If mountains and rivers intersect, they are either in danger or dangerous.

Two turbulent rivers like silver snakes merge into one, and the Hed people's earth city was built on the highland where the two rivers merged.

When the baggage team first arrived at the camp, the legion sent Major Belo of the intelligence unit to lead the officers to observe the enemy.

Belo led everyone to stay cautiously half a kilometer away from the city wall.

The dirt city in the distance looks no different from ordinary cities except that it is a little simple.

The terrain of Tucheng is higher than the surroundings, so outsiders have no way to peek into the movements inside the city, and can only see people walking around on the city wall.

There was smoke rising from the sky above the city, as if fire was making food.

Major Bello pointed at the wall with a horse whip: "Gentlemen, there is 'Bianli'."

"Bian Li? What's the solution?" asked Lieutenant Colonel Jeska.

"The barbarians all call this, it is said that they mean that the two waters meet." Bello explained: "In our words, it should be called Convergence City."

"I can't see clearly here." Lieutenant Colonel Jeska raised his whip: "Get closer."

Major Bello hurriedly stopped him: "Squad leader! No!"

"It's not okay to look closer?"

"The barbarians in the city have artillery!"

"Archite?" Jeska's eyebrows stood upright: "Where did the Hudders cast guns?"

Bello smiled bitterly and said, "The barbarians probably don't have the ability to do this yet. It's probably someone smuggled them."

"How many Hudd defenders are there in the city?" Lieutenant Colonel Jeska gently pulled the reins.

"A lot, I don't know how much it is." Bello sighed and replied: "Within a few hundred miles, all the barbarians who had not fled west had run into Bianli City."

"How long has it been siege?"

"About a month and a half."

"More than a month? The Hurds haven't starved to death?"

"I'm also surprised." Major Belo spread his hands: "Maybe the barbarians had already lost food, and the smoke was just confusing us."

Winters was puzzled and couldn't help asking: "Since the Hurds dared to build a city and stick to it, can't they hold on for two months?"

Andre, Mason and others pricked their ears, and they had the same questions.

Major Bello did not answer directly when he heard this, but instead frowned and looked at the lieutenant, as if he was asking, "Don't you understand?"

Jeska sneered and waved his hand: "He is a Venetta."

"Oh, so that's it." Bello laughed and his brows stretched out immediately.

Winters and Andre immediately became angry, and Lieutenant Mason was also embarrassed.

Bard spoke before the others: "Major, we really don't understand, please give me some advice."

"The Huds mainly drink milk and eat meat," Lieutenant Colonel Jeska said, "They have almost no ability to resist risks. This is why the Huds were robbed in Palathu when they were hit by disasters in the past."

Major Bello explained the logic to Winters and the others: the Palatus could live by storing food, but the Hudders could not.

Unlike the barbarian impression of "eating raw meat and drinking blood, drinking alcohol and eating meat", the Hed people mainly make a living by milk and rely on wild vegetables and wild wheat sown on the nomadic way as supplements. The poorer Hed herders rarely even eat meat.

Therefore, the Heds could not hold on to the city. If they chose to trap the city, the livestock that had nowhere to be foraged would only starve to death faster than people.

Without animals, the Hudds might have been able to eat meat for a while at first, and when the animals were all corpses, they would have to eat people.

Moreover, if they feed on livestock, even if they can persist until the Palatus retreats, the Heds will be greatly damaged.

This is also the reason why the Palatus people who saw the Heds build a city and persist in their expeditions were not in a hurry, but instead slowly siege and fight attrition. Even if the supply line of the Palatus people is long, the Heds will definitely not be able to hold on first.

But now thousands of Hed robbers crossed the Styx, and the situation suddenly reversed.

...

After the news of Hud's army crossing the river was delivered to the besieged camp, the leadership of the Palatu army immediately fell into a state of division.

The officers who supported the withdrawal surrounded Brigadier General Sekler.

The withdrawal team believed that the most urgent task was to return to the rescue of Paratu. All the two standing legions were dispatched. At this moment, no field troops in Paratu could face the thousands of Hed Cavalry.

When the officers thought of the brutal Hud army being burned and killed and plundered at Paratu, the hearts of the officers were shattered.

Brigadier General Sekel's voice was deafening: "Do you want to let the barbarians plunder Palatu?! No amount of land can make up for Palatu's losses? If you don't rescue them, the barbarians will enter the Kings' Fort!"

The other faction, led by Major General Alpad, advocated continuing to siege the city and even launched a strong attack on Bianlicheng immediately.

"Retreat troops now, it will be a waste!" Major General Alpad gritted his teeth: "The barbarian will not be able to hold on soon! The barbarian stabs us and we will stab him back hard! How can we withdraw troops now? It's too late to withdraw troops now! Siege the city! The barbarian Hed killed one Palatun, and we will kill ten Hed barbarians!"

Most senior officers believe that they should continue to attack the city.

Supporting the withdrawal of troops is mainly major and below officers, who are of lower rank but have broader support.

Since the bad news was sent by the correspondents, the two factions have been quarreling.

General Yanosh, who commanded the entire army, was also unable to make a decision.

Until the arrival of the Jeska baggage team, the Palatus was still stalemate between the Heds and the army became increasingly restless.

Winters didn't have much real feelings about the bigwigs' collision of Mars. He was just a little lieutenant and was not qualified to participate in route arguments.

However, he was promoted.

...

...

The sky is blue in the early morning.

There was white frost condensed on the ground, and the wilderness was covered with whiteness from afar.

The wasteland is entering deep winter, and this period is the most bitter and coldest time of the year.

Therefore, among the carriages escorted by the Jeska Brigade, there were several duck down bedding and wool coats for high-ranking officers.

Winters finally understood why the wooden boxes were nailed tightly, and they were also attached to the "Private-free" seal with three layers inside and three layers outside.

There are also jam, tobacco, white flour, wine and other "municipalities", which are like food and gunpowder, occupying valuable transportation capacity from Paratu to this wasteland thousands of miles away.

When Winters learned that these things were trying hard to save, he regretted from the bottom of his heart that Hedd did not let the barbarians burn all the carriage with fire.

At this moment, in front of Lieutenant Montane, militias dressed in various clothes stood in a loose queue, waiting for the new chief to review.

Many militiamen were wrapped in leather robes that had been taken off the body of the Hed, and at first glance they could not recognize them as Paratus.

The weather was too cold, and militia lacking clothes to protect the cold had to wear whatever they wanted.

It was a pleasant autumn day when they set out from home, and no one thought that this battle would delay until today.

After counting the number of people, the chief said a few words as usual.

Winters looked at the trembling militiamen and said, "Your former centurion Lieutenant Machelo is my friend."

When talking about the dead Machelo, the small playground was silent and everyone's eyes became even more dim.

Some militia teams that were short of personnel in previous operations were supplemented by the Jeska brigade, and were forced to be recruited with military vendors and were also included in the militia sequence.

Now the Jeska Brigade has not only recovered to full mail, but has even been strengthened.

Because the militia lacked officers, Winters was promoted to "Captain Two Centurion" and led two reorganized 100-man teams.

In Winters' view, it is still an old problem: the command system has no redundancy, and no one can replace it once the centurion is killed.

After a moment of silence, Winters spoke again: "Trust me, and I will never abandon you."

They looked at each other and the response was mediocre.

"I'm done." Winters understood that empty words were useless: "Also, I'll eat pork stewed with sauce for lunch today."

...

There are rare large areas of forests on the wasteland, with only scattered small pieces of woods and bushes, most of which are meadows.

The trees near Bianli City were cut down by the Heds early on.

This led to the extreme lack of firewood in the Palathus and even digging the roots of the Heds cut down.

The militia could only get very little heating fuel, and since they entered the camp, they had been eating dry bread and drinking cold water.

Even when you just hear the word "stewed pork", many people will salivate unconsciously.

It was not until noon that when the military police came forward carrying an iron pot, everyone really believed that what the Centurion Montane said was true.

When the stewed smell of the meat, the militia began to cry silently.

A bowl of hot soup, a piece of pork, and a bread, on this cold winter day, has made you want nothing else.

Taking his own portion, Ish, a militiaman from Ganshui Town, found a nearby shelter and began to enjoy this precious meal.

He tasted the broth first, and the hot soup flowed into the stomach along the esophagus, making the whole body feel warm.

It was not until then that Ish truly confirmed that he was not dreaming.

Instead of drinking, he began to carefully break the bread and soak it in the soup.
To be continued...