Chapter 172: Fighting off the Goblins
The human mercenaries were not without damage during this period of hunting, and the goblins, who would have only been able to fight hard, actually learned bait tactics, and Hu Bin really doubted how the goblin king made the barren IQ of the goblin learn tactics.
But the effect was obvious, and many of the mercenary squads that were attacking lightly failed to withdraw safely, and became food on the goblin grill. The death of their companions also made the mercenaries hold a fire in their hearts, as human beings, they hated the cannibalism of goblins, and the hunting methods became very cruel, and when time permitted, the corpses of goblins were put in place for other goblins to admire, and the battle for profit gradually evolved into a war of revenge between the two races.
Goblin Kings are mutant individuals born from the Goblin Race, and the birth of each Goblin King represents the founding of a new Race. They have tall bodies and human-like minds, a lifespan comparable to that of long-lived dwarves, a thick layer of fat that effectively resists physical damage and gives them some magical resistance, and a huge strength that allows them to use heavy equipment such as sledgehammers and clubs as weapons, and in general, they are very tricky creatures.
Although the individual strength of the Goblin King is not worth mentioning for the human side with a big killing weapon such as the bed crossbow, although the size is very different from that of ordinary goblins, the Goblin King has inherited the caution of the goblin in his personality, and has always put himself in the embrace of the goblin army, and his ability to command and call the goblin as a whole is the real difficulty of the goblin clan.
After the Goblin King on the other side of the bridge made a declaration of battle, the huge body gradually disappeared behind the many goblins, and the goblins with teeth and claws began to frantically attack the mercenaries on the other side. Although the familiar wave of the goblin family is still moving, the mercenaries who have experienced many great escapes have gradually adapted to such a scene, and they have begun to use various ranged weapons to kill goblins without beating their hearts and blushing.
The narrow road on the bridge deck became the biggest obstacle for the goblins to launch crowd tactics, and the unorganized rush caused many goblins to fall into the abyss on both sides of the bridge, and gradually faded away with a melodious scream. The two rows of mercenaries standing on the improvised wooden wall almost each had a strong crossbow, and they took turns firing crossbows with strong penetrating power at the goblins on the bridge, often going down with a crossbow directly through the small bodies of several goblins. The archers in the rear also supported a scattered rain of arrows with arc shots. Although the strength of such an arrow is not large, it is more than enough to deal with the almost armless goblins.
But none of these attacks can hide the power of the bed crossbow, a deterrent weapon that can only be seen in the defense of the city, because the power hits one point, the actual lethality is not high. But at this moment, the goblins are crowded on the narrow bridge deck, just in time to use the full power of the bed crossbow.
A bed crossbow is sold for 5,000 gold coins on the list given by the Rohan Kingdom, and the price of a large crossbow is 20 gold coins, and Hu Bin, who has just made a lot of money, bought 4 bed crossbows and 400 crossbow arrows in one go, considering the durability of bed crossbows. 400 rounds of crossbow bolts are more than enough for a big battle.
The results of the bed crossbow that fired first were remarkable. Directly penetrated the bodies of at least a dozen goblins. It also caused many goblins to fall off the bridge in a panic, and the next three bed crossbows fired in turn, causing heavy casualties to the goblins' forwards. Unfortunately, the minute-long reload time made it impossible for the bed crossbow to deliver continuous fire. Otherwise, these thick and large crossbows alone can hold off the goblin army.
The Striker's casualties were insignificant in the face of the raging and frantic tide of goblins, who stepped on the corpses of their companions and sped close to the outpost's wooden walls before crashing headlong.
Although the wooden wall made of thick wooden stakes is simple, but the defense is quite reliable, Hu Bin once personally tested the solidity of the wooden wall, even if it takes a lot of effort to let the numberer destroy it, but it is such a strong line of defense, it was actually squeaked by the goblins with their short bodies, and the goblins in the front row all hit their heads on the wall and broke their heads. But the companions behind him continued to bump into it without hesitation, and a layer of fleshy corpses was soon laid out of the wall.
"Serve these damned cannibal monsters with their spears." A group of mercenaries rushed forward with improvised pointed wooden spears, constantly interspersing through the cracks in the wooden wall, each stab could bring a scream, and the goblins huddled outside the wall had no room to hide. They have turned into unjust souls under the spear.
Although Hu Bin knew that the goblin was not good at coming this time, but the battle situation entered such a tragic situation at the beginning of the battle was still a little beyond his expectations, the madness of the goblin was even more fierce than the last time, it seems that the goblin king's morale bonus to these guys is not a star and a half, and the spearman who was originally a reserve had to go up immediately.
The sturdy wooden walls eventually withstood the goblins' onslaught, and the constant accumulation of corpses made it difficult for the goblins to launch a decent impact on the wooden walls, and the spearmen also stopped their operations due to the gaps being blocked by corpses, but this did not mean that the goblins' offensive was exhausted.
Patches of goblins rushed up the platform of the wooden wall on the gentle slope formed by the corpses of their companions, and engaged the mercenaries on it at close range, although due to the difference in individual strength, they could not pass the defense of the mercenaries for a while, but everyone knew that the defense line was already in danger.
Fortunately, the bed crossbow once again played an unexpected role, and the large killer weapon with good ammunition was manipulated by the mercenaries to launch a salvo at the goblins on the bridge deck again, causing a fault to appear in the dense goblin tide. The bed crossbow was quickly dismantled and pulled away by several mercenaries, and the mercenaries on the platform also removed the wooden wall between the goblins' attack and the first line of defense on the human side.
The goblins who had taken over the wooden wall howled excitedly, causing the goblins outside the wall to respond, but the ensuing rain of arrows silenced their voices. The battle formation of 5,000 mercenaries appeared in front of the goblin again, and the formation of the three echelons was the same as the previous one, Hu Bin still led the archers and the Icyrian rangers and a group of numbered people to sit in the rear, and the authority of the first echelon once again fell into the hands of Gurion, an old mercenary.
The wooden wall slowed down the goblin's attack very well, and although the wooden wall of only three meters was not too high, the goblin still inevitably fell when he jumped down, and became a live target for archers and crossbowmen in the process of getting up on the ground, and the bed crossbow that had just been dismantled from the platform of the wooden wall was also moved to the wooden platform erected behind it to continue to output firepower, and a series of blows once again gave the goblin a taste of the power of a big killing weapon.
But the good times didn't last long. The crossbow bolt of the bed crossbow missed, opening a small hole in the wooden wall, and the goblins, upon discovering this, immediately began to widen the gap, making it much faster for them to send troops behind the wall.
"Harvey, you don't actually have to be with me, it's much safer in the second echelon." Gurion looked at the resolute young mercenary beside him and said helplessly.
"Uncle, what are you talking about, aren't we teammates, it's common sense to get together and act!" The young mercenary named Harvey said nonchalantly. The rest of his teammates responded. The young man is no longer the childish rookie he was before. He has gone through a lot of things, and he has become a qualified fighter with courage and determination. Although he lacks sophisticated experience, he is definitely no worse than any young mercenary. "Besides, with those weak chicken-like goblins, it is simply wishful thinking to take the life of the master."
", you hear that. Cheer me up, don't be compared to a rookie, who dares to take a step back this time, don't blame me for going back and gelding him, anyway, it's useless to leave it to such a person. A gruff mercenary slapped Harvey on the back of the head and shouted in a loud voice, while Harvey angrily retorted that he wasn't a rookie, causing the others to laugh. The previous defeat has always been a pain in the hearts of their first-echelon survivors, and this time they want to use practical actions to break this shadow in their hearts.
The dense goblins broke through the wooden wall. Facing the rain of arrows from the archers, he rushed towards the human mercenaries, and Gurion also ordered the mercenaries of the first echelon to charge to meet the enemy at this time, and this time, no one had the slightest hesitation, and directly shouted and rushed towards the menacing goblins.
The mercenaries of the first echelon soon became entangled with the goblins. At this time, the second echelon decisively advanced to the original position of the first echelon, easily blocked the slightly loose charge of the goblins, and then used the blade in his hand to continuously harvest the enemy in front of him. And the archers duly launched a rain of arrows, which made the support behind the goblins much sparse.
This time, the mercenaries organized such a battle formation completely spontaneously, and the commanders were elected by the mercenaries of each echelon themselves, but I didn't expect such a small change to strengthen the execution of the entire mercenary team a lot. Although the command ability of these elected mercenary leaders is not as good as that of regular officers, at least the blood and courage of the mercenaries have been stimulated.
As Gurion had expected, charging at the goblin was not a fatal move, the reinforcements from the rear quickly pressed on and pushed the battle line forward, and the mercenaries of the first echelon, who were originally encircled, were safely picked up by their companions in the rear, except for some guys who rushed too hard, and the goblin's most ferocious first wave of attacks was broken up in this way.
However, the situation did not look much more optimistic because of this, the number of goblins still dominated the absolute advantage, even if the mercenaries almost wiped them out one by one, the number of goblins was still not small, but the mercenaries in the front row were exhausted.
Many mercenaries who have tried their best have sensed the imminence of death, and subconsciously want to retreat, they have already slashed countless goblins, and fulfilled their responsibilities as mercenaries, even if they turn around and flee for their lives now, no one will think that this is a cowardly move. The front continued to retreat and shrink, and just when everyone thought that the battle situation was going to develop like before, a figure rushed out, and it was the old mercenary Gurion. It turned out that the young mercenary Harvey didn't have time to keep up with the pace of the team's retreat, and was besieged by the goblins, and was about to fall to the ground with exhaustion. Gurion rushed into the goblin with a long-handled battle axe, turning the battle axe to set off waves of blood, while the others barely bothered to lift their spirits and followed Gurion's footsteps to force the goblin back a few steps.
But the old mercenary still couldn't save Harvey in the end, and even he himself was overwhelmed by the goblins after trying his best, and the mercenaries sighed while desperately maintaining a complete formation and fighting and retreating. Although they resisted very hard, the previous example made them very clear that if they were broken up at this time, then under the pursuit of the goblins, they would only be killed.
The third echelon was originally the last line of defense composed of senior mercenaries, but due to the spontaneous reorganization of the mercenaries, this final line of defense has become full of moisture. Most of the members are recent mercenaries who have not participated in the previous war. Hu Bin only regarded them as a reserve and did not have much hope.
But this does not mean that these mercenaries are not bloody and courageous, when they first saw the fierce attack of the Goblin army, these new mercenaries were indeed surprised, but as the battle heats up, the bloody battle of their peers infects them, and then they decide to go into battle immediately.
The bow support in the rear gradually stopped, and the archers fired non-stop arrows, and it was not easy to hold on until now. The dense corpses behind the goblins are their masterpiece. There are constantly companions who fall to the ground. One by one, the familiar faces that we had seen every day in the camp disappeared forever. But others don't have time to grieve about it, because if they are distracted, they may be the next to fall.
Fortunately, the strong reinforcements of the third echelon took over the defense line of the front line, after paying the price of more than a dozen lives. The exhausted first echelon finally retreated to the rear, and although they still did not escape the fate of more than half of the casualties, they did inflict huge casualties on the goblins.
As the mercenaries retreated, the corpses of the goblins were already covered with the entire retreat path, and the strong resistance of the humans caused the goblins to lose at least 10,000 troops during this time, but the goblin king did not hesitate to put in a second team of 10,000 people, and maybe a third team if the terrain conditions did not allow it. A normal Goblin Warrior is nothing more than a consumable to the Goblin King, as long as a female Goblin is present. The number will soon be replenished, and with this huge vein, the growth of the clan is just around the corner.
Just as the Goblin King was dreaming, there was a muffled noise in the distance, and the Goblin King was poking out his eyeballs. Surprised to find a taller figure than himself standing in front of the goblin army.
It turned out that he was impressed by the mercenary valor, Hu Bin was embarrassed to sit on the wall and watch, he casually picked up a round shield from the space ring, and stepped on the bloody battlefield in front of him with several Hebrew numbered people, and Hu Bin's first action was to summon the main battle force Ente.
Ent, who found himself back in the mine, looked a little irritable, he was beaten by the fire demon here, and he was very disappointed when he found that the enemy was only a short man like a goblin, looking at these little guys who were stunned by the sudden appearance of himself, Ent's hands were a little uneasy. Half-orcs are still qualified warriors in his eyes, what are these little monsters? Just as he was about to strike with Hu Bin, a goblin who had come back to his senses slammed his hammer on Ente's calf.
A piece of gravel fell off Ente's leg, and the goblin shouted excitedly, picked up his hammer and prepared to give the big man one more time, and when the time came to return to the tribe, he could brag to the other goblins about his feat of defeating the giants, and the female goblins with their eyes above the top would surely crawl into their nests.
Unfortunately, before the fat goblin could raise his hand, he was trampled into a patty by a furious Ente, and Ente, who had not been vented in anger, began his killing spree. Golem has an extra bonus against small enemies, and his area-of-effect attacks are perfect for such a battlefield, even if he has no weapons or skills, Ent's palms are the size of two fans, and Ent's blood is flowing in goblins. But Hu Bin, who has no survival pressure at all after completing the main quest recently, is rarely generous in energy output, and directly summons Ente's complete body, and this guy is wantonly happy, which also makes Ente have an extra rock giant sword in his hand.
This is not over, Hu Bin did not hesitate to pour a bottle of moon well water to replenish the magic power, and directly authorized Ente to open the power of the lava form, and then there was no more.
The goblins were tragic, they were about to defeat the mercenaries, but they were frightened by the transformed Ente, and after being burned to death, crushed to death, hacked to death, and killed more than a hundred or so companions, they fled to the rear, no matter how the goblin king drove and urged, they refused to turn back to face the battle.
Seeing that the goblins that had been pressing them began to flee, and that they had a rather powerful flame giant, the mercenaries regained their fighting spirit, turned back and joined the pursuit of the goblins, and drove the goblins to the bridge with Ente.
Watching the panicked goblins fleeing for their lives on the bridge, and the unlucky ones falling into the abyss, the Goblin King knew that the attack had been a complete failure. He glanced apprehensively at the Flame Giant who had stopped at the bridgehead, and then slowly retreated into the depths of the mine with a large group of men.
Hu Bin, who rushed here, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the goblin's retreat, and hurriedly asked Ente to cancel the lava state that continued to consume his mana. If the goblin hadn't been frightened into collapse by Ente, as long as he persevered until Ente's transformation was over, it was entirely possible to consume the Golem who had fallen into a weakened state, and what awaited the mercenaries was undoubtedly the second miserable white. Fortunately, although the goblins were extremely ferocious in the face of humans, they still couldn't resist the cowardice in their hearts when they saw the fire giants ten times taller than them and fled, of course, the trace of coercion contained in the heart of the fire demon was the real reason for scaring them away, so that the goblin king could not stop it.