Chapter 1040: No gifts for this year's festival (seeking a monthly ticket)
Following the order, a group of soldiers in front of the formation let out earth-shattering shouts,
Like a tide, it rushed towards Zinderen Fortress.
Under the destructive attack of the artillery, the originally majestic and towering city wall had long been dilapidated. Many places even collapsed, forming huge gaps.[]
Even an ordinary fat lady can easily climb in, let alone these agile soldiers.
In just a few breaths, these commandos were already climbing up the damaged city wall.
They roared and rushed up to the city wall, gripping the swords in their hands, ready to fight the oncoming enemies in a bloody battle.
They all know the basics of siege warfare, and the first three minutes before charging onto the city are extremely critical.
Whether they can gain a foothold on the city wall and expand their victory depends on whether they can withstand the enemy's crazy attack in the first three minutes.
As long as they could withstand it and the subsequent reinforcements could successfully follow up and seize the city, they would have achieved success.
But if you can't stand it, you will be driven back by the enemy. This is a life-and-death battle. Only one party can survive.
Therefore, each of them stared red-eyed and prepared to fight fiercely. They were even prepared to sacrifice.
When they boarded the city, they immediately screamed at the top of their lungs and let out earth-shattering howls. While screaming wildly, they waved their swords as much as possible to cover their vital parts to fend off the enemy's attacks from the city.
But the strange thing is that after they rushed up, they found that the top of the city was just empty and there was no one at all.
At a glance, the top of the city is full of broken limbs, broken spears, broken swords, broken armors, burning battle flags, and billowing smoke that covers the sky and the sun.
Messy.
Their shouts suddenly stopped, and they all stared blankly at what was happening in front of them.
At this time, another soldier jumped in from outside the wall, howling.
The young soldier was so nervous that he didn't even notice that everyone had stopped. Instead, he took the lead and rushed through the crowd, shouting, until he reached the front.
While shouting, he held the sword in his hand across his left chest, ready to block the enemy's attack, but there was no one on the left. He hurriedly turned around and turned to the right, but there was no one on the right either.
So, he howled and turned to the left.
He turned back and forth four or five times, and then he realized that there was no enemy in front of him. He couldn't help but feel doubtful, but he still screamed. However, due to his exhaustion, the scream sounded very weird, like a slaughtered rooster.
Same.
At this moment, someone next to him finally couldn't hold it any longer and slapped him on the head. He shouted angrily: "Stop howling~!"
The soldier was immediately staggered by the slap and fell forward several steps before stopping.
In shock, he hurriedly swung the knife and swung it wildly behind him a few times in a panic, trying to block the imaginary enemy's attack as much as possible.
But then he heard a familiar voice yelling angrily: "Don't fight, it's me~!" The soldier couldn't help but be startled, and then he became brave and tried hard to straighten the helmet that blocked his sight, and then he could clearly see the face of the man opposite.
, there was a moment of lag.
He turned around, looked at the empty city, and then looked at the man, and then stammered: "Sir, what's going on? Where are our enemies?" The officer snorted.
With a sound, he pointed to the place on the top of the city.
Fragments, said: "Quintus, you mean enemies? Aren't they all those on the ground?" Quintus was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the ground cautiously. He saw that the ground was full of burnt black and red things, but there were also
I can't recognize what this is.
Out of curiosity, I reached out and picked one up, only to realize that it was actually a finger of someone, a finger that had been burnt.
In shock, he couldn't help but scream, stretched out his hand and threw the thing away. Then he wiped his hands on his clothes vigorously.
The soldiers nearby suddenly burst into gloating laughter.
Quintus couldn't help but cursed, then looked down at the city wall under his feet, and murmured: "Do we think we have captured the Zinderen Fortress? Isn't this too easy? Why do I feel like I'm with you?
Like a dream?"
Someone next to him looked at him jokingly and said, "What? Do you want me to slap you and help you wake up?"
Quintus immediately took a half step back cautiously. As a rookie in the army, he was often bullied by the veterans.
Someone next to me said: "Okay, Doge, don't be too bullying."
Immediately, he turned his head again, smiled and cursed at Quintus: "No wonder Doge said that to you.
I’ve never seen a bitch like you, you have to fight with these Southern guys and lose your arms or something, then you feel comfortable?”
Everyone burst into laughter immediately.
Seeing that everyone was in confusion, the officer immediately shouted: "Okay, stop making trouble. You bastards, be careful~! Our people will be coming up soon."
No matter what they do, as long as the reinforcements arrive, we will have done a great job."
Everyone agreed, held their weapons, and stood on the inside of the city wall, consolidating their positions and waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
At this moment, a burst of commotion was seen in the city.
Countless figures ran out from every corner of the city, rushed onto the street, and then gathered on the main road...,
The officer couldn't help being shocked and shouted angrily: "Get ready to fight, prepare to fight." The soldiers suddenly became nervous, the enemy was about to attack~!
They all lowered their bodies, gripped the weapons in their hands, and prepared for battle.
But then a strange phenomenon was discovered. After those people ran out, they did not attack this side, but turned around and ran towards the other side.
In the billowing smoke, it quickly disappeared at the city gate on the other side.
Faintly, their shouts can still be heard.
"Run away quickly."
"The enemy is too powerful."
"General Mela has already run away."
"If you don't run, you'll die."
"…………"
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.
In a short while, more troops had swarmed up to the top of the city, and then rushed down the stairs along the stairs, rushed into the city, and began to search along the streets, cleaning out the remaining enemies house by house.
At this time, the commandos had completely relaxed. They were leaning against the battlement wall with their weapons in their arms, watching the reinforcements passing by quickly.
Some people couldn't help but murmured: "You won just like that? You can't blame Quintus for saying it was like a dream. This battle was too easy. It was really too easy."
Next to him, Doge was squatting on the ground, carefully rolling tobacco leaves and listening to his words, he couldn't help but said: "Simple? With those cannons, this war will be so simple in the future.
Let’s just wait for the salary reduction~!”
Everyone's hearts suddenly trembled.
Someone murmured: "No way? We are a commando team. We are highly skilled in martial arts. We are all outstanding in the army and we are called the number one."
Doge sneered and said: "Strong martial arts? That's useless~!"
Everyone saw it just now. The cannon exploded and the earth shattered. Even the King of Heaven couldn't hold it back.
You are very skilled in martial arts, can you withstand this?"
Everyone couldn't help but feel depressed for a while.
Dogger was unforgiving and continued: "With them, what use are we big-headed soldiers who only know how to use swords and guns besides eating for free?
It is not impossible to reduce wages or to be sent home."
While talking, he had already rolled a cigarette.
He looked at it happily, lit the cigarette, took a long drag on the cigarette, then spit out the cigarette residue, and leaned against the battlement wall intoxicated.
The soldiers nearby were all silent for a while.
At this time, a wave of cheers was heard in the city.
Everyone couldn't help being shocked, and they all leaned forward and looked towards the city.
I saw that the tiger war flag that originally represented General Hadou had been lowered at the city guard's office in the center of the city.
On the other side, representing the Laohe troops, the huāhuā green and patterned United Nations flag is slowly rising.
The crowd immediately burst into cheers.
Zinderen Fortress has been taken over~!
But then, they all involuntarily looked towards the cannons in the distance outside the city.
The cannon was indeed easy to use, but it also caused a strong professional crisis in the hearts of these warriors.
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Behind Zinderen Fortress is the most fertile land in the south. The terrain here is flat and flat. There is no danger to defend.
Its fall also marked that two-thirds of the southern region was under the iron heel of Lao He's troops.
Hundreds of thousands of troops passed through this mountain pass in a mighty manner and smoothly penetrated into the hinterland of the south.
It only took less than a month to recover this large area of land.
Wherever he went, noble officials from various places either abandoned their posts and fled or surrendered.
The local gentry and squires led the common people, eating pots of pulp and crying bitterly to welcome the king's master.
Lord Luo couldn't bear to be disturbed.
Several times, he said very sternly that giving gifts was the most annoying thing.
My Lord, who has always been as clear as water and as clear as a mirror, hates this kind of evil trend that is coming to us. He also instructs the military judges under his command to keep their eyes open and never relax. They must use great efforts to straighten things out.
one time.
Regardless of whether this kind of thing involves anyone or anything, as long as it is verified, we will never be lenient.
We must put an end to this hateful evil trend.
He also kicked out a few guys who were giving gifts.
As soon as the Lord's move came out, he immediately won unanimous praise from the gentry in the south.
There were quite a few copper plates strung on the side strips, and the blind fool naively thought that the lordship had suddenly changed his character.
Later, I was severely punished by the Duke, and then I suddenly realized that the reason why the Duke did not accept the gifts was that they did not give enough.
And this sentence later became a famous interview phrase in the South.
Lord Luo, who was an ambassador, made another huge contribution to world culture unintentionally.
The army continued to advance, and by October, it finally reached the border of Oromia Province.
At this time, it was only a few hundred kilometers away from Haligad, the capital of Haddu.
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A small group of cavalry galloped on a narrow road through the woods.
They were wearing peacekeeping force uniforms, with cavalry light armor outside, and were scanning both sides of the road carefully and intently.
This is a deep and vast forest, with tall and lush trees on both sides of the road. The canopies of the trees are spread out, blocking the sky above, and the sunlight only casts swaying spots on the road.
There are dense bushes in the forest. From the mountain road, you can only see a few steps away, and then the scenery starts to become dim until it is pitch black.
The cavalry looked uneasily into the dark depths. The wind was blowing the trees in the forest, as if unknown monsters were moving in the depths of the pestle forest. They were looking at them with greedy eyes and circling around them.
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The leading knight looked around and said in a deep voice: "Speed up, there are small groups of enemies nearby."
The cavalryman clamped his horse's belly, shook the reins, and urged the horse to run faster.
This kind of dense and strange woods is very unfriendly to the cavalry. It is the best choice to leave here as soon as possible.
The five knights crouched down and used the speed of their horses to gallop along the forest path with a gust of wind.
Not far in front of the cavalry, on the path covered with dead branches and fallen leaves, suddenly a thick black hemp rope with its debris of vegetation suddenly bounced up from the ground and stopped in front of the cavalry.
When the cavalry at the front discovered the rope, it was too late to do anything. He could only look at it with a horrified expression. He watched helplessly as the horse got caught on the rope, bent forward, lost its balance, and fell heavily to the ground. The horse rolled away.
It fell into the bushes on the side of the road twice.
The knight on the horse was immediately thrown out and plunged to the ground at a very high speed. He rolled twenty or thirty feet away and lay motionless on the ground.
Several cavalrymen behind him desperately pulled up the reins, but the warhorses got caught on the ropes or bumped into the fallen warhorses in front of them. The warhorses and several cavalrymen fell to the ground.
Fortunately, their speed had slowed down a lot, and the few cavalrymen who fell struggled to get up from the ground.
Only the last cavalryman slowed down in time. The horse neighed and stood up on the hemp rope in front of the man in front of him. He then stepped back and kicked a few steps on the ground.
The knight on the horse tightened the reins and clamped the horse's belly tightly to prevent him from falling off the horse.
Before the horse could stand still, the cavalryman grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist and pulled it out with a "clunk".
He only pulled out half of the sword, and heard a tense "bang bang" sound, and dozens of arrows flew out from the dark forest.
The knight's eyes widened and he watched in horror as the arrow shot out and pierced his body.
The person who fired the arrows was obviously well-trained. Most of the dozens of arrows hit the knight on the horse, but were blocked by the armor on his body. The most deadly arrow shot through the knight's neck.
The cavalryman made a "ho ho" sound in his throat, and then his body went limp and fell off his horse.
The cavalryman who was about to get up shouted: "Enemy attack~!"
Before they could draw their weapons, arrows were shot out continuously from the woods on both sides.
The cavalrymen could not escape and fell to the ground with their bodies covered with arrows.
The mountain road suddenly became calm again. The five knights fell to the ground motionless, and the horses lowered their heads and kept touching their masters.
There is only the whistling sound of the wind blowing through the forest.
It seems that the attacker has left.
After a moment of fighting, with the two chirps of birds, the bushes on both sides shook violently, and a group of people emerged from them.
Some of them were wearing Confederate uniforms, with weapons on their belts and bows with arrows in their hands.
Some wore straw hats made of tree branches on their heads, wore ordinary mountain people's clothing, carried spears or steel forks in their hands, and carried bows and arrows slung on their backs. You could tell they were mountain people at a glance.
They slowly gathered around with cautious steps.
One of them walked up to the fallen knight, turned him over with his toes, then squatted on the ground and played with the knight's head, laughing and saying: "This unlucky guy broke his neck."
The other people stabbed the knight on the ground with their weapons.
"You're dead, don't stab me." A mountain man waved his hand to stop everyone and said, "Don't tear your clothes."
Then several mountain men threw down their weapons, knelt down beside the knight happily, stretched out their hands to dig up and down the knight's body, took out their wallets, tossed them triumphantly, and put them into their pockets.
The surrounding soldiers also relaxed their vigilance, put away their weapons and stood aside talking and laughing.
After a mountain man searched out one of the knights, he moved a step forward to search for the body of the other.
The cavalryman, who was supposed to be a corpse in the eyes of everyone, suddenly jumped up from the ground with a "boo" sound, and the long sword in his hand swung a silver screen of light, sweeping across the necks of the mountain people.
This sword cut open most of his neck, and blood spurted into the air.
The people nearby were startled by the sudden change. At this time, the knight quickly grabbed the reins of the horse and stabbed the horse's butt hard with the long sword in his hand.
The war horse was stinging and jumped violently on the ground, then neighed and pulled away and ran wildly.
The knight had hugged the horse's neck and jumped on the horse's back, lying tightly on the horse's back and quickly left along the mountain road.
The Confederate soldiers reacted and shouted anxiously: "Stop him~!"
Others raised their bows and arrows and shot at the horses, but the bows and arrows just missed the cavalry's scalp and flew past.
Seeing that they could not catch up, the soldiers of the Confederate Army shouted: "Pack up and leave quickly. The enemy may come back soon."
The Confederate soldiers and mountain folk hurriedly pulled off the knight's armor and weapons, took away everything they could, and led the horse into the forest.
Not long after, with a rumble that shook the earth, a large group of cavalry came galloping along the road in the forest, with the leader carrying the flag of the peacekeeping force.
The cavalry quickly rushed to the place where their comrades were lying. The leading officer looked at his guilty colleagues who were recorded on the ground, and shouted angrily: "Search me~! Damn it, this is already the third time in the past two days.
Get up."
The cavalrymen agreed, jumped off their horses, drew their weapons and plunged into the woods, spreading out to search.
Next to the officer was the cavalryman who had just escaped.
At this moment, his upper body was covered with thick bandages. He thought for a while and said: "Boss, I saw that among them were not only the bastards of the Southern Army, but also hunters or civilians in the mountains."
Then he cursed bitterly.
The officer nodded and said: "Without the support of local people, they can't be invisible.
You~!”
The officer pointed at the Almohad man next to him and asked solemnly: "Is there a village nearby?"!