Boiling Beast Bloodline

Chapter 1962 - 630: Enter the Trap, Your Excellency_2

"General Fawkes, our Beamon history boasts of glorious achievements in using infantry against cavalry. Didn’t you learn about this in military school?" the Red-clad High Priest remarked disdainfully, "Even I know about the ’Heart Piercing Tactic’, how could you have forgotten?"

What the old gecko referred to as the ’Heart Piercing Tactic’ is an old Beamon infantry method used against cavalry. This tactic is simple yet effective, deploying a well-trained mobile unit to outflank the enemy and launch a surprise attack on their command system, tightly targeting and holding onto the enemy’s highest commander, forcing the enemy cavalry to turn back for rescue.

As long as enough time can be secured, once the pursuing Beamon infantry engages with the enemy cavalry in a scuffle, the outcome is practically set in stone.

"Of course I know the ’Heart Piercing Tactic’! But if we do that, the casualties will surely exceed what I can bear. When the enemy’s main force arrives, how will I defend the city?" General Reyes smiled wryly, "Your Excellency, please don’t assume our soldiers of the Northeast Province to be like those of the Southern Province or the Royal Capital. Piegel warriors cannot defeat human soldiers one-on-one!"

"You’re slandering the strength of our Beamon warriors!" The old gecko flared up immediately in anger, although he knew Reyes was stating a fact, emotionally he couldn’t accept it.

"Your Excellency, as clergy, we should probably not interfere too much in military affairs." Liu Zhenhan couldn’t stand it anymore. Sitting on the side and listening for a long time, though he internally agreed with the Red-clad High Priest, Reyes’ words were not entirely averse to battle; as a guest army, he felt it necessary to remind the old gecko to be mindful of his identity, after all, Witherspoon’s overall defense isn’t something that can be solved by the Temple Knights or the Summer Palace Guards alone.

On this point, the human military observation team did fairly well. These high-ranking military advisors from the human kingdom never rashly meddled in Witherspoon’s military decision-making. Liu Zhenhan felt the old gecko had an outsider trying to lead the insiders, which was not a good omen.

Everyone’s words carry different weight. When the Shaman of Divine Songs spoke, although the Red-clad High Priest still wore a look of dissatisfaction, he did not continue to lecture Reyes as he did with Old Liu.

"It’s not that I don’t want to engage, Your Excellency Brut, Your Majesty Richard, even if we go to battle we need a plan, right? For small-scale harassment and raids, I’ll arrange them even if you don’t instruct me! But a large-scale encirclement battle, even if we have enough time to implement it, we must think thrice before acting!" General Reyes’ handsome face turned as red as his tail, "In any case, defending Witherspoon is currently our biggest task!"

At this point, the Red-clad High Priest sighed and did not continue to argue.

"Why not go up the city wall to observe the enemy? Maybe we can find some weaknesses in the enemy," Liu Zhenhan laughed seeing the slight tension.

This suggestion was unanimously agreed upon, and everyone swarmed out of the meeting room.

Dusk was falling, and in the Mulan army camp, piles of bonfires were lit.

Although there was no timber on the wasteland, the dry vines burned well enough, though the smoke was a bit much.

Witherspoon City was dotted with mushroom-like tents spread in the directions of the east and west.

In the gentle warm breeze came the distant whinnies of camels and the uninhibited laughter of the Mulanese. Due to lack of sufficient wood, the entire Mulanese camp had only dug a few symbolic trenches, with no barricades or fence and no watchtowers.

It was evident that these Mulanese did not believe the Beamons had the courage to attack them.

They also had a small portion of Phantom Beast air force attached to their vanguard corps, but without the observation towers, these Phantom Beasts had not yet taken to the skies to patrol, displaying their confidence.

Besides the Bronze Observation Machines, the Beamon of Witherspoon also acquired a few Eagle Eye Telescopic Glasses from the humans. A group of high-ranking officers took turns observing the Mulan camp, feeling more indignant the longer they watched, and more frustrated that without teaching the enemy a lesson, they couldn’t swallow their pride. After all, it would take six or seven more days for the main force to arrive at Witherspoon, so why such arrogance?

"Your Majesty Richard, Your Excellency Brut, your guards are equipped with a large number of air force units. Since the Mulanese are so lax, why not teach these Desert People a lesson tonight?" General Reyes had wanted to suggest this long ago. Relying solely on Witherspoon’s forces to raid the Mulan cavalry was certainly wishful thinking.

"The Mulan Empire has two Dragon Knights, I’ve already taken down one, I wonder if there’s a Dragon Knight amongst this Mulan cavalry. Either way, if not here, they’re in the Royal Capital Sabak." Liu Zhenhan said nonchalantly as he examined with the Eagle Eye old telescope, "The Mulanese are proficient with javelins but not with bows and arrows. Other than those Mage Imams, our air force’s only opponents in a raid would be their Phantom Beast Knights. If I remember correctly, the Mulan’s Phantom Beast armor should be the ’Petrification Pangolin’, which has decent resistance to attacks."

"I really want to dispatch the Temple Knights right now to teach these barbaric slavers a good lesson!" The Red-clad High Priest swung his robes and left for the dungeon without looking back, undoubtedly to arrange for the Temple Knights to raid the Mulanese tonight.