OBS Chapter 410 Going to Death
Chapter 410 Going to Death
"Snapped!"
With a crisp sound, Adam was knocked to the ground by the sudden slap. He covered his slapped face, feeling confused and terrified. He thought to himself:
Why is it that every time I see Dougal, I either get scolded or beaten?
Dougal was like an angry lion, burning with rage. He pointed at Adam and said sternly:
"Let me ask you! Didn't I tell you to lead 50,000 men as the vanguard, to set up camp about 20 miles from the border, and then gather intelligence? Why did you go out without authorization and lead your army to attack the fortress on the Midland border?"
Adam hurriedly explained, his voice tinged with frustration:
"Didn't His Majesty tell us to capture northeastern Midland as soon as possible? I see that the garrison at the opposite fortress is only a thousand people. I have the advantage in manpower, and we also have Kusha's siege artillery. Why don't we just go all out and break through all the border fortresses! Then I will lead the Blue Whale Heavy Knights into the heart of Nilan Territory and slaughter as many people as we want there. The speed of our cavalry will make it impossible for Nilan City to react!"
At this point, Adam couldn't help but sigh:
"But the siege artillery you gave me was too little. If you had given me all of them, I would have already planted the flag of our Yoda Empire on the city of Nilan..."
Before he finished speaking, a one-handed sword pierced the ground in front of Adam, which frightened him. He looked up and saw Dougal was furious, exuding a sense of oppression:
"You dare to bring up His Majesty the Emperor! I'll continue to ask you, it's fine if you just go out on your own, but you actually divided your troops to attack each fortress, and when the main force arrived from the rear, it was still not over! Now it's all gone for a long time, anyone can react!"
"Okay, Lord Dougal, it's useless to argue now. Let General Adam take the lead and lead his troops to continue the attack immediately. After all, time waits for no one."
At this time, Yoda's envoy stepped forward and tried to mediate the escalating quarrel. His tone was calm, but his face was covered with a fake smile.
Dougal glanced at him and understood: the envoy's intention was nothing more than to end the dispute quickly and give Adam a way out. Although he was reluctant, he also knew that although Adam had made some mistakes, he was a nobleman after all, and the most loyal nobleman under Ludwig. As long as he did not anger the emperor, no matter what mistakes he made, he would only be fined a little.
"Humph."
Dougal turned around, not wanting to look at Adam any more, and cursed this "idiot" in his heart. However, since things had come to this, he could not blame him too much, so he could only order:
"Since this is the order from the special envoy, General Adam, you should immediately lead your troops to the front lines to perform meritorious deeds and atone for your sins!"
After receiving the order, Adam walked out of the tent quickly. Dougal sat back in his chair, rubbed his temples, and felt the pressure doubled.
Long before the expedition, His Majesty the Emperor had specifically mentioned that he wanted to help Adam, but he never expected that Adam would actually mess up this opportunity to "get military merit for free."
"Bosco!"
Dougal suddenly glanced at Bosco who was standing beside him, and said in a steady and serious voice:
"Take your Purple Rhino Knights and follow General Adam to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid again. Other generals, follow the previous plan and arrive at the designated location to start the siege."
"Yes, Commander."
All the generals answered in unison and then walked out of the tent. After Dougal finished dealing with the affairs of the headquarters, he looked at the empty tent again. Suddenly, he thought of the captured soldiers again. Maybe he could get some information from them. So he immediately ordered people to escort the dozen soldiers in.
Soon after, a dozen captured soldiers, dressed in rags and shackled, walked into the tent under the guard of Yoda's soldiers.
At this time, Dougal put on a kind expression and smiled, trying to ease the tense atmosphere. He leaned over to look at the prisoners and said softly:
"Everyone, are you doing well in my military camp?"
But before he could finish his kind words, a prisoner of war immediately retorted:
"As a soldier being captured, do you think I will live well in the enemy camp?"
There was a hint of anger and indomitable spirit in his tone, and his voice was sonorous and powerful.
When Dougal heard the accent, he was surprised and asked quickly:
"Hmm? You're a Yoda?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
The prisoner responded without hesitation or showing any weakness.
Dougal frowned slightly, feeling slightly unhappy, and rebuked:
"As a citizen of the Yoda Empire, you actually serve John, a Mitlan. Aren't you ashamed?"
Unexpectedly, these words were like a fuse, instantly igniting the anger in the prisoner's heart. The prisoner fought back without hesitation:
"You still have the nerve to say it?"
He was furious, pointing at Dougal and cursing:
"When I was farming for you nobles, when did you ever treat me like a human being? You either beat me or scolded me, or imposed all kinds of heavy taxes on me. Do I feel ashamed? You are the ones who should feel ashamed."
Dougal looked at the strong reaction of the prisoner in front of him and gradually lost his patience. He was too lazy to be polite and said in a deep voice:
"What do you think of the strength of my Yoda army?"
Another prisoner of war immediately responded with disdain and coldly:
"We just let those ordinary people take up weapons and send them to the battlefield. We can't remember how many times we have repelled your attacks."
Dougal looked them up and down and asked:
"Then why are you here now?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he said:
"To be honest, the ones who attacked you before were just the vanguard. Now my main force of Yoda has hundreds of thousands of people, several knight groups and more than a dozen siege artillery. Even if King Midlan leads his army, he may not be able to resist. I advise you to surrender as soon as possible and submit to His Majesty the Emperor. When we occupy the nearby territories, we will definitely be able to bring you many benefits."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a prisoner step forward, staring at Dougal angrily and cursing:
"How dare you! Do you think everyone is as greedy and hypocritical as you nobles? This is where we have lived for more than ten years. How could we help outsiders to charge their weapons against our compatriots!"
"If you don't obey, the only thing waiting for you is death!"
Dougal threatened coldly, his words full of unquestionable momentum.
"Then I just want to die!"
The prisoners responded fearlessly and neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Then you may never see your loved ones again."
Dougal's mouth corners slightly raised, with a bit of pride.
"You speak as if I listen to you and you can order your men not to plunder!"
The prisoners' eyes flashed with anger.
"Any local can recite the stories of Yoda's army, including the killing, looting and arson."
Dougal saw that the argument was going on and felt anxious, so he turned to look at the other prisoners, trying to find some opportunities to exploit. However, no matter who he looked at, all of them were showing anger and resistance. It was obvious that this group of people were determined to reject his threats and temptations.
"Someone, drag him down and chop him off."
Dougal felt his morale immediately drop, so he wanted to strengthen his confidence by controlling the life and death of the other party, so as to terrify the prisoners and force them to surrender.
But to Dougal's surprise, the dozen prisoners of war did not hesitate to shake off the soldiers who came forward to stop them, turned around and left the camp decisively without looking back. They walked so resolutely that they did not look like they were going to die, but instead had a fearless spirit.
Dougal sat in his chair in a daze, his face gloomy, thinking in his heart. If every fortress in John's territory was like what he had seen, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to conquer it; if every soldier was like the prisoners of war he met, not afraid of death, then he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Can the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Yoda Empire really conquer this land?