48 Bring It On! (3)
Day Thirty-Seven.
The situation changed in the morning. Two reports came from two different sides, each with their own level of importance.
The Ashen Wolves side reported the movement of the militias from Yelu-Namu Village, and the Orc bring back the report about sixty-nine captured goblins at the land soon be named as Eastern Changzhou.
For the sake of removing a further threat, Han Xi steel himself and beheaded the two unnamed Hobgoblins. With the death of their leader, the goblins quickly surrendered both mentally and physically to the soon to established Eastern Changzhou Military Power.
This addition of 69 goblins increases their current limit of 471 people to 540 people. Unfortunately, they're the first batch of captives of the Eastern Changzhou, hence unqualified for any precious medicine such as Recovery Ointment in throughout their lives.
As for the attack from Yelu-Namu Village, their number is at 1,000 militias, albeit lack of training to be proper soldiers. Still, an elephant may be swarmed by a nest of ants so even the weakest fighting force might be capable of killing a cultivator like him.
Against this force, Mu Qing Lang cannot be too reserved. The defensive measure had already been set up in their soon to be Eastern Changzhou Farm, while a part of their people has started to move toward Eastern Changzhou to increase their construction forces.
Altogether, Mu Qing Lang commands 100 Orcs, 50 Goblins, and 70 Humans as his armed militias. As they got more weapon than people, everyone is armed from their head until toes.
They're further divided into a squad of ten members. Ten Squads formed a platoon, each with a platoon leader. The first platoon is led by Guan Yi, while the second with Ka-Ba. As for the remaining eight militias, they are divided into four groups of two, assisting the Platoon Leader in both command and rescue task.
Such an organized formation is heard for the first time. But for the sake of both protecting themselves and also expanding the Eastern Changzhou, such an organized structure is crucial.
Mu Qing Lang helms the position of Platoon Commander, thoroughly leading them from the back. With himself positioned in the Eastern Changzhou Farm, Mu Qing Lang relies on both the Blue Lightning Sparrow and the Ashen Wolf King to give out his order.
Meanwhile, Han Xi will replace Mu Qing Lang as the acting leader for the Eastern Changzhou City with the duty of organizing them in groups.
The moment the militias from Yelu-Namu Village reaches half day journey from their Eastern Changzhou Farm, Mu Qing Lang ordered a full-scale attack.
Two platoons, one left and one right. As for the center, the Ashen Wolves work as the distraction. Forced to fight against an unprepared sneak attack, the militias from Yelu-Namu faced their first defeating battle.
They were lucky. Because both Guan Yi and Ka-Ba is not a hard-willed veteran in war, their cooperation can be said to be the worst of all time.
The twenty squads attacked randomly at their enemies, exchanging one to one. For each militia they killed or injured, one got hurt at the same time.
This caused great difficulties to the two-man group acting as medics in the battlefield. As eight pair of hands cannot support two platoons of soldiers, their losses are imminent. Their first exchange came out with the death of five humans, five goblins, and ten orcs.
A total of twenty casualties, with the Recovery Ointment as their backup.
But it was not a profitable battle for the Yelu-Namu Village as well. Without the help of Recovery Ointment in their ranks, their death reaches 150 people, with another 100 injured. Their next battle can only be joint by a total of 750 fit militias if they willing to leave the burden behind.
With their distance is only a quarter day from the Eastern Changzhou Farm, both sides took a temporary truce for their lunch before continuing with their attack. This gave Mu Qing Lang and the others a short while to breathe before they continue.
With twenty death and no injured, the two platoons temporary operates with nine teams instead of ten.
"You sure both of you want to fight face to face against that army of seven-fifty?" Mu Qing Lang had a finger tapping on the table as he listened to the request from his two Platoon Leaders.
Although both platoons had their restructuring done, they admitted that their previous losses happened due to the lack of experience in leading their platoon.
As the people say, a general is born in war. Heroes are the same. Mu Qing Lang is not a pacifist, neither is his platoon leaders and people. Understanding the importance of leadership and cooperation, they both promised to bring back a much glorious victory in the next battle.
One hour after the Lunch Truce ends, the Yely-Namu Militias launched their full-scale attack. The troop of seven-fifty divided into three rows to attack their opponent's camp successively. The front row is the biggest group, with three-hundred and fifty militias.
Meanwhile, two hundred soldiers had gathered in the middle and back row, resting until the vanguard row starting to lose their momentum.
Suddenly, the anomalies are here.
To support this battle and reduce the number of casualties, the Yelu-Namu Village sent two cultivators to help them win this war.
Their appearance turns the battlefield immediately the moment it started. Dou Yi became the first to go out of commission after having a leg and arm chopped off by the cultivator's sharp blade.
Luckily, Ka-Ba and Guan Yi did not let them escalate further. The two Platoon Leaders charged into the battlefield, both with their proud Ashen War Gauntlets hammering fist at the two cultivators.
"Ridiculous! How can they own such a treasured weapon?" the existence of the Ashen War Gauntlets change the tempo of the battle. Against the weapon made from the WUYI Saint Carriage, their blades are nothing but roof tiles used in karate-performances.
"Continue! Send the middle row into the battle!" the two cultivators unwilling to see how their militias get crushed. With the addition of the middle row, the battle escalated into a more dangerous situation for Mu Qing Lang's army.
"GUA!" suddenly, a hobgoblin, stronger than before, charge into the battlefield like a battering ram! One of the militias about the same size as Guan Yi was thrown aside unconscious from that strike.
"DOU YI!" Guan Yi was the happiest among them as Dou Yi was a part of his platoon.
"That damn hobgoblin came back to life! How can he grow back his limbs in such a short period?" the cultivator that cut off Dou Yi's limbs earlier was shocked with his regeneration speed.
Worst of all, Dou Yi's fighting ability is doubled. A punch of his now can flatten the militia, and a kick can sent both human and soil up above the sky.
"This is not a fair! What is their secret?" the two cultivators had their morale crushed. With Dou Yi's sudden arrival and doubling in fighting strength, it was a losing battle as it continues!
Meanwhile...
"Wow... That Dou-Xian Pill is indeed dangerous." Mu Qing Lang monitored how Dou Yi fought after he took the Dou-Xian Pill earlier. Although ruthless, Mu Qing Lang did not wish to see his army defeated at the early stage.
"Indeed... They are still too weak to fight against the enemies. Although the two platoons had a leader leading them in the fight, without a strategy, it was nothing better than a pack of rabid hounds." Mu Qing Lang studied his people and how they fight.
Even the opponent knows how to separates their forces into three groups and not placing all their eggs in a basket. Thinking back about the attack from the previous Ashen Wolf King, that fellow even know how to separates and attack both Namu Settlement and his with two different force.
At the same time, the Ashen Wolf King did try to increase the settlement's stress level by keep bringing up captives to them. All of these strategies was what making a war successful even against enemies ten times larger than your own.
"Ashen Wolf King, call all of them back." Mu Qing Lang ordered. The Ashen Wolf King immediately delivered his order via a howl, and it was transferred into the battlefield.
Instantly, the remaining force of sixteen squadrons retreated. Aided by the Ashen Wolves, their retreat can be said to go well without too many casualties. But that was not all he wanted to do.
The Blue Lightning Sparrow chirps. Leading the troops all to the right of their enemies, Mu Qing Lang ordered the Black Prairie Wolf to lead a pack of twenty Ashen Wolves to attack the chasing enemies that turn right without notice.
His tactic brings back positive results as the sneak attack causes more than ten deaths at their quick attack and retreats tactic. It was further enhanced by the two platoons when the Blue Lighting Sparrow suddenly turns the retreat call to turn around an attack!
The frontline of the chasing troops turned to defensive but their back uncontrollably charged into their companion from the sudden halt. That breaks their formation for a moment, and that moment is what Mu Qing Lang needed to give to his two platoons.
"SLAUGHTER THEM!" Ka-Ba and Guan Yi charged at their opponent suddenly, as if they are not preparing to retreat at all earlier.
