Chapter 260: Preemptive Strike
On a small hill not far from the place where Roger and the others were ambushed, Jim, the leader of the Heavy Shield Guard, led his troops and successfully joined Roman, who had the only long-range attack force.
Looking at the figure of his third child, Roman, who was hurrying to lead the troops slowly, shouted suspiciously: "Third child! Didn't you say before that you would meet directly at the ambush site of the Silverback Wolf Army? Why did you suddenly change the meeting place at the moment? ”
"Things have changed. Big brother, he has run into the enemy's obstruction, and I am afraid that it will take some time at night to join us. Stroking the back of Xunying on his left hand, Jim answered his second brother's question very coldly.
"Doesn't the eldest brother already have a countermeasure for this matter?" Roman still said with a confused expression, "The wolf cavalry and the heavy cavalry are the two fastest and strongest of these troops we have brought, even if they are blocked by the enemy, with the strength of the eldest brother, they will definitely be able to get out quickly." We just need to hold off the enemy's troops as much as we could, as we originally planned, right? ”
"I said, things have changed!" Jim rolled his eyes, "Big brother's strength, I know much better than you. But now the question is, why did it suddenly get dark? ”
As he said this, Jim also pointed to the sky.
"Huh! It's innocently dark. Looking at the sky, Roman blinked a pair of eyes, his eyes were full of confusion and confusion: "Wasn't it still sunny just now?" When did it become night? ”
At this moment, what Roman saw was a beautiful night sky. The round moon hung high in the sky. And the stars were twinkling as if it weren't nearly noon. It's the same at midnight.
Beyond this night sky, the sun was still shining at noon. It highlights the difference in this night sky.
“…… I knew you weren't paying attention. Jim sighed speechlessly, and subconsciously reached out to support his forehead.
Now, he really felt a sense of powerlessness from the bottom of his heart.
“…… Just now, when I arrived here with my troops, from the position where the silverback wolves were ambushing the enemy, suddenly shot a mysterious light into the sky, and then the sky turned dark. Frustrated to depressed, Jim explained to Roman, "I don't know what the enemy is doing this. But in order to prevent accidents, I decided to change the meeting place and meet you first. ”
No matter how you look at it, this night sky should have been created by the enemy, and the cautious Jim naturally did not intend to rush under the night sky.
"But what are we going to do if the enemy takes advantage of this opportunity to escape?" Not dwelling on the question of how it got dark, Roman shook his head and said seriously. "Just now, the last silverback wolf was killed by the enemy, so we don't know what the enemy is doing now, do we? The surprise attack of more than 4,000 fifth-order silverback wolves, even if they can successfully resist it. It's definitely scarred by now! If it were me, I would definitely find a chance to escape. So, the third child! Let's go there and have a look! ”
The word "escape" was said in such a grand manner. Roman didn't feel embarrassed or embarrassed at all, but took it for granted.
My second brother. Is it really two, or is it pretending to be two?
looked at a serious second brother. Jim was suspicious.
Subconsciously, he decided to test it: "That, second brother, can you not call me the third brother directly?" ”
"Huh! That's it! You also think the title of the third child is not good! Roman, who was still serious just now, suddenly became hippie and smiled again: "Actually, I think it's not bad to call you junior, or call you little brother?" I originally wanted to call my eldest brother the boss, or I could call him the eldest brother, but the eldest brother rejected it, and then he forcibly set my name for you and him, which made me depressed...... Little San, why are you crying? ”
"No, it's nothing, second brother, you still call me the third brother, or you can call me the third brother." Jim, who was in tears, said very solemnly.
In his heart, he admired his eldest brother very much: Big brother, I really blame you. How much effort have you put into educating the second brother who is comic to be like this?
Under the guidance of Charlie, who is the eldest brother, Roman can usually maintain the image of a cold-faced and cruel brother. Jim didn't know how Charlie did it, but Jim was sure that he wouldn't be able to make the funny Roman what he was now.
Therefore, now Jim's admiration for his eldest brother is truly beyond words.
But now that the eldest brother is gone, the second brother is a joke, and he can't be relied on at all, and Jim can only rely on himself.
Considering that what the second brother Roman said also makes sense, the enemy is indeed likely to leave quietly under the cover of night. So Jim thought about it for a while, and finally made up his mind, and together with his second brother Roman, he led the troops into the night sky.
The strange feeling that the hind feet were still bathed in sunlight and the front feet had stepped into the darkness really made Jim a little uncomfortable.
However, Jim soon didn't have time to pay attention to this little discomfort, and he was very stunned to find that Roger and the others not only did not leave, but also had already set up a defensive formation, waiting for them to come to the door.
"Lock on to the target! Rapid-fire three rounds! Roger exclaimed.
And with Roger's order, the Night Elf archers immediately shot arrows at the sharpshooter troops who were a little uncomfortable due to the change of day and night.
"Whoosh!"
"Puff puff ......"
Unlike the enemy army that had just entered the night sky, the Night Elf archers who had adapted to the night easily found the sharpshooters with steel crossbows from the vanguard led by Jim and Roman, and then started sniping directly.
Suddenly entering the darkness, the marksmen who suddenly went black in front of them looked a little flustered. The familiar sound of arrows made it clear to them that they had been ambushed by the enemy, but listening to the sound of the position was not the preserve of the elven marksmen. But it's not a must-have skill for these Terran archers armed with steel crossbows.
So, caught off guard. Many marksmen were directly hit by three or four arrows and fell to the ground.
To Jim's somewhat good fortune, there weren't many sharpshooters mixed in with the vanguard. Their losses were not very heavy: the Night Elf archers were all aimed at the Terran marksmen, and the fallen marksmen were all shot by arrows, while the heavily armored shielded guards and crusader swordsmen were ignored.
The Night Elf archers also realized their mistake, and they quickly adjusted their aims, shooting arrows at the Crusader swordsmen and heavy shield guards.
However, Jim, who reacted, didn't give them any more chance.
"Raise your shield!"
With Jim's shouting, the heavy shield guards suddenly took a step forward, and then raised the huge shield in their hands to protect themselves and their comrades.
"Whoosh!"
"Ding!" "Poof! "Do! ”……
Compared to the results obtained in the previous round. The Night Elf archers were almost futile in this round of shooting: the huge shields raised by the heavy shield guards easily blocked the feathered arrows, and even if some of the fish slipped through the net, the arrows that fell on the heavily armored heavy shield guards and crusader swordsmen did not achieve much success, and the fallen heavy shield guards and crusader swordsmen were very few.
However, in the face of such a situation, Roger shouted: "Go on! Keep the fire going! Don't leave any gaps for your enemies! ”
These Night Elf archers, who were only a fifth-order, carried out Roger's orders very seriously, and even though the dense arrows did not have the desired effect at all, they still meticulously opened their bows and arrows, and shot a rain of arrows towards Jim and Roman's troops.
Under the rain of arrows, Jim, who arranged for his troops to quickly enter the night sky, couldn't help frowning. The actions of Roger's Night Elf archers had caught his attention.
"Really, are they wasting arrows? This rain of arrows is useless. Roman, as the leader of the marksmans, was very tired of the wasteful style of the Night Elf marksmen, and muttered dissatisfied.
"That's not right! There's a problem here! They must have other purposes for such waste! Jim said categorically. Then the perspective atmosphere was revealed.
Under such a dense rain of arrows, even Jim and Roman, who are heroes, dare not rashly take the lead. In case you are shot by a stray arrow. Who to talk to?
However, by perspective the atmosphere. Jim was still quick to figure out what the problem was. And looking at the scene in the perspective atmosphere, Jim's face also flickered.
On either side of the Night Elf archers. A group of huge brown bears were sitting on the ground, bathed in moon-white light, so that the injuries on their bodies quickly recovered.
Under Jim's gaze, the severe injuries on the body of a brown bear that were deep enough to see the bones quickly began to heal, and in the blink of an eye, it had already recovered to a moderate level of injury.
In front of the brown bears, there are wolf corpses in a field. Jim quickly recognized that the silverback wolf's corpse, except for the arrows, was a depression formed by a huge blow.
Needless to guess, the depression must have been made by a brown bear.
Looking up at the moon in the sky, looking at the moon-white light on the brown bears, Jim's face changed several times, and finally it dawned on him: "I see, this night sky is not just to affect our vision, but also to heal the melee troops who were badly injured in the attack of the silverback wolf!" The rain of arrows from the elven archers is to prevent us from spotting this! ”
"I see!" Roman nodded stupidly on the side: "In order to cover the friendly army, so at the expense of physical strength and arrows, this elven archer army can already be regarded as a qualified archer army." ”
"Really, is this the time to praise the enemy?" Jim pouted: "Second brother, I will lead the crusaders to charge the enemy, and you command the troops to press on later!" Remember, don't be fast, and try to make sure that the shieldguards can protect the marksmen even when they're on the move. ”
"Rest assured, leave it to me!" Roman grinned at Jim, his shiny white teeth swaying in front of Jim's eyes.
It's obviously a joke, how did this product maintain such a good mouthful of teeth?
Tugging at the corners of his mouth, Jim held his shield and led the seventh-order Crusader swordsmen to rush out of the shield guards' array and charge towards the Night Elf archer's array.
Seemingly alarmed by the footsteps of the Crusader swordsmen, the brown bears, who were recuperating from their wounds, rose to their feet in unison and quickly blocked Jim's face.
At this moment, Jim was a little stunned to find that the size of these brown bears was far beyond his imagination.
"I'll go! These bears are close to three meters tall, right? ”
Seeing the Crusader swordsmen's charge interrupted by the brown bear, Jim's face looked ugly. Jim, who was not lacking in experience, could tell at a glance that the strength of these brown bears had not reached the seventh order. However, these brown bears, who should only be at the sixth-order level, relied on their numerical superiority and the support of the Night Elf archers behind them to block the seventh-order crusader swordsmen who were stronger than them in front of them.
"Trouble, even after some attrition from the silverback wolves, do these guys still have enough fighting spirit? Or are these bears mentally tough? Jim's face was ugly as he watched the brown bear, still with the bite of the silverback wolf, roar and crash into the crusader swordsman in front of him.
In this way, not to mention breaking this defense line made of brown bears, he may even usher in a counterattack from the enemy!
But at this point, Jim could only grit his teeth.
Before Jim could swing his one-handed sword to kill the brown bear, Roger stepped out of the crowd and turned into a panda warrior monk, wielding the natural private grammar staff in his hand to block Jim's attack.
Under the leadership of the Panda Warrior Monk, the brown bears began to suppress the Crusader swordsmen in turn, and the Crusaders were defeated one after another.
As if sensing Jim's predicament, Roman commanded his troops to speed up, and the marksman troops began to shoot powerful crossbow arrows at the brown bears and night elf archers under the cover of the shield guards.
After receiving support, Jim, who was already a little stumbling under the onslaught of the Panda Monk, withdrew in time.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the sudden change in the rear made him fall into an ice cellar.
In Jim's shocked gaze, elven warriors riding black panthers slowly appeared directly behind their army out of thin air!
Riding on the bear's back, Garon moved his body and said happily to Jim, who was shocked, "Ha! Finally it's my turn! ”
Immediately, Garon's face suddenly turned grim: "The whole army ...... Charge! (To be continued.) )