Chapter 025 - Breaking the siege of military towns

Ye Xia and Guard Captain Theodore stood straight in front of Lord Antip.

Antip paced back and forth and asked, ''Ye Xia, your earlier proposal, I tried a trip tonight and quietly went to sleep in a common soldier's tent, just in time to avoid the enemy's sneak attack. Your proposal is good. How did you come up with this method? Did you familiarize yourself with military books, or did someone high up teach you?"

Ye Xia did not take credit for it, but replied honestly, "No, no. I seem to remember reading some history book or hearing some story in the past, I can't remember. It was said that there was a general who was sympathetic to the soldiers, and every time he went on a campaign, he ate and lived with the soldiers, and ate the same thing as the soldiers ate; and wherever the soldiers lived, he slept with them. Not only did the soldiers love such a good general, but this general also happened to escape a midnight raid on the marshal's tent camp by a small detachment of enemy cavalry."

"Well ..." Antip thoughtfully, "Not bad, young people should read more history books, reading makes one grow wise. Quite good!... In this way, Ye Xia, tomorrow I will inform your immediate commander and give you ten points added to your merit value. You'll sleep in this tent tonight and go back to your ten-man team at dawn. Captain Wei, let's go!"

Antip finished his speech, and, taking Theodore with him, went away, but instead of going through the front door, they burrowed out through the corner of one of the dimly lighted tents, and crept off again to sleep in some common tent, I do not know which.

Ye Xia stared in disbelief at the ten thousand people column of the most powerful personage actually acted "drilling a dog hole" behavior, froze for a while before coming back to his senses. Ye Xia heart sighs: "They sneak away, push me on stage to sing the empty city?"

Ye Xia moved all the jugs, basins, and buckets with water around in case of another fire attack from the enemy, and then hit the ground to sleep.

Confused and just about to fall asleep, Ye Xia was kicked awake.

Ye Xia opened his eyes to see that it was Thousandfold Gorman.

Ye Xia immediately stood up, stood at attention, and reported, "Greetings! Lord Gorman!... Looking at you like this ... The enemy was not captured?"

Gorman sighed and said, "The enemy ran far away long ago and didn't catch up." Then he looked at Ye Xia suspiciously and asked, "Ye Xia, why are you sleeping here?"

"Report! It was Lord Antip who asked me to sleep here tonight. I didn't dare to sleep in your bed, so I had to hit the floor."

"Where is Lord Antip?"

"He's gone with the Captain of the Guard."

"Gone where?"

Ye Xia didn't make a sound and pointed his finger at a certain tent corner.

Gorman looked over in the direction Ye Xia was pointing, his eyes rolled, then he understood, then smiled and said, ''Ah, I get it. Ye Xia, you continue to sleep here tonight, it's okay to sleep in my bed, sleep blindfolded, sleep until dawn and then leave. Okay, I'm leaving."

"... Lord Gorman, the Wannabe and the Captain of the Guard went in this direction."

"I know, but I don't want to stay with them, lest I be burned by the enemy in one pot. Good-bye, soldier Yersha!"

"Farewell, my lord!"

Ye Xia was once again dumbfounded as he watched one of the top ten thousand captains in the Tang Tang Column, who had drilled out from under the tent in a very sharp manner ...

Early the next morning, Wannführer Antip sat down with the messenger, and gave orders while eating breakfast, "You three, after breakfast, ride at once to the city of Porna in front of you, and report to our lord legionary, saying that three of our columns have been successively attacked by the enemy, and that the enemy on my side is estimated to be three bands of ten, and that it should be roughly the same on the side of the middle road and the east road, and advising the legionary to send out one or two hundred cavalry to pursue this group of enemies. Also, I ask the legionnaire to watch the borders and the Porna, where the enemy may have a plan of attack."

Antip swallowed a mouthful of bread and continued his orders, "The other three of you, later on, rush to the town of Hinckley in the province of Fabro, which is in our rear, and report to the commanders there, asking them to also send one or two hundred cavalrymen to pursue these enemy troops of about a hundred men. The remaining six of you, grouped according to yesterday's grouping, will later go to the East Road and the Middle Road to report to those two Wannabes respectively, saying that the enemy's troops are nuisances to our three columns, and that they have repeatedly intended to assassinate the Wannabes, with the purpose of probably delaying us, and leaving our three columns in a state of confusion with no one at the helm, and preventing us from supporting Polna or the border, and suggesting that the two Wannabes should speed up the march and head for Polna. "

The heralds finished their breakfast at the same time and immediately mounted their horses and set off ...

Today's march was ordered by the officers to pick up speed. Soldiers stepped faster.

Today it was another team of ten as the pointman, and Ye Xia marched in a team of a hundred behind the pointman.

Worrying about assassins on the road, Wannabe Antip exchanged helmets, shirts, pants, and horses with the captain of the guards, ostensibly exchanging identities as they marched forward, surrounded by a large force.

Passing through a village, Antip heard the villagers talking: "You see, that Wandu chief is stout, strong and powerful. I heard from the cooks who came to buy vegetables this morning that their Captain Wan loved his soldiers like a son and ate and slept with them. On the other hand, the captain of the guards next to the captain, ah, big belly, beard funny, how can this protect the officer? Oh!" ...

Antip, dressed in the costume of a guard captain, had an ugly face and tried hard to tighten his abdomen and push out his chest. But to an outsider, the curvature of his abdomen was almost unchanged.

For his part, Theodore, dressed in the garb of a Vanguard, nodded and waved to the villagers with a smile on his face.

After this village, Antip said, "Captain Guard, let's change our clothes back!"

Theodore: "... My lord, there's no need, is there? I feel fine in these clothes, and the horse isn't bad either."

"Stop nagging and hurry up!"

"... Okay!"

Passing through another village, the self-confident Wanfu Chief An Tipu heard the villagers talking like this: "Look at that Wanfu Chief, his body is so badly blossomed, how can he lead his troops to war? Look at his figure-eight shaped beard, he has a sense of joy, but no sense of security, how can such a chief convince the people? On the contrary, look at that guard captain next to him, his riding posture is really nice, well-proportioned and handsome!" ...

When Theodore, the captain of the guards, heard this, he immediately straightened his back even more, standing as straight as a mountain, as erect as a mighty pine, with his eyes fixed squarely in front of him.

Wannabe Antip's face was getting ugly.

After passing through the "disgusting" village, Antip said to the captain of the guards, "Theodore, we'd better get changed!"

Theodore: "... No need, my lord, I am not accustomed to wearing your noble garments. Nor does your horse obey me."

Antip: "Stop nagging and hurry up!" ...

The troops traveled all day and camped for the night without incident.

The next day the march continued. At nine o'clock in the morning three heralds came with fifty horsemen to report to Lord Antip.

A messenger reported aloud, "Report! The enemy army has broken through the border and captured the town of Bersenford, advancing towards Polna City. The Legion Commander ordered us, to run forward, and we must arrive at the bottom of Porna City before six o'clock this afternoon!"

Antip waved his hand and said, "Understood! You ride forward and pass orders along the road to all the thousand commanders, ordering them to have their soldiers run forward."

Antip looked to the other messenger, "You go and inform the two thousand men in the rear that the supply troops should also speed up and not fall behind."

The two messengers led the way and rode away.

The cavalry captain stepped forward and reported, "Report! Cavalry Captain Herbert reports to you. Fifty of my men have come by order of the Legion Commander to assist you in clearing out the enemy skirmishers. Two other cavalry units, fifty men each, are assisting the Middle and East Roads. Report over!"

Antip nodded in satisfaction and said, "Very well! It's good that you guys are here. Those enemies sneak up and nuisance us, causing me to have to send a trio every time I send a messenger, always worrying that the messenger will be hunted down by the enemy. You guys hurry up and go on your mission!"

"Yes!" The cavalry captain led the order and led the forty-nine cavalrymen to start searching in groups in all directions.

Ye Xia followed the large troop and ran all the way, resting for only fifteen minutes at noon, eating three loaves of bread, drinking some water, peeing, and then continuing to run forward.

The Devils' 3,000 soldiers could not stop the attack of 30,000 men from the convergence of the Antip, Middle and East columns, and before the Devils had time to close in on the city of Porna, the vanguard of the Luperburg Legion had already rushed under the northern gate of Porna, stopping the Devils from closing in.

The three thousand soldiers of the Demon Race who were responsible for blocking the attack left behind the corpses of a thousand people and retreated in a hurry. The twenty thousand Demon Race soldiers who had intended to close in on Porna also retreated quickly.

When charging, Vasily charged forward with his shield raised in his left hand, and the broadsword in his right hand slashed and stabbed. Viktor and Ye Xia guarded Vasily's sides, and Viktor helped Vasily mend his sword from time to time. Ye Xia also wanted to make up for the knife, but the first time on the battlefield he was so nervous that he had time to block the enemy's sword with his shield, but not enough time to stab his own sword out, and the enemy in front of him was either killed by Vasiliy, or by other comrades next to him.

On the way to the charge, Ye Xia also fell, and the enemy raised his sword and slashed at him.

Vasily helped him block the knife and killed the enemy, then ran forward without looking back, shouting as he charged, "Ye Xia, keep up!"

Ye Xia picked up his shield and sword and accelerated to follow ...

By the end of the battle, Ye Xia had only managed to use his shield to help Vasily block his blade three times, and his own broadsword had yet to touch the enemy.

Frustrated, Yeesha followed the group on foot into the north gate of Porna.

Victor patted Ye Xia's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't be discouraged, Ye Xia, the first time I went to fight bandits with Vasily, I was charging in the battlefield and I didn't even know when my sword fell off, so I had to fight with the bandits' swords with my shield, huh!"

Ye Xia forced a smile.

Vasily also consoled, ''Yes, the first time I went to catch a robber, I was so nervous that my shield came off, causing my comrade to be stabbed by the enemy, but fortunately it was a minor injury. Ye Xia you've already done a good job today, helping me block the sword a few times. The first time you go to war you will be nervous and forget all the sword skills you have learned. In the future, you will slowly stop being nervous and then become brave. I believe in you!"

Ye Xia's smile became a bit more relieved and said, "I understand. Thank you two big brothers!" ...

Ye Xia looked up at the northern gates of the tall military town of Porna as he walked and thought to himself, "I've gone into battle for the first time today to engage the enemy, but luckily I wasn't injured."

Entering the city gates, with darkness above his head, Ye Xia looked ahead to the Ri city gates with bright lights, and continued to think, "I wonder, what is the city like in the military town of Porna, which is located at the intersection of the major transportation routes of the three major war zones of the East, West, and Central, what is it like in the city? What will the road I'm advancing on look like in the future?"