Planetary Museum

In the central square of the city, the bustling shops were looted, and soldiers and nobles gathered in front of the church in the square.

"Give it to me! Give it to me! Even if you force them with a sword, you must prevent the enemy from breaking through!" The baron frantically whipped the commander who retreated from the front row. With the light of lightning, Jacques clearly understood He saw that these knights who were known for their bravery in the past and swore to him that they would go through fire and water for him were all terrified at this moment.No matter how many gold pieces the baron took out, the courage of these people could not be restored.

"My lord, the enemy's thunder can be cast in the rain! We can't stop it!"

"It's raining too much my lord, our bows can't be fired! I can't even find my soldiers."

The baron stared coldly at the two protesting knights. In the eyes that hadn't closed their eyes for two days, blood-red bloodshots enveloped them like spider webs.He beckoned lightly, and several of his subordinates stepped forward quickly, and before the two knights objected, they stabbed their necks with a dagger.

"I enfeoffed your territory and gave you the glory of nobles! I don't even mind that you rob civilians and allow you to blaspheme! But, there is one thing, only one thing that I can't tolerate, and that is when I need you to draw your swords , you say no! If a dog can’t hunt prey, why should I let it live! Tell you, today, no matter who retreats behind me, he is my enemy!”

The knights who had just withdrawn glanced at him, and then met each other's eyes. A few of them turned their heads, as if they were going back to the battlefield, and a few of them took two steps back, sneering and throwing their swords On the ground, they said: "Even if we are willing to continue fighting, we will not find soldiers who are willing to fight for us."

His words resonated with everyone. Under such a torrential rain, no commander could lead his men forward to fight desperately.

There are indeed knights who are not afraid of death, but the result is also obvious: the result of them not being afraid of death is that they die after rushing up. Their charge did not inspire the courage of their subordinates, but just made their lives end faster.

And what about the fleeing soldiers?No one could catch them, or even identify them clearly. Many of the soldiers even took off their military uniforms, ran into the fleeing ranks of civilians, and ran out of the city.

More than a dozen thunders sounded at the same time, and everyone clearly realized that Xiaoyang City is now a place of death.

Just like what the Iris people said, their god's eyes have been firmly fixed on this place, and everyone who dares to resist can only end in death.And what about their god?Their gods have long since abandoned them.

Their pastor swore to them that the sky thunder said it would not explode, and it exploded!

Their lord has sworn that there will be no next time, but there have been dozens of times now!

Allowing subordinates to rob can certainly improve morale, but this improvement is limited to before the robbery.After that, the greatest concern of every soldier and officer who has benefited on the battlefield is to keep the wealth they have robbed so far—for this reason, they can even lose their honor as nobles and soldiers—although these honors have long been lost to them. Stepped on the bottom of the foot.

"No, we still have a chance! We still have a chance!" The baron drew out his sword, pointed at the battle line two streets away, and said, "The one who attacked this time is their envoy. As long as we kill him, everything will be destroyed." It will end! Up to now, the only thing the Elis people rely on is the spell of the envoy, and he has now entered our encirclement. As long as we kill him, we can win."

"But the enemy has a total of four envoys," someone reminded Baron Jacques coldly, "there is also one on the city wall."

"So what! Why did this envoy only dare to shout on the city wall, but didn't dare to fight with this person who entered the city? He didn't even dare to come to meet him? Because the enemy knows very well that their strength is far less than ours! "

But the knights had no time to listen to the baron's analysis for them. The baron's reputation had gone bankrupt more than a dozen times last night.The commoners didn't know, these knights knew all too well, that their baron had planned to burn the entire city.If it weren't for this heavy rain, maybe all this would have happened.

"The enemy did not attack us." A knight said, "We are not in danger. They entered the city just to take away these civilians."

"Without these commoners, how will you survive in the future? Without the knights of the people and taxes, can you still be knights?" From the eyes of these people, the baron already knew that he could no longer persuade them today.All of these knights have already put their swords on their waists. If he tries to force them to obey in the name of the lord, I am afraid that these swords will be drawn and pointed at him soon.

"No matter what we are, at least we can survive. After the jihad army arrives, we can pursue again. Only a madman will continue to forcefully attack on such a night."

Just after saying this, loud cheers suddenly came from the direction where the enemy broke through.

The baron stood up from his horse and looked into the distance. With the light of lightning, he saw that the encircling troops had been completely routed, and the envoy was driving them away.

A large number of civilians are rushing towards the west gate through the opened gap.

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The defenders of Xiaoyang City in the city were terrified. They huddled tightly in the southeast of the city, in a blank area centered on the church. Running around.

According to the original plan, Wu Xiaoqing only wanted to rescue the rebellious residents in the city, but when this task was easily completed, he relied on the information provided by the residents to capture the baron's warehouse where the baron stored food near the west gate. ——To be more precise, the defenders in the warehouse just saw Wu Xiaoqing pick up the pistol, and opened the gate to surrender.

According to the clues, Wu Xiaoqing successively found several stables, markets, and arsenals in the city.

Many places have been completely cleared of defenders, and the contents have not been taken away.In some places, it could be seen that they were still ready to be burned, but the fire was extinguished by the torrential rain before it got bigger.

The battle lasted for about two or three hours. After that, Wu Xiaoqing's task was to lead the troops, monitor the remaining defenders, and prevent them from coming out to stop them from carrying supplies.

In fact, the enemy seems to lack such will.

The two sides were separated by a street, looking at each other from a distance at the barricades at the two intersections.

According to conventional war logic, if the war has progressed to this point, it can be said that the victor has already won.

As long as you work harder, you can easily wipe out the remaining defenders.Or it was just a siege. After a few days, these defenders would have to surrender due to lack of food or plague-in this era, when it rains, a large number of infectious diseases will almost inevitably appear in densely populated places.

But the search and rescue team had no such plans at all. Not only was he not planning to attack or siege, he had even asked Xu Yan to prepare in the camp. Once the heavy rain stopped, they would quickly join the brigade with tens of thousands of people.

More fighting is meaningless for rescue missions, because the remaining part of the soldiers, as prisoners in the future, will also be the most difficult part to manage.Even if these prisoners of war were given to the search and rescue team, he might not be willing to take them over.On the long march, the existence of these prisoners of war will greatly increase the risks and variables in management.

It rained from afternoon to night without any intention of stopping. The huge amount of rain even turned many low-lying places in the city into swamps.It wasn't until the next day that the rain finally became lighter.

When Wu Xiaoqing gradually retreated along the street, he saw countless corpses soaked by the rain along the way.In some places where the water was so deep, the bodies even floated on the surface.

After the sun came out, swarms of flies began to move around, and many wild dogs in the city stayed around the corpses and kept barking—according to the search and rescue team, the city would soon be uninhabitable. The number of these corpses And complex weather, which has far exceeded the processing capabilities of this era.

After returning to the camp, Wu Xiaoqing inspected the prison camp again. After the inspection, the search and rescue team also counted the latest number of prisoners. The total number of prisoners exceeded 4000, plus an army composed of more than 500 people. , this team has crossed the mark of 5000 people.

Let everyone take a short break in the morning, and after lunch at noon, this huge team started to leave.

At this time, Wu Xiaoqing finally realized why Shen Changwen would scold the street excitedly when he heard the news of the rain.

Compared with the hearty battle, marching in such weather, especially escorting such a huge crowd, is really too difficult—even with the help of a search and rescue team.

The road, which was originally dirt, was soaked by heavy rain and trampled by countless people, and it became a completely rotten mud pond.Most people have to walk barefoot, or they can't walk at all - because the mud on the soles of the shoes can make it impossible to walk at all.The most important thing is those fleeing personnel. Even if these people are all tied up and walking in groups of a dozen, there will still be escapees. The marching line of more than 2 people is almost three to four kilometers long. Even on horseback, it still takes Wu Xiaoqing more than ten minutes to walk from the end to the end of the line.

However, most of the people could not run far after escaping, because there were a group of more than a dozen people, and the captives had no tools, so it was difficult to untie the strong nylon rope they brought from modern times.Under Wu Xiaoqing's guidance, the soldiers could easily catch up with these people.After that, there will be the necessary punishment, and for those who dare to resist, they will even be executed.

In Wu Xiaoqing's eyes, these trivial tasks seemed to be more difficult than fighting, especially the execution - although all the specific tasks were handed over to Lance, the order itself still needed to be spoken by Wu Xiaoqing himself.