Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard

Chapter 935 Expedition to the Prairie (3)

When Amos and the others stepped into the ambush, they immediately noticed something was wrong. He immediately ordered his team to turn around, but at this time they realized that it was too late to wake up, so when Amos's team turned around and appeared in a row. When they were in chaos, they suffered a intensive rain of arrows from the Clay ambush, which had been ambushing nearby.

Originally, the fighters of the Clay tribe thought that their first wave of attacks could almost kill most of the popular shooters. After all, they were ten times more numerous than their opponents. Unexpectedly, these popular shooters were all wearing locks made of mithril wire. , The feather arrows fired by the Clay fighters could not penetrate this kind of protection. Only a dozen popular shooters were killed on the spot because they were shot in the head.

Amos was shot in the face by a feather arrow, and naturally he was killed on the spot. The remaining thirty or so popular archers did not become confused because of the sudden loss of the commander. The deputy captain of this team immediately shouted loudly. Taking over the command of Amos, he let the surviving comrades use horses as cover and began to counterattack their opponents.

The horses ridden by the popular archer had no protection, so under the repeated shooting of the Clay fighters, these horses all groaned and fell. The deputy captain who took over the command was very anxious, and he commanded his men to rely on the horses. With the dead companion's body as a cover to shoot at the enemy, he desperately took out the secret "Fireball" scroll made by Ryan from his body.

With a loud "bang", thick smoke billowed after the fireball exploded. The deputy captain of the Fengxing Shooter Team knew that in a clear weather, this dense black smoke was enough to be discovered by friendly forces dozens of kilometers away. Believe them There will be reinforcements here soon.And the commander of the Clay clan, Basel, of course also understood what this thick smoke meant. He stomped his feet bitterly, and mobilized the reserve team at his hand to join the attack.

Although there are 1,200 Clay fighters, it is naturally impossible to use them all in ambushes. Basel can be the top military commander of the border of the Clay control area. How can he not understand military knowledge?In this ambush, Basel arranged a lot of manpower around the ambush circle, and must not let these popular shooters who were lured over to escape. At the same time, they also had the idea of ​​blocking the enemy's reinforcements. But when the ambush began, this Clay clan The commander of was surprised to find that the 400 Clay fighters he deployed in the ambush circle actually tied with the opponent’s less than 40 scouts. Even if he put in another 200 reserve team, he would get it in a short time. The opponent can't help it.

Clay Commander Basel was surprised to see an enemy scout trapped in the center of the ambush, using the horse and the corpse of his companions as cover, and pulling away the longbow 22 times in a row, and every shot would kill one. A Clay warrior, and the feather arrows fired by a Clay warrior, as long as it doesn't directly hit the opponent's head, waiting for an unarmored position, it can't cause any damage to these enemy scouts.

As a result of the shooting, the popular shooter killed three more, while the Clay fighters who ambushed at least 200 people died.These Clay fighters are not real fighters. Except for the 200 people who are used as a reserve by Basel, the others are only herders. These herders have only learned fighting skills in daily horse hunting, but When faced with a bone that couldn't be gnawed, and this bone was still killing their companions, they slowly lost their will to fight.

When the rushing horseshoes of the group's popular shooters were heard in the distance, the commander of the Clay Clan Basel reluctantly issued the order to retreat. This failed ambush was a great shame for him, but if he still does not retreat If it does, it is very likely to be surrounded by the enemy's counterattack, and it will not be worth the loss.

After the arrival of a popular shooter team that rushed to see the heavy smoke signal for help, there were only 32 members left in the ambushed popular shooter team, and 7 of them were seriously injured and had lost their combat effectiveness. The staff was reduced by half, but the Clay fighters who left hastily left the bodies of more than 300 companions here.

The information of this sudden ambush was quickly passed to the main force of the expeditionary army. Orlando and they immediately summoned the surviving deputy captain of the popular shooter team, carefully inquired about the entire battle, and immediately gave orders to the entire army, especially the scouts. The troops should be more vigilant and not chase the Clay people at will, so as not to fall into a trap again.

After carefully examining the more than 300 Clay corpses, Orlando couldn’t help sighing. From the decoration of these people’s corpses, it’s easy to tell that they belonged to more than 11 small tribes, but they were getting news from the expeditionary army. The next day, these people were mobilized together, and can carefully arrange a trap to ambush the expeditionary scout.

Fortunately, the Scouts of the Expeditionary Army are the Windrunner Legion carefully crafted by Ryan. Even the main fighters of the Jonas Legion are not equipped with the sturdy Mythril Mail on them. This kind of lightweight but extremely strong armor makes it should be in The popular shooters, who were wiped out in an instant, survived, and it was a great blessing to wait for reinforcements.

Only after this battle, the Clay clan will naturally increase the importance of this expeditionary army, and the entire expeditionary army will inevitably undergo a greater test.In fact, just as Orlando expected, on the third and fourth days of the expeditionary army, they did not encounter any Clay people.

Wherever the popular archers went, all the camps of the Clay people quickly evacuated, and all the materials that were too late were destroyed on the spot, and due to the large number of slaughter of cattle and sheep, they even attracted a few large numbers. The wolves, but the wolves did not cause any trouble to the expeditionary army at all. Instead, they let Letoz, who were born as hunters, regain their hunting addiction, and the expeditionary army also had a few more days of food.

Seeing that the Clay clan began to stand firm and clear the country, Ryan not only did not worry, but began to admire Orlando, because this situation had long been expected.The more the Clays concentrate their strength, the easier it is to be defeated at one time, and because the Clays are shrinking their forces, it is difficult for their large troops to conceal their traces. Not to mention, it’s just that the army’s daily drinking water is just one. A huge number, and the expeditionary army only needs to follow the route established in advance by Orlando, and slowly advance along the water resources on the west of the South Taron Prairie. Sooner or later, it will encounter the main force of the Clay clan, and the decisive battle will follow. The unfolding.

When the expeditionary army entered the prairie on the sixth day, the popular archers behind the main force began to find that a large number of Clay rangers began to trail behind them, and the popular archers just rode up to meet them. The opponent will immediately turn around and run away, but if the popular archers ignore it, the opponent will hang tightly outside the range of the bow and arrow.

Obviously, these new Clay troops are planning to harass the expeditionary army's logistics channels, but Orlando has long considered this point. The reason why the Jonas Legion will bring 20,000 logistics personnel is precisely to transport the huge , Enough food for 70, 80,000 people to eat for more than 3 months, so the Clay fighters who followed the entire expeditionary army did not play any role.

Wherever the expeditionary army goes, there will be all kinds of traces. As long as these traces are carefully checked by people with military knowledge, you can roughly figure out a lot of information about the expeditionary army, such as the strength of the expeditionary army, the general situation of the arms, the expeditionary army He wants to let the Clays know that the expeditionary forces are fully prepared for this time, and he wants the Clays to know that no matter whether it is a strong wall or a retreat, Orlando does not intend to conceal this information. Stop the footsteps of the expeditionary army, thereby forcing the Clay clan and the expeditionary army to conduct a main decisive battle.

For Orlando and the Expeditionary Army, the most worrying thing is that the Clays recklessly migrated westward, abandoning a large number of cattle and sheep tents, just not fighting the Expeditionary Army.In this way, the purpose of the expedition could not be realized, and the alliance between the imperial capital and Cassano did not relieve the threat from the west.However, this choice of the Clay was based on sacrificing themselves to become the other enemies of the imperial capital. Obviously, with Chief Abdul’s ambitions, it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing for self-interest.

Things were just as expected by Orlando. On the tenth day after the expeditionary army entered the grassland, they had penetrated into the prairie for almost 1,200 kilometers. The Clay people still did not hesitate to abandon all the cattle, sheep and tents on the expeditionary army’s marching route Waiting for supplies, but the Clay herdsmen gathered together slowly rolled into a huge number, which is not inferior to the number of the expeditionary army, so under the investigation of the popular archer, the expeditionary army also slowly grasped The traces of these Clay herders migrating to the west.

During these 10 days of march, Orlando had to find out the most needed content from the intelligence collected by the popular shooter every day. Jonas naturally wanted to command the entire army. All kinds of trivial matters kept him busy, but Ryan and Androgos and the others still seem to be quite free. The five magic masters of the imperial capital are in charge of maintaining the "magic eyes" magic circle. It only takes 5 or 6 hours a day to work, and the other time is all at their disposal.

It’s not the first time that Ryan has come to the prairie, but he still likes this scene of being in the middle of the prairie and surrounded by boundless green oceans. Whenever he has time, he rides on the horse in the main force. Outside Benz, feel the breath of freedom.

As Ryan’s identity, naturally no one will interfere with his little personal preference. As for Ryan’s own safety, if someone here can kill Ryan, then Ryan will not be able to escape even if he hides in the center of the tens of thousands of main forces. The fate of death.