The cave barbarians underestimated the power of Yunqin, a newly powerful empire, so they paid a price of countless blood in the past few decades.
However, the countless swamps and inexplicable environment of the Great Wasteland gave Yunqin the most advantageous position. The heavy cavalry did not have any effect. After going deep into the swamp, the subsequent transportation of grain, grass and other materials became the biggest problem.
So in the past few decades, the Yunqin Empire and the cave barbarians have been in a stalemate on this land.
The Dragon Snake Mountain Range is occupied by the Yunqin Empire, but the land east of the Dragon Snake Mountain Range still belongs to the cave barbarians.
Four hundred Yunqin soldiers wearing black leather armor crouched in the low bushes of Donglan Valley.
Because of the unique humidity and heat in the mountain forests near the swamps, thick miasma filled the entire mountain forest, making it difficult for sunlight to shine through, making the entire world here appear extremely dark.
This group of Yunqin soldiers were all tightly wrapped in black coarse cloth under their black leather armor, and their faces were also wrapped in black scarves. Except for a pair of eyes, no part of their bodies was directly exposed. Because they had been crouched for a long time, almost all
People's face towels were already soaked, and sweat like earthworms was flowing on the skin inside the black cloth. Many people's bodies were covered with insects, and some tiny insects even got into the black coarse cloth.
, began to bite the bodies of these soldiers, but the will of these soldiers was extremely tenacious, as if they were dead objects. Except for the extremely low breathing sound, they still did not move at all.
The general at the front who was not tall, but whose whole body gave off an air of astonishing explosive power, was crouching motionless, observing silently with the help of a single-cylinder eagle eye in his hand.
He saw through the monocular eagle eye that in the dark and damp world far away from him, there were dozens of cave barbarians walking one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The foreheads and lips of these cave barbarians are extremely generous, their feet are bare, and the leather robes all over their bodies are made of extremely simple materials. They are just equivalent to wearing some leather belts with some steel sheets hanging on their bodies, covering a lot of things.
important parts of the body.
Even though he had seen it and even fought with these cave barbarians many times at close range, it was still a little difficult for this frontier general, who also had only one pair of eyes exposed and was observing quietly with an eagle eye, to understand that these cave barbarians were usually
They live in underground lairs, and whether it is the Dragon Snake Mountains or the Great Wasteland, half of the place is covered with thick water vapor and dense miasma, and even the sun is blocked for most of the gloomy place. However, those water swamps are the most productive.
It is also the hunting ground for these cave barbarians and their eternal granary. Logically speaking, people who spend most of their lives in underground lairs and such gloomy places will have extremely pale skin and should not be tall.
, just like the miners in many mines in Yunqin.
However, these cave barbarians grew very tall, and the color of their skin was a bluish bronze color. The muscles with sharp edges were piled on their bodies like pieces of carved rocks.
It seems that the long time underground life has brought these barbarians only a putrid smell that cannot be eliminated from their bodies, as well as their deeply sunken eye sockets and light gray pupils.
These cave barbarians walking in the dark and damp world are getting closer and closer. The moment he clearly sees the steel plates hanging on these cave barbarians, the general's brows frown deeply, and he sees the following clearly.
There were some huge figures on the ground next to these cave barbarians, and his brows suddenly furrowed even deeper.
The armor pieces hanging on these cave barbarians are all the armors and even fragments of weapons of the Yunqin border troops. They are completely different from some crude earth and steel made by these cave barbarians themselves. This can only show that these cave barbarians
I am afraid that I have fought with the Yunqin border troops more than once before.
The beasts with huge heads that followed them were demon crocodiles bred by cave barbarians.
The giant crocodiles in these swamps, which are more than several meters long, are cold-blooded and cruel. They move extremely fast in the mud and mud, but walk very slowly on flat ground. Normally, walking for more than ten miles will cause injuries due to the heavy weight of the body.
Their physical strength was exhausted, but after being raised by cave barbarians using unknown methods, these monster crocodiles were not only as docile as cats and dogs around them, but only showed their ferocious side when they faced the enemy, and also had the ability to travel long distances.
physical strength.
During the decades of strangulation between the Dragon and Snake Border Army and these cave barbarians, these demon crocodiles also provided strong support to the cave barbarians. Many Yunqin soldiers died under the bloody mouth of these demon crocodiles.
Today will definitely cause them a lot of trouble.
According to Yun Qin's understanding of these cave barbarians, those with this demonic crocodile accompanying them are all elites among the cave barbarians and are the real warriors among them.
Why did these cave barbarian warriors appear in Donglan Valley?
Although yesterday he learned from the reconnaissance guard's report that there were traces of the activities of cave barbarians, the general still couldn't figure out what these cave barbarians were trying to do and what they were up to.
In the past, cave barbarians would only enter the Dragon Snake Mountains in large numbers in autumn and winter when their food was relatively scarce. However, starting from this spring, the activity of cave barbarians in the Great Wilderness Swamp has become more frequent than in previous autumns.
In winter, the Donglan Valley is located in the horseshoe-shaped area of the Dragon Snake Mountain Range that sinks into the Yunqin territory. It is equivalent to being deep into the Yunqin military sphere of influence and far away from the rear of the cave barbarians.
Therefore, this kind of place is usually a dead place for cave barbarians. It is unlikely that cave barbarians would want to go deep inside and climb over the Dragon Snake Mountain Range.
Although he was puzzled, from the comparison of the numbers on both sides, the general who firmly believed that his side could annihilate these cave barbarians at a small cost still reached out with extremely slow and steady gestures, made a fist, and then opened it into five fingers.
For the Yunqin Dragon and Snake soldiers, clenching a fist means an unstoppable and proactive attack.
Stretch out your five fingers and pause briefly, which means you will attack at fifty steps.
Fifty steps is a very short distance, so seeing this gesture from the general in front, all the Yunqin soldiers who were as silent as iron in the rear became even more cold and silent.
…
A total of more than fifty cavemen walked forward through the grass and reeds without realizing the danger, and the distance got closer and closer.
Their talk and laughter had also spread to the ears of these Yunqin soldiers who were lying in wait.
Even without looking through the brass eagle eyes, these Yunqin soldiers had already seen the exposed rock-like calves of these caves in the gaps between the grass stems, as well as the huge crocodiles dragging and walking on the mud, making a clattering sound.
body.
Between the gloomy sky and the earth, the cavemen walking under the grass and thick miasma still didn't realize the danger, but suddenly, without any rope to pull them, a huge crocodile that just followed them and walked beside them suddenly stopped, almost
He half-erected his body, and his huge mouth suddenly opened and closed in the empty space, making a snapping sound in the air.
This sound sounded, and the other seven or eight demon crocodiles suddenly became restless, and their bodies began to twist violently on the muddy ground.
"laugh!"
A sharp howl sounded in the weeds.
General Yun Qin at the front had already fired an arrow with his bow, and his whole body suddenly jumped up from the ground.
"attack!"
A sharp shout burst out from his mouth at the same time.
At this moment, there were still nearly 70 steps to gather these cave barbarians, but after hearing his order, with a hula, the originally silent shrubbery instantly turned into a sea wave, and all the cold Yunqin black-armored soldiers jumped out one by one.
.At the moment of jumping out, nearly one-third of them already had bows in their hands and fired an arrow at these cave barbarians.
The whistling sound of countless flying arrows sounded.
The battle broke out instantly.
"Puff puff puff puff..."
There was the sound of countless feather arrows falling into the mud and flesh.
The dozen or so cave barbarians at the front were each stabbed with several black arrows in an instant. However, none of the dozen cave barbarians fell down. When the blood on their bodies was flowing out, they were all in contact with the cave barbarians behind them.
Man let out a huge roar and pulled out the spear he was carrying.
"Wait!"
General Yun Qin stopped abruptly and let out a loud shout.
Before he blurted out this iron-blooded voice, the hundreds of black-armored soldiers at the rear had already passed the arrow-shooting soldiers with a tacit understanding and raised the black round shields on their backs.
All the other soldiers also stopped their movements and gathered behind these shield-bearing soldiers as quickly as possible, trying to curl up their figures as much as possible.
“Dang!” “Dang!” “Dang!”…..
Sharp javelins made of earthen steel instantly impacted hard on the surface of these black bucklers.
With just one round of throwing, many round shields were forcefully knocked away, and many black-armored soldiers were overturned by javelins that pierced through the gaps and were nailed to the ground.
After one round, it’s the second round, and then the third round!
"Hou!"
However, General Yun Qin, who was at the front and stood in front of all the round shields, just let out a more determined and cold scream from between the black cloth covering his face.
Therefore, all the sharp javelins thrown in front of him were swept away by the light blue long knife in his hand.
In his exposed bright eyes, a sense of sarcasm was spreading along with murderous intent.
The arm strength of the cave barbarians is extremely amazing, which allows the killing range of the sharp javelins they throw to even exceed a hundred steps. Among the Yunqin border troops, some formations have throwing hands carrying dozens of short spears.
After seeing the power of the cave barbarians, I learned it from the cave barbarians.
But after decades of fighting, the heads of these cave barbarians are still as simple and stupid as they were decades ago. In a single encounter, these cave barbarians will throw out the four or five weapons they carry with them like a storm.
A spear.
Although the personal combat prowess of these cave barbarians is astonishing, Yunqin's soldiers have also formulated targeted tactics to deal with their well-developed limbs and unrepentant simple-mindedness.
"attack!"
Just as the last javelin was thrown and exploded on the upright black buckler, the Yunqin general let out another shout.
All the archers in the army behind him stood up and consumed the arrows in their quivers as quickly as possible. At the same time, all the soldiers holding shields abandoned their shields, and there was a clang.
, a black-edged army sword came out of its sheath, exposed in the humid and hot air.