Enraged by the news, Pharaoh ordered the rear of the Horus Legion to come back and the Isis Legion to encircle and destroy the enemy in ambush in the desert. At this moment, Hati's army took the initiative from the north, and King Luciel was not in the army, and the commander turned out to be Gore. And here is not only the Enril Legion, but also the Anu Legion led by Gore!

The ambush of the Set's Legion in the desert is the masterpiece of a surprise attack team specially trained by the Anu Legion. Pharaoh made mistakes in both command and intelligence judgment, he thought that he was using the strength of two and a half legions to raid one of the opponent's legions, but when it came to the actual battle, he found that the other party was two elite legions attacking in a big way, and only the Horus legions around him could be the first to enter the battle, and the Isis legions behind him were still collecting the scattered Seth legions and sorting out the remnants.

The Horus legions were very strong in combat, but they were making long treks across the desert to carry out raids, while the opposing two legions were waiting for work. This battle lasted for three days and three nights at the junction of the desert and the steppe, and the Horus Legion continued to charge but did not break through the opponent's defense, and the counter-charge commanded by Goret finally broke the battle formation of the Horus Legion.

In the first battle, Pharaoh was defeated.

The Horus legions had to retreat and regain their strength, but Goret would not give Pharaoh a chance and commanded the two legions to outflank and encircle them from the left and right, in an attempt to annihilate the Horus legions. By this time, the tide of battle had been reversed, and the Horus legions were too tired to fight a bad battle. Fortunately, the supporting Isis army arrived in time and engaged in an encounter with the Hartian army, which was about to form a siege.

It was a scuffle, which lasted only one day and one night, but the scene was extremely tragic, with more casualties on both sides than in the previous battle, and the scene was basically equal. The Eju army was only slightly defeated, and it was barely able to stabilize its position. But the baggage contingent behind which Isis's legion was left behind was routed by the outflanked Hatti army.

When the surprise attack failed and entered the position, the Pharaoh's army was in a difficult situation, only gathering a tired army of many legions, and facing the two high-spirited elite armies of Hati, the situation was in a dilemma. Continuing to move forward could not defeat the army of Hati, and if it retreated, it would lose most of its baggage, and it would be difficult to lead a large army through the Syrian desert safely.

The Hati army did not form a tight encirclement, but only stood by to defend the water source beyond the desert, and constantly launched attacks and charges to drain the pharaoh's army. They seemed to be waiting for Pharaoh to withdraw, and once the weary army turned and retreated into the desert, demoralized and lacking food and water, and the Hatian army came from behind, the Eju would surely be crushed or even annihilated.

The Eju army did not sit still, and launched a desperate attack with no retreat, advancing and occupying a place with a water source and obtaining fresh water supplies. At that time, the strategic retreat of the Hati army opened a gap, and when the Eju army had just set up camp and was undecided, it launched a counter-charge from Sanban, forcing the Eju army to retreat to a corner of the desert.

After several tug-of-wars, the Eju army suffered heavy losses and great consumption, and was no longer able to launch an active attack, so it could only stay in the camp and wait for rescue. Rescue could come from two directions, the first being reinforcements from the Egündi group. After half of the Set's legion was scattered, Julian had already protected Rod Dick and withdrew to the city-state of the headland, gathering the remnants of the army on the one hand, and organizing the soldiers who remained in the city-state and the reserve corps that had been urgently recruited, and was preparing to rescue and meet the army.

However, the thirst of the distant water could not quench the thirst of the near, and the situation of the expeditionary army of Eju was already very critical, and the front-line command advised the pharaoh to break through alone under the protection of the great magicians. But this will be a complete rout, the glory of the pharaoh will be greatly damaged, and the army in the desert will face the result of the total annihilation, and Lacis II is not reconciled.

The closest reinforcement to the main battlefield was the An-La legion, which had not yet been put into battle, and Pharaoh ordered the An-La army to move eastward to reinforce it, even if it was just to attract the opposing forces to cover the retreat of the army or to buy time. It was not easy to send this order out through the desert for more than three hundred miles, and the road on the ground had long been cut off by the Hatti army, so the sorcerers could only be sent out.

The pharaoh sent a total of five shuttles, the first four of which were all cover to attract the opponent's interception fire, and the shuttles led by the great sorcerer Cezanne and the great warrior Vega were the main force that really broke through. The two men lived up to Pharaoh's trust, and finally broke through the obstacles and brought the order to the army of Allah.

When the awakened warrior Vega finished telling what had happened, Amon and George comforted him to recuperate from his wounds and said that the Legion of An-La would do everything in their power to save Pharaoh from danger. Vega fell asleep again, not only because of his serious injuries, but also because George quietly cast a magic spell to make him fall back into a coma. And Cézanne's body bones are obviously not as strong as the great samurai, and he has not woken up yet.

Emerging from their tents, Amon and George went to a secluded place where no one was around. Amon said: "Without further ado, if you want to fly to the camp to explore the camp, I suggest that you take advantage of the night to find out the enemy's situation before making a decision." ”

George shook his head and said, "Look at this starry sky, the vigilant great magician can detect it more clearly, and the vigilance at night will be higher, in fact, it is easier to expose the target." The operation of the Great Army is not just a matter of walking, and now we have ordered to prepare for the march, and it is not too late for us to wait for half a day. During the day, when the sun is shining, the sun on the desert is dazzling, which interferes with the lookout and magic detection, but it is more suitable for flying reconnaissance, and it is better if there are clouds at low altitude. ”

Amon asked, "How many flying magic weapons have been distributed by the legion?"

George sighed and said, "The Wind Shuttle is a standard flying magic weapon on the mainland, the speed is very fast, and the production method is relatively mature, but the cost of building it is too great. The An-La legion was staffed with five, all of which were the property of the Empire and not the personal belongings of the magicians. ”

Amon thought for a moment and then said, "Actually, we now have seven shuttles, the great magician Cézanne brought one, and I also shot down one during the day. ”

George smiled bitterly: "Of course, Cézanne's shuttle will be returned to him in the future, but we can temporarily requisition, and the shuttle you shot down is the trophy of the legion leader himself, and you can keep it for yourself without violating any regulations of the empire." In fact, it is useless to equip more, even if I count us, we only have five priests who can control the shuttle, and the number of masters is far from comparable to the Horus or Isis legions. ”

George also counted two people less, Amon and Medanzo can control the wind and fly the shuttle, but others don't know. Amon shot down two people with an arrow during the day, and they were not killed by the arrow, but fell from a high altitude and fell to their deaths. At that time, an enemy magician and a samurai chased Cézanne with a wind shuttle, and was shot on the shuttle by Amun.

The warrior on the other side didn't block it at all, and the scumberman was a sixth-level magician, using mana to try to defend with the spatial power of the shuttle. But the impact of that arrow was extremely powerful, and it even carried a continuous burst of energy like a tidal wave, and the strange tremor impact was stronger than the force of the arrow's direct shot.

The magician was caught off guard, and his mana could not control the shuttle, so he fell from the sky with the samurai. Their staffs, weapons, and shuttles were, of course, Amun's trophies. The shuttle was slightly damaged, but it was easily repaired in Amon's hands, which was much easier than gathering materials to build a new one, and it was a bonus.

Amon didn't dwell on this, he thought for a moment and said to George, "Can you give me another shuttle for the time being, it may be useful in case you need it." ”

Even if a great warrior has undergone the second awakening of power, it is difficult for him to master the most profound flying magic technique of the high-level space divine technique and the qi element divine technique, let alone use it at the same time, it is almost impossible to control the wind and fly the shuttle. But George didn't even ask, and casually gave Amon a shuttle.

Amon returned to his boss's tent with two shuttles, and Medanzo was still on duty outside the camp with his guards, Amon asked, "My cat, have you come back?"

Medanzo replied, "Lord Schrödinger has just returned, and he has gone straight into the back tent. ”

Amon actually carried a cat with him on the march, and the cat's food and drink were served by the Legionnaire himself every day, and he rested in Amon's tent. Schrödinger's shelf is very big, which shows how much Amon loves it. The guards jokingly called the cat "Lord Schrödinger", which was also a kind of sycophancy, and over time the joke became a habit, and even Medanzo called it that.

When there was an accident during the day, Schrödinger slipped out and disappeared, and Amon didn't care about it if he had something urgent to deal with, and he was relieved to learn that Schrödinger had returned. He walked into the tent, saw Schrödinger squatting in the seat of the army commander in the middle of the tent, just smiled slightly, and then took out the utensils as if by trick, and made a pot of fragrant broth for Schrödinger, because Schrödinger had not eaten since the day.

Schrödinger sat in the manager's seat and finished eating, stretched out his paw and slashed twice on the table in front of him, and meowed a few times at Amun. Amon and this cat have been together for many years, even if Schrödinger can't speak, he can probably guess what he wants to do just by his expression and movements, and immediately brought a large plate covered with fine sand, put it in front of Schrödinger's eyes and said, "You went out for a trip, did you find anything, do you have something to tell me?"

Cats' claws are usually tucked into the pads of meat, and they only stick out when they scratch rats or something. But Schrödinger's claws are very interesting, it can retract the other ones and only extend the tip of one claw, like a person stretching out a finger and starting to draw on a sand table.

First, a semicircular circle was drawn along the edge of the sand table, in which five dots were dotted, and then a line was drawn on the other side, with the words "Nannar Regiment" written, and a line in the distance was drawn with the words "Ambush". Amon had already understood that this was the distribution of the various fronts on the battlefield, and Schrödinger was clearly reminding him that the Hattian army had long thought that the army of Allah would go to reinforce the pharaoh, and had set up an ambush in the desert to wait for him to pass.

As long as the An-La legion goes deep into the desert and is tired from marching with baggage, it will be ambushed by the Enril and Anu legions in the most unfavorable terrain, and the Nannar army will also take the opportunity to cut off the supply lines and trap them from the rear, without any hard fighting.

Schrödinger's claws did not stop, and he drew a box behind the defense line of the Nannar Army, near the southern part of the Black Fire Swamp, and wrote "King Hatyt" in it.

Amun, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but stand up and exclaimed in a low voice, "Schrödinger, what are you talking about!"

Schrödinger nodded like a cat, then stretched out his paws and pulled to erase all the traces on the sand table. This information was too important for Amon to reconsider adjusting the overall battle plan. Pharaoh was fooled, he thought that King Hatie was stationed on the southern shore of the inland lake with Enril's legions, but in fact Enril's legions were indeed there, but King Lucir himself was in the rear, and Goret quietly gathered there with the main force of the Anu legions.

How did Ge Lie accomplish all this by concealing Eju's reconnaissance? In addition to sending different annihilators to spread false news and blocking the border to prevent the detectives from discovering it, there should be other means. For example, you can order soldiers to disguise themselves as servants or civilian servants, and mix them into the logistics team to transport supplies or build strongholds little by little, and then complete the assembly. As long as the route of the main march of Eju has been decided, the decisive battle field has been decided, and the Hattian army has not changed the layout of the legion on the surface, and even deceived the flying reconnaissance of the great magician.

Seeing the map drawn by Schrödinger, especially the location of King Hati, a plan gradually emerged in Amun's mind. Since this plan was too risky and bold, he had to carefully consider all the details, and he would investigate it himself tomorrow.

...... Soon after dawn the next morning, the sun on the desert was already very strong, and the reflection of the pale white sand and white flowers was very dazzling. Amon instructed Medanzo and John to be on guard, and quietly left the camp with George, the chief priest. Behind a hidden sand dune in the distance, making sure that there was no one nearby, George took out a magic weapon and said, "Legion Commander, let's go." ”

Amon was slightly stunned, and lowered his voice and said, "Crystal Shuttle, Lord George actually has such a good thing!"

George replied with a little emotion: "Lord Amon is really a good eye, I can recognize the crystal shuttle at a glance, and I must be very good at all kinds of magic artifacts, right? This was taught to me by an old friend many years ago, but unfortunately I had neither the ability nor the financial resources at that time." Later, I had the privilege of becoming the honorary high priest of the Temple of Isis, and then the official high priest, so that I had enough money and energy to build such a magic artifact, and I succeeded not long ago. It is my precious private collection and a memorial to the past. ”

The thing in George's hand is like a translucent small saucer, with a Wind Charm Dance fused in the center, and three dark blue water cores symmetrically fused at the edges, the divine stone and the magic weapon seem to be naturally connected, I don't know what kind of magical means are used to create it. The material alone of such an artifact is staggeringly valuable, not to mention the fact that it has to be damaged many times to succeed, and its preciousness can be imagined.

George took Amon to the sky quietly, and from a close distance, the space formed by this shuttle was like a hazy translucent light and shadow refraction, and the reflection on the sun and the sand could not be found from a distance. When flying high into the background of the sky, the crystal shuttle is even more invisible, and it can also be revealed when encountering clouds, like a gray or white mist, like clouds floating in the sky.

After flying high in the air, the crystal shuttle turns into a misty cloud, which saves mana more than the translucent light and shadow hazy state. George said to Amon again: "The crystal shuttle also has a stealth effect, which can evade the detection of divine magic, and if you keep a safe distance, even the great magician will not be able to find it." If I hadn't had this thing in my hand, I wouldn't have dared to take Lord Amun to venture out into the camp. ”

Amon nodded and said, "I've heard of this kind of flying magic weapon, but it's too difficult to build, and it's the first time I've seen someone make it successfully." Although its hidden effect is good, the people above cannot easily use mana to attack the outside world, otherwise it will lose its stealth meaning. It also has the weakness that it is much slower than the Wind Shuttle. ”

George took out a wind shuttle with one staff in one hand and the other and said, "It's okay, we only scout at high altitudes and try not to be discovered." In case we are discovered, no matter how good the two of us are, it is impossible to fight against the army, so put away the crystal shuttle and use the wind shuttle to escape, and when the time comes, the great warrior of Amun will not forget to use the magic arrow to cover our escape. ”

The two of them walked east while talking, although the speed of the crystal shuttle was not as fast as the wind shuttle, but of course it was not slow as a flying magic weapon, and at noon they had already flown across the desert and approached the main battlefield, and they saw the two armies from afar. The Pharaoh's army was stationed at the edge of the desert, only a dozen miles from the nearest water source, and it was evident that more than one battle had broken out between the camp and the water source, and scattered broken weapons could be seen on the ground, reflecting in the sun.

The Hati army was in a state of encirclement on three sides, and on both sides of the desert to the south, where the pharaoh might retreat, a guard cavalry was arranged along the way. Schrödinger was right, on the way to the army of Allah, there was a heavy defensive line, condescendingly waiting for Amun to throw himself into the net.

At present, the Pharaoh's army is no longer able to attack and can only defend passively, and the Hati army can calmly transfer its elite to meet the An-La army, too far to see all the details, maybe there are other ambushes on both sides of the desert, and Rod Dick has suffered this kind of loss.

There was a master like Golie in the camp on the other side, and although there was a crystal shuttle that could hide his tracks, they didn't dare to float too close, and after seeing the general arrangement, Amon immediately asked George to take him back. However, the way back did not lead straight to the camp of the An-La Legion, and Amon made a somewhat risky decision, making a circle to the north, floating to the rear of the Nannar Legion, which was confronting the An-La Legion, and watching over the hilly terrain south of the Black Fire Swamp.

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(To be continued)