Volume 1: The Northeast War Chapter 6: The Battle of the Nu River
Hearing the alarm, Li Chuan was the first to rush out of the camp, looking at the dense group of snakes on the river, and hurriedly ordered to find the fishing nets, he didn't think of this in front, it was difficult to find it for a while, and the half-beast army really had a variety of illusions, but he didn't expect it to be used on the battlefield The effect is also wonderful.
The barrage guarded by the Praetorian army fired a volley of arrows, trying to interrupt the attack of the snakes, but to no avail.
The snakes swam across the Cangjiang River, the artificial swamp is like entering no man's land for the snakes, all the way to the ferry, quickly rushed to the ferry, the first battalion of the southwest frontier army stationed at the ferry had no choice but to wave the sword in his hand, and the snakes who climbed on the ferry were killed one by one, but there were too many of them, and the snakes rushed to the ferry in batches without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and the ferry fight was chaotic after a while.
The fog in the early morning gradually dissipated, and the Nu River Cangjiang River could finally see the surface of the river, and the dense winged birds flew over the river, and then the soldiers of the half-beast army were directly thrown into the swamp, the original fog was covered, and there were snakes to attract the attention of the garrison army, and the swamp had gathered nearly 10,000 half-beast soldiers sent by the winged birds.
No one expected that the attack of the half-beast army would be so fast, and instead of waiting to build a warship, they launched a surprise attack on the Purple Country army with the help of Tianshi and their own advantages.
When the fog cleared, the Praetorian Guards stationed on the embankment hurriedly fired a dense fire of arrows, but it was too late.
"Shoot!" ordered Lin Shu, the commander of the forbidden army.
With a bang, thousands of arrows swooped down on the half-beast army in the swamp like a dense dark cloud, shooting the half-beast army that had not yet stood firm and planting it upside down into the water, blood splattered, and waves of scarlet rose on the surface of the river.
But no one cared about the discoloration of the river, only to see the half-beast army struggling in the muddy water, rolling, trekking, braving the rain of arrows to keep advancing, falling one after another, no matter how fierce the arrows were, they just held their shields and bows to dodge, but no one stopped, no one flinched, no one made a sound, they just persistently, silently approached the ferry, and then approached the ferry, and the advance seemed to be their goal.
The Half-Beast Army walked step by step from the swamp to the Cangjiang River Crossing with a shield, and the fierce shooting of sharp arrows still failed to stop the Half-Beast Army's advance, but the Praetorian Guard archers on the embankment were counterattacked by the winged birds of the Half-Beast Army, and suffered heavy damage.
Praetorian Guard archers fell, one after another, still firing hordes of bows and arrows at the half-orcs in the swamp.
The half-beast soldiers who rushed in front fell to the ground with an arrow, and plunged into the muddy water, and there was a scarlet ripple in the water, and the half-beast soldiers behind picked up the shield on the ground without saying a word, and continued to move forward with a bang.
Even if they were shot by an arrow and fell to the ground, they still moved forward little by little, as if their faith in moving forward had not been extinguished until death.
The tenacious attack of the half-beast army is like a single-celled creature without a brain, and the Southwest Tiger Guard Army and the Blue City Forbidden Army are faintly chilling when they look at it, what can make the opponent so strong?
Before the half-beast army in the swamp was wiped out, the winged birds in the sky sent another group of half-beast troops to shoot a wave of sharp arrows at the Praetorian Guard archers on the embankment, and then flew back to the opposite bank leisurely, continuing to send the next batch of half-beast troops over.
Li Chuan watched the situation develop from the high ground in the distance, if he continued to let the half-beast army advance, this battle would be lost.
At this time, after the fishing net was finally found and a large circle was encircled in the Cangjiang ferry, so that the snakes could not break through the ferry, Li Chuan hurriedly ordered to get rid of the snakes, rushed to the swamp, and launched a counter-charge against the half-beast army.
"The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of the Southwest Tiger Guard obeyed the order and immediately attacked! Counter-charge, and drove the enemy back into the river to feed the fish. β
A tick-tock horn sounded, and the Purple Army launched a counter-charge against the half-beast army in the swamp.
More than 30,000 soldiers of the Southwest Tiger Guard Army in red uniforms raised their long knives and screamed, rushing into the swamp and facing the half-beast army that was struggling to advance in the swamp.
From above, it was a clash between red and black, and then splashed bright red blood.
The swamp was originally built to deal with the Half-Beast Army, but now it has become a problem for the Tiger Guards.
This was an extremely brutal battle for both sides, the Half-Beast Army only invested 10,000 troops, while the Purple Country Army had to mobilize 30,000 troops to suppress it.
When the brave meets on a narrow road, at this time, no strategy will come in handy, and the fight is who is braver and fiercer in the armies of both sides, and who has a faster and sharper knife.
In the mud, people turned over on their backs, the sound of killing, and the screams were mixed together, the scene was chaotic like boiling porridge, and the people of the half-beast clan attacked frantically, but the soldiers of the third battalion of the Southwest Tiger Guard Army were also crazy, and they saw that the half-beast army was losing and retreating.
The Purple Army has many soldiers, a battalion of 10,000 people, and the half-beast army only invested only 10,000 people, in the overall situation, the Nu River defenders firmly occupy the advantage, the first batch of the first batch of half beast army forced to retreat into the Cangjiang River, all killed, the snake group also hurriedly swam back to the opposite bank, which announced that the Nu River defenders won the first battle.
The defenders of the Nu River rejoiced, shouting and killing to the sky, and the three hours of fighting did not make the Southwest Tiger Guards tired, but became more and more courageous.
On the other hand, the half-beast tribe on the other side of the Nu River did not make a sound, and the silence was very terrifying.
Li Chuan is worthy of being the commander of the southwest and the veteran of the Purple Country, and this defensive and counter-charge battle is the embodiment of the real competition with the half-beast army.
"This battle is too strange, why can the Winged Bird Flock transport the Half-Beast Army over, and instead of throwing it directly into the ferry, but into the swamp?
After thinking about this point for a while, there was no result, so I could only give up, and then continue to hold a meeting, so that the southwest generals, the officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard all used their brains, imagining what kind of way the half-beast army would attack next time, and how to deal with it, the meeting lasted until the evening, and the half-beast army did not attack again.
The Nu River side is constantly carrying out meetings, the content of the meeting is mainly how the half-beast army will attack next time, eliminate the large beasts, such as wild boars, Siberian tigers, elephants, these can not cross the swamp, and then exclude the wild monsters that fight alone, then the remaining wild monsters that can cross the waves of the Nu River and are hostile to humans, the aggressive wild monsters are only the winged birds and snakes that they saw before, and in addition, the Nu River soldiers also whimsically thought about a lot of combat wild monsters, the meeting lasted for three days, if the ministers of the imperial capital knew that the Nu River defenders held a three-day meeting, and the discussion was only about the wild monsters and not the half-beast army, it is estimated that they will laugh off the big teethγ
On the other hand, the half-beast army was arguing.
"Great Wizard, I really don't understand the point of you doing this?"
In the middle of the camp is the Great Wizard Heihe, on the left is the Second Wizard Gudu, on the right is the Third Wizard Snake Xixi and the Six Wizard Tiger Roar, and the question is the Three Wizard Snake Xixi, who is also the leader of the Snake Tribe.
Ten miles away from the Nu River, throwing the soldiers of the Demon Witch Army ten miles away to fight the enemy army is simply crazy.
"Great Wizard, the winged birds are so flocked, they will never give the clansmen a chance to gather, this is no different from sending them to death, why do they have to do this?"
Heihe didn't speak, staring quietly at the glass beads in his hand.
Snake Xixi couldn't help but say at this time: "Great wizard, if you really can't do it, let's withdraw to the Witch God Fort first, build a good warship, and then come back." β
"The Demon King is about to wake up, no one knows if it's today or tomorrow, or next month or next year, since we're here, we can't go back empty-handed. The Great Wizard Heihe finally spoke: "How is the wooden boat prepared?"
"It has been built in an urgent way, and in the past two days, a thousand rafts have been built, which can accommodate ten people, but they are not defensive enough, and I am afraid it will be difficult to get close to the shore. The second wizard Gu Du was a little displeased.
"Great wizard, you have to think twice, this time our six clans each bring 50,000 people, if we really want the raft to face the attack, the casualties are really incalculable. Snake Sissy was dissuaded worriedly.
Heihe straightened his face and said softly: "If you bring the Central Plains Witch back to the Witch God Castle before the Demon King wakes up, it will all be worth it." β
"Do we have to sacrifice most of our people for her, they are human too!" cried the serpent.
Heihe suddenly shouted angrily: "If you don't do this, do you want to see your people not like people, ghosts like ghosts, and live forever under the curse of the witch god?"
After a while, his tone calmed down and said slowly: "As the leader of the Giant Elephant Clan, it is my responsibility to let my people return to human life, instead of suffering under the curse of the Witch God, since I am the Great Elder and Great Wizard of the Witch God Castle, I should think about the future of the Half-Beast Clan." β
"What's wrong with me now? I'm not like a human? I'm like, I'm more like a human than all of you, but I don't want to see my people, my kind suffering under the curse of the witch god, and I'm going to let them restore everything that is human, is that wrong?"
"There's nothing wrong with that, Great Wizard, but the price is a bit too great. Gudu said on the side.
"Do you have a better way?" asked Heihe rhetorically.
"Go back and urge the raft to be built expeditiously, in three days I will see five thousand wooden boats, which can carry fifty thousand wizards across the river at a time, and we are running out of time. Heihe saw that the three of them had nothing to say, and finally reminded them.
After six consecutive days of armistice, not a single soldier of the half-beast army crossed the river again, and the tense atmosphere quietly dispersed in the curling smoke on both sides of the Nu River, but whether it was Li Chuan or Lin Shu, or the great wizard Heihe, this calm situation became more and more difficult to guess the enemy's movements.
The Northeast elite, who have fought with the Half-Beast Army many times, have been accustomed to the Half-Beast Army's long-distance drive, and they have never seen it without attacking, in fact, the Half-Beast Clan did not expect the terrain of the Purple Country to be so complicated.
Silent all night, the half-beast army still did not attack.
In the early morning of the second day, the river was foggy again, thicker than usual, and there was a slight drizzle.
Suddenly, the sound of the rain became louder, and the blow turned up a big wave on the river, and it was difficult for the ships to move in the heavy rain and foggy weather, and it was estimated that the half-beast army would not dare to attack rashly today.
"Lift your spirits to me, although it is difficult for the enemy army to advance in this weather, it is also the most suitable for surprise attacks, and you must be careful of the movements of the half-beast army. Li Chuan looked at the river at the ferry, it was white, and he looked vaguely fifty meters away, and he said in his heart that this kind of weather was really bad.
There was a sudden sound of rustling nearby, and soon the snakes poured into the Cangjiang ferry again after six days, but the ferry had been surrounded by many fishing nets, but the snakes returned in vain.
The sudden attack of the snake group made the attention of the first battalion of the Southwest Tiger Guards guarding the Cangjiang River crossing, and looked at the Cangjiang River, only to see the mighty large warships covering the lower reaches of the Cangjiang River, and the rows of waves with thousands of layers of suppressed waves, the border guards stationed in the Cangjiang River were dumbfounded, this is a warship that the Purple Country has never seen before, the volume is so huge, and when it advances, it actually makes the surrounding water flow form a whirlpool.
It turned out that the reason why the half-beast army did not attack and waited for the arrival of their warships.
The river was tumbling and rumbling, and the defenders stationed in the Nu River all found the problem, and looked at the river, the warship was only less than 100 meters away from the shore, and they could immediately approach the shore.
"Prepare the stone machinery to be dropped, and stop them from landing. Li Chuan ordered the command.
In the fog of the early morning, only the sound of swishing breaking the air was heard, and thousands of stones weighing several pounds roared out, hitting the warship on the river, trying to smash the warship, but after a round of attack, the giant warship was safe and sound, only the sound of breaking water was heard, and the warship still moved upright, only less than twenty meters from the shore.
"The second battalion is red with red flags, black flags and yellow flags ready for battle, and as soon as the enemy forces capture the shore and beach, immediately drive the enemy back into the river to feed the fish. β
"The first battalion of yellow flags, green flags, and purple flags are firmly guarding the Cangjiang crossing, and not a single enemy army can let go of the crossing!"
"The green flag and purple flag of the second battalion, and the red flag and black flag of the first battalion are ready to be dispatched at any time!"
"The archers of the forbidden army are ready immediately, and as soon as the enemy shows up, give me all directions to shoot!"
Li Chuan gave several orders in a row, looking at the mighty warship, he felt uneasy in his heart, and vaguely felt that something was wrong.
The huge warship sailed to the shore, and saw that the ship was crowded, but no one got off the ship.
On the embankment, Lin Shu's Yulin army tried to fire several batches of bows and arrows, only to hear the sound of "whooshing" breaking the air and the collision of water "plopping and plopping".