Chapter 229: The Battle in the Tunnel
Having entered the crypt of the mausoleum, Napoleon found that the situation was much more troublesome than expected.
The enemy was in the tunnel, some traps were arranged, and the morale seemed to be in good shape, about the same as on the ground, about the same.
But Napoleon knew that it would not be easy to keep morale down.
These enemies were not idealistic and disciplined soldiers of the French Republic, but miscellaneous soldiers who were blindly organized and poorly trained.
Generally speaking, Egyptian soldiers should be panicked after a surprise attack, and most of the soldiers recruited nearby will flee home and escape the war as deserters.
The rest are also like frightened birds, as soon as the wind blows, they immediately pull out their legs and run.
Wu Xin did his best to keep the troops under control, and he himself patrolled around, cheering up the soldiers, and asking Villefort and Joel to scatter money around with silver coin bags.
At this point, Murad Beyi did not hold on to the money any longer, and he generously took out his bag.
Of course, the most important thing is the warehouse established by Wu Xin, and those stockpiles make the soldiers feel that their officers are planned, so they will trust their officers in order to maintain a certain combat effectiveness.
But this was not a problem for Napoleon, who was not worried about this, but about the slightly trembling candle flame in the hands of the guards, and the unhurried breathing of the soldiers.
The few captives captured after entering the pit did not look like they were about to die.
The Egyptian soldiers who were still resisting were also often able to let out meaningless roars.
All this shows that the ventilation of the pit is better than expected, much better.
Any mausoleum has a ventilation system, and when it was built, many craftsmen needed to breathe.
But Napoleon, in other mausoleums, always felt depressed. No matter how good the ventilation system is, it will not work for thousands of years.
Even in a well-preserved mausoleum such as the Great Pyramid, air circulation was a major constraint on the large amount of manpower invested by the French army during its internal exploration.
However, the air is always fresh in this place.
This means that the enemy's preparations were well done, having already cleaned up the ventilation system of the past. And made some additions.
It is even possible that in the mausoleum, some exits were opened.
This was not the situation Napoleon wanted, and he needed to wipe out the enemy.
"It's terrible, the air here is so fresh." Berthier was also aware of the problem.
"The new wooden piles are well arranged, and the passage is also blocked and cleaned up, which is very beneficial to the defense." Berthier could not understand why an enemy, who had built the camp so poorly, could do so well in the mausoleum. "I'm afraid that they will open other openings, our troops. You can't block too much of an area. ”
Napoleon was also worried, but he still tried to stabilize his morale: "Even if there were other exits, they did not have horses and camels, and we had a lot of cavalry. ”
When Napoleon had finished speaking, he gave an order to one of the heralds to tell the French commander who was left behind on the ground to send more patrols and prepare to intercept the fleeing enemy.
They are not advancing fast. But it was about the same as Napoleon had predicted.
Although Wu Xin made great efforts, it was impossible for the Egyptian soldiers to stop the French first. Not even in narrow tunnels.
Under the command of Napoleon, several strong French company commanders opened the way in a stable order.
Although the passage is narrow, they advance and retreat in an orderly manner, busy but not chaotic.
Napoleon didn't know much about the underground tunnels, but he was able to rely on the strength and instinct of the opponent's resistance. Keen to find a breakthrough.
And Murad Bey, despite his advantage in fighting on the inside line, could not resist Napoleon's sharp command at all, and he could only pin his hopes on Wu Xin's plan.
As the battle progressed, Napoleon gradually captured many prisoners, and his grasp of the map became clearer.
The soldiers had limited access to the terrain. But Berthier was able to assemble the fragments of their brains into a map, and he reported to Napoleon: "General, according to the soldiers, Murad's command post should be in the main burial chamber. ”
"The main burial chamber?" Napoleon smiled dumbly, "He really knows how to choose, the main burial chamber should be relatively strong, a good command post." ”
Berthier replied: "No, it is said that this tomb is also a royal tomb, and a royal tomb that they have excavated belongs to Ramses III, and this royal tomb has not yet been found out to which pharaoh it belongs, and the coffin has not yet had time to be opened." ”
"Oh? So the original owner also lived there? Napoleon also wanted the mausoleum to remain intact, "then let's hurry over and don't make the two masters wait too long." ”
Napoleon and Berthière were in the ranks, and they were not going to go into battle at once, but the battle would come to them.
The main tunnel has a fork in the depths, and of the three forks, one of which has been blocked with dry bones and corpses, and the other two seem to show signs of the enemy.
"What we are fighting for is the cause that the Lord of the Stars and Moon loves!"
"All those who die in the battle against the infidels are heroes, and when they die, they return their souls to bliss, where there are endless raisins, endless beautiful women, and wine that does not get drunk............"
The French army is very quiet when it moves, even the soldiers fighting on the front line, try to control themselves not to make meaningless shouts, and the really strong army is often quiet and beautiful.
So Berthier could faintly hear someone shouting in that passage, as if to carry out the final mobilization for battle.
He was about to advise Napoleon to launch a surprise attack at once, not to let the other side finish his speech, when the enemy attack came.
Wu Xin was mobilizing, but also to attract the attention of the enemy.
The advance of the French army inspired a circle, and although Mesadir was a fool, she was also a master of this after so many necromancy.
In what appeared to be a collapsed passage, a corpse that seemed to be completely dead, with a sealed mud wall, suddenly broke free from its restraints and stood up.
Then the skeleton slashed straight at Bertier's face with a bone knife.
Bertier's stature became a great disadvantage here, and his sight and concentration were not good, and he did not see the scene at all.
Fortunately, Napoleon was also listening to Wu Xin's shouting. But even if he was disturbed by Wu Xin, he still entered the battle state as soon as possible, not only was he able to protect himself, but he still had the strength to protect his subordinates, and his reaction was still fast enough to immediately launch an attack on the enemy who had just appeared.
The thin stabbing sword of his weapon was not very suitable for dealing with skeletons. But Napoleon's sword was like lightning, and it just stood up to the bone knife.
As he expected, the seemingly sharp bone knife was actually extremely fragile.
Napoleon not only smashed the bone knife, but the bayonet continued to advance, and also pierced the skeleton's head.
However, this was only part of the power of Mesadir's carefully arranged circle, and there were actually dozens of corpses in the seemingly blocked passageway.
Some are skeletons, some are zombies, and all of them are activated at once. A charge was launched towards the French.
There are even a few skeletons in it that are capable of launching ranged attacks, but of course this circle is not strong enough to breed something that is not as powerful as skeleton archers, they attack with their own ribs.
The targets of the flying ribs were all Mage Bertier.
It was still Napoleon, who, after shattering the first living skeleton, immediately turned around and kicked Berthière away.
Bertier's tall body rolled several steps, albeit embarrassed. But dodged all the ribs.
The French soldiers quickly began to resist, and these undead were not a big trouble.
A real threat. Still from humans.
"Kill, kill the infidels!"
Murad Bey and Wu Xin also came out with dozens of soldiers.
This intersection is an excellent place to defend it.
The two of them each commanded a force to kill out of a corridor, and together with the necromantic creatures on the flanks, in an instant, the effect of a flanking attack was formed.
Although the French army was the strongest force in the world, it was attacked from three sides at once. It was also a brief panic.
No matter how brave a soldier is, when he is attacked by more than two enemies, he will inevitably have to scramble.
Not to mention that this attack was carefully arranged by Wu Xin.
Although the Egyptian army was under-represented and the structure was chaotic, Wu Xin and Villefort did their best. The troops for this counterattack were well organized, relatively good officers were arranged, and the organization work was done well.
Napoleon did not command the counterattack, and although the scene was tense, it was still manageable for the middle and lower ranks of the French Republic.
Without Napoleon's words, several officers automatically contracted their formation a little and retreated towards the passage.
Give up the small opening where the fork is located to the enemy to avoid being flanked.
When the battle line changed, the French army could resume rotation, they advanced and retreated in a measured manner, and the officers and soldiers knew what they had to do.
And Wu Xin, although well arranged, had no available subordinates, and although Villefort and Joel tried to attack in waves, after rushing twice, the officers and soldiers of each team began to find each other.
Although Vimurad Bey, dressed as a pharaoh, shouted and cursed, sometimes promising a reward of silver coins, and sometimes threatening to execute soldiers who did not fight with all their might, it was to no avail.
Joel took the lead in the charge, and Wu Xin blessed his spear with flames, but Joel's strength was still insufficient, and in the tunnel, the spear was really unwielded.
Villefort was also fighting hard, his dagger was a great threat to the soldiers, and the soldiers were limited in strength, and most of them could not withstand the dagger's attack on the internal organs.
Once hit by him, he was seriously injured almost immediately.
But he had no heavy armor, and the leather armor was obviously not enough to protect in such a tough battle, and a junior officer of the French army quickly realized his threat, and with the cooperation of several soldiers, the tactic of exchanging wounds for wounds forced Villefort to retreat.
The offensive arranged by Wu Xin eventually began to subside, and the frontal offensive soon lost its strength.
However, the French did not immediately counterattack, they mastered the rhythm with ease, and after knowing the enemy's short peak, they continued to loosen their rhythm, waiting for the enemy's strength to reach a low point, and they would counterattack in one fell swoop.
The Egyptians could not have the ability to reorganize, and once they were breached, it would be a complete failure.
Meanwhile, an officer, using a sledgehammer as a weapon, turns around to deal with the undead on the flanks.
His sledgehammer was perfect for dealing with these magic-deficient skeletons, and with a few slashes from the bone knife, he quickly smashed several skeletons.
Bertier also followed him in attacking the undead, attacking several more threatening zombies with the zero-level trick "Ice Ray" while looking for a magic circle to drive the undead.
This circle is not very secretive, but because many of the soldiers lost their candles during the battle, the torches can provide a relatively stable light, but the number of production troubles is not enough, Bertier's vision is not good, and it took a little more time to see the circle hidden in the ceiling.
This is Delia holding Mesadir and asking her to paste it, this circle itself was taken out of the main burial chamber, so it can go through so many years, and it still has good power.
Bertier knew that now was not the time to save, and although the situation seemed stable, he was still a little worried about the warlock.
He didn't hesitate, he raised his hand and it was a "magic missile".
But the magic circle did not shatter in response, and a flash of spiritual light flashed on the exquisite pattern, and it actually withstood this magic.
Bertier was slightly surprised, he didn't know the status of this magic circle, and he had the ability to resist some low-level magic, so he wasted a magic casting material in vain.
More important than the loss of casting materials is the loss of timing.
"Al, come here, do you see that beautiful pattern above your head? Smash .......... with a hammer"
Just when he wanted to ask the officer to smash the magic circle with a hammer, Wu Xin appeared.
Berthier was rightly worried.
The underground tunnels are now crowded, and the biggest inconvenience of the magic of "Fireball" is that it is too threatening to teammates in such a staggered situation.
But Wu Xin didn't want to think about it, directly towards the place with the most people was a "fireball technique", in this small place, as long as he was not afraid of burning his own people, the power of the "fireball technique" was extremely great.
Of course, Wu Xin didn't care about his soldiers, and if he wanted to continue to take the heads of these soldiers in the future, he naturally wouldn't dare to do so.
But Wu Xin was a person with no future, and he didn't hesitate to throw the fireball towards the densest place in the crowd.
"For the Lord of the Stars and Moon, for the guide!" While he threw it, he also shouted to the soldiers who were going to be burned to death by him, although there is no future, but if he can pull a little morale, he will always have to pull it, "This is the anger of the Lord of the Stars and Moon!" ”
The soldiers, at least most of them, certainly didn't want to die for the Lord of the Stars or the Guide, but they didn't have a choice.
The soldiers were under a lot of pressure about this battle, but even if they thought about the bad situation, no one would have thought that Wu Xin would directly attack the black hand as soon as he came up.
A few Egyptian veterans who had seen the power of Wu Xin's "fireball technique" in the barn had already let out a scream.
In this narrow passage, no one can avoid the fireball. (To be continued.) )