Chapter 80: The Battle of Sawano (Part II)
Sawano used to be a large lake, but as the climate changes and the land changes, the lake has dried up and turned into a plain with lush vegetation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoOn the road leading to the Huaxia tribe, the barbarian led the people to set up a temporary camp using wood and sand and stones, and constantly monitored the movements of the northern barbarians in the distance.
After the seventh autumn rain in autumn, the barbarian received a report from the outpost that the Fanhua tribe and the northern barbarian formed a huge team of more than 6,000 people, and marched south towards the camp on foot, and would reach the defensive range he had carefully prepared in three days.
Eight hundred against six thousand, a desperate contrast... But the camp was not shaken, it was very calm, they were the vanguard led by the brute stone, they never asked how many people the enemy was, only asked where the enemy was, and then followed the brute stone to charge forward.
The camp morale was not affected, and Manshi breathed a sigh of relief, he was a rough and silent man, and he couldn't say anything inspiring. Six thousand enemies, a seemingly large team, but he was not worried, because he believed that the Tiger Hunter Wolf would definitely send reinforcements in time.
And from the first day he arrived in Sawano, he carefully studied the surrounding maps and ordered people to lay a large number of traps in front of the Sawano camp. The rest of his 800 people, in addition to monitoring the Beiban, was to dig a pit and then insert sharp bamboo sticks. The road to Sawano's half-day's walk was littered with countless improvised traps, and even he couldn't remember how many potholes there were.
For three days, the sentry constantly reported the enemy's position, and to the surprise of the brutes, their march was too slow. Seeing that the three days were about to pass, they had only completed half the journey. This situation made him a little confused, and if it weren't for the fact that the enemy had been marching along the predetermined route, he even wondered if the enemy had found another way to bypass Sawano and attack the tribe.
Standing at the top of the camp, looking ahead, thinking about the true intentions of the enemy, suddenly the camp erupted in a burst of earth-shattering cheers, and when he looked back, the reinforcements of the tribe had arrived. He smiled with satisfaction, and the camp was safe.
On the other side, Camellia was almost mad with red camellia, and there was a reason why the coalition forces were marching slowly. As early as a few years ago, the Fanhua tribe had contact with the Beiban, in line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, the camellia painted red and exchanged the population with the Beiban with bronze weapons, hoping to add blockage to the Huaxia tribe. But I didn't expect that the strength of the Northern Barbarians was so weak that they couldn't do it, even if they had bronze weapons, they were still beaten to the point where they didn't want to, but they sent slaves to Huaxia and sent weapons to them, and the captain of the transport was no more than that.
Under the pressure of the Huaxia tribes, the leader of Camellia Tuhong and the Northern Barbarians, Raymond, thought that continuing was a dead end. They decided to join forces to invade from the north of China and plunder the core areas of China, as long as they won, they would be able to inflict heavy losses on the Chinese tribes. According to their plan, the attack should have been launched a month ago, but in fact Raymond did not fully control the Northern Barbarians at all. In other words, the Northern Barbarians have always been a loose sand, a completely loose group of bandits.
So a month passed, and it was not until more than ten days ago that the coalition army was organized, with 2,000 troops from the Fanhua tribe, 4,000 troops from the Beiban and more scattered gangs, totaling more than 7,000 people marching to Huaxia.
With a force of 7,000 people, Camellia Tu Hong was full of ambition and high spirits, and no one even a legendary hero had ever led such a large coalition army. But what he didn't expect was that the sequelae of the population trade happened, and a large part of the warriors of the Flower Tribe were slaves captured by the Northern Barbarians, and they had a deep blood feud with the Northern Barbarians, and many relatives and friends died at their hands.
The coalition forces almost became a joke, constantly quarrelling, fighting, and even taking up arms to fight directly ... All kinds of chaotic situations made Camellia Red and Raymond anxious, and after killing more than a dozen people, they finally deterred the troops, but the coalition forces seemed to have a transparent wall, separating the prosperous tribes from the Northern Barbarians.
Looking at the vast grassland ahead, the camellia is painted red and retreats.
After five days, the coalition forces finally resisted Sawano, and then the traps on the road made them suffer, and the good road was full of potholes. Even after careful investigation of the ground, there are still many fish that have slipped through the net, and there are more and more injured soldiers, which makes Camellia red and irritable.
On the evening of the sixth day, the coalition forces finally came seven or eight hundred paces away from the camp, and at this time they were so discouraged that they just wanted to fight and then disperse.
Camellia Tu Hong looked at the sun, and was about to go down, and the troops were too tired to walk all day, so they had to say to Raymond beside him: "Let's camp here, we can't attack today." ā
Raymond is not a stupid person, on the contrary, he is a rare smart person in the Northern Barbarians, glanced at Camellia's red expression, and then agreed. Along the way, he has peeked at Camellia's red expression countless times, from the beginning of the confidence to the current sad face, his heart is worried. He suddenly remembered the persuasion of his subordinates - "Let's retreat quietly, this battle cannot be won." ā... In fact, he didn't know, but the Huaxia tribe is getting stronger and stronger, and there is almost no living space for the Northern Barbarians, and if it continues like this, the Northern Barbarians will die in another winter or two, so they can only follow the camellia to go down hard.
That night, the camellia was red and couldn't sleep, and from the inspiration of the gods, the fate of the flower tribe was like walking into another path, and if he could choose, he would never want to be an enemy of Huaxia. He made his rounds around the camp to reassure the warriors who couldn't sleep because of their nervousness, so that he could rest assured.
Suddenly, several shouts came from outside the camp: "Pull on fire!" Pull on fire! Run! Then the fire burst into the sky, the wind was high and dry, and the fire spread in an instant, and the outside of the camp became a sea of fire.
The camp was in chaos in an instant, and the warriors woke up suddenly, opened up and saw that there were flames all around, and ran in terror in all directions, screaming and screaming loudly.
"Help! Run! ā
"Fire, what a fire!"
"The Huaxia people have been killed!"
Under the command of Camellia Tuhong, it was difficult to control the camp, otherwise there was no need for people from the Huaxia tribe, and a fire was enough to defeat the coalition army.
When the sun rose the next day, Camellia Painted Red counted the number of people, trampled on more than 300 people and injured them, and more than 400 people were missing, which made him angry and helpless, so he could only pacify the troops, eat breakfast, and prepare for the attack.
At this time, Manshi was standing on the high platform of the Zeye camp, looking at the coalition forces in the distance, his mood was very relaxed, he didn't expect that the night attack that was temporarily decided would actually work. It seemed to him that the coalition forces were already prey to fall into a trap, and they were moving too slowly. The Tiger Hunter had already led his troops to cut off their retreat routes, and he only had to hold the camp.
The noisy coalition army finally formed its formation, the huge team of more than 6,000 people was so large that it was impossible to see the edge, the spears were like a stretching forest, and the camellia painted red watched the troops finally regain some confidence.
He waved his hand and shouted, "Drum hit!" Offensive! ā
Knock knock... The majestic drums sounded, and the coalition army marched unswervingly like a torrent, and the front army was a vanguard wearing leather armor and holding wooden shields and bronze spears, covering the giant archers of the Flower Tribe gradually approaching the Zeye camp.
Due to the long and heavy arrows, the Flowery Bow has a short range and requires shield cover to advance within 100 paces before it can hit the enemy.
Manshi had been fighting with the Flower Tribe for many years, and he had already figured out their tactics, and when the enemy entered the range of two hundred paces, he shouted: "Archer, throw!" ā
The archers of the Huaxia tribe adjusted their angles, tilted upward, and the countless arrows that roared like locusts flew towards the coalition army, piercing their bodies, and screaming throughout the battlefield.
The drums became more and more urgent, and the coalition forces suddenly accelerated, rushed forward, and directly hit the wooden wall of the Zeye camp, they raised their spears and stabbed at the warriors of the Huaxia tribe, and the two sides began a bloody battle of life and death across the wall. There were too many enemies, and with a bang, the wooden wall was pushed in, and Huaxia and the coalition forces collided together in an instant.
The brute stone stared at Raymond seven or eight paces away in front of him, both of them holding spears in their hands, and Raymond suddenly accelerated and rushed over after entering ten steps. The brute stone did not evade, roared, and pulled the spear in his hand outward, knocking his spear off. Taking a step forward, he took out the small axe hanging from his waist with his left hand and smashed it hard, and with a pop the axe pierced his thigh. With a sharp pain, Raymond couldn't help but tilt his body, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Manshi held the spear in both hands, stabbed it out with all his strength, and pierced it in his chest. Then he kicked him to the ground so hard that Raymond spat out a mouthful of blood, his face distorted beyond recognition, and he fell to the ground.
Camellia Tu Red looked at the battle with a gloomy face, the coalition forces actually fell behind, and it can only be said that the Northern Barbarians are too weak, 1+1 and not even 2...
He hesitated whether to retreat or continue the battle, when suddenly a rushing drum sounded in the rear, and he was horrified to find that the coalition forces were surrounded.
When the Tiger Hunter arrived on the battlefield, he immediately launched a battle to attack the coalition forces. At this time, due to the death of Raymond, the coalition army was demoralized, and the rear was attacked, panicked, and the combat effectiveness disappeared in an instant, collapsing like a landslide.
I don't know who shouted, "Run, we've lost." "Like a plague, the coalition forces became chaotic, and even collided and trampled on each other, killing and wounding countless people.
At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and then the wind howled, the thunder and lightning roared, and the camellia turned red and looked at the sky in despair, shouting: "The gods mistake me for flowers!" After speaking, he took out the bronze long sword, cut it his neck, blood spurted out, and his body fell to the ground weakly, dying.