Chapter 71 Space(1/2)
"I don't need to say anything more." Ronald's voice echoed in the quiet forest: "You have come here because you have your daughter! Wife! Mother!"
Standing in front of Ronald were hundreds of angry fathers, husbands and sons, the older ones were in their forties or fifties, and the younger ones were only fifteen or sixteen.
A small number of them had swords, guns, bows and arrows, and most of them had only sticks that had not even had time to peel off the bark.
But without exception, everyone held the weapon in their hands tightly until their knuckles turned white.
"The tribes of Hed are like crappy thieves." Saul once asserted: "When you set out, you are full of confidence and will be insatiable. But once you really grab something good, they will be frightened and will escape if there is any slightest movement.
When the Teltons return, it is the time when the Teltons are most vulnerable."
As monk Saul said, the leaders of Telton, who made great fortunes, were almost impatient to transport away the captured women, livestock and wealth.
Ronald watched as the Terdens selected the ferry, divided the camps, and gathered the sheepskin rafts...
At the same time, the men from Xiatiengfeng County who had the courage to fight were also rushing here from various places to secret camps.
Monk Saul urged Ronald to endure and wait until half of the people of Terton crossed the river.
But for Ronald, the Teltonite half-flood meant hundreds of Palatus were taken away.
He can't wait for that moment, he will attack now.
"As long as you cross that river." Ronald's cheekbones were painted with blood with two stripes: "Your daughter, wife, and mother will be driven into the wasteland like animals and become a slave to the pagans! Forever, forever
, can never return!"
Blood-printed cover was originally a custom of the Palatu clan, which means that the painters were carrying great shame. However, at this moment, regardless of blood, religion or origin, all the men in the forest were painted with bloodprints.
After leaving the Land Court, Ronald worked in civil service all year round, and speaking in front of the battlefield was not his strength.
He took the spear from Adam and briefly ended the mobilization: "Whoever wants to give his wife and daughter to the Hud Barbarians, stay here. Whoever wants to kill Hud Barbarians, please follow me!"
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When the people of Tiefeng County roared and rushed towards the ferry, one hundred kilometers northeastward, the pioneer of the Terdun tribe, Danayan, and the uncle of the fire-growing man [Taichi] were also attacking the focal point.
Time and space, what an ordinary and magical thing.
They are not diverted by human will, but both sides of the war are fighting for them desperately.
Ronald raced against time. He had to defeat the barbarians at the ferry before the enemy reinforcements arrived, otherwise he would be the one who was annihilated.
The same was true for Taichi. Every time he delayed a bag of cigarettes, the power of the Teldun tribe weakened by a little. He wanted to capture the strait before the Tiefeng County army responded.
The snatching time is essentially a fight for space, which is the wonder of war.
After the first two attacks, Tai Chi has confirmed that the defenders in the field are not elite - four or five hundred men, no soldiers, and not even a musket.
As more people arrived one after another, Tai Chi's troops gained an overwhelming advantage.
Siege the city and the village were not the directors of Hed tribes, but Tai Chi had seen it a lot and had accumulated some experience.
Facing horses, fences, and trenches, the war horses that the tribes regard as extended limbs are not only useless, but will become a drag.
Therefore, the Tai Chi concentrated those who were wearing armor and dismounted from the horse and fought in a staircase battle, divided into left and right wings to attack the horse-resisting formation, and used strong lunges to cover it.
At the same time, Taichi selected three teams of hundreds of cavalry, crossing the mountains and forests to swim across the river from the upper reaches.
On the one hand, it cut off the retreat of the sect, and on the other hand, it feinted the upstream towns, involving the troops of the people of Tiefeng County.
In the third wave of offensive, Tai Chi is bound to win.
Just as Taichi expected, although the defenders who were struggling in the field were tenacious, they were too few and had few people to look at each other.
Even the surrounding surprise troops had not arrived, the two-legged defenders who were in the field were already defeated.
But [Gerard's Bud] probably won't agree with the statement of "defeat".
The Teltons came in full force, and Bard organized his subordinates to retreat in an orderly manner according to the original plan.
The previous wounded had already evacuated before dawn, and Bard personally led most of the militia and the newly added wounded to the wilderness in the northeast.
The remaining militia were led by Angru and cut off the rear.
After the Teltons broke into the camp, Angru set fire to burn fortifications and the trees along the coast, and led his cavalry to carry militias who could not ride horses, running along the road towards Xiaoshi Town.
At this time, what was Winters who arrived on the battlefield last night doing?
He is killing people.
"Riding a spear!" Winters stretched out his hand back.
Shire, who was originally holding the short javelin, immediately untied his spear and handed it to Winters tacitly.
Winters raised his spear and waved it downwards. The swallowtail flag on the spearhead roared: "Push them down the river!"
His roar echoed in the mountains and rivers.
The trumpeter blew the melody of attack, and the snare drums of each infantry company were followed by the sound of the sound.
The soldiers held their spears flat, stepped on the rapid drum beats, and strode towards the enemy.
The road connecting Tushichang and Xiaoshi Town is a narrow road sandwiched by earth cliffs and pine rivers. "The mountains and rivers" refer to this terrain.
On this narrow road less than thirty meters wide and less than ten meters narrow, the three Telton Hundred Cavalry teams who intended to detour ushered in their doomsday.
The battle situation is like catching thieves in the alley.
The fifth company stationed in Xiaoshi Town to the south, and the sixth company led by Winters to the north.
The undead barbarian of Terdun was trapped in the middle of the river, the earth cliff and two spear forests, and the space for movement was getting smaller and smaller.
The trapped beasts still fight, and the Terdon barbarians repeatedly attacked the fronts of the fifth and sixth companies, all ended in failure - Winters' warriors were not something that could be shaken by a few desperate Terdon people.
The sergeant in the front row was wearing armor, and the bows and arrows of the Teltons could not hurt them.
Some desperate Telton people rushed to the Pong River and wanted to stumble on the water and return to the west bank.
The other Teltons were unwilling to go into the water no matter what. They just swam to the east bank and were soaked in the biting cold river water. No one wanted to taste the taste of it again.
Besides, many Telton people drowned when they came. Now if you swim back, you might as well die under the sharp knife!
There was also the Barbarian of Terdun who was determined to abandon his war horses, climbed the earth cliff on the east side of the road, and fled into the mountains.
Winters watched the Teltons jump into the river, climbing up the earth cliff, and turned around to give orders to the trumpet: "Charge footwork."
The trumpeter was slightly stunned at first, and soon came to his senses. He puffed up his cheeks, his face flushed, and he blew another melody.
Hearing the charge song, the snare drums of each company gradually responded, and the rhythm of the drum beats suddenly accelerated, from 80 beats per minute to 120 beats.
Many soldiers on both the north and south fronts were disconnected because they failed to respond in time, resulting in the line becoming loose and chaotic.
However, the fighting spirit collapsed, and the Terdon barbarians who were only thinking about escaping had no ability to use the fighter plane.
The lost warrior quickly caught up with the crossing team, and the front line became complete and indestructible again.
Winters has nothing to be dissatisfied with this.
There are basically two types of military combat:
One is a melee of a hundred people, without formation or order, its momentum is like a storm, and the competition is courage, martial arts and the voice of the commander;
Another type is that thousands of troops set up their formations in the wilderness. The brave cannot advance alone, and the coward cannot retreat alone. It depends on discipline, will and coordination.
Winters only once commanded thousands of troops to fight, but he was under the city of Bianli.
And at that time he was just a suggester, a decision maker and an executor had others.
Since the founding of Wolf Town, Winters has not fought a real "battle", and his troops naturally have not accumulated any experience in large-scale battles.
On the contrary, the company commanders under Winters and the sergeants were all veterans who were attacked - that is, "wild ways".
They are proficient in the former combat method: a hundred people, limited battlefield, raid or counter-raid, short-term but high intensity.
Just like carrying a wooden barrel with shortcomings to put out a fire, Winters temporarily considers not how to make up for the shortcomings, but how to better utilize the existing wooden barrels to fill more water.
Winters' pockets tightened as he seemed to have some barrier shattered. The desperate people of Terdon abandoned their war horses and climbed towards the low cliff.
Compared to swimming, the chances of escaping into the mountains and forests are always greater.
The short cliff is less than three meters high, and a thin Telton slave has reached the top of the cliff after several pedals.
This thin Telton slave was named [Monkey]. As his name was, his agility was like a monkey.
The monkey thought he was saved, so he hung on the edge of the cliff, groping for the turf on the top of the cliff, trying to find a place to leverage his power to climb up.
Suddenly, a heart-wrenching pain came from the hand, followed by a second blow.
The monkey lost the consciousness of his right hand in horror. In the severe pain, he could even feel the blood gushing out from his wrist.
The monkey screamed shrillly, and fell heavily with his broken wrist, while his right hand remained on the low cliff.
The one who cut off the monkey's right hand was a small axe that was not very sharp.
Before this, the axe was leaning against a soil stove for most of the time, occasionally chopping some firewood.
Holding the axe was a Paratu boy of the same age as a monkey.
Coincidentally, this boy named "Paul" also has a nickname "Little Monkey", and his mother would call him this.
The little monkey's mother was kidnapped by the barbarians. His father sent him to the north bank of the Pangtuo River and returned to Xiatiefeng County to join the militia.
The little monkey cut off a barbarian's hand and slashed twice.
To be continued...