Great time travel

Chapter 70. In the blink of an eye, all armies are wiped out
In the southern part of the Talilia Plain in the southern part of Arnus Hill, an exhausted army is setting up camp under the setting sun.

This is the [-] Rangers led by King Duran of the Elbe Kingdom, with the Elbe Army as the main body, and is currently being ordered to approach the Arnus Hill from the south to cooperate with the main force of Emperor Saushal who came over the mountain from the northeast. The army formed a flanking attack on the aliens.

At first glance, this seems to be a combat strategy that is completely in line with the principles of the art of war, but in practice, it is very difficult to implement.

——Only from the map, the northern border of the Elbe Kingdom seems to be close to the location of Arnus Hill.But in fact, there are still about [-] to [-] kilometers between the densely populated hinterland of the Elbe Kingdom and the Arnus Hills.

To send troops northward from the capital of the Elbe Kingdom to the Arnus Hills, they first had to cross a steep and rugged mountain range, pass through the Schulz Forest where the dark elves lived, and then cross the desolate Taerilia Plain.And these are deserted places with few people, and there are no rivers and waterways for boats. Due to the lack of decent roads, it is also difficult for baggage vehicles to drive here, and there are not even many water sources—even in the forest, it is not possible everywhere. Find a source of clean water.The Talilia Plain is a semi-desert area similar to the Mongolian Gobi, and there are rugged boulders scattered everywhere, similar to a slightly "turned green" strange rock desert.Whether it is the Empire or the Elbe Kingdom, there are no decent villages and towns in this land of more than [-] square kilometers. There are only a few border posts, and there is almost no supply along the way.

Therefore, although King Duran had taken into account the difficulty of supplies and only brought [-] troops northward, due to the extremely harsh natural conditions, he still suffered a lot along the way-first of all, in the Schultz Forest, the army was unexpectedly attacked. Fortunately, Yanlong's attack was only a young dragon as big as a cow and a horse, not a towering adult Yanlong. Finally, after killing and injuring hundreds of people and losing two convoys of luggage, he barely escaped.Immediately, the water was cut off in the Talilia Plain, and some people even died of thirst. Thanks to an experienced guide who found a pond, the entire army was not wiped out halfway.

Even so, under the torment of hunger, thirst and exhaustion, the army was already emaciated, and its morale and physical strength were on the verge of collapse.As an experienced veteran on the battlefield, King Duran had no choice but to order the entire army to stop advancing, and camped on the spot to rest for a few days.

In fact, although the aliens who came from the "gate" on the top of Arnus Hill were theoretically neighbors with King Duran, due to the poor transportation and communication conditions in ancient times, the Kingdom of Elbe also There is no special intelligence agency, coupled with the interference of war and turmoil, Duran has not collected any accurate and reliable information about these visitors from other worlds, but only vaguely knows that they seem to have a large number of people, and they can make exquisite utensils and ornaments , and once took advantage of the civil strife in the empire to seize the city of Ita Rica and kidnapped an imperial princess... But this does not show how strong the military strength of the outsiders is, because during the civil war in the empire, almost every Ambitious princes have cut a lot of meat from the empire.Even the savages and orcs in the mountains can take advantage of the gap between the transfer of the imperial border guards and break into the hinterland of the empire to plunder.Even Duran himself was no exception—the reason why he was willing to send troops to participate in the emperor's expedition at his own expense was entirely because Emperor Saushar agreed to grant him a large piece of land south of the Romanian Mountains, as well as the land that had been cut away before. Some islands allowed the Kingdom of Elbe to basically restore the territory of its heyday.

As for those absurd and exaggerated rumors such as "the aliens have huge floating warships that can fly across the entire continent in a few days", "the aliens built a city more magnificent than the imperial capital in just a few days" His Majesty Duran naturally didn't believe it - if the aliens from behind the "door" really possessed such terrifying force, then they should have already swept all directions and killed wantonly by now, how could they still be nesting in the What kind of desolate place like the Arnus Hills is enough, just a surprise attack on the city of Ita Rica is enough?
In short, according to his experience, his position should be considered safe now: here is more than 100 kilometers away from Mount Arnus, and it is in the barren wasteland with few people. No spies were found along the way. It is estimated that he has not been discovered by the outsiders... Besides, even if the outsiders really noticed his whereabouts and mobilized an army to kill him from the north, then after crossing the barren and empty Talilia Plain, the outsiders The human army should also be exhausted.He guarded the camp and had a water source, so he took advantage of waiting for work at leisure.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that his whereabouts had already been exposed-as long as he was photographed by the spy satellite above his head, he would see nothing.

What's even more regrettable is that due to the huge difference in weapons and equipment, the outsider doesn't need to travel long distances if he wants to destroy his army!
——When King Duran of Pommel Horse Lawton was sleeping soundly in his tent, several long-range drones had quietly flown over his barracks...

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When the first irresistible flaming gods of death just appeared at the far end of the night sky in the north, the sentinels of the Elbe Kingdom thought they were shooting stars, but the next moment, they turned into bright flames falling from the sky, bursting out deafeningly. roar.

"……boom!!!"

Accompanied by the loud noise that shook the sky, all of a sudden, thunder was thrown, the earth trembled, and the ground around the barracks was full of flames, and there were screams!Before the sleeping soldiers in the camp understood what was going on, they were already charred by the scorching flames...

Fortunately, despite the laser guidance of the drone, King Duran was not blown up by the rocket in the first time due to some accidents. Bed, escaped from the camp supported by a group of loyal guards.

Even so, His Majesty Duran, who was ignorant, was only a few steps away from being supported by the guards, when he felt a hot and turbulent air wave suddenly coming from behind, pushing him and the guards who protected him forward He fell down on the muddy ground, his thighs and arms were scratched with blood marks by the sharp rocks... But the keen intuition honed on the battlefield for many years prevented him from groaning while hugging the bleeding wound, nor did he look back , but quickly got up, fled staggeringly into the shadow of a boulder, and then turned over and rolled into a cave that was suspected to have been a beast den...

At the same time, more rockets continued to fall on the military camp of the Elbe Kingdom, and the blazing shock wave swept across the ground as if torn apart, flattening the fences and tents, leaving only burning wreckage and charred corpses. There were also some "Fire Man" and "Fire Horse" who were flaming and running around... The surviving soldiers were also crushed by fear, and they were no longer restrained by the officers. They just ran away while hugging their heads and howling.

However, even if they ran out of the camp, they might not be able to escape.Because the rockets from hundreds of kilometers away are still falling, and the hot shock wave that can crush human bones and internal organs is still raging behind them... Scorched earth, gravel, ashes and minced meat, in the explosion The flames splashed everywhere, and then fell like heavy rain, forming a soul-stirring picture of purgatory.

——The enemy's position is still hundreds of kilometers away, and the [-] army has already collapsed amidst the blood and fire...