"What? Baron Dior led the army alone and set up an ambush in advance? "
Prince Nicholas was taken aback. He thought for a moment and said, "Many elites of the allied forces of the remnants have escaped, and their leader, Kail Mann, is still powerful. It's too rash for Baron Dior to ambush Kail Mann with only a few hundred men. "
Julian said, "Yes, I also tried to persuade him …"
Prince Nicholas added, "However, this is indeed a genius idea. When I was formulating the battle plan, I only wanted to defeat the vanguard and give them a show of strength, but I didn't consider setting up an ambush and annihilating them in advance. Baron Dior is a military genius. "
Julian wiped his sweat and said, "Yes, in fact, I also believe in his judgment and gave him the command of the most elite cavalry …"
"Why didn't you go with him?" Prince Nicholas asked.
Julian hurriedly said, "We … were worried about the safety of Your Highness."
In the middle of the battle, Prince Nicholas didn't ask much. He just nodded slightly and then continued to charge.
Originally, Nicholas only planned to chase for a dozen miles and then stop and return to the Black Rock Fortress to set up defenses. Now he changed his mind and wanted to chase all the way. Even if he arrived at the battlefield half an hour later, he could still play a role in supporting Bai Xiaowen.
Julian, who was following behind Prince Nicholas's horse, whispered, "Dior is going to be rich."
Cecilia's expression had returned to its original indifference. "He has to survive first." After that, she squeezed the horse's belly and rushed out like a sharp arrow.
…
Black Iron Gorge.
Bai Xiaowen actually only had about an hour's worth of time to take the lead.
That was to say, he had set off an hour earlier than the allied forces of the remnants. Taking into account the speed advantage of the allied forces of the remnants, this one hour's time was reduced by half.
There was not much that could be done in just half an hour.
Fortunately, the terrain of the Black Iron Gorge was dangerous and was a natural ambush site. Bai Xiaowen ordered his soldiers to start digging stones from the middle of the valley, making the second half of the dangerous path in the valley a pit on the left and a ditch on the right.
There was also a group of soldiers cutting down trees and transporting them to the northern exit of the valley, piling them up and pouring oil over them.
As for the extra stones, apart from some of them being used as roadblocks, the rest were transported to both sides of the mountain ridge.
"They're here! Sir Lord, they're here! "Harvey, who was keeping watch in the distance, shouted.
Bai Xiaowen, who was instructing the soldiers to sprinkle grease on the withered grass on the ground, nodded. "Everyone, go up the mountain. The veterans are in the first half of the valley entrance, and the new recruits are in the second half. Go!"
There were about two to three hundred veterans. Other than a portion of the elite soldiers, most of the rest were normal soldiers that were level 4 and above. They still had a certain amount of combat power. These people were also what Bai Xiaowen relied on to deal with the remnants of the allied forces.
As for the recruits, they were relatively weak. If they were to face the elite soldiers of the remnant head-on, they would be defeated within a few rounds. Therefore, Bai Xiaowen arranged for them to be on both sides of the Black Iron Gorge as support.
A few minutes later, the sound of chaotic footsteps could be heard. Several Wolf Riders with obvious burns on their bodies were in the front, followed by Troll Headhunters and Giant Lizard Riders. All of them were in a mess and scrambled to run into the gorge.
"Good, God is really helping me." Bai Xiaowen used his insight skill to look at several wounded soldiers. These elite survivors all had a negative status that reduced all their attributes by half! He didn't know what kind of backup plan Nicholas had used to reverse the situation of the battle.
The commander of the vanguard, the Giant Hammer Berserker Kail Mann, rode on a Giant Lizard at the back. Several leaders of the remnant who had followed him had disappeared. They were either dead or lost in the chaos.
However, only the elites had the negative status of "all attributes reduced by half." As the leader, Kail Mann was basically intact, and his attributes were not reduced.
Bai Xiaowen sighed. If Kail Mann was also affected by the debuff of all attributes, this battle would be much easier to fight. However, misfortune was a blessing in disguise. If he could kill Kail Mann in good condition, the battle score should be much higher. After all, he was a senior leader.
Soon, several people in front of the defeated soldiers ran to the middle of the destroyed gorge and found the abnormality.
Usually, this abnormality would be reported to Kail Mann within ten breaths. But now, the vanguard of the remnant was in chaos. By the time they found the abnormality by word of mouth, Kail Mann had already reached the middle of the gorge.
Seeing the holes of different depths dug in the ground, Kail Mann's face was a little dignified. He jumped off his mount, his nose twitched, and soon smelled a trace of grease.
Kail Mann squatted down and touched the withered grass on the ground.
His face changed, and he stood up abruptly. He shouted three classic words that had been said by many generals and would be said by more generals in the future:
"… There's an ambush!"
The red flag on a white background was unfurled, and two rows of human soldiers suddenly stood up on both sides of the gorge. They shouted and threw torches and stones down. Some soldiers who were good at archery shot fire arrows!
With a bang, the flames fell on the withered grass and burned fiercely.
It was worth mentioning that the grease was the material that Bai Xiaowen had plundered in Red Leaf Territory through the Plague Bane industry.
The residents of Red Leaf City had encountered such a temporary manager. They did not know whether they were lucky or unlucky. At least for the next few months, they could only live a miserable life with cornbread in their hands and not a drop of oil in their dishes — if there were any dishes left.
The taste of being burned by the flames was not good, not to mention the stones that were falling like raindrops. Many defeated soldiers rushed to the north exit regardless of the consequences.
"Warlord, the exit of the gorge is not far ahead. Let's rush in too!" Several Orc guards around Kail Mann shouted in the remnant language.
"We can't rush in! Since the enemy has set up an ambush, the road ahead must be blocked. Let's go back. The rear army will become the front army and rush out from the south exit! "Kail Mann shouted." Go and pass on my order! "
"Warlord, in the current situation, we can't pass on the order …" an Orc guard said helplessly.
The remnant people who had just been defeated and burned by the mountain fire were running around like headless flies in the billowing black smoke. How could they regroup and counterattack?
Kail Mann sighed. "This is my mistake … I didn't expect that in this remote border, the humans would actually set up a great wizard who can use forbidden spells! Your injuries won't recover in a short time. "
The Orc guards were panic-stricken and at a loss.
"Fortunately, Warlord, you have the treasure bestowed by the great shaman and temporarily healed your injuries. As long as you're here, we have hope! "An Orc guard clearly saw Kail Mann as a life-saving straw.
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