Half an hour later, all the troops were ready. I thought that if they had not decided to retreat, those guys would not stay here honestly. Even if Aix was powerful, he could not suppress the fear of the enemy magician troops. Disorganization, escape, or even bombing the camp were all possible.
After watching the ordinary soldiers stepping on bamboo rafts to leave the Barren Stone Canyon, all the cavalry began to send their horses into the canyon and set up obstacles at the entrance of the canyon. Anyway, I would use any method that could delay the enemy's army at all costs.
In order to prevent the enemy magician troops from arriving early, Carsent asked all the troops to rest in batches and be ready to retreat at any time. I began to work hard to conquer the tall horse that Carsent assigned to me. (Damn, the horse I rode in Mongolia was just a camel and a mule compared to this one...) With the help of Hughes (Carsent's chief guard), I spent an afternoon just lying on the horse while it was running without falling off. Looking at the smiles on Hughes and other people in the barracks, I wished I could find a hole to crawl into.
Before nightfall, I ate a piece of horse meat and fell asleep. Although this is my second night in this world, I still find it difficult to fall asleep. In addition to the threat of the enemy magician army, I am still thinking about my family and worrying about my future. Although the young man who came from the peaceful era is very yearning for a military career, after a morning of fighting, all curiosity and yearning turned into fear. If I continue to be in this environment in the future, although I may win in ways that the enemy does not expect, what about accidents? In case of an accident, or the opponent has a powerful magician army, will I become one of the corpses in the trench? Under the premise that I have no ability to protect myself, this is not possible, but there will be such a day after all... . . . . . .
I was lying in a daze under the bamboo shed (the 103rd Legion of Carson was also a defeated army, and there were not many marching tents), and the sudden shaking woke me up. A hand quickly covered my mouth before I could make a sound.
"Hold on, I'm Hughes. The enemy magician unit has arrived and we must retreat before they attack. Now, carry your things and follow me..."
When I followed Hughes out of the bamboo shed, I immediately discovered that almost all the soldiers were ready to set off. Beside the few tents in the barracks, a team of about 200 people caught my attention, but I soon realized that they were the masters who were left behind in this retreat.
Out of interest in the magician's army, I carefully installed batteries in the infrared telescope and began to observe the enemy camp. I was shocked when I saw it. It was not because I was afraid of what the magicians looked like, but because I saw that the large group of people in the enemy camp were ready to go just like us. Damn it, they were ready to attack us as soon as the magicians arrived? Of course, they must be!
Without caring about anything else, I immediately put away the telescope and ran towards Carsent. This was so sad. Do I really have to try the magician's magic power
"Sir, retreat immediately. The Senke Federation is preparing to attack the camp immediately. They have begun to gather in the barracks. I estimate that they will take action in less than half an hour..."
"Quick, let all the troops start to retreat immediately. Does everyone know what we should do?" Seeing my hurried look, Carsont began to order the retreat without hesitation. After he finished speaking, he looked at me and said, "Hanlong will be in charge of the rear guard with us. You are the most familiar with those facilities. You are the only one who can know how to do it and how to do it best. Kevin, you and Hughes are responsible for protecting Hanlong. I don't want anything to happen to him..."
"They are coming, hurry up, make them hurry up..." I was observing the enemy camp through the telescope. When I saw that the enemy camp was wide open and countless people were braving the darkness to move here, I interrupted Carsent's words in a hurry. Damn it, the rear guard~~~ If there is even a slight mistake, my life will be in vain...
When the last soldier ran past us, I immediately asked someone to fix the rope that controlled the trap. It was pitch black. If anyone bumped into it, the people behind him would be in for a good show.
"Hurry up and get on your horses, they are coming..." The shouts of several sentinels made everyone hurriedly get on their horses, ready to run away immediately, but unfortunately there was still a problem with Carsent's calculation.
Just as I sat on the saddle and hadn't yet tied the reins, several fireballs as big as washbasins flew towards us from behind. Damn it, they actually let the magician run ahead. Didn't Carson say that magicians are usually the treasures of the army and rarely participate in such assaults? Not to mention rushing to the front line
But now is definitely not the time to discuss these things. Just as I grabbed the reins and prepared to run, Carsent uttered a few "bird sounds" and then a crystal clear eggshell appeared on my body. What is this? A magic shield? Before I could react, Hughes grabbed my horse's mane and rushed to the other end of the canyon.
Before I could run a few steps, a layer of pale white light quickly appeared on the bodies of the rear guards behind me. The intensity of the light varied with their positions. Among them, Carsente and the other two legion commanders obviously lost their original appearance due to the layer of white light. But at this time, the fireballs exploded in the crowd. . . . .
Terrible, really terrible! After the explosion, the fireballs actually covered an area of more than 10 square meters, and even blew several soldiers away. Damn, this is simply a grenade without shrapnel.
Although all the soldiers who were left behind were high-level warriors, or as Kevin said, they all possessed fighting spirit, but just that one attack caused more than ten soldiers who were directly attacked to die. Almost everyone of them turned into a look like a roasted suckling pig.
As I turned around, I also saw dozens of bright spots appearing more than a hundred meters away from us... Damn it, if they hit us again this time, everyone here will probably be roasted pigs. Just now, just a few of them caused so many casualties here, this time they can kill at least half of us.
"Carsent, cut the zipper, and then cut the ropes connecting the bamboo rafts on the ground..." While being pulled by Hughes to run wildly, he reminded Carsent loudly that as long as those things were activated, we would be half safe.
Following my shout, several people who woke up immediately began to swing their swords and slash wildly. When Carsente's fighting spirit cut off the trap cable more than 10 meters away from a distance, the cavalry and magicians at the front of the Senke Federation began to have bad luck. The large slingshots and bamboo spears controlled by cables in the bamboo forest, which were made entirely of bamboo, produced tremendous power. Hundreds and thousands of bamboo spears completely covered the entire canyon entrance in a few seconds. With strong kinetic energy and super close distance, even the cavalry equipped with leather armor had no defense ability, and some died and some were injured. The magicians were even more unlucky. Many of them were still controlling the gathering of magic power, and suddenly found that a bamboo pole had emerged from their chests at some point. Then, due to the large amount of gathered magic power, those unlucky magicians began to self-destruct...
My computer crashed again yesterday. Damn it. Reinstalling the system and software almost killed me. I will catch up with what I missed yesterday soon! Please forgive me!