It was just dawn, and the camp of the third legion of the Al Qaeda family army had already entered a state of war.

The Chinese military camp was empty, and everyone had entered the position headquarters. The reconnaissance teams distributed in dozens or hundreds of locations continued to send back the latest intelligence, and the staff officers ran in and out, all of them busy without touching the ground.

"Report - 20,000 enemy forwards have arrived at the exit of the valley and are on alert!"

"Continue to monitor!"

"Report, the enemy's vanguard of 10,000 people is advancing forward and establishing a defense one mile before the exit of the valley. A small number of reconnaissance cavalry are making rapid progress!"

"knew!"

"Report - Enemy engineers began to set up a pontoon bridge, and a small number of troops were assigned to the other side of the river bank!"

"clear."

"Report, the enemy's main force has appeared - fifteen miles away from the forward, a huge number, all cavalry!"

"It finally appeared." Brigadier General Moya nodded and turned to look at Cohen: "Sir..."

As the emperor, Cohen was concentrating on studying the material of his dress at the moment. He did not take the situation in front of him seriously and was indifferent to the information sent back. When he heard Moya's words, he reluctantly raised his head.

Huh?" he said.

"Sir, the main force of the rebels has appeared." Looking at Cohen's confused eyes, Moya had to tell the story again: "What do you think?"

"What does this have to do with me? You are the commander of the Third Army." Cohen stretched out and yawned: "It feels really good to be lazy..."

Although Cohen answered himself in this way, the expression on Brigadier General Moya's face did not change at all. He turned and ordered his adjutant: "Continue to monitor, activate the front-line false position, and the rangers will start hunting down the rebel scouts."

"Yes, sir!" the adjutant agreed and ran out.

"Didn't you do a good job? Why do you have to ask me about everything?" His Majesty Cohen failed to study the fabrics and was closing his eyes in a bored manner: "I am the emperor now, no longer your nanny.

"

After hearing this, Brigadier General Moya showed a warm smile on his face. He knew in his heart that even if Cohen did nothing now, as long as others were here, this would be the greatest help to the war - with Cohen as the center, this team

The army's combat effectiveness and cohesion will be unprecedentedly strong, and will make all opponents look up to the sky and sigh.

"Report, the Ninth Ranger Squadron of the Reconnaissance Regiment encountered the enemy three miles ahead of the false position, and all nine members of the enemy squad were wiped out!"

"Ha, let's begin." After all, his soul still bears the mark of a soldier. Cohen, who was lazy a moment ago, slapped his hand on the table: "Bai Ying, bring the wine!"

Because of the reputation of Korn Keda and his army, the rebel generals did not dare to be careless for fear of ambush in the valley, so they tripled the number of cavalry for reconnaissance, and the reconnaissance range around the valley was twice as wide.

The distance between the main forces can also take care of each other.

After leaving this valley, the plain ahead leads directly to Conson City, so there should be no problem.

At this time, all the 20,000 rebel forwards had left the valley and were standing guard in front of the valley to cover the passage of the large forces. The intelligence that there was no ambush in the valley also made the rebel commander feel relieved. Engineers were setting up pontoons, and half of them were

The troops moved to the side of the river through the pontoon bridge, assuming a posture of advancing hand in hand.

When the front end of the main force appeared at the exit of the valley, the forward commander gave the order for the forward force to continue advancing. He was personally satisfied with the status quo.

Ten thousand people on each side of the river bank were divided into two teams, front and rear, spread out in battle formation, and advanced under the guidance of the scout cavalry. Looking around, there were military flags on both sides of the river, like a forest of lances, and the heavy sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder.

The sound echoed on the plains... The rebel forward commander raised his head, as if asking what the Keda family could do to resist this cavalry!

At this moment, his adjutant approached on horseback: "Report to the commander, we found a small force of the Al Qaeda family, they are hunting our scouts!"

"Huh?" This untimely information made the forward commander a little angry. The Al Qaeda family army would do such sneaky things.

However, as a commander, basic military rationality still existed, and he issued this order without thinking: "The front troops on both sides will be divided into 1,000 men each, and they will cooperate with the reconnaissance cavalry to conduct fire reconnaissance and advance forcefully. First, we must determine the size of the enemy.

Find out their intentions! Send this information back to headquarters, and tell us that we have encountered a small group of enemy troops."

But the rangers of the Dark Army disappeared after hunting down several reconnaissance teams, and never saw the rebels again.

The rebel forwards continued to advance, and not long after, the troops on both sides of the river approached the first line of defense of the dark army at the same time - the false position mentioned by Brigadier General Moya, which was exactly ten miles away from the exit of the valley.

Although it is a fake position, it is of some scale and has all the defensive facilities. Four field infantry regiments are stationed here, all lightly armed.

On the hillside, there were scouts passing information on the distance of the rebels to the position headquarters. In the blind spot of the rebels' observation, trees were knocked down one after another - in the position, there were more than 2,000 people hiding under the tunnels on the ground.

The archer was listening intently to the commander's command.

"Calibrate ten knots plus—get ready!"

Two thousand gleaming arrows raised up at the same time, the bows suddenly bent, and the twisted wires "squeaked". The soldiers of the two armies were not far away from each other, and the sound of the rebels' advancing horses' hooves could already be heard, and the floating soil on the edge of the tunnel also

Gradually it slipped down with slight vibrations. As the archers waited anxiously and under the sharp eyes of the officers, the tree, which symbolized the enemy entering the range of the bow and arrow, was finally brought down.

"emission!"

A scout cavalryman in front of the rebels was about to step into the position. He heard the frightening order through a small bag of soil, and then vaguely saw a gray thing flying past his eyes - only then did he

Hear the intensive vibration of bow strings.

In the fright, the horse stood up with a long hiss and knocked him to the ground. Then he got up in a daze, and a cold blade slashed across his throat.

Continuous arrows flew into the air, dragging a perfect trajectory, falling from the sky amidst the hoarse shouts of "disperse" from the rebel officers and the horrified eyes of the rebel soldiers - sparking bursts of blood in front of the position, and the rebels

The front line of the army immediately collapsed neatly.

The dark officers' eyes were still fixed on the hillside, and they continued to shout: "Calibrate ten knots - launch!"

The archers showed extremely high fighting qualities at this moment. They took the arrows at lightning speed, hooked the string, raised the bow, pushed left and pulled right - let go!

In the blink of an eye, the cavalrymen who were suddenly scouting by the rebels were hit by five rounds of arrows. The entire formation was in chaos, and the corpses of soldiers were strewn across the field. The horses hit by the arrows screamed and fell to the ground, and the soldiers rolling on the ground screamed and were trampled by the horses behind them.

, In some places the horses were huddled together, in other places there was not a single living creature.

On the green grass, long bloodstains were scattered horizontally and vertically, and the bloody corpses at the top were shocking! The few surviving cavalrymen held shields on their heads, turned their horses and fled backwards.

Hundreds of elven archers scattered and hidden everywhere opened the turf above their heads, opened their bows, and fired. Magic arrow marks with white tails were criss-crossing on both sides of the river bank. Every arrow mark revealed must be...

One of the rebels will be shot and killed...

If they hadn't been ordered to let a few people go back alive, I'm afraid not a single rebel soldier would have been able to escape from such an ultra-long-range attack.

When the swordsmen inspected the position and killed the wounded rebels, three cheers erupted neatly from the dark position. At this time, the ownerless horses in front of the position were pulled over, and the relatively intact bodies were dragged back to the tunnel and to the top of the hill.

The downed trees were re-established and everything returned to normal, waiting for the rebels to visit again.

"The front encountered a strong defensive position of the Al Qaeda family army, and the four battalions that conducted fire reconnaissance were wiped out." In the rebel headquarters, the staff officer was reporting to the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements, the highest-ranking lieutenant general in the rebel army.

: "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, the forward commander is waiting for your orders."

The lieutenant general looked at the map expressionlessly, somewhat confused by the layout of the Al Qaeda family's army.

"What is their intention to stop us here?" The lieutenant general rubbed his fingers back and forth on the map: "This is ten miles away from the exit of the valley. The location is neither up nor down, good or bad. Cohen Keda's use of troops is really evil."

"Sir, they may think this is a good place." The staff officer took a few steps forward and whispered: "Ten miles away from the exit, they will think that one hundred thousand cavalry cannot be deployed, and the troops will be huddled together, which will eventually lead to a loss of morale!"

"Can Cohen Keda be so stupid?" The lieutenant general snorted, turning to look at the officer in charge of intelligence: "Which general under Cohen Keda is the best at defense?"

The intelligence officer stood at attention and replied loudly: "Among the Al Qaeda family's troops, the one who is best at defense should be Brigadier General Moya, the commander of the Third Army. This man is Cohen Al Qaeda's childhood friend and is very trusted by him. In the gods and demons

This person performed well in both the great war and our army's two attacks on the Dark Province."

"How many people are there in the Third Legion?"

"According to our pre-war intelligence, the Third Army has more than 40,000 people, mainly infantry, supplemented by a small amount of cavalry, and has poor mobility."

The lieutenant general held his chin with one hand, walked slowly back and forth twice, and finally returned to the map. While making gestures on the map with his hand, he muttered in a low voice: "Forty thousand people, minus the cavalry and miscellaneous logistics.

It would be good to have 30,000 infantrymen engaged in front-line combat...preparation time, defense width, defensive equipment, etc...Our army has an advantage, but they can't defend it...Does Cohen Keda have other plans?"

"Send the order, the main force turns to exit the passage, the rearguard expands the reconnaissance range, and closely monitors the rear of our army." The lieutenant general raised his head: "Send the order to the forwards, give me a fierce attack!"

"Your Excellency, what is the reason for this arrangement?" The adjutant signaled the herald to set off and asked the lieutenant general.

"Cohen Keda is a very insidious person. He set up a position ten miles away from the valley as a bait in order to lure the main force of our army to attack." The lieutenant general explained with a normal expression: "And our army's numerical advantage is here.

He cannot function in a narrow space of ten miles. He will also attack behind our army at the same time and block us in the valley. In the current situation, Cohen Keda has too many choices..."

"Then it will be safe if we exit the valley?" The adjutant looked at the map: "What about the forward troops?"

"The opponent is infantry. No matter how incompetent the 20,000 forwards are, they will not be eaten up by them. If the battle ahead is fierce, then the enemy's main force is used on the blocking front. We must increase our strength to break through the defense and rush to the foot of Conson City. Decisive battle." The lieutenant general looked back at the other end of the valley: "If the enemy wants to attack behind our army, then this army will almost appear, and we will just turn around and eat them in one bite - first deal with the elite, and then support It won’t be too late in Conson City.”

"It turns out that Cohen Keda can choose between attacking us and attacking Conson City." The adjutant nodded and said: "If there are no enemy troops behind us, then Conson City will be very dangerous."

"If they attack Conson City, of course they will try their best to stop us. Just look at the resistance our forwards encounter and you will know their intentions." The lieutenant general smiled: "Of course, the infantry wants to stop the cavalry in the plains. This The behavior is a bit crazy. Even though it is like this, we cannot reveal any flaws to the enemy, not even the slightest flaw!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Gather equipment for the forwards and tell them that breaking this line of defense is a great achievement. Let me fight!"

"Yes, sir!"

At this time, His Majesty Cohen, who had been doing nothing, finally gave an order. He asked someone to notify the General Staff Officer under Conson City, and an emergency beacon would be lit outside Conson City at the appropriate time. Under the infiltration of the all-pervasive intelligence system, he had already learned Communication techniques used by rebels.

For this battle, the rebels set up more than a dozen secret locations along the line of the Holy Capital of Conson City, specifically to deliver this life-or-death information. But it seemed too reluctant to play an intelligence war under the nose of Cohen Keda.

The rebel forwards all rushed to the false position, took some time to prepare, and then launched a fierce attack. Using the previously attacked location as a mark, the rebels gathered a series of arms, including heavy infantry, on both sides of the river. Launch a charge at the same time.

After being blessed with various magics, the infantrymen in the front row held their large shields high and slowly moved forward towards the dark army's defense line in the order of light, heavy and light. The cavalry troops behind remained motionless, waiting for the order to attack.

Seeing that the infantry was about to enter the bow and arrow range, the rebel commander shouted: "Former troops attack!"

The infantrymen dispersed with a "hurrah" and charged forward in a scattered formation. This was an effective way to escape the opponent's bow and arrow volleys. At least not so many fell at the same time, and it didn't look too scary.

"emission!"
To be continued...