Chapter 315: Origin, Retreat, and Prepare to Counterattack
Storm Bear was overjoyed for a moment, but he remembered very well that in the army of the Western Army, there was a barbarian cavalry of 3,000 people.
The barbarian world bordered Great Xia on a vast plain, with grasslands, lakes, and even wastelands.
It's a normal thing to have horses or something.
Not only cattle, sheep and horses, but over time, some creatures that did not exist in this vast plain have appeared.
For example, Li Chuan once encountered several fox tribes.
Anyway, the appearance of those fox people is really a bit funny.
The bun has triangular eyes, and it is very funny to open.
Straight to the point.
King Arthur, who was directing the siege outside the city, suddenly turned ugly.
The other side's reinforcements have arrived!
At that moment, a low trumpet sound came from a distance.
The roar of horses' hooves, and the dust in the sky that was already comparable to a sandstorm, Arthur Wang still calculated the approximate number of cavalry on the opposite side.
This amount is a very helpless number for his current strength.
Looking at the crumbling city walls of Yushan City, Wang Arthur's face was full of unwillingness, and in the end, he chose to retreat.
Seeing that the enemy army had retreated, Li Chuan did not choose to pursue.
The first is that not far to the east of Yushan City, there is a large continuous forest, and the cavalry can only deliver food when they enter.
Second, and most importantly, this is the point.
They hadn't had a good rest for more than twenty days.
Some time ago, those barbarian tribes outside Tianxiong Pass who had not yet surrendered, after a few years of rest, suddenly felt that they were doing it again.
So they formed a coalition and launched an attack on Great Xia.
At this time, thirty cities had been built outside Tianxiong Pass, and nearly a million people lived.
So he led the army to conquer the west, joined forces with other garrison armies, and cleaned up those guys who couldn't distinguish between the big and small kings.
The captives alone were captured by nearly 100,000.
And they are serious barbarians, not counting the slave army.
When Li Chuan led the Western Army back to Tianxiong Pass, a full-scale war was already a day ago.
When he learned that wolf smoke had risen from Yushan City, Li Chuan couldn't take a break, and immediately led three thousand barbarian knights to rush to Yushan City.
After three days and nights of traveling, he finally arrived at a critical moment.
At this time, whether it was Li Chuan or a cadre of cavalry under his command, they were all covered in dust at this time, and they were extremely tired.
To be honest, if Arthur didn't retreat, the damage they would have done to him at this time would be limited.
After repeated confirmations and confirmations that the enemy army had withdrawn, Li Chuan slowly entered the city with these tired men and horses under his command.
After entering the city, he fought hard and hugged his fists at Storm Bear and Zhou Yu.
"It's been a long time since I've seen General Zhennan, this should be the City Lord of Zhou Yu, right? It's been a long time. ”
At this time, Zhou Yu can be said to be extremely embarrassed, after all, he had just arranged Li Chuan in front of the violent bear, and slandered His Majesty the Great Xia Emperor in his heart.
It's a good thing that he didn't say it explicitly before, otherwise, the violent bear, who is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, would have to chop him in half with an axe.
However, at this time, Storm Bear didn't care about Zhou Yu, and his heart was full of shame at this time.
Not long ago, he was still angry because Li Chuan robbed his station, and now he is working tirelessly to save him. Compared with the two, he is really a small-bellied chicken intestine.
"General Zhengxi is polite, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid that Yushan City would be lost at this moment." Storm Bear said to Li Chuan with shame.
Then, as if remembering something, he suddenly asked, "What about the other brothers?" I'll call someone to arrange a place to rest, and then I'll pick up the wind and wash the dust for my brothers! ”
Hearing this, Li Chuan waved his hand with a tired face, and then told the two of them the ins and outs of the matter.
Then he said: "No need, we haven't closed our eyes for several days, and we can't bother to find a place to rest, but the brothers really can't hold on." "General Zhengxi is polite, let's go and prepare now."
This sleep, Li Chuan slept until the next day.
After the battle, the soldier's casualty report was sent to Bactria City by the Wind Falcon.
It's also because of the size of the wind falcon, otherwise this report really can't be driven.
At the same time, one of the best-preserved enemy corpses was placed on the Feiyan ship after being processed, and then began to sail in the direction of Great Xia City.
Thanks to the Wind Falcon's speed and endurance, a day and a half later, the casualty report was sent to Great Xia City.
"The number of soldiers killed was one thousand and three, two hundred and twenty-seven seriously wounded, and one thousand three hundred and fifty-seven lightly wounded."
Looking at the numbers on the report, Xia Qi's heart was a little solemn, he suffered heavy casualties this time.
You must know that since the Great Xia army was replaced with weapons and equipment made of green iron, the number of casualties in the Great Xia army has dropped to a very low level.
Sometimes, after an invasion, there may be only twenty or thirty casualties.
This made Xia Qi think that his green iron was invincible.
As a result, he had just been promoted to the silver rank, and reality gave him a big comparison pocket.
However, Xia Qi also saw from it how strong the other party's strength was.
When he saw what was going on in the report, an idea came to his mind.
"That King Arthur, is it a special civilization?"
The ultra-long-range bow and arrow range, the disintegrating salvo attack, the wind that knocked down the large shield troops in the front row, and the strange classes with hoods in the back row, the cavalry that cut the back row in the surprise attack was also inexplicably knocked down......
Xia Qi, who realized this, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows upward.
"Magician?"
Xia Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, this was the first time he had encountered the power of superscience.
Orcs and goblins, although they are very magical in species, but in the final analysis, orcs rely on their own strong physical fitness, and goblins rely on their own scientific and technological strength.
They don't do any magic.
And this time, according to this situation, he undoubtedly ran into a civilization with supernatural powers.
No wonder that King Arthur was so bold that he didn't even explore, so he went straight to a full-scale war, a stud.
This is absolute confidence in one's own strength!
In addition to great strength, the uncertainty of a particular civilization is also a big advantage.
Take this battle as an example, Zhou Yu's ability is definitely not weak, but when he encounters this kind of military class that he has never heard of or seen, he can basically only be dumbfounded.
From this report, Xia Qi can clearly feel that Zhou Yu really tried his best.
And at the back of this report, in addition to a detailed report on the battles of those days, Zhou Yu's own analysis was attached.
For example, the attack on the mage that looks like a magic bullet.
Zhou Yu made it clear in the report that although that kind of attack was peculiar, it was not lethal enough, and it could not cause a fatal attack unless it directly hit a vulnerable vital point.
At the same time, the attack can also be blocked with a shield.
A set of analysis, which can be said to be exhaustive, made Xia Qi very clearly aware that this supernatural civilization does not seem to have devastating destructive power at present.
Xia Qi didn't know if this was the balance mechanism of the civilized battlefield, or if the opponent's magic book had not yet been put in place.
At the same time, at the end of the report, Zhou Yu also mentioned that they had sent several enemy corpses to Great Xia City by Feiyan ships.
However, according to the speed of the Feiyan ship, it will not be able to arrive until the day after tomorrow at the earliest.
On the morning of the third day, Xia Qi came to the embroidered guard.
After all, there is such a thing as a corpse, and it is really not suitable to put it in the palace.
As the door opened, a foul smell hit his face, and Xia Qi inevitably felt an urge to revolt.
But he resisted the feeling and walked over to the corpse covered with a white cloth.
"Lift."
When a member of the embroidered guard heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and lifted the white cloth.
Although it has undergone a certain degree of antiseptic treatment, the conditions in this era are relatively limited after all, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.
By the time it was here, the corpse was still rotting and stinking.
Seeing this scene, Xia Qi's stomach twitched uncontrollably a few times.
After all, who wouldn't be disgusting when they saw such a disgusting thing?
The moment he saw the corpse's face, Xia Qi's breathing was chaotic.
"Elves?!"
Looking at the creatures that looked and shaped like humans, but had a group of pointed ears, Xia Qi said in a lost voice.
According to Zhou Yu's report, when the corpses were just sorted out, the soldiers on the opposite side all looked very pretty.
With pointed ears and a handsome face, he is a great archer and can do magic.
This isn't an elf, or what?
In addition to this corpse, Zhou Yu also sent over some of the collected enemy equipment.
Xia Qi casually picked up an arrow, and the arrow that shimmered in the cold light was obviously iron.
At the same time, under careful observation, Xia Qi soon found that there was a string of peculiar symbols drawn on the shaft of that arrow.
The fingertips stroked over the symbols, and nothing unusual appeared.
But Xia Qi's guess is that the reason why the archers on the opposite side can have such a long range may be inseparable from the symbol on this arrow.
"Is it something like a spell?" Xia Qi guessed.
Then Xia Qi checked the rest of the arrows sent over, and then he found that not every arrow had that symbol painted on the shaft.
Of the arrows sent so far, only eight are painted with such symbols, and none of the rest are left, but Xia Qi doesn't think that some soldiers are idle and have nothing to do.
He first took out eight arrows without symbols, and then handed them to one of his guards along with the eight arrows with symbols.
Then he turned his attention to the weapons and equipment captured from the enemy.
It was basically a few knives, shields, and leather armor, and he didn't feel anything special other than iron.
After leaving the embroidered guard, Xia Qi took a few guards straight to the training ground of the military camp, and then began to order people to do experiments.
Find a good archer and ask him to shoot with two different arrows.
First of all, he used an arrow without a symbol, except for a slight difference in texture, the arrow was not very different from the arrow of Great Xia.
After a series of open bows and arrows, the final result was indeed a very ordinary arrow.
Immediately, Xia Qi's attention suddenly shifted to the other five arrows with symbols.
If there is no accident, the key to exaggerating the range should be these arrows with symbols.
Xia inspired the archer to replace the five spell arrows, but the result was quickly disappointing him, because the spell arrows with symbols were almost no different in range from ordinary arrows.
Playing with one of the spell arrows, Xia Qi had already guessed something in his heart.
"What trigger is needed, like a spell or something? Or is this a disposable? ”
Anyway, no matter which one it is, he can't verify it.
"If only we could capture a few archers from the opposite side."
Of course, this can only be imagined, and the fact that they have not even captured a single melee soldier, let alone the enemy archers in the back row.
These arrows were found from corpses.
With a sigh, Xia Qi got up and left the barracks.
Overall, he still gained something from this trip, at least he had confirmed Arthur Wang's civilization.
There are also special archer and mage classes.
If you are beaten, you have to fight back, this is Xia Qi's consistent style, not to mention that the other party is still a special civilization.
Now that King Arthur has chosen all-out war, be prepared to be left behind!
But before he can fight back, he still needs to do some preparations.
For example, when fighting with the opponent, because of the range of the opposing archer and the mage class, you have to think carefully about the style of play.
After all, Zhou Yu's report clearly mentions the defeat of the cavalry troops, and it is the kind that falls inexplicably, which shows that Wang Arthur has the means to prevent the enemy from cutting his back row.