Chapter 525 - War
As soon as the Red Flame Battalion entered the shooting range of the crossbows, the wall of light appeared again. Arrows rained on them.
These arrows weren’t very destructive. The thing was, they could be shot repeatedly. They would finally reach the battalion the same way an ant would bite an elephant to death.
Although the Red Flame Battalion was in the fire cloud of their formation, it didn’t mean their defense was perfect.
The rain of arrows could tear the fire cloud apart in a few seconds. The Red Flame Battalion had to figure a way to avoid this.
The fire cloud transformed into wild flames, ignoring the rain of arrows.
The arrows were shot into the flames, but they were burnt down to ashes while travelling through the outer layer.
“No wonder.”
When the monitoring wards went in all directions, the legion would have all of the information they needed about the basin, including the locations of each city.
However, they heard chariots coming from all around them even before they got the chance to land.
“Ambush!”
The chariots of the Dragon Rebel Army flew over just when the Shadow Pursuing Troop blew their horns to warn everyone. There were thousands of them, charging aggressively.
The commander of the Shadow Pursuing Troop was a very thin middle-aged man. His face looked as resolute as an sturdy rock.
“Defense!”
He gave the order decisively and calmly.
The Shadow Pursuing Troop didn’t have too many people. They had only hundreds of soldiers, each carrying a triangular shield.
When the commander had given his order, the soldiers flung their shields out. These shields danced rapidly around the troops until they connected to each other from end to end to form a perfect line of defense.
At the same time, there were some small holes left between shields.
The armored soldiers inserted their spears into the holes. The whole troop was like a hedgehog in defense mode.
“Rotate!” the commander ordered. The Shadow Pursuing Troop started to show their formation.
The whole troop was rotating rapidly, too rapidly to be seen clearly. The solid shields carried endless power, the sharp spears meant to tear the air apart.
The chariots charged down aggressively. Then they fell apart. The soldiers hiding in them were killed ruthlessly by the sharp weapons, each of them badly mutilated.
The Dragon Rebel Army showed their crazy side. Hundreds of chariots kept charging.
The Shadow Pursuing Troop kept rotating. However, under the ceaseless pushing from the chariots, they were stuck in the air, unable to pull away.
In the meantime, giant stone throwers appeared on the ground.
“Gold stone chariots!”
“It’s a trap!”
The always confident Shadow Pursuing Troop suddenly realized how tricky the situation was. The lieutenants kept shouting.
The commander was the only one able to stay calm. He ordered, “Request reinforcements.”
What bad luck, Zhang Tianyi complained to himself. He had just joined this troop and they had already run into trouble.
Soon, the whole Third Legion received a message from the Shadow Pursuing Troop. The legion certainly wouldn’t allow it to be defeated like this without doing anything.
However, the wall of blue lights had split the basin into parts. Not everyone could come to their rescue easily.
“Whose battle group is on the southwest side?”
A battle group referred to a troop composed of forces from the middle troops and lower troops. This was how the Flying Dragon Dynasty undertook a military operation.