Chapter Eighty-Four: Arrows Rained Down
When the Zhuang Khan Kingdom sent its army to advance to a distance of three miles from the town of Sorad, it stopped its advance. On the plain, one battle phalanx after another slowly lined up.
The commander-in-chief of the Dispatch Army, Duke Wenhan, rode from the rear of the army to the front and looked at the lifeless town of Sorad ahead. At this time, the commander of the vanguard team, Commander Mohan, came to him and reported: "My lord, the origin of the enemy army in front has been investigated, it is the Fourth Army of the Pangxin Imperial Guard. According to the intelligence, the new commander is named Higgins, a descendant of the enemy general Buck. According to analysis, they should have rushed from the direction of Wuke Town the night before to intercept our army through the Panzu Mountains. This army has always been the main force of the Pangsin Empire, and it is very combative. How to deal with this army, please show me!"
Duke Wen Khan nodded, and said, "It seems that Buck's reflexes are very strong! As soon as our army captured the city of Rondal, he knew that we had formed a great threat to him. And his strategic choice is good, the town of Solad is bordered by the Liujin River on the left and the Panzu depression on the right. There is only one way to the enemy Yanjing, and laying a defensive line here is enough for us to have a headache!"
A military commander behind Duke Wen Khan said, "My lord, no matter how prepared the enemy army is, it will only be 50,000 people. And our army is at its peak, and the number of people is several times greater than him. And just won the battle, and morale is high. I thought it would be better to rush over and destroy this enemy army. As soon as this town is broken, the enemy Yanjing is in front of you. When the time comes, our troops will be under the city, and the destruction of the Pang Xin Empire is already in sight!"
Duke Wen Khan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple! The enemy came prepared and made a good defense." Our army will surely suffer heavy losses if it boldly attacks. I think it's better for us to be cautious! Inform the commanders of all units to come to me immediately, and we will discuss the battle plan!"
"Yes, sir!"
One morning, so peacefully, passed. King Zhuang Khan's [***] team obviously set up an attack formation in front of the town, but it did not move for a long time. This made the officers and men of the Fourth Army of the Pangsin Empire guarding the town of Sorad very puzzled, but the enemy army was already in front of them, and it was only a matter of time before they attacked. The purpose of the Fourth Army's operation was to delay the enemy's advance as much as possible, and if they were not in a hurry, they themselves would be in no hurry.
In the afternoon, the Zhuang Khan Wang [***] team finally moved. I saw rows of infantry marching in unison towards the front of the town, and when they reached a distance of about a hundred paces before the trench, they stopped, picked up their bows and arrows, and aimed at the sky!
When the captain of the [***] team saw this, he immediately shouted: "Attention! The enemy is about to start firing arrows! Everyone should pay attention to protect themselves, and they are not allowed to retreat without orders!"
As soon as the words fell, I heard a loud sound of "Peng" in the field ahead. Then the sky darkened, and countless black feathered arrows rose into the air at the same time. Dancing with teeth and claws, covering the sky, making a hissing and whistling sound, drawing an arc, and falling like raindrops towards the entire town of Sorad!
The officers and men of the Fourth Army had already prepared, and at the same time as the feather arrows were lifted into the air, they each grabbed their shields and blocked them overhead. After a while, the rain of arrows had arrived, and only the sound of fluttering and fluttering was heard, and in an instant, most of the town of Sorad was already filled with a field of feathered arrows.
As soon as the rain of arrows ended, there was another loud "peng" sound in the field, and the second wave of feathered arrows rose into the air again. A soldier had just lowered his shield when he heard the sound and had to raise it again. It's just that at a glance, he has already noticed that something is wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Captain, it's not good, the enemy's attack is fake, the purpose is to fill the trench ahead!"
The captain hurriedly lifted his shield and looked, and sure enough, he saw about thousands of enemy soldiers carrying a sack on their backs, rushing through the arrow array and rushing towards the trench in front of the town. Looking at it like this, it really wants to fill the trench with the soil in the sack, so that the enemy cavalry can attack!
The captain couldn't help but curse secretly, but the rain of arrows came in a flash, and he didn't have a good way. After a flutter, the group of enemy soldiers had come to the trench, and as soon as the sacks were placed, the soil inside filled the trench. As soon as they finished releasing the earth, they immediately retreated. And the second group of thousands of soldiers rushed over with sacks on their backs.
At the same time, there was a loud "peng" on the field again, and the third wave of feather arrows rose into the air again!
Seeing this, the captain thought that if he didn't take any more measures, he was afraid that it would not be long before the trenches that his soldiers had worked so hard to dig for a day would be filled by the enemy. When the enemy cavalry stormed, the battle would be even more fierce! At that moment he shouted: "Soldiers, you must not let the enemy fill in the earth so easily. After this batch of feathered arrows fell, he immediately picked up his bow and arrows and fired back. Let them taste what it's like to be shot too!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a deafening sound behind the town. Overhead, there was darkness, and countless feathered arrows roared up, heading towards the rain of arrows that covered the sky.
So the wonder on the battlefield appeared, two black and oppressive feather arrows in the sky intertwined with each other, and the two arrows constantly collided and fell, but more often they swooped straight into the positions of the two armies. Sorad's defenders suffered few casualties because they had prepared and protected themselves with shields. And the enemy troops who filled in the earth were miserable, they did not expect that under the continuous attack of the already square arrow array, the enemy would be able to counterattack. When the black rain of arrows fell, these people could only let out a desperate cry, and they were shot into a hedgehog in an instant! Those who survived were so frightened that they turned around and ran, and they didn't need any sacks of dirt weapons, and saving their lives became their only choice.
After the rain of arrows, the defenders of Solad Town looked up and saw the enemy's miserable situation, and they couldn't help but applaud and laugh. The captain turned around, only to see the captain of the [***] team, who was guarding the second line, poking his head out from behind his shield and grinning at him. His soldiers had formed a phalanx at the back of the town, and although everyone was holding a shield, the other hand was clearly holding a war bow that had just shot an arrow!
The captain also smiled, stretched out his hand, and gave a thumbs up to all the soldiers of the [***] team. And the captain of [***] also smiled and gave a thumbs up to the [***] team. Although the two captains were a hundred paces apart, they expressed their respect in this way!
And at this moment, the fourth wave of arrow array attacks of the enemy's revenge surname has risen into the air again!
At the same time, outside Yanjing City, a support force composed of the city defense army and some recruits. Under the farewell of the people of Yanjing, they packed up and marched in the direction of Sorad Town.
This force, numbering about 30,000 men, was led by General Lipsgow, the deputy commander of the City Defense Army, to reinforce the Imperial Fourth Army, which was fighting bloodily in the town of Solad.
Just last evening, His Majesty Pierre VI received a quick horse from General Buck and learned that he had sent a force to intercept the advance of the Zhuang Khan kingdom. While breathing a sigh of relief, His Majesty Pierre was worried that only 50,000 people in a group army would not be enough to stop the [***] army of King Zhuang Khan, who had 200,000 elite soldiers. Therefore, in a hurry, he immediately ordered a part of the troops from the city defense army and the new barracks to form an army to reinforce it. Although the number of people is small, it is also a new force. Not to annihilate the enemy, but to support it for a few more days, so that Barker's army can return to Yanjing smoothly.
The composition of this support force is complex, although most of it is made up of regular city defense forces. But it also included a seven-hundred-man Heint cavalry, a number of Imperial swordsmen who volunteered to fight, and selected recruits.
At the moment, Koya is in this team. He was appointed by the Great Holy Maiden to go to the battlefield to hone his training. It's just that while he was marching, he frowned and looked at Judy in a military uniform beside him, and couldn't help but say again: "Judy, fighting is not a joke, it's going to die! Are you sure your family agrees with you to join the army?"
Although Judy walked by Koya's side, she always ignored him along the way. Hearing Keya's question, she said angrily: "What if you agree? What if you don't agree? In the face of national crisis, every citizen of the empire has the responsibility to take up arms to defend the motherland." I'm a swordsman, why did I come here after learning swordsmanship, and didn't I defend our empire and our goddess at a critical moment?"
Keya had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "But you are a woman, war is cruel, once the fight starts, there will be corpses all over the field, and blood will flow like a river." We men may not be able to bear it, aren't you a woman afraid?"
Judy cut off, pointed behind her, and said, "Teacher Britney is also a woman, why do you still take her to the battlefield?
Keya said: "What is Britney the same? She is a guilty body, if she goes to the battlefield and makes meritorious contributions, the empire will restore her identity and no longer suffer from that slavery." You're a nobleman, what are you trying to do?"
Judy gave Keya a blank look and said, "I don't care about my business! I don't bother to pay attention to you!" she snorted, turned and walked to Britney, who was following behind, and walked side by side with her.
Britney glanced at Keya, who was crying and laughing, turned her head and whispered to Judy and smiled, "Judy, Keya is also concerned about you." He is so worried about you, which means that he has you in his heart. Don't you vomit with him, huh?"
Judy snorted again and whispered, "Does he have me in his heart?
Brieneg smiled and said, "What a big grudge! But don't worry, sooner or later, Keya will want you, I promise you!"
Judy was stunned and couldn't help but say, "Can you guarantee it?"
"Because...... He's my master and I know him too well. Now he is still a little boy, and the little boy will be a little blind and single-minded when he first tastes love. But when he grows up and becomes a domineering hero. The desire and possessiveness for women must be different from what they are now. I can say that no woman can have him alone. In the future, when he becomes famous and has a group of wives and concubines, will there be one less of you?"
"A group of wives and concubines?" Judy gritted her teeth and said, "Teacher Britney, I heard that you are already his maid. According to custom, the maid is to sleep with the master. So, that ...... Then you're Koya's woman, too?"
(To be continued)