Luo Ming likes to take advantage of asymmetry the most, although he hasn't had much consciousness so far, but this is the instinct of being an earth traveler.

Whether it is using a platoon of guns to attack cold weapon troops, or using drones to bomb militia organizations, it is the most refreshing thing.

Now the same is true for the Gnolls, a tracking spell that allows them to scatter and flee in a circle completely loses its effect.

At this moment, Luo Ming and Granty, led by the two of them, and thirty people behind them, had already passed through the forest and killed in front of the gnolls' lair.

It is a small valley surrounded by cliffs, and there is only one access to enter and exit the valley.

At the foot of the cliff there is a cave that has been carved and expanded, and according to Aya's tracking spell, if you go deeper into the cave, there should be a lot of space, like a small dungeon or anthill.

As for the escape route, unfortunately there really isn't, this is the conclusion that Luo Ming came to after going around the perimeter.

Although Luo Ming had asked everyone to be as careful as possible, after all, it was a team of more than thirty people, and it was finally discovered by the gnolls' sentinels.

But that's irrelevant.

At this distance, the other party simply did not have time to gather a team and escape...... Even if some of the young and strong can escape, the old, the young, the sick, the disabled, and daily necessities will be left here.

Luo Ming had noticed that these gnolls were not just beasts, they had to wear clothes in cold weather, they also needed to hoard surplus food, and there were traces of roasting meat on a fire in this valley.

Dropping so many things, they will only suffer from hunger, anxiety and even disease, and in the end they don't need Luo Ming's hands, and they can be left to fend for themselves.

Still, there was one thing that surprised Luo Ming.

After being discovered by the gnolls' sentinels, the gnolls did not stick to their burrows, but rushed out of their own accord.

After they rushed out and poured out of their nests, they did not immediately charge at Luo Ming and the others, but lined up in a line of defense under the command of several leaders.

Although the defense line was very rudimentary, the wisdom contained in it made it impossible to carry out one of Luo Ming's poisonous plans, and he immediately gave the order:

"Alright, you first drop the firewood, draw your sword, and get ready for battle!"

Several people in the team had been carrying large bundles of branches, but now they all followed Luo Ming's instructions and threw them aside.

Many of these branches seem to have been freshly picked, and some of them have green young leaves. Although some of them were picked up on the ground, they were also soaked in the stream.

When such wet wood is burned, it will produce a lot of smoke and will be very choking.

If you set them all on fire and throw them into the gnolls' burrows, if you can't really smoke them all to death, you can at least disintegrate half of their combat power.

Therefore, guarding such a cave with no other exit, although it is possible to rely on the narrow terrain to achieve a one-man pass, but if you are not careful, you will change from a dead guard to a dead guard.

The jackals did not choose this trick, they rushed out of the nest and formed a relatively close defensive formation at a distance of five to ten meters outside the nest, which made Luo Ming's preparation temporarily fail.

However, it was nothing more than a matter of getting some branches, and it didn't cost him much effort, and even if it didn't come in handy now, there was no need to be angry or discouraged at all.

"Use a good shield to protect yourself!

Don't get too close to each other to avoid hurting your own people!

Set aside five spearmen, with three swordsmen behind, led by Granty, as a reserve to fill in the gaps!"

While the gnolls were arranging their defenses, Luo Ming also quickly issued one order after another.

The murderous aura, the sharp aura, and the solemn aura generated in the cooperation all rose rapidly.

It has invisibly caused more psychological pressure on the jackals.

This time, there were many more gnolls than in the previous raid on Luo Ming, reaching more than one hundred and ten, but there was obviously a phenomenon of confusion among them.

More than forty of them were smaller than the average gnoll, and Luo Ming estimated that most of them were females and juveniles of the gnoll.

The few armoured and sophisticated weapons were held by the strongest adult males, and these improvised women and children were armed with sticks, throwing stones, or even fighting with their minions.

Come to think of it, if the gnolls were more numerous, they would not be able to support themselves by hunting, gathering and looting in the vicinity.

A group that can't farm or herd can reach more than a hundred individuals.

This is not tropical, there are no melons and fruits all over the mountains, so people can easily eat every day without hard work.

Although nearly half of them are rabble, and the rest are not necessarily very disciplined and powerful, this number also puts a lot of psychological pressure on the human side.

The inevitable battle was imminent, and the first attack was made by Granty, who stood in the back row as the leader of the reserves.

At the beginning of the battle, there was definitely no need for reserves, and she took this opportunity to have all the people pick up the javelins.

The javelin was far inferior to the bow and arrow in range, but it could not withstand the fact that the gnolls had no ability to craft and use bows and arrows, allowing Luo Ming and his party to approach ten meters in front of them without suffering any long-range attack other than the thrown stones.

At such a close distance, it's time for the javelin!

A row of slender, straight wooden poles flew towards the gnolls' swarm, creating a psychological panic before it could actually inflict damage.

The lucky gnolls also need to make a lot of moves to avoid the javelin's trajectory, adding to the confusion of their already tight formation.

If you are unlucky, you will even be pierced by a javelin through the two people in a row, even if you are lucky enough not to die, but if you are pierced by the javelin, you can't pull it out for a while, and it will only cause screams and wails.

Granty's javelin shimmered with vindictive energy, and it struck the chest of a large gnoll leader with a swift speed.

It was wearing a tattered piece of armor, but neither the metal nor the leather lining could stop the vindictive javelin, and finally pierced its chest completely, pulling a few strands of flesh from its back to reveal a three-foot-long length.

Attacked by javelins, the jackals began to return fire, half uneasy, half annoyed.

Most of the stones thrown are easily blocked by shields, and to be honest, this kind of trick is not bad against unarmed people, but against enemies with shields and armor, simply throwing stones is basically sending them to death.

Then, the most elite dozen of them acted as vanguards, charging in the direction where they could reach the reserves, with dozens of companions behind them, and once they broke through a gap, they could quickly tear open and widen.