Chapter 403 Chapter 370 The Last Moment

On the fifth day of the fight, Guhuaduoluo felt a little uneasy. Why? Because the Tulip Duke in this city is so stable! Lord Lu Gao's cavalry regiment marched westward from under his nose!Is this Du Wei not worried about his rear at all?Not in a hurry? In the past few days, I have been fighting with him, but he seems to be really not in a hurry. Every day, I send a few people out to fight with him, fight, and then we all go back to rest together.Even in the last two days, he didn't send troops out at all, but stayed on the city wall and waited for himself to attack.He tried it a few times, but he still guarded the city and couldn't come out...

hell! According to common sense, Du Wei should be more anxious than himself.He should wish he could eat himself in one go, defeat his army, and then quickly send troops to the rear. Guhuaduoluo became more and more uneasy, and sent a small team of hundreds of people to scout, trying to bypass Du Wei's defense line and go to Du Wei's rear to find out the news. It's a pity that Du Wei sent a large number of hot air balloons in the sky and those hateful magicians flying all over the sky on broomsticks (Guhuaduoluo still thinks that the members of the Decepticon team are all magicians).

Even if the cavalry on the ground run faster, they can't always be faster than those flying in the sky, right?Almost all the scout cavalry sent out to inquire about the news were driven back by the opponent, and Guhuaduoluo lost many people.After all, most of the cavalry followed General Lu Gao and marched westward, leaving Guhuaduoluo with only a few cavalry.He will not continue to send scouts out to die. And as time went by, his barracks gradually became unstable. Although the soldiers are still loyal, everyone is not a fool after all.Although the Northwest Army made it clear that the chariots and horses rebelled.But after all, it is one thing to rebel, but it is another thing to stay here knowing that you are going to die.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, it was said to the outside world that Master Lu Gao took the cavalry to sweep the rear of Duke Tulip, and then returned to the army with a single attack, and combined attacks from both sides would collapse the army of the Tulip family, and then we occupied the military here again. The fortress is a barrier, blocking the imperial army in the east, and then you can sit in the province of Desa, and there are allied forces in the grassland behind... This kind of lie can still deceive people at first.Stabilized the morale of the army. But as time went by, many soldiers below also became suspicious.

Guhuaduoluo himself already has the belief that he must die, and is mentally prepared to be a "qualified cannon fodder".But just because you are willing to die, does not mean that tens of thousands of soldiers are willing to die with you. Time passed day by day, but there was still no news of "Lord Lu Gao's army to fight back" who was counting on.All kinds of strange rumors began to be born in the army. Some people actually said that "Master Lu Gao has abandoned us, he has taken the cavalry into the grassland, and left us infantry who can't run fast as cannon fodder."

There is no doubt that this statement is true.However, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Gu Huaduo immediately severely punished such rumor spreaders. Dozens of heads were chopped off and mounted on poles, warning the soldiers not to spread such rumors, which was still very effective. Moreover, Guhuaduoluo has been in the army all his life, he is calm, and he does have a way of leading troops. With his ability and previous prestige, he has stabilized the morale of the army. Otherwise, if these tens of thousands of soldiers know that they have indeed been abandoned and left as cannon fodder... then Guhuaduoluo may be torn to pieces by tens of thousands of angry and desperate soldiers in a short time!

Standing under the flagpole, he looked at the row of severed gossip-spreading heads hanging high on it, Guhuatuoluo sighed: I hope what you said is true, Mr. Lu Gao has really Arrived at the grassland... Alas, it's been six days, six days, if you hurry up, you should have passed through the Desa Province and entered the Northwest Corridor. It is not these soldiers who are in danger now.These Qiu Ba soldiers are easy to deceive, but those officers, those commanding generals, are not fools.My own lies can deceive the soldiers, but those officers have military literacy. Guhuaduo could clearly feel that in the big tent these two days, the eyes of some officers shooting at him were obviously dark.

And Guhuaduoluo himself was also feeling restless day by day—Master Lu Gao, have you successfully broken through? ! But no matter how anxious Guhuaduoluo is, now he has nothing to do. The only thing he can do is to stick to it day by day according to the plan! On the eighth day, the critical moment has arrived! The soldiers on the watchtower erected high in the barracks looked at the distance to the east, then yelled a few times in horror, almost rolled and crawled all the way down from the watchtower, and then flew away. Running towards the big tent... At noon, a battle flag appeared on the eastern horizon, and then I heard the sound of a vigorous army marching in the distance, and the sound of rustling footsteps, trampling on the ground, could be faintly heard from several miles away. Hear the shaking of the earth.And the sound of hooves and wheels...

After the dark figure on the horizon appeared, he looked at the flag hanging high, and stabbed the hearts of all the soldiers of the Northwest Army, on the foundation of their confidence! That banner, everyone can see clearly, is the Storm Legion of the North!And the thorny Kao flag is the Royal Guards! ! More than 10,000 northern elite cavalry led by Andre of the Storm Legion came from the northeast and quickly entered the warning range of the Northwest Army. They did not attack immediately, but bypassed the camp of the Northwest Army and ran all the way The side of the Tulip Family Fortress, in a state of pincers, stopped at the north side of the Northwest Army, and then began to set up the camp.

On the south side, the 20,000 infantry of the Imperial City Guards, with bright armor and steady steps, slowly approached one by one in a square formation, and stopped far behind the Northwest Army camp, and began to set up camp in a leisurely manner. Some veterans of the Northwest Army, at the risk of violating military discipline, climbed up to the flagpole and watched from a distance.Some experienced veterans know how to knock on the door of "watching the formation", and can probably guess the number of these incoming enemy troops based on the opponent's flag. After they slid down the flagpole, the news of despair finally spread from the barracks!

The regular army of the empire is coming!There are at least 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry.And what's terrible is that, together with the members of the Tulip family in the city, they happened to surround their own army in the middle! In the evening, the last trace of luck was also broken. A new army arrived from the south again, under the banner of Bohan, the Governor of Nulin Province. There were at least 30,000 troops, and half of them were cavalry. With the addition of this army, the Northwest Army was completely surrounded, and even the direction of the last gap was blocked. All soldiers of the Northwest Army understand: We are surrounded!And the enemy is several times bigger than himself. At this time, even if "General Lu Gao returns to the army to strike" is true, I am afraid that it will be difficult for his own side to win.Besides, who can be sure whether "General Lu Gao returns to the army to strike" is true or not? The morale of the army began to waver, and Guhuaduoluo chopped off a hundred people who chewed their tongues in one go, but they couldn't stabilize the morale of the army.He understands... the time has come! I have delayed Du Wei for eight days here, and I have basically completed my plan.The next step is to try our best to have a real battle with the enemy, to injure the enemy as much as possible, to cause the empire to lose soldiers and horses, and to be unable to go west to estimate Lu Gao who entered the grassland... General Lu Gao, I hope you are safe now. Thinking of this, Guhuaduoluo glanced coldly at the more than a hundred corpses whose heads had been chopped off on the ground, and then loudly announced in a serious tone: "Who is messing with our army's morale and talking nonsense, cut it off directly!! I can I assure you that everything is going well now, the enemy has been attracted by us! Marshal Lu Gao’s cavalry is coming, and when that time comes, it’s time for us to wipe out the enemy!” How many people still believe this, Guhuaduoluo does not know.But he knows one thing, that is, now is a critical moment.He immediately sent people to the warehouse barracks at the back, and moved out more than twenty large boxes. Then he was anxious for many officers and soldiers. Seeing that there were more than a thousand people gathered around, Guhuatuoluo jumped He jumped onto a box, then quickly drew out his long sword, and slammed the sword fiercely on the box. With a click, a corner of the wooden box shattered, and countless golden gold coins flowed out of the box. Guhuaduo grabbed a handful vigorously, then let go of his fingers, allowing the gold coins to fall between his fingers, and shouted loudly with his head held high: "This battle is very important! Everyone, if you win, you will be promoted and get rich, and you will be promoted for life. Wealthy! If you lose...then I don’t need to say anything! Master Lu Gao has an order, whoever goes forward bravely, reward! Heavy reward! Those who shrink back, kill!! Send my military order, a decisive battle tomorrow morning, and the whole army tonight Each soldier will be rewarded with a catty of meat, and each tent will be rewarded with a jug of wine! In addition, each soldier will receive an extra month's salary!!" In any case, Guhuaduoluo's approach still had an effect. Immediately, the crowd became agitated, and even some officers who had already been shaken in their hearts couldn't help feeling envious when they saw the golden gold coin. gold!Who doesn't love a golden coin? Ordinary soldiers, watching their commander make a promise, there is still meat to eat, wine to drink, and additional military pay... Who is not happy? Looking at the cheering soldiers around, Guhuaduoluo breathed a sigh of relief. But a trace of bitterness slowly came out. Tomorrow...do we have tomorrow? He ordered his trusted officers to be responsible for distributing military salaries, while Guhuaduoluo left quietly. He first came to a huge almost luxurious tent behind the large military tent. It is not others who live here, but "distinguished guests" in the Northwest Army, more than a dozen respected magicians. Compared with those soldiers, these magicians did not cause any trouble to Guhuadolo-although they were more difficult to serve.These distinguished gentlemen demanded the best treatment. Some of them demanded to drink fresh honey every day, and some demanded that no one would disturb them within 100 meters of the tent where they lived, so as not to disturb his magic experiments.Some magicians asked to send a living creature every day, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks would be fine—of course, he would not object to sending a large living creature in. Guhuaduoluo satisfied these "masters" one by one. In addition, these magicians don't care at all whether they are abandoned as "cannon fodder". Because they are magicians.It doesn't matter if they end up being used as cannon fodder.In the thinking of these magicians, they were invited by Lu Gaoyou of the Northwest Army to help him. In the end, they just helped him fight a battle. As for winning or losing, they didn't care at all. , I returned Lu Gao's favor, if they were in danger, they would just walk away, and there would be no danger if they flew away with a wind control skill-they are noble magicians!Lu Gao could only invite them, but he could not order them.Moreover, even if he knew clearly that Lu Gao was a rebel, it didn't matter.Magicians have legal immunity.At that time, as long as you leave by yourself, and then go to the magic union to make a statement, as in the past in history, the empire will not hold the magician accountable.I am still a class above the law. Therefore, they will not cause any trouble for Guhuaduo until the last moment. Guhuatolo came to greet these gentlemen.For the first time, he was annoyed by those soldiers with unstable morale, but instead felt that these arrogant magicians whom he hated in the past were so cute—at least they objected to being left here as cannon fodder. After greeting these magicians, Gu Huaduo told them carefully that a real war was about to break out and hoped to get their help.After getting the promise of the magicians, Guhuaduoluo left. He couldn't help feeling a little envious of Du Wei.I have long heard that Duke Tulip has a lot of magicians working under him, and...he really takes orders from him, unlike here, who has to serve these guys like a master. Guhuaduoluo returned to his tent, and his personal guards still strictly carried out his orders, and no one was allowed to approach his tent. After entering the tent, Guhuatuoro stood outside Sebasta's cage, looking at the major general squatting inside the cage like a beast.The Major General crouched there, whimpering softly, clutching his hair with both hands—poor guy. Guhuaduo took out a wine bottle, threw it into the cage, and threw a piece of cooked beef into it. Seeing the former heroic major general squatting there like a barbarian, gnawing on the beef, Guhuadolo sighed softly. "Sebasta, tomorrow, everything will end. At that time, I will give you a sword and bring you to the battlefield. You have become like this. By then, I hope you can die on the battlefield On top of that, it can be regarded as death with some dignity."