will of the planet

Chapter 32: Chapter 48: Occupy Huangsha Town

I saw that Zhongdi soldiers immediately assembled and formed a row of queues to meet the menacing enemy head-on.

But it turned out that the phalanx they put up didn't have much effect, at most it was more imposing, and it could suppress the enemy psychologically.

After all, it is not easy for a person to muster up the courage to rush to the neat rows of queues.

The clones are an exception, their bodies have been transformed, so the word fear is not in the dictionary, and the formation formed by the gray soldiers loses its effect.

Not only that, but their equipment is much better than that of Zhongdi soldiers. Those greedy and stingy nobles don't have the courage to spend a lot of money to arm their soldiers.

The two sides fought together, and it might not be obvious at first, but as time went by, the soldiers in Zhongdi suffered more and more casualties.

After all, it is difficult for the scimitars of Zhongdi soldiers to break through the armor of clone soldiers, while the steel knives held by the latter can easily cut off their armor.

The scimitar of the Zhongdi soldier is not as good as the steel knife of the clone soldier. When the two collide together, the scimitar will crack when it is light, and it will be broken in half when it is heavy.

Under such circumstances, more than half of the Zhongdi soldiers were killed or injured, and the remaining soldiers collapsed and fled in all directions regardless of the officer's yelling.

Although they are regular soldiers, they are not fools. They know that they can't beat them, but who would foolishly send them to their deaths.

Being able to persist until more than half of the casualties before collapsing is enough to be worthy of their status as a regular army. Ordinary guards may have already collapsed if their casualties reached two levels.

Not all soldiers have the courage to fight to the last man.

Of course, most of the Zhongdi soldiers fled, but there were still a few idiots who stayed in place, hindering the progress of the clone soldiers.

Even if these soldiers were unwilling, it was impossible to change the situation, and their lives were taken away by steel knives and weapons.

In the end, many soldiers escaped, and the clone soldiers did not pursue them. They did not receive the order to pursue them, so we had better find the God Envoy first.

Lin Xiao and his party quickly joined the clone soldiers. He didn't want to leave any survivors, so he directly ordered the soldiers to pursue them.

But things didn't go very well. These routs scattered and fled, so it was not easy to pursue. Many people even snatched the horses in the town, so it was even more difficult to pursue.

In the end, less than 10 routs escaped, but the clone soldiers still captured an important person, the former officer.

Speaking of which, he was quite unlucky. He had snatched a horse and escaped easily, but he didn't expect to run into his adjutant and Hui Shibang on the way.

The two couldn't help but pull him down, broke his leg, and were captured alive by the soldiers behind him.

Anti-resistance is definitely indispensable, but after being beaten up by the clone soldiers and retreating, he is much more honest, after all, he has a bruised nose and a swollen face until now.

This officer was not stupid, he quickly realized his current situation, lost the arrogance he had before, kept begging for mercy, and made promises that he didn't even believe.

After the officer saw Lin Xiao, he knew that he was the boss of these people, and shouted: "Don't kill me, I am not the confidant of Viscount Ira, if you kill me, you will become the mortal enemy of Viscount Ira, and you will be punished by the entire Central Plains." The pursuit of the kingdom!"

"As long as you let me go, I will go back and explain that this is all the fault of that bastard Hui Shibang, and I promise nothing will happen!"

"Nothing will happen?"

Lin Xiao gave the officer a meaningful look. The latter looked guilty with sweaty palms.

Lin Xiao weighed the pros and cons. If what the officer said was true, he was some kind of viscount's confidant, and killing him would indeed cause trouble.

But Lin Xiao didn't quite believe this officer. He hadn't killed people hastily yet, and asked people to suppress this officer and lock him up. Anyway, there will be opportunities to verify the authenticity of these words in the future.

Seeing the officer being pushed away, Lin Xiao directly ordered to occupy Huangsha Town. Anyway, Hui Shibang had already been offended, and this unclaimed land should not be occupied for nothing.

There were not many guards in the town, and they were very sensible. They were captured without too much resistance, and there were 21 prisoners in total.

Lin Xiao sent some clone soldiers to guard the captives, and asked the rest of the soldiers to seal off Huangsha Town and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving.

Residents in the small town also know that the sky is about to change!

Taking over Huangsha Town, Lin Xiao was not overjoyed. He would be revenged by the nobles of the Middle Kingdom next.

Fortunately, it will take more than two days to go to the nearest Huangsha City, and it will take nearly five days to go there, and this does not include gathering soldiers and preparing logistics.

In a week at the earliest, a group of soldiers will come to the door.

Lin Xiao didn't have much time to stay, so he quickly summoned the soldiers from Fengshazhai and Oasis. There were a total of 4 soldiers, after all, some soldiers had to stay behind.

In addition to the soldiers, there were also 2 logistics workers who were called together.

It will take time for these soldiers to rush over. Lin Xiao didn't intend to waste it, so he took out 50 people and went to surround the iron mine 5 kilometers away.

There is a guard of about 50 people there, and there are hundreds of miners, which is also a force that cannot be underestimated.

Lin Xiao did not act rashly. His current strength is insufficient, and it would be too much for him to occupy Huangsha Town, let alone attack the iron mines.

The 50 people sent out were still very effective. The iron mine guards were directly deterred and did not dare to leave the iron mine, so it was difficult for them to cause any damage.

After waiting for several hours, the reinforcements from Fengshazhai finally arrived. There were 1 people in the first batch, and 2 people in the follow-up.

Lin Xiao didn't wait for the soldiers behind. The iron mine was in a valley, so the troops couldn't spread out, and it was useless to ask too many soldiers.

The reason why Lin Xiao was confident to take down the iron mine with 150 men was because the reinforcements came with 20 short bow soldiers, which could play a big role in cooperation with the sword and shield soldiers.

Under Lin Xiao's command, the clone soldiers marched towards the iron mine in several teams.

The guards defending the iron mine suddenly felt pressured. They were not veterans who had been on the battlefield, and it was okay to bully the miners. Facing the enemy army like a regular army, they obviously lacked confidence.

But the chief of the guard must be a vicious person, and directly ordered the soldiers to hold the slaves with knives, pushing them to the front.

Lin Xiao just frowned when he saw this scene, war is really despicable...

It was the first time he commanded the clone soldiers to attack the grays head-on, and the last time he just ambushed the robbers, which was not counted as a head-on attack.

It has to be said that seeing his soldiers attacking the enemy neatly, he was still very proud in his heart, wishing he could also go to the battlefield.

An Nai suppressed his excitement, and waited until the distance reached the range of short archers before he gave the order to shoot.

A shower of arrows fell, and the slaves in the front row fell like wheat, collapsed immediately, and fled to the back.

Under the command of the chief, the guards directly killed the slaves who tried to escape. In this cruel way, the rout was finally stopped.

The surviving slaves were forced to serve as human shields, further depleting the stock of shortbowmen's arrows. They were full this time, but they didn't bring too many arrows.

After killing all the slaves, the arrows carried by the short bowmen were almost consumed, so it was difficult to affect the next situation.

Lin Xiao also had to admire the methods of the guard chief. He directly let the clone soldiers kill them. Even if there were no shortbowmen, it would not be too difficult to deal with these guards.

As Lin Xiao guessed, when the clone soldiers entered the guards, they began to show signs of defeat.

It is easy for the guards to kill slaves who have no defense ability, but they are no match for the fierce clone soldiers.

The death toll had not yet reached 20, and all these guards surrendered. Unfortunately, the chiefs of these guards committed suicide when they surrendered.

Lin Xiao sighed and didn't say much. After capturing the iron mine, he gathered all the miners, and the total number reached 300. If the slaves were not dead, there would be more.

(End of this chapter)