The pharaoh was furious when he heard the news, and ordered the rear of the Horus legion to come back for help, and at the same time let the Isis legion surround from behind, encircling and destroying the enemies lying in ambush in the desert. At this moment, Hatti's army took the initiative to attack from the north. King Lucier was not in the army, and the commander was Ge Lie. And here is not only the Enlil Legion, but also the Anu Legion led by Ge Lie!
The ambush against the Seth Legion in the desert was the masterpiece of a surprise attack team specially trained by the Anu Legion. Pharaoh made mistakes in both command and intelligence judgment. He thought he was using two and a half legions to surprise one of the opponent's legions, but when it came to the real battle, he found that the opponent was attacked by two elite legions. And only the Horus Legion around him can go into battle first, and the Isis Legion behind him is still gathering the scattered Seth Legion and sorting out the leftovers.
The Horus Legion's combat effectiveness is very strong, but they traveled long distances across the desert to carry out raids, while the opposing two legions waited for work. The battle lasted for three days and three nights at the junction of the desert and the grassland. The Horus Legion continued to charge but failed to break through the opponent's line of defense. However, the counter-charge commanded by Ge Lie finally broke the battle formation of the Horus Legion.
In the first battle, the Pharaoh was defeated.
The Horus Legion had to retreat and regroup, but Ge Lie would not give Pharaoh a chance, and commanded the two legions to encircle from the left and right in an attempt to wipe out the Horus Legion. At this time, the battle situation has reversed, and the soldiers of the Horus Legion will be exhausted and it will be difficult to fight fierce battles again. Fortunately, the backup Isis army arrived in time and started an encounter with the Hatti army that was about to form an encirclement.
This was a scuffle, which lasted only one day and one night, but the scene was extremely tragic. The casualties of both sides exceeded the previous battle, and it was basically evenly matched from the scene. Eju's army was only a little behind, barely holding their ground. But the train of trains left behind by Isis's army was routed by the outflanking Hattite army.
When the raid failed and entered the position to fight, the pharaoh's army was in a difficult situation. It only gathered a tired army with many legions. Facing the two elite legions of Hatti with high fighting spirit, the situation was a dilemma. If you continue to move forward, you will not be able to defeat Hatti's army. If you retreat, you will lose most of your supplies. It will be difficult to lead a large army safely through the Syrian Desert.
The Hattite army did not form a tight encirclement, but stood ready to guard the water source outside the desert, and continued to launch raids and assaults to consume the vitality of the pharaoh's army. They seemed to be waiting for the pharaoh to withdraw. Once this exhausted army turned around and retreated into the desert, with low morale and lack of food, grass and water, the Hatti army would come from behind, and the Ejus would be defeated for thousands of miles or even wiped out.
The Ecu army did not sit still, launched a desperate attack with no retreat, moved forward and occupied a place with a water source, and obtained fresh water supplies. At that time, the Hatti army strategically retreated through a gap, and when the Eju army had just set up camp and was still panting, it launched a countercharge from three sides, forcing the Eju army back to a corner of the desert.
After several times of seeing-sawing like this, Eju's army suffered heavy losses and wasted a lot, and was no longer able to launch an active attack, so they had to stay in the camp and wait for rescue. Rescue may come from two directions, the first being reinforcements from the Ecu native organization. After the half of Seth's army was broken up, Julian had already protected Rod Dick and retreated to the cape city-state. On the one hand, he gathered the remnants of the army, and on the other hand, he organized the remaining soldiers of the city-state and the emergency reserve army to prepare for rescue and response. army.
However, the long-distance water could not quench the near-thirst, and the situation of Eju's expeditionary army was already very critical. The front-line headquarters suggested that the pharaoh break through alone under the protection of all the great magicians. But this would be a complete defeat, and the pharaoh's glory would be greatly damaged. The army in the desert would be completely annihilated. Lasis II was not reconciled.
The reinforcement force closest to the main battlefield is the An-Ra Legion that has not yet entered the battle and has a complete lineup. The Pharaoh ordered the An-Ra Legion to advance eastward for reinforcements, even if it was just to attract the opponent's troops to cover the army's retreat or buy time. It was not easy to send this order through the desert for more than three hundred miles. The road on the ground was cut off by the Hatti army long ago, so magicians could only be sent to fly out.
The pharaoh sent a total of five flying shuttles, the first four were all used as a cover to attract the opponent's interception firepower, and the flying shuttle led by the great magician Cézanne and the great warrior Vega was the main force to break through. As expected, the two men lived up to the pharaoh's great trust, and finally broke through many obstacles and brought the order to the An-Ra legion.
After the awakened warrior Vega finished his story, Amon and George comforted him to recover from his injuries and rested, and said that the An-Ra Legion would do their best to rescue Pharaoh from danger. Vega fell into a drowsy sleep again, except that because of serious injuries, it was George who quietly cast a magic spell to make him fall into a coma again. But Cézanne's body is obviously not as strong as that of the great warrior, and he hasn't woken up yet.
Coming out of the tent, Amon and George went to a secluded place to conduct secret business. Amon said: "It's not too late. If you want to fly into the sky to explore the camp, I suggest that you take advantage of the night to act and find out the enemy's situation before you can make a decision."
George shook his head and said, "Look at the starry sky, the vigilant magician can detect it more clearly, and he will be more vigilant at night. In fact, it is easier to expose the target. The operation of the large army is not just walking away , Now order to prepare for the march, it is not too late for us to wait for half a day. When the sun is hot in the daytime, the sun on the desert is dazzling, which will interfere with the lookout and magic detection. Instead, it is more suitable for flying to investigate. It's even better."
Amon asked again: "How many flying instruments have been distributed by the legion?"
George sighed and said: "The flying shuttle is a standard flying weapon on the mainland. It is very fast and the production method is relatively mature, but the cost of making it is too high. The An-La Legion has allocated five, all of which are made by the Empire. The property of the magician and not the personal artifact of the magician."
Amon thought for a while and then said: "Actually, we now have seven shuttles. The magician Cezanne brought one, and I shot down one during the day."
George smiled wryly and said, "Of course Cézanne will return the shuttle to him in the future, but we can requisition it temporarily, and the shuttle you shot down is the trophy of the legion leader himself, you can keep it for yourself It does not violate any regulations of the empire. In fact, it is useless to equip more, including me, we only have five priests who can control the flying shuttle, and the number of masters is far from being comparable to that of Horus or Isis."
George also missed two people, Amon and Mei Danzuo can control the wind shuttle, but others don't know it. Amon shot down two people with an arrow during the day. They were not shot to death by the arrow, but fell from a high altitude. At that time, an enemy magician led a warrior to control the wind-riding shuttle to pursue Cezanne, but Amon shot an arrow at the shuttle.
The opponent's samurai didn't block it at all, and the manipulator was a sixth-level magician, using mana to try to use the space power of the shuttle to defend. But the impact of that arrow was extremely powerful, and it even carried waves of continuous bursts of energy like a tide. The strange trembling impact was stronger than the force of a direct arrow.
The magician was caught off guard, unable to control the flying shuttle with mana, and fell down from the sky together with the warrior. Of course, their staffs, weapons and shuttles became Amon's spoils of war. The shuttle was a little damaged, but it was easily repaired in Amon's hands. It was much easier than collecting materials to build a new one, and it was an unexpected gain.
Amon didn't elaborate on these, he thought for a while and said to George: "Can you give me another shuttle for a while, it may be useful, in case of emergency."
Even if a great samurai has undergone the second awakening of power, it is difficult to master the most profound flying magic among the high-level space magic and air element magic, let alone use it at the same time. It is almost impossible to control the wind shuttle. But George didn't even ask a question, and just gave Amon a wind shuttle.
Amon returned to his coach's tent with two flying shuttles, and Medanzuo was still on duty outside the tent with his personal guards. Amon asked, "My cat, is it back yet?"
Mei Danzuo replied: "Master Schrödinger just came back, and went straight into the back tent."
Amon actually brought a cat with him during the march, and the food and drink of this cat was served by the leader of the legion himself every day, and it rested in Amon's camp. Schrödinger's frame is extremely big, which shows how much Amon loves it. The guards all jokingly called the cat "Master Schrödinger", which was also a kind of flattery. Over time, the joke became a habit, and even Medanzo called it that.
When an accident occurred during the day, Schrödinger slipped out and disappeared, and Amon didn't take care of urgent matters. Now he was relieved to know that Schrödinger had returned. He walked into the tent and saw Schrödinger squatting on the seat of the army commander in the middle of the big tent. He just smiled slightly, then took out the utensils as if by magic, and made a pot of fragrant broth for Schrödinger, because Schrödinger hadn't eaten since daytime. something.
Schrödinger sat on the coach's seat and finished eating in a grand manner, then stretched out his paw and scratched the table in front of him twice, and meowed at Amon a few times. Amon and this cat have been together for many years. Even if Schrödinger can't speak, he can probably guess what it wants to do just by his expression and movements. He immediately brought a large plate covered with fine sand, put it in front of Schrödinger's eyes and said: "You I went out for a trip, did you find something, do you have something to tell me?"
A cat's sharp claws are usually retracted in the flesh pads, and they will only be stretched out when catching mice and the like. But Schrödinger's claws are very interesting. It can retract several other claws and only extend one claw tip, just like a person stretches out a finger to start drawing on a sand table.
First, draw a semicircular circle along the edge of the sand table, with five dots in it, then draw a line on the other side, write the words "Nannar Legion", and draw a line in the distance Line, wrote "Ambush". Amon already understood that this was the distribution map of all parties on the battlefield, and Schrödinger was clearly reminding him that the Hattite army had long thought that the An-Ra Legion would go to reinforce Pharaoh, and set up an ambush in the desert waiting for him to pass.
As long as the An-La Legion goes deep into the desert and is exhausted from marching with luggage, it will be ambushed by the Enlil Legion and the Anu Legion in the most unfavorable terrain. No matter what tough battle, just trap them to death.
Schrödinger's paws hadn't stopped yet, and he drew a frame behind the Nannar Army's defense line, near the southern part of the Black Fire Swamp, and wrote "King Hattie" inside.
Amon, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help standing up, and exclaimed in a low voice, "Schrödinger, what are you talking about! King Hardy is in this position?"
Schrödinger nodded like a cat, then stretched out his paws and wiped away all the traces on the sand table. This information is too important, enough to make Amon consider adjusting the overall battle plan again. Pharaoh was fooled. He thought that King Hatti was stationed on the south bank of the inland lake with Enlil's army. In fact, Enlil's army was there, but King Lucier himself was in the rear, and Goret brought the main force of Anu's army. They also gathered there quietly.
How did Ge Lie complete all this without Ecu's investigation? In addition to sending out different spies to release fake news, and blocking the border to prevent detection by scouts, there should be other means. For example, soldiers can be ordered to disguise themselves as servants or civilian husbands, mixed in the logistics team for transporting supplies or building strongholds, and transport them bit by bit, and then complete the assembly. As long as the route of Ecu's main march is determined, the decisive battlefield has already been decided. On the surface, the Hatti army did not change the arrangement of the legion, and even deceived the flying investigation of the great magician.
Seeing the map drawn by Schrödinger, especially the location of King Hattie, a plan gradually emerged in Amon's mind. Because this plan is too risky and bold, he has to carefully consider and consider all the details, and he will go to investigate it himself tomorrow.
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Shortly after sunrise the next morning, the sunlight on the desert was already very strong, and the reflection of white flowers on the shallow white sand was very dazzling. Amon ordered Medanzo and John to step up their guard, and quietly left the camp with the chief priest George. Behind a hidden sand dune in the distance, after making sure that there was no one nearby, George took out a magic weapon and said, "League commander, let's go."
Amon was slightly taken aback, and said in a low voice, "Crystal Shuttle? Master George actually has such a good thing!"
George replied with a little emotion: "Master Amon has good eyesight. He can recognize the crystal shuttle at a glance. He must be very good at all kinds of magical artifacts, right? This was many years ago. An old friend taught me how to Unfortunately, I had neither the ability nor the financial resources at the time. Later, I was fortunate enough to become the honorary high priest of the Temple of Isis, and later became the official high priest, so I had enough financial resources and energy to create such a magic weapon. Made it not too long ago. It's a treasured treasure of mine and a reminder of times gone by."
The thing in George's hand is like a small translucent plate, with a Wind Charm Dance in the middle, and three blue water centers symmetrically fused on the edge. The sacred stone and the magic weapon seem to be naturally integrated. What kind of magic method was used to create it. Such a utensil is staggeringly expensive just for the material, not to mention how many times it has to be damaged to succeed, its preciousness can be imagined.
George controlled the crystal shuttle and took Amon up into the sky quietly. Seen from a close distance, the space formed by this shuttle is like a hazy translucent light and shadow refraction, while facing the sun and the reflection on the sand from a distance , no trace could be found at all. When flying to a high altitude and blending into the background of the sky, the crystal shuttle disappears without a trace, and it can also appear when it encounters clouds, like a gray or white fog, just like clouds floating in the sky.
After flying high in the sky, the crystal flying shuttle turned into misty clouds, which saves more mana than the translucent hazy state of light and shadow. George said to Amon again: "The crystal shuttle also has a stealth effect, which can avoid the detection of divine magic. If you keep a safe distance, even the great magician will not be able to detect it. If it wasn't for this thing in my hand, I would I dare not take Master Amon to take the risk to explore the camp."
Amon nodded and said, "I've heard of this kind of flying magic weapon, but it's too difficult to build. It's the first time I've seen someone make it successfully. Although its hidden effect is good, the people above can't easily use it Mana can attack outside, otherwise it will lose the meaning of stealth. It also has a weakness, that is, its speed is much slower than that of the Wind Shuttle."
George held the staff in one hand and took out a shuttle to control the wind with the other hand: "It doesn't matter, we are only scouting at high altitude, try not to be discovered. If we are discovered, the two of us will not be able to fight the army no matter how powerful we are." , let’s put away the crystal shuttle and use the wind shuttle to escape, when the time comes, Great Warrior Amon must not forget to use divine arrows to cover us from escaping.”
The two headed east while talking. Although the speed of the crystal shuttle was not as fast as that of the wind shuttle, it was certainly not slow as a flying magic weapon. At noon, they had already flown across the desert and approached the main battlefield. I saw the camps of the two armies. The pharaoh's army was stationed on the edge of the desert, only a few dozen miles away from the nearest water source. Obviously, more than one battle broke out between the camp and the water source. There were still broken weapons scattered on the ground, and they were scattered in the sun. reflective.
The Hatti army had a strict banner and was encircled on three sides. On both sides of the desert in the south, where the pharaoh might retreat, guard cavalry teams were deployed along the way. What Schrödinger said was right, on the way to meet the An-La Legion, there was a line of heavily armed defenses, condescending and waiting for Amon to throw himself into the trap.
At present, the pharaoh's army is unable to attack and can only passively defend. The Hatti army can calmly call out elites to meet the An-Ra army. It is too far away to see all the details. Maybe there are other ambushes on both sides of the desert. Rod Dick once suffered this kind of loss.
There are masters like Ge Lie in the other party's camp. Even though the crystal shuttle can hide their tracks, they dare not float too close. After seeing the general layout, Amon immediately asked George to take him back. However, the way back did not go straight to the camp of the An-La Legion. Amon made a somewhat risky decision. He made a circle to the north and floated to the rear of the Nannar Army, which was confronting the An-La Army. Watch from the skies above the foothills south of Fireswamp.