It took Sammara’s pioneer camp for four days to rush to the city of Qilai. He was planning to take a rest and adjust to Gulongdu, but he didn’t want to see Qilai city lord Aslan and Gulongdu guard Stark here. Meet him five miles outside the city.
Samara immediately arranged for people to take a rest after setting up the camp outside the city, and then went into the city with the lord and Stark. When he came to the council chamber of the City Lord’s Mansion, Aslan insisted that Sangmara be in the upper position, and Sammara said: "My Lord City Lord, although he is a famous military commander, he also knows the imperial laws of the decentralization of military and political power. This city is the city owner. Your lord is in charge, and the lord of the city should take the seat."
Seeing what Sangmara said, Aslan couldn't make any more rhetoric, so she sat on the main seat, ordered the waiter to offer tea to the two generals, and said to Sangmara: "Earl, Gu Longdu has been lost. The specific situation will be explained to you by General Stark, right?"
"What? Gu Longdu has been lost, General Stark, didn't the rescue letter you gave me at that time said that the city lord had sent a large army to support it? How could it be that the entire Gu Longdu was lost so quickly?" Sangma Pulling from the chair got up and asked Stark in disbelief.
"Master Pioneer, Gu Longdu is indeed lost. I have no face to meet the general, but I must report the loss of Gu Longdu to the empire, and then the military court will convict me. This time the battle of Gu Longdu. , Ten thousand defenders did not bring back only three thousand people! The four commanders Mi Xingsi and Justin died in battle. Adam was seriously injured on the way to Qilai City, and now only He Silin is commanded. All of this It was Weijiang’s fault, it was Weijiang’s failure to see through the enemy's tricks that caused such a result."
"Now is not the time to make a mistake, tell me what the hell is going on?" Samara shouted at Stark.
"It's like this"
A few days ago, after Qiqige changed his name to Yalaitar and went to the Gulongdu Empire camp, he sent someone to contact Aziz that night. When Aziz knew that Zizige actually entered the enemy camp as a reinforcement, he was very surprised, thinking that Zizige is worthy of being a wise general in the Principality, so this battle will be much easier to fight. . After giving the small school a reply, Aziz called the leaders to the handsome account and told them about the current situation of Zizig. Everyone was extremely happy. Aziz will make an appointment with Zizig and the time. After explaining, let the leaders be ready, the day after tomorrow at midnight is the time to capture Gulongdu.
In the morning of the next day, Stark felt that these troops were not strong enough to defensively enough to drive the enemy back to the other side of the Longxing River, so he wrote a report about the situation of only one reinforcement and the current war situation and arranged for him to send it to Sang. Mara sent it away, hoping that he could come to help as soon as possible. After the arrangement was completed, all the commanders were called to the big account to explain some specific matters. After expressly ordering to stick to the battle, I took the commanders to each battalion to check the defense. During this period, Zizig will The key defensive positions of the battalions and the positions of the grain and grass depots were kept in mind.
Back in his account, Zizig called his team captains together and drew sketches of the arrangements of the outposts and the positions of the grain depots in the enemy camp today, and asked each of them to go back and study carefully for a day. , And prepare to do it in the second half of the night tomorrow night. After the captains each took a sketch and went back, Qi Zige sat in the account and thought that the rising water period is about to come. Although Gulongdu has been taken down, but when the water rises, he wants to return to the other side and he will not come back. A small price. After all, the 50,000 troops of the empire are coming. It’s not something that these 5,000 people can resist. I don’t know how the commander thinks about it. It’s a great taboo for soldiers to go deep alone. I don’t have enough logistical supplies. I really want to rely on it. It is impossible to feed a war by war. As long as the enemy forces solidify the wall and clear the field, then this army horse will be a lamb to be slaughtered. Hey, let's finish the battle first and then make a good suggestion with the commander.
In the middle of the night on the third day, the thousand knights led by Zizig did not ride a horse, did not bring their own knight spears, and all wielded swords. They were dispatched in the dark. A team was first arranged to clear a part of the patrol guards in front of the main camp, especially the enemy archers; some sneaked to the grain depot to put all the ready-made flaming objects in place, and the guards were also cleaned along the way, waiting to be heard When the sound of killing appears at the main entrance, the fire will be fired, and then chaos will be created in the rear camp; the other three thousand people are ready to rush in the enemy camp.
There was a second sound from the patrol camp. At the second drum, Aziz led the camp of five thousand swordsmen quietly to a position three miles away from the enemy camp, waiting for Zizig's signal. After a while, I saw the torch at the front door swayed three times and shook three times. Aziz knew that the signal had come, turned around and waved the big sword in his hand at the soldier, yelling, "Follow me to kill, and rush to the enemy camp first."
Zizig also gathered his three thousand soldiers and horses at this time. After he gave the order to mount and rush, three thousand cavalry began to strangle in the enemy camp. The killing sound shook the sky, the screams and metal percussions were endless, and the whole night brought a more terrifying atmosphere to the killing. Stark was awakened in his sleep, his guards ran in and reported the situation, so Stark was very injured. All the soldiers were beheaded by the enemy in their sleep, and the more terrifying thing is that they don’t know. How did they get in, could anyone respond to it internally? However, now that Stark didn't want to think about anything, he quickly got dressed and hurried out of the big account to command. The leaders of each battalion were also commanding their respective battalions, but the battle was suddenly and again at night, and seeing the impact of nearly 8,000 enemy troops and his robes trampled to death due to chaos, the scene was no longer affected. Human control.
Painful news spread to Stark one by one. The left camp was lost, the right camp could not resist, the rear camp was burned, and the leader of Mi Xingsi died, etc., so that Stark’s head was about to explode, he Although I am not a famous general, I can also be regarded as a defensive general of the generation. Since I can't do the offensive, I can be regarded as a general who is known for his defense for many years. But today, all of this is He tore his defense to nothing, and completely tore his name of good defensiveness, torn to pieces, and even more annoying had to be thrown on the ground and stepped on his feet. Helpless Stark had to make the whole army break through the direction of Qilai City and gather at Chunping Post.
The enemy’s shouting and killing continued, and the soldiers on the side were also trying their best to protect Stark from retreating towards Qilai City. Most of the seven thousand soldiers were wounded, except for those who quietly passed away in their sleep. More of them were disabled soldiers. They fought and retreated like this. They retreated and came to the Chunping Post in the battle. After a short rest, they counted the soldiers and horses. There were less than 5,000 soldiers and 7,000 soldiers who ran along. When he came out, the leader of Justin was also beheaded by the enemy when he retreated. Seeing the tragic situation in front of him, Stark really wanted to cry without tears. After counting the wounded, 528 of the five thousand soldiers were seriously injured and 379 were permanently lost in combat. The others were basically wounded. Adam met Aziz again while retreating. However, the circumstances at the time did not allow Adam to have a fair fight with him. In the end, Adam was seriously injured and he ran out. He was in a coma at this time because he had no medics and drugs with the army, and He Silin was the only leader. While they were resting, a team of a thousand soldiers came over. He Silin greeted him with 1,500 lightly wounded. Stark ran towards him with a comatose Adam under the guard of his own soldiers. city.
When Stark came to Qilai City with the remaining defeated soldiers, He Silin also rushed over with the remaining 800 people. Aslan was sighed at the tragic situation, and brought Chamberlain and Howard to greet Stark. Stark ridiculed himself, and suddenly saw Chamberlain and Howard in front of him that he was pleading for himself, making him a little bit stunned, and quickly asked: "Two generals, I wonder what this means?"
"General Stark, because my general reinforcements were wiped out at Chunpingyi, and we want to send you a message, but there is a team of thousands of people patrolling in Chunpingyi, so our relay personnel cannot pass at all." Chamberlain said.
When he said this, Stark suddenly realized that he could not help but stand there laughing, laughing and crying. He finally understood what was going on. He didn’t go to verify it. He neglected to check because of the urgency of the matter. All of this was caused by himself, one mistake, one negligence, thousands of lives and his comrades-in-arms. He left him forever in this way, and at this time he wanted to apologize with death, but there is more important thing to do. He wants revenge and wants to fight another battle with the people of the principality. This is no longer to wash away. His reputation is really for the soldiers who have fought with him for many years. He is sorry for the families of these soldiers, sorry for the trust these soldiers put in him, and sorry for the empire that cultivated these soldiers. Suddenly, there was a lot of emotions and thoughts. In the final analysis, he wanted to tell the truth of the facts to the coming imperial general of the right guard, begging him not to kill himself now and make himself a pawn in the army, for Those robes of their own have revenge.
Seeing Stark who was laughing and crying there, Aslan and the others were a little at a loss. They didn't know what caused the veteran of the battlefield to be so gaffe. Silence, the whole Qilai city was silent, only the sound of Stark crying there, all the soldiers who fled from Gulongdu saw their leader cry so bitterly, and they were crying silently, they could feel The sadness to the main general.
Stark stopped his crying, nodded apologizing to the city lord and the others, and ordered He Silin to settle his horses outside the city, and he entered the city with Aslan and the others.
In the chamber, Stark told Samara of the whole thing, and then Stark got up and stood in front of Sammara: "Please ask Mr. Vanguard to plead for the general with the general. Please allow the general. If you can continue to serve in front of the army, as long as you retake Gulongdu and then behead the capital, there is no problem. Asking Master Vanguard for help."
Samara is very embarrassed. He is very clear about the temper of General Youwei. He is to blame for Gu Longdu’s loss of Stark. According to the general’s temper, he will definitely be killed directly, but look again. When facing Stark's painful and decisive face, he also decided to try it, and then helped Stark up: "Please rest assured, General Stark, you will not be pleased by the general. I guess. The general should be a few days away. You and I should come together to set up a line of defense at the Chunping Post outside the city. Don't let those thieves run rampant."
Following Stark's response, he went out of the city with Samara to arrange front-line defense.