"What? Baron Dio led the army alone and went to ambush in advance?"
Prince Nicholas was shocked. He thought for a while and said: "The Remnant Alliance has lost many elites, and the leader Kelman is still strong. With Baron Dio's team of several hundred people, it is too difficult to ambush Kelman.
Too reckless."
Julien: "Yes, I also persuaded him..."
Prince Nicholas added: "However, this is indeed a genius idea. When I made the battle plan, I only thought about defeating the vanguard army and giving them a showdown, but I did not consider setting up an ambush to annihilate them in advance. Baron Dio is a military officer
genius."
Julien wiped his sweat: "Yes, yes, actually, I trust his judgment and gave him the command of the most elite cavalry..."
"Why didn't you go with him?" Prince Nicholas asked.
Julien quickly said: "We... were worried about the safety of His Royal Highness at that time."
During the battle, Prince Nicholas didn't ask any questions, just nodded slightly, and then rode on to continue charging.
Originally, Nicholas only planned to pursue for more than ten miles and then stop and return to Black Rock Fortress to set up defenses. Now he changed his mind and wanted to pursue all the way. Even if he arrived at the battlefield half an hour late, he could still support Bai Xiaowen.
Julien, who was following Prince Nicholas's horse, whispered: "Dior is going to be prosperous."
Cecilia's expression had returned to its initial coldness: "He must survive first." After saying that, she clamped her horse's belly and jumped out like a sharp arrow.
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Black Iron Gorge.
Bai Xiaowen actually only had about an hour to seize the opportunity.
In other words, he set off an hour earlier than the Allied Remnants. Taking into account the speed advantage of the Allied Remnants, this hour would be reduced by less than half.
With only half an hour, there isn't much that can be done.
Fortunately, the terrain of Heitie Gorge is dangerous, making it a natural ambush location. Bai Xiaowen ordered his soldiers to dig out rocks from the middle of the valley, making the dangerous path in the second half of the valley into a pit on the left and a ditch on the right, which were uneven.
There was also a group of soldiers who cut down trees, transported them to the northern exit of the valley, piled them up, and poured grease on them.
As for the extra stones, except for some roadblocks, the rest were transported to both sides of the mountain.
"Here they come! Boss lord, they are coming!" Harvey, who was watching from a distance, shouted.
Bai Xiaowen, who was directing the soldiers to throw grease on the withered grass on the ground, nodded when he heard this: "Everyone go up the mountain, the veterans are in the first half of the valley entrance, and the recruits are in the second half. Go quickly!"
There are about two to three hundred veterans. Except for some elites, most of the others are ordinary template soldiers above level 4, who still have a certain fighting capacity. These people are also what Bai Xiaowen relies on to deal with the collapse of the remaining coalition forces.
As for the new soldiers, they were weak. If they were to fight head-on with the elite soldiers of the survivors, they would flee in a few rounds. Therefore, Bai Xiaowen arranged them on the mountains on both sides of the Heitie Gorge as support.
A few minutes later, chaotic footsteps sounded. Several wolf cavalrymen with obvious burns on their bodies were in front, followed by troll headhunters and giant lizard knights. They were all in a messy formation and rushed into the canyon.
"Okay, God is really helping me." Bai Xiaowen used his insight skills to look at a few wounded soldiers. These elite survivors all had a negative status that halved all attributes! I don't know what kind of backhand Nicholas used to reverse the situation.
War situation.
The commander of the vanguard, the giant maul berserker Kelman, rode a giant lizard and walked at the end. Several of the remnant leaders who originally followed him have disappeared, either dead or lost in the chaos.
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However, only the elites have the negative status of "all attributes halved". As the leader, Kelman's status is basically intact, and his attributes are not reduced.
Bai Xiaowen secretly sighed, if Kelman also received a debuff that halved all attributes, this battle would be much easier. However, it is a blessing and a curse. If Kelman can be killed in good condition, the battle score should be higher.
Much higher, he is a senior leader after all.
Soon, the first few people in the broken army ran to the middle of the destroyed canyon and discovered something unusual.
Normally, this abnormality would be fed back to Kelman within ten breaths. But now, the remnant vanguard army was in chaos. By the time word of mouth spread that the abnormality was discovered, Kelman had already arrived in the middle of the canyon.
Seeing the holes dug in the ground of varying depths, Kelman looked a little solemn. He jumped off his mount, his nose twitched, and he soon smelled a hint of grease.
Kelman knelt down and touched a handful of dead grass on the ground.
His expression changed, he stood up suddenly, and shouted out three classic words that many generals have said and will be said by more generals in the future:
"...There is an ambush!"
As soon as the red-striped flags on a white background were displayed, two rows of human soldiers suddenly stood out from the canyons on both sides. They shouted and threw torches and stones downwards. Some soldiers who were good at archery shot rockets!
With a popping sound, the flames fell on the withered grass and burned fiercely.
It is worth mentioning that these oils were all materials collected by Bai Xiaowen through the Plague Buster Industry in Hongye Territory.
The residents of Hongye City don't know whether they are lucky or unlucky to have encountered such a temporary manager. At least for the next few months, they will have to live a miserable life with Wowotou in their hands and not a drop of oil in the dishes. If there is still
As for dishes.
The feeling of being burned by flames is not pleasant, not to mention the rain of rocks falling down. Many broken soldiers rushed towards the north exit regardless of their situation.
"Lord Overseer, the exit of the canyon is not far ahead, let's rush too!" Several of the guarding orcs around Kelman shouted loudly in the language of the survivors.
"You can't charge! Since the enemy has set up an ambush, the way forward must be blocked. Let's go back, change the rear army into the front army, and charge out from the south entrance!" Kelman shouted, "Quickly pass on my order!"
"Lord Governor, the current situation makes it impossible to pass orders..." an orc guard said helplessly.
The survivors, who had just been defeated and burned by wildfires, were running around like headless flies in an environment of billowing black smoke. How could they regroup and fight back?
Kelman sighed: "This is my fault... I didn't expect that in this remote frontier, humans would actually deploy archmages who can use forbidden spells! You will not be able to recover from your injuries in a short time.
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The several orc guards were all panic-stricken and at a loss.
"Fortunately, Overseer, you have the treasure given by the Great Shaman, and your injury was temporarily cured. As long as you are here, we have hope!" An orc guard obviously regarded Kelman as a life-saving straw.
Kelman nodded and said seriously: "Call everyone I can inform and follow me!" After that, he jumped on the giant lizard, turned around, and rushed towards the entrance of the valley on the south side.