Chapter 291 Time

The research of [Tiefeng County-Telton Battle] will be a big problem.

Due to the lack of scribes, the Tiefeng County military failed to leave any written records.

The new government also did not inherit the good habit of "writing war history" from the old officer system.

The remaining instructions, orders and letters are full of secret words and codes, which are incomprehensible.

As for the Tertons? They have no such thing as writing.

For the Hed people, war records are the romantic heroic epics sung by old shamans around the campfire.

Each Shaman's version is different, and all contain a lot of improvisation, classic homages, and completely fictional moments.

Perhaps in the future, some people who witnessed this battle will publish their memoirs.

But we all know that memories are the most unreliable records, because everyone distorts and embellishes memories according to their own needs.

Even liars may not necessarily be lying, because they sincerely believe that what they remember is true.

Only the "War Newsletter" printed on papyrus every issue can help onlookers vaguely outline the full picture of the war.

Skilled propagandists are good at turning bad news into average bad news, bad news into acceptable bad news, bad news into good news, and good news into glorious victory.

Winters was obviously not good at this, because he honestly informed the entire Tiefeng County in the "War Correspondence" that the Terdun people had occupied the Pangtuo River fording field.

On the night when Bader led his militia troops to repulse the first round of attacks, the second round of attacks by the Telltowners followed.

Prior to this, Bard had blocked many attempts by small groups of Teldon light cavalry.

Unlike Wolf Town, which is located in a corner, Heishui Town and Wumastiff Town are only separated from Zhongtiefeng County by a river, making travel easy.

By the time the Terdun people invaded Lower Tiefeng County, a large number of people from Heishui Town and Wumastiff Town had been evacuated to Middle Tiefeng County.

The Terdun people who robbed Blackwater Town and Five Mastiff Town had limited gains, so they wanted to try their luck in Zhongtiefeng County, the hunting ground of other tribes, but were easily repelled by the militiamen under Bader's command.

However, when the Telduuns launched a real offensive, the pressure on Bard's shoulders increased sharply.

A small group of sneaky plunderers who wanted to "poach" were obviously not the same as the Teltown cavalry who were determined to capture Tusked Field.

The first round of offensive was just a test by the vanguard.

In the second wave of attack that night, the Terdun people not only invested more hundreds of cavalry, but also concentrated a group of armored soldiers to dismount and fight on foot, ruthlessly tearing at the weak points of the horses and wooden fences.

Bows, arrows and slings were difficult to exert their power in night battles. The Teltun people focused on one point and attacked fiercely, and the battle became often fierce.

The Hurd Barbarian's loud arrows were accompanied by a terrifying scream, and several times they even flew close to Ish's ears.

The exhausted Ish raised his gun high and groaned in pain unconsciously. He exerted all his strength on his waist, abdomen and arms, swung the gun from top to bottom, and slapped his head and face outside the wooden fence.

He couldn't see clearly where the barbarian was, so he just hit the place where the figure was flashing.

The improvised shooting gun has an oak core as the core, and linen cloth is wrapped around the oak wood to increase its toughness. Finally, it is brushed with tung oil and asphalt.

Because there is no time to dry the wood core, the so-called shooting gun is extremely heavy. It is more laborious to use than pushing a stone roller uphill, but its power is also more amazing.

When the gun was about to hit the ground, the gun barrel suddenly sent a shock force back to Ish's hands, which made Ish's hands numb.

With a "click", the gun broke into two pieces.

Ish seemed to hear a scream and the sound of a skull being smashed. It's more likely that all the sounds were hallucinations, because the battlefield was so noisy that he couldn't hear anything at all.

Many of the horse-rejecting stakes have been pulled out, leaving only a thin wooden fence between the two sides.

The Tiefeng County militiamen used all their strength to beat the barbarians outside the fence, not only with their guns but also with long flails.

The flail was originally just a tool for farm work, but the knocking rod is now stained with brains.

At the same time, the archers and slingers were gritting their teeth and pouring arrows and arrows toward the outside of the fence. Most of the people couldn't see where the barbarian was, and they just threw stones and arrows at the approximate location. It seemed that the faster they shot, the safer they would be.

The Terdun people were doing the same thing - shooting arrows at places where there were figures through the fence.

Ish found that his racquet gun was broken, but it didn't seem to be broken.

Because the linen cloth wrapped around the wooden core was barely connected to the two sections of the gun barrel, the shooting gun now looked like a broken arm, with the small section in front hanging down.

The shooting gun turned into a large flail, and Ish had nothing to complain about. He gasped and raised the gun barrel again.

Another scream came from far away, but this time it didn't fly into the distance like before, but penetrated into Ish's left leg.

Ish, whose consciousness was already dull, was stunned for a while before he realized that he had been hit by an arrow.

He used up his last strength, swung the barrel of his gun and hit the barbarian outside the wooden fence, and fell heavily on the stone beach.

The militiamen beside him saw that the sergeant was injured and hurriedly carried Ish to the rear of the battle line.

The ponyboy Angelou was sweating profusely when he saw more and more wounded people being carried to the back, but the Teltun people's offensive showed no signs of weakening.

"Go to the reserve team! Lieutenant." Angelou rushed to Bader's side and asked again: "If this continues, the front will collapse!"

Bud, who was watching the battle, seemed to have no emotions at all: "It's not yet time."

"They can't hold on."

"They can still hold on, I know where their limits are."

"Then let the cavalry come in!" Angelou firmly grasped the handle of the knife: "I will lead someone to charge from the side."

"It's not yet time."

Angelou wanted to argue, but was silenced by Bud.

Bud narrowed his eyes and listened. Soon, Angelou heard it too.

The dull sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, getting closer and closer.

Angelou's pupils dilated suddenly - the sound of horse hooves came not from the other side of the river, but from behind them!

Is it reinforcements? still……

"Drum roll!" Bud shouted: "Reserve team! Get on the bus!"

There are no reinforcements tonight, only the enemy.

To the southeast, on the road leading to Xiaoshi Town, groups of cavalry were climbing over the hills and rushing straight towards Tushe Field.

The spears shone with cold light, and the sound of horse hooves sounded like a sudden rain.

In the Khedic language, "war" and "robbery" are the same word, which means that war is actually an economic act.

Therefore, the Hud people are least willing to fight head-on, because even if they win, they will lose money.

Detouring, outflanking, pulling, and using the advantages of four legs to annihilate enemies in motion are the abilities of the Hed people.

If the Hurds chose to fight head-on, there must be a good reason - such as a "surprise force" sneaking across the river from upstream.

The person leading this cavalry was none other than the Hundred Cavalry Commander "Chew Corpse" who had just fought against Bard.

The mission before Chewing Corpse was not to capture Tushe Field at all, but to inquire about the military situation. To attack Tu Shechang with a hundred cavalry is to chew corpses on one's own initiative.

Winning is naturally a great achievement, but if you can't win... then you have to redeem your merits.

The last time they were repulsed, the Corpse Chewers dropped more than thirty corpses. This time, many of his subordinates were swept away by the river while swimming from the densely forested upper reaches.

Before even grabbing any trophies, nearly half of the hundreds of tribesmen were lost. If a windfall cannot be made, it is hard to say what awaits the corpse chewer.

It was with this strong motive that Chew Corpse fell headlong into the pit.

The Terdun riders following Corpse Chewer reined in their horses, but some people still failed to react in time and heavily trampled Corpse Chewer and their horses into the pit.

When his thoracic vertebrae were trampled by his tribe's war horses, Corpse Chewer finally figured it out - it turned out that the two-legged man had also arranged a defense behind him.

Cota's life and death were unknown, and the other Terton cavalry were panicked for a while.

A red feather gnashed his teeth and shouted: "[Hed] Chew the corpse to death! I am Kota! Go kill the two-legged man quickly! God is above!"

Hong Lingyu took the lead and crossed the pit on the corpse-chewing body and the horse, and attacked Tu Shechang from behind. The other Teltun people subconsciously followed the man who dared to give orders.

"The scale is smaller than I imagined." Bud watched as the Teltown cavalry hit the car formation head-on again: "Angru!"

"Yes!" Angelou was full of energy.

"Go out through the secret passage and stab the Telton people in the waist for me!"

"Yes!" Angelou suddenly became energetic, drew his saber, and ran back to his men.

Counting Angelou, the cavalry consisted of only thirty people, and all of them had already saddled up, just waiting to attack.

"Spantajevich!" A young man of sixteen or seventeen years old waved the Dussac saber passed down by his father and asked Angelou excitedly: "Is it our turn?"

"You stand at the back." Angelou said with a serious face and a rare officer's style: "Follow the team closely and don't pee your pants for a while."

The members of Bud's cavalry team come from a complex background, including Dussac, a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old underage, rich farmers from well-off families who know how to ride horses, and two children of the manor owners who voluntarily signed up to participate.

Angelou's tongue is clumsy, he doesn't know how to use words to encourage morale, and time doesn't allow it.

He pulled out his saber, looked at the vicissitudes of life or the childlike eyes in front of him, sniffed, and said: "Follow me, I will rush to the front. If I die, you continue to rush forward."

After that, he gently tapped the red mane with the heel of his boot and plunged into the riverside forest without looking back.

The attack and defense around the horses and the fence have reached the most critical moment. The Terton people, the Plato people... we are all human beings, and they want to turn around and run away when facing death so close at hand.

The two sides were tense with each other, and whichever side showed weakness first would be followed by a domino-like collapse, so no one dared to take a step back.

The men gritted their teeth, stared, gasped, endured pain and torture and tried to kill each other.

When the Telduans heard the sound of fighting coming from the rear of the camp, they knew that the outflanking troops were coming, and their morale was boosted.

A burly Terton soldier named "Bear" screamed and rushed to the fence in the face of brandishing guns and flails.

The Tiefeng County militiamen only saw a bear-like thing wrapped in iron armor with two shields strapped to its shoulders. It hugged the fence and uprooted a wooden stake with a roar like a brown bear pulling out a tree. .

The militiamen swung their flails at the humanoid beast in horror, but the opponent seemed to feel no pain and did not hold a weapon. He just picked up the wooden stake in his hand and roared into the fence line.

"Bear" waved the three-meter-long log in his hand with brute strength. The Tiefeng County militiamen who could not dodge were beaten until their chests collapsed. No one could get close to "Bear".

"[Herdese] Break the formation! Break the formation!" The other Telduans were so excited that their eyes turned red, and they howled and squeezed towards the small gap: "[Herdese] God is above!"

The sound of hoofbeats was like thunder, and a series of sounds of war horses treading water came from behind. The Telton people at the fence thought that some noble family was eager to take credit.

Several Hong Lingyu were furious and cursed, but the curses turned into exclamations while they were still in their mouths.

Because they saw a reddish-brown war horse floating on the water like a Pegasus, rushing towards them with thunderous momentum.

There were also a steady stream of riders leaping out of the bushes on the river bank. Their horses seemed to be unable to sink into the water, and they were riding on the water to kill the Teltun people from the side and rear.

The Teltown people who were besieging the fence once again tasted the most classic anvil and hammer tactic.

"Ура!" Angelou roared angrily, and he raised the knife and chopped off half of his head - the deceased did not come back to his senses until the end.

Redmane, who was wearing a felt chest protector, rushed into the Telduun people without slowing down at all.

The Terdun people along the way screamed to avoid the red mane, but they couldn't avoid the yellow mane, the white mane, and the other Tiefeng County riders who were struggling to urge their horses to charge.

Hacked to death, crushed to death, and trampled to death, the Teltun people's will collapsed.

They are a horse-taming clan, and dismounting and fighting on foot is not their strength, let alone getting a solid flank charge.

The Tertun people fled in all directions, and Angelou waved his saber and drove the barbarians mercilessly towards the deep water.

The water became deeper and deeper, and the Teltun people, who were originally driven by instinct to escape, found that the cold and biting river water was already up to their knees.

They were almost unsteady on their feet, and the vicious cavalry were still driving more Tertuns into the deep water.

Finally, one, two... one after another, the exhausted Telduuns could not maintain their balance, and screamed and were swept away by the river. After several ups and downs, they disappeared.

There were fewer and fewer Tertun people on the riverbed, and Angelo ordered without hesitation: "Take no prisoners! Kill them all!"

Just as Angelou clamped his horse's ribs and prepared to launch the final charge, the sound of hail-like hooves came from the south bank.

The commander of Turton sent another group of cavalry to attack the back of the Anglo cavalry.

"Retreat!" Angelou pulled the reins and led his men back to the north bank along the original route.

The pursuing Teltown cavalry wanted to follow Angelou to the north bank, but one after another their horses stumbled and fell into the water.

It won't be until tomorrow morning, when Iron Peak County militiamen begin removing the wooden piles and bridge deck beneath the water, that the people of Telltown will know what happened.

The Teltun soldier "Bear" who broke into the fence was finally exhausted, and Angelo defeated the other Teltuns in one charge.

No Terton man but the Bear passed through the gap between the fences.

"Bear" hugged the wooden stake, panting heavily, barely supporting his body.

A militiaman tentatively approached the bear-like barbarian, but the latter made no move... He really had no strength left.

Suddenly, all the militiamen became bold and hit the "bear" from all directions with their guns, flails, and sticks.

The "bear" was knocked down with random sticks, and the militiamen beat the bear-like barbarian lifelessly, as if they were venting some long-repressed emotions.

Many people were shouting and fighting at the same time. You must know that when they were fighting just now, they gritted their teeth tightly and could not utter a sound.

"That's enough!" Bud stopped everyone coldly.

The militiamen stopped one after another. Many people stood blankly after stopping, and some even cried.

Perhaps because of the strong armor, perhaps because of his tenacious vitality, or perhaps because of his reflection, the "Bear" was not dead yet, and a sigh-like groan came from his throat.

"He is also a warrior." Bud took off his hat: "Give him a good time, don't cut off his ears and head."

"I'll do it." Ish, who had removed the arrow from his leg, limped to the side of the dying Telton man.

He pulled out his dagger, made a salute, took off the "bear's" neck guard, and slit the "bear's" throat.

The sound of cutting the throat was very unpleasant, blood flowed out gurglingly, and some militiamen couldn't help but vomited it out.

"You will get used to it." Ish wiped the dagger and said.

At the same time, Bader received a letter, delivered by a green-helmeted cavalryman on horseback.

"Let everyone prepare to evacuate." Bud handed the letter to Angelou who returned to the camp: "Captain Montagne is here."

Northeast of Tushe Field, less than one kilometer away.

Winters arrived at the "battlefield" with a large force.

But the battlefield he chose was very quiet, and most of his "troops" were not holding weapons, but spades, pickaxes and baskets.

"This is it." Wintersler stopped his horse and looked back at the hundreds of faces behind him: "Let's get started."

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