Chapter 264: Engagement
Only a few hours later, Prince Arthur, Guristan, Yi Qingfeng and others led the army to catch up, Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang immediately recounted the situation of the battle that had just taken place, and after listening to the two of them, the expressions on the faces of the generals were a little ugly.
Yi Qingfeng said: "There are clouds in the book of war: know yourself and know the enemy, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles, now the enemy is dark and I am clear, we are indeed more passive." Just like in this battle just now, if the enemy military had not set up an ambush first, and the two sides set up a formation to fight, we would not have suffered a big loss. ”
Prince Arthur said: "What Qingfeng said is extremely true, the most important thing now is to find out the enemy's military deployment, so that we can have a targeted and accurate strike, otherwise it is easy to fall into the enemy's trap by mistake like a headless fly, I wonder if you can effectively find out the enemy's situation?"
Grace said: "I have a way, there is an enemy blockade on the ground, and it is inconvenient to spy on the military, but it is much easier from the air, in my opinion, it is better to let me and Mrs. Emmel ride the dragon to reconnoiter from the air, so that it can be said that the result is twice as effective with half the effort." ”
After thinking about it for a while, Arthur said, "This is indeed a good idea, if it goes well, it will be much easier and faster than reconnaissance on the ground, but I am worried about whether there are people in Jack's rebel army who can pose a threat to you." ”
Grace said: "Brother Wang, not everyone can learn the dragon control technique, there are no more than ten people in the entire elven clan who have this ability, and Mrs. Emmel and I have reached the highest level of dragon control skills, even if some of the Jack rebels have mastered the dragon control technique, but it is impossible to pose a threat to the two of us, you can rest assured." ”
Prince Arthur pondered for a moment and said: "If you want to say this, Brother Wang is indeed irrefutable, but don't be overconfident, Brother Wang is just a sister like you, in case you have three long and two short, how can I explain to my dead father and mother." He said with a worried look on his face.
Seeing that Arthur was not worried that Grace would go to scout the enemy, Mrs. Emmel opened her mouth and said: "The prince doesn't have to worry, the old slave has studied the dragon control technique all his life, it can be said that no one can compare with the old slave and Princess Grace in terms of dragon control alone, His Royal Highness the prince can put a hundred hearts, and the princess will definitely not have any danger." ”
Hearing Amyel's words, Prince Arthur was reassured, and he nodded: "Okay, since there is no danger, this king can rest assured that Grace and Mrs. Emel will carry out this task." ”
The plan was decided, and everyone then said a few more words, explaining some details to be paid attention to in the course of the investigation, and only retreated until they were sure that nothing went wrong.
In the next two days, Grace and Mrs. Emmel drove the dragon to carry out reconnaissance within a radius of 100 miles in the place of Liusheng, and the two of them went out early and returned late without fear of hard work, and finally the hard work paid off, and the enemy's military deployment was all clearly understood by the two of them.
It turned out that Jack's rebel soldiers were divided into two ways, plus mercenaries and one road, and a total of three ways were divided into three ways to set up a pocket formation to eat all of Arthur's troops. Knowing the enemy's combat intentions, Arthur, Guristan, Yi Qingfeng, Duran and other generals quickly gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
After a period of intense consultations, everyone decided to divide the troops into three ways to resist the enemy's three-way army, the first route Prince Arthur and Duran led 20,000 soldiers and horses to meet the enemy army of Blatter in the northeast, the second route was led by Guristan with 20,000 soldiers and horses to meet the enemy army of Hairis, and the third route was Yi Qingfeng, Mu Qianqian, Xiang Chen, and Wu Renliang, who led a total of 20,000 enemy troops to meet the dwarf mercenary team.
The plan was decided, and the men quickly divided the troops, and according to the plan, they went in three directions in the direction of the enemy.
Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang were attacked by Himi's troops once before, and the two of them were holding their breath in their hearts, and this time they happened to face the dwarven mercenary team, which can be said to give them a chance to take revenge. On this day, when they learned that a small group of troops from the enemy army was camping dozens of miles away, Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang were overjoyed, and they said to Yi Qingfeng: "Qingfeng, the opportunity must not be lost, this enemy army is alone in the depths, it can be said that it is sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, we must not miss it." ”
Yi Qingfeng said: "I know that you two are eager to make meritorious contributions, but don't be too anxious, this enemy army may be a bait, you must remember not to be careless." ”
Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang said: "Don't worry, we will meet the opportunity." As he spoke, he gathered five thousand soldiers and horses and headed for the enemy garrison. Along the way, the two of them reached the outskirts of the enemy camp without any hindrance, and the dwarves had always been meticulous, and such a swaggering entry was obviously not in line with their style.
Xiang Chen inevitably had doubts in his heart, and he said to Wu Renliang on the side: "Did you say that the enemy was deceitful, did they really not find out that our army was coming?"
Wu Renliang said: "You have a point, dwarves are good at making all kinds of firearms, we can't rush in, lest we fall for their tricks, it is better to disperse the troops first, and then send a team of soldiers and horses to investigate and investigate." ”
Xiang Chen said: "You're right, just do it." Then he ordered all the soldiers and horses to disperse in an arc, and then called a leader and said, "Luther, take a hundred brothers into the enemy camp to have a look, and remember to be careful." ”
Luther said, "Yes, General." As he spoke, he led a hundred soldiers cautiously and slowly approached the enemy camp.
After advancing dozens of meters, suddenly a sound of breaking the air came, and I saw dozens of sharp arrows whistling out of the enemy camp and flying out, Luther shouted: "Be careful!" said and raised the shield in his hand to resist. The other sergeants also took up their shields to resist. Blocking the enemy's sharp arrow attack, Luther led the soldiers to continue to advance, suddenly the gunfire was loud, and many bullets flew out of the enemy camp, and Luther shouted: "Lie down." As he spoke, he quickly lay on the ground, but the bullets flew extremely fast, and the soldiers, who were a little slower to react, were unfortunately shot, and they fell to the ground in pain.
Xiang Chen shouted, "Captain Luther, come back quickly." At the same time, he ordered his men to start a counterattack, and for a time I saw the sound of gunfire and sharp arrows flying together, and I saw bullets and arrows flying towards the enemy camp in the sky, and the enemy's fire was immediately suppressed, and Luther took the opportunity to retreat with the wounded soldiers.
Wu Renliang said: "There is indeed an ambush in the enemy camp, they are in the dark, we are in the light, and it is not good for us to fight, we have to find a way to force them to show up." ”
Xiang Chen said: "This is easy to do, we still have two artillery pieces in our hands, this is a sharp weapon to force the enemy to appear." With a few cannon shots, a raging fire broke out in the enemy camp, and at the same time, the screams of the enemy were heard, and it was obvious that the enemy had been hit by the artillery.
Xiang Chen wanted to strike with the hot iron, so he shouted: "Everyone obeys the order and rushes in with General Ben to destroy the enemy army." Saying that, together with Wu Renliang, he led the 5,000-strong army towards the enemy camp, advancing dozens of meters, and suddenly several gunpowder roars sounded around him, and immediately blew up a group of soldiers, it turned out that the enemy had already laid many mines in this area. Fortunately, the undead troops were relatively scattered, and the losses were not heavy, seeing that many subordinates were killed and injured at once, Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang's eyes were almost bursting with fire, and they roared angrily: "This group of bitches raised them, if you don't kill them, it will be difficult to solve the evil anger in my chest." As he spoke, he continued to gallop forward.
The two of them were innocent and urged with all their might, braving the sharp arrows and bullets fired from the enemy camp, and the soldiers under them also rushed forward quickly while counterattacking. At this time, they were completely in a state of battle, and they had long put life and death on the line, and the sound of mine bombardment from time to time under their feet could not stop their progress.
Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang took the lead in plundering into the enemy camp, the two of them were furious at this time, and they couldn't swallow the enemy alive, several dwarves saw them rushing over and quickly pointed their guns at them, but before they could shoot, Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang had already taken the lead, only to see a sharp cold light flashing, and a team of dwarven mercenaries had not seen how they made a move and returned to the western sky.
Xiang Chen said: "These dog thieves are very weak in their skills, let's destroy them separately." Saying that, he and Wu Renliang each launched an attack on the enemy army in one direction, this mercenary team is only a few hundred people, and its own strength is not outstanding, but it is just an advanced weapon in hand.
In the face of Great Zhou Tian-level powerhouses like Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang, they can be described as lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and the two of them blocked and killed gods and Buddhas all the way, and killed dozens of people in just a moment. At the same time, the army of five thousand undead also entered the enemy camp, hand-to-hand combat is not the strength of this dwarven army, not to mention that it is still at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, as if it is devastated, hundreds of dwarven troops were quickly defeated, dead and wounded and fell to the ground. The enemy army who was lucky enough to save their lives fled like crazy, but it was obviously just self-deception, and Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang led the army to chase and kill them all the way until they were all wiped out.
After killing hundreds of enemy soldiers and horses, Xiang Chen and Wu Renliang were so addicted that a bad breath grew out of their chests. The two led the army back to the camp, and Yi Qingfeng and Mu Qianqian, who learned of the victory, were also very happy. Yi Qingfeng said: "You two fought beautifully in this battle, and you are happy to have annihilated all the enemy soldiers and horses, and the process went smoothly?"
Wu Renliang said: "How can it, the enemy army is very cunning, first hid and sneak attacked, and then found that a lot of explosives were buried in the ground waiting for us to take the bait, fortunately, Xiang Chen and I scattered all the soldiers and horses in advance, otherwise the casualties in this battle will at least double, fortunately, these dwarves have very poor skills, and when we get close to them, they will only have to wait for death." ”
Yi Qingfeng said: "I see, it seems that we have to be careful of their tricks when we encounter them in the future, this battle is only afraid that the enemy army will be unwilling, we have to be careful to guard against their retaliation." With that, the four of them got up and prepared to deploy the defenses.