Section III
Although Ming Yu lost his body, he was not subjected to any inhumane abuse. Of course, this is the opinion of Zichuan Xiu, and Ming Yu, who is the party concerned, has a different opinion. Elder Boudin also valued him very much, and specially summoned him to him, treating him as a general who could fight well and had rich combat experience, and consulted on combat policies. According to Ming Yu's observation, Boudin's physical condition was so poor that he couldn't even sit up, so he could only half-lean on the side of the bed and talk to himself, saying that he would rest for a few minutes, and he saw him vomit blood twice. Although there are many generals around Boudin, there are no who can take charge of themselves, but there are many people with mixed opinions, everyone is arguing, and the battle plan has not yet been unified. It wasn't until Ling Buxu arrived in Minsk Province that everyone finally reached a consensus and decided to attack head-on. Before the troops departed, Elder Boudan ordered Ming Yu to be released back into the army of the King of Light.
"The troops set out at noon today, and they didn't even wait for reinforcements to arrive. It is said that Ling Buxu's vanguard was less than a hundred kilometers away from them at that time. ”
Shikawa Shu looked at the map for a moment, drew a straight line from Minsk to Ilya, the line covered the outline of the blue and black sè on the map, the winding mountains and rivers, and finally the tip of the pen stayed on a high ground called Red River Bay on the border between Minsk and Ilya provinces. Zichuan Xiu raised his head: "That means that tomorrow they will encounter it." ”
The next day, on the sixteenth day of August of the year of 782, the sixteenth day of the year passed uneventfully in the anxious waiting of the people, and many of the spies sent out turned back one after another, and reported that the Far Eastern army under the command of Elder Boudin was so large that the queue meandered for more than thirty kilometers, and that the advance had already crossed the Greywater River, but the rear army and the baggage had not yet moved. In the afternoon of the same day, the Far Eastern army was indeed stationed on the heights of Red River Bay and began to set up camp.
At dusk, Ling Buxu's demon army also arrived at the battlefield, and took down on the other side of the high ground, building fortifications and arranging camps, as if they were going to live here for a long time. More than 300,000 troops looked at each other from a distance of 10 kilometers.
It was a really unexpected start. Boudin concentrated the heavy troops of the whole Far East, and kept saying that he would avenge the tragedy of Chernno, and in everyone's expectation, he would inevitably attack with a thunderous storm at the beginning of the encounter, without sparing a hand; and Ling Buxu, who received the kingdom's urgent withdrawal order, stayed alone in the hinterland of the Far East, seeing that the enemy was gathering more and more, no matter from any point of view, a long war would be unfavorable to him, but he had time to dig trenches, arrange fortifications, and put on a posture of long-term coexistence with Elder Boudin.
August 17, 782, from the morning the day sè has been yīn composed. At noon, the wind suddenly blew up, and clouds poured up from the sky, and the heavens and the earth suddenly darkened, and there was a rumbling thunder on the horizon, and the wind blew for a while, and the raindrops of soybeans crackled and fell.
In the tent of the Chinese military camp, several leaders of the Xiuzi battalion were discussing the situation. I don't know who brought it up, and everyone enthusiastically discussed the impending big battle, and the opinions were almost overwhelming, and they all thought that Boudin had a strong army, sufficient supplies, and a good chance of victory.
Zichuan Xiu commented: "Both sides have their own advantages in this battle, Boudan is superior in strength and supplies, the troops he commands are several times more than Ling Buxu, and the internal battle can get a steady stream of reinforcements. However, Boudin's disadvantage was that the army under his command was hastily mobilized from all over the country, lacking tacit understanding and discipline with each other, and he lacked a sharp knife force, which was to be the backbone of the whole army, and to be able to tear through the enemy's defenses, smash the enemy's vital points, and collapse the enemy—no matter how many troops there were, there must always be such a force to open the battle, and this was the role played by the Xiuzi battalion in the past.
On the contrary, the Southwest Legion is a battle-hardened army, one of the most sharp legions in the kingdom, and the soldiers are all brave men who can fight well, with strong explosive power and impact, but their disadvantage is that they are in the hinterland of the enemy and cannot replenish their losses. ”
Shirakawa pondered: "This battle is very similar to the Battle of Kearney a year ago. ”
Ming Yu was shocked: "Really! As soon as you say that, I remember, it's really almost exactly the same as the situation in the Battle of Kearney! So, the situation of the elders is not advantageous!"
"If you want to decide the outcome within a day or two, Ling Buxu's victory is relatively large. If Boudin can withstand the onslaught of Ling Buxu and drag on the war, victory will surely belong to the Far East. ”
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and they were talking lively, and there was a slight sound of rapid horses' hooves in the distance, and Zi Chuanxiu opened the door curtain curiously, and immediately, the fierce north wind with raindrops rushed to the face, hitting the face painfully. In the hazy rain curtain, several black spots on the Far Eastern Highway were rapidly expanding, and several half-orc cavalry galloping in front of them appeared. The cavalrymen all bowed their heads and bowed down, and hurried away with their horses, and the horses' hooves trampled on the mud and stained the horses' bellies.
Zichuan Xiu's mind moved. He immediately ordered: "Sentinels, stop them!"
The wind and rain were too loud, I don't know if I didn't hear it or I was sluggish, Zi Chuanxiu shouted for a long time but no one came out to intercept it. The speed of the cavalry was too fast, and they pounced in front of them in an instant, and they were about to rush over, so Zi Chuanxiu had to rush into the rain curtain by himself, and he rushed to the middle of the road at once, and the rain that hit his face made him unable to open his eyes.
Facing the cavalry, he raised his head and shouted, "Stop!
Suddenly, he rushed onto the road, and the war horse neighed loudly in fright, and raised its front legs high, and the strong wind almost washed Zichuan Xiu down. One of the horsemen fell heavily from his horse and fell heavily into the muddy water with a "snap". He immediately got up and shouted angrily, "Bastard, are you crazy?"
Zi Chuanxiu ignored him, he looked at the style of the saddle of this group of half-orc cavalry war horses and the red pendant hanging down, and his heart throbbed: This is the Far Eastern cavalry that he set up by himself! He raised his head, half of his face was covered by the wet broken hair on his forehead, and his eyes showed a compelling light that people dare not look at: "You are riding the Sixth Regiment! Where is your regiment commander Dekun?"
The drenched man exuded an awe-inspiring aura, and the cavalrymen suddenly felt that this was by no means something to be taken lightly. They retreated, and one asked, "Who are you?"
Zi Chuanxiu slowly raised his head and said word by word, "King of Light!"
The three words were like lightning flashing through the sky, instantly shocking everyone. The cavalrymen immediately turned over and dismounted, you look at me, I look at you, at a loss. I don't know who was the first to take the lead, and the soldiers fell to their knees on the muddy road, their knees splashed with muddy water. The leading soldier replied in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, we are from the second team of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, and I am the squad leader, and we have just come over from the Red River Bay." ”
"Honghewan, our army has won a great victory?" Zi Chuanxiu suddenly thought of something, his sword eyebrows straightened, and his voice was terrifyingly low: "Dare to love, are you escaping from the battle?"
"Your Highness, we didn't fight, but we also lost. It's not just a few of us who are fleeing, our whole army is running away, if we don't leave, are we waiting to be called Ling Buxu to cut off his head?"
"How is that possible!" Zi Chuanxiu was so shocked that his hair straightened, and he hurriedly asked, "What about the elders?"
"The elders are dead, the generals have fled, the army has fled, and now, the demon cubs are chasing after us and killing them!
"What are you talking about!?" Blood rushed to his head, and a dazzling snow-white appeared in front of him, and Shikawa Xiu took a step back unsteadily. Determined, he shouted: "Nonsense! A few of you became deserters, and because you were afraid of punishment, you made up lies, right? We have so many soldiers and horses, how can Ling Buxu defeat us? You are lying, yes, you must be lying!" Zi Chuanxiu's voice became lower and lower, and his tone even seemed to be pleading: "Sue me, you are lying! Say, don't be afraid, I will not punish you." He looked pleading and looked pitifully at the cavalrymen.
One by one, the soldiers turned their heads away from him, their faces showing pain.
Zi Chuanxiu's patience finally broke out, and he suddenly pounced on him and grabbed the collar of the orc soldier: "Sue me, you are lying! Say, say, say, you made it all up!" He shook violently, and the stout orc soldier was as powerless as a baby, and his neck was about to break, and his eyes were white, just like a leaf in the wind.
Someone from behind pounced and held down Zichuan Xiu, and Shirakawa shouted, "My lord, stop it!
Shikawa Shu let go of his hand and "plopped", and the half-orc soldier fell to the ground all at once, convulsing and struggling on the ground, and vomiting heavily. He looked around the remaining soldiers fiercely, and they showed terrified expressions, but no one retreated, and although they were panicked, their eyes were open.
So Shikawa Shu knew that an unprecedented disaster had come. He whimpered weakly, covered his face with his hands in pain, and let the rain pour down on him, his eyes hollow. When I looked up, the sky was full of darkness and oppression, and the dark clouds were so low that they were about to press overhead.
At this time, he calmed down and pointed to a half-orc soldier: "You, you tell me carefully, what happened?"
The soldier had already stood up, but when he saw Zi Chuanxiu asking him, he hurriedly knelt down again: "Back to Your Highness, I'm afraid only the Great God of Audi knows what happened! Overnight, without a single battle, our army collapsed like this, and no one can figure this out clearly!"
"Speak slowly, start from the beginning!"
"Your Highness, yesterday during the day, our army and Ling Buxu's men and horses met in Red River Bay. The vanguard scout troops fought several times against the small forces of the demon army, each with a win or a loss. The main forces of both sides did not move, and the day passed like this.
In the evening, our 6th Cavalry Regiment was assigned the task of jǐng ring and stationed at the rear of the camp. In the middle of the night, we heard someone shouting from the Chinese army, and then the noise grew louder and louder. Everyone was surprised, but they didn't dare to leave their posts without receiving orders. Soon after, the herald came to inform us that there was a disturbance in the camp, and that our superiors ordered us to go to the camp to maintain order at once.
When we got there, we were stunned: there was a sea of people gathered in front of the Chinese Military Academy, at least tens of thousands of people, and the roar was so loud that it was a riot! The soldiers shouted one after another: 'Elder, elder, elder, come out to meet us!' We went up to persuade everyone to be quiet, but our hundreds of people were like sand in the sea in the crowd, and it had no effect at all. Moreover, they told us that Elder Boudin, who was the commander, was dead, and that the officials of the headquarters had slipped away, and that we had been betrayed. As a result, even we ourselves are terrified.
Half of the soldiers of the battalion came out, and the commander did not come out to maintain order after making such a fuss. Several of our guards at the closer point heard that there was a fierce quarrel in the command camp of the headquarters, and we didn't know who was arguing with whom. Everyone flocked to the camp to see Elder Boudin, the commander-in-chief, but the elder refused to come out to see us, only General Bran of the headquarters came out and asked everyone to be quiet and go back to the camp to rest -- but who would listen to him! There were torches everywhere, there was noise everywhere, shouting everywhere, there was chaos everywhere, everyone was shouting: "Where is the commander?", "We want to see Elder Boudin!"
The tumult continued until two o'clock in the night, when General Bran finally had to admit that Elder Boudin had indeed just died. As soon as the news was made public, the entire barracks exploded, and the soldiers shouted: "Without elders, we will never fight!" The officials of the high command could not suppress the situation at all, not to mention that they themselves were panicking. It is said that as soon as he heard that the elder had just lost his breath, Soth, a member of the command, immediately fled, and took his own people with him. The snake troops stationed in the Dongying area left the camp in groups and groups.
At two o'clock in the middle of the night, we suddenly received an urgent order to intercept the deserters who had left the garrison without permission, and the soldiers and horses of the 6th Cavalry Regiment formed a long line to block the east entrance of the camp, and we and the soldiers and horses of the Snake Tribes were in a stalemate there for a while. There, Lord Buson shouted slogans to them, ordering them to return to their respective stations immediately. But somehow, the noise inside the camp became louder and louder, and more and more people gathered at the door to leave. They shouted at us, "It's almost over! If we don't leave, the demon cubs will be killed!"
"The elder is dead, and all the officials have run away, so are we left to wait for death?"
In the confusion, the Snake Clan's centaurs wanted to force a breakthrough, cut a few of us and drove them back with their sabers, Lord Busen shouted: "If you don't return to the camp, you will escape from the battle, and there will be no mercy!" The group of soldiers were shocked, and some began to obey the order to go back. But at this moment, the earth shook violently, and a thunderous roar was heard in the distance, and the earth shook: "Wagra!" A torch appeared in the east, and Ling Buxu of the demon clan marched towards us.
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