"Four words: bold and careful." In the night, Su Wen patted Chang Qing on the shoulder and entered his tent.
Qu Jianhong also returned to his tent and casually called the trainee knight outside the door: "Ah Lang, come here and help me prepare the battle armor. I'll take a nap first. Wake me up in two hours."
After you help me put on my armor, you can rest. In the meantime, if you have time, help me clean the hammer."
As a descendant of an aristocratic family and a person from Tongyunguan, out of responsible considerations, Amy recommended Alang to Qu Jianhong as a trainee knight. After the age of 16, he can be promoted to a full knight. If he has meritorious service, he can directly
You can become an imperial noble.
"Huh?" The 14-year-old boy was stunned: "Sir, if there is a war at night, can you let me join in?"
"Oh? You're overthinking it. It's my turn to be on duty tonight. You don't have to follow me. You have to rest tomorrow." Qu Jianhong turned around on the bed twice: "Did you see a cloth bag on my bed?"
"Is this it?" Ah Lang took out a deflated bag from the depths of the sleeping bag.
"Thank you, throw it on the bed and find me a calendar - I want both last year's and this year's." Qu Jianhong fell on the bed and quickly fell asleep.
Facts have proved that the expeditionary force was too cautious. It was calm that night, and there was not even a cicada in the entire forest. It was completely quiet.
In the afternoon of the next day, just as Elder Qingluo predicted, the expeditionary force actually saw the man-made swamp. This section of muddy road was more than 10 miles long.
Fortunately, the foundation of the Mainland Highway is one meter higher than the ordinary ground. There is also a drainage ditch on both sides, and there are stone bridges and approach bridges over the river. Therefore, the illegal dam-building of the lake did not bring devastating damage to the Mainland Highway.
Qingluo and several other elves drove the wild vultures and carefully patrolled along the northern part of the Sanggan River. It was late autumn now, and most of the boundary forests were broad-leaved trees. The cold wind was blowing, and the leaves were all yellow and red. 20
Within a few miles, there was no abnormality in the surrounding area. Qingluo took the forest elves and flew east for more than 80 miles in one go. They returned to the expeditionary force in the evening.
Su Wen has already commanded the expeditionary force to set up camp. For safety reasons, the entire camp was built based on the mainland highway and the large swamp to the west. According to Su Wen's idea, no other human beings can quickly pass through the swamp unless they are the four golden tribes, so in order to
The three directions of southeast, north and south serve as the main defense points.
Everyone, including Chi Aotian, is waiting for news about Qing Luo - it's like returning to the Flower Language Plain. In war, excellent scouts are even more important than excellent generals.
"Elder, is there anything strange?" Chang Qing couldn't hold back his anger.
Qing Luo's face was filled with confusion, and he shook his head slightly: "No, there is nothing. It is very quiet within 20 miles around. In the east, we flew to the circular waterway, which is about 100 miles away from here. There is indeed a war, and it is true
It was a siege. I originally wanted to get closer, but then more than a dozen fantasy beast knights flew up below, and then they used bed crossbows, so I had to retreat. In the evening, I will send out elves to take turns."
According to Qingluo's understanding of Professor Benjamin, the professor rarely makes mistakes in divination.
"In other words, if we hurry up, we can rescue the siege tomorrow afternoon?" Qu Jianhong was fully clothed, with two one-handed sharp-nosed hammers leaning on the left and right.
"It's understandable, but it's unlikely. The number of enemies besieging the city is estimated to be tens of thousands. In the boundary forest, they only need to send two to three thousand troops to block the mainland highway, or simply dig out the mainland highway, and attack people from all directions.
It's a tree, so we have to attack it..." Qing Luo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Then... how about we also set a fire? Let's just burn the forest down." Qu Jianhong showed a wicked smile on his face, "Elder, don't be angry, these trees will grow better after being burned. I
I heard some time ago that just one year has passed since Lanshan and Fanshui were burned, and they are now lush again."
"I'm not angry at all. As long as you're not afraid of burning yourself to death, you can do whatever you want." Qingluo muttered in his heart, setting a fire in this dense forest? The northwest wind is blowing now, and when the fire starts, the expeditionary force will be the first to suffer.
!No matter how fast the mount is, can it compete with the wind?
"Okay, let's not say more." Su Wen stood up and ended the conversation. The old soldier felt really tired again. It would be great if Tayang in black robe was still here. There is no point in hurting this brain by yourself, leaving it all to Tayang.
Just ask Yang: "For the last two or three days, don't sleep too much at night. Qingluo and Chang Qing, we will take turns today."
After nightfall, the icy northwest wind blew again, and there was not a single cloud in the sky. In the second half of the night, the huge Orion constellation in the southern sky shone with a cold light.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Chang Qing passed by Qu Jianhong's tent for the fourth time. This time, not only was the tent lights not turned off, but the young Grand Duke was holding a hammer with one hand outside the door to tighten the belt of Di Xinglong.
"Oh... my butt is bleeding, and it hurts so much that I can't sleep. I've discovered a trick in the past few days. When marching during the day, I wear all the armor neatly. With the armor's brackets, I can completely stand on the back of the dragon.
Fall asleep - of course you have to be very sleepy, but another advantage is that you won't feel the pain when you fall asleep."
Qu Jianhong grinned and said as if it was true or false.
Crazy! Chang Qing murmured in his heart, are these words meant to deceive ghosts? He couldn't sleep at night because of the pain, but when he was riding a horse during the day, he slept to relieve the pain?
"What's going on?"
"Hmm... must something happen during my shift to make you happy?" Chang Qing took his mount and circled around Qu Jianhong twice. Now Chang Qing also has the hereditary title of a great noble of the empire: "
Just now, Senior Qingluo circled the sky over the old forest to the south and north a few more times, but found nothing. If nothing else happens, I will have a lucky escape today. When you take your turn later, if I can't sleep at night, I won't be able to do anything.
I will definitely give you a few more reminders."
Watching Chang Qing go away, Qu Jianhong pulled down his face shield, put the one-handed hammer on his shoulder, and led his mount to patrol southwest.
In fact, this is not Qu Jianhong's worry alone. Most of the mid-level and senior officers from the Black Dragon Knights cannot sleep well after entering the Jielin - who knows when the Jungle Knights will come out?
Tongyunguan and Jielin are two war zones at the junction. In peacetime, there are many exercises. Although the sprint speed of the dog riders is not fast, they are really elusive in the forest area, synonymous with invincibility. I have never heard of any army.
Defeated the same number of jungle knights in the forest..
Which side will the Jungle Knights stand on? It is an unknown now, and it is estimated to be a 50-50 split. If there is no Prince Tiedu, and a rebellion occurs in the empire, it goes without saying the position of the Jungle Knights. However, before His Royal Highness Prince Tiedu goes to take charge of the Northern Federation,
He once served in the Jielin Theater for several years, and also served as the chief officer of the Third Battalion of the Jungle Knights. Although the three squadrons of this brigade were later laid off and reorganized one after another during His Majesty Hongshi’s elite military rule over the years, who knows about Tiedu?
Will the prince use his influence to transfer his immediate subordinates to other brigades?
"Nearly ten thousand elite jungle knights..." Qu Jianhong patrolled the empty camp, feeling a chill in his heart. Except for the soldiers on duty, the snoring of mountains and tsunamis could be heard from all the tents in the camp, including the war horses.
They were all standing next to the horse-tying posts and sleeping. Qu Jianhong really wanted to go into every tent and wake up everyone inside, but he knew that he had no right to do so... After marching for five or six days in a row, he was
Senior officers, who have all kinds of special care, are still too tired to move. If they wake everyone up rashly tonight, tomorrow's march will inevitably be compromised. Tomorrow night, even the soldiers on duty may be so tired that they fall asleep standing up.
"Therefore, it is a roundabout way to gain advantage by luring them. Later generations will take advantage of it, and the ancestors will arrive. This is the person who knows the roundabout way. Military competition is beneficial, and military competition is dangerous. If you raise an army and compete for profit, you will not be able to achieve it. If you commit an army and compete,
If you make a profit, you will donate a lot of baggage. Therefore, you roll up your armor and drive, stay out day and night, travel twice as many miles, and strive for profit for a hundred miles, and then capture the general. The strong one goes first, and the tired one comes after. The method is eleven, and you fight for the profit for fifty miles.
, if you defeat the general, half of his method will be achieved; if you fight for advantage within thirty miles, you will achieve two-thirds of it." Qu Jianhong suddenly remembered the "The Art of War" taught to him by the professor when he was still in the Imperial High School of Knights.
", Alas... From the day the expeditionary army was formed, there has never been a day when the expeditionary force was not busy day and night doing double duty...
Just when Qu Jianhong thought of this, the black dragon sitting next to him suddenly raised his head, and a pair of pointed ears the size of fists trembled in the air...
The face of the young grand duke instantly became solemn. Regardless of the armor that weighed dozens of kilograms, he jumped off his mount, took out a 10 cm long sycamore wood receiver from his arms, and lay on the ground to listen carefully...
From underneath the ground, it seemed as if there were thousands of ants having a meeting, making a loud rustling sound.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" Qu Jianhong shouted and jumped up, turned over and jumped onto the ground dragon.
The soldiers on duty were stunned for a moment before they reacted and blew the enemy attack horn with all their strength!
On January 9, winter of the eighth year of the Magic Calendar, Chi Aotian's expeditionary force encountered an ambush in the Jielin. In the vast Jielin, several troops that were originally in a hostile state unanimously adopted the "non-confrontation and cooperation" method to besiege the expeditionary force.
——The crisis of annihilation of the entire army has come again after a year.
Fortunately, the departure of Professor Benjamin is enough to show the seriousness of the situation. Su Wen, who is in charge of the Chinese Army, has already ordered all troops to be on guard!
Within two breaths of the enemy attack horn sounding, all the lanterns were extinguished, and the entire camp fell into darkness. With the help of the starlight in the sky, the expeditionary force quickly gathered in units of songs.
"My lord, my lord, what should I do?" Ah Lang finished cleaning up for Qu Jianhong and was about to lie down to sleep when he rushed out confused. The little boy was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes.
Qu Jianhong reached out and pulled off the mask. A voice came out from behind the mask, with a cold metallic smell: "Follow me, go to the east gate first!"
Now there is a swamp to the west of the camp. Even if there are jungle knights in the rebel bandits, they should attack from the east, south and north. There are jungle knights but I have never heard of swamp knights. The expeditionary force is returning to Moada
Later, I went to see the Daqingshan swamp defenses in the north of Sangqian River. Everyone was amazed. No one except the flying knight could think of any solution.
At that time, some officers joked that if a 500-meter swamp area was dug out on both sides of Tongyunguan Pass, it would be really impregnable. Someone immediately followed up and said: "Nonsense, why do you say impregnable? The swamp refers to this swamp."
The water in it.”
As soon as Qu Jianhong and Ah Lang rushed to the east gate, they heard a thumping sound coming from the mainland highway opposite! Qu Jianhong, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, immediately heard it: it was after wrapping the hooves of the war horse with soft felt.
The unique sound it makes.
The Grand Duke didn't have time to say a word. The knights on the opposite side also noticed the strange changes in the expeditionary camp. Suddenly, screams as dense as raindrops appeared in the sky!
"Shield up!" Qu Jianhong just shouted, and the white arrow feathers fell like thatch in the strong wind! Qu Jianhong slightly turned the ground dragon head, and dozens of arrow feathers jingled and shot randomly on the plate armor.
Above, an iron triangular arrow screamed across the steel plate, and more than ten arrow feathers were nailed to the small bowl shield.
The guard knight Ah Lang who was following Qu Jianhong was still wearing armor made of gold leather. His whole body was huddled behind the wrist shield that was shot like a hedgehog, with his legs exposed. He was hit by an arrow on one side, and the front part of his horse was shot into pieces.
It fell out of the sieve and fell to the ground with a neighing sound.
How could the jungle knight shoot such a storm of arrow feathers? With the dim starlight, Qu Jianhong looked towards the east, and was a little confused at the time!
On the mainland road due east, there was not the jungle knight as imagined, but... it was actually a centaur archer!
F*** him!
Qu Jianhong wished he could throw his shield to the ground!
Conspiracy is a major crime that will destroy the Nine Clans!
Rebellion and attachment to the enemy's country, especially raising troops to rebel and attach to the enemy's country during a war, is a heinous crime that will annihilate the nine tribes and will never be pardoned!
These dog-riding bastards...Prince Tiedu had just died in battle, and they had already found a new master so quickly?
There was a fierce sound of bowstrings in the sky, and more than a hundred forest elf knights from the expeditionary force all took off. In the middle of the night, the forest elf's vision was unparalleled, and they had the advantage of this height. They rushed to the front.
The centaur archers were shot down in response!
A loud roar immediately rang out from the enemy camp, and a group of orcs and bear soldiers rushed to the front holding tower shields as high as one person. The arrows of the elves bounced everywhere from the tower shield!
"Roar and kill - roar and kill - roar and kill -" the Fanos heavy infantry phalanx roared, advancing step by step. Although the arrow feathers shot by the forest elves into the gaps in the tower shield brought up pieces of blood.
Waves, but nothing could shake the will of these tenacious beings - throughout the war of the gods, the heavy infantry of the Fanos Legion performed extremely well.
Advancing further, they entered the range of the large hand crossbows. The heavy knights of the expeditionary force were equipped with one in each hand. The crossbow strings sounded like rain hitting banana trees, and the crossbow arrows as thick as bird eggs made the air hot and hot like stones.
The block hit the tower shield like a block. Even so, the Fanos heavy infantry still gritted its teeth and pushed forward to a range of 100 meters!
"Cum! Cum for me!" frontline commanders of all sizes yelled out the same word!
Among the arrows flying in the sky, Qu Jianhong jumped off his mount and raised his shield in front of Ah Lang. He put his hand into his arms and touched it, with a wry smile on his lips.
"Sir, please leave me alone, I..." The war horse has long since returned to its homeland with lush grass. The little boy got up from the ground and pulled out the arrow shaft with force. Blood flowed out along the seams of the leather armor.
The thigh muscles could be seen trembling violently from the leather armor, but the little boy gritted his teeth and remained silent. He took out a leather bandage from his arms and tied the roots of his thighs tightly.
"Well... I always heard that Miss Amy always picks up something good every time she goes out. Unexpectedly, your performance is quite good." In the chaos, Qu Jianhong said coldly, neither salty nor cool.
In the darkness, another dragon knight rushed over with his mount: "Who has seen General Qu? Who has seen General Qu?" As he was shouting, he almost ran into Qu Jianhong's arms. The young general
As soon as he reached out and grabbed the reins of the Earthly Dragon Knight, the huge Earthly Dragon roared and almost pulled the young warrior to the ground.
"Ah?" The Earthly Dragon Knight then discovered the young Grand Duke standing under the Earthly Dragon, "Sir! General Su Wen ordered that your Excellency lead a team to disperse the heavy infantry in front."
"Yes." Qu Jianhong nodded coldly, "Gather all the Earthly Dragon Knights, prepare their crossbows, and prepare to tear down the wall and go into battle."
"Yes, sir." The Earthly Dragon Knight was ordered to leave.
The young Grand Duke first used a dagger to cut open the leather armor on the boy's legs, revealing two naked eyes the size of eggs. He reached out and took out the healing scroll from his arms, and tore it open casually. Waves of white light fell on Ah Lang's thighs.
, then cut off the leather bandage with a dagger, and new flesh sprouts quickly grew under the leather armor and began to close.
"I heard from the captain that your father is also a child of a noble family, right?" the young Grand Duke asked in a rare soft voice.
"Well, yes, it's a pity that I have never seen him, and my mother doesn't know who he is.".