6. The Decisive Battle of the Wild Sands Chapter 345 Secretly Crossing the Great Rift Valley
The herald who shouted ran out in front of the opposing formation, and shouted loudly: "The main general on the other side, come out for a dialogue." β
Lydia kicked the chocobo and was about to go out, but was stopped by the young man, "The defender of the Rift Fortress, Orn, known as the executioner of the sword, is invincible in his sword skills, so the princess should be careful." β
Lydia nodded, and asked, "Who is here, the legendary executioner of the sword?" β
Orn nodded, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, since you have heard my name, you should know that if you want to pass through here, you must first ask about my knife." β
Lydia smiled, "It would be easier to be as neat as you are." β
The two didn't say much, and immediately put on a posture. Ouen stood on the battlefield with a single sword in his hand, wearing heavy armor, and his eyes were determined on the battlefield. Lydia stood heroically across from her spear in her hand. The two looked at each other for a moment, as if the whole world had stood still.
Suddenly, Orn charged, like a bolt of lightning piercing the night sky. His knives were razor-sharp, each with the sound of breaking through the air, pointing directly at Lydia's vital point.
Lydia, on the other hand, was unhurried and took it in stride. Her spear danced like a swimming dragon, stabbing Orn in the chest and sweeping across his legs. The battle between the two was extremely fierce, and after twenty rounds, there was no winner or loser.
But twenty rounds is already the limit of Orn.
He clearly felt that the young female knight in front of him was just testing his own details. In those twenty rounds, Lydia had at least four chances to poke holes in Orn's body. But Lydia's spear just shook a flower, leaving a scratch on his armor and retracted.
Orn felt the chill and didn't dare to fight Lydia any more. The long knife in his hand shook Lydia in the face, and she turned around and hurried towards the fortress.
The soldiers in the fortress immediately pulled up the drawbridge, and the city gates were closed. Seeing this, Lydia did not chase after her, so she simply made a spear move and withdrew to the barracks.
After Oun fled back to the fortress, he was still terrified and couldn't calm down for a long time. One of his subordinates whispered, "General, is that woman really so powerful?" β
"Awesome, how can it not be awesome." "Haven't you heard of the name of Lydia, the 'Princess of Fire'?" single-handedly rushed the demon camp twelve times, picked the demon overseers with guns, and blew up the demon elders, even the demon king shook his head when he saw it. β
The subordinates hurriedly patted their horses, "The general was able to draw with her just now, and her strength is not bad." β
Orn snorted and laughed to himself, "I just ran away a little faster." This woman's marksmanship is tricky and fierce, even if the five gods of war come over, she may not be able to win. β
At this point, Orn suddenly remembered something, and ordered, "Hurry up and write me an urgent message, and ask Marshal Darius to send troops to the rescue as soon as possible." β
His subordinates wrote a letter and asked the messenger to send him back to the ruined capital as soon as possible. He turned his head and proposed: "The Red Pavilion army is menacing, and we must not underestimate the enemy. The city walls should be strengthened, bows and arrows should be stockpiled, and falling rocks should be reserved, and only defended but not attacked, and they will definitely be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive. β
Upon feeling justified, he immediately ordered all the soldiers in the fortress to actively prepare for battle, and the number of crossbowmen on the city walls was doubled, and they worked in shifts day and night.
Lydia first asked the soldiers to go to the front of the battle to shout and challenge, but they did not receive the goods. He also asked the craftsmen to build a chariot and planned to storm the fortress, but they were beaten by the bows and crossbows and catapults in the fortress.
Mira couldn't stand this and wanted to shoot the soldiers on the fortress with a flying fork. But no matter how invincible she is, she can't withstand the range of the enemy's trebuchet. I thought I could hit a few enemies, but I didn't expect to run away to avoid falling rocks, and I didn't throw a fork.
And this deed of running wild before the battle has become an important black history of young people laughing at Mira.
In this way, after three days of calling for battle, and after three days of storming, Lydia suddenly gave an order: only three or five people should be sent to the front of the fortress to call for battle, and the others were waiting in the barracks.
At this moment, Orn suddenly felt that he had an opportunity, and immediately picked up his weapon and prepared to go into battle, hacking all those small soldiers to death.
But just as I was about to assemble the army, I suddenly thought about it: Could it be that the enemy is "showing weakness to the enemy" and wants me to go out to seek death?
After all, the last time he was able to come back alive, on the one hand, because of his abundant martial virtues, and on the other hand, because Lydia spared him a few hands in the middle. If Lydia had done all of her tricks, Orn would have died a chilling death.
What's more, if it weren't for the knightly etiquette, it was very likely that Lydia's army had ambushed the crossbowmen, and it was not impossible that they would be taken away directly by a round of dark arrows at that time.
Thinking of this, Orn calmed down, threw the knife to his men, and decided to continue to hold on.
After another three days, the front of the fortress fell completely silent.
This time it was Orn's turn to be inexplicable. At this moment, he seemed to be a goddess who had been licked for ninety-nine days, and suddenly woke up and found that the licking dog had run away with the train, and he was stunned.
"Send the scouts out and have a look." Orn looked suspicious, "What's going on, what tricks are they doing?" β
The scout soon brought the news: "Report to the General, they have found a ropeway site to the west, and it seems that someone is secretly sending someone to repair it. β
"What!" Orn was shocked. That ropeway was exactly where he used to guard, but later because the terrain was difficult to defend and the cableway was not enough, the current fortress and ropeway were rebuilt.
The subordinates were puzzled: "That ropeway is broken and broken, it is impossible to pass through a large number of troops, why is the general so worried?" β
Orn frowned, "They may not be able to pass through the army, but they can send a team to cut off our supply lines. He thought for a moment, and then asked eagerly: "Is there any feedback from the messenger sent to ask the marshal for help?" β
Of course, he didn't know that the ruined capital was still a political struggle at the moment, although Darius knew that the front line was tight. But if reinforcements are dispatched at this moment, it will undoubtedly hollow out the basic plate of Prince Shannu.
Looking at the faces of his subordinates, Ou En knew that the reinforcements were far away, sighed secretly, and instructed a few of his subordinates: "You guys find a way to get into their army and see if there are any other opportunities." β
Several of them managed to infiltrate Lydia's army, and that night they heard that Lydia had held a military meeting in the Chinese army, focusing on the maintenance of the ropeway.
Those craftsmen patted their chests and said, "Your Royal Highness, don't worry, although that ropeway is dilapidated, the materials are sufficient. We're going to work hard tonight and we'll be able to finish it tomorrow at noon. β
Lydia was overjoyed, "Great, when this fortress is breached, your artisan regiment is a great credit." Inform the whole army that tomorrow we should have a good rest during the day, and after dark I will personally lead the assault team to cross the Great Rift Valley at night. β
When the inquiring men heard of the plan, they hurried back to the fortress to report to General Orn.
General Orn was surprised and delighted, "Fortunately, we have found out the information in time, if we succeed in smuggling our army, our army will definitely be defeated." β
He thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "Since they are going to secretly smuggle across the Great Rift Valley, we will wait for work." The order went down, and the large army crossed with me to the other side the night to-morrow, marched at night to the ropeway, and set up an ambush first. β
Those subordinates were surprised: "The general just cut off the iron chains, why bother and do some ambush?" β
Orn laughed, "You guys are so stupid, you forgot that the 'Princess of Fire' is going to lead the team and smuggle across the Rift? β
Before those subordinates could react, they looked dazed.
Orn laughed, "You think, if the 'Princess of Fire' is in the middle of the rift, we will cut the chains......"
His subordinates suddenly realized, "If the general can get rid of the 'Princess of Fire' Lydia, it will be a battle feat of the six kingdoms of Megatron!" β
Orn nodded, "Although I am known as the 'Divine Sword Executioner', I am not a brave and unscrupulous man. This time, the world-famous 'Princess of Gunfire' is probably going to be finished. β
By the night of the next day, Orn's army had a full meal and crossed the Great Rift Valley in full gear. Taking advantage of the night, they quietly rushed to the ruins of the ropeway to the west and scattered in ambush.
After three or four hours, I heard the sound of people coming from the other side of the ropeway, and then the ropeway began to operate.
With the sound of chirping, a zipline car loaded with 10 people drove over. The soldiers in the car looked around vigilantly, and when they saw that there was no one around, they quickly occupied the cableway crossing on this side.
Then a few more caravans came, and there were already about two hundred soldiers stockpiled at the entrance of the ropeway. Orn was a little nervous, but he kept his breath and didn't launch a surprise attack.
His target is Lydia.
Besides, these hundreds of soldiers, he was very sure that he would scatter them in one wave.
The next car came.
Several soldiers on the garrison suddenly straightened their faces and saluted from afar in the carriage. In the carriage, a young woman in armor, with a ponytail on her head, and a spear hanging from the outside of the carriage: who is this not Lydia?
Orn saw his target appear, waved his hand, and the whole army beat the drums together. The ambushed soldiers rose up bravely and rushed straight at the two hundred defenders.
Just as Orn was swinging his sword and rushing straight towards the ropeway, suddenly the trumpets sounded behind him, and a large group of men and horses suddenly appeared behind. A crisp female voice shouted, "Ouen, dare to come and fight again?" β
Orn turned his head sharply, and saw a female knight with a chocobo under her crotch, a bright silver spear in her hand, a skirt and armor, and a ponytail on her headβhow could it be Lydia again?
Lydia snapped her spear, and the drums and trumpets around her sounded, and the army instantly surrounded Orn. Orn was at a loss when he saw Lydia coming, and after a few rounds of fighting with her, he heard Lydia shout and swept her spear.
Orn raised his knife to block, but he didn't expect that although Lydia was a girl, the gun in her hand was powerful, and with a bang, Orn swept off the alpaca violently.
The soldiers on both sides immediately rushed up and put their swords around his neck, and brought ropes to tie him firmly.
Orn knew that he had fallen into Lydia's trap, but he was still puzzled, and turned to look at the ropeway car again. Unexpectedly, the "Lydia" on it turned out to be a scarecrow wearing armor.