"Although there are not many defenders in Blackwater City, they are guarded by the Great Hammer God himself. It will not be easy for the Assassins to capture Blackwater City."
Although General Wu said everything was fine, his face was filled with worry.
There are less than 40,000 garrison troops in Blackwater City, including various types of handymen and civilian soldiers. The real combatants are only 20,000 at best.
With 20,000 defenders fighting against hundreds of thousands of elite assassins, the pressure can be imagined.
Just when General Wu was worried, the sky was about to break, and the mighty carriages were already heading towards Jiudaowan Barracks in the morning light.
Zhao Yuan had been silent, he was thinking, and he also thought of what General Wu was worried about.
Judging from the current situation, the Cinu cavalry that has penetrated deep into Blackwater City has pinned down at least two barracks. The Maple Grove Barracks, the only one that has not been harassed, should not dare to act rashly for fear of a sneak attack by the Cinu people.
The mobility of the Cinu cavalry is extremely good, and Blackwater City is close to the Black Forest. In addition to the complex terrain, in order to facilitate transportation, transportation is extending in all directions. If you want to wipe out the cavalry in a short time, it will definitely not be possible in a short time.
of.
Judging from the current situation, it will take some time for the three barracks to rush to the rescue of Blackwater City, which can be as short as ten days and a half, or as long as several months.
Zhao Yuan guessed that the Cinu Cavalry who attacked Jiudaowan Barracks and wreaked havoc should have evacuated long ago. After all, Jiudaowan Barracks is just a barracks. It cannot be defended like Blackwater City. Moreover, the biggest advantage of the Cinu Cavalry is that
Due to their mobility, their numbers are not enough to occupy the huge barracks at Jiudaowan. Facing the continuous reinforcements of the imperial army, they will definitely use their speed to leave, and then use the mobility of the cavalry to harass and destroy the territory of Blackwater City, creating tense situations.
atmosphere……
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no!
There is no point in going to Jiudaowan Barracks at this time.
Although one hundred people have good skills, they have no heavy weapons, no backup, no supplies, and no horses. If they rush to the Jiudaowan area rashly, they will not be able to play a fundamental role.
The assassins and cavalry fought hand to hand, but only to die.
Zhao Yuan stopped the motorcade and everyone gathered together to discuss.
"It makes no sense for us to rush to Jiudaowan now." Zhao Yuan expressed his thoughts.
"Then where should we go? How about we go directly to Blackwater City to help?" Lu Feng said.
"Yes, we can go directly to Blackwater City to help." Yang Cheng immediately agreed. After all, he is a border guard in Blackwater City.
"Well, rushing to the aid of Blackwater City is better than rushing to the aid of the Jiudaowan Barracks...but...I always feel that something is wrong there..." Zhao Yuan frowned.
"Zhao Yuan, I know why you feel something is wrong." The mad Taoist priest touched his beard and looked resourceful.
"Um?"
"If things are really as you say, then the Thorns will arrange a large number of rangers to guard the traffic routes leading to Blackwater City. Their horses are extremely fast and lightning-fast, and they are good at riding and shooting. If we want
It may be difficult to avoid the heavy interceptions of those rangers without knowing it..."
"How many people are there in a group of assassins' rangers?" Zhao Yuan asked.
"Usually there are thirty people. Among the thirty people, there are at least five longbowmen. They are good at long-range sniping. In addition to the five longbowmen, most of them will also arrange a martial arts wizard. The martial wizard is responsible for close reconnaissance and melee combat to avoid being trapped in a tight siege.
As for the remaining people, they are all proficient in the art of riding and archery, and can use horn bows to fire arrows in succession. When we patrol outside Blackwater City, we will be equipped with giant shields, leather armor and crossbows. A patrol team must have at least two
A warrior follows..." Yang Cheng has been stationed at the border for a long time and is very familiar with the tactics of the assassins.
"Thirty people..."
Zhao Yuan smiled bitterly. If the Cinu people were divided into groups of thirty, then on the transportation thoroughfare leading to Blackwater City, the number of rangers in groups of thirty would be at least more than fifty. They would have no war horses.
It's impossible to arrive at Blackwater City without anyone noticing.
Now, everyone is equipped with arrows, armor, and giant shields, but they have no horses.
A soldier without a horse is a tiger without teeth.
Although these 100 people are all elites in Blackwater City, if they are to face the fierce Slave Cavalry on foot, even if they win, they will have to pay a huge price, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
It is conceivable that after the thirty-man rangers encountered them, they first launched long-range sniping attacks from longbowmen, and then, as dozens of people approached, there was a burst of horn bows, and a violent and stormy iron-hoof charge followed one after another. This hundred-man squad was probably
Collapse at the first touch...
Zhao Yuan once went deep into the prairie. Although he did not see the war between the assassins, he saw with his own eyes that the art of arrows among the assassins was extremely popular. Almost everyone was a master of mounted archery.
Although it is not the true art of shooting arrows, its archery skills are also extremely difficult to deal with.
Theoretically, Zhao Yuan's archery skills can easily kill thirty people, but that is only theoretical, because those thirty people are rangers, and their positions will keep moving when they encounter powerful enemies.
, would immediately run away without getting entangled. It was impossible for Zhao Yuan to pursue thirty horse-riding assassins in all directions.
In addition, other students cannot reach Zhao Yuan's speed. If Zhao Yuan chases the Cinu Rangers, he will inevitably be separated from the students, and the students will be exposed to the sharp arrows of the Rangers. After all, the Rangers are not
Not just one...
After much deliberation, no one could come up with a complete solution.
It would be great if I could get some thorn slave horses...
Thorn horse!
Thorn horse!
Suddenly, a crazy idea grew and spread uncontrollably in Zhao Yuan's brain, like the vines after the rain.
Get behind enemy lines!
"Since the Assassins can climb over the Black Forest and fight into the hinterland of Blackwater City, then we can also climb over the Black Forest and fight into the prairie." Zhao Yuan suppressed the excitement in his heart and said word by word.
There was a moment of silence.
Breathtaking silence.
The faces of the elite students were filled with endless enthusiasm, and everyone was excited by Zhao Yuan's crazy idea.
"We don't have any war horses..." Yang Cheng was the first to calm down.
"We can snatch them. There are as many good horses on the grassland as there are stars in the sky!" The mad Taoist priest's face turned red because of his excitement, and his eyes shot out a heart-stopping light.
"We have no food or supplies..." Yang Cheng hesitated.
"We can grab it!" This time, it was Lu Feng who spoke.
"But……"
"Yes, we have no war horses, no food, no supplies, and we even have no backup, but what do we have to worry about? There are no war horses. The herdsmen have many good horses, and their horses are naturally war horses. We
Without food, will we be short of food on the grassland? Herds of cattle and sheep are at our mercy! As for reinforcements, well, that is a problem, but is it really a problem? We have no target, we are burning, killing and looting on the grassland.
, we don’t need reinforcements at all, it’s better not to have reinforcements, we don’t have to worry about anything..."
"Yes! We have nothing to worry about, and we have nothing to worry about. At worst, the blood will be stained in the yellow sand, and the horse leather will wrap the corpse!" Yang Cheng gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
"No, we don't need horse-hide shrouds!"
"..." Everyone was stunned for a moment.
"The military song should be sung with a ring of swords, swearing to kill the assassin slaves and leaving the border. We only die for the country on the battlefield, why should we return our bodies wrapped in horse leather!" Zhao Yuan impressively climbed onto the roof of the awning, summoned the black-backed long sword, and sang loudly.
"Yes, why return the corpse wrapped in horse leather?"