Chapter 20 The Road to Ursau (Part 2)
"What are you doing? You should be on standby outside the camp at this time." Machius said nervously, holding the "Sword of Reincarnation" in his hand and said with "hostility".
The servant was full of the wrongs of loyalty and misunderstanding. He told the master and commander sadly, "Tonight, many black crows flew in the camp, all staying at high places such as towers and eaves, and they were clamoring. Master, you must know that the crows were calling at this time, which means there are signs of death and failure."
Machius immediately stabbed the bastard to death with a sword, but he still held back and explained that we would not fail. The crows mainly wanted to follow our team the next day to peck at the enemy's corpse. If you inform the priest, you will regard this as a complete auspicious omen and tell the entire army.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Li Bida army in the camp began to use the Salmontoga launcher and fired violent cork rockets, flying endlessly through the night sky, and falling into the chain of Machius's camp.
"Damn Li Bida, dare to use my inventive technology." Machius roared, but soon his subordinates discovered that Li Bida was not only "copying the village", but also entrusted his subordinates to improve it - the rocket used gunpowder tubes for "extended range". Not only did the range be extremely long, but the sound and explosion were even more breathtaking. Although it had no lethality, it was spectacular when it was fired. Soon several cavalry cannons began to launch "fireless".
The soldiers of Machius ran back and forth in the fireworks, extinguishing the flames everywhere, and began to use their crossbows to fight back with Salmontoga. The two sides shot against each other in the air, making the mountains around the camp shine red and loudly.
About half a night later, the positions of Libida's army fell silent. They seemed to have not found any flaws in the defense of the Machius army, and it seemed that they had given up the night attack.
But finally, the soldiers of Machius renovated the burned wooden fence. There was a loud roar over there, and the second round of rocket volleys began. The soldiers lit Song Ming and kept taking out "ammunition" from the mule's bag. It seemed that both sides did not stop this night. "Every time, they would change their directions and fire a few rounds of volleys. I would indicate the target to the Audac's surprise attack team." The high priest couldn't sleep at night, so he came to the front line in person, constantly issued various instructions. He was very busy.
At this time, following the firelight of the valley, Audax and two soldiers from the regiment finally arrived at the ridge behind the camp. There was a dark cliff downward, with an angle of almost vertical, and only a few pine trees stretched out their branches in the cracks of the stones. Therefore, Machius was at ease with this natural danger and did not leave his armed forces here. "Look at how high it is?" The four centurions, together with the cavalry captains, found Audax lying on the edge of the cliff, and asked.
"Actually, it's not particularly high. I guess it's fifty to eighty roman feet, right?" Odakus said.
Several people looked at each other and sucked coldly, but Audax continued to whisper a crazy plan, "When the third whistle, we will attack. People here can slide down the cliff, because the angle is permitted, and the sunlight on the top of the mountain always comes early, so as to ensure the minimum casualties. Everyone takes off their heavy armor and fights in the lightest and most agile way. Fight in the way we Iberian warriors!" Obviously, Audax has a huge passion. The iced cherry wine is still in effect.
"Now rest on the ground and keep quiet. Take all the horses with wooden chews to prevent these beasts from making noises." The helpless centurion of Liwus' army could only let the soldiers hang their armor and equipment among the cliffs and woods, wrapping them in blankets to resist the coldness of the late night. At this time, the sky was full of frost, and rockets were still coming and going, and the noise was extremely noisy. Some people leaned on the trunks and tied their swords to their shoulder straps or scabbards to prevent the weapon from being lost after sliding down.
Li Bida divided his troops into four teams and took turns to shoot. Finally, after half a night, he ordered the entire army to calm down and wait anxiously for Odakus. At this time, all the soldiers of the Medegi Guard saw that the high priest had tense faces, his eyes were filled with blood, and his hands holding the gilded baton were actually oozing sweat. In the past, they had followed him through so many battles, but this time he was obviously extremely nervous.
All the dismounted cavalrymen of Dussenvier stayed quietly on the battlefield, holding spears and chopping swords, waiting for the high priest signal to be issued.
Chaoyang finally emerged on the hill behind the camp. In an instant, the clouds wrapped around the mountains turned from the original pale white and pale green to bright red, floating and surging, but from a distance, it seemed to be still. The sunlight slowly and quickly turned from the original soft light into thousands of sharp arrows, jumping out without any obstruction, illuminating everyone and the entire earth. The sky seemed to have a golden belt rising, a fire-like river.
Odakus stood up, facing the sunlight in his hand, holding a shield with gems inlaid with reflection, and could be seen from a distance. Behind him, ten Leus soldiers quickly supported five copper tubes with forks and shot violently at the sky. The sound resounded throughout the valley. Countless birds screamed and soared into the sky. The noise of their wings flapping was frightening.
"Response!" The high priest who saw the flash and heard the sound of shooting immediately stood up and stretched out the baton in his hand, "Response to me!"
With the order of the high priest, the thirty copper tubes on this side also shot in unison, and the sound waves on both sides almost echoed and collided in the air. The exhausted guards who were originally sitting or lying in the camp looked up in horror, not knowing why.
Soon, someone pointed to the cliff behind the camp, and above their heads, a few elks quickly stepped on the branches of the tree and rushed in with the rolling gravel. Then, many people followed the pace of the elk, tied their shields to their waists and carried them on their backs, rubbing out a lot of smoke from the cliff, shouting and rushing down, no, almost falling down.
The crows on the camp of Machius flew up and hovered, "Crazy, all crazy!" When Machius walked out, he saw this scene, widened his eyes and shouted.
Dussenvier's troops on the front also surged up. At this time, Machius's troops were completely psychologically collapsed. They were not even willing to pick up weapons, because many people thought that they were fighting "Lebida's Lucky and Godly Shashe" and it was impossible to win - the enemy had a terrifying devilish weapon like "Mom", which could launch a strong attack on them from the cliffs behind like an elk.
Within half a day, about 1,500 enemies surrendered neatly, with Machius. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!