Chapter 19: Attacking the Mountain

Jing Jun actually understood that Niu Hong was worried about what harm he would suffer, and it would be difficult to explain to Niu Ben when he returned, but he had a reason to go.

The combat power of the minotaur is indeed amazing, but it is limited to the frontal battlefield where the two armies face each other, like the high mountains and dense forests of the Aoki Ridge, and the snake people who occupy it are basically good at sneak attacks and assassinations, and the minotaurs are undoubtedly greatly reduced in combat power in this environment, even if they have captured three snake people prisoners now.

However, Jing Jun himself is very good at jungle and mountain combat, and he also has a long-range offensive weapon such as a gun, and he may have an injury to his left hand at the moment that will affect his performance, but I believe that the snake man has definitely never seen such a terrifying weapon, let alone take corresponding precautions against it.

Thinking of this, Jing Jun said: "General Niu doesn't know, the snake demon is definitely not an opponent if he confronts the Minotaur warriors head-on, but there are few snake people who are willing to fight head-on, on the contrary, they are all very good at sneak attacks and assassinations, maybe one or two can't threaten everyone even if they sneak attack, but can three or five still be easily dealt with?"

Niu Hong actually knows better the shortcomings of the Minotaur and the strengths of the snake people, and taking the initiative to attack Qingmu Ridge is tantamount to attacking the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings, but Qingmu Ridge is under the jurisdiction of Donghai Town, and it is really unreasonable to move troops to the capital before there is a bandit under his rule, and he can also see that Jing Jun is also a qualified soldier, and he has weapons in his hand that have never appeared on the mainland, but now he is injured, in case there are three long and two short, it is really difficult to explain to General Niu Ben, but at this time, listening to Jing Jun's analysis, every sentence is reasonable, and he can't help but nod.

Jing Jun continued: "I'm already very good at fighting in the mountains and jungles, as for my injuries, isn't it just a few openings, just a bandage. ”

Niu Hong saw that Jing Jun insisted, so he didn't hesitate, and nodded: "Okay, you are with me." ”

"I'm going too!" said the wind chime.

Several people looked at the pouting wind chimes, and exchanged glances with each other, and they all saw deep helplessness in them, Niu Hong sighed and said, "Okay, Wind Girl, you have to be obedient!"

Several people had made a decision, got out of the tent, and went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army. The drums gathered the generals, Niu Hong's assignment was completed, and finally the prisoners were escorted, and the army began to march to Aoki Ridge.

After going up the mountain, according to the previous drawings, each team consisted of three to five kobolds in front of the way, and the snake captives were really afraid of death, and it didn't take long for all the attacking teams to remove the open and dark sentinels. In fact, this is also due to the bloody snake stronghold of the wind chimes yesterday, and nearly a day has passed, and it has not been found that this stronghold has been completely destroyed.

The main force of the Jing army did not encounter any resistance at all, and the only thing they could do was to search for some loot from the dead snake sentry. In this way, within three hours, the captive told Niu Hong that the outpost near the mountain was basically cleared, but the silver snake department in the middle lane should have received the news of attacking the mountain and should have made corresponding arrangements.

Niu Hong had expected this, and ordered the herald to inform the responsible generals of each squad not to be greedy for merit, and to destroy the enemy when he was weak, and treat him when the enemy was strong, so as to minimize the casualties of his own soldiers.

Jing Jun saw it in his eyes and nodded secretly, Niu Hong is indeed very suitable for leading troops to fight, and he can see the overall situation.

After traveling for almost an hour, the snake bandits encountered were not individual soldiers, the number was basically in the dozens, but fortunately, the news they got was too late, and they were almost caught off guard, even so, the sinister and cunning nature of the snake people also caused no small casualties to the minotaur warriors.

The main reason is that the forest is a battlefield where the vision is not wide enough, although there are kobolds with five senses who are sensitive to the enemy's movements, but the situation of the war is changing rapidly, maybe a snake sprang out of the tree, opened its mouth full of fangs to the neck and other weakly protected parts, or jumped up from the ground and stabbed the warriors in the feet with a blue dagger.

Niu Hong's troops also encountered a group of nearly 100 people at this time, and the leader was a small patriarch of the silver snake tribe according to the captive, named Silver Moon Snake, whose status was not high but his ambition was quite big, and he did have some real talent in his hands, and it was said that he killed the previous patriarch to do his branch of the patriarch.

The Silver Moon Snake was really arrogant, and when he saw so many minotaurs coming up the mountain, he kept turning the dagger in one hand, and shouted in a sharp voice: "I said old cows, Aoki Ridge is so big, I will lead the people to find a place to rest so that you will not be so excited." After speaking, he laughed twice.

"Hmph! Nobodies dare to come here to make a big fuss, your snake clan blatantly disregarded the peace treaty, and sent troops to occupy Aoki Ridge without knowing it, this general will definitely be wiped out in this trip!" Niu Hong said loudly.

"I said, General Niu, why are you so bothered, you can't die in a war? Open your eyes and close your eyes, hello, I'm good, everyone's good, right?"

Niu Hong was about to speak, when he suddenly heard Jing Jun whispering in his ear: "General, is this guy going to die or live?"

"I hate this snake, but he won't fight me head-on. Niu Hong frowned slightly and said.

"Okay, I'll leave it to me. Jing Jun said, took out the pistol with a muffler in his right hand, and quietly aimed at the pointed head of the Silver Moon Snake twenty meters away behind a group of tall minotaurs.

Niu Hong had never seen Jing Jun's gun in Donghai Town, because Niu Ben didn't tell anyone about Jing Jun's gun in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, and Niu Hong only heard about it after Niu Qing drank too much, but he has always been steady, and he understands that the general's secrecy must be reasonable, so he doesn't care too much.

Now, as soon as he heard Jing Jun's assurance, the other side was still proud, and the Silver Moon Snake, who had no one in his eyes, fell on his back, and his head should have spurted blood before he fell to the ground.

The snake people on the other side were in turmoil, and it was clear from their words that they didn't understand how their patriarch was so good that they died with blood on their heads.

After all, Niu Hong is a general who leads the troops to fight, and after losing his mind for a short time, he nodded to Jing Jun, raised his sledgehammer, and shouted: "Brothers, kill!"

A voice woke up the other soldiers who were stunned on the spot, and they all brandished sledgehammers and axes and rushed towards the chaotic snake people. The snake people are greedy for life and afraid of death, and a silver moon snake will be able to resist for a while, but now the patriarch is dead, and the rest of the people have no fighting spirit, and they were hammered and axed by the minotaur possessed by the divine soldier, and within a few minutes, the tribe of nearly 100 people was cut down.

Seeing that the battle was hot, Feng Chime wanted to draw his knife and slash several times, but Jing Jun stopped him again and again, and persuaded: "Why are you a girl so violent now, shouldn't you do some research with such a smart head?"

"What are you going to do when you're all here?" I thought, but now I like the feeling of slashing people again?" said the wind chime, whose eyes glowed red.

Jing Jun frowned when he heard this, how could this work, with her perverted physique, wouldn't there be a bloodthirsty little witch on the mainland?

Fortunately, the battle ended quickly, Niu Hong walked to Jing Jun's side with a sledgehammer that was still dripping blood, and said sincerely: "It's a loss to the brother's magic skill to kill the enemy's leader, otherwise it will take a lot of effort." ”

"The general is polite. Jing Jun said modestly.

Niu Hong laughed, didn't say more, integrated the team, counted the casualties, fortunately, there were only a few minor injuries, and they were about to move on, when they suddenly heard a report from the spies, and the left wing Niu Qingbu encountered a necromantic warrior, and the detachment fell into a bitter battle.

Niu Hong was shocked, he never expected that there were more than 1,000 snake bandits who were proficient in necromancy, and in a fit of rage, he grabbed a captive and said sharply: "Why didn't you report it in advance if you have a necromancer?"

The snake man was so frightened by the angry Niu Hong that he trembled, his slender tongue drooped down, and poisonous saliva flowed down his tongue, but he couldn't say anything.

Jing Jun and Feng Chime were also shocked, and only after coming to this world did they learn that there is really a magical skill of magic.

The continent, including the Sea Clan, has many magicians with uneven strength in high and low grades, the most common is the gold, wood, water, fire, and earth five element magicians, in addition to the relatively rare light and dark magicians, but they are extremely rare like necromancy and lightning.

The main reason for the lack of lightning is that there are very few people who are suitable for cultivation, even if they have a physique suitable for cultivation, but the cultivation process is too dangerous, so for many years, lightning magicians, especially high-level demon saints, only Long Yuntian in the entire continent.

However, there are few necromancers, and most people are reluctant to cultivate, first of all, he will summon dead ancestors to participate in the battle, which is a big disrespect for most people, and all friends and enemies will scoff at it after they know it.

The second reason is that cultivating this kind of magic requires perennial exposure to death qi, and in the long run, the appearance of the cultivator will become indistinguishable from the ghost, the more advanced the appearance, the closer the appearance is to the necromancer he summons, although the continent is all orcs, but they also have their own aesthetic views, and they disdain to cultivate.

It's a surprise that a necromancer is now in this place.

The snake man also relented at this time, and replied in a still trembling voice: "General Hui, there is such confidential information as a necromancer, and it is impossible for one of our peripheral spies to know about it." ”

Niu Hong was also angry just now, and he knew that it was indeed impossible for a small spy to know, so he no longer paid attention to the snake man, and was thinking about countermeasures, and another spy came to report, all the teams encountered necromantic warriors, and the minotaur kobold warriors were resisting hard.

"General Niu, what is so terrifying about the Necromantic Warriors?" Jing Jun asked.

"Well, Brother Jing doesn't know, the Necromantic Warrior, as the name suggests, is a dead soul summoned by a spell, possessed by a skeleton buried deep in the ground, and after breaking through the ground, obeying the summoner's orders to attack the opponent. ”

"Most of the summoned necromantic warriors are unconscious, just simply carry out physical attacks, but they don't feel pain, the skeletons are broken up and can be instantly reorganized into battle, unless the possessed skeletons are smashed into powder by a huge force and cannot be reassembled in a short period of time, otherwise the battle can't be fought at all, they are tireless, even if we minotaurs have excellent stamina, but we also have times when we are tired, and we can't afford to fight with them!" Niu Hong frowned and explained.

"Is there any other way to do it?" Wind Chime was very curious about the necromantic warriors, although the two armies were fighting at this time, and their own team had not yet come up with a way to deal with it, but deep down they had a faint expectation for these skulls.

"There is a way, as I said just now, smashing the skeleton, the necromancer cannot possess the body for a short time, but this requires the warrior to have great strength first, and then the necromancer is not strong enough, and the number of necromantic warriors summoned is not particularly large, otherwise how far can it run. ”

"The second is to find the caster, but the necromancy is a large-scale long-range spell, and the caster will not be near the battlefield at all, and the casting place is extremely hidden, and it is not easy to find it in a limited time, hey......"

After Niu Hong finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.

Jing Jun Feng Chime looked at each other speechlessly.

"Eh, by the way, I heard that the natural nemesis of necromancy is lightning magic, but this is only what I heard, I don't know ......" Niu Hong's eyes suddenly turned, and he almost burst into tears when he looked at Jing Jun's bull's eyes.

Jing Jun was given goosebumps by Niu Hong's "affectionate" expectant eyes, and said weakly: "This, General Niu, you also know, I was able to condense a small lightning ball yesterday, will it be useful?"

Before Niu Hong could speak, an exclamation came from the front, "Ahh

Several people were startled, and they all looked at the front of the team, Jing Jun and the two heard that it was the same thing, but after they really saw it, they still had a chill down their backs.

I saw a group of white miserable skeletons slowly limping in front of them, some carrying white thigh bones, some dragging rusty broadswords and battle axes, and even some were struggling to crawl out from the ground, seeing that the number was no less than two hundred, the skeleton warriors walked very slowly, and there was no sign of life in their empty skeleton eyes.

"Big brother, look, these are really skeletons, and they can walk ......," the wind chime said in a rare trembling voice.

Jing Jun's original worldview had been torn apart, and now he saw the terrifying necromantic warriors, and he didn't know how to answer when he heard the words of the wind chime.

Niu Hong raised the sledgehammer and shouted: "Don't retreat, get me a hammer and smash it!"

The minotaurs were indeed born to fight, and after a brief loss of consciousness in the early stage, they were awakened by Niu Hong's throat, and shouted and smashed the hammer at the skeleton warrior.

The Necromantic Warrior is actually not just a humanoid skeleton, it should be a variety of powerful creatures that have died, and it is possible to be summoned by the caster to participate in the battle, and now the Necromantic Warriors encountered in Aoki Ridge are all humanoid skeletons of about the same size, which also shows that the strength of the necromancer who casts spells secretly should be above the middle level.

The strength of the skeleton warriors is not as good as that of the minotaur warriors, and they were smashed by more than a hundred people, among which in addition to the skeletons that were smashed into pieces, those scattered skeletons slowly combined one bone after another, and they re-entered the battle after a while, and Niu Hong had a headache.

Kobolds are not as strong as minotaurs, and they rely on flexible bodies and sharp canine teeth when fighting, and when they encounter other living enemies, kobolds are also very powerful, and they will give them a bite when they see the opportunity.

But now that they encounter this group of white miserable skeletons, they are disgusting and do not want to bite with their big mouths, although they usually like to gnaw bones, so the kobolds and skeleton warriors all fall into disadvantage.