First, I will answer the reader's question about the protagonist's language. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I set the language directly to Chinese. Otherwise, there will be two possibilities. First, I will throw the protagonist into a simple mountain village and let him learn the local language for a year or so, but that is a waste of space and drags on the plot. Second, according to the original process, the protagonist is beheaded by the soldiers of the 223rd Legion because he does not understand the local language, then this book will also die. . . . . .
^O^ This chapter has a bit more words, 555
Chapter 37: The Real Magic Showdown
After working all night, my troops had already established a small camp. But this time, I once again went against the norm and did not use the trenches and horse fortifications that were considered a death line by the imperial senior officers. Instead, I used a large number of horse traps and steel spikes (30 cm long, about half of which were driven into the ground) to prevent the enemy from passing quickly.
Because if I use horses and trenches, firstly, I don't have experienced soldiers to defend, and secondly, such defense will block the attack of crossbows, while the trenches will become a life-saving place for the enemy.
After a night's work, the giant and improved trebuchets that I had used in Custer City were reassembled. However, in order to prevent the enemy from discovering and attacking, I camouflaged all the trebuchets. After removing the extra-long trebuchet pole, the entire trebuchet was disguised as a thatched house.
But the next morning, I walked out of the camp and saw something that made me laugh and cry. Maybe they looked down on my army, or maybe they were worried about my rubbish army. In front of our camp, there was actually a division of Flame Legion cavalry stationed. Looking at the horses and trenches in front of them, I really couldn't help but smile bitterly. In this case, the combat effectiveness of my troops was basically limited. If the Flame Legion can't hold them off, what should I do? Kill the troops that have retreated? But if I don't use these weapons, then the few people I have here are not enough for them to eat.
"Lord Thacker, I hope you can let me clear the front position so that my army can exert their combat effectiveness. If my army participates in the battle, there will definitely be accidental injuries..." I had no choice but to ask Thacker to solve the problem. When I arrived at the central army tent, I happened to meet the generals who were discussing how to attack the city after setting up camp.
"Who are you? Why did you come in? Get out of here! Someone, drag me down and give me 100 lashes..." Before I could finish my sentence or Thacker could speak, a pretty boy in a blue magician's robe started to scold me. Seeing him look like he was noble and you were lowly, I almost drew my sword and prepared to chop him. I am at least a deputy division commander. If you are not the commander of the magician unit, what right do you have to say such things to me
But I finally held back. After all, he was definitely a noble, while I was just a commoner. If that guy really confronted me, I would probably be the unlucky one, magician... Damn it, I can't even deal with a small soldier now, unless I drag out a crossbow and shoot him... Damn it...
"Craud, I think this is my military camp, and he is my subordinate, not your Saxon family's territory. If you want to continue to show off, go back to your own home!" Before the pretty boy could finish his words, Saxon got angry. But it was true, even in modern times, those gangs were like this. Under normal circumstances, even if their subordinates did something wrong, they would not want others to take charge and punish them.
"he......"
"What do you mean by 'he'? He is now the deputy commander of the 4th Cavalry Division under me. Don't you think he is not qualified to be here? If you have any dissatisfaction, go home and cry. You have to abide by my rules here and don't try to use your family's power to oppress others... Well, go on!" Sack said the last round to me.
"Sir, I hope you can clear the area in front of my troops and remove the defensive walls. Because these things will block the enemy's charge and cause the enemy's troops to disperse during the charge..."
"Hanlong, I think you should be aware of the situation of your army, and you have occupied the most important position without authorization. Do you think that your 2,000 people alone can withstand the attack of tens of thousands of people? And have you ever thought about what situation our entire army will be in if your position is captured?" Seeing that the situation was a bit awkward, Deputy Corps Commander Pavel took over the conversation before I finished speaking.
"Let him go, and order a heavy cavalry division to be deployed on both of his wings. If his position is captured, then simply flatten it." Before I could take over the conversation, Sack gave the order directly.
After hearing what Thacker said, I even felt a chill. If they flattened the position, wouldn't that mean that if I failed, they would just use my position as bait and kill us and the enemy together? Unfortunately, I no longer had any objections.
I walked out of the barracks helplessly, watching the Saxon family's Clad's sinister smile. It seems that I still need to strengthen my defense. If I am laughed at by that guy, or even lose my position or my life, I will be the one who suffers.
After returning to the barracks, I immediately asked the soldiers to use the carriages as bases according to my intention, and began to install weapons similar to the English longbow on them. I did not make many changes except adding a base and increasing the size of the bow. However, due to the base, the soldiers can use both hands to draw the bow, and due to the increased size of the bow, the range of the arrow has reached an outrageous level. Although my soldiers' shooting accuracy is not very good, it is still no problem to threaten the magicians who try to approach our position.
At noon, Sack led the army to start organizing and moving forward in formation. Since I did not formally attend the morning meeting and was not assigned any tasks, I was happy to hold a telescope in front of my position and ponder the comparison of the military strength of both sides and the possible actions of both sides. . . . . .
When tens of thousands of troops moved to 1 km outside the southern wall of Huangshi City, the long array of 40,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry stopped. After the infantry column in front dispersed, hundreds of thousands of magicians wearing various colored clothes came out one after another, then dispersed into two lines and began to move forward in an orderly manner.
At the same time, on the walls of Huangshi City, magicians wearing various colored clothes also appeared on the walls. However, most of the magicians on the Empire side wore white magician robes, while on the Senke Alliance side, it was a mess, but the main clothing was still yellow and blue. From the knowledge I learned these days, those wearing white magician robes are light magicians, those wearing blue are wind magicians, those wearing yellow are earth magicians, those wearing blue are water magicians, and those wearing red are the most powerful fire magicians. Finally, black, even if you don't tell me, I know it must be the dark magician.
When the magician troops led by Murray approached the city wall 800 meters away, the magicians on both sides began to use their magic. A colorful defense wall instantly covered the entire southern wall of Huangshi City, including the foundation of the wall. The magic shield covered the magicians and the soldiers on the wall, and even their figures became blurred.
Outside the city wall, Murray and his companions were also covered by a layer of shining light curtain in front of them, and the light curtain even moved forward with their overall advancement.
The two sides were getting closer again, and when the distance was only 700 meters, the first round of attacks on the city wall began. Thousands of objects of various colors swooped down on the Imperial Magician troops, and their speed was even faster than that of the catapults.
"Sir, what do you think we should do?" Matthew, the captain of the guard whom I specially promoted, came to my side without me noticing.
"What do you mean? We haven't received any orders. What do you think we should do? We won't act on our own and be subject to military law, will we?" I responded to him nonchalantly. In my heart, I knew that Matthew was definitely one of the people sent by Thacker or Pavel to monitor me, but I had no way of knowing who else was there. Since I had no one to use, I had to appease him.
"Sir, I think you can see that with our current military strength, we are definitely more than capable of defending ourselves, but when it comes to attacking a city, I believe that this is definitely not something we can do. Do you think we should prepare to assist in the siege? Or prepare to defend ourselves?"
"...We cannot move without orders, let's wait!" After a brief thought, I gave up the decision to attack. Anyway, I could protect myself and I was not worried about any danger. After Matthew was dismissed with a word, I raised the telescope again to observe the "fireworks" competition in front of me. Damn, even during the Chinese New Year, there were no such lively fireworks. . . . . .
After only ten minutes of magician battles, I lost my enthusiasm for magic wars. Although the battle was fierce in the middle of the two warring parties, judging from the situation of both sides, it was just a monotonous competition of who had more magicians and who had more magicians, without reflecting any concrete meaning.
Just as I was losing my patience and about to put down the telescope, the situation suddenly changed. After the Empire's magician unit Mori sent a flash of light into the sky, the Empire's magicians all stopped their scattered attacks, and everyone began to silently chant spells. The Senke Federation Mage Corps on the city wall also stopped attacking, and a series of transparent curtain-like defense layers of various colors continuously reinforced their spinning, until I could hardly see the figures on the city wall through the telescope.
At this time, Mori and his magic had also been completed. Hundreds of long hair-like beams of light rushed towards the city wall with flame tails dozens of meters long. In an instant, those light spears hit the defensive wall set up by the Senke Federation mages. The entire colorful light wall was like a large rock hitting the calm water, causing a turbulent wave.
After the violent and dazzling white light wave flashed, the light curtain of the Senke Federation immediately dimmed. Through the light curtain, I could see that many positions where magicians had stood were no longer guarded, and many soldiers were frantically busy doing something on the city wall. . . . .
When the soldiers stood up again, I finally understood what was going on. When the soldiers stood up, they were carrying the magicians who had left their posts. It seemed that this attack had indeed dealt a heavy blow to the magician troops of the Senke Federation. I wondered if they could withstand the powerful magic attacks of the imperial magicians.
When I shifted my sight from the city wall to the Imperial Magicians, they launched another joint attack. The powerful magic even covered the sun's light in the sky. At the moment when the Senke Federation's magic shield had not yet been fully strengthened, the light spear once again covered the entire southern city wall. Because I paid special attention to the situation on the city wall this time, and the strength of the Senke Federation's magic shield was reduced, I clearly observed the scene of the light spear hitting the shield, and the powerful power it produced.
Hundreds and thousands of magicians trembled violently the moment the magic shield was attacked. Every magician's face turned pale. Dozens of magicians were even thrown backwards the moment the shield was attacked, and then collapsed to the ground, with large mouthfuls of blood spurting out of them as they were thrown into the air, directly dyeing the battlements in front of them red.
After the attack, several magicians who had supported the attack slowly shrank and fell to the ground. Then, the soldiers on the top of the city once again began their rescue operations.
God, this is simply unbelievable, is this the power of magic? Abnormal attack power, strong defense power, what should I do if I encounter them? The magic shield makes them invincible, and then there is the magic attack, who else can possibly deal with them except for the magician army? No wonder Carsent's army suffered a crushing defeat, terrible magicians...
"Seeing is believing. The Holy Light Spear Formation of the Holy Light Magic Corps is indeed worthy of being one of the pillars of the empire." Matthew beside me exclaimed softly.