Episode 10 Chapter 64
Chapter 64
It took the Sanshui Army three days to get from Val Town to Tia City. Now, they marched lightly and returned to the vicinity of Val Town in less than two days. TXT download.
There was still about 20 miles away from Val Town. The road ahead was blocked by a Duji Army of tens of thousands of people. This Duji Army was the 30,000 people led by Ed Azabao stationed in Val Town.
After fighting with the main force of the Duji Army, the Sanshui Army certainly suffered heavy casualties, but there were still 60,000 soldiers who could fight. It was not something that Ed Azabao's 30,000 people could resist, but he was not worried. After all, the Sanshui Army came from a long way and was exhausted, and there was the main force of his own army behind it, so he was now fearless.
Liang Qi personally watched the Duji Army on the opposite side and saw that the enemy had few troops, but was very well prepared. A half-person-high earth wall was built in front of the camp early. He did not rush to order an attack, and ordered the entire army to stop advancing and rest on the spot. It seemed that he hoped to wait for the Du Ji army to take the initiative to attack.
If the Sanshui army did not fight, Ed Azabao would not fight either. He knew very well that the longer it dragged on, the more advantageous it would be for his side. It would be best if he could drag it on until the main force of his side behind the Sanshui army chased up. By then, he would attack from both sides, and how could the Feng army not be defeated?
The two sides were two miles apart, and no one took the initiative to attack, and they just kept wasting time face to face.
Ed Azabao thought he had a sure win, but he never expected that when he was confronting the Sanshui army, a dozen Du Ji cavalrymen came galloping from behind. Some of these dozen people were dressed as generals, and some were ordinary soldiers, but they were all covered in blood, and they kept whipping their horses while urging their horses to gallop.
When they rushed into Duki's camp and saw Ed Azabao, more than a dozen people dismounted. Several of them could not stand up after dismounting. They collapsed to the ground, unable to move, and gasping for breath. Ed Azabao looked around at the crowd, his eyes fell on the general among them, and asked sternly: "Stuart, why don't you guard Val Town and come here?"
"General!" General Du Ji knelt on the ground with a plop. Before he spoke, his nose and tears flowed out. He said in a crying voice: "Just now... Val Town was attacked by a large number of Feng troops. Our brothers were outnumbered and all... all died..."
This sentence seemed to be a thunderbolt to Ed Azabao. He strode forward, grabbed General Du Ji's collar armor, lifted it up, and shouted with distorted features: "What did you say? Val Town was lost?"
"Yes... yes, General..."
"Where did the enemy come from?"
"I... I don't know..."
Ed Azabao was shocked and angry, and he wanted to chop the general with a sword. The main force of the Feng Army was clearly on the opposite side. Where did the Feng Army that attacked Val Town come from? Why didn't his side get any wind? He really couldn't figure it out. He was stunned for a long time, pushed the general away, stood there, and was speechless for a long time.
The baggage and food of their 30,000 soldiers were stored in Val Town. The loss of Val Town not only made them lose their backing, but also ruined all the supplies. This was something Ed Azabao could not accept in any way.
He was still in shock, and the general named Stuart said in a hurry: "General, there are many attacking Feng troops. When we fled the town, a large group of Feng troops also chased us out. I'm afraid it won't take long for them to arrive here... General, make preparations quickly!"
This is really a series of bad news. Val Town was not only captured by the Feng Army, but also chased us. Now it is Ed Azabao's 30,000 Duki troops who are attacked from both sides. The situation on the battlefield is so changing rapidly.
With enemies in front and behind, it was impossible to defend. At this time, Ed Azabao had to make a choice, whether to attack the main force of the Sanshui Army on the opposite side, or turn around and meet the Feng Army chasing from behind. After thinking about it, he still chose the former.
After all, he had no idea about the Feng Army coming from behind, that is, he didn't know the number of troops and the combat effectiveness. Compared with the Feng Army that appeared strangely, he was more willing to choose the Sanshui Army as his opponent. His choice is understandable. After all, people are full of fear of strange and unknown things, and his choice is also human nature.
It's just that he chose the strongest opponent.
Under the order of Ed Azabao, all the Du Ji troops climbed over the earth wall, formed a battle formation, and launched an attack on the Sanshui Army's camp.
Seeing that the enemy took the initiative to attack, Liang Qi knew without the report of the spies that the sneak attack of the Sky Eagle Army must have been a great success, occupying the town of Val, and killing from the back of the enemy. He was refreshed and said loudly to the generals around him: "Our reinforcements have arrived, and the enemy is forced to fight. Our soldiers, line up to meet the enemy!"
The soldiers of the Sanshui Army who were resting on the spot formed a square formation in a very short time, and at the same time took off their bows and arrows, aiming their arrows at the enemy in front.
The distance between the two sides was only two miles, which was not far. Du Ji's army entered the range of the Feng Army soon after advancing. Under Liang Qi's order, the entire Sanshui Army fired arrows.
The arrow formation of the Sanshui Army was fast and fierce, and it was continuous. As soon as the first wave of arrows was shot out, the second wave of arrows flew into the air. When the second wave of arrows flew out, the third wave came again. After the third wave was shot, the soldiers who shot out the arrows in the first wave had already re-set their arrows and continued to shoot arrows. The three groups of soldiers took turns shooting arrows in an orderly manner, so that there was no obvious gap between the arrow formations of the Feng Army, and one wave after another.
In terms of archery, the Feng Army can match the Ning Army at the beginning. Now the army has more than double the strength of the Du Ji Army, so the arrow array is even more sharp and fierce. The corps that rushed to the front of the Du Ji Army did not even get close to the Feng Army, but suffered more than half of their lives just from the Feng Army's arrows.
On the battlefield, the ground was full of arrows and corpses of the Du Ji Army, but Ed Azabao still insisted that the whole army continue to advance. They must withstand the Feng Army's arrow array and fight hand-to-hand combat with the Feng Army. Seeing that the corps in front suffered heavy losses, Ed Azabao pushed Stuart, who had just retreated, to the front and let him lead the remaining soldiers of the corps in front to act as a death squad.
Stuart was also brave after knowing his shame. This time he did not flee in the face of the battle, and led the Du Ji Army soldiers to charge forward desperately. He took the lead and naturally became the primary target of the Feng army. Thousands of arrows were concentrated on him, whistling and flying, and the arrows hit the spiritual armor on his body, making a clanging sound.
No matter how strong the spiritual armor is, it can't withstand such fierce arrows. In the blink of an eye, the spiritual armor on Stuart's body was full of cracks, and dozens of eagle feathers pierced through the spiritual armor and nailed deeply into his body. Stuart was full of arrows and roared like a beast, but he didn't fall to the ground. He held the spiritual spear high and staggered forward.
This scene was scary enough. The Feng army soldiers standing in front of the queue looked at each other and were secretly shocked. Then, people raised their bows and arrows again, aiming at Stuart more than ten meters away, and fired another round of volleys. This time, Stuart's spiritual armor was useless. As long as the arrows got close, they would pierce deeply into his flesh.
Stuart, who had been working hard like a hedgehog, finally fell to the ground exhausted, but at the moment of falling to the ground, he still threw the spirit spear in his hand fiercely. Puff! His last blow was also powerful. The spirit spear entered the chest of a wind soldier and came out from his back, almost injuring the wind soldier behind him.
Stuart failed to defend the town of Val, but in the battle with the Sanshui Army, the first wind soldier killed by the Du Ji Army was killed by his hands. Of course, he paid for it with his life. Under the arrow formation of the wind army, Stuart, who was protected by the spirit armor, was still like this, so the other Du Ji soldiers could be imagined.
Almost all of the Du Ji Army's entire corps that led the battle were killed by the arrows of the Sanshui Army. It was not until the Du Ji Army behind stepped on the corpses of their companions and came forward that the close combat between the two sides officially began.
Ed Azabao had never fought with the Feng Army, but he had fought with the Ning Army. He thought that the Feng Army was just like the Ning Army, only good at archery, and would be vulnerable once it came to close combat.
As a result, he misjudged it. Archery was only an auxiliary skill of the Feng Army. The real strength of the Feng Army, which made the enemy feel fear and tremble, was close combat.
When the Du Ji Army came close, the Feng Army in front immediately held up the heavy shield, and the Feng Army behind used the shoulders or shields of the brothers in front as support, raised the long halberd, and kept stabbing forward.
As the saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger. The length of the halberd is far better than that of the spear, and it has both a sharp point and a horizontal blade. A halberd can stab and scratch people with a stab, which is extremely powerful in the corps battle.
The Feng Army camp has a heavy shield in front to resist the close enemy, and a long halberd in the back keeps stabbing, and crossbows occasionally shoot into the enemy crowd, all of which bring huge casualties to the Du Ji Army.
Moreover, during the battle, the Feng army's camp did not stay still. While fighting, people kept shouting in unison. Every time they shouted, they pushed forward a step, and the whole camp kept moving forward.
This is the oppressive tactics of the Sanshui army.
Once the soldiers in the front row of the enemy army were injured and fell to the ground, they would not even have the chance to be dragged away by their companions. They would be immediately swallowed up by the Feng army's forward camp, or stabbed to death by the Feng army, or trampled to death. In this way, the Feng army can overwhelm the opponent in momentum and destroy the enemy's living strength to the maximum extent.
Ed Azabao was also surprised by the Feng army's skillful and offensive and defensive fighting style in close combat. As a veteran general, he was also very experienced. He immediately ordered people to act as death squads to break through the heavy shields outside the Feng army.
The Du Ji army, blinded by killing, showed their fierce side. Many Du Ji soldiers completely disregarded their own lives and rushed towards the long spears of the Feng army. They were pierced with holes all over their bodies by the long spears of the Feng army, but this also created opportunities for the Du Ji army behind them. A large number of Du Ji soldiers ran in front of the heavy shieldmen of the Feng army, raised their spears high, and stabbed and thrusted.