Chapter 24 VII Triumph
Seeing that he couldn't take this person in more than a dozen moves, Xenas was not angry but happy, put away his giant sword and laughed loudly: "Boy, report your name!" ”
The young soldier had been forced out of breath, and at this time he finally got a chance to breathe, and after a long breath, he raised his head and replied, "My name is Eglius. ”
It was only then that Xenus saw Eglius' appearance, he looked less than twenty years old, he was not tall but very capable, his dark face was boxy, his appearance was unremarkable, but a pair of pale yellow eyes exuded a compelling essence. When Xenas saw it, he liked it even more, so he said, "Eglius, I am the undefeated mercenary Xenas. I think you are very talented, why don't you submit to me, and I will accept you as an apprentice? ”
Li Tianhao couldn't help but lean back on his horse when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Xenas, a braggart guy, wanted to accept this little soldier as an apprentice for the first time. But Eglius shook his head and said, "The warriors are ashamed to surrender, and I refuse." ”
Xenas felt even more interested at this time: "It's really interesting that you have the bearing of a military general at a young age." So I ask you, if I attack with all my might, will you survive? ”
"No, if I continue to fight just now, it won't be long before I die."
"Not bad! My subordinates didn't kill you mercifully, and you owe me for this life, so you have to listen to whatever I say. If you want to regain your freedom, then use your own skills to win it back, so from today onwards, you follow me to learn martial arts, when can you win against me before you can regain your freedom, understand? ”
"What kind of crooked reasoning are you, Xenas, how can you accept apprentices like this?" Alam couldn't stand it anymore. I couldn't help but retort.
"Shut up! Lao Tzu, I am rarely interested in teaching my disciples, and I will never allow failure! Eglius. Your life is mine from now on! Follow me, understand? ”
Eglius hesitated slightly. He said, "I understand, master." ”
As Xenas lifted the reins of his horse and proceeded, Eglius followed on foot. I only heard Xenas laughing loudly on his horse: "There are so many battles this time, and the spoils of this battle are the richest, hahahaha." ”
Alam frowned at Li Tianhao and said, "Big man, he's crazy, right?" ”
Li Tianhao also began to ride his horse again, and at the same time said to Alam with a smile: "You don't understand it yet, it's not easy to find a wizard who practices martial arts, it's as exciting as digging up a treasure." ”
"Boss, then I'm not a wizard in martial arts."
Li Tianhao smiled back. said: "To be honest, I really didn't expect you to be a martial arts practitioner when I brought you, but God seems to favor me very much, and your qualifications are indeed beyond ordinary people." ”
Alam was overjoyed when he heard this, and the sword in his hand was a little faster. And Li Tianhao's mood was also relieved from the small episode just now, and he turned to focus on the battle situation in front of him.
After all, now they have only routed the vanguard's troops in Vandalru, and the follow-up brigade still has an absolute advantage. The most important thing at the moment is to hide your true number and affect the morale of the Yaki army as much as possible, and then have a chance to defeat this Yaki army.
In fact, the morale of the Yaji Army was far less high than Li Tianhao expected. After escaping the pursuit of Gernas, these troops could not shake off the consciousness that they had been defeated, and their morale was unusually low. If it weren't for Vandalu's leadership, I'm afraid it would have been scattered in a hurry. At this time, there was news from the front that the advance had been routed and the enemy had cut off the way back, and morale was suddenly even lowered. All the soldiers' eyes were focused on their last hope, Vandalu.
Vandharu knew that his most important responsibility now was to bring the force back. At that moment, he drew his sword and shouted in his hand: "The main force of the enemy army is in Silis City, and the number of enemy troops in front will not be very large!" Everyone, we have to fight for our own life! Follow me! ”
After that, Vandharu took the lead. Led the troops straight to the city of Highcum. However, Li Tianhao did not block their way, and if he did so, it was very likely to provoke the Yaji army to fight back with all their might. That would be very disadvantageous. Therefore, Li Tianhao let go of the vanguard led by Wang Dalu and launched a surprise attack from the flank of the follow-up troops. The Yaki Army, which was attacked by the flanks, was suddenly thrown into confusion. At this moment, the city of Highum is close at hand. Entering the city means safety, and no one wants to fight to the death with the enemy at this time. Li Tianhao took the opportunity to use the speed advantage of the cavalry to disperse the Yaji army into a group of stragglers, and at this point, it was impossible for Wang Dalu to save the situation. All units of the Yaji Army have lost contact, and they are fleeing in chaos all over the mountains.
All Vandalu could do was to hold his troops of about 5,000 men and flee all the way into the city of Highcomb, and then organize these troops to form up outside the city to cover the fleeing friendly forces. It didn't take long for Yaqui's defeated troops to begin to flee one after another, ranging from one or two hundred to five or six hundred, and Vandalu put the remnants of the defeated soldiers into the city gates one by one.
At this moment, there was a sudden chaos in the city of Highcum, with the cry of "Thief army!" At the shout, Vandallu's eyes suddenly darkened. I was confused for a while, but I didn't expect that the purpose of the thief army to disperse these troops was precisely to let the soldiers who had already disguised themselves as the Yaki Army take the opportunity to sneak into the city of Highcum! If the city of Hycomb is lost, then Yaqui's last stronghold in the Tiers Mountains will be gone, and if you want to attack the Tiers Mountains in the future, it will be several times more difficult than now! Therefore, Vandalu led his troops into the city to annihilate the thief army that had infiltrated the city, and then hold on to the city.
But as soon as he entered the city, he realized that he was wrong, all the people in front of him were wearing the uniforms of the Yaki army, where could he tell who was a thief and who was a friendly army? The number of thieves who infiltrated the city must have been small, but the demonic fruit they had planted in people's hearts quickly took root and blossomed - each soldier did not know whether the friendly troops standing beside him were disguised as enemy soldiers or not, as long as they met someone they did not know, they would not hesitate to cut down, and since most of the soldiers fled back in pieces, this exacerbated the distrust among the soldiers. The entire city of Hycombe suddenly turned into a killing field of infighting, and the tragedy of cannibalism was staged every minute and every second.
Vandalu quickly noticed that some of the Yaki soldiers had red strips of cloth wrapped around their arms, and that these soldiers were clearly actively attacking nearby friendly forces. He immediately ordered his men to kill those with strips of red cloth wrapped around their arms, but the entire city was already in a state of frantic infighting, and his orders could only be carried out by those who could command him. At this moment, the frightened cries of the soldiers came from the rear: "The thieves are coming!" It's Li Tianhao! The embodiment of the Grim Reaper! ”
When Wang Dalu looked back, he saw that the cavalry team led by Li Tianhao had already rushed into the south gate of Highum City! The rearguard of their own troops has already dispersed like a low tide! A chill ran in Vandalu's heart: if the other side attacked the city at this time, his troops would be squeezed between the soldiers and the enemy in the chaotic battle, and then it would soon turn into a one-sided massacre. Rather than this, it is better to give up the city of Highum decisively!
Now that he had made up his mind, Vandharu did not hesitate, he quickly organized his troops into a formation, and then rushed all the way to the north gate of Highum City. The soldiers, who were scattered by the torrent of this army, were confused for a moment and avoided each other, and Vandalu was able to escape from the city of Hycom. Looking back at the Yaki soldiers and the city of Hycomb, who were still fighting in the city, and then at his subordinates, these remaining soldiers were less than four thousand. Vandalu gritted his teeth and hated to head north.
At this point, the city of Highum also fell into the control of the Tyrsian army. The fall of the city of Highcum also marked the complete defeat of the Yaqui Army's third crusade against the Tyrs. In this battle, the Yaqui army participated in a total of 125,000 troops, and the troops that were finally able to return to the territory of the Yaqui country were only more than 4,200 people, and the rest of the troops were either killed in battle or captured and surrendered, and the loss rate of the participating troops was as high as 97%. Moreover, the Yaji Army has lost famous generals like Ulysses and Epje and a large number of veteran generals on the battlefield, which has caused irreparable damage to the commanders of the Yaji Army.
On the other hand, the Tyresian rebels also suffered more than 20,000 casualties, more than half of their total strength, and the rebels' alliance leader Chail, the leader Woolley, and a large number of leaders were killed in the battle, which can be said to be an extremely difficult victory. However, this battle was indeed a decisive battle for the Tyretic Army, in which Li Tianhao established the absolute leadership position in the Tyres Rebel Army for the first time, and the Tyresan Rebel Army ended the state of separation of political power and military power, thus making it more united internally. (To be continued......)