Power and Empire Chapter 3840: The death knell of Aden (14)

The dark clouds swept, like being rolled up from the sky by a pair of huge and invisible ships, piled up, and turned into hideous and weird shapes in the strange sight of the people of Aden, and the wind was gradually blowing strongly. A piece of grass was blowing on the ground. Sweeping across the mountains and rivers on this land, under the strong wind and dark clouds, the campsites of Aden people in the city of Bethard, which are several miles wide, are full of panic scenes.

It has not rained for five months in the southern Gulf of Aden, and the more than one hundred thousand Aden troops gathered under Bersad at this moment are even more complicated

There is the Fourth Army of Aden, one of the two armies of the prestigious Aden King’s Capital, the garrison of the provinces with a total of nearly 50,000, and the slave army with a number of over 90,000. The military tent is complete, and the tarpaulin is quickly pulled apart on the top of the camp tent, even if it is heavy rain, it will not be poured into the tent

The tents of the Fourth Army of Aden are not only camped on high ground, but there are generally five to eight people in each tent. It is not spacious, but it is definitely not crowded.

The next thing is the garrison army where supplies are scarce. The tents are all years old leather. Not only are they one-fifth smaller than the Fourth Army tents, but there are more than 18 Aden soldiers in each tent. They all slept on the ground. Finally, the tent of the slave army of Aden was the cheapest fabric, and there were many holes. You could smell a strong musty smell when you were close to it. When people lie down, a tent is often stuffed. There are more than 30 slaves who can’t even find a place to stay. Even so, the tents are seriously inadequate. There are still more than 30,000 people exposed in the slave army without tents, and they can only spread out in the air without any obstruction. Rest on the ground

It doesn't matter if it rains, at most it is colder at night. Now the heavy rain is coming, and the most tragic thing is the camp of the slave army. Once the heavy rain falls, they will only have to lie in the mud to sleep tonight!

But at this moment, the slave army has no say. They must first settle for the regular army before they can start to strengthen their camp

"Quickly, what are you doing? Quickly put all the water blocking on the uncle’s tent. As long as a drop of water falls on his head, he will chop off all of your dog’s heads." An Aden officer cursed and commanded It is definitely a sin to suffer a heavy rain in the wild while the slave stabilizes his tent. Campsites are dinging and strengthening the fences, stepping up to dig deeper drainage ditches around the campsite. Those Aden officers roared hoarsely against the strong wind, wielding whips in their hands, and violently beat the slaves who delayed the progress. The camps that can shelter from the rain are already regarded as the standard of the Aden regular army, and the slave army is barely struggling to survive. During the war, they had to fill in the ravines of the fortresses for the forefront, and usually rely on these camps to donate a little bit of leftovers to survive.

Seeing that a heavy rain was about to pour down, they ran back to the tent in a panic, shrank and gathered together, and then the cold rain topped the toppings, and the food was suspended due to weak offensive reasons. I don’t know yet. The rain stopped, and there was no food on it. At that time, the ground was muddy and there was no dry space. However, the rain stopped the attack of the Aden Army temporarily. For the time being, there is no need to think about the problem of death. The corpses of the slaves of Aden in this film are laid out like this, and the slaves are also whispering in their hearts. It is better to be drenched in the rain than those who have been pushed up to die. Good or bad people are still alive, and there is hope when they are alive. At the head of Thad, there is a chance to get rid of slavery

Aden Fourth Army Camp,

Compared with the chaos of other camps, the Fourth Army, as the double armies of the royal capital, has a neat battalion and perfected its military equipment as much as possible. When setting up the camp, Diao struggled strictly, even if he saw heavy rain pouring down, he did not have the rush of other camps. Still meticulously dispatched logistical horses to patrol the surroundings. The sentries guarding the wall of the wall still keep their positions and do not move around randomly. The equipment for siege is also placed here. There are tall siege towers, which have been installed in front. Fireproof settings

As the head of the army of more than 100,000 Aden, Toblas is dressed in red armor, standing on a watchtower, watching the camps spread around like a spider web from here, watching Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, looking at the outline of the yellow city wall of Bethard in the distance, I can't help but frown slightly. From yesterday to today, no convoy transporting food and supplies from behind has arrived at the military camp for two days. Quartermaster It has just been urgently reported that the current army ration is only enough to support three days, hundreds of thousands of people have to eat, and the consumption of food is not a small amount. At the beginning, Prince Sotorosu did not expect to expand to such a scale at once.

At the beginning, Prince Sottoruosu only brought about 50,000 Aden troops to Bersad, so the rations were carried in the amount of 50,000 people fighting for half a month, but he did not expect it. The Fourth Army of Aden in Blass suddenly arrived, and the number increased by 30,000, and then the major Aden nobles sent slaves in one after another. In a blink of an eye, the number of people swelled to as many as 160,000 or 70, which is such a sudden increase in the number of people. Naturally, the army’s food was suddenly tense. In order to prevent the embarrassing situation of one army and two generals in the command of the army, Prince Sotorosu asked himself to go to the rear to supervise the transportation of food. Toblas agreed that the command of the army was completely changed. Cheng Toblas

The star and moon flag hanging on the watchtower was cracked by the strong wind, and the corner of the flag was constantly flapping on Toblas’s face

If it were not for the report that a large number of rebel slaves attacked the logistics transport team, Toblas would have suspected that Prince Sotorosu deliberately delayed the transportation of munitions in order to retaliate for the fact that he took command of the army. The Prince Sottoruosu did not play a ghost in it, otherwise, even if he was a royal prince, I would be able to make His Majesty deprive him of everything, including his life! Toblas pressed his fist against the icy battlement, and his face was gloomy and snorted. The heavy rain in front of him was delayed until the attack, but Toblas believed that the people affected by the rain should be the imperial army. Yes, the imperial army smashed the capital on Berthard’s city defenses. The densely packed ordnances of people looked at people’s scalp numb, like an open mouth that devours life. Anyone who wants to board the city. The walls of Thad must be fed with flesh and blood to feed these murderous weapons,

But now, weapons such as Thor, Ballista, Fire Oil Tank, etc. will inevitably be greatly reduced in power after the rain is wet. This is definitely a good thing for myself

One of the generals strode up to the watchtower and bowed to Toblas and said, "My lord, the slave army has sent someone to request again, saying that the slaves have not given food for a day and a half." When Toblas moved, he turned around and looked at the pro-general under his command. He didn't answer his question first, but asked in a deep voice, "How are the other troops prepared for rain protection measures?"

"Basically, the camp has been completed, and the camps have been moved to higher ground according to the requirements of the adults" the pro-general replied

"That's good, in any case, the strength of the soldiers must be guaranteed." Toblas nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand and said, "Those slaves will be sent to be cannon fodder tomorrow. There is no need to waste it for them. Army rations. The saved rations must be used by the army.

"Yes, I see"

The pro-general nodded, turned and walked back to the watchtower. Toblas still stood upright above the watchtower and has not moved for a long time. As the largest and only heavy soldier in Aden at present, Toblas knows what he bears on his shoulders. Once he fails In the southern part of the Kingdom of Aden, in a short period of time, I am afraid it will be difficult to gather a military force that can stop the imperial front. However, with hundreds of thousands of people in the 20,000 imperial army, Toblas still has confidence.

But on the battlefield, all kinds of strange things will happen, and no one knows what happens. These days, his unique premonition on the battlefield as the commander-in-chief of a famous general is getting more and more wrong. He always feels that the imperial army is still arrogantly trying to fight him to the death under the city of Bersad under such disparity in strength. Not in line with the most basic military command

But the immediate victory is too obvious, so obvious that anyone can reach it. As each day passes, his strength in his hands is thicker, and a large number of siege equipment has been completed, enough to breathe a sigh of relief. Five hundred elite troops were sent to the walls of Bersad, but the rain caused the large siege tower to plunge into muddy water halfway and it was difficult to advance

Under the cold rain, Toblas held the guardrail railing tightly. At this moment, even Toblas, who thought he was holding the winning ticket, couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Obviously there has been no rain for nearly half a year, but at this moment I encountered heavy rain. I only hope that the rain will not last for too long. During my thoughts, a drop of rain suddenly fell on the Toblas helmet that could not help but leaned out. There was a soft sound of breaking raindrops. Then more raindrops fell, and in a blink of an eye there was a vast expanse of whiteness between the sky and the earth. The heavy rain was pouring down from the beginning. The strong wind pulled raindrops and flew obliquely. The flag on the top of the head was quickly soaked, and the flagpole was slapped in the wind.

In the early morning of the Issam’s castle, the servants of the Issam tremblingly awakened the sleeping adjutants Jerome and Jeros Philo. "Two adults, please go to the front hall to gather immediately." Put on pajamas and rushed to the front hall. There, a blaze of light was shining brightly, and armed soldiers were everywhere.

A servant opened the door of the conference hall for him, and nearly three hundred large candles illuminated the whole hall. A group of people gathered near the seat of your Majesty.

Jeros Philo's heart suddenly burst. I don’t know what happened. Icarto, whom I saw two days ago, walked towards this side surrounded by several Issam’s family officers. His face was pale and he saw two Empress, Icarto said solemnly, "Now Your Excellency Jeros Ferro can leave with satisfaction, you have successfully completed the task, and now we not only need to repair the castle urgently, but also face a fierce battle of life and death."

"What does this mean?" Jeros Firo looked surprised,

At this moment, a tall and burly Icam’s officer walked quickly into the hall and saluted Ikato with a solemn expression, “Those rebellious slaves just ransacked Baron Torlin’s castle, Lord Torlin. Dead in battle, the castle is now blazing, and the slaves have not found much food, and they are now pouring over here, less than thirty miles away from here."

"What, didn't even Baron Torlin stop them? Baron Torlin has two thousand private troops."

The news was so shocking that all the sounds in the hall were going to explode,

"Slave rebellion!"

Jeros Philo understood, his eyes flickered, as if reacting, the long black smoke he had seen two days before appeared in his mind, "How many slaves are involved in the rebellion" Icarto asked him to bring a map. Look at the question on the map

"According to Captain Rafid's conservative estimate, there are about 50,000 people," the officer replied

"Fifty thousand people!" Icarto's body trembled visibly, and after a few seconds he said to himself, "How come there are so many people? Didn't you say that there are only a few thousand people the day before yesterday? Why two days? , It’s doubled ten times. We don’t even have five thousand people, so how can we fight with fifty thousand people?” The whole hall also heard inhaling sounds. Some members of the Icham family gathered urgently after hearing the news. The nobles are even more crazy

Icarto suddenly raised his head, glanced at Jeros Firo with a deep and complicated gaze, and ordered the officer behind him, "I didn’t run away from the Icham house back then, and I won’t run away now, but we don’t need it yet. Let outsiders bleed and send these two people out of the castle immediately, I don’t want to see them again!"

Several military officers walked over quickly, and involuntarily took Jeros Firo and the red-haired adjutant out of the hall

"My lord, you shouldn't be considered an outsider, right" the red-haired adjutant whispered into Jeros Ferro's ear as he walked.

Jeros Philo's face was solemn and silent. Icham Castle must be over. Although Icarto didn't say anything, he must have sent away his family members. Icarto's glance, It seems to be saying that if all the men of Iqam’s family are killed tonight, I will leave it to myself. Iqam Castle, this famous fortified wall in the southern Gulf of Aden, is also like a sleeping behemoth at this moment. wake up. The light of the torch was reflected on the solid Mia marble column, dyeing the entire column a scarlet red. Between these cylindrical decorations, the wide corridor echoes the sound of soldiers running empty footsteps

Jeros Philo seemed to smell a scent of killing and blood.

Eighty years ago, on this white marble step, the Icham family fought to the death with the invading enemies. It is said that all the adult men of the Icham family died in battle. Even the women held weapons and piles of corpses. The corridor that is full in front of you is more than a meter high. Every wall here has echoed the groans and grunts of those dying people. The back of every gorgeous stone has been soaked in human blood, and the doorway , The two rows of Icam family soldiers stood with torches, and the shaking light shone on their solemn faces like granite. The flames swayed and the iron armor was clenched. The glory of the Icam family seemed to have gone back to the original years.

Stepping into the carriage that was prepared, the red-haired adjutant Jerome asked with a sigh of relief, "My lord, can the Icham family stop the rebellion of fifty thousand slaves?

'I don’t know." Jelos Firo shook his head blankly~IndoMTL.com~ His eyes were even more solemn. He knew about the outbreak of slave traitors in the south, but even he didn’t expect it to be so fast. It has reached the level of invading a baron’s castle, it is not a small rebellion, a slave rebellion, this is only the situation in the Ikham family territory, the situation of other nobles...

Jeros Philo clenched his fingers violently, his face couldn't help but change

He knows that Toblas of the Fourth Army of Aden, as the undersecretary of the military department, has drawn an astonishing number of slaves from the major aristocratic territories in the south, and in order to control the private army composed of these slaves, the major families are also The private army in his own territory has been drew seven or eight eight.

Now that the slave rebellion is breaking out in the South, these family territories are afraid to bear the brunt,

The slave rebellion broke out in Aden, but in such a short period of time, it expanded to such a scale, it must be caused by some force behind it, and the launch of this slave rebellion was most affected, I am afraid it will be Not necessarily these southern aristocratic territories, but the more than one hundred thousand Aden army fought against the imperial army in Bethad! You know, this is the more than one hundred thousand Aden army, with more than 80,000 slaves!