The fire bird carried Wu Yan down the hillside at high speed. The female leader held the reins with one hand, took out the whistle from her waist with the other, put it in her mouth and blew a short and sharp whistle.
The whistle is the equipment used by the Yuqi battalion for short-distance communication. Although it is not as obvious as the signal tube, its whistle can also cover a radius of two or three miles. Of course, it is too late to wait for the Yuqi battalion to gather, but usually a few are sent out before the exercise.
The patrol team patrols around the school grounds. If a patrol team happens to be patrolling nearby, they will immediately rush over to join them when they hear the whistle.
It is a more realistic strategy to join up with the patrol team and then go to the rescue. Otherwise, Wu Yan, no matter how powerful he is, will not be able to take down the entire group of monsters.
"Lord!"
When Wu Yan blew the whistle for the third time, a group of about 20 feathered cavalry came in from behind. The leader was a female general with a sharp ponytail and delicate features who held a bow. The female general was able to control it skillfully.
Catching the hammer-headed bird, he approached the female leader's house without slowing down on the rugged wasteland.
"The last general, Han Yu, has met my lord."
"Is it Han Yu? I haven't seen you for a while."
Wu Yan was also a little surprised when he saw the female general Han Yu.
Han Yu is one of the few marksmen in the Yuqi camp, and she is also the same daughter as the commander. During the previous war, Han Yu followed Wu Yan as a servant and ran around. Although he did not have the opportunity to make strong military exploits in front of the battle, he
His reliable skills are highly trusted by Wu Yan. Especially at this time, it can be said that there is no more reliable support than Han Yu.
"There are people fleeing the desert in front who are attacked by mud monsters, prepare to rescue them."
There was no time to reminisce about the past, so Wu Yan held the reins in his hand and gave a brief explanation.
"Yes." The female general Han Yu nodded slightly, then turned to convey the order.
"The patrol team, immediately replace the halberds and prepare to fight against the wild monsters."
"Here!"
The twenty cavalrymen responded to the officer in unison, and then used skillful movements to grab the halberd fixed on the back of the saddle to replace the horizontal sword on their waist.
It should be noted that although the horizontal sword and the war halberd are both standard equipment for the feathered cavalry, their uses are completely different. The horizontal sword is light and sharp, suitable for chopping, and is a weapon used when two armies confront each other. The war halberd
It is long and heavy, but it can exert unparalleled penetrating power when sprinting. It is a weapon used against monsters.
The feather cavalry usually carries the above two types of standard equipment at the same time, and then chooses one according to different goals. For the powerful hammerhead, it does not care about the extra weight on its back.
The well-trained feathered cavalry did not slow down at all even when changing their weapons, and followed closely behind the fire-feathered land bird in a formation of three cavalry. Not long after, an audible panic shout came from the front,
It was accompanied by the cries of women and children, which made everyone's hearts sink.
"Everyone, get ready to cross the stream!" The female general Han Yu ordered in a low voice.
Ahead is the edge of the forest, with a stream about ten feet wide running across it. However, this obstacle is not a problem for the hammerhead, a land-based raptor. Before the cavalry orders, the hammerhead strides across the stream, and then shakes off its feathers and floats on the water.
, bringing the distant riot scene into view.
"Is it over there?" Wu Yan frowned and looked over.
There were about a hundred people fleeing the attack, and the five accompanying heavy-duty cage trucks carried all their belongings.
At this moment, two of them had been overturned to the ground, and dozens of monsters like giant insect chrysalises were lying on the overturned cage trucks, greedily devouring agricultural iron tools and other metal objects dumped out of the cage trucks.
I saw several strong men holding torches and stone axes roaring and rushing towards the cage car, kicking and bumping to drive away the creeping monsters, desperately trying to save the valuable materials in the cage car.
Soon, the money box containing the copper coins was dug out.
The residents of the settlement cheered upon seeing this, but the high-purity metal element immediately attracted the attention of the monsters.
One after another, the monsters rushed toward the man holding the money box, and the running man was quickly knocked down. Seeing the monsters gnawing at the settlement's remaining savings, the man with red eyes raised his torch and stabbed it fiercely.
Earth monsters. The torches were ineffective against the earth monsters, but the enraged earth monsters fired a barrage of earth thorns at the man.
"Earth Thorn" is the attribute skill of the earth monster.
The power of the spikes made of clods of soil is much weaker than the rock spikes, and well-trained shield soldiers can easily block it. However, for the fleeing people who have neither shields nor armor, it is a fatal blow.
The man whose chest was pierced by a soil thorn fell backwards, and the money box in his hand slipped to the ground. The monsters chased the copper coins scattered from the money box, and swarmed over and submerged the man and the money box together...
Scenes like this were constantly playing out at the attack site.
In order to protect the assets of the settlement, the residents of the settlement used homemade weapons to resist the erosion of the monsters. To be honest, if they gave up those equipment and assets, the residents of the settlement could probably escape the disaster. However, in the extremely harsh natural environment
Taking advantage of the yellow land, they lost their cultivated land and assets, which almost meant that they were insulated from hope.
Once they become refugees, men may still be able to make some money in the city by relying on their strength, but women may have to sell their bodies. As for the fate of the elderly and children, it is even more difficult to be optimistic. In this regard, accept that there is no hope.
In the miserable future, it is better to unite and fight the monster to the end.
The folk customs of Liyang have always been strong and fierce, and from time to time, there will be tragic precedents among the people fleeing the wilderness who fight against the monsters until the settlement is destroyed. However, from the standpoint of the leader of Liyang, Wu Yan absolutely cannot allow such a situation to happen before his eyes.
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"Han Yu, you take the five riders to protect the women and children, and the others will follow me to intercept the wild monsters!"
When approaching the scene, Wu Yan issued instructions, and the cavalry immediately split into two.
The five cavalrymen and the female general Han Yu went to the left to cover the fleeing women and children, while the remaining fifteen cavalrymen followed Wu Yan towards the group of monsters that were attacking the carriage. During the previous war, the Yuqi battalion followed Wu Yan and fought bravely.
At this time, there is nothing awkward about the cooperation.
Hundreds of monsters formed a slug-like formation at the edge of the forest. The cavalrymen set up their heavy halberds and aimed at the slugs' flanks and cut across them. With the inertia given by the high-speed running, the heavy halberds could easily attack the slugs.
Stab into the weak body of the monster, and some even cut it off at the waist.
The shapeless earth monster turned into a squirming clod on the ground, and was crushed to pieces by the hammer-headed bird's blunt feet in the next instant.
A round of charge smashed more than a dozen monsters. The cavalry took advantage of the situation and fled between the deserters and the monsters. They frequently swung their halberds to stab the monsters. The halberds that lost the speed blessing could no longer cut through the monsters easily, but
At this time, the cavalry's halberds were only used to contain me, but it was their mounts that really exerted their power.
Not only does the hammerhead have great strength, it is also named for its huge beak that looks like a battering ram. Wild hammerheads use that huge beak to chip away at nut shells that are harder than iron, while trained warbirds can more easily
Effectively utilize the giant beak to exert destructive power comparable to spiritual weapons in close combat.