With the reconnaissance capabilities of the Star City team, it is natural that they have already predicted the various desperadoes who are ready to take advantage of these spiritual stones.
Logically speaking, everyone would be happy if these desperadoes succeeded and the spirit stones were snatched away by them. As long as the spirit stones are not sent to the battlefield on the surface, it would definitely be the best thing.
But now they are members of the Water Works Department. From the Water Works Department's standpoint, they must escort these spiritual stones to their place. Only then can they legitimately enter the Yaocao tribe's territory.
Therefore, they are naturally happy to see other spiritual stones being stolen, robbed, and robbed. However, the batch of spiritual stones they escorted must be protected with all their strength. Even if it is just a show, they must show it to the relevant people.
Based on this consideration, Jiang Yue was not polite to these desperate desperadoes.
According to the reconnaissance results, one group of people is composed of a group of adventurers who usually do things that make them lose their heads. In the eyes of these people, besides profit, they have no idea about the overall situation of the Earth Center Clan or the strategy of the surface.
care.
All they know is that if these carts and carts of spiritual stones really fall into their hands, they will have more money than they can spend in the next life, not to mention the next life.
The wages of avarice is death.
These adventurers hit it off immediately and formed a makeshift team. The scale was quite large, with three to four thousand people, and they were ready to ambush the transport team in a canyon somewhere ahead.
And that canyon is exactly the way the convoy must pass. Of course, it is not completely impossible to detour. If it is just a detour, the team will be delayed for at least more than a day. For a transport team that is in a hurry, it is impossible to detour.
road.
Even if he knew that the canyon was risky and that strongmen were in and out, he still had to bravely go through it.
After all, Jiang Yue still has four regiments of troops. In terms of men and horses, they are even more numerous than these desperadoes.
Of course, this kind of duel is obviously not just a comparison of numbers. Take the Ministry of Water Engineering as an example. They are divided into four groups. The forward team explores the road, and the left and right wings patrol along the way. The person who is really in charge of the transportation team is Jiang.
Jumping Guards Battalion and one of its regiments.
It's not that we can't concentrate our troops and pass together again, but the road in the canyon is long and narrow and cannot accommodate the passage of a large army at all.
The narrow area is even difficult to drive through. This is why the opponent chooses which area to ambush.
The other group of desperadoes were determined to ambush them by taking advantage of the geographical advantage.
However, it is obvious that these desperadoes know nothing about the power of the Water Engineering Department. The ambush they thought was a complete plan has long been known, and there is no secret at all.
In order to show it to interested people, Jiang Yue also put a lot of thought into planning and layout. He asked the forward team to pass through first and temporarily ambush in the safe area ahead.
Half of the men and horses on both wings went in, leaving half on both sides of the valley.
Of course, these arrangements are only superficial. The real big killer is naturally the Star City team. Jiang Yue arranged for them to secretly sneak in through both sides of the canyon early and carry out a beheading plan for these desperadoes when the battle begins.
Of course, Jiang Yue carried out these arrangements in secret and would never let Feng Yin know so clearly. Feng Yin was obviously cautious and kept a certain distance. He was obviously afraid of Jiang Yue.
Early in the morning on the fourth day, Jiang Yue's team set off.
For this reason, Jiang Yue also specially mobilized and informed everyone that after passing the Grand Canyon in front, the road would be peaceful, leading directly to the territory covered by Taiyi Academy. The team would most likely arrive at the destination within seven days and complete the journey of the spiritual stone.
Hand over and complete the tasks assigned by the Academy.
As long as this task is successfully completed, the Academy will definitely reward you generously, and everyone will have credit when the time comes.
At the same time, Jiang Yue also promised that after passing the dangerous area of the Grand Canyon, he would set up camp in advance today and would add extra meals tonight to ensure that everyone had meat to eat and had a good time.
This kind of mobilization is relatively straightforward, but often very useful.
These tens of thousands of people plus the size of the vehicles are indeed large enough. Especially through this narrow canyon, it stretches endlessly, like a long dragon with no end in sight.
Jiang Yue deliberately placed the convoy in the middle, with some fighting men and horses in the front, and the fighting men and horses finishing behind.
In this way, even if the middle section of the vehicle is hit, both ends will have time to provide support.
Of course, Jiang Yue also placed some combatants among these hard-working civilians. This ensured that when there was an impact, the entire line would have combatants who could deal with it.
Sure enough, when all the cars entered the canyon entrance, countless people and horses suddenly poured out of the lush vegetation on both sides of the canyon.
Each of them was holding sharp arrows, either throwing spears, or various long-range attack weapons, and they were furiously firing towards the middle of the canyon on a large scale.
Anyway, there is no need to worry about the spirit stone being destroyed by these attacks.
Although Jiang Yue's team had already been deployed, it was obviously impossible to avoid any losses in the face of such a large-scale attack.
Fortunately, their previous deployment was to use vehicles and shields to defend against these long-range attacks.
Therefore, in the face of this overwhelming and intensive attack, although many people were hit and fell to the ground, more people still followed the original deployment and successfully avoided the first wave of blows.
Once the deployment here is completed, the effect of remote attacks will definitely be worse than once.
Sure enough, after three or four rounds of continuous output, the desperadoes on both sides of the canyon let out a scream, which was the signal to charge.
The desperadoes on both sides were like two torrents, rushing down from the heights crazily, sweeping in with solemn murderous intent.
Attacking from two ends, and attacking them unprepared. Normally, after several rounds of long-range attacks, and another wave of condescending attacks from both ends, the overall situation is basically decided. All that is left is to disrupt the opponent's position, carry out massacre, and kill the escort team.
He lost all his energy, abandoned his helmet and armor, and was tired of running for his life.
But starting from the first wave of long-range attacks, the results did not achieve the expected results. After several consecutive rounds of long-range attacks, not even one-fifth of the expected results were achieved.
Although many people fell, it seemed that most of those who fell were civilians who had little fighting ability in the first place.
It cannot be said that there are no real combatants wearing armor and carrying knives, but the number of those who have been attacked is really pitiful.
But the atmosphere has reached this point, and the arrow is ready and must be fired.
Even if the effect of the first round of long-range attacks is not achieved and the charge signal sounds, I still have to charge. After all, it is condescending, it is a sneak attack after all, and it is a flanking attack. No matter how you look at it, the advantage is mine!
Seeing these desperadoes pouring down like a tide, Jiang Yue jumped among the team, but he didn't realize it. Instead, he jumped to a high place and shouted: "All of them are here, meet the enemy! Kill!"
Outside the valley, a steady stream of combatants continued to pour in, and the combatants among the civilians also organized themselves one after another.
The most important thing is that Jiang Yue, the commander-in-chief, led his guard battalion directly towards the slope on the left. Instead of retreating, he advanced towards the enemy group.
The commander is so brave, so the combatants of the four regiments below are naturally unwilling to lag behind.
For a time, the fighting shook the sky, and there was a bloody storm all over the mountains and plains.
According to Jiang Yue's strength, if he used his full strength, there would be no single enemy against these adventurers, and he would definitely be able to sweep them away.
But he always remembers that he is now a bachelor of hydraulic engineering.
A bachelor's degree in hydraulic engineering can be strong, but not to the point of being unnaturally strong, and there must be a limit to how strong you can be.
Of course, even with limited strength, it is enough to handle these adventurers.
After Jiang Yue's personal guard camp infiltrated, they suddenly attacked from behind and killed several leaders of the adventurer team with sneak attacks.
Naturally, a team of several thousand people cannot be part of an organization. It must be a team of many adventurers who have similar personalities and have gathered together.
Therefore, there will also be many team leaders.
If the battle goes smoothly, these teams will definitely be invincible and charge harder than anyone else. Once the battle turns into a stalemate, their momentum will be affected and their impact will be greatly reduced.
When the tug-of-war gradually turns into a headwind situation, the nature of the mob will be completely exposed.
Therefore, when the Guards Battalion launched a sneak attack and killed several adventurer leaders, these groups of desperadoes belonging to different camps were immediately thrown into disarray.
Coupled with the fact that someone was crying like a ghost and howling like a wolf, the atmosphere suddenly changed.
Some timid adventurers, whose will to fight instantly dropped by several levels, began to observe the terrain and prepare to evacuate.
But at this time, how easy is it to evacuate the battlefield?
The forward team that had gone away before had also turned its guns and fired back, completely blocking the road ahead.
The road out of the valley was also blocked by the army.
They could only escape to both sides of the valley, but the terrain was complicated. It was not easy to escape over the mountains and ridges. The most important thing was that after a fight, many of the leaders of the team were beheaded, leaving them in a leaderless situation.
The team that lost its leader was in disarray, like ants on a hot pot.
The momentum of both sides quickly reversed again. The tug-of-war quickly turned into a headwind situation, which could not be fought for a moment and quickly turned into a collapse situation.
Yes, it collapsed.
Regardless of how murderous these desperadoes were before, once they were at a disadvantage, they fled for their lives faster than anyone else, just like rabbits, scurrying all over the hillside.
But once they lose their will to resist, they become prey completely and face ruthless hunting.
At this time, the difference between the rabble and the regular army was completely revealed. The regular army was always energetic and carried out every move in an orderly manner.
As for these ragtag group of adventurers, they could only run for their lives all over the hillside. They had no organization at all and could only rely on instinct to escape desperately.
The retreat was complete, and the suspense of the battle was completely gone.
Two hours later, there were almost no breathing robbers on either side of the valley.
Naturally, the Water Engineering Department would not clean up the battlefield, leaving the bodies of these desperadoes to be exposed in the wilderness. After cleaning up the sacrificed personnel of the Water Engineering Department, the team quickly regrouped and quickly crossed the grand canyon.
After passing through the Grand Canyon and reaching the open plains, the Water Engineering Department began to count the personnel.
In this battle in the Grand Canyon, civilians lost approximately several hundred people, and the casualties among combatants were as high as seven to eight hundred. It can be said that although the loss rate is not high, it is definitely not low.
However, in Jiang Yue's opinion, this battle-loss ratio was just right.
If you were to suffer double-digit casualties in such a dangerous battle, it would be too outrageous, and it would inevitably cause the entire Star City team to break out.
This is definitely not allowed by Jiang Yue.
The deceased will be registered in the register, and after returning to the Five Elements Academy, they will be compensated according to the list. The injured will be rescued normally. Everything is in order.
Jiang Yue could not help but pretend to appease the soldiers' morale.
"Don't be discouraged, everyone. If the world is in chaos, crises will arise everywhere. But after passing the Grand Canyon, the roads we pass are basically relatively open, so we don't have to worry about being ambushed. As long as we are not ambushed, I guarantee that there will be no large-scale damage.
.Going on, there is a high probability that everyone will be safe. So, if you escaped this time, you don’t have to worry too much in the future."
"Okay, I won't say too many nice things. I'll set up camp as soon as it gets dark tonight, bury the pot and make rice. Everyone will have meat to eat!"
In today's world, there are wars everywhere, either fighting or on the way to war. It is not uncommon for even the escort team of Five Elements Academy to be worried about and targeted.
In this canyon area, being attacked from two sides and killing thousands of desperadoes, there were only over a thousand casualties here. It was already very lucky. It was the hydraulic engineering bachelor who took the lead and led well.
Otherwise, it is not impossible for the entire team to be completely defeated.
Although some people died now, the spirit stone remained unscathed, and so many desperadoes were killed. It can be said that this battle was a complete victory.
Therefore, the morale of the team was not low. After a period of digestion, the atmosphere gradually recovered.
Just as Jiang Yue said, after passing through the Grand Canyon and reaching Taiyi Academy, which is backed by the territory of the three tribes, we never encountered any substantial attacks.
Even if some unsighted people came to peek, they all retreated when they saw such a large formation.
Entering the junction of the Baoshu Tribe and the Yaocao Tribe, you will reach the point where the troops split into two groups.
Jiang Yue divided the troops into two groups. In one group, three regiments escorted the spirit stones to the Baoshu tribe. In the other group, he took the guard battalion and a regiment to escort them to the Yaocao tribe.
Since we have arrived at Taiyi Academy and have passed the Qi in advance, safety should be guaranteed. Besides, there are so many people escorting the spirit stones.
Except for the core members of the two tribes, it is basically impossible for ordinary bandits to capture such a large team.
As for the official personnel of the two tribes, they can't do anything to take advantage of them just because this batch of spiritual stones broke the rules, right?
If we really do this, will there still be basic trust among the various races in the inner earth world? How can we unite to conquer the surface world?
Feng Yin saw Jiang Yue's performance along the way, and also reported it to the Bachelor of Xinhuo one after another.
At the same time, he, a staunch skeptic, couldn't help but reflect, could it be that I really had preconceptions and wronged the bachelor of hydraulic engineering?