As far as the Guards are concerned, they are the most elite troops in the empire, and they are also the troops led by Emperor Busozzi. They cannot be defeated by this slave bandit in any case. Otherwise, how can they establish their authority over other local troops in the future?
They wanted to deal with the slave army led by Luo De before King Qin's troops from various places arrived at Jiye City.
In the previous battles, despite the loss of all air power and light and heavy cavalry, the main force of the Guards Corps still existed. They also had mobile troops, crossbowmen and projection troops that made the slaves fearful. An infantry phalanx with strict military discipline and strong combat effectiveness.
They have not yet been defeated and will even easily defeat this slave army.
In the quiet and empty canyon, the four walls of fire were still burning fiercely. They were like the fire of hell shining on the bloody battlefield. The shadows were scattered among the mutilated corpses and twisted and ferocious faces.
A group of big black birds hovered in the sky. Under the moonlight, they opened and closed their huge wings, blocking the moonlight and the sky. Sometimes they swooped down in groups, picked up a few corpses, and flew up. On top of the mountain, enjoy a gourmet meal...
Sometimes they would land in groups on the hills where the corpses were piled up, feasting on them with their big mouths open, or they would pick up a larger stump in their mouths, feasting on it in groups of three or three while spinning around. Dance of "Death".
A horn broke through the tranquility of the night and disturbed the blackbirds who were eating heartily. Like a swarm of migratory locusts, they soared from the battlefield filled with dead bodies and flew to the mountains on both sides in an instant. They lined up in neat rows, staring at the Guards Corps that began to move below the canyon with sharp eyes flashing.
They are waiting for the next "food feast".
The attack of the Guards Corps began. Following the general's order, 30,000 mobile troops holding scimitars and riding tall horses moved to the other side of the four fire walls. Behind them were arranged in five columns. There are 20,000 crossbowmen and 2,000 catapults in a neat phalanx.
The role of the mobile troops is to protect the crossbow troops and projection troops as much as possible within the battlefield, so that the former two can launch rounds of volleys and then work with the infantry phalanx to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.
Opposite the mobile force, that is, on the other side of the four walls of fire, is a large army of slaves. They hold scimitars and spears, and they are densely packed into a group, waiting for the four fires to extinguish. At that time, they will It would be like a flood that was released from a sluice gate, sweeping away the Guards Corps that was just around the corner.
They waved their weapons and chanted slogans, waiting for the moment when the four walls of fire were extinguished. Opposite them, the soldiers of the Guards Corps were busy in an orderly manner...
As the soldiers' hands kept moving, stones the size of bowling balls were neatly stacked one after another on the concave tray of the catapult.
"Suddenly!" The yellow flag in the hands of the ordering soldier fell. After a burst of rapid ejection, 2,000 stones were instantly ejected into the air, roaring over four raging walls of fire, flying at lightning speed. To the slave army.
After the stone formation flew by, 20,000 crossbowmen opened their bows and set arrows, aiming their arrows into the air. "Suddenly!" As the red flag in the hands of the messenger fell, 20,000 arrow clusters were discharged into the river and the sea. The force rushed into the air, crossed the wall of fire, and went straight into the heart of the enemy.
There was silence for only a few seconds. After the silence, 2,000 stones the size of bowling balls fell together like meteorites. They were like a group of stone arrays from the sky, and thunder struck...
Immediately afterwards, 20,000 arrow clusters emitting cold light fell from the sky, densely covering the area.
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It covered the entire sky of the canyon.
Following bursts of loud crackling noises, layers of dust were stirred up from the other side of the fire wall. As soon as the dust started to rise, 20,000 arrow clusters entered the dust like lightning.
Catapults and crossbowmen launched a total of 6 waves. The slave army on the other side of the fire wall was filled with dust, covering the sky like a thick fog and locking it tightly, and some areas were ablaze. Thick smoke.
Although the long-range projectile weapons of the Guards Corps were fast and dense, what they did not expect was that the slave army on the other side of the fire wall was not in a mess and littered with casualties, but had almost zero casualties.
Just as the stones and arrow clusters were falling, countless small carts made of wood were pushed out one after another. The slave warriors immediately hid in the carts. This was also the strategy deployed by Lot in advance. After losing his air power and reconnaissance force, four walls of fire effectively covered his deployment.
This kind of car is composed of four wheels and a roof tied with logs. It has an open structure with no doors or windows in the middle, which is convenient for slave warriors to quickly hide inside.
In addition to its role as a shelter, the car is also a powerful offensive weapon. Under the roof, in the middle of the car, there is a log about 50 cm in diameter. The front end of the log is cut into a sharp cone shape. And it protrudes forward about 3 meters long.
As for why this is the case, Lot has his own plan.
The covered car provided a safe shelter for the slaves. No matter whether it was thundering boulders or sharp and dense arrow clusters, they could not hurt them at all.
The falling stones one after another were shattered by the impact of the strong and heavy log roof. Even though the raindrop-like arrows pierced the car into hedgehogs one after another, they could not hurt the slaves hiding inside at all.
The four walls of fire gradually extinguished. When the last flame disappeared, thick black smoke rose up around the slave army. The black smoke quickly spread and enveloped the entire slave army, and also firmly enveloped it. Locked up all the secrets inside.
Everything that happened in the slave army was like a mist of chaos in front of the close guard army, but all his own movements were clearly visible.
After the attack, the projection troops of the Guards Corps began to retreat to the rear in an orderly manner. Obviously, they were quite satisfied with their "results." Although they did not know the specific casualties of the opponent, the purpose of defeating their will to fight seemed to be has been "achieved".
The next step was to wait for a thunderous blow from the mobile troops and infantry phalanx. Only one charge was enough to completely defeat this ragged army of slaves.
As a blue flag in the hands of the messenger fell, about 30,000 mobile troops in the Guards Corps launched a final charge towards the slave army in the smoke. Behind them were infantry troops holding spears and shields. Array.
The infantrymen marched forward with neat steps, shouting slogans in unison, with spears in their hands and shields like walls. They were like sharp chariots capable of destroying everything, and they were as indestructible as copper walls and iron walls.
When the mobile troops rushed into the smoke, they saw thousands of fast-moving wooden chariots coming towards them. Behind each chariot were more than 50 slave warriors, who pushed the chariots rapidly. Rush forward...
Inside the chariot was another group of slave warriors holding scimitars and spears. In front of the chariot was the thick and sharp log. They were advancing forward at high speed like tanks.
Ten seconds later, bursts of dense and dull collisions and the sounds of knives and guns piercing the body were intertwined, surging up in the canyon that shook the sky.
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As the chariots rushed into the queue of mobile troops, they were advancing at high speed a second ago. At this moment, they were either knocked to the ground like ants hitting a boulder, or were knocked to the ground by the sharp front end of the chariot. They were pierced by logs or crushed to death by rolling wheels.
The slave warriors on the chariot did not sit back and watch. They brandished their spears and scimitars, and used the power of the chariot's advance to stab and slash the approaching mobile troops like the autumn wind sweeping down fallen leaves.
The neighing of war horses and the screams of soldiers became the main theme of the two head-on confrontations. As tens of thousands of tanks pierced the depths of the mobile troops like sharp arrows, more and more soldiers fell in a pool of blood. .
The rolling chariot formation was like a huge front that crushed everything, advancing to the rear of the mobile troops with the force of wind and clouds, harvesting everything along the way, whether it was tall war horses or brave men on horseback. None of the soldiers who were good at fighting and well-trained escaped the fate of being killed.
The power of the chariot phalanx even affected the infantry phalanx that was steadily advancing behind the mobile troops. It was not until the infantry's forest-like spears and copper-like iron wall-like shields crowded into a ball that they gradually stopped.
The dense spears penetrated the bodies of the slave warriors who powered the chariot within 5 meters. The strong and thick shields resisted the forward momentum of the chariot, causing it to gradually lose its power to crush everything.
The slaves jumped off the chariot one after another, brandished their spears and scimitars and rushed towards the neat infantry phalanx, and the two sides started a bloody fight.
While the two sides were fighting, about 2,000 large birds flew out from the main force of the slave army. They were all the air power sent by Lot and the only air power among the troops on both sides.
At this moment, the slave army had absolute air supremacy.
Each of the 2,000 big birds carried more than 20 fully armed slaves on their backs. Like a dark cloud covering the sky, they passed over the slave army and the infantry phalanx of the Guards Corps who were fighting fiercely in the canyon, and rushed towards them. Go to the Guards Corps camp.
The big birds flew as fast as possible over the crossbowmen and catapult troops of the Guards Corps. After being attacked by a wave of crossbowmen, they landed on the ground one after another.
The slaves shouted and jumped off the back of the bird, waving their gleaming scimitars, and rushed towards the crossbowmen and the defenseless catapult troops who were firing crossbows at them.
Soon, this sudden "airborne" force entered the camp of the crossbowmen and catapult troops. In the close combat, the latter had almost no combat effectiveness at all. They were attacked and re-launched in waves. Under successive attacks from the air force, the long-range projection force of the Guards Corps was quickly wiped out.
At this time, in the Guards camp, all arms were engaged in the battle, and there was only a pitiful personal guard of about 300 people guarding Emperor Busozzi.
Now, facing an air force belonging to the slave army that suddenly descended on the camp, the general commanding the Guards knew that the situation was over. He immediately ordered a guard around him to join the personal guards protecting Emperor Busozzi. middle.
While the crossbowmen and catapult troops were fighting fiercely with the "airborne" troops of this slave army, the personal guards and the convoys that came later escorted Emperor Busozzi to break through to Jiye City...
After a fierce battle, the two guards successfully escorted Emperor Busozzi to escape from the battlefield.
The slave "airborne" troops were so caught up in the fighting that they had no time to pay attention to the whereabouts of Emperor Busozzi. Because their mission was to eliminate the crossbowmen of the Guards Corps and capture their catapults, they did not pursue them.
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