Chapter 153: Fatal Blow
At about three o'clock in the afternoon of January 15, Dain and his more than 500 soldiers finally blocked the front of the orc convoy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
He was relieved when he looked at the orcs who had already prepared for defense: fortunately, these guys didn't run.
During the pursuit, Dane had been keeping an eye on the news that the two Falcon Knights and the rangers of Pexins he had sent in advance had taken turns to pass back, and he was worried that the orc convoy would choose to flee after realizing that he was being targeted. If that happens, it's going to be worse.
If the orcs' transport baggage team drops those supplies and starts to escape, Dane may not be able to lead people to catch up. The soldiers under his command were all infantry. Although the Ranger and Sword Dancer moved relatively quickly, it was impossible for him to catch up with the Ranger and Sword Dancer, who were only in their early 100s in total. In that case, the troops will not have an advantage, and the troops will be single, and if you come hard with those orcs, although you can still fight, the losses will be relatively large. But if you want to chase, whether it is other miscellaneous mercenaries or dreaded warriors, the speed of action is average, and those orcs flee for their lives, and it is not easy to chase them on two legs.
Fortunately, these stunned orcs seem to have no intention of escaping. Seeing them put up a defensive formation, and even let those orc laborers pick up stone hammers and wooden sticks as weapons and prepare for battle, Dane felt that this battle was stable.
Those orcs probably think that there are 200 people on their own side, and there are only 500 people on the other side, so what can't they beat? No
It's no wonder that they have such an idea, the combat effectiveness of the orc army is stronger than that of the human army. This is due to the racial advantage, and the single strength of the orc soldiers is indeed much stronger than that of the human soldiers in the same situation. Perhaps, in large-scale regimental battles, the influence of the soldier's individual combat power on the battle situation will be weakened, and it may be replaced by higher discipline and tactics, but in the scale of a battle of several hundred people, the advantage of individual combat power will still play a great role.
But will the army in Dane's hands be an ordinary human army?
More than two hundred miscellaneous mercenaries, maybe they are really not strong; The hundreds of terrifying warriors are already a force that is not bad, at least not worse than the same number of orcs on the opposite side. The essence is sixty elite rangers and more than sixty sword dancers, which are the most terrifying blades in Dane's hands.
Without hesitation, Dain's army only rested for ten minutes at a distance of five or six hundred meters from those orcs before launching an attack according to the predetermined plan.
On the way here, he had already figured out how to fight this battle. Of course, an ambush is impossible, in the endless eastern wasteland, unless it is some specific terrain, an ambush is a joke - hundreds of people, if the wind and sand are a little smaller, people can see it from a distance of one or two kilometers, what is there to ambush? Face-to-face competition is the only rule of war in the wasteland!
Maka, a female orc berserker who was temporarily appointed as the leader of the team, became the vanguard. At the command of Dane, she began to lead more than two hundred and fifty people, a motley mercenary who was not satisfied with the formation of the group, and began to press forward.
The morale of the miscellaneous mercenaries is not bad, it is unrealistic to expect them to fight a tough battle, and their will to fight is not so strong. However, now that the gap between the two sides is relatively large, these mercenaries will still fight with their hearts.
After the phalanx of miscellaneous mercenaries began to advance, they were followed closely by the ranger troops led by Pehins. These elves are the ones who will launch the first round of blows head-on. Behind them were the dreaded warriors led by Delin. At the end, it was the sword dancer army led by Dane himself.
The orc team, with their backs to the Wasteland Pack Lizards and Baggage Carts, also had some agitation in the ranks after seeing Dane's troops approaching. Nearly every orc shouted at the approaching humans, and if anyone could understand the orc language, they knew that they were performing pre-battle insults, a way to boost morale.
After hearing the voices of the orcs, the human soldiers who rushed to the front also began to shout, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the hand-to-hand combat seemed to be imminent, but it was the long-range forces of both sides that took the lead.
Of course, the orcs also have archers, and when the more than 200 miscellaneous mercenaries led by the human troops approached a position of more than 100 meters, more than 30 arrows were fired. At this distance, the accuracy and power of the arrows were not very good, but still two mercenaries were killed on the spot, and four or five others were wounded.
With such a loss in the first shot, it can be seen that the orc shooter is not as good as imagined. But single-digit casualties are not enough to collapse the human army. Maca, who took the lead, roared angrily and took the lead in taking a step, turning from a brisk walk to a charge. And the mercenaries who followed her also began to enter the charge.
At a distance of 100 meters, it's almost time to charge. Rush through the enemy's range as fast as possible and enter melee combat.
And at the same time, the elven rangers led by Pexinsi, who followed up, also entered the best range.
"Shoot the arrows!" The Ranger General gave an order, and first shot the arrow he held in his hand. After the arrows that rolled up the storm rushed into the enemy formation, they pierced through three or four orc warriors in an instant, and these three or four unlucky guys who were targeted by Pehin Si, without exception, were all shattered in the chests by the arrows with great power.
Her arrows were followed by the attack of sixty rangers. The archers in the orc army are not weak, but the elven rangers are obviously a few notches stronger. Under one round of shooting, at least two dozen orc warriors directly lost their combat effectiveness.
The casualty ratio of them is much higher than that of the orc archers!
After firing two rounds at each other, the orcs were already a little overwhelmed by the rain of arrows from the ranger troops. However, the next thing they have to face is the onslaught of the mercenary team that has rushed to the front!
Under the close hand-to-hand combat, the orcs who have lost a lot in the rain of arrows can only withstand these miscellaneous mercenaries. However, their resistance did not last long, and by the time the dreaded warriors led by Delin also pressed up, the less than one hundred and fifty orc warriors who were still alive were no longer able to support the signs of collapse.
Next, Dane and Pehince personally led the rangers and sword dancers who drew their elven scimitars and delivered them a fatal blow!