Blood Dragon

Chapter [-] Advance and retreat

The wound on the arm is very painful.

In fact, the pain at that time was not as painful as it is now, but now...every slight tugging would make him grin his teeth, and the pain penetrated to the bone marrow.

The force of that ax was really great. The ax smashed the iron-covered oak shield from the front, and the rest of the force could still easily split his armor, leaving a huge hole on his arm. Wound.

Fortunately, that's just "surplus power", otherwise, this arm should have been separated from the body.It must be said that he was lucky that the bones were fine.But even so, there is no way to do anything with this arm for ten and a half months.

However, compared to the surrounding situation, Robin is much better.He was surrounded by other wounded, and most of them were worse than him.Robin was also able to sit and think carefully, trying to keep his attention away from the pain of the wound.Others just groan in pain.

Today's battles always feel a bit unreal.If I think about it now, the general's arrangement will be clear.Put ordinary troops composed of defeated soldiers on the front line, and with the support of muskets, fight with the Chaos Legion to consume and block the enemy.When the battle situation fell into chaos and the Chaos Legion completely lost its organization and fell into a state of chaos, they dispatched elite troops to attack and crush the enemy in one fell swoop.

Thinking about it now, this is a very simple and easy-to-see strategy, but when I was a front-line officer, I didn't have this clear understanding.At that time, Robin couldn't think of anything superfluous, except for fighting, blood and death, there was nothing else in his mind.

However, simple tactics have proven to be just as effective.As the book of war says, simple strategies are still good strategies as long as they work.On the contrary, no matter how well-planned the tactics are, they can only be reduced to jokes.

Robin slowly pondered the idea behind the Baylor layout—now he had a little bit of it in his mind.The entire battle process is actually a process of gradual retreat of the phalanx of spearmen.As the phalanx retreated, the enemy's team gradually revealed its flanks and back in front of the Musketeers.Although the spearmen were pushed back by the Chaos army, the muskets did even more damage to Chaos' flanks.In the process of gradual retreat, stalemate, and melee, the Chaos Legion had actually lost more than half of its troops under the musket fire.It was precisely because of the huge casualties that the originally weak spearmen persisted for so long.

Of course, it was too late when the spear phalanx completely lost its combat power.The Chaos Legion had already suffered too many losses, and the remaining soldiers lost their order, and were finally defeated by the elite troops placed by Baelor on the second line.

"Robin!" A voice sounded, interrupting Robin's train of thought.

Baelor stood beside him, hands empty, his armor stained with blood.But Robin knew the blood wasn't Belle's own.But...but... this is indeed the first time Robin has seen another kind of demeanor of Belle on the battlefield.In addition to strategizing and exhaustive strategies, his generals also have the ability to charge forward and take the lead.

"My lord general... ah..." Robin instinctively wanted to get up, but this touched the wound on his arm, causing him to let out an involuntary cry of pain.

"Robin, are you okay?" Bellel asked with concern.

"I'm sorry, my lord general, I've embarrassed you." Robin replied.His lord general killed four or five Chaos Warriors in one go, and then killed a Chaos Champion in a one-on-one duel.And his performance was terrible - he was knocked down by a Chaos Chosen.If the general hadn't come to help in time, then today would have become Robin's last day in this world.

"Shame?" Baylor was obviously puzzled by Robin's meaning. "No, Robin, you did a great job, better than I thought. You lasted longer than I thought..." He had a reassuring smile on his face. "We are very lucky. Those chaotic eggs were all injured before the battle. Otherwise, this battle may be dangerous."

Chaos eggs?By the way, the Chaos Legion intends to use the Chaos Egg as a precursor to attack the phalanx of spearmen.There were a total of four Chaos Eggs, and they received "key care" from the Musketeers. Although they posed a great threat to the Spearmen, they still fell under the Musketeers in the end.Although in Robin's memory, the Chaos Egg didn't seem to be so easy to deal with (the last time I used a musket to deal with the Chaos Egg next to the Chaos Wizard, but it took a long time to kill it), but the number of musketeers that time was far away. Can't compare with this time.

"It should be injured in the battle with Parry, and he hasn't recovered yet," Baylor said.

"Master General, have we won?" Robin asked suddenly.

"Victory? It should be." Baylor shrugged. "Our army has a total of 400 casualties, including you. The number of Chaos Legion killed in battle is twice as high as ours, and the Chaos Champion who led the team is also dead." He said lightly, as if the Chaos Champion Warrior was not killed by him Same. "Since we're still here, and the Chaos Warriors either died or fled, then we should have won. Forget it, don't talk about that, Robin, how's your injury?"

Robin's wound had been bandaged by Bellel before.But that was only a temporary measure on the battlefield. After the battle, a soldier in charge of taking care of the wounded gave him more meticulous treatment-this is also a privilege of an officer.

"They said it's okay." Robin tried not to look too bad. "Master General, today...I really didn't expect that you would..."

Bellel drew a pistol from his belt and swung it around. "You mean this?" He asked jokingly. "These are high-end ones. Here, this one was given to me by someone. It has double bullets, is powerful, and has a good aim...and is also small in size. It is the best equipment for women's body protection." Speaking of this , he couldn't help but shook his head and sighed. "Using the rare magic metal provided by the church as raw materials, it is manufactured by the best dwarven engineers. It's a pity that the price is too expensive, and it is only used by people like me, so it cannot be promoted."

In fact, many people know that musket is simply the terminator of fighting skills.The reason why this kind of honor is not placed on the head of the crossbow is that the most important point is that the musket can be made small and hidden by the side, but its power remains basically the same.The power of a crossbow, or crossbow, is directly proportional to its size, and the range and power of a small crossbow will be greatly reduced.But the power of a pistol is actually not so different from that of a musket.The real flaw of the pistol is the aim - and this special pistol obviously greatly improved that flaw.

For example, this time, Baylor raised his gun and shot at a suitable distance, and the chaotic champion warrior was immediately caught off guard.One of the two bullets hit the chest and the other hit the face, which directly turned the seasoned chaotic champion into a soft-legged shrimp, and was then easily beheaded by Baylor.

"Well, I don't have Ashurfat's ability, so I have to rely on this thing." Belle sighed.

It must be said that Baylor is clearly a bit behind the times in this regard.Although Belel himself felt that this kind of victory was a bit disgraceful, his subordinates did not despise him at all.On the contrary, everyone, including Robin, thought it was a show of wisdom and bravery, a clever modification of the dueling rules.Any weapon can be used in a duel on the battlefield, isn't it?

"Will the Chaos Legion come again?" Robin asked again when Belleel sighed.

"I don't think... probably not." Belleer replied. "Their total strength is no more than [-], and almost one-third of them have killed here today... From this point of view, their goal is to occupy this valley."

This is easy to understand. If these more than a thousand Chaos warriors defeated Belleur today and took control of the main road, then the coalition fighters who fled sporadically in the next few days will simply become sheep like sheep. Come here to die.

However, thanks to the hurried march of the Chaos Warriors, they had no time to rest because they were on the road, giving Beler a great opportunity, and was finally defeated.

"Since they are defeated, they should understand that our reinforcements have arrived," Baylor said. "Since the Chaos Legion has won a complete victory, they will not come back. After all, they don't have many troops...Of course, this is just my guess. The soldiers under the command of the Blood God may not be so clear-headed."

"Blood God?"

"Well, I just got a little information from the captives. This army is all composed of believers in Khorne. And their command... It's not that I killed that one, but the one who led the entire army, it was the entire The Supreme Commander of the Chaos Legion, a Khorne follower called Bloodfang Lord, a Chaos Lord."

"Ah!" Robin screamed, and his whole instinctive reaction affected the wound again, deforming his painful face.

"Parry didn't deserve to lose." Baylor saw Robin's movements. "However, Robin, don't worry, we'll take a rest today and go back tomorrow." He paused, "By the way, you'd better be mentally prepared."

"What mental preparation?"

"The first day of injury is actually not the most painful." Baylor said solemnly. "The second and third days are the real pain. You look like this. It's better not to ride a horse tomorrow, but to walk. I have sent a light cavalry to report to the rear. I think vehicles will come soon for the wounded. ..."

"My lord general, why are you retreating?" Robin suddenly realized that Belle's words just now did not mean sending the wounded away, but that the entire army was withdrawing to the city of Nusteria. "If we leave... what about the retreated... soldiers on the front line? The Chaos Legion will easily control this place..."

"As I said just now, the defeated soldiers of Chaos will tell the Bloodfang Lord about us. They will interpret this as the arrival of our reinforcements... In this case, the correct choice for the Bloodfang Lord is to accept it as soon as it is good. , instead of coming and fighting us to the death. There is no difference between us staying here and getting out."

After finishing speaking, Belleel lowered his head, leaned close to Robin's ear, and said in a voice that could only be heard by Robin. "Robin, our army also suffered heavy casualties. If Lord Bloodfang really comes, do you think we can stop him with our remaining strength? You know, the number of his troops is at least what we defeated today Twice the size of the Chaos Legion, and more elite."