Chapter 741: Offensive and Defensive Battles

In order to make the cavalry that the Elasia army is proud of unable to wield its might, the area that the Entagri army chose to camp in itself is a hilly area close to the mountains, the terrain is undulating, and it is impossible for the cavalry troops to fight on a large scale.

Moreover, the area was mountainous on the left and a lake on the right, forming a natural barrier, and the Erathian army coming from the middle of Hammondale had to choose to attack from the front of this large battalion.

Thankfully, Inheim had a large area – otherwise he wouldn't have been able to camp a large army – and the enemy's defenses were so long that he couldn't deploy all his forces at once, but he could still devote a large number of troops to attack the enemy's long lines.

This decisive battle, as a famous general, Inheim naturally did his homework, through the scouts' reconnaissance, combined with the terrain, he analyzed the enemy's defense line of five possible weaker areas, as the focus of his attack, at this moment, under his command, the Erathian army was divided into five branches, respectively, to attack these five locations, trying to use this way to open a gap in the enemy's defense line.

A large-scale offensive and defensive battle began, and the first obstacle encountered in the advance of the Erathian army was the large amount of thistles that the Entagree army had previously planted outside the defensive line.

These thistles would seriously affect the progress of the soldiers, but because Haim had been prepared for this, he let the army slow down, but sent several other death squads to clear the way for the army.

The actions of these death squads were rightfully met with a head-on attack by the Ntagre's army.

Countless huge stones roared through the air, smashing into these death squads one after another, and the strong force and huge inertia made these stones crush the avenues of flesh and blood in the crowd.

The trebuchets in the camp of the Entagre army began to threaten.

In this attack on Hammondal, the Ntagere army brought with them a number of improved trebuchets, which had now been assembled and placed in some higher positions in the camp, and these carefully calculated positions allowed these trebuchets to adjust the attack distance as needed, covering most of the offensive route of the Elassian army in front of the main camp.

Hordes of cavemen soldiers were operating the trebuchets, and some of the dragons who had just returned from last night's air battle were also running to help them, despite their physical fatigue, and with the help of these big guys, the efficiency of the trebuchets was much improved.

However, the trebuchets used to attack the infantry were far more deterrent than lethal, and experienced soldiers could even determine the location of the stones from their flight paths, so that they could avoid them in advance, so although these trebuchets caused considerable casualties to the death squads of the Erathian army, they could not stop their operation to remove thistles.

And the priests of the Erathia army were not idle at this time, the magic interception of the enemy's stone throwing began, the magic advantage of the Erathia army at this time was undoubted, many boulders were still flying in the air and were blasted by several magic volleys, as the Elasia army advanced, more magic flew into the sky, and the priests who entered the attack range began a direct magic attack on the enemy defense line.

Wearing the dragon king's divine power, Esreina had already left Chen Jian's side at this time and came to the front line, but after the dragon king's divine power was fully mobilized, it was only able to protect two of the five offensive directions of the Erathian army, and in the other three places, the magic of the Elasia army's priest troops was displayed, and many arrow tower sentry towers on the defense line of the Entagri army fell in the magic light.

The defense line is too long, and even a legendary artifact like the Dragon King's divine power can't take care of such a large battlefield.

Some priests also use their magic to help their allies clear another obstacle in their path, which is the cascading layers of horses that do little damage to the infantry, but also affect their progress.

In order to eliminate the powerful threat of the Elasia Army's priest troops, some of the Entagre Army flight units that still had spare strength were ordered to attack, but they did not achieve too good results, the priests did their best this time, and they came prepared, this time under Inheim's advance instructions, they did not make any low-level mistakes, whether it was defense or attack, they were orderly and calm, and did not give the enemy much chance at all.

As the Erathian army advanced within range of their bows and arrows, the ranged units of both sides began to attack each other.

Of course, this kind of attack on the Ntagrean army has a great advantage, because the Entagre army not only set up multiple obstacles in front of the defense line to slow down the enemy's advance, so that their own side can attack the enemy more calmly, but also dug a lot of deep trenches that play the role of moats, and used the excavated soil to build a series of earthen walls on the defense line as cover, the height of the earthen wall and the terrain, so that the archers of the Entagri army can attack the enemy from a high position, and at the same time better protect themselves.

However, the Erathian army is not without advantages, although the individual strength is not strong, but with the amazing number, the magical support of the priests in many places pressed the soldiers of the Entagre army is unable to raise their heads, countless casualties, these priests also provide magical protection for the friendly army, which allows the crossbowmen of the Erathian army to calmly attack their enemies, not only did not fall behind in the long-range attack, but also faintly suppressed the opponent.

"Spread out"

Amy screamed hoarsely, waving one hand around from time to time, as he led his lizardmen longbowmen to engage the enemy on one of the lines of defense.

Their longbows were powerful and had a long range when fully extended, so they did not face the enemy's attack directly on the first line, but formed a line in an open field behind this line and attacked the enemy with projectiles according to the instructions of the observer.

At first, this tactic went well, and in order to improve the shooting efficiency, Amy used the method she learned from the Ntagrean Army to have the soldiers stick some of the longbow's extended arrows on the ground in front of them in advance, so that they could be more easily accessible.

This method proved to be quite effective, and in a very short period of time, Amy commanded the lizardmen to conduct several volleys, and under the instructions of the observer, they managed to inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy, except for the Crusaders and the hoplites who had dismounted, the other soldiers in the Erathian army could not compare to the Entagre army in terms of armor, which made Amy's longbow and arrows in their hands very powerful.

However, soon the enemy noticed their presence, and the salvo of thousands of elite longbowmen was really too eye-catching, and the damage caused was so amazing that it was difficult not to pay attention, so it didn't take long for a team of Elassian priests who found the location of Amy and the others to begin to suppress the magic of the area where Amy and the others were.

The sudden range magic attack caused the lizardmen to be confused, and Amy immediately ordered everyone to disperse in order to reduce casualties.

However, this dispersion, although more casualties were avoided because of the fact that each man sought cover, the power of the attack was inevitably greatly reduced, and they could no longer carry out large-scale precision strikes on the enemy according to the instructions of the observers, and the lizard longbowmen behaved no different from ordinary archers.

This situation made Amy angry, and finally had the opportunity to go to the battlefield, or such a big scene, such a big battle, but without waiting for him to show a few hands, he was completely suppressed by the enemy in only two or three strokes, which is really embarrassing.

However, seeing that the enemy's magic attack was too fierce, Amy didn't dare to risk forming a formation again, thinking about it, he simply led people to rush to the front line of defense, ready to assist the friendly forces in battle.

With such a passive beating, it is better to fight directly with the enemy face to face.

Amy thought so, and Amy knew that there was a wide and deep trench in front of this line of defense, and it was full of sharp blades, and it was not easy for the enemy to attack the line of defense, and he could have taken the men and horses with their longbows to snipe the enemies who were blocked by the trench at close range.

It's just that Amy didn't know at this time that the defense line he was staying in had become a key attack area for the enemy at this time.

The Erathian army was divided into five attacks, two of which were blocked by the dragon king's divine power of the Entagre army, and advanced slowly when the magic could not work, and the other two were also caught in a bitter battle due to the stubborn resistance of the Erathian army, and only the far right road, which was the area where Amy was at this time, the Erathian army completely had the upper hand.

This is related to the fact that the Entagrean army has fewer troops here, and most of them are irregulars with relatively weak combat strength, and the troops stationed here, except for the troops temporarily transferred from Tytalia like Amy and others, most of the others are the mercenaries led by Mon Gilla, because they have not yet been formally incorporated into the Entagrei army, their fighting methods and fighting styles are naturally very different from the regular army of the Entagrei Empire, and this fighting style and fighting style are very familiar to the Erathian army. They are extremely unaccustomed to the tactics of the Ntagrean Army, but are very adept at dealing with such relatively traditional tactics.

After noticing this, the existing soft persimmons were easy to pinch, because Heim immediately increased his attack on this area, and more elite troops were transferred by him, and Amy and the others were naturally under great pressure.

The dwarven knight Everritin was also in one of these lines at this time, and in addition to the heavily armed dwarven force he had led, he was also in charge of a mixed army of humans, centaurs, and elves that Mon Gila had given him.

At this time, the elven archers on the earthen wall had lost nearly half of them under the onslaught of the Erathia army, and the remnants were also suppressed.

This allowed the Erathian army to reach the trench without any problems, and they were now trying to cross it and attack the interior of the Ntagre's defenses.

"Haven't you boiled yet?"

Carrying a battle axe, he lay on top of the earthen wall, while observing the enemy's movements, and from time to time he looked back at the dozens of trebuchets that he was preparing behind the earthen wall, but what these trebuchets were projecting at this time was not stones, but a piece of dung water filled in a special large iron bucket, which was steaming hot and smelly, and under the iron bucket, a raging flame was burning, heating the dung.

"Almost," replied the centaurs, holding their faces in a strip of damp cloth and watching the fire, nervously checking that the trebuchet was ready.

"Sooner" Everyfrittin was a little anxious, for the dwarves saw some enemy soldiers carrying some tree trunks, apparently from the nearby hills, preparing to build improvised bridges over the trenches, and some ladders had been carried over, and the Erathian army had found a way through the trenches.

"It's not a siege, why are these guys even bringing these things" The dwarf knight was a little depressed, this battle was more difficult than he imagined, "You are you, go to the guy in charge of liaison, let him go to the upper side and ask for reinforcements."

The dwarf pointed to a centaur and asked him to ask for reinforcements, and the centaur answered, raising its hooves and speeding away.

At this time, the buckets of manure water finally boiled.

"Get out of the way," shouted the centaur soldiers in charge of the shooting, and the other soldiers on the side of the trebuchet and in the attack route were busy getting out of the way.

In order to achieve the maximum killing effect, these iron buckets containing dung water are not sealed, which makes this weapon very prone to some accidental injuries, which has been verified when using ordinary water for test firing, so everyone does not dare to take it lightly, even those trebuchets have been improved accordingly for this situation, and can be operated from a long distance.

"Shoot"

At the sound of the officer's order, buckets of stench and boiling to the extreme, the dung flew into the sky, over the earthen wall, and over the trench, and then the dung water in it spilled in the air with the tumbling of the iron bucket.

This close-range projection left the priests of the Erathian Army too late to react, so they were unable to stop the flying objects.

The iron bucket mixed with dung and water fell into the dense crowd of the Erathian army.

A cry of exclamation and angry scolding instantly resounded in the crowd.

"What is this?"

"Scald me"

"It stinks."

"These things again"

The scalding dung water that fell from the sky doused many of the Erathia soldiers on their heads and faces, causing the hapless ones to fall down with a cry of pain, and many of the people standing on the edge were squeezed unsteadily into the trench they were trying to pass through, and then another scream rang out.

Taking advantage of the enemy's confusion, the elven archers boldly leaned out behind the earthen wall and fired a round of feathered arrows, but they were immediately suppressed by the priests and crossbowmen of the Erathian army.

"Move fast, move fast"

Within the earthen walls, the centaurs scrambled to reload the trebuchets, and other buckets were moved.

The heavily armed dwarven warriors and other soldiers who were hiding on the earthen wall with the elven archers clenched their weapons, knowing from the enemy's movements that hand-to-hand combat was not long before the enemy would soon be able to storm the earthen wall.

The canoe bridge was erected, the ladder was erected, and the soldiers of the Erathian army began to pass through the trenches that had blocked them for some time through these rudimentary equipment, and Eufritin, intent on disrupting the enemy's movements, could not move due to the strong fire of the enemy's priests and crossbowmen, and could only stare and hurry.

He was hesitating to let the dwarves give the enemy a burst of throwing axes first, but there seemed to be something unusual after he appeared, and he looked back nervously, only to see a large group of lizardmen soldiers with longbows had rushed to the earthen wall not far away, and began to line up quickly.

"What do these guys want to do?" Euffrey was a little baffled, he had seen these lizardmen archers scattered by the enemy with magic, but he didn't expect that these lizardmen not only did not manage to regroup, but also ran to him.

In the midst of his doubts, the dwarven knight saw a lizardman who clearly looked like an officer roll over the earthen wall, lie down in a place not far from him, and begin to observe the enemy outside the wall.

"Fifty"

The lizardman just glanced at it, and then loudly announced a number below, and then a neat bowstring sounded, and the lizardman longbowmen who were lined up not far from the earthen wall were all bent their bows and arrows after hearing the number of the enemy's distance reported by the lizardman officer, and began to shoot in unison.

A rain of arrows grazed the heads of Eufrittin and the others on the earthen wall, and after startling Eufritin, he drew a beautiful parabola and plunged into the Elasia army formation outside the earthen wall.

In the formation of the Erathian army, which was gathering through the trench, there was another scream, and many figures fell to the ground.

This scene couldn't help but make the dwarven knight's heart move.

"Abandon the Wall"

He yelled and gave a new order, and then jumped from the wall to the wall first.

This order left the soldiers at a loss as they were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, but after seeing the commander's actions, they also withdrew within the wall.

Amy, who climbed the earthen wall herself to act as an observer, also jumped down from the wall in a puff of smoke.

"What?" The lizardmen officer was a little annoyed and rushed to the dwarven commander who had just ordered the wall to be abandoned, he mistakenly thought that the enemy was trying to retreat when he saw that the enemy was strong, and wasted his good intentions to rush to support.

To his surprise, the dwarf ran towards him as well.

"Let your men stand back, behind those trebuchets, and I'll give you all my archers, and I'll keep the others in front of you, and keep the enemy from approaching you, and you just have to concentrate on attacking the enemies who come out of the wall."

Without waiting for Amy to speak, Euffrey made such an arrangement first, Amy was stunned for a while, and then realized why the other party acted like this.

The enemy's strength advantage is too great, this point, from the soldiers guarding the earthen wall were suppressed by the opponent's strong firepower can not raise their heads, can clearly know, now the enemy has a way to pass through the trench, when the time, if the two sides start hand-to-hand combat on the earthen wall, although the enemy's crossbowmen and priests will lose their effect, but in the same way, the archers on their side can not attack those who attack the wall in the melee, can only continue to hit the enemy outside the wall with projectiles, In the case that the strength of the opponent is far inferior, this is undoubtedly magnifying one's own disadvantages and expanding the enemy's advantage.

Rather than this, it is better to give up the earthen wall to the enemy and put the battlefield inside the earthen wall, so that although the same hand-to-hand combat is required, it can allow your archers to continue to carry out long-range strikes against those enemies who climb the earthen wall, greatly increasing your own defense.

At the same time, due to the cover of the earthen wall, the heavy crossbows of the Erathian Army, which had a strong trajectory and a straight trajectory and required a considerable distance to be projectile, were useless, and the enemy's Priest's area attack magic was also weakened to the greatest extent due to the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides.

This made Amy couldn't help but be impressed by the dwarf commander in front of her.

"I understand, I'll do as you say"

Amy wasted no time, and immediately commanded the lizardmen longbowmen to retreat, and the elven archers under Eufritin's command also followed them after receiving instructions.

Everrytin herself, on the other hand, commanded the others to form a formation behind the earthen wall.

Soon, numerous heads emerged from the earthen wall, and a large number of Erathian soldiers passed through the trench and managed to climb the earthen wall, most of them with puzzled expressions on their faces, they could not figure out why the enemy had suddenly disappeared.

However, after seeing the situation behind the earthen wall, the faces of these Erathia soldiers all changed greatly, and they hurriedly raised the shields in their hands, but it was too late.

As the lizardmen longbowmen and elven archers who had been preparing for a long time released their bowstrings, a rain of arrows swept across the wall, and the many heads that had just appeared on the wall were instantly missing.

However, this did not stop the offensive of the Erathian army, and more heads popped up again.

A bitter battle began.

Although the lizardmen longbowmen and elven archers had done their best to get the most shots they could, they still couldn't stop the Erathian soldiers from appearing on the wall, and many crusaders and dismounted cavalry jumped off the earthen wall with their heavy armor and shields in their hands.

Without hesitation, Everyfretin led his warriors to meet him, and the two sides fought together within the earthen wall.

However, the disparity between the forces of the two sides is really a little great, although the tactics are correct, the side of the Entagre army is still inevitably at a disadvantage, and more and more soldiers of the Erathia Army have joined the battle group.

Then, some tall figures with wings on their backs also crossed the earthen wall and appeared in the sight of Yufritin and the others who were in a bitter battle.

"Angel Warriors of the Erathia Army"

Whether it was Everettin or Amy, after seeing these figures, their pupils contracted violently.