"That group of bandits was so powerful. Our Second Route Army was suddenly dispersed by them. It is said... It is said that the First and Third Route Army were completely wiped out by them..."
It wasn't until the third batch of soldiers, whose heavy armors and weapons were almost thrown away, and whose bodies were scratched to pieces by branches in the mountains, that they flew across the village that Link finally caught him.
I caught one of them and asked him what happened.
But how is this possible?!
Link tightened the chest of the soldier and almost shouted: "Don't you have 80,000 people?! How can you not defeat the thieves with more than 1,000 people?! What is going on?!"
"You...don't be angry..." The soldier looked at Link with his face flushed, as if he wanted to pull out the knight's sword and cut him in half at any time. He was also quite frightened and hesitated in his words.
Baba: "Our special operations force is divided into several teams... The leaders of the two countries have been quarreling... Those bandits are really powerful..."
He had escaped from the mountain and was quite scared, but he was so frightened by Link that he stuttered all the way. After listening to him talking nonsense for a long time, Link finally understood what was going on.
What is going on.
It turns out that the joint special operations force composed of soldiers from the two empires of Bavaria and Saqqara and the trainee knights does indeed number 70,000 to 80,000 people. If they were truly gathered together for a frontal battle, even the more than 1,000 bandits would not be able to fight.
They are all powerful professionals with high rankings, and there is no way they can win back the situation with such a huge gap in numbers.
But as the army actually arrived at the place where the battle was about to begin, the first question arose, which was that the two chiefs from the two empires of Bavar and Saqqara both thought that they should take this one for granted.
The commander of the army.
In fact, this problem should have been solved before the expedition, but the mainland has been peaceful for too long. The senior officials of the military departments of the two empires really have no idea how to deal with such a problem.
I have no experience at all, but such an issue is really related to the face and glory of the entire empire, so no matter whether it is the Bavarian Empire or the Sakara Empire, no military department dares to make any concessions on this issue.
, after all, His Majesty the Emperors of the two great empires of Bavaria and Sakala have always been equal, but in recent years, through the advantages of commercial exchanges, the Bavarian Empire has gradually left the Sakala Empire far behind economically.
Later, His Majesty, the Emperor of the Sakara Empire, insisted on this etiquette of equal status to the point of extreme sensitivity, so this matter, which was originally a simple sentence, became a matter of great concern to the military departments of the two empires.
This is something that the noble gentlemen have been having a headache for a while.
Fortunately, the nobles are all unusually smart. The joint suppression of bandits by the two empires is decided by the royal families of the two empires. This of course cannot be changed. As for the military department, which military commander should be responsible for this task?
The Supreme Commander of the Special Operations Force has been unable to decide on something so damaging to the image of the military ministers. Of course, it is best not to let His Majesty the Emperor worry about such a matter, so the military chiefs reported it to the Emperor.
His Majesty's message only stated that in order to be closer to the actual situation on the battlefield, the decision-making power on this issue was handed over to the commanders of the two empires of the special operations forces, allowing them to discuss and decide on their own based on the on-site conditions.
But how can the commanders of these two teams with some new recruits and trainee knights decide things that even the military chiefs can't decide? So this special operation with more than 70,000 people in name can
The troops had actually split in half when they were at the foot of the mountain, and they were delayed at the foot of the mountain for several days over this matter.
"Then what?" Link was also a little confused. He had longed to be a brave knight since he was a child, wielding a big sword and charging into battle, but he had never thought that fighting was so complicated and that there were so many other battles.
What he considered to be pure bullshit could actually have such a big impact on the entire battle situation.
"Then..." The soldier shook his head with a frightened expression.
The troop commanders of the two empires could not convince the other, so they negotiated an agreement similar to gambling, that is, they each brought their own troops, one went up the mountain from the south, the other went up the mountain from the north, and everyone shared it equally.
The local residents who are familiar with the terrain will see which side of the army can dig out the den of the bandits first in the vast mountains and take action first. Then the commander of this joint operation will arrive first.
The commander of the unit that broke into the thief's den will be in charge.
In their opinion, the group of horse thieves, numbering only over a thousand in total, must be hiding in the thieves' den and trembling when they are forced to the door by more than 70,000 and nearly 80,000 troops from the two empires!
What they need to do is to find the den of these bandits first, then swarm up and kill them all.
Even the commanders of both sides had a tacit understanding to divide their teams into four columns and go up the mountain separately. Although the number of 80,000 people is indeed large, the mountain range is indeed very large. At this time, there is one more
Searching in the direction will give you more hope of finding the robber's den quickly. With so many soldiers, divided into four groups, there are still 10,000 people in each group. If you encounter bandits, you can still fight one out of ten, eh
Well, I’m sure to win!
"We've definitely won and you still do it like this?" Link's eyes widened. He was the commander of the two troops. I'm afraid this is the only way to solve such a complicated problem, so he
I really can’t understand how a good situation could be lost like this: “The bandits were not just over a thousand people, but tens of thousands?! Or were they all high-level professionals?! Could it be that they had tamed a lot of powerful monsters?”
?!"
The soldier was also made dizzy by Link's overly rich imagination. After a while, he cried out with a sad face: "What, this battle is not finished at all, we haven't even seen the face of the bandit clearly!"
When they went up the mountain that day, from the commander to the soldiers, they never really regarded this group of more than a thousand bandits as a fighting opponent. In their view, the only problem now is how to find the bandits as soon as possible.
Stronghold, so that you can win more glory for your empire.
So during the process of several troops going up the mountain, these soldiers still tried their best to line up in the same square formation as they did during training, with their bodies standing straight and holding their spears on their shoulders, as if they were under the supervision of their superiors.
It's like a military parade when the commander comes.
The long years of peace have made the training of these soldiers in the military camp more focused on the practice of superficially beautiful things like formations. Other combat skills are more focused on coping.
That’s it.
Then, just as this neat square formation, led by the town residents, passed through a valley, something unexpected happened.
Countless big rocks just fell down from the mountains on both sides of the valley, followed by rolling logs, random arrows, torches... But the group that had already entered the valley was still in a square formation, and they didn't even know it.
Many of the hidden soldiers have never been able to think about anything before they even understand what is happening in front of them.
Even the few trainee knights walking behind the queue and holding the formation escaped the first round of attacks with a little bit of fighting spirit, but they could not survive the second round. And the top commander of this team,
It was even more unfortunate that he was crushed to pieces by a flying boulder from the very beginning.
As a result, the entire team who could still survive immediately collapsed. On the continent that had been peaceful for who knows how long, they had never imagined such a scene even in their dreams. They looked at the flesh and blood of countless officers and comrades.
He was flying around him, and there were still extremely lethal arrows in the sky. The torches were thrown down, but he could still run. He didn't pay attention to the shouts of some of the surviving team commanders, and just ran away.
Just run, many of them didn't know the path and ran into the foot of the cliff, but everyone still ran around desperately, just thinking of leaving this hell on earth in front of them as soon as possible, many people were killed by the people behind
Trampled to death.
And the torrent of their running directly caused another troop they encountered to run in a mess. Then they heard the sound of horse hooves. That group of bandits, the legendary group of bandits with a total of only more than a thousand people, actually didn't want it.
He rushed forward with his life and charged towards this army of over 10,000 people.
"Those people are so powerful." The soldier looked frightened and made exaggerated gestures: "They are all so tall, so strong, and every one of them looks like they don't even care about their lives. Their leader
Holding a very long spear, and waving the gun to string a dozen brothers together, they are not human, these guys are simply not human..."
"What about the other troops?!" Link asked hurriedly.
"I'm not sure. I just ran away." The childish soldier's face turned red, and he quickly added: "But later I heard from other brothers who ran away that other troops heard the fighting here.
When I rushed over to ask for help, I ran into the ambush of the bandits again. The situation seemed...it didn't seem to be good either!"
"Uh..." Link frowned, slowly let go of the soldier's hand, and began to think.
"Sir Knight," the soldier was about to leave, but he turned around and said kindly: "You'd better run away quickly. I heard those brothers saying that there seems to be a leader among the bandits who was killed by this person."
A young man who was leading the way in the village was shot and wounded, and he was angrily saying that he was going to come and massacre the village!"
"What?!" Link's eyes suddenly widened: "Slaughter the village?!"
"Yes, yes." The soldier moved his body backward: "So run quickly. After passing the front, you will be safe when you reach Sama City. It is a big city with many garrisons. It is still too late to run away.
Ah! Goodbye in Samar City!"
He was talking to Link, then turned around and ran out without looking back. He was obviously frightened.
"Mr. Knight Link", the captain of the officer who stayed in the town walked over with Kermilla. The captain's face was obviously pale, and he must have already known what was going on: "Let's go, we will also
Let’s go!”
The trainee knight has already entered the knight class and has a higher status than the squad leader. Moreover, Link is now the captain who has accepted this mission in name, so the captain wants to come over and ask for instructions from him.
"Did I hear you right, Captain Zisner?" Link looked at him coldly and said, "Where do you want to go?!"
"Go to Sama City, it's safe there," Team Captain Zisny replied without hesitation: "From here to Sama City, walk faster, it's only two days and two nights. We are now..."
"Let's run away without a fight now, and then leave this town to the cruel bandits to loot?!" Link calmly asked the team leader in front of him: "Captain Zisney, do you still remember?
What is our mission?!"
"Lord God, are you crazy?!" Captain Zisne suddenly shouted: "You don't want to stay and fight, do you?! Do you know who we are going to face?! Then
They are a group of lunatics, a group of devils, even 80,000 people in the special operations force were defeated by them, and how many of us are here now?!"
"The honor of a soldier lies in having the courage to sacrifice one's life at any time to complete a mission." Link looked at Zisne and said word by word: "Staying in the town and protecting the residents is our next mission in this battle.
If you feel that the most important thing you should do in the current situation is to turn around and run away, then go ahead and I won’t stop you!"
"But... but..." Captain Zisne's face was red. In the military camp, no matter which instructor they were, they must have taught them such a soldier's creed that has been passed down on the mainland for who knows how many years.
When they were young reservists, they all dreamed of the exciting scenes when they could not persevere in a difficult task. But when it came time to make a choice, this conflict between reason and emotion became more apparent.
This made Captain Zisny very embarrassed. He muttered in a low voice: "But there are only so many of us, even if we stay, what will be the use?!"
"I don't know if it's useful or not," Link said seriously: "But I feel that if I watch those bandits looting this peaceful town and hurting these kind-hearted residents before my blood is drained,
, then not only am I not worthy of being a knight in this life, I am not even worthy of being a man with a handle, so I will stay!"
"And me!" Kermilla, who had not interrupted, said this softly but firmly, and stood next to Link.
"No, you should still leave." An old voice came from behind them: "Leave quickly, now!"
Link, Kermilla and Chisne turned their heads and realized that at some point, almost all the residents of the town had come out and were standing in the open space in the center of the town in the dark, quietly.
Watch them quietly.
The young and middle-aged residents in the town have all gone up the mountain to lead the way for the special operations troops, so now the people standing in the night are old people and women, many of whom are still holding or hugging people who have not yet walked or who have just learned to speak.
A small child, under the quiet night, for some reason, even Captain Zisny felt that such a scene was so disturbing that there was an inexplicable emotion surging in his chest.
The twenty or so soldiers led by Team Captain Zisney had already walked out and stood behind Team Captain Zisney.
"Child, let's go, you all can go." Then the old mayor spoke just now, Mrs. Everben: "You are different from us. Our relatives are in the mountains and our roots are here, so we can't leave.
You won’t leave either, but you don’t belong to the small town in the first place. You are still young. Let’s go. Let’s all go. When everything is fine in the future, you will come back to see Aunt Everben..."
Mrs. Everborn choked up a little as she spoke. She pulled up a corner of her robe and wiped her eyes. The people around her also lowered their heads.
Everyone knows that this disaster will not be easily dealt with.
It turns out that when the bandits came to harass the village, there were still young men in the town who were the best hunters in the mountains. Although the bandits were honest enough to ask for a lot of game property, they still did not dare to hurt anyone.
, for fear of forcing these people to fight to the death.
But this time is different. Not only are the hunters no longer in the town, but the hateful bandits have come to take revenge. So after this time, the entire town may still exist on this continent.
Above?
The night wind blew, ruffling the pale hair of the old men and women, who looked particularly desolate under the watery moonlight.
"No!" This time it was not Link who shouted loudly, but Captain Zisnay. His face was still red, but this time he was obviously excited and proud of his decision, "We won't leave! Link
The knight is right, if I run away without a fight, not only will I lose the honor of a soldier, but I will not even be considered a noble man!"
He patted Link's shoulder hard and laughed loudly and said: "It doesn't matter if you can't be a soldier. I haven't married a wife yet. How can I do it if I can't even be a man?!"
"Yes! Yes!"
"Stay! We want to stay too!"
"Protect the town, protect the residents! Protect the town, protect the residents!"
The twenty-odd soldiers standing behind Captain Zisny also shouted loudly under the influence of this emotion.
For a moment, the group of attacking bandits didn't seem so scary anymore!
The blood and hearts of young people can easily become hotter than fire!
"Fuck", Captain Zisny patted his chest: "I'm selling my life here!"
"Actually, this matter may not be all hopeless." Link raised a hand, and everyone fell silent and looked at Link.
Unknowingly, they were all sincerely convinced of Link, a trainee knight who was about the same age as them!
"The crux of the matter now is", Link turned to the mayor and the residents of the town and asked seriously: "Do you believe me?!"
