51. Ambush

While the elite reinforcements of the Green Cross Cult marched through the vast dark caverns, getting closer and closer to the small forces led by Master Gad, Esther was organizing the many highly stressed militiamen to take turns sleeping. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to ensure that they had sufficient physical strength when they needed it most, and that they were not slow to react, each militia was given enough food to eat only half full. Basically, people who have been hungry for more than a whole day will easily sweep away their food. The desperate people asked for more food, but Esther arranged for them to take turns resting. Only those who have rested will once again be given a small portion of food.

Eat small, frequent meals and get short sleep. This is the fastest way East can get to restore people's physical strength without affecting people's ability to react to the outside world.

In this underground, day and night have no meaning. Esther didn't intend to let the people who survived the catastrophe go on a regular life. But these people are in a state of high spirits hungry for revenge, which can make them more courageous to fight in the face of the cultists' reinforcements, but it will also constantly consume their little physical strength and patience.

Now Esther only hopes that the cultist's reinforcements don't come too late. Otherwise, once these civilians let go of the breath they were holding in their chests, they would probably be easily defeated by the cultists. This was not at all in line with Easter's vision, and he also planned to defeat a group of reinforcements while completing a training exercise for the team. As long as this patchwork militia has won its first victory, it will be easier to achieve a second victory.

To Easter's chagrin, most of these civilians were taken captive from the same area. This made it easier for him to organize the crowd into squads of about ten people. In the battle that might ensue in the future, neither the cultists nor their own side would be able to launch a dignified array to fight. It is more likely that the strongest of the cultists will force their way into the ravine alone. At this time, the militia and former militiamen whose individual combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the other side can only rely on the strength of the team to deal with the other side. This requires everyone to have a certain position in the team, to be able to cover others and get cover from others.

Assemble all men into fifty combat squads, and then organize the rest into reserves using ranged weapons. Esther found that his military knowledge was able to do just that. But then, some women quickly surprised him. Using rudimentary tools, the women made a batch of improvised slings out of ropes and a few tattered leather goods, and picked out the stones they had collected that were suitable for the slings. In the Coronian folk, there are a large number of people who are good at using slings because of the need for grazing. These men were eventually selected by Esther and formed a catapult team under his direct command. The vacancies elected are filled with members of the reserves.

After all of this was done, East decided that it would be best to let everyone come up with ideas. He mobilized everyone to come up with ideas. Several middle-aged people who had been hunters contributed to the method of quickly digging traps, but due to the lack of tools, they could only dig a few traps hastily. Several other former sailors suggested that they could command troops with different voices. They use loudspeakers to keep in touch with other ships when a thick fog rises in the sea and they can't see.

It was a good idea, and it reminded Esther of the alchemy horn sleeping in the storage armband. You must know that this horn can be used in the Valentino Palace, which has tens of thousands of spectators.

Esther pulled out the horn and experimented a few times. While waking up all who were asleep and surprising all who were awake with the terrifying volume, Esther was also very satisfied with the command effect of the alchemy horn. In dark underground areas, even in areas where there is a light source, people are more likely to receive sound signals. With this alchemy horn, he can make his orders heard by everyone at any time.

"Do you hear that?" asked the little scout quietly, to the leader beside him.

The team leader nodded, but did not say anything. He made a retreat gesture and retreated in the direction of the fork in the road. Behind him and the little scout, the heavy footsteps of the Flesh Golem were heard clearly in the empty cavern.

"It's coming. The leader of the Warrior Guild squad reported back to Master Gad who was hiding behind a thick stalagmite. "It's about ten minutes before we get here. ”

Master Gade touched his smooth chin and commanded, "Let everyone be hidden." Don't make a sound. He assigned his apprentice to follow the leader of the Warrior Guild squad to the other side of the three-way crossing to get ready. He told his apprentices: "When you see an enemy stepping on a trap, act immediately." ”

The Cultists outnumbered about twice as many as their own, and there were two heavy golems. Although the exact type is unknown, it can be deduced from the sound of heavy footsteps as the golem moves, and its basic combat power is definitely no worse than that of the lighter weight golem. Even the captain of the city guard squad who was full of thoughts of meritorious service at the beginning couldn't help but clench his weapon in the silent waiting time, if it wasn't for the thin hemp rope wrapped around the handle of the weapon, the sweat in his hand alone would be enough to make him unable to hold the weapon steadily.

Heavy footsteps were getting closer, and even the cultists could already be heard talking to each other. Once again, all of them lowered their bodies, pursed their lips tightly, and waited motionlessly for the arrival of the enemy.

"It's coming!" said the captain of the City Guard to himself. He, Master Gad and the leader of the Warrior Guild squad were ambushed in three directions at the fork in the road, with no more than ten people in each direction. The stalagmites cover their bodies well. In order to prevent detection by the Cultists' infrared vision, they all used the Ice Dust Potion provided by Master Gad. At this point, even the body surface temperature has dropped to about the same level as stalagmites. He was originally very nervous, but after seeing that the cultists were really approaching, he showed a look of contempt.

The ranks of the Green Cross cultists are all in the eyes of the ambushers. At the front were two men in green robes, followed by a huge golem. The golem emitted an ominous smell of blood, which, along with the rancid smell of the cultists in a mess behind it, unleashed the first round of attacks on the ambushers.

"These idiots don't even have a scout. The line was still so close that the leader was standing in the front row. The team leader looked at the cultists who were slowly approaching the ambush circle, and made up his mind. "These are all feats that can walk, and they are all here to die. ”

Although the counterattack on the Deep Valley Prison was a relatively urgent task, the two heavy flesh golems really couldn't get up quickly no matter what. The Flesh Golem walked at a measly 2.5 kilometers per hour. Dragged down by these two big guys, Bu Yingge felt that when he came to the deep valley prison, it was estimated that the building was empty. But if you want him to leave these two golems behind and move forward lightly, he will never agree. In Bu Yingge's opinion, these two golems are the main force in the battle. Although he himself has a high rank, his status is noble, and it is impossible for him to personally deal with some opponents such as cats and dogs. In the same way, Dardo is not a low-ranking believer who can be called upon casually, and he needs to get the support of every high-ranking believer as much as possible when he seeks to become the heir of the archbishop in the future.

Neither Buinger nor Dardo had the awareness to send scouts to investigate. These high-ranking cultists may be strong in their personal strength, and they may be cunning, but they are complete laymen in marching and fighting. In Bu Yingge's thinking, after the two hostile sides encountered, they began to throw spells at each other, then summoned creatures to hedge, and finally the elite rushed up to slash. As for guarding against ambushes, of course they also have this awareness, but how to guard against them is not something that these cult guys who have ruined their brains can sum up for a long time. In short, in the words of Master Gad, the Green Cross Cultists are always strategic opponents worthy of attention, but tactically they can also be defeated by being mentally retarded.

The cultists finally all walked into the ambush circle. At one point, these grinding cultists made everyone think that they had discovered something wrong, that the ambush was about to fail. But no one expected that they were just discussing whether to rest for a while when they came to a fork in the road.

It is worth celebrating that these guys did not choose to rest in front of the fork in the road that was only a few dozen meters away from the trap in the end, but chose to walk through the fork in the road and then rest. This led them headlong into the ambush circle.

Master Gade stared at the two Green Cross cultists walking at the front, silently calculating the distance between their walking speed and the trap he had set.

When all of the cultists stepped into the trap's area of effect, Master Gad violently activated the spell trap set on the ground.

"Ahh He felt like he was screaming, but he couldn't hear anything. He tried to reach out and grab the person next to him to stand up, but found that there was no one standing around him at all.

The trap set by Master Gad in the center of the road worked more than expected. This trap is made up of ten powerful flashbangs and five blast scrolls. Master Gade carefully combined them so that they worked at the same time.

The power of this trap was so strong that not only did all the cultists be frightened on the spot, but even some of their own people who were lying in ambush on the side of the road were careless and did not follow Master Gad's instructions to plug their ears and close their eyes and lay on the ground and wail together.

But fortunately, most of the people did as they were told, and at this time, they emerged from the shelter one after another, using various long-range weapons to attack the cultists in the middle of the road.

Master Gad threw down the dark crystal glasses he was wearing on his eyes and threw a large cloud of sticky cobwebs at the cultists' densest spots, detonating the explosive charge placed at the base of the stalagmites. The roots of stalagmites have long been corroded by corrosive agents to create large gaps. Hit by the force of the explosion, the stalagmites all smashed in a predetermined direction towards the cultists rolling and howling in the middle of the road.

Almost instantly, several other stalagmites were detonated and collapsed by others. In the deafening explosion, a total of ten stalagmites mixed with the dust stirred up by the explosion smashed towards the cultists who were in shock with the momentum of Mount Tai.