The injustice system and the war-mad me

A close confidant said: "Save them?"

"At least it has usable fighting power."

"No." The eldest princess shook her head coldly: "We don't have that much food."

"Not even the Khitans can attack this kind of terrain!"

"They're probably going to siege and not attack."

"We must keep enough food to last until the day they leave."

"..." There was silence.

"They are almost here." The eldest princess said, "Smash it with me!"

"--call!"

"Whoosh whoosh!!"

Since there were very few bows, arrows and javelins left in their hands, the Osman warriors who did not dare to waste them spun the slings with a roar after the princess gave the order.

"Snapped!"

An Osman soldier who was climbing up the mountain crying felt a pain on his face and immediately turned into a bloody man with blurred features.

"Ah!" After he let out a heart-rending scream, he rolled to the ground and bumped into the person behind him.

The person behind him lost his balance and fell down too - you squeezed me, I squeezed you, and they rolled down the mountain like an avalanche, causing heavy casualties in a moment.

In this case, even the elite horse archers were not immune. Small stones fell like hail, with Osmans rolling down like falling stones——

As a result, they all fell down, and the unlucky guy got hit by a stone bullet, which caused him to bleed profusely and had to retreat temporarily.

"yeah!"

"Alas!"

Seeing that the Khitans were defeated, the Osman soldiers who had been severely beaten before could not help but cheer excitedly, and some even cried.

It's not easy!

I thought all these guys were invulnerable before.

It turns out that they are human after all, and they will bleed after all.

"Huh——" Even the eldest princess couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this place can be defended.

until--

"Raise your shields!" Seeing the bloody double-headed eagle flag approaching, the eldest princess hurriedly asked everyone to raise their shields to defend.

“Khitan Caesar’s bow and arrows are terrifying!”

“He could probably climb halfway up the mountain and shoot an arrow!”

"Be careful!"

"Humph." Seeing this posture on the mountain, Shu Yichao also understood what was going on.

"Why, do you think the cliff can protect you?" He sneered, then got on his horse and galloped towards the cliff.

"Is Cathay Caesar crazy?"

Seeing Shu Yichao's behavior, the eldest princess blurted out.

Riding a horse on a cliff?There is something seriously wrong with this man's brain.

It's waiting to fall down and turn into meat paste, right?

but……

"How is that possible!?" Seeing Shu Yichao galloping on the cliff at lightning speed, walking on the steep hillside as if on flat ground, the eldest princess's eyes almost popped out of her head.

"He He--"

"Zizi——" The horse galloped, bow pointed.

Seeing Shu Yichao draw his jeweled bow and aim it at her side, the princess felt alarm bells ringing in her heart, and hurriedly pulled a wooden shield in front of her to defend herself.

however--

"The arrow passes through the solid stone, and the three armies are strong!"

"boom!"

Under the terrifying force of the arrows, the thin wooden shield shattered.

The eldest princess felt her eyes darken and her face hurt.

"Boom -" In the horrified eyes of everyone, the eldest princess suddenly took off like everyone who had been shot by Shu Yichao before, and was then nailed to the cliff.

Only the tail feathers of the arrows that penetrated into the eye sockets were buzzing.

We're fucked.

This extremely desperate thought flashed through everyone's hearts.

【Host? 】

[How is the hunting going? 】

[How many prey did you catch? 】

【…】

[What's going on! ? 】

[It’s just hunting, can you offend the host to death? 】

[The favorability is gone again! 】

Chapter 36 - Killing Caesar

Thessaloniki.

In the luxuriously decorated Governor's Palace in the city.

Kalega Pasha, the Second Princess and others were resting while listening to their followers report on the news they had just collected.

After they escaped from Adrianople, they ran southward, and finally met up with the Morian legions supporting them in this city.

At this moment, the table is filled with a sumptuous lunch——

Fragrant honey water, crispy roasted lamb, steaming naan bread, oily fried meatballs... but no one touched them.

On the contrary, they all looked haggard and had no appetite.

"After the Khitans entered Adrianople, they launched a brutal bloodbath and looting."

"Anyone who dared to resist had their heads chopped off and a pyramid was built outside the city."

"Of the tens of thousands of people left, no one dared to resist a mere thousand Khitans, and they all became prisoners obediently."

"Then they were all punished as hard labor and slaves by the Noma Emperor who took over..."

"After that, the Khitan Caesar was not satisfied, but swept all the way."

"None of the castles and towns along the way can last for a day."

"Almost as soon as the Khitans arrived, they immediately attacked the city - even if there were more warriors defending than the Khitans."

"A large number of officials, soldiers, nobles and even people would abandon the city and flee as soon as they heard that Khitan Caesar was passing by."

"Almost no one has the courage to face that bloody double-headed eagle..."

"The Albanian Legion was trampled by the bloody double-headed eagle flag. It is said that the crows in the sky were constantly circling, and the wild dogs on the ground were all red-eyed."

When he heard that the Albanian Army had been completely wiped out and that the Grand Princess and her entourage were all lost in the battle, Kalega Pasha couldn't help but sigh, even though the two sides had been sworn enemies.

"Oh, I didn't expect that such a noble princess would end up like this?"

The second imperial concubine nodded with concern.

Not only did she not feel happy because her old enemy died, but she felt a little bit sad about the death of a rabbit or a fox.

Yes, with the last competitor out of the way, her son was about to become the only, undisputed, legitimate Sultan.

However, the bloody double-headed eagle flag was flying closer and closer!

If they are not careful, they may end up with the same fate as the First Princess!

How can this make them happy?

"Brother, let's defend the city. We should be able to hold it."

The second princess said without confidence.

They have sorted out their resources in the past few days——

The Moria Legion claims to have 2 men, but is actually [-], of which about seven to eight thousand are more effective.

Thessaloniki, as a relatively important seaport city in Osman territory, had thousands of defenders.

The two sides combined, and then accepted some of the defeated troops who fled, and mobilized some young and middle-aged men, they could form a legion of about [-] people.

More than ten times the enemy's troops chose to defend the city.

Any more experienced general would probably think it was a joke.

But if the opponent is the Khitan Caesar under the Blood Double-headed Eagle - well, let's analyze it in detail.

"Defend the city?" Kalega Pasha shook his head: "We cannot defend the city."

"We have to fight the Khitans head-on."

"Brother!?" The second princess's eyes widened.

"The current situation is not up to us." Kalega Pasha told her about the situation at hand with his fingers.

"The empire's series of unprecedented defeats in Constantinople and on the Thrace plains not long ago have seriously shaken our prestige."

"Quite a few of the chiefs on Antolia have ignored our orders."

"The Norma people who were originally suppressed also rose up in rebellion after seeing the double-headed eagle flag."

"The Crusade led by the Norma Emperor has attracted Norma people everywhere, and now there are tens of thousands of them."

"And knowing that the Sultan died in battle, the Albanian Army was completely annihilated, and Adrianople fell, the enemies of the empire such as Nolia, Vania, Hungary, and Albania will be ready to take action."

"The situation is getting worse and worse, but we have very few forces at our disposal - almost only the troops we have on hand."

"If you can't defeat them one by one before they gather their strength, you can instead huddle in the city and let the enemy grow stronger..."

Kalega Pasha concluded.

"Then we are really dead."

"..."

"Listen to what you said, brother, it makes sense."

The second princess said weakly: "But - how can we win?"

Kalega Pasha's proposal was good, but it felt like a mouse proposing to hang a bell on a cat.

Good idea, the question is how to implement it?

It's just because I'm afraid that I won't be able to defeat him that I huddle in the city.

Now we have to take advantage of the fact that all the enemies have not arrived yet and defeat them all - we may not even be able to defeat the Khitan Caesar.

"Don't worry." Kalega Pasha said with a smile: "I'm not that stupid -"

"Give up the convenience of defending the city and risk your life on the battlefield with the prestigious Khitan cavalry."

"We can fight with our backs to the city!"

Kalega Pasha then shared his plan with everyone.

To put it simply, they used some miscellaneous troops to attract the Khitans to the city wall.

Then let the elite troops face their backs to the city wall and fight in formation.

During this period, the cannons, bows, arrows, and ballistae at the top of the city were used to severely bombard the Khitan military formation.