Norton has realized that he may have given up a golden opportunity just now. However, for a famous general, it is undoubtedly not a wise move to go all out on a fighter plane that looks like an opportunity but may lead to a complete defeat. Therefore, Norton
retreated without any hesitation. In the middle of the night, Norton commanded the spearmen, the Ursine Thousand Troops and the Centaur Archers to contain the enemy in turn, hiding the werewolf soldiers behind the formation first. Once the enemy followed and attacked, these werewolves who had been included in the rear formation would
Soldiers will outflank it from both sides.
Seeing the majestic tens of thousands of Chi Aotian Expeditionary Army knights in the distance slowly halting their offensive, Norton let out a long sigh, waved his hand and pushed all the Centaur archers to the front while scattering and retreating to the north.
In the early hours of the morning, the Norton Corps actually set up camp for the first time in the past few days. Most of the soldiers were so tired that they didn't even have the strength to set up tents. They pulled out the bedding hastily and fell down, snoring immediately.
Norton washed his face with cold river water, ordered his guard battalion to patrol the camp, and then immediately sent people to find the orc soldier who knocked the warhammer out of Qu Jianhong's hand at night. This task was not difficult, as the bearmen who had just been assigned to Norton's command
The total number of orcs was less than 1,500, and Norton divided them into the original thousand-man team. Each of the ten commanders was only assigned one or two recruits, so it is impossible not to remember them.
Sure enough, less than 10 minutes after the guards left, they walked in with a bear soldier.
The general looked at the new recruit coldly, he looked like a child.
The young man had an obvious tired look on his face, and his eyes were filled with uneasiness and even a bit of a loss.
Norton knew that in every long-distance attack, the bear soldiers suffered the most. They were inherently unable to compare with the werewolves. Each step looked big, but in fact it consumed more physical strength. The general softened his heart and said, "Sit down and talk.
."
"Yes!" The young bear man immediately sat down without being too polite.
Where to start? Just when Norton thought of this, the bear boy was already snoring slightly as he leaned on the table.
Sigh... Norton shook his head slightly. In any case, this should be the descendant of an expeditionary soldier. Let him rest. He casually put a thick blanket on the young man and started patrolling the camp with his personal guards.
...You just attacked someone else, don't be attacked again later.
The red sun jumped up little by little from the southeast. Not knowing when the other armies led by Menton would arrive, the one-armed general turned around involuntarily and looked to the west.
At this moment, the white clouds in the western sky were suddenly covered with red clouds. After a few breaths, the red clouds seemed to be swept across the nine heavens by a hurricane, rotating and flying in all directions.
Dragon? Or dragon knight?
If they were dragon knights, judging by the changing colors of the clouds, they must be the two sweat-blooded knights, right? Norton still had very mixed feelings about these mercenaries. Unexpectedly, a protracted war would eventually turn into a mercenary war
, mercenaries can be seen at every critical moment.
In the eyes of orc officers, the quality of mercenaries varies. It is also an A-level mercenary group, and the performance of the small mercenary group is of course the most tenacious among them; the Xuanqing Earthly Dragon Mercenary Group is not bad either, although there are two
Two deputy captains defected to join the rebellion, but at the celebration banquet after the Blood Night in the Imperial Capital, the imprisoned mercenary captain Aminisia actually found a way to summon his own dragon while everyone was not paying attention, and killed him in one fell swoop.
We must know that this captain is the 14th strongest man on the fighting spirit list. Once he escapes, the Xuanqing Earth Dragon Mercenary Group will definitely fall apart. Fortunately, Xiuda,
Bi and other two dragon knights clung to him, and in the end Aminisia was shot to death by random arrows; Norton did not feel good about the Sweat-Blooded Iron Cavalry mercenary group. This time to intercept Chi Aotian's expeditionary force, it stands to reason
, thousands of members of the Sweat and Blood Cavalry fell under the iron hooves of the expeditionary force, and the two armies also had deep hatred. Unexpectedly, they did not say a word at the military meeting.
Just as he was thinking about it, a huge red dragon roared down through the clouds and waves. The dragon knight had very good eyesight and spotted Norton in the sky, and then he floated to the ground.
"General Norton, you have fought for days and caught up with the bandits in one fell swoop. You are truly a role model for warriors like us." The dragon knight lifted up his face shield and saluted the orc general very respectfully.
"Deputy Commander Hanhan, why are you here?" Norton nodded.
"Your Excellency General, the regiment leader personally leads four thousand-man troops that are only 120 miles away from here. They will arrive here this afternoon at the latest." As he spoke, Hanhan took a step closer to Norton and his voice became softer: "
This time we intercepted Chi Aotian's army. We did not take the initiative to take over this task. It is really unspeakable. Grand Duke, please forgive me."
Norton didn't show it on his face, but sighed in his heart. In war, the most taboo thing is that there are many factions, and the generals support their troops with self-respect and blindly preserve their strength. Previously, I heard that several human army commanders in the Eastern Theater had such bad habits.
Unexpectedly, even the newly arrived Sweat-blooded Iron Cavalry mercenary group was involved.
"Your Excellency, there is no need to say more. I am here waiting for His Excellency the Grand Duke to arrive. You tell the Grand Duke that I will hand over the highest command here to him."
"Yes, I hope to cooperate sincerely with you." After saying that, Hanhan stepped onto the dragon and quickly disappeared into the clouds.
When Norton returned to his tent again, a guard had already awakened the young bearman - the living habits of the natives of the Fanos continent were indeed similar to those of wild beasts. They often slept a lot a day, but each sleep lasted only about 10 minutes.
Or 30 minutes or at most an hour.
"Who is your father?" Norton thought carefully and already had some insights.
"I..." The young bear man opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, big tears had already burst out of his eyes. At that time, Du Qilie was the leader of the four generals in the Western Expedition. Norton could not compare with him. Unexpectedly,
, there is such a scene today: "My father is Du Qi Lie..."
The choked and low voice of the young bear man made Norton stand up from his chair in shock. In the battle on Xilin Island, Du Qi died tragically and Norton was seriously injured. Later, I heard that the 9000th Army had its designation revoked for some reason, and several
The Thousand Leaders were all dissatisfied with this approach of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters, and vaguely heard that retired soldiers of the 9000 Corps had been discriminated against. Unfortunately, the war continued and no one, including the marshal, had time to pay attention to this matter.
Listening to the child in front of him telling his story incoherently, Norton did feel a little ashamed. During the attack and defense of Xilin Island, if he had successfully conquered Xilin Island on the first night, then Du Qilie would not have died in the battle. If he had not died, maybe
He has already become a high-ranking military officer at the commander-in-chief level. Why does such a young child need to wash away the shame of his father?
"My child, I'm not much older than you. It's just that your father and I are colleagues, so I call you my child. I hope you don't mind. You don't need to clean up your father. He is one of the best soldiers in our Western Expedition Corps."
One, you too. You don’t have to stay here for too long. After this battle, I will arrange for you to serve as Marshal Dahino. Well, you fought bravely last night and I have promoted you to the rank of Centurion Commander. I believe you will not
It will disgrace your father's reputation." Norton said with great sincerity. Regarding his former glory, I believe that the other two thousand-man commanders of the former Western Expedition Army would also deal with it in the same way.
"Thank you, legion commander!" The young bear man has been out and about a lot, and is more humane and sophisticated than his father.
"Well, no need, you deserve it. You can be my captain of the personal guard. Now go down and change clothes." Norton could see that this young man is an excellent man, and should be better than his father. Norton would have been reluctant to let him go if he hadn't considered that the world was wider and he could systematically learn the art of military use from Hainuo.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the scouts suddenly came to report that an hour ago, Chi Aotian's army broke out of camp and then moved northeast.
Does the enemy dare to cross the Sicily River under his nose? No way? Chi Aotian would never make such a stupid mistake in any case. This is the beginning of summer, the beginning of the rainy season in the Huayu Plain. The Sicily River is 3,000 meters wide and the current is fast. , there is no need to think about building any pontoon bridge. Although the opponent has 20,000 soldiers, once they start to cross the river, the soldiers on this side of the river will inevitably become less and less. When there are only three to five thousand people left, wouldn't it be a gift? Your own prey? Could it be that the enemy wants to sacrifice his vehicle to protect his commander? No, this is the most taboo thing for an officer! It is impossible for the enemy to adopt this method.
Could it be that... the enemy wants to fight with all his strength? The Soldier Saint Han Xin once had such a tactic, but at this moment, tens of thousands of troops were coming continuously on the Huayu Plain. If Chi Aotian really dared to put himself in such a desperate situation, How could a tired journey resist the attacks of tens of thousands of troops?
Several thousand commanders also knew about this, and they were all waiting for the legion commander's order outside the tent. They watched their legion commander repeatedly rubbing his temples in the room: "When did the legion commander start to be indecisive?"
"Is there any way we can cross the Sicilian River in one day?" Norton asked suddenly as he walked out of the tent.
Crossing the river in one day? A few thousand people were stunned for a moment.
"Lord Legion Commander, the Sicilian River is 12 meters deep. Even centaur warriors who are proficient in water cannot pass through it so quickly!" Norton didn't like subordinates who had no independent opinions, so a thousand commanders immediately stood up and gave a decisive answer.
"Unless, legion commander, unless I have snake-men troops, only they can walk on the water and cross the river in one day." Another thousand-man commander boldly made an assumption.
Snake troops? This is the same as not saying that there is indeed such a tribe on the continent of Fanos. However, their combat effectiveness is basically on the same level as werewolves. They are sexually inclined by nature, disobey discipline and like to take revenge. Therefore, no officer will Choose them as your subordinates.
As if walking on flat ground? Norton suddenly caught a key word, and his brows instantly gathered like mountain peaks! As if walking on flat ground? As if walking on flat ground? The one-armed general paced and muttered these four words several times.
Yes, it's like walking on flat ground. When we were on Xilin Island, it was in such a rainy season and facing such a wide river. This same army really made a breakthrough on that river like walking on flat ground. Overcome the eternal danger!
After the attack and defense of Xilin Island, Dahino hired an ice magician to give a lesson to the Thousand Leaders under his command. In that class, the magician turned a small pond into a pond in front of many Thousand Leaders. Ice cubes like iron magnets.
Could it be that... the last time the magician came to Chi Aotian's legion again, he was planning to use the same magic again...
Norton showed a rare anxious look on his face. If this is really the case, with such a disparity in strength, the Third Army will definitely not be able to stop the 20,000 tigers and wolves in front of them, and, more importantly, in such a cold night, from
The combat effectiveness of the orc soldiers in the tropics will be greatly reduced.
Norton made a prompt decision and immediately left a team of 100 men to report the matter to the Sweatblood Mercenary Group that was brought later. He repeatedly emphasized that the Sweatblood Mercenary Group should send at least one Eudemons Knight to inform Commander Menton of the matter.
"Pass my order, all soldiers, except for weapons, only carry one day's worth of food. Everything else is discarded on the spot and ready to go! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed with force!"
Under Norton's cold orders, the Third Army of the Western Expedition rested for less than three hours and embarked on a new journey in a hurry.