Tang Qi Tan

And after dawn, the camp of the city-state coalition army outside Bechar City had become a ruin of dead bodies; the night attack launched by Paulina and her men was so successful that after they all retreated, The camp was still killing each other until dawn.

So much so that when the tribal army in the city, led by a newly elected leader, wanted to interfere and stop their chaos; in the end, it was also regarded as a trusted enemy who took advantage of the fire, and there was an indiscriminate fight, leaving only kittens Two or three fled back to the city.

In the end, it was another team that attacked Paulina's garrison overnight; this chaos ended.But when they were in the camp, they ran into another group of unknown enemies; they managed to kill them in the melee, but they were killed and burned by hidden gunpowder.

In the end, the horses and camels used as mounts were frightened and fled in all directions, losing more than half; they could only return on foot with the wounded and corpses after dawn.At this time, Paulina and her subordinates had already retreated to a higher hillside under the reminder of Jiang Tian.

Only at the cost of losing hundreds of people, she successfully penetrated and destroyed a camp where tens of thousands of people gathered; even if Jiang Tian provided battlefield radar-like guidance; the combat team led by her could always find and defeat the enemy's gathered camp in time. A key node, destroying its command.

But to some extent, it can also reflect that these subordinates obey her orders and prohibitions.On the other hand, this victory is undoubtedly an indescribable miracle for Paulina's soldiers, so the morale is high and full of respect from the heart.

However, at this moment, Jiang Tian was staring at a special prisoner wearing brocade robes with various patterns; he was knocked down, knocked over, and set on fire by a raiding party led by Lieutenant Jean Lanner during the night raid. Behind the tent, he fled disheveled and was caught again.

I thought it was just an ordinary noble/chief.But he didn't expect that the enemies present would rush up madly upon seeing this, wanting to rescue him regardless of the casualties.Therefore, Lieutenant Jean Lana also took this prisoner, attracting the enemy to move around and disturbing most of the camp.

When Jean Lana finally got rid of the chasing and entanglement in the melee; it was only through the prisoner's eager self-report and request for reciprocal treatment that he was actually the nominal commander of the coalition forces, Haina Federation The unique old prince Mahdi.

As a remnant of the Abbasid dynasty who fled across the sea, occupied a large area along the coast of West Africa, and established the Haina city-state alliance with the local Arabians; the unique spiritual leader/mascot of each generation; the title and appellation of the old prince also came from Abbasid Dynasty.

Since its rise in the Khorasan region, the Abbasid dynasty, which had flourished for a time, had only been passed on for two generations, and it quickly collapsed under the iron hooves of the conquerors from the Eastern Seris Empire.As the huge territory fell apart, the royal families scattered all over the country were also killed.

Just like the former Abbasid dynasty, treating the descendants of the Umayyad dynasty (gathering them to slaughter them on the grounds of feasting, and then spreading the corpses on blankets, stepping on them and continuing to drink and have fun); so they fell in Baghdad, Before Caliph Mansur died of fear.

Only the crown prince Mahdi was ordered to rush out in disguise, surrounded by the Seris army and its vassals from afar; he went to Kufa, Samara and other places in the south to convene the army and officials loyal to the dynasty, in order to support And participate in the final offensive and defensive battle of the capital.

But the twist of fate is that when Mahdi managed to gather part of the army.It was reported that the city of Baghdad had been captured; the caliph who was lingering in the bed had died long ago, but was kept secret by the ministers, trying to use it as a lot of news to negotiate bargaining chips and conditions with the Sires.

The Abbasid dynasty has only been founded for more than 30 years, and the heritage of inheriting two generations of caliphs is too shallow.Therefore, the army gathered by Mahdi broke up and fled overnight; and Mahdi himself fled south into the southern desert.

In the following hundred years, business travelers and shepherds chasing water and grass continued to pass through the desert, swearing that they had seen it; it was suspected that Prince Mahdi led the last fully armed royal guard cavalry, marching in the scorching sun and yellow sand; it became a local folk scene. legend.

However, with the conquerors of Siris, the rule in the homeland of the Abbasid dynasty has become increasingly consolidated; and the results of the promotion of Siris.All kinds of resistance and rebellion under the banner of the Abbasid royal family/descendants were gradually erased along with the traces of the Abbasid dynasty.

Therefore, in the end, except for some Bedouin tribes who hid in the depths of the Rub Khali Desert in the Arabian Peninsula, isolated by the natural and dangerous environment, and refused to accept the kingship; The blood of the Bath royal family is secretly circulating.

Therefore, the title of the old prince of the Henna Federation is actually inherited from the matrilineal line.That is to say, several princesses of the Abbasid royal family were married to the Grand Vizier Barmak family at that time.After the fall of Baghdad, some family members fled to sea.

As a result, he became the leader of the remnants of the Abbasid dynasty distributed in the Mediterranean coastal areas, and the leader who was publicly elected; in the end, there were riots one after another in the local area, and the avenger from the Yinberia Peninsula, the last survivor of the Umayyad royal family Rahman. After being hunted down, he fled to West Africa.

The descendants of the Barmak family who took root and thrived from this not only established a city-state named "Dalah" but also became one of the local Arabian city-states; "The successor of the name.

Of course, the old prince Mahdi of this generation is not a particularly hard-headed figure; without any special means, let him directly speak frankly about the cause and effect of this invasion of the city-state of Heina.They received invitations and promises from royalist rebels in overseas provinces.

The Henna Federation has long been in West Africa and North Africa, confronting and see-sawing with the old enemy the Cordoba Dynasty; it also needs to acquire the area outside the mountains and even Algiers, so that it can threaten and infiltrate, and the Cordoba Dynasty controls Springboard to the Moroccan region for many years.

So the marriage with the Havrin dynasty became the victim behind all these plots.Therefore, no matter whether the little princess of the Havrin dynasty can reach the Haina Federation safely or not, it will not change her tragic fate of being at the mercy of others and being an abandoned pawn.

Therefore, their target is not the kingdom garrison that does not exist; it is the Masinissa tribe that nominally belongs to the vassal forces of the kingdom's overseas provinces; through long-term intermarriage and other means, they have infiltrated the provinces in the mountains outside the Sahara. Deeper.

Therefore, they contacted secretly in advance and bought the leader of the Lagar tribe who took the opportunity to occupy Bechar City as an internal response at a considerable price and conditions.But obviously this leader was not a man of good faith and promise, and at the same time secretly contacted the Masinissa tribe.

Just as Jiang Tian was watching the interrogation process, the city-state coalition forces regrouped under the hillside seemed to have ended the internal command differences; Advance in the sound of early prayers and chants.

Then they hastily launched the first round of offensive, in front of the sudden piles of rocks and earth pits on the hillside, the temporary fortifications, and the volleys of firecrackers, bows and crossbows waiting in full swing; The scattered corpses returned even more hastily.

However, in the exciting atmosphere that easily repelled the enemy's first wave of offensive.Anton Vani, the middle-aged staff officer, came to Polina's side and frowned slightly: "Corps Commander, the soldiers have good fighting spirit, but the ammunition and arrows they carried are missing, and there is not much drinking water."

"The ammunition and arrows in it are missing, and it can last for five to six battles, and the military rations can barely last for two or three days; but the lack of water is a big problem in this highland; so I especially ask you, can you The best preparations to break out tonight."

However, Paulina, who had been reminded by Jiang Tian in advance, smiled at him and said, "Thank you for your advice, but I also have enough confidence to end this battle completely today, and please let the soldiers Be prepared so you don’t get caught off guard.”

With the staff officer Anton Vani full of thoughts, he retreated to the rear of the front line; the city-state coalition forces that lost the first battle at the foot of the mountain also reorganized their formation again.However, an army with a silver sheep's head banner came again from the east of the road, but it was the remaining Masinissa tribe soldiers.

The two armies, keeping a sufficient distance and vigilance from each other, just sent people to negotiate briefly in front of the formation; they quickly reached some kind of agreement. A progressive offensive.

Among them, the Masinissa people were the first tribal soldiers who swarmed up.They wore mottled robes, light leather armor, and inlaid armor; they waved spears, scimitars, recurved swords, and other weapons aggressively.

However, the crowd who piled up in a mess was the first to be condescending, and the firecrackers and bows and crossbows were fired upon.There was little aim, like peeling an onion; layer after layer of soldiers fell, tumbled, tumbled, or were trampled over.

On the west side of the hillside, the second attack from the city-state coalition forces will be much more orderly.They almost lined up in a relatively neat queue amidst the sound of drums and horns, holding long wicker shields and animal skin shields, pushing forward slowly against the bullets.

Then, there were groups of cavalry running on camels or on horseback, taking turns shooting bows down the hillside; although most of them fell outside the defense line on the edge of the hillside, some of them still penetrated, causing the free army to attack. Scattered casualties of soldiers and brief lulls in firepower.

However, when these city-state coalition forces, bearing casualties and advancing one after another, finally approached within ten meters of each other's faces clearly; suddenly dozens of rolling balls with sparks were thrown from the simple front, between their accelerating legs There was a bang and a splash between them.

As a result, this round of the city-state coalition's offensive was blown to pieces; after that, they jumped out of the fortifications, and the soldiers of the free army with swords and swords counterattacked, and quickly collapsed.On the other side, the tribal soldiers crowded on the edge of the hill also collapsed after the sound of the cannon.

However, after a while, more than a dozen suspected siege equipment were launched among the city-state coalition forces; they tried again on the hillside; although most of them came to nothing.But it inevitably caused some exclamations: "Scorpion crossbow? Ballista, why are they still using these ancient cultural relics?"

Although it is an outdated ancient siege equipment, under the maintenance and operation of these city-state coalition forces, it can still be used normally, and the two-pounder guns hidden on the hillside are outside the maximum range, and they are constantly throwing short spears and guns. Stones, projected, smashed and splashed on the hillside.

Encouraged by this momentum, the tribal soldiers on the east side also launched an attack again.This time, they no longer gathered densely together, but spontaneously formed a crowd of more than a dozen large and small to cover each other; wave after wave rushed up the hillside and dropped straw bags.

In a blink of an eye, on the rough and slippery hillside, several straw bag stairways were quickly paved for easy landing.Immediately afterwards, many ignited cattail balls were also thrown on the hillside, and spread with the wind to form a barrier of smoke.

And the old prince Mahdi, who was deliberately pulled to the front of the battle, couldn't help but speak in the Kingdom's language that was not very fluent when he saw this scene: "It seems that you have no hope, after all, they are the tribe that is most familiar with the local situation and tactics. The people of Masinissa don't give a damn about me."

"It's better to send someone to contact the city-state commander, at least you can get a way to survive. If you want to get decent treatment, the premise is that your monarch can pay enough ransom. But once the city-state army loses too much, They won't be shy either."

"Although I am their recognized leader, I am not the only and irreplaceable existence; I advise you to make the right decision in time when I still have enough value and influence; otherwise, once my potential opponent is changed, everything will be destroyed. It's too late..."

Just when he was chatting on the sidelines.Paulina, who had been unmoved all this time, suddenly turned her head to consult the air; then suddenly ordered: "All personnel, immediately leave the outer front and retreat to the innermost defensive position... ..."

Although this order was issued a bit abruptly, it also made the subordinates around her stunned, but she couldn't change her determination to make a quick decision even after repeated persuasion immediately.Afterwards, most of the soldiers also habitually obeyed, and then retreated to the highest inner defense line.

The next moment, in the narrow defensive circle, the soldiers crowded back to back saw Paulina suddenly raised her hand, pointed to the top of the mountain behind her, and whispered softly with a drunken and sleepy expression: "Look at that, the incredible power has descended..."

As she pointed, a thin waterfall suddenly appeared on the top of the bare and barren mountain, and then it turned into a huge water dragon in the process of rushing down, washing and engulfing countless sand and soil The gravel rushed towards him in an instant.

In an instant, there was a large thunderous roar, along with the muddy and muddy flow, it resounded on the edge of this hillside; it also swallowed, engulfed, and drowned the enemy troops who had rushed up the hillside involuntarily. Exhausted, and rushed down the hillside with an unabated trend.

At the foot of the hillside, the city-state troops who were inexplicably terrified and fled in all directions were overtaken by the flooding mudslides, knocked down and engulfed most of them before they ran far.Then the landslide, which was weakened by castration, rolled to the other side with the ups and downs of the human body and the tent.

Those tribal soldiers who were also terrified turned their heads and ran without hesitation; then, they were all submerged in the knee-deep mud and turbulent current.Although the exhausted mudslide did not kill more lives, it also turned their feet into a large swamp.

At this time, except for Polina who was still standing, almost everyone fell to their knees and prayed loudly to themselves; even the captured old prince Mahdi was no exception... and Jiang Tian, ​​who was the instigator, also watched all this with relief.

Because, he discovered a brand new way of using abilities.That is, through the anchor point of Paulina, it can be used as the coordinates for the release of one's own spiritual power, and even the key carrier for the limited release of various modules.Of course, the premise is that she has enough carrying capacity and endurance.