Chapter 44: Formation
Bruce received the military briefing halfway through. There was already chaos in the capital, and even the most serious military headquarters was in a panic. Many of the nobles of Onda Port were planning to flee to the countryside for refuge, and everyone was busy transferring their treasures, and no one was serious about doing things.
Seeing the military report, veteran Bruce sighed. The first legion built by the Guao country was crushed in one blow on the border of Gusai, and all the materials of the legion fell into the hands of the Selwan people. Of the 100,000 soldiers of the whole army, only 300 escaped, and the rest were either killed or defeated, and there was no possibility of fighting. Among those who escaped from Kyoto, there was also the marshal of the First Army, Zhong Hanmo, who was known as the first general of the Gu Austrian country. It was he who took the lead in escaping when he was facing the enemy, so that the army of Gu Austria did not collapse by fighting, and several fortresses on the border gave up.
It was this Zhong Hanmo, who was jealous of his ability back then, and put Bruce in prison, and became the first fierce general in the army, to the point where he can only lead the battalion of dead soldiers to fight. Thinking of his ugly face, Bruce longed to bite into it.
But even so, Zhong Hanmo, who lost the war and misled the country, did not punish him, and the king only deprived him of his post as the marshal of the First Army and rushed home to retire. Now that the First Army is completely gone, what difference does it make whether to strip off the military rank or not. And he escaped without guilt, which caused even more confusion in Gu Ao*, and the defenders of New Girona followed suit, and the enemy army was still thousands of miles away, so he fled back to Kyoto with his wife and children.
Above the government and the opposition, there was an uproar, and the military department and the ministers of various families quarreled in front of the king. But even if Bruce led the battalion of dead soldiers to go far, he didn't hear any results from the court. There is no way to know who he belongs to to control this partiality division.
Although Bruce has been idle for many years, he is still familiar with the terrain of the country, and knows that there is an important place from the port of Onda to New Girona, which can be defended against the danger. It is the natural barrier Isabella Grand Canyon, if you hold here, you can protect the port of Onda for three months. Of course, if the Selwan people went around from the east and west, there was no way.
At this time, it is necessary to march to the mouth of the Grand Canyon of Isabella and set up a formation to meet the enemy.
Amos didn't know the merits of the generals of the valley, nor did he know how noisy the military compound was, even if Bruce was in a hurry. But he also saw that the terrain of the Isabella Grand Canyon was indeed dangerous.
The Wenda River, which is full of water, is as gentle as a lake after the Weng Da Port spreads. But when I arrived at the Isabella Grand Canyon, it suddenly closed and became a rapids with a huge drop. If you go upstream, you must use a coolie to pull it up. But if it goes downstream, it should be a thousand miles in a day. On both sides of the Grand Canyon, the mountains are steep, the walls are like cutting, and each has a narrow and narrow ancient road, which can be sideways pedestrians. The most dangerous place is the wooden plank road that has been passed down through the ages, and if it is set on fire, it will cut off land transportation.
The 800 soldiers of the Dead Battalion hurried day and night, hurriedly walked through the Slender Man Ancient Road, and hurried out of the mouth of the Isabella Grand Canyon. During the march, it can be seen that the water of the Wenda River is turbulent, the waves are surging, deafening, and the stone walls on both sides seem to be trembling, as if locking a giant dragon.
It's not that Bruce doesn't want to take the waterway, but none of the old men in the military department are serious about doing business, and no one has the intention to arrange logistics affairs, and the ship can't be arranged. Bruce was afraid that he would miss the military situation, so he hurriedly led his troops and ran over.
In fact, at this time, Serwan had just entered the city of New Girona, and was looting on a large scale, and had no intention of going south. The people of New Girona are crying and crying, the situation is unspeakable, the country is ruined, and the family is in trouble, what good life can there be. The people were forced to flee in all directions.
Fortunately, Bruce's march was timely, and the whole battalion was out of the valley, and the people of New Girona who had fled on the opposite side would have been flooded with refugees, and if it had been a little later, the refugees would have blocked the narrow old road of slender men.
Bruce arranged to stay on top of the village and set up defenses on the spot to meet the enemy. They went to the mountains and cut down big trees and vines, formed barricades and camps, sent sentry forward, arranged for the enemy to lookout, and hurriedly built a temporary defensive line.
The people who fled were nobles who fought horses and galloped wildly. But when I got here, the horses were useless, and I couldn't pull the narrow plank road. Bruce forcibly requisitioned the horses, and soon assembled the battalion to command the horses.
Later, a large number of freemen and slaves arrived, and they fled their homes in panic and panic. These people Bruce did not let go, and selected strong men from among them, and forced them to go to the barracks to help build barracks and sentry posts.
All of this, Bruce did for the country, but later it became an ironclad criminal responsibility. Fearing the enemy and not saving the lost land; forcibly expropriating and expropriating the country, making it difficult for the country to make money; disturbing the people's hearts and arousing the people's anger; and later burning the thousand-year-old wooden plank road and cutting off land transportation, he finally became a major sinner in the country of Gu Ao.
But at this moment, Bruce didn't think so, he was bent on defending the Grand Canyon of Isabella. As long as it can hold out for three months, the recruits from all over the country will be trained, and the other two legions will be in place, and then the decisive battle with the invading army of Selwan will not necessarily be killed.
Amos observed, eager to learn about camping. From the layout of the camp to the placement of the sentinels, every matter must be carefully memorized, and every arrangement must be clarified. Amos also has time, and things are busy these days, and no one pays attention to the Death Camp training. There are only a few patrols per day, and the squads take turns.
With the abundant manpower support of the fleeing people of New Girona, the Bruce military camp was built larger and larger, and finally the entire valley mouth on the east side of the Onda River was defended, and people had to pass through the pass.
As a result, many of the soldiers of the First Legion who had fled were picked out by Bruce one after another, and even met old acquaintances from the past. Bruce gathered these deserters and built a separate battalion, called Camp Isabella, to defend this important place.
If it were Amos, he would definitely not agree, why should he stay here and work hard. But many Gu Ao*, who claimed to sacrifice their lives for the country, agreed with high morale. Such a thing made Amos very confused.
Seeing these behaviors, he remembered the aristocratic Ryan, who had the money to build a huge spirit zoo for the sake of the country, but did not have the money to build a Colosseum that showed his identity. He had inquired, but many of the death row fugitives had never heard of Ryan, thinking that he was just a poor nobleman, but only Aimo knew that the wealth was thrown into the bottomless pit of the Spirit Beast Park.
The battle soon fought, and the battle of the sentinels began the day after the flow of refugees was cut off. The official road from New Girona was originally crowded with refugees, but one day it suddenly became empty. Amos was still wondering, and the next day the yellow alert flag was raised at Camp Bruce.
Red fighting, yellow alert, that's what Amos knew. In the army, orders were all delivered by shouting, and sometimes they could not be heard clearly, so they used the command flag. After the yellow warning flag was raised, the iron ropes of the soldiers of the Dead Soldiers Battalion were opened, and everyone had a full meal before they were sent to the battlefield.
"Knock, knock, knock!" Ammos had just finished his breakfast, and was sharpening his warrior's sword, when a snare drum came from the camp. He got up and greeted everyone, dressed up, took his spear, lined up, and brought it to Camp Bruce. The terrain here is open, and there has already been a team assembled, which is the warriors of the Isabella Battalion who are determined to serve the country.
"Today we will defend our family and the country, and tomorrow our children and grandchildren will be glorious!" General Bruce, dressed in bright armor, stood on a high platform and shouted, sounding deafening, "Kill the enemy for the country, don't wash this body! Kill! Kill!"
"Kill the enemy for the country!Kill!kill!kill!!" Under the stage, 2,000 soldiers shared the same hatred for the enemy, and the voice resounded through the Isabella Grand Canyon. Only Amos was very confused, who was the country, and could have such great charm? Turning his head, Aya and Colin, a deserter who hated society next to him, were also passionate, and among the two thousand people around, he was the only one who didn't know what a country was!
"Returning to the commander, the Selwan wolf has arrived. "Bruce's newly trained heralds are less disciplined and fearful of the enemy, with a trilling voice in their voices.
The Sellwan wolf ride is a nightmare for the people of Gu Ao*. They are sharp, powerful, and very cruel, and all the soldiers of the valley and Austria who fall into their hands have always been tortured to death, and their cruelty is worse than that of wolves. Even in the camp of the dead where Amos was, there were people who heard about the wolf riders.
"What a wolf rides, it's a bunch of pups!" General Bruce dismissed, and shouted a scold, "Go and find out again, what are you afraid of!"
"Order!" replied the herald reluctantly, as if he had accepted an order to die, with both generosity and helplessness.
"I'm afraid of a bird, watch me rush and kill for a while!" Bruce looked down on these cowards who were afraid of the Selwan wolf's ride. Back then, on the front line of the border, these so-called wolf riders slipped away when they saw him from afar, like a pack of dogs with tails between them.
"The Dead Battalion Battalion Soldiers, the Nine or Ten Squads are out of the battle. Only a victory is allowed, not a defeat!" Bruce waved his hand and arranged for Amos and Simon to kill the two dead soldiers.
This is the inevitability of the existence of the Dead Soldier Battalion, and every time before the war, it is the Dead Soldier Battalion of Gu Aoguo who is the first to kill for a while. If you don't die, you can still boost morale. This is also the general of Gu Aoguo, who has repeatedly tried and tested to kill chickens and monkeys, so as to strictly enforce military discipline.
"Wow!" Amor and Simon received the order and immediately pulled out the camp gate. They have no armor on them,* which is a shield, and they can only survive if they quickly enter the enemy's ranks.
"Kill!" two teams of pikemen in cloth shirts killed the enemy without hesitation.
"Cut, it's this set again, release the arrow!" "Serwan invaded the troops and was very familiar with the tactics of Gu Austria. When they saw that it was another dead soldier killing the array, they were very disdainful and ordered to use arrows to deal with it. These unarmored dead soldiers are living targets in the face of a rain of arrows.
"Bang!" There was a terrifying loud sound, and the shooters of the Selwan outpost collectively fired the first wave of arrows. Amos looked up, and a black cloud flew from north to south, and the enemy used a knife to kill chickens. This overwhelming cloud of arrows was so black and thick that it made people feel that there was no way to escape, and the feeling of despair filled the hearts of the thirty-eight dead soldiers of the ninety-two squad. But there is also a man with sharp intuition, the empty-minded Amos.
"Rush!" Amos sensed the rain of arrows almost instantaneously. The number of outposts on the Selwan Wolf is small, and the area of the arrow rain is limited, if you pass quickly, you can escape the arrow coverage, and the damage of sporadic arrows is small.
Colin was ahead of the curve, he had an instinct for the crisis, and he listened to Amos's judgment very well, and jumped ahead like a rabbit. Next is Aya, who has become accustomed to being obedient like a dog. Followed by the members of the Ninth Squad, after the cafeteria brawl, they obviously had a close relationship with each other. I am grateful and very admired for Amos for saving everyone in the end.
The tenth squad reacted a little slower, mainly because the captain Saimen hesitated and dragged the whole team to the back. Just the slightest hesitation covered the edge of the rain of arrows. After a wail, only eight people remained in the tenth squad, and only one unlucky ghost died in the ninth squad.
"Bang!" another cloud of arrows flew up, this time covering the shot.
"Hurry up!" Amos, still judging where to fall, ordered everyone to charge faster. At this moment, all the dead soldiers were convinced, and Simon also ran away.
This wave of arrows also got rid of it, and only two people were injured. Two squads charged, and now there were twenty-five left.
"Kill the bitch!" exclaimed Amos, who had only twice charged, and they were already close to the Selwan infantry formation.
The Sellwan wolf rode so deceiving people that it was about to block the gate of the Bruce Army. The width of the battlefield between the two sides was not large, and the killing soldiers ran over after two desperate charges, and before the third wave of arrows could be fired, they had already entered the enemy army.
"Kill!" Amos's spear was raised high, and he was the first to kill