Chapter 2653

The supernatural plant characteristics of the wither monster are most suitable for fighting in a wetland environment. They will not be slowed down by the muddy water under their feet at all, and they will soon rush to the Fizhen army's position and be blocked by fierce guns.

The wither monster has only a vague human shape, but it is still a tree in essence, without blood or flesh. It is neither afraid of death nor pain. Even if the trunk and branches are hit by bullets, they will not stop moving forward due to injuries.

In fact, Sharman created this army of wither monsters to use them as shields to attract the enemy's firepower and cover the large army to move forward.

The thirty magic catapults following the Wither Monster, although the range and firepower are not as good as the heavy artillery set up on Feizhen's position, they have two huge advantages - they can move on their own, and they can aim and drop bombs by themselves while moving, keeping a long distance. High shooting accuracy.

This is precisely the advantage that heavy steel cannons do not have.

As the distance between the attackers and the defenders keeps getting closer, it becomes more and more difficult for the heavy artillery on Feizhen's position to play a role. However, the diamond-wood catapult, which can adjust the throwing angle and change the range according to actual needs, can exert great power on the contrary, constantly throwing stones The bullet landed precisely on the artillery position on the opposite side, and Feizhen's officers and soldiers did not dare to look up.

The roar of the boulder falling echoed in the ears, mixed with the roar of dense bullets, the half-man, half-tree monster approached unsteadily, everything he heard and saw was like a scene from a nightmare.

Fear spread like a plague over the Fizen artillery positions, and when the first soldiers of the Continental Army broke through in the footsteps of the Blight, the rout was irreversible.

Lieutenant Colonel Jefferson, who was in charge of guarding the artillery position, asked General Burgoyne for help with a communication crystal.

However, not only the artillery positions on the west side were attacked, but also the Continental Army launched an unprecedentedly violent attack on the Fierce Man in the north and south directions at the same time.

General Burgoyne was too busy to take care of himself, and he had no spare energy to divide his troops to support the western position.

Lieutenant Colonel Jefferson put down the communication crystal depressingly, and suddenly realized that the artillerymen under his command had dropped the cannons and turned around and fled. He was so angry that he rushed forward, brandished his horsewhip, whipped the deserters, shouted hoarsely at his subordinates, and ordered them to hold their positions—it was impossible to defend. Don't flee to the east, it's a big swamp over there!

However, at this moment of panic, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel's warning was ignored at all.

Not to mention that many Feizhen officers and soldiers don't know the terrain around the battlefield, so what if they know that the east is full of muddy swamps?

Bullets and artillery shells are constantly flying from the west, south and north. Soldiers are surrounded by bullets. Few of them can think calmly. Most of them flee in the direction where there is no sound of guns and guns. As a result, only a few lucky ones can pass through the mud , Escape from birth.

General Laval led his troops to capture the western position of the enemy and seized more than 50 cannons. He immediately ordered the soldiers to turn the muzzles of the cannons, load the cannon barrels with some hot booty, and bombard their original owners.

With the help of heavy artillery, the Continental Army is even more powerful.

The battle lasted until late at night, and Burgoyne's corps finally couldn't hold it anymore and was forced to flee southeast as a whole. As General Laval expected, the black lights couldn't see the road under their feet at all, and the whole army fell into a waist-high Deep in the swamp, completely lost mobility.

Burgoyne's troops got stuck in the mud with their horses and cannons immobilized. The soldiers could only lie down in the mud pit and wait for reinforcements.

The Northern Corps of the Continental Army besieged the paralyzed enemy army in the swamp. In the early morning of the next day, a new round of offensive was launched at dawn. The real army is miserable.

In this way, General Burgoyne and his officers and soldiers fell into a desperate situation. They fought bloody battles during the day and struggled to support them, and they had no peace at night.

The officers and soldiers of Fizhen could hardly sleep peacefully in this precarious environment. With each passing day, the morale of the troops weakened a bit, and they were one step closer to a complete collapse.

General Burgoyne was alone, and now he could only count on Earl Winthrop, who was far away in Forge Valley, to return to the army for reinforcements as soon as possible after receiving his distress letter.

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Earl Winthrop did receive an urgent distress letter from General Burgoyne, and after discussing with General Henry Clinton, they agreed that they must return to rescue as soon as possible.

However, it is not so easy to go now.

Just the day before Earl Winthrop received the distress letter, George Vassar learned that the northern regiment led by Gates and Laval had caught up with Burgoyne's troops and was planning to launch an ambush in the Baden Wetlands and kill them. Annihilation in one fell swoop!

General Vasa was very excited after receiving this letter, and immediately wrote back to encourage the two lieutenants, wishing them a successful campaign, and promised that he would do everything possible to entangle the Winthrop Corps and prevent it from going north to rescue Burgoyne troops.

This time, George Vasa fulfilled his promise and found that the enemy troops outside Nidaville began to retreat. He immediately summoned his officers and soldiers and joined forces with the dwarf consul Schmidt Anvil to take the initiative to retreat. The Fizhen army pursued and fought fiercely, forcing Earl Winthrop to devote more troops to the rear, and retreated while fighting, and the marching speed could not be accelerated at all.

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Trapped in the swamp, the Fourth Division of the Feizhen Army, from the division commander, General Burgoyne, to ordinary soldiers, were eagerly looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements.

Waiting from dark to dawn, and then to dark... After waiting for three full days and three nights, the reinforcements still did not appear.

At this time, Burgoyne's corps, which was deep in the swamp, had run out of ammunition and food, and their morale was on the verge of collapse.

In this cold season, it is better to be shot and die than to curl up in muddy water and suffer from the cold and fear.

The joys and sorrows in the world are not interlinked, some people are unlucky and others are lucky. At the moment when Johnny Burgoyne and his men were helpless and desperate, Gates and Laval got unexpected assistance.

The war that broke out in the Baden Wetlands, the sound of guns and guns continued all night long, alarming the aborigines deep in the swamp.

On the evening of November 11, three boggards came to the camp of the Northern Corps of the Continental Army and asked to speak to the supreme commander of this unit.

At first, the guards refused to let these suspicious-looking weirdos enter the headquarters, so the visitors were angered. The boggad witch in charge performed the "malicious shapeshifting technique" and turned the rude guard into a monster in front of many officers and soldiers of the Continental Army. The toad caused a commotion in the camp.

General Gates heard the noise outside the tent, and led the guards out of the tent, asking what happened.

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