Chapter 43: The Power of Witchcraft

The attacking troops in the 29th village launched a decisive charge, and before that, Yanhe gathered more than 3,000 men to attack the Bujin people's front. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

She told Nami to stay in the army and not move, while she led all the cavalry to rush ahead of the second attack wave. She planned to take advantage of the first attack wave to get tangled with the enemy infantry and lead the cavalry to tear through the enemy's defenses.

Of course, with the more than 1,000 cavalry she had at hand, it was impossible to tear through the enemy's defense. Yan He's real killer is herself—her sorcery, to be exact.

The name of the crane was given by Nami layman. She has the word "Yan" in her name, and this is because she can use the power of fire. As for the word "crane" in her name, it doesn't have too deep meaning, it's just because when she and Nami Monk met, she was using her flame ability to roast wild cranes to eat, so Nami Monk gave her such a name.

The physical ability of the Irayu monster is already far stronger than that of ordinary people, and it can be defeated by one against ten in hand-to-hand combat. Yan Crane can also use the power of fire, and her attack range is about 20 meters, and enemies who enter her attack range will be charred to char. It is no exaggeration to say that when facing an enemy with no long-range weapons and no special defensive equipment, Yan He can easily defeat one against one hundred.

But the real battlefield will not create such ideal conditions for her, if she wants to exert the effect of hexology, Yanhe must break through the barrage of enemy troops and bring the enemy army into the range of hexic attacks. She can form a wall of flames in front of her, but doing so will do little to defend herself other than inflicting a great psychological deterrent on her enemies.

The wooden structure of the arrows burns to ash in an instant when exposed to high temperatures, but the metal arrows do not necessarily melt completely. Even if the arrow is completely melted, the molten metal can continue to fly forward by inertia due to the fact that the flame is incorporeal. Yan He can use the power of flames, but this does not mean that she is not afraid of fire, although her body can withstand a certain amount of heat, but if the temperature is too high, she will also be burned.

The temperature that could melt the metal was far beyond the tolerance of Yan He's flesh, so the hot metal liquid would definitely cause damage to her body. And that's just when facing the arrows, if you change to a musket projectile with a higher muzzle velocity, the molten metal liquid is likely to directly penetrate her body.

On top of that, horses are afraid of fire, and if Yanhe uses a wall of fire, then she can't ride a horse. She wasn't a slow runner, but she could ride a horse faster. On the battlefield, speed can determine many things, so Yan He will always sacrifice the psychological deterrence of the enemy army and choose to charge the enemy army on a war horse.

Yan He's war horse was specially trained by her. When the crane approached the enemy line, she would jump off her horse - a dangerous maneuver that humans should not easily imitate, but for the crane, it was as simple as jumping on the ground.

She was accustomed to jumping on horseback, and the moment she jumped, her horse would turn around and leave, so that she would not burn her horse when she used sorcery.

By the time the cavalry charged, less than 300 light infantry had survived heavy Bujin fire and had already engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Bukin's infantry. The Bujin infantry waited for their work, and the Ira infantry was exhausted after a hundred-meter sprint, but they waved their weapons in order to survive.

Since the Bujin army was arrayed on a high slope, the musketeers could still fire on the enemy's follow-up troops without inadvertently injuring friendly troops. The Brin ranged forces inflicted heavy losses on the Ira's light cavalry, but they still managed to break through the enemy line with nearly 500 horsemen.

Yan He was also among them - this news should have been bad news for the Bujin infantry, but he didn't want Yan He to ignore the enemy infantry behind him after jumping off his horse and go straight to the ranged troops of the Bujin army.

The light crossbowmen standing in the front row did not dare to fire their arrows when they saw that only one of the enemy was attacking, lest they accidentally injure the friendly soldiers in front. Several light crossbowmen dropped their light crossbows and drew their short swords to meet them, which was in the arms of Yan He.

In order to protect himself, Yan He carried a cavalry shield with him, and this cavalry shield had three feathered arrows and a crossbow arrow stuck in it, and a long crack had appeared in the shield. She dropped her cavalry shield, drew her sword from her waist, and sped up to the light crossbowmen in two breaths.

The Ilibi are all small, short-legged, where have they ever seen such speed? The light crossbowmen didn't react for a moment, Yan He casually threw a few sword flowers, their throats were cut open by the long sword, and at the same time, their bodies also collapsed to the ground like sacks that no one cared about.

When the other crossbowmen saw that their allies had been killed, they dropped their crossbows and drew their swords to meet them. Yan He slashed a few more people with her long sword, and when she saw that the enemies had gathered, the corners of her mouth curled, and a long fiery snake appeared around her out of thin air.

This fire snake was several meters long and the wheels were thick, and its appearance directly ignited more than a dozen Bujin light crossbowmen who rushed to Yan He, and let out a miserable cry. Yan Crane manipulated the fire snake to create a piece of purgatory on earth within a radius of about 20 meters.

The flames and the screams of their companions took a toll on the morale of the Bujin, and the crossbowmen dropped their weapons and fled. The longbowmen and heavy crossbowmen behind them were barely able to keep their composure, but their feet were moving backwards uncontrollably.

The troops in the 29th village saw that Yanhe was showing his might in the enemy formation, and let out a cheer that shook the sky, and their morale was greatly boosted. The infantry in the front row of the Bujin people did not know what was happening behind them, but after the cheers of the enemy troops, someone looked back and saw that Yan He was walking towards his hinterland like a walk, under the protection of a fiery snake.

Such a scene caused panic among the infantrymen, and some soldiers were killed by the enemy because of distraction, so that the morale of the infantry in the front row was shaken even more.

"Don't be afraid! She's only one person! ”

"Ready to shoot! Get ready to shoot! ”

"Distance yourself from her! Distance! ”

Under the command of the officers, the soldiers gradually came to their senses. In order to solve the big trouble of Yanhe as soon as possible, the right flank of the Bujin army sent cavalry in advance, wanting to crush the enemy's attacking force as soon as possible. At the same time, they spread out the ranged troops in the direction of the Chinese army, so that the ranged troops could shoot at Yanhe without accidentally injuring friendly troops.

While the Bujin people were busy dealing with the witchcraft, Yan He was already thinking about running away. Just like the magic of the Ryding magician, the magic of the Ira Youkai cannot be used indefinitely, and it requires the consumption of "demon power". The fire snake that Yan He is using now is the most powerful skill she can use now, and the consumption is also the largest.

In fact, she very much wanted to catch up when the enemy army retreated, but the reality simply did not allow her to do so. It takes a lot of energy to keep the flames in their current state, and if Yan Crane runs fast in this situation, it is very likely that he will fall on his heels due to his inability to concentrate, and then be burned by his own fire snake, or even burned to death.

The reason why Yan He used the fire snake to deal with the Bujin people was nothing more than to inflict the greatest blow on the morale of the enemy army in a limited time, and as for killing the enemy, it was secondary. Even if Yan He can fight again, how many people can he kill under the heavy encirclement of the enemy? Hundred? Two hundred? This level would also be a demoralizing blow to the Bukin, but the military system of the Ilibians doomed them from collapse, and at best would only shake them up.

When Yan He's demonic power was exhausted and her physical strength was exhausted, if the troops in Twenty-Nine Village couldn't defeat the Bujin people before that, she would definitely be killed by the Bujin people. No one knows better than Yan He what kind of goods the soldiers in the twenty-nine villages are, even if they pull the Nami monks and drag it for a longer time, they will not be able to defeat the Bujin people.

Besides, even if the Twenty-Nine Villages could defeat the Bujin people, Yan He would not be guilty of risking it for them. So after pretending to walk some way into the enemy's hinterland, she suddenly dropped a few walls of fire, and then turned and ran as fast as she could.

By this time, the cavalry of the Bujin had gone around to the rear of the attacking troops, ready to attack them at any time. Seeing this, Yan He quickly cut down several Bujin infantry with their backs to her, and then kicked away the Ira light infantry who were in the way, took the thumb and index finger of his left hand in his mouth, and whistled loudly.

Yanhe's war horse heard the whistle and immediately ran out of the formation in the twenty-ninth village. By this time, the cavalry of the Bujin had already launched a charge against the Ira, killing more than a hundred people and causing hundreds to be scattered in just one round of the attack. Yan Crane knew that the Ira people would not last long, so he gave up entanglement with the Bujin infantry, kicked away the Ira soldiers who were in the way, fled the battle line, and then threw down a wall of fire directly to the place where the Bujin cavalry charged.

This wall of fire not only burned several cavalrymen along with their horses, but also frightened the nearby horses, and a dozen Ira soldiers who fought against the Bujin cavalry were also burned.

The flames caused chaos and created an escape route for the cranes. After the wall of fire disappeared, Yanhe fled the battle line along this passage and joined her horse.

Yan He mounted his war horse and ran back to the formation in the twenty-ninth village without looking back. Not long after her return, the attacking forces in front were completely routed. The Bujin only sent cavalry to chase and kill for a while, and then retreated. Nami wanted to attack again on her own, but was stopped by Yan He—she was reluctant to let Nami go to battle.

Nearly two hundred of the cavalry of the twenty-nine villages survived. Most of them returned to their positions, and a dozen or so horsemen ran directly in the direction of the main camp because they were too panicked.

In this way, following the right flank, the Ira's attack on the left flank also failed. The Chinese army of the Bujin people did not move like a mountain, and such a result was not acceptable to Manyun.

If the Bujin people's central army did not move, Wei Xu and his personal cavalry would not be able to attack the enemy's main position. Man Yun asked Wei Xu to urge the two wings to attack again many times, but the answer he got was that "our army is no longer able to continue the attack."

More than half of the troops in the 29 villages were lost, and they really had no ability to attack. But the right flank army lost only two or three thousand cavalry, and the troops of Rimi Shrine did not lose the slightest, and it stands to reason that they should be able to launch an attack. However, Lan Xian felt that this attack had no meaning other than to increase his own losses, so he refused to follow Wei Xu's order to continue the attack.

Wei Xu saw that the Bujin people had no intention of counterattacking, so he sighed and said to Man Yun.

"Sister Manyun, let's withdraw the army today."

Withdrawing means defeat, Wei Xu feels that the eldest husband can bend and stretch, this time he loses, and he will win it back next time. But Man Yun didn't want to retreat, she thought that the twenty-nine villages and Lan Xian deliberately didn't do their best, so her plan would fail. As long as she forces the Twenty-Nine Village and Lan Xian to launch an attack on the Bujin people at any cost, her plan may succeed.

In fact, before carrying out the operational deployment according to Manyun's plan, Wei Xu had already formulated a combat plan. He wanted the three families to command their respective troops and launch an attack on the Bujin from three directions. If the Iraa coalition army had been deployed according to Wei Xu's plan, it would have been much more difficult for the Bujin people to fight.

It can be seen from the battle situation in the 29th village that the deterrent effect of demon magic on the Bujin people is still very strong. The troops of the Twenty-Nine Villages took advantage of the wavering faith of the Bujin people and inflicted hundreds of casualties on them.

Rimi Shrine also had the power to fight against the left wing of the Kamibujin people, but unfortunately they did not participate in the war. If the cavalry of Shangjin County was commanded by Wei Xu, a person who knew them well, Wei Xu would definitely let them rush over in a swarm at any cost, and break through the defense line of the Bujin people in one go. Doing so would cause a lot of casualties to the cavalry troops, but Wei Xu would definitely send the recruits to the front to die, and let the veterans cover up in the back, so that even if the recruits died, he would not feel distressed.

If this battle was fought according to Wei Xu's deployment, even if the Iraa coalition army lost, it would at least inflict 5,000 casualties on the Bujin. The coalition forces may have suffered more than seven thousand casualties, but most of their losses were low-fighting units, which could be replenished at any time as long as they had the money. The Bukin, on the other hand, lost heavily trained citizen soldiers, which could only be replenished from home, and had limited reserves. From the perspective of the big picture, it must be more cost-effective on the side of the Ira.

It's a pity that there is no "if" in reality.

The battle has already been fought like this, and the Ira coalition can only bear the consequences and withdraw for the time being. Although Man Yun was unhappy, he still gave up the idea of continuing the attack under Wei Xu's persuasion and agreed to return to the camp.

In order to cast a long line to catch a big fish, the Bujin people had no intention of pursuing, and after discovering that the Iraa coalition army had begun to retreat, they began to clean up the battlefield, and then the squad returned to the camp.

In this way, the first battle between the two armies ended with the victory of the Bujin army.