Chapter 52: The Art of War (Collected in 200 and Updated)
The border village was shrouded in the darkness of war, and it was the black smoke that the Ados Army had raised in the border village. Before the Great War, the Undead will always ignite the dark curtain of war, hiding the battlefield and their own camps. Although it did not play a big role, as a tradition, they were happy to spread this black smoke all over the battlefield before every major battle.
Beneath the black smoke, there was a faint rumbling of drums. This is the undead war drum, listening to Sijiu say that each war drum is sewn from the skin of a hundred rhinoceros or a young dragon, and the drum sound can be heard for three or four miles. In fact, it's not that exaggerated at all, a piece of the skin of the most ordinary black bull can make a two-sided war drum. And the sound of drums can travel far because of the black smoke. Under the shadow of war, deep voices can travel far and wide.
Ados's army appeared on the horizon to the beat of drums, getting closer and closer. At the head of the group was Leonardo Hava, the leader of the Knights of Ados, whose new armor shone white in the dawn, red tassels swaying in the wind on his head, and sat on a huge undead horse that was at least half a head taller than the other horses, and was also covered in heavy cloth armor inlaid with iron plates. Leonardo walked in front of the battle, like an invincible heavy chariot, with an indestructible force. The knights behind him held their spears upright, pointing like a dense forest at the black cloud overhead, and from a distance, the tip of the spear seemed to be attached to the bottom of the black cloud. The knights, also dressed in plate armor, rode their horses and slowly accelerated forward. With a short distance of 600 feet (about 200 meters), these steel knights will gallop and charge at 24 miles per hour (about 40 kilometers) per hour, and then use their 6-foot spears to pierce any enemy who dares to stand in their way.
Leonardo's chosen direction of attack was the left flank of the Duke of Windsor, where the position of the Ice Sword Sauer. Seeing that the enemy troops were rushing up, Ice Sword Sauer ordered the infantry in the front row to raise their guns. A forest of spears, longer and heavier than the cavalry's spears, stood up diagonally in front of the position, blocking the cavalry's advance.
It was a silent war, except for the roars of the undead knights and soldiers, the roar of horses' hooves. As the sound of hooves drew nearer, the whole earth trembled. Lu Jingzhi is not a recruit who has never been on the battlefield, but his mind is still shocked by this momentum, his mouth is dry, and he trembles all over.
"Less...... Master, this is too ...... It's scary. "Forty-nine was riding on a little donkey, and his tongue was almost knotted.
Lu Jingzhi's answer, 49 didn't hear a word, because at this time, the enemy's iron cavalry had already collided head-on with the guns on the front line. They saw the enemy knights draw their spears from the ground with their spears, and then rode in, trampling the spear-wielding infantry into a pulp, and then pulling out the second row of spears and breaking in. The guns, which had looked extremely heavy, were easily torn open by the cavalry, and only a few of the two or three knights were pierced by the spears that stabbed diagonally and hung on them, and more pushed away with shields and spears. The body of the spear was broken and shattered under the tremendous impact brought by the knight and the war horse, and the infantry with the spear was not spared, and the three or two surviving infantry looked around blankly after the torrent of steel galloped by, but saw the malicious eyes of the enemy infantry running after the cavalry.
The first line of defense was thus breached, and Ice Sword Sauer ordered the infantry on the second line of defense to be deployed. So another long spear was raised, but after the moment of confrontation just now, no one expected that the spear around him could stop the galloping enemy knights.
To their surprise, after the knights rushed through the first line of guns, Leonardo swung his spears, and the knights stopped their horses and divided into two teams to go back to the front of the first line of defense. It turned out that after they rushed through the first line of guns, they had lost their optimal speed, and the formation was also disrupted, so they pulled back and regrouped and charged again. By this time, the first line of defense had been flattened, and some of the undamaged obstacles had been removed by the infantry that had followed.
Ice Sword Sauer's face was a little colder, and if the enemy rushed over in one go, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses on the second front. However, Leonardo is an experienced general who knows the rhythm of battle, and it seems that he intends to eat the Duke of Windsor's left flank troops with his cavalry without hurry, and deal a double blow to the Duke in terms of combat power and psychology.
Seeing that the enemy's iron cavalry retreated, Lu Jingzhi's heart calmed down a little, and he mustered up the courage to find the ice sword Shao'er, and said: "Your Excellency, the strength of the enemy army has exceeded our expectations, and we must change our tactics to continue fighting. ”
Ice Sword Shao'er's face was as cold as ice, and he said, "Does Your Excellency the Magic Envoy think that we are going to lose?"
Lu Jing was stunned, at this time, if he recklessly said a bad word, making this cold undead unhappy, maybe there would be a catastrophe of killing, I have seen too much of this kind of plot in the TV series, and I can drag it out and behead it by casually buttoning the hat that confuses the army's heart. But if you don't say it, let Ice Sword Shaoer toss like this, I'm afraid that another line of defense will not be able to stop the opponent's cavalry regiment. He pondered for a moment, took a deep breath, and said, "Your Excellency, Honorable Legion Commander, our army is a sure victory, where will it be defeated? Please give me a squad of infantry, and I will lead them to cooperate with my scout squad to build an impregnable line of defense for you. ”
Seeing that Lu Jingzhi didn't want to escape, Bingjian Shao'er's face looked a little better, and said, "I don't have extra troops for you, but the human slaves in the army can give it to you, and you can take it and toss it." ”
Lu Jingzhi hurriedly agreed, although the human slaves in the army had no combat effectiveness, but there were quite a few of them, and if they could be handed over to themselves, they could speed up their preparations.
Ice Sword Sauer summoned the leader of the human slaves and asked him to obey His Excellency Lu Jingzhi's command.
"Don't play tricks, boy. Before leaving, the Ice Sword Sauer rode his horse in front of Lu Jingzhi. He rode a tall undead horse, and with his own height, he was half a body taller than Lu Jingzhi who was riding on a stupid body. "I'm staring at you, if you dare to escape, I'll stab you with an ice sword!"
"Your Excellency Legion Commander!" Lu Jingzhi screamed, "I guarantee you in my honor that after my defense line is established, you will regret your inappropriate words." ”
Ice Sword Shao'er stared at Lu Jingzhi for a while, and said, "I hope you can give me this opportunity to take back my words." After saying that, he turned the horse's head and went to the second line of defense to supervise the deployment.
Lu Jing ordered all human slaves to take two spears and one short spear each and go to the front of the third line of defense. At first, the leader of the human slaves didn't buy Lu Jingzhi's account very much, after all, he was only ordered to obey Lu Jingzhi, and in his heart, he was very unconvinced that this child was still riding on an adult, why should this child care about himself and others? Isn't he a human being? Maybe he is also a slave. No, in his heart, human beings can only be slaves.
Seeing that Lu Jingzhi ordered not to move the leader of this human slave, he was furious in his heart, and just said lightly to the stupid two who followed him: "Silly two, go and break this person's left hand for me." ”
Although the second fool was stupid, he also knew that this young master was right, and hurriedly pulled out a pair of short wooden sticks from his body. said it was a short stick, but in fact, it was for the shape of the stupid two, and for ordinary people, it was already the length of the eyebrow stick. The leader of the human slaves thought that he also had some authority in the army, and he didn't expect the stupid two to dare to fight. At this moment, seeing that the human child let people beat him, he was just about to talk a few words casually and ask for some benefits, but he saw the stupid two raise his stick and hit his head straight down. He was taken aback, and hurriedly jumped back, before he could stand firmly, the other stick of the fool had already swept from the left side of his waist, and he hurriedly raised his hand to block the frame, only to hear a click, and his left hand was already discounted.
The leader of the human slaves was about to howl, when he heard the human child say coldly: "Silly two, if he dares to scream, you can directly hit him in the head with a stick." He quickly held back the pain, said nothing, and looked at the human child with a look that changed from disdain to begging. This is also due to the fact that he has been a slave for a long time, and his servility is already deep in his heart, otherwise this change is quite big, and it may not be possible to change people.
Lu Jingzhi pursed his lips and said to the human slave leader: "Don't be stunned, go and let your people do what I say." Slow down and get ready to take the stick. ”
In a short time, nearly a hundred human slaves stood in front of the third line of defense, some of them trembling in their legs, and some of them grinning and not caring.
"Now, cut off your spear for me, leaving only the tip of a foot long. Lu Jingzhi shouted loudly, but he was still young after all, and his voice was immature, and it was difficult to reach far. Seeing this, Sijiu hurriedly stepped forward to shout the order, and the human slave leader also held his left hand and shouted on the side to make people move faster. It's not that he was subdued and how loyal he was to Lu Jingzhi, but that he was afraid that someone would be slow to do it, and the big man on the side would beat him down with a stick.
They don't know why, but since there is an order from above, and the leader is also supervising on the side, just do it. Just listening to the clanging sound, everyone has two more spearheads in their hands. It's not necessarily the length of the length, the long one is one foot eight inches, and the short one is less than half a foot. Lu Jingzhi knew that these people had no training, and even the length was only estimated at random, so it was really difficult to criticize anything, so he had to shake his head and say to Sijiu: "Let them bury their spearheads in the ground, and they must bury them firmly enough." ”
So in the chaos on one side, these people buried the freshly cut spearhead in the ground. Fortunately, the land is not hard, and it didn't take much effort. Lu Jingzhi also asked them to sprinkle some dirt on the spearhead to hide the light of the metal. Then he restrained the crowd and slowly retreated with a short spear in hand.
As soon as they retreated behind the undead infantry of the third line of defense, they heard a commotion in front of them, and Leonardo and his cavalry regiment broke through the guns of the second line of defense. Ice Sword Sauer fought with Leonardo, but his strength was invincible, and Leonardo pierced the armor on his chest, almost injuring his body. Fortunately, the cold air of his ice sword also invaded Leonardo, freezing half of his body and making him unable to move, so he escaped.
Although Leonardo's was hit by the cold, he was not seriously injured, and he turned around to restrain the knights to regroup and attack the third line of defense in the same way.
Can Lu Jingzhi block Leonardo's attack? Can Leonardo break through the left flank? I want to know what happens next, and let's see the next breakdown.