The Era of Generals

Chapter 268 - Safe Distance

"My lord, the other party seems to know that we will come to attack the city!"

On the side of the Allied Forces of the Three Cities on the border, the lieutenant general with a look of hesitation said hesitantly in the formation of the Chinese army closely behind the charge cavalry.

The lord he was talking about was a governor and the commander of this 400,000 raid army, named Bao Jianye.

Bao Jianye was not a local general of the four border cities, but was urgently dispatched from Fengqi Province to support the border after the fall of Nantes Province. As a result, he was the highest rank in the four border cities, and became The commander of the Qingyang Empire's army this time.

Hearing the lieutenant general's hesitation, Bao Jianye curled his lips with disdain in his heart.

"Is it still necessary for you to say that?"

He didn't give the lieutenant any face, and said coldly: "If the other party doesn't know we're here, why should they deport all the civilians in Xifeng City?"

"Then let's..."

The deputy general was still hesitant, but seeing Bao Jianye's face, he still wisely shut up.

Now that they knew that the other party was already prepared, the lieutenant always had some bad premonition lingering in his mind when they rushed over so straightforwardly.

But what Bao Jianye said last night when he ordered the whole army to raid was not unreasonable. No matter what the opponent said, they only had 100,000 troops, which was far less than their own.

And he is a native of the four border cities, so he has a deep understanding of Xifeng City, and he also knows that there is really no need to pay too much attention to Xifeng City's poor defense capabilities.

Even if it's just cavalry to attack the city, this strength is enough.

But the cavalry was already at a disadvantage in attacking the city, and they didn't care about the other side's preparations for their arrival. They just rushed straight to Xifeng City, which was equivalent to taking advantage of their own side. A little give up to the other party.

The lieutenant was unwilling.

He knew very well that even if they managed to get Xifeng City back this time, there was absolutely no half credit for Bao Jianye, but because of their large number of soldiers, and even because of Bao Jianye's stupid tricks, they would still Lost a lot of troops that should not have been lost.

In fact, Bao Jianye brought 100,000 soldiers to the four border cities. Now, among the 400,000 people, the remaining 300,000 are composed of their own soldiers, and they are also the 300,000 soldiers who charged ahead. million people.

In other words, if there is any loss, it is the loss of their four border cities. As for Bao Jianye's own 100,000 elite soldiers, it is obvious that he wants to carry out the final sweeping work.

The people will come from them, and the credit will be taken by Bao Jianye. This guy really has a good plan!

But knowing this, so what can he do?

Bao Jianye's military rank is higher than theirs, and it is the rule of the empire that he should lead the army. It would be strange if Bao Jianye didn't take this opportunity to benefit himself.

But what made the lieutenant feel uncomfortable was that it was fine for Bao Jianye to reap benefits, but he couldn't help but treat the people in the four border cities as human beings.

It's all right for him to let the local soldiers charge forward. They are all soldiers. As early as the moment they joined the army, they were ready and had the consciousness to die for the country.

But this bastard, he doesn't treat soldiers as human beings, even those civilians...

Yesterday they discovered that a large number of civilians poured out from Xifeng City. At that time, Bao Jianye's original order was to be ignored. He even ordered that if any civilians dared to enter their range, they would be killed on the spot!

As soon as this order came out, no civilians were killed on the spot, and it first shocked everyone who heard Bao Jianye's words.

Even, it almost triggered a mutiny on the spot!

Later, it was the deputy general who tried his best to stop him, showing affection and reason to Bao Jianye, which finally made him give up this plan, and handed over the handling of civilians to himself.

Thanks to myself for properly relocating the civilians, otherwise there would be a mutiny, and they would not have to fight in Xifeng City. Whether they can clean up the mess is a matter of two opinions.

How can Bao Jianye command a large number of cavalry to charge vigorously?

As a result, this guy doesn't know how to be grateful, and even treats himself with contempt. How can this make people angry?

The lieutenant even had a vicious hope in his heart. He very much hoped that the Qingyang soldiers in Xifeng City would fight to the death and give Bao Jianye a head-on blow. Then he wanted to take a good look at the stinky fart on Bao Jianye's face. How long can the look last.

But in that case... the losers were still their own soldiers in the four border cities, which made the lieutenant tangled up for a while.

So in this entanglement, the cavalry who flocked to Xifeng City like a tsunami were less than one mile away from Xifeng City!

The deputy general withdrew his thoughts and stared closely at the stormtroopers together with Bao Jianye from a distance. No matter what thoughts were in their minds, they knew very well that the battle was about to start!

"Rush, brothers, rush with me!"

The commander of the charge cavalry unit is a school lieutenant. Although he is also dissatisfied with Bao Jianye's order to charge, since he has received the order, he will go all out!

Xifeng City is right in front of you, and victory is right in front of you. The captain can even see the broken gate of Xifeng City, which is full of cracks and has not been repaired in time.

With such a gate, they only need to rush to the gate of the city, and even if they hit it with a horse's head, they can be smashed to pieces. How can they have any defense at all?

All they have to do now is rush to the city gate!

The lieutenant had already seen that the defenders at the top of Xifeng City had entered a state of alert, some were raising bows and setting arrows, some were carrying rolling stones and beating wood, and some were even pouring hot oil on the city wall. Just like all siege warfare.

But so what?

Not to mention that they haven't entered the range of bows and arrows yet, even if they do, with their horseshoe-armed equipment and hard armor covering, they are completely fearless.

They are heavy cavalry!

The lieutenant is extremely confident in the defense capabilities of his troops, unless it is an attack from a trebuchet, which can only cause damage to them by relying on a strong impact.

But at this moment, the distance between them is not even within reach of the trebuchet, right?

While maintaining a charging posture, the captain also estimated the distance between the two sides in his heart, and wanted to make a judgment based on his own experience. When his side stepped into the attack range of the opponent's catapult, he would order everyone to disperse to reduce the impact of the catapult. caused losses.

Can……

Just when the captain was sure that his side was still at a safe distance, a large number of burning meteors suddenly rose from the side of Xifeng City!

No, not meteors!

It's a stone throw!

It was a catapult ignited by hot oil!

how come?

The captain was startled, but calmed down in an instant.

Drop rocks at this distance?

Hit the air?