Chapter Seven: The Battle of Roaring Iron Ridge
In the camp, Rui Wen was sitting at the table looking at the map with some distress, this time Noxus attacked Ionia, it was good, no matter how it was fought, there was no problem. But who knew that Demacia actually formed an alliance with Ionia at this time. It took only three weeks for Demacia's army to entrench itself in the Roaring Swamp, as if Noxus was planning to attack Noxus directly without withdrawing from Ionia. In order to stabilize the rear, the Noxian army drew several generals from the Ionian theater to defend themselves, and Ruiwen was one of them. Who knew that Demacia didn't look like a head-to-head confrontation at all, the two sides fought back and forth, and there was no large-scale battle for two weeks.
Rui Wen secretly gritted her teeth, whether she could fight or not. Because of the division of the army, the Ionian front is already a little tight, not to mention that there are still a few old bones and diehards in Ionia. The battle on this side must be ended as soon as possible, or Ionia may not be able to fight.
Riven looked deeply at the map of the Roaring Swamp and the Iron Ridge Mountains, an area of large size and complex terrain, and Demacia was clearly a harassing guerrilla tactic, with a large army divided into several small branches, making it difficult to pinpoint the location.
Until now, I don't even know how many troops the other side has.
"Whew." Rui Wen buried her head in the crook of her arm and complained coquettishly: "Why is this so." "Usually she is a pioneer officer, serious and cold, and only when she is alone will she make this little daughter posture.
"What, how?" An Chen walked in from the door and found that there were no guards at the door, so he walked in by himself. When I opened the tent door, I heard Rui Wen's complaining and couldn't help but smile and ask, "What made you angry?" My Lord Rivan. ”
Rui Wen's body stiffened, she coughed halfway and raised her head, her pretty face was still red, but her voice had returned to a serious appearance, and she looked at An Chen: "Are you awake?" Why did you come in without saying hello? ”
An Chen sat down with a smile and said, "There are no guards at the door, so I'll come in." ”
"Uh-huh." Rui Wen nodded awkwardly: "That's it." By the way, what is your ability to awaken, and are you sure to go to war? ”
An Chen was about to talk about his skills, but Rui Wen said as if he had known it for a long time: "Well, the talent is good, and I have awakened four skills, and the passive skills are very practical." The three active skills can also be combined with each other, and there is a surprise effect, which is very good. As he spoke, he smiled happily for Anchen.
An Chen was stunned for a moment, and looked at Rui Wen in surprise: "How do you know?" ”
Rui Wen also lost the embarrassment just now, and tapped the table with her index finger, and she could see that she was in a good mood: "We signed a master-servant contract, and I can naturally see your awakened ability." Because of our identity, although I can't directly understand your inner thoughts, I can still know this thing. Suddenly, she seemed to realize something, touched the tip of her nose and said slightly apologetically: "I'm sorry, don't worry, I didn't treat you as a servant." ”
An Chen nodded knowingly, and said with a smile: "It's okay, you have done so much for me and saved my life, even if you really let me be a servant, it is also a matter of course." ”
Rui Wen shook her head seriously: "No, it's not the same, it can't be mixed up······"
Rui Wen wanted to say something, An Chen hurriedly nodded vigorously and said, "Hi he, I know, you're right." ”
Rui Wen looked at An Chen with a strange face: "I always feel that you are perfunctory to me." ”
"How so." An Chen's eyes drifted to the map on the table and said, "Did you encounter any problems?" ”
"What do you care about in the army?" Rui Wen was stunned for a moment, shook An Chen's eyes, and continued to look at the map in a daze.
"Hey, I'm going to the battlefield, I have to understand the current situation of the war, not to mention that I'm your personal guard now, so I should share the worries of the lord." Anchen grinned and walked around the table, walked to Rui Wen's side, and looked at the map spread out on the table. Rui Wen glanced at An Chen helplessly, moved her body away a little, and gave An Chen a seat to sit down.
Anchen had never seen the words on it at all, but she could understand it, and it was clear that it was the same as she could understand the language of this continent, and she learned it while integrating into this body. Anchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it was great that he didn't have to learn words from scratch.
The map shows that the battle between the two armies is now between the Roaring Swamp and the Iron Ridge Mountains, and that the Noxus military camp is stationed under the Iron Ridge Mountains to the east of the Roaring Swamps, with detailed terrain and garrison points marked around it. However, there is a question mark on the Demacian Army on the west side of the map, and it is clear that the enemy has not yet been identified. A number of small locations in the Roaring Swamp are marked in red, noting the presence of small enemy forces.
There were dozens of small forces of this enemy army, and it vaguely seemed to encircle the Noxian army. Interesting, isn't this Grandpa Mao's purpose-shaped strategic guerrilla tactics, where the entire countryside surrounds the city.
"Hey." Rui Wen pushed An Chen, who was next to her, with her shoulder: "Can you understand?" ”
"I still know how to read." An Chen responded a little depressed and continued: "It's impossible to determine the location of the Demacian Army now, right? Moreover, they fought in small armies, using harassing tactics, which made our troops constantly tired and difficult to catch each other's tails. Although there is no damage in a short period of time, it is inevitable that the morale and morale of the army will be low after a long time, right? ”
"Well, that's right, and the message from above is that we must repel Demacia as soon as possible and return to the Ionian front." Rui Wen nodded, supporting her chin with her left hand, looking a little depressed without her usual sharpness.
"Do you want a quick fix? How many troops do we have? Anchen frowned, looked at the annotations on the map and fell into thought, maybe, this can be done.
Rui Wen clicked on the coordinates of the military camp on the map: "There are 20,000 people in total, and I can mobilize 5,000." ”
"So little?" An Chen was stunned, how can it be a national war, shouldn't it be fought by hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands?
"Do you think there are so many professional soldiers?" Rui Wen could see that An Chen's understanding of runes was really blank, so she could only continue: "On average, one out of every hundred people can awaken runes, and to become a professional soldier still needs to be trained and eliminated, and the number of troops is naturally not much. ”
"Is that so······ Ruiwen, look at it, now Demacia's army is hiding in the roaring swamp, maintaining delaying tactics, obviously not wanting to go head-to-head with our army······" Anchen pointed to the map and said.
Rui Wen pouted An Chen, who was talking seriously, at this time she was sitting next to her, her soft black hair hanging down on her shoulders and swaying slightly in the morning breeze could almost touch the tip of her nose, which was a faint fragrance of orchid. Looking at An Chen's side face, Rui Wen was stunned, there was a very reassuring feeling, and her impetuous heart gradually calmed down.
"Rivien, Riven?" An Chen shook his hand in front of Ruiwen, and actually found that she was looking at herself in a daze, and immediately raised her eyebrows, yes, in the end, you didn't listen to a word after talking for a long time, right?
"Huh?" Rui Wen suddenly woke up, looking like what you just said: "Eh, I'm sorry, you continue, I'll listen well." ”
An Chen angrily threw her a roll of his eyes and continued: "My suggestion is that we can also adopt the tactics of detachments to carry out a wide net search. ”
Rui Wen came back to her senses and naturally thought about this opinion seriously, then shook her head and said: "No, the enemy is dark and I am clear, if they find out that we are dividing the army, they will naturally mobilize troops to break them one by one." ”
"So you didn't listen to a word just now, did you?" An Chen snorted and said again: "We split the troops into groups of 60 people and went into the forest to search, and the troops were divided into three echelons. The first echelon consisted of 10 groups of infantry, each of which remained 200 meters ahead of the march. The second echelon is 20 groups of support troops, carrying concealed equipment and walking in the middle to keep the same distance as the first group, but the action should be concealed and not detected, and the third echelon of 50 groups of heavy cavalry is placed on the Iron Ridge Mountains. The first and second echelons are arranged in a square line to enter the jungle to search, and the third echelon is on standby. If we are not attacked, we can quickly probe the enemy's position and swampy terrain in such a formation, if one group is attacked, directly retreat to the position of the nearest other group, the number of people in each group is 60, so it is not a big feeling to join the battlefield with a small number of people, continue to retreat to the center point of the square team, and the other groups continue to gradually join the battlefield. Like boiling a frog in warm water, when the enemy discovers that the number is wrong, our mistake has already surrounded them, and it is impossible to evacuate. ”
"What if the enemy army also has reinforcements?" Rui Wen thought for a moment and continued to ask.
"The fact that the enemy has adopted such tactics means that they are weaker than ours in head-to-head combat, and if the enemy has reinforcements, we will directly eat some of the encircled enemy and then feign defeat and retreat to this plain beyond the Roaring Swamp. At that time, it was good that the enemy did not pursue, and if they did, 5,000 cavalry on the Iron Ridge Mountains would rush down from the north and kill, and 1,800 infantry would fight. Then the army that dispatched its own army broke through from the south, and the two armies merged and annihilated in one fell swoop. An Chen smiled lightly and continued: "In this way, we can not only detect the enemy's position as soon as possible, but also ensure that we can lure the enemy into the battle and win when attacked. ”