When Yamos and the others stepped into the ambush circle, they immediately realized that something was wrong. He immediately ordered his team to turn around. However, it was too late to realize it at this time, so when Yamos' team appeared to be in trouble because of the U-turn, it was too late. When the situation was chaotic, they encountered a dense wave of arrows from the Clay ambush that had been ambushing nearby.
Originally, the warriors of the Clay tribe thought that they could kill most of the popular shooters in the first wave of attacks. After all, they were ten times more numerous than their opponents. Unexpectedly, these popular shooters were all wearing mail armor made of mithril threads. , the feather arrows shot by the Clay warriors could not penetrate this kind of protection. Only a dozen popular archers were killed on the spot because they were shot in the head.
Yamos was shot in the face by an arrow and was naturally killed on the spot. However, the remaining thirty or so Fengxing shooters did not become confused because of the sudden loss of their commander. The deputy captain of this team immediately shouted loudly. Then taking over the command of Yamos, he asked his surviving comrades to use their horses as cover to start a counterattack against the opponent.
The war horses ridden by Fengxing Archer had no protection, so under the repeated shooting of the Clay warriors, these war horses all screamed and fell down. The deputy captain who took over the command was very worried. He directed his men to rely on the war horses. Using the corpses of his dead companions as a cover to shoot at the enemy, he desperately took out the "Fireball Technique" scroll secretly made by Ryan himself.
There was a loud "boom", and the thick smoke generated after the fireball exploded billowing into the sky. The deputy captain of the Fengxing Shooting Team knew that in clear weather, this kind of thick black smoke would be enough to be discovered by friendly forces dozens of kilometers away. I believe they Reinforcements will be coming here soon, and Basel, the commander of the Clay tribe, certainly understands what this thick smoke means. He stamped his feet bitterly and mobilized the reserve team at hand to join the attack.
Although there are 1,200 Clay warriors, it is naturally impossible to use them all in ambush battles. Basel, as the top military officer on the border of the area controlled by the Clay clan, how can he not know military knowledge? In this ambush , Basel deployed a lot of manpower around the ambush circle to prevent the lured Fengxing shooters from escaping. At the same time, he also had the idea of blocking enemy reinforcements. However, when the ambush started, the Clay tribe commander was surprised He discovered that the 400 Clay warriors he deployed in the ambush circle actually tied with the opponent's less than 40 scouts. Even if he invested another 200 reserve troops, he could not defeat the opponent in a short period of time.
Basel, the commander of the Clay tribe, watched in surprise as an enemy scout trapped in the center of the ambush circle used his war horse and the corpses of his companions as cover. He drew his longbow 22 times in a row, and each shot killed one person. He is a Clay warrior, and as long as the arrows fired by Clay warriors do not directly hit the opponent's head or other places without armor, they will not be able to cause any damage to these enemy scouts.
As a result of the crossfire, three more Fengxing shooters were killed, and at least 200 Clay warriors were killed in the ambush. These Clay warriors were not real warriors, except for the 200 people who were regarded as reserve teams by Basel. , the others are just herdsmen. These herdsmen have only learned fighting skills in daily horseback hunting, but when faced with a bone that cannot be chewed, and this bone keeps killing and wounding their companions, As time went by, they slowly lost their will to fight.
When the rapid sound of horse hooves from a large group of popular shooters was heard in the distance, Basel, the commander of the Clay tribe, reluctantly gave the order to retreat. This failed ambush was a huge shame for him, but if he did not retreat, If you do, you are likely to be surrounded by enemy counterattacks, and the gains outweigh the losses.
After seeing the smoke distress signal and rushing to a squadron of Fengxing shooters, there were only 32 members left in the ambushed Fengxing shooters team, and 7 of them were seriously injured and had lost their combat effectiveness. In total, it was almost The number was reduced by half, but the Clay warriors who left in a hurry left more than 300 corpses of their companions here.
Information about this sudden ambush battle was quickly passed to the main force of the expeditionary force. Orlando and the others immediately summoned the surviving deputy captain of the Windwalking Shooter Team, carefully inquired about the entire battle, and immediately issued an order to the entire army, especially the scouts. The troops must be more vigilant and not pursue the Clay tribesmen at will, lest they fall into a trap again.
After carefully examining the more than 300 Clay corpses, Orlando couldn't help but sigh. From the decorations on these people's corpses, it was easy to tell that they belonged to more than 11 small tribes. However, after receiving news from the expeditionary force, On the second day, these people were mobilized together and could carefully lay a trap to ambush the expeditionary force's scouts.
Fortunately, those serving as scouts for the expeditionary force are the Wind-traveling Archer Legion carefully built by Ryan. Even the main soldiers of Jonas Legion are not equipped with the sturdy mithril mail armor on their bodies. This light but extremely strong armor makes it possible for them to be in the The Fengxing Archers, whose entire army was wiped out in an instant, survived and waited for reinforcements to arrive, which was considered a great blessing among misfortunes.
Just after this battle, the Clay people will naturally pay more attention to this expeditionary force. The entire expeditionary force will inevitably experience greater tests in the future, and the fact is as Orlando expected, on the third day of the expeditionary force, On the fourth day of the journey, I didn’t meet any Clay tribesmen.
Wherever those wind-traveling shooters went, all the Clay tribe's camps were quickly evacuated, and all the supplies that were not taken away in time were destroyed on the spot. Moreover, due to the large number of cattle and sheep slaughtered, several large groups of soldiers were even attracted. The wolves, but the wolves did not cause any trouble to the expeditionary force at all. Instead, Letoz and the others, who were born as hunters, regained their hunting addiction, and the expeditionary force also had more food for a few days.
Seeing that the Clay tribe began to strengthen its walls and clear the country, Ryan was not worried, but began to admire Orlando, because this situation had long been expected by him. The more the Clay tribe concentrated its strength, the easier it was to be defeated at once, and because the Clay tribe If the tribe shrinks its troops, it will be difficult for their large army to conceal their traces. Not to mention other things, this army only needs a huge amount of drinking water every day, and the expeditionary force only needs to follow the route planned by Orlando in advance, along the south If we slowly advance to those places with sufficient water sources to the west of the Talon Prairie, sooner or later we will encounter the main force of the Clay tribe, and a decisive battle will begin.
On the sixth day when the expeditionary force entered the prairie, the Fengxing shooters behind the main force began to find that a large number of Clay Rangers began to follow them from a distance. The Fengxing shooters only had to mount their horses to meet them. The opponent will immediately turn around and run away, but if the popular archers ignore it, the opponent will hang tightly out of the range of the bow and arrow.
Obviously, these new Clay troops intend to harass the logistics channels of the expeditionary force, but Orlando has long considered this. The reason why Jonas Legion brought 20,000 logistics personnel is to transport the huge , enough food for 70,000 to 80,000 people for more than 3 months, so the Clay warriors following the entire expedition did not play any role.
Wherever the expeditionary force goes, it will leave various traces, and as long as these traces are carefully examined by people who understand military common sense, they can roughly understand a lot of information about the expeditionary force, such as the strength of the expeditionary force, the general situation of the arms, and the general situation of the expeditionary force. of food, grass, equipment, etc., and Orlando has no intention of concealing this information. He just wants to let the Clay people know that this expedition is fully prepared. He just wants to let the Clay people know that neither clearing the field nor retreating can be done. Stop the expeditionary force, thereby forcing the Clay tribe and the expeditionary force to engage in a main decisive battle,
For Orlando and the expeditionary force, the most worrying thing is that the Clay people are desperately migrating westward, abandoning a large number of cattle and sheep tents, and just not fighting with the expeditionary force. In this way, the purpose of the expedition cannot be achieved, and the imperial capital and the The Cassano Alliance has not eliminated the threat in the west, but this choice of the Clay tribe is based on sacrificing themselves to help other enemies of the imperial capital. Obviously, with the ambition of Chief Abdul, it is absolutely impossible to make such a choice. Things that harm oneself and benefit others,
Things were just as Orlando expected. On the tenth day after the expeditionary force entered the grassland, they had already penetrated almost 1,200 kilometers into the grassland. The Clay people still did not hesitate to abandon all the cattle, sheep and tents on the marching route of the expeditionary force. Waiting for supplies, the Clay herdsmen gathered together slowly grew into a huge number. This number was not inferior to the number of the expeditionary force. Therefore, under the investigation of Fengxing Archer, the expeditionary force also slowly grasped Traces of these Clay herdsmen migrating westward,
During these 10 days of march, Orlando had to find out the most needed content from the intelligence collected by the popular shooters every day. Jonas naturally had to command the entire army, and various trivial matters kept him busy. On the contrary, Ryan and Androkos and the others seemed to have a lot of free time. These five magisters of the imperial capital were responsible for maintaining the "Magic Eye" magic circle in shifts. In total, they only had to work hard for 5 or 6 hours a day, and the rest of the time was entirely at their own disposal.
It was not the first time that Ryan came to the prairie, but he still liked the scene of being in the middle of the prairie, surrounded by the boundless green sea. Whenever he had time, he would ride on a war horse with the main force. Go out and feel the freedom.
With Ryan's identity, naturally no one will interfere with his personal preferences. As for Ryan's own safety, if there is really someone here who can kill Ryan, then even if Ryan hides in the middle of the tens of thousands of main troops, he still can't escape. lose the fate of death,