Chuck City.
This is exactly the first city that Char's 800-cavalry troopers captured after quietly entering Syltan County.
Thousands of Odin garrisoners who were originally stationed here were destroyed in the first battle that day. After Xia Ya's 800 cavalry occupied the small town, they didn't stop for a long time. They looted all the horses and livestock in the city, and after supplementing a certain amount of supplies, they quickly headed south.
There were originally 2,000 troops in the city, most of which were descendants of the former Corsica military district, and a small number of the original local garrison troops in Syltane County - the entire Syltane County and Corsica Military District. After being annexed by Manninger, these troops surrendered, those that were destroyed were destroyed, and finally were reorganized and returned to Manninger.
At this moment in this city, the two thousand attached troops have not dispersed. Xia Ya went into and out of the city every day, and the time was very short. That day, Xiaya's 800 cavalry was like a broken bamboo, and he easily annihilated a thousand Odin warriors. After entering the city proudly, these attached troops have long been afraid, not to mention resistance, even the thought of running away dared to have half a point, but After Xia Ya entered the city, he didn't even look at the attached troops. Those attached troops originally had officers and others who wanted to take the initiative to accept the surrender. Unfortunately, Xia Ya seemed to have no interest and ignored these people at all. After that, the whole army left the city.
Although many days have passed, the shock left by the battle that day has not dissipated to this day!
The attached army in the city did not disperse today, just because after the Odin people in the city were annihilated, these guys suddenly found that they had nowhere to go!
Originally, although they were known as "attached troops", when those uncles Odin were there, who would look at them seriously with their eyelids? These attached troops are soldiers who surrendered before. Most of the Odins despise these guys in their hearts. They shout and drink, beat and scold at will, like slaves.
Now, these masters have been killed all at once, and the people who killed the masters of Odin have also left. This time, these attached troops are at a loss.
In this cold winter, the huge Syltan County has been poisoned by the Odin people. If you walk in the wild, you will not encounter any people if you walk hundreds of miles, and those villages and towns are almost empty. The snow is all over the place. If you really leave the city, I am afraid that you will not be able to walk for two days, and you will either starve to death or freeze to death!
Originally, in this chaotic world, it is enough to be able to struggle to live a life. As for who is the master—in fact, for these affiliated troops, I don’t care much about myself. Anyway, my home is gone, and I am rootless. man. Whoever is strong can ride on his own head and be the master. Even if the Odins are defeated and a group of new and stronger masters arrives, we just shrink our heads and be obedient and let us be driven.
But here's the problem... Xia Ya left without hesitation, but seemed to have no interest at all in recruiting these attached troops!
This can make people unable to figure out the number of ways.
All the livestock in the city were swept away by Xiaya, and there was only a small amount of grain left. Without livestock, if you left the city on two legs, it would be a dead end.
These two thousand attached troops have been living in fear and fear these past few days - they were all used to being slaves, but suddenly there was no master who shouted at them, but it was a little bit difficult to survive.
The biggest worry in my heart is that those Odins are making a comeback. After all, Odin is a big one in Syltan County. And the Odins are the most ruthless. If an army of Odins comes here again and finds that the Odin defenders here have been annihilated, but their own troops are unscathed, I am afraid that the murderous Odins will inevitably Take anger at yourself and these soldiers... From light to all become slaves, to heavy, even if the entire army is slaughtered, it is normal!
There is no way to go, and nowhere to go, but staying in this city, in the constant panic every day, is not a solution.
These two thousand soldiers have been trapped in this Chuck City for the past few days, and they are looking forward to it every day - but they don't even know what they are looking for.
Naturally, the city wall has long since been guarded - this city is also an ownerless person anyway, and those who surrendered have no intention to control the city's defense, whether it is Byzantine or Odin, after they come, receive it. Come early. One, we might as well cast a new master to mess around with.
But at noon on this day, the city gate of Chuck City was wide open, the city wall was empty, the enlisted troops in the city were hiding in the barracks to keep warm, and even half of the people who were patrolling were absent.
The huge city gate is so wide open, and no one is going to clean the snow on the road.
In the distance outside the city gate, in the snow, far away, a group of riding shadows appeared.
That far-off cavalry shadow was only a dozen or so cavalry, and according to the Byzantine military system, it was only a small team. Those cavalrymen were all wearing leather jackets, leather armors, and saddles. They were all standard lances of the Byzantine army. A small group of cavalry came from far from the north, and the cavalry at the front calmly raised a flag when they were not far from the city defense.
This small cavalry team ran straight to the bottom of the city wall. Occasionally, there were a few soldiers in the city gate who came out to collect snow and go back to boil water. They finally saw it. In the midst of the gust of wind, he exclaimed and ran away, even throwing away the bowls in which he collected snow.
When that group of cavalry entered the city, all the surrendered troops in the city were alarmed. More than 2,000 surrendered troops were just huddled in the original Odin barracks in the city, and they did not even dare to close the camp gate. Two thousand people huddled in the camp, all gathered there, not daring to catch a breath. Only a few leading officers of the descending army gathered in a tent, and they just looked at each other, uncertain.
After waiting for a long time, I also quietly sent my confidants to look out at the camp gate, but I didn't see a group of Byzantine cavalry who brought into the city. I just heard that after the cavalry entered the city, they went straight to the warehouse, and then After walking around the city.
In the end, it had been a full hour after entering the city, and finally came to the camp gate of the military camp.
The descending soldiers who had been watching at the gate of the camp even ran in, how could they dare to stand at the gate and peep
to kill? Is it down? Is it guarding
Several officers are not decisive people. The surrendering army has been bullied by the Odins for many days. Even if the backbone of the original person has been broken at this moment, there is no courage.
That time also seemed to pass extremely slowly, and the people in the waiting camp were about to go crazy, and finally a bugle came from outside!
The Byzantine bugle came and fell in the ears of the officers of the descending army. It was startling at first, and then it was a sigh of relief.
It's okay, it's okay... not an offensive horn. Everyone is used to hearing the bugle of Byzantine, and they all know it clearly. It is the trumpet rhythm of military etiquette.
Immediately, the sound of hooves was heard outside, and the two cavalry rushed into the camp, and the officers in the tent heard the roar of cavalry outside!
"Lord General has an order! The whole battalion is assembled! Listen to the orders of the adults! In less than a moment, the whole battalion will be killed!!"
"Sir General has an order!..."
"Sir General..."
"General..."
The shouts and shouts came, and the two riders in the camp circled the camp three times back and forth, shouting more than ten times before they rode their horses out of the camp gate.
The officers who surrendered in the camp were suspicious, and they discussed with each other for a while. If nothing else, just the title of "general" made everyone feel uneasy.
General's rank? Could it be a high-ranking Byzantine official? !
Although he was puzzled, he did not have the courage to resist after all. After hesitating for a while, the officers who had surrendered came out of the barracks, divided up their manpower, and assembled people from each battalion.
Hastily lined up, just huddled together in the camp, and then everyone recommended two more courageous people and went out of the camp to meet them.
Outside the open camp gate, finally, after a while, the dozen or so cavalry came in proudly!
The 2,000 descendants were a little disorganized, and the dozen or so cavalrymen slowly passed by. Those soldiers didn't dare to take a breath! After all, a few days ago, that Byzantine cavalry, the combat power displayed was really scary! Even the fierce Odins are vulnerable, not to mention that these people are the defeated generals of the Odins
In any case, after being anxious for many days, since the Byzantines have come to close the city, that's fine! Even if you include your own people, it is still better than not having a hope every day.
Several officers in the surrendered army lowered their heads when they were timid, and did not dare to even look at the cavalry. One or two of them were more daring, but they only dared to raise their heads quietly and use their peripheral vision to spy on them. a bit.
The dozen or so cavalry bypassed the queue and slowly came to the front of the camp, but did not dismount, but just lined up and lined up. Among the more than ten cavalry, one cavalry took a few steps forward slowly, and a body on horseback The knight in leather armor swept over the audience with gloomy eyes, and sighed softly in the audience.
"All raise your heads."
A cold voice, in this cold wind, spread throughout the audience.
After a brief silence, standing at the front of the team, two officers who had surrendered suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "So, Lord Sogel?"
"It's Lord Sogel!"
"General Sauger!"
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The "general" who entered the city was naturally Sogel, the last general of the Corsican military region that Char had subdued.
As the only remaining general of the Corsican military region, and he used to be quite prestige in the Corsican army, Char Ya spent a lot of effort and thought to subdue this general Sogel, even in order to get this Sogel , voluntarily gave up Gaia, the heir to the governor of the Corsican military region.
With such a useful person in his hand, how could Xia Ya not make full use of it
In this plan, Xia Ya took eight hundred cavalry into Syltan County and drove straight in, and did not include those descending troops along the way. Naturally, it was not that Xia Ya was not interested in those descending troops, but his cavalry depended on speed and surprise attacks, and did not stop. Time to calmly incorporate the army. As a supplement and back to the plan, this General Sogel, under the order of Char Ya, walked slowly behind, along the route of Char Ya's cavalry attack, gathered the surrendering army along the way, and returned Char Ya. Used.
Sogel was originally a senior general of the Corsican military region, and he was also quite prestigious. Most of the large enlisted troops at the hands of these Odins are Corsican descendants. This descended army has more than 2,000 people. Now, in the Corsica Military Region, I have seen a real senior general like Soger. Even though others don't recognize Soger's appearance, they have heard of his name.
As the person who recruited these troops, Sogel was the best candidate!
He used to be a member of the Corsican military region, he was familiar with the situation of the Corsican army, and he had prestige in his body. From the point of view of Charya's selfishness, Sogel was upright and did not have any personal ambitions. He has lost his mind and pinned the hope of revenge on himself, so there is no need to worry about Sogel's dissent.
Sure enough, when the name of "Sogel" was called out, there was a commotion in the originally stunned army of surrendering troops. Many soldiers and officers who surrendered to the army, who had originally been terrified or numb, heard the name. , suddenly a little more vitality and hope!
Especially many people, it is obvious that they seem to be relieved.
Seeing that there was a sudden commotion in the team, Sogel's eyes were a little complicated, but this complicated look immediately turned into a coldness!
"Quiet!!"
He took a deep breath, suddenly stopped drinking, his sharp eyes swept over the officers standing in the front row, and shouted: "The army is lined up, making a lot of noise, what does it look like! If there is more noise, drag it out and chop it up! "
As soon as he became serious, the dozen or so cavalry on both sides immediately brushed it, and raised the lance, and suddenly the tip of the more than ten spears pointed at the troops in front of the descending army.
To be honest, if it really caused any trouble, even if the two thousand surrendered troops had no backbone and blood, if it really became a mess, it would not be able to really suppress it by a dozen or so cavalry. 2,000 against a dozen people, no need to fight, rushing up, crushing people to death.
But after all, the deterrence of Xiaya's cavalry a few days ago was still there. Once they saw that the situation was not right, the descending army suddenly stopped making noise, and they all returned to quiet, just looking at Sogel and others in front of them in fear, Even the queue quietly stepped back.
Sogel snorted coldly, his face full of anger: "Look at what you guys look like! Originally, they were all serious soldiers! But now I only see a pool of mud!"
He sighed and raised his hand to a few officers in the front row: "A few of you answer, everyone else shut up!"
The few officers who surrendered to the army he pointed looked at each other, and finally one seemed to have the highest position. He took two steps forward, saluted, and said in a respectful tone, "Lord Bakuma..."
As soon as he heard this title, Soggar's face sank!
When he was in the Corsica Military Region, the official position he held was the Chief of the Act. As a military supporter of the eldest son of the Governor, the position of Chief of Act was considered to be a high-ranking figure in the Corsica Military Region.
But at this moment, this is obviously the old officer of the Corsican Military Region who called out this title, obviously hoping that Sogel can remember his old feelings, but Sogel suddenly changed color, interrupted the other party, snorted coldly, and shouted. : "No need to mention the old names!"
After a pause, he said slowly: "I am now under the command of the Marshal of the Empire's Northern Theater, Lord Xia Ya, and I am the commander-in-chief of the Third Corps of the Northern Theater. You can just call me Lord General! The old name, don't Moreover!"
The officer who surrendered to the army was a bit clever, and immediately changed his words: "Yes! Lord General!"
Sogel's expression softened a little, and then he said solemnly: "How many people are in your battalion now? How many soldiers and how many auxiliary soldiers? Report them to me carefully."
The officer's face was a little bitter, but he respectfully said: "Sir, the number of the attached army in the city is now 2,336 people... I was attached to the Odin people before I waited, how do those Odin savages understand the military system? After we were recruited, there was no distinction between soldiers and auxiliaries, but all of them belonged to one battalion... But now there are 2,050 people in the battalion, all of them are here... A few days ago, this city was destroyed. After that, some deserters in the city ran away for the past two days, and the rest were all here."
Sogel sneered: "Destroyers? Hmph, the city has been broken for many days, and there is no control, why don't you run?"
The officer said honestly: "The Byzantine army that broke the city before confiscated all the horses and livestock in the city, took away the ones that could be taken away, and slaughtered the ones that couldn't be taken away. There are few people who are tossed by those Odins. If there are no horses, they will rush out of the city, and they will freeze to death and starve to death within two days. It is not that we do not want to run, but we dare not...
Sogel nodded and looked at the officer one more time: "You are telling the truth."
He paused and said solemnly: "Since this city was destroyed by our imperial army, I was ordered to take over the city! You occupy it here, if you are willing to surrender, then take it under my command! Hmph, the army of our northern theater will soon go south, and 8,000 cavalry will be swept in. If someone wants to work for the Odins, I can let him die."
Of course Sogel was lying, but the number of "eight thousand cavalry" really frightened these people!
A few days ago, with only a few hundred cavalry, they slaughtered the thousands of Odins with a single charge! If you come to 8,000...
Anyway, these descended troops had no intention of resisting, and as for working for the Odins, it was even more impossible.
Hearing this, the officer, without any hesitation, immediately knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly, "I am willing to surrender to your lord!"
As soon as he took the lead, the officers behind him hurriedly knelt down, and the soldiers behind him all followed suit, and they all knelt down in blackness for a while.
Sogel's face was flat, and he said slowly: "Since I have surrendered, I will naturally not be like Odin's barbarian slandering his own soldiers! From today, the two thousand of you will temporarily make up a flag." The leading officer: "The position of the flag officer of the flag regiment, you should also take it temporarily!"
The officer's face was delighted, and then he heard Sogel shouting in a deep voice: "Since it is incorporated into the Third Corps of my Northern Theater, it is naturally under the control of imperial military law! I am not easily fooled by those Odin barbarians! The military law in our army is strict, if If someone doesn't obey orders, I won't estimate the old relationship! As for you..." He still pointed at the officer: "Do things well, our marshal will be rewarded and punished well, if you do well, there will be a way out, if you don't do well..."
Having said that, there is not much to say, just sneering twice is enough to make those guys sweat.
Without moving a knife or a shot, Sogel calmly took over the small city, and combined two thousand troops from top to bottom, and all of them were collected.
His so-called "Third Corps of the Northern Theater" is not fake. Before setting off for this march, Char Ya had really appointed Sogel. However, this "Third Corps" was originally It only exists on paper. Sogel served as the lead general, but the soldiers and horses under his command were only the dozen or so cavalry who came out to accompany him as guards this time.
Xia Ya's calculus was to conquer all the way by himself, and then Suogel slowly followed and recruited those who surrendered to the army. This "third corps of the Northern Theater", Xi Ya also simply saved the idea of "empty glove wolf".
This calculation is also considered clever. Anyway, in Xia Ya's vision, if it does happen, with Sogel's former prestige in the Corsica military region, he will gather those troops who have surrendered. It may not come in handy! After all, the Corsica Military Region was also a fairly powerful military region before. The soldiers who surrendered from Corsica were actually of good quality. It was only after the defeat that their homeland was annexed and the Odins took over, and they lost their bones. , and rectify it well, it can still be used.
Going back 10,000 steps, even if it fails... Xia hadn't invested any capital anyway, so he couldn't lose any money.
Sogel only stayed in the city for half a day, and then he left no more than 500 people to defend the city. He ordered the rest of the descending army to gather, and then personally took the people out of the city and went south, but it was before Xia Ya. Go the route of the march.
The few strongholds in front have already been swept away by Xia Ya, and in the city, there are also those surrendered troops, waiting for him to be collected by Sogel!
After Manninger's victory, he was very high-spirited. All the Corsican troops were recruited by him, and he did not dare to stay in Corsica. Most of them were scattered and distributed in Syltan County.
According to Char and Sogol's calculations, the total number of these surrendered and attached troops in all parts of Syltan County is probably more than 20,000 or 30,000! It's like a snowball rolling all the way. Although the power is weak at the beginning, as long as it can gather more than ten thousand people, the momentum will naturally be different!
At that time, with the prestige of Sogel and the deterrence of Xia Ya's cavalry, maybe, it can become a force qualified to affect the battle situation!
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Sogel is following Char's plan to incorporate one city and one city behind him, and in Xincheng, the capital city of Syltan County, Char's cavalry has already entered the city!
The battle has long since ended. Although Morka left five hundred Odin warriors in the city when he went out to fight, the field battle was defeated, and the Xia cavalry broke the city. The leader of the city, Morka, the eldest son of Manninger, was also killed Xia Ya killed himself under the city gate! Such prestige has already made the remaining defenders in the city terrified.
Xia Ya's entire army marched all the way into the city, and the Odins in the city were no longer willing to defend themselves. A small number of arrogant and brave Odin warriors fought to the death, and they were crushed to pieces in an instant. More than a hundred Odin warriors rode reindeer and fled from another city gate!
The Odins did not defend the city and fight in the streets, but they gave Xiaya a lot of strength. He led cavalry into the city and easily swept away the resistance. After the melee, there were also 100 Odin warriors who were injured and captured. These were the most elite warriors of their own race in the Chixue Army.
But for these captives, Xia Ya was not even interested in taking a second look.
"All of them cut off their feet, stripped their clothes, and threw them into the snow outside the city gate!"
Xia Ya's voice was cold and murderous in his eyes: "Don't these Odins always think they are not afraid of the cold? Just leave them outside the city and freeze for one night, and send someone to see them tomorrow. If there are still survivors, they will be caught interrogation."
This order of his, even if it is the end of those Odin captives!
Even though the Odins were born in the north, they could endure the cold, but in such a cold winter, they cut off their feet, stripped their clothes and threw them outside the city. The Odin warrior also froze to death!
As for "if there is still life...", there is no possibility at all.
As for Xia Ya's order, the cavalry under his command naturally executed it without hesitation. After a while, the prisoners were stripped naked and thrown outside the city, and each of them had their feet cut off!
On the snow outside the city gate, more than a hundred naked bodies had their feet chopped off, and the ground was covered in blood. More than a hundred Odins were struggling in the snow, and those who were a little more aggressive would yell at them, and those who were a little bit miserable would open their mouths and scream.
For a time, the attached troops in the city above and below the city were all terrified, and everyone changed color!
Xia Ya even went up to the city wall in person, just stood there and watched with cold eyes, watched for a while, and Nene who was standing beside him finally couldn't help sighing and whispered: "Xia Ya, will this be too much? Pass… "
Nei's eyes were a little unbearable, and she frowned: "If you fight on the battlefield, if you die, you will die. Even if you don't want to spare these captives, you just kill them with one knife, that's all... Why torture them like this."
Xia Ya glanced at Nene, he stared at Nene for a while, and then breathed out gently.
Gently, Xia Ya's solemn voice fell into Nei's ears.
"It's not that I'm cruel, nor that I'm bloodthirsty. It's just that we have few people after all. There are more than 2,000 soldiers and soldiers in the city. This is Manninger's old lair. He has been running here for more than half a year. The surrendered army is also the best he has integrated, and he has also installed some confidants who sincerely surrendered... We are the guest army, occupying this place, although today's war has shocked them, it is inevitable that some people still harbor mischief! I acted like this, For nothing else, just to stand up! Let these Odin elites who used to be high above the ground struggle and cry under their eyelids in the snow! Let those soldiers in the city understand: Dare to oppose us, We are about to face such a cruel punishment! Although we have been going south smoothly, even at this moment, we are still walking on a tightrope! If it is on weekdays, there are naturally many ways to win people's hearts. In addition to deterrence, there is also Huairou ... But now, I don't have so much time to be patient with tenderness, to subdue people's hearts! In such a short time, I can only use killing to stand up to power! I will use blood to shock!"
Saying that, Xi Ya quietly pointed to some other officers who had surrendered in the city wall: "Look at their faces."
With a move in his heart, he looked back, and sure enough, the officers who surrendered to the army looked at the mourning in the snow in the city, each of them was pale, and his eyes were full of fear.
Nene finally sighed, although she couldn't bear it, she had to admit that Xia Ya's method was indeed effective.
Xia Ya took a slow breath and looked at Nene again: "When we entered the city, there were more than a hundred Odins who escaped from the city through the side gate. I didn't ask you to chase and kill them, and I deliberately left those alive! Here! What happened, those living mouths must be running to the front non-stop to tell Manninger! Humph..."
He sneered and said in a low voice: "Once Manninger hears that his nest was taken by me and his son was killed by me, with his temperament, the whole army will definitely return to the division! At that time, Green's troops in front will be sent back to the division. The siege will be solved naturally! It's just here that we are facing Manninger's monstrous anger. He has all the elites of the Chixue Army, and he has the pain of losing a child. I am afraid that he will kill us desperately. Although our hundreds of cavalry are good at fighting, if we encounter a large army of tens of thousands of people, it is still insufficient. Look at it, the battle a few days ago was just an appetizer! Next, there is only one game under this new city. Battle!"
As Xia Ya said, her eyes became more severe, she raised her head, raised her right hand high towards the sky, and then clenched it tightly!
"I want to fight the situation in the north under this new city! I want the Chixue Army, and I can't go north! The Chixue Army is the army of the Basak tribe, one of the five major tribes of Odin. Since they are here The next time I dare to come to Nanlue, I want him to add tens of thousands of orphans and widows to the Basak tribe! I want him to have no thought of looking southward for generations of the Basak tribe!"
Nene looked at Xia Ya, listening to Xia Ya's icy cold voice, she couldn't help her heart sinking. She just felt that Xia Ya in front of her seemed to be a little different from before.
I couldn't help it, and I recalled the scene at the end of the previous battle, when Xi Ya suddenly broke out with divine power, killed Morka with his own hands, and then broke into the city by himself, smashing the city gate in one fell swoop!
At that time, it was so magnificent, and it is still vivid in my eyes at this moment!
He was still so weak at first, but why did he suddenly seem to have such a strong prestige after these few days
Seeming to feel Nei's strange eyes, Xia Ya lowered her head, sighed, and looked up at the screams under the city...
"Since it has been broken, there will be no more restraints! No matter whether it is slaughter or cruelty, there is no way to leave half a human in this fight! Either I die, or people die, there is no room for it! Today you may call me cruel, but If I fail, the one lying in the snow in the city at the moment screaming miserably is me, Xia, and the soldiers and civilians under my command!"