Chapter 568: A Great Victory
The griffons reacted quickly, as they had already begun to search for enemy traces under the command of the griffin knights at the beginning of the attack, but their great names kept the resistance from forgetting their presence, and an army specially prepared for them greeted them.
From the woods on the left side of the road, above the trees peculiar to the swamps, countless poisonous dragon flies flapped their transparent wings and flew into the sky, and met the group of griffons that were searching in the direction from which the feathered arrows were flying, and the two sides were very different in number—there were only six or seven hundred griffins, while there were thousands.
The dragon fly is a flying creature unique to the swamp and is not outstanding in combat effectiveness, there is only one way to attack, that is, to attack with the spikes on the tail, the venom on it can make people feel weak and powerless after reaching a certain amount, and it can also dispel the beneficial magic attached to the opponent's body, but it is not very deadly, although their speed is extremely fast, but their bodies that are only the thickness of human arms are too fragile, and a simple attack can give them a fatal blow, However, no one who has ever been to the swamp would dare to underestimate these small flying creatures, as they never appear alone.
A single poisonous dragon fly is not terrible, but when they appear in groups, even the most powerful nine-headed dragon in the swamp does not dare to take it lightly, and the strength of the poisonous dragon fly lies in their number.
After the beast tamers in the swamp tamed this flying creature, they immediately became an important air force for the Tytarian army, but these poisonous dragon flies are not without weaknesses, they have extremely high requirements for humid environments, they cannot leave the swamp for too long, otherwise they will not survive, and they are easy to destroy the enemy mage with a wide range of attack magic, their bodies are too fragile.
The griffon knights were stunned by the sudden appearance of these enemies from the fog, because the griffons were the least good at dealing with such small and fast enemies, and the griffons' powerful hand-to-hand combat abilities could not be used in front of these small things, a conclusion that had been proven in the war of independence in the swamp hundreds of years ago.
The griffin knights wanted to retreat, but it was too late, when they found the enemy, the enemy was quite close, so the griffons could only be forced to fight, as soon as the two sides engaged, the griffons immediately suffered a big loss, almost every griffon was attacked by dozens of poisonous dragon flies, they quickly lost most of their strength when they were invaded by a large amount of venom, and then fell to the ground like a meteor screaming, the muddy ground of the swamp saved many griffins from falling to death on the spot, However, this end is even more tragic than falling to death, and the injured and poisoned will eventually become food for all kinds of swamp creatures, or starve to death, and some of them will be swallowed up and buried alive by the swamp if they are unlucky enough to run into the quagmire.
It is worth mentioning that these griffon knights all pulled out the dagger on their waists in the process of escaping, ready to kill themselves at any time, because they were not too sure that they could escape the pursuit of the enemy, and the speed of those poisonous dragon flies was a few points faster than that of the royal griffons.
It's just that in a very short period of time, the rebels have an absolute advantage on both the ground and in the sky, this situation makes Edney, the witch of fire who commanded this battle, very excited, she never thought that the original Tytaria's army could have such exquisite tactics, and she was also ashamed to find that although she had fought guerrilla warfare in the swamp for such a long time, she thought that her tactics were excellent and she could be called a house, but in fact, compared to Tanan, who single-handedly formulated the detailed process of the battle plan, In terms of commanding the Tytalia army, she really hasn't even touched the threshold, and there have been no major problems all the time, and it's really a lot of luck.
The wolf-headed monster Algin, who was watching the development of the battle situation through the magic eye on Edney's side, was also stunned by the side of the battle, just using the lizardman archers and poisonous dragon flies, he was able to beat the powerful emperor **, which he would never dare to think of in the past, it was a strong army famous in the mainland!
Then he also realized that the key to such a result was that the enemy's mage troops, which were the most threatening pair of archers and dragon flies, were disabled in the first place, and if it weren't for this, the lizardman archers would not have been able to pour arrows on the enemy's heads so freely, and the dragon flies would not have been able to occupy air supremacy.
"Altyn, what are you still doing? Rush up with your people! There's no need to waste a lot of arrows! ”
The wolf-headed monster was in a state of flux, but Edney's interruption made him suddenly come back to his senses, and then he realized that the battle was not over, the battle was still ongoing, the emperor was still resisting, and now was not the time to summarize the tactics.
"Warriors of the Were-headed Clan, it's time for us to play!"
The Celestial Monster screamed, and Alkin waved the flail in his hand and rushed out first, and behind him was a dense crowd of wolf-headed monster soldiers wielding all kinds of rudimentary weapons.
They howled out of the woods, through the fog, and under the cover of the lizardmen archers and their own magicians, they bravely charged at the enemy, their strong anti-joint legs and incredible bounce that allowed them to run through the soft ground, and in the impassable swamps, they could easily jump over obstacles with the help of trees and various vine-like plants.
But they are not the first wave of rebels to attack the emperor **, in front of them, in a swamp on the other side of the road, a six-legged monitor lizard with bronze scales on its body is responding to the silent call of the beast trainers, burrowing out of the muddy water, and then rushing towards the enemy close to the ground, their actions are silent, in the chaos, the soldiers of the emperor ** did not notice that there is such a group of enemies approaching behind them, They are desperately dodging the enemy's fire with feathered arrows and magic, and are drawn to the loud noise of the were-headed monsters.
It wasn't until the six-legged monitor lizards approached a rather deadly distance that the emperor ** soldiers were surprised by these terrifying creatures from behind, which was still because of the warnings of some porters hiding in that direction, but it was too late, with the sudden cessation of the enemy's long-range firepower, the monitor lizards accelerated and rushed into the emperor ** formation, they tore with sharp teeth, pounced with their front paws, and some powerful guys also launched the ability to petrify, and from time to time there were emperor ** soldiers who were turned into a stone statue by them, and then crushed by them with their tails.
The remnants of the Emperor ** priests were almost wiped out in this wave of attacks, and they were no match for the monitor lizards in close combat, and the crossbowmen troops of Karlius also suffered greatly, and the bearded officer of the angry man screamed.
Without waiting for the emperor ** soldiers to recover from this sudden attack, the were-headed monsters led by Altyn also killed, their appearance made the emperor ** on both sides of the enemy, even more panicked, in this case, even the well-trained, courageous crusader warriors can no longer keep calm, they either face the wolf-headed monster, or turn around to rescue the friendly troops who are being beaten by the monitor lizards, and fall into a situation of fighting for themselves, the officers shouted loudly to form a formation, but it did not play any role.
This situation had long been expected by Tanan, so he had already arranged the method of dealing with it, the wolf-headed monsters organized to hunt and kill these well-equipped opponents with outstanding martial arts, they were five or six in a group, relying on the number to win, and they were very alert not to confront the other party head-on, but they kept harassing, cooperating with each other to confuse each other's sight, and then waiting for the opportunity to use the weapons in their hands to leave scars on each other's bodies, many crusaders fell tragically under this obscene tactics, and they died without turning a blind eye, and the disadvantages were incomparable.
On the other side, the halberd soldiers formed a fairly qualified phalanx in time, but soon, their formation was broken up by the poisonous dragon flies that pounced from the sky, these poisonous dragon flies falling from the sky were very vicious, specifically attacking the faces of the imperial soldiers and all their exposed skin, and they were so fast and numerous that they were simply unguardable.
The battle did not last long, in the face of the organized offensive of the rebels, the emperor ** soon began to disperse, they were heroic but not dead-headed, seeing that the general trend had gone, they naturally chose to retreat, most of the soldiers fled in the direction of the city of Aighwater, and this is exactly what Edney and they expected.
Alkin smashed the head of a desperately broken crusader into his chest with the flail in his hand, and it took him a lot of effort and two soldiers to lose, but the brave man was outnumbered.
Looking around, Altyn found that there were only sporadic enemies on the battlefield still resisting, the rebels had won a great victory, and the wolf-headed officer in charge of the immediate command ordered not to pursue, their purpose had been achieved, and they still had something to do.
"The animal trainer takes the monitor lizard and cleans up the stubborn ones! The wolf-headed monsters are cleaning up the battlefield, those cars are no longer usable, unload the things we can use on the cars and take them away! Food and crossbow arrows are preferred! Burn everything you don't want, don't leave it to the aggressors at all! Take the corpses of the fallen warriors with you, and gather the corpses of the enemy for me to pile up and burn in the middle of the road! Hurry up! Don't forget to give yourself a handy weapon by the way! ”
The bearded emperor Karlius fell in a pool of his own blood, he was seriously injured in a fight with a monitor lizard, hand-to-hand combat was really not his strong point, but he did not die immediately, he gasped in pain while watching the enemy clean up the battlefield, and then he was angry to find that these ugly-looking swamp monsters actually piled up the corpses of the emperor ** soldiers who died in the battle into a hill, and then set fire to them, Karlius knew that the swamp people were demonstrating to the defenders of Aijvoort City, At the same time, it is also used to block the road, which has also been used by the emperor in the past.
He also saw many enemy soldiers pick up pieces of intact weapons and equipment from the ground and from the corpses of fallen Imperial soldiers, and replace their unsightly rags, and the thought that he had been defeated by such a poorly equipped army, Kalius could not help but shout angrily, which brought about his own death, and a wolf-headed monster killed him with the sword he had just changed, and then his body with angry eyes was thrown into the burning fire.