Chapter Eighty-Five: The Battle of Filling the Ditch
The town of Sorad was already densely packed, with countless black feathered arrows stuck in the streets. Under the attack of several waves of enemy arrows, many officers and soldiers of the Imperial Fourth Army were wounded by arrows, although they were protected by houses, buildings and shields.
When the enemy stopped firing arrows and was about to find another way to attack, the Fourth Army immediately began to treat the wounded, and after counting the casualties, it reported to the command post of the army in the town.
When the army commander Higgins heard this, he said: "Only fourteen people were sacrificed and seventy-five were wounded." And our army released only one arrow, and the enemy lost at least a thousand fighters. This is a victory! Notify me and commend all the officers and men of the [***] Brigade. And order all units to be ready for the second attack of the enemy!"
"Yes, Commander!"
In fact, at this moment, the second attack of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom has already begun. In the Liujin River, hundreds of soldiers of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom who are skilled and skilled in water are quietly swimming down the river to the left flank of Sorad Town. Their aim was to go ashore by surprise and launch an attack on the defenders of the town. Create chaos to prevent the Ponsin Empire from organizing an effective arrow defense, and create favorable conditions for your army to quickly remove obstacles in front of the town. As long as the trench is filled, then when the cavalry storms, the battle will almost be over.
But though they are silent and almost sneak there. But the movement of hundreds of people was still discovered by the defenders of the Pang Xin Empire guarding the roof on the left. Suddenly, the town was filled with shouts of "enemy troops found". Then a small group of archers quickly rushed to the shore, stretched out their bows and arrows, and attacked the enemy who came from the river.
It's just that although dozens of people were shot, the enemy troops still went ashore. One of the first enemies appears to be the leader of the operation. He was shirtless, with a long sword in his mouth. As soon as he came ashore, he immediately grabbed his sword in his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, kill me!"
As he spoke, he jumped up dripping from the water and pounced straight at the small group of Ponsin Imperial soldiers who were firing arrows. The archers immediately turned with their bows and fired their arrows at the man. But I saw that the man's air suddenly flashed with blue light, and his fighting spirit exploded, and those arrows were all shocked by his protective fighting energy. By the time the soldiers of the Pang Xin Empire were horrified to discover that he was a high-level swordsman, and wanted to shoot him with a magic breath-breaking arrow, it was too late. As soon as the person fell, in the flash of the sword light, more than a dozen archers immediately died in a different place!
Guarding the river side of the town of Solad was a squadron of the Fourth Army's [***] team. The squadron leader had already heard the news at this moment and rushed with hundreds of soldiers, and fought head-on with the attack troops of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom that had come ashore. The battle was small, but it was extremely fierce. Although the troops that came to attack the Zhuang Khan Kingdom were only a few hundred people, almost all of them were good at swordsmanship. There are more than a dozen of them, and they even have a blue fighting spirit. The leader was even more powerful, under the sword of his green fighting spirit, the blockers were clothed, and no one was his opponent. Soon, these hundreds of topless enemy soldiers had already stormed the town and killed the defense line in front of the town.
The shouts of killing from the left wing of the town alarmed the captain of the [***] team at the entrance of the street. He turned his head and shouted, "What's going on, why is there a sound of fighting in the town?"
At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "Report to the captain, a group of soldiers from the Zhuang Khan Kingdom have been found on the riverbank. They have lurked through the Liujin River to our positions and are attacking the town!"
The captain glared and shouted, "What? How many of them are there?"
"Report to the captain, about three hundred people!"
"What is there to be nervous about more than 300 people? Order your squadron leader to immediately organize troops and destroy this enemy force!"
"But...... Our squadron leader has already been killed! The enemy seems to be proficient in swordsmanship, and it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to stop them! The captain should quickly find a way to stop them from entering the town!"
The captain's eyes widened, and he immediately shouted: "The 152nd squadron is immediately assembled, follow me to the river to fight!
As soon as the words fell, the military order was like a mountain. A squadron leader quickly ran to the open ground and shouted: "One hundred and fifty-two squadrons, assemble in front of me!"
Then the soldiers of the 152nd Squadron on various combat posts ran out one after another and quickly assembled in front of the squadron leader. At this moment, a soldier on the defensive line suddenly shouted: "Captain, look, the enemy is moving!"
The captain immediately turned around, and saw a group of enemy soldiers on the plain with shields in hand and sacks of earth on their shoulders. He was slowly leaving his own camp and marching neatly towards the trench in front of the town.
When the captain saw this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, thinking that the enemy was a two-pronged attack, and it seemed that he was determined to fill the trenches and strive for a quick victory. With the protection of the shield, it is difficult to shoot them to death with a bow and arrow. So it is only a matter of time before the enemy fills the trenches, and what should be done in this situation?
At this time, the captain of the [***] team, who was guarding the right side of the street, rushed out and shouted: "Captain Franco, the enemy is about to start filling the ditch again." For now, the only way to do this is to send a force out to stop it, and we must not let them fill the ditch easily! I think this sortie will let our [***] team take over! But I need the support of your [***] team's bow and arrow, and the troops who cannot let me attack will be attacked by the enemy's second wave of troops!
The captain immediately understood, and immediately said: "Don't worry, I'm here, and I will never let the enemy's follow-up troops get close to your department for half a step!"
"Thank you!" [***] The captain saluted him, and immediately turned around and shouted: "Except for the three squadrons of one hundred and sixty-one, one hundred and sixty-two, and one hundred and sixty-three, who are defending in place, the rest of the squadrons will gather and go out with me to kill the enemy!"
The [***] team over there quickly consolidated and became a busy mess. And the captain of [***] also turned around and said, "Notify the [***] team on the second line and ask them to send troops to support the battle by the river." Our brigade immediately formed an arrow formation to support the charge of the [***] team!"
At this time, thousands of enemy troops with shields on their heads and sacks on their shoulders had already arrived in front of the trench and were carefully pouring soil into the trench. Seeing that the troops had just been assembled, the captain did not speak, pulled out the war knife at his waist, picked up a shield, and shouted: "Sons, show your courage and kill the enemy with me!"
With that, he jumped out of the defensive circle and rushed out of the town. Then thousands of [***] soldiers also shouted: "Kill!" and immediately swarmed out of the town.
Because he had to cross the ditch to fight, the captain of the [***] team was afraid that the brothers of the [***] team would suffer a loss when they crossed the ditch, so he hurriedly shouted: "[***] team, two hundred steps of the enemy ditch filling troops in front of the target, prepare bows and arrows!"
The soldiers were well-trained and moved in unison, and immediately drew their bows and arrows and aimed outward. Thousands of warbows were drawn and rattled, ready to go. After estimating the time, the captain waved his right hand and shouted, "Release!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a loud sound of "Peng", and nearly 10,000 feather arrows had already left the string, roaring and rushing towards the enemy who was filling in the ditch. When the enemy saw the rain of arrows covering the sky, they immediately stopped filling the earth and crouched down and put their shields on their heads. After a torrential rain of arrows, the warriors of the [***] team also arrived just in time!
The captain took the lead, leaped with all his might, jumped over the trench as wide as three horses, shouted to kill, and attacked the enemy. The other fighters didn't bounce as well as him, so they had to go down the ditch and climb up again. Fortunately, the enemy troops were only here to fill the ditch and were not prepared for battle. Although he stood up at the beginning, he tried desperately to stop Pang Xindi's [***] team from coming up. But it didn't take long for more and more soldiers of the Pang Xin Empire to cross the ditch and enter the battle, gradually forming a melee, and killing a large circle, so that the follow-up troops could calmly cross the ditch.
Next to the trench, there is already a sound of killing!
There was a stir in the array of King Zhuang Khan, and immediately several troops moved and prepared to come for reinforcements. The team had already prepared, and under the order of the captain, nearly 10,000 bows were re-mounted. As soon as the enemy's reinforcements entered the firing range, they immediately planned to shoot him on his back!
However, at this moment, the enemy troops who filled the ditch suddenly retreated. Almost all of them stopped fighting, turned around and ran. And the arrow array in the enemy army has also been formed, just waiting for their own people to retreat, and ten thousand arrows will be fired.
The captain immediately commanded the troops: "Don't chase, the shield is ready, slowly withdraw to the town!"
The soldiers of the [***] team immediately defended their bodies with shields and began to retreat. At this time, the feather arrows in King Zhuang Khan[***] began to shoot.
In the town of Sorad, those bareback soldiers of the Zhuang Khan Kingdom were extremely fierce, and at this time they had killed less than fifty paces away from the streets of the town. At this moment, a squadron of the [***] team hurried to reinforcements. It was a full squadron, a thousand men. When the enemy leader saw this, he immediately ordered his companions: "Everyone disperse at once and fight separately to avoid being destroyed by the enemy." Our aim is to disrupt the enemy's deployment and cause confusion among the enemy. Hold on until our army successfully storms the town, and that is victory!"
"Yes!" As soon as the subordinates heard this, they immediately split up and went into the streets, ready to wreak havoc at any time. As soon as the leader finished speaking, he jumped up and ran into a house.
It's just that as soon as he went to the room, he saw a person standing on the roof, also holding a long sword, and said to him in a deep voice: "Death is on the verge of death, do you still want to destroy it?"
The leader didn't think about it, and stabbed his sword at the man. Originally, he thought that it would not be easy and ordinary to kill an ordinary soldier with the means of his high-level swordsman, but unexpectedly, the man did not dodge or dodge, the long sword stood out, and with a bang, he actually blocked it casually.
The leader was taken aback, and quickly jumped away to take a closer look. But I saw that the man was wearing a silver battle armor, and a white cloak fluttering in the wind. In the Pangsin Empire, such a costume shows that this person is a general, at least an officer at the level of the group army!
(To be continued)