Chapter 42: The Master of Yingzhou
The old dwarf was still a little skeptical, and Hawke and others who were familiar with Roger knew that Roger really didn't take it seriously.
Harassment offensive at night or something, how many people who have seen the Three Kingdoms know a little bit, right? Isn't it just that they keep sending troops to make noise so that the enemy can't sleep?
Hawke was quite curious about this, and asked directly. Roger didn't have anything to hide from his friends, and told the main points in detail. Of course, these are just some of Roger's immature views, and there are still loopholes.
"The premise of such a harassment offensive is that the other side cannot or dare not leave its stronghold. For example, the demons in the manor are obviously protecting or guarding something, so they don't dare to leave the manor at will, which is the basis of harassment. "Roger spoke in great detail, and Hawke, and even Anne and the others listened very carefully, and even the old dwarf listened with his ears pricked up." If the opponent has the strength or determination to leave the stronghold, then you can try to ambush the opponent. Of course, if you are sure that the opponent can leave the stronghold, you should also be careful of the opponent's ambush. But there aren't many who can ambush rangers and druids in the wild. However, you must be especially careful of the air units, without the air force to suppress the formation, from a strategic point of view, it is completely a major strategic disadvantage, and many small tricks cannot be used. ”
Roger was talking and talking, and Hawke and the others were still listening attentively, but Master Ouattara was thinking about something else.
Unlike the inexperienced Hawke and others, the old dwarf knows very well that the current heroic generals are pursuing a group combat doctrine.
After all, the heroes' control over the alchemy troops under their command is limited, and many alchemy troops lack wisdom and have limited ability to execute many tactics. Heroes are often only able to command which units under their command to charge first and which to charge later, which ranged troops to attack which legion in which direction, and so on.
In this case, the most suitable way for heroic generals to command is undoubtedly group combat, and those who can accurately grasp the movements of the whole army and the timing of the troops' offensive can often be called excellent generals.
Both the orcs and the demons have always been melee brainless charges, long-range covering attacks, the only difference is that the orcs are single-celled, while the demons never trust their own compatriots; The undead are led by necromancers or death knights, and have always outwhelmed their enemies with numerical superiority, and the terrifying number of the Sea of Skeletons is a problem for all races; The mages of the Northland, whether they are academic or practical, have a way of warfare: melee and air units drag the enemy, and the mages can cast spells with peace of mind, and this method can only be used by golems and gargoyles who are not afraid of some magic in the alchemy class; The drow of the drow is notoriously cunning, but he is only used to attacking and assassinating at night; In order to give full play to the advantages of the legion, the generals of the Terran have tricks such as developing some battle formations, but unfortunately the internal friction of the Terran is too serious; As for the elves, the lack of reserve forces has always constrained the elven army, but the powerful archery force makes all forces dare not underestimate the elves.
The dwarves of Ouattara's own family have always formed alliances by joining other races. Strategic command has never been a dwarf's specialty. The rest of them, such as the swamp lizardmen, elemental creatures, etc., do not even have a few generals, so there is no value in discussing them at all.
But now, in front of the old dwarf, someone has finally shown what real tactics are, although he himself has no sense of it.
However, no one in this world is perfect, and the old dwarf is curious, does Roger have the ability to command large groups to fight?
As the old dwarf pondered, Roger's forces had approached the last of the estates.
It was still far away, and Hawke, who had the best eyesight, saw that the manor was in a mess, and a man in black saw the troops from a distance, and hurriedly went inside to report the news. Soon, several men in black appeared, everyone's eyes were red, and it seemed that they were tossed by Roger quite miserably.
Hawke told Roger what he saw with a smile, and Roger, who used the magic "Eagle Eye Technique" to temporarily strengthen his eyesight, looked at the murderous eyes of the people in black and frowned slightly.
And self-confidence? There could be no other reinforcements, so, was it an assassination?
Roger laughed at himself slightly, Sacco's death was not without effect on him, at least now he paid more attention to his own safety than before.
Roger put his right hand behind his back and made a few gestures, and the phantom shooters behind him immediately clenched the strong bow in their hands and glanced around covertly.
In fact, Roger has tried to develop a set of tactical gestures for his troops to use, but unfortunately, only Phantom Shooters are smart enough to quickly notice and understand what these tactical gestures represent.
Seeing that Roger and his troops were about to bring the manor into range, several men in black took something out of their arms at the same time and threw it on the ground. The sharp-eyed Hawke noticed that it was some black balls.
The black orb quickly emitted a large amount of smoke, completely enveloping the entire side of the manor facing Roger and his party.
"Smoke bombs, it seems that these ninjas have learned a little bit." A slight sneer crossed Roger's face. The appearance of the ninja force made him sure that there were definitely important people in Yingzhou in the manor.
Before the smoke cleared on its own, Roger ordered the elven archers to fire arrows in the direction of the manor. This time, it was still the rocket.
At the same time, Roger began to work strategic magic.
The familiar chanting of spells was remembered in the wilderness, and the earth-based magical elements quickly began to converge.
Strategic Magic: Earth Elemental Summoning!
"Troop list updated to add: Elemental Summon, Earth Elemental +22!"
"Current Race: 6, the effect of the current hero's perk Unity Power has been increased to +12!"
With the mana bonus of the Golden Armor, coupled with Roger's master-level earth-based strategic magic level, this time he summoned twenty-two fifth-order earth elements!
The addition of this force has completely tilted the wind of the battlefield in Roger's favor!
As soon as the tireless Earth Elemental rose from the ground, he charged towards the manor at Roger's command.
The ninjas in the manor couldn't sit still for a moment, and although they knew that it was useless, they still sent out the rest of the alchemy demons.
Seeing the still wounded horned demons and demon babies, and even those enchantresses who had not yet recovered much of their magic power, appeared on the battlefield, Roger understood that the forces in the manor had been exhausted.
"Aren't you going to use your hole cards yet?" Roger muttered in a low voice, commanding the elven archers to unceremoniously kill these mid- and low-level alchemy demons one by one.
Seeing that the alchemy demon clan was about to be killed, the ninjas who seemed to have nothing to do finally rushed out of the manor. And behind the ninjas, there was actually a woman dressed as an onmyoji quietly appeared.
The ninja closest to the female onmyoji seemed to have said something to the female onmyoji, and the female onmyoji just nodded lightly and raised her hand very directly.
"Come on! Former ghost! Afterghost! ”
In front of the female onmyoji, a circular magic array suddenly appeared on the ground, and in the magic array that quickly took shape, two devils with chains crawled out of it one after the other!
The one in front of him was the Great Devil of the Eighth-Order Advanced Alchemy Class! And the one in the back is an ordinary eighth-order demon alchemy class devil!
"Level seventeen? Wrong! Be at least an eighteenth-level professional! Damn it! Why is it only used now when you have this kind of hole cards? Roger's face remained unchanged, but he had already cursed in his heart.
The devil in the back tugged at the chains on his body, glared at the ninja who was close to the female onmyoji, and then retreated to the side of the female onmyoji, apparently in charge of protecting the female onmyoji.
The big devil in front tore off the chain on his right arm, and "Quack" took the big axe with a strange smile and disappeared into the teleportation array.
Without hesitation, Roger transformed into a panda warrior monk, wielding a jasper bamboo to block the big devil who suddenly burst out of the teleportation array in front of him!
The two-meter-tall Panda Warrior Monk is not short in height, but in front of the big devil who is more than four meters tall, he falls into disadvantage in every way!
Master Vattara rushed forward with a warhammer, but the Great Devil glanced at the old dwarf lightly and kicked him away.
The old dwarf who rolled on the ground several times was almost mad: we are legends! Although it's a bit of a parallel import, it's not so despised by people, right?
It's a pity that although the strength of the old dwarf who is more than one meter and two meters tall is okay, his body size is too small, and he is really not the dish of the big devil.
Relying on the advantage of size, the big devil looks down on the old dwarf from the bottom of his heart.
However, relying on the little time that the old dwarf delayed, Roger urgently recalled the six earth elementals at the rear. silently rushed to the first earth element in front of the Great Devil, and was smashed into pieces by the Great Devil's easy backhand. But the Great Devil was entangled by the earth elementals after all.
The gap of up to the third order makes the earth element, even if it has Roger's hero aura bonus, it is far from being the opponent of the Great Devil, and it is just reluctant to exchange life for injury.
But taking advantage of the moment, Hawke, who has been aiming at the big devil, and a phantom shooter shoot together!
Two arrows of "whoosh" and "whoosh" sounded, and the great devil who intuitively felt that something was wrong swung his big axe to smash the earth element that was entangled in him, and after receiving one of Hawk's arrows, he disappeared into the teleportation array.
However, the next moment, the big devil who appeared in front of the female onmyoji had a huge gap on his right shoulder!
After all, the Great Devil failed to avoid the Phantom Archer's arrows!
"Former ghost! You okay! The female onmyoji anxiously stepped forward to check the wound, and the big devil just snorted twice, obviously, under Hawke's demon hunting mark, the big devil was far more injured than the female onmyoji imagined!
The ninja on the side saw that the Great Devil had also been hit hard, and after glancing at the ninja colleagues who had suffered heavy casualties under the elven archer's arrows, and the earth elementals who were quickly approaching, his eyes flashed and he quietly escaped into the shadows.
The devil guarding the side of the female onmyoji turned his head and glanced coldly at the shadow, and quietly moved his steps to protect the female onmyoji's side.
Seeing that the big devil had finally been forced back, and the situation was very good, Roger exhaled slightly turbid breath, and slowly changed back into human form, as if he was powerless to support his body with jasper bamboo.
At this moment, the shadow behind Roger squirmed, and a long black knife seemed to stab Roger in the back of the heart!