Chapter 20 The Road to Ursau (Part 2)

"What are you doing here? You should be on standby outside the camp at this time." Marcius nervously held the "Sword of Chengren" in his hand and said with "hostility".

The servant was filled with the grievance that his loyalty had been misunderstood. He told his master and the commander plaintively, "Tonight, many black crows flew into the camp, and they all stayed on high places such as towers and eaves, cawing non-stop. Master. Ah, you must know that when a crow crows at this time, it represents a bad omen of death and failure.”

Marcius immediately stabbed the bastard to death with a sword, but he still held back and explained that we would not fail. The purpose of these crows was to follow our team the next day and peck. If you eat the enemy's corpse and inform the priest, take this as a completely auspicious omen and spread it to the whole army.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Lepidus army under the camp began to use the Samontoga launcher, shooting violent cork rockets, flying across the night sky and falling into Machius' chain of camps.

"Damn Lepidus, you dare to use my invention technology." Marcius roared, but soon his subordinates discovered that Lepidus was not only a "copycat", he also entrusted his subordinates to improve it - the rocket used The gunpowder tube used for "extended range" not only has an extremely long range, but also makes the sound and explosion more breathtaking. Although it has no lethality, the salvo is instantly spectacular. Soon several cavalry cannons begin to fire "fire" "Get up."

Machius's soldiers ran back and forth in the midst of the fireworks, extinguishing the ignited flames everywhere, and began to use their own ballistae to fight back with Samontoga, and the two sides fired at each other from a distance. The entire mountainous area around the camp was gleaming red. There was a lot of noise.

About half the night later. The position of Lepidus' army fell silent. They seemed to have found no loopholes in the defense of Machius' army, and it seemed that they gave up the night attack.

But with great difficulty, the soldiers under Marcius repaired the burned wooden fence. There was a roar again, and the second round of rocket volleys began. The military slaves lit the pine trees and kept firing from the mules. He took out the "ammunition" from his bag. It seems that both sides are not letting up this evening. "Every once in a while, change the position and fire a few volleys. I will indicate the target to Audax's surprise attack team." The high priest also stayed awake at night. He came to the front line in person and kept issuing various instructions. He was so busy What a joy.

At this time, following the firelight in the valley, Audax led two regiments of soldiers and finally arrived at the ridge behind the camp. Down there are dark cliffs, the angle is almost vertical. There were only a few pine trees that stubbornly stretched out their branches in the cracks between the stones, so Marcius was at peace with the natural danger and left no defensive weapons here. "Look how high it is here?" The four centurions said, Even the cavalry captain found Audax lying on the edge of the cliff and asked.

"Actually, it's not particularly high. I estimate it's fifty to eighty Roman feet?" Audax muttered.

Several people looked at each other and took a breath, but Audax didn't care and continued to plan a crazy plan in a low voice, "When the third sentry is reached, we will attack by surprise. People here can slide down the cliff. Going down, because the angle is permissible, the sun on the mountain top always comes earlier. In order to ensure that casualties are reduced to a minimum, everyone takes off their heavy armor and fights in the lightest and most agile way. Fighting the way Leah warriors do!" Obviously, Audax felt great pride, and the effect of the iced cherry wine was still there.

"Now rest on the ground and keep quiet. All horses should wear wooden bits to prevent these beasts from making noise." The helpless centurion of the Leo Legion could only let the soldiers hang their armor and equipment on the cliffs and trees, wrapped in blankets. To resist the coldness of the night, when the sky is full of stars and frost, and rockets are still coming and going below, making it extremely noisy, some people lean on the tree trunks and tie their swords to their shoulder straps or scabbards to prevent them from slipping down. Weapons are missing.

Lepidus divided his troops into four teams and took turns to shoot. After struggling for half a night, he finally ordered the entire army to stop and wait anxiously for Audax. At this time, all the soldiers of the Medje Guards saw , the high priest's face was tense, his eyes were bloodshot, and the hand holding the gold-plated baton was actually sweating - they had followed him through so many battles before, but it was obvious that he was extremely nervous this time.

All the dismounted cavalry of Dusonville stayed quietly on the battlefield, holding spears and swords, waiting for the signal from the high priest.

The morning sun finally emerged on the hill behind the camp, and the mist of clouds entwining in the mountains instantly changed from the original light white and light cyan to bright crimson, flowing elegantly, but from a distance, it looked like Standing still, the sunlight slowly and quickly transformed from a soft light into thousands of sharp arrows, leaping out without any obstruction, shining on everyone and the entire earth, and the sky seemed to rise. A golden belt appeared, a celestial river of fire.

Audax stood up, facing the sun in his hands, holding up a shield inlaid with gems. The reflection was shining and could be seen from a long distance. Then behind him, ten soldiers of the Lius Legion raised their swords with forks. The rack quickly set up five copper pipes and fired a fierce salvo into the sky. The sound resounded throughout the valley. Countless birds screamed and soared into the sky. The noise of flapping wings was frightening.

"Respond!" The high priest who saw the flash of light and heard the sound of shooting immediately stood up and straightened the baton in his hand. "Respond!"

Following the high priest's order, thirty brass tubes here also fired in unison, and the sound waves on both sides almost echoed and hit the air. The exhausted guards who were sitting or lying in the camp looked up in fear, not knowing why.

Soon, someone pointed to the cliff behind the camp. Just above their heads, several elks stepped on the branches on it at a high speed, carrying rolling gravel and running down - then many people followed the pace of the elks, they tied their shields to their waists and carried them backwards, rubbing against the cliffs to create a lot of flying smoke, shouting and rushing down, no, almost falling down.

The crows in Machias' tent flew up and circled, "Crazy, all crazy!" Machias, who came out and saw this scene, widened his eyes and shouted.

Dusongville's troops in front also surged forward. At this time, Marcius's troops completely collapsed psychologically. They were unwilling to even pick up their weapons, because many people believed that they were fighting against "Lepidus' luck and divine protection" and it was impossible to win - the enemy had a terrifying devilish weapon like "Mother", and could also attack them directly from the cliffs behind like elk.

Within half a day, about 1,500 enemies surrendered neatly, including Marcius. (To be continued...)