Riding and Slashing

At noon the next day, a large group of Snake Worshipers came to the valley noisily.

This was probably the vanguard of the Snake Cult. A few followers of the Snake Cult led the way, followed by at least 3000 people.

There are not many cobra warriors in this leading force, and no priestess is seen. There are no more than twenty people on horseback in the whole team.

There are hundreds of Snake Cult warriors wearing green burqas.

It seems that in the eyes of the Snake Cult troops, being a pioneer is a hard job, and it is the job of grassroots warriors and followers.

In other words, this is the practice of the Snake Cult army. Those who walk in the front are cannon fodder with firm beliefs but low status-of course, the priestesses are very sorry for their lives.

Li Ang lay on the fence of the manor and watched from a distance. He now knew why the marching speed of the Snake Cult was so slow.

In fact, their speed was not hindered by those followers who looked like farmers, but by those Snake Cult warriors—those Snake Cult warriors were all wearing full equipment when marching...

The Snake Worship Cult warriors are all infantry soldiers, or they are not considered soldiers, because the training is quite poor, but the equipment is quite good.

Probably those with more pious beliefs and stronger bodies will be armed as such warriors.

These samurai who have not received much training do not have horses to travel, and they do not bring any carriages in their team, so they can only march with their equipment, so the speed is naturally not fast.

"Why don't they let those followers help them carry the equipment? Wearing this suit and marching, you won't be afraid of exhaustion..."

Amy lay beside the lord and complained.

"Probably they value their status as warriors... just like those days when the female warriors who just joined the Griffin Claw got a full set of equipment, everyone was wearing a full set of equipment to show off all day long..."

Sarah said softly behind her back.

Wearing a full set of equipment all the time, this is in line with the usual style of the Snake Cult army that can charge at any time when they encounter the enemy.

And in this way, ordinary ambushes and raids may not have much effect on them.

In fact, the main idea of ​​​​ambush warfare is to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, launch an attack at a time and place that the enemy did not expect, and catch the enemy by surprise, such as a surprise attack when the enemy is not wearing equipment during the march.

But if the enemy is in a combat state anytime, anywhere, it will not be easy to achieve the desired effect.

Moreover, although the army of the Snake Cult looks like a mob, and although they behave like a group of brainless locusts when they encounter battles, they actually walk very cautiously in the valley terrain with cliffs on both sides. .

The way of marching without looking at the environment did not happen. All the Snake Worshipers basically watched the movement on the cliff vigilantly, and slowly moved forward.

It seemed that the few followers of the Snake Worship Cult leading the way were familiar with the terrain here, and the cobra warriors who were the officers of the leading troops had obviously received strict training, and they knew that such terrain was easy to be ambushed.

Fortunately, the lord did not intend to directly use the terrain to launch a surprise attack at this time - the leading troops of the Snake Worship Cult were very cautious. If they launched an attack directly, it would not be called an ambush, but a frontal attack.

But after the leading troop of the Snake Cult walked carefully and slowly into the valley, they were surprised to find that there was another 'Snake Cult troop' that came earlier than them...

It looked like a group of two hundred Snake Cult warriors, with nearly two thousand farmer-like 'followers', was blocking the entrance of the village.

Those warriors basically carried heavy crossbows, carried moonblade axes or short-handled sickles, wore black hoods, and wore green overalls and chain armor-the standard attire of Snake Worship Cult warriors.

Most importantly, a Snake Cult priestess is directing them.

This group of 'Snake Cultists' seemed to be trying to climb up to the manor on the mountainside, but someone in the manor seemed to be resisting.

The Snake Cult's army is actually a team drawn from various places by various priestesses. The scale is too large, and it is normal that they don't know each other.

Right now, the leading troops of the Snake Cult don't know the village entrance team at all...

It's just that it's a bit surprising that this team can go ahead of the pioneers.

But since there was a large army of their own fighting in front, of course they didn't need to be so cautious. The leading troops quickly passed through the valley and came to the entrance of the village.

They did not encounter any ambushes or obstacles in the valley. After arriving at the entrance of the village, they also understood why the unknown group of 'friendly troops' in front did not enter the village, but wanted to attack the manor on the mountainside.

The entrance of the village was densely nailed with many dark wooden stakes, and all kinds of messy wooden boards were also nailed to the wooden stakes, blocking the road like rows of large fences—this is a big project, nearly [-] meters The wide village entrance was blocked tightly.

Those wooden piles are only about three meters high, and they look like ordinary wood used to build houses in the village, but without attacking equipment, it is still quite strenuous to dismantle them with bare hands, and they can only be chopped with an axe.

However, there seemed to be a lot of messy debris between the rows of wooden piles. It would not be so easy to clear a passage.

Moreover, if he wanted to cut a passage, he had to withstand the attack of the manor on the mountainside.

In this case, it is natural to take down the manor first, or else they can only be beaten for nothing.

"Hiss... you guys are here now! Hiss... where is your envoy!"

The priestess seemed to be in a bad mood as she watched the leading troops of the Snake Worship Cult approach.

Several cobra warriors looked at each other and went towards the priestess.

"Honorable envoys, we are the vanguard this time...the priests are leading a large force behind...how did you come in front of us?"

There is only one priestess here, but he has two hundred warriors and two thousand followers, which obviously means that this priestess is very powerful, so the cobra warriors are very humble.

"Hiss... I still want to ask why you guys are so slow! Hiss, I already said that I should hurry to Boshi City! Are you guys on vacation!"

The attitude of the priestess is very bad, it seems that she dislikes this leading army for walking too slowly.

A few cobra warriors lowered their heads and didn't dare to ask the priestess any other questions. The Snake Cult had a strict internal hierarchy, especially in the Cobra faction of Pendor Continent, the priestess was at the top of the pyramid.

They dare not talk back to a priestess who leads more than 2000 people.

"Hiss... Hurry up and capture that manor! My people will tear down these obstructing logs! Hiss..."

The priestess obviously had the commanding air of a high-ranking person, and immediately began to command, without being polite at all.

This is indeed a true Snake Cult priestess. Several cobra warriors nodded and bowed hurriedly, and then began to send messages to the troops, dispatching men to attack the manor.

But the cliff is quite steep, and there is no way to go. The manor is located on the mountainside tens of meters high, and it is completely dependent on climbing up to attack.

Although the number of crossbow arrows shot from the manor is not particularly large, it is indeed quite difficult with the skills of these Snake Cult warriors and followers...

Those cobra warriors didn't take the lead, but ordered their warriors and followers to swarm up the mountain.

The priestess's subordinates really started to demolish the broken boards nailed to the stakes. With this leading force to carry out the siege, all the crossbow arrows fired from the manor on the mountainside were aimed at worship who was climbing the mountain wall. The Snake Cultist is indeed a good opportunity to take the opportunity to open the way.

Several cobra warriors looked at each other, and seemed to sigh in unison, but said nothing, but arranged a few more warriors around them holding shields to protect themselves.

Probably in their eyes, the priestess was planning to use their leading force to attract firepower, so that the priestess' own followers would die less.

This is also the normal thinking of the priestesses...or in other words, allies in high positions in any force would do this, but this priestess did it more obviously.

But the leading troops were responsible for opening the way for the army. If the priestess' team were not here, then the leading troops of the Snake Worship Cult would have to conquer the manor by themselves.

Now there is a friendly army responsible for opening the way, which actually helps these cobra warriors.

In fact, it is normal for the army to encounter road blockages during the march, and the current situation seems normal to several Cobra warriors.

The only problem is that the 'followers' under the priestess seem a little timid and uneasy, probably because they have just joined the cult of God - such followers are indeed not suitable to be sent to attack the manor on the mountainside, priestess The arrangement is actually understandable.

Although the manor on the mountainside was continuously firing crossbow bolts, it didn't look like there were too many people there, and a strong attack could probably take it down. After all, the manor didn't seem to have any defensive facilities.

It's just that the burning logs thrown down from the manor from time to time are more terrifying. After the acceleration of tens of meters on the steep cliff, this thing is unstoppable. It is indeed not easy to clear the road from the threat of this manor.

So a few cobra warriors urged the troops to intensify their attack. Groups of Snake Cult warriors crawled up the mountain wall, looking like green aphids crawling on some dark low walls at the turn of spring and summer.

This kind of all-out attack seems to be effective. Although some Snake Worshipers are shot off the cliff from time to time, it seems that they are continuing to move forward overall.

As long as the goal can be achieved, the Snake Cult's team doesn't care much about casualties...

More than an hour later, the manor on the mountainside was still not conquered. There were obviously guards under the walls of the manor. As long as any Snake Worshipers climbed over the walls and entered the manor, they would be hacked to death and their bodies thrown out as weapons.

But it seems that there is no other means of defense in the manor, but the resistance is more intense.

At this time, the priestess' subordinates gradually used axes to open a passage two or three meters wide among the rows of wooden stakes.

"Hiss... I attacked the manor from the mountain road in the village, and you continued to attack from the outside... Hiss, when will the big troops come?"

The priestess let her own troops enter the village, and then arranged for several cobra warriors to attack in two directions.

That manor must be conquered. Most of the people brought by a few cobra warriors are currently climbing the mountain. Even if they withdraw, they will be shot by crossbow arrows and can only continue to climb.

"As you wish, honorable envoy of God... the large force will arrive before evening, and we should be able to turn the village into a safe camp before the large force arrives."

Several cobra warriors nodded in obedience to the priestess' arrangement.

As a result, the valley that was originally hundreds of meters wide has now become a three-meter-wide passage—when those wooden posts have been cut out of a passage, naturally no one will try to destroy all the wooden posts.

And not long after, the sound of a large number of weapons clashing was also heard in the manor on the mountainside, and no stones or logs were thrown down the mountain.

It seems that the resisters in the manor have already faced a situation of hand-to-hand combat. Although the manor is still not completely conquered, the valley passage is obviously safe.

A cobra warrior ran towards the direction he had come on horseback. Not long after, a thick plume of yellow smoke rose from the mouth of the valley.

Two hours later, as the sun went down, the army of the Snake Cult finally appeared in the valley.

Maybe it was because of the news that there was a priestess here, or maybe it was because they knew that the manor on the mountainside was still resisting, the Snake Cult army was moving faster in the valley, and it looked like they were charging for reinforcements.

Just as the first group of Snake Cult warriors rushed into the village through the narrow passage at the entrance, the last troops of the army had already entered the valley.

And at this moment, a loud noise resounded in the besieged manor on the mountainside.

In the valley, a priestess of the Snake Worship Cult who was protected by a large army turned over and fell off her horse. A huge blood hole appeared in her chest, and she didn't even have time to say her last words.

The surrounding Snake Worshipers looked up, only to see a puff of white smoke appearing on the fence of the manor on the mountainside.

And a few seconds later, continuous roars sounded from the mountain walls on both sides.

"boom……"

"Boom...long...hum..."

"Ka... Ka... Ka Ka..."

This continuous explosion sounded earth-shattering in the valley.

The successive explosions lasted for a long time, and accompanied by the terrible sound of rock cracking and boulders falling, it has been echoing in the valley.

At the same time, countless stones and soil collapsed and flew, and were scattered in all directions in the valley.

Almost the entire valley was shaking, and huge rocks kept rolling down, plowing out bloody gullies in the valley, and then collided with each other, and the collapsing debris brought death in pieces again.

Accompanied by a series of explosions, a part of the steep mountain wall collapsed in a large area, and a large amount of mud and stones collapsed to the bottom of the valley, almost completely sealing the entrance of the valley.

This is why some places are artificially widened—landslides and mudslides are common natural disasters in mountainous areas in this era. Without widening the valley road to a width of hundreds of meters, there is no way to ensure road safety.

But now, even a valley with a width of hundreds of meters has become a Jedi.

Li Ang concentrated all the grenades in the valley and detonated them continuously with fuses.

The scene of shaking the earth lasted at least 10 minutes before it slowly became quiet, but at this time, the entire valley bottom was already a hellish scene.

The brown soil has completely covered the entire bottom of the valley, and the original road is completely invisible, but countless wounded can be seen struggling and surging in the mud.

Countless broken corpses fell together with a large amount of rubble, and bright red blood slowly seeped out of the huge gullies created by the boulders.

There are still stones falling from the rock walls on both sides, making loud cracking and falling sounds from time to time.

Among the loud noises caused by falling rocks, the howling in the valley seemed extremely faint.

Not many of the Snake Cult's army can still fight.

In fact, apart from the vanguard that was besieging the manor, there might not be many Snake Worshipers who could successfully crawl out of this quagmire of hell.

The domineering priestess before was of course Alisa, and the 'Snake Cult Warriors' she brought with her were actually the two hundred soldiers under Fabius.

And those two thousand 'followers' were the young and strong among the 5000 people captured by Fabius and his son.

Fabius is of course very knowledgeable about current affairs. He led two hundred soldiers and was surrounded by two thousand young men who had enemies with him. Naturally, he seemed very honest...

The villagers also cooperated very well after being rescued - this is their homeland, and these villagers are not followers of the Snake Worshiper, and none of them want to be harmed by the Snake Worshiper.

The reason why Alisa, a genuine priestess, wanted to perform that scene at the entrance of the village was mainly to ensure that all the army of the Snake Cult entered the valley unsuspecting.

Alisa knew that the priestesses of the Snake Cult usually spared their lives, and after forming a large army, they would probably send out a vanguard to both explore and open the way.

Therefore, the vanguard of the Snake Cult must be convinced that the road in the valley is safe, and they deliberately let them attack the manor to prove this point-since the road at the entrance of the village has been blocked and defenses have been arranged at the manor, it is obviously not possible There are other ambushes...

On the other hand, first using wooden stakes to block the road, and then cutting a narrow passage by yourself, is actually a psychological trap, in order to make the Snake Cult army have nowhere to escape.

In the eyes of most people, since a three-meter-wide passage has been opened, the troops can pass through, no problem.

But for an army of tens of thousands of people, in an emergency, the only escape route is only three meters wide—it would be better if there were no roads!
The landslide and rockfall caused by the explosion on the ridge was indeed terrifying, but if the reaction was timely, many snake worshipers could have escaped.

But the passage that was only three meters wide made them not turn around and run back, but piled up at the only intersection where they could enter the village...

Right now, the area around the stake has been buried by mud and gravel. Countless Snake Worshipers died here, but few managed to enter the village smoothly.

In fact, when they entered the village, they could only be beaten to death by the villagers.

Although the villagers are not brave and good at fighting, it is relatively easy for 2000 people to block a three-meter-wide opening. After all, there are not many Snake Worshipers who can rush into the village, and they have nothing to praise except that they are not afraid of death. combat effectiveness.

Just after the explosion and rockfall, more troops appeared in the manor on the mountainside. The female soldiers and the Noldors fought out together, and the only remaining Noldor arrows were also used.

Li Ang led the troops and began to reap lives.

The Snake Worshipers who besieged the manor were at a loss as the ground shook and the mountains shook. After just over half an hour, there were no standing Snake Worshipers in the valley.