Volume II Southern Beacon 1139
The edge of the central Pomion region of Dorok.
In the dark and misty jungle of the mountains, some figures are shaking, they are crawling on the high places of the mountains, looking at the camp below with scattered figures, the hazy moon has risen in the air, and in the hidden mountain stream below, countless tents and small sheds made of tree branches have been erected, as if a forest suddenly appeared on the flat ground, and in the moonlight clan rising in the air, the rocks of the mountain stream seem to be plated with a layer of silver.
In the open space between the tents, the mist like cotton wool was blown by the wind, and every qiē became hazy. The night guards sat listlessly around the fire and dozed off, all of them looking so peaceful
"I really didn't expect that the other party was really hiding here" A falcon scout lying in the grass looked at the Dorok flag fluttering on the tent in the mountain camp below, and a trace of surprise flashed on his face,
The original order from the legion headquarters also made this experienced scout captain only half-awake and suspicious, who knew that he touched it and looked at it, and was immediately taken aback, good guy, just at the entrance of a cave, there are about 20 tents or more, and there is a wider area inside,
Only when you get closer will you find that the side of the whole mountain is empty, the area inside is very considerable, it is estimated that even if it can accommodate thousands of people, there is no problem, he has passed by here 6 times in just 2 days, but he has not noticed once that there is no depth on the side of the mountain stream, there is a cave to connect with other mountain streams, which is like a gourd-shaped bottle mouth,
No one thought of the Doroks who searched everywhere. Quietly hiding in the belly of this remote mountain stream that will not be noticed at all, it is indeed worthy of the local advantage of the mountain people, and every step of the battle against the Dorok people in the vast mountains needs to be extremely careful,
No one knows if there is an ambush in the bushes in front of and behind you, and there is an Dorok hunter who is aiming at you, and in this mountain forest, the advantage of the Dorok is very obvious
"Draw it now!" the scout captain looked delighted and immediately ordered the light scouts who followed him. Quickly take out the pen and write down the position of the camp on a white sheepskin,
The light scout was dressed in light black leather armor and carried a pole-handled infantry crossbow behind him. The weapon at the waist is not a long sword but a sharp machete, which is used to make it easier for scouts to cut through thorns that block their path when they are scouting ahead.
Around his waist hung a waterproof leather pouch containing a sheepskin that could be used to draw imprints
The scout in charge of the depiction untied the skin on his waist and asked cautiously, "Of course, it is best to depict the direction of the mountain stream and the size of the cave, so that our people know where the other party is most likely to set up defenses!"
Under his guidance, the light scouts used light blue lines to quickly trace the general terrain around them. And mark the direction of the mountain road on the map and several locations specifically pointed out by the captain, which are the most likely to hide the location of the opponent's shooter.
As he listened, he quickly recorded that the color of the sheepskin in his hand was light white overall. Tong guò special engineering is made of lamb leather within half a year, the leather is delicate, smooth and firm, as long as a little dark blue ink, it can be clearly depicted on the leather surface, even if it encounters rain, it will not become blurred. Therefore, in the Falcon Army, it is generally used as a tool to transmit important information
Soon, the scout stuffed the white sheepskin depicting the surrounding terrain into a finger-sized wooden tube, the scout captain carefully took a few steps back, removed the wooden cage containing the carrier pigeon from the back horse, and carefully tied the slender wooden tube to the pigeon's legs, in order to ensure that it was strong enough, the scout captain also used the thread to wrap it several times, and after confirming that it was correct, the scout captain threw the carrier pigeon into the dark black night sky.
The white carrier pigeon is like a white arc that is suddenly ejected, fluttering in the air and spreading its wings, flying towards the distant horizon
Releasing the carrier pigeons, the Falcon Scouts did not choose to leave immediately, but chose to stay, and their task was to keep an eye on the Dorokrud camp in front of them before the arrival of the army.
It's cool at this time,
The frost that had fallen at dawn was still fragile to the ground, not melting for a long time. The woods stood motionless at the edge of the forest, the pines swaying and circling in the wind, evaporating like smoke in the misty air, and autumn in the mountains was particularly cold than in the south. The late dawn of Shanshan smeared a faint layer of light over the jungle,
At the bottom of the mountain stream, the camp also began to liven up, the mouth of the cave was crowded with people, the soldiers ran to the river next to the cave entrance to wash their faces sleepily, and began to set up a pot at the mouth of the cave to stew food, judging from the fish tail exposed outside the pot, the main source of food for this Dorok army as an eye store zài was the fish in the mountain stream,
The Dorok army had been wandering here for 2 days, and had been a headache for the falcon scouts eager to find them.
The hinterland of Pomion is a vast flat hill, but the outer part is a rolling mountain area with dense bushes, ravines and ravines full of weeds, and in some areas dense pine trees and other trees.
The Dorok people took a fancy to this, so they dared to push part of their forces directly to the mountainous hinterland less than 30 miles away from Pomeon without any scruples, and the Falcon Army could move south from Pomeon at any time, and the 80,000 Dorok army also rushed in this direction like a raging fire, who could control this mountain forest, undoubtedly opened a way for the respective armies in the rear
But the woods all over the mountains here completely obscured the view, in this vast mountain, not to mention looking for 3,000 people, even a tenfold, 30,000 people, for this hundreds of miles of lush forest, it is just a small island in the ocean.
The number of Falcon scouts in the vast mountains is also dwarfed, and unless the Falcon Army dispatches its entire army, finding a camp in such a dense forest is as lucky as buying a lottery ticket
Caesar Solon was troubled by this. But he went to see Fergudigo under the fat man's reminder, and the other party did not answer his question directly, but mentioned very interestingly that in the late autumn season, the trees withered, the weeds withered, and even in the dim light of the night, the weeds could feel some traces of yellowing. There are also a lot of thick dead branches and fallen leaves on the mountain road, layered on top of each other, and you can step on it with one foot. It makes a squeaky sound, and as long as life passes by, it will always leave some traces
This point undoubtedly made Caesar Solon suddenly realize.
It's late autumn now, the mountains are full of dead leaves, and thousands of Doroks, no matter how cautious they are, will always leave traces on them, and it is under such a prompt that the searching Falcon Scouts finally found the target,
When the news came back, Caesar Solon immediately called a meeting of all officers above the rank of squadron leader,
The Dorok people who had been searching for it were hiding in a mountain stream less than five miles away from their camp! This kind of news made many Falcon officers attending the meeting break out in a cold sweat. Although the other party has few people, if it is attacked by night, it will also have a certain impact on the camp, and most likely, the other party has no intention of sneaking up at night. Instead, when the main force of the army of this side and the main force of the Dorok army was decisive, they suddenly killed from the back of the fierce falcon army, and the sudden appearance of a thousand elites was enough to cut through the weak backs of the 40,000 army, so that the entire defense line was on the verge of collapse.
It seems that the commander of the opposing side knows very well that he only needs to defeat Caesar Sauron's legion as the main force in this battle first. The form of the entire battle of Dorok will definitely be reversed! The north-south siege tactics launched by Dorok will also face failure, "This nail must be pulled out! This is His Majesty's order!" Caesar Solon conveyed the meaning from His Majesty the Falcon, and the officers below also began to get excited, "But the other party is in the belly of a narrow mountain stream, how can we kill it?" The officers also raised their own questions, all kinds of strange enemies have been encountered, but they did not expect the enemy to be able to hide in the cave" Don't worry about this, we don't need to take the initiative at all, we can easily force the enemy out of the mountain stream!"
A trace of coldness flashed in Caesar Sauron's eyes, and the corners of his mouth sneered, he ordered all the soldiers of the squadron to carry a bundle of firewood, and on the same day, he sent someone to control all the highlands around the mountain stream, and in the dark night, a group of black shadows began to emerge from the forests around the mountain stream, and the Dorok people below still knew nothing about it, in order to avoid exposure, as early as 2 days ago, the Dorok people recalled all the outside scouts,
"Start attacking!" Caesar Sauron, sitting on the heights, nodded,
"Whew!" The fireballs that burned the flames drew a bright trajectory over the mountain stream, and the bright firelight illuminated the pale face of the Dorok Sentinel below, "The sparks sputtered, several fireballs exploded in the collision of the cliffs of the mountain stream, and countless sparks were thrown into the mountain stream below like a waterfall,
"Ahh
"Enemy, enemy is coming!"
The sound of explosions outside completely made the Dorok people in the cave panic, and countless figures appeared at the entrance of the mountain stream, and by the light of the fire, the face of the Dorok people was also revealed, this is indeed an elite light army, wearing a rare light chain mail made of uniform fine iron, and wearing a pointed iron helmet of the Dorok people on their heads, they erected spears at the entrance of the mountain stream,
The entrance to the narrow mountain stream suddenly shone with cold light, as if a bayonet had suddenly been erected, and if anyone dared to break into it at this moment, they would immediately be stabbed into dozens of holes
The Falcon Army had been prepared for the Dorok reaction
"Rocket ready!"
A falcon squadron leader who led the front line raised his hand with a smirk on the corner of his mouth, and behind him, thousands of infantry crossbows were raised upwards in unison, the top of the winding arrow cluster was burning with crackling flames, and the whole air was filled with the smell of burning crude oil, and the arm of the "shooting" squadron leader fell, "Collapse, collapse!" Countless red points of light shot out with the rapid vibration sound, like a large-scale meteor shower suddenly falling from the sky, the red points of light crossed the long marks in the air, and then fell rapidly, and finally turned into the death arrow "Ah" that made the mountain stream Nedorok people unforgettable The sound of the arrow screaming in the mountain stream came and went one after another at the entrance of the mountain stream.
In order to achieve sufficient density, Caesar Sauron mobilized a full 1,500 crossbowmen. The density of its fall can be imagined, and the entrance to the mountain stream, not only on the corpses, but also on the tidal flats like the flow of water, are full of arrows. "Retreat, retreat into the cave!" The Dorok people were frightened by the tragic situation in front of them, and hurriedly ordered a panicked retreat, and the torches gathered around them. Ignite the entire sky into a patch of red
The Dorok soldiers crowded each other at the entrance of the cave, and for a moment it was difficult to retreat completely, and the falcon crossbowmen who had gathered above attacked again. Shooting towards the entrance of the cave below, countless white lines drifted down like locusts, tearing through the air with a whistling sound. The Dorok soldiers crowded at the entrance of the mountain stream were once again covered by the arrows of the Falcon Army, and suddenly the leaves of the trees were tumbling on the ground one after another as if they had been hit by a torrential rain, and the powerful crossbow arrows shot through their thin chain mail, and the fire source on the arrows made the arrow-hit people wail in pain, making a terrible sound like hell, and the sound of grease burning, which made all the Dorok people who watched this scene turn pale with fright, "Order all troops to throw down the firewood!" Seeing that the Dorok people finally chose to retreat into the cave as expected, Caesar Sauron sneered at the corner of his mouth,
It's the autumn rainy season. Although it hasn't rained for the past few days, the trees are damp and ordinary fires can't be lit at all, but tonight there is no problem with such a big fire. I saw countless damp firewood thrown down from a high place, ignited by the raging flames at the entrance of the cave, emitting bursts of smoke that made people cough violently, and the mountain wind rolled up, and all of them poured into the mouth of the cave, and from a distance it looked like a huge monster opened its mouth with blood and touched its mouth. Sweeping all the smoke into it, the Dorok people in the cave were choked to death, and some soldiers, risking being shot to death, reappeared at the mouth of the cave filled with arrows, "Lay down your arms and surrender, or die, make a choice!" There was a lame shout from the Falcon Army, which Caesar Sauron temporarily asked to teach the soldiers, although most of the soldiers didn't know the meaning of this Dorok language, but they still began to shout according to the officer's order, especially looking at the Dorok people running out of the hole below, the soulless look, and the shouting was extremely cheerful, "Surrender, we choose to surrender!" In the thick smoke, the Dorok soldiers ran out like ducks driven out of their nests, shouting and throwing their weapons on the ground, their faces all blackened with smoke.
This situation lasted until dawn, almost none of the Dorok people in the cave escaped the net, except for the 300 people who were shot in the first resistance, and the 400 people who were taken prisoner in the back, under the smoke offensive, even the most stubborn people could not resist the limits of human physiology, and those who did not run out of the cave became dead without exception, there were more than 200 such people, including the commander of this elite unit, Arthuri, the commander of the second banner of the Seventh Legion of Dorok
In fact, when the captives identified the smoky black corpse in front of him as Arthur, even Caesar Solon who came to check it out couldn't believe it, because this guy was really young, at most less than 20 years old, which was indeed an outlier in the seniority of the Dorok army, "One qiē shun lì, we have already killed one of the three troops! The other two have already had clues."
With the good news of the battle, Caesar Solon knocked on the fat man's study door, since yesterday, His Majesty the Falcon seems to have chosen to recuperate, which is really a little strange for the situation of the imminent war,
"The early win doesn't mean much, it's just the first round!"
There was no expression of joy on the fat man's face, his eyes did not look at him, but he was concentrating on the table, on which there was a fish tank, in which there were a few small fish with colorful tails swimming, it was said that this was sent by Princess Maomo, who was far away in Paravon, "Your Majesty, is this very interesting?" Caesar Solon looked at the fish tank with some surprise, could it be that the dead fat man had changed his sex? He actually began to love small animals? Isn't this nonsense!
"Do you know what instinct is?" the fat man blinked his eyelids, stared at the fish in the fish tank and said, "I don't know why, I suddenly feel that these fish are a little similar to us, the rhythm of war is like the water in which fish live, the fluctuations of water change every moment, and the situation in war is the same, every moment, every second is changing, every battle we experience is a battlefield where there is no time to think, no time to hesitate, and no time to regret, and every decision we make is the lives of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people."
The enemy, like us, has no choice, and in the face of the responsibility of life and death, he can only analyze the intelligence as quickly as possible, make the most correct judgment and formulate a combat plan in the shortest time, and if he cannot grasp the pulse of the war at the first time, then he will lose his way in this stormy battle.
Just like the battle you just fought, we wiped out one of Doroke's three eyes, but this doesn't mean a qiēshun lì, I believe the other party should have thought of this a long time ago, but the other party still didn't hesitate to send out three eyes!
In fact, I have just woken up to the fact that these three eyes sent by the other party are actually used to sacrifice time and divert our attention! You should immediately send someone to check, if I guess correctly, the 80,000 troops advancing in the direction of Barras should have already changed the direction of their march at this moment!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )
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