Chapter 86: Just Retreat
Li Ang calmly sat in the corner of the military tent, looking at Justus who was sandwiched between two Mettenheim warriors, and said that he still planned to attack at the door of this military tent.
Indeed, Justus had not had his men take part in the attack all day, and his men were becoming uneasy.
It’s not that they were suspicious of anything, but they just felt uncomfortable - the entire army was attacking the city, and they were the only ones standing in formation watching the show, which was very awkward.
Even if you go out and fish in the water, it's better than standing there...
After Justus came back , they wanted to express their opinions, but were ordered not to approach the military tent, so as not to disturb the Governor and Mr. Rainier from discussing state affairs...
So they probably supported the other governor coming here to curse people - when they saw Levius coming here angrily, they didn't even come to report it.
This was not because they wanted to change jobs, but mainly to avoid being beaten - when Levius came over, not only was his face livid, but he also had a whip in his hand.
Governor Levius was originally followed by some guardsmen, but these people winked at the knights on Justus' side, and then the subordinates of the two governors gathered together and did not approach the military tent.
The guards on both sides were obviously quite sensible, and no one wanted to get involved in the quarrel between the two governors...
"Justus! You bastard! You're not joining the battle? That's not how you conserve your strength, right?!"
Before entering the military tent, the scolding had already arrived.
It seems that Governor Levius has a very bad temper.
"We're about to capture it today... eh?"
Levius Knuckles broke into the military tent and saw Justus sitting in the middle. He had just started to accuse him when he suddenly stopped.
The whip in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
Because two big swords had already clamped his neck.
Well, clamp.
Because the word "fight" is not enough to describe this scene - the lord brought Klose and others into the military tent, and now this huge luxurious tent is packed with sturdy men, all staring at Levius with greedy eyes.
The strong men picked him up clumsily, lifting his feet off the ground.
The two big swords clamped his bald head like scissors.
Levius was a lean middle-aged man in his forties. Maybe it was because his married life was not harmonious, but at this age he was completely bald on top of his head, with only a few messy hairs left on his temples.
This makes him look fierce and vicissitudes...
After being caught between two great swords, he dared not move at all, only his eyes rolled around.
"Now, you probably don't plan to attack the city... Don't tell me that the two of you combined can't command those little lords!"
Li Ang sat next to him, shaving his nails with a small knife in his hand.
Glancing at the two governors who could only communicate with their eyes, Li Ang grinned and showed his white teeth: "Don't worry... I have to go back alive, so I won't hurt you - as long as you withdraw your troops."
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White Deer Castle finally survived the day.
But tomorrow...will I still be so lucky?
Amy thought.
Just this afternoon, she shot a living enemy for the first time - the first time she killed someone with her own hands.
She watched as the crossbow arrow shot out from her hand and hit the neck of an imperial gladiator, causing the enemy to fall face down below the city.
Amy didn't feel uncomfortable, she was just fulfilling her responsibility, or saving herself.
Even now her heart is still beating like a drum.
In fact, when the imperial gladiators climbed onto the city walls, Amy was ready to set the city on fire - she didn't want to fall into the hands of the enemy.
Although Amy is young, she knows what a young and beautiful girl will encounter after becoming a prisoner of war...
Even if she was the daughter of a noble...
Or perhaps it is precisely because she is the daughter of a noble that the result may be more difficult to accept than death.
But just when the second city wall was about to fall, a horn sounded in the forest!
The horn calls the Rangers!
The moment she heard the horn, Amy almost trembled as she gave the order: "Counterattack! Drive them all away!"
But after the enemy retreated, no reinforcements appeared in the forest...
Amy was not disappointed. She knew that the horn sounding for more than ten minutes was actually a kind of reinforcement.
This deception reminded her of a person - the young lord who made his father the 'executive director' and used the gold mine as bait to cheat all the nobles in the entire eastern region of a large sum of money.
Last time, not long after my father called himself the 'Executive Director', he brought back two large boxes of dinars from White Hart Castle. He was as happy as a child - my father said that he had finally saved up enough dowry for Amy, and could also equip his subordinates with better equipment.
Later, that person founded the Maixiang International Group and took the businessmen to the battlefield...
That was the first time Amy had seen this kind of operation, and it was like opening the door to a new world for her - it turned out that with the first start-up capital, business activities could be so fancy!
Even war can be a means of doing business?
Then, after sending people to Maixiangling for "research", Amy understood.
The lord of Maixiangling actually deceived everyone . His business and his group companies were all means to control people's hearts.
He used benefits to bind his subordinates, subjects, allies, and merchants firmly in his hands.
The newly built Maixiang Territory, the Eldage citizens brought over from Bailu Fort, or the refugees found from the wild, became extremely loyal because of their shares in just two or three months, and were proud to be citizens of Maixiang Territory.
This is something that most nobles in the Sarleon Kingdom will never be able to do in their lifetime...
So, Amy also learned a lot, opened a grain and oil company, and even tried to take action against Mai Xiangling - forcing Mai Xiangling to buy grain at a high price.
She thought that the lord would have some means of counterattack, so she could learn more about it, but she didn't expect that he not only accepted it calmly, but also paid the money very happily.
This made Amy feel a little uneasy, and she felt that she should apologize - he was her father's ally and partner, and she shouldn't use such tricks on her ally.
In today's war, the horn sound was most likely made by the lord. Most people would definitely not use this seemingly ridiculous little trick on the battlefield.
It could only be someone he sent - only people from Mai Xiangling could get to Bailu Fort so quickly.
So this is how a trick is supposed to be used... Everyone in White Deer Castle knew that the moment they heard the horn, their morale almost instantly soared.
The enemy immediately retreated to the city.
If I can hold White Hart Castle, I must thank him... and apologize.
But his Maixiang Territory had already seen no signs of war yesterday. Judging from the strength of Maixiang Territory's troops... I'm afraid it's more dangerous than good...
In today's fighting alone, White Deer Fort lost 152 brave soldiers.
Amy counted them clearly.
The losses of the Bacchus Empire were at least three times this amount.
This is war...
Father Godric never let himself participate in wars. He always said, "It is necessary for girls to learn martial arts to protect themselves, but war is always a man's business."
But as the daughter of the Lord of White Hart Castle, Amy knew many young knights, and those knights often described wars to her.
But real war is completely different from the romantic stories that knights usually tell.
There were no duels between warriors, no heroic conversations, and no mutual respect between knights...
There was only killing, blood, sword flashes, arrow rain, and countless corpses.
The warrior who blew the horn in the afternoon may have already...
Amy once again walked up to the city wall in the dark, overlooking the enemy camp a mile away.
etc……
Amy rubbed her eyes and looked carefully again.
The enemy seems to be retreating?
what happened?
The enemy seemed to be retreating overnight - the Bacchus Empire troops that had surrounded White Deer Castle were slowly retreating into the distance, and they even began to dismantle their tents!
"Come on! Everyone stand by! Prepare to counterattack!"
Amy was trembling all over, she didn't know what was going on, but it was obvious that the enemy didn't intend to siege the city!
