Lord of War

  Gray sky, dark clouds, occasionally Razers roaming in the clouds.

  Strong, but fierce.

When   is not long, rain will begin to fall.

  In fact, as early as yesterday, there had already been a heavy rainstorm of not short duration on this land.

In the barren Chiraff collar, because of its proximity to the wild land and the huge mountains that lie across it, even in the late summer rainy season, it rarely rains here. It is precisely because of the lack of rain water that the Chiraff collar The land has always been very barren, even with very few prey. Therefore, rain is a very happy thing for the residents of Chiraff.

  Of course, this is only for the residents, but for other people, it is really hard to make them happy about this **** rainy day.

  Because it was less than ten seconds before and after, the rain that was just drizzle gradually increased. In a flash, the whole world was gray, and the water vapor completely blocked people's vision, and the visibility was even less than five meters. But if it was just like this, the hilly terrain was originally uneven, and there were many potholes and mud, washed away by such violent rain, not to mention the problem of stagnant water, the road is muddy and difficult to walk, that's for sure.

  So, this will definitely slow down the marching speed of the troops greatly.

  Nock wiped the rain off his face, and his frowning eyebrows fully showed his inner anxiety at the moment.

  According to the normal marching situation, the most important thing to do at this time is to find a place to stop and rest, and then continue marching when the rain is less or the view is better. After all, in this situation, in addition to disjointing and falling behind, it is easy to cause the team to lose touch and fall behind. Because of many problems such as lower body temperature and physical exhaustion, this will bring many negative effects to the entire team.

  Don’t say anything else, the decline in combat effectiveness is certain.

  It’s just that, at this time, even if you know these things. But Knok still didn't dare to stop and rest.

  Because today is the seventh day they have counterattacked the Chilaf collar.

  Originally, Knok led his second infantry regiment to cut into the battlefield on the flanks of the Huigu hills at the first time, give the enemy a heavy blow, and rush to support Stalin as soon as possible. But when he received the news that the enemy troops led from Berbice into the valley hills had only 15,000 troops, Knok changed his mind at the first time and chose to rush to attack the second enemy line of defense in the valley hills. Aldorf.

  I have to say that Knock’s choice is indeed correct.

  In one day, Aldolf took down the Darbion Army, located in two important towns in the east and west of the valley hills, with only four thousand troops, annihilating five thousand enemies and taking two thousand prisoners. The remaining three thousand fled. Of course, Aldolf’s loss was also quite heavy. In the end, there were only less than 2,000 people left. This was because Aldolf’s first choice to attack happened to be the enemy’s armory, so he was able to rely on the weaponry. The ordnance seized over the depot took the second important town-the granary.

   Immediately afterwards, Aldorf did not give the enemy the slightest chance to breathe. When the enemy learned that the two important towns had been taken down, five thousand soldiers were urgently sent to the important town located in the granary. Aldolf led a force of two thousand prisoners that had just been collected. Launched an extremely fierce night attack on the base camp of the second line of defense.

  In this battle, although Aldolf won a big victory, completely tearing the enemy's defense line and preventing the opponent from continuing to take advantage of the geographical advantage, his loss also reached the level of trauma.

  From a strategic point of view, this can only be regarded as a tie.

   just at dawn the next day. Knock led his Second Infantry Regiment directly into the battlefield.

At this time, the enemy had just experienced a fiasco that could be regarded as a nightmare: in the night attack last night, only less than 5,000 of the 10,000 Darbion’s troops survived, and three of them remained. Thousands of people were completely defeated. At this moment, the enemy is sending a small team to gather the defeated troops, so the new base camp that has been reorganized actually only has less than two thousand troops.

  But as long as it waits until the morning, the 5,000 troops sent out can be returned to defense, and the base camp can still recover to 10,000 troops by then. And as long as one more day is passed, the 10,000 rushing reinforcements on the side of Chiraf’s Fallen Flower Valley can reach the battlefield. By then, their strength will surge to 20,000. At the same time, they have also received The news that the Berbice leader sent reinforcements, as long as the reinforcements of their Berbice leader converge, the total force will be as high as 35,000.

At that time, let alone the Chiraff collar, even the Panda collar may be taken in one fell swoop. After all, there are still 50,000 own troops in Yadby, and a 10,000-scale infantry regiment has already entered first. Panda took it.

  As long as they converge, this is an army of 100,000 people!

  So, their weakness period is less than an hour right now.

  Aldorf’s troops have also been completely maimed. They have no reason to worry and be afraid.

   But on the contrary, in this short period of weakness of less than an hour, it was seized by the Second Infantry Regiment of Nok!

  So this battle, it can be said that there is no suspense.

  Nock easily captured the earl of the opposing commander-in-chief, and on the battlefield also beheaded three barons, one viscount, and the enemy's two thousand defenders were even wiped out. The second line of defense led by Chiraf was now completely shattered. After that, Nok merged with Aldolf's remaining remnants of less than a thousand people, and in turn ate the enemy's remnants in the valley hills.

  At this point, Darbion’s 30,000 troops stationed at Chilaf are only 10,000 left. The three lines of defense have been broken twice, and it is only a matter of time before Chilaf collar is regained. Of course, the most important thing is the significance of the strategic layout. This move completely prevented or even stopped the enemy's invasion of Pandaling.

  It's just that no one thought that in this situation, which was almost a complete victory, there would be an unexpected accident.

  In the south of the valley hills, reinforcements from Berbice appeared. According to the scouts, the number of enemy troops was about 5,000. So at this time, whether it was Aldolf or Nok, both knew that the Huigu hills that Stalin was responsible for were completely lost, and it was even possible that the entire army was wiped out. And seeing the arrival of Darbion's reinforcements. The nearly four thousand Darbion soldiers who had been captured by Aldolf and Nok immediately mutiny.

In this conflict, the earl who could have been used as a good bargaining chip was naturally beheaded on the spot, and nearly two thousand soldiers were buried with him, but after Knok paid hundreds of casualties In the end, the turmoil was completely suppressed. At this time, Knok also discussed with Aldolf, and Aldolf led the remnant and the remaining nearly two thousand prisoners to continue to entangle with the Darbion army here in the valley hills, and he immediately rushed to the battlefield on Stalin's side. , Check the specific situation.

  After the two made an agreement, they immediately split up.

only. For some unknown reason, the reinforcements from Berbice did not pursue Aldolf, but instead focused on Nok and his Second Infantry Regiment.

   Fortunately, at this time, there was a sudden rainstorm. The action of Darbion's army was blocked, allowing Knok to get rid of the pursuit smoothly.

These. It's already yesterday.

  At this time, he marched for two hours in the heavy rain. Nock finally felt the icy chill.

  He knew that since he even felt the chill, it was obvious that the combat effectiveness of the entire army had definitely dropped to a very low level. The ensuing situation is likely to be the illness of a large number of soldiers. This kind of non-combat attrition is definitely an intolerable mistake for him. But. On the hills of this valley, it is not easy to find a place to shelter from the rain.

  As for the temporary construction of camps, this is even more nonsense-there is no army. Able to build a camp in a heavy rain.

  It can be said that Knok has been caught in a dilemma at this time.

  As a last resort, he can only choose to move on.

  Next, there is a real war of attrition between will and physical strength.

  However, reality is cruel after all.

In half a day, the number of non-combat attritions that fell due to heavy rains exceeded 400 people. This is a weakness for the Second Infantry Regiment, which has experienced successive fierce battles and only has less than 2,000 troops remaining. Loss of movable bone. So when the rain was getting smaller, Knok even felt a sense of relief. He hurriedly chose a relatively flat terrain to camp. All the wounded rested here, and he himself was able to continue fighting with him. After a short break, the soldiers set off again in a hurry.

  At this moment, it is not far from the place where Stalin laid the defense line in the Huigu hills.

  And when Knok arrived, he saw an extremely tragic battlefield.

  There are countless corpses scattered all over the battlefield, densely packed, and it looks like a mass grave, many of which are even mutilated.

  The place where these mutilated corpses fell was surrounded by a large area of ​​scorched black pits. It was obvious that these people died in the thunderfire area arranged by Stalin. From the layout point of view, Knok knew that Stalin had fully considered the disadvantages of the disparity in force when he arranged the thunder fire zone, so he expanded the explosion range as much as possible instead of concentrating the lethality, but even so, those who died in the thunder fire zone were killed. The enemy soldiers also occupy far less than one-tenth of all the corpses on the battlefield.

  Most of the corpses died in the confrontation between the two armies charging.

Knok saw a young man belonging to the 1st Corps with four or five spears stuck in his chest and abdomen. These spears had come out through his body, revealing a small tip of the spear on his back. , But he still did not fall. His body leaned forward, relying on the long spear that came out of his body as a support point, his right hand still held the long sword, but the long sword was broken everywhere, and there were six or seven on his feet. The corpse, the **** se on his face is a kind of contented smile.

  But corpses like this are everywhere on the battlefield.

  Two consecutive days of torrential rains still couldn't wash away the blood on the entire battlefield, and even the **** air still filled the sky.

  Looking at this hell-like Shura blood scene in front of him, no matter it is the soldier of Nok or the other soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment, everyone's face is shocked.

  The first corps with only four thousand people, facing an enemy army of up to fifteen thousand people, stayed alone on this land for four days and three nights!

  In the end, more than 5,000 people broke through the **** line of defense under Stalin, but at this moment, no one would think that Stalin was lost in this battle.

   "Look!" Knok let out a crazy roar, "Even if it is dead, I will see Stalin's body!"

  Faced with Nok’s order, the soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment quickly rushed into this Shura field. Start to organize and clean the battlefield.

  Patters of splashing water pace, one after another on this battlefield.

  And when the soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment pulled out the spears, arrows, and swords that pierced the corpses of their comrades, there was no blood splashing out of the wound, because the blood in their bodies had already drained.

  Many soldiers had real tears streaming down their faces at this moment.

  This kind of cleaning work requires a lot of physical strength and Jingshen, but at this moment, every soldier in the Second Infantry Regiment is very serious.

  As time passed, the inventory work on the battlefield soon came to an end.

  When the last corpse was removed from the battlefield, I don’t know why. The entire Second Infantry Regiment felt relieved.

  Everyone's gaze couldn't help but look at the young soldier who moved out the last corpse.

  I saw a touch of joy on the soldier’s face. He turned his head and looked at Nok, then shook his head suddenly: "My lord. It's not Stalin's corpse! Stalin is still alive! He's alive!"

  Hearing this, Nok's eyes suddenly lit up.

   "My lord. What shall we do next?" an officer asked immediately.

  The earliest combat style of an army is formed. Much depends on the tactical style of the first commander of this army. As the commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, Knock’s offensive and aggression are not as strong as Aldolf, and his defensive command layout is not as decisive as Stalin’s, but in the same way, he has A talent that Aldorf and Stalin had never possessed.

if we assume. Which general in Sean's command has the most keen intuition, then this person must be Nok.

  Although William has a very keen sense of warfare, he is more based on the formation of strategic layout and tactical policy, because once the war situation becomes clear. A famous general like William can naturally judge the trend of the whole war situation at the first time. But Knock is completely different. In terms of command, he relies solely on his personal keen sense of smell to make judgments, and his approach has always brought him great victory.

  Of course, it's not that it didn't happen without hitting a wall, but most of the time, his results were very fruitful.

   is like the decision to assist Aldolf not long ago. His appearance is completely the last straw that overwhelms the second defense deployed by the Darbion Army in the Chiraff collar. At that time, if it were not for his assistance, once the enemy was revived, let alone Aldolf, even his Second Infantry Regiment would not have been spared. However, because of his decision, it also led to the end of the isolated and helpless Stalin almost completely annihilated.

   But, can this be said to be Knock’s fault?

  From a strategic point of view, the importance of Nok’s aid to Aldorf is far greater than that of reinforcement of Stalin.

   "Go north!"

   "Going north?"

"Yes." Nok nodded. "To the south is the valley and hills. After the enemy broke through Stalin's line of defense, they appeared on our flank, but we did not see the remains of Stalin. This proves that Stalin was attacked by the enemy on the line of defense. After the breakthrough, it did not retreat to the south. On the east is the Fallen Valley, and on the west is the Pandan collar. There are large enemy forces in these two directions. So in the past, going in these two directions must be self-rejecting. Only the north can survive in danger."

  "My lord...do we need to join the follow-up troops first?"

"No need!" Knok shook his head, "Stalin and the others will definitely not escape too far. They will break out after a fierce battle. There must not be much physical strength left, plus two consecutive days of heavy rain, so Stalin and the others are sure I will choose a place for the final fix.... To be honest, if Stalin is still alive, we really have to thank the heavy rains in these two days, because the impact of the weather is not just for one party."

  No one refuted Knok's words, because as soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment, they all knew that Knok's battlefield intuition had always been extremely accurate.

   Soon, the Second Infantry Regiment set off again.

  This time, their marching speed is no longer a rapid march, but the marching speed is also not too slow, and the formation is still a jingling line. This formation can ensure that the Second Infantry Regiment will not be defeated due to a surprise attack. Similarly, it can also switch to an attack or defensive formation as soon as it finds an enemy. Usually when the Second Infantry Regiment assumes this kind of forward formation, it means that Knok is ready for a full battle.

  When night fell again, Nok finally found the traces of Stalin and others.

  In fact, in the current situation, it is absolutely impossible that Stalin cannot be spotted as long as he is not blind.

  ……

  This is a relatively high slope. It is a peak on the side of the Luohua Mountain Range, with a height of only a hundred meters.

  Although the height is not that high, there is a very steep **** on this slope. There are only two flat terrains, that is to say, if you want to go up to this slope. You can only start from these two relatively flat terrains.

  Occupying the top of the highland is the first corps that chose to break through after the defense line of Huigu hills was broken by the Darbion Army.

  There are fewer than 30 soldiers of the First Infantry Regiment who survived here at this time.

  Although there were more than a hundred people at the time of the breakout, the subsequent pursuits continued to produce attrition, and when they arrived at this high ground, there were only about 70 people left. Immediately afterwards. It was another round of extremely fierce highland offensive and defensive battles, perhaps because the gods were pitiful. The First Step Corps, which was about to wipe out the entire army, finally escaped this lore fortunately in a sudden heavy rain.

only. Because of hunger and exhaustion, coupled with scarred bodies, more than a dozen soldiers eventually died because of this torrential rain.

   Until today, after the second rainstorm, there are only more than 20 people still alive.

   Stalin, although he is still alive. But his face was already very pale, and there was almost no blood at all. The leather armor on his body was taken off by him or for other reasons, anyway, it was not worn on his body at the moment. Instead, there was a red se bandage wrapped around the entire upper body-it was a bandage soaked in blood and rain. It stands to reason that Stalin's wounds should be cleaned and the bandage should be replaced at this time, but it is obvious that there is already There is no such material.

  Of course, the most shocking thing is not so.

  But at this moment, Stalin was tied to the pole of a flag, but if you look closely, you can find that Stalin’s right leg has a hideous wound from the base of the thigh to the ankle. Obviously, because of this wound, Stalin could no longer stand, but his pride and honor did not allow him to lie down like this, so he fixed himself on this flagpole-as long as he could still use his weapon. , Then he will never give up.

   "My lord, the enemy seems to be preparing to attack." A man aged about twenty-six or seven said in a deep voice.

  There was a scar on his face that crossed his left eye from his forehead. The scar was rolled over with flesh and blood, faintly purple, and blood would flow out from time to time. Obviously, this was a very "fresh" wound. Except for such a hideous scar on his face, he also didn't wear leather armor on his body. Instead, he was wrapped in blood-red bandages like Stalin. Fortunately, he could still stand here by himself without the need. Hold your body steady.

  In that **** defense line that defended honor with blood and lives, nearly a hundred officers of the First Corps belonging to all levels of the command system died. This man was originally a squadron leader with a relatively low rank in the First Infantry Corps, and he was far from enough to enter the command system, but at this moment he was the highest rank among the First Infantry Corps soldiers present besides Stalin. people.

  And this hideous scar on his face was also dropped to save Stalin.

Hearing this man’s words, Stalin glanced at the downhill of the high ground, where dense torches were already lit. At this time, the sky was not too dark. In fact, no ignition was needed for lighting, so the enemy's purpose was very high. It's easy to guess-morale blow. In the face of a besieged enemy, lighting a torch in the night to besiege can greatly weaken the morale of the enemy, resulting in a decline in the enemy's combat effectiveness, and even victory without a fight.

  These are conventional tactics.

  It’s just that Stalin has a bit of disdain on his face for making such a move under the current circumstances. Not only Stalin, but the other soldiers of the First Corps who survived at this moment also had a deep disdain and mockery on their faces.

  If it can really hurt their morale, or make them surrender, will the 1st Corps make the last fight in such a place? Because it is clear that the next time the enemy army launches an offensive, it will be the time when the entire army of the First Step Corps is annihilated, so all of them have already put their lives and deaths aside. As long as you can bring another person to bury. For them, it is not a disadvantage. If they can bring two people to the funeral, then it will basically make a profit without losing money.

"are you afraid?". Stalin asked. Although his face was pale, his voice was still very powerful.

   "Scared!" Everyone laughed loudly.

   "Yeah, I am afraid too." Stalin smiled, "But..."

   "Like a hero!" Someone interrupted Stalin. This was a young man-not so much a young man, as a teenager, because his face was still a little immature. It's just that his eyes are very determined, and he is not afraid of the imminent death.

  Everyone burst into laughter again.

The smile on Stalin's face remained the same, and he said softly: "Everyone, please allow me to say thank you sincerely.... I am very happy to be able to accompany you in this last time. You are in my eyes. They are all true heroes. You not only defended your dignity. You also defended the honor of our First Infantry Corps! I think. We have succeeded in letting the **** Darbion Army know that our First Infantry Corps is not Nice soft persimmons. Although we can't completely block them this time, we have successfully broken their teeth. Next, let us break their teeth fiercely again!"

  "Break their teeth!" The soldiers shouted loudly, and everyone's face was renewed with vitality.

  Even if they know it. This may be the so-called back light.

  Behind Stalin, there were more than forty corpses neatly arranged, and each of them had a peaceful and content smile on their faces. Although the leather armor on his body was in tatters, it only had to be swept away. It is still possible to find that their appearance after death has been sorted out. These are the soldiers of the 1st Corps who followed Stalin all the way to break through.

  If Stalin has any regrets at this time, it is probably that he failed to personally collect the bodies of the robes who died in the Huigu hills.

  However, he believes that Pandaling will definitely collect their bodies.

  Of course, someone will avenge them!

   "My lord!" Suddenly, the squadron leader exclaimed.

   "What's wrong?" Stalin asked.

   "My lord, look over there!" The squadron commander stretched his hand to a short distance from the slope.

  Stalin's eyesight was not particularly good at this time, but he was still vaguely able to see that in the direction the squadron leader was pointing, there was a sudden light of fire.

  That should be a lighted torch.

  Is it the enemy’s reinforcements?

  The people on the high ground were a little dazed: "Those guys are really timid, haha! They have to send reinforcements!"

  But the next moment, near this lit fire, flames began to be ignited continuously.

  One by one orange flames spread out densely, covering a large area, which looked like the blooming Styx flowers.

  Then, this army of flames, like a sea of ​​flowers, quickly rushed towards the high ground.

  From far to near, the cry of killing gradually became louder.

  The Darbion Army below the high ground quickly became chaotic.

   "My lord, look at that banner!"

  Stalin tried to open his eyes wide, looking at the square flag fluttering in the wind a hundred meters away.

  The pattern on the banner may not be understood by others, but for Stalin and even the entire First Army Corps, it is absolutely impossible to forget.

  The left wing fully expanded and the right wing fully closed.

  That is the family crest belonging to the Connery family!

   is the banner of Panda’s army!

  It is exactly the same as the pattern of the flag Stalin tied behind him at this moment!

   "My lord! It's reinforcement!" The squadron leader exclaimed with excitement, "It's our army!"

Tears slipped down Stalin's face. He firmly grasped the long sword in his hand, wiped the tears from his face with his left hand, and said with a smile: "That guy Nok, every time he chooses this kind of critical moment!... …Everyone listen, keep in mind your combat position, hold on! Our reinforcements have arrived, and the victory belongs to us! There is only one request for me, to survive!"

"Yes!"

  How far is the distance between **** and heaven?

  Stalin didn’t know.

  But if you want him to publish an answer at this moment, then he will definitely answer: one second. (To be continued...)

  Ps: After hesitating for a day, I finally revised the ending and didn't let Stalin die.