Chapter 362: Siege
The makeshift camp was set up in a relatively flat valley and was not large in size, but it was very well built, not much like a small fortress.
With a number of archmages present, using magic to change the terrain to raise a four-meter-high earthen wall, and then using high-level stone shaping techniques to transform it into hard granite, the whole process did not take much time at all, and the precious powerful magic recovery potion was no longer saved at the moment.
In the process of building the temporary camp, Qin Feng saw the wealth of these noble students, and the accompanying guards and foreign aid were all excellent enchanted equipment, many of them had seen blood, and with their strong strength, as long as they did not die intentionally, it was not a problem to ensure basic safety.
Of course, the strength around him is also not bad, in addition to the two barbarian holy domain warriors of Phantom Ling, Gesang and Gemo, there are also twelve warrior guards, whose strength ranges from level fourteen to seventeen, all of whom are slaves that he bought back from the trader's chamber of commerce. Under the control of the magical contract, they will all obey absolutely any orders they make.
As for the students themselves, they are all shining with magical light, high-level epic-level equipment can be seen everywhere, and there are a lot of magic scrolls and potions in their bags, but equipment and spell scrolls above the legendary level are not allowed to be brought into the battlefield.
To a certain extent, this kind of actual combat drill is a consumption of financial and material resources for competition, and the trainees who are rich enough do have a huge advantage that is difficult for civilians to achieve. The results of previous years' drills also confirmed this, most of the outstanding performers were nobles, and the commoner cadets rarely had a chance to stand out.
A certain civilian genius once questioned the military department about such unfair rules, and the military top brass replied that war is fought with money and resources, and wealth is also a manifestation of strength. You want fairness now? In the future, on the battlefield, will the enemy tell you fairness?
This kind of argument may seem unreasonable, but it is also an objective fact. Especially in this kind of magical civilization world where there is the extraordinary power of individuals, people who are strong enough can make and modify the rules of the game at will, and ordinary people can only accept the fate of being ruled.
At this moment, in the barracks, Tuyan and the others were carefully observing around a magic sand table, discussing a few words from time to time.
The magic sand table is actually a tabletop-sized movable magic equipment, and when activated, a transparent ball of light with a diameter of two meters will emerge, which accurately presents the underground structure of the surrounding area. All kinds of tunnels extend in all directions, dense as spider webs, and the underground city pools, underground water veins, and underground mines of the gray dwarves are clearly visible.
“…… According to my uncle, these guys who like cats in the ground have become more and more cunning in recent years,"
Kuldan said with a little emotion: "Qin Feng, you can find out their lair so easily, we must have a lot more certainty of winning in this actual combat exercise." The bastards of Ferrot, I'd love to see them live for the next two years drinking water and nibbling on black bread, hehe......"
Tuyan controls the magic sandbox, carefully observing the layout of the underground structure from different angles. In this hilly area with a radius of thousands of square kilometers, the main body of the underground city of the gray dwarves has a vertical depth of hundreds of meters, and the crypt where the city is located is basically dug by hand, which seems to be a very grand project.
"Do we need to take the initiative and go underground and fight them?" An aristocratic cadet asked.
Tu Yang shook his head: "Not yet, there are seven days for the military exercise, unless the results are too far behind the other teams, otherwise we don't need to take risks at all." ”
The underground is the home of the gray dwarves, and when fighting them in the past, the Imperial legions have suffered a lot of losses, such as being designed by them to lead them into the depths of a certain tunnel, and then suddenly launch a magic trap mechanism to blow up the entire tunnel, and then bury all the human soldiers who are chasing and killing alive inside.
Therefore, without sufficient certainty, the human legion will not go into the ground in a big way, but will prefer to use other effective means to fight these guys.
Qin Feng said: "We don't have many people, and when these guys in the ground find out that they have an absolute advantage in strength, they may kill themselves." ”
The gray dwarves are fierce and bloodthirsty, and they will not let go of such a rare opportunity, so there is a very high possibility that they will be killed on a large scale.
Ground combat is undoubtedly the home of the human powerhouse, even if it can't be defeated, it is always not a problem to escape.
If you really can't hold on, as long as you send out magic fireworks for help, the military powerhouses on the edge of the battlefield will be dispatched in time to rescue the trapped students. Of course, this means that they voluntarily admit defeat and give up, quit the drill, and have to be recorded in their personal files during the graduation evaluation.
"Well, so be it,"
In the end, Tu Yang decided: "First of all, the students who have the conditions can go out to guerrilla occasionally, and it is best to bring some gray dwarves over, and everyone will kill them together, which is all merit." ”
Creros said thoughtfully, "Actually, if we have the chance, we can also capture a group of captives and bring them back, adult gray dwarf warriors are very valuable." ”
Everyone deeply believes that the life cycle of gray dwarves is 400 to 500 years, not to mention those high-value warriors and craftsmen, even ordinary gray dwarf miners can sell for a lot of money. Think of a sturdy slave who can do the hard work for you for hundreds of years, what great patron wouldn't like?
Therefore, in the slave trade, dwarves, elves, and dwarfs, which are long-lived intelligent races, are veritable high-value commodities. In comparison, a human slave who is only a few decades old in the prime of life is much cheaper.
So, the students stayed in the camp to rest, and as the sun gradually moved westward, Qin Feng sensed that the peeping eyes around him quietly increased.
This is not surprising, he had made such a big movement outside before, it was impossible for the gray dwarves who had suffered a loss not to react, as the head snakes of the land, they didn't have much effort to find this place.
After confirming the size of the makeshift camp, the principal of the Grey Dwarves couldn't hold back, and as it was nearly dark, a large group of well-equipped Grey Dwarf warriors emerged around them, slowly closing in a neat formation.
With the usual style of the gray dwarves, in the case of absolute superiority in troops, there is no need for any complicated tactics of war at all, just push it flat. It would be a big joke if thousands of brave and strong warriors could not take two or three hundred despicable and fragile humans.
The camp was fairly sturdy, but the granite walls could not withstand a few blows in the face of the terrifying sledgehammers of the high-ranking grey dwarven warriors.
Just as they were approaching the distance of three hundred meters from the camp, the cadets on the city wall were already in full array. With Tuyan's order, a large number of enchanted crossbow arrows shot out from the city wall.
The light of the fighting spirit flickered in the gray dwarf army, and the first round of tentative attacks did not receive any results, and only a dozen gray dwarves fell.
Seeing that the humans had begun to attack, the gray dwarf warriors no longer concealed anything, and let out a deafening roar, picked up the sledgehammer and rushed over with their short legs.
"Shoot again!"
Cryros calmly ordered.
The second round of crossbow bolts was much more intensive, and these flashing arrows were accompanied by bleeding, cutting, sharp, poisonous and other effects, which were extremely lethal to the gray dwarves.
Covered by a round, the number of fallen gray dwarf warriors exceeded three digits amid the screams one after another.
"It's time for us to do something."
Qin Feng said, waving the magic wand in his hand, and in the midst of the surging of free magic elements, a large chain of lightning formed out of thin air, covering the large group of gray dwarves rushing over on the opposite side.