Conquest

    Chapter 261 [Scorched earth! 】(Bottom

    "What do you know!"

    Manninger sneered: "It seems that the great Odin God bless! Hmph! These Rhodelia people are brave, but too stupid! Flag Battalion of two or three thousand people, hehe…Although we have to say that we came down from the south, I did not expect to have a Byzantine team here, this is our miscalculation! But fortunately, God bless! Oh, if there are other troops stationed here, then we have some trouble. ”

    ‘Ah –? What’s it say?

    Manninger sighed and looked at the young burly warrior, whispering: "You guy, I said it on weekdays, let you use your brain more, you can't listen!" How can I inherit my position Commander-in-Chief in the future! ”

    The young burly warrior smiled and whispered: "Father…"

    "Globe! Don't call my father in the army! ”Manninger a pick eyebrows, immediately slowly said: "Although we have 50,000 troops, but the long journey to come, the Warriors are tired, and there is no baggage, we are light and urgent line, if this suddenly emerged from the two thousand or three thousand Byzantine garrison, hiding in wildfire Town After the wall does not go out, choose to cling to the words, you think, at that time will be what results? ”

    This burly young warrior smiled proudly: "Wildfire Town is a small town, but two or three thousand defenders. Only under the army, if you dare to resist, it is natural to call them broken!"

    "Well, it’s not bad."Manninger sneered: "But have you counted the time? Wildfire Town is small, but it is well stocked. If there are two or three thousand defenders, if we are fully committed, even if we are attacking the city, we will not have the equipment to carry and attack the city! If you want to rely on human life to pile up, you can naturally hit it. But it takes us about two or three days! But the rations that our warriors are carrying are running out! Once you delay for two or three days, do you want the tribe warriors to drink the northwest wind? In case the battle is not going well, let these guys stay on the city for a day or two, and it’s us who have a headache! Oh, finally Odin God bless, here is the brave but not brainy Rhodelia cavalry! Since they are willing to go out of the city, it is naturally the best! In the field, Rhodelia cavalry is brave, but after all they have only one Flag Battalion! We can kill them completely in the field, and then we can easily occupy Wildfire Town as our first supply base! In this case, we are taking advantage of the time. ”

    After a pause, Manninger suddenly looked a little pity: "You have to remember, don't underestimate the Byzantine! Although the Byzantine people are mostly weak, their population is several times that of our Odin people! Even if there are only one warrior in a hundred Byzantine people, there are so many Byzantine people, and there are quite a few warriors! The guy named Sabar is indeed a warrior! Unfortunately, such a warrior can't be used for me! ”

    The young burly man also nodded: "This guy is really courageous, but the leader, our Bashak warrior is not weaker than him! You look at it, tomorrow, on the battlefield, I have to cut his head by hand! ”

    Manninger was very pleased with his eyes: "Very good! This is deserve to be called is my son! ”

    Then Manninger's army has stopped all the troops, and the south exit of the Albacott corridor is stationed in the same place. The Odin soldiers drink water and eat, and then rest and raise their spirits to wait for tomorrow's "decisive battle."

    The Manninger guy was quite cunning, and in the middle of the night he ordered another order and gave the striker a thousand cavalry.

    "Tomorrow morning, you will bypass the road, bypass the mountain where we decided to fight, and bypass the battlefield from the right side, then take Wildfire Town! When we battled with Rhodelia cavalry, they were empty in the city and they just won it! Then you will be attacked from the back, when the Rhodelia people know that Wildfire Town has lost his hand, and the enemy has collapsed. ”

    Seeing his men leading the way, Manninger was proud of his heart and rested under the service of the followers.

    It was only this night that he always had some faint and strange feelings in his heart.

    In my heart, I remembered the military commander called "Sabar" many times. I only think that this young Byzantine warrior looks out of the ordinary, powerful and powerful, and even more courageous, and can not help but appreciate it.

    "Forget it, don't think too much! Tomorrow's decisive battle, if you have the chance, you will be born! Such a warrior, as long as it is favored, will always be smooth, it is not good, I have so many daughters, pick one to marry him.

    It is a pity that although he thinks so now, after waiting for this day, Manninger always thinks about it afterwards, and he is afraid that even the intestines will be remorseful.

    This evening, when the Odin army was resting, there was a scout in front of it. On the hillside of the north of the Wildfire Town, there was a big fire, and the forest was burned, and the fire could be seen more than ten miles away.

    Manninger listened, but his heart was fixed, and smiled: "That is the practice of the Byzantine's strong wall, burning the woods, fearing that when we battle, the soldiers are in the woods, affecting their cavalry charge, but they are Two or three thousand rides, even if you are clever, you can turn out the big waves! Leave them alone. ”

    After a night of rest, the next morning, Manninger ordered the whole army to open and go to the final place.

    The army marched for more than ten miles and came to the mountain where the battlefield was located. It was seen that the large forests on the hillside had been burned, and there were still many places where the flames had not been extinguished, and they all burned into a scorched earth.

    Here is a flat wilderness under the mountain, but it is indeed a good place for the military to fight in the wild.

    Manninger sat and watched the terrain immediately, and couldn't help but laugh, and the laughter was quite proud.

    Someone asked: "Why do the leaders laugh so easily?"

    Manninger looks happy: "I laugh at these Byzantine people stupid! Although this wilderness is flat, it is suitable for a decisive battle, and it just happens that cavalry can launch a charge. But these Rhodalia cavalry are not calculated after all! Look at the terrain here! North high and low south, it is a downhill from north to south! Once the battle is over, our army will attack from the uphill slope, but the enemy will run from the downhill…Who is more relaxed, who is more difficult, at a glance! Ridiculously these Byzantine cavalry, actually chose such a place to fight with me, looking for dead end! ”

    Around Odin Chief, I heard it, and praised Chief.

    Waiting until the sun is already in the afternoon, you can look south into the wilderness in the wilderness. Where is the shadow of half a Byzantine?

    Manninger was upset and suddenly remembered that he ordered the striker cavalry to sneak around the battlefield to attack Wildfire Town and immediately sent someone to ask for progress.

    After a long time, finally the forward cavalry came back to report.

    "Wildfire Town gates are confined, after the walls, only the dust is floating in the sky, we thought it was fooled, those Odin cavalry are still gathering in the city, dare not suddenly attack the city…I can wait for a long time, after the dust has dispersed, the gates of Wildfire Town are open, but no one is riding the enemy! After our warriors rushed into the city, there was no Byzantine enemy in the city. Later arrested wildfire town people asked to know, originally last night someone paid a large price, in the town hired a group of livestock traffickers, spent thousands of gold coin, as long as they got up early in the morning to drive cattle and sheep mule, running back and forth on the streets of the town 20 times, and spending money to bribe the small officials of the gate, Let them delay the opening of the gate until noon …We saw the dust in the city before. In fact, it was not the cavalry of the enemy, but the cows and sheep running and stunned…"

    Manninger listened, his face changed wildly and shouted: "So, what about Rhodalia cavalry?!"

    The returning striker Odin Caribou Cavalry looks strange: "The head collar, we asked in the city, on Wildfire Town, there has never been any Rhodelia cavalry…"

    Manninger heard this, a face has risen purple, and screamed: "Byzantine people cunning despicable! Hate can kill! ! ”

    His heart stirred, and he almost vomited and bleed, and his body suddenly shook, almost falling from the horse.

    Next to his burly son is also distorted: "Head collar, I take the forward cavalry to chase it! Those bastards…"

    "Catch a fart!"Manninger barely sat down and angered: "One night plus half a day, if the other person is riding a sprint, he has already ran back to Denzel City in Byzantine Moore County!! At the moment, chase again, where can catch up! ! ”

    Manninger's face seemed to bleed, and he bit his teeth, squeaking, and finally screamed: "Transfer! The striker immediately went south and could not stay! Incomparably enter the Byzantine border line before dark! ! Morka! ”

    His burly son immediately shouted: "I am!"

    "I took the warriors and did not stop at once, and rushed south! I leave you 5,000 people, you immediately occupy Wildfire Town…"

    FATHERMorka is not happy: "I am willing to go south with my father! What to do in Wildfire Town…"

    Just shut up.Manninger's face said: "The guy who was sent by the Byzantine last night must delay the trick! Now that their strategy is successful, it can be said that the Byzantine people are not prepared! So I had to make such a trick to stop me, in order to delay the time! Although we have counted it, it also explains the weakness of the Byzantine people! At this time, you have to snatch the time and fly south! ! ”

    "but I……"

    Manninger took a deep breath and barely suppressed his anger: "Your mission is also heavy! We didn't have a heavy burden. We had to fight decisively last night. In order to let the warriors regain their strength, they have already consumed the rations. I personally led the army immediately south, but the rations are not enough! I am leaving you 5,000 people to let you on Wildfire Town…Collect supplies on the spot! You are fully levied, I grant you full power! No matter what method you use, you must collect food supplies as soon as possible, and then ship them to me as soon as possible! Understand? Once we are frustrated in the battle in Byzantine, your supply here is our only dependence! ”

    Manninger was fooled, but his last guess was not wrong.

    At noon, Shaar and his party, more than 50 rides, more than 100 horses, one-person double horses, alternate rides, and a starry night, have entered the territory of Moore County at noon.

    After running through the wilderness, after walking through a small river, the land in front of it gradually appeared green, and the terrain gradually flattened, no longer seeing the hilly mountains.

    However, after running for about half an hour, I looked into the village in the north of Moore County Denzel City. I could see it along the way, and suddenly Shaar turned wild! ! !

    Originally, this road came, and the roads should be the fertile fields everywhere. At the moment, at the end of the spring, after the spring ploughing, some short-season foods have barely reached the harvest time. The farmland should be full of richness…

    At this moment, a group of people riding on the road, looking at it, all over the ground! !

    In the farmland between the two sides, it has become unrecognizable! ! A piece of fire, the crops in the farmland are burnt beyond recognition, and some places have been burned into scorched earth!

    The original large granary in the village has turned into a huge burning torch! !

    On the road, there are scattered soldiers dressed in the Byzantine local garrison. They drive the carriage and drive some of the goods that can be transported to the south and head toward Denzel City.

    Even in the villages that have passed, the wells have been blocked by rocks, and in other water sources, the bodies of the slaughtered animals have been thrown into the water…

    Many farmers and villagers, helping the old and carrying the young, went along the road to the Denzel City, and the garrison soldiers along the way kept urging…

    Shaar looked at Moore County, which was originally rich and fertile, and he couldn’t help but scream: “What is going on!!”

    He was black in front of his eyes, only felt sweet in his mouth, shook a bit, and immediately fell off immediately…