On a clear day, a healthy human can clearly see another person of the same kind several kilometers away on flat ground. The habit of walking upright gives the species a higher range of vision, allowing them to avoid more predators, see more food, and thus perpetuate their genes.

As soon as the species entered a civilized state, this vision ability immediately shifted from targeting enemies to being used more against its own kind. Before the fossil fuel age, man's domination often depended on a range of kilometres. This range determines the extent to which a human can control the number of other humans, determines the organizational capacity of an army, and participates to a certain extent in the process of determining the boundaries of a nation.

When faced with a certain environment that greatly limits this ability, a seemingly large group of people often collapses in a way that humans cannot imagine.

Vision is only one of them, and since all order has a prerequisite, there must also be factors in this precondition that lead to collapse.

It's just that before the collapse, very few people could have realized it.

This is not the sorrow of individual human beings, this is the fate of all civilizations.

"Shen Changwen, Wang Youquan, conference call, report on the situation of the camp."

"Today some people began to flee, but they were all captured, and King Elise insisted on hanging them."

"What do you think?"

"Agree in principle," Shen Changwen replied, and Wang Youquan added, "but there are still a few co-offenders in it, can it be replaced by caning?" ”

"We don't have to interfere in legal matters, your identity is a divine envoy, don't let Elise feel that you are trying to use divine power to override his royal power. Administrative issues that do not seriously involve migration are left to him. ”

"There are a lot of sick people in the camp, and the medicine is running out of food."

"Only treat contagious diseases, and if it doesn't work, leave the patient behind."

"Leave it behind?"

"Yes. Externally, they said that this was their ungodliness, God's punishment. Remember the plan? When confronted with an unsolvable problem, appeal to morality. Anything else? ”

Wang Youquan was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, and Shen Changwen continued: "The reinforcements that are going to be sent to Wu Xiaoqing are not going to wait for the rain to stop." ”

"No, send them out, this is a test, we must know how much their morale is, and then we can tailor the tasks for them in the future war."

"Anything else."

"It's gone."

"Then I'll hang up."

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"Wu Xiaoqing, inspect the camp."

The spaceship maintenance mirror soon followed Wu Xiaoqing's actions, and the latest picture in the camp came.

The leveling work of the camp was not strictly carried out in accordance with the requirements, which affected the drainage of the camp and was immediately corrected;

It remains to be seen that the soldiers counted the captured gold coins in the camp and gambled with dice, which had a relatively minor negative impact on discipline and a large positive effect on maintaining morale;

Cold food on rainy days has led to complaints from soldiers, and no better solution exists for the time being, leaving it to be seen;

The soldiers were reluctant to wear armor because they were worried about the rust of the armor, which had a great negative impact on combat effectiveness, and was immediately corrected, and fines were more effective than corporal punishment;

The captives were in a positive mood and had no tendency to run away, and the positive effect of sugar exceeded expectations, and the amount of sugar in the captives' meals increased by another 20 percent, which remains to be seen;

"Go to the city walls."

Because of the loopholes everywhere, the defenders of Xiaoyang City had completely abandoned the defense of the city walls, and instead organized their manpower, making many wooden fences on the inside of the walls, especially near the blast openings, with a small number of arrow towers and archers behind the fences.

The role of these measures is not so much a defense as an early warning and to prevent the city's inhabitants from escaping. Especially when bows and arrows fail in the rain, and the only weapons they carry with them are short knives.

The clearer evidence is that the archers were not looking outside the city, but toward the inside.

Vital signs show that large-scale fighting is taking place in the city.

"Gather the troops, let the archers control the walls first, and you go to the high places to observe."

A broader vision makes the information more comprehensive, and the situation in the entire Xiaoyang City gradually becomes clear.

The citizens of the city are fleeing in the torrential rain, and the baron's troops are intercepting them. Where the two sides clashed, a large number of corpses have already appeared.

The baron's forces had already held most of the crossings, and the demographic losses from the repression were estimated to be more than three thousand people, based on the size of the two sides and the difference in weapons. Intervention is required.

"Inform Xu Yan to assemble the troops and prepare to enter the city."

"Review the troops."

The soldiers generally complained about the heavy rain participating in military operations, and there was no tendency to flee for the time being, which remained to be seen;

The soldiers had high expectations of capture in this military operation, and the formation must be strictly controlled;

The morale of the enemy troops was low, and they did not expect our troops to attack the city at all;

"Wu Xiaoqing, order the troops to advance twenty steps."

The enemy formation was loosened, morale was low, and the soldiers generally turned back, ready to flee;

"Ten more steps forward."

The enemy fled and there was no warlord;

"Five more steps forward and shoot the opposing commander, the one on horseback on the right."

The enemy formation collapsed, and it was not advisable to pursue;

Some of our soldiers crossed the queue to participate in the robbery and enforce battlefield discipline;

"Order the Warlord to enforce battlefield discipline!"

Wu Xiaoqing's hesitation time was 4.2 seconds, and his execution improved;

The rainfall increased again, and the soldiers had a tendency to hide from the rain and threaten to dissuade them.

"Wu Xiaoqing, shoot in the air, the soldiers are afraid of the guns in your hands!"

The second army of the enemy appeared, arrived in a hurry, and the formation was disorganized;

"Order the troops to advance thirty paces and speed up the pace!"

"Pay attention to maintaining the battle line, Wu Xiaoqing, you are in the front row! Bows and arrows are not lethal in the rainstorm, pay attention to changing magazines, do not shoot, their commander has already run. ”

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Wu Xiaoqing was wearing a raincoat today, but after two battles in succession, he realized that the raincoat had no effect, and with such heavy rain and so many movements on the battlefield, his whole body was already soaked. But the search and rescue team told him that he didn't have to take off his raincoat, which would obscure the shape of his armor and keep him safe by making it impossible for enemies to attack the weak points of his armor.

Although it was still daytime, the environment was already darker than the previous night.

The pouring rain made it difficult to keep everyone's eyes open, and without this pair of glasses, Wu Xiaoqing would hardly know how to walk in such a situation, let alone command an army to conduct a surprise operation in an unfamiliar city.

Defeated two troops in a row, in Wu Xiaoqing's opinion, it was a little too easy to win, these people were even worse than the miscellaneous soldiers who had just woken up in the previous siege battle, they hadn't even fully attacked, these people scattered and fled. It can be said that they all collapse at the touch of a button.

But Wu Xiaoqing can somewhat understand this ease.

In such a rainstorm, the enemy of the brigade was completely in a state of uncertainty of quantum entanglement.

You can only hear the other person's voice, and by the time you see the other person's appearance and formation, the opponent's sword will be able to reach your throat.

This makes it difficult for commanders to effectively adjust the battlefield, and neither the formation nor the time to consider whether to fight or not is absent under the cover of heavy rain. When the two sides meet, they either desperately or run away, and there is no room for stalemate at all. And Wu Xiaoqing's side, with the help of a pair of glasses from alien technology, obviously took advantage - every time they were fully prepared, they attacked the other party's unsuspecting troops.

While passing through a street, Wu Xiaoqing saw corpses all over the ground. Looking at the costumes are all civilians, looking at the wounds, they are all caused by being stabbed in the back with a spear.

The corpses aroused Wu Xiaoqing's anger, and he began to take the lead in trotting through the torrential rain according to the guidance of the search and rescue team.

More enemy troops appeared in the front, Wu Xiaoqing led the troops, like a knife cut into a watermelon, and in front of them was red or red. Most of the enemy probably didn't see the force at all, and before they died, they saw only a dark voice, a raised arm, and an unfamiliar weapon in their hands. When the weapon made a loud noise, their lives were gone.

Behind this ghostly man is a silent army. They had no one to speak, and each of them had a twig in his mouth. He was covered with a strange fabric, the color of which was a mixture of all sorts of strange colors, irregularity and beauty—the most suitable color for the Grim Reaper.

Lightning began to appear in the sky, as if the gods were also angry at the evil that was happening on earth.

Wu Xiaoqing and his subordinates had begun to get used to this strange rhythm of battle, and their cooperation with each other had gradually become smoother.

They were spotted by several new groups of enemies, who screamed and whistled in an attempt to call for support from nearby friendly troops, but the fierce roar of gunfire made every nearby commander subconsciously feel fear - had the enemy started to use the Sky Thunder so often? What do they use to stop it?

Several knights in double armor walked towards Wu Xiaoqing with heavy steps, the swords in their hands and the armor on their bodies were still obviously bloody, even such a heavy rain was not completely washed. In the rear of this force, the baron's men were driving the captured citizens towards the gallows.

Wu Xiaoqing almost used up all the magazines in one go, and the enemies, who had just been courageously summoned by the gold coins, scattered and fled without hesitation after seeing the bravest soldiers die under the guns.

The rescued citizens left in line from the gallows, and came over to kowtow to Wu Xiaoqing.

The red dots around it began to become denser and denser, and there were more and more enemies. The citizens gathered in the city were already under siege, and the appearance of Wu Xiaoqing and them made a temporary loophole in this encirclement, but the baron had obviously noticed this, and the countless red dots proved that a large number of troops were blocking the passage they had just entered.

"Citizens of Xiaoyang City! Everyone who wants to live, come with us! ”

As soon as Wu Xiaoqing's words fell, Xu Yan, who was on the city wall, immediately pressed the detonation button as agreed, and more than a dozen violent explosions sounded at the same time, and the sound even overshadowed the thunder in the sky. All of Wu Xiaoqing's subordinates unsheathed their swords, and with a shout, they rushed towards the dense enemy array.