Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard Chapter 334: Expedition to the prairie (3)
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When Amos and the others stepped into the ambush, they immediately noticed something was wrong. He immediately ordered his team to turn around. Only then did they wake up and it was too late, so when Amos' team turned around When the formation seemed chaotic, they suffered a intensive rain of arrows from the Clay ambush, which had long been ambushing nearby.
Originally, the fighters of the Clay family thought that their first wave of attacks could almost kill most popular shooters. After all, they were ten times more numerous than their opponents. Unexpectedly, these popular shooters were all dressed with mithril wire. The feather arrows fired by the Clay fighters couldn't penetrate this kind of protection. Only a dozen popular archers were killed on the spot because they were shot in the head.
Amos was shot in the face by a feather arrow, and naturally he was killed on the spot. The remaining thirty or so popular shooters did not become confused because of the sudden loss of the commander, the deputy captain of this team. Immediately shouting loudly to take over the command of Amos, he let the surviving comrades use horses as cover and began to counterattack their opponents.
The horses that the popular archer rode had no protection, so under the repeated shooting of the Clay fighters, all these horses fell in mournfulness. The deputy captain who took over the command was very anxious, and he commanded. Relying on the corpses of the war horse and the dead companions as a cover, the subordinates fired at the enemy, desperately taking out the secret "Fireball" scroll made by Ryan from his body.
There was a loud bang, and the thick smoke produced by the fireball exploded. The deputy captain of the popular shooter team knew that in clear weather, this dense black smoke was enough to make friendly forces tens of kilometers away. , I believe they will be reinforcements here soon. And the commander of the Clay clan, Basel, of course also understood what this thick smoke meant. He stomped his feet bitterly, and mobilized the reserve team at his hand to join the attack.
Although there are 12oo soldiers of the Clay tribe, it is naturally impossible to swarm all of them in ambush battles. Basel can be the highest military commander of the border of the Clay tribe control area, how can he not understand military knowledge. In this ambush, Basel arranged a lot of manpower around the ambush circle, and must not let the popular shooters who were lured over to escape. At the same time, they also had the idea of blocking the enemy's reinforcements. But when the ambush began, this Clay clan The commander of was surprised to find that the 4oo Clay fighters he deployed in the ambush circle actually tied with the opponent’s less than 4o scouts. Even if he invested another 2oo reserve team, he would get it in a short time. The opponent can't help it.
The Clay Commander Basel was surprised to see an enemy scout trapped in the center of the ambush, using the warhorse and the corpse of his companions as a cover, pulling open the longbow 22 times in a row, and every time he shoots Shooting a Clay warrior, and the feather arrow shot by the Clay warrior, as long as it does not directly hit the opponent's head, waiting for an unarmored position, it will not be able to cause any damage to these enemy scouts.
As a result of the confrontation, the Fengxing Archer killed three more people, while the Clay fighters in the ambush killed at least 2oo people. These Clay fighters are not real fighters. Except for the 2oo who is used as a reserve team by Basel, the others are just herdsmen. These herdsmen have only learned the fighting skills in daily horse hunting, but When faced with a bone that could not be gnawed, and this bone was still killing their companions, they slowly lost the will to fight.
When the rushing horseshoes of the group's popular shooters came from a distance, the commander of the Clay clan Basel reluctantly issued the order to retreat. This failed ambush was a great shame for him, but if he If you don't retreat, you are likely to be surrounded by the enemy's counterattack, and you will lose more than you gain.
When a popular shooter squad arrived after seeing the smoke signal for help, only 32 members of the ambushed popular shooter squad were left, and 7 of them were seriously injured and had lost their combat effectiveness. Get up, almost halved the staff, but the Clay fighters who left hastily left over 3oo corpses of their companions here.
The information of this sudden ambush was quickly transmitted to the main force of the expeditionary army. Orlando and they immediately summoned the surviving deputy captain of the popular archer squad, carefully inquired about the entire battle, and immediately gave orders to the entire army. In particular, the scout troops must be more vigilant and not chase the Clay people at will, so as not to fall into a trap again.
Orlando could not help but sigh after carefully inspecting the corpses of more than 3oo Clay tribes. From the decoration of the corpses of these people, it is easy to tell that they belonged to 11 small tribes, but they are getting On the second day of the expeditionary army news, these people were gathered together, and a trap could be carefully arranged to ambush the expeditionary army's scouts.
Fortunately, the Scouts of the Expeditionary Army are the Windrunner Legion carefully crafted by Ryan. The sturdy Mithril armor on them is not equipped with even the main fighters of the Jonas Legion. This lightweight but extremely strong armor makes The popular shooters who were supposed to be wiped out in an instant survived, and it was a great blessing in misfortune to wait for reinforcements.
Just after this battle, the Clay people will naturally pay more attention to this expeditionary army, and the entire expeditionary army will inevitably undergo a greater test. In fact, just as Orlando had expected, on the third and fourth days of the expeditionary army, they did not encounter any Clay tribe.
Where the popular shooters went, all the camps of the Clay tribesmen quickly evacuated, and all the materials that were too late to take were destroyed on the spot, and due to the large number of slaughter of cattle and sheep, they even attracted a few numbers. The wolves are quite large, but the wolves did not cause any trouble to the expeditionary army. Instead, they let Letoz, who were born as hunters, regain the addiction of hunting, and the expeditionary army also had a few more days of food.
Seeing that the Clay clan began to stand firm and clear the country, Ryan not only didn't worry, but began to admire Orlando, because this situation was already in his expectation. The more the Clays concentrate their strength, the easier it is to be defeated at one time, and because the Clays are shrinking in strength, it is difficult for their large troops to conceal their traces. Not to mention, it’s just that the army’s daily drinking water is just one. A huge number, and the expeditionary army only needs to follow the pre-determined route of Orlando and slowly advance along the water resources on the west of the South Taron Prairie.的开。 The unfolding.
When the expeditionary army entered the prairie on the sixth day, the popular archers behind the main force began to have a large number of Clay Rangers trailing behind them, and the popular archers only had to ride their horses. The opponent will immediately turn around and run away, but if the popular archers ignore it, the opponent will hang tightly beyond the range of the bow and arrow.
Obviously, these new Clay troops are planning to harass the expeditionary army's logistics channel, but Orlando has long considered this point. The reason why the Jonas Army will bring 20,000 logistics personnel is to transport That huge one was enough to eat more than three months' worth of food for 70, 80,000 people, so the Clay fighters who followed the entire expeditionary army did not play any role.
Everywhere the expeditionary army goes, there will be all kinds of traces. As long as these traces are carefully checked by people with military knowledge, you can roughly figure out a lot of information about the expeditionary army, such as the strength of the expeditionary army and the general situation of the arms. , The expeditionary army’s food and equipment, etc., and Orlando does not intend to conceal this information at all. He wants to let the Clays know that the expeditionary army is well prepared this time. Withdrawal could not stop the expeditionary force, thus forcing the Clay clan and the expeditionary force to conduct a main decisive battle.
For Orlando and the Expeditionary Army, the most worrying thing is that the Clays recklessly migrated westward, abandoning a large number of cattle and sheep tents, just not fighting the Expeditionary Army. In this way, the purpose of the expedition could not be realized, and the alliance between the imperial capital and Cassano did not relieve the threat from the west. However, this choice of the Clay was based on sacrificing themselves to become the other enemies of the imperial capital. Obviously, with Chief Abdul’s ambition, it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing for self-interest.
Things were as expected by Orlando. On the tenth day after the expeditionary army entered the prairie, they had already penetrated into the prairie for almost 12oo kilometers. The Clay people still did not hesitate to abandon all the cattle on the expeditionary army’s marching route. Sheep and tents and other supplies, but the Clay herders gathered together slowly rolled into a huge number, which is not inferior to the number of expeditionary troops, so under the investigation of the popular archers, the expeditionary troops are also slow. Slowly grasped the traces of these Clay herdsmen migrating to the west.
During this 10-day march, Orlando has to find out what is most needed from the intelligence collected by the popular shooter every day. Jonas will naturally command the entire army. All kinds of trivial matters keep him busy, but instead It’s Ryan and Androcos who still seem to be free. These 5 imperial magisters work in shifts to maintain the "magic eyes" magic circle. It only takes 5 or 6 hours a day to work, and the other time is all at their disposal. NS.
Lane is not the first time to come to the prairie, but he still likes this scene of being in the middle of the prairie and surrounded by boundless green oceans. Whenever he has time, he rides on a war horse. Run outside the main force and feel the atmosphere of freedom.
As Ryan’s identity, naturally no one will interfere with his little personal preference. As for Ryan’s own safety, if someone here can kill Ryan, then Ryan will hide in the center of those tens of thousands of main forces. The same cannot escape the fate of death.