The Rhapsody of Mounted Blade Players

Everyone in the room was listening to He Cheng's countdown, thinking that the opponent would launch an attack after the countdown was over. Unexpectedly, He Cheng didn't follow martial ethics, and he only counted down a dozen numbers before letting people launch an attack.

Because they were unprepared, by the time the people in the room reacted, it was too late to throw the grenade thrown into the room.

boom! boom! After two dull explosions, a large amount of gunpowder smoke poured out from the completely blown window.

Two veterans, Zhu Er and Ma Wu, didn't wait for the smoke from the explosion to clear, then directly opened the door and rushed into the house.

Only half a minute later, the two walked out of the house again, holding a struggling girl in their hands.

According to Zhu Er, after they rushed into the house, they found that the three men seemed to have tried their best to protect the girl with their bodies when the grenade exploded, so the other party did not survive the violent explosion. He was not injured at all, he was just a little dizzy from the shock wave of the explosion, and then he was easily caught by the two of them.

As for the other three men, they were all killed by grenades.

After the girl was dragged out of the house, she quickly recovered and started to struggle. Upon seeing this, He Cheng immediately asked the soldiers to tie her up with ropes, and then sent people to drag the bodies of the other three men from the house. After they came out, they first searched the three people to find out their identities.

At this time, the village chief Oduma also heard the explosion and hurried over.

After seeing the three dead men and the girl who was captured alive, the village chief's expression changed drastically.

Upon seeing this, He Cheng understood that this guy should know the identities of these people, so he immediately stepped forward and put his arms around the other person's shoulders and asked softly: "Village Chief, these people are in your village, you should know their identities." Identity?"

Facing He Cheng's inquiry, Oduma originally wanted to continue to hide it, but after seeing He Cheng's right hand pressed on the handle of the knife at his waist, the village chief finally did not have the courage to face death and could only He Cheng was told the identities of these four people.

It turns out that the girl is actually the daughter of King Haraus, the princess of the Kingdom of Swadia. Her father and two brothers both died in the previous military disaster. Fortunately, she had several loyal guards around her who escorted her all the way to the remote Salander Sultanate.

I originally thought that after escaping so far and still hiding in such a small village, I should be able to live in peace for a while, but I didn't expect that the Qinglong Empire's army advanced so quickly and reached the Salander Sultanate so quickly. . Later, he was captured alive by He Cheng and the others. This can really be said to be extremely bad luck.

After He Cheng learned the identity of the girl, he was also greatly surprised. He knew it might be a big fish, but he didn't expect the fish to be so big!

By capturing the princess of the Kingdom of Swadia alive, his military rank could at least be promoted to one level, and he might even be able to obtain a baron title.

Seeing the 'evil' smile on He Cheng's face, Adjani, who had snitched on her, felt a little regretful at this time. She felt that this sister might not end well after being caught!

But she didn't expect that the other party would be the princess of the Swadia Kingdom! If she knew the identity of the other party, she would definitely not inform He Cheng.

"Brother He Cheng, what will you do with Sister Sally in the future?"

Hearing the girl's question, He Cheng temporarily restrained his smile and answered to the other party: "Now that the Kingdom of Swadia has been destroyed, she probably won't kill her. In the end, she will be killed by us. His Majesty the Emperor, please reward one of his generals!"

Sally, who was not far away, struggled even more fiercely after hearing her possible fate. Even though her hands and feet were tied with hemp rope and two soldiers pressed her shoulders, she couldn't calm down.

Adjani also had a look of reluctance on her face. After all, she was treated as an object and given to a general she didn't know as a concubine. This was not a good ending!

He Cheng looked at the unbearable look on the face of the girl next to him, sighed, then walked to the Swadia princess, asked two soldiers to untie the rope from her body, and then removed the steel rope from her waist. The knife was drawn out and inserted into the ground in front of the opposite person.

"For Adjani's sake, I'll give you a chance to end it yourself!"

After He Cheng said this to Sally, he retreated to other places with his soldiers, leaving Sally alone.

After He Cheng and the others left, Sally raised her hand and pulled out the steel knife. She could tell at a glance that it was an extremely sharp knife. She would kill herself with it very cleanly.

But just when she raised the knife and prepared to kill herself, her body's instinctive will to survive caused her hands to stop at the last moment.

Afterwards, Sally tried several times but failed to muster up the courage to kill herself again. This made her deeply aware of her own incompetence, and she couldn't help but kneel down on the ground, holding the steel knife and crying bitterly.

He Cheng saw this scene from a distance, but he did not feel any contempt for the timidity of the princess. After all, he understood that the other party was just a teenage girl, and she had been holding a silver spoon in her mouth since she was a child. He was born into a wealthy life with enough clothes to put out his hands and food to open his mouth. The country was suddenly destroyed and the family was destroyed. His father and brothers all died in the war, which was already extremely frightening. In the end, he fled all the way and hid in this remote village, but was still caught by them. The few remaining guards around him also died tragically on the spot. It was a good thing that he didn't collapse on the spot from fear.

As for not daring to commit suicide now, it is even more normal. You must know that many big figures in history, when facing this last moment, many people will not dare to take action to give themselves some dignity! After all, this survival instinct is engraved in human genes, and it is not something that ordinary people can contend with.

After she gave up this opportunity to commit suicide, Sally seemed to have completely given up. She stopped struggling and resisted. She was imprisoned for about a week, and then was brought to the custody of the troops who came over to raise her. The escort sent him back.

After He Cheng and the others received the new supplies from the rear, they finally no longer had to live as tightly as before. Because a lot of food was given to the villagers, they gave them their three meals a day. It was reduced to two stages, and many soldiers seemed to have really lost weight due to hunger during this period.

But things are pretty good here. Although they eat less every day, at least they don't have to march under the bright sun every day.

During this period, the main army led by Ye Tianlong, in order to find the enemy's main force for a decisive battle, could be said to be marching every day without a day's rest.

However, the enemy relied on their familiarity with the terrain, often allowing them to drive for a long time only to miss the target.

Speaking of the Salander Sultanate, according to Ye Tianlong's personal measurement during this period, its land area is probably larger than the Kingdom of Swadia. Unfortunately, due to the desert in most parts of its territory, although the land area is large, , but the population is not large, and those towns are basically built in scattered oases in the desert.

Ye Tianlong has basically occupied these oases now, but the enemy relies on their familiarity with the terrain and can often find water for supply in places that seem to have no water source, so Ye Tianlong has not been able to completely block it so far. Live the enemy's main force.

In order to eliminate the main force of the enemy as soon as possible, Ye Tianlong was ready to take some risks. He divided the 300,000 troops in his hands into six teams, and searched and outflanked them from different directions, squeezing the enemy's movement space bit by bit, and finally giving them up. Completely surrounded.

However, if the troops are divided like this, the strength of each army will be far less than the main force of the enemy. As far as Ye Tianlong knows, Sultan Hakim of the Saland Sultanate, relying on reckless and crazy conscription, has already The number of troops has been increased to about 280,000.

Once the opponent learns that his side has divided its forces, it is likely that he will seize this opportunity and use his superior strength to defeat his troops one by one.

But this is what Ye Tianlong hopes. After all, this way the opponent will jump out on his own initiative, saving him the trouble of continuing to search for the location of his main army.

And he was also confident in the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his command. Even if he couldn't annihilate the main force of the enemy's army with 50,000 troops, he could still hold them back for a day or two. As long as it can be delayed for a day or two, other groups of troops can arrive and carry out the final encirclement and annihilation of the enemy's main force.

Speaking of this battle, it can be said that Ye Tianlong felt that he had fought the most difficult and most frustrating battle. Before, he thought that the Rhodok Kingdom would be the most difficult country to fight! After all, the Rhodok Kingdom is mountainous and the terrain is extremely complex. It is difficult to even transport artillery to many places.

However, after he sent out the heavy infantry and elite archers under his command, these more difficult fortresses and cities were finally captured.

However, the army of the Salander Sultanate was as slippery as a loach. It had been walking him for more than a week relying on its familiarity with the terrain. It left him unable to use his strength and could only follow behind the opponent. Eating ashes, even if the logistics supplies of his Qinglong Empire were sufficient, many soldiers were exhausted, fell ill, or simply suffered from heatstroke after being pursued for days. It is no wonder that Sultan Hakim refused to surrender and wanted to continue to fight to the end. The special terrain of his country did give him the capital to deal with the powerful enemy of the Azure Dragon Empire.

It was precisely because of the increase in non-combat casualties these days that Ye Tianlong formulated this seemingly risky plan and prepared to take a bold plunge.

At this time, in an extremely hidden valley, Hakeem Sultan was stuffing a freshly roasted scorpion into his mouth. Although he had managed to move the Qinglong Empire's army very well during this period, the army under his command also completely lost supplies due to the successive losses of cities. Whether it was food or drink, the soldiers had to find it on their own. .

Therefore, even he, the Sultan, does not have the delicious food to enjoy these days. Many times he can only eat some bark and roots to satisfy his hunger. Today's plump grilled scorpion is a rare treat.

After slowly chewing up the scorpion's shell, Hakeem Sultan picked up the water bag, poured himself a sip of water, and prepared to lie down and rest for a while.