Lord of War

The sky is gray and cloudy, with occasional Razers wandering through the clouds.

Thick, but ferocious.

Not long after, it began to rain.

In fact, as early as yesterday, there had already been a heavy rainstorm that lasted for a long time on this land.

In the barren Chirav Territory, because it is close to the wild land and there are huge mountains across it, even in the late summer rainy season, it rarely rains here in Chirav Territory. The land in Raffland has always been very barren, even with very little prey. Therefore, for the residents of Chilav Territory, rain is a very happy thing.

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

Because in less than ten seconds, the rain, which was just a drizzle, gradually became heavier. In an instant, 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’s just like this, that’s all. The hilly terrain is inherently uneven, and there are many potholes and mud, which are washed away by such a violent rain. Not to mention the problem of stagnant water, the road is muddy and difficult to walk for sure.

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

Nock wiped the rainwater off his face, his frowning brows fully showed the anxiety in his heart 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 vision is slightly better. After all, marching under such circumstances, in addition to the fact that the team is prone to being out of touch and falling behind, because of many problems such as lowering body temperature and physical exertion, this will bring many negative effects to the entire team.

Among other things, the decline in combat effectiveness is certain.

However, even though he knew the situation clearly at this time, Nok still didn't dare to stop and rest.

Because today is the seventh day of their counterattack against Chirav.

Originally, Nock led his Second Infantry Regiment to cut into the battlefield on the flanks of Huigu Hills as soon as possible, deal a heavy blow to the enemy, and rush to support Stalin as soon as possible. However, when he received the news that the enemy troops entering Huigu Hill from Berbice were only 15,000 strong, Nock immediately changed his mind and chose to rush to support the second enemy line of defense that was attacking the valley and hills. Altdorf.

I have to say that Nock's choice is indeed correct.

In one day, with only 4,000 troops, Altdorf took down the two important towns of Dabion's army in the east and west of the valley and hills, wiped out 5,000 enemies, took 2,000 prisoners, and the remaining 3,000 fled. Of course, Altdorf's losses were also quite heavy. Four thousand people fought together and there were less than 2,000 in the end. The ordnance seized from the warehouse took the second important town-the granary.

Immediately afterwards, Altdorf did not give the enemy a chance to breathe. On the night when the enemy learned that the two important towns had been captured and urgently dispatched 5,000 soldiers to the important town located in the granary, Altdorf led the 2,000 soldiers who had just been recruited. A force composed of three prisoners launched an extremely fierce night attack on the base camp of the second line of defense.

In this battle, although Altdorf won a big victory and completely tore through the enemy's defense line, making it impossible for the opponent to continue to take advantage of the geographical advantage, his losses also reached the level of injury.

In a strategic sense,

This can only be regarded as a tie.

It's just that at dawn the next day, Nock led his Second Infantry Regiment directly into the battlefield.

At this time, the enemy army had just experienced a fiasco that could almost be regarded as a nightmare: In the night attack last night, only less than 5,000 of the 10,000 Dabion troops survived, and three of them survived. Thousands of people were completely defeated. At this moment, the enemy army is sending out a small team to gather up the defeated soldiers, so there are actually less than 2,000 troops in the newly reorganized base camp.

But as long as the morning, the 5,000 troops sent out can return to defense, and the battalion can still recover to 10,000 troops by then. And as long as one more day passes, the 10,000 reinforcements on the other side of the Fallen Flower Valley in Qiravling will arrive at the battlefield, and their strength will increase to 20,000 at that time. At the same time, they have also received According to the news that Berbice Territory sent reinforcements, as long as their reinforcements from Berbice Territory converge, the total strength will be as high as 35,000.

At that time, not to mention the Chirav collar, even the Panda collar may be able to win in one fell swoop. After all, there is still 50,000 troops in Yederbi collar, and an infantry regiment with a scale of 10,000 has already entered first. Panda took it.

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

Therefore, their weakness period is less than an hour at the moment.

And Altdorf's troops have been completely disabled, they have no reason to worry and be afraid.

But unfortunately, in this weak period of less than an hour, Nock's Second Infantry Regiment seized the opportunity!

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

Nock easily captured the earl who was the commander-in-chief of the opponent, and beheaded three barons and one viscount on the battlefield, and even wiped out 2,000 enemy defenders. The second line of defense led by Chirav was completely shattered at this point. Afterwards, Nock joined Altdorf's remnants of less than 1,000 people, and in turn ate up the remaining enemy troops in the valley and hills.

So far, only 10,000 of Dabion's 30,000 troops stationed in the Chirav Territory remained, and two of the three lines of defense were broken. It was only a matter of time before they regained the Chirav Territory. Of course, the most important thing is its significance in terms of strategic layout. This move completely slowed down or even terminated the enemy's large-scale invasion of Panda Territory.

It's just that no one thought that under such a situation that could be said to be a complete victory, an unexpected surprise would appear.

In the south of the hills at the bottom of the valley, reinforcements from Berbice Land unexpectedly appeared. According to the scouts' investigation, the number of enemy troops was about 5,000. So at this time, both Altdorf and Nock knew that Huigu Hill, which Stalin was in charge of, had completely fallen, and it was even possible that the entire army was wiped out. And seeing the arrival of Dabion's reinforcements, nearly 4,000 Dabion soldiers who had been captured by Altdorf and Nok immediately mutinied.

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. In the end, the turmoil was completely suppressed. At this time, Nock also discussed with Altdorf, and Altdorf would lead the remnants and the remaining nearly 2,000 captives to continue to entangle with Dabion's army in the valley and hills, while he immediately rushed to the battlefield on Stalin's side. , to view the specific situation.

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

However, for some unknown reason, the reinforcements from Berbice did not pursue Altdorf, but instead focused on Nock and his Second Infantry Regiment.

Fortunately, at this time, a sudden rainstorm slowed down the action of Darbion's army, allowing Nock to escape the pursuit smoothly.

These are already yesterday.

At this time, after marching for two hours in the torrential rain, Nok finally felt the icy chill.

He knew that since he had already 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 a large number of soldiers falling ill. This kind of non-combat attrition is definitely an intolerable mistake for him. However, it is not an easy task to find a place where you can shelter from the rain in this valley and hills.

As for setting up a temporary camp, this is even more nonsense-no army can set up a camp in a heavy rain.

It can be said that Nock has fallen into a dilemma at this time.

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

What follows is a real battle of willpower and physical strength.

However, the reality is cruel after all.

In half a day, more than 400 non-combat casualties fell due to the heavy rain. This is a nerve-wracking situation for the Second Infantry Regiment, which has less than 2,000 troops left after successive fierce battles. Loss of moving bones. So when the rain gradually subsided, Nock even felt a sense of relief. He hurriedly chose a relatively flat terrain to camp, and all the wounded were resting here, while he himself was able to continue fighting with After a short rest, the soldiers set off again in a hurry.

At this moment, it was not far from the place where Stalin set up the defense line on Huigu hills.

And when Nok arrived, what he saw was an extremely tragic battlefield.

Countless corpses were scattered all over the battlefield, densely packed like a mass burial ground, and many of them were even incomplete.

Where these incomplete corpses fell, there was a large area of ​​scorched black pit marks around them. It was obvious that these people died in the area of ​​thunderfire arranged by Stalin. From the perspective of the layout, Nock knew that Stalin had fully considered the disadvantage of the disparity in military strength when he arranged the thunder fire area, so he expanded the explosion range as much as possible instead of concentrating the lethality, but even so, the people who died in the thunder fire area Enemy soldiers also accounted for far less than one-tenth of all the corpses on the battlefield.

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

Nock saw a young man belonging to the 1st Infantry Regiment. Four or five long guns were stuck in his chest and abdomen. These long guns had protruded from his body, and a small section of the gun tip was exposed on his back. , but he still did not fall. His body fell forward, relying on the long spear protruding from his body as a support point, his right hand was still holding the long sword tightly, but the long sword was full of cracks, and there were six or seven corpses lying at his feet. The expression on the face of the corpse was a satisfied smile.

But corpses like this abound on the battlefield.

The torrential rain for two consecutive days still couldn't wash away the blood on the entire battlefield, and even the bloody smell that soared into the sky was still permeating.

Looking at the hell-like scene of Shura's blood in front of him, no matter whether it was Noke or other soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment, everyone's face was full of shock that could not be concealed.

The First Infantry Regiment, with only 4,000 soldiers, stood alone on this land for four days and three nights in the face of an enemy army of as many as 15,000!

Although in the end more than 5,000 people broke through the bloody defense line set up by Stalin, but at this moment, no one would think that Stalin had lost this battle.

"Look for it!" Nock let out a wild roar, "Even if he is dead, I still want to see Stalin's body!"

Facing Nok's order, the soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment quickly rushed into the Shura field and began to tidy up and clean the field.

The sound of splashing water footsteps came and went on this battlefield one after another.

And when the soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment pulled out the spears, arrows, and sharp swords that had pierced into the corpses of their comrades-in-arms, there was no blood splashing from the wounds at all, because the blood in their bodies had already flowed out. Dry.

At this moment, many soldiers were truly in tears.

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

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

When the last corpse was removed from the battlefield, for some reason, the entire Second Infantry Regiment felt relieved.

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

There was a look of joy on the soldier's face. He turned his head to look at Nok, and then shook his head suddenly: "My lord, it's not the body of Master Stalin! Master Stalin is still alive! He's still alive!"

Hearing this, Nok's eyes suddenly lit up.

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

The formation of the earliest combat style of an army depends largely on the tactical style of the first commander of the army. As for Nock, as the head of the Second Infantry Regiment, his offensiveness and aggression are not as strong as Altdorf's, and his defensive command layout is not as decisive as Stalin's, but the same, he has A talent totally absent from both Altdorf and Stalin.

If there is any general under Xiao En's command who has the most keen intuition, then this person must be Nok.

Although William's sense of war is also very keen, but he relies more on the formation of strategic layout and tactical guidelines, because once the war situation is clear, a famous general like William can naturally judge the entire war in the first place The trend of the situation. But Nock is completely different. In terms of command, he relies entirely on his personal keen sense of smell to make judgments, and his approach has always brought him great victories.

Of course, it is not without encounters, but most of the time, his results are very fruitful.

Just like the decision to rush to the rescue of Altdorf not long ago, his appearance was completely the last straw that crushed the second line of defense that the Darbion army had arranged in Chirav. If it wasn't for his rush to help at that time, once the enemy army regained its momentum, let alone Altdorf, even his Second Infantry Regiment might not be spared. However, because of his decision, it also eventually led to the almost complete annihilation of Stalin, who was isolated and helpless.

However, can this be said to be Nock's mistake?

From a strategic point of view, the importance of Nock's aid to Altdorf is far greater than that of Stalin.

"Go north!"

"North?"

"Yes." Nock nodded, "to the south are valleys and hills. After the enemy broke through Stalin's line of defense, they appeared on our flanks, but we did not see the remnants of Stalin. This proves that Stalin was killed by the enemy on the line of defense." After the breakthrough, they did not retreat to the south. To the east is Luohua Valley, and to the west is Panda Ling. There are large enemy troops in these two directions, so walking in these two directions must be self-inflicted. The only one that can survive is the north."

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

"No need!" Nock shook his head, "Stalin and the others will definitely not escape too far. After a fierce battle to the death, they must have not much energy left. In addition to the heavy rain for two consecutive days, so Stalin and the others I will definitely choose a place for the final hold.... To be honest, if Stalin is still alive, we really have to thank the heavy rain for the past two days, because the impact of the weather is not just for one side."

No one refuted Nock's words, because as soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment, they knew very well that Nock's battlefield instincts had always been extremely accurate.

Soon, the Second Infantry Regiment set off again.

This time, their marching speed was no longer in a hurry, but their marching speed was not too slow, and the formation they set up was still a warning 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 attack formation or defensive formation as soon as the enemy is found, and usually when the second infantry regiment is placed When this forward formation is formed, it means that Nok is ready for a full-scale battle.

When night fell again, Nock finally discovered the traces of Stalin and others.

In fact, in the current situation, as long as he is not blind, it is absolutely impossible not to find Stalin.

...

This is a relatively high slope, it is a peak entrance of a side branch of the Luohua Mountains, and its height is only about a hundred meters.

Although the height is not very high, this slope has a very steep slope, and there are only two flat terrains. Start on relatively flat terrain.

Occupying the top of the high ground is the First Infantry Regiment who chose to break out after the defense line of Huigu hills was broken by the Dabiang army.

At this time, there were less than thirty soldiers of the First Infantry Regiment who survived here.

Although there were still a hundred or so people when they broke through the siege, they were continuously reduced in the subsequent pursuit, and when they reached this high ground, there were only about seventy people left. Immediately afterwards, there was another round of extremely intense highland offensive and defensive battles. Perhaps because of the pity of the gods, the First Infantry Regiment, which was about to be wiped out, was lucky enough to escape this time in a sudden heavy rain. lore.

However, because of hunger and exhaustion, coupled with bruised bodies, in the end, more than a dozen soldiers died because of the torrential rain.

Today, after the second rainstorm, there are only about 20 people left alive.

Although Stalin was still alive, his face was already very pale, almost bloodless. The leather armor on his body, whether it was taken off by him or for other reasons, was not worn on his body at the moment. Instead, it was replaced by a red bandage wrapped around the entire upper body - it was soaked in blood and rain Bandages, logically speaking, it is natural to clean Stalin's wounds and change bandages at this time, but obviously, there are no such materials in this highland.

Of course, the most shocking thing is not the case.

But at this moment, Stalin's whole body is tied to the flagpole of a flag, but if you observe carefully, you can find a hideous wound on Stalin's right leg from the root 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 just lie down, so he fixed himself on this flagpole—as long as he could hold a weapon , then he will never give up.

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

On his face, there was a scar from his forehead across his left eye. This scar was bloody and bloody, faintly purple, and blood would flow out from time to time. It was obvious that this was a very "fresh" wound. And apart from such a hideous scar on his face, he also didn't wear leather armor, but was wrapped with blood-red bandages like Stalin's. Fortunately, he could still stand here by himself, and There is no need to stabilize the body.

On the bloody line of defense that defended honor with blood and life, nearly a hundred officers of the First Infantry Regiment belonging to all levels of the command system all died. This man was originally a squadron leader with a relatively low rank in the 1st Infantry Regiment, and he was far from being able to enter the command system, but at this moment he was the highest rank among the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment present besides Stalin. people.

And the hideous scar on his face was also made to save Stalin.

Hearing the man's words, Stalin glanced at the downhill of the highland, where densely packed torches had already been lit, and the sky was not so dark at this time, in fact, there was no need to light torches for lighting, so the enemy's goal was easy. You can guess it-morale blow. Facing the besieged enemy, lighting torches for siege under the night 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 had a bit of disdain on his face if he still made such a move under the current situation. And not only Stalin, but also the soldiers of the other 1st Infantry Regiment who are still surviving at this moment also have a strong look of disdain and mockery on their faces.

If it is really possible to hit their morale, or make them surrender, will the First Infantry Regiment still make a final struggle in such a place? Because it is clear that the next time the enemy launches an attack, it will be when their 1st Infantry Regiment is completely wiped out, so all of them have already put life and death aside. As long as they can bring one more person to be buried with them, it is not a disadvantage for them. If they can bring two people to be buried with them, it is basically a steady profit.

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

"Scared!" Everyone burst into laughter.

"Yeah, I'm afraid too." Stalin laughed, "But..."

"Like a hero!" Someone interrupted Stalin. This was a young man—not so much a young man, but a teenager, because his face was still a little immature, but his eyes were full of tenderness. Very resolute, not fearful of imminent death.

Everyone burst out laughing again.

The smile on Stalin's face was still there, and he said softly: "Everyone, please allow me to sincerely say thank you to you... I am very happy to have you by my side in these last days. In my eyes, you You are all true heroes, you not only defended your dignity, but also defended the honor of our 1st Infantry! I think we have successfully let those damn Darbihans know that our 1st Infantry is not It's a soft persimmon, although we can't stop them completely this time, we have successfully broken their teeth, and next, let's smash their teeth again!"

"Break out their teeth!" shouted the soldiers, and every face glowed with vitality again.

Even if they know, this may be the so-called flashback.

Behind Stalin, there were more than forty corpses neatly arranged, each of them had a peaceful and satisfied smile on their faces. Although the leather armor on their bodies was torn and dilapidated, with a glance, they could still find that their appearance after death had been sorted out. These were the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment who followed Stalin all the way to break out of the siege and died in battle.

If there is any regret for Stalin at this time, it is probably that he failed to personally collect the bodies of those who died in Huigu hills.

However, he believed that someone from Panda Ling would collect the corpses for them.

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 leader pointed to the slope not far away.

Stalin's eyesight was not particularly good at this time, but he could still vaguely see a flame suddenly appearing in the direction pointed by the squadron leader.

That should be the torch that was lit.

Could it be the enemy's reinforcements?

Everyone on the high ground was a little dazed: "Those guys are really cowardly, haha! They actually want to send reinforcements over!"

But in the next moment, near the lighted fire, flames began to be ignited continuously.

Blossoms of orange-yellow flames spread densely, covering a large area, just like the blooming flowers on the other side of the Styx.

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

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

The Dabion army below the high ground soon became chaotic.

"My lord, look at that flag!"

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

The pattern on that flag may not be understood by others, but for Stalin and even the entire First Infantry Regiment, it is absolutely impossible to forget the pattern.

A fully extended left wing and a fully closed right wing.

That is the crest of the Connery family!

It is the banner of the Panda Army!

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

"My lord! It's reinforcements!" The squadron leader shouted excitedly, "It's our army!"

Tears flowed down Stalin's face, he clenched the long sword in his hand tightly, wiped the tears off his face with his left hand, and cursed with a smile: "That guy Nok always chooses this kind of critical moment to appear!  … …Everyone listen, remember your battle position, hold on! Our reinforcements have arrived, and victory already belongs to us! I have only one request, to live!"

"yes!"

How far is the distance between hell and heaven?

Stalin did not know.

But if he was asked to give an answer right now, he would definitely answer: one second. (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @很晚人] If you like this work, you are welcome to come to "m" to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, subscriptions, and rewards. Your support is my greatest. motivation. )