Chapter 434 [Sad soldiers should not be humiliated easily]

Outside the new city, the Red Snow Army's camp has not made any noise for two consecutive days.

The army was outside the new city. When it arrived on the first day, it attacked for a while, but unexpectedly it stopped the second day, without any sound. It was so strange that the defenders on the city became uneasy.

The Manninge of the Chixue Army is famous. Since the arrival of the south, it has wiped out the Seventh Corps and wiped out the Corsica Military Region. It has been a head-on battle! The Chixue Army's reputation for fighting and the impression of Manninge of the stubborn and conjecture is naturally firmly rooted in the hearts of these defenders.

The Odin people suddenly stopped siegeing the city... Could it be that Manninger was secretly planning something?

The fire in the city was finally put out after a day and night.

The fire in the city seems to be booming outside, but in fact, the fire in the city is extremely tight.

In order to control the fire, Nenei ordered the surrounding streets to be cleaned up, and hundreds of people were organized to wait for dozens of wells around the fire.

After all, the new city is a big city, and it is a land-rich area like Siltan County. The grain-producing areas have always had a characteristic: they have abundant water resources. There are many rivers around the new city and abundant groundwater. There are more than a hundred deep and shallow wells in the city, as well as introduced water canals and open channels and crypts. It is even more snowy and very humid in winter.

Therefore, the fire released inside was sure that he was not afraid of the fire spreading, but burned the city.

Originally, it was to set fire to scare the enemy. If the fire spreads accidentally and burns yourself, it would be a huge joke.

This method to set fire to deter the enemy was secretly told to Nene before Shaya left the city. Before Shaya led his troops out of the city that day, she whispered to Nene, which was exactly what she said.

The materials and supplies in the new city are the best of Manninger. Such a fire broke down the foundation of Manninger! The morale of the Red Snow Army will definitely fall!

Although it was a pity that this mountain of things burned a fire - you know, Xia Ya was not rich, he had a small territory and a weak foundation, and it was already very hard to support more than 20,000 people.

But this fire must be burned!

Nene also proposed that setting fire to several empty houses may also confuse the city.

Xia Ya smiled.

He didn't think Nene's idea was whimsical, but in fact, for an old fox like Manninger, this little trick would be difficult to hide from the other party.

You know, there are differences in what is burning and the momentum of fire smoke rising. Manninger has fought for half his life, and this difference can still be seen... Not to mention Manninger, some experienced old scouts in the army can see the difference!

Just as Manninger had seen that there was something wrong with the smoke in Green's army before! If Manninger saw that he was pretending to set fire, he was afraid that not only would not be able to achieve the effect of attacking the heart, but would increase Manninger's spirit.

If you burn these foods, just burn them!

However, after all, Nene still had some women's calculations. Before setting the fire, he still had to move out a small part of the grain to reserve separately.

When the fire was released, the Chixue Army outside the city suddenly disappeared. For two days, they hurried in the camp outside the city. Not only were they not siege the city, they even had no feint or harassment. According to common sense, even if the siege party did not intend to launch an offensive immediately, they would at least send people to yell or yell under the city to disrupt the morale of the defenders.

But in the past two days, there was no shadow of an Odin man under the city. Both sides looked at each other from a distance, and they actually felt a little peaceful.

Although Nene is not a long-time general in the army, he at least understands some common sense: Chi Xuejun's style is too weird!

Even, it's just causing trouble for yourself!

The Chixue Army has been in full swing this time to fight Green. It has been a long time since the army has been exhausted. The food and grass in the army have been transported continuously from the Xincheng base camp. But later, Xincheng was raided and returned to the army. It took seven days on the way. When it arrived at Xincheng, it stopped for another two days.

Logically speaking, the food in the Chixue Army is probably about to come to an end!

When the army fights, food is the top priority!

The Chixue Army has tens of thousands of people, and the daily food consumption is tens of thousands of kilograms!! It takes hundreds of thousands of kilograms in ten days!

In history, military strategists have been fighting. If a large army is dispatched, it is naturally impossible to bring all the food in the army at once. Otherwise, don’t fight, and the soldiers will go to transport the food!

The grain reserves in the army have always been calculated by half a month: they carry the food consumed by half a month as reserve, and then the transportation from the rear is continuously replenished. Otherwise, if a war is to last for several months, they cannot bring all the food consumed by tens of thousands of troops to fight with them.

When Chi Xuejun lost his old nest in the new city, the supply line was naturally broken. He ran back all the way. The time on the road, plus the time under the city, calculate the days, I am afraid that there is really not much food in the army!

The problem is that Nene also understood Xia Ya's idea and openly set fire to the city's reserves, which would inevitably cause the morale of the Chixue Army to be in chaos - if the food is gone, who can not panic?

But now, this quiet is too strange!

Nene thought for himself that if she stood in Manninger's position, she would have only two choices: either just take a try, attack the city, and slaughter the enemy. Although the food was burned, at least she had to vent her anger.

Or, retreat immediately and find another place to eat!

But no matter which way you choose, you must be fast! It is the biggest taboo of military strategists!

What the hell is the Chi Xue Army outside the city doing?

Chi Xuejun really didn't do anything wrong.

Even though Xia Ya's plan was first and Nene was not stupid, who would have thought that the backbone of the Chixue Army, the core leader, Mr. Manninger, would die at this critical moment.

As the patriarch and commander, Manninger thought he was very majestic and said the same thing among the tribe.

But the result is... Once he suddenly disappeared and the leader's position was empty, he was immediately without a leader! Although there were many other leaders, generals and elders in the army, none of them had the prestige to suppress everyone.

If you join Molkar in the army, you may be able to barely suppress everyone by virtue of his orthodox heir, but the problem is... Molkar was killed by Xia Ya as early as the Battle of New City!

The commander died, and the heir died.

Before Manninger died, he entrusted his orphans. Although he appointed Fielding to take charge of the overall situation,... after he died, the situation changed!

Manninger was determined to kill and fight during his lifetime, and he was in control of it by himself. As the patriarch, no one dared to rebel against him. But the problem is that Manninger also had a problem during his lifetime: he was too arrogant! He took all the power in his hands, but he did not cultivate any capable deputy. This may have been deliberately done by Manninger in order to maintain his rule, but now it has become the biggest fatal drawback of the Chixue Army.

Fielding naturally ruled Manninger's personal camp. Manninger's personal camp is also the strongest among the various battalions of the Red Snow Army, and they are all elite soldiers of their clan.

But the standard Odin army like the Chixue Army has always been crude in its internal military system, not as well as the Byzantine army. A legion is often a microcosm of a tribe. Whenever it comes to war, the clan leader climbs up to the top and shouts, and the tribes of the tribes below mobilize young and strong soldiers to form an army.

Without a strict military system, this kind of legion is actually more of an airtight of a "joint corps". Tens of thousands of people in the Chixue Army came from the coalition forces of various tribes of the Bashak tribe. When Manninger was there, he was the patriarch, and his personal camp was the strongest in the army, so he could naturally suppress the entire army and obey orders and say the same thing, but once he died... there were more people who jumped out!

The Bashak tribe is one of the five major tribes of Odin. Such a large tribe has been a history of repeated annexation over the years of development... The big tribe eats small tribes and expands and grows.

There is no law in this kind of country with barbaric systems.

After the large tribe attacked the small tribe and then annexed it, the small tribe was merged into the large tribe. Once the name was changed, it became the "Basak tribe".

After Manninger's death, although Fielding was an elder in the tribe, and he was also a purely blooded real Bashak tribe, not other tribes that had been annexed from outside, he lacked prestige after all.

Although Manninger handed over the personal camp to him, the problem is... after this battle, Manninger's personal camp was the biggest damage!

The two thousand elites who stayed in the new city were the elites of their own clans in their own camp, and they were all destroyed by Xia Ya.

Thousands of cavalry gathered to attack Xincheng, who were also elite troops from the camp, were defeated!

His Chixue Army is known as tens of thousands, but in fact, Manninger's personal camp only accounts for less than half. With all the plans, 15,000 tribes have been damaged continuously, and they have already been energetic! Especially the elite cavalry, they were even more wiped out!

There is another situation: Among the Chixue Army, there are only five or six thousand soldiers of their own clan in the camp at this moment!

The original 15,000 relative soldiers of the entire army actually dismissed a group of people before this war and were stationed in various places in Siltan County.

This was originally just a way for Manninger to control his subordinates. His own clan's personal camp was loyal and had no worries, so he could naturally stay outside with confidence. And bringing those people who are not the clan by his side, just with his eyes low, and having to keep an eye on him personally, can he be assured!

But the problem is that it was when Manninger was alive!

When Manninger was alive, not to mention whether he was carrying a large number of soldiers in the camp, even if he was alone, with his men from other tribes, and with his historical prestige, no one dared to disobey any of his orders!

Therefore, during this expedition, Manninger only brought more than 8,000 soldiers of his own clan from his clan, and the other elite soldiers of his clan were left to Molkar in the new city, and arranged them to spread in various places in Siltan County. Some were stationed for hundreds, while others stationed more than 1,000. It was stationed everywhere, far away from the camp, and it was the attitude of the local emperor, and there was more oil and water. It was also the "wealth benefits" that Manninger deliberately gave his own clan's own clan's personal clan.

But now the situation is different!

After the more than 8,000 cavalry soldiers who followed the army and the cavalry were annihilated for a few thousand, only five or six thousand remained. However, the camps of other tribes had almost no losses.

The strength has increased, and the father and son Manninger and Molkar are both dead!

Without suppression above, the people below will be hard to say!

According to Manninger's order, Fielding commanded the camp in person. He originally ordered the entire army to go north the next day after Manninger's death.

But after the order was issued, what annoyed Fielding was that... this order could not be implemented!

Some leaders of other tribes even openly resisted the order!

In the Chixue Army, in terms of status, each battalion represents the power of a tribe in the tribe. The leaders of each tribe also have the status of elders in the tribe. In terms of status, they can completely compete with Fielding.

Fielding had no prestige in the past, and now he was commanding other tribes below.

The Chi Xue Army has not been able to hold its troops in the past two days, but the quarrel in the commander's tent is almost a big deal!

Some of the leaders of each tribe are from the Basak tribe, while others are simply other small tribes that were annexed in the past, but now they all have their own thoughts!

Fielding conveyed Manninger's order to withdraw his troops, but on the spot, more than half of the leaders expressed their open opposition!!

These people have different reasons!

Some people asked to capture the new city immediately, and the reasons seemed to be abundant: to avenge the revenge of the Manninger and Molkar.

Some people think that going north is too stupid: there are tens of thousands of soldiers here on their side, and the world is so big, so where can we go? Siltan County is already fat in its mouth! How can we spit it out casually? Even if there is insufficient food, we can eat other places, plunder food, and rectify the army. Siltan County is still ours!

Some people think that they should turn back immediately and eat Green's troops to boost morale with the momentum of victory.

In short, no matter what you say, you think that going north to return to China is a ridiculous order.

Although everyone was afraid to openly denounce this lasting destiny due to Manninger's past power, some people also had the courage to say: Before his death, the clan leader was seriously ill and his mind was not very clear, so he issued such a ridiculous order. We cannot be confused. Since fate knows that this order is a mess, we should not execute it.

Some of them even have irritable temperament but have hidden ambitions, so they simply rolled up their sleeves and shouted openly: Although the patriarch is dead, I am still there...

Such a scene made Fielding very troubled and even more secretly shocked!

Not to mention whether the claims of these tribe leaders are right or wrong, just looking at the chaos in front of them, Fielding can at least be sure that the order that the patriarch Manninger's request for the return of the north immediately was correct!

In an army, more than ten different sounds appeared, and there was no powerful commander on it. The more than ten battalions below did not obey each other - how could they fight?!!!

Seeing the death of the clan leader, these guys emerged one by one, and some of them began to openly covet the position of commander... Even the quarrels of the past two days have been a big deal. Odin people have always been rough and irritable, so someone almost wanted to draw their swords on the spot to start fighting!

In this situation, I am afraid that before the Byzantines take action, they will have to fight in their own internal conflicts if they stay here for a few more days!
To be continued...