Chapter 433 [Out of the Cage] (IV)

Chuck City.

This is the first city captured by Chara's 800-cavalry soldiers who quietly entered Siltan County.

The thousands of Odin defenders stationed here were destroyed in the battle that day. After Chara's 800 cavalry occupied the small city, they did not stop for too long. They plundered all the horses and livestock in the city, and then quickly went south after replenishing some supplies.

There were originally two thousand subordinate troops in the city, most of which were surrendered troops originally under the Corsica Military Region, and there were also a small number of original local garrison troops of Siltan County. After the entire Siltan County and the Corsica Military Region were annexed by Manninger, these troops surrendered and surrendered, destroyed, and finally reorganized and taken over to Manninger.

At this moment, the two thousand subordinates in this city had not yet dispersed. Xia Ya entered the city and left the city on the same day, and it was very short. On that day, Xia Ya's eight hundred cavalry easily wiped out thousands of Odin soldiers. After entering the city, these subordinates had already lost their courage. Not to mention resisting, they didn't even dare to escape. However, after Xia Ya entered the city, she didn't even look at these subordinates. The subordinates had officers and others coming up to take the initiative to surrender, but unfortunately Xia Ya seemed to have no interest and ignored these people at all. After plundering the supplies needed, the whole army left the city.

Although many days have passed, the shock left by the battle that day on these affiliated troops has not been dispersed until today!

The subordinate troops in the city did not disperse today, just because, when the Odins in the city were annihilated, these guys suddenly found that they had no place to go!

Although they were originally known as "affiliated troops", who would look at them seriously when Mr. Odin was there? These subordinate troops were all military soldiers who surrendered before. Most of the Odin people looked down on these guys. They called and yelled around and beat and scolded them at will, and drove them like slaves.

Now, these masters were killed all at once, and the people who killed those masters Odin also left. This time, these subordinates were at a loss.

In this cold winter, the huge Siltan County was poisoned by the Odin people. If you walk in the wild, you will be afraid that you will not meet any people even after walking for hundreds of miles. Almost all the villages and towns are empty. Heavy snow is everywhere. If you really leave the city, you will be afraid that you will not be able to walk for two days. You will either starve to death or freeze to death!

Originally, in this chaotic world, I was content with struggling to survive. As for who is the master, in fact, I didn’t care much about these subordinates. Anyway, my home was gone and I was all rootless. Whoever was strong could ride on my head and be the master. Even if the Odins were defeated and a group of new and stronger masters came, we just shrank our heads and obediently and let them be driven.

But the problem... Xia Ya left without hesitation, but she seemed to have no interest in the incorporation of these affiliated troops!

This makes people unable to figure out the way.

All the livestock in the city were plundered by Xia Ya, and only a little surplus food was left. There was no livestock. If you left the city with your legs and left another road, you would naturally be dead.

These two thousand subordinates have been living a life of fear in the past few days - they were used to being slaves, but suddenly there was no master who shouted at me on his head, but instead they felt like they couldn't make it.

The biggest worry in my heart is that the Odins make a comeback. After all, in Siltan County, the Odins are powerful. The Odins are the most brutal. If another Odin army comes here and finds that the Odin defenders here have been wiped out, but their own subordinates are completely unscathed. I am afraid that the brutal Odins will inevitably take their anger on their surrendered troops... At the least, they will all become slaves, and at the worst, even if the entire army is slaughtered, it is normal!

There is no way to go and nowhere to go, but staying in this city is so anxious that it is not a solution every day.

These two thousand surrendered troops have been trapped in Chuck City these days, waiting hard every day - but they don't even know what they are looking forward to.

Of course, there was no one to guard the city wall - this city is a bossless person anyway, and the surrendered troops have no intention of controlling the city defense. Whether it is Byzantine or Odin, after coming, they will accept it. They will come early, so let's just live a new master.

But at noon that day, the gates of Chuck City were wide open, and the walls were empty. The subordinates in the city were hiding in the barracks to keep warm, and even half of the inspectors were not allowed.

The huge city gate is so open, so no one can clean up the snow on the road.

A group of riders appeared far away from the city gate, in the snow.

The cavalry shadows from afar were only more than ten cavalry, and according to the Byzantine military system, they were just a small team. The cavalry were lined with leather jackets, leather armor, and saddles, and were also standard cavalry lances of the Byzantine army. A small team of cavalry came from far north, and the vanguards calmly raised a military flag when they were not far from the city defense.

When this small cavalry team ran straight under the city wall, there were occasionally a few soldiers who came out to collect snow and went back to boil water in the city gate. They finally saw it. They were shocked from afar, and then they exclaimed in the strong wind and ran away. Even the basins that collected snow in their hands were lost.

When the cavalry entered the city, all the surrendered troops in the city were alarmed. More than 2,000 surrendered troops were just huddled in the original Odin barracks in the city, and even the battalion gates were dared not close. Two thousand people were huddled in the camp, gathered there, and they didn't dare to take a breath. Only a few officers in the leading surrendered troops gathered in a tent, but they looked at each other and couldn't make up their minds.

After waiting for a long time, he quietly sent his confidant people to look outside at the camp gate, but he had not seen a team of Byzantine cavalry brought into the city. He just heard that after entering the city, the cavalry went straight to the warehouse and then patrolled around the city.

Finally, it had been an hour since I entered the city, and finally arrived at the military camp gate.

The surrendered soldiers who were originally watching at the gate of the camp rolled in and crawled in, but how could they dare to stand at the door and peek?

Is it kill? surrender? defend?

The few officers were not determined. The surrendered surrendered the Odins for many days and even those who were already a little bit of backbone had already been broken at this moment. How could there be any courage?

Time seemed to pass very slowly. The people in the camp who were waiting for it were almost anxious and crazy, and a military call came from outside!

The Byzantine warlock came and fell into the ears of the surrendered officers. It was shocked at first, and then it was relieved.

Fortunately, it's not the horn of the attack. Everyone is used to listening to Byzantine war horns and can clearly distinguish it. It is the horn rhythm of the military etiquette.

Then, they heard the sound of horse hooves outside, and the two cavalry rushed into the camp like this. The officers in the tent heard the shouts of cavalry outside!

"The general has an order! The whole camp gathers! Wait for the orders of the master! In less than a moment, the whole camp will beheaded!!"

"The General has an order!..."

"General..."

"General..."

The shouts came, and the two riders in the camp circled three times in the camp, shouted more than ten times before they rode out of the camp gate.

The surrendered officers in the camp were suspicious and discussed with each other for a while. Not to mention anything else, just the name "general" made everyone feel uneasy.

The general's military rank? Is it the one who came to a high-ranking official from Byzantine?!

Although he was confused, he did not have the courage to resist. After hesitating for a moment, the officers of the surrendered army came out of the barracks, assigned people, and gathered people from each barracks.

They lined up in a hurry, just scrambling to squat in the camp, and then everyone recommended two more courageous ones and left the camp to greet them.

Outside the wide open camp gate, finally, after a moment, the more than ten cavalry came in!

The two thousand surrendered troops were a little scattered, and the more than ten cavalry passed slowly in front of the queue. The soldiers did not dare to let out a whim! After all, the combat power shown by the Byzantine cavalry was really scary a few days ago! Even the fierce Odin people were vulnerable, let alone the defeated generals of the Odin people?

No matter what, I have been nervous for many days. Since the Byzantines came to collect the city, that would be great! Even if they had recruited their own people, they would have been much better than not having any hope every day.

The officers in the surrendered army lowered their heads with timidity and didn't even dare to look at the cavalry. One or two more courageous ones dared to look up quietly and use their after-light to peek.

The more than ten cavalrymen walked around the queue and slowly came to the front of the camp, but did not get off their horses. They just lined up in line. Among the more than ten cavalry, one of them slowly took a few steps forward. A knight in leather armor on the horse swept across the entire audience with a gloomy look, and sighed softly in secret.

"Look up your head."

A cold sound spread throughout the audience in the cold wind.

After a brief silence, two surrendered officers suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "So, Lord Sogel?"

"It's Lord Sogel!"

"General Soger!"

This "general" who entered the city was naturally Soger, the last general of the Corsica military region that Charia conquered.

As the only remaining general in the Corsica Military Region, he had prestige in the Corsica military. Xia spent a lot of effort and thought to conquer General Soger. In order to get this Soger, he voluntarily gave up Gaia, the heir of the Corsica Military Region.

How could Shaya not make full use of such a useful person in his hand?

In this plan, Shaya led 800 cavalry into Siltan County and drove straight in, and did not recruit the surrendered troops along the way. Of course, Shaya was not interested in the surrendered troops, but his cavalry relied on speed and surprise attacks, and did not stop to recruit the troops calmly. As a supplement to the plan and back, General Soger walked slowly behind the back, following the attack route of the Surrah cavalry, gathered the surrendered troops along the way, and took them back to Xiaya.

Soegel was originally a senior general in the Corsica Military Region and had a lot of prestige. Most of these Odin people were surrendered by Corsica. This surrendered army had more than 2,000 people. The leader was a banner-level officer, barely considered a senior officer. In the Corsica Military Region, he had seen a real senior general like Soegel. Even though others did not recognize Soegel, they had heard of his name.

As the person who recruited these surrendered troops, Sogel is the best candidate!

He was once a member of the Corsica Military Region, familiar with the situation of the Corsica army, and was also prestigious. From the perspective of Charia's selfishness, Soger was upright and had no personal ambitions. Since he surrendered to himself and was determined to pin his hope of revenge on himself, then there was no need to worry about Soger's unfair intentions.

Sure enough, when the name "Sogel" was called out, the originally quiet and chilling surrendered army immediately made a commotion. Many surrendered soldiers and officers, who were originally frightened or numb, suddenly became more vibrant and hopeful when they heard this name!

Especially many people, they clearly seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the team suddenly had some commotion, Sogel's eyes became a little complicated, but this complex look turned into a cold and hard way!

"Quiet!!"

He took a deep breath, suddenly shouted, and his sharp eyes swept over the officers standing in front of him, shouting: "What does it look like when the army is lined up, loud noises! If there is noisy, drag it out and chop it!"

As soon as he was so sarcastic, the more than ten cavalry on both sides of him could sweep his spear and lifted the spears straight. The tips of more than ten spears were facing the surrendered army in front of him. The sharp and stern tips emitted a cold light!

To be honest, if there is any chaos, even if these two thousand surrendered troops have no backbone and blood, if they really become chaotic, they will not be able to really suppress them by just a dozen cavalrymen. There is no need to fight against two thousand people, and they will rush up and crush them to death.

But after all, the deterrence of the cavalry of Xia's cavalry was still there a few days ago. Once they saw that the situation was wrong, the surrendered troops stopped the noise and returned to quiet one by one. They just looked at Sogel and others in fear in front of them, and even the queue quietly retreated.

Sogel snorted coldly, his face full of anger: "Look at what you look like! They were all serious soldiers! But now I only see a pool of mud!"

He breathed, raised his hand and pointed a few officers in the front row: "You guys reply, everyone else shut up!"

The surrendered officers who were pointed at by him looked at each other. Finally, one of them seemed to be the highest-ranking one. They took two steps, saluted, and said in a respectful tone: "Sir Mu..."

As soon as he heard this title, Sogel's face suddenly darkened!

When he was in the Corsica Military Region, the official position he held was Chief Mu. As a military supporter of the eldest son of the Governor, Chief Mu was also a top figure in the Corsica Military Region.

But at this moment, it was obvious that the surrendered officer of the old Corsica military region called out the title of this position, obviously hoping that Sogel would be able to care about his old love, but Sogel changed color and interrupted the other party, snorted coldly, shouting: "The title of the past is not to mention!"

After a pause, he said slowly: "I am now under the command of Lord Xia Ya, the Marshal of the Northern War Zone of the Empire, and lead the commander of the Third Corps of the Northern War Zone! Just call me a general with a general! Don't talk about the title of the past!"

The surrendered officer was still a little clever and immediately changed his words: "Yes! General!"

Sogel's expression was a little calmer, and then he said in a deep voice: "How many people are you working in the entire battalion now? How many soldiers are there? How many auxiliary soldiers are there? I have reported it carefully."

The officer's face was a little bitter, but he said respectfully: "Sir, the number of the army attached to the city is now 2,336... We joined the Odin people before. How could those Odin barbarians understand the military system? After we were recruited, we did not distinguish between war soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. We just went to the first battalion... But there are still 2,055 people in the camp, all of which are here... A few days ago, after the city was broken, some deserters ran away in the city in the past two days, and the rest were also here."

Sogel sneered: "Deserter? Humph, the city has been broken for many days and there is no control. Why don't you run away?"

The officer said honestly: "The Byzantine Army, which had broken the city before, collected all the horses and livestock in the city, and took away those who could be taken away, and slaughtered them. In this snowy and snowy place, Siltan County was sparsely crowded by the Odin people. If there were no horses, they would run out of the city rashly and would freeze to death and starve to death in less than two days. We didn't want to run, but we didn't dare..."

Sogel nodded and glanced at the officer more: "You are telling the truth."

He paused and said in a deep voice: "Since this city has been destroyed by my imperial army, I am ordered to collect the city! You occupy it here, if you are willing to surrender, you will be taken under my command to listen! If you refuse... Humph, the army in my northern war zone will soon move south, and eight thousand cavalry will sweep across. If anyone wants to work hard for the Odin people, I will let him die."

Although Sogel was telling a lie, the number of "Eight Thousand Cavalry" did scare these people!

A few days ago, there were only a few hundred cavalrymen, and they slaughtered thousands of Odins in one charge! If there were eight thousand...

Anyway, these surrendered troops had no intention of resisting, and it was impossible to work hard for the Odin people.

When the officer heard this, he was not hesitant at all. He immediately knelt down on one knee, and shouted loudly: "I am willing to surrender to the Lord!"

As soon as he led the leaders, several officers behind him also knelt down quickly, and the soldiers behind him also followed suit, and for a moment they knelt down in a dark way.
To be continued...