Chapter 519: Faith to the Death Part II "2/5"
"Facing !!"
With a shout, elves, humans, and dwarves quickly lined up in a dense phalanx. Shields were raised, spears were raised, and archers in the rear began to bend their bows and arrows, aiming at the array of orcs. In the mountains, the cumbersome stone throwers have long since been abandoned by them, and they have destroyed them. They only keep large weapons against the dragons, such as powerful bed crossbows, which also slow down their speed. Even so, they will not choose to abandon the bed crossbow again, once the weapon against the evil dragon is gone, then in the face of the evil dragon falling from the sky, the bow and arrow in their hands will not be able to penetrate the scales of the evil dragon at all. And the flames spewed by the evil dragon can easily burn them to death.
"Put !!"
The archers behind the spear and shield phalanx, as soon as the order was given, immediately frightened into a rain of arrows that were densely fired. A rain of covering shots knocked down large swaths of orcs. But then, as if an endless stream of orcs were hurrying in. Driven by Morgoth, they were not afraid of death at all, and they did not dare to run away and retreat. Therefore, the orcs at this moment are not afraid of casualties at all. Because, in their eyes, Morgoth's horror was far more terrible than death.
The half-orcs are not afraid of death, which also shocked Finrod! Immediately, there was a resolute look in his eyes, and the tight spear and shield phalanx arranged in a row shrank one after another, and the short dwarves shuttled through the phalanx. Although the height of the human is not as high as that of the elves, they still stand with the elves with the shield spear, the barrel of the gun is on the ground, and the back is close to the shield of the comrade. Build a barely impenetrable wall of people for the archers behind you who are constantly shooting arrows to kill the enemy.
As the orcs got closer, the tribal alliance also came within range of the opposing archers. With a command, the orc archers also began to bend their bows and shoot at the elves. Similarly, taking advantage of the gap between fire suppression, a large number of orcs accelerated towards the spear and shield line. They tried to break down the opponent's defensive walls in one fell swoop.
"Counter !!"
Finrod's face changed dramatically, and under his command, the archers bent their bows again, but in the face of the rain of locusts and arrows from the orcs, the archers suffered heavy losses. At this time, some of the badly injured soldiers, who struggled out of their tents. Pick up your shield and grit your teeth and walk to the archer's position. Immediately, they raised their shields for the archers to stop the orcs from the rain of arrows!
"You ......"
Finrod's eyes moistened as they looked at the mortal soldiers. He raised his hand, trying to persuade them to go back, but couldn't say anything. Everyone understands a little bit at this moment, no matter what they do, the end is death. Morgoth won't let them go, whether they come forward or not, they will die in the end! Then, it is better to protect your comrades and support them for as much time as possible, so as to kill as many orcs as possible.
"If I don't die today, I will definitely avenge my comrades who died at the hands of Morgoth!!"
At the same time, Jiang Ning's army was marching through the mountains, after he had defeated Sauron. He sent a messenger to inform Mezros in the east, and asked Sorondo, the Lord of the Eagles, to let him deliver his news to Mezros and them, informing them of his victory and what he was about to do. They were asked to establish a solid defense line in the east, and at the same time sent people to pass on the elven kingdoms in the rear, seeking reinforcements and various material support. As early as when his order was delivered, Mezros and Eru Singh had already sent someone to inform him. There is no news yet, but it is certain that once the news reaches the elven realm, then they will definitely prepare all kinds of supplies and troops to send to the battlefield as quickly as possible.
Not only that, Jiang Ning also asked Sorondo to deliver his news back to Wisley, and asked the noble regency council to send another 3,000 expeditionary force to join the western battlefield. Therefore, the military strength of Morgoth was seriously underestimated, resulting in the number of their races, plus humans and dwarves, far from being able to fight Morgoth. This situation, especially after the division of troops, is even more obvious. If the armies of the east and west were one thousand or seven or eight thousand more in number, then they would not have suffered such heavy losses when facing the orcs.
In the face of the orcs, the High Elves can completely fight ten at a time. However, on the battlefield, they were besieged by several times the number of enemies, and almost all of the High Elves who died in battle were besieged by orcs who were several times their size. This is the inevitable result of their lack of troops, even if they can fight alone, they will be helpless in the face of a group of half-orcs who are not afraid of death and fight for their lives.
After seeing Fen Guoxuan's corpse, Jiang Ning ordered his army to speed up and approach Finrod and them. He knew very well the gravity of the matter at the moment, if the army led by Finrod and them was completely wiped out. Then, the elves' entire strategic plan to counterattack Angban completely collapsed. Therefore, at that time, there will be obvious holes in their strategy, and the huge army from Angban will move south unimpeded. Even if they blocked the other directions, Morgoth would have gone south from somewhere else. Once that time comes, in the face of an army of orcs like the sea, none of them can kill all of them except to seek Vera's help.
Therefore, no matter how anxious Jiang Ning was in his heart, he didn't dare to show a trace on his face. He knew very well that the eyes of many soldiers were focused on him, and once he showed bad emotions, he was afraid that it would affect the rest of the battle. Although they hurried and hurried, walking between the mountains still slowed down the march of the army too much. What's more, they carry a large number of heavy weapons with them. Seeing that the speed of the team was slow and slow, Jiang Ning secretly gritted his teeth and decided to give it a go. Under his orders, large and bulky weapons such as catapults were hidden in the mountains, and the rest of the army, which carried bed crossbows and greatly reduced weight, quickly went to support Finrod and them.
The army, which had lost half of its weight, was indeed moving at a much higher speed. They marched along a road paved with countless corpses toward the Dosoniana area.
And with Finrod, at this moment, they have begun to engage in another hand-to-hand with the orcs. Although they formed a dense defensive shield wall, the orcs far outnumbered them. In addition, the evil dragons that swooped and harassed from time to time had an extremely serious impact on their formation and array.