"Push! Push! Push! Push!"
The officer yelled loudly, and in Yajin City near the city wall, catapults were piled up one after another. The soldiers ran back and forth carrying tools and wood, pushing heavy ballistas up the city wall with their shoulders, and erecting catapults under the city.
The logistics and supply soldiers removed all the wooden boards that could be disassembled in the city, and made a large number of simple wooden shields.
The soldiers also knew that battles would break out at any time. Without the fortress on the eastern front, Yajin City was exposed to the enemy's iron heels. The enemy's wolf cavalry, as well as those orc warriors, can go all the way southward on the plain without hindrance, and they can kill Yajin City in just two days!
Although the enemy has not moved for a long time, Lord Tulip Duke is right: fate must always be in your own hands. You can't expect the enemy not to go south, you still have to make more preparations now.
Therefore, although the officers and supervisors are almost harsh, most of the soldiers have no complaints. After all, this is also to save his own life.
There used to be a hillside not far from Yajin City, and Du Wei had already sent people up the hillside to cut down all the original dozens of trees on the hillside. Another watchtower was set up on the hillside. From this height, you can see miles away. It played a very effective pre-tensioning role in protecting Yajin City-although there are griffin knights patrolling the sky, there are only a hundred griffin knights in total, and there are always omissions during the patrolling rounds.
The entire Yajin City was in full swing. The army and the people are united. Work together to prepare for the big battle. Numerous piles of thick wooden stakes were nailed and made into rolled nails and piled up on the city wall. The door panels of the city gate were repeatedly reinforced. Lots of lumber. All the carpenters in the city have been busy for several days without a good night's sleep.
In the temporary Commander's Mansion in Yajin City, Du Wei was discussing the battle situation with eleven officers and trainees who graduated from the Military Academy of his direct line. A few middle-ranking officers who escaped back.
The defeat on the front line almost wiped out all the senior generals on the eastern defense line, but all the senior generals with outstanding martial arts skills. Most of them were martyred that night when they resisted the Dragon Clan. As for those who escaped... To be honest, Du Wei didn't think much of these guys.
It may be understandable for ordinary soldiers to flee. After all, in that chaotic scene, everyone followed, like headless chickens.
But when the general ran away, it was very different! As a general. Unable to gather his own army on the battlefield, unable to control the situation, unable to make effective command and decision-Du Wei successively interviewed several generals who had fled back. Totally gave up.
It seems... Even in the Storm Legion, if there is a heroic general like Fink the lion cub, there are still pustules. Some of the guys who escaped were only wearing nightgowns when they ran out. Some of them only thought of running away after the city was broken, and even left their own team behind.
Some are extremely ridiculous. After running to Yajin City to meet Du Wei, he also boldly asked to command his original army again-Du Wei answered him immediately: Your army is no longer there. When you ran away, as a general, you abandoned your own army. Now you come to me and want to go back
joke!
As a result, Du Wei sent all the pussy generals who had fled to the logistics force regardless of the influence.
It is true that he has been appointed as the main general of the Eastern Front, but if it is normal. Du Wei also has no right to remove so many senior generals from their official positions at once. However, fortunately, after the defeat of the war, everything is in a mess, and no one is asking him whether the decree complies with the rules, whether there is an approval from the military department, and so on.
Instead, several urgent letters came from the military department. I heard that the news of the fall of the eastern fort reached the imperial capital. It would overturn the entire military headquarters, and the regent was so angry that he overturned the table on the spot. Then one after another urgent mails came to Yajincheng. All in all, it meant the same thing: Du Wei, you want someone to give, money to give, and whatever you want! The Imperial Capital will satisfy all your requirements as much as possible! But... Yajin City must be firmly guarded, and absolutely cannot take a step back!
Because the back, from the north to the inside of the empire, is almost a flat plain!
"We still have a few questions." Gabriel wiped his face vigorously with a hot towel. Although his face was full of fatigue, the boy's eyes were still very bright. The young man encountered such a big change when he first went to the front line. Gabriel showed more and more energy, he threw down the towel, and said to Du Wei seriously: "My lord, all the ballistas in the warehouse have been set up on the city wall, but our problem is: first, we lack skilled Gunners! For the ballista weapon to be effective in killing, it must have skilled gunners and observers. We lack the personnel reserves of these two skilled arms. Now we have to let our people go up to control the ballista. I am afraid that even if it is 20 meters If you put a cow outside, they will hit it wrong. This is the first... The second problem is especially serious. There are a lot of arrows in the warehouse, but there is a shortage of arrows for ballistas. On average, each ballista only There are two base numbers of crossbow arrow reserves, once a battle starts, I am afraid that these reserves will be used up after the battle, and then the ballista on the city wall will become a display."
Gabriel glanced at his colleagues, and said loudly: "If it's just an ordinary arrow, the craftsmen in the city can make some temporarily. But this kind of crossbow arrow must be forged by professional military equipment. We can't make it ourselves."
Du Wei nodded, and looked at his younger brother with satisfaction. This kid really deserves to be a member of Luo Lin's family. His father's old Raymond's inheritance is particularly evident in him. Once on the battlefield, he seemed to have turned into a calf, with inexhaustible strength all over his body. Looking at Gabriel's red eyes, Du Wei knew that this kid hadn't slept for almost three days.
"Well, I have written down the two questions you mentioned, and I have sent people to the rear to mobilize them, and the people who were sent to the main fortification in the east have returned. General Rostock said that he will send a batch of supplies to us as soon as possible. .”
After Gabriel finished speaking, without waiting for Du Wei to ask, Yalor immediately said loudly: "My lord. I inspected the city wall, and the city wall of Yajin City is generally in good condition. Not far from the city is the hillside. I am worried that once the war starts, the enemy will occupy that hillside. From this, we can overlook the city and observe all our internal activities. However, time is too tight now, and we don’t have time to dig that hillside. Lose… "
Du Wei frowned tightly and knocked on the table: "This is a difficult problem. You all think about it and see if there is any solution. If it doesn't work, please ask a magician to help. But it is a hillside after all, I'm afraid It’s not easy to level it. If it’s really not possible, install more catapults in the west of the city.”
After Yalor finished his report, it was a slender young officer with brown black hair who stood up to speak. Du Wei glanced at this guy—Kira? Well, it is the guy with the same name as the protagonist of Gundam among the students of his military academy.
"My lord, everything in the barracks is still stable. We have mobilized a large number of grassroots officers to reorganize the defeated troops of the Storm Legion that have been collected according to your instructions. But..." The young man's tone was a bit awkward when he said this .
"But what?" Du Wei snorted.
"In the past few days, some military officers who have come here to report the defeat on the front line have come here one after another. Some people have come to the barracks and asked to take over the command of their original army."
Snapped!
Du Wei raised his eyebrows at that time. He slapped the table fiercely, and suddenly shouted angrily: "Bastard! I lost my army in order to escape, and now I want to be a general when I come back." Yes, my lord. "Kira said in a deep voice: "Some of them have military ranks above the commanding level, and claim that. They belong to the establishment of the Storm Legion. Although you are the commander of the Eastern Front, you have no right to dismiss the generals of the Storm Legion. Others claim to have General Rostock coming..."
"Let them go!" Du Wei sneered: "These cowards, they dare to go to Rostock! The front fortress is lost, and Rostock may have nowhere to vent his anger now. As defeated generals, how can they go?" Dare to go to General Rostock? Hmph!"
He suddenly lowered his voice, glared at Kira, and shouted in a deep voice: "I'll give you a military order... I just don't know if you have the guts to do it!"
As he said that, a strange light flashed in Du Wei's eyes, and there was a ferocious sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"..." Kira glanced at Du Wei and took a deep breath: "Dare!"
"Okay!" Du Wei sat back and said, "If anyone goes to the barracks to make trouble, you will chase them away! If you still don't leave after driving them away, you will be arrested and beaten with army sticks! If you beat them with army sticks and dare to make trouble..." Du Wei said When I got here, I paused deliberately, and then said coldly: "I grant you the privilege, whoever dares to disturb the military discipline of the barracks, no matter who it is, no matter how high or low the rank is, kill!! If something happens, I will take care of it!"
After finishing speaking, Du Wei grabbed the pen and paper from the table, quickly wrote a letter of authorization, and handed it to Kira. He deliberately looked at the young man coldly, wanting to see if he had He didn't have the guts to do this kind of thing—after all, even though Du Wei said he would take responsibility for doing this kind of thing, after all, as an executor, if he killed a lot, he would offend many people.
The young man named Kira was silent, but he took the military order from Du Wei with both hands firmly, and then made a military salute seriously, and strode out.
Du Wei nodded in satisfaction—although it is not the same as the protagonist of Gundam in his impression, this young man is a good seed!
Du Wei leaned back and rubbed his sore brows. He was too busy these days. Glancing at the generals in the hall, he cheered up again, and listened to other officers' reports on the barracks and city defense in the city and many other matters.
And at this moment, suddenly a figure broke in from outside. The door of the hall opened with a bang. Then strode in.
The person who came seemed a little reckless, but his expression was quite calm, he just ran all the way, and he seemed a little out of breath.
"Aslan, what's the fuss!" Yalor reminded in a deep voice.
Du Wei saw that it was "one of the protagonists of Gundam" under his command, the guy named Aslan.
"My lord." Aslan immediately stood up and saluted, but spoke quickly: "Outside the city, there is a group of wolf cavalry approaching!"
Wow!
Hearing this, all the generals in the room stood up immediately. Some even put their hands directly on the saber at their waist.
Aslan then hurriedly continued: "The opponent's wolf cavalry only has twenty cavalry. I have checked the checkpoint carefully. There is no follow-up troops of the opponent nearby. It must be a lone army. And... they don't seem to be here to attack the city, but as if It's here!"
"Come here?" Du Wei snorted.
"Yes, my lord." Aslan stood up straight and replied, "Accompanied by this group of wolf cavalry, there are more than 300 humans... Judging by the attire and appearance, they seem to be our soldiers, maybe prisoners of war!"
On the fifteenth day after the fall of the eastern fortress, finally, on this morning, the Griffin Knights in the sky sent back a message. There was a group of wolf cavalry, holding high the imperial flag, heading south from the fallen fortress. There were only 20 wolf riders, and about 300 captive human soldiers accompanied them.
And they are under the watchful eye of Griffin Rider. All the way to replace Yajin City. Claiming to have sent a letter from the commander of the criminals to the commander of the human army in Yajin City!
When this group of wolf cavalry came to the city, the human defenders on the city immediately went on alert. The soldiers clenched their weapons and stood on the city wall, looking nervously at these enemies not far below the city.
But this group of wolf cavalry stopped about two hundred paces away from the city, and no longer moved forward, twenty wolf cavalry stopped in the distance, and those werewolves covered with spears rode behind the giant wolves. On the ground, with a long knife in his hand, he looked at the human soldiers on the city with cold eyes.
Du Wei personally brought people to the city. subsequently. Those wolf cavalry were in different places, and the 300 human prisoners of war accompanying them began to line up and slowly approach the city gate.
The three hundred humans accompanying them were indeed soldiers, as could be seen from the way they walked in line.
Half of these people are somewhat injured. Naturally, there is no armor and weapons on the body. They were all dressed in simple cotton robes, and everyone was downcast. Depressed look.
What surprised Du Wei even more was that among the 300 prisoners brought by this group of wolf cavalry, there was a person he knew walking in the front!
Rohart!
When Rohart returned to the city with the other prisoners, the rest of the prisoners were immediately picked up by the soldiers in the city. And Rohart met Du Wei, and he handed over a letter from Luo Xue to Du Wei.
"You... are not dead?" Du Wei took the letter and didn't read it immediately, but carefully looked at the Luo Lin boy he had seen before, with a hint of joy on his face.
Then he went up and hugged the young man, patted him on the shoulder hard, and laughed loudly: "Rohart! Haha, I remember you kid! You didn't die! That's great! Did you know that? , I thought you were dead at first, but Ziggy and the others cried loudly!" Rohart took a step back and looked at Du Wei, his expression was very excited, but then his eyes were sad: " My lord, thank you for your kindness... Please accept this letter, and then... I will return it and tell the Elf King your reply."
"What? You want to go back?" Du Wei frowned, his eyes puzzled: "Since you're back, you don't have to go back! You are the future star of the Decepticons. I thought you died on the front line last time. Ziggy and the others blamed themselves deeply, and I was also very sad! Now that you are back, how can you... "
"My lord." Rohart gave a wry smile, then he knelt down on one knee suddenly, raised his head to look at Du Wei, and said solemnly: "My lord, please believe that my loyalty has never wavered ≈Huang Qian, that elf king. It seems to know you very well. And it is also very familiar with you. This time it asked me to come back to deliver the letter because none of the wolf cavalry can speak our human language. I have learned their language in the enemy camp these days, So it sent me to act as an interpreter... and Luoxue asked me to go back... because there are still two thousand of our prisoners of war in the fortress on the front line. Luoxue said, if I don't go back... "
Rohart's eyes were full of haze.
"You mean, Luoxue sent you back to deliver the letter, if you don't go back... he threatened you with the lives of the remaining two thousand prisoners of war?!"
Rohart nodded heavily.
Du Wei fell silent. He looked at the young man in front of him, these days in the enemy camp passed. Rohart looked much more mature and stable than the hot-blooded boy in the Northwest Military Camp back then. The blood that was unique to young people on his face has gradually changed into the determination of a mature man.
"Why?" Du Wei whispered, "Why does it value you so much?"
"I don't know." Rohart shook his head: "I've been by Luoxue's side these days, I feel...it seems to be completely different to me and other prisoners of war. I can't think of any special value I have for it. .I'm just a low-ranking officer, and I don't have much valuable information here."
Du Wei frowned. Things are a little odd.
"This is not a place to talk." Du Wei brought Rohart back to the city. Rohart followed Du Wei all the way without saying a word, surrounded by Du Wei's entourage, and looked at the returned "prisoner of war" with strange eyes. ". And Rohart walked all the way, clenched his fists, and seemed to have a trace of shame on his face.
"You don't have to feel guilty." Du Wei suddenly turned his head, glanced at the young man, and said softly, "It's not your fault that you were captured by the enemy! As a soldier, you have fulfilled all your duties! You fought bravely and protected your companions." It is not a shame to retreat safely and be captured after a fierce battle! Rohart, being captured is not a shame, you don't need to bow your head."
"But... I should have committed suicide..." Rohart burst into tears.
"That's stupid." Du Wei shook his head: "On the battlefield, all kinds of unpredictable things will happen. Is it true that if you are captured, you will commit suicide to show your loyalty? That is a stupid idea!"
After a pause, Du Wei suddenly gave a wry smile: "Besides... I don't know why, but that Luoxue values you so much. If it doesn't want you to die, with its ability. You are in its hands, and you can't die even if you want to die." ,I understand."
After saying this, the depression in Rohart's heart dissipated a little. Du Wei led him back to the mansion and dismissed his followers. Talked to him alone for a while.
Rohart immediately recalled how he had been captured in the first place. After being captured, he was kept by the Elf King Luoxue's side. Everything that has happened these days has been carefully stated. He didn't hide anything, and he even spoke out about the special treatment Luo Xue gave him, and he didn't worry whether these words would arouse Du Wei's suspicion.
Finally, talking about the fall of the eastern fortress, Rohart said: "From the fall of the river to the fall of the fortress, the entire battle plan was personally directed by the elf king Luoxue. During the battle on the river that day, they deliberately set up a plan to cross the river." The posture, attracting our warships to the river, and then using the hippopotamus orcs to attack underwater, annihilated our water warships in one fell swoop, and cleared the biggest obstacle to crossing the river... "
At the end, Rohart shed tears again: "My lord, in the enemy's camp, every time I see those compatriots who died in battle, I live on... I feel guilty all the time!"
Du Wei asked for a while. When Rohart talked about Luoxue's command of the battle and the changes on the battlefield, this young man spoke clearly, methodically, bit by bit, and his mind was extremely clear. .
Du Wei was surprised in his heart, and deliberately tested him a few times, only to find that this young and hot-blooded boy seemed to be a different person after a few months in the enemy camp with Luoxue, and there seemed to be some rough spots in his chest. , Talking about the battle situation, talking with eloquence, both in style and vision, are far higher than before by several steps!
"You... These days, you have learned a lot by Luo Xue's side." Du Wei suddenly sighed.
"Yes... quite a lot." Rohart lowered his head: "I don't know why this elf king treats me very preferentially. It even takes the initiative to discuss many issues with me. I often think about it afterwards. It seems that it is doing it on purpose. Instilled this knowledge in me. Even... it often discusses history books with me."
Du Wei fell silent. After a while, he forced a smile and glanced at Rohart: "Okay, don't worry, I didn't suspect you. It's just that I couldn't figure out Luoxue's intention for doing this."
"My lord." Rohart's eyes were flushed: "I am in the enemy camp, and what I think in my heart is either I can die, or... I hope I can come back one day. But now..."
When Rohart said this, he suddenly choked up.
Du Wei patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "I understand how you feel. It's hard to come back. I've returned to my own people, but I have to go back to the land of tigers and wolves in a blink of an eye, and get along with the enemy chiefs day and night. I can't come back with myself. Brothers and relatives are reunited, I can understand the pain in your heart."
After a pause, Du Wei sighed. Looking at Rohart's young face: "You... When you thought you were killed in battle, someone was sent to your home. Your parents are in good health, and your brothers and sisters in your family are also good. Although I am sad for you, but since Your family has been from Luolin for generations, so someone will naturally take care of them. I made an arrangement later, one of your younger sisters was arranged to work in Luolin Castle, and someone will take care of them in the future... "
Rohart wiped his tears vigorously, then took a deep breath, with a flash of determination in his eyes, he said proudly: "Thank you, my lord! However, time is running out, so let's not talk about my family... My lord, before I come , Luoxue said, please read the letter it wrote immediately, and then ask me to bring your answer back together. I must go back before sunset tomorrow, otherwise... "
Du Wei nodded, and then he opened the letter from Luo Xue and read it.
Open the stationery. I saw that the writing on the letter paper was very beautiful. I didn't expect Luoxue, an elf family, to write extremely beautiful characters from the Roland Continent, and its brushwork was actually a very gorgeous "scratch script".
The handwriting is delicate and gorgeous. Word for word. It is indescribably beautiful. But this calligraphy alone makes Du Weiduo feel inferior - he rarely writes on weekdays. The handwriting is very poor, and the only thing that looks good is his own signature—because he is a high-ranking official after all, there are still many documents that need his signature on weekdays.
But if you look carefully, the content of this letter is as follows! "Letter to Duwe Rollin Rudolph, Duke of Tulip: Words are like words!
Back in the day, when I went hunting with Your Excellency in the Northwest, it has been more than four years at the snap of my fingers. I am in the bitter and cold place in the extreme north, and every time I think about your demeanor, I am fascinated. Recalling the past, you and I talked about the past and the present, arguing about major events in the world, traveling alone in the northwest, thousands of miles of yellow sand, green grasslands, and snow-capped mountains.
It is a pity that you and I are enemies today, and it is no longer the fun of sitting and talking that day, what a pity!
I can remember that you and I had an appointment in the past, and you have something to say, and I also have ambitions.
Today, I lead hundreds of thousands of troops, and I have gone south in the past, and I am sincere in my previous ambitions. Sighing that Roland's appearance is still the same, but his old friend is no longer there, he is not very emotional.
Yesterday I heard that your Excellency also came from the north, and I was very happy. Although I can no longer sit and talk about Taoism, I can still lead the army with you and hunt in the battlefield. Life is like this, how happy it is!
This time, the situation between you and me has turned into fire and water. However, I also have the feeling of the past and want to do a foolish thing. Therefore, I am writing this letter to sincerely invite you to come and have a meeting. Although it is inevitable that swords and soldiers will meet each other on the battlefield, if they can get together first to drink and sing, and then draw their swords to meet each other, this is a heroic act!
If you are interested, do not doubt my sincere invitation! I know that your Excellency is open-minded. In the past, you were very courageous in the Northwest, so you will not laugh at me for being a child!
My heart is long and full of words! I think you are unparalleled in your generosity, and you will not make me talk about the moon!
If your Excellency is willing to invite you, I will not do any harm when the moon is above. If in doubt, please smile and burn this book.
The word Luoxue. "
The handwriting is elegant and elegant, and it is over here, but after Du Wei read it, he was stunned for a while, and then read the letter again after a while.
Rohart saw that after Du Wei read the letter, his face was neither happy nor angry, but there was a strange smile on his face...
Finally, Du Wei put down the letter, patted it lightly on the table, and then smiled generously!
"Haha! Ha! What a Luoxue! What an elf king!"
Du Wei stood up proudly, his eyes flickering: "At this time, it actually invited me to an appointment! If someone else wrote this kind of letter, I would definitely think that the other party is crazy... But it... Hmph, probably only it can Will write something like this!"
After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked around the room twice. When Rohart heard it, his expression changed immediately. Regardless of Du Wei's reaction, he hurried up and picked up the letter and looked at it twice. There was a sudden change: "My lord! This letter writes...you! You! You must not go!!"
Du Wei had already stood still at this moment, and sneered with his hands behind his back: "Why don't you go. If I don't go, wouldn't I be underestimated by this guy? Hmph..."
As he said that, Du Wei glanced at the worried Rohart: "Don't worry, I won't be in danger. This elf king... this Luoxue... hehe!"