Chapter 227 [Ride into the camp alone! 】
After galloping for a whole day and night, Du Wei ordered the entire army not to rest. Such an order seemed a bit unhuman to the soldiers who had just experienced a small-scale battle, but the Tulip family's cavalry still strictly implemented it.
Following the Duke's order.
"I know you're tired! I'm even more damn tired!" Du Wei said loudly and unceremoniously: "You are knights who have received strict training, and I am a weak magician. To be honest with you,
, I am sitting on the horse now, and my thighs are so painful that I am going to get angry. However, my warriors...there are 20,000 jackals in front of us, who are ready to devour our brothers and sisters and ravage our people! We want to
Hold on! Hold on!"
Du Wei's powerful voice spread to the ears of every Tulip Cavalry. It must be said that Du Wei's words really have a lot of water. Not to mention that Du Wei's body after practicing Starry Sky Dou Qi is far from ""
"Weak", and, as a magician, he has quietly used a wind magic to make his body much lighter.
The one who really felt uncomfortable was Muse. He felt that his whole body was about to fall apart. But he knew that as long as he showed the slightest sign that he couldn't hold on, this cruel Duke would definitely throw him halfway without hesitation.
Regardless, I'm afraid he has already wanted to do this!
"Sir!" A scout cavalryman who was running at the front reined up his horse and ran back: "Over the hillside in front, you can see Gilliat City!"
"Order the entire army to slow down!" Du Wei wiped the sweat from his forehead.
It was really tiring. Although I tried my best to reduce the bumps on the horse's back, the inner thighs were rubbing against the saddle for a day, and they still hurt a lot.
Along the way, I have to say that Du Wei's luck was really good! That "Golden Wolf Head Guard General" on the grassland led people to attack Gilliat City. An army of 20,000 people must have been surrounded by scouts and rangers.
.However, Du Wei and his party did not encounter the prairie people again.
I have to say that he was very lucky.
Du Wei is racing against time! The most ideal result is to reach Gilliat City before the prairie people! If not, the next best thing is to get there before the prairie people launch an attack!
This is a small hillside, or to be more precise, it is just a small hill. Duwei asked the horses to stop at the bottom, and he led a few people to climb up the hill. Looking from a distance, Gilliat City was right in front of him.
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The sky is full of stars. The dilapidated city wall of Gilliat City is in the distance, built against the mountains, with the Kilimaro Mountains as its back. Although the city wall, after Du Wei established it as his production base,
It has been briefly repaired, but its function is mostly to prevent outsiders from prying into it and to prevent slaves inside from escaping.
To put it bluntly, from a military perspective... Longbottom once made an unceremonious comment, "If I lead the troops, I can hit the city wall with one charge!"
Du Wei and several of his men had just climbed up the hillside and looked into the distance. His first reaction was to take a breath of cold air!!
Gilliat City is backed by Mount Kilimaro, but under the city wall is a large open area! This is a large wasteland with an area of ​​about ten square miles. On the grassland, except for gravel, there is shallow ground all year round.
Shrubs with a withered yellow color.
It can be said that there is no battlefield more suitable for cavalry than this place! On the flat wasteland, when the cavalry charges, there is no obstruction!
But at this moment, under Du Wei's eyes, the wasteland under Gilliat City has been occupied by prairie people!
The army of these grassland people was completely different from the army of the empire. They did not have the habit of camping, they did not even build camps, and they did not use fences for any protection.
Probably because this time they sneaked into the empire's territory for a sneak attack and did not take a baggage convoy with them.
However, if you look around, the tents on the wasteland are like mushrooms growing out of thin air on the ground.
People shouted and horses neighed, and there was an uproar. Around the tents, barbarians wearing prairie fur coats were busy living and feeding the horses. Countless huge torches burning with rosin were erected in them, illuminating them as if it were daytime.
There were tents one after another, and there were prairie wolves holding machetes in the air. They were full of murderous intent.
What made Du Wei relieved was that...the tulip flag was still erected high on the wall of Gilliat!
The city is still there, Robert did not lose the city!
A glint flashed in Du Wei's eyes. He looked back at a few of his men and said with a wry smile: "It seems we have to find a way to get through the enemy's tent first."
The grassland people have no intention of resting. They seem to have already known that there are insufficient troops in Gilliat City. After all, it is a former capital city and its scale is not small. If such a large city wants to be completely defended, Robert
The knight's troops are really stretched thin.
For the long city wall, four thousand people are too few!
Robert stood on the city wall and looked at the prairie men arrogantly swinging their scimitars below the city. His resolute face was full of worry.
These prairie people arrived this evening. The other party seemed to have planned for a long time to capture Gilliat City in one fell swoop, and launched an extremely fast and violent raid.
If it had been any other general, he would have been suddenly attacked by this prairie army that descended from the sky, and the city defense would have been lost long ago. However, Robert Knight, who has always acted calmly, has always kept in mind Du Wei's instructions when he handed over the city to him.
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At that time, Duvilla held Robert's hand and whispered: "This factory in the city is all my belongings! Robert, the things here must not have any accidents, let alone let outsiders see or know! I put my
I leave my life and fortune to you!!"
The loyal and steady Robert felt the pressure on his shoulders. He made a set of extremely strict defense regulations, dividing his limited troops into turns to take turns on duty on the city wall, and he could not relax at any time.
Fortunately, there was nothing else in this abandoned city, but there were a lot of stones. The soldiers demolished many houses without any care and carried the stones to the top of the city. This was also Robert's order, and he required that it be done well at all times.
Battle preparation.
There was once a soldier who dozed off while on duty. Robert gave him twenty lashes and lay in bed for three days. Such harsh requirements made many soldiers dissatisfied. They thought that guarding such a remote place,
There is really no need to be so harsh in a city that has been abandoned.
The city is nothing more than a group of working slaves. There is no gold or silver, it is just a workshop. Who would come here to cause trouble?
And this move finally paid off.
The first round of raids by the prairie people was quickly discovered by the soldiers defending the city. Robert even went to the top of the city immediately.
In the first battle in the afternoon, the prairie people's plan to sneak attack on Gilliat City failed. After leaving three hundred corpses behind, they temporarily retreated.
As for Robert, he lost 200 men, plus 300 wounded soldiers who lost their combat effectiveness.
With insufficient troops, Robert made a prompt decision and distributed a batch of weapons. He mobilized a thousand young and strong slaves in the city to defend the city.
He didn't do much to mobilize these slaves. He just pointed at the prairie people riding horses and waving scimitars below the city, and said coldly: "You saw, these guys are wolves on the prairie! If they come in, then...
You will all be killed! These people will not hold back! I am not asking you to help me defend the city, but to fight for your own survival."
Fortunately, Du Wei always treated these slaves kindly, provided them with food and drink, and promised them freedom in the future. Most of the slaves consciously participated in the battle.
In the afternoon, the prairie people launched a total of three attacks, and each time they were repelled with the cooperation of the defenders and slaves.
But the problem was before Robert: the regular army in his hands lost a full 800 people, almost a quarter of their combat effectiveness. The slaves also suffered nearly a thousand casualties due to lack of equipment, especially the prairie people.
Bows and arrows are especially deadly to slaves who are not protected by armor and shields.
Taking advantage of the enemy's temporary retreat again, Robert ordered the demolition of the door panels of a large number of abandoned houses to serve as shields.
The prairie people seemed not to give Robert a chance to breathe. Although they pitched tents outside the city, they did not rest. Instead, they divided into two thousand-man teams and harassed the city all the time. Round after round.
The rain of arrows always made the people in the city dare not relax.
Robert looked at the night. Looking at the ferocious-looking enemies below the city, the knight felt worried.
"Is the city gate blocked?" Robert looked at one of his men beside him.
"Okay, sir." This was an officer with the rank of commander: "We blocked the city gate with stones!"
Robert sighed, without showing the slightest relief on his face.
Blocking the city gate is a last resort.
The way the prairie people attacked the city in the afternoon made Robert Knight, who came from the interior of the empire, frown greatly.
Because the northwest is an arid area, there is usually no moat around the city. Therefore, the grassland people can rush to the city without restraint and directly pose a threat to the city gate.
These prairie people can send hundreds of death squad cavalry, brave the falling stones and arrows from the city head, rush to an effective distance in one breath, and then they will use a special tool they carry with them: an iron
The arrows were made of high-quality arrows with sharp hooks, and the arrows were supported by thick and extremely strong ropes. Dozens of specially selected cavalry with strong arms shot arrows at the city gate from a distance at the same time, and the arrows were nailed to the city gate.
Above the gate, the hook hooked deeply into the city gate, and then the hundred or so cavalrymen hung the other end of the rope on their horses and ran back quickly!
In the first battle in the afternoon, the opponent was like this. With the power of dozens of horses, the city gate was pulled down in one go!
At that time, Robert personally led a group of fully armored heavy infantry to block the city gate. Only then did he finally block the swarming prairie cavalry who wanted to rush into the city in one breath. However, his only group of heavy armored infantry was also there.
All were lost in that battle.
In the end, a scene made people want to cry without tears: the city gate was blocked by the corpses of soldiers from one's own side and the corpses of the horses of the killed prairie cavalry. Only then did the crisis be resolved.
Afterwards, Robert ignored the two wounds on his body from the scimitar and immediately ordered people to block the city gate with stones!
In this way, it seems safe, but it also cuts off hope!
To be continued...