327 Counter-charge
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Shantali invested a total of more than 10,000 troops for this attack, and almost all the most elite troops of the orcs brought this time were pushed to the front line by him.
It can be said that this time he launched an attack with the attitude of becoming benevolent if he was unsuccessful.
The initial attack effect is really good, the appearance of the drill beetle, it can be said that the human race was caught off guard, the city wall was dug down, the drill beetle has occupied the gap in the city wall, the army behind has rushed to the gap, and victory is almost just around the corner.
But who would have thought that Xiao Feng was overturned by T72?
The crowd tactics in the era of cold weapons, when encountering hot weapons, it is not a dimensional battle at all.
Thinking about the Bali Bridge back then, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry, plus the Eight Banners Green Battalion, encountered just a group of invaders with flintlock pistols, what was the result?
Tens of thousands of people were killed and wounded, but they couldn't break through the bridge!
In Rhodesia, on the African continent, more than 5,000 Zulu people, encountered dozens of British troops with Maxim heavy machine guns, and they were also unable to rush through the rain of metal bullets, killing and wounding more than 3,000, and the rest were captured as slaves by the British.
This is the gap between civilizations and the times, even if Shantali sends all the more than 20,000 people in his hands today and collides with Xiao Feng's T72, it is useless.
Although Shantali was unwilling, he could only swallow this bitter fruit, and the only thing that could make him feel fortunate at this time was that fortunately, he did not put all his strength into the battlefield.
He still has more than 15,000 people in his hands, and with these more than 15,000 people, he can gather the rout, restore order, and fight again at another time.
The half-orcs who scattered and fled on the battlefield were soon picked up behind them, and with the help of the men arranged by Shantali, they quickly reunited into a phalanx, and then began to retreat from the battlefield in an orderly manner under the command of some high-ranking half-orc officers.
Just when the orcs thought they had finally escaped, there was a sudden rumbling of the earth behind them.
The Minotaur General Demaci had just gathered the rout of the 2,000 heavy armored infantry, when he heard the sound and turned around to see that it was those damn human cavalry, slowly covering from the back of the battlefield.
In front of these human cavalry, there were dozens of minotaurs and pig-headed people, who were running for their lives, but unfortunately they were relatively strong, and they were never known for their speed, and they were soon caught up by those human cavalry, and then they were cut to the ground one after another, even if they were not hacked to death on the spot, they were trampled into pulp by the cavalry behind.
Demaci's eyes were about to pop out, once upon a time, this was a special method for the orcs to abuse humans for fun, but now those slaves who seemed to them to be nothing more than damn turned over and rode on the heads of the orcs to make a threat.
How could Demaci accept this, he suddenly remembered what the ape-man general Shantali had whispered in his ear before he set off, and he turned around and shouted at the two hoplite phalanx of pig-headed and minotaur who had just been gathered.
"If you're still a man, come back with me and kill these damn human bastards!"
After speaking, he roared, ignoring the reaction of these routs, and rushed in the direction of the human cavalry with a few attendants, carrying steel knives.
Don't look at these human soldiers are riding tall horses, but if they have no speed, then in front of the half-orc heavy armor infantry, it is just a group of lambs to be slaughtered, Demaci is very experienced in dealing with such cavalry, when he became famous in the first battle, that is, on the side of the Gelen River, led 3,000 heavy armored infantry to completely annihilate the third cavalry regiment of the Toulon Empire, 10,000 human elite cavalry, in front of them, it was like a paper toy, he was completely annihilated.
Perhaps it was the behavior of the Minotaur General that stimulated these orcs behind him, and they were also suddenly demoralized when they were sluggish, and they had been at war with the human kingdom for many years, but they were quite experienced in how to team human cavalry.
As long as there is no mage, it will not matter if you kill these thousand human cavalry.
"Ulla, kill these damn bastards. ”
I don't know who shouted, followed Demaci and rushed in the direction of those human cavalry, and then the groups of orcs were shaken, and finally overcame the fear in their hearts and pounced in the direction of the human cavalry.
The human cavalry, apparently noticing their movements, quickly began to line up, but did not charge.
These simple-minded half-orcs, seeing these human cavalry, actually lined up in front of the formation, without charging and accelerating, couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy, these fools, don't they know that cavalry without speed is a lamb to be slaughtered in front of the half-orcs?
But just as the hundreds of pioneers led by Demaci were about to crash into the human battle line, these human cavalry actually moved to both sides of the station, and at this time, an earthy black iron bump appeared from behind them.
And seeing these two steel-armored monsters, almost all the half-orcs were cold, especially the Minotaur General Demasi who was at the forefront.
The reason why he dared to lead this group of rout soldiers this time and fight this counter-charge was because he didn't see the existence of that human mage, but who would have thought that these cunning humans actually dug a hole for him.
It turned out that the human mage had been following behind these human cavalry, just to induce them to fight this counter-charge.
Seeing that the turret on the earthy iron bump began to rotate, and a swarthy pipe was aimed at the charging team, Demaci was a tingling scalp, but he had already rushed here, and it was impossible to stop, so he could only rush hard!
The black barrel of the gun, spewing out a half-meter-long muzzle flame, Demaci, who was at the forefront, was torn apart on the spot, and the orcs who followed him were also broken into several pieces.
The hoplites who were charging like a tide just now were like waves that were instantly slapped on the reef, and they were instantly torn apart.
Xiao Feng stood on the roof of the car from the firing position, pulled the trigger, and constantly adjusted the shooting range, enveloping these charging orcs in the scope of his design.
Soon he ran out of one bullet chain, and immediately replaced it with another skillfully, and the fire was almost uninterrupted, and the half-orcs on the opposite side, in groups, fell to the ground as if they were cutting wheat.
Finally, the people couldn't hold it anymore, and they turned around and ran away with a strange scream, and then the battlefield was chaotic in an instant, even the half-orcs who rushed to the front began to turn around and flee.
This human mage is really terrifying, hundreds of meters away, taking people's lives is as simple as probing for things, how can they, half-orcs who only carry big swords and spears, compete with him?
Even if these minotaurs and pig-headed people are simple-minded, they know that if they rush forward at this time, they will simply be sent to death.
Shantali in the distance, seeing such a situation, was angry and slapped his thigh, he saw the human cavalry out of the city, so he sent the Minotaur general Demaci to collect the scattered heavy infantry and arrange a counter-charge, on the one hand, to give him the rout and buy time, on the other hand, to teach these humans a lesson.
The purpose is to tell those humans: Defend the city, you rely on human mages, you may be very powerful, but in the wild, it is still the world of our half-orcs!
But who would have thought that this kick was kicked on the iron plate, and the human mage actually followed, and hid in a moving iron box, he operated the death scythe, harvesting life everywhere, even in a strong orc, in front of him, it was not a joint general at all.
Seeing this situation, Shantali is no longer playing with caution, any fist and leg embroidery, in the face of absolute strength, is a death.
Until he could figure out a way to crack the human mage's methods, he wasn't going to provoke these humans.
Fortunately, most of the high-ranking orc commanders sent to collect the rout returned soon, and Shantali, who received the news, was in a very heavy mood, and this time the attack force of 10,000 people was sent out, but in the end only 5,000 returned.
The remaining 5,000 people were either killed by these humans, or they fled to the mountains and forests, hoping that they could find them themselves.
"Retreat!"
Shantali took one last look at the situation on the battlefield, and then announced that the whole army had retreated, and there was no need to resist here, and there was no way to resist at all.
Let's bring the team back to the camp first, fortunately, plus the gathered rout, he still has 20,000 people in his hands, and the camp is relatively strong, these humans will definitely not be able to break through with those cavalry alone, even if their human mages can summon heavenly thunder, but the huge gap in numbers makes him confident that he can hold the camp.
Go back to the camp and rest for the night, and then retreat tomorrow!
Don't think that only you humans will defend the city, if you dare to attack Lao Tzu's camp, Lao Tzu must let you see our half-orc ability to defend the city, if you don't break a few of your teeth, I will lose.
Shantali glared at the human cavalry in front of him viciously, and the iron box thought that seeing that the other party was not in a hurry to charge over, he told a few orc generals about his idea, and several other half-orc generals also agreed.
This battle can no longer be fought, first go back to the camp to rest for the night, whether to continue fighting, or retreat, and wait until tomorrow.
The orcs who were gathered began to withdraw from the battlefield in an organized manner under the command of the high-ranking orcs, and those human cavalry, led by the iron box that the human mage was riding, slowly stayed behind them, and did not mean to rush up.
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