Chapter 47: Cons' Assault (Part 1)
The wind blew on Cons' face.
Although this cool breeze is a pleasure when sweating, Cons did not show a comfortable feeling, because the breeze contained a strong smell of blood, which was brought by thousands of corpses on the plain.
"Sir, it's not that my subordinates talk too much. You should also pay attention to your safety. What if you have something to do, what should we do?"
Cons remembered what Ida said with a slightly reproachful expression when the battle just ended, and couldn't help but sigh and looked up at the ever-changing clouds in the sky.
Cons knew that all the officers were dissatisfied with the fact that they were on the front line and killed the enemy in person, and they also knew that they were afraid of something they had made.
But how can I watch the soldiers fight to the death without participating in the battle? Is a commander destined to stay behind? Is the soldiers destined to protect them with their lives?
This question has no answer. Thinking that most of the more than 500 soldiers who died in battle died at the time of protecting themselves, Cons lowered his head.
"I can't even figure out what circumstances should I stand on the front line. It seems that I am still not suitable to be a commander." Cons shook his head bitterly. He knew that if he hadn't appeared on the front line and was discovered by the enemy, the soldiers would not have sacrificed so much.
In order not to let the troops die in order to protect Bai Ji, Cons decided not to appear on the front line again.
Cons is willing to abandon the meaningless reputation for these things. You must know that in this world, in addition to commanding ability, it is his own powerful force.
No matter how strong a general with low force is, he will not be sincerely admired by the soldiers. After all, the strong are the idols of the world.
However, the reason why those generals with weak force and good minds cannot become famous is that they are easily assassinated and killed by the enemy. Cons has not yet understood and understood this.
"Sir, the body has been buried, and the leader of the Carlo team and others have left as planned." Ida trotted to Cons and said, "Ask a little boy and said.
Cons then realized that while he was meditating alone, the bodies on the plain disappeared, and thousands of soldiers gathered around him were missing.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but think of the plan proposed by Carlo, and sighed and said to Ida: "Lord Carlo is really amazing. He can actually think of the problems he will face in the future."
Ida hurriedly said, "Sir, Lord Carlo is really good at coming up with this solution, but you have to agree with him to do it. If other generals would definitely not agree with this plan, because isn't this a shame for you?"
Cons nodded. He stayed in the lowest level of the army for three years. He had seen many false reports of the generals' results, and he had never seen them expand their losses and reported them.
Looking at the piles of new soil in the distance, Cons apologized guiltily in his heart: "I'm sorry, in order to plan to let you bury in a foreign land, you will definitely return to your hometown after victory."
When Cons thought of this, a lonely smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. People are really strange emotional creatures. When they were soldiers, when they were soldiers, they never thought of burying them, let alone transporting them back to their hometown.
Why do you have such thoughts after becoming a commander now?
Seeing Ida looking at her calmly and seeing the countless pairs of waiting for orders around her, Cons woke up. He would feel pity for them because these people fought and embraced death because of their orders. Now he is no longer living just for his own survival.
Cons knew that his lonely heart was slowly opening up for the sake of the partners who lived and died with him.
Thinking of the decision to stop appearing on the battlefield just now, Cons felt ashamed. Is he still qualified to order them, who was hiding behind? He just needs to be a commander who does not need their protection, right?
Although Cons now has the awareness of a commander, his complex as a soldier still exists. You must know that his life as a soldier is several times as good as a commander.
That's why he feels uneasy about being protected by someone's life. In the uneasy, his soldier complex has the upper hand, so he overturned his previous decision because the battlefield is the destination of his soldier.
Ida didn't know that Cons had overturned the decision not long ago. He only knew that Cons seemed to be thinking about something important, so he led the horse and stood quietly by the side and waited.
After Cons made up his mind, he smiled like the past, took the reins from Ida's hand, turned over the horse, waved his hand and ordered: "Get back to open a city!"
Ida finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Cons's expression now. After the battle, he made an angrily advice and found that Cons had a lonely expression. Although he wanted to apologize to Cons, he endured it again when he thought about how important the existence of the chief general of the first army was to the soldiers.
He wanted Cons to understand the importance of a general himself, otherwise what if Cons charges, the army will collapse immediately. Because this unit composed of new recruits can have the cohesion today, it is entirely the personal charm of Cons, the god of war.
Ida followed Cons towards a city with joy. He looked at Cons's back and thought to himself: "Now that Cons has returned to his previous expression. No, it should be said that he is more energetic than before the war. It is an expression that is no longer confused. It seems that Cons already understands the importance of the commander, and he may have seen the birth of a generation of famous generals."
In the city lord's residence in Rot City, Sires took off the small bamboo tubes from the feet of two white doves. Instead of taking out the paper slips in the bamboo tube, he spread the corn in his palm and fed the white doves gently.
After the two white pigeons flew away, he sat by the window and took out the notes to watch.
"Well, Gust has completed the mission, but he didn't expect that Quad did not come to Rot City, but ran to other cities. It seems that he might guess my identity with the robber. Haha, a good person." Sires said to himself, put down the note in his hand and expanded another note to watch.
"Jante's entire army was wiped out. Haha, this is expected." Cialis of course knew that Jante would agree to send troops with ease. It was impossible for him to just say that the idiot must have thought that Cons had opened a city to block the back road for defense and would only send half of his troops to fight.
But Kai Yicheng is just a small city that can accommodate 5,000 people. Only Gust can fight in the city. In addition, Kai Yicheng is in a plain area without any danger. Is it possible to block the retreat of tens of thousands of troops?
When Kons got the information from the bandits, he must have been out of nothing, because there was no threat to open a city. Only the rote military books, Jant was smart and was mistaken for intelligence.
"Well? Cons's troops were reduced by one third?" Sires couldn't help but frown when he saw this. Although he asked Jente to be the sucker to weaken Cons' strength and pave the way for the next plan, does Jente have the ability to drag one third of Cons's troops away as the bottom?
"If this guy Jant really wiped out nearly half of Cons's people, then he would die very unjustly, because this would delay the success period of the plan for several days." Sires thought so, but he still didn't believe that Cons would be so useless. More than 4,000 people would be killed or injured by 15,000 to 4,000 people.
But his intelligence officer will not say anything without foundation, he must have reported it only after confirmation.
"Can it be the Consort's maze and hide its strength? But it's easy to find traces in this place. Moreover, soldiers who leave the formation will have a low morale and increase their food consumption. It is very unwise to fight protracted wars in unfamiliar places."
Sires was a little distressed, but he quickly decided to order the spy to investigate around the city, because the hidden army had to keep in touch with the team, so that he could determine whether the Cons army had lost one third or one third of them.
After passing these orders, Sires suddenly felt that he was too worried. "Jant's army has strong combat power, especially after Jant's military books, his combat power has been improved by leaps and losses, which caused him to be wiped out. And even if Cons really hid the troops, he can't use that army to win on the battlefield now."
Sires stood by the window and looked at the setting sun, breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "I hope Cons can't stand it and plunder the cities, but I think it's impossible for him to choose to plunder. But it's okay to retreat. At least in a few months, the country of Qihong will not launch a third expedition immediately, so that your highness will have a few more months..."
Looking at the scenery in the distance, Sires's face showed a look of longing.
When Cons and his party came to Kaiyicheng, they were stunned by the scene in front of them. The city gates were wide open, and countless people were scattered around, all of whom were lying and sitting, all of whom were dead. However, when they saw Cons' troops coming, they immediately stood up with their eyes shining and surrounded them.
Seeing those countless pairs of eyes that were not right, the vanguard troops immediately took a nervous alert.
When the people saw the shaking swords, they stopped. Although they did not continue to move forward, they began to clamor.
Ida, who ran to the front to inquire about the situation in the morning, ran back anxiously, and said angrily, "Sir! They said that the guy Kuod said he would support us in fighting robbers. After we left, he ordered the mercenaries to transport all the food in the city, and even their seeds were taken away."
Cons immediately thought of his previous inferences, and it seemed that this matter was really coming.
"Sir, this Kuod wants to consume our food, because when he left, he said that we were the Wang army of Qihong Kingdom, the incarnation of justice, and would not let the people starve. Now those people are here to ask for food from us!" Ida continued.
The soldiers around were shocked when they heard these words, which means that they wanted to support more than 20,000 people. They knew that they could eat their military rations for more than two months, and no one was worried about insufficient food. Everyone believed that their army would be able to recover this place within two months.
But now there are 20,000 more people who eat food. How many months can their own military rations last? What if the enemy attacks?
Thinking of this, the soldiers with simple minds and strong sense of crisis all held their weapons tightly and looked at Cons nervously. They knew that this was the enemy's plan, and the purpose was to consume their military rations as soon as possible. At this time, as long as Cons gave his order, these soldiers would definitely drive away the people who were targeting their military rations.
Chapter completed!