New and dark light years

Chapter 309 Terrifying Combat Power

The tide is crashing against the shore!

Using this word to describe the current battle situation is not an exaggeration at all.

Swordsmen and shieldmen are like solid embankments; the surging tide crashes against the embankments, creating countless red waves, before receding.

Each impact brought with it a flushed, shattered fragment.

While shouting orders to urge the battle on, the commander took a moment to use his spear to stab down a charging Nanman soldier.

But another Nanman soldier quickly rushed over.

The lethality of the spear and shield formation was fully demonstrated.

A spear over ten feet long, mounted on a large shield, could thrust out nearly ten feet even through a person.

The weapons carried by the Nanman people were mostly wooden sticks with something tied to them.

Only a small number of the southern barbarians carried proper iron weapons.

But it's also on the shorter side.

In situations where there is a huge disparity in equipment, it becomes a one-sided massacre.

The black tide crashed against the embankment and shattered into pieces.

Logically speaking, the government troops should have the advantage.

But the southern barbarian soldiers showed no fear whatsoever; their faces were completely expressionless.

When countless Nanman soldiers fell, yet not a single Gaoman retreated, even the Fu army, with its advantage in high ground and superior equipment, suffered casualties.

Those southern barbarians were willing to die just to take one of the garrison soldiers with them.

In this situation, barbarians would occasionally break through the sword and shield formation and charge into the formation.

Although the man would soon be stabbed to death, he did manage to briefly tear a small opening in the battle line, causing some casualties to the government troops.

Li Lin swung his spear, sending a southern barbarian flying out of the battle line.

Then he wiped his face, spreading the blood droplets evenly, making his face appear mostly red.

Not far away, Commander Fang was shouting frantically: "Don't be afraid! Spearmen, drop your spears and grab your shields to hold the line! Archers, get to the high ground behind and snipe the enemy from above!"

Screams could be heard intermittently from within the government troops' lines.

Looking at those expressionless, puppet-like Southern Barbarian soldiers, the soldiers of the Fu Army were filled with fear.

In the past, they would have been defeated long ago.

But now, even though they are afraid, they have no intention of turning around and running away.

Because the commander is still among them.

The supervisor Li, who provided them with food and clothing, sent money home, and ensured they could support their families and prevent them from going hungry, was still with them.

As the swordsmen and shieldmen suffered increasing casualties, the spearmen threw away their spears, picked up their shields, and took their place.

The barbarian soldiers, expressionless, charged forward, stepping over the corpses of their allies that had rolled down from above.

Densely packed, seemingly endless.

The fierce fighting continued from night until dawn.

All the soldiers were so exhausted that they could barely move, and they had almost no strength left to swing their weapons.

Many soldiers were already embracing the Southern Barbarian soldiers and biting each other.

They were too exhausted to even swing their weapons.

Li Lin's spear had been moving almost nonstop.

His hands were already aching terribly.

By this time, a large number of corpses had been piled up on the hillside, layer upon layer, stretching from the mountainside all the way to the foot of the mountain.

The three commanders had all shouted themselves hoarse, and the sounds they made were almost like broken gongs.

Li Lin's breathing had become heavy. With each breath, he felt as if blood was being poured into his lungs because the smell of blood in the air was so strong.

When the sun peeked out from behind the clouds, the battle was finally over.

The last few Nanman soldiers died under the spears.

Li Lin took a deep breath and looked at the hundred-foot-long defensive line, which had turned into a red expanse of land.

The blood plasma flowed down, spreading into several winding red streams at the foot of the mountain.

"The enemy is all dead! Our army has won!"

After a brief silence, a commander shouted excitedly in a hoarse voice.

In the distance... the sea of ​​fire in the woods had been extinguished, with only wisps of smoke drifting upwards. All the surviving soldiers suddenly collapsed to the ground, laughing and crying at the same time.

Li Lin looked around and saw nothing but corpses.

Enemy's, comrade's.

Li pursed her lips, feeling a slight pang of guilt.

These soldiers were sent to their deaths because of their own orders.

But this guilt was faint... after all, this is the fate of soldiers.

Hearing the cries and laughter around him, Li Lin remained silent for a while before saying to Xiao Chunzhu, "Take stock of the casualties. Save those who can be saved, and give the rest a quick death."

Xiao Chunzhu nodded, his eyes filled with excitement.

Because of this battle, he killed more than thirty Nanman soldiers, which can be described as a great achievement.

He knew that the day he would be promoted to commander was fast approaching.

Because he saw that Commander Zhou was seriously injured and his left hand had been cut off.

He definitely can't be the commander anymore in the future. When he retires, I'll have to take his place.

Thinking of this, he was extremely happy.

But seeing the casualties around him, his joy gradually subsided.

He finally let out a soft sigh.

Li Lin examined the corpse of the southern barbarian who was standing nearby.

He had long noticed that these southern barbarian soldiers were acting strangely.

They were incredibly brave... Apart from the group of soldiers who were burned to death by the fire arrows, the remaining southern barbarians knew no fear, had no emotions, and only attacked relentlessly.

This is unreasonable!

It's important to understand that all living beings experience fear.

This is a survival instinct.

At first glance, he noticed that these southern barbarians were very thin, very thin.

He had become so thin that he was practically skin and bones.

Every soldier from the southern barbarians appeared to be severely malnourished, with sallow skin.

Soldiers like these wouldn't even be able to manage a long march, let alone fight.

But they actually did it.

Li Lin squatted in front of the corpse of a southern barbarian and continued to observe.

At this moment, Li Yanjing landed beside him and said, "These people have a lot of yin energy on them, as if their five senses have been controlled by something, and they don't even have the sense of fear."

In the previous battles, Li Yanjing had not made a move. She didn't care about the lives of others at all. She was just conserving her strength so that she would have enough power to take Li Lin away when the time came.

Li Lin nodded, stood up, and looked at the burned-out forest in front of him.

A man stood at the edge of the area.

Judging from their colorful clothes, they must be southern barbarians.

The two sides were nearly a hundred feet apart.

Catching the other party is virtually impossible.

The man looked at Li Lin for a while, then turned and ran into the woods that hadn't been burned and disappeared.

Li Lin thought that the man must be the commander of this barbarian army, but the man ran very fast, and Li Lin didn't even get a clear look at his face.

The government troops returned to their camp two hours later.

At the camp gate, Li Lin saw Mu Yi.

He looked at Li Lin with disbelief, then at the guards behind Li Lin.

Finally, he asked, "Why is the fighting strength of your southern army so strong? It's too elite."

At this moment, the other two armies also returned from outside, and their commanders were looking at Li Lin with the same eyes.

Full of disbelief.

As their superiors, surely they know how much fighting power the government troops have?

But why was Li Lin's situation an exception? The strength of these soldiers seemed ridiculously high.

Not very reasonable.

(End of this chapter)