Chapter 17 Jungle

Lei sat under a big tree and carefully whittled an oak stick with a machete. The stick was one meter and a half long, as thick as a fist in the middle, and gradually became thinner on both sides, with several grooves cut out on it.

Groove. Beside him were six bowstrings twisted into something as thick as a little finger. As long as the wooden sticks in their hands were sharpened, they could come in handy.

Three days ago, the Vandt Army dealt a fatal blow to the enemy in front of the last wooden fence. After losing more than 7,000 infantrymen and killing nearly 20,000 enemy soldiers, the troops retreated towards the interior of the canyon.

The coalition forces encountered a heavy attack early in the morning. They panicked for a while and forgot to order the Bicester cavalry to pursue them. After staying on the battlefield for a day and night, they advanced into the canyon.

In the middle of Turk Canyon is a road, which can allow three carriages to travel side by side. This is one of the few wide roads on the mainland. On the side of the road, there are woods. The dense woods extend towards the cliffs on both sides for three to five miles.

, tenaciously left his companions at a height of more than 100 meters above the ground, and then disappeared after a few sparse trees. Such conditions were obviously not suitable for a large army to fight, so the Vant Army retreated secretly.

In the end, the Smart Alliance forces could only slowly follow behind, unable to launch a large-scale attack.

Wei felt much more relaxed. She was convinced that her plan was correct. With the complex terrain and dense jungle in the canyon, they could delay the advance of the coalition forces and weaken the impact of the Bicester Cavalry as much as possible.

Maybe, maybe they can destroy the enemy's army in the canyon. Wei laughed silently, she was too naive, this was impossible.

A few birds flew leisurely through the air, and a few leaves fell gently. In the past three days, Emperor Vant retreated for nearly thirty miles, but the coalition forces stayed in place for some unknown reason.

It seemed that something went wrong internally, and they were unable to continue to pursue Vante's army for a while. Wei shook her head, forget it, let them go, anyway, it would be a day if they could delay it, and it would be much better than having a duel with the opponent now.

Her eyes looked at Lei in the distance. This young man who has been officially appointed as the commander of the First Division is actually less than 18 years old? He is really a very good guy. Although she really wants to teach him military standard fighting spirit.

How to use it, he has now been promoted to a fifth-level bronze knight because of his military merits, but Wei thought about it, now he does not have time to practice those fighting skills, and he may be injured due to reckless luck, so he gave up.

I came up with this idea. However, the wooden stick in Lei's hand is really strange...

Lei twisted the wooden stick hard, and the wooden stick made a "hoo" sound and returned to its original shape. Lei grinned happily and began to tie the twisted bow string into the groove on one side, and then

, he used all his strength to bend the wooden stick a little, and then tied the bow string firmly on the other end. A long bow that Lei used to use when hunting in the mountains appeared. The rough bow body was more than one meter long.

, the thick bow body does not look like it can be pulled by human power at all. As for the bow string as thick as a little finger, it seems impossible that anyone can pull it.

He gently pulled the bow string with his thumb. With a "squeaking" sound, the long bow was pulled into a full moon shape. Lei sighed with satisfaction. It was great to find such a suitable oak stick.

, but it was really my luck. I spent three days of my free time on it. However, judging from the feel, the power this bow can exert will be terrifying. Lei tried to hold one

The sharp arrow was on the bow string, and then he drew the bow and shot. There was a "whoosh" sound, and no shadow of the arrow could be seen at all. Almost at the same time as he opened the bow, the feather arrow had already been nailed to a small tree five hundred feet away.

, the small tree as thick as a bowl was shot through by his arrow.

Auf, who was near Lei, was startled. He stared blankly at the arrow shot by Lei, shook his head, and muttered: "Monsters are monsters. How can an ordinary soldier pull such a bow?"

Lei grinned: "Ordinary soldiers can't do it, but elite soldiers can do it. Mr. Auf, I have experience in the mountains. The greatest power of this kind of longbow is not to shoot directly, but to throw it at an oblique angle. Then

A special long bamboo arrow dropped from a high altitude can easily penetrate the body of a large bison."

Auf was stunned for a moment: "You're kidding, that's the kind of lethality that only a strong crossbow can have."

Lei looked at Ao Fu with a serious face: "I'm telling the truth. If you use projectiles, ordinary people can shoot a distance of seven hundred feet. Arrows falling from high altitudes have terrible lethality. If there is a favorable wind,

If so, it is not difficult to fly a thousand feet, but it will be much easier to deal with the opponent's magician. Their shields are made of three layers of leather, right? It is impossible to withstand such a weapon."

Aof thought for a while, then nodded gently and said: "Maybe what you said makes sense. If we have time, or if we can survive this battle, we can try it. If that is the case, we

Why go to the trouble of making an expensive crossbow? And such a projectile does not require precise shooting? There are not many perverted archers who can do the same as you."

Lei laughed: "No need, as long as the arrows can be shot out and maintain a certain density. In our mountainous area, hundreds of hunters can shoot their bows at the same time and kill a group of wolves in an instant... Oh

, I’m not talking about the Silver Wolf Legion.”

Aof laughed, and Wei's voice came over: "Lei, Aof, come here." I don't know when several senior generals were sitting beside her, and they all looked worried.

Something bad happened.

The two looked at each other and walked over hurriedly. Lei hung his bow on his body and carried a bayonet in his hand. He looked nondescript and stunned the generals and soldiers on the road. The two casually walked three meters in front of Wei.

Sitting down at Mi Chu, Aofu asked: "Sir, what's the matter?"

Wei bulged her eyes and looked at Lei, then cursed in a low voice: "Lei, look at you, how do you look like a division commander? You are clearly a collection of spearmen, archers and light infantry..."

.But forget it, at least those soldiers admire you very much, you seem to be able to do anything...Do you still have extra food in your team?"

Aof and Lei were stunned. Aof asked in shock: "What, is there something wrong with the food? By the way, they fled after being defeated and brought three days' rations with them at most. I should have thought of this." He asked.

Lei explained: "The emperor's practice is that every soldier must prepare three days' worth of dry food before the war begins, and can eat and replenish it at any time. In this way, no matter when the war begins, three days of consumption can be guaranteed...

However, if the Mad Dragon Legion and the others only have three days of rations, they will be in trouble." Auf explained here, but the generals of the Mad Dragon Legion were already blushing with shame and lowered their heads one by one.

Wei shook her head and said: "No matter how much food there is, how much food does our infantry brigade carry? Let's solve some of it for the brother troops first, and then we will think of a way. No matter what, we have to persist for seven days. After seven days, there will be two lines of food.

The provincial private army can come to meet us, and they will bring sufficient food and grass by then."

Aof frowned: "Sir, no matter how much we save, the food carried by our infantry team is only enough to feed so many of us for a day and a half. What will we do after a day and a half?"

Wei's brows also wrinkled, and her slender eyebrows knitted together tightly, adding a touch of sadness to her face, but it was very beautiful.

Lei's heart trembled greatly again. He hurriedly put aside the strange thoughts in his heart and asked puzzledly: "Is it so difficult to solve the problem of food?"

A fifth-level golden knight from the Mad Dragon Legion smiled bitterly, slapped him hard on the shoulder and said: "Lei, how can soldiers fight without food? This is not a small problem. Without strength, you can't walk, wave.

Knife, we can't hold on."

Lei looked at him strangely, until the golden knight thought there was something dirty on his face, and after rubbing his face desperately for a while, Lei said: "But, there is food everywhere here."

Wei was stunned for a moment and drank: "Lei, what nonsense are you talking about? Where can there be food here? The Turk Canyon is more than 20 miles wide at its widest and more than 400 miles long. There are no residents in it. How can there be food there?

?No one cultivates grain fields here."

Lei stood up quickly, walked to the ground of a tree, and pulled out a large piece of wild grass. He smiled and said: "These are wild vegetables. After soaking them in boiling water to remove the bitterness, they taste very good. This kind is called

Gray rabbit ears, as well as cat's teeth, purslane, tiger moss, etc. are all very delicious wild vegetables. There are forests everywhere here, which means that there are wild vegetables everywhere. The wild vegetables under a tree are combined into one.

With some grain, the gruel will be enough to feed three soldiers for a whole day."

Before the generals could react, Lei had already unhooked his bow and arrow, opened the bow, and shot out an arrow. After a while, a wild bird weighing more than two kilograms fell from the sky. Lei said with a smile: "As for

Isn't this game? No matter how big a soldier's belly is, one such bird is enough for him to eat for half a day, right? I've looked on the road in the past few days and found that there are traces of wolves, black bears, tigers, etc. in Turk Canyon.

The tracks of wild beasts, even a single black bear, can feed a squadron of soldiers for several days... There is food everywhere, I was right."

From Wei on down, all the senior generals were stunned. These nobles had never had to worry about logistics when fighting in the past. With the powerful military power of the Fante Empire, they had never been in the dilemma of running out of ammunition and food.

Therefore, they simply cannot understand that there are actually many things to eat in the mountains and forests.

Wei swallowed a bit depressed, shook her head and said: "Really... we never thought... the Imperial Military Academy does not seem to have relevant courses, right?"

Jerry came over and said a little depressed: "Yes, the Imperial Military Course always teaches us how to win a battle based on complete logistical support, but it never teaches us how to retreat after a defeat.

I was looking for something to eat while we were on the run. My God, our empire has not lost a battle in thousands of years. It really makes us all..."

Wei shook her head and sighed: "Okay, Lei, that's it. The main task of your first division is to collect wild vegetables and wild beasts. Well, where is the military discipline officer? Record the great achievements of the first division commander Lei.

One thing, but don’t write down the specific reasons. If you tell me, our entire empire will lose face."

Lei snickered in his heart: "You nobles don't know these things, but the soldiers all know it. Ask those soldiers who grew up in the mountains, hehe... However, it seems that the soldiers of the Five Beast Legion and these three major military departments

, they were all selected from the vicinity of the imperial capital, and maybe they don’t know this common sense. It’s an advantage for me, and it’s a great achievement.”

Another day passed. With this day's time, the Vant Army deployed heavy defenses in the dense forest. The road, which was about a mile long, was filled with rocks and wooden piles. When the Bicester Iron Cavalry arrived here, it had no choice but to dismount.

On foot, in those dense forests, there are countless traps, fallen wood, sharp bamboo thorns and other dangerous weapons. Lei used his hunting skills in the mountainous areas to the fullest, and countless sinister and vicious traps came from his mind. For example, near the water source

, he asked his subordinate soldiers to arrange countless nooses. As soon as a person steps on them, they will be pulled up into the sky. Although it cannot kill the enemy, it is enough to dislocate and twist the enemy's ankles.

On the battlefield, this is even more uncomfortable than killing them.

Simple traps were made one after another, and the Vant Army was enthusiastically involved in setting up these harmful activities. After understanding the actual function of these traps, Lian Wei and the army commanders made them with their own hands with great interest.

A dozen nooses were placed around a clearing in the forest.

Auf shook his head and said: "Is it possible that our Imperial Military Academy will also offer mountain trap courses in the future? Well, the best teachers are selected from hunters like Lei... Really, in the past wars

, are all carried out around the city. How can there be such intrigues in the woods? But, I like it... Hehe, you dare to sit down with such a sharp bamboo piece, and see if your butt doesn't blossom.

"Aofu smiled sinisterly and inserted a few sharp bamboo pieces into a trap.

Jerry, on the other hand, smiled and commanded a dozen soldiers to arrange several nest bows. These were originally used by hunters in the mountainous areas to ambush tigers and other beasts. They were made from local materials and were very easy to make. Jerry smiled sinisterly.

Said: "This, it has nothing to do with the code of chivalry. Alas, but since it has violated the code of chivalry, then it is better to just violate it to the end. They have about 500,000 people attacking our troops of more than 100,000 people. It is originally

It breaks the rules of fair duel."

Several senior generals under Wei, each holding a strong bow like a thunder, muttered: "You cannot use crossbows in a knight's duel. This is not bright and unfair. However, countries like you

Attack our country, why the hell do we care about fairness?" These high-level knights are the few who have outstanding archery skills and can draw such a strong bow without using grudges.

,At this moment, they are all assigned to Lei...

After four days of delay outside the canyon, one meeting after another, Carlin finally got the empire generals to agree to mobilize the main force of their country to attack the Vant Empire. As for Leif

Empire, their advance legion was completely destroyed. Without Karin's request, their emperor angrily sent out all 110,000 soldiers of the 'Leaves of Grass' legion, together with the Imperial Guards 'Divine Blessing' of the Leif Empire.

'The 30,000 heavy infantrymen of the legion rushed over in a mighty manner.

Carlin curled his lips slightly, as if he was speaking to himself, and also seemed to be speaking to others: "Well, the Rifu Empire knows that it wants to divide the spoils, so it is very active. There are only a few regular troops in their country.

To 250,000 people, right? Including those who were annihilated last time, they almost mobilized in full force... Of course, the country that made the most efforts will also get the richest spoils."

Several other empire generals and nobles looked at each other, with a cold light in their eyes, and hurriedly walked out of the tent.

Kalin immediately summoned Shaboko: "Has that barbarian Bobkart taken the people away? He is indeed an impatient monkey and there is no way to reason with him. Now he is about to catch up with the Vante Empire's army, right?
To be continued...