Chapter 881: The Battle of the Canyon (5)
Tiger warriors are arguably some of the strongest warriors on land, and defeating them head-on is usually a very costly one.
In the last battle of the Qingshui River Valley, the Condor Army used the Hive Ballista to kill and wound a large number of Tiger warriors, and successfully lured away the Saber-toothed Tiger Legion of the Linhai Empire, and once achieved a great advantage.
However, even so, in the final battle, the Condor still lost a large number of land forces before it was completely defeated.
Although it is now twilight, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the strength of the tiger army under him is still not to be underestimated.
Against the Tiger Warriors, the Hive Ballista is a very good choice.
However, because the hive ballista was too cumbersome, it was very unrealistic to transport it to Lhasa through the Ancient Tea Horse Road, so Bai Ze transferred a weakened version of the hive ballista, the Barbarian Legion, from the Guanzhong area.
In addition to being good at hand-to-hand combat, barbarians are also masters of long-range throwing.
I think that when Ning Yuan first went to the barbarian tribe, he was smashed and fled by Andrew leading a group of barbarians.
After subduing the barbarian tribe, in view of the characteristics of the barbarians who are good at throwing, Ning Yuan asked the dwarven craftsmen to create sharp bloodletting javelins for them.
Although the Tigerman army of the Linhai Empire is very elite, they have a fatal shortcoming, that is, all the tigerman warriors are light armored infantry.
Light infantry shields can withstand bow and arrow fire, but it is difficult to withstand javelin piercing attacks.
Bai Ze was worried that the Snow Mountain Legion would not be able to exert its full strength because of guilt when it encountered the Tiger Army, so in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he transferred 10,000 barbarian warriors from the Guanzhong region.
Since Bai Ze had been showing weakness to the enemy all along, Tiger Picking Day did not expect that the strength of the Condor Army in the Yangbajing area had already surpassed his reinforcement army, so he only guarded against the possible rain of arrows, and did not expect a sudden and deadly javelin rain.
The moment he saw the javelin rain flying out, Tiger Picking Ri's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and it wasn't until he saw Hu Rui's timely order for the Tiger Army to retreat backwards that his heart finally let go.
After bringing the attacking Tiger Army out of javelin range, Hu Rui immediately ran towards the rear army.
After coming to the front of Tiger Picking Sun, Hu Rui immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, the shield in our hands cannot withstand the enemy's javelins, and without the cover of the Owl Legion, if we want to get close to the stone wall, I am afraid we will have to pay huge casualties."
Your Majesty can you transfer the Owl Legion resting in the camp to the front line, so that they can contain the enemy and buy us time to get close to the stone wall? ”
Hu Jieri nodded with satisfaction and said, "We want to go together, I have already sent someone back to gather those owl warriors who are resting, I believe they will be able to rush to the battlefield soon."
Hey, this group of owl warriors of the Eight Heavenly Dragon Guilds is so unorganized and undisciplined, they dare to disobey the military order and leave the team without permission, and when they come back, I will definitely punish them. ”
"Your Majesty, something is wrong, our camp has been attacked by a large number of Silver Pegasus Knights, and the remaining Owl Legion has been wiped out."
While Tiger Picking Day and Tiger Rui were chatting and waiting for the support of the Owl Legion, a Tiger Man warrior with three or four arrows stuck in his body ran and shouted.
After recognizing the Tiger Man Warrior as a member of the camp left behind, Tiger Picking Day rushed over with a brisk step, grabbed the opponent's chest and shouted, "What did you say? What happened to our camp? ”
The tiger warrior gasped and said, "Your Majesty, after you left, a large number of silver Pegasus knights suddenly came out from the snow-capped mountains on the east and west sides.
The Silver Pegasus Knights surrounded our camp, and our legions of owls hurried into the air to meet them, but were outnumbered and killed. ”
"Impossible, the Silver Pegasus Knights of the Condor Army are obviously here on the front line, and they have lured our Owl Legion to the south, how could they suddenly appear in our camp?
Wait, you say the Owl Legion is outnumbered?
How many Silver Pegasus Knights did raid our camp have? ”
Tiger Picker looked incredulous at first, and then suddenly thought of something and asked directly.
"There are about twenty or thirty thousand people, anyway, it's dense, and the sky is full of them." The Tiger Warrior replied.
After hearing the clear answer, Tiger Picking Day let go of the Tiger Man Warrior who came to report the news, and his face was full of exhaustion, as if he had suddenly aged by more than ten years.
After hearing that there were twenty or thirty thousand Silver Pegasus Knights attacking the rear camp, the doubts that had been hovering in the heart of Tiger Picking Day for so many days were all answered at once.
No wonder the defenders of Lhasa were able to escape and report to him.
It's no wonder that there were only a few thousand Silver Pegasus Knights who attacked their own army before.
It is no wonder that the Condor Army did not deploy any ground troops in the Nagqu area.
No wonder Dangxiong City, which was guarding the canyon basin, was easily broken by him.
It turned out that all this was a plan by the enemy to show weakness and lure the enemy deeper, and its purpose was to lead them into this canyon basin with only two exits.
Now that the enemy is no longer hiding their strength, the passage behind them should also be blocked by the enemy.
After losing the Owl Legion, it would be difficult for the Tiger Army in his hands to break through the enemy's defense line to the south.
On the east and west sides are snow-covered mountains, and if they choose to force their way over the snowy mountains, they will only become a living target for the Silver Pegasus Knight.
For the sake of today's plan, either directly lead the army to rush into those hot water ponds that do not know the depth, and whether they can rush out alive depends on the destiny of heaven.
Either they fled directly to Dangxiong City under the attack of the Silver Pegasus Knights, and defended the city, and then hoped that the passage in the rear was not blocked, or the enemy blocking the passage was not strong, and they could break through.
Although all the LTTE soldiers could swim and the hot water pool was not that hot, if the annoying silver Pegasus knights arrived while they were rushing into the hot water pool, they would probably sink to the bottom forever.
There is also a great risk of leading the army to break through backwards, and this place is seventy or eighty kilometers away from Dangxiong City.
At such a distance, tens of thousands of Silver Pegasus Knights will chase them all the way to the end.
Although the Tiger warriors are very good at their skills and have shields that can withstand arrows, they simply cannot concentrate on defending against cold arrows from the air when they escape, so it is likely that entering backwards will be a point of no return.
"Pass on our military order, all the soldiers of the Tiger Army immediately retreat back, and the target is Xiongcheng."
After careful consideration, Tiger Picking Day finally chose to retreat to Dangxiong City.