Chapter 24: The Great Alliance Moves forward (9)(1/2)
"Clang."
"Clang."
"Clang."
The sabre and the sabre are fighting each other, and Mars splashes and makes a sound.
Two light cavalry officers fought fiercely on the horse's back. Without the different colors of silk ribbons wrapped around their arms, they could hardly distinguish each other.
Because not only are they similarly dressed, but they are similar in age, and even the stinging techniques they use are taught by the same teacher.
The sabers whirred, drawing beautiful arcs after beautiful lines beside the two of them; the terrified war horses neighed, and they also kicked and bit each other.
The two lieutenants went back and forth, as if they were performing some special dance.
However, what they hold in their hands is neither a harmless prop nor a wooden knife for practice, but a terrible weapon that can easily tear flesh and blood and cut bones.
The "show location" is not a teaching venue, nor is it a stage in the auditorium. It is just a field near an unknown small village that has no name.
The arc-blade saber flew up and down, as flexible as an extension of an arm; there was no referee or audience, the two lieutenants used superb skills that only the other party knew how to appreciate, and tried their best to seize the other party's life.
In this death game, the elderly man with a white ribbon on his arms - Captain Luo Song of Leiqun County - was even better.
When the cold light of the sharp blade flashed in front of his eyes, Luo Song lifted the knife to block it, and at the same time used his knees to control the steering of the war horse. He seized the fleeting opportunity, occupied the weak side of his opponent, and turned around and swung a sharp slash from his shoulder.
The lieutenant with a red ribbon on his arm had to defend himself in an extremely awkward position, accidentally exposing the side of the sword under Luo Song's sharp blade.
The saber in his hand let out a faint sigh, and the lattice defect hidden deep inside the saber's body grew rapidly under the action of huge stress, and eventually led to bad consequences.
The sword of the Red Ribbon Captain was directly cut off by Captain Luosong's full strength.
Captain Luosong's steel power remained undiminished, and then he left a terrifying wound on the opponent's back.
The wound extends from the shoulders to the spine, and blood gushes out, soaking into the uniform in an instant. Among the flesh and blood that blurs the boundaries, the white bones are vaguely visible.
A creepy scream broke out from the throat of the lieutenant with a red ribbon on his shoulders. He stabbed his horse's ribs and ran towards the north.
This small-scale cavalry encounter that took place outside Hegu Village, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse in an instant.
The still alive Xinkendi dispatched cavalry had already been injured. When they saw the officers who were seriously injured and retreated, they immediately fled in all directions.
Captain Luosong watched his opponent leave without pursuing the victory. Blood dripped from his sword and fell onto the weedy land.
The battle that took place in River Valley Village has not been named yet. Both parties involved fear it, cursed it, and looked forward to it for a long time.
But in fact, it's just beginning.
Without even taking into account the results of the battle, Captain Luosong led six subordinates who could still ride horses to gallop straight to the east. He climbed over several low hills one after another, and an army that was moving forward suddenly appeared in front of him.
What a spectacular sight:
Like a forest, the spear pointed to the sky and drew an insurmountable straight line on the earth; the sergeant with a helmet and armor walked at the front of the front to guide the army; the horse hooves of the cavalry on both wings rolled up the sky and dust, and the gorgeous feathers above the cavalry's heads wafted with the steps of the war horses.
Behind the enemy's front, Captain Luosong also noticed a large column detouring towards the south of Hegu Village - holding a flag that did not belong to the Xinkendi Legion.
Captain Luosong wanted to continue to observe for a while, but like a hive and an ant colony, when an army acted in concert, it would behave like a living creature with intelligence.
Soon, the "living creature" who was peeping found an unknown cavalry appeared beside him.
The two teams of cavalry immediately ran out from their wings, and their arms were stretched out, "hug" towards Captain Luosong and his party.
Captain Luosong did not stay, and ordered his retreat without hesitation, and rushed towards Hegu Village with the latest enemy situation he had detected.
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[Jinghu County]
[Hagia Village]
Hegu Village is located on the northern foot of Yinque Mountain and is located on a small earth bun at the exit of the river valley, which is named after it.
Because of the terrain, the flowing water gathered in the valley turns in front of it, forming a few-character bend; also because of the terrain, the provincial avenue also passes around the village, leaving a sudden corner.
However, its terrain is not so high that it cannot be crossed, and the small river that protects it is not so deep that it cannot be trampled.
Just like its ordinary name, River Valley Village is also an inconspicuous place.
Churches, farmhouses, dirt roads, small vegetable fields opened in the backyard, and large areas of farmland surrounding the settlements...
It has only a dozen families and a disrepaired church, just like any farm in Xinkendi Province, as ordinary, peaceful and uncontested as the world.
Even most villagers couldn't tell whether they were under the jurisdiction of Changhu Town or under the jurisdiction of Sheze Town.
However, no matter whether the River Valley Village is special or not, whether the River Valley Village is innocent or not, fate chooses it to withstand the war, and there is no reason, and it cannot be determined whether it is willing.
The coalition forces of the four counties are pouring into this small farm. Every second of time passed, the number of soldiers in the village was becoming more and more.
One of them is the recruit "Erno" from Baishan County.
When the assembly call rang, Erno was confused; when he heard the departure command, Erno was at a loss. He followed Lieutenant Woods through the wheat fields and drove straight into the valley village.
Things must have been very difficult, because Lieutenant Woods, who had always been kind, began to speak harshly when giving orders.
But even though he was already guarding behind the low wall made of gravel, what Elno was most worried about was the pot of broth that was being cooked in the camp.
"Forgot to put out the campfire." Elno thought to himself in frustration: "The soup must be burnt."
The more he thought about it, the more he felt sorry for it, the more he felt sad. After all, it was a pot of meat soup, not only chicken and duck meat, but also a lot of onions and Gan Xun. From leaving Baishan County to now, it was the only food that made him look forward to.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! So when Lieutenant Woods patrolled him along the wall, Elno plucked up the courage to ask the Lieutenant: "Sir, can you let me go back to the camp?"
The soldiers beside Elno turned their eyes to the new recruit who was in a stubborn mind. The tenth man wanted to speak but stopped, but in the end he didn't dare to speak.
Woods held the sword and frowned unconsciously: "What are you going to do?"
"When it came out, I forgot to extinguish the fire under the soup pot." Erno replied in a low voice: "I...I want to go back and take the pot off. The soup is very good. It's a pity if you cook it, it's a pity..."
Woods stared at Elno for a while and realized that the other party was neither spending time nor trying to escape, because he remembered who the person in front of him was - a recruit who was never lazy and always sent to do hard work.
Engineer Lieutenant Woods fell silent, and he didn't know how to explain to the simple young farmer what was going to happen today. So the lieutenant ended up just slapped the recruit's arm and left without saying anything.
After the lieutenant left, the tenth captain approached Elno and looked at the latter with a complicated look: "You are so lucky. Are you not afraid of being executed as a deserter by the commander?"
"Why?" Erno wondered: "Why should I treat me as a deserter?"
The ten-husband was furious. He raised his hand and pointed to the east, scolding sternly: "Don't you understand yet? The rebels are coming soon!"
Erno was so scared that he shrank his neck and nodded desperately.
The ten-man chief was too lazy to explain more and left.
Until the tenth prince walked away, Elno dared to ask in a faint voice that only he could hear: "But... but the rebels... haven't the rebels come yet?"
Yes, from the location of Elno, there was nothing in the wilderness east of the Valley Village, and nothing special was seen except the dust floating behind the outline of the hills.
However, the distance between the "rebels" loyal to the Grand Parliament and Erno was not as far away as Erno imagined. This distance is still shortening because the "rebels" are approaching the town of River Valley according to the carefully formulated combat plan.
It is impossible for a soldier guarding a small wall to understand this.
However, the deployment of the parliamentary army could not be hidden from Colonel Bode's eyes. When he learned that Saner took the initiative to launch an attack, Colonel Bode immediately rushed to the commanding heights of the River Valley Village - the church bell tower.
Looking out from the bell tower of Hegu Village Church, the movements of the two armies within a radius of three kilometers are fully visible.
In Colonel Bode's vision, the first thing that appeared from the distant horizon was the shiny iron tip, then the dim sleeve, then the pitch-black pole, and finally the vaguely-faced soldiers.
The vaguely-faced soldiers lined up in neat rows, walked out smoothly from the outline of the hills, and then gradually swallowed up by the outline of the hills from their ankles.
But the so-called "swallowing" is just a visual illusion. The enemy did not disappear, and they were walking straight towards the Hegu Village.
Colonel Bode turned around with the bronze bell of the church and walked from window to window.
In the fields west of the Bell Tower, soldiers from Baishan, Leiqun and Bianjiang counties were blindly gathering in Hegu Village.
The Hegu Village is too small to accommodate the troops of three counties, so the army camped in the wilderness west of the village the night before, and Colonel Bode also ordered to avoid the farmland that was about to be harvested.
However, at this moment, the military situation was urgent, and the officers no longer cared about it and led their subordinates across the farmland. The winding "roads" were trampled out from the blue-yellow wheat sea, as if the lines outlined by young children on the canvas.
Colonel Bode frowned and returned to the eastward window, staring at the smoke and dust in the distance, subconsciously hugged his broken arm and guessed the enemy's plans.
The deployment of the parliamentary army seemed simple and crude - arranged the infantry phalanx into a straight line, deployed the cavalry at both ends of the straight line, and crushed straight to the position where the United Army was.
But if the scale of the enemy troops found by the scouts was accurate and Sanel and Chloe did not make any bluffs, they would definitely make full use of the strength of the parliamentary army and encircle the joint army from the flanks as much as possible.
The only advantage that our side can take advantage of is the advantage of the military strength.
Unfortunately, the so-called "local advantage" is not a natural danger, it is just a small land baton, more than a dozen farmhouses and a small river that is not as deep as knees - but this is all the United Army has.
"Dongdongdongdongdongdong..."
The sound of the rushing and dull boots stomping on the steps came from Colonel Bode's feet, and as the sound grew closer, Geisa Adonis poked half of his body out of the floor.
The top floor of the clock tower is small and cannot accommodate two people, so the Baishan County garrison can only stand on the steps and speak.
"They want to surround us and catch us all in one go." Colonel Geisa briefly reported the military situation: "Captain Luosong confirmed that at least three brigades of enemy troops were heading upstream, and they were not attacking the flag of the Xinkendi Legion."
Colonel Bode was not panicked, but felt an indescribable relief. He unbuttoned the buttons of his collar and pushed the bronze bell to free up the place for Colonel Geisa, nodding to signal the latter to go upstairs:
"Then, the size of the enemy we have discovered and the information sent by the Montane boy can confirm each other--the flag of the Xinkendi Legion is not used, because it is not the troops of the Xinkendi Legion, but the Sixth Legion sent by the Kings Fort."
Colonel Bode half admired and half teased: "This poisonous snake of Grove Magnus... is really daring to bet! In addition to the new land dispatch army expanded by General Secler's remnants, the field troops in the Grand Parliament have only two newly formed legions. He dared to suppress half of the bargaining chips in one breath. It was such a big deal and courageous."
Colonel Geisa barely squeezed onto the top of the clock tower. In order not to make the senior feel crowded, half of his body almost poked out the window.
Hearing the senior's words, Gaisa bit her teeth, and the veins that were clenching the window frame burst, and fire almost spurted out from her eyes:
To be continued...