Chapter 086: Twenty-six warbands in battle
Qi Lang's statement of appearance worked, and the cowardice in the eyes of the soldiers had disappeared, replaced by confidence and firmness.
Indeed, people are born with a fear of darkness, and if they have to say that demons in the darkness do not exist, and if they are forced to overcome their fear, with the current state of the soldiers, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve this goal smoothly. But Qi Lang's words broke this dilemma!
His statement was not infallible, but it was closer to the psychology of the soldiers, and it was also the true thought of his heart, and only after experiencing the blow of disaster could he achieve such a mental transformation. Qi Lang succeeded, and now, the soldiers have not only overcome the cowardice in their hearts, but have also been inspired and motivated like never before! They have now realized that they have completely turned into a team of fearless warriors, and they are about to challenge the evil in the darkness!
"It's a dark night full of dangers!" Qi Lang looked at the soldiers who were already full of fighting spirit, and he was even more ambitious, "but we will use our strong arms to choke the throat of the dark demon! We will crush the enemy's plans, and we will let those bastards of the Otto Empire remember our name forever! Now, throw away all baggage, attack, warriors!"
"Attack!" the soldiers roared in unison. The jungle shook, and those few bits of ghost fire had disappeared without a trace.
There is no need to wait for the arrival of Otlang, Qi Lang and they have already decided to act at night. Although Gu Yi must have been hiding somewhere in this karst region, hatching a sinister scheme, Qi Lang now had a countermeasure, and he learned about the current situation in the region from the revised atlas. They were in the position between the first and second detachments, and they would be able to join up with Quill's first detachment in about a day east, and at that point, as long as the information was transmitted in time, it would be possible to crush the enemy's plan.
The soldiers marched through the night. As he passed through a few low-lying thickets, Gulf's earlier judgment was confirmed—the few ghost fires that had terrified the soldiers were the work of the beautiful aloe vera. As a result, the soldiers' confidence grew, and it seemed that overnight, they had grown from newborn cubs to strong saber-toothed tigers.
The advance of the third detachment was astonishingly fast, and at dawn it had already crossed the karst terrain and came to the edge of the gorge, at the foot of the two opposite mountains, the shallows of the Fata River Valley, where the first detachment was supposed to appear.
Ambush! The enemy has set up an ambush!
The shouts of killing could be heard from afar under the valley, and it should be the first detachment of Quill who was fighting!
Qi Lang rushed to the edge of the cliff with his soldiers, and he was completely stunned by the scene in front of him.
More than 800 soldiers of the 26th Regiment were defending the mountain. They are now in danger, completely besieged by their adversaries!
Under Quill's transformation, the 26th Battle Regiment, which suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Tongdi Dragon, has not only recovered its vitality, but has even improved its overall combat capability to a certain extent. They now have more than fifty warriors at the martial artist level, and most of the rest are high-level warriors. In the combat ability rating test before the expedition, the overall level of the 26th Regimental has ranked fourth in the whole army, a record high.
But at this moment, this royal journey, which made the residents of Shachi Town very proud, was completely suppressed by the opponent in the corner, and he could only shrink his defense, only repelling the enemy's attack with crossbowmen, and could not organize an effective counterattack at all, which was really very different from Quilnanin's unbending temper.
In addition to this, what surprised Qi Lang even more was that their opponent was not the dragon army led by Vignes, but an inexplicable team! Although the thick fog of the early morning shrouded the river valley, Qi Lang could still see very clearly, the enemy was thousands of people, and the warriors were all armed with long swords and dressed in white shirts, desperately slaughtering from all directions!
They are actually the swordsmen of the Mingyu Kingdom!
Qi Lang recognized it, those people were dressed exactly like the group of reinforcements he had met in the Binnu Swamp, and their swordsmanship was the same!
The Mingyu Kingdom is obviously an ally of the Luman Empire in the East, and the two countries have already reached an offensive and defensive alliance in private, and the purpose of the alliance is to defend against the powerful Otto Empire. On the border between the two countries along the coast of Selva, the two militaries have cooperated on several occasions, the main purpose of which is to prevent the Otto Empire's plans to encroach on the countries. But to this day, how could the warriors of the Mingyu Kingdom get involved in this chaos and engage in a desperate struggle with their allies?
The other side looked as if they had already killed the red eye, and in front of their position, a large number of wounded had fallen, and roughly speaking, there should be three or five hundred people. The equipment of the 26th Regimental is the best among all the warbands of the Spiral Front, especially in terms of defensive means, they have hundreds of steel crossbows, which have a longer range and faster rate of fire, which is also due to the fact that their original guard captain Captain Kenny was born as a crossbowman, so they have invested more energy in the development and development of this advanced weapon, which is also an important guarantee that they can still defend in the face of the opponent's crazy attack.
It seems that this battle was not initiated by Quill on his own initiative, otherwise with his usual style, how could he endure the situation of blindly being beaten passively? I am afraid that he would have ordered the team to launch a counter-charge, and use his sharp tiger sword to split the opponent's head in half.
However, the Mingyu Kingdom obviously did not understand Quill's painstaking efforts, and despite the heavy casualties, they still attacked one after another, as if they were determined to die with the 26th Warband!
Due to the limited number of arrows, there were already some holes in Quill's tight defenses, and the northeast corner was opened by the Mingyu Kingdom, and the soldiers began to fight each other in close combat. Due to the exquisite swordsmanship of the warriors of the Mingyu Kingdom, some of the soldiers of the 26th War Regiment had already suffered some dark losses, and about 100 people were injured under the opponent's sword.
Quill was clearly furious, cursing loudly, looking unable to suppress his anger any longer.
I don't know how this battle started, but it seems that it should not be the dispute that Quill and they took the initiative to provoke, because the 26th Wargroup was completely in a defensive formation, and Quill did not launch a full attack, although he looked very angry, he held back. The 26th War Regiment was still on the defensive, but the appearance of casualties made the soldiers no longer tolerable, and Qi Lang clearly saw that the long sword of the stormtrooper had become more and more ferocious, and the friendship between the two countries was no longer in consideration!
Now the conspiracy of the Otto Empire has finally surfaced! They want to use the opportunity of this joint military exercise to break the alliance of the other two forces, I really don't know what kind of means Abcion used to attract the elite of the Mingyu Kingdom here, and judging from the current situation, the two sides have fought to this point, and it is impossible for the originally friendly relationship to be maintained without suspicion.
Now, the dilemma of choice has once again befallen Qi Lang. Looking at Quill's momentum, the 26th Battle Group does not seem to be willing to fight to the death with the opponent, but if it continues to defend like this, it is difficult to ensure that the warriors of the Mingyu Kingdom will not break through the defense line, thus causing the two sides to completely fall into a melee. If Qi Lang's team can hurry up and go around behind enemy lines and form a two-sided attack with Quill, then it will be very likely to turn the tide and deal a heavy blow to the menacing opponent!
However, if that is the case, when the two high-level leaders meet again, the Luhmann Empire may have no better reason to excuse itself, and the alliance may be officially broken!
Qi Lang was in a dilemma when a rough voice suddenly shouted: "Let's rush down and kill those oriental mongrels!"
It was Owutizilang who made the decision, and it seemed that he had no intention of asking for advice at all, as if he was the commander who should call the shots.
The soldiers were already indignant, and they took up their weapons one after another, looking for a route to rush down the cliff, preparing to enter the battlefield as quickly as possible and annihilate the invading enemy in one fell swoop.
"Wait a minute!" Qi Lang hurriedly ran to the front of the team, stretched out his hands to block the way, "There is a conspiracy here, we can't act rashly!"
Owu's eyes narrowed: "You said that you wanted us to join the first detachment, and now that we have found them, they are in danger, what else do you say? Attack and kill those enemies who don't know whether they are alive or dead!"
"Please calm down, Sergeant Owu!" Qi Lang reminded Ou Wu loudly, "Please keep your eyes open and see the situation now!" Captain Quill did not order the attack, he was probably trying to avoid this battle. If we rush forward at this time, it will be completely dishelpful!"
"I don't see you quite the same as you, Honorable Vice-Captain!" Owu pressed up with a grimace, "I see our soldiers bleeding, and I see Captain Quill fighting. And I saw -- I saw a despicable little man, who was watching his captain of the guard under siege! Quill was about to be hacked to death, you bastard! You told me, that's not what you wanted! Do you dare to say that?"
Qi Lang suddenly turned red with anger: "Do you know what you're talking about?!Do you think I want Quill to die here, you idiot? I beg you not to use your wooden head to judge other people's decisions, you will hurt everyone!"
Finally hearing Qi Lang's true evaluation, Ao Wu was furious, like a rhinoceros with strong hair, raised his fist and rushed up: "You bastard, I'm going to flatten your nose!"
At this moment, a violent roar came from the sky: "Whoa!"
The voice was as loud as a thunderclap, which shook Qi Lang and Ao Wu into a shock, and they no longer cared about killing each other, and raised their heads together to look up.