There are a total of 281 perennial rivers in the northern area of Huayu Plain. Among them, 198 belong to the Mississippi River system, 31 belong to the Sanggan River system, and the rest flow southward into the largest tributary of the Lion River.
Fanshui ranks thirteenth in terms of flow and eighth in terms of length in the Mississippi River system. Like other rivers in the northern part of the Flower Language Plain, Fanshui's riverbed is shallow and wide. Summer, the rainy season, is the flood season for Fanshui.
The river surface is up to two kilometers wide, flooding the coast of Fanshui into a marsh. In winter, the river surface is about 100 meters wide. It flows continuously all year round.
――"Huayu Plain Geography. Hydrology"
Chapter 62 Crossing the river to fight
No matter who is on the mainland, no matter what race, no matter what era, if a child does poorly in the exam, he will not know what to say when asked about it. The expression of the simple Fanos Double Shield now is the same as that of a child who failed in the exam.
The children are no different.
After hesitating for a long time, Lord Commander Norton licked his lips and finally said the answer: "Your Majesty the Pope, seven commanders of legions were killed in the battle, 12 commanders of thousands of men were killed in the battle, 379 officers of less than 100 commanders were killed in the battle, and 2087 ordinary soldiers were martyred.
Bit..." After thinking for a while, Norton added: "The number of injured has not been calculated yet, and the number of those killed in battle may increase."
Haha... Such heavy casualties are still an incomplete statistics!
The suppressed breath strangled the throats of every senior officer, and all that could be heard in the big tent were the rough breathing and the sound of the orc officers spitting and swallowing.
The senior officers present had just seen very clearly that this time the enemy raided, the skeleton warriors were only 5,000 at most, and the dragon knights were only two, and they did not have a direct impact on the battle situation in the camp. With the Flower of Fanos
The reputation of the Monton Legion ranks firmly among the top three among the dozens of legions. There are also three dragon knights and a sacred dragon knight assisting in the air. Such a dismal record can only be described as humiliating.
His Majesty the Pope's heart is bleeding as much as his face. The death of ordinary soldiers, officers... even a soldier with the position of legion commander is actually nothing. After all, the foundation of the Holy See is placed there, and there are 18,000 more soldiers to be promoted.
It's not too difficult for a dozen senior officers - Farmer
The gap between the formed militia and the regular army is just here. The militia is a militia after all. Just pick a group of famers and train them for a few months and it will look decent, but if you want to build a hundreds of battles like the elite army of Fanos,
Yum Steel Army, there is no need to think about it for ten years.
What is unacceptable to His Majesty the Pope is that a paladin died in battle and two red archbishops were martyred... Is it easy for such high-level archpriests and holy warriors to come by? There are hundreds of thousands of clergy in the Holy See, and it takes only five years to produce them.
There is no high priest who can advance twice, and high-level warriors with the prefix Holy... As long as one devout warrior can gain the power of God every ten years, it is really worthy of the entire Holy See to celebrate! It's a pity... There is such a thing
Is it a high proportion?
If it wasn't for his identity, if it wasn't for the basic respect for friendly forces, if it wasn't for the iron horse fighting in the north of Ulu City, with an army of one hundred thousand eyeing him, the Pope wouldn't want to suppress the anger in his heart at all!
"Your Excellencies, commanders-in-chief, what should we do next? I wonder what the latest order from the headquarters staff is?"
This is knowingly asking... The orders from the base camp were sent to Ulu City before being sent to the front line of Jielin. Even the orcs were simple but they knew that this was His Majesty the Pope's excuse, and he used a different tone to lieutenant general his own army.
"Yes, the order from the base camp is to launch the final battle against Chi Aotian's expeditionary force." Menton was more tactful than Norton and quickly took over the topic.
"Then... I would like to ask you two adults, when will this final battle be launched?"
"Please rest assured, your majesty, we will launch an attack on Vatican City within three days." The words were said step by step. Of course, Menton, who doesn't like to talk nonsense, would not be able to say the need shamelessly in any case.
Strengthening the level of combat effectiveness of the training group, that, probably... His Majesty the Pope will really ask in his next sentence: "Can the final battle be launched within 10 years?"
Even if it is the truth, it has to make way for the powerful and pressure at this time!
After the Fanos Legion's wartime staff team was activated, the efficiency was astonishingly high. After only 42 hours, the camp of 500,000 people shifted from comprehensive defense to focused attack. During these 42 hours, 19 legions
After a swap, the 11 legions moved several miles north of the camp. Thousands of siege equipment were transferred to the first-line siege armies. At the same time, 2.4 million arrows, as well as army doctors and priests were transferred.
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In order to prevent the desert legions in the northeast from taking the opportunity to harass or directly support Vatican City, the staff mobilized 100,000 civilians to dig three 25-mile-long parallel trenches and mobilized six legions to directly garrison them.
Such a huge and effective mobilization, in fact, made the expeditionary force of Vatican City, especially the senior officers of the Black Dragon Knights, dumbfounded. The Black Dragon Knights were also known as the four ace armies of the empire. They wanted to fight in less than two days.
To make such a large-scale deployment overnight within a few days, the officers knew very well that there was no such possibility.
When the red sun jumped up from the east of Huayu Plain for the third time, the three-hundred-year-old ancient city of Fanggang ushered in its first offensive and defensive battle... Speaking of which, this ancient city was still under the command of Miss Moe Ikeda.
The branch division passed here after returning from the successful expedition to the desert. It was the rainy season in the Flower Language Plain at that time. The Fanshui River (then named Sunset River) was several miles wide and could not be crossed at all. It was idle to be idle, so the expeditionary force was able to do so.
This famous city was built.
According to the research of historians after the War of the Gods, Lin Fan, the partial division commander who named this ancient city after himself, was also the ancestor of Prince Linhe. Of course, at this time, Chi Aotian did not have such a great scholar with knowledge of ancient and modern times at his disposal.
Including Ta Yang, this guy's extensive knowledge seems to be limited to religious studies.
In addition to the origin of the word Sanskrit, another word for Vatican City also has its origin. On the red earth of the Discourse Plain, there are few rocky hills. Big cities like Ulu, including Ulu, are made of dug earth and fired bricks. Vatican City is a
Exception, the city’s original
The site is a large piece of exposed sedimentary rock. At that time, the partial army held tens of thousands of desert prisoners. Lin Fan ordered these prisoners to use local materials to dig out the rocks with the simplest equipment, and it took 8 months to build the Vatican City.
The earliest prototype.
Of course, the ancestors of the Lin family would not have known 500 years in advance and 500 years in the future. Otherwise, for the Black Dragon Knights hundreds of years from now, they would have worked a few extra days to build the city a few meters higher.
Qu Jianhong's injury has healed again... He now has four troops directly under his command, a small group of sand lizard knights, a squadron of earth dragon knights, and a large group of camel knights. These are all the original members of the expeditionary force.
There are a total of 4,020 people, and there is also a newly transferred desert empire camel knight brigade with 2,400 riders.
From the moment he saw the Fanos army beginning to deploy troops and generals, Qu Jianhong never left Chi Aotian three steps away - rushing to take the lead.
From the topographic point of view, the north bank of the Fanshui River is only 1,200 meters away from the city of Fanos. If the Fanos army wants to attack the city, it must first cross the Fanshui River. Of course, the expeditionary force will not let the opponent cross the river smoothly.
Thinking about it, the Fanos army will definitely send all four dragon knights to the north bank to hold down the formation so that the follow-up army can cross the river. The sacred dragon knight Xiuda, the peerless master of the Battle Soul List, Iron Shou Banjiang and Han Han, these three people casually included them among them.
One placed anywhere is enough to overwhelm the formation. But fortunately, the expeditionary force’s flying knights are also extremely powerful now. Ling
Yun and Chi Aotian's dragons will have no problem against the sacred dragon. The kelesit arrow feathers in the hands of Lord Qingluo are enough to put huge pressure on one of Iron Shou Banjiang and Han Han. Although Hu Erdu is not very strong
, however, it is enough to contain the enemy. Although such a confrontation cannot be said to have the upper hand, it is not a big problem to be equally divided.
The key is what to do with the ground troops?
You can guess with your toes that the first batch of opponents to rush up must be the best of the best - the Fanos Heavy Infantry Bear Troops. By nature, the Bear Men know water too well. According to a few data,
These bear tribes definitely live by the water. Except in winter, they always live by the water.
Bears spend at least 8 hours soaking in the water during the day. An adult bear can easily wade for dozens of miles - holding weapons or other tools. What's more, the water depth of Fanshui is less than 2 meters in winter, and the bear warriors are
There is no need to drink water, you can just walk over with a heavy shield on your head.
Once the bear troops seize the beachhead, it is estimated that the opponent will dispatch human engineers to quickly build a pontoon bridge or build a stronger semi-permanent earth dam. This period will take about 2 to 3 hours. Unless the enemy goes upstream or downstream, of course,
If Fanos really arranged it this way, it would be a good thing. Since people are exhausted, there might be other opportunities.
Facing the Ursine heavy infantry, the Expeditionary Force's combat strength structure, that is, the Earth Dragon Knights and Sand Lizard Knights, can hold a head-on challenge.
Chi Aotian finally agreed to Qu Jianhong's request to fight. As for where to place the knight troops, according to Ta Yang's opinion, he finally assembled behind the city wall, and then used the moment when the bear troops had not yet gained a foothold to suddenly appear and attack the enemy. This
The idea was rejected by Chi Aotian and Qu Jianhong at the same time - with the width of the city gate of Fangan City, thousands of knights attacked, and it is estimated that they did not even get out of the city gate for an hour. In fact, Shita Yang could not be expected.
What happened to the Cavaliers? They are amateurs after all.
When the sun was upgraded to half a pole, Qu Jianhong had already put all the knight troops under his command into an attack formation. The entire troop was divided into three major groups. The one at the front was the Earth Dragon Knight, and behind the Earth Dragon Knight was a team of Sand Lizard Knights.
——In Qu Jianhong’s arrangement, the first batch of attacks was the Sand Lizard Knights who were ranked second.
In the desert, the expeditionary force had a hard time facing this kind of sub-dragon beast that could fly well and even hide under the sand quickly. Qu Jianhong certainly didn't mind sharing this rare experience with the Ursine troops. Isha
With the flying speed of the lizard in a short distance, it is easy for the lizard to overtake the ground dragon knight and suddenly launch a rapid attack on the enemy from mid-air - if you don't understand this kind of mount, it is absolutely impossible to guard against it. Qu Jianhong can even imagine the sand lizard knight volleying
With one blow, the enemy was knocked upside down.
A large group of camel knights followed the two sub-dragon beasts, giving the enemy full attacks and picking up fish that slipped through the net. This arrangement of the battle sequence was already considered perfect.
However, in fact, on the first day of the siege of Vatican City, Qu Jianhong and his nearly 10,000 cavalrymen retreated to Vatican City in dejection after basking in the sun for four hours.
To use Mr. Tayang's words to describe it: "This is an armed parade, and it looks quite enjoyable."