Chapter 451: Unexpected
Cyber's griffin cavalry descended from the sky, reducing the pressure on the Norman's troops. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Following Paran's orders, he quickly led his troops to the location of the stables and corrals, following the signs on the map, after the troops from both the east and west directions attacked the sand pirate camp.
It wasn't hard to find the stables and corrals, but he didn't expect the enemy garrison here to be so large.
When the battle began in the east and west directions, the sand pirate guards in the stables were already alert, so that the hurrying Norseman did not take advantage of the sneak attack.
If the sneak attack fails, then the only way to do it is to fight a head-on encounter.
There were three squadrons of guards in the stables, and there were nearly two hundred men. Although the number was only about one-third of the troops led by the Norsman, these sand thieves saw that the situation was not good, and after riding on their mounts, they still showed good combat effectiveness.
It took a lot of effort and even a lot of casualties for the Norsman to defeat the enemy.
However, it was only the defeat of the stable guards, and it was not able to achieve total annihilation. When those sand thieves suffered some casualties, they chose to break through. The guards with camel mounts wanted to break through, and the infantry under the Norsman command could not stop them.
Norsman was slightly depressed. According to estimates, the camel cavalry that broke out of the siege should have the appearance of fifty or sixty people. Originally, he hoped to be able to wipe out the enemy.
However, although there are a few flaws, it can basically be regarded as a preliminary completion of the task. The next thing he has to do is send flares, and then stay where he is, just wait for backup.
However, then he discovered two things that made him even more depressed.
When he was about to order his mage to send a magic flare, he was stunned to find that the mage was gone. It wasn't until ten minutes later that he found the bodies of the two mages. These two guys died on the battlefield at some point!
It's a headache, but it's not too much of a hassle. Although there was no way to send a flare to tell other friendly troops about the situation on their side, according to the strength of the troops he led, there should be no big problem for more than 600 soldiers to guard the stables.
Northman did not believe that under the assault of Paran and Gebu from the east and west, the sand thieves would be able to organize an army that could threaten him.
However, the next thing he discovered was something that made him feel cold - he suddenly found that the number of troops he could directly control was far lower than estimated!
When arranging the defense, he was stunned to realize that his people in the stable, let alone six hundred, may not even be three hundred!
Suddenly, Norsman had the feeling of a dog in the sun.
When attacking the stables, because he did not expect the enemy to be on guard, nor did he expect the number of guards to be so large, his troops spread out a little widely. After being charged back and forth twice by the camel cavalry, many of the soldiers were scattered.
Night battles have this kind of trouble. If the field of vision is good, then the flag is raised, and the well-trained soldiers will naturally gather under their respective banners to fight under the leadership of the officer. Under the sound of drums, trumpets, flags, and other forms of battlefield command, the discipline and organization of the soldiers will be brought into full play.
But on this hellish night, there were no flags, no flags, and because it was a raid, there were no drums or trumpets. On a battlefield that is pitch black and only has all kinds of firelight, there are players who may not even be able to find the squad leader, let alone a larger establishment.
The chaotic situation led to a large number of soldiers fighting and not knowing where to go. It may have been scattered, it may have been chased after the fleeing enemy, it may have been lost in the enemy camp......
In short, inexplicably, the number of troops in the hands of the Norman is almost two-thirds less!
Of course, this disadvantage was encountered by several commanders under Palan, and as the party being assaulted, the situation of those sand thieves would only get worse.
But the Northman was unlucky, and his task was to guard the stables. They weren't the only ones who realized the importance of the stables, the sand thieves weren't stupid, they knew that if they wanted to survive, they had to have mounts to escape from this dead land.
As a result, many of the sand thieves who were still alive began to come to the stables on their own.
At first, the pressure on Northman was okay, and the enemies were scattered and not enough to break through his defenses.
But then, the Grand Master of the Sand Pirates arrived.
The Grand Master and dozens of men first launched an assault on the Norsman line. When he found that he couldn't get through, he began to gather around the stables to collect the scattered sand thieves.
Gather and gather, and he has hundreds of people in his hands.
As a result, the pressure on Northman suddenly increased. The troops of both sides faced each other head-on in the dark of night.
Neither the Norman's troops nor the sand pirates had any rules. It's all a fight to the death between individual soldiers.
And in such a situation, the disadvantages of the Norman warriors who did not sleep for a day and a night, and the exhaustion that came from the march all the way, were magnified.
Colonel Northman was on the front line of the battle, armed with an elven scimitar, and he had personally slashed six or seven enemies since the Sand Pirate Commander attacked head-on. However, his defense was still being tightened step by step. He found that he did not seem to be able to withstand the enemy's attack.
It wasn't until Cyber arrived at Ali with several griffon cavalry that the scene got better.
These griffon cavalry, blessed with dark vision, descended from the sky and launched a dive attack. The giant beast that swooped down was not something that ordinary desert bandits could resist. Often, when they pounce downward, a sand thief will be torn apart by fangs and claws, along with their equipment and men. And those who have the courage to attack the landed griffin often cannot pass the level of the cavalry's mounted spear.
The daring Saibo even played tricks: he steered his griffon, slashing at an ultra-low altitude of less than two meters above the ground, and the griffon's claws were placed below, at the head of most humanoids. The griffin flew towards the pile of people at high speed, and its claws swept along with it, and the heads of many sand thieves were directly cut to pieces under such a battle swoop!
With the help of the griffin, the Norsman repelled the first wave of enemy attacks, and at the same time, waited for Palan's support!