Lord of War

The humidity in Burles Forest is very heavy, especially at night before dawn, the sticky feeling is particularly obvious.

The White Wing Mercenary Group has already stayed here for one night, so they are particularly aware of this feeling. Many soldiers put their weapons aside, and even took off their light armor. If it wasn't for the fear of bad effects, these soldiers would even want to take off their entire body, but at this moment their upper body is completely naked, which is not much better. where to go.

William's eyes swept across the faces of these soldiers, and there was a faint look of anger between his brows.

He never thought that the quality of Baiyi's reserve soldiers would be so low. Is this really an army that has experienced many battles and can even fight against the regular armies of various kingdoms? William expressed unusual doubts about this. He glanced at the night with some concern. There was no wind tonight, and the forest seemed extraordinarily quiet at this time. Although these soldiers did make William look a little embarrassed, at least they were not so stupid as to be true. Think of this as an outing or something.

Most of the people are resting quietly, and the occasional conversation is extremely light.

For some reason, William always felt a little uneasy in his heart, and the silence in the forest made him feel extremely vigilant. At this time, he did not have the previous lazy look at all. His whole body exuded an extremely awe-inspiring aura, like a sharp knife drawn out of its sheath, showing its sharpness.

Finally, while joining the group, William found the general of the White Wing Mercenary Corps who was in charge of the operation.

When the other party saw William walking towards him, he frowned unabashedly. The adjutants around him also seemed to realize something was wrong. All of them turned their heads to look at William, and the atmosphere became extremely gloomy. Obviously, William here is definitely not a likable or popular character, even though he has shown his outstanding talent this morning.

"What's the matter?" the general said with a proud face.

"Aren't you going to arrange a vigil?" William glanced at the surrounding situation, and found that there was no patrol at all, so he couldn't help but said.

"Do you think it's still necessary?" The general didn't want to talk to William at first, but what William said seemed to make him hear a very funny joke, "Do you think those barbarians from the North will attack us?" Attack?...Do they have that strength? Besides, when I was evacuating, I had already turned the team back to the northeast, and deliberately set up traces of our evacuation to the south. Do you think those northern brute force can really find us? ?”

"You are too arrogant." William stared at the general coldly, "As an excellent general, no matter when and where, you should not leave any opportunities for the enemy to take advantage of."

"Oh? Then what do you think should be done?" The general asked back.

"Soldiers should be dressed neatly now, and their hands should be shrunk, at least not separated like this. At the same time, it is necessary to arrange night watch patrols..."

Before William could finish speaking, an adjutant next to him interrupted him: "The soldiers have already traveled for a long time, we should take this opportunity to have a good rest now, because we are already a little short of food, so we should Before the enemy finds us..."

"Do you think the enemy really didn't find out?" William looked at the other party coldly, "The ambush in the morning failed, and the opponent obviously..."

"Enough!" The general snorted coldly, the impatient look on his face became more obvious, "An army does not need two commanders, don't forget your position, you are just a staff officer. This army The real commander of the army is me, not you, I have fought for seven years, how old are you now?"

"The facts this morning have proved that the opponent's IQ is obviously not at the same level as yours, and your experience cannot defeat him." William criticized unceremoniously, "Also, you obviously don't have a deep understanding of the enemy's intelligence. The opponent's army is composed of northern savages, and the northern savages living in the ice region have a very keen sense of smell, which has something to do with their living environment."

The general's face was terribly gloomy. He saw that many soldiers around him were already looking at him curiously. It turned out that during the conversation just now, they were all angry with each other, and their voices naturally became louder. bigger. At this moment, seeing that the situation seemed to be a bit hopeless, the general finally became a little annoyed: "William! Please recognize your own identity, you are just..."

The general's voice hadn't finished yet, and a scream suddenly sounded, which was particularly abrupt and piercing in the quiet forest and night.

All the people looked at the screaming soldier almost subconsciously, a feathered arrow directly pierced his heart, and the powerful shooting force even caused the iron arrow to come out of his body. If this soldier hadn't removed his light armor due to the humidity of the forest environment, this arrow would never have dealt such a fatal blow to him.

Most of the soldiers around were still a little dazed, obviously not yet able to react.

"Enemy attack!" William was the one who reacted immediately. He yelled this sentence without thinking, and then immediately lay down on the ground and began to look for cover.

Accompanied by the sound that seemed to be an activation order, the White Wing mercenaries who were resting before started to boil like ants on a hot pot. But until now, they couldn't believe that they would be attacked by an enemy they had always looked down upon. This is simply a shame! But at this moment, in order to completely wash away their shame in the future, they must save their lives as much as possible right now.

In this regard, as a third-level force, the White Wing Mercenary Regiment's ability to respond is quite remarkable.

But, that's all.

The flying arrows, like locusts, poured down everywhere.

William only took one look, and immediately shrank his body as small as possible, and then completely hid behind the bunker, not daring to move at all. Looking at the shooting of these arrows, he knew very well that the commander of the opponent was more intelligent than he imagined—under normal circumstances, in the terrain in the forest, he would pursue precise shooting, and as much as possible Let the enemy enter the attrition. But now, the opponent's commander completely gave up this tactic, and instead divided the archers into several groups, pursuing the wounded with uninterrupted coverage shots.

At this moment, he didn't even feel angry anymore. Not only was his opponent's commanding ability beyond his estimation, he was even more courageous than he had imagined—in fact, even he hadn't expected it at all. He really dared to come and attack at night. Although he asked for a patrol before, it was just a subconscious habit, and he didn't really think that the other party dared to attack.

But now... William really regards the opponent as a strategist of the same level as himself, but it is a pity that he has a pig-like teammate on his side.

The pouring rain of arrows has no targeted area targets at all, and shoots wherever there are more people. But the only thing that is clear is that the opponent obviously takes into account the front of the battlefield and the areas on the left and right sides. Any entry that tries to move in these three directions will be mercilessly collectively shot, and dozens of bodies are almost shot into pieces. The body of the porcupine lay there, clearly announcing the restricted area in front of him.

William's eyes moved on the battlefield, and the place where he was hiding at the moment happened to be in the shadow of a boulder, instead of relying on trees and other terrains to hide like the others. Although his position is indeed relatively safe, his flaws are equally obvious. He cannot observe the situation on the entire battlefield. The only thing he can recognize is that the general who is like a pig is roaring like the sound of killing a pig.

"This idiot, what else can he do besides letting people find a bunker!" William thought a little depressed. He only hated that the command power was not with him, and he was also a little resentful. Why didn't the enemy take this idiot together? In that case, according to the battlefield regulations, as the second highest command in the army, I can immediately take over the command of this army.

Then, William saw that the idiot had circled to the rear of the battlefield, where hundreds of soldiers had gathered.

Seeing the other party's actions, William seemed to have suddenly felt something, and a chill emerged from the bottom of his heart. Fighting for the dedication that he might be shot, he poked his head out from behind the cover and glanced at the frontal situation of the entire battlefield - because during the break before, the team did not deliberately keep a distance, but was scattered Spreading out, after all, the scale of three thousand people is definitely not as easy to conceal as dozens of people and hundreds of people, so in this forest, they occupy a huge field width. But now, because of the rain of arrows, the frontal environment of the entire battlefield has been cut into east and west. A total of more than 2,000 troops are completely trapped in these two battlefields, and there are many wounded among them. Lying on the ground and howling, but the one who was lucky enough not to be injured could only duck down and hide behind some stones or taller trees, and did not dare to stand up at all, because the opponent's arrow rain shot was too strong. Shooting from the left and right sides, if you just want to avoid one side, you will definitely be attacked by the other side.

As for the archers belonging to their own side, they were completely suppressed at this moment and couldn't hold their heads up at all. Losing the judgment and leadership of the commander, the several messy counterattacks organized by the archers on their own seemed extremely weak and decadent, and they couldn't do anything at all. any desired effect. On the contrary, because it attracted the attention of the opponent, the arrow rain from both sides covered it at the same time, causing even greater casualties.

In the front of this battlefield, because of the wide field of vision caused by the openness of the field, a fan-shaped area of ​​death was formed. Except for the first dozen soldiers who ran around in a panic and were shot into porcupines, no one dared to break through to the front or the left and right.

Everything seems to be normal.

However, William discovered that the opponent was taking advantage of the firepower covered by the arrow rain to push his own soldiers back. It seemed that the only way was safe. And the vast majority of those who were far away from the battlefield by chance and were not taken care of by the arrow rain, at this moment, under the command of the general of the White Wing Mercenary Corps, quickly gathered towards the rear, and at this moment they had formed a force that was threatening enough. The opponent's archer's troops.

But William let out a stern roar: "Spread out! That's a trap!"

William's voice resounded abruptly on the battlefield, causing the general to feel panic and fear for no reason. Because he didn't follow his advice today, he suffered two failures, and this second failure was a burden that was so painful that he couldn't bear it at all, as if he had been slapped hard. So even though he still doesn't like William, and even thinks that William is a scourge, he still subconsciously chooses to obey: "Stay away!"

It's a pity that the general's words were still too late.

Three huge fireballs with a diameter of more than half a meter fell from the sky and landed on the position where the general of the White Wing Mercenary Corps was standing.

In the next second, Lie Yan (raging flames) bloomed among the crowd like red lotuses in full bloom, and a mushroom cloud gradually rose.