Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 314: There are trenches and pits in the camp

A huge circular camp with a diameter of more than ten miles appeared on the northern grassland overnight.

But the camp was too simple, with only a trench that was neither deep nor wide surrounding it.

Within a hundred steps outside the trench, there were countless holes densely packed together.

These holes are not big, just enough for a horse's leg to step in. If the horse is led, it may not step in.

But if the horse is galloping and someone accidentally steps in, the huge inertia is enough to cause the horse to fall and stop moving forward.

In fact, these holes are meant to prevent cavalry from charging quickly.

Inside the trench, there were crowds of people, countless of whom were desperately digging trenches and pits with various tools.

"The commander-in-chief has ordered that all those who are not on combat missions, except for women and children, must dig ditches and pits!"

"Digging ditches and pits is for our own survival!"

"People can take turns to rest for a while, but the tools must never stop!"

The heads of ten households, hundred households, and even thousand households shuttled back and forth among the crowd, constantly urging everyone to dig ditches and pits quickly.

Of course, these trenches are not dug randomly, but have different requirements according to their different locations.

Some areas are full of small pits that can trap horse hooves, while others are large enough to easily stand in and only reach an adult's waist. Other areas are full of shallow trenches several feet deep.

, and some areas have deep trenches more than half a meter deep.

"Master Commander! These trenches and pits can really stop the barbarian cavalry!"

A man in his forties asked anxiously.

"Magistrate Pang! These trenches can't stop the barbarian cavalry! But they can limit the cavalry's charge, delay their attack, and buy us more time!"

Liu Feiyun explained to the county magistrate of the border area who had just discovered it.

County Magistrate Pang is a big and strong man, and he doesn't look like a scholar at all, let alone a county magistrate.

In the first month of this year, County Magistrate Pang, who had just taken office for less than a year, was abducted by the barbarians as a coolie and taken to the northern wilderness.

A few days ago, Liu Feiyun broke through the Sirius King's court, and County Magistrate Pang was reborn.

Later, Liu Feiyun set up a system of ten thousand households and a thousand households according to the barbarians, and the county magistrate Pang, who had hidden his identity, was elected as a hundred households.

On the way south, he was discovered by Liu Feiyun because of his outstanding performance. Upon asking, he found out that he was actually the magistrate of a county.

Afterwards, Liu Feiyun appointed him to be in charge of civil affairs, and further searched for officials among the rescued people, ordering them to replace the wounded in the student camp assigned by him.

Now that the war is imminent, although the wounded cannot go into battle to fight the enemy, they are still capable of organizing and training reserve combat personnel.

To deal with nearly 100,000 barbarian soldiers, even for defense, it would take at least 100,000 or 200,000 people.

As for handling civil affairs, it is obvious that someone like County Magistrate Pang is more suitable than the wounded in his own student camp.

Liu Feiyun further comforted the somewhat uneasy Magistrate Pang, saying: "We have a lot of people now, but the individual combat power is not good. So we can only set up camp and wait for the situation to change! Magistrate Pang! Don't worry! We just need to hold on here for a few more days, and reinforcements will naturally come!"

"But Master General! You have already sent out our most elite troops of more than 100,000. Where can we get reinforcements? Moreover, even if we have those 100,000 troops, we will not be able to defeat these elite barbarians in the future!"

Magistrate Pang was still a little worried.

Liu Feiyun had no choice but to continue to comfort Magistrate Pang:

"County Magistrate Pang! The reinforcements I'm talking about aren't the hundreds of thousands of troops! They're the imperial court's elite army!"

"Just before dawn, I used the Sky Communication Array to send a distress signal to General Wang!"

"Marshal Wang has just replied that our main force has already won a great victory. Tens of thousands of imperial cavalry are on their way here and will arrive by tomorrow night at the latest! By then, it will be these barbarians who will have to fend for themselves!"

County Magistrate Pang asked in disbelief: "Really?!"

"Of course it's true! But this news cannot be announced to the public for the time being! In case the barbarians outside notice something is wrong and flee first! Let's announce it tomorrow, tomorrow morning!"

"Master, do you want to destroy the hundreds of thousands of barbarians outside here as well?"

"We have mobilized so many troops and spared no expense in this northern expedition. Isn't it just to completely destroy the Northern Wasteland's confidence in invading the south? In this battle, every time we kill one more barbarian soldier, we can gain one more moment of peace for the North! If we kill one more hundred thousand soldiers, we can gain several more years of peace for the North!"

"But the safety of these people! They just escaped death. Sir, you can't sacrifice their lives for your own achievements..."

"Don't worry, Magistrate Pang! I know what's going on! Moreover, even if we make this news public now, the barbarians outside may not necessarily flee. Who knows, they may even launch a crazy counterattack.

Our casualties will only be greater by then! So..."

"So now we can only delay! We can only consume! Alas!... Sir, the division commander! Military affairs! I don't understand much! But I will definitely cooperate with Sir, the division commander, and manage the people well! So that Sir, the division commander can concentrate on delaying the barbarians!"

"Then Feiyun will have to trouble County Magistrate Pang."

After County Magistrate Pang left, Liu Feiyun looked towards the south and thought silently, "I guess there's a fierce battle going on in Rabbit Tail Plain right now! The outcome should be decided before sunset today!"

Next, Liu Feiyun started a bow and arrow battle with Wutaqing.

Arrows from both sides flew back and forth, covering the sky and the sun, and the shooting continued.

The barbarian soldiers were good at riding and shooting, and they were protected by armor. The arrows they shot were fast, far, accurate and fierce. If the Chen Dynasty soldiers were exposed at all, they would inevitably be hit.

Liu Feiyun’s only advantage is that he has more people and more arrows.

A barbarian soldier may be able to shoot dozens of arrows in a row without stopping, but Liu Feiyun's side has several people sharing one bow. The bows do not stop even if the people rest. The people continue to move even if the strings break.

The two sides shot at each other for a whole day, and millions of arrows were used up.

Because both sides used projectiles in most cases and rarely fired horizontally, it resulted in the two sides seemingly shooting at each other very fiercely, but in fact the casualties were not too great.

The casualties on Wutaqing's side were no more than 10,000, while those on Liu Feiyun's side were slightly more, but no more than 30,000.

That night, both sides tacitly agreed not to launch a night attack.

The next day, Wutaqing ordered a charge to attack the camp.

Countless barbarian soldiers dismounted and attacked the camp on foot. After all, they were well-trained elites, and they quickly attacked the trenches and engaged in close combat with the Chen people guarding the camp.

The barbarian soldiers were brave and good at fighting. The Chen people took advantage of the trenches and fought desperately, but they were gradually overwhelmed.

After all, those Chen people with a certain combat power had already been transferred to the Yunliu Division and the Xuhen Army, so naturally the remaining people did not have much combat power.

At this time, the brigade of troops of the Yunliu Division became a fire brigade, providing support wherever there was danger!

But the camp was too big! The trench was too long, and there were too many places for the barbarians to attack.

As Wutaqing continued to invest more and more soldiers, more and more barbarians were needed to join the attack. In the end, he directly sent tens of thousands of soldiers to attack the camp at the same time.

Finally, a barbarian soldier climbed over the trench and broke into the camp. Then, the second, the third, and more and more barbarian soldiers broke into the camp.

In the center of the camp, on a makeshift watchtower, Liu Feiyun saw that dozens and thousands of barbarians had already attacked the camp, and hurriedly ordered everyone to retreat into the second circular trench.

The second trench was only a little more than half a mile away from the outermost trench. The Chen people who received the retreat signal retreated to the second trench.

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There are large and small pits between the two trenches. Although they cannot stop infantry attacks, they can block cavalry charges.

The barbarians who rushed into the camp immediately followed the retreating Chen people and wanted to continue rushing in, but a rain of arrows temporarily stopped them.

When Wutaqing stood on the earth wall inside the trench and looked into the camp, a strange look appeared on his face.

"Does this little butcher really want to save his life by relying on these trenches and pits?"

Utaqing saw:

At this time, there were several trenches in the Chen camp, with one every half a mile or so.

The further inward these trenches go, the higher the excavated soil piles up, and obviously the deeper they are dug.

And between the trenches, there are still densely packed pits of various sizes.

A few miles away, a low wall made mainly of vehicles and filled with mud was being built.

"It seems that our plan to use cavalry charges to defeat them is not going to work! We just need to dismount and gnaw slowly, and slowly wear them down!"

Wutaqing smiled bitterly helplessly to the generals around him.