With a gloomy face, I walked back and forth in front of the defense line with Yunyue and Yaruo, pointing out where the defense force needed to be increased and where the fortifications needed to be modified or reinforced. As the tide of defeat became more and more turbulent and the enemy troops were getting closer, my mood became heavier.
"Kill them, kill the defeated soldiers who tried to follow our team..." Suddenly, I saw a large number of defeated soldiers following behind Orf and his men who were coming back to meet Pavel. So, I almost screamed hysterically out of instinct.
Following my call, the troops that Matthew and I had always put obeying orders first instantly shot and killed more than a hundred defeated soldiers who were close to us. At the same time, the soldiers assigned outside also began to draw their bows and arrows, threatening the defeated soldiers to retreat in the direction indicated by our army.
Soon, the defeated troops, who had lost most of their weapons and were demoralized, had no choice but to evacuate from both sides of the camp. Now, let alone resistance, it was impossible for them to even gather together. The only thing on their minds was escape.
Without my issuing any orders, several soldiers immediately pulled up the barricades and laid a layer of wooden boards on the trench, allowing all the troops to withdraw into the camp.
When I saw Pavel, his guards and a few strangers jumping off their horses, I immediately went to meet them. I would never neglect my superior. But when I approached them, something unexpected happened. A strange officer beside Pavel suddenly drew his sword and slashed at me...
A sword shadow containing pale white fighting spirit slashed down towards my head. At this moment, my mind suddenly became blank. . . . . . My body became even more stiff.
A "ding" sound rang out, and in the moment before my hair stood up, the sound of metal clashing almost became my life-saving talisman. After making sure that my head was fine, I jumped back nearly 3 meters, and then immediately held up a shield of the earth, and two magic scrolls appeared in my hands at the same time.
"Deputy Commander Pavel, are you going to defend this demon who massacred the imperial army without authorization? He just ordered the killing of the soldiers who followed us in the retreat. You saw it with your own eyes! Now I am just enforcing military law..." After I jumped away, the guy who drew his sword and tried to chop me immediately blamed Pavel.
"Damn it... What the fuck are you doing? Don't you see the current situation? Enforce military law? What the fucking rights do you have to enforce military law? I'm still the commander of a division, who the fuck are you? Even if you are from the Military Court, I've been promoted to Baron now. If you want to kill me, you have to take away my title first and then enforce that bullshit military law... Damn you... Catch him and his accomplices and tie them to the cross..." I was almost furious now, and I took the sword to chop me... If Pavel hadn't been quick, I would be a fucking corpse now... No, there would be three, Yunyue and Yaruo would also die. Thinking about my situation just now, I immediately gave an order to the soldiers next to me.
With a "whoosh", dozens of longbows and crossbows were immediately aimed at the six of them. Then, dozens of guards including Auf rushed forward, ready to arrest them. Looking at the look in Auf's eyes, I saw the same look as mine, that is, they were furious. I think when Thacker asked them to protect me, he must have given them very strict orders and requirements. Now the person they were protecting was almost killed in front of them. They were absolutely unwilling to bear the consequences. And of course, they would not be polite to the guy who almost caused them to fail in their duties...
"Stop, get out of here..." Pavel suddenly stopped Auf and drove away the guards who rushed over. "Hanlong, this is the lord of Hailuo City in the western territory. He was going to Hongyue City to provide military supplies to the army. This time, he happened to encounter the defeat of the Hongyue City army. I think he must have been too eager to rescue the defeated army just now, so he made such an extreme move..."
After taking a step forward to stand between me and the guy, Pavel began to explain to me. Slowly, he saw that my expression began to ease, and he began to introduce me again.
"Count Koma, this is Baron Shen Hanlong, the commander of the 6th Division of the Flame Legion. I think you must have misunderstood him just now. You have seen the current situation. If we allow those defeated soldiers to enter this barracks, not to mention that they will have an impact on the defense of the barracks, there is also no space here to accommodate so many defeated soldiers. So what the commander Hanlong did just now is absolutely not wrong."
"Humph! I don't care who he is. Anyway, I saw him order the killing of the empire's soldiers. I will definitely report this to the higher-ups truthfully and will never wrongly accuse or conceal anything. Now, let's go..." As he said this, the guy looked at me with resentment and walked towards the inside of the military camp with his men. As he walked, he murmured, "Isn't he just a baron? It seems that he was promoted to a lowly baron... He caused my distant nephew to be killed... This earl will not let it go like this..."
“…” Speechless. When the hell did I harm that guy’s shitty nephew? Damn it…
"Hanlong, when Auf brought his men here just now, they started fighting with a group of defeated soldiers who came to the military station to steal horses. But although our people are stronger, we still have a gap in numbers compared to the defeated army. So, Auf and his men only cared about us, and ignored Count Koma's men who were also stealing horses. As a result, Count Koma's followers, who were weaker and had fewer people, suffered heavy casualties. In the end, if I hadn't seen that we were all ministers of the same palace, I estimate that they would have died..." With a wry smile, Pavel gave me a general idea.
"Is it because of this that he actually hates me? Or my division?" I almost yelled with my eyes wide open. Damn, I have no ability, but I actually hate someone who has nothing to do with me. I have only seen this kind of person in novels or movies. I didn't expect that I would actually see such a funny guy in real life. . . . . .
"It seems to be the case, so I hope you will be more careful about this guy in the future. Although letting him go and complain like this won't have a big impact on you, I'm afraid he will try to trick you if he gets the chance, and that would be troublesome."
"Well, I remember that. I will be careful of that guy next time..." Yes, I remember that! But since he is sure to cause trouble for me, why can't I kill him in the cradle? . . . . .