Section 277 Prologue to the Great War
Although this battle made the poor Dao depressed, but after going back, he still had to brag about it, otherwise if the soldiers thought that they had lost the battle, where would the morale come from? So after I went back, I was a great hero, saying that I fought an incomparably brilliant battle, destroying more than 100,000 enemies in total, while my own casualties were only 30,000, and I also killed one Sword Saint, seriously injured and escaped, and even the Great Demon Master Ketan was wounded and fled! Even Prince Sisil was severely injured! When the sergeants below heard this, even the enemy's sword master could be killed, and even the enemy's commander could be severely damaged, what a great victory? For a while, Qatar City was overjoyed and celebrated, and its morale was once again shocked!
In the same way, Prince Sisil did not say that he had lost when he went back, but boasted that he had expected the enemy to take the lead and set up an ambush, severely damaging the Blue Dragon Iron Cavalry in one fell swoop, killing and wounding tens of thousands of enemies, and seriously injuring Long Xiaotian, the commander of the enemy Blue Dragon Legion, with huge results! As for his own casualties, he directly ignored them. He even said that the death of the commander of Carter's 1st Division was due to his personal beheading for the sake of marching discipline in order to serve as a police officer! Then there was a series of commendation activities! Because his troops had also fought hard all night, they decided not to leave the next day, and to celebrate first!
In private, Prince Sisil, regardless of his injuries, personally took the heads of those centurions and above officers who ran out of the First Division and went to the Silver Fox Legion garrison to apologize! Although Maimaiti, the commander of the Silver Fox Legion, was angry that his people were killed, he was in the way of Prince Sisil's face, and second, how could he say that he was also Carter's army. Moreover, last night, his son did not listen to the command and withdrew the army without permission, which caused extremely serious consequences, and Prince Sisil did not care about it according to the law. Plus so many of the main culprits have been cut off. He also said that he would no longer care about this matter and would continue to serve the country wholeheartedly!
It's a pity that Prince Sisil pressed the gourd and lifted the scoop, and he was appeased here, but he stopped doing it there! The vanguard of the second prince was beaten to pieces by the green dragon iron horse, and people died, but since they won the battle, they had to give some credit, right? However, Prince Sisil not only did not mention anything about the First Division in terms of merit, but later cut off all the officers of the First Division who ran back! But he was so angry that even if he beat the dog, it had to be up to the master? He, the prince who led the army, did not hear any news. The officers under his command were cut down by hundreds, how could the second prince give up?
So, he came with his guards to find Prince Sisil to theorize! The prince had just returned from the Silver Fox Legion, and was sitting beside his master talking.
His master, the Sword of Water, Saint Mehart, was an old man of more than a hundred years old, and now he was lying very weakly on the bed, although the external injuries were healed by light magic, but the internal injuries were not so easy to heal! Although the deadly sword of the uncle was blocked by his state of mind protection, the huge force still made his sternum break and his internal organs were shattered. A mouthful of blood spit out, all with pieces of flesh, such an injury, he didn't want to get out of bed for a few months, and he had been blinded by stabbing in his eyes, unless someone of the level of the twelve cardinals cast him an eleventh level light spell, he would be blind forever!
"Uncle!" When the second prince saw Prince Cessile, he ignored the sick man on the bed and shouted loudly, "Why are the people who killed me?
Prince Sisil saw that he was so unreasonable to his master. There was immediately a little more disgust in his heart, and he said coldly: "They violated military discipline and should be beheaded!"
"What kind of military discipline did they commit? Didn't they just kill a few untouchables by mistake?" the second prince said disapprerovingly: "Then you don't need to kill them all, right?
"They have killed more than 5,000 people, is it enough to reprimand?" Prince Sisil said angrily, "What will the Silver Fox Legion think?
"They dare. We have a million troops here, and they are only 300,000 people, do they dare to move?" the second prince said disdainfully: "If you dare to move, I will destroy him first!"
"You!" Prince Sisil really had nothing to say to his idiot nephew, so he had to say angrily: "You get me out!"
"However, the person you killed me must give an explanation!" the second prince said unforgivingly!
"Explain what?" Prince Sisil said disdainfully: "I am the commander of the whole army, who do I want to kill and explain to you?"
"You, don't go too far!" Having said that, the second prince really can't do anything with Prince Sisil!
"Alas, you!" Prince Sisil suppressed his anger and said bitterly to the second prince: "Now we are strong, but our enemy Dahan is not weak, if we have the Silver Fox Legion, our chances of victory will be much greater." But if they rebel and give us a blow when the battle is critical, you won't have time to cry! You know what?"
"But, the death of my people is too unjust, right?" said the second prince's tone a little!
"I'll give them all a record of their deaths!" said Prince Cicere, "That's all right?"
"Okay!" said the second prince reluctantly!
"At last I would like to warn you!" Prince Sisil instructed, "I know that you have many problems, but this is a war, not a hunting, so I did not ask you to bring a woman, and if you cannot control yourself, you can go back by yourself." But don't make the stupid mistake of Tithia, or don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Oh! I see!" the second prince walked away impatiently! Obviously, he didn't take this uncle's words seriously! Moreover, this guy still has a deep rebellious mentality, and the more you don't tell him to do anything, the more he has to do it! Prince Sisil has backfired this time!
"Alas, I'm afraid he'll get into trouble!" said Prince Sisil helplessly to his master!
"Child, I see that you seem to be in a bit of a state of mind this time!" McHart smiled and said to his disciple, "I remember that no matter how difficult the battle was in the past, you were able to deal with it very calmly and chicly?"
"Alas!" said Prince Sisil with a long sigh, "this is not the same time as before! I am tired for the first time, and this boy from the dragon family is more difficult to deal with than anyone I have ever met!"
"Is it more difficult than your junior Nicholas?" asked McHart curiously!
"Yes Teacher Earth!" Prince Sisil said depressedly, "Nicholas is invincible on the battlefield. Although he is also very powerful in other aspects, it is obviously incomparable to his military talent, and if I play against him, I don't have to be so uncomfortable! I have a 70 percent chance of winning! But since I took office, I have hardly won a battle with this kid in open and secret battles! Especially in last night's battle, the trap I designed can be said to be seamless, and it is absolutely impossible for him to see it, but why does he still have to leave a way back? I can't figure it out?"
"Hehe, maybe he's used to being a thief, and it's natural to leave a trap on the way to escape every time?"
"Maybe!" Prince Sisil said with a sad face, "However, in comparison, I am more worried about the combat effectiveness of the Sulong Iron Cavalry, and I am besieging them with three times their troops. But it turned out that my casualties were three times as high as his, which is too exaggerated, isn't it?"
"Oh, don't forget. Yesterday, there were Long Xiaotian father and son, so all you met were the absolute elite of their Long family, and your Tiger Roaring Army has not been dispatched?"
"Even so, the casualty ratio is still too bad, if it were still my previous Tiger Huang Legion, it would definitely not be so much worse!" Prince Sisil said with a little regret, and then he grumbled in frustration: "And his 2050 Crazy Dragon Iron Horse. It's even more perverted, he even killed 10,000 of my Tiger Roaring Army without the power to fight back, and the Earth Walking Dragon can be so high, and he can't call people alive? Fortunately, he is so thousands, if he has 10,000 people, this battle will not have to be fought, I will directly admit defeat!"
"Aren't you useless with a navy?" McHart advised!
"Alas, because of the existence of the navy, I barely have the courage to fight, but the current situation is actually very unfavorable for us!" Prince Sisil said to his teacher with a guilty look, "We are now losing all our masters. Ranx was killed in battle, and even you can't afford to be seriously injured, and the archmage Toktan is now also seriously injured. If you don't have the help of a master, this battle really can't be fought! So, teacher, I'd like to ask you to introduce me to some of your local friends!"
The Sword of Water Saint Mehart frowned and was silent for a long time!
"Teacher, I know this is very difficult for you! But there is really no way for the students?" Prince Sisil said with a crying voice: "If you can't get back the occupied territory in a short time, as long as three or five years later, the Han Dynasty has established its rule, and it will be almost impossible to take it back! Moreover, there is no danger to be defended on our side, but they have a lot of dangers, as long as they are happy, the Han can threaten the other half of Carter's country at any time! If this continues, Carter's country will be destroyed sooner or later?"
"Don't talk about it, I'll write you a few letters, see if all those old friends are still alive, and we haven't seen each other in a long time," McHart smiled a little helplessly!
"Thank you, teacher!" Prince Sisil cried bitterly on top of the teacher like a child! Because he knew that his teacher was an extremely strong man, and he never wanted to trouble his friends, and the only time in his life was for him, an unsuccessful student, which really made Prince Sisil feel guilty!
After a day's rest, Carter's army continued to march, this time they hurried a few more paces, until they were ten miles away from the city of Katar, and set up camp! With the lessons of the 1st Division in front of them, Prince Sisil was doubly careful this time! After setting up his tents, he also ordered to build defenses on the spot, dig traps, and build earthen walls, and make sure to build the camp to the point of impregnable!
More than a million troops, the camp alone spread out for nearly 100 miles, and all of our generals who saw it from the top of the city were dumbfounded! I had rarely seen the magnificent scene of a million troops camping in the past, but now we can see it clearly! That busy appearance is really shocking, and when you look at it from a distance, people are like little ants, everywhere, and you can't see the end of the black pressure at a glance!
"That's a lot!" said Kabat, the commander of the First Division!
"Nonsense! How can you say that it is more than a million?" said Fordman, the commander of the Fourth Division, "What are you afraid of, it's just two more cuts." There are a lot of us!"
"Who is afraid!" Kabat was not happy, and said, "Lao Tzu dares to go out and kill now!"
"You've got it, right? You've lost half of your men when you go out once, and you won't be wiped out if you go again?" Fordman laughed!
"Haha!" the others laughed too!
"You guys!" Kabat couldn't hold back his face, and he was about to hurry!
"Don't make trouble!" Poor Dao glared at them and said, "Although Kabat's first division has suffered heavy casualties. But the results are brilliant, and which of you has never died in a war?"
They stopped talking! Kabat said with a slightly happy face: "They are just jealous that I have done a great job!"
"Okay, let's look at the present!" I said depressedly, "I wanted to play with them at night, but now you see, is Prince Sisil going to set up camp, or is he going to build a city?"
"Hehe! Who called you the young marshal, you are famous, and Prince Sisil has just suffered a big loss from you! Can he be careless? If you are told to easily end one of his divisions, he will not be directly ashamed?" Wen Hua, the commander of the second division, said with a smile!
"Yes, yes, who called the young master too powerful!" the guys also echoed!
"Don't be a vain name like this!" Poor Dao smiled indifferently and said: "But right now, we used to make a plan to attack the land at night, I'm afraid it's going to be ruined!"
While Prince Sisil was on the march, I had set out a plan for a night raid, intending to take advantage of the cover of the night. Secretly send small units to cross the river by boat from elsewhere. Carry out raids and harassment to keep the Carter army awake at night, so as to achieve the purpose of affecting their combat status during the day! But now that people are so tightly protected, I am afraid that my plan will be aborted!
"Yes, this military camp is built like a turtle shell, how can it be attacked?" Wenhua also said embarrassed!
"Forget it, let's abandon the plan, anyway, we have done a very good job of frontal defense. As long as Prince Sisil dares to attack hard, I have to ask him, the Tiger King, to knock off a few teeth!" Poor Dao smiled confidently!
The self-confidence of the poor road does not seem to be blown, but comes from the careful preparation of these days. The current eastern city of Qatar is completely a large barracks, all the people have been evacuated by me, 300,000 infantry are stationed here, and there are 50,000 cavalry on standby at any time! The facilities in the city have also been transformed accordingly by me, that is, Carter's army has broken through the city gate and entered the city, and I am absolutely confident that I will hold on to the land for another month or two!
After the transformation of the poor road in the city defense. There are now eight more watchtowers near the inner side of the city walls, all of which are made of masonry and are very tall. The top is small, with only two or three people standing, and their role is not to kill enemies, but to command the long-range attack forces below the tower. These units consisted of catapults, longbowmen, and heavy crossbows, all of whom had a long range and could easily attack the enemy beyond the barrier of the walls. They don't need to aim, they just need to follow the command flag on the tower and under the orders of their commander.
They usually give instructions just a few points in elevation and how much force they use, and then just shoot. Because their firing range had been calculated in advance, they had been divided into different areas, and they had been practicing for a month beforehand, so they were very fast and accurate! The power of such a regional coverage strike was very amazing, and it was many times more powerful than the method they had used before, the method of simply arranging long-range firing points at the head of the city! After seeing the exercise carried out by the attack brigade that I had trained, several division commanders were all amazed and impressed!
In addition to this, I have also carried out some other transformations, and arranged a lot of yin people in the city to ensure that Prince Sisil will not be able to eat and walk around!
Prince Sisil was also really patient, and for three whole days, his army did nothing but build a camp defense. An army of millions worked day and night for three days! There was an artificial landscape outside the city of Katar, and among the countless tents, there were countless traps, each three meters deep, four meters wide, and the length depended on the situation. Such defensive measures can be very effective in resisting the onslaught of cavalry, just these pits, even if the most famous Qinglong Iron Cavalry of our Long Family is abolished!
In addition to the pits, there are also some dirt bags, which are dug out of the soil and piled up, but not piled up at random, but all of them have a certain order and function! They are either used to cover up important departments, or they are used for the purpose of watching and guarding, and they are different! As soon as such a formation is laid out, Prince Sisil is equivalent to being in an invincible position first! At least he can be regarded as having no worries about the future, and he can attack and retreat and defend. In particular, the logistics grain and grass were hidden deep in the innermost part of the trap belt by him, and if he wanted to burn other people's food by sneak attack, he would not even think about it! Such a cautious and cautious style is my most hated opponent, but it is a pity that he is still a hundred secrets, and he was found a fatal crack by the poor road, and we will see if we will walk in the future?
When Prince Sisil's camp was fully set up, he sent me a letter saying that he wanted to meet our father and son, and Nicholas, before the official war began!
What has he been cut into by our father and son? Is it still reminiscing? Is it a Hongmen banquet, what is there to be in it? Whatever if he goes, if there is the best, I don't believe that there is a cover and he can't be destroyed?