Chapter 12: Sneak Attack on the Tower
After five days of marching, the new army repaired for one day, and only arrived at the camp in the border region of the West Sea after half a year.
"It's finally here!" everyone was exhausted.
In the open area within a radius of several miles, there are a total of 174 barracks of different sizes but scattered, all of which are made of deep-sea fine stones, and the highest barracks in the middle is hung with a red battle flag, embroidered with the word "West Sea", and patrol guards can be seen everywhere, with solemn expressions on their faces.
When the defenders of the border region learned of the reinforcements of the new army, they broke ground on the northwest corner of the barracks, and built 101 new barracks by a month.
The grain and grass division of the defending army was already waiting outside the camp, responsible for attracting and settling the new army, and Xi Xiao was assigned to a single barracks with a radius of three zhang.
In the evening of the next day, the herald came to report that the commander of the defending army, Xichen, had returned from a tour of the front line and invited him to meet with the lieutenant general and above of the new army.
When the generals of the new army stepped into the commander's camp, they saw that Xichen was already standing in the hall waiting, and behind them stood a group of heavy armored guards.
"Uncle!" Seeing the commander of the new army, Xi Hao, stepped into the barracks, and Xi Zhenxuan hurriedly greeted him.
"Haha, a young man thousands of years ago, is now a commander on his own. Xi Hao laughed loudly and said: "Old man Xi Hao, on the order of the Dragon King, bring two commanders, five generals, twenty-five deputy generals, and 100,000 elite soldiers to come and obey the dispatch of the expeditionary general!"
"Brother!" Nishi Hongzhe and Nishitaki said at the same time, extremely excited.
"You two boys, too, have grown much taller, and are almost as tall as me. Xichen stepped forward and put his arm around the shoulders of the two of them, his eyes full of relief.
For the first time, Xi Xiao saw the head of the Dragon King, the first person in line with the throne of the prince, and the expeditionary general and commander of the border army.
This person is more than nine feet tall, with a strong body, dark skin, sword eyebrows and big eyes, a square face and a wide forehead, and a slight beard, like a peak, giving people an extremely mature and stable feeling, making people inexplicably admired and trusted.
Looking at the guards behind him, since Xi Xiao and the others entered the barracks, they have all stood like sculptures, if it weren't for the compelling momentum exuded from their bodies, people would have the illusion that they were sculptures.
The hall is arranged in a square, about 30 zhang long, five or six zhang wide, separated into three by two five-step steps from the outside to the inside, there is a sand table in the middle of the high platform, several gray square stone chairs are placed on both sides, the whole hall is empty, it seems empty.
"What's the situation at the front?" asked Sihoo after a few pleasantries.
West Scar put away his smile, and his expression became solemn.
"Don't be optimistic! You must have heard of the matter of Deputy Commander Yan, since then, our army has only defended and not attacked, even so, the enemy Shadow Guard has become very rampant, often after one night, our army will ambush dozens or even hundreds of corpses. West Scar sighed.
"That's why I asked my father for reinforcements from the new army, otherwise in the long run, the army's morale will be weakened, the people's hearts will be panicked, and they will be defeated without a fight!"
"The new army is at the mercy of the general!" exclaimed Xihao.
"The new army is at the mercy of the general!" the generals of the new army echoed in unison.
"The people will listen to the order!" said Sichen.
"In!"
"Receiving the secret order of the Dragon King, Feng Yuhou Xihao is the deputy commander of the border army, commanding all the actions of the new army!"
"Nishi Hongzhe is the general of Xinwu, and Nishitaki is the general of Ruimang. ”
"Order!" the hundreds of generals of the commander's battalion replied in unison.
"From now on, the formation and formation of all units of the new army will be uniformly exercised by the combat training cabinet. ”
"The day the new army is trained, it will be the time for the South China Sea dogs to wail!" a cold light shot out of Xijian's eyes.
After half a pillar of incense, Xijin extinguished and dismissed everyone, leaving only Xihao, Xi Hongzhe, and Xi Takiluo.
The two thousand rhinoceros heavy armor soldiers led by Xi Xiao are all shallow sea and heavy realm, all of them are equipped with heavy hammers when they set out for the expedition, and the combat training captain divides them into four groups, each group of 500 people, the first group is equipped with a seven-foot-high two-handed wide shield, located in front of the column, the second group uses a long iron spear, located in the second column, the third column is equipped with bows and arrows and scimitars, and the fourth group is scattered on the flanks and at the end of the team, as a mobile defense force, still using heavy hammers.
Xi Xiao is independent of the left side of the battle formation, according to the battlefield situation, command the battle formation to change the formation, to attack or retreat, and at the same time learn the "flash spear formation", by Xi Xiao as the eye of the formation, two thousand rhinoceros soldiers according to the formation position, trigger the essence in the body, blessing the stainless steel short spear in the hand of Xi Xiao, guided by Xi Xiao to flash out, in an instant to forty zhang away.
Three months later, in the afternoon, Xi Xiao was leading the troops in the training ground to skillfully switch formations, and the heralds came to report. The deputy commander of the border army, Xi Hao, convened.
Xi Xiao came to the meeting hall of the new military camp, and the generals arrived one after another.
When all arrived, Xihao led everyone to the sand table.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the new army has been training for more than three months, and it's time to show off its strengths. ”
"According to the secret report from the front, ten kilometers in front of our army's formation, four new guard towers were built in the South China Sea, each with 3,000 soldiers, and they were garrisoned by a general of the Deep Sea Triple Realm. Sihoo pointed to the sand table.
"It is so arrogant that I have agreed with the commander to uproot the four watchtowers of the enemy camp. ”
"The easternmost guard tower is No. 1, and the second, third, and fourth in turn to the north, Xi Hongzhe leads the left front army, responsible for uprooting the first and second armies, and Nishitaki leads the right front army, responsible for pulling out the third and fourth numbers, and sets off tomorrow night, and starts on time when the ugly time comes, and then joins forces in one place, and quickly withdraws!"
"Nishihiro Zhe has an order!"
"Nishitaki has been ordered!"
"Go down and prepare. Sihoo waved his hand.
As the next day approached, the front line of the Western Navy Battalion assembled a team of 20,000 people.
"Central Adjutant General. ”
"In. ”
"Lead the Shadow Guard to clear the sentry. Nishi looked at the thin man in a black shirt and a mask in the lieutenant ranks.
The thin man bowed his head, and with a wave of his right hand forward, the five hundred shadow guards of the most elite central battalion of the left front army moved quietly, and after a few breaths, disappeared into the night.
"General Meng, you lead the two lieutenants in the front left and the rear left to attack the No. 1 guard tower, and I lead the two deputy generals in the front right and the rear right to attack the second guard tower. ”
"Then merge one place and reinforce General Nishitakaki. ”
The tactics were decided, and everyone stood silently, watching the night ahead.
Half an hour later, a black shadow quickly jumped out from the front, looking at Xi Hongzhe and bowing slightly.
"Let's go!" Nishi Hongzhe ordered.
Xi Xiao is the right front deputy general, leading two thousand rhinoceros soldiers, following Xi Hongzhe to the No. 2 guard tower, and the 10,000 people led by Xi Taki Luo on the other side also followed closely behind.
An hour later, in front of the No. 2 guard tower, which is 100 zhang long and 40 zhang high, four fur seal patrols are guarding everywhere, and the wall of the guard tower and the radius of dozens of zhang are dotted with white night pearls everywhere, bright as day.
"Captain, I heard that in the last battle, you killed four more people. One of the ten-man fur seals patrolling the west side said.
"Haha, kill five more people, make up twenty, and I'll be the captain. "The fur seals are triumphant.
"The captain is really a wise and martial artist!"
"We want to follow the example of the captain..."
Just as the head of the sea seal was enjoying the praise of everyone, and his heart was relaxed, he only heard a "whoosh" sound, and just about to look sideways, he felt a heat in his chest.
Looking down, a sharp arrow pierced through the heart, leaving only arrow feathers on the chest, just wanted to open his mouth to call for help, but he felt sleepy, his eyelids were extremely heavy, and he couldn't help but slowly close his eyes and fell forward to die.
When the seals saw the captain fall suddenly, their minds went blank and they froze in place.
"Whoosh" and "whoosh" sounded one after another, and after a breath, six or seven more members of the patrol fell.
"Enemy attack!" After a few breaths, the fur seals standing at the end of the line came back to their senses and shouted at the top of their throats.
As soon as the words fell, four sharp arrows struck through the air, one missed, two were inserted in the chest, and one was in the center of the eyebrows, and the tail fur seals flew backwards half a foot away, and with a pop, they stopped moving.
"Kill!" Nishihiro saw that he had been exposed, and the loud shouts resounded throughout the battlefield.
Xi Xiao had already transformed into gray soft armor and jet-black iron axe, and after hearing the order, he led two thousand rhinoceros soldiers to charge first, followed by a thousand big sword soldiers and a thousand strong crossbow soldiers led by the deputy general on the right.
The enemy troops in the guard tower heard the alarm, and the sound of heavy and messy footsteps and angry curses rang out everywhere.
After a flick of a finger, a group of heavily armored soldiers poured out from the four exits of the sentry tower, protecting the sentry tower in a ring.
Xi Xiao led the team to run to the 100 zhang in front of the sentry tower, heard a few bangs in his ears, and looked sideways, several people in the team had stepped on the blasting sulfur stone planted by the enemy, and their legs were blown off, and their bodies were separated, and they died on the spot.
Xi Xiao's feet didn't stop, and after a breath, he only heard the sound of the soles of his feet, and the impact of the blasting sulfur stone gushed out, shaking Xi Xiao's body to a deviation, and he almost fell forward, and hurriedly stopped his steps to stabilize his body.
"If it weren't for the cultivation of the Defense Stream, I'm afraid I would have died..." Only then did Xi Xiao understand Xi Ze's intention of strongly recommending himself.
Rushing to the seventy zhang place, the blasting sulfur stone was laid out more intensively, the sound of explosions was endless, dozens of people had fallen, and wails sounded one after another.
Rushing to fifty zhang, one hundred and ten rhinoceros soldiers fell, Xi Xiao gritted his teeth and raised his hand to signal the team to stop moving forward.
"Retreat!" Xi Xiao led the team back, ready to outflank him.
As soon as he turned back to a distance of twenty zhang, a figure flashed out in front of him, only to see Xi Hongzhe holding the cold dagger to his neck.
"What does this mean?" said Xi Xiao angrily.
"Escapees, die!" a cold light flashed in Nishi's eyes.
"The brimstone blast ahead is too dense! I want to lead the flank attack!"
"There will always be casualties in war, and if the flanks are the same, wouldn't it be a delay in the fighters!"
"I don't want to sacrifice meaninglessly!"
"Military orders are like mountains, adjusting tactics without permission, and disrupting the attack formation! You are disobeying orders before the battle! Disrupting the morale of the army!"
Xi Xiao was about to refute, when the sonorous sound of swords colliding was heard in his ears, and the Shadow Guard was already engaged in a confrontation with the enemy.
"That's it!" Xi Xiao sighed, completely ignoring the formation, the wind on the soles of his feet rushed back first, rushing forward in a serpentine shape, and slashing around the ground with the double axe in his hand, causing a burst of explosions.
"Stabilize the formation, the runes are in place!" The guard tower guard stood on the platform at the top of the tower, shouting loudly, staring closely at the gradually clear crackling sound in the dark night in the south, and behind him were hundreds of female soldiers holding runes.
The soldiers under the wall held a shield in their left hand and a sword in their right hand, and they came and went with the Shadow Guard of the West Sea, and each suffered casualties. After two breaths, Xi Xiao was already about to rush to the watchtower, and saw the South China Sea soldiers surrounded by layers under the tower in front of him, and threw out his double axes with all his might.