Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 390
After a day of fierce fighting, Stannis' troops finally wiped out the enemies on every street and captured Drehem. As the first relatively large city that he captured since he started his army, Stan standing on the top of the city Nice did not feel the joy of victory, on the contrary, he was more anxious than before he entered the city, because he felt that he was trapped in the city like a mouse lured into a mousetrap by cheese.

I learned from the captive defenders that the head of the Yigo family, Earl Cyrus Yigo, was ordered by Duke Garcia to send troops to conquer the rebels. He first sent 500 people to support the city and gave an order to defend the city for ten days, but No one knew where Egg went with his main force.

Stannis felt a chill behind him. If Egg suddenly appeared behind him, they would not be able to stop them, who were exhausted, but the good news was that he already had Drehem in his hand to defend against the city.

But the news he received from the south a day later confirmed his worst thoughts.

It turns out that Egg sent troops to defend the city not to attack Stannis, but to sweep up the south. During the few days when Stannis was stuck in Drehem, Fort Orphea Hannah, which claimed to have never been captured, unexpectedly fell in three days. It was breached within a day, and Snake, the guardian of the southern border, was directly beheaded!

"How is this possible!" Stannis, who was eating breakfast, almost fell off the dining table when he received this message. He had tried to attack the castle before, but he had been beating around for a week without even a single brick. Gnaw it down.

But his former captain Charlie was not as surprised as Wang Ban he served, "That's right, I received a message from the inner line in the city that Cyrus, the head of the Yigo family, personally led his army to attack Austria overnight." Fia Hannaburg, my cousin was caught in his sleep because they were so fast."

"Damn it, this idiot, I still counted on him!" Stannis bit his nails and hopped his feet angrily. Now that Orphea Hannah Fort has fallen, his southern barrier is gone, and the newly captured Drehem is gone. Exposed on the Great Plains, like a stripped woman, she may be subjected to training from all directions at any time.

Hillier was not surprised, "Cyrus Ego is known as the No. 1 general of Tanis, and the Beiyuan Iron Eagle is famous for its reason. It is not without reason that he marched ninety miles in three days and immediately launched an attack on the city. Only he and his men can do it."

Regarding the military power of the Eagle family, Stannis has already experienced it in the siege of Drehem. This group of medieval troops is not at all like a medieval army. The casualties have reached 70% and they are still fighting to the death. Thinking about the future To fight against such a person, Stannis's scalp tingles, and it seems that he can only use countermeasures to make this guy disappear.

Stannis stood up and walked to the map, now that his south was lost, Drehem was a 'balcony' ledge.He finally knew where the feeling of being locked in a rat cage came from.

"Have you seen it too?" Hillier, who is the only one who is more accomplished than Stannis in the military, of course can't see their current unfavorable situation, that is, they are firmly trapped in this city. If Stannis does not retreat from here, he will be attacked and easily surrounded by Garcia's troops from the north and south.

"I just said why Garcia, who has been retreating steadily, would stick to this city. He just wanted to use this city to delay time so that the south can be pacified. Fortunately, the encirclement has not yet been formed, and I can still lead people to retreat, but ..."

But Stannis really doesn't want to give up this hard-won victory. Dreihem is the most important military resource distribution center in the entire Principality. For example, this time he seized [-] pieces of armor from the warehouse. The words are not only weapons and equipment, but also an excellent window to publicize their victory over the duke.

It's a pity that his idea was directly rejected by Hillier, "Stan, don't think about it, you can't defend this city."

"Damn, why don't you veto it so quickly!" Stannis didn't expect that his most outstanding general would run away with his tail between his legs without even thinking about it, which greatly disappointed him.

"You know that Garcia or Cyrus Igo gave up this city to us on purpose, right?"

Stannis really didn't talk about this aspect. From the enemy's desperate resistance, it didn't seem like he was letting water out. "How do you say that?"

Hillier put his finger on the map. Drehem is surrounded by plains on three sides, and only on the east side is a wide river. "Garcia should have deliberately shown weakness at the suggestion of Cyrus and has not launched an attack. In order to lure you to take the initiative to attack, and he saw that you would choose this city as a breakthrough, so he only arranged a small group of soldiers to defend. After we captured the city exhausted, he was not in a hurry to launch a counterattack , but wait for us to consolidate the city defense, and then launch a large-scale attack when we think we can defend it. At that time, this easy-to-attack and difficult-to-defend city will become our graveyard because we are trapped in it."

"Then there is still a river? If the battle is unfavorable, we can use the river to retreat calmly."

But Stannis's idea had already been predicted by his enemies, but he was still unaware of it.

"The enemy deliberately released this gap to let us escape, and hit us in an ambush when we retreated hastily."

"Who can set up an ambush so quickly?"

"Whose territory are we going to pass through in our escape?"

"You mean my father-in-law?" Stannis felt a sense of betrayal creeping up inside him.

Hillier shrugged and said that he did not intend to provoke family relations, "No one can be trusted under the current situation. In short, we are taking the initiative to withdraw now, and we can guarantee to bring the troops back intact, but if we stick to this place, there is no hope."

Stannis knew that what Hillier said was right, but he just couldn't bear to give up this hard-earned property. Maybe it was because he was used to a hard life, and getting rich all of a sudden made him worry about gains and losses.

Just when Stannis was in pain and wanted to find comfort, Xiaona suddenly rushed in with a bloody letter.

"A distress letter, a distress letter, Mr. Stan, a distress letter from Ravendale!"

"What?" Stannis is almost finished now, who has the time to ask for help?Also, in his memory, Ravendale is clearly the main city of Celer Egg, who is about to sharpen his knife and kill him now! ! ?

"It's a letter written by Ms. Yi Ge. This letter has no specific target, but a plea for help to anyone who can receive it. It seems that Ravendale is in a huge crisis!"

It is a good thing for me that my enemy's main city is in trouble!Stannis really couldn't think of any reason to go to the rescue, but he still said to Xiaona, "Xiaona, show me the letter, at least let me have a good time."

Xiaona respectfully presented the letter, and Stannis found that the letter was spattered with blood, and wrote two big words on the envelope, 'Help! ''Urgent! '

Stannis opened the letter and read the text inside with a gloating expression, but after reading the first line, he jumped up as if he was facing a big enemy.

"The tide of corpses! The tide of corpses broke out in Ravendale!"

(End of this chapter)