Huadu Xiaoxuanyi

Chapter 43 Cannibalism
"James, what did you find out?" Wu Di asked anxiously.

With a gloomy face, James said, "2 troops from the West Country suddenly disappeared."

Lin Ruofan frowned, and asked curiously, "Disappear? What does disappear mean?"

"Perhaps it should be said to be hidden. We are about to enter the Great Plains, and there may be thousands of troops hidden in the forest on the two wings." Lin Ruofan and Wu Di were both shocked!
Wu Di squinted his eyes and asked faintly, "Do you mean that the army from the western country came to intercept and kill us halfway!?"

James nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes. My subordinates have already found traces of horseshoe prints cleaned up by the enemy. Although the technique is very skillful, there are still clues left."

"That is to say, the cavalry of the western country has rushed to the sides of the plain and ambushed, and will launch an attack when we enter the plain?"

"Yes, in these four open plains, the army of the Eastern Kingdom cannot resist the large-scale cavalry attack, especially when morale is low."

Speaking, James looked at Tian Ye and Ma Lan who were sleeping soundly in the carriage, and then continued, "Our strength is greatly reduced, and it is very difficult to encounter such a situation at this time."

James spread out the map and pointed to it.

The enemy's large army seemed to be retreating and marching, but in fact the speed was extremely slow, and according to James' inspection, their camps were simple, just to be ready to go at any time.

The first time James discovered the anomaly was when he was defending against the attack of the Southern Kingdom. He saw a lot of new weapons and supplies hidden in the Western Kingdom's barracks on the right wing.

I thought they had left behind, but even when the enemy attacked most fiercely, they withstood the pressure and did not use this batch of supplies.Later, the coalition forces went to pursue the remnants of the Southern Kingdom, so James ignored this matter for the time being.

It seems that the Western countries have already made two-handed preparations. If the pursuit successfully annihilates the enemies of the Southern countries, they can immediately launch a surprise attack on the Eastern country's army with new weapons and materials after returning to the defensive position.

If the pursuit fails, that is to say, this batch of materials can be used now to attack them front and back.

Let's just say that the current situation is also very dangerous, and the enemy's large forces have already shown signs of moving here.Their current position is close to the plain. Even if they defend here, the enemy can attack from both sides, so it is a dilemma.

"Stop! Stop first!" Lin Ruofan immediately called to stop the army, and brought the emperor, Xu Ning and other generals to James' temporary headquarters, and explained the current situation to them. Everyone was shocked.

Xu Ning asked, "Then what should we do next?"

James said, "It depends on whether Tian Ye and Ma Lan can return to the battle. Depending on the situation of the two, they will have different solutions."

On that day, they slowed down their marching speed and set up camp without showing that they had noticed anything unusual.

At night, everyone discusses countermeasures together.

After a day's rest, Tian Ye and Ma Lan's complexions improved slightly, but it was still very difficult to say that they could use their true energy.

James thought for a while, and then said, "Ma Lan can not think about it for the time being..."

As soon as he was halfway through, Ma Lan interrupted him directly, and asked, "What do you mean I don't have to think about it?"

It was the first time for everyone to see James showing such an embarrassing expression, as if to say: I thought you would only hate the priest in the field, but I didn't expect you to hate whoever you met.

Tian Ye was about to burst out laughing, gloating, someone finally felt his feelings.

This little episode eased the tense atmosphere, and everyone seemed relatively relaxed.

Tian Ye stood up, stretched his waist, grinned in pain, and then said, "It's okay, I can barely stand it for a while."

Wu Di flipped through his pockets with a solemn expression. He forgot that he had run out of cigarettes, and then he licked his lips and said worriedly, "Don't force yourself too much, Taoist Master Tian Ye."

After hearing these words, Tian Ye felt very comforted in his heart, and responded with a smile, "With Angkor's words, the poor will not hesitate to turn into a fairy even if they become immortals!"

Ma Lan immediately sarcastically said, "What is it that you become a fairy? That's what you call hiccup cold!"

"I'll go! Miss Ma, I'm really curious where you learned so many words?"

Next, James made some deployments. Starting tonight, Tian Ye burned invisibility charms to make some soldiers invisible, and quietly touched the left and right sides to ambush.

Basically, after dawn, there are 2000 soldiers on each side, of which 1000 melee soldiers and the other half are archers.

Around noon, the large forces began to march towards the plains, which was the only way.Because from now until noon, if the enemy attacks, he will be hit by the sun head-on, which will affect his sight.

rumbling...

The ground began to shake slightly, this is the enemy cavalry began to charge.

James immediately arranged according to the formation planned last night, forming a circular formation with three circles inside and three circles outside.At the same time, Lin Ruofan gave needles to each of the 500 soldiers selected by James to stimulate the strength in their bodies.

These 500 people guarded the outermost perimeter and were responsible for resisting the first wave of enemy cavalry.

When the enemy could be seen within the line of sight, James fired a yellow signal flare into the sky, which meant that the soldiers who had been ambushing on the rear wings were cheered up and ready to accept new orders from the enemy at any time.

There were bursts of dust on the plain, and the neighing of horses and the shouts of cavalry shook the sky.

James shouted, "Brothers, don't be afraid! They can't get out of our formation, listen to my command later and don't get confused!"

Even though Lin Ruofan was a practitioner, he couldn't help being terrified when he saw this kind of scene.Unlike watching movies or TV shows, this kind of real impact is hard to describe.

James looked at the enemy cavalry with a telescope, and the distance of the enemy was clearly and accurately displayed on the lens.

The archers on our own side couldn't bear it anymore, and many of them drew their bows and were ready to go.

James sternly ordered, "Archers must not shoot without my order!"

When the cavalry was still 300 meters away from their own side, the enemy cavalry archers had already started to shoot arrows, and the densely packed bows and arrows poured down like a torrential rain.

The shield soldiers in the second and third circles quickly defended, and the screams of soldiers continued to be heard in the formation, and many people were shot.

When the enemy was still 200 meters away from his side, James raised his hand and shouted, "Let it go!"

All the archers fired directly, and the enemy's first row of cavalry fell quickly, and the cavalry behind also lost a lot due to trampling.But overall the enemy still has a lot of power.

When the enemy cavalry collided with the outermost shield soldiers, they fell down one after another. The follow-up cavalry could not stop at all, so they could only charge indiscriminately. Some enemies with good riding skills would pass through the gaps in the chaotic crowd, but Or was hit by a flat bow and arrow.

Now the rhythm is completely in the hands of James. Although the impact of the enemy cavalry is very strong, after all, it is no match for James, who has rich knowledge and experience.

The most important thing for cavalry in the cold weapon era is to rely on speed impact. After losing this point, it is basically useless, especially in melee combat in chaos, it is not even as good as the pikemen on the ground.

James gave an order for all to attack, intertwined with the enemy, and a big melee began.

The enemy commander did not pin all his hopes on this group of cavalry, and mainly relied on the large troops behind to annihilate them.

Therefore, James' ambushes on both sides of the road began to play a role.

When the enemy's large army was advancing mightily and fast, James fired a red flare, and the soldiers who had endured for a long time quickly launched an attack. First, they fired intensive bows and arrows, and then the machine gun positions arranged on both sides began to fire wildly. The son blinded the enemy.

Especially the two machine gun positions arranged by James, the crossfire made the enemy have nowhere to escape, and the bow and arrow falling from the sky caught the enemy by surprise.

After more than an hour of melee, the fighting on both sides of the battlefield was over.

The enemy's cavalry was completely annihilated, and the large force was disintegrated under the strong blow of one's own side. Some were annihilated, some fled around, and the remaining half retreated.

This can be regarded as a complete victory, but unfortunately no one can be happy.Not only the commanders, but also the soldiers, everyone is very clear about the current situation.

After another day of marching, the troops entered the city at night.Because the previous good news spread into the city, all the residents were still awake at this time, and lined up to welcome them.It's a pity that they don't know what happened during the day today.

Everyone had a good night's sleep and woke up the next day with backaches.

Now that the fighting has subsided temporarily, Lin Ruofan has time and energy to treat Tian Ye and Ma Lan. These two people finally have the opportunity to experience Lin Ruofan's gossip acupuncture.

Tian Ye asked suddenly, "Brother Ruofan, your gossip acupuncture can not only save people and fight, right?"

Lin Ruofan asked with a smile, "What do you want?"

Ma Lan made a "cut" in her mouth, and then said, "What else can he do? He must want you to pierce his meridians so that he can improve his cultivation."

As soon as Ma Lan mentioned the matter of cultivation, Tian Ye and Ma Lan curiously asked about Lin Ruofan's cultivation.These two people are very smart, and they naturally realized that Lin Ruofan's cultivation was improving so fast that it was beyond their cognition.

Generally speaking, if ordinary people with ordinary talents want to reach the ninth rank of heaven rank, not to mention the accumulation of merit, this practice will take at least four or five years.

The first time they went to the tomb was when they helped Chen Biao, and Lin Ruofan was only at the fourth rank of Heaven Rank at that time.

(End of this chapter)