These warriors were all from the plateau giants, and they were good at trekking in the deep mountains and dense forests. They were guided by two magicians. They avoided the scouts sent by the city of Salem and entered the hinterland of the Duke Plain. The undeveloped area of the Duke Plain is very large, and many places are still overgrown countryside. It is difficult for more than a hundred people to go around and find it.
Who knows who leaked the news, this team actually knew the exact route and time of Joshua and others. The guards escorted Joshua and other people to walk in the wilderness. They had just set up camp in the evening, set up a large tent and placed gold plates. When they were praying before dinner, a group of soldiers armed with knives and guns suddenly appeared in an army formation in the dense forest. of the plateau giants.
These people are tall and hideous, and the weapons in their hands are heavy and sharp. Someone shouted: "Where are the miners in Duke Town? Come out obediently and come back with me, and you can still live!"
The team leader from Salem broke out in a cold sweat. Well-trained plateau giants have always been fearsome fighters on the battlefield, and those people on the opposite side were obviously not explorers or ordinary robbers in the wasteland. Judging by their standing posture and formation, they are definitely soldiers who have undergone formal drills. The combat effectiveness of such an army formation is far beyond the comparison of the mob.
The enemies were all dressed as hunters and gathered hundreds of people, but this squad leader only had twelve soldiers under his command, so it was impossible for him to be an opponent. What's even more frightening is that there are two people holding staffs in the opponent's team. Magicians can exert their greatest power in cooperation with the army, especially the specially trained legion priests.
The team leader thought that he was a member of the Link tribe back then. He had hunted with Amon in the mountains. After so many years of training, he had become a tripolar warrior. He was also quite courageous. His face was trembling slightly, and he whispered to Joshua: "I will gather the soldiers to charge, you take the opportunity to run quickly, escape as many people as you can, go across the wilderness to Salem City, and report what happened here To Lord Aesop."
Joshua said in a deep voice, "It may not be impossible to fight."
The team leader stomped his feet: "Those are plateau giants, born with great strength! Besides, they are not wandering tribes, but trained troops. If they don't flee, they will be wiped out!"
Joshua: "There are more of them, and we cannot escape in this wasteland."
Othniel, the head of the Twelve Judges, came over and said, "Captain Deke, assemble your team to protect the big tent and the people in it. Just leave the soldiers in front to us."
Captain Deke widened his eyes in surprise and said, "You?"
Othniel nodded and said, "Yes, let's solve it."
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Goliath is an aristocratic warrior. It is not easy for him to be a nobleman from the plateau giant. He has been a plateau giant living in the Assyrian kingdom for three generations. He became a nobleman because of his grandfather's military exploits. Goliath also joined the Giant Legion of the Assyrian Kingdom when he became an adult, becoming the personal guard of Philistine, the leader of the legion, and later promoted to the captain of the infantry battle formation.
This time the giant legion was sent to the south of the Assyrian plateau. When they crossed the desolate and steep mountains, Goliath was full of doubts about His Majesty's order, so he sent the most elite legion of the kingdom to this ghostly place. What? This kind of difficult marching logistics is very difficult. If it is replaced by ordinary people, more than half of the non-combat casualties will be lost on the way across the plateau. Only a kingdom can organize this kind of migration.
It was only when he reached the Duk Plain that he realized what it was all about. This fertile land was so vast that it was waiting for people to reclaim and occupy it. If it were all annexed, it would be equivalent to one-third of the arable land of the Assyrian Kingdom, and The products in the future will be much richer than elsewhere.
But there was already a city of Salem standing in front of them, blocking their way. The head of the Philistine army led the vanguard to build a stronghold at the foot of the mountain, and with the continuous arrival of follow-up troops, the city of Enlil was built. If Enlil City is built in the future, as far as the area they can control is concerned, there will be no problem accommodating nearly 100,000 people. However, the Assyrian Kingdom sent the most elite troops over the plateau to come here, of course, the purpose is not only to establish such an overseas city-state.
The reclaimed fields will not be harvested until after autumn. The first "treasure" they found after arriving in the Duke Plain was the mine of the Duke Town tribe. Strategic materials urgently needed by the Assyrian Kingdom. The first conflict occurred with the city of Salem when they competed for the mine. At that time, the city-state of Enlil was not stable, and the city of Salem also needed time to develop, so the negotiation was successful for the time being.
Now the scale of Enlil City is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people are arriving one after another. If all supplies have to be transported through the Assyrian Plateau, the logistics have reached their limit, and no more troops can be stationed. At this time, it is necessary to advance to the south. First of all, it is necessary to conquer the city of Salem. Occupying the mine is only the first step in launching a war, and it is also a test of the strength of the city of Salem.
In fact, refined iron ore is produced in many places at the southern foot of the Assyrian Plateau, but the mine in Duke Town, where the veins have been proven and the pits have been mined, is the richest in refined iron, and it can save a lot of labor and do not need to re-explore and excavate. . More importantly, that area is also the place where the production of divine stones is the most concentrated on the mainland, so you must get it first no matter what.
The miners in Duke Town who are familiar with the distribution of ore veins, are good at smelting refined iron, and can take the god stone are also a fortune. They have mastered the skills passed down from generation to generation. Passing down the miners' skills in Duke Town to other people is always a little bit off, and only a very few people can use them as skillfully as the miners in Duke Town.
The Philistines got the guidance of the gods and knew that the surviving miners in Duke Town were about to reach Salem City. They were the masters of the mine and they must not fall into the hands of Aesop. It is best to capture the most capable miners to the city of Enlil, and kill them if it is impossible, so Goliath was sent to take charge of this operation.
Goliath was in charge of directing the artisans to mine in Enlil City. Of course, life in the mine was much more difficult than in the city, and the daily work was also boring and monotonous. He is a samurai, eager to charge and make meritorious deeds on the battlefield. Although the giant warriors under him are extremely powerful, they cannot be coolies in the general mine. After receiving the order from the lord of the Philistine city, he happily led the soldiers into the jungle, and the war he was waiting for finally came!
Although the secret march through the jungle is difficult and dangerous, it feels much more exciting than in the mine. Along the way, there are gods secretly pointing out what route they should take and when to reach where. Sure enough, they stopped the miners in Duke Town very accurately. Those people were dressed in rags and had just set up camp. They were praying towards a gorgeous tent. There were only a dozen armored cavalrymen around them, and their horses were tied to the nearby trees. .
Goliath felt that he was a person favored by the gods. He seemed to have seen the result of this fight. He killed all the soldiers, women and children of the opponent, and brought the strongest miner back to Enlil City. After the war is won in the future, he will also be able to obtain a territory in this new and rich territory by virtue of his meritorious deeds, and become a great nobleman with a famous title.
Goliath led his men to stand in front of the col, thinking beautifully, waiting for the opponent to surrender voluntarily. The dozen or so soldiers got on their horses, but they didn't dare to charge and fight. Instead, they surrounded the tent in the camp. There were still people praying in the tent. Are they praying to the gods
Goliath was surprised to see the group of ragged miners standing up, holding machetes, sledgehammers, clubs and other random weapons, and walking out of the camp in a formation. There were twelve people walking in the front, all holding branch-shaped iron rods, which were refined iron blanks that had not been fully forged, followed by more than 30 strong and strong men.
Goliath couldn't help but want to laugh. These people are wearing tattered clothes and holding tattered weapons. Are they going out to beat dogs or beg for food? Are they all crazy, wanting to fight the giant warriors under them? There are two priests in Goliath's team. He himself is extremely powerful, far more powerful than ordinary mid-level warriors, and he thinks he can kill them all.
Of course not all of them can be killed. Most of them will be taken back as prisoners of war. Goliath is going to come down and shock these ignorant miners and let them know how powerful they are and surrender obediently. He sneered and walked to the open ground with a huge long knife in his hand, pointed to the opposite side and said, "You criminals, lay down your weapons and go back with me. I promise to treat useful miners as kindly as possible. If you try to resist, you will only die!"
As he spoke, he swung the heavy long knife in the air twice, and the terrifying giant blade made a shrill sound piercing the air with a faint light, which was as easy as waving a feather in the giant's hands.
On the opposite side of Goliath, Othniel said blankly: "You are already at the end of the road!"
The miners in Duke Town have experienced too many hardships, and when they were about to arrive at their hometown, they encountered enemies again. For the first time, they will start a face-to-face confrontation, and finally they can't suppress their anger. There are a total of more than 60 tribesmen, more than 40 of them are young and strong miners. Their fighting power is no less than that of the plateau giants, especially the 12 warriors cultivate the strength of one body and two sides and all have intermediate achievements , They are not afraid of this battle at all, they haven't shown their strength yet!
Goliath didn't know that he was facing twelve mid-level magicians who also mastered mid-level physical skills. In a regular battle formation, no magician would go ahead of a warrior. He was ready to stride forward, swinging the giant blade to cut a few people in half, and then use the blade light to blow the rest of them away. It is estimated that the miners behind will be defeated without a fight.
However, at the moment when Goliath swung the knife and Othniel yelled coldly, no one expected that a child would suddenly rush out from the miners' ranks and shout, "My god will show his power!" Before falling, he popped a flat stone from the leather pouch on his shoulder.
This child was David Solomon. Othnieben asked him to stay in the big tent. There were more than a dozen non-combatants from the tribe in Duke Town, such as the maid of Joshua and Moses, and the youngest David. When Othniel led the miners steadily towards the enemy, David suddenly got out of the crowd and rushed over.
Othniel hurriedly shouted: "David, come back!" But David had already shot.
Of course Goliath saw David, and of course the soldiers who were dozens of steps behind him also saw him. There was a burst of laughter, but no one took David seriously. David was just a child, with a one-foot-long hunting knife stuck in his waist, and he didn't even wear leather armor. His "weapon" was a rubber band that could wrap around stones and pop out. It can kill enemies in combat, but it's like a child's toy in David's hands.
Goliath turned the knife peak casually, intending to use the thick back of the knife to bounce the stone back with the ingenuity of martial arts, and directly broke David's tendons and bones, leaving an unforgettable lesson for this ignorant child. However, as soon as he turned his wrist and swung the knife, he heard the priest behind him shout: "Captain, be careful!"
The stone ejected from the rubber band is flying in the air, and its speed will become slower and slower until it hits the ground. David is more than 20 steps away from Goliath. The stone is about to be hit by Goliath's blade, but suddenly it is strange. acceleration. Goliath felt a blur in front of his eyes, and the flying stone passed through the blade as if passing through the air.
Of course, the stone cannot pass through the blade. This is the acceleration of space transfer, a typical mid-level auxiliary divine technique. The two priests sensed the mana fluctuations, and it was too late to remind them. The boulder suddenly turned into a flash of white light. Goliath suddenly bowed his head and tried to hide, but he was too tall, and the white light hit his forehead!
With a muffled bang, the stone was instantly shattered. Goliath's forehead sank into a large piece, the knife in his hand fell to the ground, and his huge body fell backwards with a bang. His forehead is really hard, and it was not pierced by the stone with the impact of energy, but it is unknown whether he is dead or alive.
David was extremely agile, and at the same time as he ejected the stone, he flew forward. He jumped on Goliath's body with one stride, pulled out the hunting knife and chopped off the huge head with a cold light. The giant soldiers exclaimed and threw their spears at him. The two magicians raised their staffs high, and a flame fell from mid-air and rolled towards the child.
The Twelve Judges were stunned, and immediately raised their iron rods and rushed over. An ice fog was rolled up with the strong wind, and dispersed the sea of flames in front of David. As if they had made an agreement, the twelve threw out at the same time. A pebble-sized stone. The target of the attack is very clear, that is, the two priests in the opponent's battle formation.
Those two priests were unlucky enough, they didn't know what kind of opponent they were facing. In the battle formation of Tianshu Continent, they had never seen a magician charge with weapons in hand-to-hand combat. The twelve judges simultaneously cast divine spells and threw stones. These stones were so powerful with trembling buzzing sounds that the two priests hurriedly turned their staffs without thinking about launching an attack, and a wall of earth suddenly surged in front of them. , The soldiers on both sides also rushed forward and waved their weapons to block the flying stones.
These warriors disguised themselves as hunters and entered the jungle without carrying heavy shields. A stone hit the weapon of the giant warrior, and turned into powder with a strong impact and tremor, and even sent the burly giant into the air. The stone cracked the earth wall, and before the priest cast a spell to repair it, the second stone smashed the earth wall into smoke and dust, and then the stone behind it passed through the smoke and hit the priest who cast the spell. He heard a painful long hiss accompanied by the explosion of blood mist, and the two priests were killed on the spot.
Stone smashing is a game played by the miners in Duke Town since they were young. The life of the miners is monotonous and there is no entertainment. The children set up a stone pile on the ground and smash it with stones from a distance. Hurry up, the one who can knock down the opponent's stone pile first is the winner, and the stones they throw can hit extremely accurate and far. And in the hands of the Twelve Judges who have mastered the power of one body and two sides, this stone-throwing game played since childhood has also become a powerful combat skill.
At this time, David had already lifted Goliath's hair, stood on the giant's corpse, raised his head high and shouted: "God has given us victory!"
The Twelve Judges led the miners, brandishing various weapons, and rushed into the battle formation of the giant warriors. The opponents were terrified and broke into an army, and many soldiers turned around and ran away. The opponent they encountered was too terrifying. A child eliminated the powerful leader Goliath with a wave of his hand. Before the battle started, two priests in the team were killed. The miners who were once vulnerable in their eyes now seem to have become the most terrifying monsters in the world. Once the formation is disordered and morale is lost, the battle cannot be fought.
The Twelve Judges rushed to the front, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, with a dazzling light on the iron staff, and with the burst of energy impact, the giant warriors standing in front fell to the ground one after another. When the miners behind rushed up with sledgehammers and machetes, they no longer needed to do anything. More than 30 of the more than 100 giant warriors fell down, and the rest fled into the dense forest like frightened birds.
Othnieg yelled: "Divide into four teams, each with three judges and eight miners to search, we can't let them go back to report the news!... Captain Dirk, protect the camp!...David, David went?"
In just a short while, David had chased the fleeing giant warriors into the dense forest, and Goliath's head and body were on the chest. Othniel said again: "Whoever sees David, tell him to come back quickly. It will be dark soon, and it is dangerous to go into the dense forest alone to chase those giants!"
Today's encounter was a big victory as soon as they fought against each other. David made the first contribution. Even the Twelve Judges didn't know that the young David had such a great ability. Moses did not awaken his strength. Ceremony, who taught it? Chasing and killing the fleeing giant in the wilderness, the judges launched detection magic to search for movements in all directions. In this place full of miscellaneous trees, they were in a hurry in the dark, and they could not run far.
The miners chased them all night in the mountains and found nearly 70 giant warriors. More than 20 of them were killed during the resistance, and the remaining 30 or so became prisoners. When they pressed the captives back to camp, David had not returned. Everyone was a little worried. There were more than 20 giant warriors who escaped and were not caught. Will this child be in danger