Chapter 25: Water is invisible
readx; On the plain on the north bank of the Sanggan River, high-ranking officers and cadres such as Daqingshan and Lantian stood in the swamp and looked at the fortress group, behind which was now the big battalion and the big battalion. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIn the past ten days, General Ray Barton has mobilized at least six brigades of regular troops, and at one point has forcibly attacked the continental road. Fortunately, His Excellency Daqingshan made a quick decision and dug up all the two mainland highways overnight, completely breaking his thoughts.
"My lord, I don't know anything about the lower officials, why does General Ray Barton continue to increase troops here, while we keep withdrawing troops from here?"
"Oh......" Da Qingshan nodded, in order to prevent too many people, up to now, Amy's plan was only known to three or four people, and Lu'er didn't know, and now, he had to continue to dig a pit with His Excellency Lantian: "I asked them to dig a pit elsewhere, I'm worried that if Earl Ray Barton is bent on reinforcing Scambrai, if he goes around to the west of Jiashui, it will be more troublesome." ”
"That'...... How's Scambray doing now?"
"Good. They dig a lot more holes than we do. The corners of Da Qingshan's mouth curved, revealing a hint of a smile.
Grand Duke Lantian didn't know what to say. What's wrong with your Excellency Daqingshan now? Why do you get involved in digging pits every day? Even the battle situation is described as digging pits? Is that everyone going to the Huayu Plain to compete and dig pits, and which side digs big and deep, even if they win this pan-continental war?
"General Lantian, in a few days I want to go to the west along Jiashui to see the swamp situation there, and I will leave this line to you. By the way, do not lower my banner, lest the enemy discover my intentions. ”
"Okay, but my lord must leave some Jing Rui on my side, don't take them all away. ”
"Yes. The heavy infantry brigade of the Knights of the Colorful Dragon Knights was all left, as well as half of the dwarven troops, all the berserker troops, and a third of the great swordsman troops. "Daqingshan already knows that Count Raybaton and the dragon knight Yemoda went to the Sangan River again at noon the day before yesterday, and if they didn't guess wrong, they should have gone to the pirate legion again. If it can be said that the pirate army can attack, then the Sanggan River Theater will definitely not continue to break northward - the pirate army will send reinforcements to the north in a big way, and the Sanggan River Theater will once again return to the predicament before the pirate king joined the war, with Alcatraz Island in the south, Jielin in the east, and a small mercenary group in the north, and they can only hope to defend the river. Therefore, Grand Duke Lantian's worries were superfluous.
But that's okay, the Grand Duke of Lantian has done a good defensive posture, and it will inevitably be noticed by Sanganhe, and finally send the news to the Pirate King and Scambray City, which is a good thing. Da Qingshan just felt a little unbearable, and he was so busy that he was busy with seniors like the Grand Duke of Lantian, and he was not busy.
Grand Duke Caterina looked at Yemoda, who was also a dragon knight, with interest, it is said that this guy is a side descendant of the four major families like himself, and he finally became a dragon knight by his own strength, and it was only because of repeated defeats in front of the small mercenary group that he was taken from the position of the commander of the legion.
Thinking of this, the red-haired archduke had a sneer on the corner of her mouth. For the small mercenary group that was rumored to be miraculous by the four continents, of course, as well as its four main officers, such as the Golden Brain, the Holy Dragon Knight, etc., the female Grand Duke thought it was an exaggeration. Wherever the pirate legion went, the small mercenary group lost more than ten cities in a row, and the only thing that surprised Archduke Caterina was that the speed at which the small mercenary group escaped was really amazing, otherwise, it would definitely catch bigger fish, such as Horns, Chi Aotian, Daqingshan or something, but unfortunately it was said that the head of the regiment was not at home.
As for Yemoda and Raybarton's repeated emphasis on the small mercenary group's newly invented swamp defense network and earthen siege just now, the Grand Duke didn't take it to heart at all, and for the crab knights and the more advanced sea otter knights, these defensive measures should not be of any use.
"Honorable Dragon Knight, you have really given me a problem, I have been ordered to occupy the Sangan River and reinforce the city of Scambrai to the north, which is beyond my purview. Caterina had a charming smile on her face: "I really can't help it. ”
A trace of embarrassment floated on Yemoda's face, the rules of the four major families are strict, and no one is allowed to cross them, and he also knows that such a major matter requires at least the family elders and above to decide, this time, if it weren't for the chief of staff of the Western Emperor's base camp nodding, it would be impossible for Reynolds to send an invitation in the name of the Western Emperor's family: "Your Excellency the beautiful duke, things are urgent, once Scambrai is captured, the holy war in the entire Eminole continent will fall into a trough, I think the Pirate King family definitely doesn't want to see this." ”
While speaking, the dragon knight took out a letter: "This is a little bit of the heart of His Majesty the Emperor of Burmeyang, not a tribute." Yemoda had already read the contents of the letter, and where was a little heart, and he wished that his whole heart was bleeding.
"You're so gracious, or you would have stayed with me for two days, and there would have been news in two days. With a touching smile on her face, Caterina handed the letter to the female guard next to her, and whispered an explanation.
"Xia Guan really wants to stay and see the hundred battle iron divisions under the command of the Grand Duke, but the siege of Scambrai has reached the point of imminence, and he is in a hurry, so he must go back to defend the city and wait for the next opportunity. "Yemoda has long heard of this extremely beautiful female pirate, and she is synonymous with murder and cruelty, and the entire Southern Ocean, including the Dark Jing Spirit, has to retreat. And it is rumored that this female pirate also has some special hobbies, as a dragon knight Yemoda lacks nothing, but she doesn't want to touch her own head.
"Oh, that's just going to have to wait for next time. The red-haired archduchess had a look of regret on her face.
It was really two days later that the Earl of Raybaton received a letter from an albatross knight, the content of which was extremely simple: "That is, I will wave my troops north, and ask Your Excellency to arrange a guide." Grand Duke Caterina. ”
The Earl breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately arranged for his four Phantom Beast Knights to report to the Sangan River, and then transferred half of the army behind the fortress group to the south to defend Alcatraz.
"The plan is going well, the enemy ship has moved, and it should not go north. Daqingshan got the report of the dwarf knight, and after writing the text message, he woke up Lu'er, who was sweetly smacking on his bed: "Give it to Amy, I guess you have to go to Horns again." ”
"Hmph......" Lu'er rubbed her sleepy eyes, muttering and complaining: "I sleep later than dogs, wake up earlier than chickens, dry more than cows, and eat worse than pigs." There is no place for me in the poor world...... Woohoo......"
The corners of Daqingshan's mouth bent, and he smiled and patted the little guy's fat little buttocks, and the fat trembled in six directions, and the food was worse than that of a pig? What kind of concept would it be to eat better than a pig? Daqingshan really couldn't think of it.
Lu'er stuck out her tongue, bared her little tiger teeth, transformed into a bird, and disappeared into the window with a bamboo tube in her mouth.
Seeing Lu'er leave, the smile on Da Qingshan's face became solemn little by little. Amy's plan seems to be getting closer and closer to success, but can it really be done? The pirate skeleton army seems to be going north, but it must follow the route Amy envisioned? There is really more than one route to the north. Daqingshan couldn't eat it either, he knew that Amy couldn't eat it either, otherwise, Amy wouldn't need to follow closely behind Chi Aotian's expeditionary force...... This time, the northern theater has made a bloody investment, more than 300,000 people have been transferred, and now it is early in March, it is the busy agricultural period, Daqingshan has not planted fields, but looking at the appearance of those people and women who are in a hurry when planting grass in the swamp and repeatedly ask to return as soon as possible to replant crops, Daqingshan also understands that the season waits for no one. If this battle doesn't go well, or even if it really makes the Pirate Skeleton Legion and Scambray Battle Zone meet, that's the real headache.
Like Daqingshan, Horns also withdrew his troops quietly, quietly sending out one of the grassland jingling archers and the forest jingling archers, and only said to the other officers and cadres that they were guarding against enemy reinforcements from the south.
It's just that Horns is even more anxious to get on fire, Tucheng is steadily advancing towards Scambrai City at a speed of about three meters a day, and now the bed crossbow on the regimental city has been able to reach Tucheng, every day from morning to night, the crossbow arrows from the bed crossbow shè put the front of the earth mountain shè and the hedgehog is no different, at a distance of 500 meters, the heavy shield can withstand the bed crossbow fierce shè. If you advance a few dozen meters further, it is estimated that it will ...... The strong crossbow runs through the shield, and even if the shield can't be pierced, the person behind the shield will definitely be shocked and his internal organs will be oozing blood. By about 400 meters, Scambrai's large catapult would be able to smash onto the slopes of the dirt hills. Of course, the catapults of the small mercenary group should also be able to smash into the walls of Scambrai. The real bloodshed probably began at that time.
With less than 20,000 mercenaries and regular troops in his hands, he will certainly not be able to support the city of Tucheng and the city of Scambrai when the walls of Scambrai are closed. Horns is well aware of this.
However, now we can't stop, and now we rely on the pressure of Tucheng to attract the pressure of Dahaino, Renor and others, once we stop here, even if we can't think of the little mercenary group having other plans, Dahaino will definitely use other methods to put pressure on the small mercenary group, but it may put the little mercenary group in a predicament.
In short, the two main officers of the small mercenary group are now in trouble.
On the sixteenth day of February in the summer of the eighth year of the Magical Calendar, the Pirate Skeleton Legion Sangan River Cluster marched north. More than 60 flat-ground warships and more than 120 crab claw boats straightened their sails, and this season it happened to be a southeast wind again, and the sails were pulled at a 45° angle, and the fleet was heading westward. The water of the Sanggan River originally flowed from east to west, the sails borrowed the power of the wind, the boats borrowed the power of the water, and the white waves rolled in the channel more than 1,000 meters wide.
Before the outbreak of the Pan-Continental War, the largest ship of Eminole could accommodate up to 100 sailors or samurai, and could sail for 60 ri, but after the outbreak of the Pan-Continental War, the maximum number of soldiers on the ships of Fanos had exceeded 200.
The largest warship of the Pirate King's forces can accommodate 600 soldiers, which is the famous "building ship" during the War of the Gods.
This kind of ship is extremely domineering, and a long time ago it had two nicknames: "Water Giant" and "Moving Fortress", which can be seen from this.
There are three six-meter-long punches in the bow of the ship, wrapped in thick iron sheets, and the iron sheets are covered with inverted nails; there are three rows of crossbows on both sides of the ship, and there are ten bed crossbows at the highest point, with an effective distance of 400 meters; in addition to four bed crossbows, there are two catapults in the stern of the ship.
This is not all the combat power of the building boat, two meters above the waterline of the building boat, six crab claws are hung on the left and right sides of Meng Chong.
The battle of the building ship on the water has no opponent at all, and if the distance is far, it is a bed crossbow shot; the distance is close, and the rampage goes straight ahead, and the ordinary warship is hit by the rushing wood of the building ship no matter what angle, and basically loses the right to study the shipyard; once it falls into a scuffle or there is no wind at sea, the 12 crab claws Meng Chong can put down 180 sailors in one breath, just like 12 silver sè lightning snakes attacking in all directions. Not only can the building ship fight on the water, if it faces the army or city on land, the building ship will be like a fortress, constantly throwing crossbows and boulders at the enemy.
Caterina is very confident in Lou Chuan, the warriors of Crab Rider and Octopus Knight, compared with Lou Ship, are small skills of carving insects, and only Lou Ship is the capital of the Pirate King Family to dominate the world.
2,000 years ago, when the Pirate King landed on the big island south of the Fanos continent and established the country, he once gathered 24 ships into four teams, and for 12 months, he smashed all the cities built by the island's natives along the coast into quarries, and finally forced the entire island country to surrender. The Grand Duke now has eight ships under his command, so the Grand Duke has been looking forward to having an opportunity to command the ship himself, and the small mercenary group is lined up on the shore, the Grand Duke doesn't mind giving a lesson to those cute boys, and the Grand Duke has thought of the topic: half blood and half flame.
After sailing dozens of miles to the west, it was Jiashui Bay, where all the bows of the ships were raised, and thousands of sails changed directions at the same time, and the fleet immediately headed north against the water.
"Send out scouts and keep the 40-mile jing. The Grand Duke gave the order, and the two Albatross knights of the Pirate King family left the ship and searched in the northeast and northwest directions respectively.
"Dear Grand Duke, there is no need for this, Jiashui flows due south and north, there are no mountains or hills on both sides, and there are only occasional groves along the coast. Not long ago, the small mercenary group created a large muddy swamp here, and rest assured, no army can ambush your great fleet here. The phantom beast knight sent by the Sangan River War Zone to serve as a guide had a smile on his face and said to Caterina that the knights would be the most polite to beautiful women.
"Hmph......" The delicate Grand Duke sneered: "I don't think there's anything remarkable about the Golden Brain and the Holy Dragon Knight, but I don't want to capsize in this small ditch." ”