Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 555: Snowfield Conquest 5

"General Geul, the human defense line is stronger than last time. I am afraid that the warriors of the Snow Wind Tribe will not be able to attack the human city. The purpose of the test has been achieved. Let the warriors withdraw first."

Seeing the warriors of his tribe smashing their heads and bleeding against the human defense line, the leader of the Snow Wind Tribe asked Geul who was standing aside to withdraw his men.

"Well, humans' long-range weapons are indeed a bit sharp. It would be reckless to attack like this. Let the soldiers of the Xuefeng tribe withdraw and re-draw the attack plan."

The veteran Kawei on the other side also agreed with the leader of the Snow Wind Tribe. He considered it purely from a war perspective. The Snow Wind Tribe’s attack has already tested some of the virtual reality of the human city. As of now, it seems that they are The human city in front of them did not pose much of a threat, and no reinforcements were sent except for the royal court's supervising team. Continuing the attack would only increase casualties and would not be of much significance.

"No!"

Although the leader of the Xuefeng Tribe and Kawei, a veteran of the Royal Court, reached an agreement, they were rejected by Geul who was standing aside. He came with the will of the new king Severo. With his "smartness", How could he not know Severo's intentions.

"The king's order is to attack. Unless the king gives a new order, the people of Xuefeng tribe are not allowed to retreat."

"But the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. If we ask for the king's order now, we will only suffer greater losses."

"Let them retreat first, and I will explain to the king."

"No! Without the king's order, those who retreat will be treated as deserters!"

Although Kawei vaguely knew Severo's intention to clean up the Xuefeng tribe, as an old man in the royal court, he felt that it was very inappropriate to use humans to consume the lives of his own warriors. At this moment, he watched Xuefeng helplessly A large number of Wind Tribe soldiers were killed in battle, and they couldn't help but offer words of persuasion.

Before the foreign enemies were dealt with, they began to make small moves. Although the new king was very powerful, he was a little short-sighted.

In the past, Geul would have given some face to a veteran with high prestige like Kawei, but now that the new king has come to power, he, as the earliest confidant, wanted to show off to the new king. At that time, he knew that the new king wanted to clean up the Xuefeng tribe, but he was not willing to compromise.

I saw Ge Ur raising the finely polished stone spear in his hand, not caring about the face of Kawei and the leader of the Xuefeng tribe, and ordered to the soldiers behind him:

"The soldiers of the royal court obey orders. Anyone who retreats without orders will be treated as deserters and will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!"

Snow giants usually would not execute deserters, and would at best impose other punishments. But now Geul didn't care about these, and completely blocked the retreat of the Snow Wind soldiers.

While the dispute was going on here, the battle under the Snowfield City became more and more intense. Under the attack of the divine crossbows and various long-range means on the city, the soldiers of the Snow Wind Tribe fell one by one, and the stones used as countermeasures The throwing has been completed, so there won’t be too many rocks to carry around.

I wanted to continue getting closer to the city wall, but I was tightly entangled by the defense line arranged by the human defenders on the outside.

These individual, very weak human beings fully demonstrated what it means to be fearless and fearless when faced with such a behemoth as the Snow Giant. When the Snow Giant tried to move forward towards the city wall, the human warriors rushed forward like ants in a mass of darkness. , of course, the gap between the two sides is far from the level of comparison between the ants. The soldiers carrying kerosene, holding torches or shooting fire arrows are trying to set the snow giant on fire despite the casualties of dozens of people. There were also knight-level officers among them, and occasionally mixed in with ordinary soldiers. They suddenly mobilized their fighting spirit and slashed the snow giant's calf or Achilles tendon with a sword, restricting the snow giant's movement.

Coupled with dense large-scale horse resistance and overt or covert ground thorn traps, the small humans finally gave the snow giant warriors of the Yukikaze tribe a heartfelt fear.

At this time, the casualties of the Yukikaze soldiers had exceeded 40%. Although there were only a few hundred casualties, the huge body of the snow giants caused corpses to appear everywhere on the human positions. Although the casualties on the human side were It's bigger, but not as eye-catching as the snow giant's hill-like corpse.

But when the casualties reach a certain critical point, even the sturdy Snow Giants can no longer maintain enough fighting spirit. The attack cannot break through the entanglement of humans, and there is no order to retreat. The attacking Snow Wind soldiers Caught in a dilemma, there was hesitation before the formation.

Compared with attacking or retreating, this hesitation is actually the worst situation. The snow giants neither want to go forward to face the dense crowd of human soldiers, nor have they been ordered to retreat, so they cannot retreat in an organized way. That's it. Standing in the distance and bearing the attack from the city wall, the continuous casualties will soon exceed the tolerance threshold of the Snow Giant warriors in the Snow Peak Department, eventually leading to a rout. You know, an organized retreat and a chaotic rout on the battlefield are completely different. Two concepts.

"Interesting, it turned out to be a team that came to die."

"Then add fire to them."

Richard doesn't want to wait for these attacking snow giants to collapse on their own. How can one predict what will happen on the battlefield? What if the command on the other side suddenly comes online again and issues an order to retreat or to send reinforcements? Have you missed the great opportunity given by the other party?

"Roar!"

The power of Snowfield City has not been fully used. The snow giant is coming fiercely this time. Richard has to hold some trump cards, but there is no need to hide the giant dragon that has been exposed for a long time. Richard gave an order and originally The giant dragon hovering in the air immediately attacked the snow giant below. Nearly ten giant dragons, including the holy dragon, suddenly pounced down, causing even greater confusion among the snow giants.

The casualties caused by the dragon's breath may not be as great as those caused by intensive long-range attacks in the distance, but this kind of face-riding impact is more shocking. Originally, when the snow giant maintained order, there would be specialized hands to pinch it. Huge spears are waiting for the dragon to come, and there will be at least a hundred earth-level snow giants guarding against the dragon falling from the sky. Even if they cannot defeat the dragon, they will not let the dragon wreak havoc in their formation at will.

But now these attacking snow giant warriors are on the verge of collapse. Who can organize to fight against the giant dragon? They are already in awe of the military order before they finish running. There are only a few snow giants here and there. The elite giants threw stone spears at the giant dragon that breathed out dragon breath in the sky, and then quickly attracted attention and were taken care of.

The participation of the giant dragons in the battle became the straw that completely crushed the Snow Giant warriors, especially the leading blue holy dragon. A breath of dragon breath would sometimes cause three or four snow giant casualties. The blue dragon breath is more powerful than the ordinary golden dragon. The dragon's breath comes even more violently, and the strength of the holy level is something that these snow giants cannot handle. Unless the holy dragon breathes out its own breath and is tired of fighting on the ground, the snow giants on the ground will have no way to deal with it.

The giant warriors of the Yukikaze tribe, who had suffered more than 40% battle damage, no longer waited for the order to retreat. They spontaneously turned around and ran back, trying to escape from the attack range of human long-range weapons and completely expose their backs to The defenders of Snowfield City were killed.

Of course, the ordinary troops entangled with them on the ground have nothing to do with the fleeing snow giants. They can fight against the snow giants. In addition to being large in number and fearless of death, the bigger reason is the outer defense line of the snowfield. Dense large-scale resisting horses cover them in the middle, and supplemented by traps and other long-term prepared fortifications, they can tangle with the snow giants when the individual strength gap is so huge, so that the attacking snow giants cannot directly attack the city wall.

But if they are allowed to chase and fight the snow giant in the wild, it will definitely be like a meat bun beating a dog, and there will be no return. In a more pessimistic prediction, if hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers like the Dragon Army encounter Snow Giants on the plains unprepared, more than a thousand Snow Giant warriors may be able to defeat an army of more than 100,000 people.

However, just because the Dragon Army soldiers cannot pursue them, it does not mean that Christine will let the defeated Snow Giant soldiers escape so easily.

"Huh, I want to run away now."

"Flag!"

"The elevation angle of the Shenwei Crossbow is increased by ten degrees!"

"Get ready!"

"Let it go!"

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

Hundreds of giant arrows flew out again. Different from the previous arrows fired flatly, this shot had a certain elevation angle. The arrows shot out were a little farther and landed very "coincidentally" Among the snow giant warriors who were fleeing for their lives.

"Ah, ah..."

"Trebuchet ready!"

"Let it go!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Under Christian's control, all the mighty crossbows, trebuchets and other equipment in Snowfield City accurately predicted the snow giant's escape path. Two rounds of attacks covered most of the escaping snow giant warriors. The Snow Giant once again paid hundreds of casualties. The soldiers of the Snow Wind Tribe who had already suffered more than half of their casualties lost all distracting thoughts at this moment. Driven by the giant dragon behind them, they rushed towards their own camp.

"General Ge'ul, let the soldiers of the royal court take over."

"Response? This group of deserters retreated without orders."

"Let them turn back and fight! If they run away again, the soldiers of the Royal Court will be rude!"

How could Ge Ur think about rescuing the soldiers of the Xuefeng tribe? Not only did he have no intention of rescuing them, but he also prepared to cut off their retreat.

It was just Ge-Ul's actions that completely made the leader of the Xuefeng Tribe unable to bear it any longer. Before Ge-Ul could threaten him again, the leader of the Xuefeng Tribe ordered the remaining soldiers of the Xuefeng Tribe to fight.

Although the Snow Giant Royal Court is not weak in majesty, the main body of the Snow Giants is still a tribal system. Although the army is gathered in one place, the soldiers of the Xuefeng Tribe still obey the orders of their leader. Under the order of their leader, they Regardless of the royal court's military orders, nearly two thousand Xuefeng tribe soldiers rushed out of the camp and ran towards their fleeing soldiers.

Some of the elites grabbed the stone spears in their hands tightly, gritting their teeth and preparing to teach the dragons a lesson.

"Withdraw from both sides! Do not attack the army!"

The snow giant soldiers who had fled for a while finally regained some sense. Especially when the leader of his own tribe gave the order, most of the soldiers consciously dispersed to both sides, facing the enemy. The troops coming up will provide some convenience, and they will have more chances of survival.

Seeing that the team coming out to support the Snow Giant came out, the chasing dragons gave up as soon as they were ready. After a little pursuit, they raised their altitude and returned to the Snowfield City.

But the leader of the Yukikaze Tribe who successfully connected with his own warriors did not feel any joy at all. A simple probing attack actually killed 600 warriors. This was still the first day of the war. If the fight continued like this, The Yukikaze tribe had to be killed directly.

On the other side, the Snow Giant King Severo, who had watched the farce-like attack, first had a smile on his lips, and then the smile slowly disappeared, and he said calmly to the general of the royal court next to him with a cold face:

"Does the Xuefeng Ministry still take Wang Ting seriously? How dare they leave the camp without my order!"

"It should be the order from the leader of the Yukikaze tribe. After all, according to tradition, they should..."

Before the general beside him could finish explaining the snow giant’s traditions, Severo interrupted him.

"What is tradition? Tradition is also set by the previous kings. The previous kings can set the traditions, and I can naturally set new traditions! These tribes that do not respect the king's orders should be treated as untimely traditions. Sweep into the trash!"

The more Severo spoke, the more excited he became. The general beside him was not an upright veteran like Kawei. After hearing Severo’s shocking remarks, he did not dare to persuade him. He could only stand aside and remain silent. It was best Just pretend that you are deaf and hear nothing.

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