The destruction of the two slave armies aroused the high morale of the Guards Corps. In order to avoid their attack, Lot had to lead his army to retreat 30 kilometers to the rear.
The Guards Corps did not pursue them either. Their duty was to protect Jiye City and annihilate all invading enemies. They would wait until other regular armies of the empire arrived at the outskirts of the capital before launching an attack on the enemies.
Currently, troops deployed in other areas of the empire are gathering towards Jiye City overnight. Although they have been attacked by rebels from all over, there are still three troops that have arrived in an area about 500 kilometers away from Jiye City.
According to their current advancement speed, if other resistance forces cannot effectively stop their advance, they will reach Jiye City in up to 5 days. By then, it will become extremely difficult to capture the city.
The situation will become more complicated, or even reversed, and the slaves' resistance will most likely be completely extinguished.
Five days was the deadline left for the only large-scale resistance army led by Lot.
But three days had passed, and Lot never ordered the rebels to attack the Guards Corps, not even a sporadic sneak attack.
However, in the past three days, Rhodes did not do nothing. He conducted a lot of research and tactical deductions on the sophisticated equipment of the Guards Corps and the joint combat methods of various services, in order to find a solution.
Based on his grandfather's profession, Luo was exposed to various military ideas at an early age. He was exposed to various military ideas since childhood, which gave him a deep understanding of strategy and tactics.
One of them is to avoid the enemy's edge and find targeted strategies to defeat the enemy.
But three days have passed and nothing has been found.
A bright moon hung in the silent starry sky of Feida. Lotor stood alone on a hill, looking up at the canyon that was swallowed by blood and fire under the mist. For a moment, he fell into deep thought. .
The sea of fire has long been extinguished, and scattered smoke rises like ghosts, as if telling the tragedy of the war, and as if they are undead souls who cannot rest in peace.
Lot's eyes moved to the other side, and the vast field camp of the Guards Corps came into view. The camp was brightly lit, military flags were flying, and various tents were like white waves pouring into the deep canyon. Among them, the view is limited until it is blocked by the cliffs on both sides.
Three hours later, a messenger quickly came forward and reported an extremely unfavorable battle situation to him. Just an hour ago, three regular Feida troops who came to Qin Wang broke through the encirclement of another group of rebels. , successfully arrived at the outskirts of Jiye City.
Currently, these three armies are less than 100 kilometers away from the resistance army led by Lord. As expected, they will reach this canyon in just one day. By then, they will face the dilemma of being attacked from two sides.
The situation is already very dangerous. If the Guards Corps cannot be conquered within one day, once King Qin's army arrives, it will be impossible to break through, let alone march into Jiye City.
This day will determine not only the fate of the resistance army he leads, but even the success or failure of the entire resistance cause.
Lot walked down the hill.
The moonlight hung high, and a few birdsong occasionally came from the quiet canyon, adding a bit of chill to the quiet night. In the night, the two teams slowly walked towards the steep mountains on both sides of the canyon. Moving forward...
These two teams were sent by Lot. Their mission was to sneak attack the camp of the Guards Corps. They numbered more than 2,000 people.
The mountains on both sides of the canyon are at an angle of 75 degrees. As you go up, the mountains become more and more inclined. However, the layers of rocks can effectively block reconnaissance and raids from the air, but Lot seems to have given up.
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Without the cover of the mountainside, they brazenly ordered the two teams to advance rapidly from the bottom of the mountain.
Once the Guards Corps' reconnaissance troops appear in the air, the movements of these two teams will be clearly visible.
Sure enough, just as the two teams were advancing, a scout riding a big bird appeared in the air. The big bird flew back and forth before returning to the Guards Corps camp.
Just one minute later, about 1,000 large birds soared from the Guards camp. On their backs sat three soldiers armed with crossbows, spears, and scimitars. They swooped down like a dense swarm of locusts. Two small teams were advancing rapidly along the mountains on both sides of the canyon.
"Swish, swish, swish!" The shrill rain of arrows hit the two teams like raindrops. Wherever the arrows passed, there were corpses everywhere and screams. The teams on the ground were almost helpless to parry.
The aerial troops were murderous. In addition to pouring crossbows from the air, some used their super mobility to swoop down from high altitudes. When the big birds approached the slave warriors, the soldiers on their backs swung and curved. The knife swiped across the slaves' heads. Blood gushed out wherever the scimitar struck, and heads fell to the ground one after another.
At the same time, another part of the big bird flew above the two teams and moved slowly. While moving, the soldiers on the back of the big bird waved their spears and picked up the slaves like carrots. With a sound, Screams pierced the silent night, and slaves died in the canyon.
After the massacre went on for a period of time, the air force changed the way of killing and found new ways to kill.
The soldiers ordered the big birds to stretch out their sharp claws and catch the slave warriors on the ground into the air. After flying high into the sky, they ordered the big birds to release their claws. The slaves under their claws fell rapidly from the high altitude like stones until they were thrown. Got to be smashed to pieces.
For a time, all kinds of killing methods emerged one after another, and screams resounded throughout the canyon...
While the air troops were killing people wantonly, in the darkness, a large number of slave warriors suddenly jumped down from the mountainside on both sides of the mountain. Five of them were a fighting group, and they used the terrain of the mountain to jump to the killing big birds. On the back, after a fierce struggle, the three soldiers on the back were chopped down.
In less than a minute, more than 60% of the air force was suddenly seized by slave warriors who jumped down from the mountainside and took control of Big Bird.
Seeing this, the soldiers who had not taken control of the birds frantically pulled on the reins on the heads of the big birds, trying to pull them higher into the air. However, they were still a step too late and did not escape the threat from halfway up the mountain.
The slave warriors halfway up the mountain jumped down one after another like divine soldiers descended from heaven. The glinting knife tips pierced the soldiers' throats, and the sharp spears pierced their bodies. In the blink of an eye, most of the big birds were killed. The soldiers on their backs were chopped off their backs.
Although a few big birds rose halfway up the mountain, they still could not escape the fate of being captured. Large nets suddenly flashed out from the cols halfway up the mountain, and the big birds were caught in the big nets one after another.
After the fierce battle, the noisy canyon fell into silence again, and the silver-white moonlight still shined tirelessly on the earth, as if nothing had happened.
In this battle, Lot's ambush seized control of nearly 2,000 big birds. An air force belonging to the slave rebels was built in the flames of war. They had a real air force.
Suddenly, a horn pierced the background of the night, and 5,000 slave warriors rushed down the canyon towards the Guards like a flood...
For a moment, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the mountains and rocks trembled.
The Guards Corps responded quickly, and 1,000 light cavalry rushed out of the barracks under the cover of 2,000 light infantry.
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When approaching the slave army, they divided into five independent columns, each consisting of 200 light cavalry and 400 light infantry.
The five columns formed strange formations. The square infantry formation was surrounded by two circles of constantly maneuvering cavalry. They kept rotating in opposite directions. The cavalry all held a pistol in their hands. A long broadsword.
When the slave army approached, the five columns cut into the former's queue in a diamond formation. As the cavalrymen kept swinging their swords, the slaves fell in pieces like layers of wheat. Down.
When the five columns completely entered the queue of the slave army, the cavalry crossed and spread out. Except for one cavalry that charged in the slave camp, the other four maneuvered to the four sides of the slave army, starting from the four sides. Rush towards its interior...
At this point, the slave army was completely surrounded.
The five infantry formations within the five columns were never broken by the slaves during the fierce battle. This was due to their super strong ability to cooperate with various arms. On their four sides were soldiers holding shields and scimitars. They are like four airtight walls, not only protecting the soldiers inside the queue, but also becoming four walls of unexpected killings.
Once they reach the nearby slave warriors, the spearmen behind the shield soldiers will pass their spears through the gaps between the shields, piercing the slaves' bodies with thunderous force. If there is a fish that slips through the net, the curved spear in the hands of the shield soldiers will The knife will quickly dispatch them.
The two sides fought fiercely in the canyon. Although the slaves tried their best, under the joint stranglehold of the light cavalry and 5 infantry phalanxes from the outside to the inside, in just 30 minutes, 5,000 slave warriors were massacred.
The bright moon was getting higher and the night was getting darker. While the two sides were fighting fiercely, a group of slaves holding shovels appeared in the empty canyon, numbering about 3,000.
They were an engineering unit sent by Lot. At this moment, they were about 300 meters away from the fighting battlefield, and quickly divided into four queues as quickly as possible, with each queue about 50 meters apart.
Under the cover of fighting, slaves holding shovels in four queues frantically dug gravel and soil from both sides of the canyon to the middle...
They will dig four trenches about 5 meters deep and 8 to 10 meters wide.
The sound of fighting in front and the cover of night perfectly concealed the behavior of the engineers digging trenches. About 50 meters above their heads, Lord also deployed an aerial force of about 500 large birds. They were like An airtight dark cloud completely blocked the sight of the Guards Corps, providing both cover and warning for the engineers.
Fortunately, the Guards Corps did not use air power during the entire trench digging process.
For the current Guards Corps, they will not rush to use air power without knowing the intentions of the rebels. This is because they lost about 30% of their air power in previous raids.
With previous lessons, their actions seemed more or less timid and cautious.
Luo De appeared on the hill again. He stood attentively and looked at the canyon not far away with the roar of the murderous people. However, his eyes only stayed on it for about 2 seconds, and then he turned his gaze to it. In the rear, the engineering unit digging trenches...
The engineers lived up to expectations. After the charging slave unit was slaughtered, they completed the task of digging four trenches, and perfectly covered the traces left by the excavation with branches and gravel.
A devilish smile appeared on Rod's face.
The trap is set, waiting for the wolf to enter the cage.
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