Section 46 The Battle of the Dragon City River (I)

On the western border of Dragon City's territory, the narrow mountain pass is very unpeaceful.

In July 470 of the Knight calendar, half a month after the fall of the Knight Kingdom, the Tubisi and Knight set up a large army on both sides of the mountain pass and launched a large-scale life-and-death struggle. Before the war, both sides found out the details of the other and were convinced that they would win the war. Since this war took place on the banks of the Longcheng River, this war is historically known as the Battle of the Longcheng River.

Before the outbreak of this war, due to the timely reminder of the young Carter, the Knight quickly made adjustments, replaced with the young and excellent commander Robit, and temporarily assembled a large army of archers from the refugee camp. This made the Knights, who were already at a disadvantage, increase their own chips on the balance of war.

Occupying favorable terrain to thwart enemy attacks, this tactic was first adopted by the Tubis, and now this is the first time that the Knight has used it on a large battlefield.

To the west of the pass was the position of the Tubis, who placed two Black Knights and an infantry legion, with a total of 4,000 Black Knights and 2,000 infantry, under the unified command of the Knights, Johansen and Osborne.

To the east of the pass is the defense line of the Knight people, who have only one knight order, a total of 2,500 Knight knights, and more than 500 improvised knights in the rear, which is slightly weaker than the regular knights. But on the ridges on both sides, they each arranged a bow and arrow team composed of more than a thousand hunters, with a total of more than 3,000 archers.

The numbers of the two sides were roughly equal, and since more than half of the Knight were improvised irregular troops, the Tubisi were superior in overall combat. However, the Knight occupied favorable terrain and made up for the lack of combat effectiveness of the Knight people, so this war was actually not optimistic for the Tubisi people.

In the past two years of fighting, it is not uncommon for the Knight to fall on the battlefield, and the commander of the Tubisi does not seem to have paid much attention to the remnants of the country in front of them.

The battle of the Tubis was fought in a hurry, the attack of the infantry regiment was thwarted, and the battle lasted only half an hour, resulting in the tragic death of several hundred people in the mountain pass.

Annoyed, Johansen ordered the infantry regiment to continue the attack, and he shouted at the officers of the infantry regiment: "If you take the mountain pass at all costs, as long as you win this war, the territory of Dragon City will be captured by our empire, and the Knight will never have a chance to turn over." ”

After listening to Johansen's death order, the officers of the infantry regiment were infected, and the strong imperial emotions made the blood in his body boil again. In order to boost morale, the officers of the infantry regiment decided to personally lead the team and once again fought into the mountain pass.

Holding their round shields aloft, they wrapped the ranks of infantry like turtles and slowly marched towards the army. The arrows slanted overhead, most of them hitting the shields, and only a few of them wounded the soldiers through the gaps, and the screams continued.

But the morale of the barbarians was still high, and they continued to move forward without fear of life and death, and as long as they could break out of this narrow mountain pass, they would be considered to have completed their mission.

Against the shield cover of the barbarian infantry regiment, the arrows played a limited role, and seeing the barbarians advance step by step, Miller was anxious. Miller was originally just a poor boy in Uba Town, but he met Cook and the others by chance, and then successfully became a small trader. But he had no bottom in his heart about leading troops into battle, and he never dreamed that he would face such a dangerous legion battle.

Now he is the commander of more than 3,000 archers, and if he does not use the power of these archers well, then it may lead to the crushing defeat of his clan. Miller told himself from time to time that there must be a better way to deal with the barbarians at the bottom of the valley, otherwise the advantage of the terrain would not be of any use.

At this time, Miller saw a stone slide and quickly roll to the bottom. Miller's eyes lit up, and he immediately changed his tactics and ordered the archers to stop firing and prepare to pick up stones in exchange places, waiting for the best time to launch a rolling stone attack.

The barbarian infantry continued to advance into the narrow mountain pass, and the bottom of the entire canyon was densely packed with Toppis infantry. On the other side of the pass, 3,000 Knight knights were waiting for them, led by Robit and Cook standing in front of Knight and leading the way.

Miller didn't give them a chance to get close to the Knights, and after timing it, Miller made an offensive call at Montpot on the opposite hill.

Suddenly, countless boulders fell on top of the barbarian's head, and the walls of those shields were useless at all, and they were smashed into formation by the boulders in an instant.

A deafening scream was heard from the bottom of the valley, and the falling rocks mercilessly devoured the lives of the Tubis infantry, and in an instant the casualties began to mount, and the infantry regiment was destroyed, while the Knight was unscathed.

The rockfall overhead finally stopped, and the Tubithians who survived were about to evacuate the canyon, but they were met by countless angry knights.

Robit took the lead, taking the lead with one shot, and every shot was aimed at the death of the Tubis people, and there was no mercy for the quick action. It was not the first time for him to go so head-to-head with a barbarian. For Robit, the combination of national and family hatreds, especially the death of his sister Mary, made him determined to kill these hateful barbarians.

To Robit's left, Cook raised his spear and swung his stab left and right, killing the barbarian infantry officer to the ground in a single move. Seeing the tragic death of the officer, the other barbarians gave up their resistance and began to flee in fear.

This was the first time Cook had participated in such a head-to-head confrontation, and although he had already faced a knight before, he had used a strategy to fight it alone, and he had not engaged in a large-scale fight. This time was different, the two armies did not give an inch to each other, and a vigorous battle was inevitable. However, with Robit, a good big brother, by his side, Cook seemed very calm, feeling that his efforts over the years were just for this moment.

It was not so easy for the barbarians in the canyon to escape, and once again arrows rained down over their heads, and the screams and cries of the Tubis were mixed together, and it was like the end of the world for them.

Such a fiasco, I'm afraid that the barbarians never dreamed of it. The Knight archers on the cliff seemed to fall from the sky one by one, which surprised them.

By the time the barbarians had withdrawn from the valley in panic, the entire infantry regiment had lost more than half of its strength, and there were less than 800 men left.

Seeing such a tragic situation, another Tubis commander, Osborne, spoke: "Captain Johansen, the knights of Knight in Dragon City still have some strength, if you really can't do it, change my knights to attack, what do you think?" ”

Johansen replied, "Just a few people have fled back, and the canyon is probably full of the corpses of our soldiers, how can the Knights attack?" There was nowhere to stay for the horses. ”

Osborne thought for a moment and explained, "Then dismount and attack on foot, it's better than these infantry." ”

Johansen shook his head and replied very calmly: "No, there are guards who have reported just now, saying that the Knight people on both sides of the mountains have deployed countless archers, and the situation is not in our favor." ”

Osborne asked with a sad face, "Ah, what should I do then?" If we can't take this mountain pass, how can we capture Dragon City? What a mess this time, Master Johansen. ”

Johansen frowned when he heard this, he looked at the mountain in front of him from a distance, thought for a while, and said, "Osborne, didn't they arrange for archers to be on the mountain?" The mountain is steep from here, can you send someone to look around and see if we can find a gentle position, so we can send someone to attack directly from the mountain and kill their archers first. ”

Osborne immediately shook his head and said, "No need to look for it, Lord Anthony sent people here to investigate before he left, and also interrogated those Knight people who lived nearby." The topography here is very special, these vultures protrude like the capitals of the ground and cannot be climbed from the west, from north to south. The Knight people also have a saying, if you want to go east to Dragon City, there is only one road in the mountain pass, or go around the Dragon City Territory Fortress on the north side. ”

Johansen's face turned blue when he heard this, and he snorted and said, "Wouldn't it be more difficult to turn over to the north side to attack the fortress?" ”

Osborne replied, "Not to mention the fortress in the northern part of the Dragon City Territory, although there are no knights stationed there, there are 2,000 archers stationed there. Moreover, there are countless fixed catapults on the fortress wall, which is simply the second Yuguan, and it is impossible to attack. ”

Johansen said coldly: "You still need to say this, I already knew the situation over there." You just say what to do, whether to fight or not to fight this Naita Pass? ”

Osborne shook his head and replied, "I don't know, you are our commander here, or you are in charge, Lord Johansen." ”

Johansen's face turned red with anger after hearing this, and he replied coldly: "Anyway, you are also the deputy commander here, you have to have an idea for everything, and I am not the god of war Shura, don't expect me to do anything." ”

Seeing Johansen so angry, Osborne didn't say much, so he had to bow his head and think.

Johansen glanced at him, glared at him impatiently, and then pulled out a piece of Knight's sweet potato and nibbled on it.

After a while, Osborne spoke, "Lord Johansen, or else. Anyway, our knights have a numerical advantage, so why don't we stay here, and when they can't help but rush out, we'll take the opportunity to detour to the back of the Knight team. Then storm the valley and cut off their retreat, and then our two knights, one after the other, will flank the Knight so that we can win a great victory. ”

Johansen was overjoyed and looked up at Osborne with a big smile on his face.