Chapter 2543 The Little Man’s Artifact
Bell Mountain City is an unshakable fortress, but no matter how strong the city defense is, it is still dead and cannot be moved, while people are alive. Fried decided to bypass the mountain city without attacking, and captured its surroundings to make it an isolated city.
He sent the left-wing first army, Calasias, the third army, Iron King Lahar, and the central second army, Zia Shustin, as the main attack direction, heading south from the eastern area of Bell Mountain City. The Second Right Army and the Third Right Army moved south from the area west of the mountain city as the secondary attack direction. In the end, the two armies met at Hamei City, about 400 kilometers south and west of the mountain city, and captured Hamei City. The remaining legions are responsible for containing the fortress defenders, but they do not engage in combat with the enemy troops inside the city walls. If the fortress defenders are to fight, they should avoid their sharp edges.
The battle progressed smoothly. A total of five legions on the left and right advanced on a front line of hundreds of kilometers, and the advancing distance soon exceeded the latitude of the mountain city.
But the situation is different now. After several months of rest and recuperation from late autumn to early spring, the West Coast Army and the Royal Quan Army who came from afar have adapted to the environment and climate here, and have developed a better understanding of the terrain, geography, humanities and customs here. Very deep understanding. They won't get lost and become separated during the march, causing various problems. The situation is getting worse and worse. The epidemic has been fermenting for several months. If we attack again at this time, we will be invincible.
On the other side, in Bell Mountain City, Yanlong saw the offensive strategy of the Royal Quan Army from the map. The staff officer pointed to the map and said: "The enemy is advancing from the left and right. According to the reconnaissance situation, the main force is in the east, and the latest attack place is Rose Mountain. The garrison at Rose Mountain only has 600 people and will be lost this afternoon."
"The advance is too rapid. At this speed, they will arrive at Hamei City in less than three to five days." Rainforest Army Ooun Claire said: "The enemy's intentions are now clear. Obviously, they can capture several important cities on the provincial border, including Hamei City, and cut off the intercity transmission between the fortress and the outside world, reducing us to an isolated city. No matter how they think of ways to deal with us, they can take their time. "
Eagle Doro said: "In this case, we can counter-encircle them. They are advancing too far now. We can send two elite forces to cut off their retreat, or even cut off only one of them. If the relatively weak western army is eaten, the enemy's two-pronged offensive will naturally collapse. As for the enemy's troops waiting to be fought, two or three thousand-man light cavalry can be sent to monitor the movement. If the main force appears, use forbidden magic to doom it. The trial will annihilate them all. This will solve the crisis."
Claire denied: "This strategy could have been implemented three months ago, but the epidemic outside the city has made it impossible. There is no combat effectiveness at all. Once the fortress troops are dispatched, if we cannot form an encirclement and annihilation situation with the defenders outside Hamei City, we will lose two elite troops at least, or it may become a breakthrough for the enemy to capture the fortress. "
Baier Mountain City now implements very strict isolation measures. Whenever an infected person appears in the city, they will be immediately moved out of the city. At the same time, very strict control is implemented on internal and external communication. All the previously infected people have now been cleared away, and those who remain are senior officers and healthy sergeants who have recovered. According to Doro's tactics, no matter whether the attack is successful or not, those who go out will not be able to return to the city.
But if nothing is done, it will be difficult for an isolated city to stand. If the royal capital cannot develop a specific medicine for the plague, failure will happen sooner or later. After Anwu Hou Yanlong passed the long examination, he immediately made a decision: "Fried knows the situation in the north and south of the mountain city very well. Sitting in the mountain city is a dead end. We must take the initiative to attack." He came to the map and said: "But we will not attack the direction of Hamei City in the south. The army. I will lead a personal guard, and Eagle Doro will lead his own men. We will divide into two groups, one in darkness and the other in darkness. Ming, you can choose an opportunity to launch an attack at one of the four places: Black City, Dragon Guard City, Mulberry City, and Skull Hill. Even if these four places are not Fried's base camp, they must be their important garrison locations."
Claire frowned and said: "This risk is indeed worth taking. Since they want to attack our rear, then we will attack their rear." . If their troops guarding the north of Bell Mountain City return to support, then our troops guarding the city will pretend to attack to the south. By then, the army attacking Hamei City will be worried about being attacked from both sides and will be forced to retreat. The army must not move lightly, and a feint to attack can only be a feint to attack. To capture Hamei City and other places, we can only sit back and watch, and we must not actually send troops."
In the war room, the tactical details were worked out in detail. At the same time, two pieces of good news were spread to the army. His Majesty the King. The Red Sun Army has been mobilized to go north to join the battle. The Red Sun Knights, the vanguard force, will arrive in the near future. At that time, the Red Sun Army will be directly dispatched by Yan Long. The second good news is that His Majesty is considering conferring the imperial flag. These two things prompted the army led by Anwu Hou to urgently fight a good battle. Yanlong left Claire to coordinate the overall situation, granting him and the command center the authority to command the army in Hamei City and other places.
One day later, in an area about 270 kilometers southwest of Bell Mountain City, five thousand-man regiments of the 11th Army of Purple Star General Greyfa were ordered to intercept the enemy's pursuit and cover their escape south. The wounded and sick died. The three thousand-man regiment set up an ambush along the Huien River, disguised with illusion magic, and soon saw the pursuing vanguard.
When the pursuers reached the ambush position by the river, the magic mines buried under the river beach exploded in succession, causing people to fall over and the pursuers on both sides of the river to scramble into chaos. At this time, a kill order was given, and ambushes appeared in all directions. The two sides fought fiercely, using the heraldic patterns on the armor as a way to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Thousands of Grayfa's troops are uninfected and healthy troops under their command, specially deployed to intercept the enemy. At this time, three thousand people ambushed hundreds of light cavalry, and they had a great advantage in the situation. The leading officer shouted to kill, and wanted to eat these hundreds of people in one go.
The ones fighting them were four hundred light cavalry led by the gladiators. These cavalry were originally sand-riding bandits in the desert. Their fighting strength was not weak, but what they lacked was discipline. The Royal Army has a very high level of discipline. From last year to this year, Fried ordered people to pay close attention to their training. Those who failed to pass the training were all removed from the team and organized into a miscellaneous army. The rest were elite soldiers with great discipline. In order to show the importance to the Sand Pirates Corps, the newly arrived Thorn Shield Breastplate and Tear Steel Tank were distributed to the Sand Pirates Corps, 1,200 pairs, and the 400 cavalry currently led by the Gladiator were all replaced with the newly arrived armor. , the rides are all 350 bloody war beasts and 50 steppe griffons. These two kinds of monsters, after being domesticated, do not need to be used as guards and can accompany the army in battle. It is the standard equipment of light cavalry in the army and a symbol of elite soldiers.
Gryphons and bloody war beasts were both wearing armor. Although they were ambushed and suffered countless casualties, under the discipline of military discipline, the brave side of the Sand Bandit also emerged at this moment. Those who lose their mounts will immediately summon guards to come out to fight. Those who have not lost their mounts will seek out the enemy's weak points and rush to kill them. In addition, their weapons went through a round of replacement when they were in Bell Mountain City. Although the quality is not as good as the thorn shield breastplate and tear steel tank, they are still good soldiers.
The enemy's magic and arrows flew towards them. At first, they only tried to defend themselves. When they discovered the protective effect of the spiked shield and breastplate on swords and arrows, their confidence immediately increased. The round shield covers up the enemy.
"Don't be afraid, brother? Their swords can't hurt us, let's fight with them in close combat!" A lieutenant who landed on the ground raised his ax and shouted, and his spiked shield breastplate was hit by the enemy's ax with a magic halo. , was hit by a hammer attached with fighting spirit. Although there was some damage, there was almost no pain under the breastplate.
“The new armor issued by King Quan is so good that they can’t break it! Let’s go out with the gladiators and defeat them~!” The spiked shield breastplate is a real low-level treasure, specially designed for use on the battlefield. The close-fitting white-blade design is characterized by resistance to blows and punctures. Encounters often evolve into canine battles without formation, and its defensive strength is difficult for middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers to break through. Coupled with its simple appearance and ultra-low threshold for use, the weapon builder Jin En's improvement of the spiked shield breastplate can be called an artifact for middle and low-level infantry and cavalry.
(End of this chapter)