Chapter 1660 Farce and War Drama
The carefully arranged Fortress in the Yunzhong was broken through in an instant. If it were replaced by the average level of the senior officials of the aristocratic clan, they might be shocked and at a loss now. Fortunately, the current commander Marshal Menthus is a son-in-law party after all. People of this type either have skin or real skills. What's even more fortunate is that Kelmensius is neither bald nor poisoned, so both are available.
In the magical confrontation with Lu Xi just now, he did suffer a considerable loss, but he quickly suppressed his injuries. The Marshal knew very well that he was not only a spellcaster, but also the commander of the entire army. The 70,000 troops under his command needed to keep calm. The wives, children, and the elderly who needed to protect also needed to keep calm.
Thinking of this, he simply sat in front of the formation with a golden sword, and made a gesture of never retreating. Listening to the sound of war drums and military trumpets on the opposite side, facing the numerous figures emerging from the fortress in the clouds, he remained calm.
After being the "principal" for twenty years, he is now the military force of the nobles' joint army. Marshal Mensus has a high prestige in the army. His calmness (plus the spiritual magical comfort of many spell casters) quickly infected everyone and finally stabilized his position. However, before he could seriously consider the formation of the enemy's opponents, the situation in various parts of the battlefield had already reached him.
"Lieutenant-General Aubant on Blue Dragon Island will repay you. The 6th and 13th Rebels have all passed through the Yunzhong Fortress and are fighting with us. We can temporarily stabilize our position."
Menseus nodded, thinking that the old guy who stands on the same stance as him is indeed trustworthy.
Yes, he led a mob of 8,000 private soldiers and mercenaries, and was born on Blue Dragon Island to block the enemy's superior forces. The son-in-law named Carl Aufante, who was also a married-in-law party, was even a few years older than Mencius. He was the son-in-law of Valentino Aufante, the former leader of the Aubert family who died at the hands of Orusero in the "White Port".
However, we all know that after the top leaders of the league dare not mention it, the famous Aufante family has never recovered from now on. Naturally, General Carl does not have any strong backing. He himself is not a spellcaster. The reason why he can climb to this point today is indeed due to his ability and hard work.
Fortunately, this general, like Marshal Mensus, also loved his wife very much. At such an important historical juncture, he finally chose to stand with his family. Or, when he was born in a humble state, he could only stand with his family.
Fortunately, Marshal Menthus finally has reliable generals under his command.
"Thank you for your hard work! Tell him that if it is really unavailable, he doesn't have to worry about the gains and losses of Blue Dragon Island. He can retreat to Fujima and meet with Lieutenant General Langya Apst's first legion!"
"learn!"
"His Excellency Marshal, Major General Elioyles on South Bird Island requests reinforcements!"
"Reinforcement? Has he fought with those two traitors?" the marshal asked without looking back.
"...No, what he meant is that his troops were at a disadvantage and the battle situation was not good. Even if he fought to the last man, he would definitely ensure that Nantoshima would not lose. However, considering the overall situation, he still hopes that the Marshal can dispatch air cavalry and flying puppets to reinforce the headquarters."
"Then tell him that I don't want him to fight to the death to the last soldier, but the battle situation on Nanniao Island must last at least one hour. After an hour, he can also retreat to Baifeng Island and join the Second Legion, but if he can't, he will definitely use his head to sacrifice the flag before my head is taken by Lu Xiberen Cast!"
This correspondent soldier was Elio Ils's confidant, and his face turned pale. I thought to myself, wasn't your relationship strong before? Last month, my master invited you to dinner. Last year, he also sent two beautiful girls from wings who came out of water to your house. Why did he turn against others so quickly?
Of course, if he says this kind of thought, he must be himself. The communication soldier can only obey his orders and hurried away on his own horned eagle.
The marshal's attitude is correct. The current situation of the battle on Nanbird Island is really interesting. You know, the commanders of both sides, Lu Xi's side are Alexen Lundrons and Hedos Abo, and the rebels side are Elio Ils, but they are both core members of the aristocratic family. The personal relationships of several people are pretty good, and they have played all the high-end entertainment venues in Elaschel together, and even participated in the Haitian Festival several times. Maybe they are good brothers who are sleeping in the same acupoint.
In addition, the ones under his command were all family private soldiers, and they all belonged to the same class, so there was naturally class emotion. It was too difficult to let them take ruthless actions to divide life and death. These little brothers who were probably calling each other a few months ago were probably called brothers.
So, in this decisive battle that determined the future situation of the Federation, this situation emerged: the soldiers of the "rebels" rushed forward in a scattered formation like goblins. The archers of "Zodiac" (remember this is the self-proclaimed by the nobles' Union Army?) released two waves of arrow rain, and the magician lost several fireballs and cried. So, after a mess, more than a dozen bodies were lost here and how could they retreat. In the next round, the "Legal Federal Army of Rebellion" advanced under the cover of magic and bows and arrows, and then killed five or six "rebels" and forced the opponent's array back ten steps away.
In short, just looking at the positions of the two sides on Nanniao Island, I really think this is a tragic tug-of-war.
When Marshal Mensus thought of this scene that seemed like a third-rate absurd farce, he felt very upset and missed the 15,000 people under his command who were unknown. With them, his own formation would probably not be left with such an obvious loophole.
"At least twelve expedited military orders have been issued, but now I can't even find anyone. What are these two kids doing? Why are young people so unreliable now?" Marshal Mensus bit his thumb's nail and pressed down his uneasy with force.
The young man was unreliable, but fortunately, the old guy Carl Aufant finally did not disappoint the marshal. Since the beginning of the battle, even the most tragic battle since the beginning of the Federation War, it had already begun on the Blue Dragon Island where he was.
Everyone should have guessed the name of this island. Yes, when the founding of the Federation, the founders of the Knowledge Alliance came to this sky area on the first batch of floating ships, but found that an ancient blue dragon had been settled here for decades. After a brief discussion, the founding leaders at that time felt that it would be better to resolve the issue peacefully, so they gave the other party a sum of money, which was considered to be the purchase of other people's land. Fortunately, this blue dragon is a rare poor ghost in the dragon clan and has no treasures. Otherwise, it would be difficult to persuade others to move in large and small bags of land with their lazy personality.
Naturally, Lieutenant General Aovante set his base at the highest point of Blue Dragon Mountain, which was where the blue dragon's nest was. At the same time, he used tough measures to disrupt the original private soldiers' marshallings in the family unit, and hit all the projection troops here. This included the most capable ace under his command, and a thousand Talanna mercenaries from Cape Storm were also arranged here.
Facts have proved that this group of combat nations with an average height of more than 1.9 meters, wearing heavy armor and long-handled machetes, also made it possible to have a miraculous effect here.
With the cover of the fortress in the clouds, the floating ships were unable to pass. The Sixth and Thirteenth Legions could only use the stupid method of camel beasts landing. Of course, they chose bat beasts with excellent load capacity, but relatively mild temperament and a little clumsy movement. The first batch of those who passed through the fortress in the clouds were one hundred bat beasts and three hundred suicide squadrons. However, when these huge flying beasts had just rushed out of the clouds and before they had time to land, they threw the passengers on their backs to the island, they were attacked by the Talana crossbowmen.
The bat beast, which is mainly used for load-loading, is really not very bloody. Except for the more than a dozen people who were beaten into a hornet's nest and killed on the spot, the rest were frightened and disbanded directly, but they didn't know where to escape, and they suddenly became a mess. In the end, before these bat beasts were completely dispersed, they only sent less than a hundred death squadrons on the island.
Fortunately, this group of suicide squads are veterans of the Sixth Legion, and the magicians led by the team are also serious elite combat mages who have just passed the Lich and the Dead Knights. They quickly set up a round formation on the island where they could not splash water, held on to wait for assistance, and repelled several waves of superior rebel soldiers who attacked them in succession.
If it were other times, with the qualities of private soldiers and mercenaries, they would have long since wanted to fight. However, their commander was named Carl Aufante, who had the reputation of "Tiger of White Harbor"... Well, this statement is really shameful.
In short, although Carl Aovant is a son-in-law party, he got married after the painting family was incomplete. It is completely unquestionable true love. He has no Yue's family and is a serious general who has been struggling in the army for decades. In fact, he is a bit more ruthless than Marshal Menscius. When he went to battle this time, he not only let his personal guards carry a coffin, but also cut more than a dozen heads on the first day of his term of office, looking like "I am not going to survive no matter whether I win or lose in this battle." How could ordinary playboys be able to deal with such a ruthless person who is desperate?
In this case, the soldiers could only continue to move forward, launching a fierce attack like a violent tide, and must completely submerge and destroy the small reef that only one foot exposed.
At this moment, the subsequent login troops arrived. Major General Astray, who had learned a lesson, certainly could not give the enemy any other chance. In addition to more soldiers, there were actually a hundred air cavalry directly under Lu Xi, that is, the group of guys equipped with small cavalry cannons.
Yes, it is the kind of sad and crazy stinger type A that can be fired on the back of griffins or even horned eagles.
The number of cannons was not large, only five, but the first round of volleys caught the Talanna mercenaries on Blue Dragon Mountain off guard. Twenty people were killed on the spot, and the dense and extremely high hit rate of arrows was also a hit. Taking advantage of this opportunity, thousands of soldiers successfully landed and quickly opened up a beachhead.
The pragmatic Red Thunder Lightning doesn't feel any shame in asking Lu Xi for help. Otherwise, what if the magician rides the horned eagle to cover fire? How many spellcasters do you think there are in this world?
The noble army casters of Lanlong Mountain rushed to unfold their shields, but at least they did not let their own formation and firepower positions be knocked off by the other party. On the other hand, more and more legion soldiers landed on the island, and the private soldiers who were fighting were finally unable to hold on.
At this time, Carl Aovante, who was almost seventy years old, took his helmet and crowned armor, led two hundred heavy cavalrymen to leave the base camp of Lanlong Mountain, and rushed towards the soldiers on the beach from a high place.
Yes, the Federal Kingdom of Austria is equipped with heavy cavalry, but it has no use at all. It usually carries out ceremonial and etiquette tasks. However, we all know that Austria families are all forced to die for face and suffer. Since they are guards of honor, they must have the best people, vests and weapons, anyway, only 200 people, so this expense can still be obtained.
Even the guard of honor was dragged to the battlefield, and the aristocratic sect's realm was evident at this moment. However, here, at this moment, they did have miraculous effects. It should be noted that these guard of honor did not have the experience of going to the battlefield, but they were all selected from thousands of people, and their daily training was indeed quite strict. They had long engraved the concepts of discipline and organization into their own bones, and they had already become elite soldiers. And under the leadership of the "Tiger of White Harbor", they did burst out with bloody courage that made people shudder at this moment.
The soldiers of the legion on the beach were severely injured. In just one minute, more than one hundred people died of rifles, sabers, or trampled by war horses, and the injured were several times more than that. The army in the cold weapon era, even the famous strong army could not bear this loss, and for a moment, there were signs of collapse.
Fortunately, at this time, the more trained air cavalry saw this, turned the guns and launched a round of uneven shooting at the chaotic joint of the two armies.
On the real battlefield, a decisive and responsible commander would not give up the fighter plane for the reason that "it is possible to accidentally hurt a friendly army." The person who led this group of air cavalry was Valerius' second son, Yarge, a brave and resourceful young officer.
At this moment, it really showed how fatal it was to only have blood courage and training but lack experience. The guard of honor did not realize the danger of approaching, and even if they realized it, they could not get rid of it. The shells fell into the crowd of dense formations, and instantly killed more than twenty knights.
Carl Aovant whistled and ordered his retreat. The cavalry quickly left the battlefield. At this time, the crossbowmen on Blue Dragon Mountain stabilized their positions and began to shoot again. This time, the precise shooting they carried out named the remaining soldiers on the beach one by one.
In short, such a tug-of-war took place several rounds in a row. After more than an hour of hard work, with more than a thousand dead on both sides, the Sixth and Thirteenth Legion landed more than three thousand on Blue Dragon Island. Finally, the battle situation was initially stabilized, but it was still far from completely defeating the other side.
As for the guys on Nanto Island on the other side, the acting skills are not as good as those in the extras in a certain store... well, it's better not to mention it.
At the same time, on the central battlefield on Tianqiao Island, Liszt and Eliot, led more than 20 combat mages, have also completed their magic circles.
Chapter completed!