Chapter 102: Tragedy and Victory!
The battlefield was still stalemate, after the reserve legion's fearless charge, the infantry legion successfully held the line, blocked the enemy's attack to the death, lost the orcs after the sharpness, and slowly lost its own advantage after the human legion began to calm down and began to consciously reorganize the formation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Report! Your Excellency, the enemy's left flank infantry has been dispatched to attack our left flank around the central station, the reserves here have been routed, and General Edric has asked for more troops to be mobilized to make up for the gap! β
The hoarse voice of the report interrupted Isabelle's brief musings, and without hesitation, she shook her head resolutely, she looked at the herald, who was covered in mud and blood, and thought for a few seconds before giving the order:
"I'm not going to throw all my forces into it when I have no chance of winning, tell General Edric that I will personally lead the marksman to move to the right flank!"
On the battlefield, the military order will not give anyone a chance to consider and refute, and soon, the sharpshooters who have been waiting behind the infantry rushed to the designated battlefield with heavy and neat steps, and the remaining two thousand reserve troops were left in the middle army, and Isabel personally led a thousand sharpshooters to open a formation on the right flank!
"Your Excellency, I must warn you that if the central station is broken through by the enemy, you will be surrounded on all sides!"
Linton, who was holding the big sword, carefully comforted: "I can replace you!" β
Linton's remarks did not make Isabel hesitate in the slightest, and in between the continuous issuance of orders, she briefly explained a few words:
"It's hard to resist the enemy's attack with a thousand marksmen, and although this is only a small force of the enemy, I have to admit that their physical strength is very strong, which reminds me of the barbarians in the desert.
And to be on the safe side, I can't put in more reserves, so we can only keep our strength evenly matched until the turnaround comes! As for the inferiority of the infantry and the thickness of the array...... I believe in my soldiers! β
"100 Steps...... 90 steps...... Steady! Steady! Fifty paces ......******* sharp, the sharp-sharper marksmen smoothly held heavy crossbows, even if the rain took away a lot of heat, their powerful arms still held heavy crossbows steadily, and the immovable heavy crossbows pointed firmly ahead.
The rain slid down the covered helmet, and even if their eyes were blurred by the rain, they didn't shake at all, although because of the violent wind and rain, they could reach the range of a 250-step heavy crossbow, which shrank by nearly five times!
"Launch~Launch! The front row is reloaded backwards, and the back row is forward! Launch! At the roar of the marksman commander, a colorful light fell on the heads of the marksmen.
"100 shots!" In a pinch, Isabel's group magic blessed the marksmen, giving them greater lethality!
With the roar of the marksman commander, the well-trained marksmen quickly shot all the arrows in the crossbow!
The heavy crossbow in flat fire caused a terrible effect at a distance of fifty paces, and the heavy crossbow that could be loaded with up to three arrows shot 3,000 people! The sharpshooters, who had been silent for a long time, finally showed their hideous teeth!
Almost at the same time, the sharpshooters in the first three rows pulled the trigger heavily, and more than a thousand stubby crossbow arrows with Mitsubishi arrows shot out like flying locusts, densely covering the rainstorm for a moment!
Many of the orc infantry in the charge were lifted up by the impact force without even any reaction, and although a few agile people raised their shields or weapons without delay, even the strongest Juggernaut could not completely block the swift edge of the crossbow arrows! The bolt easily stabs them in the body and takes their lives!
Although the heavy crossbow is easy to use, the winding speed is hard, especially in this kind of weather, so after only two shots, the orcs fifty paces away have already rushed to the front.
Even so, in just two rounds of shooting, if you look down from the sky, you can clearly see that the thick formation of the orcs in the charge is like a gnawed apple, being eaten bite by bite!
In just fifty steps, they caused more than four hundred orc casualties! This is almost a devastating blow to the orcs! A fifth of the overall casualties can almost break the bones of a sparse number of orcs!
Without mercy, they threw away the valuable heavy crossbows and the already redundant crossbow arrows, and the sharpshooters who had lightened the weight took off the tall and heavy square shields from their backs, drew the short swords at their waists, and formed a thick shield wall, telling the enemy with practical actions that their hand-to-hand combat ability was not bad!
"Lighten your weight and prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"
"Lighten your weight and prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"
"Hand-to-hand combat preparation ......"
The order was passed down in the pouring rain, and soon a thousand well-trained marksmen skillfully formed a tight but not thick shield wall, and the formation, which had previously been slightly loose for easy shooting, became dense.
With their thick chain mail and heavy shield daggers like Legion Guards, and their arms that have become powerful from holding heavy bows and crossbows for long periods of time, everyone believes that they are a force that no one can take lightly, even in hand-to-hand combat!
Perhaps it was because the enemy divided his forces and did not quickly break the right flank, the pressure on the infantry was greatly reduced, and under the leadership of the legion guards, the champion swordsmen actually relied on a tight formation to force the opponent back two steps back!
And the sharpshooters on the right flank, when facing a small number of enemies, in the officer's orders, the excellent square shields were lifted one after another, the short sword in the right hand was hidden behind the shield, the body squatted slightly, and the feet were split in lunges to support the shield.
Before the enemy could recover from the stormy crossbow bolts, it seemed that in an instant, an impassable wall appeared in front of them, a wall made of steel, a sturdy shield wall that even the rain refused to enter, firmly blocking their attempts to rush into the array of ranged troops and kill them!
"Kill!"
A simple order, rebuked from Isabelle's mouth, carrying a long sword, unmoved in the face of a furious charging enemy! Under the personal command of Isabelle, these well-armed shooters took a step forward and took the initiative to collide with the enemy!
Thousands of shields cast in stainless steel slammed upwards diagonally at almost the same time with the word "kill", and dozens of orcs who had been disrupted by the crossbow arrows struck the shield fiercely before they could even hand out their weapons! A purple light quietly wrapped around the orcs, and the orcs suddenly felt weak.
"Weak and powerless!" I don't know when, Isabel actually released a curse magic when she came into contact with the orcs!
Feeling the huge impact, with the help of the companions behind him, while making contact with the orc in the front row, regardless of the paralyzing pain in his left hand and the heavy short sword in his right hand, he quickly stretched out his shield and quickly stabbed the orc several times in a row!
After the blow, as if they were one person, the marksmen withdrew their short swords one after another, and took a step back under the cover of their companions behind them! Afterwards...... Marksmen, who are significantly better at teamwork, have the upper hand when facing enemies that are far fewer than their own and weakened!
Seeing that the orcs were firmly blocked from the shield, Isabel shook the blood from the long sword and roared:
"Enter!"
"Boom!"
Under the premise of fighting more and fighting less, the overall formation of the marksmen even advanced a few meters, although it was quickly resisted by the brave enemy, but this also made the situation on the battlefield more clear!
"Aangβ"
A red dragon flew in from the direction of Stormwind, it was clearly the enemy's air force, and a smile finally appeared on Isabelle's face.
She's been waiting, waiting for reinforcements from the Orcs of Stormwind! But it took so long for Stormwind to send a red dragon! This proves that the orcs did not increase their troops from the sea, and ......
The more than 2,000 orcs in front of them are all the troops they can come up with! Maybe there are more orcs raiding in the jungle, but they can't organize effectively! As long as the orcs in front of you are defeated, then Stormwind City will definitely be in the bag!
"Griffons take to the skies! Stop the enemy's air force! β
"Arux, go find the enemy's commander! Kill the enemies! β
"The reserve army is ready to charge, press the center! Crush them for me! β
Several orders were given in succession, and Isabel began to close the net.
Before you know it, the torrential rain gradually stopped, and the humid air after the rain was filled with the smell of blood, and the marksman once again forced the enemy back some distance, and this group of orcs, which numbered less than three hundred, was completely out of touch with the enemy's large army!
"Marksmen surround them!" Isabel once again unleashed a weak and weak force on the orcs, and then commanded the outnumbered sharpshooters to surround the disjointed group of orcs.
Compared to the ease of the marksmen, the pressure on the infantry is much greater, and Edric is not proficient in water and fire magic, and the only negative magic he can apply to the enemy is "slowness", but in the already muddy battlefield, this magic seems to be useless!
As a frontal battlefield, although the total strength of the army has reached almost 6,000 people, the enemy is not a weak gnoll, even if the blessing magic and Edric's attribute bonuses are added, the losses of the champion swordsmen are still very huge!
At this time, it is estimated that it is difficult for any commander to coordinate, and there is no room for the development of strategy, although the infantry barely maintains a tight formation, but the soldiers who have killed the red eye cannot obey any command!
They are just according to the sense of honor buried deep in their souls, and they are still holding a slightly complete queue, and now they are no longer fighting for personal force, but the physical strength, morale, blood and persistence of the soldiers, as long as either side retreats slightly, they will be greeted by an unbearable rout! Fortunately......
After the reserve army, which had always conserved its physical strength, joined the infantry battlefield, it immediately dealt a severe blow to the orcs who had already consumed a lot of physical strength and had been inferior in numbers! And Alux's frenzied assault, which managed to decapitate the enemy commander!
Collapse! An irretrievable rout has appeared on the frontal battlefield! The orcs seem to have given up their glory, and the prowess no longer seems to belong to them, including the green-skinned orcs, and the orcs have collapsed!
There were more than eight hundred orcs, except for those who were entangled by their opponents and surrounded by sharpshooters, they dropped their weapons, turned around and fled into Shining Gold, where they were chased by the human infantry that followed them like ducks!