Power and Empire Chapter 1653: Horizon (8)

Ten miles outside Laixi city

The field that was reflected by the blazing fire, leaving only a scorched black after being swept by the fire, there is no longer any tumbling gold that was so exciting at the beginning. There are many Gaul farmers swaying on these lands. , They stood in the field dull-eyed, watching that they had been working hard for a year, and it was only a dozen days before the harvest time. This fire made all the farmers in Laixi City stupid. The fire has been extinguished for three days. , But there are still tens of thousands of people stranded here,

"Why, why is this happening!"

Looking at the scorched ground underfoot covered with a layer of straw ashes left by the burning, an elderly farmer finally couldn't help kneeling down, holding up a handful of ashes with trembling hands, and wept bitterly. This year is a rare good year. All Lacey farmers also expect to receive more. Except for most of them, they will be handed over to the masters in the city. Finally, there will be a little more left, so that the whole family can be safe and stable. To spend the cruel winter of this year, there is no need to be like in previous years. Before the winter is over, there is not much food left. In the last month, almost all depend on the wild vegetables in the field to spend. Every year, there will be people in the winter. Li froze to death due to lack of food, and there are especially many elderly people who are weaker

For the upcoming harvest, the city has even organized celebrations, but the fire that illuminates the sky has made everything for them come to nothing

A group of Gallic cavalry in heavy armor appeared on the edge of the scorched earth, with their eyes sweeping across the scorched earth in front of them with pain. The leader of the Gaul Eighth Army Corps commander He Baili raised his hands and shouted orders. "Stop forward"

"My lord, this place was attacked by the enemy only three days ago. Although it has been shot off by our army, there is no guarantee that the enemy will not come back! There is still 10 miles from Lacey, so let's go there and rest. "

A nervous Gaul general stopped his horse beside Hebaili, his eyes looked a little flustered, and he kept watching the surroundings. It seems that he is afraid of speaking, the black cavalry that makes people feel like a nightmare will come like the wind

"Roy Gayne, if I hear you say such a frustration again, even if I am struggling to be hated by Lord Roy, I will personally cut off your head!" Hearing the words of this general, riding in battle He Baili immediately said with a heavy face,

"Ah! This, the subordinates are completely thinking about the safety of adults, they are public!" The general Gaul shrank his head when he was frightened.

He is General Roy Gayn of the Fifth Infantry Regiment. It was that he was harassed by enemy cavalry six times overnight, and almost ordered to abandon the ground and retreat. A Gaul infantry regiment was organized, but there were 20,000 people, and the northwestern rebel cavalry who attacked the adult’s station. The main infantry regiment consisting of three to four thousand people and 20,000 people, before and after, was disintegrated and evacuated without knowing the situation at all. Saying it almost became a joke for the whole army,

"Kong Xin? Gong Xin can make people go hunting in the mountains regardless of the orders of the legionary department? He almost ordered the whole army to flee?" He Baili grunted unhappyly on his face

"It was a complete accident..." Roy Gayn's face flushed with embarrassment suddenly, complaining about the general who almost got into trouble. Everyone pretends not to hear it,

The attack was so sudden that almost everyone did not expect that the Northwest Cavalry was like a sharp arrow. In an instant, it penetrated the weak outer line of defense of the Eighth Army. It was called the outer periphery because of the place where the enemy appeared and launched the attack. It is not the area where the main force is stationed. Otherwise, an area dominated by a hundred thousand troops, plus a dozen fortresses and cities, how could such a situation happen, the enemy cavalry just passed by quickly, although there is a loss, but Compared with the main force of 100,000 people, the patrol with thousands of casualties is only the scale of a scout confrontation.

Only this General Roy Gayne is unlucky for himself,

Under the circumstance that the legionary department ordered the various departments to rest and prepare for battle, he unexpectedly saw the wonderful autumn scenery here, and the autumn was high and wild. He couldn't help but aroused the thought of going into the mountains and hunting. He brought more than three thousand troops under his command. Surrounded by the mountains, they are preparing to enjoy the taste of hunting while trapped in the mountains.

Who knew that I was harassed by rebel cavalry from the Northwest that night,

More than three thousand troops have not responded yet, they have been attacked by stormy cavalry and dispersed. This general is also in an emergency, put on soldier's clothing and mixed into the soldiers and fled together, but unfortunately the falcon cavalry responsible for the assault I didn’t know that inside this group of soldiers running around like ducks, there was a main infantry commander of the Gaul Eighth Army, who quickly penetrated deeper into the area after harassing according to the plan, this infantry regiment. Your Excellency was lucky enough to escape, otherwise, he might become the first high-ranking Gaul officer captured in this battle.

In the distance, a group of cavalry holding the Gaul flag is also oncoming. Seeing the legion flag of Hebaili, the Gaul cavalry quickly turned and ran towards this side.

"It's Lobrus from the Third Infantry Regiment!" Roy Gayn looked at the front of the cavalry that came on, a middle-aged general with a stern face, and the general cloak behind him with the wind ticket exhibition. Some Gleefully said, "But so, Lacey City is his defense zone, letting the enemy cavalry burn all the wheat fields outside the city, Rob Bruce bears an unshirkable responsibility!"

Just as he was talking, the Gallic cavalry had already rushed towards him. Lobrus stopped the horse twenty meters away, jumped off the horse, and ran all the way to the commander of the Eighth Legion of Gaul, Hebai. , Standing at attention, saluting and shouting, "Lobrus, the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Eighth Gaul Corps, meets the commander of the Legion!"

"Tell me the truth, what's the situation in Lacey City? As the largest food collection point in the Soras area, the other party just set a fire, and then didn't have any meaning?" He Baili pointed at him slightly Nodding, as a reward, immediately asked in a serious tone, Lacey is not only the largest grain producing area, but also the most important grain storage area. The management seems a bit too rigorous, but the granary in Lacey City must always be maintained. Based on the use of one hundred thousand army in one month

"The subordinates did not understand. They were also shocked when they received the news that the northwestern rebels were oppressing the territory outside the city, but for the sake of safety, considering that Laixi is the place where my army collects food, the subordinates chose to stick to it. , Sit and watch the wheat field that is about to be harvested outside the city is destroyed, but the other party seems to have only that, except for some food losses outside the city. Everything else is indeed fine!” Robus raised his head, the **** with slightly frowned eyebrows replied firmly. "The opposing cavalry seems to be heading for the wheat field that is about to be harvested outside the city, so the subordinates are also very confused!"

"Lacey, Bit Road, Andier... This is weird!"

Hearing the report that everything is well in Lobrus, the Eighth Army Commander He Baili accidentally touched his chin with his right hand. These were all areas where the wheat fields had been burned. The Northwest Cavalry had a very clear goal, which was in the Thoras area. In several major grain-producing areas, the method is also unanimously adopted in the wild.

In a sense, several large grain-producing fields were almost all burned down,

This year’s food production in the Soras area will be less than one-fifth of the previous level, but this will have minimal impact on the army that already has warehouses to collect grain. Although the loss is not large, it will have little impact on the army’s The military spirit is not a small blow

Just to be a shock before the battle, make this kind of action, unless the other party is panicking!

A wry smile appeared at the corner of He Baili's mouth. All the troops were reporting the discovery of the rebels. This pressure made Hebery, the commander of the Eighth Army, who had always been calm, finally unable to sit still, because there was no time to gather. The scattered infantry regiments are completely scattered, not to mention chasing them, but they didn’t even touch their tails.

He tried to stop the enemy's chaos. An infantry regiment hurriedly sent out from the army headquarters to intercept,

Because they are not familiar with the terrain, this infantry regiment was led by the Northwest Cavalry for two days. The northwestern rebel cavalry who was turned back took a crazy bite,

The infantry regiment of more than 20,000 people lost more than 5,000 people, and even the commander of the group, Melimanda, almost let the ambushing northwestern rebel cavalry be killed on the spot.

It is said that the Northwest Titan, Saron, who led the Northwest rebels this time, took the lead and was unstoppable. He almost smashed Melimanda with a single knife, so that the army was in turmoil, everyone was shocked, and not completely. As many as ten thousand cavalry broke into the battle, and the soldiers collapsed like a mountain. When the opponent left, they still set up a banner of "Saron is here for a visit"

When the news came, Hebery almost vomited blood. This northwestern traitor named Salon was too arrogant!

His Gaul Eighth Army is the main infantry corps. For cavalry who come and go like wind, it is basically difficult to keep up with the opponent if the opponent deliberately avoids it. However, the opponent's cavalry can use high mobility to drag Go in circles by yourself,

The commander of the opposing team is obviously a veteran in this regard, and he grabbed the fighter and bit him back

These short three days were the three most chaotic days since the establishment of the Eighth Army. There were scattered troops everywhere. When the Eighth Army learned from the swift attack, it was assembled enough to besiege the opponent. The 30,000 Northwestern rebels’ cavalry had already withdrawn quickly, just like a fox who just had a big meal, stirring up the chaos in the chicken coop called the Eighth Army, then wiped his mouth and patted it. The **** was gone, leaving behind a group of hens barking in panic.

"Master Lobrus, the other party made such a big movement. Tens of thousands of cavalry ventured into the 100,000 armies just to set off a magnificent wildfire? Just kidding! Are you sure you didn't hide anything?" Roy Gayn said in a bad tone, and he blinked at the surprised Robruce, seeming to be picky about something

"Master Roy Gayn, please don't use your unhonorable head to measure the quality of a soldier!" Robus' face suddenly became ugly. For a soldier and nobleman, honor is the highest One of them, he has something in this sentence, obviously it is an urgent need to find a few unlucky **** like him. This **** who has completely abandoned his honor in the face of danger, actually uses his own standards to measure others, if it weren't for Master Hebery. , I must have beaten up this completely can’t be called a military coward,

"Soldiers, they are not people who sit back and watch the enemy sweep the wheat fields that are about to be harvested outside the city, but still shrink into the city and dare not come out!"

Roy Gayne’s tone is mean and sharp. This time he has already lost face and lost his face anyway. If he can pull several other people into the water, he will not appear so prominent and become the laughing stock of the whole army, even after returning. Become the laughing stock of the entire Gaul military world!

"Roy Gayne, I want you to take back what was rude, or I will start a duel to you!" Lobrus trembles with anger, and his fingers have even gripped the hilt of the waist.

"Why? Knowing that you are at a loss, do you want to use force to solve it?" Roy Gayn smiled coldly, disdainfully said, "This is what you call the quality of a soldier?"

"Enough! The Eighth Army is enough for the Sixth Army this time! Just stop me!" Hebery looked at the two men who looked like bullfighting, and a portion suddenly appeared on his face. Angrily "When is the time, tens of thousands of cavalry from the Northwest rebels rushed forward, absolutely not to set off a fire that burned down the wheat fields! And the other party dares to come once, dare to come a second time. If we can't find the opponent's target, we Just wait for a bigger crisis!"

"This..., the other party may have come for the food!" Roy Gayn glanced at the white face of Legion Commander Hebery, curled his lips, and said to himself.

"Stupid!" Lobrus next to it dismissed his lips in disdain. "Even without this year's new grain, the previous ration is enough to support an army of 200,000 for more than a month!"

"It’s hard to say, in case there aren’t that much food in the city, maybe it’s less than a month, but ten days, a few days! "Roy Gayn seemed very convincing and casually fooling around." You know. The local army was responsible for the granary in the city. The original combat mechanism was decades ago. Who doesn’t understand the guys, they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, they rely on water for draft, and of course they depend on food for food! Sell old food! , Use new food to make up, this kind of routine is very old-fashioned!"

"You are talking nonsense!"

Lobrus opened his eyes in anger and broke out completely

When he took over the granary from the local garrison, he deliberately inspected the grain. It was really true. It occupied more than 30 large granaries, piles upon piles. A full 30 meters high, at that moment, Lobros felt that he was so small. With a sword in his hand, the white wheat flour was like a waterfall, dazzling people!

Hearing Roy Gayne's words, Hebery, who was still confused before, suddenly changed his face, turned and rode on his horse, and ordered Lobros,'Let's go to the granary and take a look!'

‘My lord, you won’t really listen to his nonsense! I can use my life to guarantee that the granary in the city is absolutely fine. ‘Lobros is in a hurry

‘Don’t talk nonsense, the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of army, give you ten more heads, you can’t afford it!’

The deep sigh of Hebery's face caused Rob Roth to shiver subconsciously,

He glanced fiercely at Roy Gayne, who was also staying there, and his heart was a little shaken. The scale of advancement is enough to explain.

The three people went straight to the granary storage area in Laixi City. At the beginning, Laixi City was built to be used only for the army to collect grain. The area of ​​the granary occupies one-half of the area of ​​the city, and there are many sentries along the way. , Robus attaches great importance to the defense of the granary. There are several layers inside and outside, with tens of thousands of troops deployed, plus several exterior walls similar to small city walls, it is really solid.

‘Jeff, open the warehouse door immediately!’ Rob Roth called the deputy chief who was stationed in the warehouse,

"Yes, my lord!" Adjutant Jeff glanced at the sèyīn self-adult in confusion, and immediately sent someone to find the huge disproportionate key to the warehouse. The key is forty centimeters long, made of pure iron, and weighs 20 kilograms. It takes a lot of effort to insert it into the key hole and turn it over. It took more than ten minutes for the huge warehouse gate to rattle and slowly open in front of the three of them under the joint push of ten soldiers.

'Look, my lord, there will be no problem at all! I sent someone to order the quantity! And I carefully looked at each floor, there will never be an empty mezzanine!' Lobros walked in front to lead the way, pointing to the warehouse Behind the gate, facing the cloth bag like a hill, I feel that the burden in my heart has finally fallen by half

"That's not necessarily true. What's in here, who knows?" Roy Gayn's eyes flickered, appearing a little guilty

"I will prove it to you!" Lobros looked at Hebery's still cold face, suddenly drew out his sword, walked to the huge pile of grain, and climbed to it in a few strokes. At the top of the grain pile, there was a sudden click in the hand! The sharp weapon cut into the cloth bag, and it made a soft sound. As the sharp sword was pulled out, the white flour slipped out from the cut, and a pile of white flour soon formed.

"How? What else can I say!" Lobros squatted down with excitement on his face, took a handful of white wheat flour under his feet, and lifted it down from above, as if he had just won a war.

"Well, you won!" Roy Gayn wiped a handful of flour on his face with his hand, and put out his tongue to add it. It is indeed wheat flour.

"Change a bag, start from the third layer, one layer one sword!" This time it was Hebery who was watching this scene coldly

"My lord!" Robus stood against the grain, holding a sword stained with white wheat flour in his hand, his expression stunned.

"Execute the order!" Hebery said coldly

"Okay!" Robus nodded very unwillingly, counted the layers with his hands, and inserted a sword into the third layer of the bag again. "Puff," the sound of the sharp weapon inserted exactly as before. With the long sword drawn, the white wheat flour flows down

"Look, there is no problem at all!" Robus inserted into the sixth floor continuously, still shed wheat flour

"It seems that ~IndoMTL.com~ I am worrying too much! "Hebbery's face suddenly relaxed a lot, and he waved his hand to Rob Bruce" Come down! It's a rare visit, you should always invite me A Chinese meal bar"

"Hehe, I said it's okay!" Lobrus chuckled, retracting the sharp sword in his hand into the scabbard, carefully crawling down the high grain pile, and when he climbed to the middle, Robus stopped suddenly, the smile on his face was completely frozen,

His hand is on the seventh layer of the bag, and the hard touch from the inside is definitely not wheat flour

"What's the matter?" Hebery's eyes were burning, and he seemed to notice the abnormality of Rob Bruce. He hadn't waited for Rob Bruce to answer, but walked forward by himself, stood on tiptoe, and drew his sword to face Rob Bruce severely Insert the seventh layer of the hand-held bag

"Hang!" This time, it was not the soft rubbing sound of wheat flour, but a dry, hard sound.

"The **** of the local army!" Hebery's face became completely pale, the sword was pulled out, and the brown river sand flowed out, and there was still a large area that was not inspected. The piles were just like the hills. With the same bag, Hebery suddenly shook his body, and his eyes were dizzy!

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