Of course, what Nelev encountered was not a wizard, but a sentry tower at the corner of the road. What killed the little lord and the soldiers was not sorcery, but the sentry's bullets.
The site selection of Reji is very unique. From the road, the sentry tower is in a blind spot. Coupled with the thick fog at night, the soldiers of the Benlang Kingdom cannot sense the existence of the sentry tower in a short period of time, and Nelev places it in a blind spot.
The sentry tower was regarded as witchcraft, so a combat operation against the wizards began.
Nerev first rushed forward with a group of cavalry. The people guarding the guard tower were soldiers of the Third Army. They had never fought before. It was not a problem to let him fire cold shots at the torches from a distance.
But when they saw the enemy really charging towards them, they were frightened.
The hit rate of the muskets was appalling, and the sentry commander also forgot to launch the rockets. Some people were busy preparing balloons, and others were looking for grenades everywhere.
Chris knew that these soldiers who had never fought in a war would panic, so he added ten more soldiers to each sentry tower. However, he did not expect that few of these thirty soldiers could do serious work. As he watched the cavalry rush over, one
The soldiers almost detonated the explosives underneath the guard tower.
If the enemy keeps moving forward, maybe they can capture this guard tower. They have enough strength and combat experience.
But the enemy army suddenly stopped, because Nelev could not understand the scene in front of him. Why was there such a cramped castle on this desolate road? This castle was too small, and even the smallest lord of the Benlang Kingdom could not
Live in a castle like this.
Could it be said that this is the wizard's castle? The castle is a very sacred existence in the Benlang Kingdom. It symbolizes a person's status and even the achievements of a person's life. How can these evil wizards still live in the castle? This is simply incredible.
What a shameless desecration of the castle!
Nerev ordered the little lord to pour deer blood on the castle. In order to deal with the wizard, he must first lose his spell. Nerev was proud of his calm mind and precise tactics.
While the enemy was pouring deer blood on them, the soldiers of the Third Army got a brief buffer. Don't underestimate this short period of time. After all, the enemy was already standing neatly under the sentry tower. If they didn't treat them well, it would be unjustifiable.
.
Ten musketeers took turns firing, and ten grenadiers caught up immediately. The sentry commander fired the first rocket, and the two bombardiers on the roof dropped the first bomb.
After one round of attacks, Nelev had lost half of his soldiers.
It seemed that the deer blood was not effective. The wizard's witchcraft was too powerful. Nerev wanted to retreat, but a bullet hit him in the shoulder.
The powerful impact caused him to fall off his horse immediately. He had been injured by bows and arrows before, and was also slashed by long swords, but he had never felt such terrible pain.
His skin and flesh were torn apart, the bullet slipped through his bones and flew out from his armpit. Nelev fell to the ground in pain and howled, and the troops without command were slaughtered.
Under the command of a sentry commander and two deputy sentry commanders, the soldiers of the Third Army are still doing the simplest tasks, loading, shooting, extracting shells, igniting, dropping bombs, igniting, loading, calibrating, and launching.
Just like a fully automatic meat grinder, it uses the most monotonous and mechanical way to grind all the enemy troops under the guard tower into minced meat.
In the end, two soldiers risked their lives to rescue Nereev, and these three became the only survivors of the night attack team.
After hearing the news of Nelev's defeat, Varya couldn't believe her ears: "I told you not to attack Shattered Snow City, are you crazy! Why do you do this?"
"I didn't attack Shattered Snow City, but I met Reggie Victor on the road." Nelev gave the above answer.
"Reggie Victor...is guarding the road?" Varya would never believe such nonsense.
"I'm not lying, you can ask these two soldiers!"
The soldiers nodded and said: "It's definitely Reggie Victor. There are flying demons and scary ghosts. It's him. It's really him!"
…
Varya was shocked by the result of the battle, and Chris was also a little surprised by the result.
The role of the sentry tower was to warn and delay the enemy troops, but by the time Chris led the army to the scene, all the enemy troops had been killed.
Killing two hundred enemies in one battle is a proud figure. It seems that both Varya and Chris underestimated the power of the sentry tower. Of course, there is also the factor of the enemy's double-crossing.
The only thing that made Chris dissatisfied was the handling of the follow-up work. After repelling the enemy, the sentry commander failed to send the next round of signals in time, causing the army to run away in vain.
Don't underestimate this matter. If the enemy launches a feint attack and the army follows it, then the sentry tower that actually encounters a strong enemy will not be able to receive support.
Chris reprimanded the commander, but Roland had a different opinion.
"Your Highness, I think this approach is unfair to the commander."
Chris was surprised: "Unfair? Can you give me a reasonable explanation?"
"Because this is too complicated," Roland pointed at the sentry tower. "Please put yourself in the sentry commander's shoes and think about it. What kind of situation can be regarded as repelling the enemy?"
"Of course...the enemy has fled and will not attack again."
"How long did they flee? How far did they flee? The enemy just came to the intersection to rest, does it count as escaping? The sentry commanders have never fought, so it is very difficult for them to judge whether the enemy has really fled.
"
Roland's question was very pointed. In Snow City, except for Reggie, Chris was confident that he could crush everyone with his IQ. But Roland's question made it difficult for Chris to answer.
He is right. Unless you have profound battlefield experience, it is impossible to judge in a short period of time whether the enemy has really retreated.
But this problem must be solved. This time the enemy sent 200 cavalry. For this reason, Chris dispatched a large army. Next time if the enemy sends 20 cavalry, I am afraid that a large army will be sent out in this case.
In this regard, the suggestions given by Roland are guidelines.
"Our adults once said that experience is the mortal enemy of execution." After secondary education and training in officialdom, Roland knew how to use the simplest way to express an originally very complex problem. "
The reason why the Third Army is strong comes from their strong execution ability. If they develop the bad habit of using experience to judge, their combat effectiveness will undoubtedly drop sharply."
Chris understood what Roland meant. It sounded a little cruel. To put it simply, you created a robot army. If you want to ensure the execution of the robot, don't enter too complex programs, otherwise it will affect the execution speed.
It will affect the execution effect.
"My Lord also said that principles are the mortal enemy of experience," Roland continued. "We have to formulate principles for the soldiers. Maybe the principles are not realistic sometimes, but they can ensure that the soldiers make the best decisions most of the time.
The right choice.”
Reggie found a treasure. Roland had no formal military education, but this young man was a typical military genius. His talent was far better than Jarvan and Erwin. He not only pointed out the problem, but also put forward
The solution, and most importantly, his solution is very feasible.
Chris immediately established new rules:
When less than 200 enemy troops appear, a white signal will be emitted. When more than 200 enemy troops appear, a red signal will be emitted.
When the enemy's casualties exceed half, a blue signal is emitted.
If the enemy flees more than 300 feet, a green signal is emitted.
After twenty minutes of hourglass time, if the enemy does not return, a yellow signal is emitted.
It seemed impeccable, but Roland still felt something was wrong.
"Your Highness, the five signals are too complicated. The sentry commanders cannot count the enemy troops on the battlefield, nor can they measure the distance."
"Just take a rough look and you should be able to tell..."
"Do you still want them to judge based on experience?"
Chris was speechless, and he couldn't think of a better way.
But Roland thought about it. He observed for a long time above the sentry tower, and finally found a big tree on the side of the road. He made a mark on the tree, and then made changes to the rules.
When the enemy appears under the tree, if the end of the enemy army can be seen, a white signal will be emitted. If the end of the enemy cannot be seen, a red signal will be emitted.
When the enemy is escaping, if he leaves the tree, he will emit a green signal. If there are still people within the tree, do not emit a signal.
"There are only three signals," Roland said with a smile. "The whistle commander can still do this."
Chris was a little unconvinced by this. He stood under the big tree and shouted to Roland: "Suppose there is a brave soldier among the enemy. He stands under this tree and walks over.
If you can walk over, do you want our sentry commander to keep firing flares?"
Roland sighed and said with a smile: "Your Highness, I said that the guidelines can only guarantee correctness in most cases, and the soldier's luck must be very good, because every time he passes a big tree, he will be hit by a bullet.
Danger of death."
Chris also felt that he was quite bored. Roland was right. He was just angry with Roland because Roland hurt his self-esteem.
"Should we find a tree for each tower? Or some other marker?"
Roland said: "Yes, you need to find the mark in each sentry tower. Just leave this matter to me."
"I'll go with you," Chris mounted the horse. "The enemy will come again at any time. Let's split up."
Chris's prediction was very accurate, and at night, Varya launched a second raid.
He believed Nerev's words. Since there was Reggie's castle on the path, it proved that Nerev had chosen the wrong road. There were seven roads from here to Broken Snow City. He had to find out which of these seven roads was feasible and which one.
There is an enemy ambush.
Chris, who had just returned to the watchtower, saw all seven watchtowers transmitting signals. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. The rules established during the day would soon be tested.