The evil priest Tayan is famous for his pure combat power in the war between the gods. According to rumors, the high priest once held a pointed war hammer and fought against the dragon knight.
However, what attracts the attention of the gods more than his combat power is his tongue, which is as sharp as a spear. Most people agree on one thing: Tayang's combat power on the tip of his tongue is on the same level as Amy, Chi Hanfeng, etc. Busybody
Tayan is even described as the Blood Demon Long Sword among the three famous swords of the God of Creation, which gives a glimpse of the ability of the High Priest.
——"The King of Kings. The Demon Tayan"
Chapter 55 Continuous Leapfrog
In the afternoon of that day, Chi Aotian summoned all senior officers and cadres to his tent for a brief meeting. After more than a day of ferrying, nearly 10,000 soldiers had crossed the river, with the town of Twiyao as the center.
Under the command of low-level officers of the Black Dragon Knights, with five
Thousands of people set up two camps as one unit. The camps were built according to imperial standards, with antlers connected to trenches. Qu Jianhong believed that even if the Norton Army attacked the camp, it would suffer heavy losses. Of course, the premise is that the desert knights
The performance will not be much worse than that of the Black Dragon Knights.
According to General Hussein's estimation, it will take at least two days for all the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers to cross the Mississippi River. When saying these words, the middle-aged general sighed intentionally or unintentionally: "Alas... Desert Son
The people have not taken a boat for many years. 300 years ago, desert knights could cross this river with a camel in their arms. What a pity."
"Deputy Captain, the Wild Eagle Elf Knight has explored a hundred miles south. Within a hundred miles, there is no large-scale army of Fanos or the Holy See." Elder Qingluo stood up and reported loudly, and then said what he said
Thoughts: "I estimate that General Norton is at the forefront again this time, and he is likely to throw the other legions hundreds of miles away. If, we..."
Qingluo swallowed what he said in his stomach, but everyone understood what he wanted to say, especially the original officers and cadres of the expeditionary force. The Norton Legion has the most combat effectiveness among all the legions of Fanos, and what is even more rare is that
, moves very quickly, and often appears in the most critical places at critical moments. If this opportunity can be used to annihilate the Norton Legion in one fell swoop, it will eliminate a major concern for the expeditionary force and even the entire war situation in Eminor Continent.
Just... is it possible?
"General, how about I go steal the camp tonight!" Qu Jianhong stood up in excitement. The young general still had fresh memories of the surprise attack by Norton a few months ago and was still brooding about it.
"Shit!" Tayang glanced at Qu Jianhong: "Why are you staring and not convinced? Almost all the wars fought by the great General Norton on the Eminor continent were sneak attacks, night attacks, ambushes, surprise attacks, and running attacks.
, he is the ancestor in this field, your hair has not even grown yet,
I just want to imitate others and steal camps. I'll bet you my head. If you don't get killed by Norton and come back defeated, I'll chop off your head and give it to you!" Ahem... Tayan followed his habit of stealing.
He has a cunning and cunning nature, so he had his head cut off for a long time, and he didn't even know who the owner of the head was.
Su Wen quickly pulled the angry Qu Jianhong back to the chair. Qu Jianhong and Ta Yang were a living pair. Whenever the two of them were together, there would definitely be some friction. However, in the past few days,
This time Qu Jianhong was seriously injured, and Tayan was worried. Although he couldn't say anything nice, the old priest's concern could be felt by every officer, so there was no need to worry about the two of them actually fighting.
.
"I have a suggestion. I don't know if it is feasible." Su Wen's voice was always low: "I suggest that Elder Qingluo and all the elf brothers go to harass General Norton from the air these two nights. Well... Lu'er
Didn't you bring back a lot of magic scrolls? Look for those that are not too powerful and throw them at night. If you don't throw them at the opponent, forget it.
If we throw it right, we can always bring some surprises to General Norton. At the same time, General Hussein should also work hard and arrange to cross the river as soon as possible. As long as we have superior strength and harass Norton's army until it is exhausted, if we can't do it at that time
North's follow-up troops haven't come up yet, so even if they fight with half the casualties, they still have to eat up Norton's army!"
"How confident are we in the decisive battle with the Norton Army now?" Chi Aotian asked coldly.
"I... won't exceed 50%, and I don't think Norton will come out of camp to challenge." Su Wen replied. Tayan thought for a while and nodded.
"Follow Su Wen's advice. Qingluo and Chang Qing, be careful of the giant dragon attacking the river." After Chi Aotian finished speaking, most of the people retreated, leaving Su Wen and Tayang alone.
"Does the Holy See know we're coming?" Chi Aotian asked.
"Of course, the Holy See has not wasted any time in the past few hundred years, and it should have gotten the news long ago. Otherwise...why would there be so many marching tents here in Tuiyao Town? I just don't understand why these enemies would leave them
So many supplies have disappeared out of thin air. Also, what about the residents of Guiyao Town? Why have they disappeared?" Tayang was not the only one who couldn't understand these two questions.
"If I hadn't known that the groundwater here is very shallow, I would have suspected that the Holy See had dug a tunnel underground to hide soldiers and ambush us." Su Wen's slightly frowning brow was filled with confusion.
Due to going deep into the hinterland of the desert, the expeditionary force still does not know about the battle of gods taking place in the southern part of Huayuping.
"Military advisor, are you just waiting here?" Chi Aotian suddenly changed the subject, with obvious doubts in his tone.
"Of course not." Tayan showed a rare seriousness on his face: "Last time, His Majesty the Pope mobilized nearly 100,000 troops to intercept us. This time, coupled with the angry Zoroastrian and Desert Empire soldiers, I estimate that we
We are facing at least 200,000 soldiers. Now everyone is competing at a fast pace. As long as any side has overwhelming combat power, it will definitely take the lead in the battle. However, our position here is quite unfavorable...
"
The three people in the room stopped talking. Chi Aotian and Su Wen understood what Tayang meant - the only soldier in the past who could fight a last-ditch battle was Han Xin. Now with the Misixi River behind them, if anything goes wrong during the battle.
, even an army of 100,000 people has no chance of making a comeback. This surging river water is enough to bury hundreds of thousands of defeated soldiers.
"I've only heard that General Menton is good at using terrain. When did General Norton also learn this trick?" Su Wen smiled bitterly. In the battle at the bottom of the Langcang River, the formation laid out by the Flower of Fanos made the enemy angry.
Bing learned a profound lesson.
"Should we retreat?" Chi Aotian quickly drew his hand across the map: "I think more Fanos soldiers must be coming here now. Let's retreat to the northwest, well... it can also be said that
Advance, continue to move westward, and maintain a traveling speed of 90 to 100 miles every day. Our current position is northeast of Ulu. After 5 to 7 days of continuous leaping westward, we will arrive directly north of Ulu, only 600 miles away from Ulu.
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"What about the desert soldiers on the other side of the river?" Su Wen asked, stroking his shaved chin.
"We set off at midnight tomorrow. I estimate that there are at most five or six thousand people who have not crossed the river. To correct Chi Aotian's opinion, we are not going parallel to the west, but directly to the southwest, aiming for Ulu City. Wait until Norton finds us
If I leave, I will definitely chase him. According to past data, Norton is never unsure about fighting.
War, he should not take the risk of provoking a war. We went west, firstly, to disrupt the deployment of the Holy See, and secondly, to open a gap of more than two hundred miles on the south bank of the Mississippi River, leaving enough space for the following desert soldiers.
strategic jumping space." Tayan's oily fingers left obvious stains on the map.
"The Norton Legion has a dragon knight and will notify other legions." Chi Aotian reminded.
"Of course." Tayang nodded: "As long as we are fast enough and can occupy a town that is not too bad first, preferably a city with walls. Twenty thousand troops guard the city, and it is not necessarily necessary.
To defend the city, as long as the desert knights of the follow-up legion can put a certain amount of pressure on the enemy, Norton will not dare to besiege the city and engage in a war of attrition."
That's true. In a decisive battle between large armies, the most taboo thing is to fight from two sides at the same time. This is not only a challenge to the commander's ability. Under attack from two sides, the soldiers on the front line are always worried that the enemy will come from behind.
It is very easy to collapse. When encountering this situation, senior commanders would rather give in to avoid this crisis.
Su Wen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he added a few words: "Just do this, we have a great advantage. According to General Hussein, the camels supplied to us have all been carefully selected. They are not only fast, but also
Even though they had been well fed before, these camels could not run slower than war horses even if they were not fed for three to five days. Dragon Knight
No matter how fast it is, it is impossible to intercept us on the ground. No matter how fast the Norton Army is, it is impossible for them to go without food. We repeatedly perform large-scale frog leaps. Even if the enemy's various army groups can keep up with us, the enemy's logistics supplies cannot keep up.
.We don’t have to worry about this problem, the extra camels can bring a lot of food and grass.”
"Hmph... After we have finished the food, we can still eat camels..." Tayang lowered his head and looked at Su Wen: "I guess that's what you want to say. But... camel hump is indeed one of the eight delicacies."
Tayang swallowed and for the rare moment did not have any thoughts of attacking Su Wen.
"Okay, let's do it like this." Chi Aotian looked at the map and calculated it carefully, and finally made up his mind.
General Norton already knew that the other side of the Mississippi River was still continuously transporting troops to the town of Twisted Yao. It was undoubtedly unwise to launch an attack first when he was at a relative disadvantage, and there was no need to do so. His reinforcements would be arriving soon.
, don’t worry about two or three days.
Judging from the actions of the mad vulture knights who repeatedly harassed the camp last night, Chi Aotian wanted to use a strategy to burn out the soldiers, and finally attack the camp. Moreover, Chi Aotian's troops continued to increase, even if
Fighting a war of attrition also had such capital. Norton arranged for soldiers to cut wood to strengthen the camp, and then diverted water from the Mississippi River to dig a trench five or six meters wide due north of the camp.
Later historians generally believe that the main reason why General Norton did not launch a surprise attack on the first day of the second meeting at Tuiyao Town was that the last night attack on Chi Aotian's army failed and was almost defeated by Qu Jian, the beauty of the bloody night.
The Thirty-Third Red Belt Cavalry rushed in front of him and beat him to death. Before this, Norton had never encountered such a tough opponent, which had left a lingering nightmare in the heart of the flying general. Secondly, Chi
proud
Most of the knights of the Sky Expeditionary Army have switched to camels. The continent of Fanos has never seen such animals as camels. Originally, the Eminor knights drove war horses that were one head taller than the Bear Warriors, but now they are more than half their body taller.
The orcs felt an inexplicable fear towards the animals with horns on their backs. On the continent of Fanos, height was directly proportional to the combat power. Norton mentally enlarged the expeditionary force's combat power.
In fact, if Norton had just landed with Chi Aotian's expeditionary force and had not yet established a stable foothold, and other legions were crossing the river and stormed the town of Tuiyao with thunderous force, Chi Aotian would not be able to hate Mississippi again before it happened.
It's a pity that an outstanding officer as sharp as Norton can make such a mistake.
The next night, Elder Qingluo once again led all his elf knights to harass the Norton camp. The Fanos soldiers were busy running to put out the fire, and they never thought that at the same moment, the 20,000-strong army had been assembled.
It started quietly and passed close to the west side of Camp Norton.
At noon on the third day, the scouts who had gone out came back to report that after careful inspection, the town of Tuiyao was completely deserted, including the enemies on the other side of the river. All the enemies on the other side of the river had disappeared. Norton broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly sent the troops who had just patrolled the town.
Lant, the dragon knight who belonged to his own regiment, looked westward.
After receiving the accurate answer, a trace of annoyance flashed across Norton's usually calm face! The strategic initiative was once again taken by Chi Aotian. This is really, very bad news.