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Chapter 265 Flooded Army
In the main tent, Phocas sat with his subordinates, his face clouded.

"I know it's not good to set up camp here, the terrain is too low." Phokas said in a deep voice, "But it's on the main road, so it's easy to retreat."

"The firepower of the Wesson army is too strong. Some of you have never seen it. I saw it today. If they fire at full power, there is no way to rush up."

"I have stabilized the people from the Ghazi Empire, let them be the rear when the time comes."

Phocas has fought a lot of battles, today's battle gave him too much shock, especially the last cavalry charge, under the attack from both sides, his own cavalry was damaged without touching the enemy, so it is still the infantry that needs to save some military exploits. Cavalry, stopped firing halfway.

Now he was afraid, and the idea of ​​returning to Constantbul and hiding behind the tall city walls rose in his heart.

Someone in the tent led the cavalry to charge today and saved his life by relying on excellent equipment, but at this time his body was covered with bandages, and a bullet was shot in his leg, which broke the calf bone, and he is still sitting on the ground with a splint .

"Get out." The man sitting on the ground sighed, "You won't understand if you haven't experienced the bullet rain of Wesson's army. At that time, there was no place to hide. I was wearing two layers of plate armor and a layer of chain mail. The armor inside was two fingers thick, and a dozen bullets poured out of it after shooting, and three of my ribs were broken."

Everyone, you look at me, and I look at you.

Everyone has fought together for many years, and even this general who has always been brave and fearless, who has been favored by the emperor, can't beat him, and everyone else is also reluctant to retreat.

At this time, someone asked Phocas: "Your Majesty, if we move the magic crystal cannon on the city wall..."

"Then it's better for us to go back." Phocas said immediately, "We can use the magic crystal cannon when they gather outside the wall."

Constantbul's magic crystal cannons are very powerful, but they are very heavy and difficult to dismantle and transport. No one thought of dismantling them.

Now that the emperor had spoken, the others felt the same way, so they stopped talking.

Then the guard announced Arda's arrival.

As soon as Arda entered the tent, Phocas immediately showed a smile on his face, and said to him with a hint of complaint in his concern, "Why don't you take a good rest."

"Your Majesty," Arda said excitedly after saluting, "I have thought of a plan."

"I saw that the strength of Wesson's army is not much, it is one-tenth of our total strength. This is our chance!"

"I went out to take a look just now. There are many mountains around here. Tomorrow we will be stationed on the main road. Your Majesty and the dukes will find a few nearby mountains that are not short of water to disperse and camp."

"My artillery and musketeers are very good for defense, and some can be distributed to the top of the hill. It is not a problem to delay the Wessen army's attack."

"Wesen has few soldiers, so we can only choose one place to attack. As long as this place entangles them, the rest of us can come out of our respective camps to surround them."

Phocas didn't say anything immediately after hearing this, but thought silently.

He already wanted to quit, and planned to sell Arda, but Arda's tactic also looked good, and the feasibility was very high.

"Okay!" Phocas finally made up his mind, pointing to the five most powerful dukes and said: "Now we have seven armies, Arda and conscripts are one, my own people are one, and you five are each All the way. Tomorrow Arda will guard here, and each of our other six roads will occupy a hill.”

"As Arda said, Wesson's army is few, and we have many people. Whoever Wesson's army attacks, others will dispatch to surround them together. Whoever dares to procrastinate and save his strength, I personally tore him up!"

His subordinates also felt that this tactic was good, and immediately swore to the God of Light that no matter who was in trouble, they would definitely support them.

After dark, the solid military camp was finally built. The soldiers here either experienced a big defeat or ran for a day, and they were exhausted. The 7 horses soon fell asleep.

Hakan was on the night shift tonight, sitting on the wooden wall, his piercing eyes scanning the dark forest to the north from time to time.

Wesson's army didn't seem to intend to attack at night, and it was safe until dawn.

"Boom boom boom~"

A huge explosion sounded from a kilometer away. Hakan wanted to get up, but worried that the enemy would turn the tiger away, and finally asked someone to blow the horn.

There was a sudden chaos in the barracks. Fortunately, there were still officers in charge, and order was restored soon after.

But what they were waiting for was not the Wesson army, but the flood.

At the place of the explosion, Frederick looked at the ditch that had just been blown out with a sneer on his face, because the lake water that had risen from the torrential rain for days flowed into the three-meter-wide ditch, rushing unstoppably to the bottom.

The water was getting bigger and bigger, and the soft soil on the wall of the ditch kept collapsing and deepening. If it didn't collapse, the cannonballs were used to help.

When Hakan arrived here, more than a dozen ditches by the lake had merged to form a nearly [-]-meter-wide gap, and the surging water roared out, finally forming a waterfall.

Richard Nall stood on the top of a big tree, holding a Pea Gatling in his hand, the field covered the place where Hakan was, and said to him with a smile: "You have come to surrender, right? "

Hakan found that Richard Nall did not look injured at all, and asked in surprise: "You are not injured? How is it possible? Is Grandma Psyche really here?"

Richard Nall replied with a smile: "Galini was killed by my apprentice Frederick von Wessen alone. Of course, he is also a student of Sister Psyche, and he should get some help."

Hakan was silent, sighed after a while, and asked, "Are you still recruiting people, how about the salary and benefits?"

Richard Nall replied with a smile: "We dare not recruit spies from the Gazi Empire."

Hakan's face didn't change a bit, but he didn't say anything to refute. He just stood quietly on the top of the tree and didn't make any movements except to resist Richard Nall's domain.

With a final sigh, he did not return to the barracks and left south.

On the other side, Phokas ordered the whole army to stand ready, but the Wesson army did not appear, but under the night sky, there were thousands of horses galloping and the sound of war drums shaking the ground.

The flood poured in from all directions, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the calves of the people, and it seemed to rise to the knees, and the whole army was in chaos.

When the sun rose, the barracks were completely submerged under the water, and the surrounding trees were full of people, and some people were floating in the water holding on to floating objects.

Drowned bodies on the water can be seen everywhere, and even become the life-saving straw of others.

The Wesson army appeared on the surrounding highlands, and the first batch of captives who escaped ashore became their dog legs. Those who did not want to become dog legs floated in the water.

Some people had weapons in their hands, and the Wessen army shot them before they got ashore. Others were so frightened that they quickly threw away the weapons in their hands.

Soon after, a wooden raft of Wesson's army appeared on the water, with several ropes and several wooden blocks tied around it, allowing people without weapons to pull the rope.

Only a few of the Janissaries of the Ghazi Empire were rescued, and they were detained in isolation, and those with gun skills were separated out, and the rest were to be handed over to Prince Dragases.

On the main road leading to Constantbul, a group of Wessen soldiers set up roadblocks, and those who fled here would catch bullets if they didn't obediently tie their hands.

The sun was up, no one could run that far, and the officers and soldiers were taking turns eating breakfast and rations with happy water.

Eugene received the task of stationing here, so he brought along the fellow sufferers who had been shoveling horse manure together on the boat.

"I think we can catch a big fish," Metzger said as he ate.

But Eugene shook his head and said, "I don't think so. I know those nobles better. They can be free with a ransom, so they will surrender immediately."

Metzger was noncommittal, and after thinking for a while, he said: "If anyone wants to avoid us, they will go around in front. I will take a few people there to lurk there. If anyone wants to run, please notify this side."

Eugene thought it made sense, so he agreed.

Metzger set off with a few people. Within 10 minutes, there was a burst of gunfire ahead, and a signal flare that required medical soldiers rose into the sky.

Eugene was taken aback and immediately led people over.

"It's worth it."

"[Wessen State swears]! Give me a painkiller first!"

Metzger was lying on the ground grinning in pain, blood dripping from his chest.

His injuries looked terrifying, two cross cuts were cut on his chest, and the silver scale breastplate that he took off was broken, but only the muscles were injured, not the bones.

The medical soldier immediately washed his wound with alcohol soaked in medicinal herbs. The pain caused the pig butcher to scream like the pig he had killed before.

Eugene pressed his shoulder and asked to distract him, "What happened just now?"

Metzger replied: "Hiss... not long after I came here, I saw a man who was fatter than a pig... hiss... so fat must be a big man, so I went to stop him."

"Take it easy! That fat man is at least an excellent warrior, those two daggers [Wessen state swear words] are magic weapons, the breastplate was torn instantly, and I was injured when I used the iron cloth shirt, but now [Wessen state swears] State swearing] was abused by this kid!"

The medical soldier replied with a smile: "Who [Wessen State swears] made all the braised pork you gave me last time be pig's teats!"

Metzger was speechless.

The wound was cleaned, sutured, and medicated very slowly. The medical soldier said to him: "This is the injury caused by a magic weapon. I don't know if there are other injuries. I won't give you painkillers in case you don't realize that your body is hurting." Unusual delay of illness."

Metzger was so angry that the freshly stitched wound almost burst.

Eugene went over to examine the body. Metzger emptied his revolver while being wounded, and one shot hit the heart, killing him instantly.

Nearby were three other bodies, beaten to death by the men Metzger had brought.

"You caught a whale." Eugene said to Metzger enviously. "The one you killed should be Phocas, and he still wears the emperor's ring."

……

Frederick decided to release the water from the lake, and the [-] army was wiped out in half a day, only [-] survived. Phocas was killed in the wilderness.

None of the [-] Janissaries equipped with the latest weapons from the Ghazi Empire survived on the battlefield. Emperor Murad of Ghazi vomited blood and fainted. On this day, the new emperor Fatih recorded Wesen's name on the bottom of his robe, and children in China are famous for stopping crying.

(End of this chapter)