Chapter 35: Breaking the Formation
"Sure enough, it's a phalanx of spears, all operated by big goblins. www.biquge.info The shark ran back, nonchalantly as he pulled out the bolt from his forearm and motioned for Martin to heal him.
"Judging by the way you look, they must have quite a few crossbowmen. Canian said with a frown. He knows a lot about sharks.
"It's not much, and I got an arrow because it was too close. Then the shark cleared his throat and reported to Canion.
"The enemies were all gathered in a hallway, and I tested it, it was a forbidden room. I guessed this, they didn't master the secret method, and their spear phalanx couldn't stop the bombardment of magic, so they set it up like this. They also had a few crossbowmen, all of whom were goblins. There are all kinds of crossbows used, and even a few big guys who can shoot through plate armor. It seems that their crossbowmen are not bad either. I expected that the other party would probably use crossbowmen to cover the phalanx of spears, so I took two shields before entering, and sure enough, as soon as I passed, I was shot and arrowed. β
"How are their gun arrays?"
"It's dense and chunky. But it's a spear, you've seen it. The shark said and kicked the spear on the ground. "The gun wasn't particularly long, only so they only had three rows of guns that were flat. And there are no melee fighters in the team who can use halberds or anything to deal with hand-to-hand combat. If you break head-on, you can do it. However, they were very well armoured, and they all wore half-body plate armor. I paid attention and it looks like their discipline isn't bad either. Big goblins are indeed suitable creatures for training into an army. β
It seems that they are just some big goblins, but the enemy is not easy to deal with. Canian thought that if he first fought in the forbidden room, his own caster's advantage would be completely gone, and most of the advantages in equipment would be gone, after all, the expensive magic items worn by the team members would be as blind as they were in the forbidden room. If you just talk about hand-to-hand combat, you won't be at a loss. There are not a few people with outstanding martial arts in the team. But the enemy has just lined up in formation, and it is a very powerful spear phalanx. If he had enough fiery gel, Canian wouldn't mind playing the role of a Nafa Grenadier. But the problem is that ordinary fiery glue is useless for their level of combat, so they bring some powerful goods that have been blessed by magic, but the enemy is in the forbidden room. In addition, if you let the crossbowmen shoot at the enemy from a distance, it will not be possible, not to mention that because of the environmental problems this time, there are few people on your side who are good at archery, and the enemy's crossbowmen will counteract. How to face the charging spear phalanx alone is a big problem. According to the intelligence of the sharks, the other side is clearly a well-trained army, so it is too easy for them to keep the line charged. Even on the open battlefield, there is no shortage of examples in history of spear phalanxes charging at high speed and crushing archers in one fell swoop. Then in a narrow corridor, it is even more not. Moreover, according to the shark's reconnaissance this time, they will not be able to make a detour this time, and they must pass through this forbidden corridor. It's impossible to get a front and back pinch. Although this corridor is as wide as a hall, the enemy's phalanx is flanked by the wall, and it is impossible to attack from the side.
After much thought, Canian gave the order. Ask everyone to bring the corpse of the goblin and the spears on the ground. Head down the hallway.
Arriving in the hallway, Canian first ordered the archers to take the crossbow and strike first under the cover of another team member with a tower shield to weaken the enemy's crossbowmen. Groups of two and three, each time three groups act at the same time. Then, the deployment of preparations for the charge began.
"Do you know how to use a two-handed broadsword?" Canian asked, turning to Martin.
"Not at all. Martin replied crisply. Although as a druid, unlike those mages who are not good at melee combat, Martin's martial arts are not bad. But for a two-handed greatsword, Martin had never had any experience with it.
"Then prepare your shield and scimitar. I'll use a two-handed greatsword. Canian ordered.
The spear phalanx is powerful, but it is not invincible. Canion, a descendant of Norma, knows how his ancestors broke the spear phalanx with a great shield and a short sword. And recent examples of battles against the central mountaineers have shown that using a two-handed broadsword to break through the spear phalanx is also a good option.
As the order was delivered, the team was quickly assigned for the purpose of targeting the phalanx of the Great Goblins. All the team members who were still lacking in martial arts put on half-body plate armor and picked up the spears that had been left behind by the goblins, and the task of these team members was to stab the phalanx of the big goblins. CaniΓ‘n, Martin, Desert Wind, JosΓ© (the chivalrous knight on foot), and Shark will charge the enemy's phalanx of spears from the front.
Of the men, Canian wielded a two-handed broadsword, while Mofeng was unable to use his supernatural abilities in this situation, but still wielded his usual double-edged machete. JosΓ© held a small round steel shield in his left hand and an armor-piercing sword in his right hand. It was like an enlarged version of a triangular thorn, all designed to pierce armor. JosΓ©'s original lavishly decorated sword, which the knights often used, was enough to pierce plate armor, but it was entirely due to the magical blessings from above. But now fighting in a forbidden environment, you can only use this unpretentious guy. Martin's side is somewhat similar, except that the shield is made of ironwood instead of steel. And the one in his right hand was not an armor-piercing sword, but the scimitar that Martin was accustomed to, and even without the blessing of magic, its own performance was excellent enough to be up to the job at hand. The shark still holds a short sword in his left hand, but the gauntlet of this short sword is amazingly large, and it seems that he has a casual personality and superb skills, and he does not dare to hold it up in such a situation. In his right hand, like JosΓ©, he also holds an armor-piercing sword.
Of the five, with the exception of Shark and Martin, all of them wrapped themselves in fine full-body plate armor. Martin couldn't wear that kind of guy because of his status. Sharks, on the other hand, believe that speed and dexterity are the best protection. But in the face of the enemy's storm of guns, he also wears a Mithril breastplate.
During the preparation, Canian made a rare joke. He said he should receive a double allowance after the war. Because the mercenaries who charged at the phalanx with two-handed swords were paid double salaries. And JosΓ© also said that he was an Aragonese. The current outfit resembles the king's elite sword and shield soldiers.
As the team members repeatedly used their crossbows to shoot at the goblin's crossbowmen, the goblin's firepower gradually weakened. Being in the Forbidden Demon Room really doesn't need to worry about magic attacks. But correspondingly, don't expect divine healing after being injured. Adventurers, on the other hand, don't need to worry about that. The goblin's crossbowmen are not bad, even with the cover of the tower shield, there are still team members who are injured in the counter-fire, but after retreating, the team members can easily get divine healing. If it weren't for the urgency of time, it wouldn't be impossible to grind the goblins to death like this. But who knows what will come after this phalanx? Isn't it possible that the enemy is stalling for time to summon demons?
"Can't delay any longer, prepare for a surprise!" Canian ordered after seeing that the goblin's ranged power was weakened.
As the slogans sounded, the team members took their positions, and Martin noticed that even Liukrisa was standing in the middle of the line wearing half-body plate armor and spear in hand. The dwarven mage Barende and the dark elf warlock and others raised their crossbows one after another.
"Charge, warriors, for the sacred mission!" With this shout, the team members launched an unstoppable assault on the spear phalanx of the goblins.
With a whooshing sound, the team members in charge of covering fired the crossbow arrows in their hands one after another. At this distance, the square arrows fired by the heavy crossbow were incredibly powerful, capable of tearing through the armor of the goblins. And the crossbowmen on the goblin side were not to be outdone and fought back. Several members of the team were hit by arrows and had to exit the corridor to heal their wounds with magic magic.
"Throw!" Canian shouted. When Martin and the others heard this, they immediately threw the corpse in their hands towards the phalanx of the big goblins.
This was another of Canion's plans, and when they walked to this forbidden hallway, they brought with them the corpses of the goblins they had killed in the previous battle. One by one, the corpses of the goblins stripped of their armor smashed into the phalanx of spears. The dense wood-like spears stabbed the corpses one after another, and then hung down like branches under the weight of heavy snow. The goblins pulled their guns back, trying to pull the tip of their guns out of the corpse. But the adventurers seized the moment and rushed to them.
As planned, Canion and Desert Wind wielded their weapons and slashed at the goblin's spear. And the spear-wielding adventurers stabbed at the goblins. Beneath the web of intertwined gunguns, the shark rushed forward close to the ground. Martin and JosΓ© raised their small round shields and fought hard to dispel the spears of the enemy, while they moved forward firmly, ready for close combat.
The advantage of the phalanx of spears is that by the time you unleash the first spear, it is likely that the other two spears are already coming at you. Even in the midst of the chaos, the goblins struggled to hold their formation and thrust their spears out. A shield alone could not resist it. And even with the armor on his body, Martin was still stabbed several times.
"It's fine. Martin told himself as he figured out where he had been stabbed. Ignoring the wounds on his body, he rushed forward with all his might. Whether you go back or stop here, it's just a dead end. If you want to survive, you have to fight to rush forward. Dash away from these spears and go for close combat with the enemy.
What's more, behind it are the comrades-in-arms.
And among her comrades-in-arms, there is also her......
Martin rushed forward desperately, and finally, he was close enough to the enemy.
He saw an indescribable expression on the goblin in front of him, and at the same time stretched out his right hand to draw his sword and prepare for hand-to-hand combat.
Martin didn't give him that chance, and he raised his cutlass and stabbed at the goblin. Although the goblin was well-armed, it was unprotected from its eyes, and Martin's blow stabbed straight into its eye socket and into its brain.
There was no need to twist the scimitar to deepen the damage, and Martin immediately pulled out the scimitar and slashed at the goblin next to him, this time splitting the goblin's teeth and then slashing deep into its head. As the battered goblin collapsed, Martin felt himself be stabbed a few more times. He struggled to block the sword stabbed by the goblin next to him with his shield, and hurriedly squeezed into the depths of the phalanx.
In the midst of the chaos, Martin was struck on the hand again, and his scimitar was knocked off. So Martin hurriedly turned around and tried to meet the enemy's blow with his shield and armor as thick as possible. And he desperately took out the short knife that was originally used in his left hand. Vaguely, he felt that there were even big goblins around him who had given up using their weapons, and simply bit him with their teeth and hugged him with their arms.
Martin gradually suffered more and more trauma from the blows in all directions, but he also succeeded in disemboweling the goblin that was holding him with the dagger with the daghu. The goblin has iron armor on its belly. But the lower half of Shen was not armoured, Martin leaned down and stabbed the short knife into the big goblin's anus, and then pulled hard to widen the wound, so that the big goblin's intestines were mixed with feces pouring down from the wound. The surroundings were noisy, with the crackling sound of broken guns, and the screams of goblins and humans. And the sound of metal crashing is incessant. In the midst of the chaos, Martin also heard Canion's shouts and the team's loud response. Then, he noticed that Jose had also managed to make it into the phalanx. Martin watched as JosΓ© pressed his shield against the goblin's body, trying to give himself room to wield his armor-piercing sword. It seems that Canion's plan has succeeded.
Without paying attention, Martin was hit on the waist again, and although the elf's long sword failed to penetrate Martin's armor, it also made Martin break out in a cold sweat. But just as Martin shifted his body and was about to fight back, he felt his feet slip. It turned out that it was stepping on the intestines of that unlucky guy. As Martin tried to regain his balance, his opponent had already struck him in the head.
The sword was split vertically, and the space was not large enough, and the strength of the goblin was not fully used. The helmet thus withstood the blow and faithfully protected its owner. Although the power of the goblin's sword was not enough to smash the helmet, it was undoubtedly worse for Martin at this moment. Martin immediately collapsed.
Falling to the ground, Martin immediately took a protective stance to prevent being stepped on by the dense crowd. Then he tried to use his short knife to continue the sneak attack on the goblins below. After a few kicks, Martin had to give up on that plan. He reluctantly admitted that he had been beaten to the point that he was incapacitated.
As Martin fell to the ground, the Goblin's ranks finally collapsed, and the vicious enemies turned backwards and tried to regroup. The team members were determined not to give the goblins this chance, and rushed forward one after another, continuing to fight with the goblins. Martin saw that the shark rushed into the goblins and slashed the necks of two goblins one after the other with the sword in his hand.
Seeing that he was in danger, Martin hurriedly checked his injuries. Soon, to his horror, he discovered that several wounds were much worse than expected. Staying here is a dead end. You must immediately return to the place where you can perform your magic to heal!
Martin hurriedly tried to get up, but was surprised to find that he was already unable to move.
"Did you just die under the sword of the goblin for no apparent reason?" Martin smiled bitterly in his heart.
Just when he was helpless, a pair of small hands grabbed him and dragged him away from the battlefield......
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En, I first learned about the deeds of those Spanish sword and shield soldiers when I was playing Age of Empires 2 and looked at the information that came with the game.
The one who threw corpses to break through the enemy position, the old Polish indignant youth also wrote about such a thing in the novel.
In addition, I recommend two movies, one is the Russian "1612". Polish hussars and everything appeared, the props were very realistic, and the scene was huge. The visuals are pretty good. In addition to the scene of the two armies facing each other, there are also artillery drills and Spanish swordsmanship. The movie is worth watching. The other is "Mercenary Legend", the final battle scene is too small. But it's better to be real. There was no shortage of pikes, phalanxes, muskets, cavalry, artillery, or anything. And when the two phalanxes stabbed each other, the veterans were prostrate on the ground one after another, and the scene of crawling over under the barrel of the gun for melee combat was also very good.
In other words, one of the big memories of DDO is that the character used was cut down by a monster, but the HP has not yet reached the point of being dead. So he lay on the ground and waited for his teammates to come to his rescue. Sometimes teammates are also beaten back to the prototype, so they pray to throw a good dice, contain the blood, and wait slowly. What's embarrassing is that sometimes, I have +HP equipment on my body. Then when I went to the store to sell items, I easily changed it to a + bargaining one. So immediately tragedy and lying on the ground. Also, after coming out of the dungeon, when the temporary life is canceled, it is also lying on the ground all of a sudden. In the past, there was no city restoration, so I was lying in the middle of nowhere, and when I was thinking about gritting my teeth and committing suicide, I was saved by a passing player. I'm so grateful to him.
It's been very, very cold in the north lately. Readers, please keep warm. That day, I walked outside with a half glass of water for more than half an hour, and was surprised to find that a layer of ice had formed on the walls of the glass. I kept walking, and the water glass kept tossing around. However, this cold also brings benefits, and you can play on the ice with confidence.