Chapter 384: Confrontation

Gu Shenwei did not move, and waited for another three days before agreeing to start a decisive battle.

During these three days, the army of the House of Sri looted a large amount of money and slaves in the city, and three thousand soldiers came with only weapons, horses, and dry rations, and now each of them had a few more large bags and a different number of servants.

The slaves of the country of incense have always been loyal to their masters, but they still cannot be trusted, and thousands of slave soldiers have been seized by the Great Snow Mountain, which has become their greatest sin, and the nobles have not yet achieved victory, and they have begun to take revenge.

The warriors of the Great Snow Mountain are a little anxious, these wealth and slaves should belong to them, and the dragon king said that it is okay not to divide them, and they must not fall into the hands of the enemy.

Wave after wave of people confronted the dragon king and demanded an immediate war.

Two armies, one anxious to take away the gold and silver, the other anxious to reclaim the treasure, both desperate to end the war as soon as possible, and it was under these circumstances that the decisive battle was unfolded.

The Sri family was the first to challenge, and the sons of Sri Mora believed that they had a clear advantage in numbers, and the real warriors of the Great Snow Mountain were only fifteen or six hundred, and as for the thousands of slave soldiers, all the nobles swore that as long as they gave the order, the slaves would defect in front of the battle.

Gu Shenwei's thoughts were the same as those of the nobles, so he did not intend to let the slave soldiers charge, but to stay in the rear, guarded by a small force.

The slaves accepted all this with submissiveness, waiting for the final result without resistance, knowing that the master was always the victor, because whoever prevailed was the master.

The location of the decisive battle was also chosen by the Sri family.

There is a forest of flowers and souls, not far from the capital, which has been set on fire by Tuo Nengya and burned into a black scorched ground, and there are no flowers and trees that hinder the movement, which is a good place to start a battle.

The terrain of the battlefield is slightly low, with a high slope on the east and west sides, which becomes a natural platform for viewpoints.

The nobles of the country of incense brought in reinforcements and sacrificed a lot of wealth and slaves, not for the purpose of going to war themselves, so they all stayed on the high ground in the east.

For reasons known only to them, more than a thousand nobles came to watch the battle with their wives and children, and groups of slaves stood by them to raise umbrellas and shade the sun.

The nobles of the Land of Xiangji had reservations about the Dragon King from the beginning, and the population figures provided were false, and almost every family managed to hide a lot of young slaves, and at this time they could be openly revealed.

Neither army sent all its men.

Some of the hundreds of swordsmen under the command of Thanenya stayed behind to guard the slave soldiers, while the other went to the place designated by the Dragon King to ambush.

The day before, a small group of warriors from the Great Snow Mountain had attacked the enemy camp, killing almost no soldiers, but stealing a small amount of property, which made the Sri family's borrowed army very nervous, thinking that the dragon king coveted their gold and silver, so they left a third of the soldiers to guard the camp.

Even so, 2,000 people still had the upper hand against more than 1,300 warriors in the Great Snow Mountain.

The nobles of the Land of Incense were as excited as children, and the battle that was about to begin would be the only scene of fighting in the country for more than a hundred years, and none of them had ever seen a real war, but they had read a lot of records in ancient books, so they used it to show off to their wives and children, and some even recited those wonderful passages in public.

This will be a war with a huge disparity in strength, and the nobles are convinced of this, and all the wars in the book are won by the country of incense, and this time will not be an exception.

The dragon king's delusional attempt to break the insurmountable boundary between the master and the slave is really a taboo in the country of incense.

Before the real battle began, the nobles held a contest, in which hundreds of young men with outstanding literary talents each wrote a beautiful article to commemorate the battle to save the country, judged by the elders and the clan leaders.

The winner's essay is a metaphorical epic poem that took the author two days and two nights to conceive, depicting the dragon king as an evil dragon with teeth and claws, leading countless demons and monsters to invade the peaceful and noble land of incense, and the Sri family is in danger, and the seven sons challenge the dragon.

A large amount of pen and ink was used to describe the battle scenes, and the young people recited impassionedly to their compatriots, winning bursts of warm applause.

Just as he read that the heavenly protector of the country of incense was moved by the seven sons of Sri and sent heavenly soldiers to prepare to slaughter the evil dragon, the real battle in the depression began.

The Sri Army attacked first.

The army was cobbled together from more than a dozen tribes beyond the border, with whom the Sri family had been doing business for many years, and had been borrowed with the promise of a large reward.

The nominal commander was the eldest son of Sri Mora, but like all the nobles, he did not understand military formations, nor did he disdain to wield swords and swords, so the army was still a very loose group, and according to prior consultations, more than a dozen tribes were lined up, and it was up to them to decide when to charge and how fast they charged.

On this side of the Great Snow Mountain, the Dragon King personally went into battle, the Wufeng swordsmen were lined up on both sides, and three hundred savage soldiers acted as archers, standing in the first row.

Since neither side was good at fighting on horseback, neither of them sent cavalry, and although the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountains had experience fighting on horseback, they were still at a very amateur level, and the heavy sword was indeed not suitable for wielding on horseback.

The Dragon King couldn't help but think of the military advisor Fang Wen, if that scholar was here, he would definitely resolutely oppose the Dragon King's approach, and he would say: "The duty of the general is to control the overall situation and adapt to changes, not to charge into battle......

Fang Wen's words made sense, but he was also a bit pedantic like the high priest of the country of incense.

In fact, the army of the Great Snow Mountain is far from reaching the level of unity, it is still in the initial stage of relying on individual ability, and the number of people is too small, and there is really no "big picture" to control.

On the contrary, warriors want to see their leaders fighting alongside them.

The dragon king needs their admiration and worship, and although this is not his goal, it is an essential means of resisting the people.

He himself also prefers the feeling of slashing enemies with a sword in hand.

The line of charge of Sri Le's army was uneven, with the right flank protruding and completely disconnected from the adjacent central forces, and the left flank also a little ahead, forming an unbalanced concave shape as a whole.

The nobles of the Land of Incense were held accountable, led by the House of Sriri, who promised their tribes that those who killed the most would be rewarded twice as much as the others.

This is also the first time that the savage soldiers in the Daxueshan army have participated in a regular war on the plains, and they are a little nervous, although there are strict orders from the dragon king, there are still many people who release arrows in advance, and they have not been able to form the power of all arrows at once.

However, the bowing skills of the wildlings greatly compensated for the tactical shortcomings, and they were not accustomed to shooting arrows at will, but aimed at the target with a certain aim.

The first round was not effective because of the distance, and from the second round, there were almost no arrows, and the tribesmen on the right flank suffered heavy casualties, falling in pieces on the charred ground.

The faces of the nobles watching the battle changed, and many women turned their heads, unable to stand this disgusting scene.

The young man who recites the epic continues to read his work, but his voice is gradually weakening, and the number of listeners is becoming less and less.

The tribal soldiers borrowed from the Sri family had no archers, and were only dressed in rudimentary leather armor, which was not even as protective as the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain, and only three hundred savage soldiers stopped them from a hundred paces away.

The queen of the tribe retreated, out of the range of arrows, and all of them jumped like thunder, accusing the dragon king of being insidious and cunning, and there was no real man in the army of the Great Snow Mountain.

These tribal soldiers are not as lonely as the people of the country of incense, and they have heard all kinds of rumors about the dragon king, but they rarely take it seriously, especially after the Great Snow Mountain was forced to abandon the camp and flee south by Jinpeng Castle, the aura covering the dragon king is even weaker.

Gu Shenwei ordered the savage soldiers to withdraw their bows and arrows, pick up their swords, and prepare for a melee engagement.

The tribesmen got their wish, and could not wait to show their bravery in front of their generous employers, so they did not learn the lesson of the last time, and still fought separately, running less than fifty paces, and the line of charge was already zigzag like an earthworm struggling on dry ground.

In comparison, the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain are all experienced veterans.

They started out on foot, keeping the forward line as straight as possible.

Gu Shenwei walked in the middle, and most of his energy was not used to monitor the enemy on the opposite side, but to control the people on the left and right not to rush forward.

After more than thirty paces, the tribesmen running at the front were clear enough to count the teeth in their mouths, and the dragon king finally raised the Wufeng sword and blew the horn on his body.

Thousands of trumpets sounded at the same time.

It was this sound that shook the earth and the air, which once caused the country of incense to fall without a fight, and still terrified them.

The young man who recites the epic has his mouth open, but not a word comes out of his throat.

Many nobles secretly left the heights to watch the battle, leaving only their servants behind, and ordered them to inform them of the victory.

The tribesmen were also startled by the sound, but instead of retreating, they let out a jumbled cry, hoping to overwhelm the enemy.

The horn was lowered, and the aftermath was still ringing, and the dragon king led the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain to speed up, and the Wufeng sword and heavy sword were raised high, like a huge hedgehog suddenly erecting the steel thorns on its back.

The two armies clashed.

No epic can describe such a battle scene, and when the first rain of blood falls, the nobles who were watching the battle from a distance could no longer bear this torture and fled one after another, and even the nominal commander, the seventh son of the Sri family, retreated, leaving all the responsibility of watching the battle to the slaves with weak legs.

If there was a real general present, he would have scoffed at this group fight, and if he insisted on watching, he would probably be surprised by the bloodiness and cruelty of the group fight.

The tribal soldiers were far weaker than the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain, both in terms of overall cooperation and individual martial arts, and the advantage in numbers could not make up for this huge gap.

The battle soon turned into a carnage, and the long-pent-up fury of the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain poured out.

Even so, the battle is likely to last for several hours, until someone shouts wildly: "The Great Snow Mountain has robbed the camp! The Great Snow Mountain has robbed the camp!"

Behind the tribesmen, a puff of smoke rose high from the barracks where they had stacked their belongings.

The first war in the country of incense in more than a hundred years took less than two quarters of an hour from contact to the retreat of one side.

But this is not Gu Shenwei's goal, he wants to completely annihilate the enemy army and keep the secret of the Great Snow Mountain army staying in the land of incense for a while longer.

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