During the flight, due to friction and high temperature, the meteorite split into dozens of smaller, hot fragments. Under the control of magical energy, each piece rushed towards the target accurately;
With a loud noise that shook the earth, in a short period of time, the mountain walls in front of and on one side of the valley seemed to have been intensively bombed by a fleet of heavy aircraft.
Sand and gravel suddenly flew on the officer's position, and flames shot into the sky. The steam tank was smashed together with the crew inside, and the nearby infantry were thrown high into the sky like ants and shattered into powder.
No wailing could be heard through the telescope, only the surviving wounded soldiers could be seen crawling out of their positions and tanks in disgrace, rolling on the ground and fleeing to the rear. The main force of the government and army, which had been hiding in the valley, turned around and went deep into the valley.
However, they will soon realize how lucky their companions who died instantly in the first round of bombardment actually were.
Before launching the attack, Oster had used Sa Shu's buggy simulation calculation function to deduce that even a legendary spell could not annihilate more than one regiment of troops in one shot. Those are all living people, not targets. They can run, disperse, and find cover. What's more, the mountainous terrain is very complicated. As long as the opponent retreats into the valley, he can effectively avoid air strikes under the cover of the mountain walls.
And in a magical world where flying to the sky and escaping from the earth are commonplace, it would be difficult for a regular army to be intimidated by one or two meteorites. If you cannot annihilate or repel the enemy in one fell swoop, the power of Sashu will be exhausted, and the situation will be extremely unfavorable.
Therefore, from the beginning, Oster's goal was not to directly attack the enemy's effective forces. He only allowed a small number of meteorites to fly towards the military positions exposed in front of the valley, with the purpose of forcing them to retreat into the narrow valley behind them; while for most of the meteorites, he controlled them to hit the top of a mountain on one side, where extremely easy terrain was distributed. Collapsed shale formations.
Just as the officers and soldiers retreated into the valley in panic under the command of the commander, trying to wait until the meteorite attack was over before emerging again; at this time, above their heads, a side of the mountain was continuously bombarded by more than a dozen giant fragments. Finally the whole thing collapsed. The gravel formed a mighty wave, roaring towards the bottom of the valley;
Below, the densely packed and frightened officers and soldiers, who were crowded together like ants on a hot pot, felt an unusual vibration and loud noise before they could take a breath; then, an overwhelming flow of rocks rushed over in the blink of an eye. They come closer.
The time is neither too early nor too late, including the timing of rock collapse and the speed of stone flow impact, all are under Sa Shu's control. Oster couldn't help but sigh. He had always felt that Sashu was a golden finger for free copying of spells. Now it seemed that maybe this was its weakest function. The seemingly inconspicuous intelligence detection and analysis capabilities were the weakest. Perverted.
In the valley, the soldiers screamed, howled, and trampled on the heads of their companions in an attempt to escape. However, in such a narrow place, where could they run to?
Not long ago, when these people were triumphantly shooting and firing arrows, forcing innocent people to serve as cannon fodder, they couldn't have imagined that just a few minutes later, they would be the ones struggling desperately in front of death, right?
Soon, the soldiers were knocked down and buried one by one by the debris flow. As the rocks filled the entire valley floor, the screams and moans echoing throughout the valley slowly disappeared.
After the smoke and dust dissipated, the entire area was completely silent, leaving only a bloody rubble, which revealed twisted tanks, armor, swords and guns, and countless unidentifiable corpses.
On the hillside here, Oster, who had finished casting the spell, also fell back to the ground, his whole body shining with light, like a god descending to earth; the effect of the chain strike was even better than expected, and almost no enemy army escaped the second round of impact.
The escort members were greatly inspired by this scene, jumped on their horses, and charged down the hillside with shouts. Together with the resisting battalion soldiers, they launched a final attack on the few remaining officers and soldiers on the position.
In fact, as long as they stay for a few more seconds, they can see that as the light around Oster gradually fades, what is revealed under the halo is a dark face, with straight hair, a crooked mouth, slanted eyes, and a flowing liquid. Harazi, the face of a fool;
The legendary spell is indeed extraordinary. When I cast the spell, I didn’t feel anything because of the blessing of Sa Shu. When the authority was reduced and the mana was retracted, thousands of amps (magic unit, Antonidas in the whole process) of spell energy passed through the body at the same time. It felt like ten seconds. I stood there all day in a typhoon.
Oster was shaken by the shock and his consciousness soared to the sky. He shook for a while before slowly regaining consciousness. The tissues, muscles and blood vessels all over his body were roaring, his head was buzzing sharply, and his stomach was churning violently. It was similar to the first time he drank fragments in his previous life, and he only thought that he would never use magic again to kill him in the future.
In front of me, the Sa Shu interface displays [Energy 0%. I wish you a happy life and see you next time] and then turned off the phone with a flash. No matter how Auster called, there was no response.
Auster stood frozen on the spot, his shoulders twitched, and he let out a miserable laugh. Then it turned into laughter, wild laughter, and laughter;
After only three or five days of being in power, the dignified Great Guardian once again became a blank slate, waste wood, straw bags, and non-burnable garbage, and his profession was restored to that of a weak farmer.
Auster almost went crazy. Whenever he feels that he is getting better, he will be quickly beaten back to his original state with a stick. Is it true that he is pretending to be cool, but he also wants to balance work and rest, and have three days off and five days off?
At the same time, on the other side of the battlefield, the escort team, with the fire support of friendly forces, bravely charged and harvested the remaining enemy troops. Since most of the officers and soldiers had been killed by meteorites or buried in the valley by rocks, and the remaining soldiers were either dead or injured, the battle ended in a short time;
This main guard force of more than a thousand people, well-equipped and confidently prepared to take down the Xishan Battalion in one fell swoop, in less than an hour, only a few frightened remnants of defeated soldiers were left, sneaking into the forest. Fleeing in all directions.
Here, the hopeless Oster was guarded by Case and rode near the pass.
What caught their eyes was a scene full of people struggling and groaning in pain;
The old, weak, women and children who had been driven out to serve as cannon fodder were first shot dead by the army and then involved in the crossfire between the two armies. The casualties were very heavy, with bloodstains and corpses everywhere. The poor mother was shot several times, but she still couldn't save her infant baby, and she died holding the dead child tightly.
Witnessing this tragic situation in the world, the guards shed tears one after another. At this time, the Xishan garrison came down from the fortifications and joined the convoy.
When he saw that there were only about twenty soldiers on the defensive position, led by a squad leader, the impulsive Pullman couldn't control himself. He stepped forward and grabbed his collar and asked urgently, "Why do you have so few people? Battalion Headquarters" Where is the main force?”
The garrison squad leader also suffered serious injuries in the previous battle, and one of his arms was blown off. Oster and Case quickly persuaded Pullman to leave and bandaged the wounds of the squad leader named Mars.
Regarding the situation at the camp, Mars hesitated to speak, and finally said to Oster, "Sir, follow me to the camp and take a look, and you will understand."
Under his leadership, the soldiers opened the pass, took Oster, the escort and the people, went around the mountain road, climbed all the way, and finally reached the camp on the top of the mountain. On the way, I saw that many people had already arrived for refuge and camped on the hillside;
Xishan Camp is located on the main peak of the hill, with cliffs on three sides. The top of the mountain has an open terrain and a water source. It is the easiest to defend and difficult to attack among all the strongholds. Coupled with the rich natural resources nearby, it is an out-and-out fortress terrain.
Oster had previously intended to persuade the rebels to abandon their strongholds in the plains and retreat to the Western Mountains, but he was rejected at the meeting of church leaders. Because if you do this, the people in the base area will be abandoned, and the fate waiting for them will be too miserable; just like the current situation in Xishan. Thinking about it now, it's a good thing that Skar didn't listen to this immature opinion.
Upon arriving at the stronghold, Oster immediately understood what Mars was referring to;
In the empty field in the center of the battalion, two groups of officers and soldiers gathered in a dark crowd. Under the leadership of their respective officers, they were confronting each other with guns and live ammunition, and the situation was tense.
"I order you to put down your weapons! Do you want to rebel if you disobey military orders?"
"Fart, you have no right to command us. If you want to use the arsenal, you must release all our captured people!"
"Those people are all traitors, both from the government and the army!"
"It's nonsense. You have no evidence at all, so you just arrest and kill people randomly!"
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The two gangs of officers and soldiers who are confronting each other belong to the Hakka and Aboriginal factions respectively. Before coming, Oster had heard some about the conditions in the Western Hills;
The residents and officers and soldiers here are divided into two factions. Those who originally lived here are called the indigenous faction. After the outbreak of the blight disease, a large number of refugees fled to Heishan County and settled in the vast and sparsely populated Xishan hills. They are called the Hakka faction.
Although the two factions of soldiers and civilians fought side by side when resisting the government and landowners' clever pretexts and forced expropriation, in the final analysis, the arrival of large numbers of refugees actually competed for the indigenous residents' farmland, drinking water and various resources. In terms of customs, beliefs, habits, etc., the two groups of people have always been at odds.
Within the Xishan Rebel Army, which is mainly composed of militiamen, the contradiction between the Hakka faction and the indigenous faction has penetrated into all aspects and even reached the point of being irreconcilable. When handling some conflicts, the rebel cadres did not fully take into account the sentiments of the residents of the two groups, resulting in a series of misunderstandings. The indigenous faction believed that the rebels favored the refugees and were the main culprits in occupying their homeland. The Hakka faction believed that they contributed more in the battle and that the natives took advantage of their sacrifices and did not appreciate it.
In addition, during the previous activities of the rebels in Xishan, they carried out two major measures. First, we launched land reform, hanged a group of landowners who had committed heinous crimes by enclosing their fields and barren hills, and distributed their land equally among the refugees. Second, in view of the collusion between officials and businessmen, taking advantage of the disaster to exploit the military and civilians with loan sharks, a campaign was launched to burn land deeds and debts, and a group of outside bourgeoisie were executed.
At first, they received enthusiastic support from the people. However, later on, these two measures began to expand blindly, and even became a tool for the native and foreign factions to weaken each other. As long as they are local farmers who own land, they are regarded as landlords. As long as they travel to various places to do business or hire others to help foreign businessmen, they are regarded as bourgeois, and they will be deprived of their property or even executed. This resulted in many unjust cases and unnecessary killings, many of which involved relatives of rebel officers and soldiers, further intensifying conflicts.
The trigger for the conflict to break out was that not long ago, in a fight between soldiers from two factions, an indigenous soldier was accidentally beaten to death by a refugee soldier. Deliberately incited by someone, a large number of indigenous soldiers surrounded the battalion headquarters and demanded an explanation from Captain Price, who was from the Hakka sect. Price was shot and killed by a gunman hidden in the crowd while trying to negotiate.
Although most of the indigenous officers and soldiers knew nothing about it, the battalion headquarters immediately characterized the incident as a rebellion. In the subsequent process of purging the traitors, many innocent indigenous officers and soldiers were imprisoned and wrongfully killed without strict trial, which made many indigenous factions feel cold. Many soldiers broke away from the ranks and even actually defected from the army.
In his previous life, Oster had heard a little bit about similar things. In one sentence, conflicts would arise wherever there are people.
This is the general situation in Xishan. Skar sent Oster here, hoping that his omnipotent deputy gang leader could calm the situation and ease the conflict between the two factions. However, judging from the various circumstances, can this be an easy matter to deal with?
