Chapter 74: Battle Report from the Front



The remaining guards of Hakim Sultan came over one after another. At this time, Hakim Sultan could no longer hold on. Although he immediately ordered his soldiers to retreat, once the order to retreat was issued, these soldiers panicked and their efficiency was significantly reduced. At this time, retreating was equivalent to running away. They no longer had the courage to reorganize into an orderly battle formation.

"Hakim Sultan! I didn't expect to see you again. I have reserved a good place for you in Lady Falvia's castle. She wants to invite you to visit. I wonder if Sultan Hakim can do you the honor of coming over?"

Rakman rode his warhorse while killing the guards near Hakim Sultan. Two guards wanted to attack Rakman, but the warhorse Rakman rode dodged left and right and killed the two guards in an instant.

Without even looking back, Sultan Hakim turned his horse around and was about to flee, but the horse supporting Rakman caught up with him first.

"Hakim Sultan! Don't go!"

As he spoke, Rakman raised the sword in his hand. He was about to stab Hakim Sultan's horse, but at this moment, he heard the sound of horse hooves beside him, and a strange sword appeared in Rakman's eyes.

This is a strange sword. Under the sunlight, it seems to reflect the sunlight like sand. In the Sarand Sultanate, a kingdom in the desert, sand is everywhere, and this sword is just like sand. But we cannot underestimate this sword because of this.

There are not many swords in the world that can produce dazzling light like sand. Rackman immediately realized that this sword was definitely not a flashy ceremonial sword, but a sword that could really kill enemies on the battlefield. Because this sword was already stained with blood.

Rackman looked at the man holding the sword. He had a weather-beaten face with wrinkles all over it, as if they had been oiled by wind and rain. Thick calluses appeared on his palms, indicating that he had practiced swordsmanship hard.

"Your Excellency is?!"

Rachman said.

"I don't want to say my name, but I have promised others to complete a task for them, and I will never give up."

Rakman immediately became interested. In the previous fights, there was no such person beside Hakim Sultan. Seeing such a person appear at this moment meant that this person had recently joined Hakim Sultan's camp.

"Your Excellency is a skilled warrior, why do you want to join Hakim Sultan? If you are willing to help Lady Falvia, Lady Falvia can give you twice as much as Hakim Sultan gives you.

Rackman wanted to persuade a master to join his camp. Although he had not fought with this master yet, from the calluses on his hands he could tell that he had practiced swordsmanship as much as himself.

No! Even above myself.

"If you say that, it would seem that I am greedy for profit. I will keep my promise if I promise others."

As soon as he finished speaking, the strange sword stabbed at him. Rakman did not doubt him and picked up his sword to resist the attack. At the same time, Hakim Sultan had already fled. Rakman could only sigh when he saw this.

However, for Hakim Sultan, today was a very unlucky day for him. Rackman had just ended his pursuit when Mattson blocked Hakim Sultan's retreat.

The soldiers of Sultan Hakim had already fled, not caring about the life and death of the king. At the same time, the few remaining guards of Sultan Hakim rushed out. Matson swung his two-handed sword and killed the two guards on the left and right. Even though they were wearing crystal armor, their fragile necks could not withstand Matson's attack. Sultan Hakim was a little panicked at this time. For Sultan Hakim, he was simply unable to resist. Around Sultan Hakim were Sarand Mamluks, but unfortunately these Sarand Mamluks did not belong to Sultan Hakim. They were loyal to Falvia.

Therefore, Sultan Hakim already felt deeply desperate, although Danzi, recruited by Chief Diu, was the swordsman known as Yinsha.

Although Danzi had stopped Rakman, he was alone and Matson intercepted Hakim Sultan again. At the critical moment, a familiar shout echoed in Hakim Sultan's ears from the left. Matson was also shocked to see dozens of Sarand Mamluks rushing towards him, and the flags they were holding were all the flags of Chief Diu. There was no doubt that these soldiers were all subordinates of Chief Diu.

Sultan Hakim was overjoyed and drove his horse towards Diu. The Sarand Mamluks who surrounded Sultan Hakim were merciless and did not wait for Matson to give orders. They immediately drew their weapons and tried to block Sultan Hakim's retreat. But Sultan Hakim was a strong warrior after all. Although his martial arts were not as strong as when he was young, it was still possible for him to escape from the Sarand Mamluks. A Sarand Mamluk who fought with him was stabbed by Sultan Hakim, and the other Sarand Mamluks swung their iron rods at him.

Chief Diu immediately bent his bow and drew his arrow. The sharp arrow flew through the air, and the Sarand Mamluk immediately fell to the ground and died. Before he could praise Chief Diu's superb archery skills, the Sarand Mamluks under Chief Diu rushed over, with swords and iron rods. In the chaos, Sultan Hakim finally escaped. But the price was the death of dozens of his guards, and several Sarand Mamluks under Chief Diu also died heroically.

As for Danzi, who was invited by Chief Diu, he was continuing to fight with Rakman.

"Sultan Hakim has already fled, your commander has already retreated, and you are still struggling to hold on here. Is such a king still worthy of your loyalty?"

Rackman continued to lobby this powerful swordsman.

During the fight with him, he gained the upper hand with a strange sword.

The weapon in Yinshadanzi's hand is called Quicksand. Wherever the Quicksand sword pointed, Rackman's blade had already broken.

Coming to his senses, Rackman saw that his sword had been chopped into several pieces. The enemy's weapon was too sharp, so it was better to retreat temporarily. But behind Danzi, several Sarand Mamluks rushed over.

"My mission is to cover Sultan Hakim's retreat, and my life is not that important. Since His Majesty has already retreated, I will say goodbye. Although you are my enemy, your swordsmanship is indeed powerful."

Danzi used an ancient etiquette to wave to Rackman, then turned his horse around. Rackman did not continue to chase him because he knew that Danzi did not try his best. During the fight between him and Danzi, Danzi had many opportunities to take his life, but he did not do so.

In the blink of an eye, Danzi had already ridden his horse to the front. Several Sarande Mamluks under Matson wanted to catch the enemy general, but the Quicksand Sword swung a few times, and the Mamluk chainmail worn by Sarande Mamluk was cut like tofu. Needless to say, the armor had been chopped off, and these people could only fall to the ground and die, but a miracle happened. Danzi did not kill them. After chopping off Sarande Mamluk's armor, they only broke some skin. Rackman knew that this master did not want to hurt other people's lives too much. That's why this scene appeared.

Sultan Hakim escaped, but slightly to the north, Wals was still fighting against Alvar the Pearl of Light. Alvar the Pearl of Light did not have many elite soldiers and the appearance of Falvia had severely weakened his strength.

Therefore, in the battle with Wals, it was Alva the Pearl of Light who suffered the loss. However, Falvia gave Alva the Pearl of Light a certain number of Sarand Mamluks to the troops led by him. These powerful warriors completely restrained Wals.

To be honest, Alva, the Pearl of Light, did not want to confront Wals head-on. Some of these soldiers were sworn to be loyal to him until death. If they died like this, then the number of people loyal to him would become fewer and fewer. However, Falvia did not have such worries, because everyone began to admire Falvia and were willing to become his soldiers. However, her own prestige was getting less and less. Every time one person died, no new people would be loyal to her.

Well, if that's the case, Alva, the Pearl of Light, rolled his eyes, thinking about how he could easily restrain Wals and attack Falvia at the same time.

此时,应该以沃尔斯实力过于强劲,而自己的部下却又松懈异常为理由,放沃尔斯一马,让沃尔斯他自己去和法尔维娅做战,也只有沃尔斯才有能力消耗法尔维娅的实力。至于说他的老对手哈基姆苏丹,珍珠之光阿尔瓦对于他,他已经觉着哈基姆苏丹已经兴不起什么太大的风浪了,多次和法尔维娅交手,几乎每一次都战败,否则的话也不会被打的去请求外援。

珍珠之光阿尔瓦的嘴角露出了一个奇异的弧度,他微笑着叫过来自己的身边的一位亲信。

俯首低耳在自己的亲信耳边说了几句话,这名亲信点了点头明白了珍珠之光阿尔瓦的意思。

“如果你听明白的话,就赶紧去办事吧,事成之后我有重赏。”

珍珠之光阿尔瓦对这名亲信说到,后者立刻点头,紧接着便消失在人群当中。这附近上下全部都是珍珠之光阿尔瓦的亲近之人,他们是不会泄露出珍珠之光阿尔瓦的一举一动。

沃尔斯和珍珠之光阿尔瓦交手已经有一个多小时了,因为法尔维娅的萨兰德马穆鲁克的原因,沃尔斯迟迟未能取得进展,不过要是沃尔斯将自己的手中王牌部队出动的话,到是有可能一举击溃珍珠之光阿尔瓦,但是他却并没有这样做,因为他觉得,暂时不能够动用这一支王牌部队。谁知道法尔维娅会不会来一个回马枪?

突然一名萨兰德士兵的打扮模样的一个人冲进了沃尔斯指挥所在。沃尔斯正在军队的后方指挥着大军,身边的那一群士兵立刻拿起武器对准了这一个突如其来的萨兰德士兵。

“卡拉德国王,哈基姆苏丹要我给你带一个消息过来。”

沃尔斯点了点头,让自己的士兵将这名士兵放进来,哈基姆苏丹现在和法尔维娅在战斗,想必是凶多吉少,看法尔维娅军队的撤退模样,沃尔斯觉得法尔维娅并不是那么容易就战胜的,哈基姆苏丹为了证明自己的价值,维护自己的统治,亦然带领自己的士兵去送死,沃尔斯也不好阻止。现在他派遣传令兵到自己的大营当中,想必也是想要让自己请求援军过去。

想到这里,沃尔斯摇头苦笑,自己现在已经被阿尔瓦给死死的抓住了,他就像一只毒蝎一般,用他的大钳子死死地夹住自己,就是不放自己离开。虽然说这只毒蝎还没有用毒钩来刺击,它的作用就是用他的那一双钳子抓住自己防止自己逃脱,他的目标已经显而易见,就是为了拖住自己,这是法尔维娅的计划,想不到哈基姆苏丹这么轻易就中计了。

“卡拉德国王!”

这名士兵单膝下跪,对着沃尔斯说道。

“哈基姆苏丹向我给你提出请求,他已经击败了在南边的法尔维娅,要求你带领着你自己的部队赶紧过去支援他。现在只要擒住敌方大将法尔维娅,那么这一场内战便可以尽快结束了。”

传令兵带来的消息让沃尔斯有些惊讶,这和她自己原本的想法有些出入。沃尔斯原本是认为哈基姆苏丹这一去必是凶多吉少,可是现在看来,事情却大大出乎自己的意料。

“这是怎么一回事?”

沃尔斯大声的问道,在他身边的那些护卫都把自己的目光转了过来,看着眼前的这一位最高指挥官,整个军队的战魂,此时的沃尔斯瞪着大眼睛,和他预料的结果完全不一样,法尔维娅难道是真的已经失败了?

法尔维娅的名号沃尔斯是听说过的,这样的一个女人绝对不是浪得虚名的,既然如此他能够打败哈基姆苏丹一次,并且连续多次的战胜哈基姆苏丹,绝对不是运气导致的,可是自己来到之后的第二次战争,哈基姆苏丹就轻易的击败了法尔维娅,这难免有一种说不出的诡异。

“卡拉德国王,我主英明神武,自然能够击败法尔维娅,这一点还请你不要怀疑,我的陛下的才能绝对也是高出法尔维娅的,此前的多次失败,只是因为我主运气比较糟糕罢了,说起来这几次战斗,都是因为法尔维娅的运气比较好而已,你第一次和他交手的时候,我轻易的逼退法尔维娅,这也正好说明了你的战神之名不是浪得虚名的,而法尔维娅的作战都是运气。”

萨兰德士兵的这一番话,有很大的不可确信的程度,沃尔斯一时半会儿也难以想象哈基姆苏丹是如何击败法尔维娅的,突然之间,他有了一个奇怪的想法。带着一种怀疑的眼神,他直勾勾的盯着眼前的萨兰德士兵,如同饿狼一般的眼神似乎要逼迫着萨兰德士兵吐出实情。

萨兰德士兵被沃尔斯这样盯着看实在有些紧张,他不自觉的往后面退了一两步,更加引起了沃尔斯的怀疑。

“虽然说,我很想去帮助哈基姆苏丹,但是在这之前,珍珠之光阿尔瓦已经截住了我的去路,如果我继续向南边前进,我的背后定会暴露在敌人的利爪之下,那样的话他从背后偷袭我军必会损失惨重,所以暂时无法去帮助哈基姆苏丹。”

那一名小兵似乎有些犹豫了,此时战场之上激烈的战斗仍然在继续,沃尔斯将自己的目光从萨兰德士兵的身上离开了,转而继续看着战场之上自己的士兵和敌军士兵搏杀的场景。

“卡拉德国王陛下,既然如此那我就先退回去了,可是,哈基姆苏丹说过,很快珍珠之光阿尔瓦就会撤退了,他说在珍珠之光阿尔瓦撤退之后,一定请你赶紧去和南边的法尔维娅作战。”

那士兵施了一礼,然后匆匆忙忙的离开了。沃尔斯满脸怀疑的看着这名士兵。虽然说这是一个地地道道的萨兰德人,但是现在萨兰德苏丹国正处于内战当中,敌我双方都是萨兰德人,要找这样一个像模像样的间谍潜入到自己的军队当中,怎么分辨?况且自己对萨兰德苏丹人根本就不熟悉,如果这一个萨兰德的士兵是珍珠之光阿尔瓦派人伪装的,那么后果将不堪设想。

一而再再而三的强调自己去攻打法尔维娅,这一定是心怀不轨,沃尔斯决定不予理会。

矗立在沃尔斯身边的波尔查贼头贼脑的望着离开的萨兰德士兵。

“陛下!我觉得眼前的这名下来的士兵肯定是一个奸细,你看他那贼头贼脑的样子,看见我们的人就跟一只老鼠一样。他一定是敌军进到我军来传递假消息的,不然的话怎么会这么畏手畏脚?”

波尔查的形象才更像一个畏手畏脚的家伙,可是这一个时候经过波尔查的提醒,沃尔斯才注意到,那一个离开的萨兰德士兵确确实实是有一些惊慌失措,他在自己的军队当中有些蹑手蹑脚,这更加让沃尔斯起了疑心。不过那一名士兵已经离开了,如果在中途把他抓住的话,要是抓错了人可就难办了。

毕竟自己是客人,引起主人的猜忌是不对的。不过,接下来的一幕沃尔斯就打消了这个疑惑。

只见在远处,珍珠之光阿尔瓦的部队竟然开始撤退,阿尔瓦的部队有条不絮的,他们如同潮水一样前进也如同潮水一般后退。整齐的脚步似乎并不是在逃跑,而是有计划的战略转移。

这一个现象,刚好和萨兰德士兵所说的是一模一样的,就更加让沃尔斯起了怀疑之心。毫无疑问能够精准地说出珍珠之光阿尔瓦的动向的,除了珍珠之光阿尔瓦身边的人之外,又有谁能够知道的?

沃尔斯抬起自己的手,指向了珍珠之光阿尔瓦所在的地方,在哪里,珍珠之光阿尔瓦的指挥所在之处飘扬着一面最大的旗帜。

“看来,在珍珠之光阿尔瓦的内部,也有着不稳定的因素,珍珠之光阿尔瓦和法尔维娅之间也有着不可调和的矛盾,从这一切的作战计划来看,法尔维娅是这一场计划的主导者,而珍珠之光这一个原本实际上萨兰德苏丹国叛军的领导者却只能够做一个配角,看来这两个女人碰撞在一起势必会产生异常无形的战斗。”

沃尔斯对着身边的人说道,而在他的身边也只有波尔查和一帮侍卫,那一群侍卫并不懂得其中的道理,但是跟随着沃尔斯常年征战的波尔查却听出了一番滋味。

“那么下一步,不知道陛下你想要如何行动?珍珠之光阿尔瓦已经开始撤退了,是否去追击呢?”

波尔查问道,其他的侍卫也是拭目以待,但是沃尔斯的任何决定他们都会去遵守的。

Wals pondered for a while, looking at the group of soldiers on the front line who were about to march, he suddenly ordered his soldiers to stop. Blind pursuit would definitely be a disadvantage for him. From watching the enemy's retreat, it can be seen that they are retreating in an orderly manner, and Pearl Light Alva is also prepared. In this case, if he continues to pursue, it will only increase casualties.

In this case, Alva the Pearl of Light wanted to let himself fight with Falvia, so he would set up a false situation and temporarily let Alva the Pearl of Light think that his evil plan was successful, so that he would relax his vigilance and not attack himself. Only by minimizing his losses can he gain the initiative in the next battle.

So, now he should pretend to want to chase Falvia, so he stopped his steps and let the soldiers move south. Discipline is an important element of the Wals army.

Soon, Wals' army began to advance towards the south. Alva, the Pearl of Light, thought that her plan had succeeded. Now she could just watch the two sides fighting each other and reap the benefits. After rewarding her confidants with a bounty, she sat comfortably in her chair and listened to the battle reports from the front line.


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