Chapter 196: The Battle of Life and Death

The northwest wind blew on the Iron Ore Ridge, and the whirring wind seemed to be playing the movement of the expedition, cold and sad.

Wearing a white tiger skin, Alec's brown eyes were blazing, his expression was steady and calm, and he saw his majestic steps, swaggering and heroic, showing his majesty. He held Alex's spear in one hand, ranking first among the centaur Gilbergs, shining like Alex, and the shiny mass muscles of his strong body seemed to have inexhaustible strength.

Behind Alec, Orach, who was holding a two-handed sword, followed closely with his bare upper body, the young handsome face was slightly flushed but his eyebrows were tightly locked, the cross scar carved by the goblins in his youth on the left side of his face made him look rough and martial, faithfully recording the power of his anger, the iron bracer on his wrist was the only armor of Orach, and a long knife wound appeared on his back, although it had scabbed, it was still hideous.

Beside Orach, his old partner Ota shook his head, and he didn't forget to drink a few glasses before going out, because of this, his cheekbones were red from the strength of the wine, and his restless heart only made him let out an almost crazy battle cry, spitting out the strong smell of wine to make him feel comfortable temporarily, he held the iron spear in his right hand and kept slapping the shield surface of the round shield in his left hand to make a clanging sound.

The rest of the family members who could still fight, as well as the centaur ladies, lined up and stood behind the three of them with various weapons, and the cavalry of the Wood Elf Forbidden Army, who had lost their horses in the previous support campaign, rode on the back of the centaur warrior one by one with as many arrows as possible on their backs after Legral obtained Alec's permission.

Parallel to the Gilbergs of the Highlands was the second squadron of cavalry of the Wood Elf Forbidden Army led by Legrar, although the veteran Legral had a numb left arm wrapped in circles of linen bandages, but the old carved face concealed his slight fatigue, and forced him to look energetic, at least he wanted to let the horseback warriors behind him notice that his frost-white hair was with them. The northwest wind on the Iron Ore Ridge blew the dark green robe worn by Legral, and the wisteria chain armor on the body was swept in the wind, and the vicissitudes of life were fully revealed.

Superb riding skills allowed Legral to sit firmly on the back of a jungle war horse, which made his adjutant and student Claudir respect, Claudil no longer worried about his mentor, but after combing his mood, he was accompanied by a majestic accompaniment, under the bundle of rice-like hair, two strands of curly ear hair were blowing in the wind, but the resolute look never left the handsome face, and the phoenix eyes under the two shallow eyebrows looked at the Erwinian Tree Pattern Horse Banner held up in his hand from time to time, and the waves in his heart could not be calmed down for a long time. Carrying the thorn of the black dragon, Crodil's sturdy posture was a role model for the cavalry of the Praetorian Army behind him.

"Take the cavalry squad as a unit and spread out horizontally!" The three squad leaders of the second squadron of the Praetorian cavalry were all well-trained and capable warriors, and according to Legrar's order, the cavalry troops were quickly dispersed into three pieces of equal combat strength, except for the second squad that did not move, the first and third squadrons were on the left and right flanks of Legral and the centaur Gilbergs, respectively, and were hidden in them under the cover of beech. At the same time, on the slopes covered by the dense beech forests beneath them, the unpleasant moo murmurs had come in the wind.

Alec didn't blow their centaur horns, and Legral didn't give any pre-battle speeches, their looks already telling all the warriors what they should do in battle. Alec and Legral looked at each other with serious expressions, and then nodded rather calmly.

"It's our life-and-death fight." The eyes that pass on each other seem to be talking.

Rumbling drums from far and near, a group of scattered minotaur warriors suddenly rushed out from behind the beech, arms swinging hideously shaped decapitating axes. Under the heavy armor of black iron, there was a dull thud at the same time as each of their hooves.

"Mitaunos! Take the bow! Shoot! Alec commanded the Tateks behind him, and the Tateks immediately took out their hunting bows, aimed at them for a moment and released their arrows together, and the arrows flew towards the Minotaur warriors rushing forward, except for a few that slightly scratched their rough skin, the rest of the arrows flying against the wind did not even enter the Minotaur's body, and were inserted into the ground in front of the Minotaur warriors, only to hear the Tateks exclaim, "Our shooting direction is against the wind, and archery is useless!" ”

"Wood Elf Archers prepare!" The cavalry of the Wood Elf Forbidden Army, who was good at archery, finally moved after the Tatek missed the target, and Legral began to issue an order in an orderly manner, "All the cavalry of the Wood Elf Forbidden Army obey the order, the northwest wind at medium speed, the compound longbow is full of strings, and the position of the arrow landing point is predicted to be five steps in front of the right of the target." ”

The horseback warriors of the Wood Elves moved in unison, and the Tateks carrying the cavalry of the Wood Elf Forbidden Army, who had lost their horses, also walked out of the queue of centaurs with Legrar's order, and the compound longbows in the hands of these Wood Elf Forbidden Army cavalry were immediately fully stringed, and the multiple arrows ready to fire were aimed at strange angles, at least in the eyes of the Centaur Gilberg family.

"Put!" The scimitar in Legral's hand suddenly swung forward, and the sound of a bang sounded at the same time, condensed together like a dull explosion, and multiple arrows rose from the string, briefly obscuring the sky like locusts flying against the wind.

The arrows of the wood elves with sharp arrows pierced into the gaps exposed between the armor parts of the leading minotaur warriors, and pierced into the bodies of the thick-skinned minotaur warriors, or arrows in the knees, or arrows in the arms, or even arrows in the throat. To the Gilbergs, the legendary Death Realm flew out of the ghost moths to give them a funeral.

None of the Minotaur warriors within the reach of the arrow curtain survived, leaving only hedgehog-like corpses, but the coverage of the arrow screen was limited after all, and more invaders rushed towards them from behind the beech forest.

The Tatek and Wood Elf Forbidden Army, who had drawn their bows again, had already set their sights on the dense battle group of goblins and lizardmen that were rushing in, but at this moment, several unarmored minotaurs hunched their backs and slashed out from the wings of the target battle group without warning, and they fought forward, with a pair of razor-sharp horns on their heads, and they rushed as fast as lightning.

"Minotaur Raider!" Crodil was quick with his eyes, and with his right hand he thrust the head of the tree-patterned unicorn horse into the ground, and with his left hand he drew the bow from the back, and with his right hand twisted the arrow, he pulled the bow with the momentum, and his eyes followed the bow, turned to the left side to take aim, and he loosened the arrow feather and the bowstring, only to see the back of the black dragon's thorn shook, and with a bang, the arrow flew out of the string; He immediately turned to the right again, and had already locked on the 'big man' in the bull horn sprint with his eyes, and shot again with his backhand, and the Minotaur Raiders who rushed to the front on the left and right sides fell down with arrows one after another, and the Minotaur Raiders at the back end were unable to react, and they were all tripped and fell to the ground by the Minotaur Raiders shot by Krodir, Alec, Orach, and Ota suddenly rushed out of Gilberg's family when they saw the situation, and behind them, there were hundreds of sharp arrows flying into the sky.

Alec's skillful spear technique did not give the downed minotaur assaulter any chance to get up, the sharp stabbing was fast and accurate, and Orach's two-handed sword was also extremely deadly, and with Ota by his side, although the knocked minotaur shook his head, their screams only lightly hit Horta's round shield, and they were slashed off by Orach's two-handed sword.

Alec, Orach, and Ota detoured in front of the formation, coupled with Claudir's bow and arrow sniping, the scattered evil creatures could not get close at all, and the Wood Elf Praetorian Cavalry and Tatek who shot the formation also made the cluster of goblins and lizardmen suffer, and even the heavily armored Minotaur warriors were just moving targets for large targets.

Even so, the Goblins, Lizardmen, and Minotaurs did not weaken, but they did attack more and more fiercely, and this fierceness was reflected in their increasing numbers, and the swarms of Minotaur warriors were rare among the enemies that no longer came to attack, while the relatively weak goblins and lizardmen, despite their large numbers, were ignored by the Wood Elf Forbidden Army and the Tateks under the threat of these hordes of Minotaur warriors.

The heavily armored minotaur warriors with giant decapitator axes seemed to form a ten-foot-tall flesh shield barrier before the eyes of the Wood Elf Praetorian cavalry and Tateks, crushing the corpses on the ground in unison, and behind them were a black oppressive field of invading goblins and lizardman pikemen.

"The first cavalry of the forbidden army, the third squad obeys the order! Attack on the left and right flanks of the invading enemy! The second cavalry squad continued to shoot at the frontal enemy! Legral looked at the advancing minotaur warriors and was secretly surprised in his heart, "The tall and thick armor, coupled with the huge decapitating axe, is already a great advantage, and it has such an astonishing number!" Well, they must not be allowed to come close. I hope my two squads of Praetorian cavalry will disrupt their march together! ”

Crodil waved the tree-patterned unicorn horse's flag, and the sound of war horses' hooves was immediately heard in the beech forests on the left and right.

"No arrows!" Gilberg's Tateks shouted in a staggered manner, they threw away their hunting bows one after another, and grabbed all kinds of melee weapons from the side of the horse's belly, their eyes flickered a little, their hands trembled slightly, and the three horsemen of Alec, Orach, and Ota who attacked the enemy also retreated, gathering with their families, and the approaching minotaur warriors were like a approaching nightmare. All of the Gilberg family knew that the time would test their courage and fate, though the chances of staying alive seemed almost nil.

"Arrows!" The cavalry of the Legral Wood Elf Forbidden Army also shouted one after another, and the continuous arrow curtain turned into sporadic flying arrows, about sixty paces away from the centaur and the Wood Elf Forbidden Army, and the goblins and lizardmen behind the minotaur seemed to have stopped climbing and advancing one after another, and took out rusty inferior short bows.

"Not good! We're already within range of goblins and lizardmen with shortbows! Alec's palms were sweaty, and he looked at Legral not far away, who seemed to be still on his horse, but his face was slightly pale like an old engraving.

"Kill!" The surging cries suddenly came from the left and right flanks of the goblins and lizardmen behind the minotaur warriors in the front row, and the two cavalry squads set up by Legral began to encircle the two wings, and the bright sabers reflected the sharp cold front, and the panicked goblins and lizardmen immediately gave up the long-range tactics they wanted to shoot, but the numerical advantage made them not choose to escape, but replaced with scimitars and spears on the spot, determined to fight to the end with the hundreds of wood elf forbidden cavalry that attacked on both wings.

"Chief! Our time is up! Legral finally looked at Alec, who had been watching him for a long time, and they nodded to each other again, only to see Legral's wood elf scimitar swing forward, "Glorious warriors on horseback, follow me, charge back and forth!" Life and death, at this moment! ”

"Family! Listen! This is our life-and-death battle! Don't expect to be alive, just expect how many enemies you can kill! Even if we die, we have to pull a few guys as our hay mats! Alex's spear pointed at the advancing Minotaur warriors, and Alec's hooves kicked the dead leaves flying, "Remember! Charge back and forth with your brothers from the Wood Elves, regardless of each other! Let our lives bloom like flowers! ”