According to Russell's account, he slowly walked behind with a group of mercenaries and some heavy carts, and only met the cavalry vanguard of Odin's army.
The Odin still came from the Arbuckt Plains corridor, and the cavalry in the vanguard were all lightly armoured, with a small number of ice hunter scouts.
At such times, it is impossible to come back with a heavy wagon of goods, and once they are caught up by Odin's light cavalry forward team, not only will the goods be gone, but even the people will be destroyed.
So Russell made the decision to simply abandon the convoy and flee for their lives.
The charioteer and some of the horseless caravan attendants untied the cart and fled off the road into the surrounding wilderness and forests, thinking that as long as they avoided the march route of Odin's army, they should have a great chance of surviving.
Russell, on the other hand, fled with his mercenaries on horseback towards Wildfire.
On the way, Russell's men and horses were discovered by Odin's forward cavalry, and the Odin people sent a small group of cavalry to chase and kill for a while, but Odin's reindeer cavalry was not as good as horses on long-distance gallops, so Russell and others escaped, but there were also a few companions on the road who unfortunately fell behind, so they could only run all the way to Wildfire Town and report to Char.
Fortunately, the forward cavalry of the Odin people chased for a while, but they couldn't catch up, so they gave up the pursuit.
The arrival of Odin's army, the news came out of Russell's mouth, and everyone present was immediately shocked Char's face changed several times, and he shouted in a low voice: "How can it be that the Odin army has invaded, why is the empire not ready for the Odin people to fight Wildfire Town" This situation is indeed unthinkable in the past.
With the long-term hostility between the two countries, the Byzantine Empire naturally has various intelligence channels scattered in the Odin Empire, and once the Odin Empire's army gathers and mobilizes for war, it will inevitably conceal the intelligence system of the Byzantine Empire.
Therefore, before each major war, once it was known that the Odin were going to invade, the Byzantine Empire would mobilize its army early to gather on the northern border.
The most common method is to have troops stationed in Wildfire Town, fight for the enemy to stay out of the country, and fight a decisive battle with the Odin on the wildfire field, blocking the enemy from their own borders, so as to avoid their own country being poisoned by the flames of war.
For example, in the last war, before the Odin came, several central standing corps of the Byzantine Empire had already gathered at the border to set up a defensive line and set up a temporary war zone to deal with the enemy.
But this time, there was no movement in the empire What made Char even more anxious was that the Odin people came from the north, and the vanguard had come to a place fifty miles away from Wildfire Town, but the empire did not have a large army to deal with it.
The Odin could easily occupy the Wildfire Town, the last stronghold of the Byzantine Empire, and then invade the territory of the Byzantine Empire Don't expect Wildfire Town to stop the Odin, a place like Wildfire Town will never make any gestures of resistance to the occupiers.
And once the wildfire town mayor drove south, the first place to bear the brunt was where It's its own County of Moore Without the resistance of the main army of the Empire, with the current strength of Mor County, what kind of joke would it be to resist the army of the Odin Empire The current local garrison of County Moore is nominally a flag regiment, but after many years of subsidence, the actual combat strength is only a few hundred.
With hundreds of miscellaneous soldiers, how to resist the huge and brutal Odin warriors Char stood on the spot, his face was cloudy, and all kinds of thoughts turned in his heart, and he really didn't understand why the Odin people had hit the door this time, but there was no movement in the empire.
After all, he was on the wildfire field, and he ran into the deep mountains of the Zaku people for so many days, how did he know that in the outside world, such a great change had taken place in the empire At this moment, the warlords of the various military districts have erected rebel flags, the central standing corps loyal to the imperial family has been divided into various places, and the nearest military regions near Yanjing have gathered rebels to attack Osgilia.
The entire empire has fallen into chaos.
Where is there any effort to deal with the movements of the Odin He didn't know that the movement of this large-scale invasion of the Odin people had already been reported back to the country by the Byzantine intelligence system, but at this time, the central part of the empire had been paralyzed, the royal family was crumbling, and the imperial order was not out of Yanjing, desperately ordering all the troops to move closer to Osgilia, where would there be any strength to manage the Odin "Adults make quick decisions" At this moment, it was Philip who was the first to speak, this guy's face was also gloomy, but there was a clear flash of light in his eyes: "You can't delay what to do now, please give an order immediately" Char glanced at the former leader of the Silver Python Warrior Order, he forcibly pressed the anxiety in his heart, took a deep breath, his eyes swept over the people around him, and finally his gaze fell on Russell: "Russell" Russell immediately stood up when he heard this: "My lord" "You're doing a great job."
Char said in a deep voice: "I don't blame you for discarding the goods of the convoy, but I want to reward you for losing things and earning them back, but if you lose your brothers' lives, you will really be gone."
Russell breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that he was following the right person, this adult was not the kind of person who cut off his eyes.
"Russell, the situation is urgent right now, so you can't rest yet."
Char's eyes pressed to look at Russell, and Russell immediately straightened his chest: "My lord, I'm not afraid of being tired, please command."
"I will give you the current convoy, these gold is our military expenses, you immediately take the convoy, do not stop, immediately go out of the city to the south, to Denzel City, Moore County, be sure to rush to Denzel City as soon as possible to report the matter to Denzel City, the current garrison captain Green" paused, Char said slowly: "I don't have extra manpower for you, only give you twenty horses" Russell nodded, without a trace of doubt on his face: "My lord, I don't need twenty horsemen, ten horsemen are enough for me to guarantee my surname, and I will definitely transport the military expenses back to Denzel City."
"Send another fast horse to hurry back, report to Green, make war preparations early, you can leave immediately" After Char finished speaking, Russell immediately raised his head in response, turned over his horse, and after a shout, picked ten of his men to ride horses, and the coachman of the convoy drove the car, without stopping, towards the south of the town.
"Philippe Shalpa" The two immediately stepped forward, and Char looked at the two: "You two, take ten cavalrymen out of the town immediately to the north, investigate the enemy's situation, encounter enemy scouts, try not to engage the enemy, as long as you find out the enemy's front, distance, and speed of marching, pay attention to safety."
After a pause, Char's eyes fell on Philip, and he added in a deep voice: "Philip is responsible for whatever he encounters, listen to his ideas" Sharba was stunned for a moment, with a somewhat puzzled look on his face.
After all, in Sharpa's heart, he is the closest descendant to Char, both of them are from the general's personal guard of the Rhodria Cavalry Corps, and they are brothers who were killed together from the sea of corpses and blood.
He is also a veteran in the army, and this kind of work of going out to find out the enemy's situation should be his own responsibility, so he sighed to Char and said quickly: "Sharba, your surname is too impatient, Philip is more refined."
This time it's just to find out the enemy's situation, not to engage the enemy, so you have to listen to Philip" Philip suddenly showed a little emotion in his eyes He was originally Char's enemy, and now he is desperate, committed to Char's hands, and has not been able to get Char's true trust, but this time Char suddenly made such a decision, Philip was suddenly moved in his heart, and immediately said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely be cautious" Although Sharpa was a reckless general, he was not a man with a small belly, and after hearing this, he did not argue, but simply turned over and got on his horse, and took ten horsemen with Philip, and went north quickly.
At this moment, the rest are a group of mercenaries, most of them are the subordinates of the original Fire Rhino Mercenary Group Hawke, some are Russell's subordinates, and there are more than thirty people, who are Landis warriors of the Gallens Chamber of Commerce.
Char looked at the rest of the people, smiled, summoned the leader of the Gallens Chamber of Commerce, and said calmly: "You are Lantis, I want to fight with the Odin, you really can't go to death, and I won't force you to go with me."
When the leader of the Gallens Chamber of Commerce heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Char changed his words: "However, I need your horses and weapons, especially your Lantis crossbow, I will borrow them."
The people from the Gallens Chamber of Commerce smiled when they heard this: "There is no problem with this, adults want to use it, although it is good to take it." ” As he spoke, he immediately ordered all the Lantis Escort warriors to give up their horses and the bows and arrows they had with them.
Char immediately assigned the horses, there were originally fifty mercenaries left, and there were more than eighty horses, Char thought about it, and immediately called Hawke and asked him to do something.
"I know it's night, but now it's urgent, you are also a person who is used to fighting in Wildfire Town, naturally you know the situation here, it's night, I don't care if you go to smash the door, or drag people out of bed, you go to the horse market, I want you to get at least thirty war horses, the price doesn't matter, ten times the price, Lao Tzu will also give you, but I only give you half an hour's time" When Hawke heard this, he didn't hesitate, and immediately rushed out with a few close mercenary warriors like wolves.
He has also lived in Wildfire Town for a long time, and he naturally knows the situation in the town well, so he went to the horse market, where he is very familiar with which caravans have horses and which dealers have goods, and although it is inevitable to offend people in the middle of the night, Char promised ten times the price and opened the way with a lot of gold coins, so there is no big problem in thinking about it.
After Char gave the order, he immediately led the others to the north of the town, and waited there for half an hour, and sure enough, he saw Hawke leading a large group of horses to meet him.
In this way, Char has more than 50 people, but he has at least 100 horses.
Char immediately ordered that each man should have two horses, drink water and eat dry food, and then prepare to go out of the city.
At this moment, shouting came from the street behind the town, and when I looked back, it was the Landis people from the Gallens Chamber of Commerce who had gone and returned.
The leader of the Gallens Chamber of Commerce drove a big cart with someone, ran to Char, dismounted and saluted, and said loudly: "My lord, I just went back and talked to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper has a word, thank Char Lord for not embarrassing us on the position of the two countries."
However, since Lord Char is our friend, our friend is in difficulty, and we Landis people can't help but make some efforts. ” He turned his head and pointed to the carriage: "Although it is inconvenient for us to come forward directly to help in the battle, it just so happens that there are still some items in stock in the store, so let's lend them to the adults together."
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Char's heart moved, and he saw that the Landis people had moved the things on the car, and this "gift" was not light, thirty pairs of Landis's military standard bows, sixty pots of arrows, and ten pairs of fine armor.
What surprised Char the most was that there was actually a small military crossbow that could be disassembled, this is a ballista cart, which can be directly assembled on the carriage, and after the assembly is completed, it can shoot crossbow arrows close to two meters long, and it can be fired in three consecutive rounds, which is already considered a heavy ordnance, thinking of this Gallensian Chamber of Commerce, in a remote place like Wildfire Town, this kind of good thing is also stored Looking at Char's eyes, the leader of the Gallensian Chamber of Commerce immediately understood and explained: "Our Chamber of Commerce is located in this frontier land, and the trade of some ordnance is always inevitable, so I don't think Lord Char will make too much of a fuss." ” Xia Ya laughed, and then said: "Thank you on my behalf, the owner of your shop, just say this favor of the Gallens Chamber of Commerce, I, Xia Leiming, remember it" Just a few miles north of the town is a mountain, this mountain is the most familiar place for Char, and if you walk along the mountain road in this mountain, you will walk for another day to reach the valley in the mountain, where he used to live.
After leading his men to the bottom of the mountain and letting people hide in the woods on the hillside, Char stood alone on the side of the hillside, looking at the road to the north in the distance.
After waiting for about an hour, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and more than ten horsemen came south in the dark night.
Philip and Sharpa rode their horses and stopped in front of Char, and at this moment they rode more than ten horses, and everyone was sweating and their faces were covered with dust.
"How" Philip grim: "The situation is not good" Everyone ran into the woods and sat down, and Philip took a few breaths and said, "It's indeed Odin."
Sharba next to him interjected: "It's the Red Snow Army." ” "Red Snow" Char was stunned.
"Well, you can't be wrong."
Sharpa's tone was very firm: "I fought many battles with the Odin when I was in the Rhodria Cavalry Regiment, I am very familiar with the banner of the Odin, this Odin army is flying the red flag, I recognize it at a glance, this is the Red Snow Legion." ” Char is not very familiar with this "Red Snow Army", in fact, his time in the army is short after all, and the only ones who really fought against him were Ko Curran's army in the last war, and the Black Flag Army of Hasting.
I really don't know much about this "Red Snow Army".
Sharpa's expression was not relaxed: "The Red Snow Legion is Odin's strong army, although it is not as famous as Hasting's Black Flag Army, but it is also a hard bone A few years ago, our Rodria cavalry fought with them once, and the strong frontal confrontation was hard, the other party was very tough, and the cavalry of our two flag regiments took turns to rush nine times before breaking through their military formation, which was a tragic victory." ” can withstand the nine frontal charges of the Rodria cavalry corps, then it can indeed be regarded as a rare strong army in the world.
"The Red Snow Army is not a descendant of the Odin royal family, so it has always been pressed under the Black Flag Army in the Odin Army, but I heard General Adric say that the commander of the Red Snow Army is also a hard role."
After listening to Sharpa's introduction, Char's face showed a solemn expression, and Philip had already continued: "The other party is a mixed legion, most of them are infantry, only a small number of cavalry, and most of them are reindeer cavalry, only a few horses.
The reindeer cavalry charged well, but the long gallop was much worse than the horses.
We ran for dozens of miles, and sure enough, we saw the opposing striker.
The number is at least more than 1,000 rides. ” Char noticed that while Philip was talking, Sharpa also nodded that with Sharpa's experience in the army for so long, it seemed that this number would not be wrong.
"Later, I took a risk, I took someone alone to copy behind this Odin striker from the side, and went at least ten miles deeper, only to see the large army of Odin, mighty, I can't see the end at a glance Thinking that this Odin Legion is infantry, the main army is behind, this forward is running too fast, and it is a little too far away from the main army" Although Philip is fine, he doesn't know much about military tactics after all, Char listened to his words and immediately shook his head: "It's not that the cavalry runs too fast, the Odin people won't make such a mistake." ” After a pause, he said slowly: "The Odin people suddenly came to invade, the forward of this thousand horsemen did not run over, they must have received an order, and the light cavalry rushed forward, I am afraid that the purpose is to" Philip is also a smart man, and he blurted out: "They're going to grab speed and occupy Wildfire Town" Char nodded.
Sharpa next to him suddenly spoke: "Char has one more thing" "What" Sharpa's face was a little ugly, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a deep voice: "Listening to Philip, he led people around the back of this Odin forward cavalry from the side, and spied on the large army of the Red Snow Legion, listening to Philip's description, it seems that something is wrong."
"Not right" "Well, Philip said, those Odin infantry, are marching in a hurry, and it seems that there is no such thing as a baggage cart in the army, as if they are all carrying a heavy load, and they are traveling lightly and quickly."
At this moment, Char completely changed color Without baggage, a legion marches lightly and hurriedly, which is completely contrary to the convention, and often this happens, and there are only two possibilities.
First, the commander of this Odin Legion is a military idiot, but this is obviously impossible.
The second is that in order to pursue speed, the opponent forcibly marches to reach the target area with a quick attack, and has sufficient confidence to defeat the enemy At the same time, it also brings up the question of how to replenish the provisions "Feed on the spot, feed the war with war" Char almost burst out of his teeth.
Obviously, the Odin people came this time to fight this idea Don't carry baggage, in order to pursue speed, but also make up your mind, supply on the spot The so-called "local supply", Char, who has been in the army, naturally understands the "meaning" In short, it is nothing more than one sentence: burn and loot Char of "Mor County" looked at each other at the same time with Philip and Sharpa, and all three of them were pale.
Mor County is the grain producing area in the north of the empire, and the empire doesn't know why it didn't do any war preparations this time, the northern part of the empire is almost undefended, and the army of the Odin people only needs to bring a few days of rations to force the march into the empire, how is the local garrison The opponent defeated the local garrison, and the entire Mor County is the meat of the mouth of the Odin For a while, the three of them fell silent, and after looking at each other a few times, Sharba and Philip both stared at Char, waiting for him to make an idea.
Char took a deep breath, feeling extremely depressed in his heart, and even felt that the heavy oppression in his heart could not be swept away.
He got up and walked to the side of the hill and let the night breeze blow in his face, trying to calm a beating heart.
The situation at this moment, he was very clear in his heart The goal of this Odin legion is that once Mor County lets them enter Mor County, then Mor County, which is rich in grain, will become a supply area for the Odin army, and the fierce and brutal Odin warriors will wield the butcher knives in their hands to slaughter the soldiers and civilians of Mor County to their heart's content, and rob enough food The entire Mor County will be ravaged under the butcher's knife of the Odin If it was in the past, these things naturally had nothing to do with Char.
But now he is the Commander of Armaments of County Moore, County More, and it is his territory If he wants to survive, it is simple for him to take his subordinates and immediately drill into the mountains next to him, and hide for several months without worrying about safety.
But "Philip" Xia Ya Huo Ran turned his head, there was no trace of hesitation in his eyes at the moment, his eyes flashed, full of absoluteness "I'll give you two batches of horses, you immediately go to Denzel City, Mooreshire, and report everything here to Green quickly, with his military strategy, he will naturally make a decision" Philip was stunned: "I, I'll go back to my lord, then you" "So much nonsense, it's going to delay military affairs, I'll cut off your head" Char was furious, and suddenly pulled out the fire fork and shouted: "Go quickly" Philip only felt that there was a rush of blood in his heart, roared in a low voice, turned around and got on the horse, and galloped to Sharba was not in a hurry at all, but calmed down at the moment, and looked at Char: "It seems that you want to do a vote" Char grinned, but there was no half joy in his smile, but it was full of hideous colors "We have to find a way to stop this Odin army to buy some time, so that Green can have room to make arrangements."
Sharba also grinned, pulled out a knife and slashed at the trunk of the tree next to him, and laughed: "Okay, just fuck it, anyway, it's just a man from Rodria who is dead, where is there anyone who is afraid of death" Char squinted his eyes and thought about it, shook his head and said: "It's not good to fight hard, we are just a few dozen people, even if we fight out, facing an enemy legion, we will be killed in a moment, it's useless, we have to think of a way."
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: