Chapter 402 Trench Warfare
That afternoon, Zhuo found the leader of the Horse Tribe and asked him if the enemies who chased them were in the opposite tribe. The answer was yes. Zhuo then asked him if he was interested in raiding the garrisons of those tribes.
To raid the heartland of the Sword Tribe Alliance, the Wolf Cavalry relied on the existence of the Nether Wolf and the strength of the giant wolf itself, while the mounts of the Horse Tribe knights were not as strong as the giant wolf, so it would be more troublesome for them to maneuver in the heartland of the Sword Tribe.
But fortunately, the Horse Tribe is very familiar with this land, so there will be fewer risks in maneuvering.
"Okay."
The leader of the Horse Tribe immediately agreed. After learning what the Wolf Tribe had done, they wanted to do so, but they did not have time to ask for instructions.
"The Horse Tribe's fighting power is not as strong as the Wolf Tribe's, and they have only learned bows and arrows for a short time. We should not conduct a surprise attack, but should rely on the speed of the war horses, which is no less than that of the giant wolves, and mainly conduct guerrilla warfare."
Zhuo saw that the leader of the Horse Tribe did not listen to his words, so he did not let the Horse Tribe set out immediately, but instead launched a guerrilla war against him overnight.
This was also a tactic passed down by the Fifth Xuan, which used the "enemy advances, we retreat, enemy retreats, we advance" approach. This was because the Fifth Xuan saw that the Wolf Tribe's impact was insufficient last time, so he specially customized a tactic for them.
This set of tactics, coupled with bows and arrows, as long as it is not a particularly small battlefield and does not fall into a trap, the Wolf Tribe is almost invincible.
Whether it was the last sneak attack on the Sword Tribe and the Allied Tribe, or this time, the same method was used.
Moreover, he is getting more and more familiar with it. He often launches a surprise attack here this afternoon, and then moves to a very far away tribe overnight to launch a surprise attack. This makes every tribe feel insecure. He can be said to be elusive. Zhuo
knows very little about this kind of tactics. Although he also has a giant wolf to ride, his warriors are all infantry and have never used this tactic.
But every time Diwu Xuan talks about tactics, he will summon all the generals, so he will also hear it. In addition, there is the post-war summary meeting held by Diwu Xuan, where he can also hear the summary of the beast and absorb some experience from it.
The leader of the horse tribe slowly understood what Zhuo meant from his explanation. He felt that this tactic was designed for the horse tribe warriors.
Their impact is not as good as that of the wolf tribe, but their speed is very fast, and they are better at long-distance running than the wolf tribe, which allows them to use this tactic to the extreme.
"I will ask for advice for two more days before leaving the team."
The Horse Tribe leader stayed by Zhuo's side for the next two days. He asked Zhuo questions whenever he had them. For some questions that Zhuo could not answer, he asked the Wolf Shaman or the Wolf Tribe warriors who participated in the battle to answer them.
On the third day, the Horse Tribe leader set out. He did not take all the Horse Tribe warriors with him because he felt that too many people were not suitable in the densely populated Knife Tribe Alliance. Instead, he chose the same number of troops as the Beasts: a thousand.
On the day when the Horse Tribe set out, a team from the Knife Tribe Alliance also left after hearing the news that their base was attacked. The Horse Tribe leader directly led the warriors and fell far behind, and directly attacked a team of 300 people.
When the leader of the Horse Tribe led the warriors to throw the heads of those people in front of the Sword Tribe Alliance, the warriors of the Sword Tribe Alliance were really shocked, especially those warriors from small and medium tribes, who were in a dilemma for a while.
At this moment, Zhuo suddenly ordered to advance a thousand steps, and the Fox Tribe, which was side by side, also put on a posture of pressure from the army.
There was a commotion in the Sword Tribe Alliance, and they hurriedly organized their troops to prepare for the battle, but the Sword Tribe and the Fox Tribe stopped and began to build tents, pretending to stay where they were.
With their emotions up and down, the warriors of the Sword Tribe Alliance only felt like they had fought a big battle, so they had no mood to attack. After confirming again and again that the Fire Tribe Alliance and the Fox Tribe were not going to attack, they relaxed.
The leader of the Horse Tribe left and began to attack the Sword Tribe Alliance team, which caused the Sword Tribe Alliance team to continue to shrink, and the Sword Tribe leader's temper became more and more irritable.
Although he was cautious, he was indeed very irritable. Before, it was only because the Fox Tribe witch had been giving him advice, and every time the ideas were good, that he did not show this irritability.
At this time, no one could suppress his temper, so a few days later, the Sword Tribe leader could not help but launch a sneak attack on the Fire Tribe Alliance at night.
This was the first time the two tribal alliances had a direct contact. They had been avoiding this war, but as the Sword Tribe leader lost his mind, the war inevitably broke out.
This was a sneak attack that was known in advance. The news was obtained by the leader of the Fox Tribe from a small tribe in the Sword Tribe Alliance. Zhuo, who knew about this, made careful arrangements that night.
He had already dug trenches that crisscrossed vertically and horizontally in the garrison and placed countless chevaux de frise. It was impossible to attack on flat ground and kill without restraint in the garrison.
A few chevaux de frise might not be a big problem, but the trenches that crisscrossed vertically and horizontally would trap the enemy and make it unable to extricate themselves.
Because of the last advance, the Fire Tribe Alliance garrison had already dug two trenches that crisscrossed vertically and horizontally, and used this time to connect the trenches.
Zhuo's plan was to fight and retreat, using complex trenches to constantly consume the enemy, until the entire team retreated to the end of the trench and then counterattacked, and agreed with the leader of the Fox Tribe on the signal for the counterattack.
That night, the north wind was howling in the sky, and snowflakes filled the sky and the earth. Visibility was very poor. Normally, such weather was not suitable for sneak attacks.
But the leader of the Knife Tribe was really angry. There were constant news of the tribe being sneak attacked, and there were constant teams retreating. How could he continue to endure it?
Not to mention such weather, even if knives fell from the sky, he would sneak back.
The irritability that had been suppressed by the witch of the Fox Tribe for many years broke out, and the explosive power formed was very terrifying.
The entire Sword Tribe Alliance was shrouded in his violent emotions. Many tribes recognized the Sword Tribe leader's emotions and were filled with the desire for revenge.
So they entered the Fire Tribe camp in the snowstorm, and rushed madly to the first layer of barricades, but they didn't see the enemy until they passed the first layer of barricades.
If they were still rational at this time, they might have found the problem, but at this time the Horse Tribe leader kept urging them from behind, and all the warriors rushed forward in a rage.
The crowd rushed into the first layer of tents of the Fire Tribe Alliance, but still did not find the enemy.
At this time, someone finally felt something was wrong, but before those who had doubts could shout out, the first group of people who entered the Fire Tribe had already let out a cry of killing.
At the same time, the sound of weapons clashing could be heard, and everyone started to rush forward again, and people kept falling into the trenches that were one person deep.
The Fire Tribe warriors who had been ambushed in the trenches fought and retreated, and the narrow trenches made it impossible for the Sword Tribe to use their numerical advantage.
In the trenches, there were not only people from the Fire Tribe Alliance, but also traps filled with sharp wooden stakes. There were constant screams for a while, but the war had already begun, and with the control of the warriors by the leaders in this era, it was impossible to take back the warriors.
The fighting qualities of the Fire Tribe Alliance warriors were shown at this time. They showed extremely high obedience, and the entire battlefield was a battle of fighting and retreating. Warriors
kept organizing troops in the rear, and when the front warriors retreated, fresh troops would take over. If this was the era of digital warfare, the Sword Tribe Alliance would have ended the war long ago by determining the war losses.
The life of a Fire Tribe warrior can almost be tied to the lives of five Sword Tribe Alliance warriors, and this gap is still widening.
As the war continued, the Fire Tribe Alliance became more and more proficient in trench warfare, and the excavation time in the back was longer, and the ambush and design were more perfect, resulting in greater lethality.
The Sword Tribe Alliance had no idea about these statistics, they just rushed forward like a swarm, filling almost every trap with corpses.
In fact, if the soldiers were far enough apart, there wouldn't be so many deaths in a trap, but the warriors only cared about rushing forward, no one cared about how the people in front of them died.
The battle continued until the sky was just getting light, and the warriors of the Fire Tribe Alliance still didn't retreat to the last trench.
In the second half of the night, the Sword Tribe Alliance warriors finally realized the horrible number of casualties, so not many warriors dared to go up, and after the Sword Tribe leader was injured on the battlefield once, he no longer insisted, and just wanted to wait until dawn to get out of this haunted little place and fight again.
Zhuo didn't care about dragging it out until daytime. He didn't like night attacks because the night was always full of variables. He also had to cooperate with the Fox Tribe, who had never trained together. He hoped that the decisive battle would take place in the daytime.
The leaders of both sides agreed on this point,
and the battle in the second half of the night was a bit sluggish. Zhuo, who was familiar with the trenches, arranged the warriors to rest in batches, while the warriors of the Sword Tribe Alliance trembled and dared not sleep in this dead pit.
When the sky was slightly bright, everyone was shocked, but the faces of the Sword Tribe warriors were obviously tired.
Without waiting for the Sword Tribe leader to launch an attack, the Fox Tribe leader, who had already communicated with Zhuo, led the Ox Tribe and the Snow Tribe to launch the attack first.
This Bull Tribe is not the Bull Tribe of the Fire Tribe Alliance. They really have bulls, and they are bulls with horns pointing forward. They launched an attack with warriors riding on them, and madly charged the warriors of the Sword Tribe Alliance who had not yet entered the trenches.
The Fire Tribe Alliance also launched a war at the right time, attacking the Sword Tribe Alliance from the front and back.
There were more people from the Fox Tribe Alliance attacking from the rear. The leader of the Sword Tribe wanted to deal with the people from the Fire Tribe Alliance before dawn, after all, they were outnumbered.
But after the charge, they found that even without the cover of darkness, they still had no advantage in fighting against the warriors of the Fire Tribe Alliance in the trenches, and they often got into trouble.
He paid a heavy price for his wrong choice. The charge of the Bull Tribe and the powerful fighting power of the Snow Tribe due to the snowy weather caused great damage to the team.
However, what he didn't know was that the Four-horn Cavalry, the best charge of the Fire Tribe Alliance, had been ready for a night, and the moment to tear his team apart was coming.