The opponent's three legions are distributed in an inverted triangle. Theoretically, the weak link is the two wings. The Pharaoh cannot rely on the An-La Legion to break through the Nannar Legion in the southern border of the Jiuzhen Hatti Kingdom. As long as they can form a strategic containment, Amon will complete the task. up. Then the Enlil Legion led by King Lucier became the most suitable main target.
There are three main reasons why the pharaoh decided to raid Enlil's legions. First, the main purpose of this expedition is to establish a strategic stronghold where there are water sources and pastures along the coast of the inland lake. If the Kingdom of Hatti is allowed to take a step ahead, it will be very passive in the future. This nail must be pulled out when Enlil's legion is not stable. . Second, the opponent's king is also there. The so-called capture the king first, if Enlil's army can be broken up, it will severely damage the morale of the entire Hatti Kingdom, and there is no need to fight the next battle.
The third point is also very important, because of the water source. According to the distribution of the three legions of Hatti Kingdom, all places with water sources happened to be blocked behind the front line. There is no water in the desert, and the required fresh water must be transported hundreds of miles from the southern tip to the front line. If the front line of defense cannot be breached in a short period of time, the transportation of fresh water alone will become a heavy logistical burden for the Ecu army.
Launch an attack in the direction of the inland lake, take the lead in seizing the water source to build a camp for the army, and the grassland by the lake can also graze on the spot, which will largely reverse the disadvantage of logistical supplies. Now that the Enlil Legion is establishing a permanent stronghold, it is the best strategic choice to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
Lacis II analyzed such one, two, and three points that even he admired his own wisdom, and his subordinates could not refute it. To be on the safe side, the Horus Legion also dispatched a group of magicians to scout the enemy with flying instruments. Even Li Kuide, the chief priest and ninth-level great magician, was dispatched in person, after all, to scout the way for the Pharaoh.
Where there is reconnaissance, there is anti-reconnaissance. In the sky at the northern end of the desert, there have been several unknown magician battles. Several magicians fell with flying magic weapons, and some of them returned successfully. High Priest Li Kuide flew to watch the enemy camp from a high altitude, and successfully got rid of the enemy's pursuit, and found out the battle formation of Hatti Kingdom, which was completely consistent with the spy's confession.
The soldiers are very fast. At that time, the Horus Legion was 700 miles away from the opponent's Enlil Legion, with the Syria Desert in the middle. The pharaoh immediately ordered to attack at full speed. Behind them were the half of the Seth Legion responsible for logistics and the entire elite Isis Legion. With the strength of two and a half elite legions, they suddenly attacked one of Hatti's legions. Rasis II was already waiting for victory to wave to him.
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Amon received three consecutive spies during the march. The first time was from Rod Dick, asking him to cooperate with the pharaoh's army to accelerate forward. The second time was an official order sent by the Pharaoh's frontline headquarters. The content was very detailed, requiring Amon to order the logistics fleet to stay away from following, to prevent being attacked by the opponent's navy, and to set up a camp on the spot.
At this time, the distance between An-La's army and the opponent's Nannar army was less than two hundred miles, and they were already in a position where they could launch an attack. However, the frontline headquarters ordered Amon not to take the initiative to attack, and to monitor and restrain the opponent in place. If the opponent launches an attack, they must rely on the camp to defend firmly; if they find that the opponent leaves the coastline and outflanks the Pharaoh's army to the east, they must take the opportunity to harass the logistics supply line and hold the main force of the Nannar Army in place.
Amon did not delay after receiving the order, and immediately ordered the luggage to go ashore to set up a camp. A temporary pier was set up on the coast behind the camp, and a group of elite soldiers were sent to escort the ship to ensure that the rear shipping lines would not be interrupted. With the current reserves of food, grass and fresh water, even without a fleet, the An-La Legion is enough to last for more than a month.
Amon sent scouts to monitor the movements of the Nannar Legion, but found that the other party did not move. The enemy established a port and camp just like him, and stretched the front line to rely on the border to build fortifications. If Amon wants to attack by force, it is almost impossible to win, because he is facing not only a legion, but also the city-state behind the legion.
The big battle in the desert should have already started. Near the main battlefield, scouts and spies have no room for movement. They can only rely on the magician who can fly to send messages, and occasionally use the detection of the magician to detect the enemy camp. Artifacts, but it is difficult to find out the exact details of the dynamics in the enemy camp. Amon felt that he was left on the battlefield and could only wait for the result of the decisive battle.
Although there was no official battle, the atmosphere in the barracks was already very solemn, and the priests and soldiers were on duty day and night in the most tense state of alert. After about ten days, an accident finally happened. At that time, Amon was sitting in the big tent and playing chess with Mei Danzuo. Suddenly, he frowned and sensed that there was a faint wave of mana approaching in the distance, and immediately rushed out of the big tent.
The great magician George was also alarmed, and he had already flown into the air with his staff in his hand. The priests set up a magic formation, and the soldiers took weapons in their hands and boarded the semicircular defensive outer wall composed of chariots. The arrow is always ready to be pulled away, and the spear-thrower is also holding the shuttle gun tightly and setting up the battle formation.
A black spot appeared in the eastern sky and was approaching rapidly. Amon had good eyesight, so he could tell that it was a flying instrument, the wind-riding shuttle, and the two people on the shuttle looked exhausted. The person in front waved his staff again and again. He had already seen Amon's camp, and with the last of his spirit he sped forward, while the person behind him was bloodstained, and he drew his bow and set an arrow towards the rear.
George had already received a magical message from the man on the shuttle, and shouted loudly: "The visitor is Cézanne, the priest of the Horus Legion and the great magician! There are pursuers behind, and we cover him to come in. Immediately after singing, the magicians on the ground raised their staffs in formation, a cloud of smoke rose from the desert, and the flying sand was rolled into the sky to form a curtain wall that covered the sky. The curtain wall was vibrating and humming.
The wind-riding shuttle passed through the curtain wall without being affected in any way, and was let in directly, and several black spots appeared on the far horizon, which were the pursuers from behind. Theoretically, only an eighth-level magician can fly freely without the aid of objects, but if there is a precious flying weapon, a clever sixth-level magician can also fly in the sky. In short, the strength of the chasing soldiers must not be weak.
The flying shuttle landed in the barracks and lost control, plowing a deep ditch in the sand. As soon as Cézanne, the great magician who was driving the flying shuttle, withdrew his mana, the flying shuttle turned into a palm-sized utensil. He and the samurai behind were thrown out, fell to the ground and fainted, soldiers had already rushed up to carry them into the big tent for treatment.
Cézanne has entered a safe zone, and the flying sand curtain wall protecting the barracks is blowing outwards with the wind. The sand vibrates and impacts and diffuses towards the air like countless arrows, like a cloud of yellow smoke erupting, blocking the distant flying chasing soldiers. The magicians were ready to fight, and the warriors raised their bows and waited for the enemy to come within range.
At this moment, there was only a bowstring sound, and a silver light flew obliquely into the sky, hitting a flying shuttle that was chasing after it. There was the sound of an explosion in the air, and a mass of distorted light and shadow swelled and opened. This magic weapon lost control and turned into a palm-sized original shape. Two people fell from the sky and landed heavily on the sand dunes outside the barracks, motionless.
Legion Commander Amon was already standing on top of a chariot, holding in his hand the divine bow made of the fangs and tendons of a giant double-headed snake. The arrows he shot were not poisonous arrows made of scorpion tail needles, but heavy arrows forged from horse leather, plated with heavy silver on the surface, and engraved with patterns of magic circles. This kind of arrow is specially prepared for great warriors who have undergone the second awakening of power. It needs a special strong bow to function, and ordinary warriors can't shoot it at all.
Amon cooperated with divine art to shoot this amazingly powerful arrow, which was far more impactful and farther than the arrows shot by ordinary great warriors. His divine arts are actually more advanced than his physical arts. The mana contained in this arrow has reached the limit that his engraved divine art array can carry, and the bow in Amon's hand is also stronger than the strongest battle weapon issued in the army. Bows are even more magical.
Seeing that Cézanne had fled into the camp, the pursuers in the air could not possibly fight an entire army. Faced with the counterattack of the magic circle, they had already flown to high altitude to evade. They were about to flee immediately after seeing the enemy camp clearly. . What Amon shot down was a flying shuttle controlled by a sixth-level magician. This magician originally flew very high, far away from the range of long-range weapons in the barracks. He thought he was safe and sound, but a turning point in the air was about to return. Fly, Amon's arrow has arrived.
No one expected that in such a short encounter, such an accurate and powerful arrow would be shot from the army formation. Even George, who was watching the battle in the air, was amazed, and the soldiers let out a thunderous cheer. The pursuers in the air had already turned around one after another, as if they were intimidated by Amon's arrow, and they didn't dare to stay at high altitude for a moment. The enemy's situation was unknown, and George didn't dare to rush to send magicians flying into the sky to pursue them.
A total of more than 20,000 people including soldiers, servants, and logistics teams have marched for thousands of miles, and have only shot one arrow in the official battle. This arrow was enough to establish Amon's position in the legion, and everyone who saw him shoot this arrow admired him!
But Amon himself was very dissatisfied with this arrow. He remembered the earth-shattering arrow shot by the mysterious assassin he had seen at the blessing ceremony. Now he uses his best bow to shoot the heaviest magic spell with all his strength. The power of the arrow is still far from that of the arrow of that day, even though he is already a great warrior and a great magician.
But Amon was very satisfied with his legion. Although it was only a small scene of five or six enemies flying in, it was the first time this legion encountered a frontal battle. No one panicked, not even the archers shot randomly , the priests' team and the soldiers' army formation were set up in the shortest possible time, even if there was an incoming army, they could calmly resist it.
It seems that after a lot of practice and kneading, this miscellaneous army has formed a combat power that cannot be underestimated. Although it cannot be compared with the elite army of the empire, it is definitely not vulnerable.
The pursuers retreated, and the two people who fled into the camp were unconscious. George had already recognized another person. He was the captain of His Majesty's personal guard and the seventh-level great warrior Vega. The staffing of the Horus Legion is much better than that of the An-La Legion. A seventh-level warrior like Vega is just a captain of the pharaoh's personal guard, and a seventh-level magician like Cezanne is just Li Quide. A priest captain under his command.
These two people obviously came from the main battlefield for a long-distance breakout. Did the pharaoh have to send them to send an urgent order to the An-La Legion under some circumstances? Medanzuo found a volume of documents on the unconscious Cezanne, which turned out to be an emergency warrant from the pharaoh. Amon and George were shocked after reading it.
On the northern edge of the desert, the main force of the Ecu did not fare well, or rather suffered a crushing defeat. The Seth army led by Rod Dick was broken up, while the Isis army led by Long Teng was divided into two parts, one part joined with Pharaoh's Horus, and the other part was also defeated.
At present, the pharaoh has been besieged by the Hatti army on the edge of the desert, and the situation is in dire straits. The An-Ra army is urgently ordered to leave the coastline and march eastward for reinforcements to cover the pharaoh's army to break through. The order also specifically emphasized that they must bring enough supplies.
After reading the order, Amon and George looked at each other for a long time without saying a word. They didn't express their opinions first, but asked John who was sitting beside him what he thought? The upright John hammered the table and shouted: "What kind of war is this fighting! The march plan can be changed as soon as it is said, and we will be left alone by the sea for more than three months. When the main force is defeated and needs to be replaced by the dead , remember us?"
George persuaded in a deep voice: "General John, now is not the time to vent your personal grievances. No matter how dissatisfied you feel in your heart, you must focus on the overall battle situation. In your opinion, how can we fulfill Pharaoh's order?"
This question is very skillful. How can the command be completed? Usually, it only needs to be executed directly. But Pharaoh ordered them to break camp and move eastward, which meant that they had left the coastline and separated from the supply fleet behind. Theoretically, it is possible to send troops to garrison by the sea, unload cargo from a temporary port, and then use a convoy to organize logistics transportation, but this can easily be cut off by the opponent's Nannar Legion, and they become a lone army deep into the desert.
If you are entangled by the opponent in the desert, let alone food and grass, once the fresh water is exhausted, the entire army will be finished. The Nannar army does not need to fight desperately, just drain them in the desert. What's more, the overall combat effectiveness of the An-Ra Legion is not as good as that of the Nannar Legion. The pharaoh's order is to send this legion to death.
Medanzuo, who was standing beside Amon, frowned and said, "Pharaoh also ordered us to bring all the supplies on the spot. Since Rod Dick's logistics army was broken up in the desert, the food, grass and arrows in the Pharaoh's army must have been destroyed." It's almost exhausted. If we really do this, the marching speed will be very slow, and we will be easily surrounded in the desert. If we want to rescue the pharaoh, we should use a light raid to break through, but we can only bring drinking water for six days at most. requirements are not met.”
George touched the bracelet on his wrist, and added with a wry smile: "If I use my space magic weapon and try my best to carry supplies, at most it can hold food, grass and drinking water for the combat troops of the legion for a day."
Amon asked again: "You mentioned the magic weapon of space, which reminded me that there must be more than one great magician in the Pharaoh's army. Among the three legions, there are only two great magicians of the ninth level. In addition to Cézanne, there are six other great magicians, they should have even more powerful space instruments, how many military supplies can they carry?"
George shook his head and said, "Part of Seth's Legion and Isis's Legion have been broken up. Even if all the great magicians were safe and sound and rejoined the Pharaoh, their space instruments are full of military supplies, and I'm afraid it's only enough. It will last for ten and a half months. Besides, the space instruments of great magicians are usually used for other purposes, and it is impossible to use them all to carry food, grass and drinking water, and the logistics and military supplies are mainly transported by convoys."
John rubbed the back of his head and said, "Whether the opinions of the two adults are to carry out the order of Pharaoh?"
George glared at him and said, "How can the military order not be carried out? But we did not receive the order, but found it from the unconscious great magician Cézanne. It still needs to be confirmed, and the person must be revived." Just do it."
Amon was silent for a long time, and finally raised his head and said: "Pharaoh's order is to hope that the An-La Legion can help the main force out of danger. As long as we can manage to complete this task, we will be considered to have carried out the order. There are two urgent matters. Please, George." The priest hastened to take action and personally used healing spells to rescue the messenger. In addition, no matter what kind of action the legion takes, it is necessary to investigate the distribution of the enemy situation, and this requires the help of the priest George, who took me to the sky above the battlefield to see the layout of the enemy and ourselves."
John and Mei Danzuo said in unison: "Are you two adults going to fly to the battlefield to watch the enemy situation in person? It's too risky!"
Amon also smiled bitterly: "Adventure? Is there anyone else in our legion who can carry out this mission and return safely? At least Lord George and I can still escape in case of an accident. If the army acted rashly and fell into a tight siege, we will run away at that time." None can escape."
After emergency treatment by the priests, the two messengers were out of danger. At midnight, the great samurai Vega woke up first, struggling to tell what happened in the desert.
The Pharaoh led the Horus Legion to rush forward without encountering any obstacles along the way. They passed through the 700-mile desert smoothly, and were about to launch a surprise attack on the Enlil Legion, but the Seth Legion, which was in charge of logistics, was ambushed. .
The ambushers had obviously undergone special targeted training. The soldiers wore cloaks and hid under the sand. They did not encounter the Horus Legion, but inexplicably emerged from the deserts on both sides at night, striking Luo De Dijk was caught off guard.
These people did not engage in a decisive battle, but mainly used flaming bows and arrows to ignite the grain and grass carts. There was also a special sharpened arrow with strong penetrating power, which was only prepared to shoot through the sheepskin bags filled with fresh water in the convoy. Rod Dick, who was ambushed, led his troops to counterattack. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and the Seth Army lost most of its military supplies.