Chapter 576: The Beginning of the War (3)
As Reinhardt the Great had expected, when they first saw a behemoth like a stone statue, the soldiers of the Western Frontier Army inevitably fell into confusion and fear.
"What the hell is this, like a giant in a mythical story. ”
"It's just some broken rocks, nothing to be afraid of. Compared to the others, Al appeared unusually calm. In the battles of his previous life, he had already seen this kind of war machine made by dwarves, and he also had his own experience on how to deal with it.
And Al's composure also infected the other soldiers, and as the Chinese army stood still, the entire Western Army slowly regained its composure.
"The two armies are fighting, and the first thing is momentum. If you don't fight back just by being beaten like this, you will only grow your prestige and reduce your morale, which is not conducive to the next battle. Al made up his mind.
"I was going to use it as a killer feature. Thinking like this, Al made a gesture, and as he gestured and the herald waved the banner of the Chinese army, the formation of the entire Western Frontier Army quickly changed.
It was as if a large piece of cheese had been cut, and the whole formation was divided into two halves, and a part of the rear army was mentioned to the front of the formation, as if a piece of cheese had been dug up and put in front, which looked very strange.
And without the cover of the troops in front, this part of the army also showed its true face, and the pointed ears revealed their identity.
Seeing that the soldiers of their Western Army all let out cheers involuntarily, the fear that had just been intimidated by those huge stone statues was swept away.
Whatever those are, can they compare to the legendary elves?
Both the soldiers and the generals were thrilled to see how the legendary elves fought.
Without any command or equipment, the elves simply took off their bows and arrows from their backs, looked up and shot in front of them. The action is so light and ordinary that it doesn't seem to be fighting, it's a game.
"How can you shoot at such a distance!", when they saw these elves picking up their bows and shooting arrows, some soldiers of the Western Frontier Army exclaimed. At this time, the two armies were still more than a kilometer apart, and even if they were projectiles at such a long distance, the arrows would definitely not be able to shoot on the side of the northern army.
What's more, the archery action of these elves is not a throwing at all, but a flat shot! The action is so easy that it seems that there is no force at all.
However, with the continuous sound of strings, the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air irritated people's eardrums. Even the sharpshooters with the best eyesight in the Western Army did not see the trajectory of these arrows.
It was as if he had broken through the limitations of time and space, but as soon as his eyes opened and closed, gray shadows crossed the distance between the two armies, splashing bursts of blood in the military formation of the Northern Army.
"How is it possible!", whether it is the Western Army or the Northern Army, everyone shouted in their hearts.
"There is no arrow so far in this world!
How can there be such a fast arrow in this world!
However, the world is not a human world, and people cannot shoot such arrows, which does not mean that elves cannot. I saw that these elves did not show any fatigue, but just blindly repeated the action of archery. Although the movements are repetitive, they never give the impression of mechanical sluggishness. Stretching the arms and loosening the fingers, a series of movements are easy and pleasing to the eye, gradually giving people a feeling that archery should be such an action.
It's like the wind sweeping through the hills, like a stream flowing into a river, like the cycle of the sun and the moon, just like the various scenes that happen in nature, naturally and never stopping.
Natural, yet powerful.
Because of nature, it is powerful.
Al looked at it, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart, "Is this the darling of nature?", he thought dizzily.
And in this seemingly simple archery action, the strength and talent of the elves are vividly reflected. Elves are able to use the abilities of various animals and plants in nature for a period of time without any side effects.
It's like all creatures in nature will help them.
For example, they can shoot arrows that far away without throwing them but with flat shots, because their arm strength borrows the strength of bears. For example, they can shoot arrows exactly at such a distance because their eyesight is aided by the eagle's eyesight.
Even their arrows can fly so fast because when they shoot arrows, a gust of wind appears out of thin air to speed up the speed of their flight.
Al couldn't help but think of some rare accounts of elves: for example, in the war between humans and elves, humans wanted to use fire attack to carry out night attacks, but a sudden heavy rain disrupted all the plans of the human army. Another example is in a big war, no matter what direction the human formation is in or what terrain is around, the human race will always face headwinds.
Being an enemy of an elf is simply equivalent to being an enemy of nature, and that's the terrible thing about elves!
Moreover, the power that elves can use is not limited to ordinary animals, they can even borrow the power of powerful magical beasts.
"It's a pity that the number of elves is too small, and it doesn't seem to have any plants for fighting, so they can only be used as an auxiliary for battle, not as the main force of battle. ", Al said with regret in his heart.
According to records, the elves had such fighting plants as the "War Tree", "Pea Shooter", and "Thorn Wall", which were used for battle, and these battle plants were like simple fortifications on the battlefield, which could be very useful.
And once the elves fight, the surrounding animals will also spontaneously come to the rescue, as if they were extra armies. This is also the reason why the Silvermoon Forest has become a forbidden place, even when the dark mages are in their heyday, they don't dare to have any covetous intentions for the Silvermoon Forest.
No race can defeat elves in the forest, it is a lesson and reverence that has been passed down from generation to generation, in blood and in the bones.
Compared with the Western Army, which was greatly discouraged, the Northern Army was in chaos, which was the opposite of the previous situation.
"Where did these arrows come from?"
"Why can the Westerners shoot arrows here at such a distance, and why can they shoot so accurately?"
However, these soldiers of the Northern Army are really veterans of the battlefield, and after being reprimanded and suppressed by the officers in the army, they also quickly regained their composure.
"The number of these arrows is not much, hurry up and rush forward, these arrows will be useless!"
With the order of the officers of the Northern Army, the soldiers of the Northern Army no longer waited for the stone statuettes, but accelerated the pace of their march.