Later generations commented with regret that in the famous battle of Xilin Island, the mercenary king's biggest regret was that he did not cover up the defeated Norton in one fell swoop, and let Norton himself turn the war between Amy and Horns after this war.
He learned a lot about his skills and became a powerful opponent in the subsequent war between the gods.
As far as the war was concerned, what the Mercenary King did was undoubtedly the right thing. When the troops were insufficient and it was unclear how many reinforcements the enemy had, there was really no need to let the mercenaries kill all the fleeing orc soldiers.
The soldiers of the regiment rushed into the sea. If the enemy took advantage of this gap to rush to the coast, it would be a disaster for the small mercenary regiment. The top priority is to quickly identify the enemy's number and deployment, prepare for another enemy attack, and find the enemy's weakness to attack
.
It's just... if Amy knew that what he let go was the famous general who would become one of his main opponents a year later: Norton, if Amy could understand that the remaining orcs were shouting "Sir"
At that time, I might really have to lead some elite troops to rush for a kill. Unfortunately, there are not so many ifs in war.
Chapter 5: Trapped beast in a cage
During the low tide, no troops dared to land on the beach.
The sea water is too shallow, and the big boat cannot reach the shore. If you put down the small boat and paddle three or four times with a few small oars, you can't get close to the shore during the ebb tide. What can you do if you get close? The beach formed by the ebb tide is more than 50 meters long, and it is all
On the muddy beach, take one step and slide two steps. How could the enemy be so stupid as to still rush to the beach? They were destroyed by the Haiha Mercenary Empire and the Xius Empire so early.
Horns waved to the soldiers to clean up the mess, leaving a prairie elf and a great swordsman to defend. The other soldiers returned to the camp to rest. Sharuo, the other two priests and 10 doctors in the mercenary group began to get busy.
Some mercenaries who have fallen to the ground and are motionless are the focus of the priest's rescue. As soon as they find there is still a breath of breath, they will immediately start rescue.
"Holy Spirit, release your power——"
"Holy Denia, use your strength to your warriors——"
Healing techniques and moonlight techniques were continuously released, and the pure white light summoned the holy elves in the air to quickly stop the bleeding of wounds and save some warriors who were struggling on the verge of death.
The doctors followed the priest, putting bandages on the wounded and reconnecting broken bones.
30 minutes later, the captain of the Great Swordsman battalion, who was responsible for battlefield statistics, walked into Amy's room: "Reporting to the commander and deputy commander, last night's battle, according to statistics, a total of 535 enemies were killed and 74 were captured; Great Swordsman
17 people died in the battalion, 14 people were seriously injured, and 20 people were slightly injured. 3 people died in the Demon Swordsman Battalion, 12 people were seriously injured, and 15 people were slightly injured. 1 person died in the Blocking Swordsman Battalion, none were seriously injured, and 3 people were slightly injured. Other battalions
No casualties.”
"Okay, sit down and listen to our meeting." Amy has long paid attention to cultivating talents at the level of mercenary team leader. This kind of optional meeting will usually let them participate as long as there is an opportunity: "Reduce the number of people by 10%
, cremate the dead warriors, hide them thickly, and prepare to pay out the pension. The results of the battle will be announced soon. The mercenaries must maintain their confidence in victory, otherwise...someone will be scared when we are surrounded like this."
"They probably won't attack again during the day. The next high tide will be at 12:00 tonight. If they..." Da Qingshan pressed hard on the table with his right hand.
"It depends on the enemy's plan." Horns took over: "If the enemy only attacked Xilin Island by surprise, then they will definitely retreat now." As he said this, Horns stood up.
According to Horns' understanding, if the fascist mainland army hoped to capture this island in one fell swoop as a base for attacking the mainland, then it is no longer a surprise attack. If the enemy retreats, it means that only this island will be attacked this time. If the enemy
If you don’t retreat at all, then it means that along Xilin Island, the entire west coast of the empire will be attacked. And according to the information obtained by the mercenary group, there are no regular troops on the west coast of the empire at all. Most of them are swordsman battalions. Assuming that the enemy is based on yesterday’s
Attacking in this way, other places are in danger - where can they find elves with such good eyesight, and they need to happen to be looking in the direction of the sea at that time.
"Aotian, you immediately fly 10 miles along the island to see the enemy situation. We are waiting for you here. Order the first, second and third corps of the Crazy Eagle Swordsman Battalion to go 25 miles to the west, south and north to see what's going on.
What's going on?" Amy quickly handwritten two emergency military reports while sending someone, ordering the fourth and fifth teams, one to be sent to Scambrai immediately, and the other to the General's Mansion in the Lion River Defense Area.
Half an hour later, with a long cry of departure, Chi Aotian returned to Amy's house.
Everyone who is familiar with Chi Aotian knows that there are usually no secrets found on his face, not because he is very deep - there are very few people like him who never show a smile on their faces all day long.
His face is always tense, and if it weren't for the fact that his eyes occasionally look more angry, Master Chi Aotian's face would basically look like plaster.
When he was in Scambrai, a certain marquis wanted to marry his only daughter to the second young master of the Chi family. He repeatedly asked Chi Hanfeng to arrange for Chi Aotian to come and see his daughter for the sake of being a knight of the same age as him.
Logically speaking, Chi Aotian should be very happy about this matter. As the second son designated as the heir of the Chi family, he can only hold the title of viscount, which is not hereditary, let alone hope to have any fiefdom. And marrying the only daughter of a marquis,
Suddenly everything was available.
It is said that the two young people were locked together through the ajar door. Fifteen minutes later, the 17-year-old girl rushed out of the room crying. The Marquis was extremely angry, thinking that the second young master of the Chi family had done something to his daughter.
Well, even if you have ideas, you can't be so impatient. Even if the two parties finally get engaged, it will be a shame to the two famous families if word gets out.
Chi Hanfeng was not anxious at all and patted the Marquis on the shoulder: "Don't worry blindly. Don't worry. With me as the general of the Gyeonggi Defense Area here, are you still worried about some pervert? Don't misunderstand him. I
My nephew is different from you, so let your wife ask about your daughter."
The little girl expressed between sobs: "The man was sitting in the room, saying nothing, like a stone. It was so cold in the room, and the water in the water glass had frozen. I was so scared."
After Lin Yushang heard about this, she openly stated at a palace banquet: "To be able to partner with Amy and Daqingshan, a pair of big logs from the imperial border, I'm afraid they are either wood of the same property or a stone that is woodier than wood."
Referring to the performances of Amy, Daqingshan, and Chi Aotian at previous banquets, Lin Yushang's famous saying was widely circulated in the Scambrae superstructure.
Chi Aotian sat down leisurely, picked up the water from the quilt and took a sip: "The situation is worse than we imagined."
Indeed, as Chi Aotian said, the situation of the small mercenary group surrounded by the fascist mainland in midsummer of the 4th year of the Magic Calendar was very bad. Facing the sea side, the fascist Western Expedition Corps had already pulled the entire reserve team over, and they were defeated miserably.
The Norton Division returned, with a total force of 5,400. On the north side of Xilin Island are three thousand-man troops, one of which cuts in longitudinally along the mouth of the Lion River, and the other two cut in every 20 miles along the west coast; on the south side of Xilin Island
It was a team of a thousand men. At this time, it had also defeated the defenders of the Hughes Empire and spread out 5 miles along the south bank of the Lion River.
According to the plan proposed by Norton, there are three key points in this battle:
1. The top priority is to occupy Xilin Island. There is no large-scale fleet on the west coast of the empire. Once Xilin Island is occupied, an attack base can be established against the Amy Empire and the Hughes Empire;
2. The focus of this attack is Xilin Island. Xilin Island is the territory of the Amy Empire, and the Amy Empire was the most powerful military empire at the time. In this case, it must be established on Xilin Island along the side of the Amy Empire.
Buffer zone, so most of the soldiers would gather here;
3. Attacking the Hughes Empire is only necessary for the campaign. It must be ensured that the Western Expeditionary Army will not be attacked from both sides during the entire campaign. If necessary, a thousand-man team on the south side can evacuate at any time - anyway, there are still people on the south coast of the Hughes Empire.
Another powerful army caused him trouble.
Chi Aotian discovered that along the Lion River for 10 miles, both sides were controlled by orcs. In this case, without the support of the imperial army, it would be difficult for the small mercenary group to cross the wide Lion River in any direction.
, even if they rush to a certain side of the river, a fleet of thousands of people on the outer sea will catch up in the shortest possible time and surround the small mercenary group.
"So those orcs will definitely ride the tide and attack tonight!" Barbas hit the nail on the head.
"Well, otherwise once the imperial army understands and organizes large forces, the thousands of people on the empire side will inevitably be driven into the sea - they only have a few thousand people anyway, and there are more than 20,000 people in the Lion River Defense Area alone.
And the Xilin Island we are on is like a walnut that has been swallowed hard. Under attack from the inside and outside, maybe their entire army will collapse." After not sleeping all night, Amy felt a little sleepy, and yawned as she spoke: "
Everyone, go to bed. I already know what to do. Isn’t it just to keep them awake when the tide is low? Tire them up and see how they attack when the tide is high?”
Almost everyone lit up at the same time, with a mysterious smile on their face, and everyone turned their heads towards Da Qingshan's house.
Two minutes later, the important cadres of the small mercenary group gathered in front of Daqingshan's bed - let's call it Daqingshan's bed, although most of the time the person sleeping on the bed was not the deputy commander himself.
Whoosh - boom -, whoosh - boom -... Lu'er's long breathing seemed so breathtaking in the room. In the small mercenary group, even the leader was reluctant to put a pure velvet blanket softly on Lu'er's body and get closer.
The blanket on the side of his nose danced with his breathing.
Speaking of this pure velvet blanket, it was originally used by the Red Stone Emperor. Later, it was secretly taken out by a thief and prepared for auction. The purpose of the bid at that time was: "The fundamental source of energy for His Majesty the King's Ten Daughters at Night!" Mr. Lu'er
He happened to be nearby and touched it with his little paws. It felt very comfortable. Lord Cheng took it out secretly without noticing, saying "I like this thing, it is the most suitable for me to use!" It's just a third-level dragon who can't read yet.
, which led to the fact that this velvet blanket still has the label "The fundamental source of energy of His Majesty the King's Night Emperor!"
"Lu'er, wake up, I have something to do with you." Amy stroked Lu'er's little bald head.
It is very difficult to wake up a dragon from deep sleep. Lu'er seemed to hear some bug buzzing in his ears. He moved his head from the pillow to under the pillow and put one of his front paws on the pillow, completely shaking his ears.
It lost its use. Then it stuck out the dragon's butt, and the huge dragon tail began to swing around to chase away the bugs. The one-meter-long dragon tail swept half of the room almost in an instant. Fortunately, everyone was familiar with Lu'er.
The magic attacks and physical attacks were very familiar to her, and she avoided them by dodging or crawling. Amy, who was closest to Lu'er, simply jumped on the bed and sat on Lu'er's head to avoid the attacks - after many tests, Lu'er
The pressure-bearing capacity of the head is still very high. Anyway, there are no outsiders, and there is no need to practice showing how much respect I have for Lord Lu'er.
The tiger's butt cannot be touched, but the dragon's head can be sat on. Lu'er's long breathing did not stop at all.
Amy has always been curious about one thing. How do other dragon knights wake up dragons from their sleep? According to Lu'er's performance, she often sleeps for 3 or 5 days at a time. When she doesn't want to get up, she often wakes up by herself.
Put a silent barrier in the house. If other dragons are like this, then how can we fight? Everyone will choose their own dragon to participate in the battle when it is awake...or else only the sacred dragon is like this, and
Ordinary dragons generally get up early and go to bed early just like people. Do they have good health? This explanation is quite logical. It is probably this reason that led Daqingshan to be "lucky" to become the first holy dragon knight in the ages - even if other people become holy dragon knights, it is estimated that
I didn’t have many opportunities to ride it out, so no one ever knew about it.