Chapter 25: The First Battle
The speed and endurance of the transferee exceeded Zhou Xiaoning's expectations, even if they repaired all night last night, they could march all the way today, and finally at about ten o'clock in the morning, the vanguard army and the Chinese army entered W Province. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The two men and horses converged in the temporary camp opened up by the First Legion, and while waiting for the arrival of the Third Legion, they also scattered the scouts, after all, they knew very little about W, and needed to know more about the current situation of W, so as to revise and refine the plan of action for the future.
"Report!"
"Speak."
"Yes. The reconnaissance team found a camp twenty miles to the southeast, and the size of the camp should be at least 100,000 people. ”
"What, 100,000 people!"
The news brought by the messenger caused an uproar in the command camp, you must know that the total strength of their side is only more than 30,000, and the other party is more than three times that of their own, this has just entered W Province, should you be so enthusiastic.
"What kind of quarrel, fighting a war is not necessarily won if there are many people, and there are few examples in history of winning more with less. As army staff officers, you should find a way to win for us now, instead of being cowardly before you fight. If you don't think you're up to the job, get out of here, and don't embarrass me here! Wang Jianjun glared angrily and said, these military staff officers were all selected by him, and their poor performance did not mean that he had poor vision and did not know people?
Zhou Xiaoning didn't blame those staff officers, after all, 100,000 people is indeed not a small number, he also gasped before, and even had the idea of going home.
However, Zhou Xiaoning quickly calmed down, the two armies were fighting, it was taboo to be cowardly before fighting, Zhou Xiaoning, as the commander of this expedition, should lead by example, the more he arrived at this time, the more he couldn't mess up, otherwise the people below would be more chaotic than him, and eventually cause a tragic consequence that Zhou Xiaoning definitely didn't want to see.
"Is there any live video?" Zhou Xiaoning looked at the messenger and asked.
You must know that for this expedition, Zhou Xiaoning took out the thousands of phone bugs he cultivated, except for a few who stayed to breed, and distributed them to the army, and almost every squad was assigned one.
I have to say that the phone bug is really a very magical creature, not only can it be used for calls, but also can play a role in live video broadcasting, broadcasting, monitors and other functions, with a wide range of applications.
Zhou Xiaoning's phone bug for the reconnaissance team is the kind with live video broadcast ability, as long as the two phone bug messages are connected, then the scene seen by the phone bug over there will be played by the phone bug here in the form of projection, and it also has its own dubbing.
"Yes."
The messenger was obviously prepared, took a phone bug from his pocket, placed it on the table, and gently tapped the phone bug's shell.
The phone bug was awakened, and a bright light came out of its eyes, hitting the tent cloth, and the picture was soon revealed.
It was a crooked camp, and even the camp was lifted, and in Zhou Xiaoning's opinion, it was at best a refugee settlement.
And the so-called army of 100,000 also appeared in front of everyone at this time, it was a group of people wearing sackcloth rags, wearing yellow scarves and belts, and most of the weapons in their hands were sharpened wooden sticks, and those who could hold a hoe or a rake were considered to be the best among them.
Of course, there are not no decent soldiers, but there are very few, Zhou Xiaoning and others followed the line of sight of the phone bug, and walked around the periphery of the camp, and only found a dozen soldiers wearing leather armor and holding iron weapons, this is probably the elite soldiers of this camp, the number should not be too much, a few thousand will reach the sky. But again, these soldiers also wear yellow scarves.
"Wearing a yellow scarf, there are a large number of people, but the soldiers are uneven, except for the Yellow Turban Army that emerged in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, I can't imagine that other forces will be like this."
After watching the video, Zhou Xiaoning was convinced that except for the three Zhang brothers in the Yellow Turban Army and the army led by a very few Qu Shuai, who were barely considered elite soldiers, the others were a group of rabble.
Take the Yellow Turban Army that Zhou Xiaoning and others are about to face, in addition to the large number of people, Zhou Xiaoning can't see the slightest bright spot. And that number is still based on the old and young, women, children, sickness and disability. If it is a good fight, their morale will definitely be high, but if it is a defeat, they will definitely run faster than anyone else.
Such an army, no matter how large the number is, is not to be feared, as long as it is lightning fast, destroy the thousands of elites, and the remaining tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops will be self-defeating.
"Now you see, such an army will make you chaotic, and we will face even more severe battles in the future, how can we expect you to be at that time!"
Wang Jianjun's face was even worse, he had known that this would be the case, he would not have selected these talented but inexperienced recruits to join his advisory group, originally he was still thinking of cultivating newcomers, and at the same time, in order to avoid suspicion, he put aside some old guys who used to be easy to use, but he didn't expect to get such a result, which really made him lose face.
Hearing Wang Jianjun's words, those young staff officers couldn't help but blush, and they also knew that their previous performance was really bad, so they all lowered their heads and didn't scold back.
"Okay, Chief of Staff Wang, don't blame them, the top priority now is to eliminate the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible and open up the way forward, so as not to delay for a long time and cause extraneous branches."
Wang Jianjun joined in this time as the chief of staff of the expeditionary army, and it doesn't matter what Zhou Xiaoning wants to call it if he wants to get in with him in private, but in public, it is better to be commensurate with his position, which is also required by Wang Jianjun himself.
"Yes, my thoughts coincide with the commander, in my opinion, it is better to let the First Army take action and solve them as soon as possible." Wang Jianjun proposed, he was unhappy with the Yellow Turban Army that made him ugly, and he wanted to wipe them out of this world immediately.
"Okay, let the First Legion go, and the mage troops will follow. This is the first battle of the mage troops, so let the First Legion not make a move first, I want to see the effectiveness of the division troops. ”
Zhou Xiaoning nodded, agreeing with Wang Jianjun's proposal, but he also made corresponding changes. You must know that the mage troops are pinned on by Zhou Xiaoning, this time the battle is very important, if the mage troops do not meet Zhou Xiaoning's requirements, then Zhou Xiaoning has to think about it, whether to continue to invest a lot of resources in them in the future.
"No problem, I'll arrange it." Wang Jianjun replied noncommittally, anyway, they are just a group of rabble, and it is only a matter of time to eliminate them, since Zhou Xiaoning wants to use this to test the combat effectiveness of the mage troops, then test it, anyway, it is not a big deal, just the combat effectiveness of the division troops is not good, isn't there still the first army to suppress the formation, and the Yellow Turban Army can't make much waves.
Upon receipt of the order, the First Legion and the mage troops immediately went out. Of course, the mage unit is just a general term, and if you subdivide it, it can be divided into the mage group, the musician group, and the doctor group. The Physician Corps is mainly responsible for healing wounds and diseases, which is not very helpful in combat, and if you cast a healing spell on the battlefield and heal the enemy as well, it will be funny, so the Physician Corps is not in the ranks of the battle.
Zhou Xiaoning wanted to have a more intuitive understanding of the combat ability of the mage troops, so he didn't stay in the camp and wait for the results, but flew with the sword and set off with the army.
The march of the 10,000-person army was not easy to hide, not to mention that Zhou Xiaoning didn't want to hide it from the beginning, so no matter how incompetent the scouts of the Yellow Turban Army were, they discovered them when the army was still five miles away from the Yellow Turban Camp and transmitted the news back to the Yellow Turban Camp.
Soon, the Yellow Turban Army reacted, the gate of the village was wide open, and the Yellow Turban soldiers inside poured out, in front of the camp here, there was a group of formations, the scene was not like a battle between the two armies, but more like a gang fight.
As soon as Zhou Xiaoning's army appeared, the Yellow Turban Army launched an attack, there was no confrontation between the two armies, no scolding, no fighting generals, which really disappointed Zhou Xiaoning.
"But that's fine, I won't be polite to you, the mage group attack!"
Zhou Xiaoning gave the order to attack, and the mage regiment also realized the importance of this battle, and they all riveted their strength, wanting to perform well in front of Zhou Xiaoning.
"Fire Rain Technique Ready, Release!"
The young man who had been appointed by Zhou Xiaoning as the head of the mage group gave the order and released a large-area attack spell at the beginning. And because of the characteristics of the class, when the mage casts the same spell, the spells can be fused, so as to achieve the effect of joint spellcasting.
Now, the four hundred mages unleashed the Fire Rain Technique at the same time, instantly enveloping the range of two hundred meters in front of their own army's formation, and all the Yellow Turban Army that rushed into this range would be attacked by the Fire Rain.
Soon, the vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army was wiped out by the rain of fire, and even if a few lucky people rushed to the front of the military formation, they were killed by the shield swordsmen who were at the forefront of the formation, and they did not even play a role in disrupting the formation.
After the death of the 10,000 Yellow Turban Army, the source power crystals turned into a place, as well as some sporadic source cards, these are all trophies, and the source card Zhou Xiaoning can use it directly, but the source power crystals can only be filled into the public source power points of the Two Realms City, and Zhou Xiaoning himself cannot mobilize them.
"The power of the Fire Rain Technique is indeed good, but a spell consumes one-fifth of the mana, and it seems that there is a way to increase the mana of the mages."
Zhou Xiaoning already has a preliminary plan in his heart, at present, the mage team has reached Zhou Xiaoning's expected combat power, although the elimination is all cannon fodder miscellaneous soldiers, but 400 people to eliminate 10,000 people, such a result is already good.
I don't know how the mage group will behave in the next place to further enhance their status in Zhou Xiaoning's heart?