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"Quick, hurry up!"
"Block the gap with sandbags!"
In a messy Skitarii camp, panting soldiers of the Far Eastern Army were busy.
Sandbags filled with silt were piled up to the edge of the camp, and soon a wall of sandbags was formed.
?Compared to the camp walls with wooden fences of the Skitarii, the sandbag walls of the Far Eastern Army can withstand the impact of cavalry and infantry.
Layers of sandbags were piled up, and the dilapidated camp formed a wall several meters high out of thin air.
?In addition to these walls built with thousands of sandbags, on the periphery of the walls, countless horse pits, rows of sharp horse repellents, and deer firewood were also arranged.
Behind the sandbag wall, trenches were also formed due to the excavation of sand, and these trenches formed the second line of defense.
Even if the Skitarii army broke through the first sandbag line of defense, it would be difficult to cross the second trench.
Because behind the second trench, the soldiers of the Far Eastern Army are busy building a new sandbag wall.
"The Holy See cavalry is coming!"
"Prepare to defend!"
The sentinel of the Far East Army standing guard on the sentry tower saw a large gray wave sweeping in the distance, and sounded the horn of warning.
The army led by Wang Hu's Sixth Field Army Corps crossed the Neiba River, rampaged all the way, and captured more than 30 camps of the Skitarii.
Now their Sixth Field Army Corps is deployed at the forefront, relying on the captured Skitarii camp, they built a fortress line of defense with sandbags.
"Sun Feng, Deng Peng, bring your people and prepare to fight!"
Wang Hu, the commander of the Sixth Field Army, stood on the sentry tower and watched the surging cavalry of the Skitarii from a distance, and gave the order loudly.
"No!"
After Sun Feng and Deng Peng, the leaders of the 27th and 28th banners of the field battle, took orders, they immediately shouted loudly.
"The 27th Banner Regiment is ready to fight!"
"The brothers of the 28th Banner Regiment took up their weapons and prepared to fight!"
Following the orders of the two banner commanders Sun Feng and Deng Peng, the soldiers who were digging the soil to pack sandbags also put down their work one after another, grabbed their weapons and rushed towards the first sandbag fort.
A frame of bed crossbows and octagonal ox crossbows have been set up on sandbags, pointing condescendingly at the distant fields.
On the more than 700-meter-long fortress line of defense, soldiers of the Far Eastern Army climbed up densely on sandbags, and countless strong bows and crossbows were aimed at the distance.
Behind the sandbag fortress, many shield soldiers and spearmen belonging to the 27th and 28th Banner Regiments are gathering.
The two field banner regiments on the front line were gathering to prepare for the battle, but the tens of thousands of brothers belonging to the 29th, 30th, and 31st banner regiments of the Sixth Field Army Corps in the camp were not idle.
?They were sweating profusely, constantly filling sandbags, using sandbags and wooden stakes to build a fortress camp.
Deployed on the left flank of the Sixth Field Army was Yang Zhong's Seventh Field Army, and on their right flank was Zhou Ba's Third Field Army.
These two legions are the same as the sixth legion. They have deployed one or two flag regiments to deploy on the front line to prepare for the battle, and the troops behind are hurrying to build fortifications.
They raided the Skitarii in the morning, defeated the two armies of the Skitarii with 200,000 troops, killed tens of thousands, occupied a large area of ??their camp, and seized countless supplies.
However, there are as many as 600,000 Skitarii deployed on the front line of the Neiba River, and the Skitarii will definitely not suffer from this hidden loss.
Therefore, according to Marshal Li Lang's deployment, they quickly turned to defense after beheading the enemy's vital force with a surprise attack, and began to carry out the second phase of combat missions.
The infantry flag regiments of the Far East Field Army deployed on the front line lined up one by one, relying on the sandbag fortress that was quickly built, and aimed their cold arrows at the approaching Skitarii cavalry.
Tens of thousands of cathar cavalry swept in. As the vanguard of the counterattack, they vowed to recapture the captured large camp and drive the Far Eastern Army to the west bank of the Neba River.
"what is that?!"
However, when the cavalry of the Skitarii came back aggressively, what they saw was a scene that shocked them.
When they looked around, a wall several meters high appeared out of nowhere on the edge of the camp where the smoke was billowing.
On this solid sandbag wall, there are soldiers of the Far East Army holding strong bows and crossbows.
The various equipment of the army of the Far East Empire??Constantly updating and upgrading, and sandbags to build field camps are also their proud work.
In the past, when camping in the wild, it was just to dig some trenches on the periphery and set up some wooden stake fences. The enemy could easily break through these fragile obstacles and break into the camp.
Especially the enemy's cavalry can easily tear through the camp's defenses and attack the camp.
Now all departments of the Far Eastern Army are equipped with a large number of sacks, and soldiers are mobilized to dig out sand and sacks wherever they go, and these sacks are piled up to form fortifications.
It will not be so easy for the enemy's cavalry to attack the camp, even if it is infantry, it will be difficult to attack.
When the Far Eastern Army broke camp the next day, it was very easy and simple to just pour out the silt contained in these sacks.
Now the cavalry of the skitarii who counterattacked were facing these fortified fortress camps, and they had to stop their horses.
If they just rushed up like this, it would be difficult for the war horses to pass through the several-meter-high sandbag fortifications, and they would also be shot by the opponent's arrows.
"General, the entire front is full of such fortifications!"
General Anthony of the Skitarii quickly sent someone to find out the situation of the Far Eastern Army's fortifications, and the report he received made him look extremely ugly.
What he originally thought was to look for a gap in the defense to rush in, and go around to the rear of the Far Eastern Army to attack the Far Eastern Army.
However, all the banner regiments of the Far Eastern Army built such fortifications based on the captured camps.
Even though there are some gaps between the camp and the camp, once they pass through, they will encounter arrows from the Far Eastern Army hiding behind the sandbag fortress.
"We can only wait for the infantry to come up and attack!"
Those strong sandbag fortifications blocked the impact of their cavalry, and they had to report the situation to the rear and wait for the infantry to come up.
"Damn Far Easterners!"
When Marshal Nishizawa of the Skitarii arrived at the front line and saw the sandbag fortifications several meters high, he secretly scolded the Far Eastern Army for being despicable and shameless!
With these sandbag fortresses, their cavalry can no longer play the advantage of impact, and can only rely on infantry to attack.
"Master Marshal, what shall we do now?"
Facing the troops of the Far Eastern Army who were waiting in full battle, the generals of the Skitarii who were trying to counterattack all set their sights on their Marshal Caesar.
"Retreat five miles and counterattack tomorrow!"
Marshal Caesar had originally thought about taking advantage of the Far Eastern Army's failure to gain a firm foothold, counterattacking and sending the Far Eastern Army back to the West Bank.
But now seeing that the Far Eastern Army has built a solid fortification in a short period of time, seeing that the sky is getting late, I have to order a retreat.
They lost dozens of camps during the day, two armies were defeated, and their combat deployment was completely disrupted. It can be said that the loss was huge. Now he also needs time to re-adjust the deployment.
Therefore, after wandering around in front of the fortifications of the Far Eastern Army, the Skitarii reluctantly withdrew. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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