glared at Green: "Since this is the case... What way do we have? Even if we use the scorched earth strategy... But with such a small number of troops, how can we defend the city? I have seen Odin's 50,000 army, and the army is strong! The Chixue Legion is indeed It's an elite and strong army, we can't hold it!"
"Long Shou naturally can't hold it." Green shook his head: "But we don't need Chang Shou at all!"
His eyes became sharp: "The Odins are coming from afar, and tens of thousands of troops need food, drink, and food! We have burned all the things here! Their army's top priority is to collect food! The army is out of food, As long as it is broken for two or three days, I am afraid that there will be trouble! Therefore, as long as we hide in the city and do not go out, we will stick to it! I judge that with the character of Manninger, he does not have the kind of determination and perseverance! Abandon us, then move the army south, and the army will attack other areas! Because he needs to grab the food as quickly as possible! Therefore, I judge that once we put on a stance of persistence, he will not dare to waste time to fight us. Fight! Hmph, this method can only be used on Manninger. I know Manninger, although he is a little more cunning, but he lacks a little bit of toughness! If you change other Odin's commanders, or It was Hastings who was killed outside, and I would never dare to use this method."
Green slapped the table and shouted: "One day, at most two days! We only need to defend for two days at most! Manninger's army will attack, and he will also try to attack the city! But as long as we put on a tough stance! Use facts Come and remind him that even if he can capture our city, it will take at least five or six days! Then he must not dare to take risks! Because his food is definitely not enough to last for that long! So he will definitely choose to give up! Yes, now the gates of our empire are wide open, and there are no defenses everywhere. As long as he drives his army straight in, there are places where he can grab food! Why waste time on us to take risks?"
Xia Ya's eyes also showed light: "Well... You mean, as long as we survive the first round at the beginning, we can wait for a turnaround!"
It has to be said that Green's words are indeed very reasonable. The famous general nicknamed Mad Dog really saw the only weakness of the Odins.
The Odins must be eager to go to other places to grab food and replenish military resources, and they may not risk wasting time to attack Denzel City. As long as their own side assumes the posture of a hedgehog, maybe this is really a lifeline!
Although the two negotiated a decision, Xiaya couldn't help but ask about the current situation in the empire.
"How did the situation become like this?!"
Green smiled bitterly when he heard it: "I have been in Denzel City all the time, and most of the news I have received is from the past, which may not be accurate. But I heard that His Majesty the Emperor suddenly started to clear the warlords of Osgilia and sent troops to enter. In the red zone, after the warlords fled in large numbers, they erected the flag of judgment…”
Having said that, Green glanced at Xia Ya and said in a low voice, "There is one more important thing."
Xia Ya sighed, and he was naturally shocked. Why did he go to the Wildfire Plain for so many days? After coming back, the sky has changed. Thinking of this, he smiled weakly: "What else is there to do, tell me? ."
"I heard that the reason why Your Majesty suddenly broke with those warlords is because Caviehir was assassinated! Your Majesty has determined that those warlords did it."
"..." Xiaya was really stunned for a moment, her eyes bulged, and she stared at Green for a while before she suddenly stretched her neck and shouted, "What?!"
Cavie Hill? died? !
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Just as night fell that night, a large piece of dust rose on the horizon, and a team of cavalry roared, crossed the border of the undefended Byzantine Empire, and finally entered the territory of the Byzantine Empire.
This is a rare invasion of Odin's army into Byzantine territory during several wars in recent years, so when a group of reindeer cavalry rushed through the hills and mountains identified as the national border, all Odin immediately The cavalrymen were all sitting on the backs of the deer, waving the long knives in their hands, and shouting excitedly.
After more than half a day of galloping, the mounts of the Odins are already exhausted. Moreover, the reindeer mounts are not as good as war horses in terms of long-distance running. At this moment, although the Odins successfully entered Byzantium, every Odin cavalry Seeing that the mount under his crotch was sweating, but due to Manninger's strict order, he did not dare to rest, so he could only grit his teeth and forcibly continue toward the depths of the Byzantine hinterland.
At night, what surprised these Odin cavalrymen was how the legendary "fertile and rich" Byzantium had become like this? !
Looking around, in the farmland on both sides of the road, the source of scorched earth, and there are still many places where the fire has not been extinguished, and there are still bits and pieces of fire. There was a strong choking smell in the air.
And this team of Odin cavalry walked slowly and finally found a village. After waiting outside the village for a while, they sent two cavalrymen to sneak into the silent village under the night. After a while, two Odins The cavalry came out to report: This village is empty! !
The brigade of cavalry rushed into the village, and the excited cavalry immediately seemed to be poured a bucket of cold water on the head!
The thirsty Odin warriors were dismayed to find that they could not find any food in this village!
Not even drinking water! Several of the original wells in the village were blocked by rubble, and there was another pond. As soon as I ran into it, I heard a buzzing sound of flies and flies. I turned on a torch and saw that a few were thrown into the pond. The corpses of the slaughtered livestock have already rotted and decayed after being soaked, polluting the water!
As for food, naturally even less. All the houses in the village have been searched, and nothing to eat has been found. As for the granary in the village, it has long been turned into a pile of ashes.
It's just like, like, like...
"Fuck, did any other Odin army come here before us? Got it before us?!"
The hungry and tired Odin strikers had to keep looking, and hunger was slowing them down! Finally, when they found the second village, they found that it also looked like such a dilapidated ruin - the leader of the vanguard cavalry was finally a little uneasy.
The leader of the Basak tribe, who was commanding the vanguard cavalry, thought for a moment and made a correct decision.
"Send two people back and immediately report the news here to the head of the patriarch!"
The first order is correct, but the second decision is stupid!
"The rest of the people, rest in place and stand by!"
I have to say that this Odin leader who led the forward cavalry made a mistake!
After all, there is only more than one day left, and even though Green carried out the scorched earth strategy with tenacity and courage, but the time is tight and the manpower is insufficient, how can it be done so quickly
There are still many places at the moment. As long as this team of Odin cavalry continues to gallop south, running for an hour or two at most, you can see that several villages and towns near Denzel City are still tensely destroying food and moving supplies. There are still many villagers who refuse to evacuate...
If at this time, this Odin striker cavalry immediately forcibly goes south regardless of exhaustion, then it is very likely...
They rested like this, but they gave Xia and Green an extra plan to continue the scorched earth for a whole day!
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Manninger's army is all infantry, and two-legged people naturally run much slower than four-legged reindeer.
It was not until noon the next day that Manninger's army finally came to the territory of the Byzantine Empire! And at this moment, it was the third day after being deceived by Char Ya.
After hearing the report of the forward cavalry who rushed back anxiously, Manninger was also greatly shocked, and immediately recklessly marched south!
Although the Chixue Legion can be regarded as a sturdy and elite army, but such a forcible southward journey, many days of exhaustion, when they really rushed into the Byzantine border, the team seemed to be scattered, and there were many Odin warriors. have fallen behind along the way.
Although Manninger knew that such a forcible march was too inappropriate, but after learning the news brought back by the forward, the Basak patriarch was furious!
Although he already got the news in his heart, when he really entered More County, after looking around, the farmland had turned into a black scorched earth...
Manninger picked up a few corners of his eyes and rode on the snow-white horse, and suddenly shouted: "Okay!! How cruel!! Good boy! Good!!"
He roared with anger, and suddenly he swayed and fell from the horse.
Many leaders of the tribe next to him rushed up to help him up. Manninger opened his eyes, pushed everyone away, and shouted angrily: "What are you yelling! I'm not dead!"
He struggled to stand up, looking at the village with green smoke in the distance, the ruins were like a ghost realm, and Manninger's eyes became extremely hideous!
"Okay, what a ruthless kid!" Manninger laughed, but his laughter was full of suffocation: "The kid who came to deceive me! Dare to come alone and tell a big lie in front of me, the sword and the axe will not be able to do it. Change color! I only think he is very brave! Later, I found out that I was fooled, and I felt that this kid is not only courageous, but also cunning! Brave and resourceful, he is a talent! Hahahaha! But now, it seems that this kid is still like this A ruthless heart!! A plan to scorch the earth! There is a set! There is a set!! Lao Tzu underestimates him!"
At this time, there was a vanguard cavalry in front of him and saw the army arrive, and the leader of the vanguard cavalry Odin ran back and asked to see Manninger.
After shouting for a while, Manninger was staring at the black soil in a daze. When he heard that the leader of the striker was coming, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and strode over.
The striker leader was kneeling down on one knee to salute, but suddenly he saw the patriarch rushing towards him with a furious face. Before he could speak, Manninger had already kicked him in the heart and kicked the guy. Kick over! Manninger kicked with hatred, and the striker leader suddenly vomited blood!
Manninger went up, pulled out his own long knife with a swipe, and slashed the opponent's neck with one knife!
The head soared into the sky, and the blood spurted out!
Everyone around was stunned, and they didn't know why the patriarch was so angry, he cut off the forward leader without saying a word
"Idiot! Mistake me for a big deal! I wish I could kill him 10,000 times!!!"
Someone next to him finally said: "Patriarch..."
"Don't you think so!" Manninger turned around, threw the long knife in his hand heavily on the ground, and shouted sharply: "My order is to let him lead his troops to the south first and attack Denzel City at the speed of cavalry!! This is What did the idiot do!! He discovered the abnormal situation here, and it was right to send someone to report to me! But he actually ignored my order and stopped here! The good situation was ruined by this idiot!! !!"
Seeing that the leaders of his tribe were puzzled, Manninger looked over and met blank eyes. He couldn't help sighing in his heart: There are no resourceful people in his tribe, and although there are many warriors of the Basak tribe, But too few have brains...
"You don't understand? Then I'll tell you! That Byzantine kid cheated us once the day before yesterday! For what? To delay time! Now it seems that he came back and burned his own grain and farmland, wanting us to run out of food. Conqueror!! But he still doesn’t have enough time! Although we were fooled, he was only delayed for a day!! One day is not enough for him to make a scorched earth strategy! I am worried that these Byzantines will come up with some tricks to order The striker went south to attack Denzel City at all costs! Just to avoid the possibility of an accident!! But this bastard is good! As soon as he saw that the situation here was wrong, he rashly ignored my order and stopped!! I know the Byzantines There is not enough time for the Scorched Earth Strategy!! He stopped here for another day and a night, but he gave the Byzantines another day!! So that they can complete the Scorched Earth Strategy!! Now I can bet! We will go south until the next Denzel City, don't even think about finding food within two days of traveling around!!!"
Manninger said this with a gloomy expression: "The order, the forward cavalry return to the middle army! Let the warriors rest for an hour, and then set off for Denzel City!"
Someone else was puzzled: "Patriarch, since the situation is urgent, why do you need to rest for an hour..."
"It's useless." Manninger shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not fast when it should be fast, the opportunity has been lost, and it's too late now, it's better to let everyone rest and nourish their spirits. When I get to Denzel City, I want to be better. Look at that kid!"
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It was late at night when Odin's vanguard appeared on the horizon.
After three days of preparation, rough fortifications have been built under Denzel City.
In the field outside the city, some groves were cut down or burned by a fire. Under the city wall, a piece of rough wooden stakes that were temporarily built were stuck on the ground.
Although it is a bit rough, both the width and the thickness are barely a little bit.
The city gate was closed, and the defenders on the city wall were ready.
Because it was not long before the last war, as a temporary command post in the former theater, Denzel City's arsenal originally left a batch of ordnance that was not used after the last war. There was no shortage of bows and arrows, and several ballistas were also pushed up the city wall.
Originally these ordnance, to be honest, the worms in the former garrison colluded with the military officials who were in charge of the war zone during the last war, and quietly withheld them. Originally, they had an idea to enrich their own pockets, but it happened by coincidence. , It turned out that the good buyer was a warlord from a military region in the southwest, but for some reasons, the price was not negotiated, and the matter was delayed.
But I didn't want to delay it until now, but it happened to be cheaper for Xia.
At this moment, all the people in the city have been mobilized, and all the soldiers of the garrison have been on the city wall, as well as other tax soldiers and prison soldiers have also been formed into teams to join the ranks of defending the city.
Even Xia Ya went to the prison in the city. The prison in Denzel City originally held dozens of prisoners. Xia Ya promised that as long as they could defend the city, they would be freed after the war. Guilty, but also rewarded with thirty gold coins.
And the guards of the passing caravan who happened to be all recruited by Char, and Char persuaded several caravans who happened to be unfortunately trapped in Denzel City.
"Odin people come, once the city is broken, the goods in your caravan will be robbed! You can't even save your life! Why don't you cooperate with me and help me defend the city! I will definitely reward you afterwards!"
There were even two caravans from Odin in the city, and Xiaya immediately confiscated all the other party's goods very rudely, and drove all the Odins out of the city.
Although this method is a bit inappropriate, Xiaya dare not take the risk! In case these Odin caravans have spies of the Odins or something like that... He doesn't dare to take such a risk now.
Everything is prepared—or, in a limited time, everything that can be done is done, and there is nothing that can’t be done. In short, when Xi Ya stood on the city wall and finally saw the approaching army of the Odins in the distance, he suddenly felt relieved - this feeling made him feel a bit absurd.
(Damn, anyway, it's dead or alive, just look at this time!)
The torches on the city walls were bright, and there were still many forests burning in the wilderness below the city. So the army of the Odins turned out that both sides could see clearly.
When the black Odin army was far below the city, and tens of thousands of majestic Odin warriors spread out in the wilderness like ant colonies, the Byzantine defenders above the city walls were shocked!
These defenders are all a mob that was temporarily pulled up. Although there are some local defenders, they were originally mixed soldiers, and they had never experienced any battles. At this moment, they saw tens of thousands of Odin warriors in the city. Shangxiang recalled hearing the savage and ferocious legend of the Odins on weekdays. Many of the defenders turned pale, and some people trembled with fright on the spot.
Xia Ya stood on the tower, and saw that many soldiers around him showed fear, and sighed in his heart.
At this moment, morale is low, if you can't think of something, it will be bad for the defending city!
Thinking of this, Xiaya rolled his eyes, and suddenly jumped onto the wall of the city wall and stomped, shouting to the black Odin array in the distance.
"Manninger, you Odins are guests from afar! As the master, I would like to invite you to a cup of tea first!!"
After speaking, Xia Ya laughed, standing on top of the city wall under the eyes of tens of thousands of eyes, unbuttoning his pants, and urinating at the city!
Seeing him do this, everyone was stunned!
Xia's bubble bird took a long time, and he laughed and said: "Brothers, you are a guest from afar, don't let the Odins laugh at us for not being polite!"
Standing next to him is Alfre Carter. This guy has followed Xia Ya for many days. Knowing the temperament of this lord, he also laughed and shouted: "The lord has spoken! Brothers, let's invite Odin Manzi to tea!"
Immediately, the mercenaries beside him who were originally his subordinates also burst into laughter. Dozens of men jumped on the wall and stamped, standing in a row, all unbuttoned their pants and urinated against the city. Immediately, I saw a row of men standing there, the water column rushing...
Some mercenaries, after urinating, deliberately shook at the Odin army in the distance, turned around, pulled down their buttocks and slapped the enemy hard twice.
Doing this, suddenly made many defenders on the city wall burst into laughter, and for a while, the fearful thoughts faded a lot.
The Odins in the distance could see it clearly, and many Odins showed anger, and some shouted loudly.
For a while, the city was screaming and scolding, and after a while, the Odin army was seen separated, a snow-white and majestic warhorse slowly came out, and immediately sat a majestic and mighty old man with silver beard, it was Manninger.
"From the city!" Manninger's voice was stern, but when he shouted, the voice clearly fell into the ears of tens of thousands of people below the city wall!
"The one in the city! But that Sharba?!" Manninger sneered: "Come out and answer!"
Xia Ya looked carefully, and also came forward with a laugh: "Your Excellency Patriarch Manninger! Haha! I'm sorry! I used a trick to deceive you that day, my real name is Xia Yaleiming! Military Commander of More County !"
When Manninger heard this, his expression changed: "Xia Yaleiming? It's you! Humph, I heard that in the last war, there was a kid in Byzantium, and even Hastings dared to compete, and it's really good!"
After a pause, Manninger shouted proudly: "You are only a small county guard, how many troops can you have? At this moment, you are trapped in a lonely city, and there is no reinforcement! I am here with tens of thousands of Odin soldiers, as long as I order, the city will be destroyed. People are destroyed! Why don't you open the city and surrender, I... "
Xia Ya didn't wait for him to finish, and then laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, what's the use of this nonsense? Lao Tzu even burned his own territory! Is it for surrender after spending so much money?"
After he finished speaking, he grabbed the bow and arrow in the hand of a guard beside him, drew the bow and arrow, and shouted: "You know, I once made an oath in the battle of the Albact Plain!"
"Oh? What?"
Xia Ya didn't answer, let out a long laugh, the bowstring in his hand vibrated, and a meteor shot out! !
Manninger sat on the horse and saw a ray of light shot, he immediately shouted, drew the knife and swung it, and heard a muffled sound, the blade in his hand blocked the arrow, but his blade also snapped. into two pieces! The broken blade fell to the ground, inserted into the soil, and kept buzzing and vibrating!
Manninger only felt numbness in his arms and huge pain in his mouth. He couldn't help but look up at the city wall in surprise!
Xia Ya took a deep breath, and suddenly roared loudly, like thunder!
"In my life, kill all the Odins!!!!"