Chapter 513: Western Expedition (15) Golem?
Are the Balts, their rhinoceros who are always active on the battlefield, known for their heavy armor, strong defenses, and stubborn will?
Or is it that after the innovation of equipment and tactics, there is a centaur unit that performs differently from other centaurs on the battlefield?
Neither the former nor the latter was a good thing for the Atiras, for the place where they now stood was a plain, and in such an environment, it was the most suitable for heavy cavalry to charge.
For the Attila army, which had strategic heavy cavalry such as mammoths in the army, it was a very comfortable thing to harvest after every charge, as simple as drinking water and eating.
Therefore, they also have a set of methods of how to prevent the charge of heavy cavalry, just like every mature hunter has a lot of experience not only in hunting, but also when it comes to preventing hunting.
If the Scandinavians used traps such as traps placed on the ground to deal with the charging and extremely fast cavalry, then the Attvians were much more brutal.
In the middle of the Atila army, the white bear troops who had not moved quickly came to the open space facing east, wearing a burly body of metal armor, looking particularly majestic.
They were in a very dense formation, shoulder to shoulder, foot to foot, spear taller than them in one hand, a round shield that could block most of their body in the other, and a long sword hanging from their waists.
Like the Jutland conquest of the Sealanders, the round shield protrudes through the gap in the front spear, and the tall and burly body and the great power hidden in the body make these white bears a wall of steel.
In the face of such a steely defense, whether it is a centaur or a rhinoceros heavy cavalry, it is absolutely impossible to break through in a head-to-head confrontation, and those armor and weapons made of metal, as well as their own strength, make these white bear people so convinced.
Don't think that the Attila army likes to be brutal, they like to be brutal, they like to be brutal, they like to use primitive numbers to solve problems, and to solve the enemy, so they think that their brains are all water.
If people think like this, such people are really full of water in their brains, and the Atilla Army is not a guy like trolls and ogres who don't know how to grow, they have intelligent lives, and every battle, whether it is victory or defeat, as long as they survive, they have more or less improved.
Perhaps intentionally by the gods, perhaps by the fleeing Sealanders, the specifics of that battle soon began to spread in the vicinity of the Baltic Sea.
When I heard that the rhinoceros people actually adopted such tactics to defeat the Sealand people with almost zero casualties, and still defeated the opponent hard when the opponent had already started the madness and greatly improved all aspects of the body.
This matter, this news, has brought an unimaginable impact on the white bear people, after all, the combat power of the white bear people, in the final analysis, is not much different from the berserkers, even if they have equipment on them, they are just the same as the berserkers after the madness.
If the Berserker's character is replaced by the White Bear Man and the Rhino People of the Baltic Empire are to be fought, then the ending is not expected to change much.
Why would they be at war with the Baltic Empire? It's a stupid question, and Attila's army will only keep fighting to conquer all lands and destroy all civilizations.
As long as they are not from the Attila army, they are not the enemies of the White Bears, even if they are not now, they will be the same in the future, and it is normal for warriors to prepare in advance to deal with future enemies.
However, the White Bear people soon discovered that the tactics that seemed to be rhinoceros people were also very appropriate for them, as long as they were trained to integrate the entire army and form a tacit understanding, it was also possible.
For this reason, in Upland, these White Bears will use tactics invented (innovated) by Alice, and this tactic is not only effective for infantry, but also for cavalry, especially heavy cavalry (mammoth beasts and strategic heavy cavalry like Beamon are not in this category).
The earth began to shake, and the sound of dense footsteps began to reach their ears, and the dark shadows in the blizzard slowly grew larger, and soon they could see each other's figures.
It was a centaur troop, not a rhinoceros heavy cavalry, a familiar voice they had heard for the first time, and there were a large number of centaurs in their army, and they had been fighting against the rebellious centaurs for a long time.
Centaurs, this race can only be used as light cavalry, and if used for frontal charges, they have XX organs in the front abdomen, which will be the easiest target for the enemy.
Therefore, centaurs can only be used as light cavalry, and can only be used for long-range containment, and cannot be a key factor in deciding a battle, if the Baltic Empire only sends centaur troops, then things are much simpler.
Inevitably, a sense of relief spread among the White Bears' troops, which is a normal thing, and when something that was originally extremely bad becomes not so bad, most people will have such a change in their hearts.
So are the people who came really the Centaur troops of the Baltic Sea that the Attila Army thought they were? Is it really the situation that the Attila Army came out of on the basis of experience?
How is it possible, if Alice makes a move, it will be so easy to be discovered, then is she still Alice? is always unexpected, always unplanned, and the first surprise will be Alice.
It wasn't a centaur troop that came out of the blizzard, or rather, it wasn't an ordinary centaur, and it wasn't even quite correct to describe it as a centaur.
The white, translucent centaur has a thrilling charm in the dim environment, the color of ice...... No, it's ice, and the knights who gallop on the ice field are made entirely of ice.
Each of these centaurs made of ice looked the same, their height, their equipment, the expressions on their faces, and even their footsteps with the same regularity.
The number doesn't seem to be much, it doesn't exceed the three-digit range, and the strength doesn't seem to be very strong, after all, it's just a body made of solid ice, strong but not strong, and the dexterity is estimated to be very poor, and in the eyes of experienced warriors, it is a very easy character to deal with.
Is it an ice golem?
The Ice Golem is a construct similar to a gargoyle, but because it is made of ice, it is very afraid of high temperatures and other environments, so most of the time, only wizards living in the north will create these things to protect their territory.
Although the Ice Golem has many shortcomings and is only stronger than an ordinary adult male, because the material used is only solid ice and the manufacturing process is very simple, even a wizard apprentice can make it independently.
Of course, since it can be called a golem, the Ice Golem is still superior in some aspects, for example, in the midst of ice and snow, it can use snow and ice to repair damaged bodies, and when fighting, the ice energy emitted by its body made of ice can turn their enemies into ice.
Well, it seems so, but in fact, this so-called ice energy can only freeze the rats into a ball, and for a human wearing a thick sweater, it is estimated that it is equivalent to a blizzard.
When they saw these ice centaurs galloping towards this area, the people of the Attila army guessed that they had not imagined that these ice centaurs were made of magic, driven by magic, and controlled by magic.
However, with such a large number of ice centaurs, even legends can't control them, although they don't seem to be strong in combat, but in those small kingdom tribes, they are enough to be treasured as trump cards.
The White Bear People are really relieved this time, it doesn't matter if they are centaurs or something else, they White Bear People are the overlords of life on the ice field, and when the sea freezes in winter, they use those powerful bear paws to break the ice surface and prey on the food in the sea below.
Even those ice surfaces that are several meters thick or more than ten meters thick can be broken, let alone these centaurs made of ice, and the other party is still a puppet with no intelligence.
…… How could it be possible to lose!!
"What ......!"
As usual, anyone who has this thought in their mind will be surprised by the sudden appearance of the enemy, such as these galloping Ice Centaurs.
Three hundred meters away from the formation formed by the White Bearmen, the Ice Centaur suddenly changed its direction and drew a circular arc past the White Bearmen.
A rain of javelins followed, falling on the White Bear's head, and the javelins made of ice struck the metal armor and shield with great force, making a ping-pong sound.
Although the ice was hard, it was still no match for the armor and shields that had been forged by craftsmen and enchanted by spellcasters, and after a rain of javelins, not a single white bearman was injured except for a lot of broken ice on the ground.
Without giving the White Bears time to react, the second rain of javelins poured down, due to the special nature of the Ice Golems, and because of the environment made of blizzards here, these Ice Golems could easily condense the ice and snow in the blizzard into the weapons they wanted to use, such as javelins and throwing axes.
The ice centaurs galloping on the flat ground kept making roundabout movements, and kept delaying the White Bearmen troops in place with long-range attacks.
The White Bearman couldn't help the Ice Centaur who was moving at high speed, and the Centaur's attack couldn't break through the armor of the White Bearman's armor and couldn't really damage it.
The two sides suddenly had a temporary stalemate, well, their so-called stalemate did not seem to affect the development of the entire battlefield, and did not change the situation of the Scandinavians.
Or, when these centaurs made of ice appeared in the Scandinavians' field of vision, their morale became even more depressed.
This is a very normal thing, as if a person has very high hopes for something, but when he finds that there is a huge gap between what he hopes for and reality, he will be hit even harder.
The flying force in the sky was closer to Upland City, and during this time, the Thunderbird caused two large-scale thunderstorms with the help of dark clouds in the sky.
But because of the first experience, knowing that coming together would only affect each other, and that neither they nor their companions would be able to get out of a dangerous situation, the Scandinavian formation began to disperse.
Of course, because of the dispersion of the formation, their defense against the jackals' stone-throwing has also decreased a lot, and you can clearly hear the screams of someone being hit by a stone from time to time on the city wall.
"It's coming, it's coming, it's coming!"
"Sun, victory, Attila!"
Suddenly, the gnolls below let out a loud roar, or rather a cheer that sounded like a roar, and they stopped their holes in their hands and began to retreat quickly, like a tidal wave.
In the thick journey, a bright light suddenly appeared, a light like the morning light that pierced the darkness, a light that brought hope, life, and happiness.
With the appearance of this light, the howling blizzard stopped blowing, and the dark clouds in the sky began to disperse, revealing the blue sky behind it, and the noon sun, which had come to the middle of the sky, also showed its face rarely.
Wait, there are actually two suns in the sky, and above the clouds, there is a smaller fireball that emits a soft light, which is slowly falling.
It is a fireball that radiates the light of the morning sun, but it also gives the feeling of a sunset that is about to disappear from sight and be swallowed up by the mountains and the sea.
No, it's not just the feeling, the fireball that gives people a warm feeling like a small sun, is really slowly descending like the sunset, and below it, is the city of Upland!
The magic that the casters of the Attila Army had been preparing for a long time finally appeared, a magic like the sun falling, a magic that was about to fall to the ground and completely wipe the city of Upplan off the map.
In the face of such magic, in the face of such a catastrophe, it is no wonder that the gnolls would give up the opportunity to climb the city wall, and give up the three wooden ladders that had been pushed to the edge of the city wall with so many sacrifices.