"Stop it? Do you really think that the lord is a fool? When has the lord ever intervened in such a thing?" Tagore glanced at his adjutant sideways and said, "You are a smart man, why do you do it at this time?
Confused? We are front-line commanders. We only need to think about fighting the battle in front of us. You don’t have to worry about the rest. Even if the lord has other considerations, we should wait until the lord’s order is given. Don’t make assumptions.”
"What the general taught you is that I didn't think well." The guard adjutant bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
It's not that you don't think carefully, it's that you think too much and consider some things you shouldn't consider.
This sentence went around in Tagore's mind, but he never uttered it.
Thousands of people and thousands of faces.
The Yongye Army leads so many people, it is impossible for them to be printed from the same mold.
Especially as this large system takes shape, some people will inevitably have their own little ideas and sharpen their heads to delve into it.
This is inevitable for all forces.
Fortunately, the Yong Ye Army Leader had the sharp blade of the Military Procuratorate hanging over everyone's heads from the very beginning, and now they were able to demonstrate their power.
There may be no shortage of people who can flatter others and act according to the circumstances, but those who use unfair competition methods to get to the top cannot be said to be true, but they are very few. You must think twice before using them.
Once exposed, all your previous efforts will be in vain, and the gain will outweigh the loss.
Although Tagore didn't like this kind of person very much, he had to tolerate it within this system. After all, sometimes he needed to borrow the opponent's tactful energy. In the army, some prevarication was inevitable, and he was the most
I can't bear to do this.
"Lord, you are finally here. Please open your mouth and save those crocodile tribesmen outside! They are all our tribesmen, how can you do this?"
An elder of the Crocodile tribe dragged Sean and started crying, which really shocked Sean. He didn't expect such a commotion on the city wall. If he had known better, he wouldn't have come to join in the fun.
But then I thought about it, this kind of thing is not a trivial matter. If it is not handled well, it will cause a gap in the relationship between the two parties.
Sean's expression became solemn and he said: "Elders, please don't say that. We are not refusing to save you, but we have no way to save you. Elders, please come with me."
Sean led them to an arrow tower, pointed at the Kingsley family's military camp and said: "Look, the Kingsley family's heavy cavalry has been assembled. They are waiting for us to open the city gate and take the opportunity to cover up and kill them. If once
I don’t need to explain the consequences of being rushed into the city by them? Not only do these people outside have no chance of survival, but we also have to bring in more soldiers. This is the most commonly used psychological attack tactic in siege tactics, which is used to attack the defenders.
The city's military leaders, elders, must not fall into their treacherous plot and cause chaos."
"I am not one of your tribe outside of love." An elder of the Crocodile tribe couldn't help but said angrily.
"Even if the people are led by the Yongye Army outside, we will issue the same order." Sean said seriously, "In this situation, we can only choose to focus on the overall situation. After all, we are responsible for dozens of people.
The life and death of thousands of soldiers and civilians.”
"You mean, for the safety of most people, a small number of people can give up? What if we, or the lord, are also in this situation in the future? Should we save or not?" A crocodile tribesman said in a sharper tone.
road.
"Elder Carl, you are a bit unreasonable."
Before Sean could answer, another voice spoke first.
"Your Majesty the Great Elder."
"Ancestor."
Everyone saluted the person who had just spoken.
The person who appeared at the entrance of the Arrow Tower was Nidia, the chief elder of the Crocodile tribe. Not only him, but the other three elders of the Crocodile tribe also arrived together.
For the first time, Nitya's kind face showed an unconcealed anger: "Elder Karl, what are you doing? Why don't you obey General Tagore's instructions and act without authorization? What do you take our agreement to be? How unexpectedly?
Still messing around here."
Karl, the elder of the Crocodile Tribe who was headed by him, had obviously lost his arrogance. He murmured, "There are all our tribesmen outside. I can't give the order to shoot. They are all our tribesmen. I just want to help."
I’m just helping them, I just want to help them.”
"Stupid." Nidia's face turned even darker. "I didn't expect you to be so stupid. How can you behave like a woman at this time? If you destroy the defense plan of the entire Brother Port, you will become the sinners of the entire Crocodile tribe.
You still have the nerve to question the lord here. From today on, you no longer need to be on duty here. We old guys will take turns guarding here."
"But..." Elder Karl wanted to say something else.
"It's nothing but, hurry up and apologize to the lord." Nidia said in an arrogant tone without giving him a chance to question.
Nitya usually doesn't show off her power, but once she does, she still has quite a powerful voice.
The elder of the Crocodile Tribe could not think of resisting at the moment, and obediently bowed his head to Sean and admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry, Lord, my words were inappropriate just now..."
"It's okay, I can understand how you feel." Sean waved his hands and said with an understanding look, "After all, there are all your clansmen outside, but for the sake of the overall situation, some sacrifices are inevitable. We are not saviors and cannot save them.
All of us can only choose to protect what we can protect."
Although he was unwilling to agree with Sean's words, in the situation before him, the elder could only nod in agreement, step aside and sulk, and stopped talking.
"Sorry, we were the one holding back this time." Nitya apologized sincerely to Sean, "If General Tagore hadn't responded promptly, we would have been in a tough battle again."
"It's always difficult to accept this kind of mind-attacking tactic for the first time." Since no losses were caused, Sean certainly wouldn't hold on to this issue. After all, these Crocodile Tribe elders are not their soldiers at the moment, so there is nothing they can do about it.
Applying the military law of Yong Ye's military leader to them, "When we faced this situation for the first time, many soldiers also forgot to shoot arrows. They shot them with tears under the whip of those officers."
"It's all this damn war's fault." Nydia cursed fiercely. It was obvious that she was not as calm as she appeared.
After a slight hesitation, Nidia said: "It is naturally impossible to open the city gate, but can you leave a way for them to survive? Put some ropes down from the city wall. This should not have much impact. Can they survive?
, it depends on their luck."
This is a futile effort, even the moat will be difficult for them to cross!
Sean opened his mouth, but finally suppressed the words, nodded and said, "Okay, I will arrange for people to do it. If I can save one, I will save one."
"I thanked the lord on their behalf!" Nidia, as smart as she was, didn't know this, but she couldn't bear the thought of them killing all her people like executioners without doing anything.
Knowing that doing so will have very little effect, at least it can give an explanation to one's own conscience, even if it is a cover-up.
Sean quickly found Tagore, told Nitya's request exactly, and finally added: "Everything must be done without hindering the defense of the city. If it is not feasible, the general can give up directly."
"This is harmless." Tagore stretched his muscles and grinned. "It just so happens that the brothers on the city wall have itchy bones, so it would be good to let them stretch their muscles."
When Tagore heard that it was not a ridiculous order like opening the city gate, Tagore's heart returned to his stomach. What he was most afraid of was that Sean would not be able to withstand the pressure of the crocodile tribe and make a mistake.
At present, it seems that my lord is still as wise as ever and will not interfere in such matters.
It doesn't matter if you put a few ropes down, just treat it as fishing, and it doesn't matter whether the person who climbs up along the rope is a Crocodile tribesman or a Kingsley soldier.
If it's the former, it's okay, but the latter can just be chopped into pieces.
Without the cooperation of a large number of large siege equipment, even if they climb the city wall, they will be rootless duckweeds and will live or die.
Although the rope was released, Yong Ye's military leader did not release it blindly. Instead, he sent groups of soldiers to shout at the top of the city.
"If you want to survive, throw the sand and earth bags into the bag and climb up along the rope. You are not allowed to carry the sand and earth bags into the moat, otherwise you will be killed without mercy."
The same command is repeated over and over again.
Although the moat of Brother Port is wide enough, especially when it is still in a flowing state, it is not that easy to fill in the road with soil.
However, one minute is the last minute that can be delayed. If possible, they are not willing to let a sack of sand fall into the moat.
"What are they going to do?"
Beavis was not as ecstatic as most of the crocodile tribesmen. He couldn't wait to throw away the sandbags carrying soil and hurried towards the city wall.
The first thing that popped into my mind was doubt.
Some people are confused about the intentions of the defensive personnel at Brother Port.
If you really want to save people, how many can you save with just a few ropes thrown from the city wall?
As the first wave of cannon fodder, their number could be said to be more or less. Even though the number of people was much thinner due to the previous waves of arrows, looking at the black heads, there were not even ten thousand but eight thousand.
So many people are trying to grab those ropes?
How many people can successfully climb the city wall?
And the Kingsley family won't just watch them do this.
Therefore, Beavis decided to follow the large force just as before, just to be on the safe side. Even if there was a problem, there would be more people sharing the danger.
Obviously, there are not a few people who have the same thoughts as him.
In the past few months, they have fully realized what it means to be evil in the human heart.
When looking at anything, they can't help but start from the evil side, because this is one of the reasons why they can survive until now. The corpses of those innocent and warm-blooded ones have long been cold.
Another reason Beavis didn't take action was that Column didn't move.
Compared to ordinary crocodile tribesmen, Kelun probably has more complicated thoughts and more concerns. After all, he is neither human nor ghost. Even if he successfully escapes to the city wall, once his actions are exposed, the end will definitely not be easy.
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But the Kingsley family's nonchalant behavior of driving them away like cannon fodder made them clearly realize that even if they had done so much, the other party would still not treat them as human beings and if they continued to hang out, the result would still be the same.
There is no way to escape death, now it is time to find ways to escape.
There were also a small number of Crocodile tribesmen who were overjoyed, like a drowning man grabbing the last life-saving straw. When the ropes were thrown down from the top of the city, they didn't think much about it, threw away the soil-laden sacks, and headed toward their brothers.
The harbor wall ran wildly.
I don't know if it was their illusion, but the arrow rain became much sparser, and most of them fell behind them.
Plop! Plop! Plop!
Not caring about the freezing coldness of the river after winter, or the war crocodiles wandering back and forth in the moat, each one dived in and swam hard towards the city wall.
"My legs are cramped. Give me a hand. For the sake of my compatriots, give me a hand."
"Ah... get out of here, get out of here, damn beast, get out of here."
"Help me, help me, I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."
"Let go, let me go. If you want to die, die by yourself. Don't drag me to die with you."
The narrow moat became a roadblock at this time. Many people plunged in and never climbed out.
Either their hands and feet were cramped by the cold river water, or they were too exhausted to climb up, or they became food for the war crocodiles.
War crocodiles generally do not attack crocodile tribesmen, that is when there is sufficient food.
In order to cultivate the ferocity of these war crocodiles, the leader of the Yongye Army did not feed enough.
When hungry war crocodiles see meat delivered to their door, they don't care whether the other person is a member of the crocodile tribe or not. Even if they are, they will still eat it.
At this moment, the selfishness of human nature is clearly revealed. Everyone only cares about themselves and is very stingy in lending a helping hand to those around them.
Not only is it a matter of wasting extra energy and wasting time, but it also increases competitors in disguise. There are only so many ropes. The more people who climb ashore, the more competitors there will be.
At this time, it would be considered merciful not to use evil hands.
Beavis, who was following behind, could clearly see that after many people climbed ashore, not only did they not lend a helping hand to those behind them, but they kicked them back into the water.
At that moment, his heart was colder than his body, and when he looked at his companions around him, his eyes were full of vigilance.
In the purgatory-like career of a slave soldier, human nature was distorted to the extreme. At this moment, he missed the lame old man's nagging. It was the only shining point of human nature, but it was wiped out early by people like Column.
Bevis looked at Column's back with more hatred in his eyes.
"Hurry up and cross the river. Hurry up and cross the river. If it's too late, you won't have a chance."
"If you can't get through it, if you can't get over it, we will get through it."
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, damn it, you want to die, no one is stopping you, get out of here!"
As the first group of people crossing the river rushed to the city wall and climbed up the city wall with ropes, many Crocodile tribesmen behind them finally couldn't hold it any longer.
This is one of their few chances to escape. Once the Kingsley family reacts, they will have no chance.
Many people began to swarm towards the city wall, pushing many people who were still hesitating by the moat directly into the water.
Colen and Beavis were among those pushed into the water.
"Dry!"
Beavis couldn't help but swore loudly, and ended up swallowing a mouthful of cold moat water. Suddenly, his body felt ice-cold from the outside to the inside.
Now that the person has entered the water, it is certainly impossible for Beavis to climb back out.
Let’s not talk about the crowds on the shore. Whether we can crawl back is a question. Even if we can crawl back, what is the point?
Repeat the previous hellish life?
Go forward, although the hope is slim, at least there is a glimmer of hope.
Beavis used all his strength to swim forward. In the process, he not only carefully avoided the hungry war crocodiles, but also avoided other crocodile tribesmen.
In his eyes, other crocodile tribesmen are more dangerous than those hungry war crocodiles.
At least after those war crocodiles have filled their stomachs, their aggression will be greatly reduced. Those crocodile tribesmen will do whatever they can to reduce their competitors.
Beavis has no intention of harming others, but he has to prevent others from harming him.