Blood Dragon

Section 350 Six Reconnaissance

On the second day, the Chaos army continued to advance.As mentioned earlier, Marvin believed in his own judgment and believed that Ashuruffat would never just retreat all the way back to Newsteria without any resistance.Now, he finally proved his vision.

His troops occupied the banks of the river without bloodshed. Of course, there was no doubt that by the time they arrived, Ashurfat had completely destroyed the bridge that originally crossed the river.

This terrain, relying on river defenses, is generally not considered very favorable.If you have to block the enemy's footsteps on the other side of the river, then it will become the saying in the book of war, "Prepare the front and then the back, prepare the left and the right, and prepare everything and everything."Except for rivers that are so big or so fast that crossings are limited.Otherwise, it is generally believed that defending according to the river is not a particularly good strategy, and it is extremely easy to be exploited by others.

When Marvin reached the river, what he saw was the enemy army waiting in formation on the other side.A large number of cannons, musketeers, and crossbowmen occupy favorable terrain.If forced, these weapons would cause terrible damage—even as a Chaos General, Marvin was unwilling to throw his subordinates into this hopeless slaughterhouse.

But looking at the enemy's military appearance like this and retreating without a fight, that's not the style of a god-favored person.So Marvin ordered thousands of wizards in the army, and the two sides engaged in a long-distance battle across the river.

This engagement is actually kind of comical, because the distance is so great that the only means of attacking each other are only two: cannon and magic.Even for these two, because of the distance, the hit rate and lethality have been greatly weakened.A fireball can easily roast twenty people at a distance of one hundred steps, but at this distance, anyone with eyes can easily avoid it.Even if you don't dodge it, the fireball won't be able to explode in such a large damage range after consuming such a large distance in the air.

Of course, the cannon is the same.The cannonball wants to hit the enemy at this distance-the difficulty is similar to shooting a fly with a musket at a distance of a hundred steps.

In front of the two armies, this kind of battle went on for half a day.The final result was that one cannon was destroyed, and three artillery crew members and two barrels of gunpowder were directly finished.The reason for this phenomenon is that the operator accidentally ignited the powder keg nearby.On the side of the Chaos Legion, a very lucky shell hit two Chaos Wizards—the kind of apprentices, because the authentic Chaos Wizards were flying in midair on magic disks.

It was getting late at this time, and the battle was over.Both sides withdrew their troops and returned to camp.

As I said before, Marvin is a very cunning person.The reason why he was cheated by Ashurfat once was that he almost lost all his betting money.But strictly speaking, it's not because he's stupid, but because he's really too smart to do all the tricks.It's like an overly delicate sand sculpture castle, as long as the base is shaken slightly, the whole castle will collapse.

A person like him, of course, would not be bored with such a meaningless battle performance (as I said earlier, the meager results of this battle even came from accidents).When he ordered this battle of magic and gunpowder, he had sent his trusted personnel to make a detailed understanding of the situation of the nearby river.On the surface, he was wasting time, but in fact he just used this method to attract part of the other party's attention.

"Master," just as he returned to the camp, someone came over.That was a subordinate he sent out before.With the wings of magic, he has traveled a large area in this half day.This is the benefit of magic. "I've got the enemy's defense situation."

"Come in and talk."

Marvin's tent was not big, and on the table in the middle of the tent, there was already an accurate map drawn by the southerners.

"This is their main direction." The subordinate's hand pointed. "Almost all the main forces are here, and they seem to believe that we will cross the river here." His fingers moved along the river on the map. "Here, here, and here, there are no guards deployed in these places. Even if there are, I think there are only a small number of scouts, which cannot affect the actions of our army."

"It's normal. They didn't plan to block us across the river. They just... tried to delay for a while," Marvin said. "If we pass here...even if we don't encounter any obstacles, it means time. It takes us a day to get here even if we march quickly, spend half a day to build the floating bridge, and then spend another day to cross the river—if we It takes more time to use rafts or ferries—and then another day to return. In this case, it would take us more than three days to make a detour. And their purpose will be achieved."

Marvin said in a mocking tone. "Fortunately, I know the terrain of this area very well. This is thanks to Luo Jin. In order to find him again and again, I spent a lot of time on the road. For safety, I can only walk on some roads."

"Here, if I'm not mistaken, this should be an area suitable for crossing the river..." Marvin poked his finger vigorously on the map. "How are those stupid southerners armed here?"

"Here... there is no military defense here."

"Are you sure." Marvin looked at his subordinates coldly. "Although southerners are stupid, they shouldn't be so careless."

"I believe so." The subordinate replied decisively. "They have a small force here ... with multiple cannons set up."

"Strange...strange...strange. What does this mean?" Marvin was taken aback for a moment. "Garring troops in such a... position that doesn't make any sense... wait... let me think... I think I understand. You," he pointed at his men. "Go here tonight and have a look." His finger landed on the map, a circle around the position where the small southerner unit was stationed. "What the hell is going on here?"

At about the same time Marvin deployed his next move, Ashuruffat was also in his tent on the other side of the river.With him was Baelor, and two of Baelor's attendants, Robin and Thaler.

"How's the situation in the rear?" Ashuruffat asked.They now know about the fall of Neustria.Because the Chaos wizard spent a huge amount of magic power to shield and interfere with the magic communication, the current connection between the front and rear can only be made by fast horses and messengers.Ashurfat has also given up hope for Newstria City, if he retreats, he wants to retreat to Gaohua City.

"The messenger hasn't come back yet." Baylor spread his hands helplessly. "In any case, Gaohua City needs time to repair the fortifications. As long as the city owner there is not an idiot, he must have gone all out to start the work. The longer we delay, the better."

"How long can it last?" Ashuruffat asked.Ever since he received the previous bad news, he has maintained this expression—it seems to be smiling, but if you look closely, you can't help feeling dangerous, even terrifying.Belair was pretty sure he wouldn't be surprised if Ashuruffat drew his sword—conjured it—and killed a few people.

"Today doesn't count, five days." Baylor said. "It's a very tolerant estimate. The premise is that our opponent's IQ remains at the level of ordinary people. After all, this river is very ordinary." He raised his head and looked outside the curtain door of the tent. "It's overcast and it looks like there's going to be some rain during this period, and if it's heavy it means we can, by God's grace, hold off a bit longer. Hope so."

"I don't think there will be five days," Ashuruffat said.

"We burned as much wood as possible in the vicinity," Beller said. "In this way, no matter how capable the Chaos wizard is, in order to gather the wood needed for the bridge... it should take at least a day."

"That measure may not work. What if the Chaos wizards are prepared for this side when they come all the way? They can collect wood along the way... You know, they also have maps in their hands, so they must know that there are such things here. A river."

"That's right. If that's the case, I guess it's four days."

"We have to retreat in three days." Ashuruffat said. "I don't know why, this tactic of defending along the river... makes me feel very uneasy."

"Are we in any danger?" Bellel asked, but when he asked this question, his eyes were on Robin and Thaler.

"We originally... kept a distance of two or three days from the enemy. This is a safe distance, but in order to carry out this tactic, there is no such safe distance between us." Robin thought for a while and replied.

"If the enemy somehow crosses the river in a short period of time ... it means that we have no choice but to stop and fight. Because our army is already firmly bitten." Thaler added. "The biggest unstable factor is magic... This time the Chaos Legion has gathered an unprecedented number of magicians. They may be able to use this to do many things beyond common sense."

"I don't know much about magic, but at least I know that any magic must consume the magician's energy." Baylor said. "If they use magic to cross the river... that means many wizards among them will be too exhausted to go to battle."

"But even so, they may still surpass our army in terms of the number of magicians who can go to the battlefield." Ashuruffat interjected. "I have decided, three days, we will evacuate after three days. Leave a rear guard to bluff, a few more days of delay count as a few days."

The night of the day passed without incident.The Chaos Legions have shown no attempt at nighttime engineering.The second day was also very calm, and even this type of show battle on the first day did not happen again.The Chaos Legion seems to have given up on other operations and started to collect the supplies and wood necessary to cross the river wholeheartedly.

In this way, the two armies maintained the original situation.If anything had changed, it was that the sky had become more cloudy, and experienced men said that there might be an unusual storm coming.This kind of storm is what they said they were looking forward to, because on the one hand, it can cause the river to surge, and on the other hand, it can effectively hinder any construction.

The Chaos Legion's offensive took place on the third day.