Chapter 982 Panic

Count Nichols had never seen such an army that coordinated so skillfully and killed so efficiently in his life.

Those enemies in black armor are like ghosts emerging from the darkness.

His footsteps were as light and silent as a cat's.

Fast but agile as an antelope.

There was a strange blue light in the eyes, and the night seemed to have no effect on them.

Even if those soldiers got into a dark corner, they would be pierced by their narrow and sharp sabers.

They are a group of efficient hunters, and the soldiers of Huayu Plateau are like a group of cattle and sheep running around. Even if they have more numbers than the opponent, they cannot effectively fight back.

Among the soldiers on the Huayu Plateau, not all were full of wine and food, and there were also some brave men, especially among the knight vassals of the local nobles. Many of them received formal and rigorous knight training since childhood. They are the backbone of the local nobles to maintain their own rule. strength.

Never giving up is their fine virtue.

They were shouting to reveal their identities, trying to gather the scattered soldiers to their side and reorganize the defense line.

But the enemy will never give them such an opportunity. The personnel on their side have just gathered together and formed a certain scale.

Then there was a crackling sound like a firecracker, and the group of Huayu Plateau soldiers who had just gathered together fell down in pieces like autumn wheat, dripping blood all over their bodies.

"Ghost!" The soldiers who didn't fall were also completely discouraged, shouted, and fled away from each other.

Count Nicholas certainly knew what was going on.

It was another new weapon of the Yongye army—the musket, which used the kinetic energy formed by the explosion of black powder to launch a famous arrow, forming several times or even dozens of times the lethality than the bow and arrow.

In his hand is a genuine product from the black market.

But those ordinary soldiers didn't know about this matter, they only heard the noise, and then saw the comrades around them, blood splattered all over their bodies, and they would naturally attribute everything to ghosts and gods.

Then it entered a new round of cycle. Behind their buttocks, there was a group of hunters, who were slaughtering them in an orderly manner.

Those hunters were obviously controlling the rhythm, mainly cleaning up those who tried to hide in place or resisted, and did not try their best to chase those who had completely broken their courage and ran around.

Instead, follow them unhurriedly, like driving a flock of sheep, drive them to other camps, let them encourage more people, escape with them, and even directly disperse the counterattack they have finally organized front.

This is the most typical sheep repelling tactic, once it takes shape, it will be difficult to crack.

Appease a group of screaming and chaotic crowd, and a group of defeated soldiers are completely different concepts.

Those demoralized soldiers, in order to escape for their lives, are likely to use all means to raise their swords against their comrades. Different affiliations make it easier for them to do this.

"My lord, let's retreat. We have already missed the best opportunity to stabilize our position. The big defeat has already taken shape, and we are powerless. If we go any further, we will only take the Earl into it." The leader of the guard reminded the distraught master in a low voice.

"Ah? What? Retreat? Where to retreat?" Count Nicholas looked as if he hadn't woken up from a big dream.

He really hoped that what he saw in front of him was just a nightmare of his own.

"At this moment, go out of the Helian Mountain Pass, enter the fault mountain range, and use the complicated terrain to stagnate the opponent. Maybe there is still a glimmer of life." The person who can become the leader of the guards around Earl Niklus is obviously not a vulgar person. In the midst of a crisis, he found out where the gate of life was.

"No, it's too threatening." Before Earl Nichols could speak, other local nobles gathered around Earl Nichols retorted: "The army led by the Eternal Night Army has unknowingly touched behind us If we go, the fault mountain range may have fallen into the opponent's hands long ago. If we go in now, we are throwing ourselves into a trap. I think the safer way is to rush back from both sides, and there are other troops behind us that we haven't assembled yet. , and join them, we are truly safe."

"Let's not talk about whether we can break through the blockade of the Yong Ye Army Commander. Even if we can, how can you be sure that the other side didn't let us go on purpose? At that time, we will be a flock of sheep being driven away. Those who attack their own positions are likely to repeat the current old pattern, which will make us lose faster." The leader of the guards insisted on his own opinion.

"Although I don't know how the Yongye army leader got around behind us, one thing is certain, their number will not be too many, just a small group of troops infiltrated, catching us by surprise." The local nobleman also It is plausible, "The purpose is to cooperate with the inside and outside, and take down the Helian Mountain Pass, so that their army can enter easily. Maybe their army has secretly hibernated in the fault mountain range. If we rush in now, wouldn't we be falling into a trap?"

"How can you be sure that the leader of the Eternal Night Army who circled behind us is their small force?"

"It must be a small group of troops, otherwise, it is impossible for us not to notice at all."

"All your judgments are based on your past experience. The current situation is obviously not applicable. All our sentries were thrown into the fault mountain range before. Let alone a large number of troops, even a small group of troops infiltrated from here , it is impossible for us to not notice at all.

Even if it is our sentinel, when they infiltrate, they have no time to pass on the news, and they are cleared out by them, there will be signs, and the mass loss of contact by the sentinel is itself abnormal information.

But before that, we didn't even receive half of this kind of abnormal information.

At least we haven't received half an anomalous message before the riot broke out.

What does this mean?

This shows that the fault mountain range is safe for the time being, unless the Eternal Night Army leader can use just midnight to uproot all our spy posts.

Not to mention the dark situation, even in broad daylight, on the rugged mountain road, it is not an easy task to do this.

I believe that the Yong Ye army leader does not have this ability, and I hope they do not have this ability.

If the other party really had this ability, they wouldn't delay until now and go around behind us to launch a night attack. "Although the leader of the guards does not hold an important position in the army, he has an advantage that others do not have, that is, as the leader of the guards in Earl Niklus, he has access to more high-level information.

"You mean to say that the leader of the Yongye army didn't infiltrate from the fault mountain range, so tell me, how did they come here? Could it be that they put on wings and flew over from the sky? Or are they digging like mice? Passed through the entire fault mountain range, drilled here? Haha..." At the end of the speech, the local nobleman was amused by his own guess.

Because either way, it sounds so ridiculous.

"It's not impossible." The leader of the guards not only didn't laugh, but said solemnly, "The possibility of flying in the sky is very unlikely. Although the Yongye army leader has giant eagles that can hump people, they are not many in number, and the weight is too high." It is not as high as imagined. It is said that the knights who ride them have been specially selected. Most of them are light women, and they usually perform reconnaissance missions.

Moreover, their targets in the air are not small. If they transport troops on a large scale, they will also have no way to avoid our eyes and ears.

Most likely underground.

The opponent dug an underground tunnel directly behind us, allowing their army to embed behind us without anyone noticing. "

"When you say this, don't you think it's ridiculous? It's a huge project to dig an underground tunnel with a length of hundreds of kilometers, especially in the fault mountain range that allows a hundred thousand troops to pass through it. , most of the mountains here are composed of hard rock layers. It is more than ten times more difficult to build a mountain road than ordinary mountains, let alone dig underground tunnels. Are you a bit overestimating the leader of the Yongye army? strength?"

"It may be difficult to do this with manpower alone, but what if magic is added? In the past, I heard that the leader of the Eternal Night Army built a road that can directly penetrate the road between Brissand and the northern fortress. It only takes a few days for them to deploy the underground tunnels between them, and the convenience is even more efficient than the plains of Yimapingchuan.

In the past, it was only a rumor, but now it seems that we have to re-examine this rumor.

At least the Eternal Night Army Leader has a construction capability beyond our imagination, and the speed at which their Army Leader builds new cities is unimaginable to us.

It's not a day or two before they plan to hit the plateau. As early as ten years ago, they were already preparing today's plan, maybe.

If we continue to follow normal thinking, we will definitely fall into their other traps until we are beyond redemption. "

At this moment, the head of the guards, who is five big and three thick, has the brilliance of a wise man shining in his eyes. Although he may be suspected of being an afterthought, he can at least justify himself and connect many things together.

In such a chaotic situation, being able to think calmly is a very rare thing in itself.

Earl Nicholas had only kept it by his side before, and being the head of the guards was somewhat reckless.

Even the previous local nobleman was speechless and shaken by his rebuttal.

Once what the other party said is correct, what is behind them now is not as simple as a small group of Eternal Night Army leading the riots, but the 100,000 army of the other party.

If that was the case, the other party might have already opened a huge pocket there, waiting for them to drill into it.

But the incredible assumption of the guard leader is wrong, if they choose to escape into the fault mountain range.

Even if it is safe for the time being.

The opponent only needs to block the Helian Mountain Pass, and the army presses up.

They will also become a turtle in an urn, and eventually a dead end.

"My lord, what do you think we should do now?"

"Which way to choose, this matter has to be decided by the Earl."

At this time, everyone's eyes turned to Earl Nicholas. After all, he was the coach, and at critical moments, it all depended on his attitude.

Count Nicholas's face was gloomy, and he had somewhat recovered from the previous shock, but his heart was still in a mess, hesitating a little.

The situation in front of me is very unclear.

Whether it is the leader of his own guards or the local aristocrat who just argued with him, the views held are all speculative.

Once this part is wrong, the final conclusion will show two extremes.

"This is the summoning post of the third brigade. We found a big fish ahead. Brothers, follow me."

"People from the third brigade, follow me to the call post."

"Kill, don't let the big fish escape!"

Following a series of rhythmic whistles, some ghost-like night stalkers adjusted their direction and rushed towards the direction of Earl Nicholas.

As the part going upstream, Earl Nicholas and the others are very eye-catching.

Not to mention that they have far more sophisticated equipment than other soldiers, and it is difficult for them not to be noticed.

Especially in the initial confrontation, those hunters in the dark, after discovering that they have good fighting power, issued the order to summon and hunt without hesitation.

With the sound of the whistle, the combat strategy of the stalkers in the night changed significantly, from driving to brutal killing.

"Ice Spike!"

"charge!"

"Flame Slash!"

The bright magical rays of light are even more dazzling against the backdrop of the night.

Behind the glamor lies a deadly murderous intent.

When they begin to bloom, it often means the withering of a life.

With just one touch, a whole row of elite guards around Earl Nicholas fell down.

"Combat technique! It is the unique magical combat technique of the Yongye army leader!"

"It's really the main battle army led by the Yongye army that has circled behind us."

"How on earth did they do it?"

"Can't stop, can't stop, withdraw!"

"We can't withdraw, absolutely can't withdraw, the earl is right behind us, if the earl makes a mistake, it's a small matter for us to lose our lives, and our family members will be implicated, hold on, even if it's life-threatening, hold on to me .”

"Master Earl, please leave here quickly, the soldiers in front will hardly be able to hold back, if you don't leave, we will all stay here!"

When those magical lights began to bloom, all people formally identified the stalkers of the night.

Magic combat skills, just like the Holy Light Divine Art is a unique product of the Holy See of Ether, it has already become one of the symbols of the Eternal Night Army Leader.

Although there are already warlocks, based on the magic combat skills of the Yong Ye army leader, they deduce their true secrets backwards, and even create their own magic combat skills.

But most of them are just in their infancy, and there is a long distance from a complete system, let alone a comprehensive popularization.

"Go out of the mountain pass, take a detour through the dangerous road, and then turn back to the plateau." Count Nicholas had no time to think about it in detail, and could only make a decision based on his own feelings.