Empire of Shadows

Chapter 6: Only meanness can survive

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In Carsent's eyes, many of the things that the little guy from the Xia tribe made were of unknown use, but the defensive walls he set up in front of the position were really despicable. A row of crossed bamboo poles, with a bamboo pole placed horizontally in the middle, became rows of walls (according to Ma, they were used a lot during World War I and World War II, second only to fortifications built with barbed wire), and on the outward side, the bamboo poles were cut to be extremely sharp.

The charging cavalry would be unlucky if they encountered them. The horses of the heavy cavalry would definitely be pierced through by the bamboos, including their leather armor. As for the light cavalry, although they could cross this high speed, the width of this "wall" would increase a lot due to the crossing of the bamboos, which would likely cause the horses to be pierced through the abdomen by the bamboos due to insufficient crossing distance.

Even those light infantrymen had to be careful when encountering these ghosts, but in battle, if they were threatened by those spearmen and archers, the chances of getting through were really unimaginable. Only heavy infantrymen could use their heavy armor to break through them. . . . .

But, but what was this guy digging in front of these things? Although it was not very wide or deep, it was 2 meters wide and more than 1 meter deep. . . . . . Carsent suddenly felt that his previous idea was overturned again. Heavy infantry would never be able to pass through this trench quickly. The heavy armor would force them to crawl through this insidious trench and eventually become living targets for those long spears to practice piercing.

Up to now, I have no good way to get through these weird things. Apart from letting the magician blow up all these sinister things, the only way to break through here is to fill it with corpses. . . . .

Just as Carsent sighed at the trench, he was terrified by what the soldiers carried out from the bamboo forest. He had never thought that a catapult could be made from these hollow bamboos. Although it looked crude, who cared? As long as it worked, it was fine.

Behind the nearly one hundred crudely made catapults were countless mobile horses that could be carried by several people. Using them to plug the gaps was absolutely ideal.

Although he didn't know what other terrifying things there were, Carsente knew that the Senke Federation had suffered a lot this time. Even if the soldiers were the toughest, if they encountered such insidious fortifications, an ordinary soldier could kill many excellent soldiers, not to mention that the soldiers following him were definitely elite.

Seeing me going forward to direct the soldiers to place the catapults and spare horses, Carson motioned Kevin to come over.

"What other sinister things did this guy do? God of War, I hope I won't encounter such a vicious guy in my future military career. Fortunately, he is from our empire, otherwise, I don't know what the fate of all of us would be. Tell me, what else did he ask you to do?"

"There are three more, but one of them will only be used when we retreat. One is within a hundred meters in front of our defense line. He asked the soldiers to cut two types of bamboo from the bamboo forest. One is half a meter long, with sharpened ends, and then usually nailed into the ground, usually exposed above the ground, with the standard of not being exposed above the weeds. The other is only half the length of this one, with a sharp end and a deep hole without bamboo nodes at the other end. He asked the soldiers to hammer the sharp end into the ground, and then the top is always flat with the ground. Within 100 meters of our defense line, we have placed a total of more than 100,000 such things. This is really insidious. If the cavalry comes and steps into those bamboo tubes, not to mention that the horse's legs will be broken immediately, even the knights on top may be directly killed, not to mention those sharp bamboo thorns..." Speaking of this, Kevin shuddered involuntarily. He was the commander of a light infantry division and knew very well how threatening these little things would be to his type of soldiers.

"Go on, what's the other one? Damn it, I will never let him leave the Empire's army. Even if he can't stay in our army, I will never let him have the chance to be used by the enemy! Kevin, keep talking, and after you finish, immediately stare at him and protect him. Maybe he can bring us good luck."

"This insidious guy... He bent all the bamboos at the back of the bamboo forest, then fixed the ends of the bamboos to the ground with ropes, and placed several fist-sized stones on the semicircular bamboo tubes tied to the ends of the bamboos. He asked me to try it just now. As long as the ropes are cut, the stones can be thrown 100 to 200 meters in front of our position. Except for the heavy infantry, I think we will definitely be finished if we are hit. In addition to those catapults, there are tens of thousands of bamboo javelins propelled by the elasticity of bamboo in the bamboo forest behind us. If those things are activated now, I guess not many of our 20,000 people will be able to escape unscathed. If those who are preparing to pursue us really attack as he expected, we will definitely suffer..."

"What are those long bamboo poles for? They are so long that no one can swing them. Are they used as obstacles?" As Kevin was talking nonstop with a look of disdain on his face, a group of soldiers dragged a large number of 8-meter-long bamboo poles with sharpened front ends to the outside of the defense position. They placed two bamboo poles every 1 meter in order and covered them with weeds. Seeing this, Carson interrupted Kevin and asked.

"I don't know. He just gave direct instructions to the infantrymen of the 223rd Legion. He just asked our soldiers to help, but didn't say what they were for..." After hearing what the legion commander said, Kevin felt a little embarrassed. He definitely failed miserably as a monitor.

"Hmph, forget it. You go and look after him now. As soon as he is done with his work, bring him back immediately. You must collect all the things he has arranged and instructed for me, and tell me immediately when he comes back." Looking at Kevin who was leaving with dissatisfaction, Carson felt that he was about to be sidelined. Not only was the preparations before the war all done by that kid, but according to the current situation, he would also be needed to directly command the battle. Although he was not an easily jealous officer, he was still very envious of this kid's talent. If he could keep him by his side in the future, it was foreseeable that the merits he would be able to gain on the battlefield in the future would be countless. . . . . . (To be continued)