Chapter 48: Capture the town of Huangsha
I saw that the soldiers of Zhongdi immediately gathered and lined up in rows to meet the menacing enemy head-on. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
But it turned out that the phalanx they put up did not have much effect, at most it was more momentum, and it could psychologically suppress the enemy.
After all, it is not easy for a person to muster up the courage to rush into a neat queue.
But the clones are an exception, they have been modified, and there is no fear in the dictionary, and the queue of gray soldiers is ineffective.
Not only that, but they were much better equipped than the soldiers of Middle-earth, and the greedy and miserly nobles did not have the courage to spend a lot of money to arm their own soldiers.
The two sides were entangled in a battle that might not be noticeable at first, but as time passed, the casualties of the soldiers in the Middle Earth increased.
After all, it is difficult for the Middle-earth Soldier's scimitar to break through the clone soldier's armor, and the steel knife in the latter's hand can easily cut through their armor.
The Middle-earth Soldier's scimitar is also inferior to the Clone Soldier's steel knife, and the two collide together, and the scimitar will break in half at the lightest.
Under such circumstances, more than half of the soldiers in Zhongdi were killed and wounded, and the remaining soldiers collapsed directly, ignoring the officers' scolding and fled in all directions.
Although they are regular soldiers, they are not stunned, knowing that if they can't fight, who will be stupid to send them to death.
Being able to hold out until more than half of the casualties before collapsing is enough to be worthy of their status as a regular army, and the average guard, when the casualties reach two layers, it is estimated that they have collapsed.
Not all soldiers have the courage to fight to the last man.
Of course, most of the Midland soldiers fled, but there were still a few who stayed where they were, hindering the progress of the clone soldiers.
These soldiers, even if they were unwilling, could not change the situation, and their lives were taken by the steel knife weapon.
In the end, there were quite a few soldiers who escaped, and the clone soldiers did not go after them, they did not get the order to pursue, so they should find the Divine Envoy first.
Lin Xiao and his party quickly joined the clone soldiers, he didn't want to stay alive, and directly ordered the soldiers to go after him.
But things did not go very well, these routs were scattered and fled, and it was not easy to pursue, and many of them also stole the horses in the town, so it was even more difficult to pursue.
In the end, less than 10 of the routers escaped, but the clones managed to capture an important figure, the former officer.
Speaking of which, he was quite unlucky, he had robbed a horse and could easily escape, but he didn't expect to run into his adjutant and Gray Shibang halfway.
The two of them couldn't help but say something, pulled him down, broke his leg, and then were captured alive by the soldiers behind them.
Among them, there must be defense, but after being beaten by the clone soldier and retreating, he is much more honest, after all, he has a blue nose and swollen face until now.
This officer was not stupid, he quickly realized his current situation, without his previous arrogance, and begged for mercy one by one, making promises that even he did not believe.
After the officer saw Lin Xiao, he knew that he was the boss of these people, and shouted: "Don't kill me, I'm not a close confidant of Viscount Ella, kill me, you will become the mortal enemy of Viscount Ella, and you will be hunted down and killed by the entire Midland Kingdom!" ”
"As long as you let me go, I will definitely go back and explain that this is all the fault of that bastard in the Gray World, and promise that nothing will happen!"
"Nothing will happen?"
Lin Xiao glanced meaningfully at the officer, who had sweaty palms and looked weak.
Lin Xiao weighed the pros and cons, if what this officer said was true, he was a cronie of a viscount, and killing him would indeed cause trouble.
But Lin Xiaoke didn't believe this officer very much, he hadn't killed people rashly, and let people suppress this officer and lock him up, anyway, there would be an opportunity to verify the authenticity of these words in the future.
Seeing that the officers were pressed away, Lin Xiao directly ordered to occupy Huangsha Town, anyway, he had already offended the Gray World, and this borderless land was not occupied for nothing.
There were not many guards in the town, and they knew each other well, and they were captured without too much fierce resistance, and there were 21 captives in total.
Lin Xiao sent a part of the clone soldiers to watch over the captives, and asked the remaining soldiers to block Huangsha Town, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving.
The townspeople also know that the sky is about to change!
Occupying Huangsha Town, Lin Xiao was not too happy, he would be retaliated against by the nobles of the Middle Earth Kingdom next.
Fortunately, it will take more than two days to get to the nearest Huangsha City, and it will take nearly five days to get there, not including gathering soldiers and preparing logistics.
In a week at the earliest, a group of soldiers will come to the door.
There wasn't much time to stay with Lin Xiao, so he hurriedly summoned the soldiers from Fengsha Village and Oasis, adding up to a total of 400 people, after all, some soldiers had to be left behind.
In addition to the soldiers, there were also 200 logistics workers, and they were all called in.
If these soldiers want to rush over, it will take time, Lin Xiao does not intend to waste it, and he took out 50 people and went to surround the iron mine 5 kilometers away.
There is a guard of about 50 people, and there are hundreds of miners, which is also a force to be reckoned with.
Lin Xiao didn't act rashly, his current strength was insufficient, and it would be a little unbearable to occupy Huangsha Town, let alone attack the iron mine.
The 50 people sent out were still very effective, and the guards of the iron mine were directly deterred and did not dare to leave the iron mine, so it was difficult for them to cause any damage.
After waiting for several hours, the reinforcements from Fengsha Village finally arrived, and there were 100 people in the first batch, and 200 people followed.
Lin Xiao didn't wait for the soldiers behind, the iron mine was in the valley, the troops couldn't be spread, and it was useless to ask for too many soldiers.
What gave Lin Xiao the confidence to take the iron mine with 150 people was because the reinforcements that came had 20 shortbow soldiers, and with the sword and shield soldiers, they could play a big role.
Under Lin Xiao's command, the clone soldiers lined up in several teams and marched towards the iron mine.
The pressure on the guards defending the iron mine suddenly increased, they were not veterans who had been on the battlefield, and it was okay to bully the miners, but in the face of the enemy army like a regular army, the confidence was obviously insufficient.
But the commander of the guards must have been a vicious man, and directly ordered the soldiers to put their swords against the slaves, pushing them to the front.
Lin Xiao only frowned when he saw this scene, the war was really despicable......
This is the first time he has commanded the Clone Troopers to attack the Greys head-on, and the last time it was just an ambush for the bandits, not a frontal one.
I have to say that watching his soldiers attack the enemy in order, he is still very proud in his heart, and he can't wait to go to the battlefield himself.
Anai held back his excitement, and waited until the distance reached the range of the archers before he gave the order to shoot.
A rain of arrows fell, and the slaves in the front row fell like wheat, and suddenly collapsed and fled to the back.
Under the orders of the commander, the guards directly killed the slaves who tried to escape, and in this cruel way, the rout was finally stopped.
The remaining slaves were forced to serve as meat shields, further depleting the reserves of shortbowmen's arrows, and they filled them this time without bringing too many arrows.
After killing all the slaves, the arrows carried by the archers were almost consumed, and it was difficult to affect the rest of the situation.
Lin Xiao also had to admire the guard chief's methods, he directly asked the clone soldiers to kill them, even if there were no shortbow soldiers, it was not too difficult to deal with these guards.
As Lin Xiao had guessed, when the clone soldiers entered the guards, they began to show signs of rout.
Defenseless minions are easy for the guards, but they are no match for the fierce clones.
The death toll did not reach 20, and all the guards surrendered, but unfortunately, the commander of these guards committed suicide when he surrendered.
Lin Xiao sighed, didn't say anything, after capturing the iron mine, he gathered all the miners, adding up to 300 people, if it weren't for the death of the slaves, there would be more.