The attacks of the hoplites could not do much damage to these two stone balls, whether it was an axe, sledgehammer, two-handed sword, throwing axe, javelin, or bow and arrow, it was difficult to break the stone balls, or hurt the two ogre warriors behind the stone balls, and ordinary swords could not break through the armor and tough skin of the ogre, and really hurt them.

The warriors of the Baltic Empire also wanted to try to dodge, but now it was a crowded battlefield, not that they could dodge if they wanted to, not to mention that they were still crowded on the narrow stone bridge, blocking them with shields in front of them, which made their dodge space even narrower.

The ogre's attack directly disrupted the formation of the Baltic Empire's soldiers, and the soldiers behind followed closely behind, began to divide and encircle these enemies, and finally completed their annihilation, which caused the Baltic Empire's soldiers to suffer great casualties.

The two stone balls were still moving at an unhurried pace, but the original rough appearance had been stained with a sticky bright red, and there were some metal fragments on them, and it was obvious that soldiers had been crushed to death by these two stone balls.

In addition, these soldiers who wanted to dodge jumped into the river next to them, were rescued by the sea tribes below, and dragged to the opposite bank, where other soldiers were already waiting to help them unload their armor.

But despite this, these soldiers who didn't have time to dodge were still frantically attacking the stone balls with their weapons before they died, so that dust and stones were falling every time these stone balls rolled, and it didn't take long for the two stone balls to disintegrate.

Eventually, the two stone balls stopped advancing three meters from the stone bridge, and the ogre pushing behind had already been seen by the soldiers, and the soldiers who had already landed on the shore began to attack the ogre after the ogre passed them, and when they focused on the front, they inevitably ignored the enemy from behind.

The stone ball was stopped, and the two ogres had been successfully killed, but the soldiers of the Baltic Empire, the formation was completely disrupted, and they began to fall into a disadvantage, and they were pushed back step by step, although because the terrain was too narrow, the rest of the ogres and trolls could not participate in this war, but

For the first time, the Baltic Empire showed a disadvantage on the battlefield, with terrain being the main factor, and they did not expect the soldiers of the Attila Empire to be able to do this.

Not only in terms of will, but also in terms of tactics, there is a strong Baltic Empire style, and even those trolls and ogres who are known for their stupidity have risen in a straight line after learning the tactics of the Baltic Empire.

This is something that makes every soldier feel glory and shame, they are proud of their excellence, even the enemy has to learn, but they are also angry and ashamed that the enemy has learned their tactics.

It's a pity that anger and shame can't stabilize the situation at this time, on the side of the Attila Empire, the gnolls and cavalry are gritting their teeth and holding on until now, they have now suffered a large number of attrition, not many really died, but there are not many who are injured and leave the battle.

Of these wounded soldiers, not many of them survived, because the medical environment in the Attila Empire was very bad, and the most common way they dealt with the wounded was amputation, which obviously made the mortality rate of the wounded skyrocket.

However, it is true that they suffered heavy losses and did not achieve much success, but they did complete the task assigned to them by the famine, holding back the opposing centaur and gnoll forces and preventing them from entering the battlefield.

Casualties are not something that worries them too much, they will go to war, they are already prepared to die, and what worries them more is that their death has no meaning and cannot gain any value.

Now there is still a need to worry about the elves in the Baltic Empire, after they have rested and regained their strength, they will enter the battlefield, longbows and magic arrows, in combination with the elves' archery skills, this is definitely a threat that every commander cannot completely ignore.

Therefore, all the layout of Famine now is to buy time, and at the beginning of the fight with all his strength, hoping to completely block the opponent's main infantry on the river and prevent their landing, as long as this step can be completed, the next series of deployments can be effective.

At the very least, they need a more decent result to end the first day of fighting, so that they can turn the war into a protracted war that lasts longer.

They can fail, and so can the Attila Empire, because they have failed more than once or twice in the face of the Baltic Empire, and the reason why they have become what they are now, and the reason why they need to recuperate for so long is because of the defeat given by the Baltic Empire.

But what they could not tolerate was that the battle between the two sides would be one-sided when other factors were discarded in this way, and they could not tolerate the fact that the Attila Empire would suffer a crushing defeat on the frontal battlefield.

So no matter how heavy the price is, they need to get a result that they can accept, if not a victory, but definitely not a fiasco.

Because the fiasco will bring despair, the hopeless crowd will wake up from the mad worship of the Attila Empire, and then the contradictions that have been suppressed until then will erupt like a volcano.

Within the Attila Empire, there have always been forces willing to get close to the Baltic Empire, and even several terrible purges of the Attila have not been able to completely solve these problems.

It is conceivable that when the Attila Empire ushered in a crushing defeat and there was no hope of victory, as long as these people ascended to the heights, a large number of people who did not want to perish would gather around them, and then throw themselves into the arms of the Baltic Empire.

Wealth, stability, equality, and freedom are really difficult to describe in words compared to the oppressive and bloody environment of the Attila Empire, and it can be said that there are a large number of people close to the Baltic Empire, both within the United Kingdom and within the Attila Empire.

If the Attila Empire is defeated and these people see hope, then the previous Centaurs and Gnolls will leave the Attila Empire and devote themselves to the Baltic Empire.

At that time, the Baltic Empire will not give the Attila Empire a chance to recuperate, and in Alice's eyes, the Attila Empire is a cruel and greedy dragon, and it is definitely not an object that can be treated with mercy.

Previously, due to concerns about interference from the gods, and because its own power was not strong enough to crush it, the Baltic Empire gave up the opportunity to unify the entire Northland.

However, after missing the last opportunity, Alice will cherish this opportunity even more, and decide to completely defeat the Attila Empire in this war.

Unlike the United Kingdom, there are certain political factors that need to be taken into account when dealing with the affairs of the United Kingdom, while in the case of the Attila Empire, as long as victory on the battlefield can be achieved, it is enough to solve all problems.

These things are not only understood by Alice, but also by the rulers of the Attila Empire, and it is precisely because of their very deep understanding that the two knights of Famine and Plague will appear on this battlefield together, facing an enemy whose name has not even been heard.

The death of the two ogres did not stop the war, but rather brought the battle to a stalemate, with both sides succeeding in some aspects of gaining the upper hand and attempting to expand those advantages.

Fortunately, now because of the stone balls thrown by the catapult before, it has been the masterpiece of the two ogres just now, and the stone bridge has become very crowded, although it can still be passed by the infantry, but don't think about heavy cavalry.

Except for the elves, the Baltic Empire's strongest weapon, the heavy cavalry that can overwhelm everything, cannot enter the battlefield, and can only stare at the enemy across a rushing river.

Just when all the Attila soldiers thought that the heavy cavalry could not act, a melodious horn sound was heard from the rear of the Baltic Empire army, and the heavy armored cavalry who had already lined up in array turned away without hesitation.

At a distance of about five hundred meters from the river, the cavalry drew their javelins from behind and drove their mounts into a charge in the direction of the river, which finally came to a steady halt ten meters from the river.

The javelins they had held before had already arrived in front of the enemy, and more precisely, their javelins were aimed at the trolls who were throwing javelins.

The vitality of the trolls is indeed very strong, their skin has a certain resistance to ordinary swords, even if it is a poor arrow, it is not a big effect, but this kind of javelin thrown by acceleration, whether it is a shield, armor or bones, can not be stopped, directly blowing up part of the body.

Missing part of his body, such injuries were beyond the upper limit of what the trolls could recover, and the first wave of attacks sent at least thirty trolls off the battlefield completely.

More importantly, the trolls began to stop attacking, wanting to retreat, at least to the extent that the other party could not threaten them with a river across them.

Even after so many years, the Attila Empire still can't really digest the trolls and let them integrate into the camp of the Attila Empire, and now they still have a certain degree of autonomy in the army of the Attila Empire.

This is a very helpless thing, there are not many armies that can be handled in the Attila Empire now, the gnolls are not commendable except for the number, the white bears and the mammoths have not been able to become pillars because of the numbers, as for the humans.

There weren't many humans in the Attila Empire, and famine and plague didn't trust humans, and many things in the past made them label humans as cunning.

As for the other races, they are even less worthy of mention because of their numbers, and they will basically not be released for discussion alone, and they have no influence in the Attila Empire, let alone any right to speak.

The troll's retreat began to give a slight sigh of relief to the advancing hoplites, who could speed up their advance a little and not be held down on the beachhead all the time.

After the trolls, the remaining soldiers ushered in their third blow of the day, and the elves, who had finished resting, began to prepare for the third round of arrows, and the sound of dense bowstrings vibrating, as if it was the bell of death.

However, this third attack was ineffective after all, like fireworks, the sky was dyed the color of dusk by the exploding fireball, and black smoke scattered in all directions, covering the nearby ground in just a few seconds.

Whether it was the soldiers of the Atila Empire or the soldiers of the Baltic Empire, they all stopped fighting because of the black smoke that burst in, on the one hand, it was pitch black around them, they couldn't see the enemy at all, and on the other hand, these poisonous black smoke made them uncomfortable, and they couldn't breathe normally in a place full of poisonous smoke.

The crossing of the Baltic Empire soldiers was interrupted again, they could only hold their shields, stay in place, carefully observe the situation in the black smoke, at this time they did not attack with javelins and throwing axes, wasting ammunition is secondary, they are more afraid of hurting their comrades.

It was the caster who made the move, and although it is still impossible to determine the magic used by the other party, there is no doubt that it can do this, and the previous one was also the caster's handiwork.

With or without a spellcaster, the battle is not at the same level at all, and the side supported by the caster can increase the combat effectiveness by at least fifty percent, or even increase exponentially.

In the previous battle of dragon slaying initiated by the Baltic Empire, the reason why the final victory was achieved was that the caster played a role that could not be ignored, and could even be a decisive role.

Now the Baltic Empire commander is left with only two options, either give up the gains and let the landed troops retreat to the opposite shore, or let their own spellcasters take action to contain the enemy caster or defeat the opposite caster.

It didn't take long for the commander to think, because the black smoke didn't last long, and the weather was very nice today, with a light breeze, and the black smoke would soon be blown away.

In the end, the commander still did not let his spellcaster dispatch, he asked the herald to give the order to retreat, in the sound of the slow horn, the infantry who had landed on the opposite bank began to block the shield in front of them and slowly retreated, they were not in a hurry, even when retreating, they still maintained a certain rhythm, to ensure that they would not be caught by the other side of the flaw and opportunity.