The scorching air currents and flying shrapnel made it impossible for anyone to escape the call of death within more than ten meters of each landing point. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

With such great power, Yusef's people could not afford to resist at all.

"Hold it off for me!"

Yusuf cried out in a panic, and his heart sank to the bottom.

The explosions were so dense that they filled all the paths of advancement, causing heavy losses to the people who walked in front, and he didn't know how many men and horses had died, and he didn't even see the shadow of the enemy.

However, he knew that he must not retreat at this time, and once he retreated, the soldiers would lose the courage to advance again.

"Go up the hill!"

The order was quickly conveyed, and countless clansmen simply abandoned their horses and ran towards the mountain like dense ants.

The personnel were so dispersed that the effectiveness of the mortar dropped instantly, and each shell took the lives of up to two or three people.

After 1,000 shells, the Black Iron Army soldiers quickly put away their mortars, and they rode black walking birds and rushed directly down from the top of the mountain, flying from side to side with broad-backed scimitars, bringing up blood splashes all the way, and then quickly disappeared into the dense strange forest.

After the black smoke cleared, Yusuf turned pale and did not wake up from the shock for a long time.

His people were even more frightened, were those creatures covered in pitch black and riding strange birds just now really still humans?

A man who lives on the steppe all year round is best at riding horses and charging at all. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of his clansmen, Yusuf often encouraged them to fight.

He was confident that his people were on par with the regular cavalry of Grand Commander Houghton, and even more agile and ruthless.

But in front of those, his people didn't even have a chance to draw their weapons, and they were killed by the strange scimitars in their hands.

"Chief, what now?"

His men gathered around, three of whom were badly wounded and covered in blood and ash.

Looking at the blood-stained col in front of him, full of stumps and severed arms, Yusef's heart was as cold as a piece of ice that would not melt for a thousand years.

It stands to reason that the had escaped into the strange woods ahead, and it was safe. For some reason, Yusuf still felt the shadow of death ahead.

But now, he doesn't seem to have any more options. Even if you go to ask Grand Commander Houghton, I'm afraid you will get an order to keep going.

"Go ahead," Yusuf gritted his teeth, "follow the plan and have the people gather in front of the strange woods, remembering, people spread out as much as possible." ”

Just now, it was because he was too concentrated that the casualties were so large, and he would not give the enemy such a chance again.

Leaving some of his clansmen to clean up the battlefield, Yusuf was in a heavy mood. He didn't dare to look at the corpses piled up on the ground, because every face there was a clan he knew.

His heart was dripping blood, gritting his teeth and secretly swearing that he would persevere to the end, even if he fought to the last person, he would rush into Black Iron Town and personally cut off Renault's head to take revenge.

Evening comes softly, and autumn in the West is always so clear.

Youssef had lost 3,000 men in the first battle, but he had not even touched a single corner of the enemy's clothing, and the report of the battle reached Horton's camp at noon. In order not to affect morale, Horton did not report the news.

"Useless stuff. ”

Horn couldn't help but curse in a low voice, this time letting Yusef's tribe take the lead, it was originally for them to act as cannon fodder and step on mines, but he didn't expect that he would be cannon fodder so thoroughly.

"Forget it, at least they helped us break through Renault's first line of defense. ”

Horton, who had a more shrewd mind and a careful mind than his brother, looked at the map on the parchment scroll and marked some black dots on it with black dye.

The place of these black spots is the hill where the Black Iron Army is hiding, and if they are connected together, it is a line three kilometers away from the strange forest.

So where will the first line be?

Horn set his sights on the edge of the strange woods. Obviously more than a month ago it was a desolation, but suddenly it appeared, and this forest was strange how it looked.

So let Yusuf continue to play the role of a mine detector, and hopefully he will be strong enough to lead more traps from Renault.

By the time reckoning, Yusuf had already set up camp outside the strange tree, waiting for them to join them.

Will Renault give them a chance to rest quietly for a night?

He was answered by the faint sound of thunder in the distance, and Horton walked out of the tent with a calm face, only to see a clear sky.

If it wasn't the thunder, then this was the sound of the explosion, and the armies of Yusuf and Renault were fighting again outside the strange woods!

Yusuf hid behind a huge rock on the mountainside, and although the explosion was not as dense as in the morning, the explosion was more powerful than in the morning, and it could lift a cowhide tent into the air, and all men and horses within 50 meters would be harmed.

Fortunately, such explosions were not accurate, and sometimes even happened in open spaces where no one was present.

Yusuf patted the dust off his body and observed it for a while, and he dared to conclude that the people who caused the explosions were definitely not around, they only knew the general direction.

So you can't hide here and be beaten at this time, because no one knows where the next explosion will be. The longer you stay, the more severe the loss will be.

"Let everybody into that wood. ”

Yusuf was convinced that as long as he entered that strange wood, the enemy would not be able to detect them.

This was also proven by the fact that as soon as they sparsely entered the woods, the explosions outside stopped.

But this forest is really difficult to walk, and the low branches are not much higher than the horse's back, and if you ride a horse forward, you can't even sit up straight.

"Cut a way out for me!"

Most of the tents were outside the woods, and the explosion had taken the lives of nearly a thousand people, which made Yousuf feel impetuous.

But the branches, twisted like snakes, were as tough as steel, and the short knives were immediately bounced back when they slashed on them, and the sharp swords could only inflict small wounds on them.

Yusuf reluctantly gave up riding, but as soon as he stepped off the ground, he felt a tingling pain on the back of his hand.

When I looked up, I saw that the back of my hand was flushed and swollen rapidly.

"Don't touch these grasses, they're poisonous!"

Many people have been injured by the leaves of the flax, and when they hear that it is poisonous, they are immediately frightened.

In this world, poison is more terrifying than the Black Death.

Legend has it that there were some pretentious warlocks who specialized in these easily lethal things, and because it was more difficult to develop an antidote than a poison, almost all the poisons that have been handed down are incurable.

Once contaminated, there is only a dead end.

"Don't panic. (To be continued.) )