The research of [Tiefeng County-Telton Battle] will be a big problem.

Due to the lack of scribes, the Tiefeng County military failed to leave any written records.

The new government also did not inherit the good habit of "writing war history" from the old officer system.

The remaining instructions, orders and letters are full of secret words and codes, which are incomprehensible.

As for the Tertun people? They have no such thing as writing.

For the Hed people, war memories are romantic heroic epics sung by old shamans around the campfire, mixed with a lot of improvisation, classic tributes and completely fictitious scenes.

Perhaps in the future, some people who witnessed this battle will publish their memoirs.

But we all know that memories are the most unreliable records, because everyone will distort and whitewash memories according to their own needs.

Even liars may not necessarily be lying, because they sincerely believe that what they remember is true.

Only the "War Newsletter" printed on papyrus every issue can help onlookers vaguely outline the full picture of the war.

Skilled propagandists are good at turning bad news into ordinary bad news, bad news into acceptable bad news, bad news into good news, and good news into glorious victory.

Winters was obviously not good at this, because he honestly informed the entire Tiefeng County in the "War Correspondence" that the Terdun people had occupied the Pangtuo River Tushangchang.

On the night when Bader led his militia troops to repulse the first round of attacks, the second round of attacks from the Teltowns followed.

Prior to this, Bard had fended off many attempts by small groups of Teldon light cavalry.

Unlike Lang Town, which is located in a corner, Heishui Town and Wumastiff Town are only separated from Zhongtiefeng County by a river, making travel easy.

By the time the Terdun people invaded Lower Tiefeng County, a large number of people from Heishui Town and Wumastiff Town had been evacuated to Middle Tiefeng County.

The Terdun people who robbed Blackwater Town and Five Mastiff Town had limited gains, so they wanted to try their luck by sneaking into Zhongtiefeng County, the hunting ground of other tribes. However, they were easily repelled by the militiamen under Bader's command.

However, when the Teltuns launched a real offensive, the pressure on Bard's shoulders increased sharply.

A small group of sneaky plunderers who wanted to "poach" were obviously not the same as the Teltown cavalry who were determined to capture Tusked Field.

The first round of offensive was just a test by the vanguard.

In the second wave of attacks that night, the Tertun people not only invested more hundreds of cavalry, but also concentrated a group of armored soldiers to dismount and fight on foot, ruthlessly tearing at the weak points of the horse and wooden fence.

Bows, arrows and slings were unable to exert their power in night battles. The Teltun people focused on one spot and struck fiercely, making the battles often brutal.

The Hurd Barbarian's loud arrows were accompanied by a terrifying scream, and several times they even flew close to Ish's ears.

Exhausted, Ish raised the gun high and groaned in pain unconsciously. He exerted force on his waist, abdomen and arms, swung the gun from top to bottom, and slapped his head and face outside the wooden fence.

He couldn't see where the barbarian was, so he just hit the place where the figure was flashing.

The improvised gun was made of oak wood as its core, and linen cloth was wrapped around the oak wood to increase its toughness. Finally, it was brushed with tung oil and asphalt.

Because there is no time to dry the wood core, the so-called shooting gun is extremely heavy. It is more laborious to use than pushing a stone roller uphill, but its power is also more amazing.

When the gun was about to hit the ground, the gun barrel suddenly sent a shock force back to Ish's hands, which made his hands numb.

There was a "click" and the gun broke into two pieces.

Ish seemed to hear a scream and the sound of a skull being smashed. It was more likely that all the sounds were hallucinations, because the battlefield was so noisy that he could not hear anything clearly.

Many of the horse-rejecting stakes have been pulled out, leaving only a thin wooden fence between the two sides.

The Tiefeng County militiamen used all their strength to beat the barbarians outside the fence, not only with their guns but also with long flails.

The flail was originally just a tool for farm work, but the knocking rod is now covered in brains.

At the same time, the archers and slingers were gritting their teeth and slinging arrows toward the outside of the fence. Most of them couldn't see where the barbarian was, so they just threw stones and fired arrows at the approximate location. It seemed that the faster they shot, the safer they would be.

The Terdun people were doing the same thing - shooting arrows at places where there were figures through the fence.

Ish found that his shooting gun was broken, but it seemed that it was not broken.

Because the linen cloth wrapped around the wooden core was barely connected to the two sections of the gun barrel, the shooting gun now looked like a broken arm, with the small section in front hanging down.

The shooting gun turned into a large flail, and Ish had nothing to complain about. He gasped and raised the gun barrel again.

Another scream came from far away, but this time it didn't fly into the distance like before, but penetrated into Ish's left leg.

Ish, whose consciousness was already dull, was stunned for a while before he realized that he had been hit by an arrow.

He used up his last strength, swung the barrel of his gun and hit the barbarian outside the wooden fence, and fell heavily on the stone beach.

The militiamen beside him saw that the sergeant was injured and hurriedly carried Ish to the rear of the battle line.

The ponyboy Angelou was sweating profusely when he saw more and more wounded people being carried to the back, but the Teltun people's offensive showed no sign of weakening.

"Go to the reserve team! Lieutenant." Angelou rushed to Bader's side and asked again: "If this continues, the front will collapse!"

Bud, who was watching the battle, seemed to have no emotion at all: "It's not yet time."

"They can't hold on."

"They can still hold on, I know where their limits are."

"Then let the cavalry come up!" Angelou firmly grasped the handle of the knife: "I will lead someone to charge from the side."

"It's not yet time."

Angelou still wanted to argue, but Bader signaled him to be silent.

Bud narrowed his eyes and listened. Soon, Angelou also heard it.

The dull sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, getting closer and closer.

Angelou's pupils dilated suddenly - the sound of horse hoofbeats did not come from the other side of the river, but from behind them!

Is it reinforcements? Or...

"Drum roll!" Bud shouted: "Reserve team! Get on the bus!"

There are no reinforcements tonight, only enemies.

To the southeast, on the road leading to Xiaoshi Town, groups of cavalry were climbing over the hills and rushing straight towards Tushe Field.

The spears shone with cold light, and the sound of horse hooves sounded like a sudden rain.

In the Khedic language, "war" and "robbery" are the same word, which means that war is actually an economic act.

Therefore, the Hud people are most reluctant to fight head-on, because even if they win, they will lose money. Detouring, outflanking, pulling, and using the advantages of four legs to annihilate the enemy in motion are what the Hud people are good at.

If the Hurds choose to fight head-on, there must be a good reason - such as a "surprise force" sneaking across the river from upstream.

The person leading this cavalry was none other than the Hundred Cavalry Commander "Chew Corpse" who had just fought against Bard.

Zhan Zhi's previous mission was not to capture Tu Shechang at all, but to find out the military situation. To attack Tu Shechang with a hundred cavalry force was Zhi Zhi's own initiative.

Winning a battle is naturally a great achievement, but if you fail to win... then you have to atone for your sins.

The last time they were repulsed, the corpse chewers left behind more than thirty corpses. This time they swam from the upper reaches of the densely forested mountains, and many of their men were swept away by the river.

Before even grabbing any loot, nearly half of the hundreds of tribesmen lost their lives. If a windfall cannot be made, it is hard to say what will be waiting for the corpses to be chewed.

It was with this strong motive that Chew Corpse fell headlong into the pit.

The Terdun riders who followed the corpse chewer reined in their horses, but some people still failed to react in time and trampled heavily on the corpse chewer and the war horse into the pit.

When his thoracic vertebrae were trampled by his tribe's war horses, Corpse Chewer finally figured out - it turned out that the two-legged man had also arranged a defense behind his back.

Cota's life and death were unknown, and the other Terton cavalry were panicked for a while.

A red plume gnashed his teeth and yelled: "[Hedian] The corpse chewer is dead! I am Kota! Go kill the two-legged man quickly! Kill him!"

Hong Lingyu took the lead, stepping over the corpse-chewing body and the war horse to cross the pit, and attacked the Tushe field from behind. The other Telton people subconsciously followed this man who dared to give orders.

"The scale is smaller than I thought." Bud watched the Teltown cavalry hit the car formation head-on again: "Angru!"

"Yes!" Angelou was full of energy.

"Go out through the secret passage and stab the Telton people in the waist for me!"

"Yes!" Angelou suddenly became energetic, drew his saber, and ran back to his men.

Including Angelou, the cavalry consisted of only thirty people, and all of them had already saddled up, just waiting to attack.

"Pantalevich!" A young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, waving the Dussac saber passed down by his father, asked Angelou excitedly: "Is it our turn?"

"You stand at the back." Angelou said with a straight face and a serious look, rarely showing off his superior style: "Follow the team closely and don't pee your pants for a while."

The members of Bud's cavalry team come from a complex background, including the sixteen- or seventeen-year-old Dussac, a rich farmer from a wealthy family who knows how to ride a horse, and the children of two manor owners who voluntarily signed up.

Angelou's tongue is clumsy, he doesn't know how to use words to encourage morale, and time doesn't allow for it.

He pulled out his saber, looked at the faces in front of him that were either weathered or childish, sniffed, and said, "Follow me, I'll be at the front. If I die, you keep rushing forward."

After saying that, he gently tapped the red mane with the heel of his boot and plunged into the forest beside the river without looking back.

The attack and defense around the horses and the fence have reached the most critical moment. The Terton people, the Platoans... we are all human beings, and they want to turn around and run away when facing death so close at hand.

The two sides are tense with each other. Whichever side shows weakness first, the next step will be a domino-like collapse, because no one dares to take a step back.

The men gritted their teeth, stared, gasped, endured pain and torture and tried their best to kill each other.

When the Telton people heard the sound of fighting coming from the rear of the camp, they knew that the outflanking troops were coming, and their morale was boosted.

A burly Terton soldier named "Bear" yelled and rushed to the fence in the face of brandishing guns and flails.
To be continued...