Chapter 303: Confluence
If it is a normal situation, probably this place will be occupied, occupy this place and attack inward, or simply plunder it if the conditions are not good, and give it up directly, take away what can be taken away as supplies, and throw away all the meaningless things. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
And this attack on this place is only the beginning of a series of offensive plans, Angus did not have the leisure time to waste time on such a border defense, all they had to do was to annihilate all the enemies here. Pull out the defenses on this border, so that you can drive straight in, and you can stealthily tear through the defense line from here.
These plans were largely due to the support of a good intelligence system, and in an era when the concept of intelligence warfare had never existed, the help of the Assassin League and the Church of Light had become the most powerful source of intelligence. Although you still can't detect a lot of things, compared to many other armies, it's pretty good, and many other countries are simply blind in comparison.
Speaking of which, the war in this world has just passed from the stage of frontal hardness, because of the scarcity of the number of magicians and their respective positions, environmental adaptation, etc., it is still rare to see magicians in conventional conflicts, and a regular battle process is still ordinary soldiers fighting around, harassing after going around, and occasionally remembering to play a little mobility, there is almost no more tactics to speak of.
Being able to know when to attack and which one can get the best benefits is basically more than half of the success, and how to attack has become a trivial detail.
Especially now, when you have the advantage of crushing equipment.
If it weren't for the fact that Angus's attack was very tight and he was expected to get very few supplies, he would have been willing to add a bunch of mages to his team or something, this kind of humanoid turret-like fire support would have a great effect in battle. However, after a period of marching, mages who do not fully recover and replenish will soon be greatly reduced, and will not be in the best condition at all, and may become a burden to the team in the middle and late stages.
When the time comes, you say give up ruthlessly, the battle mage can't afford to lose, don't give up, drag it out and affect the progress, neither side is the way, and in the end, you can only give up the idea of installing a team of mages in the team for the sake of safety.
However, just because they can't bring a mage doesn't mean the enemy won't have a mage. According to the plan, they need to avoid the big towns along the way as much as possible, and it is precisely to avoid contact with a certain number of magicians, so it is not a problem to take a few long detours. After all, the number of people is limited, and a frontal assault cannot afford to consume.
But it looks like it's at least off to a good start......
The entire battle lasted less than two hours, and the entire period from the launch of the offensive to the post-battle reorganization was completed. Angus's attacking team was almost unscathed, apart from some wear and tear on equipment and a few wounded. The effects of sneak attacks and equipment superiority are fully manifested, and the battle damage ratio is even more beautiful, making every commander dream of laughing.
It's not over yet, and we can't rejoice too soon. They had only a short time to rest and resupply, and in less than an hour they were hurriedly taken on their way by Angus. After sweeping through Cottridge, he continued his way into the depths. Halfway through, you can join up with a small group of men left behind by Matthew, and then attack the next target.
And Matthew has been waiting for Angus for a long time.
In a sense, the next target was easier to attack than Kotridge, because it didn't have walls like Kotrich, but there was another obvious problem before themβas a small barracks, there were more garrisons than the previous two operations combined. They were just at the foot of the mountain, and from the far away view of the forest, it was almost as if a group of people had built a neat village at the foot of the mountain.
It is easy to attack here, and the defense of the military camp is not surrounded by heavy walls, so it can be attacked from all directions, if Matthew and Angus can easily come up with a few offensive plans to solve this place as quickly as possible. But now it is necessary to minimize losses.
If you go further out of the barracks here, you will enter a mountainous area, and there will be no forest to cover it. And you have to go around a few of these large hills before you can raid the next city.
The two guys quickly met at the edge of the forest, and Angus marched all the way here, the smell of blood on his body had dissipated most of it, and the blood stains on his armor had already solidified, and they rubbed off a lot all the way through the forest, forming various blood stains with jagged edges, which looked like new decorations on his armor.
Matthew is much better, not to mention himself who has been watching, and even the group of people under him are not very much stained with blood, all of them are good at wiping their necks, and they will not be covered in such an assassination operation at all.
"It's more than half a dozen people expected," Matthew whispered, sitting on the trunk of a tree that had been put down, as Angus leaned in.
This sentence made Angus frown slightly.
It's not that it can't be defeated, it's just that the loss may be a little bigger than planned, which makes people more unhappy.
"Or you can choose to let the brothers rest a little longer and wait until early morning before attacking." Matthew added.
A longer rest will not only allow their soldiers to return to a better state, but also allow their rune equipment to accumulate more mana, allowing them to activate for a little longer, although it will certainly not have time to return to the best state, but at least it is much better than the state that has just fought in the first battle.
Because Angus didn't speak for a long time, Matthew raised his eyebrows: "Say, what to do." β
It's still a bit inappropriate to wait for dawn, and once it's dawn, more enemies will wake up one after another. It's not that I'm afraid that they will regain a higher combat power, but it's easier to let go of the stragglers, and it's the most suitable choice to take advantage of the night to fish in troubled waters and kill all the talents, and a sneak attack at night is the most advantageous for Angus's side.
Angus was still thinking about it, he frowned and walked a few more steps forward, found a place with more sparse trees, and began to observe the military camp in the distance, although it was very dark, but the sporadic fires were enough to make people judge the military camp.
"Go around to the south side," Angus turned and pointed in the direction of Matthew, "and then divide half of the men and horses, and rush in from the opening in the direction of the west side, and set all the houses on that side to me." β
Matthew touched his chin noncommittally and waited for Angus to continue.
"Later, my men will bypass from the north side, wait for us to make the first move, you will kill them at the beginning of this attack, first take the east side of them, and then all of them will be suppressed on the west side, not too aggressive."
After Angus finished speaking, he looked at Matthew, who didn't speak, and asked, "Got it?" β
He originally thought that Ma Xian was listening to his own arrangement, although this was simple, but Angus was also very sure that it would have enough effect when it was implemented.
There are several large warehouses on the west side of the barracks, and it is too easy for this kind of wooden structure to light them, and it looks like it will be a granary or something, if not at least other supplies, and the effect of burning it will be very good.
But Matthew didn't respond to Angus's words, he opened his mouth slightly, slowly stretched out his finger and pointed to the mountain in the distance, and asked, "What is that?" β
Angus quickly turned his head to look in the direction that Matthew was pointing. On the hill next to the barracks, there was a little firelight, so small that it was almost impossible to see, and if it weren't for such a dark night, Angus and Matthew would not have been able to spot it at this distance.
"Sentry?" Angus subconsciously guessed. It is generally normal for those who will appear in that position to be sent out of the barracks or patrol soldiers.
But there was only a little bit of fire around, as if they were not part of their army, and if they wanted to use torches, they would simply use torches, and if they didn't use torches, they wouldn't just light a spot on the mountain, which exposed themselves to no point at all.
If you think about it this way, probably not the people of Sunderland seem to be more reasonable. But who will appear at this time in this place where birds don't poop.
Angus and Matthew quickly glanced at each other, and both read the same sentence from each other's eyes: "Is that really not your man?" β
So just when Angus and Matthew didn't understand what the strange firelight was for a while, the firelight was suddenly covered by another white light, and it appeared blatantly halfway up the mountainside, shining like a star falling on the mountainside.
Even Angus, who knew nothing about the various uses of magic, could understand that it was the brilliance of a great magic when it was activated.
"Who's leaking the news!" The thought flashed through Angus and Matthew's minds, and the next moment a rain of meteors swept through the mountains and slammed into their hidden woods.
The light of the magic quickly grew larger, bursting out on the mountainside like an aurora, and a large amount of yellow light converged as if it was about to burst out at any moment.
"Wait, that's not right......" Matthew whispered.
The great magic had no intention of being launched, but instead swirled around the mountainside, quickly gathered in the air, and then collapsed into a torrent of elements as if it had collapsed, and splashed on the mountain.
Angus straightened up, he realized what was going on, he slapped Matthew on the shoulder, and shouted, "Take your men and horses out!" Offensive! Don't leave a single mouth alive! Offensive!! β
The sound of the horn resounded in the forest, and the distant elements also swept up on the surface of the mountain, forming a torrent of boulders and elements, overwhelmingly running towards the military camp at the foot of the mountain...... (To be continued.) )