Chapter 2468: Idaril's gunshots (Ⅱ)

Lieutenant Colonel Smith stepped forward and checked for himself, and he found dozens of figures standing in the bushes on the side of the road, and the hostility emanating from them could be felt through the fog.
Lieutenant Colonel Smith quickly ordered the troops to stop advancing and enter a state of combat readiness. His adjutant called the four army wizards to jointly perform the "wind-making technique", and a strong wind was raised on the flat ground to disperse the morning mist in the forest.
As a 12th-level arcane knight, Lieutenant Colonel Smith personally fired a signal arrow blessed with "daylight technique" at the top of the bush where the suspicious person was hiding. The arrow burst in the air, and the burst of strong light dispelled the night and illuminates it. Grove.
With magic lighting, Lieutenant Colonel Smith clearly saw everyone in the forest dressed up as villagers, embroidered with the slogan "No freedom or death" embroidered on their hats, holding a smooth-bore rifle in their hands, and waiting.
Through the binoculars, Lieutenant Colonel Smith immediately recognized that these armed villagers were Idaril's militiamen, calling themselves "Heart of Oak Tree", because they moved quickly and came and went without a trace. They were also called "One Minute Man".
After the army mage cast a spell to investigate, he reported to Lieutenant Colonel Smith that there were only about fifty militiamen in total, and there were no other ambushes nearby.
Lieutenant Colonel Smith's nervous nerves relaxed, facing the group of ragged militiamen, sneered and pulled out the command knife, and ordered the cavalry regiment to open fire.
Gunshots suddenly burst into the misty valley.
The Idaril militia immediately fired back. The firefight lasted for five or six minutes, and the gunfire in the forest gradually became thinner. The militiamen realized that their own firepower was insufficient, and they scattered and hid themselves to the depths of the jungle-filled valley.
The adjutant suggested that he lead a team into the forest to chase the rogue anti-thief. The experienced Lieutenant Colonel Smith smiled and shook his head and waved his hand to stop him from pursuing.
"The few spoilers just now are just bait, the purpose is to induce us to spread our forces and enter the forest to hunt down."
"Young man, you have just graduated from the military academy, and you don’t know the people of the New World. They have no gentlemanship. They learned a sinister and contemptuous method of warfare from the savage Asa natives. It’s them who hide in the bushes and put cold guns. We can’t be fooled."
The adjutant came to the colony from Feizhen only half a year ago, and lacked the experience of fighting with the locals. Lieutenant Colonel Smith led his troops to move forward and went straight to the rebel base in the heart of Yew Valley-Iraq. Dalier Town.
When the troops rushed to the town, the sky was already bright, but no one could be seen on the red streets illuminated by the morning glow, and the houses were closed, looking deserted.
Lieutenant Colonel Smith suspected that there was a trap, so he temporarily stationed his troops at the entrance of the town, and ordered the army mage to perform investigations and try to find where the ambush was hiding.
The four army wizards each controlled a "secret eye". They searched from the street to the end of the street, including the houses on both sides of the street. They were all empty and no living person was found.
This result exceeded Lieutenant Colonel Smith's expectation, and ordered the adjutant to lead two hundred cavalry into the town of Idalil first for a more thorough search.
Feizhen officers and soldiers broke into the deadly town, entered various houses and turned over boxes and cabinets, and tossed for a long time. Not to mention the wanted criminals, not even a local resident was found.
In the basement of the town’s church, the adjutant found a box of "fire glue" and a few scattered lead bullets. There were still indentations of the ammunition box on the ground. This was once a secret arsenal, but the munitions have been transferred. Up.
Lieutenant Colonel Smith listened to the adjutant's report, his face remained silent, but his heart was deeply disturbed.
Obviously, his own combat plan has leaked.
The anti-thieves learned the news from nowhere, and moved their arms and hid before the army came.
"Did we have a traitor and leaked the march plan, or did the group of'One Minute People' we encountered earlier alerted their party members in time?"
The experience of fighting on the battlefield for many years formed an intuition that made Lieutenant Colonel Smith feel that the situation was not good and quickly ordered a retreat.
At this moment, the gunshots out of town were loud!
Countless militiamen poured out from the woods and surrounded Lieutenant Colonel Smith's forces.
Judging from the attire of the militiamen, not only the locals of Idaril, but also armed rebels from surrounding villages and towns, the total number is no less than 1,000!
Seeing this, Lieutenant Colonel Smith suddenly realized that the so-called "Idalil's secret arsenal" was probably deliberately leaked by the anti-thief. They set up traps in advance to induce Feizhen's army to come and die!
Unfortunately, he woke up too late.
The militiamen lay in ambush behind the fence, among the bushes, and on the roof, shooting and shooting arrows at the Fijian cavalry from various hidden corners.
The Feizhen cavalry was caught off guard, and was swept down a large area as soon as they met each other, and the screams and horses neighed through the valley.
Lieutenant Colonel Smith yelled loudly and rode his horse, and finally stabilized his position and organized the troops to shoot back.
After all, Fei’s real regular army was well-trained, and its weapons and equipment were more advanced. With its firepower advantage, it withstood the first wave of siege by the militia.
Just when they were about to fight back, someone in the forest blew the horn, and the surrounding militiamen seemed to have received an order and quickly withdrew into the depths of the dense forest, disappearing in a blink of an eye.
Lieutenant Colonel Smith once again stopped his subordinates from entering the forest to track, hurriedly cleaned the battlefield, took the sacrificed soldiers and wounded, and evacuated the Yew Valley.
On the way, Feizhen officers and soldiers seemed to be in a nightmare, and they were constantly attacked by militiamen. In the bushes on the side of the road, there were people shooting cold guns at any time and place, and they were tossed in misery.
What made Lieutenant Colonel Smith most depressed was the four army wizards under his men, who had obviously become the focus of the anti-thief's "care" targets. They were shot in the black as soon as they left Idaril, and two of them were shot from behind. After the bullet murder, the other two saved their lives with spells, but they were also seriously injured and unable to cast the spells.
Without the reconnaissance warning provided by the army mage, the spells of Lieutenant Colonel Smith and the adjutant were also exhausted in the battle. The troops are like a living target. Each attack during the retreat will increase the number of casualties, slowing the marching speed and putting the troops in a situation. It's worse.
The cavalry regiment’s escape journey was difficult and bloody, and it was not until dusk that it reunited with another unit that came to rescue. It finally evacuated the Yewwood Valley safely before its morale collapsed.
According to statistics after the event, the militiamen suffered less than 100 casualties, while Lieutenant Colonel Smith’s cavalry regiment had 273 casualties, which was three times the loss of the militia.
This is the first time that Fei's real ruler has been beaten down by militias in the New World. Lieutenant Colonel Smith, who escaped from the dead, reported to General Kang Huali afterwards and had lingering fears.
"The gunshots of Idaril" seemed to have wings, and the news spread quickly across the east coast of the New World, from Jotunheim to Midgard, and then to Alfheim. Countless people were the heroes of the Idaril militia. Fighting cheers and cheering, and igniting flames of hatred against Feizhen's garrison.
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