Chapter 699: Wood Giant
Defeated? Step by step into the second line of defense?
No, this is not a rout, but a tactic, a premeditated tactic, and purely from the ratio of battle losses, you can see the conspiracy of the Balts, who traded space for lethality and time for the death of the enemy.
Obviously, the Baltic people were repelled step by step, but the corpses that were most dropped were the corpses of orcs and werewolves, killed by arrows, fallen from the drawbridge and died, trampled to death, killed by sharp blades, and all kinds of corpses were scattered all over the battlefield.
By now, hundreds of orcs and werewolves had died, but looking at the Baltics, there were not even fifty of them, and their whole bodies were shrouded in armor, which made them look extremely heavy, but from another point of view, such a defense still ensured their safety.
The natives of the Ural Mountains, all of them, including Goliath, had been blinded by such a false victory, and they were advancing, advancing, and going, without thinking that such a battle was a drain on their soldiers, that they were making themselves weaker with every step, and that the enemy was still as strong as ever.
No, even if they find such a problem, they won't care, soldiers are simply insignificant consumables for them, and tribes are just tools to maintain their status and power, no matter what time they are, the first consideration will always be their own interests, family affection, love is just a simple bargaining chip.
There is no way to do this, because of barbarism, because of primitiveness, because of ignorance, because knowledge is only in the hands of these tribal chiefs and spellcasters, and the people below only know to simply obey orders.
However, not everyone has such thinking, they are all simple profit-seekers, and some of them will have different existences, just as there are always black swans in all the white swans.
"Goliath, this should be a trap. ”
Levi stood everyone's eyes, came to Golia's side again, and said exhortation.
It's not just because of his duties, it's because of his concern for Goliath.
"I know, I know, I know what you mean. ”
Goliath sighed, withdrew her gaze from the battlefield, put it on Levi's face, looked at him with an undisguised anxious expression, and said.
"Maybe after a while, the enemy will come from the other and catch us off guard, or the other side will directly cast a spell and strike at where we are while our army is on the battlefield. ”
"Levi, you see, nothing is perfect, war is always a gamble, and the cunning Balts may have dug the trap long ago. ”
"But war is never a game to give up knowing the odds of victory, and if we can't drive these Baltics out of our territory, what awaits us, I think I've just made it very clear and clear. ”
After the words were closed, Goliath didn't pay attention to Levi's face, she refocused her eyes on the battlefield, and answering Levi's question at this time was already a gift, after all, the identities of both sides were there.
The battlefield in the sky is in a state of stalemate, and the similar forces will not be divided in a short period of time, flying dragons and flying dragons, dragons and dragons, fighting each other together, their casualties are very few, they are all familiar with each other's combat methods, they all know how to dodge each other's attacks, and know where the opponent's weaknesses are.
The same is true of the battlefield in the water, the clear river has been stained red with blood, dense piranha corpses floating on the water, and occasionally a few cyan frogman corpses, and then within a few minutes, these corpses will sink into the water, because the flesh has been eaten by the piranha, and the weight cannot support them to continue floating on the water.
Individually, the strength of the frogmen is not weak, and the piranhas can only be their food to fill their stomachs, but the number of piranhas they need is too many now, and each frogman needs to face hundreds of enemies.
The two battlefields were just stalemate, not cruel at all, the real cruelty was the orcs and werewolves fighting on that drawbridge, they stood on the narrow and restricted suspension bridge, they faced the Baltic hoplites holding a heavy tower shield, hiding their bodies behind the tower shield, forming a steel wall.
Sharp spears stretched out from the gaps in their shields, making it very difficult for them to even get closer, no, even if they did, it would be difficult to solve any problems, because the weapons in their hands could not do any damage to those shields, whether it was the bows and arrows of the lizardmen or the throwing stones of the gnolls, they could not leave any traces on these shields.
This is not to make them feel troubled, the real trouble is from the opponent's attack, because it is completely impossible to dodge, the opponent's bow and crossbow arrows can hit them accurately, in the face of such an attack, those so-called armor on the orcs and werewolves are not much thicker than a piece of paper.
The situation began to get worse, but it was not completely irretrievable, and while the companions on the drawbridge attracted each other to attack, the other orcs and werewolves began to attack from the other direction, they stepped on the corpses of trolls and ogres, carried the ladder directly to the second wall, and used their hands and feet together, and quickly began to climb upward.
Not only that, but there were also undead ogres and trolls who continued to attack, and they continued to bombard the walls with their wooden sticks, using brute force, and the heavy blow caused the walls to start to shake slowly, rhythmically, and in this case, even the stone walls, which were stronger than the wooden walls, could not hold out for long.
At this time, the number of corps was indeed turned into strength, into the possibility of victory, and the commander of the Sixth Legion, who was located on the third wall, had no more calmness on his face.
He knew that he couldn't underestimate these natives of the Ural Mountains, but now he found that he still underestimated the determination of the other party, underestimated the combat effectiveness of the other party, and forced him to open the first hole card first.
The first to notice the anomaly were the lizardmen and gnolls standing on the wooden wall, and they found themselves shaking violently where they were standing, and they had to put down their bows and arrows and slings, and grasp the things around them with their hands to stabilize their bodies.
It was in vain, for the wooden wall under their feet was breached, and the occupied wooden wall was on fire, and every log became a wooden giant, struggling to pull his body out of the ground, and then swept away the enemies on his body with his hands.
The lizardmen and gnolls fell from mid-air with screams, and were mercilessly trampled into flesh by the wooden giants, before the wooden giants, covered in blood and wreckage, turned and fought the ogres and trolls.
Their fists were so heavy that they rattled trolls and ogres.
"What are those? Can any of you tell us what those things are!?"
Gloria cried out loudly, her voice was so high-pitched that she panicked like those noble ladies who had seen something dirty.
Behind her, the chiefs from the various tribes had no better expressions than she had ever seen before, not even the weird witch doctors and shamans could do it.
"Levi, you know what?"
After glancing around, Goliath set her eyes on Levi's, and although it was a shame to say, all the tribal chieftains present were not as well-informed as Levi's.
"Maybe it's a wooden golem, but a wooden golem shouldn't have that size. ”
"It's also possible that [Activated Plants], but as far as I know, [Activated Plants] is druid's magic, and ordinary druids can't get to this point, and it must be a legend to do this. ”
"I heard that the Baltic Empire has obtained the inheritance of druids from the Celtic Isles and Scandinavia, and in the past few years, a large number of druids have been born there, and it is estimated that this is a combination of druid magic to create war weapons. ”
Levi was fond of communicating with bards, and his house also contained a large number of books from the outside world, in which various unreliable legends with no guarantee of authenticity took up a large part of them.
"Weakness, do those guys have any weaknesses?"
Gloria asked eagerly, she didn't want to listen to Levi's nonsense, she just wanted to know what could be done to solve the current situation.
In the case of long-range support of the gnolls and lizardmen who are suffering heavy losses, the enemy on the opposite side will no longer be harassed, and the orcs and werewolves can be exported with all their might.
Behind the orcs and werewolves, the huge wooden giants were slowly turning their bodies and began to attack them, and the worst of them were the soldiers on the drawbridge, who were thrown directly to the ground.
The surviving trolls and ogres began to turn their heads and attack, but their weapons were not able to do much damage to the wooden giants, only to bring up a cloud of wood chips.
"Fire, whether it is a product of [Activated Plants] or wooden golems, they are afraid of high temperatures and flames, but it is only relative, their bodies contain water, and it is difficult for them to be burned by flames. ”
Levi also knew that the situation was critical, and if there was no movement, the army in front would collapse, and then the scattered army would storm their position, and finally cause a great rout.
"Understand? Get your spellcaster moving. ”
Without the slightest hesitation, without doubting the veracity of the information Levi's mouth, Golia turned her head like the tribal chieftain below had given an order.
It's a helpless thing, she has no way to integrate the power in her hands, the army is still in the hands of the chiefs of various tribes, and there is no way to mobilize it thoroughly.
The orc and werewolf shamans were the first to join the fray, using the simplest of fireball spells to start attacking, followed by the ogre shamans, as their warriors were on the front lines.
Comparatively speaking, the casters of the Gnolls are much weaker in terms of both quality and quantity, and even some of them can't even use the [Fireball Technique], so they can only use the lower level of the [Fire Arrow Technique].
Their attacks did some damage to the Wood Giants, but as Levi said, it was difficult to get the Wood Giants to actually burn.
The situation did not improve because of the addition of the casters, but instead allowed these casters to reveal their location and become the primary target of the opponent's attack, and were attacked by the opponent.
Fortunately, they were much more numerous than the Balts, and with a numerical advantage, they did not lose any personnel in a short time.
These natives of the Ural Mountains, even if they are spellcasters, have great deficiencies in knowledge, experience, and spell-casting skills compared to the Baltic Empire.
If it is a spellcaster of the Baltic Empire, in the face of such an obvious wooden enemy, they will not use magic such as [Fireball Technique] at first, but will first use [Greasy Technique] to use [Fireball Technique], which can increase the power of [Fireball Technique] several times.
However, the wooden giants turned into by the wooden walls were not originally used by the Baltics to decide the victory, and in the heart of the captain, if he could use these wooden giants to replace the opponent's ogre and troll troops, it would be a victory.
In fact, in the midst of the caster's attack, a foul-smelling smoke swept across the battlefield, and tall wooden giants became torches, falling to the ground and waiting for the flames to burn.
However, there are not many ogres and trolls left on the front line, and they are starting to turn and retreat, because if they don't, they will die from the attack of those crossbow arrows.
Goliath glanced at the other party's camp hatefully, and then reluctantly gave the order to retreat, the lizardmen and gnolls were almost wiped out, the trolls and ogres were hit hard, and the isolated orcs and werewolves were also very bad.
The battle situation is already very obvious, it is time to retreat, and today's battle can be regarded as a small victory for their coalition forces in the Urals, even if the cost is slightly greater, they still managed to break through the opponent's moat and ground walls.
Goliath had decided to rest for the night tonight, regroup, and re-plan the attack to capture the second wall.
With the sound of the horn of retreat, the orcs and werewolves in front began to retreat, of course, the Baltics would not let go of such an opportunity, they frantically attacked, hoping to turn every retreating enemy into a corpse and stay on this battlefield.