Chapter 296

According to the markings on the map and the information they found, the canyon was just over 100 meters wide. Of course, this width was enough for the snow army to march and for the two armies to fight, and the night army placed the archers on the ridges on both sides of the canyon.

The mountains on both sides are only a few tens of meters high, and the slope is gentle, which is suitable for the night army to set up ambushes. The current terrain is based on the survey, and after the generals personally inspected it, they did not find any problems, so it is very good.

Once here, the generals gathered again to discuss how to attack the Snow Army as it passed. Inspired by the last attack on Xilan Pass, the generals also wanted to attack the Snow Army with rolling logs and stones. The mountains are bare on both sides, and the rolling logs and stones can be rolled down, which is exactly the right way to fight.

However, it took a lot of manpower to carry such heavy stones and logs up the hill, and the soldiers who had been marching for days on end might not be able to bear the same fatigue anymore, and some generals were worried that the soldiers would be reluctant to carry the stones.

In addition to that concern, many generals were in favor of that approach when it was proposed. If they could use that method, their archers would be able to play a bigger role than expected.

In addition, having the soldiers carry stones up and down also familiarizes them with the terrain, because when ambushing the Snow Army, the Night Army must run down the mountain, and it is impossible to annihilate all the Snow Army with only those 50,000 archers.

The discussion was concluded early, and while the snow army was still resting, the general conveyed the new instructions and explained to the soldiers all the advantages of the combat methods.

Since it would save them effort after the start of the battle and greatly reduce the morale of the enemy, the soldiers did not object to the new instructions from above, but were willing to contribute. Immediately after that, the night army was busy in batches.

The valley behind them was also empty, there were no trees for them to cut down, and even they didn't dare to make the movement too big to avoid any extraneous branches, but fortunately there were plenty of rocks in the valley for the night army to use.

The night army was constantly searching the valley for stones, sometimes by force, and they were busy up and down.

At the same time, the night army's sentinels have been keeping an eye on the snow army's garrison, and they will bring back news whenever there is any movement. Not surprisingly, a number of fleeing civilians had to pass through the gorge.

In order not to disturb the passers-by, the general of the night army specially ordered everyone not to make too much noise. Despite this, there were still many soldiers who had problems with their hands and feet, and the stones they carried were either not stable on the top of the hill, and then after a while the stones rolled down on their own. Either someone is carrying a stone because they step on something and lose their balance, and the stone they are holding will naturally fall.

The stones that rolled down the ridge also affected the night army below, and some even injured the soldiers below, but it showed the night army how powerful the stones rolled down the mountain were, so they worked harder to prepare for the next ambush.

Accidents were inevitable, his soldiers were wearing shoes that were not suitable for climbing, and the mountain roads were uneven, so the officers had to constantly remind them to be careful.

An hour later, the night army's sentry suddenly came to report that the snow army, which had not been camped for a long time, set out again, as if they were going to rush overnight. I don't know why the Snow Army's movements were so sudden, but the Night Army's generals knew that they were going to change their original plans. Now they were only a dozen miles away from the Snow Army over there, and it would take about an hour and a half for the Snow Army to arrive at their location with food and grass.

An hour and a half is not enough time for the night army, but there is still a certain amount of time to prepare, and the generals in the night army can't even drink water and quickly gather to discuss countermeasures. Regardless of the intention of the Snow Army, they must negotiate to ensure the normal progress of the ambush plan before the Snow Army arrives.

For a general, this is actually not difficult, as long as they prepare all the stones in advance and arrange the positions of the personnel, everything is fine.

Time was running out, and a dozen generals didn't have much time to discuss. After a brief meeting, the commander of the Arrow Battalion will ask the rest of the generals to inform the officers below as soon as possible of the deployment of troops, and then the officers will pass on the relevant instructions to the ordinary soldiers.

After those generals passed on the orders, they had to personally check the implementation of the military orders one by one, but in fact, they were only making a preliminary troop deployment now.

According to the plan of the general of the Arrow Battalion, their Arrow Battalion, as the main attacking force, would attack the Snow Army when the infantry soldiers used the Rolling Stones, and when the formation of the Snow Army was completely disrupted, the infantry next to those archers would rush down directly. The mountain is gentle, and as long as the soldiers are careful, they generally do not fall.

According to the instructions of the generals, the soldiers must not be in a hurry when rushing downward, but they must be in a hurry, otherwise their own formation will be disorganized due to the continuous fall of the personnel, and their blow to the enemy will be weakened.

Then, when the infantry has completely charged down, the cavalry will follow the infantry and break away from their horses, and most of the cavalry will fight like infantry for the first time, so the responsibility of charging is still borne by the infantry.

When the cavalry had rushed down, the archers who had packed up followed and fought with the other two battalions in hand-to-hand combat. The general operational policy of the night army will not change, and what the general has to do is to confirm the ambush positions of the soldiers of each battalion before the actual battle begins. In addition, the stability of the stone blocks used for raiding should also be checked.

Time flies quickly, and half an hour passes in the blink of an eye. For half an hour, the night army's sentinels kept bringing back the snow army's march. Not surprisingly, the Snow Army was heading towards the canyon where they were ambushed, and it was not at all as if they knew that there was an enemy ambush ahead.

In fact, the snow army rushed overnight to meet with another snow army, and when the two armies met, all the snow army could have a good rest for two days, and the general of the snow army planned so. As long as you can get out of the mountains now, the two snow armies will arrive at the place where they will meet.

The Snow Army has always been less vigilant, and their sentries will only patrol around the camp at most, driving away some fierce beasts. Obviously, the generals who led the troops did not think that the Night Army would pursue them from the rear, after all, they had been hundreds of miles away from Xilan Pass when they had stopped, and they had been marching all the time.

Although the Snow Army had been on the road overnight, the speed of the march was not much different from usual, and the faces of each soldier were more or less tired, and it had been more than ten days since they were ordered to go to Xilan City to support.

For more than ten days, the Snow Army has been on the road and has not been able to rest well, fortunately, the soldiers in the army are all martial cultivators, and they are still talking about the past in terms of physique, the only bad thing is the news about the defeat.

The fatigue on the faces of those soldiers has a lot to do with the news of the successive defeats of the Snow Army, and the night army has fled, and the commander of the three armies who beat them has fled, so you can imagine how terrifying the powerful image of the night army is.

As one of the most important fortresses in the Snow Country, the sturdiness of Xilan Pass is self-evident, but the night army did not use any large-scale siege equipment, and annihilated 100,000 troops in one day to take Xilan Pass in one fell swoop.

Many of the Snow Army couldn't figure out the loss of Xilan Pass, and confusion was another factor that weakened them. Naturally, there were people in the Snow Army who discussed this, but each time they discussed it, the result only made them more afraid of the power of the Night Army. They have long forgotten that their Snow Army had fought a battle to defeat the Night Army.

Now all the Snow Armies are facing a problem, even if they defend the Imperial City after joining forces with other armies, can they really resist the army of the Night Kingdom? These Snow Armies who have not yet experienced a real war really don't have much confidence in their hearts.

And for a period of time, the generals of the Snow Army have been busy calming people's hearts, the Night Army has not yet come, their army has been in chaos, and every soldier is fighting so unintentionally, which is naturally not a good thing for Snow Country.

In addition, many generals saw more thoroughly than those soldiers, and the fall of Xilan Pass did not mean the fall of the entire Snow Country. As long as they hold the imperial city, and wait for the large army transferred by the Qingyuan power from the neighboring countries to arrive, they can recapture Xilan City with an absolute superiority in troops. Based on this kind of thinking, those Snow Army generals were willing to appease people's hearts.

It's a pity that if you don't get to the imperial city for a day, those generals can't completely control the negative emotions of the soldiers for a day. Perhaps only after arriving in the imperial city, the people of the royal family can personally come forward to stabilize the morale of the army.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, there was still half an hour before the arrival of the Snow Army, and the night soldiers who had been busy up and down finally stopped.

Fortunately, the mountains are not high, otherwise they have been carrying stones up and down, and the night army will be tired before the battle. In any case, the number of stones carried by the night army has reached a certain level, which can be said to be completely in line with their troop deployment.

After receiving the news of the Snow Army's march and now preparing for the period, those civilians who occasionally passed through the canyon were killed and killed by the Night Army, and they were stopped by the Night Army before they reached the canyon.

The night army did not have to worry about the fleeing civilians affecting their movements, and the only thing that made it difficult for the general to be troubled now was the connection between the mountains on both sides. It would take a lot of effort for the Arrow Battalion Master to agree on the deployment of the two sides, and now all the soldiers were lying on the hilltop and mountainside waiting for the Snow Army to come.