Via is also unlucky. She had a conflict with Nene from Wildfire Town a few days ago, and was about to make a killing move, but was stopped by Aunt Sofia who was hiding on the side.
But after all, she traveled for a long time, fought with Nene, and suffered some minor injuries. After leaving Yehuo Town, she went all the way south to Denzel City. She originally only rested in the city for one night, but Xi Ya did not expect After sending someone to send the news of the former enemy, Green immediately ordered the city to be sealed, the walls and the wilderness were cleared, and the scorched earth strategy was adopted. The city was only allowed to enter and not to leave.
Later, Odin's army came to the city, but they blocked Via in the city and couldn't get out. After waiting for two days, the Odin army left, and Via was very anxious. He just wanted to be able to have wings on his back and fly to Osgilia in one step. Where would he be willing to stay here
Moreover, the domestic situation in Byzantium is now corrupt, rumors are everywhere, and there are not many rumors in the market every day. It is said that hundreds of thousands of rebels have occupied all the northern part of the empire. Said that the Roderian cavalry had broken the enemy, and later said that Odin and the rebels joined forces...
Via waited for two days, and her patience was exhausted. Today, she refused to wait any longer, so she decided to forcibly leave the city and head south. Her actions naturally aroused the blocking of the defenders. Via relied on force, she wanted to force her way out .
"It turned out to be you..." Xia Ya was naturally surprised when he saw Via, but then he showed a kind smile, let the surrounding defenders disperse, and said with a smile: "Let's all go away, this is my lord's friend. , disperse, disperse!"
Via stood there, proudly looking at Xia Ya with her head held high, with a grim expression on the exposed half of her face, Xia Ya walked in front of her, raised her hand, and said sternly, "I didn't expect to meet you here... Well, Via Miss… "
Via just stared at Xia Ya coldly, with a bit of vigilance in his eyes.
"This... you don't need to look at me like that." Xia shook his head: "It's an old acquaintance anyway, and you saved me once..."
"I'm going out of the city." Via frowned and just said this coldly.
Xia Ya was stunned, then smiled and said, "Out of the city?"
"Get out of the city!" Via looked at the people around, and at the entourage behind Xia Ya. Xia Ya immediately understood and turned back: "Let's all spread out."
After speaking, he stepped forward and grabbed Wea's arm, pulled her and walked forward, smiling: "This is not the place to talk, go back first, even if you want to leave the city, let me arrange it."
Originally, when Xia Ya's hand reached out, there was a hint of coldness in Via's eyes, but then she heard Xia Ya's last sentence, and finally sighed, did not dodge, and let Xia Ya pull herself to the city.
The two did not speak along the way. Xia Ya took Via to the garrison in the city. Before reaching the door, she saw Sharba shouting and commanding several guards holding bundles of arrow crossbows from the inside. Running out, saw Xi Ya head-on, and then saw Via next to Xi Ya, Sharba's eyes suddenly widened, standing there shouting "ah", the bundle of arrows in his hand also He fell to the ground with a bang, and then suddenly woke up. Shaerba seemed to be at a loss, and immediately knelt down on one knee, shouting: "Lord Via..."
Via snorted, without looking at Sharba, and walked past Sharba, only after walking two steps before leaving a cold sentence: "Get up, I'm not your relative. Captain of the guard."
Sharba seemed to have great respect for Via, and jumped up quickly, but caught up to two steps behind Via, and whispered: "Sir..."
Via Huoran turned back and stared at Sharba coldly: "I'll say it again, I'm not your commander anymore!"
"Yes..." Sharba smirked and scratched the back of his head.
The garrison mansion was empty, and most of the manpower in the city was sent to the city wall to defend the city. When they came to the garrison mansion, and as soon as they entered the hall, Via immediately said: "Xia Ya, I have no time to delay, as long as a minute A horse, then open the city and let me go south immediately!"
Xia Ya scratched his head, looked at Via, and said with a wry smile: "Of course there are horses, but it may be difficult to get out of the city at this time."
When Via heard this, he frowned and said nothing.
Xiaya glanced at Sharba, winked at Sharba, and then said: "Although the Odin army outside the city has retreated, there are still thousands of people blocking it outside, I can't drive at this time. city gate…”
Seeing that Via's face was dissatisfied, Xia Ya immediately accelerated his speech and said: "Besides, even if you let you go out, the direction of the south is the army of the Odins. I expect that after their army went south, they must have sent countless squads. Requiring grain nearby, if you go south out of the city alone, I am afraid you will run into the Odins in less than half a day."
Via sneered: "This is my problem."
Xia Ya sighed: "I know you are very skilled, when Hastings..."
As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt a sharp look from Via, and Xiaya quickly shut up and smiled: "With your skills, even if you encounter a small group of Odins, you are naturally not afraid, but... "
Via was a little impatient, shook his head and said: "Since there are still Odins outside the city, you can't open the city gate, and I don't force it. You only need to order the soldiers guarding the city not to block it, and I will go over the city wall and leave by myself. ."
Xia looked at Via: "You went over the city wall... Without a horse, did you walk to Osgilia on two legs? Now that the vicinity of Denzel City is scorched, and there is no one, you are going out of the city alone. , don't even try to find horses, let alone horses, not even cattle, sheep and livestock..."
Via was furious and stared at Xia Ya: "Speaking so much nonsense, are you trying to detain me!"
Xia Ya smiled: "We have no grievances or enmity. Speaking of which, I still owe you a life, why should I detain you? You are my savior, I just don't want to see you go out of the city and die."
Shaerba saw Xi Ya's wink at him, and smiled: "Lord Via... Even if you want to leave, it's not convenient in the middle of the day, why don't you wait until the night, when the night is quiet, we will quietly remove you from the Putting it down on the city wall and hanging a horse for you is better than your open battle in broad daylight, right?"
Via listened, pondered for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll wait until it's dark before leaving."
To be honest, Xia Ya is really kind. Since Viaken stayed for a long time, Xia immediately ordered people to bring food and drink to let Via have a rest. Taking advantage of letting Shaerba go out to prepare, Xiaya also followed, put Shaerbala aside, and asked in a low voice, "Are you familiar with her?"
Sharba smiled: "Mr. Via was the captain of the personal guard of the former General Adric, and he was my immediate superior. The old people in our personal guard were sincerely in awe of her, and all the people in the camp were convinced. "
Xia Ya nodded and said no more, then turned back to the hall by himself, and pushed aside the servants in the hall before smiling: "Speaking of which, the favor I owed you at the beginning has not been repaid..."
Via's tone was indifferent: "You don't need to thank me, it was someone else's entrustment to save you in the first place. If you want to thank you, thank someone else."
Xia Ya's eyes flashed: "Who is it? Who asked you to save me?"
Via snorted and didn't answer, but continued to eat on her own. Xia Ya waited for a while before smiling bitterly: "Since you won't tell me, I won't ask. It's just... "
Via finally raised his eyelids: "Just what?"
Xia Ya shook his head: "I'm just a little worried."
After a pause, he glanced at no one outside the door, and then whispered: "The situation in the empire is rotten, the rebels are besieging Osgilia, and I don't know how the imperial capital is now. The Odins are heading south again, and I am here at this moment. I am trapped in the lonely city, although the Odin army outside has left, but I am alone and helpless, so blindly defending is always not the way..."
Via sneered, with a bit of mockery in his tone: "I don't think you are still a loyal empire?"
Xia Ya shook his head: "When it comes to being loyal to the empire, I don't dare to say it, but it is natural to repay the kindness of others. The emperor is kind to me. At this time, if I abandon the city and run away, I would be a bit too arrogant. In this situation, there are strong enemies outside and no rescuers inside. I'm worried that we can't defend here. If nothing else, the Chixue Army has gone south to find food. Once they get replenished and come back, they will be able to give this small town to me. Went out."
After listening quietly, Via seemed to ponder for a while before finally sighing. She looked up at Xia Ya for a long time, and suddenly said, "Let's evacuate."
"Um?"
Via frowned, as if he didn't want to say anything, but he finally said it: "Let's tell you the truth, I came all the way from the north, the Odins' march this time is very strange, and several legions mobilized in a hurry, making it clear that In addition to the Chixue Army, I also know that Hasting's Black Flag Army has also moved south, but bypassed the Wildfire Field, and the direction of the attack is the northwest of the Empire. In addition, there are also two Odin Legions. It has already been launched, but I don't know where they are attacking. In short, this time, Odin can be regarded as sending out all the legions that can be mobilized in the country... In the northern part of the Byzantine Empire, there is no one that can resist for thousands of miles. power, I'm afraid..."
"Afraid of what?"
Via sneered: "This time, even if Byzantium is not destroyed, the thousands of miles of land in the north will definitely no longer belong to Byzantium after the war."
Xia Ya's face changed, her heart pounded, and she stared at Via: "Where did you hear this news?"
Via frowned: "Don't worry about this."
Xiaya was silent, just staring at Via, and after a while, he suddenly said, "It was Caviehir who asked you to save me last time."
He deliberately said this slowly and in a light tone, but his eyes were fixed on Via, trying to capture the subtle changes in expression on Via's face, but Via heard it, but looked indifferent, just looked at it so lightly Xia Ya glanced at it, neither admitted nor denied it, but took a sip from the cup on the table.
Her expression made Xia Ya a little unsure, but her doubts deepened, and she continued to test: "I don't understand, when I first joined the army, I was an unknown boy, how could Caviehir work for a master like you to save me? Do I have any value that deserves his attention?"
Via looked at the sky outside the window, and said lightly: "You don't need to test, I won't answer you."
Xia Ya was a little frustrated in her heart, but then her heart moved, and she suddenly smiled: "I heard that Caviehir was assassinated in the imperial capital, do you know the news?"
Sure enough, Via was finally no longer indifferent, a flash of sharpness flashed in his eyes, and he took a deep look at Xia Ya. When Xia Ya saw Via's reaction, she was more confident in her heart, and continued: "Originally, the sudden break between the royal family and the governors of the military region was too sudden. I also thought about it carefully, if Caviehir Alive, with his cleverness, even if he had to deal with those warlords, he would not start a war so rashly. The strength of the royal family was already at a disadvantage, and it was too reckless to break with the warlords so openly. But Caviehir suddenly If he died, then the emperor, in a fit of anger, immediately began to cleanse, and the warlords had to rebel, so this makes sense... But after thinking about it, I don't think it's as simple as that."
"why?"
Xia Ya coughed: "The confrontation between the royal family and the warlords has been going on for several generations. If the strength of the two sides is compared, the disadvantage of the royal family is getting bigger and bigger. If the royal family can continue to endure and plan slowly, there may be three points of hope. But If we openly confronted with force and everyone tore their faces to start a war, then the royal family would be asking for their own death. I can think of such a simple truth. Could it be that Caviehir and the emperor could not think of it? But in the end, this scene was still obtained , hum."
Via shook his head: "Odin is invading in a big way outside, and hundreds of thousands of rebels have blatantly erected rebel flags. I can't think of any hope for the royal family."
She was also a little dazed in her heart, and she couldn't help but say what she said in her heart - in fact, from Wea's standpoint, she didn't care about the life and death of the royal family. Go back and find out the truth.
Xia Ya also smiled bitterly: "Indeed, from the current situation, this Byzantine royal family has no chance of winning... But I always feel that things are not so simple."
Via didn't want to dwell on this topic anymore, she silently finished the food, then stood up and glanced at Xia Ya: "I saved your life in the beginning, now I'll give you a piece of advice... Evacuate! Odin! Several legions of people are heading south, and the north of the empire is unstoppable. You, this small lonely city, can’t stop it. Taking advantage of the opportunity now, if you abandon the city with your men and go south, you may still have three points. way to live."
Xiaya wanted to say something, but suddenly heard the hurried footsteps outside the door, Hawk rushed in quickly, and hurriedly shouted: "Sir! Lord Green asked me to report quickly, the Odins outside are attacking the city again, please immediately Go to town!"
Xia Ya raised her brows, stood up immediately, and sneered: "Oh? Only a few thousand people are left, still restless? Humph!"
He was about to go out, and Via had whispered behind him: "I'll go with you, I've beaten the Odins, and I just took the opportunity to leave."
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The Odins did attack the city.
Morka brought the five thousand people who had been driven out of Wildfire Town to the city, and got the order left to him by his father Manninger before he left, but Morka was extremely ashamed and angry.
With his heart, this expedition with the army was only for the purpose of establishing meritorious deeds, but he did not expect that the first thing his father ordered him to do would be messed up for him. The mob was driven out.
Although that mysterious master is really scary, Morka is not reconciled after all.
After arriving at the city of Denzel and merging with the thousand cavalry left by Manninger, the only thing Morka thought in his heart was to make a difference to restore the impression he left in his father's heart.
He looked at Denzel City, although the city walls were tall, but after all, the city was very small, and after listening to the people who stayed behind introduce the people who had attacked the city two days ago, it was obvious that there were not many defenders in the city, and their strength was weak, and they just took It's just the weakness that one side lacks food and can't waste time.
Father's tens of thousands of troops did not have a city that could be captured. If he could capture it, wouldn't he be able to turn the situation around in one fell swoop? Then you won't have to be ridiculed behind your back for your incompetence.
I have to say that this Morka is not all incompetent and reckless, but he has also come up with a way.
With his 5,000 or 6,000 troops, there are less than 1,000 defenders in the city. If they really attack with all their strength, they may not have no chance.
Moreover, before the Odins did not succeed in capturing the city, it was because the food ran out and there was no time. And now Morka has a thousand cavalry, just killing the reindeer to feed, can support more than ten days, more than ten days, five thousand to several hundred, it is entirely possible to break the city.
Moreover, Morka is not blindly attacking the city recklessly. After thinking for a long time, he also came up with an idea. Morka divided his men into five thousand-man teams, and sent a team out to cut down trees in all directions to collect wood to make equipment. The remaining four thousand-man teams took turns to make a noise and feint. He ordered the siege teams, each with a thousand troops, to attack the city for an hour. They didn't have to fight with all their strength. They only needed to make a loud noise to siege the city and try their best to harass the defenders on the city, so that the defenders on the city could not rest. .
This method is really useful.
His Morka troops had the advantage, and several thousand-man teams took turns to advance. When other teams attacked the city, the rest of the troops rested to recharge.
But after all, there are too few defenders in Denzel City, and it's not enough for less than 1,000 people to go to the city. Where is there room for shift rest
In one afternoon, the Odins had attacked the city more than ten times. Although they were shot back by the bow and arrows of the defenders on the city each time, they maintained their offensive with difficulty. At night, the defenders became nervous. The whole day, after all, is tired.
But Green and Xia finally didn't dare to really let the defenders rest. Their own troops were too weak. If they really slack off and rest, the enemy only needs a fierce attack, and maybe they will really break the city.
Therefore, knowing that the enemy is a strategy of exhausting the enemy, but no matter how strong Green is, and he has no soldiers in his hand, he can't think of a good way to deal with it.
On the contrary, the Odins kept feigning and harassing, and the defenders in the city were in a hurry. At this time, Via, who went to the city with Xia Ya, took the overall situation into consideration and did not force Xia Ya to let her out of the city at this time.
When night fell again, the defenders didn't even have time to eat dinner, and Morka outside the city sent another thousand troops to harass. The Odins held their shields and approached the city wall, not really desperate, but loud The noise made the defenders in the city dare not relax, and the crossbow arrows were shot out of the face like no money.
Xia Ya is also anxious and annoyed on the city wall. If he has a new force in his hand now, not much, even if it is only three or five hundred, he will dare to take people out of the city to rush into battle.
But after all, the defenders in the city were really too weak. In the battle on the Albact Plain, although he had a record of rushing into the formation with two hundred miscellaneous cavalry, don't forget that even if the two hundred cavalry were miscellaneous, they were also Luo. Soldiers of the Delia Cavalry! ! The soldiers in the Rodriguez cavalry regiment, even if they are not the main elite, can be regarded as elite soldiers when placed in other units.
But what's in town now? A mob, a real mob! According to the city, you might be able to have some courage. If you go out to the city to fight in the field... You are still facing Odin's elite Chixue Army... Hmph, it's better to shake your head faster.
It just took a whole night. By the time it was dawn, the defenders were already staggered. These guys were not elites at first. They had been defending for almost three days. Everyone was exhausted, and many people even stood a little unstable .
Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, the Odins outside the city sent another group of people to come up to make a noise, and Xia was heartbroken and glanced at Green: "I'll take people out to fight for a while! There is no other choice!"
Although Green didn't want to, but there was no better way at the moment, he pondered for a while, and said slowly: "How many people have you brought?"
Xia thought for a while: "Afre Carter's original fifty mercenaries, and Hawke's thirty mercenaries, plus the original Russell's mercenaries, make up a hundred!"
A hundred people attacked the army formation of thousands of opponents, and they were still the elite of Odin. It was too few. But at this moment, the only "elite" in the city are these former mercenaries, and the local defenders are really unbearable. Green wanted to come for a moment, and said solemnly: "You can try, but you have to understand that going out of the city to fight in the field is dangerous, and going out to fight, no matter what the battle situation is, you will not open the city to support! So... you are the main general, or I will lead someone out to rush out. Form!"
However, Xia Ya immediately shook his head, looked at Green's face, and said slowly: "It's not that I don't believe in your martial skills, it's just about defending the city. Although I am the main general in name, I rely on you in terms of military strategy to get out of the city. In the field, in case of any accident... I am dead, as long as you are here, I can continue to command the defense of the city, but if you have an accident... To be honest, our military strategy is limited, I am afraid I can't defend it!"
Green is not a mother-in-law, and he did not hesitate at the moment, and immediately said flatly: "Okay! If you die, I will definitely stick to the last moment, and I would rather die than surrender!"
Xia Ya laughed and glanced at Green. Both of them were men with tough personalities. They didn't need to say anything at the moment. After looking at each other, they were all silent. Xia Ya immediately turned around and went to count the manpower, and in a short while, he would gather up a hundred warriors from the former mercenaries, and without concealing it, he simply said: "Going out of the city to fight in the field, we will do our best to fight! If you are afraid of death, You can quit now, and I don't blame you! Those who follow me to fight, as long as they come back alive, will be rewarded with 100 gold coins each!"
Some of these mercenaries were former Alfrekat's subordinates, and Xiaya was kind to them. And Hawke's subordinates went to Wildfire Field with him. They once witnessed the mighty and majestic appearance of Xiaya and Sharba rushing into the thousands of horse thieves. Speaking out, no one flinched, they all raised their swords and shouted.
Seeing that the morale was strong, Xia Ya immediately asked people to prepare to sling out of the city, and at the same time ordered the archers in the city to prepare to suppress the attack of the Odins.
Green's expression was a bit complicated, and he didn't say much, just watched Xi Ya rectify his staff.
The defenders on the city wall fired a volley of bows and crossbows, suppressing the pace of the Odins' attack. Xiaya was about to take the opportunity to take the opportunity to go down the city, when he suddenly heard Green's cry: "Everyone stop! Wait a minute!!"
Green stood on the top of the city, suddenly his expression changed, and he looked towards the north!
I saw that on the northern horizon, a fire was faintly visible, and a thick plume of smoke rose into the sky in the distance!
Beacon fire wolf smoke
Not only Green looked at it, but most of the people on the city wall saw it, and Xia looked surprised: "Yi? Could it be that reinforcements are here?!"
Under the beacon fire in the far north, I saw the shadow of a group of people and horses appearing on the horizon of the road in the distance. Although it was a little blurry in the distance, there were more and more people. .
Green looked in his eyes, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Send the order! Smoke!!! Hurry!!"
There was originally a beacon tower on the city tower, which was necessary for the city defense of frontier towns. Green gave the order, and he couldn't wait for his men to act. He grabbed a torch with his own hands and rushed to the beacon tower and threw the torch on it. Suddenly, the fire lighted up, and the smoke billowed up!
Under the beacon fire in the distance, as if the other party also saw the thick smoke of the beacon fire rising from the city wall, the shadows of those people and horses in the distance suddenly surged!
On the road, the sound of horseshoes soon came from a distance, and I saw a group of cavalrymen behind them raised the dust in the sky, coming from a distance! The number is probably more than 2,000, and they are all cavalry!
This team of cavalry turned out to have a majestic lineup, but the galloping cavalry has a strict formation and is quite lawful. Although there is no banner, and from a distance, the service equipment is also miscellaneous, not like the regular army of the empire. , but two thousand cavalry came galloping, and naturally there was a mighty momentum!
The sudden arrival of the cavalry in the distance, the Odins outside the city naturally also noticed it. After a bugle, the Odins who attacked the city quickly retreated, tightening the defense line and waiting in full force.
That group of cavalry rushed to a place less than half a mile away from the battlefield under the city, and then suddenly stopped, spread out in the field, and stared faintly at the Odin army outside the city.
At this moment, Green was still a little puzzled: "Strange, where did the cavalry come from? Is it a trick of the Odins?"
But Xiaya saw the original group of cavalry on the city wall, but suddenly his face became weird, after listening to Green's words, Xiaya's face was complicated, and he smiled bitterly: "No doubt, this is not Odin, it is coming to help our… "
"Not the Odins? But this team of cavalry looks majestic and elite, but it's not our imperial army..."
What else did Green have to say, but there was Sharba on the city wall who also saw the original cavalry team, and suddenly laughed: "Haha! Master Green, don't doubt, these people are indeed our reinforcements!"
In the distance of the wilderness, the original group of cavalrymen, led by them, slowly ran out to ride, a black majestic war horse, the man on the horse, the figure was burly and sturdy, with a tiger's back and a bear waist, and a sharp hammer in his hand!
Who is this person
Of course it's our eldest lady Nene who is here to find her husband.
…
Nene ran a few steps alone, raised the edge hammer in his hand, and nearly two thousand horse thieves shouted loudly. The roar of two thousand people came from a distance, and the momentum was quite amazing!
The Odins outside the city were waiting in full force. It has to be said that Morka, as Manninger's eldest son, did have some skills. Seeing the arrival of the enemy, he immediately ordered to line up and set up the formation very closely, not in a hurry. Send someone to rush forward!
He knew very well that he was mostly infantry, and most of the 1,000 reindeer cavalry left behind had been slaughtered and filled with food. If you rashly fight against it, then once the lineup is chaotic, the enemy cavalry will charge, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
When Nene rushed to the battlefield with the cavalry, he saw that the Odins had already formed an array and gathered together. for a while.
Since there are reinforcements outside and there are still 2,000 elite cavalry, Xia naturally does not need to venture out of the city, and only sends people to raise a banner on the city wall, echoing the people in the distance from afar.
After Nene understood, he did not attack, but only brought the cavalry in a persecuting posture, bluffing and persecuting the Odins bit by bit.
After a short while, the sound of the horn came from the Odin army, and then the lineup began to change. Two or three hundred reindeer cavalrymen were divided, cruising on one side of the array, and then the infantry array began to turn around, and the rear team changed. The front team, little by little, left the battlefield. And two or three hundred reindeer cavalry fell behind the final break.
Morka's command is very strict, and his subordinates are all elite warriors from the tribe. There is no confusion at all. He leads people carefully out of the battlefield, and after pulling them to a safe distance, he calmly leads the group to the outside of the city. The barracks tent was no longer needed, and they slowly went south.
On the city wall, Green watched the Odins retreat, and the surrounding defenders cheered, but he alone had a complicated expression and frowned.
"What's the matter? The Odins were forced back, aren't you happy?" Xia patted Green with a smile.
Green looked at the back of the Odins in the distance, his eyes flashed, and he whispered: "Manninger, the commander of the Chixue Army, is a famous general among Odins, shrewd and cunning. The leader is not a mediocre person. The strategy used to weaken the enemy before is cunning. At this moment, the retreat is also rigorous and careful, and does not give us any chance to pursue. Alas... Among the Odin people, there are so many heroes! Although we are in the Byzantine Empire There are also heroes and heroes, but now the country is rotten, and the blood of my own people will be drained in the civil war! These Odin people are eyeing, and there are so many heroes... I am afraid that the empire's national fortune will be worrying!"