Chapter 379: Night Raid
It's finally danced, and I didn't break my promise to everyone, so I can sleep with peace of mind. ※
The news of the enemy's attack quickly plunged the camp of the lord's coalition into chaos.
Although it is a coalition army, although there is Shammas as the commander-in-chief, there is also a unified command. But it is clear that this coalition of more than a dozen armies is not as united as it seems.
There's no way around it. The alliance between these lords was originally forged by great external pressure, and they already had conflicts of interest and sharp contradictions with each other. Some people are still feuding, and in the face of life and death, they may join forces against the enemy. But it is impossible for them to be completely subordinate to the unified command.
Everyone is worried about whether they will be used by others, whether they will be used as cannon fodder by others, and things like killing people with knives are very common in Negan. Everyone is guarding against this. Powerful enemies must try to deal with them, and their own strength must also be preserved, and no one is willing to spend their blood until the last moment.
Therefore, although it is a coalition army, everyone is still careful of each other in private, intrigue, and everyone hopes that others will contribute and reap their own benefits. The camp set up by the 300,000 army is also clearly distinguished, and the logistics and supply are also taken care of, and Shamma, the nominal commander-in-chief. The ones who can really command like an arm commander are only his direct troops, and if he wants to mobilize the armies of other lords, it is simply impossible for him to do so without effort.
Now that the enemy is suddenly attacking in the middle of the night, the various lords are rushing to meet the enemy according to what they think is the right thing to do. We must also be careful to guard against each other, so as not to be secretly hacked, and it is strange not to mess up.
Shammas was also helpless in this situation, fortunately, those qi magicians who kept vigil were still dutiful, and they used their magic eyes to detect the enemy's actions early and warn them, and finally there was still time for him to do some countermeasures.
At the same time, in the night sky far from the coalition camp, a flying force led by Mohor was rushing towards the enemy camp as fast as possible.
This flying unit is composed of nearly 100 black dragons, red dragons and hundreds of warriors of the angel clan, all of whom are strong combat flying troops. Dressed in the divine power of the Dragon King, Mohor rode on the body of the black dragon Cho Odoras.
At Choodoras's side, there were more than a dozen black dragons who also carried knights, all of whom were dressed in leather armor and carrying magic wands, and they were all magicians.
And all of them are powerful magicians at the master level.
Water magic master Tren, Temple who has been promoted to a dual magic master of qi and fire, and Dwarven earth magic master Malkem, these three magicians have followed Jian Chen's old team since Hammondal.
Ryan, the master of the dual system of qi and limb systems, the master of mental magic Adra, and the master of water magic, Eldrid, these three magicians are former famous generals of the Erathian Empire, and they joined Jian Chen a little later.
There is also Mour's old subordinate, Antonio, a master of water magic, who only joined some time ago. Now he is a dark magic master who has become an ardent supporter of Jian Chen, Minotaur Barty. and Owen, the master of fire magic, who joined him.
In addition, there are three magic masters in the original Castro army who have just been persuaded to surrender a few days ago, led by the water magic master Field.
Finally, four expert magicians led by Erwin, armed with the four wands that they captured from the Rigner pirates, that can shoot master-level range attack magic, also joined the night raid.
All the high-end magical forces of the Alliance Army, gathered tonight, under the protection of the black dragons and angels, launched a surprise attack on the enemy with an army of nearly 300,000.
For this operation, Chen Jian spent a lot of effort, first convincing the black dragons to agree to let the magicians ride on him during the operation, and then risking to temporarily transfer Ryan and others from the Evermont Islands and Bairders, and also relocated all the residents in the surrounding area early, so as not to accidentally injure the innocent.
There is no doubt about it. The real main force of this night attack is the minotaur mage Barty who can cast the Doomsday Trial, but relying only on this magician who can only cast a big move can obviously not satisfy Chen Jian, and the power of a dozen magic masters should not be underestimated, maybe their killing range is not as exaggerated as the Doomsday Trial, but it is better in terms of lethality, Chen Jian believes that this night attack will leave a deep impression on the enemy, causing extremely heavy losses to the enemy, and then seriously damaging the enemy's morale.
This war related to the ownership of the Solo Peninsula was a war that had to be resolved quickly for Jian Chen, and he had far less resources than those lords. In fact, because of his successive defeats to Colum and Castro, he recruited and expanded his army. The confidence of the inhabitants of the Solo Peninsula in him was increased, and before the coalition of lords attacked, a large number of refugees had once again poured into his territory, and in order to settle them, he was once again short of food, and if the war was not ended sooner, the situation would only be unfavorable to him.
On the other hand, after the formation of the coalition of the lords, the momentum is huge, and many people who originally came to his side have begun to waver, and his territory is fine, but in the areas controlled by those lords, the enthusiasm of the locals is rapidly cooling, and people are always very realistic, in the face of strong force, of course they will be afraid, after all, everything they know is hearsay, in their opinion, Lord Arthur may be able to defeat one, two lords, but a dozen lords united, what will be the result? 300,000 large
So he had to take the initiative, he needed a victory now to stabilize the hearts and minds of the people and prove that he had the strength to fight against the coalition forces of the lords, otherwise, the hearts and minds of the people he had won so hard in various places might lose a lot because of the strength of the enemy, and the morale of his own army, especially those who surrendered and newly recruited. It can also have a very bad effect.
"Speed up! The magicians begin to prepare! Mohor gave the order loudly, and Choodoras repeated it in his loud voice, and only the dragons could make it clear to everyone in such a situation.
Then Moriel activated the magic immunity space on the dragonlord's divine power, enveloping this flying force of less than a thousand people, and at the same time, the dragon clan sensed her in a certain area because she drank the dragon's blood. The ability to exist in a special way was also stimulated by her.
This time, the most tricky thing was the hundreds of black dragons in the opponent's hand that were not afraid of magical attacks, and after discussing with Jian Chen, Morriel decided to use this method to distract the attention of these black dragons.
According to the Red Dragon, who had surrendered from Corum and had been under Mohor, there were many dragons on the Solo Peninsula who had followed the dragon queen in the service of various lords.
These dragons must have been able to sense the presence of the queen dragon through the familiar aura of Mohor's body.
Jian Chen and Morriel didn't expect these dragons to surrender because of this, as long as they made these dragons suspicious and didn't dare to act rashly, they would be considered successful.
At the same time, Jian Chen also calculated that the opponent's command system was chaotic. There should be no way to react to the surprise attack launched by yourself, this is the daring to take a bold risk, and be prepared to use the tactics of one-hit retreat to catch the enemy by surprise.
This, at that time, in the barracks of the lord's coalition army, there were already a large number of flying units rising into the air, several. The Flame of Light was thrown into the sky by the fire mages of the coalition, in the open space outside the barracks. The bright and dark sentinels sent by the coalition army also lit a huge fire prepared in advance, and soon, the area around and above the military camp of Nuoda was as bright as day.
Sharmaz, on the other hand, had already arrived in another tent that he used as a command center, and began to exercise his authority as commander-in-chief.
This huge tent also serves as an early warning center for the coalition forces, with six air magicians from various forces and dozens of expert-level air magicians taking turns to keep vigil here, and after discovering that the enemy is coming, these air magicians have gathered together. Of course, only six master magicians are qualified to stay in the tent with Shamath, and the rest of the magicians can only stand by outside the tent while continuing to use magic to imprison and control the movement of the enemy.
In order to gather these magicians, Shammas also took a lot of effort at the beginning. It was only by repeatedly emphasizing the importance of magical warnings that convinced the lords to which these magicians belonged.
There are more than a dozen, corresponding to each, and the lord's magic letter teleportation array is also concentrated here. Ran is on duty. For Shammas to convey orders to other lords and coordinate actions.
Six Qi magic masters, six magic eyes formed a magic screen, monitoring several directions at the same time. lest other enemies attack from other directions. One of the screens that had captured the enemy showed Shamath his every move. But before Shamath, who had just sat down, could see what was going on, the magic screen suddenly shook and disappeared without a trace.
"What's going on?" Shammas was furious, the military situation was urgent, this magician was still wrong at this critical moment? But I didn't know that this was not actually about this magician, but because of the reason why Mophil activated the magic immune space.
The qi magician who didn't know what was going on at all was a little inexplicable, he didn't understand how his magic could suddenly fail, and he was also a little annoyed by Shamma's scolding and the mocking eyes of his peers, he was a subordinate of another lord, and that lord was also polite to him on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be transferred here to be treated like this.
But now is obviously not the time to worry about this, and it is also a fact that his magic failed. The magician snorted lightly, made up his mind to go back to his lord's side tomorrow, and then quickly cast the magic eye again, and pulled the monitoring position back to the original enemy's position.
The magic screen is gone again. At this moment, not only Sharma, but even the magician himself changed his face drastically.
"How is this possible?. He exclaimed.
Another magician saw the scene. couldn't help frowning, but he didn't say anything, just mobilized his magic, ready to take over the other party and continue to monitor the enemy.
Then he exclaimed, too, because his magic had also failed.
At this moment, everyone realized that something was wrong, and after a while, after all the magicians realized that as soon as they tracked down the enemy's whereabouts, the magic would be invalid, and the tent suddenly became a mess.
But soon, six. The Qi Wizards all shut their mouths, and the reason they fell silent was not because Shammas was blowing his beard and glaring at them in a panic, but because they all sensed the intense and palpitating fluctuations of the magic elements coming from the direction of the enemy's attack.