In the wild world, there are many hidden rules for wars between tribes.
For example, this time, the Chimera tribe and the Mustang tribe competed for the Luoma Mountains, so they had to agree to fight in the same place. Instead of the Chimera tribe declaring war, the Mustang tribe defended at home.
Once the tribe headquarters is attacked, it means a battle of conquest.
The battlefield is in the valley near the Loma Mountains. It is relatively open and has enough space for fighting.
There are 10,000 people in the Mustang tribe and 8,000 people in the Chimera tribe.
In terms of numbers, the Mustang tribe has the advantage.
Moreover, the Mustang tribe has already set up camp, so it has an even greater advantage.
According to the war in the human kingdom, cold weapon warfare, the attacking side must have more than twice the strength of the defending side.
However, this is a wilderness, and the so-called camp of the Mustang tribe is also very rough, just a few rows of wooden fences and some to keep the horses away.
Lanling observed the entire battlefield.
I discovered that war in the wild world also has an interesting aspect.
First of all, whether it is weapons or armor, the barbaric tribes are not as refined as the human kingdom.
Secondly, there are no siege equipment at all, and even crossbows are rare, let alone large and sophisticated crossbows.
As for other siege equipment, such as trebuchets, there are none.
It relies entirely on human recommendation, with at most war horses and dozens of gryphons.
But the barbarian army is definitely not without merit. For example, the quality of their soldiers is very high.
Eight thousand people marched 150 miles day and night, and it was a rugged mountain road.
In this regard, there are too many armies that are stronger than the human kingdom.
Moreover, the bravery and fearlessness of the barbarian army surpass that of human nations.
Last night while passing through a dangerous mountain road, dozens of people fell down, but the marching barbarian soldiers continued walking without changing their expressions.
In addition, although there are no orders and prohibitions, the discipline of the entire barbarian army is still very good.
Not to mention the individual quality of the soldiers is very high.
This is also like the Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples in ancient China. Although their social productivity was primitive and backward, their fighting qualities were extremely high.
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After the Chimera tribe's eight thousand troops arrived on the battlefield, the Mustang tribe was waiting for work, but they did not take action immediately, but waited for the Chimera tribe to form their troops.
This can also be regarded as the unspoken rule of the battlefield.
It is necessary to wait until both sides have finished arranging their troops before starting the battle.
It looks very civilized, like the war between princes in the Spring and Autumn Period of China.
But this is not civilization, just unspoken rules.
This kind of rule can protect your enemies today and yourself tomorrow.
When the war actually starts, you will find that it has nothing to do with civilization. Because the bloodshed of wars between barbarian tribes far exceeds that of human countries.
In the human kingdom, if an organized unit is in a field battle and suffers 30% casualties, the battle will basically be over.
In the wild tribes, once a war breaks out, it will really last until one party completely surrenders or escapes.
After the chief Constantine led his army to the battlefield, he immediately observed the enemy's position.
The formation of the Mustang tribe looks very simple. The main force of the Chinese army is 6,000 people in the middle of the valley, and 4,000 cavalry are distributed on the high hillsides on both wings.
Although this formation is simple, it is also very practical.
The reason why the Mustang tribe is called the Mustang tribe is because it has many cavalry.
The Chimera tribe has a total of 2,000 cavalry, and the Mustang tribe has a total of 4,000. They are located on the hillsides on both sides, occupying the commanding heights.
The cavalry is condescending. Once they start to charge, the impact brought by the powerful maneuvering speed of the war horses is very terrifying and completely overwhelming.
This battle is not easy to fight, even very difficult to fight!
In terms of the individual combat effectiveness of soldiers, the Chimera tribe is higher.
However, the Mustang tribe had two thousand more troops and a full four thousand cavalry.
If they attack the main force of the Chinese army of the Mustang tribe, they will easily be attacked from the front and back by the cavalry on both wings, and there is a risk of the entire army being destroyed.
And just like attacking the cavalry on both wings, the opponent is first of all cavalry, and they are condescending.
In short, the opponent's main force and the cavalry on both wings support each other. No matter which part is attacked, they will be in danger!
So it seems that the Chimera tribe's failure is much more likely.
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When he was in the human kingdom, Lan Ling was the supreme commander even when fighting hundreds of thousands of troops.
However, in the battle before him with less than 20,000 people, he had no say whatsoever.
He is just a deputy centurion in the foreign army, and he doesn't even have a soldier around him. He can only obey orders.
Constantine was not in a hurry to fight. After observing the battlefield, he retreated two miles and set up camp.
To boost morale, he even held a bonfire party in the evening.
Each soldier was given three ounces of wine, eighty ounces of meat, and some bread, so that he could eat as much as he wanted.
Then in terms of language, they are extremely like the humble Mustang tribe.
Of course, the same is true for the Mustang tribe, where they have a bonfire party, drink wine, eat meat, and curse each other.
As for the night attack? It’s too dark!
Fire attack?
Stop making trouble, the Lok Ma Mountains are nearby, and there are countless wild animals in the endless woods.
The two tribes are fighting this battle just to compete for this hunting ground. If you burn it completely, you will become the public enemy of the entire wild world.
At the party, the chief's daughter Ninian became the star of much attention.
She sang and danced, making all the soldiers' hearts beat wildly, and their eyes looking at her were filled with admiration.
Du Yan, Ju Qiu, and Yang Gu stared at each other like lions competing for their mates. All three of them regarded Ninian as their forbidden love.
The chief's daughter seemed to enjoy the feeling of being in the spotlight, singing and dancing as if she was not tired at all.
"Where's Du Yan?" Constantine suddenly shouted.
Du Yan stood up. Although he looked calm, his face was flushed with excitement.
"Come here." Chief Constantine waved.
Du Yan stepped forward immediately.
Constantine poured a full glass of wine and handed it to him: "Good warrior, drink this glass of wine and make more military exploits for me."
Du Yan took the wine, his eyes trembled with excitement, knelt down on one knee and said: "I am willing to die for the chief!"
After drinking, Du Yan was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Chief Constantine patted the animal skin chair next to him and said, "Come, sit next to me."
Suddenly, everyone in the audience was stunned.
The chief actually thinks so highly of Du Yan?
The expressions of Qiu Ju and Yang Gu changed dramatically. Their martial arts skills were not as good as Du Yan's, and they were not as handsome as him. Their only advantage was their status. One was the nephew of the chief's wife, and the other was the son of a tribal elder.
But now that the chieftain thinks so highly of Du Yan, they no longer even have this advantage.
Many people can't help but secretly speculate, is the chief planning to marry his daughter to Du Yan? Isn't this too flattering to him?
Constantine smiled at Suo Mo and said: "Old friend Suo Mo, you are amazing. You have raised such an outstanding adopted son. In the future, there will be successors to the foreign army."
Then, he announced loudly: "I said that in this war, the young hero has made the greatest military exploits, so I will betroth my daughter Ninian to him and I will never regret it!"
I have to say that Constantine’s tricks are one after another.
Now he openly supports Du Yan to inherit the foreign army. Seeing the chief being so affectionate to Du Yan, even many brothers in the foreign army are full of illusions.
When Du Yan marries the chief's daughter, the status of their foreign army may improve.
And Du Yan felt light, extremely honored, and extremely happy.
Before, the adoptive father even said that the chief didn't like Du Yan being close to Ninian, but now it seems that he was completely lying and he was jealous!
An idea came to Du Yan's mind.
The adoptive father, Suo Mo, was jealous. He was jealous that his status in the heart of the chief exceeded him, and he was jealous that he would replace him in command of the foreign army.
Then, Constantine said loudly: "Old friend Somo, I heard that your nephew has come to seek refuge. Let everyone see what kind of nephews a man like you can have."
Suo Mo's expression changed, and then he said: "Lan Ling, come out and meet the leaders!"
Lan Ling stood up and walked out.
Constantine's eyes fell on Lan Ling's face and said: "Wow, what a beautiful little face, my Ninian, I'm afraid your position as the number one beauty will be lost."
As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter!
Constantine's meaning is very obvious. Lan Ling is completely a pretty boy, just like a girl.
Then, Constantine said: "Brother Suo Mo, I heard that your nephew has just undergone weight-bearing training and has not undergone sword and actual combat training? This is not good, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, you should not let him come."
Almost every word Constantine said was to suppress Lanling.
After understanding what the chief meant, the tribal leaders present made fun of and humiliated Lan Ling.
"Suo Mo, you have to hide this nephew well, lest someone accidentally find him in the wilderness one day, and the hole in his backside is made bigger than his mouth."
"Perhaps his hole was already bigger than his mouth. Look how white his face is, which shows how tender his butt is. How did he escape to the Chimera tribe after traveling tens of thousands of miles? His butt was at least once
Hundreds of races have done it."
"Chief, I don't think there's any need to fight this battle. Just give this pretty boy's ass to the chief of the Mustang tribe. He's done a great job, and maybe he'll give us the Luoma Mountains."
The humiliation and trampling of the barbarian tribes have almost no bottom line.
With Constantine exalting Du Yan and trampling Lan Ling like this, all the foreign army brothers instinctively felt that they would definitely be willing to follow a respected strong man instead of a gigolo who sold his ass.
And Constantine's evil intention was to equate Lan Ling with the pretty guy who sells butts. From now on, no matter who mentions Lan Ling, they will think of the word selling butts.
In this way, even if you know it is a shameless rumor, you will not be able to clean it up.
Suo Mo was so angry that his temples were beating, and he was even more disappointed with his adopted son Du Yan.
After all, you, Du Yan, are my adopted son, and Lan Ling is your younger brother, both of whom are members of the foreign army.
When everyone was humiliating and trampling on Lan Ling, instead of standing up to help, you actually laughed along?
Du Yan did laugh along, and when he saw others humiliating Lan Ling, his heart was filled with joy!
He hates Lanling!
Not only was Lan Ling trying to compete with him for foreign troops, but it was also because of Dina's closeness to Lan Ling.
Although he wholeheartedly wanted to marry Ninian, in his heart, Dina was also his forbidden love. The two had a marriage contract, and she was his Du Yan's woman.
And now, Dina is so close to Lan Ling?
Not only that, Ninian even mentioned Lan Ling frequently in front of him, saying how beautiful his eyes were and how handsome his face was.
But she said it in a very innocent tone. Du Yan couldn't blame her and could only pour all his anger and disgust on Lan Ling.
Suo Mo stood up and said coldly: "Chiefs, do all your abilities lie in your mouth? Otherwise, who can come out and train with me?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, only their eyes were filled with coldness.
Fight with Somo?
Please, no one is crazy!
Who doesn't know how amazing Suo Mo's martial arts are? In the entire Chimera tribe, perhaps only the chief is his opponent.
Suo Mo said coldly: "Master Chief, since I brought Lan Ling to the battlefield, I naturally have my reasons. He is definitely not as weak and powerless as you seem. Whether he is a dragon or an insect, we will see his performance after he goes to the battlefield.
, please shut up now, leaders. If anyone else tries to humiliate my nephew with his mouth, then I don’t mind correcting his mistake with my fists!"
Somo is such a person.
When someone insults and attacks him, he can ignore it.
But if someone attacks one of his men, he will immediately stand up and ask them to shut up. If you don't shut up, he will beat you to shut up.
And this was what Constantine hated about him, his disregard for the authority of his chieftain.
However, Suo Mo's martial arts skills are indeed very high. It can be said that he has almost no rivals in the entire Chimera tribe.
"Old friend Suo Mo, you want me to give your nephew a chance to perform on the battlefield, right?" Chief Constantine said coldly.
"Yes." Suo Mo said.
Lan Ling sighed and thought to himself: "I've fallen into a trap!"
Constantine wanted to use provocation to kill Lan Ling on the battlefield and eliminate Du Yan's opponent.
This person's plots and tricks are all one after another, making it difficult for people to guard against.
"Don't worry, I will give him a chance." Constantine smiled.
Then he stood up and said: "Okay, it's getting late. Let's take a rest and prepare for battle!"
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Early the next morning, the two armies faced each other!
The chiefs of the two warring tribes rode war horses and began to speed up the confrontation.
The two armies closely followed their chiefs.
When the two chiefs were still a hundred meters apart, they suddenly slowed down.
Then, Dodo, the chief of the Mustang tribe, laughed and said: "Your Excellency Constantine, do you plan to spill big blood first, or small blood?"
To spill a lot of blood is to start a fight directly.
To spill a little blood is to compete with each other first.
In other words, it is not a competition, but a duel! Because this kind of competition does not determine the outcome, but only life and death!
It can be regarded as a prelude to a big battle, somewhat similar to the battles of ancient Chinese battlefields.
It's just that the generals can retreat after being defeated, but the duel here cannot. Either win or die!
"Sprinkle a little blood first, let the brothers eat meat, haha..." Constantine said.
The so-called liberalization of meat is really liberalization of meat.
Because the body of the loser in the duel will become the opponent's trophy, and it will be dismembered, chopped into pieces, and boiled into soup.
Duduo, the chief of the Mustang tribe, smiled and said, "Then I'll take the general first!"
Then, he covered his eyes with a cloth, bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and fired an arrow fiercely into the sky above his army.
That's right, it was shot into the sky, and the arrow had no arrowhead.
"Whoosh..." The arrow drew a parabola in the air, and then fell into the army of the Mustang tribe.
Whoever the arrow lands on will fight in a duel, the loser will die, and the winner will be credited with ten heads.
"Whoever the arrow falls on, come out and join the duel!" the chief of the Mustang tribe shouted loudly.
Suddenly, a dark and thin man came out of the queue.
His eyes were cold, he was holding two swords, and his nose was as curved as a hook.
Although he is thin, every inch of muscle on his body looks like it is made of copper and iron.
This person doesn't look much different from a human being. Apart from his tail, there is nothing strange about him.
However, he is very different from humans because his face is extremely angular and looks like it was carved out of stone.
If you look closely at his skin, it seems to be full of tingling spots. These are not pimples, but metal.
Metal embedded in the skin!
Seeing this person, everyone suddenly changed their colors and exclaimed: "The Berserker, he is actually a Berserker!"
The ace of the Mustang tribe, the Berserker!
They have special blood and physiques in their bodies. After reaching adulthood, the immortals will be successfully promoted to berserkers by rolling through red-hot iron filings.
After the steel cools, it grows on the surface of their bodies, like scales.
Therefore, they can be said to be invulnerable.
Of course, the number of berserkers is very small, only a few hundred, and they are completely guarding the chief.
And this berserker has a white tattoo on his forehead, which is a star!
This means that this Berserker’s cultivation level has reached that of the Demon Warrior!
A berserker who has reached the level of a demon warrior has amazing combat effectiveness because they are almost invulnerable!
Therefore, even if the cultivation level is two or three levels higher, other warriors are not willing to provoke the berserker.
Unexpectedly, the chief of the Mustang Tribe chose a demon warrior-level berserker for his first pre-war duel.
Not only that, but then a shaman put a helmet on the berserker.
The chief of the Mustang tribe smiled and said: "Your Excellency Constantine, it's your turn to choose."
Constantine wrapped his eyes with strips of cloth and then fired arrows into the air at the Chimera tribe.
Lan Ling noticed that Du Yan was not far behind him!
He knew in his heart that Constantine's arrow would definitely fall on him.
Letting Du Yan inherit the foreign army was Constantine's unchangeable will.
Suo Mo actually wanted to let Lan Ling inherit the foreign army, which violated the will of Chief Constantine, so he wanted Lan Ling to die, and he died on the battlefield justifiably.
Provoking Suo Mo last night was just a foreshadowing.
Today, he wants Lan Ling to die, which shows that his patience is not very good.
Moreover, Constantine's actions seemed very irrational. Killing Lan Ling would undoubtedly anger Suo Mo, which might have a huge impact on the outcome of the war. Wouldn't it be a small gain to make a big gain?
Constantine is not such a person, so there must be other conspiracies in his battle with the Mustang tribe.
"Whoosh..."
The arrow without an arrow drew an arc in the air, and then... landed directly in front of Lan Ling.
Sure enough, it’s no surprise at all!
Suddenly, a ferocious smile appeared on Du Yan's face, and the expressions of the brothers in the foreign cavalry team changed.
Although they did not trust Lan Ling and looked down upon Lan Ling, they absolutely did not want him to die.
Lan Ling's boss, Centurion Lei Tong of the cavalry, had a twitching face, then stepped forward and whispered to Lan Ling: "My life was saved by Lord Suo Mo, and I will return it to him today. Remember, you
Don’t ruin Lord Suo Mo’s reputation, don’t destroy the foreign army.”
Then, he will go out to fight in Lan Ling's place.
Although the consequences of this may be death!
Thunder Copper is also a demon warrior, but his opponent is a berserker demon warrior who is nearly invulnerable, so he will basically die if he goes into battle.
He doesn't like Lan Ling, but he is willing to die in order to repay the demon's kindness!
Lan Ling blocked him and said: "No need, whoever belongs to you belongs to him!"
Then, he stood out from the crowd and appeared in front of everyone!
Everyone was shocked when they saw that it was Lan Ling, a pretty boy, who was fighting!
There is no star tattoo on his forehead, nor is there any star symbol on his armor, which means he is definitely not a magic warrior.
And the foreign army felt even more chilled!
Lord Somo's nephew is going to die a tragic death!
He has only experienced weight-bearing training, never sword and actual combat training.
And the opponent is a demon warrior-level berserker, and a hundred Lanlings will be dead!
Suo Mo's eyes were about to burst, and he knelt down and hissed: "Chief, please take back your life, even if I have to pay any conditions!"
His meaning is very clear, even if he announces now that the successor to the leader of the foreign army is Du Yan.
Chief Constantine said coldly: "This is a sacred duel before the war. Whoever is chosen is entirely the will of the gods and demons and cannot be changed!"
Suo Mo suddenly became completely cold and his limbs became numb.
Lan Ling smiled at him, and then walked towards the center of the battlefield, towards his opponent, the Demon Warrior-level Berserker.
At this time, the entire battlefield is his stage.
I didn't expect that the moment for Lan Ling's performance would come so soon!
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