Chapter 572: Only fight to the last second

Since the attacks of both sides in the defense of Yuquan Pass were not set to protect their teammates from injury, the damage caused by the arrows of the barbarian archers also faithfully happened to the barbarian infantry. Due to the Barbarian Infantry's defense bonus skewed towards physical resistance, they did not take as much damage as the player, in which case the ratio of casualties between the two sides gradually increased.

Standing on the command platform, Lie Yu Hongtu's face was pale, he understood the other party's plan, the commander of the forward unit of the barbarian army no longer cared about the casualties of the barbarian infantry regiment, and was ready to use the strong attack tactics to tear a gap in the No. 1 defense line.

By this time, Lie Yu Hongtu had fully understood the opponent's tactical intentions, and their original strategic goal seemed to be to open the gap in the line with a cavalry charge, and then use infantry to advance to expand the results. However, after the adjustment of the Blazing Feather Ambition, the gap they opened with heavy cavalry was re-plugged, so they had to use the Blood Exchange Tactic to kill the players of the mixed group again.

Now there are two choices in front of Lie Yu Hongtu, either readjust the formation to survive this round of long-range coverage of the barbarian archers, or fight them to the end with blood for blood.

Either way, however, players in Line 1 would have to suffer heavy casualties, and their formation, which was already very fragile, would have been brought to the brink of collapse by suddenly encountering such an onslaught.

Blazing Feather's heart was tormented, at this moment, five minutes had passed since the barbarian archers began to cover with firepower, and the fortifications in the middle of the first line of defense had been almost dismantled, and the players of the mixed group had a close hand-to-hand combat with the barbarian infantry warband. The people on both sides mingled and received attacks from the rain of arrows at the same time.

In just five minutes, nearly 3,000 players were killed in the entire No. 1 defensive line, and the formation, which was a little bloated at the beginning of the battle, has now been cut by nearly a third, and in order to maintain the depth of the formation, the positions between players are getting closer and more sparse.

Anyone who has followed this battle seems to see what the problem is. Obviously, both sides of the war have reached a tense level, but with the barbarian army, the players of the first line of defense must be fighting one less after all. Compared to the Barbarian Swords and Shields, who don't need any material costs at all, each player who dies is a burden on logistics.

Those players who were guarding the broadcast interface to follow this battle couldn't help but sweat for the players of the first line of defense at this moment. Looking at the barbarian sword and shield hands that poured up like a tide, all the players who watched the live broadcast substituted themselves into the scene, and subconsciously imagined how long they could hold out in the face of these barbarian soldiers.

This battle has been fought to such an extent that no one will blame the players of Line 1 for not working hard enough, at least they have done their best to withstand the first round of onslaught, and then put down the most threatening cavalry legion of the barbarian army's forward force, and it can be said that most of their mission has been completed.

But for Lie Yu Hongtu, it is obviously not enough to just do it to this extent. As the first commander to face the barbarian army, if he just gave up, others would definitely not give him a good evaluation. This is related to the evaluation of him and Haoran Villa among the player community, as well as the right to speak in the future in the coalition forces of the National War Zone.

Therefore, he must achieve his goal, intercept all the forward troops of the barbarian army here, and then try to figure out their offensive methods and routines before the main force of the barbarian army attacks the second line of defense, so as to maximize the predetermined combat merits, and also have a more beautiful set of data in the subsequent systematic evaluation.

It's just that with the gradual advancement of the barbarian sword and shield soldiers, the mixed regiment of the No. 1 defense line has been cut off the array in the front row alive, although the players in the back row avoided the coverage of the bow at the beginning, but with the forward pressure of the barbarian army front, they have been pushed back.

Faced with such a predicament, Lie Yu Hongtu understands that he must compromise in the face of reality, and if he chooses to carry the opponent's attack and start hand-to-hand combat, it is undoubtedly a self-defeating approach. The barbarian archers in the distance were already completely superior to the players in Line 1 by relying only on their powerful mobility, and they were unlikely to make any effective counterattacks.

At this moment, Lie Yu Hongtu suddenly made a decision, he had already figured it out, even if the final result was meaningless, he had to make an attempt, only in this way that he would not regret it when he thought about it afterwards.

"Inform the commanders of the mixed regiments, let them prepare for the transfer, and wait for the reaction of the barbarian army on the opposite side, and carry out all the actions according to my orders." Lie Yu Hongtu looked at the main forces of the two sides in the fierce battle ahead, his eyes were gloomy, and he seemed to have made some decision in his heart.

The fortifications in the middle of Line 1 had been completely dismantled, and the shield bearers in front of the barbarian army began to move, they pulled up their shields that had smashed into the ground, and then advanced nearly fifty meters forward again, completely entering the position of Line 1. And the barbarian sword and shield men behind them also pushed the line forward, suppressing the line backwards for a hundred meters in one fell swoop.

The depth of the entire No. 1 defense line is only less than 300 meters, and the back is a buffer zone leading to the No. 2 defense line of nearly 100 meters.

Just as the desperation gradually spread, the players of each mixed group suddenly received orders from their respective team leaders, and they were organized into five-person squads, and then each completely independent order was issued. These five-person squads began to weave towards the camp of the barbarian sword and shield bearers, and the barbarian front that had originally slapped over like a huge wave was cut apart by the player squads that passed by.

These squads of players who had completed the interspersed missions began to fight back, and according to the instructions of their team leader, all the squads of the mixed warband stared at a certain target in front of them was a round of combined attacks, and those sword and shield hands were already very vulnerable, plus the arrows from the rear, almost all of them were in a state of residual blood, and they were unable to resist the player's concentrated fire attack.

There was a momentary stalemate between the two sides in front of the No. 1 front, and then the players of the No. 1 line actually killed back against the sword and shield line. Those melee players who were interspersed with the enemy formation constantly received orders from the rear, constantly changing the direction of the attack and the advance and retreat, and gradually kept the line in a stable range.

Due to the fact that the players of the first line of defense are too densely entangled with the barbarian sword and shield men, the bows and arrows spilled from the rear have become more hungry and dampenish to the barbarian sword and shield men, and the players know how to use their positions and angles to dodge the bows and arrows in the distance.

After nearly ten minutes of entanglement, the archers in the distance re-entered the attack cooldown state, and the arrow rain attack immediately stopped.

Seeing this scene, Lieyu Hongtu understood that the opportunity to fight back had finally arrived.