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Chapter 3: Who is...? (1)

"Through three battles with the Republic of Liguria, we have summarized three points in total."

The Khan, who held Ella's hand and shouted "brother", was named Hezeki. At the banquet, Hezeki spoke seriously about the experience summed up by the Khasa Khanate with the lives of the three leaders.

"First point, don't think you can rest assured as you are far away from the battlefield. The first Sweat was commanding the siege when you were hit by the arrow, and it was three arrows away from the walls of Azov. The arrow shot by the archer named Dust penetrated the helmet of Da Sweat at this distance."

"The distance between three arrows?" Ella and Liurik opened their mouths in shock.

You should know that the distance of one arrow is three hundred steps. At this distance, ordinary arrows have no power at all. The maximum range of Graheide's longbow troops is only between one and a half arrows and two arrows. Graheide's own bow is specially made, but he can only barely hurt the enemy through the gap between the armor at the distance of two arrows. The arrow of Dust can actually penetrate the armor at the distance of three arrows, which is simply unimaginable.

If Hezekiah hadn't mentioned this today, Ella and Rurik would never have set up bows and arrows at the distance of three arrows. It would have been natural that the Khanate, the first Khan in the Khasa Khanate, would have died suddenly.

"Second point, don't think that if we are mixed in the crowd, we will not be discovered. Our second khan was personally leading the team to attack the city when he was caught. With the lesson of the first khan, he deliberately stayed away from the flag and covered the armor with a coarse cloth. From a distance, he was no different from ordinary soldiers. However, before he could even reach the distance of the two arrows, he was hit by the arrow of the archer. At this distance, the arrow penetrated his armor, and made a hole in the heart, and finally did not even stay in his body."

Ella and Liurik were even more surprised: "How did you tell it?"

"We couldn't understand at first. But after listening to the descriptions of several nearby soldiers, we roughly judged that it was because of the eagle."

"eagle?"

"Before the arrow shot into the Khan, an eagle suddenly rushed towards him from the sky. As soon as the Khan drove the eagle away, the arrow flew over. The eagle must have been domesticated by humans! It circled over the battlefield, and as soon as it found a valuable target, it pounced down, pointing the direction for the archers in the distance."

Ella and Rurik felt a slight chill. The eagle could tell the prey on the ground at an extremely high altitude, but if Hezekiah hadn't said this, who would have paid attention to an eagle on the battlefield?

"The third point is that even the thickest shield cannot block the archer's arrow within a distance of one arrow. The third sweat died from this."

Each of these three points was exchanged for the life of a great knight. Hezekiah finished speaking these three points and drank the wine one by one, obviously in an extremely bad mood.

"So, how should we guard against the arrow from that archer?" Ella asked.

"I don't know. The price is too high, and we dare not try again. I think the safest way is to keep the main general away from the battlefield!"

This is not a suggestion at all. There must be a main general in a battle. Even if Ella does not play in person, there will be others as the main general. If it is far away from the battlefield, it cannot be commanded by the general, and if it is close to the battlefield, it will be shot and killed. This situation is simply a dilemma.

Ella leaned on her head and thought for a while.

"Azov is a strong city, and now there are such powerful archers. Before we come up with a better way, we can only surround the city without attacking. With our number, it is still easy to surround the city of Azov. As long as they run out of supplies, they will surrender without fighting."

"This plan is too delayed!" Liurik suddenly cursed, then rumbled a bowl of wine. With the help of alcohol, he said rudely, "This guy Hezekiah is adding fuel to the fire here, and I'm afraid of what he said. How come it is so evil? I'm just an arrow? I don't believe it, I can't hide it!"

Hezekiah was anxious: "I didn't add any more to the fire!"

"That's at most, it's all about you. King of Sweden, as long as you promise to give me more spoils, I'll fight the Pioneer!"

"It is normal for the vanguard troops to divide more spoils." Ella nodded, "Let's try this first."

Things were finalized.

When Ella left Novgorod, her army had already joined Liurik and Hezeki. Hezeki wanted to avenge the previous Khan and consolidate his throne. Liurik sent troops as if he had plans to cross Crimea and enter the Caspian Sea and then go south to rob the Tianfang Empire. The Ligurian Republic blocked his passage in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

"Isfahan, half of the world! I have long wanted to steal the capital of the Tianfang Empire! But the Republic of Liguria was thinking about doing business with the Tianfang Empire, so he refused to lend me a way. It was time to knock it!" Liurik said to Ella.

Liurik brought three thousand infantrymen, some from the pirate kingdom, but more from local tribes in Novgorod. They took their own ships and followed Ella along the Volga River.

Hezekiah only brought two thousand people, which seemed a little small for a nomadic country that influenced the two empires of Qiqiu and Tianfang. In Hezekiah's own words, this is because Khasa Khan was competing for authority within the country, and many tribes were unwilling to accept his instructions. However, these two thousand people were cavalrymen who were good at riding and shooting, and some of them were heavy cavalry. They did not take a boat, but followed Ella's fleet by land.

Since the cavalry had to store horsepower for combat, they could not let the horse run at full speed during marching, so the speed of Hezeki's cavalry came slower than that of Ella and Liurik's fleet. However, there was no river channel in the Volga River Basin to lead directly to the Black Sea. During the transition between the two rivers, Ella's fleet needed to drag on the land with rollers. At this time, Hezeki's cavalry could successfully catch up with Ella's army.

After marching like this, Ayra's troops left the coniferous forest and entered the prairie, which is the territory of the Khasa Khanate.

"Come on!" Ella shouted in front of her, "I'll get into the water right away!"

Hundreds of soldiers pushed the "Flying Zelamite" into a tributary of the Volga River, and then fell to the ground like paralyzed - the "Flying Zelamite" is so huge. Even with the assistance of rollers, it is very difficult to push it.

The subsequent soldiers pushed a series of equipment such as catapults and other equipment, and reinstalled them on the deck of the "Flying Zealander".

"Thank you for your hard work! The next one is a long river, which can be easier!"

Ella encouraged the soldiers one by one. Several small carts followed her, delivering water to the soldiers.

But before the soldiers could pick up the water bottle, a bad news came:
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