The opponent was not a brave and unscrupulous barbarian—Winters became more convinced of this that afternoon.

The Styx Army Camp is located in the east by the river. If you consider the terrain, you should launch an attack from the south and north sides.

The terrain along the river bank was uneven, and the shooting range of the defensive party was restricted.

The river is still in the dry winter, and the exposed riverbed is a natural road that can directly reach the pontoon bridge.

Winters thought from the perspective of others. If he was commanding the Hurds, he would have feinted the Western Wall, mainly attacking the South Wall and the North Wall.

At the same time, an elite force was arranged on the dry riverbed. When the battle was in full swing, a surprise force was launched to break through the pontoon bridge and the east gate, and encircled the defenders in the camp.

Under the attacks inside and outside, the defenders will definitely be in chaos. Considering the gap in military strength between the two sides, the casualties of the captured military camp will not exceed 30%.

Not only did Winters think so, but other officers have similar ideas. They receive the same tactical training, and the thinking patterns of several officers are similar.

Therefore, the defense of the military camp was arranged based on this idea.

The Styx Camp originally had a 100-man team of standing troops stationed, so they were responsible for guarding the south wall.

Winters is responsible for guarding the north wall, Andre is responsible for guarding the west wall, and Bud's temporary armed personnel are responsible for guarding the east gate.

Lieutenant Colonel Jeska leads the cavalry team and supports all places as appropriate.

On the dry riverbed, Winters led his men to dig out thousands of sank horse holes overnight.

The sinking horse cave is about the same size as the field mouse cave, with a horse's tibia deep. The wooden stake is smashed in and pulled out to make one.

The effect is very insidious. Once the running horse step in, it will break its hooves at the least, and the legs will break.

Generally no one uses this trick because horses are precious spoils. However, in critical situations, you have to survive first before you can consider the amount of seizure.

The defenders each perform their duties and are ready to fight.

But to all the officers' expectations, the Heds neither feinted attacks nor divided troops, nor attacked from the north and south sides, but instead stared at the western wall and attacked violently.

To the west of the camp is a long downhill road. It seems to be able to exert the impact of the cavalry, but in fact it is a shooting range.

The defenders have a broad vision and no blind spots.

The enemy attacked from the west, and the Paratus, who had a large number of long-range weapons, were reluctant to do so.

But the barbarian Hurd pushed the car and rushed over from the west.

As soon as the fire broke out, Andre, who was responsible for defending the Western Wall, immediately noticed something strange.

wind!

The wind direction is wrong!

Overall, the east wind blows in spring and summer between the two mountains, and the wind blows from the Sea of ​​Senas to the inland, bringing precipitation and moisture.

But in autumn and winter, the wind will change, the wind blows from the high ground to the sea, and the west wind sweeps across the earth.

The Heds pushed the cart to the camp wall for more than twenty steps, or even within fifteen steps. Using the cart in the sand as a cover, shooting arrows with the wind was accurate and ruthless.

After Andre's musketeer fired, the smoke was swept back by the west wind, which not only choked people's throats and their eyes were burning, but also seriously hindered their vision.

The defender's archer was suppressed by a hard bow and heavy arrow. The Hud light cavalry with a rope roared over, and the horses outside the camp wall were trapped one by one, pulled out and dragged away.

The Styx Camp is a field camp that can accommodate tens of thousands of troops. The defense team is insufficient, and Andrei's 100 men are even dissatisfied with the West Wall shooting platform.

Not only did the Hudds not divide the troops, they didn't even have a tentative attack, and they only targeted a few points and bitten them desperately. The Celini Hundreds could not resist it immediately.

Lieutenant Colonel Jeska urgently transferred the Colin Centenary and Montane Centenary to support the Western Wall.

On the first attack, the bold Hud cavalry climbed over the wall of the camp and were quickly surrounded and killed.

During the second attack, the Hudd pushed up several small towing stone throwers and began to call on the defenders' shooting platform.

Winters never thought that he would see the stone thrower return to the battlefield with his own eyes.

However, there were only a few rotating cannons that could not be accurately shot, and there was no way to use a stone thrower.

Andrei rushed for a round with his cavalry, but was intercepted by the Hed, who had been prepared for it.

After three attacks, the Hudders patiently sniped the musketeers, pulled out all the horse-resisting stakes, and killed the shooting platform.

The calmness of advancing and retreating is as if the skilled butcher is picking the flesh.

Although the camp wall has not been truly impacted, Winters could feel that the will of our militia was at its limit.

At noon, the officers in the battalion held a meeting.

"Next time, Hurdman will be serious." Jeska said with a gloomy face.

"It's even harder to fight in the afternoon." Bard pointed to the sun calmly: "The light is not good for us."

Winters suddenly realized that the Hurds were in good wind but against the light in the morning. After noon, the sunlight and the wind direction would be detrimental to oneself.

"The light and the wind are all next to each other." Winters frowned: "I am worried that the morale of the Hurds and the temporary armed merchants will collapse."

It is harder to defend and live than to defend and die.

The first two battles were formed on the vast grassland, and everyone had no way to escape and could only fight for life.

But now behind the camp, there is a floating bridge leading to the opposite bank of the Styx.

Cross the river, destroy the bridge, and everyone is safe.

The road to life is right in front of you, and no one will be unmoved.

"Or otherwise..." Andre gritted his teeth and said, "Just cross the river."

"Absolutely not!" Lieutenant Colin refused flatly and said sternly: "Who dares to move the floating bridge, step over my body first!"

Although they were short-lived, Colin Victor's rigorous and carefulness impressed Winters.

After collecting camping fees at other camps along the way, they ignored the vendors' boarding. Only Lieutenant Colin's Hexi military camp stationed was selfless and no outsiders were allowed to enter the camp.

However, the taciturn Lieutenant Colin was so excited that his face turned red.

[Note: The name of Paratu, the surname is in front and the name is in the back. The Paratus people call it the glorious tradition, but it is actually the legacy of Heard]

The lieutenant spoke fiercely, and Andrei also became angry: "The floating bridge is so important, why only your 100-man team is stationed? It is necessary for us to fight to the death if we leave a brigade?"

Colin was stunned for a moment and said for a while: "There was originally a brigade."

"Where are people?"

"The tents of the tribes have long retreated to two hundred kilometers west! Who would have thought that the Heds would appear here at this time?"

Andrey raised his eyebrows and asked with hatred, "Do you think the Hudds won't show up, so you can transfer the brigade?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Colin shouted aggrievedly: "The superior is in a hurry to use troops. I am just a centurion. What can I do? When I was dispatching troops, I firmly opposed it, but you said! What can I do?"

The Huds hadn't attacked yet, and they were about to see the defenders fighting first.

"Enough! Shut up!" Lieutenant Colonel Jeska shouted loudly.

Andre and Colin immediately fell silent, sat back on their stool, and glared.

Jeska sighed and pointed at Lieutenant Colin and said, "Everyone is fighting for me in front, he is guarding the bridge behind. He himself is like this and he is pressing down. What can he do?"

Hearing this, Colin was stunned at first, his lips trembled and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

Andre's face turned gray, as if he recalled the situation of Venetta and his anger dissipated.

"The bridgehead must be guarded." Jieshika sets the tone: "Defend until you can't hold it."

Meeting will be quiet for a while.

"The Republic is not good to me. I have served overseas for twelve years, and I have not been resentful for a day." The lieutenant colonel smacked his lips and his attitude was as cold as ever: "But without her, my family is still a serf for Master Mazar. Without her, I am either robbing the house or being hanged. So this bridge must be guarded until it cannot be guarded."

Lieutenant Colin stood up and saluted the Lieutenant Colonel solemnly.

"As for you guys," Jeska looked at Winters and the others with one eye: "Palatu only has grudges with you, no kindness. You don't owe anything, but by chance I came to my subordinates..."

The lieutenant colonel stood up and bowed deeply to the three lieutenants: "I'm sorry for you."

The lieutenants dared not accept this gift and hurriedly left Maza.

"You just need to stand till I die." Jeska took out a letter from his arms, with a serious expression: "After I die, you will go back to Paratu directly. This letter can prove that you did not escape at the last minute, but retreated according to my orders."

Winters and Andre didn't know what to do for a moment. Bard took the letter silently and saluted the lieutenant colonel.

After explaining the funeral, the lieutenant colonel began to re-arrange the defense.

Lieutenant Colin's standing 100 men were transferred to the Western Wall to be responsible for the most critical position in defense.

Bud was responsible for reorganizing the cart, others were responsible for covering Colin's flanks, and only sentries were left on the other three walls.

"Princess Montagne." Jeska finally called out Winters' name.

"yes."

"You are responsible for laying powder barrels on the bridge, and don't blow it up when things go." The lieutenant colonel said coldly: "Anyway, you can't let the Hurd cavalry cross the bridge."

"yes."

"Gentlemen, do your duties, and the victory or defeat is unknown." Jeska rarely smiled: "What if reinforcements come?"

The door of the board room was knocked open, and Charles, who was running all the way, shouted in anger: "Reinforcements, reinforcements are here!"

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To be continued...