The sound of horse hooves in the distance is getting closer and closer.
The slaves' faces were pale. They did not expect that the troops would come behind them just as they rebelled to grab things. No matter what troops came, the slaves who had rebelled would definitely not survive.
The slaves looked at each other, and they all looked like they were about to cry without tears.
Suddenly, a cheer came from the crowd of slaves. Chatai turned around and saw someone rushing out of the crowd. That was Maru!
Maru grabbed a horse from another slave, waved a flag wildly in his hand, shouted loudly, and rushed towards the cavalry behind him!
"Don't be afraid, everyone! I am an officer of the Ninth Legion of the Divine Alliance! The Demonic Alliance has failed, as this empty military camp proves!" And the voice of another Phantom Legion officer lost no time in the slave soldiers: "
The order of the supreme commander of our legion, Korn Keda! All slave soldiers can surrender to our army and become official residents of the Sbia Empire. The cavalry coming from behind will be our troops."
The slaves were in an uproar!
Among the advancing cavalry, a scout approached his commander.
"Sir, there is a man waving our military flag and coming towards us. Do you want to stop him?"
"Let him come here!"
A moment later... "Sir Haiert! Is this Commander Haiert? His subordinate is Lieutenant Maru of the 5th Battalion of the Reconnaissance Regiment!" Maru shouted in an extremely excited voice and rushed to Haiert: "The battle ahead is in danger, you
Hurry up!"
Hearing Maru say this, Haiert, who looked tired, his eyes immediately shone: "You mean Cohen and the others are not dead yet, are they not dead?"
"Sirs are all fine!" Maru replied loudly, briefly explaining what happened today: "We have been fighting with the enemy's main battle group in Tucheng for a day, and we are all extremely exhausted. In addition, the slave soldiers in the enemy's rear have rebelled, sir.
You can use it, there are not many passages outside the city wall and they are very narrow!"
"I'll give you a battalion, and you go immediately to incite the slaves." Haiert replied, "I'll adjust my formation and prepare for an attack."
"Yes!" Maru led a group of cavalry and rushed towards the Demon Alliance camp at lightning speed, arriving in a blink of an eye.
"Brothers of the Slave Legion... our divine coalition army has arrived!" Maru held a military flag in his hand and shouted in high spirits on his horse: "From now on, it is our people who are rushing forward, to the
Those who retreat are our enemies, and only by moving forward can we survive. What are you waiting for? Apart from our commanders, who on this continent can tolerate slaves like you with marks on your faces!"
"Yeah... think about the slaves who surrendered in front of the battle just now!"
"Listen to this ten-movement cry for help!"
"In front of us are our tribal leaders and fellow villagers!"
"They're all rebelling anyway. If you follow Chief Cohen, you can enjoy the hot food!"
"This is the meeting gift for Commander Cohen..."
While other officers were instigating among the slaves, Helter not only adjusted the assault formation, but also conveyed the news that Commander Cohen was safe and sound. Suddenly, the entire cavalry unit burst into cheers!
This force led by Heldt had a total of four regiments with 10,000 people. They were originally on standby outside the sea. After losing contact with Cohen, Heldt knew that the situation was not good, so he chose a secluded place on the dividing line between gods and demons.
Forced a landing at the location and began to search for Cohen.
They first walked for more than two hundred miles in the direction of Camp, then attacked and killed a demon coalition force that was driving away refugees and seized horses. It was not until yesterday morning that they found Cohen's whereabouts at a supply depot.
When they learned that there were more than 300,000 enemy troops surrounding Cohen in the small city in front of the Grand Canyon, the eyes of these 10,000 troops were red from top to bottom. Without saying a word, they followed the enemy's supply line and killed them.
Coming here, on the dividing line between gods and demons with extremely complicated terrain, it took them only one day to travel more than two hundred miles with fighting and running! But in front of them was the sworn enemy besieging their commander, and they had already prepared fun for them.
The slaves were also lining up. In front of them were their former masters - the Demon Alliance. Originally, the rebellious slaves in the camp lacked the courage to attack, but look at the large group of cavalry rushing towards them with a shout and the encouragement of others...
Cohen's officers broke the big truth into small pieces. They used simple words to let the slaves know that they had to rely on one of the two armies to survive. They also let the slaves understand that they had rebelled, and the demon alliance army would not matter.
Why couldn't they eat any more... Although the slaves were still a little reluctant and a little confused, they could only muster up their energy and rush towards Tucheng.
In Tucheng, because Cohen carried out a fierce counterattack with his last manpower, the Demon Alliance had no choice but to invest its last troops. When he learned about the slave rebellion, the lieutenant general had no more troops to fight with.
Sent to suppress them, he had to do his best to hurriedly transfer four regiments of the 26th Army, a total of ten thousand people, to guard behind him, hoping that these slaves would retreat without anyone to command... However, the Lieutenant General did not
Thinking that there were 10,000 divine allied light cavalry behind the slaves, and under the intimidation of the cavalry's iron hooves, the slaves attacked with all their might - they could no longer escape and wanted to give their new masters a welcome gift.
The slaves did not know how to ride horses, but they drove away some of the horses left behind by the 26th Legion. These thousands of horses took the lead and rushed towards the defense line of the Demon Alliance Army!
How could the war horses distinguish between ourselves and the enemy? In an instant, the fragile defense lines of the demon coalition forces on more than a dozen passages in the city wall were all washed away! The war horses continued to move forward, rushing over the demon coalition's backup troops, and rushed into the position.
None of the slaves who rushed behind the horses would show mercy to the scattered demonic soldiers. They unleashed all the resentment they had buried in their hearts on these unlucky soldiers - who wouldn't beat a drowned dog?
The lieutenant general led his few men to surround the military flag and once again launched a tenacious defense. But this time, he had to face the berserk Helter, who was also called the "military bandit" by Cohen.
Haiert, who led the team to rush in, wasted no time at all. With a few rows of crossbow arrows, he sent the officers of the Demon Alliance Army back to their hometowns. He himself even rushed to the city wall and chopped off the lieutenant general's head with a sword!
"The Allied Forces of God will win!" He kicked off the enemy's flag and held up the lieutenant general's head in his hand: "Chief Cohen is invincible!"
The blood-dripping head stared angrily, and the lieutenant general refused to rest in peace.
"The divine coalition will win! Commander Cohen is invincible!" hundreds of thousands of people shouted in unison.
This shout came from behind, making the demonic coalition troops who were still fighting bloody battles in the position tremble with fear, and the shouting made the divine coalition forces, who knew they were going to die but were still fighting for their lives, greatly boosted their morale!
The soldiers of the Demon Alliance have fully experienced the power of their opponents in these ten days of fighting. Today's battle situation is turbulent and ever-changing. They relied on the encouragement of the lieutenant general and the longing for victory to survive. But now, the lieutenant general's head was lifted high on the enemy's spear, and earth-shattering shouts of death came from behind... Although they were still fighting, they were becoming increasingly unable to do so.
Seeing the situation of the battle change again, Jiadenan, who was still leading the drum on the city wall, was filled with joy. He was about to yell to change the rhythm under the surge of passion. When he opened his mouth, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body immediately collapsed beside the big drum.
After a whole day of fatigue and several huge emotional ups and downs, this weak and old body finally collapsed.
"Clan leader!" A close disciple rushed over and helped Jiadenan up in the mud.
"Movement...quick...movement of the hunt!" Jiadenan looked at his disciples and said tremblingly: "The rhythm of the drum leader...is the heartbeat...it has to change, it has to change..."
Jiadenan truly deserves to be the general leader of dozens of tribes. This hunting movement can not only indicate the direction, but also has the function of distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy. It is perfect now to direct these slaves who are charging blindly.
"Yes!" The disciple wiped the tears from his face, grabbed the drum and started to lead the drum.
The drums sounded again on the city wall. The horns sounded, and the hunting movement directed the battle, gathering the scattered slaves, pointing out the direction for them to attack the siege, and telling them the time to support the interception. And Jiadnan, who looked pleased, was in the movement. After the sound, he slowly closed his eyes.
The slaves were directed by the music, avoiding the enemy troops in the middle of the open space and charging into the position from both sides, while Haiert's troops faced the 26th Legion of the Demon Alliance that turned around and rushed towards them.
The training effect of soldiers on both sides was once again reflected.
The 26th Legion of the Demonic Alliance is a light cavalry corps. The officers and soldiers are all good at cavalry warfare, but they are not very good at infantry warfare. They dismounted and went into battle because of the tight battle situation ahead. The Divine Alliance is different here. Under Cohen's command, they were trained completely according to the practice of the Dark Province army. They were infantry on foot and light cavalry on horseback. In addition, they were well-equipped and had high fighting spirit. They made their opponents suffer a lot as soon as they came up.
Before they could take the formation, a burst of sharp arrows hit the front line of the divine coalition's attack. The demon coalition soldiers who were hit by the arrows were still wailing, and the divine coalition's crossbows were raised again. The demon coalition soldiers were still wailing. The coalition formation was knocked upside down by waves of arrows, but the attacking team of the divine coalition thrust in like sharp knives!
The soldiers on horseback finished shooting the crossbows and approached the enemy with long-handled swords. The swords swung out in a death trajectory and cut off their heads outside the attack range of the enemy's swords. Although the demon coalition soldiers were still holding on, , but the slogan of "Fight to the death and never retreat" became weaker and weaker as it was shouted.
There were not many demonic coalition forces that could take on the challenge. Under the attack of the light cavalry, their formation was in chaos and they were defeated like a mountain.
The Qingqi who broke through the enemy's defense line did not stop, they rushed directly into the position. It was the Demon Alliance's misfortune that deserved it. They had filled in the traps themselves at the beginning of the war, and the earthen walls in the position were not very good to begin with. Strong, it was first destroyed by the battle, then washed away by the heavy rain, and then the previous war horses rushed in and tossed it, it was almost defeated. Now that the cavalry from behind rushes in, what can the demon alliance use to resist it?
If you want to fight, the team will be scattered and unable to form a formation; if you want to hide, there will be no place to find the broken walls, and the demonic coalition forces in the position will suddenly fall into a dangerous situation where they cannot advance or retreat.
The Divine Alliance has undergone a huge change. When Cohen led his men to fight out, he had a mentality of looking for a back-up. Who knew that the situation suddenly developed for the better? Not to mention that the flag of the Demon Alliance fell again.
The earth-shaking shouts kept ringing!
In ecstasy, Cohen commanded the staff who originally wanted to die, the wounded soldiers and tribal refugees formed a front again, and under the command of the music piece, they counterattacked back with all their strength, and successfully merged with the rebellious Demon Alliance Slave Legion in the position!
After the battle line was consolidated, Cohen hurriedly said a few words, waved his hand, and ran back to the city wall with a group of staff officers.
"Jiadenan! Change the music..." Seeing Jiadenan lying on the ground, Cohen sighed secretly, stepped forward to pull Jiadenan's body up, hugged him around the waist with his left hand, and then put his arm on his shoulder: "
Jiadenan... let us fight side by side, and you will see victory!"
"Give me my order! Surround me with the enemy troops." Cohen ordered loudly: "Start leading the drums!"
"yes!"
When Cohen was surrounded, the total offensive strength of the Demonic Alliance was more than 350,000. After the ten-day siege battle, there were still as many as 300,000. Excluding the slave legions and other auxiliary forces, the total number of troops of the three main battle legions was
Before the war started today, the number of troops was nearly 140,000. After a day of fighting, until now, there are still a full 50,000 demon coalition forces in the position... This shows how fierce the battle is.
Cohen understood that if the enemy's 50,000 men were allowed to break out of their positions and stage a comeback, he would still have to shed his skin even if he survived due to the help of Geert and the rebel slave army. The combat effectiveness of the demon alliance should not be taken lightly.
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Therefore - you must not give the enemy any chance to breathe!
And the makeshift army he currently has has a complex composition, unstable mentality, and chaotic organization. This attack must not be stopped.
Cohen knew that the rebellious slaves were timid and had little fighting ability. If they used ordinary formations, they would not be able to trap the enemy. But the slaves' bodies and willpower were very flexible, so he simply let them run.
, running around the demon coalition forces non-stop, the opening opened by the demon coalition forces will be blocked by the people running behind in the blink of an eye!
Through the messengers and ten movements, Cohen kept his troops moving around the enemy army, like a rolling torrent surrounding the demon alliance, constantly impacting, dividing, and squeezing... Finally, he finally allowed this army to be mixed with rebel slaves.
, the army of tribal refugees formed a huge whirlpool, trapping tens of thousands of demon coalition troops firmly in the center of the whirlpool!
Under the leadership of Major General Longria, the commander of the 26th Legion, the Demonic Alliance launched more than a dozen breakouts of varying sizes, but all of them were scattered and crushed by the whirlpool - the Demonic Alliance fought into the vortex,
In just a few moments, the fast-moving enemies were overwhelmed and defeated.
After Hailt sent people to transport a large number of feather arrows from the demon alliance camp, Cohen gave an order, and the demon alliance's catastrophe came - Hailt did not hesitate, he let all the soldiers of the four regiments under him
He picked up his bow and arrow and fired fifty times at the besieged demon alliance!
"Sir!" Through the sparse rain, Carlos could vaguely see the desolation in the distance. Those were the Demon Alliance soldiers who were still lingering under the arrows. He turned his head and said to Cohen: "Do you still need to continue shooting?"
"For Jiadenan..." Cohen looked at the old man who had been supported by him: "Fifty more volleys!"
Amidst the whistling of arrows, the music stopped playing, the troops stopped turning in circles, and the entire battlefield gradually became quiet.
In the rain of arrows, the three main battle legions, six slave legions, and some other auxiliary arms under the second theater of the Demon Alliance... all ceased to exist.
"Rescue the wounded and clean up the battlefield." Cohen hugged Jiadenan's body and walked down the city wall: "Send winged scouts and rangers to guard a fifty-mile radius, count the enemy's camp supplies, and prepare to move!"
Under the silent gaze of countless refugees, Cohen personally washed Jiadenan's body and changed into new clothes. Dozens of tribal leaders surrounded him with solemn expressions.
"Jiadenan, don't worry." Cohen put Jiadenan's hands on his chest and said solemnly: "I, Cohen Keda, will do what I say. All your people can join my dark province. You have been displaced for generations.
When my life is over, I will never abandon them!"
Refugees all around were crying.
"Tribal leaders." Cohen turned around, looked at the leaders around him and said slowly: "Where to go?"
"We have decided." Dozens of tribal leaders said in unison: "We are willing to follow Master Cohen for the rest of our lives!"
"I won't talk about other nonsense." Cohen glanced at Jiadnan again: "You immediately start counting the number of people and restraining the clan members. We are preparing to move."
"Also, you need to elect a new general leader immediately. For general matters, you can contact my general staff officer." After taking two steps, Cohen turned back and said: "The other dead tribesmen will be buried on the spot. Jiade
I want to bring back the darkness with Nan’s body. And tell these people to stop crying, we don’t have time to cry!”
"Yes, sir!" The tribal leaders knelt to greet Cohen. In their hearts, they already regarded Cohen as the overall leader.
Cohen walked expressionlessly, his head racing along the way. Although he had won the battle, his whereabouts was a big problem.
All the way to the city gate, a large group of officers stood at attention and saluted with a "Pa!", which interrupted his thinking.
"Report to the commander." Haiert took a step forward: "Captain Haiert of the second regiment returned with four regiments!"
"Very good." Cohen asked: "The casualties on the road."
"Sir, we have lost 10% of our troops due to injuries on the road." Haiert replied loudly: "We have lost 20% of our troops in this battle, with less than a thousand dead soldiers."
"I know, go down and take some time to rest!"
"yes!"
"Report to the commander." Carlos continued: "The battle report is out."
Cohen nodded.
"We originally had twenty-four regiments with a total of 60,000 soldiers. So far, more than 20,000 people have been killed and 21,000 seriously injured. The remaining soldiers are all injured." Even Ka, who has an experienced character,
Ross, his voice trembled a little when he read the battle report: "Fifty-eight thousand tribal soldiers recruited this morning died in battle, and more than 30,000 slave soldiers surrendered..."
Carlos could no longer read anymore. Although he had been prepared for it, when he heard the number of casualties, Cohen's heart still hurt as if half of it had been dug out. A feeling of sadness pressed into his throat, and he opened his mouth.
, I just couldn’t say anything.
The surrounding officers all had red eyes and choked throats. These more than 20,000 dead soldiers had been with them day and night for a year, and could be said to be their closest people.
Cohen calmed down, clenched his fist fiercely, and asked in a hoarse voice: "The enemy's situation."
"The 26th, 27th, and 28th demon coalition armies totaled 180,000 people and were completely wiped out by me. Part of the 7th slave legion surrendered, and the entire third slave legion surrendered, along with several others.
The remnants of the slave army total 126,000 people." Carlos looked at the list in his hand and read out: "All enemy commanders from lieutenant general to second lieutenant and above were killed in battle! On the enemy roster we found, there are
There is one lieutenant general, three major generals, eight brigadiers, and more than 700 officers with various noble or warrior titles..."
"In addition, a large amount of supplies from the enemy were captured, which was enough to last us fifteen days. Nearly 100,000 horses were left in the enemy camp, as well as a large number of armors and weapons..."
"Find a place where officers above the battalion commander level will hold a meeting immediately. The slave soldiers who have surrendered must be incorporated into the organization immediately." Cohen interrupted Carlos' report: "They... can move freely."
"yes!"
The battle was won, but the situation did not change much. Cohen still had many things to explain. When these officers dragged their tired bodies out of the meeting place, the slave recognition activities behind them were reaching their climax, and they were crying loudly.
, tears were falling, and one had to be surprised at the secretion of tears by these people.
Cohen's trick of letting the slaves move freely was very clever. This not only eliminated the wariness of the slaves, but also when the slaves went to recognize their relatives, their tribesmen, relatives, and fellow villagers would stay with the Phantom Legion for these days.
The experience told them that this was hundreds of times more effective than Cohen's own words. With the stern warnings from the leaders of each tribe, these slaves were very obedient when they were gathered for the second time.
The organization of the Ninth Legion of the Divine Alliance was completely abandoned, and all remaining officers and soldiers were transferred to the army organization of the Dark Province of the Sbia Empire. All ordinary soldiers of the original Ninth Legion were promoted to non-commissioned officers, and soldiers with particularly outstanding performance were promoted even more.
Quick. The original non-commissioned officers are promoted to lieutenants, and all officers are also upgraded.
In addition to retaining and replenishing the original structures of the three regiments, all newly promoted non-commissioned officers and officers were transferred to command the slave soldiers who surrendered. Although this is quite risky, there is absolutely no other way - the original soldiers
Now, there are less than 20,000 people with good arms and legs who can walk and run. Who else can Cohen rely on if he doesn’t rely on slaves?
Cohen's headquarters and the various structures directly under the headquarters remain basically unchanged, except that the law enforcement regiment, reconnaissance regiment, logistics regiment, and magician brigade are seriously lacking.
However, there is no shortage of ordinary soldiers. The original soldiers plus slave soldiers totaled 140,000. Cohen also returned some of the slaves who were too young or too old. Now he has a total army of 120,000.
The slaves were equipped with armor and weapons stolen from the enemy or left in the camp by the demon alliance. These soldiers, who were wearing armor for the first time in their lives, met their commanders.
The soldiers were cowering and the officers were covered in wounds, but the atmosphere was still relatively harmonious.
After a brief introduction to each other, the superiors took the time to forcefully force what was in their heads into their subordinates. This method was indeed not very good, but they had no other choice.
Watching his men busy with business, Cohen sat aside and did not participate.
Now, he faces a very big problem - where should his troops go? The canyon has been blocked for more than ten days, so there is no need to think about it. It is impossible to go by sea. If he turns back and fights with the demon alliance... …That’s a joke!
The front was blocked, and the demonic coalition forces behind should receive the news soon. There were swampy forests on both sides of the canyon that were difficult to reach... Cohen's head began to feel severe pain.
"Sir!" Wen's voice suddenly sounded above Cohen's head, and then the wingman couldn't stop himself in time and fell to Cohen's feet with a "pop!"
"Wen, what's wrong with you?" Cohen held Wen in his arms: "You have to cheer up!"
"Boss...Boss!" It could be seen that Wen was fine, just too tired. He grabbed Cohen's hand and said, "Passage! There is a very wide passage in the dense forest!"
"Wake up, Wen!" Cohen patted Wen's face: "Look at me, what did you just say?"
"There is a very wide passage in the dense forest, boss! It's right next to Tucheng!"
"Really?" Cohen turned his head and calmly said to a guard beside him: "Go and call a magician who still has magic power. Wenbing is wrong."
"Believe me, boss! Although I don't know what happened." Wen Manman argued with a red face: "But it is a fact that the passage suddenly appeared! I am really not sick!"
"You mean... there is a huge passage? Right under our noses? We didn't find it in several batches of reconnaissance a day before? And its direction is consistent with the Grand Canyon?"
Cohen kept asking, and Wen just kept nodding.
"Okay!" Cohen picked up Wen and said, "Let's go see the passage you mentioned."
A quarter of an hour later... "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck you!" After the soldiers cut down a small patch of woods, Cohen flew into a rage, shouting and yelling: "There really is a passage!"
This is a straight, flat, broad avenue covered with green grass, almost twice as wide as the Grand Canyon! Such a passage should not be ignored by any scout at any time and under any circumstances!
However, this road has not been discovered before.
So, Cohen's first reaction was...he had been tricked by something. (To be continued)