Chapter 303 (1/2)
Cang lion is not a luxury country. Compared with other kings on the mainland, when they travel, they have to support each other. They are covered with brocade to block out the sun, and their entourage is like locusts in transit. Sitter takes only a few of his entourage, including Andre, to the front. They rode a fast horse, followed the flag officer in the front all the way north, then turned westward, and soon arrived at heishanling. Because at that time, the strong hammer collar had not yet been established, and it was already the front-line area of the war.
The master of heishanling, Lothar's father, joined the king at the front. The countess was in a state of surprise when he saw sitter. You know, the report letter to the king only mentioned the report of the war, and did not write the content of asking for help. But only a few days later, his majesty came to the front in person, and even the letter telling the count of Heishan the king's whereabouts was half a day late Time to arrive.
The bewildered count led sitter and his dwarven friends to the battlefield, where they first saw the strange enemy described in the war report. It was a group of nomads who were dressed in strange clothes made of stone flakes, and their faces were painted with strange patterns made of various mineral powders and water. However, the king noticed that there were two patterns which were repeated on them, namely, snake heads and black caves.
Strange enemies use the same strange power as their costumes. They dance wildly on the battlefield without regularity. However, the nomadic soldiers who pass by them become extremely excited as if they were possessed by the God of war. Their reaction speed and strength have been greatly improved. The originally balanced battle soon forced the Cang lion to send more soldiers The soldiers were able to stabilize the situation.
”The nomads we caught call those guys the snake head priests, and claim that they use power from the mother earth.” Said the count, standing on a wooden platform, to the king beside him. ”As you can see, the war is still under our control, but it is worrying that every day, the speed and strength of the grassland people become stronger. In the beginning, they were only able to fight one against two, but now they have become one against three. We can't wait for the day when they are one against ten or more. ”
”Maybe we can kill them all before that happens?” The young king frowned and his yellow eyes flashed with fierce light. The battle and hatred with grassland people have been engraved into the bones of every Cang lion man for a long time. Forgiveness is cruelty to those alien people who live on plunder.
”No, we can't catch up with them.” The count of Heishan shook his head and said helplessly that compared with the horses of the Kingdom, the mount of grassland people has better mobility. Moreover, the grassland people did not wear armor like the black lion soldiers when they rode horses. They often only wore light leather armor, and even completely exposed their upper body, which made them lose their defense ability and gain an unmatched speed advantage.
”Have you ever tried digging trenches or putting obstacles on the battlefield, which, you know, can greatly limit them.” Asked Andre, looking at the nomadic cavalry who came and went freely on the battlefield. Dwarfs are proficient in positional warfare, and when their mobility is not as good as their opponents, these metallurgic craftsmen can also become troublesome engineers on the battlefield. Dwarven armies claim to have the ability to move mountains overnight. Although this is an exaggeration, they do know how to create terrain that is good for them.
”I tried.” The count took a look at the short friend brought by the king, who had never seen a real dwarf before. However, this did not prevent the military Lord from telling about his previous experience. ”We dug three rows of trenches in the battlefield overnight, but at daybreak, those lands seemed to be passive. If I had not supervised the construction of the trenches, I would have suspected that the soldiers were lying to me
The two friends looked at each other, and if the count of Heishan was true, it showed that there was some invisible force that took advantage of the short darkness before dawn to destroy the fruits of the night's labor of the Cang lion soldiers. Is this possible? The roar of nomadic priests was carried by the wind to the high platform overlooking the battlefield. Years of adventure told them that nothing was impossible in this crazy world.
”I think we need to get a priest back and ask.” Said sitter, with a bad smile on his face. Andre, who knew him well, knew that when this human friend showed such an expression, someone was going to have bad luck.