Dunn, who was forced to act with the First Army, found that he still underestimated the strength of this group.
From the battle to the defeat, the two sides did not even touch directly. Uncle Sang and the others just kept firing at the Chenxi troops. There was neither the rain of arrows blocking the sky nor the sweat and blood during the fight. However, people in the other side's lineup fell down from time to time, as if they were cooperating with the actions on this side.
This makes the war seem like a joke, like an empty drama.
However, the screams from the side of the avenue knew that it was just his illusion. The more relaxed the First Army was, the more powerful they could be.
He finally understood what Nails meant by the so-called "First Army's combat method".
A team of hundreds of people acts like one person. Silent like a ghost, silent when attacking, everything is carried out according to plan, and the discipline is like never seen before. Compared with those weapons with amazing lethality, Tang En felt that the garrison in the north was not much inferior to taking advantage of the cover of night to ambush in place on the eve of dawn; all five teams went into battle, and there was no supervising team behind; Instead, the camp stayed in the ambush circle closest to the old holy city; everyone was highly focused, had a clear division of labor, and every order could be executed quickly... If it weren't for these details, even with fierce weapons, I'm afraid it wouldn't be possible to achieve this. Victory.
After witnessing the complete battle, Dunn couldn't help feeling a little fortunate that he chose to leave Hermes in time.
If you stay in the holy city for a long time, and wait until these guys invade the city, I am afraid that businessmen like him will be treated as the enemy.
Anyway, he sighed secretly, it was too dangerous outside, if it was safe to go back this time, it would be better to honestly do business in Yongye City.
Although there is not much money, it should not be a problem to feed a family.
There is also Fury from "Heaven on Earth", should I miss him too
I really wish I could get home earlier, Dunn thought to himself.
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In the evening, Ying Mian walked into the temporary tent, gave Edith a military salute, and then handed over a booklet, "The battlefield has been cleaned initially, here is the situation reported by each class, I have briefly summarized it. ."
"Thank you for your hard work," Beidi Pearl took the booklet and read it from beginning to end. It was expected that the First Army had no casualties, but Chen Xi found more than 1,000 corpses and more than 600 people were injured. The direct reduction is estimated to be around 20%. Among them, not many were killed by bullets. Most of them died of bombing and trampling on each other. The strafing along the way only aggravated the chaos.
This is also in line with the staff's inference. After all, the number of troops stationed in the north is too small, and the magic ark alone cannot transport enough ammunition. In addition, there is a lack of pursuit methods to expand the results, and most of the enemies are expected to escape. As long as the task of expelling the Dawn Army is accomplished, it will be considered a successful blocking battle.
In the end, more than 1,800 people abandoned their weapons and surrendered, of which 25 were nobles, and the highest rank was an earl who claimed to be the lord of Hundred Flowers. However, it was another baron named Leimin Peyton who made Edith interested. According to the report, in the midst of the pleadings promising to pay the ransom and hoping to be treated properly, he repeatedly emphasized that he was an old acquaintance with a high-ranking official in Graycastle, and he also had a friendship with the King of Graycastle.
"Does this person really say that?" She shook the booklet at Eagle Face.
"I guess it's just nonsense, or I think the King of Greycastle is still Timothy Wimbledon." The deputy battalion commander frowned, "What do you plan to do with these surrendering nobles?"
"Redemption is impossible, let's throw it into the prison first," Edith pondered for a moment, "maybe it will be needed in the future. As for non-nobles, they can be dismissed on the spot, we don't have that much extra food. give them."
"Yes."
"Haven't you found the whereabouts of Dawn Lord Ampain Moa?"
"No one with his characteristics was found in the corpse," Eagle Face shook his head. "Some people suspected that they had seen Amperin when the prisoners were interrogated, but at that time, he and a group of knights seemed to have changed their clothes and did not carry a flag. Or family crest. The others wanted to retreat with them, but they were blocked by the knights. Due to the long distance and the chaos on the scene, that guy couldn’t be sure that the other party was Amperin.”
"Where did you meet?"
"In the old holy city."
"Then nine times out of ten it's him," Edith shrugged. "If you want to gather such a large team, the king's personal expedition is essential. If the king of a country is in the army, you should walk in where?"
"Uh... the front?" Eagle Face was uncertain.
"To be precise, after the vanguard," she explained. "The old holy city has no walls, and you can grab anything quickly, so the king must come first for looting. The vanguard is usually his knights. Taking the responsibility of the group can not only eliminate the threat in advance, but also ensure that you are the first person to enter the city."
"So they were already in town when the bomber operation started?"
"Well, because of this, Am Paine escaped the aerial attacks of Maisie and Miss Hummingbird, and had enough time to identify the situation and choose the correct escape direction. Having said that, he was able to decide to let go of the king within half an hour. The dignity of disguising to escape is considered a qualified response." Edith raised the corners of her mouth indiscernibly and licked her lips lightly.
"Damn it! Let the biggest fish run away!" Eagle Face said angrily, "If I can prepare a chasing force in advance..."
"It's useless," she interrupted. "On such a wide plain, unless you can predict the route of his escape, it is possible to intercept him. The ambush on the main road is just taking advantage of the enemy's retreat habit and herd mentality. As they fled to the wheat field on the other side, the muskets were much less effective."
"..." The deputy battalion commander did not refute, but still looked very annoyed.
"You don't need to blame yourself, you must know that this is not necessarily a good thing." Edith smiled.
"Why?" Eagle Face raised his head in surprise.
"This question is more complicated to explain. You just need to understand that fear is contagious. After those people realize how terrible it is to be an enemy of Graycastle, will they still regard His Majesty's warning as nothing?" After a while, "Ampain Moa's throne is probably not so easy to sit on."
Seeing that she didn't want to talk deeply, Eagle Face didn't ask any further, "Then what should we do next? Shall we directly occupy the old holy city?"
"Just relying on these five hundred people? You can't even get a splash of water when you are stationed in the city." Edith refused without hesitation, "Wait a minute, Miss Maisie has already picked up a key person, if it goes well , maybe we can take this place without breaking a sweat."