Chapter 430
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Chapter 430: Barbarian Army
Inside the office, Luo Ji, leaning back in his main seat with one hand on his forehead, quietly awaited the battle report from the front line.
Below the main seat, Jie Zichuan, who was more familiar with the situation in the Bitter Cold Land, also waited there, feeling quite nervous.
Just then, a rapid sound of footsteps came from outside.
Luo Ji, clearly hearing the commotion, slowly opened his eyes, just in time to see the hurried guard.
“Your Majesty, the White River City battle report has arrived!”
“Bring it to me quickly!”
Worried about the frontline situation, Luo Ji immediately gestured for the guard to present the battle report.
Upon opening it, the report, word by word, immediately presented the events that had transpired half a day earlier before his eyes.
Half a day earlier, White River City.
The weather has been getting colder recently.
The sudden light snow falling from the sky made Zhang Lue, who was inspecting the city walls, frown.
“It’s snowing so early…”
After a brief contemplation, Zhang Lue turned to a soldier beside him and said.
“Go get a few more braziers and place them on the top of the wall, to prevent the on-duty soldiers from getting cold and sick.”
Unexpectedly, just as Zhang Lue finished speaking, faint, dull sounds came from afar.
Hearing this commotion, Zhang Lue’s heart skipped a beat.
As Zhao Pan’s former deputy general, and having experienced the Iron Wall City battle, he was not at all unfamiliar with similar sounds.
“Elephantmen?”
Zhang Lue’s heart pounded with this guess, but after a careful thought, he felt it was unlikely.
“No! The Elephantmen tribe is behind White River City. How could they come from this direction? Or have other Elephantmen appeared?”
As thoughts raced, Zhang Lue quickly pulled out the binoculars from his waist and looked outside the city.
Upon seeing it, the large, dark shadows vaguely appearing at the end of the horizon immediately made his pupils constrict.
He then quickly shouted to the soldiers on the wall.
“All units, be on alert! Sound the alarm!”
The continuous ringing of the bell three times signified an enemy invasion!
Inside the military camp, Liu Meng, who was leading the soldiers in daily training, had a slight change in expression.
He then waved his hand.
“Everyone, change into your weapons and equipment, and rush to the north city wall!”
Rushing all the way, by the time Liu Meng led his soldiers to the north city wall of White River City, the continuously approaching invaders had already revealed their figures as the distance between the two sides closed.
Right from the start, they gave him a big ‘surprise.’
Looking at the creatures that resembled Elephantmen, but walked on all fours and were covered in long fur and huge tusks, Liu Meng’s heart was clearly not calm.
“What kind of monsters are these? Elephantmen?!”
“Although they look somewhat similar, your humble general believes they are not Elephantmen.”
Zhang Lue replied calmly.
“They might be other species similar to Elephantmen.”
Given the precedent of beastmen, the soldiers of Luo Ji’s civilization had already broadened their horizons.
Now, upon seeing these unfamiliar creatures, they did not panic and managed to keep their composure.
However, the figures that appeared subsequently kept refreshing their worldview.
Following the Mammoths were burly men with red beards and hair.
Of course, merely the color of their hair and beards would at most make Liu Meng and the others curious for a while.
What truly astonished them were the mounts beneath these red-bearded men!
“These red-bearded barbarians actually ride on the backs of bears?”
Liu Meng and the others naturally recognized bears.
However, the bears ridden by those red-bearded men were slightly different from what they remembered.
Liu Meng and his men had seen brown bears and black bears, but pure white bears of such immense size were something they were seeing for the first time.
But regardless, despite their astonishment, seeing the white bears at this moment strangely put them at ease somewhat.
Simply because, compared to the unfamiliar Mammoths, bears were at least creatures they recognized.
“General, should we engage directly?”
As he asked, Zhang Lue slightly raised his hand.
The three triple-bow crossbows on White River City’s north wall had already begun adjusting their attack angles.
Hearing this, Liu Meng hesitated for a moment before saying.
“This group of barbarians is somewhat strange, and there are many of them. Directly engaging them might not be to our advantage. Find a few soldiers who understand the barbarian language to issue a warning. If they don’t listen, then we act.”
The barbarian tribes previously integrated by Luo Ji, especially the barbarians fit for service, had mostly joined the army and were assigned to military camps in various cities for training.
White River City had naturally received a batch, and it was unexpectedly useful at this moment.
However, what Liu Meng did not expect was that as soon as those few barbarian soldiers got onto the city wall, looking at the slowly advancing barbarian army in the distance, they were immediately so frightened that they fell onto the ground.
“It’s, it’s the Ice Bear Tribe and the Winter Tribe!!!”
Liu Meng clearly did not expect these barbarian soldiers to react so strongly, so he quickly spoke to calm them down.
“You have the city wall protecting you. They are outside the city wall; what are you afraid of?”
Liu Meng’s words indeed worked, and those barbarian soldiers visibly calmed down a lot.
Their previous loss of composure could only be attributed to the Ice Bear Tribe and the Winter Tribe having oppressed them for too many years.
Upon seeing people from these two tribes, they instinctively began to panic.
However, after their emotions had somewhat settled, most of their inner panic dissipated.
The Ice Bear Tribe and the Winter Tribe had indeed been powerful enough to inspire fear, having ruled the Bitter Cold Land for many years.
But the problem was, they were now soldiers of Luo Ji’s civilization!
After surviving for a period, anyone could feel the prosperity and strength of Luo Ji’s civilization!
Having found a new patron, with His Majesty the Emperor of their civilization protecting them, what did they have to fear?
As they spoke, the opposing barbarian army had advanced a considerable distance, leaving no time to delay.
At this thought, Liu Meng quickly handed the horns to the barbarian soldiers.
“You help me convey the message. Tell them that if their army dares to approach any closer, we will consider them enemies and directly launch an attack!”
These horns were made of wooden barrels wrapped in animal hide.
Normally, during military training, because there were too many people and the training ground was too large, soldiers at the back often couldn’t hear what the instructors and generals were saying.
To avoid this situation, Luo Ji had someone create these horns.
Having often seen Liu Meng and the instructors use them, those barbarian soldiers clearly knew how to use them.
After confirming what exactly to say to each other, they all raised their horns and shouted in unison.
