"Young Marshal, after we arrived at the designated location, we followed your instructions and went straight ahead, and finally reached the bottom of the cliff..." Wei Dun said with a sad face, recreating the scenes of tonight to Teller -
Wei Dun led 922 people on 36 boats downstream in the rain, found the small boat that had determined the location, and determined the direction of the Wu Lai defense zone.
Under the cover of night, Wei Dun led the fleet straight forward, and soon arrived at the rocky beach under the gap. He was very familiar with the open rocky beach under his feet, which stretched for more than three miles and was half a mile wide, because he had launched a charge towards the gap from here more than once.
Tonight seemed to be a perfect opportunity. First, the rain had stopped long ago. If it was still drizzling, it would certainly cause some trouble for the soldiers' charge. Second, there were no lights in the camp above the gap, while the brightly lit area last night was still brightly lit. Obviously, the enemy thought this trick could still work, which also proved Teller's statement - "Although I don't know why, the enemy is avoiding fighting."
After getting off the boat and lining up, everything went on in an orderly manner. After determining the order of charge, Wei Dun gave a light shout and personally led the first team of 400 people to climb towards the gap. The five people who were ready to carry out the poisoning plan followed at the end of the team.
Wei Dun's arrangement was very appropriate. Since the enemy had built a fake camp on the top of the cliff upstream of the defense zone, the defensive vigilance of the real camp would naturally be greatly weakened. If hundreds of their men suddenly rushed to the top of the gap, they would surely catch the enemy off guard. In panic, they would not be able to take care of everything. At that time, after a fierce attack, the enemy camp would inevitably be in chaos, and the five people in the poisoning plan could take the opportunity to break into the forest and head straight for the city of Kayikede.
After the first echelon, where Wei Dun was, had all entered the gap area, the second echelon began to act. According to Wei Dun's plan, the second echelon of more than 500 people would follow the first echelon closely. If the first echelon attacked the left side of the enemy camp, they would attack the right side. If the first echelon was surrounded, they would set fire everywhere. Anyway, there was only one goal - to mess up the enemy camp.
In the beginning, everything went smoothly. Although they were groping in the dark, the surrounding rocks and bushes provided enough grip for everyone. Therefore, Wei Dun and his companions climbed very quickly. In just a few minutes, they had already climbed three-quarters of the way. Although the remaining quarter was the steepest part, was it still a problem? After climbing a short distance, a dull "thump" sound suddenly came from not far away from Wei Dun, followed by several screams and cries of pain, as well as the sound of heavy objects rolling and weapons hitting stones. Without asking, you can tell that a soldier fell.
Useless guy! Wei Dun couldn't help cursing inwardly, thinking that with such military accomplishment, the young marshal dared to brag that they were all elite soldiers?
Just as he was thinking that, Wei Dun suddenly slipped, his body tilted, and half of his shoulder hit a strange rock with a "bang". The moment he felt the piercing pain, he quickly reached out and grabbed a handful of branches...
It was a close call. Wei Dun breathed a sigh of relief, but a cold sweat broke out on his back. Although the risk of falling was not too great, with his current status, he could not afford to embarrass this person.
Just as I was thinking that, I heard a series of thuds and crashes nearby, apparently someone fell again.
Damn the rain, it made this place so muddy and slippery... Isn't that right? There is so little soil in this area, and there are shrubs taking root, how could it be? ... Wei Dun frowned.
Forget it, the enemy camp is just ahead, let's get close to them first. Wei Dun also knew that now was not the time to think about the problem, and because of his sliding and stopping just now, many soldiers must have surpassed him. If he fell behind, it would be dark when he rushed to the gap, and it would be bad for him as a commander not to arrive in time.
What Weidun had not expected was that falling down the slide had spread like an epidemic. The higher they climbed, the more soldiers slipped and fell harder, including Weidun himself.
What was even more unexpected to Wei Dun was that when the first echelon was making more and more noises that could not be controlled, a pair of eyes at the edge of the gap were watching them making a fool of themselves indifferently. Those eyes were very large, and emitted a faint green light.
At the same time, there was a sudden movement in a bush on the rocky beach that was inconspicuous even in the daytime, and two people emerged. They were brothers, and they were under the command of the platoon leader Bi Ya. They had only one mission in ambush here, which was to take away as many enemy ships as possible - whether by cutting the cables or by some other means.
The cost of advancing was enormous. When Wei Dun finally reached the edge of the gap with great effort, the people in the first echelon who slipped and fell had already knocked down half of the soldiers in the second echelon. All the pre-conceived formation plans were messed up.
Just as Wei Dun's body was halfway up, he heard screams and the sound of broken bones. He was startled and his body was hit by a huge tree. He flew backwards with his hands and feet twitching. If it weren't for the fact that there were not only rocks and bushes but also densely packed soldiers as cushions for his fall, Wei Dun might have died from this fall...
When the Shield rolled down uncontrollably, dozens of soldiers from the first echelon finally rushed into the gap. After all, Meng Bao was fighting alone and could not take care of so many things.
"Mengbao! Retreat!" Wu Lai's voice suddenly rang out. At the same time, a flash of fire suddenly appeared in the camp, and four bonfires were lit at the same time, with flames shooting up into the sky.
The moment the fire lit up, the soldiers who rushed up subconsciously turned their heads to the side - they had been groping in the dark the whole night, and now they suddenly saw the fire, it was so dazzling that their eyes could not adapt at all for a while.
"Shoot!" Wu Lai gave an order and a rain of arrows suddenly rushed towards the soldiers at the edge of the gap. Although these civilians lacked training and had poor accuracy, and although it was their first time to meet the enemy at such a close distance and they were very nervous, they didn't even have time to aim, but the first round of arrows injured several enemy soldiers. More importantly, these inaccurate arrows gave the enemy enough panic.
"Shoot again!" Wu Lai's command sounded again...
"Swish, swish, swish" - another barrage of shots rushed towards the edge of the gap without any reason...
The enemy was in complete chaos. The soldiers who were shot and wounded fell straight back, and then knocked down and injured their comrades who were still trying to climb. The soldiers who were lucky enough not to be injured were in a better situation. Their eyes had already adjusted to the firelight, and they began to move forward while looking for cover.
"Mengbao! Go!" Wu Lai's voice rang out again...
Wherever Meng Bao ran past, enemy soldiers kept falling down. Whether they fell, were injured, or died, they were accompanied by shrill cries. Meng Bao's figure instantly became the enemy's nightmare...
But soldiers continued to climb up the gap, even though the slippery mud caused them great trouble, and even though the screams from above the gap meant danger or even death, they could not retreat because of the order to charge. Of course, this was also because they did not know the specific situation above.
Wei Dun was also climbing. It must be said that he was relatively lucky. After rolling down from such a high place, his arms and legs were intact. Of course, he had a bruised face and nose.
But now the surprise attack had obviously turned into a violent attack, so Wei Dun didn't hide anything anymore. He climbed up while dodging people or corpses that fell down, and shouted to charge. While he was busy without caring about anything, the two guys in a row on the rocky beach, which seemed particularly quiet compared to the gap, were desperately cutting the rope...
Wei Dun finally rushed to the gap, and then, he only had time to take a look before falling back into the gap. This time it was not Meng Bao who bumped into him, but he was squeezed by his own men. However, good luck favored him again - when he climbed up from two-thirds of the gap, hey, his limbs were still intact, but the degree of bruises on his face and nose was a little more severe.
Wei Dun did not have the opportunity to launch his third charge, because after driving the enemy down the gap again, Wu Lai led the second and third rows to the edge of the gap, and then threw pieces of wood into the gap one after another.
Screams and crashes instantly tore through the entire sky...
"Retreat!" Wei Dun shouted angrily.
Retreat? Is it that easy? When the fleeing soldiers ran or rolled back to the rocky beach, they found that there were only four ships left out of the more than 30 ships. It was fortunate that Wei Dun gave the order quickly. If it had been a little later, even these four ships would have been "lost".
When Wei Dun tried to jump onto the boat, he was nearly pushed into the water by the soldiers behind him. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately ordered the boat to be rowed away from the rocky beach without caring about anything else.
The soldiers were thrown into chaos when they discovered that all the boats were gone. They rushed to the remaining three boats, and two of them soon sank because they carried too many people. The remaining boat was luckier, but after it staggered away from the rocky beach, the soldiers, who could not tell the direction, rowed it downstream.
The soldiers running around on the rocky beach looking for boats kept shouting desperately for help and wailing. In desperation, some began to jump into the water, trying to swim towards the boats that were no longer visible. But they forgot that it was winter, and their light armor and cotton jackets would become very heavy after being soaked in water. In addition, the other side was seven or eight miles away from them...
In the end, Weidun escaped back to the base with only a dozen soldiers. The rest were either killed in battle, captured, or sank into the Athanasius River.
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He naturally had no idea that when his boat was far away from the rocky beach, more fires were lit in Wu Lai's camp, and then a loud-voiced civilian holding a loud speaker shouted something at the rocky beach below.
"If you don't want to die, stay on the beach! Come up after daybreak! There will be hot food and hot water!" He kept shouting for a while, and all the surviving soldiers on the beach fell into great depression...
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When Howell received the news of the victory in the Salt Marsh Defense Zone, he felt a little admiration for Woolley. Although Woolley and Gosmondo had a feud, it did not prevent him from having such feelings towards Woolley. After all, Howell was a soldier and he would always feel a sense of sympathy for those who also won in a rare way on the battlefield.
"Woolelindo invited us to be witnesses of his military achievements. After all, we are friendly forces. After daybreak, you two should go on this trip." Howell instructed the two civilian lieutenant generals.
According to the custom in Assyrian territory, military merits must be recorded with the witness of friendly officers. If there is no witness, the head count is used. Killing one enemy is counted as one "star" of military merit, and capturing one prisoner is counted as two "stars" of military merit. After the battle, rewards are given according to the number of "stars". Although he was known for his warlike and bloodthirsty reputation, Wu Lai did not want to see such a "disgusting sight" as a pile of heads in his defense zone.
When the two civilian admirals arrived at the Wulai defense zone, they happened to see a surprising scene -
More than 20 Salt Marsh soldiers were guarding somewhere near the gap with knives and swords in hand. From time to time, they would pull up a soldier dressed in Hulett Army uniform from under the gap. After pulling him up, they didn't make things difficult for him. They would tie a one-meter-high piece of wood vertically to the soldier's back with a rope. Someone would come and lead the soldier to stand on an open space, and then the soldier would get a piece of bread. There would even be someone carrying a bucket and a ladle to serve them water.
The two lieutenants could not help but move closer to the gap and look down. My goodness, in addition to the dozen or so Hulett soldiers who were slowly climbing up, there were at least a hundred more soldiers gathered on the rocky beach. Hey, why is there a big white lion...
Seeing the two soldiers coming over, Wu Lai, who was sitting on a big rock beside the gap looking at the scenery, stood up and greeted them: "Thank you for your hard work."
"They are all friendly forces, it's what we should do." A lieutenant general said with a smile.
"Lord Wu Lai has won a great victory, which is cause for celebration," said another lieutenant general.
"Thank you, thank you." Wu Lai smiled slightly and waved his hand. Bailey, who was following behind him, smiled and took out a leather bag the size of a human head.
"Alas, I have a problem and a hobby. My problem is greed, and my hobby is making friends. If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone." Wu Lai took the leather bag with a smile, pulled the bag mouth, and let the things inside appear. "Two generals, this is a small gift. I will rely on you in the future."
The two lieutenants looked at each other and noticed the joy in each other's eyes. After their eyes met, one lieutenant tilted his head and glanced around, while the other took the leather bag with a smile and lowered his voice: "Since Lord Wu Lai is so thoughtful, we won't be polite."
At noon, the results of the battle were recorded - in the battle last night, the Salt Marsh Town Defense Zone killed 451 enemies, captured 207 alive, seized more than 600 sets of light armor, nearly 800 weapons, and a number of gold and silver coins, gems and ornaments.
Of course, in the witness records of the two civilian lieutenant generals, the number of enemy troops killed doubled, but the rest remained the same. After signing and stamping the military merit application documents and the copies on file, the two men smiled and declined Wu Lai's invitation to a banquet, and left with the gifts that Wu Lai asked them to hand over to Howell.
At the same time, Teller was waving his fist in his tent: "We have been fooled! The enemy's defense zone is empty! Their main force must have been temporarily transferred to another place, so..."