Volume II: The War of Strife Chapter 72: The Eve of the Battle
At night, eight people stayed in a stone hut with two fewer beds. They all slept, and they didn't fall asleep.
For them, when dawn comes, another companion may die. Tomorrow is about to experience the first war, and some of them tremble with fear.
Qian Xiao didn't sleep, he was worried, not worried about himself, but about other people. Or to be clear, he has nothing to do when he is full.
"Everyone must be together tomorrow, and we must not be separated. In the dark, Brother Yi suddenly spoke.
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
“......”
Voices rang out in unison.
......
The wind was low, it was very strong, and it was blowing very hard. The totem rattled. Heaven and earth are filled with an aura of slaughter. Catapults, bows and arrows, oil ...... Everything is ready to go.
Above the steel-made city wall, there stood in an orderly manner a row of soldiers from Demon Dragon City holding silver spears. The evil beasts in the sky roared, as if sensing a threat.
According to the news heard, this group of barbarian soldiers came prepared, in order to break through the Demon Dragon City, and then took advantage of this to go around to the back and form a siege with the Sea Emperor in one fell swoop.
Just hold out for five days and wait for support from the rear to arrive. This is news that only came this morning. At this moment, even Zong Jie was dignified, and when the news came, he should have known that the other party was coming again.
Demon Dragon City is entrenched in the Demon Dragon Canyon, and on both sides is the Demon Dragon Forest full of fierce beasts. Easy to defend and difficult to attack, the soldiers are ferocious, and they are all well-known among the big countries, and it is impossible to kill themselves with soldiers.
That would only prove that the 100,000 soldiers who came were all elite. Otherwise, it would never be possible to take down the Demon Dragon City, which has 50,000 people.
More than 50 of them were assigned to the logistics to deliver supplies with the farmers.
Like now, they are carrying a batch of fire oil to the top of the city wall.
On the way, he put down the oil and sat on the ground gasping for breath, Li Kui complained in his mouth: "Your grandmother, Lao Tzu is here to fight, not to be a coolie, let me do this kind of thing." He was tired, and the general didn't know where he went. ”
Qian Xiao stretched out his hands flat, carrying two barrels of hot oil, and stopped beside Li Kui and said with concern: "Brother Kui, why don't you find a place to rest?" And this is not all coolies, you can also use this to cultivate, as long as you maintain the "military martial arts", in fact, it is okay." ”
Looking at Qian Xiao's serious look, Li Kui smiled and patted his thigh to get up from the ground. Qian Xiao is not as tall as his shoulders.
"Haha, I'm not as old as you think, go on, Qianxiao. ”
"What's wrong?" asked Yi Fei from behind.
"It's fine, just a break. ”
Qian Xiao shook his head and ran out with his two barrels of kerosene.
"Young people are just energetic. ”
Li Kui sighed with emotion and ran away.
"Inexplicable!"
After a low point, Yi Fei raised the speed and looked at Chaoqian Xiao and Li Kui.
......
"Huhu~, general, what else do you have to order?"
Putting down the last barrel of oil and leaving the sweat deadly, he felt a chill when the wind blew it, and Qian Xiao reported to Wu Jue, who didn't know when he was standing here.
Yifei, Li Kui, Zhang Miaoyang, and they were already standing aside to rest. More than 50 people stood together, steaming like steamers.
"Instructions?"
Wearing mighty armor, Wu Jue looked at Qian Xiao, his eyes were like a wolf, the flying banner was hunting, he looked up at the steel city wall next to him, and said loudly: "Everyone listen to orders, take their weapons, and be ready to support at any time." ”
"Yes. ”
Fifty people spoke loudly together, their voices loud and firm.
Wu Jue led everyone to the leftmost high platform, and they could look directly over the city wall to look outside, and then they saw,
At the end of the horizon, a torrent is really surging.
The heavens and the earth changed color, the wind rose during the day, and the dark clouds followed, covering the sky and the earth, making people feel ominous.
"Woo~"
On the city wall, the horn made of a ferocious beast more than five meters long was blown by a three-meter man with all his might, and the sound with a unique meaning overshadowed the heavy sound waves, arousing the blood of all the soldiers.
"Prepare for war!"
Zong Jie's voice resounded through the sky. The torrent approaching on the opposite side stopped five thousand meters away, just enough to avoid the range of a normal crossbow.
To be able to get there is no more than a general's arrows, but there are also such masters on the other side. One or two arrows are useless at all.
Qian Xiao carefully observed the barbarian soldiers, their faces were not hideous, their fangs were a foot down in their jaws, their hair was vigorous and white, their eyes were red, and they were dressed in rudimentary iron armor. Each soldier had a spear in his hand.
If he wasn't sure that he was in the Tianwu Dynasty, Qian Xiao would have thought that it was not the World of Warcraft that had entered the world.
It's so TMD-like!
But the reminder is much smaller, the same size as a human, and it still has hair. It may be said that it is a hybrid between humans and beasts.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
“......”
War drums rang out from the opposite side, and each soldier raised his head and roared, and the sound was overwhelming.
Some people in the team were directly frightened and trembled, and even Qian Xiao himself was a little heartbroken. The Tianque War is that he has the cultivation of the Five Domains Realm, and then he has the power of the Self Realm, and those momentum are like a drizzle. But here, he is just a small 'logistics soldier'.
Definitely going out is the result of a pierced skewer.
Seeing that the veterans' faces were as usual, and some of them looked eager to try, Qian Xiao thoroughly realized the gap between demon veterans and recruits.
That's the gap between the war machine and the house cats in the rear.
Knock knock knock......
The war drums were beaten on the opposite side, and the Demon Dragon City was not to be outdone, and the war drums were also beaten, and the sound was better than that of the opposite side.
Under the sound of this drum, the timidity generated by the momentum of the opposite side gradually disappeared.
"I can't fight. Yi Fei suddenly said beside him.
"What?" Qian Xiao looked at him strangely.
Yi Fei glanced at him, pointed to the other side and said, "Now the two sides can't fight, the other side is just making a show and scaring it." They rushed from the extreme north to the Demon Dragon Canyon, and they had to travel for at least two months, and at least a teleportation array was added in the middle. Therefore, at least they will rest for two days first, otherwise they will be defeated even if they have 100,000 people with their tired bodies. ”
Yi Fei didn't say this quietly, maybe he also knew that he was a trick and it was nothing to say something. Then dozens of Wu Jue looked over, and others also looked over.
After listening to Yi Fei's words, Qian Xiao looked over again, and sure enough, if he looked closely, those hairy soldiers were breathing a little fast, except for where they were yelling at the beginning, they were just quietly not moving at this time.
Usually, you may not feel that there is a problem, but in such a battlefield, you can't say it without excitement and twisting a few times. There can only be one possibility, they are too tired to have the energy to move again.
Seeing this situation for the first time, as a logistics soldier at this time, he could only observe, and Qian Xiao began to think about the strategies that might be used in the opposite situation.
Thinking about it, Qian Xiao really remembered a few infantry methods in the original world's 'Sun Tzu's Art of War'. But...... Nothing to use.
He had only read the 'Art of War' story book, which was for children, and the real 'Art of War' was a military book, a theory, not a story.
This is Li Kui suddenly said next to him: "Since his grandmother on the other side doesn't dare to come over, I'm tired to death." Then we'll call it! What is this called...... By the way, surprise, haha......"
"Haha, that's not the case. ”
This time it was Wu Jue who spoke out, and he was amused by Li Kui's words, "They can't make it, and we can't do it either." The other party is naturally prepared to take precautions, and there are few soldiers on our side, so how to defend the city when there are heavy casualties. Our mission is only to defend the city, and as long as the city is not broken, it doesn't matter what happens to the other side. ”
Li Kui's face showed a look of bewilderment. His bushy mind couldn't think of so many things, or the habitual rare things to go to.
Qian Xiao nodded, learned. As far as the eye could see, the enemy army had retreated, just to the end of the horizon, and became a small dot.
After a while, white smoke rose.
I don't know if these barbarians have any reliance, or if they are arrogant. Dare to camp and live in the Demon Dragon Canyon, which is full of fierce beasts.
I hope the beast will come and kill you at night!
Qian Xiao cursed fiercely.
Then no more familiar people will die......
"You look at it here, don't move, don't talk. If there is a situation, don't act until I come back. I'm going to take care of something. ”
Wu Jue left, and they stood honestly in the corner, with a neat military posture and neat army, quite imposing.
But......
TMD really didn't change anything for a day, and went down to two meals alternately, that is, blowing, blowing, blowing, and watching the smoke rise twice on the opposite side.
The only thing that was happy was that the other party still provoked a few fierce beasts, but it was not as good as the level of the Iron Eating Beast. Not even the waves rose, but some people still died.
......
Two days later, in a sunny cause, set off a whole wind of sand. The barbarian army was once again five thousand meters away. The archers on the ramparts began to draw their bows, and the barbarians rolled out ten catapults and a three-meter-high iron siege engine.
Specifically for the Iron Gate of Demon Dragon City.
Judging from the Demon Dragon City, those barbarian soldiers were very excited and active at this time, but they were also interested in relief.
Isn't that nonsense?
Dare to set up camp in the Demon Dragon Valley to make a fire and cook, it is strange that those landlords and fierce beasts are not old and find faults. In the past two days, Qian Xiao watched as more and more fierce beasts rushed into the barbarian camp.
At first, there was no reaction, then it was a little bit of a wave, and then it was a commotion...... Nima, if they don't come to fight again, they will all be killed by fierce beasts, and more than 2,000 people have died in the past two days.
These are all elites, specially prepared to break through the Demon Dragon City. And before he could fight the enemy, he died thousands of miles. If there are no more results, the leader can cut off his head and apologize.
"Humility, you...... Nervous?"
Clutching his weapon, Li Kui looked at the barbarian army that began to approach like a flood, and asked with a slightly trembling voice.
"Not nervous. ”
Qian Xiao smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Why are you nervous, you should be nervous, and the next thing you need to face is to kill the enemy." ”
Qian Xiao also clenched the silver spear, but he was different from Li Kui, he decided with the idea of 'if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent'.
“???”
Li Kui looked at Qian Xiao in surprise.