Chapter 1225: Trap Ambush
The arrival of reinforcements from the Cangyan Empire did not strengthen much combat effectiveness, but at least one ninth-order powerhouse, Cheelsi, and a large number of seventh- and eighth-order masters and tens of thousands of soldiers were added, which had a very subtle change in the situation.
But even small changes can make a difference.
The strong and the flying troops of various countries advanced from the air, following Jia Zhengjin's rapid sprint, while the ground troops also marched rapidly in the night, in order to rush to the enemy's location as soon as possible, surprise attack and prevent the other party from opening the gate of the demon world.
However, just halfway through the flight, the masters and flying troops of various ethnic groups led by Jia Zhengjin himself were immediately attacked by overwhelming magic.
Flames, frost, meteorites, magic arrows, storms, and lightning were coming, even though the leaders here were all seventh- to ninth-order masters, they were still beaten in a hurry, and it was not easy to stabilize their position.
The magician immediately used various shields to defend against the attack, and the priest of the Church of Light carried out a large-scale recovery at the same time, and Noel personally led the elven powerhouse to return fire with bows and arrows at the enemies hidden in the darkness. Most of the mages who had their hands free immediately joined in, and the unseen enemies were able to frantically exchange attacks with ranged attacks and magic.
"Boom, boom!!" Magic intertwined, exploding everywhere. Obviously, the enemy's side did not exclude people who were too strong, and the fire was quickly suppressed. A bunch of ninth-order powerhouses here were ruthless, and their ultimates were thrown at the enemy one after another, and the sky fell apart in an instant.
Jia Zhengjin and some melee classes did not intervene in this battle, and the elven king Noel and many magical powerhouses were enough to defeat the enemy, so everyone else remained vigilant.
"Why did the enemy know about our movements?" said the beastmaster Miro, "and he also arranged an army to intercept it in advance, which is strange......
"Maybe my nanoworm has been discovered!" Jia Zhengjin looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart was not happy, "The other party deliberately planned to launch a surprise attack when we came over!"
"To be honest, everyone here doesn't care about those bugs of yours when they see them, they just think they're real. "Who cares about these little insects that can be seen everywhere?"
"After all, the Dark Dragon is not an idle person," Jia Zhengjin sighed, "It's normal for him to see through it. ”
"If that's the case, the enemy must have ambushed a lot of troops in front, and it will be very troublesome for us to go over this time. Why don't you change your route and take a slight detour?" Miró suggested, "They've set up an ambush on the road we have to take, so we'll avoid it and catch them off guard!"
"Good idea!" Jia Zhengjin's eyes lit up and he looked at Miro approvingly, "It's worthy of being the Beastmaster, and he has ideas." ”
He immediately sent someone to spread the word, and after destroying the wave of enemy troops in ambush in front of him, he immediately changed the route and detoured, leaving the main road to the destination, and directly going over the mountains to open the road, and the army hid itself and secretly diverted the road.
The strong and flying troops in front took the lead in executing, and after destroying all the mages who intercepted the enemy, they immediately changed direction and made a detour.
In order to confuse the enemy, dozens of seventh-order and eighth-order illusion magicians stood up and joined forces to cast a large-scale illusion magic array, creating the illusion that the coalition army would be temporarily stationed after encountering the enemy.
The troops turned one after another, leaving the convenient and fast avenues and entering the difficult mountain and forest areas en masse. There are basically only very small paths here, and the army can only move forward and keep opening the way.
Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to their destination, and there were still more than ten kilometers away from the lake where the enemy had settled, there were suddenly explosions below, and in the face of large-scale attacks, the coalition troops who advanced on foot and opened the way suffered serious blows, and for a time suffered heavy casualties.
"What's going on?" Seeing the moment the explosion appeared, Jia Zhengjin was anxious and hurriedly sent someone over to find out.
"Report to Lord Keane," replied a certain Rank 7 powerhouse who had returned after going down to investigate, "Large-scale magic traps have appeared on the ground, scattered throughout the forest. Our troops accidentally stepped into the trap area, and before they could react, they were blown up and killed. Right now, the army is in disarray. The generals of the major forces are trying to pacify and lead their troops to retreat temporarily!"
"How can this be?" Jia Zhengjin said hurriedly, "Didn't we deliberately change our course and create illusions to confuse the enemy?
"What is satellite surveillance?" said many powerful men next to him, with puzzled expressions on their faces.
"Isn't that the point now?" Jia Zhengjin said urgently, "Why was the other party able to know our marching route in advance? Why are there ambushes and traps on our advance route?"
"Maybe the other side has set up ambushes and traps around the destination, so it's useless for us to divert our route!" said the Pope solemnly.
"Probably not?" Noel shook his head, "like the way we are now, a normal march is impossible. Moreover, although the opponent's underworld legions are large enough, they are scattered and can be easily broken by each of us......"
"The problem is that we have only encountered traps on our side now, and we have not yet found half of the enemy!" Jia Zhengjin frowned.
"There's a good chance that the enemy is lurking somewhere ahead, ready to disrupt us with a magic trap before attacking!" said Miró, "and there must be a way to disrupt their plans." ”
"Then this should be done?" Jia Zhengjin frowned, "We don't know where the other party's magic traps are. ”
"It's easy!" Miro suggested, "let the ground troops retreat first, and then all the magic troops, flying troops, will sweep directly where they want to go." One is to open the way, and the other is to destroy most of the magic traps. If you're lucky, you might even blow up an ambush of the enemy, so you can kill multiple birds with one stone!"
"Makes sense!" Jia Zhengjin still admires the beast king Miro, this guy is too flexible.
Immediately, according to the strategy of the beastmaster Miro, the magicians and flying troops launched a dense attack on the ground, and all kinds of magic and arrows swept through the rain like a torrential rain.
Sure enough, the magic traps were triggered, and the night shone brightly, and the area was clearly illuminated, as if it were day. Even torches are useless!
The mages and the flying troops swept away, although most of the primeval forest was destroyed, and even the flames were still spreading outward, but now they didn't care about it at all. Since most of the magic traps had already been triggered, the ground army immediately began to move forward. Just to be on the safe side. Some clever teams began to drive the cavalry's spare mounts to clear the way, and the remnants of the magic trap were trampled on by the horses and exploded immediately.
Although this practice is very wasteful, the resources of war horses are quite valuable, and it is a large block for countries to spend. But now I can't care so much, the role of every soldier in the army is still far more than that of war horses.