king of ros

Chapter 139
"Hey, have you heard?"

"what?"

"It is said that the silver mine has been flooded, we can't get anything here!"

"Allah is supreme, keep your voice down, of course everyone knows the news, don't you know that someone has been arrested for talking nonsense?"

"Hey, what are you worrying about, can the barbarians of the Emir take everyone? Do they dare to come and take people like us?"

"Maybe, who can say for sure about this kind of thing? Maybe our commander-in-chief will be even crazier. I think it's better for us to run away like my neighbor."

In a tented tavern built by military merchants, a group of Bulgar nobles were discussing a lively topic, and this topic was about the silver mine in Kashin.

Listening to those increasingly unfriendly words towards the high-level members of the expeditionary force, Aleph, whose whole body was covered in a black robe, sighed silently. After all, the matter has finally reached this point.

When Alaire walked out of the tent, his cronies approached him and told him that another group of deserters had appeared. Alaire could only sigh at this, and ordered his subordinates to write down the names of the families of those deserters.

The samurai had nothing to do, he had already done what he had to do, but in the end everything still came to this thunderous ending.

Up to now, deserters have appeared like crucian carp crossing the river. Many people have already decided that the silver mine is fake, so they ran away decisively.

Fortunately, all of this is just the beginning, the army is still there, but as time goes by, there will be more people running away, and he has no way to stop this situation.

Ever since the silver mine was closed by Allaire's subordinates, there have been more suspicions about the silver mine.

And the real news was quickly leaked out, and the news about the flooding of the Kashin Silver Mine was everywhere.

This news made everyone panic, but the reason why this army has not disintegrated is because everyone has not really seen what is going on in the silver mine.

As for all the requests to explore the silver mines, they were all ruthlessly rejected by the commander on the grounds that the situation under the mines was dangerous, and this made people's hearts even more uneasy, and more and more people began to believe the rumors.

The atmosphere of the entire army has also changed accordingly. Originally, everyone came here with the hope of getting rich and the joy of victory, but now they are likely to face nothingness, loss and anger. Got a lonesome.

Akkad's irrational behavior aggravated the problem even more. He directly used armed suppression against doubters.

His emir guard of barbarians captured many, including important officers, for having spoken publicly of the fact that the silver mines had been flooded.

Originally, it was only a rumor at most, but he did so without a doubt to confirm the news. Originally, with Akkad's political wisdom, he would never have done such a stupid thing, but now his situation is very abnormal, very abnormal .

The flooding of the silver mine was a huge blow to him. At that time, Akkad looked at the flooded mine for three hours, and he didn't know what he was thinking for so long.

After he came out, Akkad ordered him to organize his men to start draining water, and on the other hand, he dispatched his barbarian guards, preparing to suppress anyone who noticed something strange, and then, and now.

Akkad seems to think that the immediate problem is only temporary, and the water will be drained sooner or later, and the silver mine will be restored by then.

But Alaire knew that he was deceiving himself and others. The flood of that level was no longer the feared seepage of the mine, but definitely dug into the underground river.

Facing Alaire's explanation, Akkad did not want to believe it at all, and he firmly believed that the silver mine would soon return to normal in a bewildered manner.

Considering the large amount of resources he used for this expedition and the large number of promises he made, Alaire can understand his current madness. After all, if he declares that everything is false, Akkad's prestige will suffer a devastating blow.

As for the other military affairs, Alaire was in charge of them all. Akkad threw these affairs to him like throwing garbage, and he stayed in the mine every day to supervise the drainage.

It can be said that Alaire is now the undisputed commander of the army.

As the Khan's confidant, Alaire was happy to see the results. Akkad's prestige suffered a fatal blow this time. The nobles, priests, and commoners all saw his gaffe, and were extremely disappointed in him.

But now Allaire can't be happy, because there are more critical things, that is how to bring this army back to Bulgar, and return to Bulgar through the land full of enemies.

And his control over the army is very pathetic. His prestige is not enough to command this army composed of people from all over the Bulgar army, and the problem of deserters cannot be curbed at all.

And compared to deserters, there is a bigger problem that the current armies basically have no will to fight. From generals to ordinary soldiers, no one is willing to fight, and everyone does not want to fight for nothing.

Now there is no one on duty, let alone training, everyone lacks interest and is extremely slack. The once brave warrior is now like a discouraged ball, just waiting for the order to retreat.

There is nothing Alaire can do, all his actions to rectify discipline have failed, because everyone’s disappointment comes from the heart, everyone is extremely slack, everyone will obey his orders on the surface, but that’s the end, and Alaire In the end, he had no choice but to give up his attempt and let everyone do badly.

Allaire can only manage his cronies as well as possible, make sure they don't slack off, and are always ready to run away.

His intuition told Alaire that something would happen next, and he had to prepare for that moment. Even if he couldn't leave with the army, he had to run away by himself.

As for Akkad, who cares about that guy's future.

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It was under such circumstances that Rostislav's army came under the walls of Kashin.

It was noon when they came, and they saw a gap in the wall.

The gap in Kashin's city wall is very conspicuous, after all, the solid city wall collapsed so much.

The Bulgars are just building some simple wooden fences as a substitute, which is the best way for them for a while.

"The Bulgars have dug down the walls in order to attack the city, and this is now beneficial to our attack. Things are really uncertain."

Looking at the collapsed city wall, the tough Rostislav couldn't help sighing that the digging down of the city wall allowed the Bulgars to break through the city easily, but it also made the Ross's current attack unimpeded.

Behind Rostislav is a large number of cavalry, all the elite under his command are gathered here, there are also a large number of nomadic cavalry, and behind it is the infantry team that is still advancing.

"I really didn't expect that the retreat of the Bulgarians was actually cut off by the walled city owner and the people of the old city of Rostov."

The prince muttered to himself again, thinking of the walled city masters and blacksmiths he met, and their victories, the battle really went much smoother than he thought, in every respect.

"My lord, do we still need to wait for the infantry?"

asked the accompanying guard at the moment.

"The Bulgars have noticed us. This opportunity cannot be missed. It's time for St. George to slay the dragon."

Rostislav subconsciously replied that the small number of people he had escaped from the city knew that the Bulgars' fighting spirit was low, and now that the opportunity to fight is fleeting, they must hurry up.

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(End of this chapter)