Dust of History Chapter 69: Flying straight down (up)
Just when the coalition forces were unimpeded on the wild highlands, a piece of news caused Erasia's large army to immediately turn around and rush back towards the kingdom. Because Tatalia, located in Erasia, took advantage of the coalition forces to attack half a month ago.
Actually, the coalition forces were mentally prepared to fight against the Taitali people this time. Although the process of Taitali's succession of the throne was kept secret from the outside world, some rumors still leaked out. Anyone can use this to think of Oufu's intentions in this move, and it is not surprising that Tatalia will come to participate in this war.
But everyone thought that the battle with the barbarians was on the wild highlands, appearing as an innocuous reinforcement of Oufu. But now they forced Erasia's 40,000 army to retreat at once.
In fact, Tatalia has a vast territory similar to that of Erathia, but most of them are uninhabited swamps and mountains, and the richness and prosperity are naturally far apart. Therefore, the barbarians have been at a disadvantage in the battle with Erasia for many years, and a big battle five years ago caused great damage. If it weren't for the large swamp as a natural barrier, Erathia would have little interest in the barren land in the north, and Tatalia might have ceased to exist long ago. Over the years, Tatalia has done nothing except some harassment and friction. Although it is reported that Oufu finally helped the new king of Taitalia to ascend the throne, and the two countries formed an alliance in the end, they have always been against Taita. Erathia's military was scorned by Leah's overwhelming superiority. No matter in terms of equipment or tactics, well-trained knights and soldiers are indeed far more effective on the battlefield than barbarians who are always howling and swarming up. It's just that there are more orcs than Oufu. The troops remaining on the northern border of the country can definitely withstand their surprise attacks.
But this absolute is only what Erasia himself thinks is absolute. The combat power shown by Tatalia was completely beyond Elasi's expectations. Not only did almost all the people come out, but their equipment was so good that it could rival the regular swordsmen of Erasia. . It is very easy for the steel battle axes and war hammers to smash the shields and armors of the swordsmen, and they already have rattan armor and leather armor that can resist arrows. These equipment are by no means something barbarians can manufacture by themselves. And the source is naturally self-explanatory.
Besides, dragon flies and lizards also joined the battlefield driven by the trainer, which completely made up for the weakness of the barbarians' insufficient numbers and single tactics. These swamp animals also appeared in the Tatalia's troops before, and the number of hundreds of them was just a little auxiliary role in the battle, but now the dragon flies appearing on the battlefield can be described as overwhelming, those Swamp lizards the size of the largest crocodile also began to attack the enemy in hundreds, driven by the animal trainer.
The most important thing is that there is news that Taize, the king of Lien Tatalia, has come to the front line. Power keeps their wild morale only where it counts. The fighting style of the barbarians is no longer howling and rushing forward like mad bulls, they have become more disciplined and tactical.
Under such unexpected fighting power, the barbarians have achieved amazing results. After the absolute main force was dispatched to the wild highlands, Erasia's defensive front that he thought was impenetrable was easily broken through. For the first time these barbarians who had seized the opportunity had penetrated so deep into the fertile plains of Erathia, they would not have wasted such an opportunity, looting everything they went, and targeting Ella. The royal city of West Asia.
The attack was well timed. It was the time when Erathia's army entered the hinterland of the highlands. In fact, they were closer to the eastern border of Tatalia at this time. But they had to go back to defense. No one has the guts to take the risk of using the trick of attacking and saving, or that the barbarian is the real attacking and saving. The barbarian may abandon his simple lair, but the knights will never abandon the palace of Erasia And Her Majesty disregarded. Although there were more than 10,000 light cavalry troops from Erasia among the cavalry guarding the grain road, they retreated as soon as possible. But according to the fighting power shown by the barbarians. The 10,000 cavalry could not just turn things around, at most they could just delay the situation and buy time for the army on the high ground to retreat.
As the absolute main force of the coalition forces, once the 40,000 troops of Elasi withdraw, the strength of the coalition forces will undoubtedly be greatly reduced. But this is not a reason for them to hold back. Their morale remains high. The leading troops of the coalition forces were less than a hundred miles away from the city of Oufu, and the frontal battle was about to begin.
The 10,000-strong army of the Principality of Juda is the leading force in the coalition army. They are heading directly towards Oufu at a much faster speed than other coalition forces. This is the first frontal attack on Oufu, and the orcs are inevitable.
From a certain point of view, this is actually a temptation. The coalition forces also wanted to know about Oufu's frontal combat effectiveness and how he fought. Most of the cavalry were transferred to the rear to protect the grain roads, and the 4,000 heavily armored knights of the Judas army became the absolute vanguard of the coalition forces. In fact, the tactic of using heavy cavalry to charge the orcs head-on has also proved to be very effective in the previous battle to eliminate the orcs. Whether it is a werewolf or an ogre, under the formation of knights with heavy armor on horses They are all invincible.
So far, except for Oufu's use of the Wyvern and Ballista to gain a slight advantage in the air, other places are still dominated by the coalition forces. Indeed, as the Jawi warriors said before, the generals of the coalition forces are not stupid, and it can even be said that they are the best military commanders in the mainland. Especially after being attacked from behind and had to send out as many as 30,000 cavalry to guard the grain road, the generals realized that Oufu was really not that easy to deal with. The characteristics of orcs combined with appropriate tactics can exert quite amazing power, as long as generals with a little imagination can feel this.
Before the Temple Knight withdrew, he also told the generals about the sneak attack tactics that Oufu might adopt. After that, although the generals were not as careful as the Temple Knight. But it basically does everything. It's not just that the griffins no longer attack without authorization, the defense at night has been strengthened a lot, and each army has to have several senior magicians on standby at any time.
This defensive strategy has indeed played a very good effect. The sneak attacker who tried to sprinkle necromantic magic in the sky appeared above the coalition army once, but was shot down by the over-distance lightning sent by these mages together. The magician was electrocuted alive. Falling into the army is also a dead end. In the half month since this sneak attack, Oufu has not taken any action. Perhaps Oufu has also realized that the chance of a sneak attack is too small to be worth the risk. After all, it is not a dream to be far away from the stronghold Easy things to do.
In contrast, the coalition forces have never learned about Oufu's combat methods and combat effectiveness. Although the commanders can imagine and guess, no matter how precise the imagination and guess are, it is impossible to use it as a basis for setting up a battle plan, so this is why Juda's heavy knights attack first.
The Judas Heavy Knights is actually the strongest unit in the coalition. Whether it is mobility or combat power, it is comparable to the orcs. Letting such a unit that should be the main force try it out is exactly what the coalition forces paid full attention to Oufu. In this way, even if they are at a disadvantage in the battle with the orcs, they will have enough time to retreat temporarily and wait for the arrival of the army.
But at least in the hearts of Judas heavy knights, there is absolutely no concept of retreating. They have such self-confidence, and they also have the capital of such self-confidence. The Principality of Judah also borders Negan like Erasia, but the land area and richness are far from Erasia. However, although the national power is not as good as Erasia, Judas has never been at a disadvantage in the strategy of Negan's dungeon. Even those minotaurs who are taller and stronger than ogres are irresistible under the charge of Judas heavy cavalry.
Finally, when they were tens of miles away from Oufu, the vanguard of the coalition saw Oufu's troops. It is no longer those figures that only wandered around the edge of their sight every day. But the real ground troops. The scouts in charge of watching could clearly see the werewolves and ogres that formed a formation after adding advanced Eagle Eye.
Judah's knight leaders were not surprised. Now it is less than a hundred miles away from Oufu, any harassment and tricks are useless, and the orcs can only be forced to face it head-on anyway.
"The whole army is ready to charge." The leaders of the knights assembled their teams to make a move. The distance between the two armies was already two or three miles visible to the eyes, and the flat wasteland was the most suitable place for heavy cavalry to charge.
But the scout in charge of watching and reconnaissance shouted at this time: "Oufu started to charge first... No. It's just a..."
In fact, he didn't need to say it, all the knights could also see a small white spot of light breaking away from the orc formation, and approaching here quickly.
The speed of this white light spot is very fast, and the knights in line can quickly see that this is actually a person, a figure whose whole body is wrapped in bright white light. Charged at the speed of an arrow with the momentum of thousands of troops.
The so-called charge, generally speaking, the difference in strength between the two sides will not be too large, at least they will take the initiative to attack the opponent only if they have the advantage of the arms. If it was just one person charging towards thousands of heavy cavalry, this kind of behavior really couldn't be described as a charge, it would be better to say death or madness.
But all the cavalry who could see this person did have the word 'charge' in their minds at the same time, this is the charge. Even if it was just one person, even if he was facing thousands of the continent's most elite heavy cavalry, it was still the most powerful, most exemplary, and most like a charge.
This person's figure is not huge, nor is his weight high, but everyone feels the ground is moving, and they can't tell whether it's because they are overwhelmed by the aura and spirit brought out by this person. Illusion, or the earth is really trembling under this person's footsteps. It was as if he himself was the thousands of heavy cavalry armed to the teeth, and what he was facing was the enemy army alone, who was about to be knocked apart by him immediately. To crush, to crush.
"Bow and crossbow, shoot." A leader of the Knights threw out a few words in a deep voice. He looked at the rapidly approaching white figure with fire in his eyes, but his voice and expression were as calm as ice and as heavy as iron.
It doesn't need to be said by him, almost all the knights have already taken out the military heavy crossbow and held it in their hands. The Judas knights are all elites who have experienced life and death on the battlefield. Although the mind fluctuated because of this person, the soldier's iron will was not shaken in the slightest. With an order, countless bows and arrows rushed towards the oncoming figure. The heavy crossbow used by the military is enough to pierce through armor within a hundred steps, and the ones fired by the dedicated archers in the team can even pierce shields that are barely there. These thousands of arrows shot from different directions are like a death storm made of metal.
But no matter how strong the storm is, it is impossible to blow the towering mountains. The dense arrow rain that can almost block the line of sight seems to be just a piece of paper scraps thrown casually in front of the light emitted by that person. It can't even touch the person's body, and it is covered by the white light around him. And the momentum blows away. Broken, shattered, scattered and bounced askew.
Slightly slower than arrows is magic. The magician in charge of supporting the troops behind is also experienced. Dozens of fireballs, fire walls, ice arrows, lightning, and dozens of magics also shot at this person. But these magics that could have smashed soldiers to pieces now seemed to be all fireworks, only flickering in front of them, and many of them hadn't had time to burst out their magic power. It was smashed to pieces by that layer of white light.
No one can clearly see the footsteps of this rushing person. But no one can't feel that every step of his indistinguishable footsteps is stepping on the very center of the earth's crust and at the same time stepping on his own heart, so that every nerve and every hair of his body is with the land. War horror.
The ground is shaking, the heart is shaking, and the soul is shaking, because he is charging.
"Take out the gun. Hold the shield." At the same time as the order was issued, the three regiment leaders had already gathered together. They all stared at the person who was getting closer and closer. The muscles and veins on his body have been stretched to the limit, and the light of fighting spirit on his body is revealed.
With command. The spears of all the heavily armored knights in the front row were all erected, and it was a forest of guns.
But the man still didn't stop, and didn't slow down at all. Facing the forest of steel guns and the fortress built by the steel knights behind him, he rushed faster and more fiercely. There was a loud bang, like a meteorite from outside the sky hitting the ground, and this man unexpectedly crashed into the queue of four thousand heavily armored knights with his own flesh and blood.
The spear snapped. Flying, the knight and mount shattered together, tumbling, the shield and armor shattered, mixed with limbs and corpses and flew into the air. The Iron Knights, who could have been invincible and destructive on the battlefield, were smashed like this, splashing away from the place where this person rushed into the queue like sand and stones stirred up by a violent impact.
The formation of the knights was originally an unbreakable fortress, capable of charging and crushing the sharp weapons of tens of thousands of infantry, but the impact of the figure surrounded by white light seemed to be drawn into a black lake, and after countless splashes were aroused During the period, it continued to advance like a bamboo splitting into waves.
Although the bodies and weapons of their companions were scattered like rain, all the knights in heavy armor did not panic, and the knights on both wings kept surrounding them. The formation of the knights is also constantly changing, like a huge monster, changing its size to try to surround the foreign object that broke into its body. And as he was knocked away, more and more knights were crushed, and the speed of that person also began to slow down.
With a muffled sound, as if hitting a rock in the middle of the lake, the figure of that person finally stopped. The road behind him that was just knocked out by himself was instantly filled by the surrounding knights, and he was already in the center surrounded by thousands of knights.
"General Grew, I have heard of you for a long time." A dull voice came from under the mask, and the three captains of the Judas Knights stood shoulder to shoulder, and the spears in their hands fell into the hands of this person, or It was the joint blow of the three regiment leaders that finally stopped this person.
"The legendary **** of war who commanded Oufu's orc army is indeed well-deserved. I am afraid that even the paladin Lancelot would not be able to break into our camp like this. We have hundreds of elite knights."
"But we really didn't expect you to adopt such a stupid and arrogant tactic. Do you think that you can penetrate our team with your own strength, so as to severely damage the morale of our army? You underestimate us, Now that your aura is exhausted, and your battle energy is exhausted, it is impossible to rush out of our hands."
"As a warrior, of course I want to compete with a top expert like you. But this is a battlefield. As soldiers, we can only be outnumbered here. It's a pity." The voice of the head of the knight group came from the mask From below, although there is a cold and hard smell of metal, the excitement of being able to kill the opponent but the tone of regret is still fully revealed.
"Sorry. This is actually what I want to tell you." Gru's eyes swept across the faces of the three regiment leaders, and his voice was colder than theirs. "You are right, this is the battlefield."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gelu squatted down slightly, and the light of fighting spirit suddenly brightened again. He had already risen from the ground. hundreds of meters in height.
The three captains of Judah were stunned, and they all looked up at Gru in mid-air. Facing the countless enemies below but jumping high in place, it is almost like letting others gather their strength and prepare to kill him when he falls.
The blue teleportation light shot up on Gru, and he unfolded the teleportation scroll while jumping up. The three regiment leaders were slightly taken aback, and then shouted to shoot arrows, but what the arrows hit was only a trace left after the blue light disappeared.
"What is he doing? Do you want to exchange the lives of a hundred of our knights with a teleportation scroll like this? There will never be a next time for him." A group leader shouted angrily: "Everyone line up and prepare to charge. Take the front The orcs were defeated."
But the other group leader stared into the air, frowning and said: "Wait, what is that?"
Several small objects fell from the sky and just landed on the spot where Gru was just standing. The most conspicuous of them was a gray-looking jade tablet strung together into a necklace by a very thin chain. But upon closer inspection, it can be found that there is actually no gray on this jade tablet. The gray color is an illusion created by the interweaving of countless small and uniform black lines and white lines. But now this extremely delicate jade tablet seems to have two cracks that destroy this strange beauty.
The other small pieces are broken magic crystals. From the broken shape, it can be seen that these magic crystals seemed to be a small container before, a crystal that could just hold the jade tablet container.
"Not good." "Oops." The three captains yelled almost simultaneously. They couldn't recognize what this jade tablet was, but they could see a strange gray streak spreading from this little gray thing, and they could even feel the terrifying magic power contained in that gray.
This gray just appeared~IndoMTL.com~ instantly turned everything around it gray, as if this space was covered by this lifeless color.
"The whole army retreats." The faces of the three regiment leaders turned gray, their skin turned gray, their armor and battle spirit also turned gray, and even the roaring voice seemed to turn gray.
But they didn't retreat when they called out the retreat order, but stabbed the guns in their hands at the small thing on the ground full of dead ash at the same time. The tips of the three long spears did not hit the jade tablet, but pointed at it from three different angles with an inch of space. All the grudges of the three regiment leaders also gathered at the tip of the spears, forming a barrier of grudges, trying to suppress the gray spread.
It's a pity that they are all a little slower. If it can be done a second or two earlier, doing so can indeed play the role they expected. The gray breath has indeed slowed down a little under the barrier of grudge, but it is only a little bit, and the complicated and difficult to understand it contains Now that the mana has been activated, it cannot be interrupted by stopping.
The heavily armored knights around were retreating rapidly, but a gray ocean with a diameter of a mile had already surrounded them all. It was neither fog nor anything tangible, it was a color, the color of dead gray.
There is nothing but death in this grayness.