Chapter 1461: The Battle of the Two Palaces
Arthur Jean was surprised: "Didn't you say that the orcs had been standing still, why did they suddenly make a big move?"
Locke walked over and put the file down, "Here's the answer. The orcs are not weak in reconnaissance, and the war between us humans and dwarves is imminent, and the orcs know this. According to the latest intelligence, the battle situation at the front line was unfavorable, and our army suffered setbacks and was forced to defend Yingcheng. When the orcs find out about this news, they can naturally make a judgment that the human and beast side is not our main battlefield, and the Divine Blessing Army is likely to be a partial division that takes offense as defense. As long as the orcs recognize this, the army can be drawn at any time. ”
Arthur Qin hurriedly closed the dossier and looked through it in a hurry, and the others also came over to look at it, coupled with the explanations of Huangfu Fei and Locke from time to time, in a short time, everyone had a general understanding of the war during this time.
After the initial scouts fell behind each other, the Guardian Legion sent a scout team led by the Holy Rank to hunt down the scouts of the Soul Temple.
The appearance of the Holy Rank really had a remarkable effect, and no matter how well-equipped the scouts of the Soul Hall were, they could not withstand the blows of the Holy Order. The Holy Tier far surpasses those armored scouts in terms of movement speed, attack speed, and strength. With the Holy Orders present, those scouts are the targets to be slaughtered.
But the opponent's scouts are superior in number, and the number of Holy Ranks that the Guardian Legion can send is limited after all. In this way, the two sides are only a tie in terms of scout contact, and both sides can get the information they need.
The Guardian Legion received a large amount of information about the Soul Hall army, and the preparations for the big battle were slowly on the right track, and various war resources were continuously gathered and pulled to the front line.
At the same time, the excellent armor of the Soul Hall was also captured by the Guardian Legion in large quantities and sent back to the rear for study.
Although human beings are not as good as dwarves in terms of equipment building, there are also superior people, and those equipment do not have many technical barriers in the eyes of the masters, and they are quickly cracked.
Once cracked, it made the high-level of the human alliance army have a strong fear of it: these armors are too good! Each set of armor weighs about 100 catties, and ordinary human beings can't bear it, but ordinary beginner cultivators have no problem, and ordinary dwarves have no problem wearing them on the march and fighting.
Those armors, without exception, have strong physical and magical defensive attributes, and can also greatly improve the strength and agility of the warrior through the clever operation of the magic circle, so that it can fully play the dwarf's strengths: strength and impact.
Armored dwarven warriors, completely unafraid of the magical bombardment of humans. It is like cutting off a large arm of humanity. Relying on soldiers alone, even if all the human beings go to the Spiritual Legion, it is difficult to compete with the Dwarven Legion.
In order to deal with these new types of armor, the staff of the Guardian Legion worked overtime to study countermeasures, and came up with a response plan in a very short time: they still had to rely on the strongest attack method of mankind: the mage.
Oil Attack!, a magic technique originally used against large wooden fortresses, was used against these dwarven soldiers wearing new armor.
No matter how well the new armor is made, it still has its weaknesses, and the fire oil attack is just aimed at its weaknesses to attack.
Ordinary fire-based magic is applied to the new type of armor, because the armor is equipped with a fireproof formation, which is easy to prevent.
However, the flames caused by fire magic are quickly extinguished due to the lack of support from subsequent combustibles, and pose no threat to the new type of armor.
However, unlike fire oil attacks, fire oil is not only an excellent combustible, but it can also attach to armor, penetrate into crevices, and be difficult to remove.
The fire oil attack can cause the flames to burn continuously, and even if the armor cannot be destroyed, the prolonged burning can cause the armor to increase in temperature, causing severe burns to the dwarven soldiers on the opposite side, thus achieving the purpose of killing.
The oil attack requires close cooperation between the Air Force and the Wizard Regiment, with the Air Force being responsible for throwing the oil and the Magic Mission being responsible for releasing fire magic.
After a period of training, the Griffin Division and the Mage Regiment of the Guardian Legion have finally reached the actual combat level in terms of cooperation and are ready to fight.
At this time, the main force of the Guardian Legion came forward one after another, and met the main force of the Soul Palace.
Both sides were clearly determined to win the first victory, and exchanged battle posters, and the battle came three days later.
The battle began in a step-by-step manner, with both sides arranging tight formations and using bows and crossbows to kill and wound each other from a distance.
At this stage, the human cavalry took advantage of the situation, and the dwarves had no cavalry, and in the face of the harassment of the heavy cavalry on both flanks of the Guardian Legion, they could only form a formation to protect themselves, and the cavalry on both wings came and went unscrupulously like the wind, using bows and arrows to cause a lot of casualties.
The dwarves' army formation is full of spears, and the heavy cavalry must charge hard, that is, the charging formation regardless of casualties, although it can cause a catastrophe to the opponent's military formation, but he must also suffer heavy casualties. Now that the war has just begun, it is obvious that there is no need for this way of fighting by killing a thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred.
According to the expectation of the Guardian Legion, if the battle continues like this, the huge casualties will soon make the Soul Hall unbearable and forced to start the offensive mode.
As long as the formation of the dwarven legion is changed, the soldiers below only care about movement, and do not care about attack output. This node is the best time for the Air Force to dispatch.
The air force is dispatched, the fire oil is thrown, and the rest of the work is left to the mage. As long as the cooperation of the Air Force and the Wizard Regiment is successfully completed, victory is as simple as picking ripe fruit from a tree.
However, the development of the situation completely deviated from this predetermined direction, saying that the Soul Temple's casualties tolerance for the Dwarven Legion was surprisingly high, and no matter how the heavy cavalry killed and injured the soldiers in the army formation, the entire Dwarven Legion Formation remained unmoved.
Now it's the turn of the Guardian Legion, and it's a little unbearable. Although the heavy cavalry was mighty, it could not fight for a long time, and neither men nor horses could carry heavy armor for a long time.
But this task obviously cannot be handed over to the light cavalry, whose armor is like paper paste in front of the dwarf's hard bow, and it will not play a harassing role at all, and it will only increase casualties when they go up to plunder the formation.
In desperation, the Guardian Legion had to divide the heavy cavalry into three teams and take turns to fight. The idea is good, but there is always chaos in the rotation, and if the dwarven legions catch the flaws and attack, the heavy cavalry will pay a heavy price.
The Guardian Legion is also a veteran on this side, and of course knows this weakness. Therefore, it is necessary to strike before the dwarven legions make a move.
Without the support of the air force, the Wizard Regiment took to the skies to prepare for battle. The Air Force is still absent at this time, which is also a very helpless reality.
The Air Force is mobile, with little to no armor, and in the face of strong crossbows and hard bows, the Air Force is a moving target, and must dispose of the opponent's crossbowmen, or take advantage of the exhaustion of the opponent's crossbowmen before dispatching the Air Force.