On the fifth day of the fight, Gu Hua Duoluo also felt a little uneasy.
Why?
Because the Tulip Duke in this city is so stable!
Master Lu Gao's cavalry regiment marched westward and attacked right under his nose! Is this Du Wei not worried about his rear at all? Not anxious at all?
Over the past few days, I had a little fight with him, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He sent a few people out every day to have a fight with him, and then everyone would withdraw their troops and go back to rest. Even to the point where
In the last two days, he simply didn't send any troops out, and stayed on the city wall waiting for him to attack. He tried several times, but he couldn't defend the city...
Damn it!
According to common sense, Du Wei should be more anxious than himself. He should be eager to eat him in one go, defeat his army, and then quickly dispatch his troops to the rear.
Guhuaduoluo became increasingly uneasy and sent a small team of several hundred scouts, trying to bypass Du Wei's defense line and go to Du Wei's rear to inquire for information.
Unfortunately, Du Wei sent a large number of hot air balloons in the sky and those hateful magicians flying all over the sky on broomsticks (Guhuataro still thinks that everyone in the Decepticon team is a magician).
Even if the cavalry on the ground can run fast, they can't be as fast as those flying in the sky, right? Almost all the scout cavalry sent out to find out the news were driven back by the opponent, and Guhuataro lost a lot of people. After all,
Most of the cavalry followed General Lu Gao and marched westward, leaving only a very few cavalrymen left to Guhuataro. He would not continue to send scouts out to die.
And as time went by, things gradually became a little unstable in our own military camp.
Although the soldiers are still loyal, everyone is not a fool after all. Although the Northwest Army made it clear that they were rebelling, rebellion is one thing, but staying here knowing that you are going to die is another thing.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the public statement was that Master Lu Gao led the cavalry to sweep the rear of Duke Tulip, and then returned to attack with a combined attack from both sides. This would collapse the Tulip family's army, and then we would occupy the military here.
The fortress serves as a barrier to block the imperial army in the east, so that the province of Desa can be surrounded, with the Allied forces in the grassland behind it...
This kind of lie can still deceive people at first. It stabilizes the morale of the army.
But as time passed, many soldiers below also became suspicious.
Guhuaduoluo himself has already had the belief that he must die, and is mentally prepared to be a "qualified cannon fodder". But just because you are willing to die, it does not mean that tens of thousands of soldiers are willing to die with you.
As the days passed, there was still no news about the expected "Lord Lu Gao's commanding army to fight back". Various strange rumors began to arise in the army.
Some people actually said, "Master Lu Gao has abandoned us. He has led the cavalry into the grassland, leaving us infantrymen who cannot run fast on two legs as cannon fodder."
This statement is undoubtedly true. However, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Guhuataro immediately severely punished those who spread such rumors. Dozens of heads were chopped off and hung on poles to warn the soldiers not to spread such rumors.
Rumors are quite effective.
Moreover, Guhuatara has been in the army all his life. He is a calm man and has a good way of leading troops. With his ability and past prestige, he has stabilized the morale of the army.
Otherwise, if these tens of thousands of soldiers knew that they had indeed been abandoned and left as cannon fodder... then Guhuataro would probably be torn into pieces by tens of thousands of angry and desperate soldiers in a matter of seconds!
Standing under the flagpole, he looked at the row of severed heads that spread rumors. Guhuataro sighed: I hope what you said is true. Master Lu Gao has really
Arrived at the grassland...
Alas, it has been six days. In six days, in Kuai Ma dialect, we should have passed through the Desa Province and entered the Northwest Corridor.
It is not these soldiers who are in danger now. These Qiuba soldiers are easily deceived, but those officers and generals are not fools. They can deceive the soldiers with their lies. But those officers have military literacy.
Guhuaduoluo could clearly feel that the eyes of some officers in the big tent during the past two days were obviously dark and gloomy.
And Gu Huaduoluo himself was getting anxious day by day, Mr. Lu Gao, have you successfully broken through?!
But no matter how anxious Guhuataro is, he has nothing to do now. The only thing he can do is to hold on here day by day according to the plan!
On the eighth day, the critical moment arrived!
The soldiers on the lookout tower erected high in the military camp looked at the distance to the east, then screamed a few times in fear, almost rolled and fell down from the lookout tower, and then flew away.
Running towards the big tent...
At noon, a battle flag appeared on the eastern horizon, and then the sound of a vigorous marching army was heard in the distance. The sound of rustling footsteps trampling on the earth could be faintly heard several miles away.
I heard the shaking of the earth, the sound of horse hooves, the sound of wheels...
After the dark figure appeared on the horizon, and then looked at the high-hanging flag, it stabbed the hearts and foundation of confidence of the soldiers of the Northwest Army!
Everyone can clearly see that flag, it is the Storm Legion of the North! And that flag of the King of Thorns and Flowers, it is the Imperial Guards!!
More than 10,000 northern elite cavalry led by Andre of the Storm Legion came from the northeast and quickly entered the alert range of the Northwest Army. Then they did not attack immediately, but bypassed the Northwest Army's camp and ran all the way to
The side of the Tulip family fortress stopped in a pliers position to the north of the Northwest Army, and then began to set up camp.
To the south, the 20,000 infantrymen of the Royal City Guards, with distinctive armor and steady steps, slowly moved forward one by one in square formations, stopped far behind the northwest army camp, and began to set up camp unhurriedly.
Some veterans in the Northwest Army risked violating military discipline by climbing up the flagpole and looking at it from a distance. Some experienced veterans knew how to knock on the door of the "watch formation" and could probably guess what the opponent's flag was based on.
The number of incoming enemy troops.
After they slid down the flagpole, desperate news finally spread from the military camp!
The regular army of the empire is coming! There are at least 10,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 infantry. What's terrible is that, together with the Tulip family members in the city, they happen to surround their own army in the middle!
In the evening, the last trace of luck was broken.
A new army came again from the south, with the banner of Bohandi, the governor of Nulin Province, and his troops. They numbered at least 30,000 people, less than half of whom were cavalry.
The addition of this army completely surrounded the Northwest Army, and even the last gap was blocked.
All the soldiers of the Northwest Army understand: We are surrounded! And the enemy is several times greater than ourselves.
At this time, even if "General Lu Gao returns to attack the army" is true, I am afraid it will be difficult for our side to win. Moreover, now "General Lu Gao returns to attack the army" is true or false. Who can be sure?
The morale of the army began to waver. Guhuataro killed a hundred people who were talking nonsense in one go, but he could not stabilize the morale of the army. He understood...the time has come!
I delayed Du Wei here for eight days, and I have basically completed my plan. The next step is to try my best to fight the enemy in a real battle, inflict heavy damage on the enemy as much as possible, so that the empire will lose troops and horses, and will not be able to go west.
Lu Gao entering the grassland...
General Lu Gao, I hope you are safe now.
Thinking of this, Gu Hua Duoluo glanced coldly at the more than a hundred corpses with their heads chopped off on the ground, and then announced loudly in a solemn tone: "Whoever is messing with our military morale and talking nonsense, just chop it down!! I can do it!"
I assure you that everything is going well now, the enemy has been attracted to us! Marshal Lu Gao’s cavalry is about to arrive, and by then, we will kill all the enemies in one fell swoop!"
Guhuataro didn't know how many people still believed this. But he knew one thing, that now was a very critical moment. He immediately sent people to the warehouse barracks behind and moved more than 20 large boxes out.
Then he worried many officers and soldiers. Seeing that more than a thousand people had gathered around him, Guhuataro jumped onto a box, and then quickly pulled out his long sword. He struck hard with the sword.
With a click, a corner of the wooden box shattered, and countless golden coins flowed out of the box.
Guhuaduoluo grabbed a handful with all his strength, then released his fingers, letting the gold coins fall between his fingers, holding his head high and shouting loudly: "This battle is very important! Everyone, if you win, you will be promoted and rich for life."
Wealth! If we lose... then I don’t need to say anything! Master Lu Gao has an order. Anyone who moves forward bravely will be rewarded! Heavily rewarded! Those who shrink back will be killed! Pass my military order to fight tomorrow morning. The entire army will fight tonight.
Each soldier will be rewarded with a pound of meat, and each tent will be rewarded with a pot of wine! In addition, each soldier will receive an additional month of military pay!!"
No matter what, Guhuataro's approach still had an effect.
Suddenly the crowd was agitated, and even some officers who had already been shaken in their hearts couldn't help but become jealous when they looked at the golden gold coins.
Gold coins! Who doesn’t like golden coins?
As for ordinary soldiers, seeing their commander make a guarantee, there is still meat to eat, wine to drink, and additional military pay... who is not happy?
Looking at the cheering soldiers around him, Guhuataro breathed a sigh of relief.
But a hint of bitterness slowly emerged.
Tomorrow...do we still have tomorrow?
He ordered his trusted officers to be responsible for distributing military pay, and Guhuatara quietly left.
He first came to a huge, almost luxurious tent behind the military tent.
The people who live here are none other than the "distinguished guests" of the Northwest Army, a dozen respected magicians.
Compared with the soldiers, these magicians did not cause any trouble to Guhuatara, although they were more difficult to serve. These distinguished gentlemen asked for the best treatment, and some of them asked to drink fresh honey every day.
Some people require that no one disturbs them within 100 meters of the tent where they live, so as not to disturb their magic experiments. Some magicians require that a live creature be sent to them every day, including cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks. Of course, if you send a
He doesn't object if a living person comes in.
Guhuatara satisfied these "masters" one by one.
In addition, these magicians don't care at all whether they are abandoned and used as "cannon fodder".
Because they are magicians. It doesn't matter even if they are used as cannon fodder in the end. In the minds of these magicians, they were invited to help by Lu Gao of the Northwest Army. In the end, they just helped him fight. As for
They didn't care whether they won or lost. As long as they tried their best and repaid Lu Gao's favor, if they were in danger, they would probably just run away. A person with high wind control skills wouldn't be able to fly away.
If there is any danger, they are noble magicians! Lu Gao can only invite them, but he cannot command them. Moreover, even if he knows that Lu Gao is rebelling, it doesn't matter. Magicians have legal immunity. When the time comes, they only need to leave by themselves, and then
Go to the Magic Guild to express your stance. Just like in the past, the empire will not hold magicians accountable. We are still a class above the law.
Therefore, they would not cause any trouble to Guhuatara until the last moment.
Guhuataro came to greet these gentlemen. For the first time, he was annoyed by those soldiers with unstable military morale, but instead he felt that these arrogant magicians who he used to hate were so cute. At least they were against being
Stay here as cannon fodder.
After greeting these magicians, Guhuataro carefully told them that a real war was about to break out, and he hoped to get their help. After receiving the promises from the magicians, Guhuataro left.
He couldn't help but feel a little envious of Du Wei. He had long heard that the Tulip Duke had many magicians working for him, and... they really obeyed him, unlike here, where he had to serve these guys like an uncle.
Guhuataro returned to his tent, and his personal guards still strictly followed his orders. No one was allowed to approach his tent.
After entering the tent, Guhuataro stood outside Sebasta's cage and looked at the Major General squatting inside the cage like a wild beast. The Major General squatted there, whimpering softly in his mouth, grabbing himself with both hands.
poor guy with hair.
Guhuataro took out a wine bottle, threw it into the cage, and threw a piece of cooked beef into it.
Seeing this former heroic major general squatting there like a barbarian, grabbing beef and chewing it, Guhuataro sighed softly.
"Sebasta, tomorrow, everything will end. At that time, I will give you a sword and take you to the battlefield. You have become like this. When the time comes, I hope you can die on the battlefield.
Above all, it can be regarded as a death with some dignity."
