Chapter Twenty-Three: The Iron-backed Repeater's First Strike (I)
In the evening, Zhang Tianqi and Liu Yu were called to the Guanfu. When I came to Guan Xing's study, Guan Xing, Zhang Wenyu, Liang Shan and others were all there. Zhang Wenyu said: "How do you feel about today's battle? ”
Zhang Tianqi pondered for a while and said, "Generally speaking, I feel that their weight has been lightened, their speed has become faster, their defense has been enhanced, their weapons have become sharper, and their movements have become more flexible. After the replacement of new equipment, the combat effectiveness has been significantly improved. I just don't know how useful it can be to fight the orcs and demons, after all, their bodies are stronger and their strength is greater. ”
"There will be news in half a month, and the first batch of equipment to the Fancheng Fortress in the northeast has already departed. Guan Xing said, "Let's wait for good news." ”
Outside the east gate of Fancheng Fortress.
A centaur team of 1,000 men lined up and slowly approached with a leisurely pace, standing still four hundred meters away from the fortress, calmly drawing a curved bow and attaching a long arrow. After a shout, the long arrows left their hands and flew towards the fortress tower.
The soldiers defending the castle tower hurriedly dodged and became a mess.
Looking at the chaotic scene on the castle tower, the centaur soldiers couldn't help but laugh wildly. Under the command of Wing Commander Ichiro Matsui, he continued to shoot at the castle tower. After a while, twenty long arrows had been shot, and there was no longer half a figure to be seen on the city tower. Just as Matsui Ichiro waved his hand and prepared to retreat, a mutation occurred.
I don't know when something black came out of the castle tower. Two human warriors were carrying in front, and one was busy in the back. The centaur soldiers outside the fortress looked at the human warriors on the castle tower suspiciously, forgetting to fight back for a moment.
Matsui Ichiro himself was stunned, and when he recovered and ordered the soldiers to evacuate, he only heard a "buzz", and a black and oppressive dark cloud flew towards them quickly.
With the keen gaze of the centaur, Matsui Ichiro finally saw that the rapidly approaching arrows were shining with fine light. There was no time left for him to think about when humanity had a longbow of this range. "Retreat!" Matsui roared. Turning his head and running away desperately.
For a while, the Centaur team became chaotic, some ran back, some had not yet turned around, and some were hit by others. Finally, a sharp arrow pierced the body of one of the centaur soldiers with a "poof", and flew forward for more than ten meters before landing on the ground.
The centaur soldier was knocked to the ground by the massive impact of the arrow. The huge penetrating wound on the body sprayed blood outward. With a scream, he struggled to get back to his feet, and then several sharp arrows hit him, knocking him back to the ground, and a long arrow pinned him to the ground.
The massive loss of blood made his vision blur more and more, and his brain's thinking became dull. In his blurred eyes, he saw his companions fall to the ground one by one, clumps of blood blooming on them. Eventually, he closed his eyes weakly. For him, everything is over.
When the last centaur soldier fell, the human warriors of Fancheng Fortress let out an earth-shattering cheer. Such a victory was too precious for them, and the bows and arrows of the centaur soldiers had always caused them too much damage. Every day on duty on the castle tower, you have to be careful not to be shot by the cold arrows of the centaur soldiers. Now that they finally have weapons that can kill and injure their enemies, each of them is happy from the bottom of their hearts.
The east gate of the fortress slowly opened, and groups of human warriors rushed out, and they happily rushed to the outside of the fortress to clean up the battlefield. Guan Yinglong, the military commander of the Fancheng Fortress, stood on the tower and stared at the blood-stained land under his feet, recalled the entrustment in his father's letter, and thought for a long time, until the vice president reported the results of the battle to him.
"Quickly clean up the battlefield, so that the orcs can't find anything abnormal, and burn all the corpses of the centaurs. Blocking the news, it is strictly forbidden to disclose the situation of our equipment. Those who violate the order will be killed!" Guan Yinglong said, "and immediately summon the generals above the staff general to attend a military meeting." ”
"What? A centaur wing is missing, what mission are they on today, when can't they be contacted?" asked the leader of the Fifth Orc Legion, Tiger Orc Yamamoto Ishone, angrily. The Centaurs were a minority among the orcs, and the Fifth Legion, which had 100,000 men, had only five wings of 5,000 centaur soldiers. Their ranged attack is the most powerful among the orcs. It has always provided fire suppression during the orc attack, and it is an indispensable class. With one-fifth missing in one fell swoop, it's no wonder that Yamamoto's legion grew up furious.
"Captain Matsui said that he was going to walk outside the human fortress of Fancheng to hit the morale of the human race and strengthen the military prestige of our army. Their centaur warriors often do this, because their bows and arrows have a long range and they evacuate quickly, and the humans have always been unable to take them. So・・・・・・" the fox clan staff officer said cautiously.
"Bage! Matsui, this bastard, is because of his pride to make one of the best soldiers of our wing missing. When he comes back, I'll have to bring him to justice. Commander Yamamoto angrily interrupted the fox clan staff officer, "Is there any result of the search?"
"When it was time to return at five o'clock in the afternoon, I found that they had not returned, so I immediately sent a small team of Eagle Scouts. So far, no trace of them has been found, and additional personnel have been sent to continue the search. The fox staff officer said.
"Send in a few more men to find their whereabouts. Commander Yamamoto commanded.
"Yes, I'll do it. The fox clan staff officer immediately replied.
The search lasted all night, and by dawn the search teams had returned. The results of the search were still nothing, and the entire wing seemed to have evaporated without leaving a single clue. The Eagle Man Scout Team even ventured two hundred miles into the territory of the Dragon Empire.
Matsui United had been missing for almost a day, and as time passed, their hopes of survival became even slimmer. Captain Yamamoto's anger is also growing. After another day of searching, Yamamoto finally couldn't take it anymore.
"Take my armor and weapons, pass on my orders, and set off with all the troops in full gear to take the fortress of Fancheng and avenge the Matsui United. Yamamoto instructed the herald.
Hearing Yamamoto's order, the chief of staff on the side, Hashimoto Chi, hurriedly said: "Commander of the legion, please think twice! The Matsui Wing was cut off in such an inexplicable way, it must be some kind of trick used by the humans in Fancheng Fortress." Before finding out about them, the legion commander should not rush into battle, lest he fall into their trap. ”
"Humans will only cower in the fortress to defend, what tricks can they have. With the elite division under my command, I will definitely kill all the humans in the fortress of Fancheng to relieve the hatred in my heart. I don't want to say more, go down and prepare quickly, otherwise military law will be involved. Commander Yamamoto didn't listen to the advice at all and insisted on going into battle.