Volume 1: Twilight of the Moon Chapter 16: The Tragedy of the Reserves
Bick has been very annoyed these days, although he is the captain of a reserve brigade, but he is angry everywhere, and just now a small captain of the regular army pointed at him and shouted: "Reserve! Go and get me a set of standard military uniforms!"
Of course, Bick would definitely not agree, after all, as the captain of a brigade, he asked for a military uniform for a squad leader, and he would not dare to kill him for this kind of thing.
However, the result was that this squad leader actually knocked over the captain with one punch in front of everyone, and then walked away, leaving a sentence before leaving, "The reserve will always follow behind the regular army, and you are the moths of our kingdom's army!"
With a taunt, the squad leader strode out of Vic's line of sight.
And the captain who was lying on the ground was extremely lonely at this time, not only did none of these soldiers who were watching the excitement around him come to help him, but even his subordinates, those reserve soldiers, did not come.
Humiliated, Vic struggled to his feet and walked to the reserve tent that belonged to him.
Is it true that the reserve will always be inferior to the regular army?
Bick has been thinking about this question all the past few days, even in the big battle a few days ago, most of the regular army was killed and wounded, but the officials in charge of deployment did not mean to let the reserve force in the slightest, is the reserve really so weak? Is it really a moth of the army?
Although he was not born into any family, the belligerent blood in his body was boiling all the time, he longed to fight, he longed for himself to be able to really fight on the battlefield with the kingdom standard spear, he did not want to be promoted, he did not want any glory and wealth, he only wanted to be able to stand on the battlefield, he only wanted to fight for the country, shed blood, although he died.
Time passed, looking at the stars that appeared in the dark sky from time to time, Vic made a wish: I wish I could go into battle, not seeking wealth but killing the enemy!
The star flashed away, but it took away Vic's wishes.
"Order: Reserve officers and soldiers obey the order! Take you as the vanguard, cover the four major legions, kill the enemy with all your might, and those who violate it will be dealt with by military law!"
"Oh God, have you finally heard my prayer?" Vic was overjoyed when he heard the news, and wept with joy!
Aren't you like the shooting stars of the night!
Yi Tian stood on the tower of the city and looked at the excited reservists in the city, and prayed silently: May God bless you!
The big battle is about to break out, and the beast army has not sent a minotaur team in this battle, but the Devouring Demon Department and the Cave Demon Department that have recovered their strength are enough to complete this plan, not to mention that their ace troops have not yet been dispatched!
Before the start of the war, Yi Tian Feige told the three princes that this battle only needs to dispatch the Devouring Demon Department and the Cave Demon Department, and their trump card 10,000 royal teams must not be dispatched, even if they are dispatched, they can't do it all, one or two thousand is enough, the only thing is that they must not let the people of the Holy See see that the Royal Guard is involved in this war.
Although the third prince didn't understand why Yi Tian said this, he still complied, he scattered the two thousand beast royal guards in the middle of the forty thousand devouring demons and cave dwelling demons, if it wasn't for people who were familiar with them, they would never be able to distinguish the beast royal guards, after all, the warriors of the royal guards were selected from the various races of the orc empire, and they would only gather in an emergency, and they usually served in their respective armies.
This is a war that is destined for the victorious side, but although the result is doomed, the process is blank, and 60,000 reserve soldiers will fill in their names and imprint their own marks on this blank!
The Beasts had abandoned all battle plans, and the only order they had given to their troops was to charge!
And these 60,000 reserve soldiers also received an order similar to that of the beast army before they set out for the battle: counterattack!
In this way, two armies with almost the same purpose collided, 40,000 beast armies against 60,000 reserve soldiers, and the battle was about to break out!
To tell the truth, as the captain of the reserve team, Vic's own martial arts skills are not bad, as a silver warrior, he has the strength close to that of a golden warrior, and in the entire reserve army, there are no more than five people who can have his strength, and his martial arts skills are the best, so he is still prestigious in the reserve. However, because of his family, because of his father, he was banned from joining the army for life, no matter which legion, no matter which position in the legion, even the lowest ordinary soldier he was not qualified to serve, and his only way out was either to become a mercenary or join the reserve.
And Vic finally chose to join the reserves, after all, the dream of a soldier since childhood can only be realized by joining the reserves. And he is very talented in martial arts, at least in the reserve, his talent is the highest, and his diligence is second to none in the reserve, so his reserve career is very smooth, and soon he has been promoted to the position of captain. However, although it is said to be a captain, in fact, the main responsibility of their reserve is to maintain law and order in the city, not to defend the country, so even if there is any war, their reserve will not be able to participate, if it is not for the orc invasion this time, and the regular army of the kingdom is too small, it is impossible for their reserve to be transferred to the front line of Mossburg. And this just gave Vic a good opportunity to realize his dream, although he is a reserve, he believes that his trip will not be in vain, although along the way, In the past nearly a month, these reservists have been sneered at by the regular army, and even sent them wantonly, but they have endured it, only for a dream in their hearts, and as the war entered a stalemate, the number of confrontations between the two sides suddenly decreased, and even the occasional frontal attack only sent well-equipped regular troops and not them, in the eyes of the entire regular army of Mossburg, these reservists who came all the way were just a decoration, a tool to deter the enemy and not a group that could really fight。
Just when the reservists like Vic were discouraged, a piece of order regained their confidence like a stimulant. Counterattack! A Jedi counterattack targeting the beast army camp!
More than ten years of waiting, more than ten years of longing came true at this moment!
Vic's heart is alive, and the kingdom's standard military uniform and Black Creek spear bring him hope!
"Man-eater!" Vic looked at the ugly monster rushing towards him, and he whispered softly, "Vic is not a reserve, Vic is not a reserve................................."
The murderous 40,000 beast army was like a tiger descending from a mountain, holding all kinds of weapons to kill these reserve soldiers with no combat experience.
You will only know how powerful an orc is when you actually encounter it on the battlefield and really fight it. Among the 40,000 beast armies that have been killed, there are nearly 20,000 Devourers, and it just so happens that hand-to-hand combat is the strength of the Devourers. When the reservist soldiers slashed at them with the army's standard standard longsword in their hand, it can be imagined that their steel skin was intact under the slash of the long sword, while these seemingly hard kingdom standard longswords were broken one by one. What makes the reserve soldiers even more unbearable is that these man-eaters can't help but have thick skin, and their attacks are also extremely sharp, not only the poisonous teeth and limbs, but even the barbs all over their bodies have become a terrible killing weapon at this time. Just passing by, a few reservists will be stabbed by the barbs on its body.
Truth be told, the armor worn by the Reservists is not at all defensively effective in the eyes of the Maneaters! The Maneaters can easily put a Reservist to death with a single grab, or a bite, and the armor is nothing more than an obstacle in their eyes!
The reservists were looking forward to this day for more than a day or two, so they did not retreat, knowing that they were invincible, but they also fearlessly rushed forward................................................
As soon as the two phalanxes came into contact, the first line of defense, which consisted of 20,000 soldiers in reserve at the same time, collapsed in an instant. In this brief moment, the reservists paid a terrible price, and the corpses were already lying on the plains, and under the armor of these kingdoms, they had become lifeless and mutilated bodies! Skulls were rolling all over the plains, and the bright red blood stained the green plains, and the blood had already covered both sides of the war............
Although there are 60,000 people on his side, and the other party has less than 40,000 people, although Yi Tian has been prepared in his heart, but the reality has hit him hard, 60,000 against 40,000, and he still takes advantage of the time and place, but the result is that his own 60,000 people were quickly defeated in the first impact of the beast army.
It is true that there is a huge difference between the warriors of the beast army and the soldiers of the reserves, but this will not lead to a large-scale rout, Yi Tian is not dead, he can't believe that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers under his command will be so low.
Although Vic's own strength is not weak, he is caught in a large army, and he can't give full play to his original strength at all. And then he couldn't stop retreating with this turbulence.
After a short battle, these 60,000 reservists really knew what war, bloodshed and sacrifice were!
After all, it was a reserve fighter, and at this time, some fighters could not bear it and began to flee, but many more chose to hold their ground.
At this time, the enemy phalanx began to change formations, and successively turned into small-scale battle groups of fifty people, killing the decadent reserve soldiers to their heart's content!
At this time, a large group of people beside Bick had already fled, and they were dead, and there were less than 100 people. And he happened to encounter a small team of fifty orcs in front of him.
"Kill !!!"
Seeing one of his subordinates being bitten off by a man-eater, blood splattered everywhere.
At this time, as a silver high-level warrior, his blood began to boil!!!!!
"Ping-pong!" Vic saved his two companions with two blitzes in quick succession, only to pay for his left arm, which was already a bloody blur.
"Uh-uh-uh!" With a sinister grin, a man-eater slowly approached Vic.
"Phew!" Vic spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm and clenched the standard sword in his hand, and at this moment, Vic finally broke out. Faintly, a faint layer of light erupted from his long sword!
Vindictive!
That's a sign of breaking through the critical point of martial arts!
However, this is not much of a surprise for Vic, at such a life-and-death juncture, he was forced to break through the bottleneck of his martial arts and possess a fighting spirit, which is like a dying person in the desert who suddenly gets a small bottle of water, at most he can only satisfy himself for a while, and he can't escape death after all.
But at this time, maybe it was his misfortune! As he burst into a fight, he noticed that the two man-eaters around him began to approach him.
It seems that before he dies, he may be able to take a man-eating demon as his companion!
Three man-eaters surrounded Vic in the center in the shape of a "pin".
"Come on!" Vic slammed his longsword as he saw a faint halo of light slash at the three man-eaters surrounding him.
With one enemy and three devourers, this is probably something that even the golden warriors would not dare to do, but he did it. But soon he fell behind, and in less than a moment, he had two more terrible scars on his body, and even the white bones of Sensen could be faintly seen.
And at this moment, an extremely faint halo of light hit a man-eater, and this man-eater was actually hit by this halo straight away dozens of meters away.
But at the same time, Vic paid a terrible price, his left arm was hit hard by the Maneater again, and the entire left arm was dragged down by the Maneater!!!!
"Ah!!!!!h
Vic let out a roar like a beast, and the red-eyed man had long forgotten the pain at this time, and pounced on the man-eater in front of him who had injured him, and the long sword took off his hand and hit it directly, and it hit the only weak part of the man-eater's body, the throat...........................
However, this was the end of his fate! The moment after he desperately killed the Man-Eater, he suddenly felt a heat in his chest! Looking down, a huge hand covered with black hair had pierced his chest!
Vic only felt that his mind became blank all of a sudden, and his throat made a few muffled "Gege" sounds, and his hands kept reaching forward, as if he wanted to grasp something, but in the end he still hung his hands unwillingly, and before Vic closed his eyes, his mouth was still unwilling to say: Captain Vic of the regular army............... What a nice name it would be....................................
This war was as Yi Tian expected, after sacrificing nearly 10,000 beast troops, the three princes finally reached the top of Mosburg, while Yi Tian retreated to the small town of Bastino, ten miles away from Mosburg.