Chapter 290: First Entry into the Enemy Territory
The battle of besieging and defending the city lasted from late afternoon to evening and late at night, with numerous casualties on both sides, but in the end, the exhausted army of Ranariddh was unable to follow, leaving behind the corpses of more than 20,000 soldiers and countless wounded, and retreated. The thorn bushes under the city walls were filled with corpses that had fallen from the city walls, and the thorn bush defenses were already useless.
The soldiers defending the city also suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, which was extremely tragic. They could no longer afford such casualties, the thorn bushes that protected the city had been lost, the walls were crumbling, and the gates were in danger, but they were convinced that even if Ranariddh captured the city of Wiksa, it would at least pay twice as much as it did today.
"Ninth brother!" Lanarih looked at Ingram's corpse and wept bitterly, "Second brother is sorry for you, second brother has failed you!" Tomorrow morning, I will definitely reorganize my troops and horses, bloody the city of Wicksa, capture Hofton and Zaragoza alive, and avenge you! ”
Lanarih wiped away his tears, got up and said, "Give the order to go down, rest tonight, and reassemble early tomorrow morning!" Visa City can't hold on anymore, and tomorrow is the time for us to break the city! ”
"Marshal!" Ganyav, the staff officer of the march, hurriedly stopped Ranarih and said, "In today's battle, more than 20,000 people were killed and more than 30,000 were wounded, so we can't fight like this anymore!" ”
"Ganyafu, do you dare to stop Ben Shuai?" Lanarih kicked Ganyav away and said angrily, "If you don't kill those two dog thieves, Ben Shuai will not give up!" ”
"Marshal!" Ganyav got up again, hugged Ranaridat by the legs, and cried and said, "All the formations of the army have been disrupted, how can they be assembled in a hurry? There are only a dozen people left under many commanders, and even the establishment is almost gone, how can this battle continue? Even if we can take down Wixa, how many of us will be left? Lord Marshal, go out and have a look, go out and have a look! ”
"Get out of the way!" Ranard shook his hand, pushed Ganyav to the ground again, and then lifted the curtain of the tent and went outside.
Countless bonfires were burning, the whole battalion was crying, the soldiers could not find the commander, the commander could not find the general, and the general could not find his own soldiers. One by one, the wounded soldiers healed with the help of the magician, and there were bursts of screams, and many wounded soldiers supported each other, and the broken arms were broken, and the lame legs were simply miserable. On the open field, corpses were still being carried back from the battlefield, wrapped in white cloth, and from a distance, they were white.
Lanarid walked over to a bonfire and straightened the quilt of one of the soldiers, but could not touch the soldier's right hand; Then he walked to another campfire......
"Herald!" Lanariel said weakly, "Arrange the body of the Nine Princes, send someone to the city, and then send a message to Hofton and Zaragoza, tomorrow at noon, Ben Shuai will set up a tent outside the city gate, waiting for them...... Ben Shuai...... Talk to them! ”
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The siege of Waixa is finally over, and the two sides have not decided the winner, but they have no intention of fighting again! Ingram is still a sibling after all, and no one can remain indifferent to his death. Ranariddh finally agreed to the terms of dividing the river and ruling the river, and all his troops withdrew from the territory south of the Yangtze River; The proviso is that the two sides join forces against the druids and Arad. The Druid armies in the north were handed over to Auguston and Lanarid, and in the fifth war zone of Simeone in the south, Hofton and Zaragoza were to deal with them, and both sides agreed that within ten years, there would be no more civil wars, and they swore in front of the soldiers of both sides to the elven kings of the past!
The vigorous civil war in the forest, under the oppression of the armies of the druids and arads, and the thunderous cheers of the soldiers inside and outside the city of Wixa, came to an end temporarily! This is something that no one thought of, Auguston and Lanaridhid, Hofton and Zaragoza themselves, the great druid Carmenlo did not think of it, Simeone did not think of it, and even Benjamin and Higg did not think of it......
Auguston's peace with the rebels disrupted the strategic deployment of Benjamin and Higg, because the purpose of Auguston's truce was to deal with the Druids and Arad, and if he attacked Auguston at this time, it would be tantamount to making enemies of the entire Forest Country! If Auguston, together with Hoftton and Zaragoza, defeated a strong enemy, then Auguston will become a national hero and his stain will be diluted. If Benjamin himself undermines Auguston's strategy to defend himself against foreign enemies, then he will be a sinner for the ages in the eyes of the people of the forest.
But Higg and Shante didn't know that such a thing had happened in the Forest Country, and their activities in the Druid's territory and Shante's in the Camillo territory would likely cause damage to the Druid and the Fifth War Zone, and indirectly help Auguston complete his strategy, so that Benjamin himself would have no place in the Forest Country at that time.
Benjamin was in deep distress, and there was no one around him who could be consulted! Do you want to act, and how should you act? If you do it to Auguston, you will become the enemy of everyone in the Forest Country, and if you don't, you will put Higg in a lonely battle......
More than a thousand kilometers away, Higg really didn't know what was happening in the Forest Country, and his vanguard force, the thousands of troops in the vanguard of Korincha, had already entered the Druid territory, and even if he knew what had happened in the Forest Country, it was irretrievable.
In fact, there is no very obvious dividing line between the Druids and the Forest Country, the east is bounded by the Gorsa River as a natural demarcation, reaching the sea, and deep into the interior, it is the Gran Mountains and the Silent Forest as a buffer zone, and the Gran Mountains are north of the Gran Mountains, the Druids are in the east, and the barbarians are in the west, because the Gran Mountains are an insurmountable barrier, so in fact, the territory of the mountains is jointly owned by all countries, and there is no clear division. The tens of thousands of square kilometers of the Silent Forest south of the Glen Mountains, the territory of Erathia, is divided into the military buffer zone of the Druids, the Forest State, and Erathia, and the base camp of the Silent Forest of Higg is just a small corner of the entire southwestern part of the Silent Forest.
For this land of the druids, even Corincha, who is accustomed to jungle warfare, is very unfamiliar. To be honest, Higg sent his troops in a hurry, firstly, he didn't know much about the druids, but he was confident that he had the general staff of the entire march of Lufasi and could adapt to the situation; The second is that the division is unknown, and although the druid has a conflict with the Silent Forest, this kind of conflict within the scope is not enough to be a reason for a lone army to go deep into revenge.
Danger is approaching this proud army step by step.
Although there was no clear dividing line, the druids arranged a large number of patrol troops at the front of the military buffer zone, which were scattered and hidden deep in the jungle, and when there was an enemy situation, these troops would assemble from scattered places to the place of the incident according to special signals, and transmit enemy signals to the interior.
The vanguard of Corincha did not know this, and they were exhausted and hungry to become their worst enemy at the moment, and they needed to quickly find nearby villages and towns to resupply and recuperate before they could move on to the next battle plan.
"Woo!" The horn of the attack sounded in the jungle, and the first battle of Corincha into the territory of the druids began.
"Centaurs!" Almost all of them exclaimed loudly.
Countless centaur armies rushed out from all directions! These centaurs are adept at fighting through the woods, attacking heavily and lightly defending, and are extremely brutal. The body of a centaur is divided into two parts, one half is the torso of the horse, and the upper body of the man above the neck of the horse is the upper body of the person, which is the color of dead wood or white, equivalent to four legs and two hands. He carries a bag with several short spears on his back, and holds a short spear in his hand, which can be used for melee combat and throwing. The most terrifying thing about this class is that it has the speed of the horse's maneuver and the agility and agility of the man, which is enough to cover up the shortcomings of their weak attack power.
"Don't panic!" The experienced Corincha shouted, "Phantom archers alternate cover, quickly approach the trees, the battle dwarves immediately form formation, and the others hide on the spot!" ”
Before the words could be spoken, countless short spears flew towards the unprepared Korincha army, and the battle dwarves immediately raised their shields and protected the phantom archers in the middle. Half of the Phantom Shooters were on the tree, and half of the Phantom Shooters quickly returned fire with bows and arrows. Most of these phantom shooters are battle-hardened warriors on the Pamela Plateau, and this kind of encounter has long been commonplace, and it is not chaotic in the face of danger.
Dozens of battle dwarves and more than a dozen phantom archers were knocked to the ground by the short spears, but as the battle dwarf formation was completed, the phantom shooters with ultra-long-range shooting quickly formed an overwhelming advantage, and dozens of centaurs were immediately hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
The phantom shooters, who were about to carry out the second wave of counterattack, found that the centaurs had quickly withdrawn from the battlefield and disappeared into the depths of the vast jungle. The hand-to-hand combat was fleeting, and the battle ended quickly with dozens of corpses left behind by the opposing side, dozens of wounded on their own side, and more than a dozen killed.
This tactic is all too familiar to phantom shooters! It's just that in the jungle of the Pamela Plateau, under the leadership of Benjamin, they used a kind of tactics against Curdes, and they beat Curdes all over the ground, but now, they are being used by centaurs to deal with themselves with this tactics.
Colin found out that this was a tentative attack by the other party to test his own combat effectiveness, but fortunately, the battle was short, and his strength had not been fully exposed. But this kind of centaur is too annoying, and with its concealment and mobility in the jungle, his reconnaissance team has not detected the enemy situation in advance.
Corincha frowned and surveyed the traces left at the battle scene, and then shouted: "Messenger, quickly notify the young marshal, explain the situation here to the young marshal, please pay attention to the young marshal!" ”
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"Hey, hey!" Higg laughed, "Tell General Korincha to ignore these centaurs, and ask him to take Korqin City within three days and hold it for four days!" These well-limbed, simple-minded guys, I'll take care of it! Remind your generals not to divide their troops! ”
"Yes, young marshal!" The messenger from the Corincha vanguard replied.
Higg turned to the herald behind him and said, "Herald Thomas, order him to be here tomorrow night and camp here!" ”
"Yes, young marshal!"
"Order, the whole army camps on the spot! Tonight, all the armor will be removed and the sentries will be halved! ”