"Chapter 445: Bloody Battle of the Imperial Army"
The armies of the two sides eventually came into contact, and the soldiers of the Griffon Empire were heavily armed, with sturdy plate armor, strong steel shields, and sharp steel swords and spears, which shimmered with silver like the armor and feathers of the griffon knights.
In contrast, the tribal soldiers and the royal soldiers were somewhat shabby, with the royal soldiers being fully equipped but less decorated, and the tribal soldiers not even wanting to wear all the armor. However, their strength was there, and even the well-equipped griffon army suffered a big loss in the first wave of impact.
Dressed in silver-plated armor and blue cloaks, the officers of the Griffin Empire led a neatly formed group of heavily armed pikemen to charge towards the system's troops, their bodies radiating the light of their combat skills in an attempt to overwhelm the opposing forces in one fell swoop.
However, standing in front of them was not a fragile skeleton soldier, but a whole group of yellow-haired muscular hunks armed with long swords and small round shields, wearing chain mail, and with mad red and purple qi on their bodies, all barbarian warriors!
In a single look, two-thirds of the griffin soldiers in the first row fell under the heavy blows of these battle-hardened warriors. The attacks were swift and fierce, and before they could stab their spears, their shield-bearing arms were broken or paralyzed by the tonnage of force, and then they were struck by a shield of great strength, and they were sent flying or knocked unconscious. The rest of the officers who rushed forward also had shocked expressions on their faces, realizing that these yellow-haired barbarians were stronger than they had imagined, and that the barbarians they were facing were as strong as ordinary combat masters, and for the hoplites composed of mid-level warriors, the battle was like a one-sided slaughter.
The commander of the empire did not have the slightest idea of underestimating the enemy, but he still underestimated the infantry strength that Li Xiaopan had accumulated in the past two years. In hand-to-hand combat with them, this formidable force will make the opponent suffer.
The griffon soldiers in the first row fell, and the officers and strong men were also encircled. The goblin mafios, hidden in the gap in the barbarian ranks, also raised their revolver muskets and pulled the trigger. And those goblin pitchers also threw their spears, these goblin pitchers above level 4 threw dense and sharp spears, with the wheel musket piercing the bodies of hundreds of griffin soldiers.
The Empire's ice mages immediately cast spells to slow down the barbarians who had entered a state of madness, while the rest of the mages also smashed their powerful spells into the opposing formation, and more than half of them targeted the hordes of goblins. Correspondingly, the mage also throws fireballs behind the barbarian, forcibly interrupting the opponent's cast as a counterattack.
However, an empire is an empire after all, and the means of warfare are far from being comparable to those of the Subic Kingdom. The large stone throwers that were slowly advancing under the pull of the large demonic beasts kept throwing magic bombs from behind, each of which could cause a lot of damage to the soldiers of the system. In order to avoid these bombs, many formations had to be temporarily disassembled, which became the goal of the griffin knights. If the formation is unified and the firepower is dense, the griffon knights equivalent to the level of high-level combat masters will not dare to approach easily, and now, they can attack those who are left alone.
Even if the royal guards were well-equipped and had good strength, once they were targeted by these griffin knights, it was a dead end, and more than a dozen griffin knights who threw off the undead interception force fell directly to the rear of the system army, tearing the archers and vulnerable troops of those tribes to pieces with their claws and wind roars, and even the Free Cities Alliance musketeers who followed behind were frightened to retreat.
The troops in front tore several holes in the Imperial forward, but the rear of the troops was in disarray. Coupled with the bombardment of the Empire's long-range firepower, it is difficult for both sides to say who has the advantage.
The Empire's heavy chariots and cavalry also came from the flanks, and a few thickened and heavier chariots joined the forward troops, blocking the front like bunkers and holding back the mad slaughter of the rampaging barbarians. After all, after a period of fighting, the corpses of the Imperial soldiers on the ground were almost a thousand. In the face of an opponent of this level, this killing efficiency of the system soldiers is really breathtaking.
"Knock down those chariots!"
Under the orders of the knights, the three giant boxers strode towards the chariots with six giants, and with a rain of crossbow arrows, dodging the magic bombs of heavy crossbow arrows and stone throwers, they blocked the chariots with their bodies, and smashed the nearby soldiers into meatloaf with their fists. However, the firepower on these chariots also seriously injured two giants, and because the chariots were so heavy, it would take at least two giant boxers to overturn one chariot.
However, the tall giants also brought a lot of psychological pressure to the griffin soldiers, these thick-skinned and combat-ready giants forced back the attack of the griffon army, and the soldiers who went to the two wings also dealt a heavy blow to the cavalry troops of the griffon empire.
The knights of the empire straightened their spears and rushed towards the giant, but the powerful force of the charge did not cause substantial damage to the giant, because the giant could knock the heavy cavalry over with a wave of his hand, and the knights who fell off their horses would also be trampled by the giant's feet and break their bones. Even the ferocious griffons did not dare to get too close to these giants, for fear that they would be dragged down from the sky. In front of giants, ordinary griffons have no size advantage either.
However, the griffon knights and those who managed to get around the interception also messed up the rear of the Horde phalanx, and the archers could only shoot arrows at them as they retreated, dodging their attacks. The goblins were terrified, scurrying around, shredding under the griffin's claws. Unknown to what fear was, the skeletal warriors swung their iron swords at the griffon knights, only to be reduced to a cloud of slag beneath the griffon's claws.
However, just as the griffin knights and imperial cavalry were charging and killing with impunity, a rapid white light struck the body of a griffin, and with a miserable howl, a griffon's wings fell to the ground with a large amount of blood. The griffon lifted itself in pain, and the whirlwind of light and shadow swept past it again, this time with more griffon feathers and half a human body.
The rest of the griffons stopped attacking, and the Imperial knights looked in horror at the back of the female with their backs to them. The woman wore a Viking-style, winged Valkyrie helmet, and her orange hair slid down the sides of the helmet, and the breeze blew through it, making it look particularly graceful.
But underneath this graceful figure was a pair of slender and sturdy arms, and a double-edged battle axe that shone with white light.
She turned her head to reveal her beautiful and resolute countenance, which was dressed in a very strong leather and close-fitting soft armor made of pale gold metal sheets, which perfectly showed off the curves of her body. However, the greatest impression of her appearance is not her beauty, but the bravery and perseverance that only a powerful warrior has.
"I'm Varna," Vakiri Whirlwind Valkyrie! ‘’
As she had said the last word, she raised her tomahawk again, and the Wind Blade gathered around her, and not far behind her, a dozen similar figures flew out from the troops that had rushed to support, all of them female warriors of the same color, but without helmets.
Under the impact of the whirlwind, it immediately rained blood among the troops who rushed to raid, and the wounded griffons hurriedly flew into the sky, and the comrades who fell to the ground could not survive the white whirlwind.
The whirlwind wouldn't stay here for long, and once the rear was safe, the Valkyries rushed to the front line again, turning themselves into a deadly whirlwind, whipping up a storm of blood in the hordes of enemies.