Chapter 1014, Variables
The camp of the Western army was not too far away, and there was no good location nearby.
Gawain had no choice but to set up the location of the camp behind a hill twenty or thirty kilometers away.
After nightfall, Gawain, who was sitting in the camp tent, carefully examined the set of armor in his hand, which had been ripped from the corpse of a dwarven hoplite.
After he put his hand into the inside of the heavy armor and fumbled for a while, the unique touch made the expression on Gawain's face show a hint of clarity.
"I see, no wonder that the group of dwarves stiffened a little after being affected by the current of the thunderstorm spell, and then recovered, so that's the case......"
To put it simply, John Sal coated the inside of the heavy armor with a rubber-like substance.
That thing is an insulator to a large extent, as long as the thunderstorm is not a frontal face, on the premise that it is only hitting the armor and shield of the dwarven hoplites, there is this layer of insulator there, and the burst current will be blocked to a large extent.
Even if the barrier is not complete, it has already been out of the deadly level, at most it is paralyzed for a while, or the movement is stiff for a while.
John Sal's hand was indeed disgusting to the junior lightning mages to a certain extent.
They are still weak in spell cultivation, and I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve anything in this way.
At the same time, John Sarna was quite clever in plating the substance on the inside, not on the surface.
If it is plated on the surface, then a few fireball spells will be smashed through, no matter what substance it is, it will definitely burn clean.
After confirming this information, Gawain undoubtedly had to sort out the follow-up attack plan.
After that, there was nothing to say all night, with a mentality of chasing after victory, and the next morning, Gawain decisively led his troops to press the border again.
After seeing the siege fire of the Western Army yesterday, Karadin Black Iron obviously clearly realized that defending the city was a dead end, and only by going out of the city to meet the attack could he win the victory.
This makes the smell of gunpowder on the main battlefield particularly strong.
At this moment, Guo Zhen, who rushed into the battlefield, basically didn't think about it, and was yelling, 'Let's fight again!' After that, he fought directly with Karadine Black Iron.
In yesterday's battle, the two of them can be said to be inseparable from each other, and no one can help anyone, which undoubtedly stimulates Guo Zhen's fighting spirit.
And as a dwarf, Karadine Black Iron is also a violent temper, coupled with that nature that does not admit defeat, where can there be a reason to admit it?
In this regard, Du Yuanzhi, who was standing in the back, didn't care.
Anyway, what he told Guo Zhen at the beginning was just one sentence, that is, to entangle the fierce general opposite, and leave the rest to him.
Under the mobilization of Du Yuanzhi, the well-trained Terran infantry quickly changed their formations, and they chose to fight against the opposite formation, which made the dwarf army on the opposite side inexplicably uncomfortable.
This kind of uncomfortable feeling is absolutely not experienced in the orc army.
On the main battlefield, the soldiers of the two armies were fighting round after round, and Gawain, who was on the periphery of the battlefield, continued to hold a telescope to make his observations.
In terms of strength, their army in the western frontier has a clear advantage.
If the fight continues at this momentum, for two more days at most, the opponent's troops will be killed and wounded, and they will definitely be suppressed until they can no longer go out of the city to meet the attack.
This is one thing, Gao Wen calculated it clearly in his mind.
However, on the third day of the siege, the unexpected happened......
In the midst of the gates of Horn City once again, the earth-shattering shouts of killing suddenly erupted, and a huge army of dwarves slaughtered from the city.
At that glance, the total number of troops was more than double that of yesterday!
"Damn! Could it be that reinforcements from the opposite side have arrived?! ”
Putting down the telescope in his hand, Gawain's face showed a bit of incredulity.
The sudden surge in troops on the opposite side undoubtedly hit the morale of the army in the western frontier to a certain extent.
This situation apparently disrupted Gawain's original plan to a certain extent.
After a simple round of confrontation, Gao Wen, who hurriedly ended the siege on the third day, decisively called Du Yuanzhi and Guo Zhen and other generals to his commander's tent after withdrawing to the camp.
When talking about the reinforcements on the opposite side, as a general who charged forward on the main battlefield, Guo Zhen is undoubtedly the most vocal.
"The reinforcements on the other side, it doesn't feel right."
"What's wrong?"
Gawain asked directly.
In this regard, Guo Zhen said with an affirmative face after pondering for two seconds......
"To put it simply, it's not like a regular army, there is no tacit understanding between each other, and when they rush to kill on the battlefield, the whole state is completely overly nervous, and even when they collide with our soldiers, their first reaction is not to attack......"
Speaking of this, the expression on Guo Zhen's face obviously showed a hint of subtlety.
"Instead, I was taken aback, to be honest, this kind of low-level mistake, in the regular army of our Ten Thousand Realms Civilization, even a soldier who has just entered the battlefield will not make it."
"To make such a mistake only means that they have not received rigorous and formal training."
"In addition, it's my personal feeling, there are so many more troops on the other side, but when we fight on the battlefield, we don't feel a significant increase in pressure, and in the process of fighting with me, the state of the general on the opposite side is always dignified, and there is no joy of the arrival of reinforcements at all."
If Luo Ji was here, he would definitely not be able to help but sigh, after so many years, Guo Zhen has really grown.
It's no longer the reckless man who used to pick up an axe and do it.
If he can perceive this in battle, it means that he is thinking and observing.
This information is undoubtedly useful to Gao Wen and Du Yuanzhi.
"Lord Goblin King, according to the general, the garrison troops on the opposite side have requisitioned the militia in the city."
As soon as Du Yuanzhi said this, the originally dignified atmosphere in the camp tent suddenly relaxed a lot.
They also have a system of military service, so Guo Zhen and Du Yuanzhi, as military officials, know better than anyone what the combat effectiveness of the militia is.
In the final analysis, how strong a civilization's military strength is depends on the regular army, and the militia and reserves are just a last resort.
In particular, this kind of temporary conscription militia, who may usually be a farmer who cultivates the land, a vegetable vendor, or a waiter in a restaurant, is directly thrown into the battlefield without even receiving a short period of recovery training.
If you pile up troops like this, no matter how high the numbers are, they are 'virtual'.
To put it bluntly, it is vulnerable.
Therefore, if the other party is only at this level, then they don't need to be too nervous, they simply stay vigilant.
I sent it to the sixth of the league leader 'Guming Di Leimi', and at the same time thanked the book friends for the monthly pass of "I don't know why" and "I scattered 233 while walking"!
(End of chapter)