Chapter 447: mountain collapse
The Pieduts army is good at defending, and those who are good at defending will naturally anticipate all kinds of unfavorable situations that may be encountered before the battle, and prepare in advance.
For example, the left and right armies were defeated and had to withdraw to the Chinese army camp for repair. In this case, they were also prepared.
As early as when the left and right armies were retreating, the Chinese army was already arranging matters related to their retreat. It's just that the mobilization of the army is not a child's play, and it is difficult to complete it in a while. The Mo Lai Army did not finish the work as usual, but let the Synthetic Beast Army continue to press, forcing the Pieduts Army to focus on defense. Therefore, the retreat of the left and right armies has not been completed until now.
Now this situation is the most dangerous.
In the Art of War, there is a so-called "half crossing and attacking", which means that if the enemy wants to attack when crossing the river, it is best to attack while the enemy is crossing halfway. And the current situation of the Thracian army is exactly equivalent to "half crossing".
The only thing Duke Pieduc could do was to arrange for the reserve team to rush to respond, so as to avoid the frightened left and right flanks from being completely defeated.
The army of synthetic beasts came very fast, and even though the Pieduc army was desperately rushing, it was still a beat later. When they arrived, the army of synthetic beasts had already rushed into the camp, killing the troops on the left and right flanks.
It is said that with the strength of those noble armies, even if they can't beat the synthetic beasts, they will at least be able to withstand them for a while. But their morale was lost and they were retreating. When they encountered the attack of the Synthetic Beast Legion, almost no one dared to resist. Instead, they scrambled to flee to the central army, lest they would be caught up by those terrifying giant dogs if they ran too slowly. , bit by bit into a **** mass.
A famous general in the Western Continent once said: "Those who dare to fight can be called soldiers; those who run away are just lambs to be slaughtered." These words are very suitable here. Voices, cries for help... all kinds of voices connected together, chaotic. When the troops under Duke Pieduc arrived, they found that a large number of soldiers with good strength were being slaughtered by the synthetic beasts. Only a few dared to fight, but they barely persevered.
They hurried up and fought against the synthetic beasts.
Without the protection of the camp and city walls, ordinary soldiers do not have a great advantage when facing synthetic beasts. Although the Pieduts Army is a first-class elite in the world, it is well known that the strongest "Mountain Legion" is the heavy infantry. These light infantry hurriedly rushed to support, at best, the second-line troops of the Mountain Legion - or the reserve team. also. In terms of combat ability and will to fight, they are far inferior to their predecessors.
Fortunately, there are still some tough guys in the army on the left and right flanks. The light infantry of the Pieduts army joined these people, fought and retreated, and finally retreated to the place where the center army and the left and right army barracks meet, relying on the army. The Chinese army's camp and the defensive tools such as the refusal of horses that had just been prepared temporarily had finally formed two so-so lines of defense.
But at first glance, the barracks on the left and right flanks were already scattered, and I didn't know how many corpses lay there.
"These armies are considered collapsed." Standing on the podium, Duke Pieduc watched the two armies on the left and right who were desperately fleeing, even if they received a response, and sighed secretly in his heart, "If I had known, I would Shouldn't have brought them here!"
"It's their own choice," the aide said. "To get the benefits, you always have to take risks. A war is like a gamble. You win and you lose. They just lose."
Duke Pieduc smiled bitterly: "Maybe... we will lose too."
"Impossible!" said the staff confidently, "there is no army in the world that can shake the mountain of Pieduc, not humans, not beasts, not even these big messy dogs in front of us! Their strength is not great. , the speed is not very fast, it's just bullying the weak who have been frightened. As long as we don't mess up, let alone this point, even if we do it several times, we can't do it!"
Duke Pieduts couldn't help laughing at his confident face.
This aide is naturally also a member of the Pieduc family, and everyone in the Pieduc family has full confidence in the defensive ability of the Mountain Legion. This confidence did not come out of thin air, but was accumulated bit by bit in the past years and battles.
No matter what kind of enemy it faces, the Mountain Legion can defend it.
In this army, from the commander-in-chief to the reserve soldiers, everyone firmly believes in this.
This is called the soul of the army.
Duke Pieduc naturally believed in this, but at this moment, his heart was a little shaken.
The current situation is really unfavorable...
After hesitating for a moment, he ordered about half of the heavy infantry guarding the city wall to be drawn and divided into two groups to support the left and right armies and help the soldiers who were fighting hard to stabilize the line of defense.
With heavy footsteps, the heavy infantry quickly reached their respective goals. With their participation, the crumbling line of defense immediately became firm, and the synthetic beasts could no longer shake the temporary position of the Thracian army. Although they made some gains in several attacks, their losses were even greater.
If this goes on, until the synthetic beasts are completely lost, they won't be able to fight off much of the Pieduts army.
Watching this scene, Duke Pieduc finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But on the wall of the iron lock fortress, Aaron was very dissatisfied.
His dissatisfaction was not directed against the Synthetic Beast Legion, but against himself.
(Damn! I made a mistake just now! I should have commanded the Synthetic Beast Legion to drive the left and right flanks to attack the central army, instead of letting the Synthetic Beast Legion slaughter, although I gained a lot of experience points, I wasted a lot of it. time!)
(If the time had been hurry, the Thracians might not have had time to build their defenses...)
Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and he also knows that anger will not help, and what he has to do now is to quickly remedy it.
After a little thought, he decided what to do.
The control crystal shone slightly, and the synthetic beasts that were attacking the Thracian army suddenly howled and retreated in unison.
"What are they doing?"
"Are you going to run away?"
"How is that possible! There must be a trick!"
The Thracian army talked a lot, but no one foolishly chased them out, they just became more and more careful.
But soon, they knew why.
Those retreating synthetic beasts began to devour the bodies of the Thracian soldiers who died in the army camp.
Seeing this scene, Duke Pieduc's heart suddenly became cold, and the whole person was like being stuffed into ice water, freezing to the bone.
He already knew the enemy's tricks, but there was nothing he could do.
(Perhaps...the name of the "mountain" of the Pieduc family is broken in my hands...)