brush!
Valens' expression changed drastically.
He noticed the fires burning everywhere and saw the changes in the city. He felt dizzy before his eyes, his legs became weak, and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Libius helped him and saved him from falling.
how come?
He has already put in place protection, controlling all sides of Surudha City and prohibiting anyone from entering.
There are also people protecting the city tower.
Under this premise, Lu Xuan actually arranged for someone to sneak into the city, causing a fire in the city.
This is drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron.
Valens took a deep breath, the expression on his face quickly turned serious, and he said loudly: "Lu Xuan, the granaries and arsenals in the city are all under my heavy guard. Although there are your people in the city who are cooperating with each other and lighting fires everywhere, but To me, I don’t care.”
"As long as my army is here, nothing will be a problem. As long as everything is under my control, you will have no chance. The majestic Suradhu City cannot be conquered just because you want to."
After he spoke, he looked at Split and said urgently: "Split, the current situation is very bad. What should we do?"
Facing Lu Xuan, he could not give in.
Facing Split, this is one of our own, so there is no need to hold on.
You also have to think about how to deal with it.
Split said: "Under the current situation, our final result is to evacuate Suratra City. We can no longer stand. However, we cannot retreat now if we want to evacuate."
"If we retreat now, we will be attacked by Lu Xuan's army, and the army will be completely lost. This is an unbearable price. So for now, we must rectify all our forces and resist with all our strength."
"No matter how difficult it is, we must block it. Only by blocking it now can we have a chance to evacuate."
Split said excitedly: "If we are defeated now, the whole army will be annihilated."
Valens nodded solemnly and ordered: "Split, this Duke grants you full authority to command the army. Now, you are responsible for commanding this battle."
"As you command!"
Split answered immediately.
He hurried to make arrangements.
Valens breathed a sigh of relief. He knew his abilities. Although he could control the overall situation and have a general overview, his specific combat command was still far behind Split.
Giving Split the command again was the wisest decision.
Valens looked outside the city again. Lu Xuan didn't speak for a while. He laughed further and said: "Lu Xuan, you are speechless now. It is because you know the Duke's arrangement and that your plan has failed. Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"Let me tell you, I know very well that the place to establish my foothold is Surada City."
"If Surada City is here, I will definitely be able to gain a foothold. If Surada City can't stop it, I will die without a burial place. No matter what, I will fight to the death so that you can't take Surada City."
Valens said: "As long as I hold you back for a month or two, my reinforcements will come."
Lu Xuan looked at Valens on the tower, thinking carefully in his heart.
The city was already filled with smoke.
Moreover, many Tianzhu people were instigated by Zhang Ren to rebel, and they all began to overthrow Valens' rule. Now, Valens still wanted to fight to the death. You must know that Lu Xuan did not encircle Valens' retreat, leaving a gap for Valens to evacuate.
However, the other party still wants to fight to the death.
After Lu Xuan's thoughts suddenly changed, he was unsure of Valens' intentions, because if Valens persisted, he would definitely die.
No normal person would choose this.
Lu Xuan would not think that Valens was a loyal person, or that there was no such person in the Roman Empire.
Loyalty has always been priceless.
Loyalty has always been scarce.
Lu Xuan further probed: "Valens, you have to stay in Suratu City. However, you have forgotten that everything you have is provided by the Tianzhu people in the city."
"Now, countless Tianzhu people have already sided with me, the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible for you to survive in Suraduo City."
"You will definitely lose."
"Perhaps, when you were sleeping at night, a large group of Tianzhu people rushed into your tent with a roar and wanted to cut off your head. Perhaps, when you were eating, the food was poisonous, causing you to be poisoned. Death. Perhaps, when you go to have fun, even the women from Tianzhu will take the opportunity to kill you."
"Can you block it?"
Lu Xuan's words were bewitching.
He looked solemn and said: "Now, you are brazenly saying that you want to stay in Suraduo City. I don't know if you are really smart or just a little clever."
Valens' expression changed slightly.
He knew what Lu Xuan said was true.
When there is no external force to interfere, when his power can suppress everything, these untouchables in Tianzhu dare not take any action at all. However, the situation has changed now. Lu Xuan led an army to attack.
Lu Xuan wanted to break up the city, and even arranged for people to bewitch the untouchables in the city. The originally docile untouchables might become violent and murderous, and they might target him.
This is very unsafe.
Valens was a little panicked, but he thought that by blocking Lu Xuan during the day, he could retreat with his army at night. Even if the untouchables in Tianzhu were unhappy and wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble, they would have no way to deal with him.
Valens said calmly: "Lu Xuan, your words are still useless. No matter what, I must defend it to the death, and I must defend Suraduo City. As long as Suraduo City is here, I will not be afraid. Your offense.”
Lu Xuan's doubts became even worse.
It shouldn't be like this.
He has already listed the current predicament. In fact, Suradha City cannot stand at all now.
Valens still wants to hold on.
There must be something wrong.
While Lu Xuan was thinking, he was unsure of Valens' intentions and tried again: "Valens, if I were you, I would have evacuated the current city long ago and established myself elsewhere to avoid a head-on confrontation with me. You The current arrangement is to use an egg to hit a stone, and we are living impatiently."
"There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty, which is that if you save people and lose land, both people and land will survive. If you save land and lose people, you will lose both people and land. If your people survive, even if you lose the territory, you can still seize it again, ensuring that you have both people and land. . If the people are gone but the territory is still there, in fact, you can’t control it.”
Valens' heart skipped a beat.
Lu Xuan's words hit his current plan.
Valens looked at Libius and said: "Libius, this Lu Xuan is really powerful. He actually saw through our intentions. Moreover, his considerations are almost the same as Split's considerations."
Libius said quickly: "Your Excellency, the Grand Duke, answer Lu Xuan quickly, don't hesitate, otherwise, your flaws will be exposed."
"Yep!"
Valens answered quickly.
He loudly replied again: "Lu Xuan, Lu Xuan, all your words are to shake my military morale and to get me to withdraw from Suraduo City. In fact, you are just waiting for me to leave so that you can cover up the killing." Me, defeat me. You have no other way, you have no means now. Lu Xuan, it is impossible for me to evacuate. Suraduo City is here, I, Valens, am here, and I will live and die with Suraduo City."
Lu Xuan saw Valens hesitate for a moment.
Now, when he answered again and expressed his intention to stay, a flash of light flashed through his heart.
There was no way Valens could stay.
The harder he talks, the less likely Valens will stay.
All this is to cover up Valens's purpose of leaving.
This is all to stabilize Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan further deduced along the train of thought and thought that if Valens retreated now, he would definitely be killed. Wait for Lu Xuan to attack for a while and then retreat. By then Lu Xuan's army has retreated to the camp, and Valens can evacuate safely.
Lu Xuan thought of this and understood instantly.
It finally dawned on him.
Lu Xuan understood Valens' intentions, but did not reveal them, because he now predicted the opponent's prediction, and then he only needed to use the plan to achieve the final goal.
Lu Xuan took a deep breath, looked helpless, and said with emotion: "Since you, Valens, want to fight to the death, I will help you. Now this battle is on fire inside and outside the city, and you can't defend it."
He retreated directly, returned to the military formation, and asked the soldiers to attack.
The army attacked, and at the same time, the Tianzhu people led by Zhang Ren in the city also set fires everywhere.
However, although Zhang Ren hastily recruited the people of Tianzhu overnight, although these people hate Valens, no one dares to attack the city yet. In addition, Zhang Ren quietly brought people closer and found that the city, grain depot and arsenal were all guarding elite troops, and there were many of them, making it impossible to attack.
Zhang Ren's only option was to set fires everywhere and cause chaos in the city.
As long as there is chaos in the city, Lu Xuan can always be helped.
At the same time, Lu Xuan's army was attacking and encountered unprecedented resistance. As the commander of this battle, Split's command was very stable with the authorization of Valens.
The wood, rolling stones, and kerosene used to defend the city came up in turn, and a large number of Roman pikemen were constantly attacking on the tower.
As a result, the attack failed.
Although Lu Xuan's army was defeated in general, Valens was in danger because during today's fighting, he saw Lu Xuan's army coming up several times and was about to seize the city. Fortunately, Lu Xuan's army was killed again. The soldiers fought.
All of this is very dangerous.
It's almost impossible to control it.
When Lu Xuan ordered the withdrawal after noon, Valens breathed a long sigh of relief. Although he did not personally command or participate in the battle, Valens had always been very nervous, and the clothes on his back were now wet.
The whole person seemed to be exhausted.
Extremely difficult.
Valens watched Split command and clear the battlefield in an orderly manner, and he quickly said: "Split, how do you feel about this battle?"
"too difficult!"
Split said solemnly: "In this battle, we almost lost several times. Thanks to the Grand Duke for your good command of the army, the soldiers worked hard with all their strength. Otherwise, we would not be able to defend today."
"It's just that I'm worried about the gathering of Tianzhu untouchables in the city."
"The Ming Dynasty launched a general offensive. Once the Tianzhu untouchables in the city know that there is support, they will go all out to join the war and will continue to join forces with the intention of causing trouble for us. It will be difficult for us to defend Suradhuo City in the future."
Split looked worried and said, "Maybe if we attack in another day or two, we may be defeated."
Valens said: "That doesn't have any impact, we are going to evacuate anyway."
Split nodded and said: "The Grand Duke is right. We will organize the army in the afternoon and start evacuating in the evening. Now, we need to take away all the materials and equipment that can be taken away. However, the gold in the city , agate and the like, you can’t take them away.”
"Can not be done!"
Valens shook his head quickly.
He said solemnly: "Split, if we can't even take away our own gold, the loss this time will be too great."
Split explained: "Your Majesty, Lu Xuan's words are very correct. He said today that if you save people, you will lose the land, and everyone will save the land. If you save the land and lose people, you will lose both the people and the land. Once we leave with the gold, By then all the soldiers will be escorting us, and they won’t be interested in fighting at all.”
"That can't be left to Lu Xuan."
Valens' eyes suddenly became crazy.
He said solemnly: "If we keep all these supplies and hand them over to Lu Xuan, we will be at a huge disadvantage. Such a thing is absolutely not allowed to happen."
Split looked helpless.
You can't take the supplies with you at all. You have to run for your life, and you can't run fast while escorting the gold away.
Valens thought quickly in his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "Split, take out all the gold and distribute it equally to the soldiers in the city. We will also distribute all the weapons. In addition, everyone Every soldier carries a bag of grain, and we are ready to evacuate. During this period, we must block the news. We cannot let the untouchables in Tianzhu spread the news, and we cannot let the people of Tianzhu come to besiege us."
"As you command!"
Split replied loudly.
He changed the topic and said: "Grand Duke Valens, if we want to evacuate, we must also choose a direction. Arrange sentries to explore the area outside the city to see which direction does not have Lu Xuan's garrison. When the time comes, we will Evacuate immediately."
Valens waved his hand and said: "You are right, arrange for the soldiers to inquire about the information first. Then, let Libius assist you, deal with the battlefield on the tower first, and then prepare for the evacuation. After everything is arranged, , we distribute gold and grain.”
Split and Libius both left.
Valens stood on the tower, facing the noon sun, looking helpless.
Unfortunately, there is nothing he can do now.
This is all we can do.
Hopefully, we can evacuate smoothly.
