Chapter 40: No Return
We are the weeds in the wasteland, we are the rocks under the waterfall, we are the blue cedar trees in the wind. We are patient, we are hard, we are strong, we are never afraid of sacrifice! We will never back downββ Northland ballads.
What was the charge collision of heavy cavalry like?
Richie was prepared, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
He watched as an orc was smashed straight into the air by an Earth Bear Knight with a warhammer. In his previous life on Earth, he often used the word 'launch' when he played Werewolf Kill, and here, launch is really launch.
The orcs shot like lightning into the cliff on the left, smashing a large crater into the hard, smooth stone wall. The orc struggled out of the pit, jumped directly to the ground from a height of 100 meters, roared angrily, and rushed into the battle group again.
Victor's face twitched: "Can't you smash it in the other direction? β
More often than not, the bear and the mammoth wrestle anxiously together. The fighting spirit of various lights in the scene burst into brilliant brilliance, accompanied by flesh and blood.
Richie spotted the problem that the Earth Bears were far more agile than the mammoths, taking advantage of small tremblings. The most common method is to suddenly jump from the front of the mammoth to its side, and the mammoth turns slightly slowly, at which point the bear will extend its claws to open the mammoth's belly, a tactic that is quite skillfully used by knights on the battlefield.
After the mount is injured, the orcs often have a great reduction in combat power, and many orcs will choose to jump up at this time, trying to pull the human knights off the mounts together and fight. At this time, the Earth Bear will stand up directly and slap the orc out with one paw. Richie saw several orcs being shot away by the bear like broken sacks, and two of them never got up again.
The mammoths are not without the power to fight back, and their natural ice magic can often freeze the human knight and his mount, but this process is very short-lived. Earth Bears are earth-based magical beasts, and their earth elemental shields are the best defenses, and not only that, but some of them can also use high-level mire and quicksand techniques to stop the mammoth's charge.
The bigger gap is also in the quality of knights, and Richie found that the strength of orcs seems to be very large, and their weapons are generally one size bigger than human knights. However, in this high-energy world, power doesn't seem to be much of an important thing.
Even a layman like him could see that the knights of the Swan family were superior to the orcs in their use of fighting spirit and grappling skills. Most of the powerful outbursts of the orcs were deftly dodged by them, and they did not hesitate to consume each other, and if the orcs entered a state of madness, they would do everything they could to delay the time, and then go up and beat the water dogs when the orcs were done mad.
In short, with equal numbers, the Earth Bear Knight Legion has the absolute upper hand.
"Our knights are much ahead of each other in terms of tactics and skills. β
Victor triumphantly boasted, "That's nature." Earth Bears are the best high-level Warcraft mounts, with top-notch speed, stamina, agility, and defense, and even dragons would not dare to fight them on the ground. Innate magic may not be the best, but it is the best for them. β
"Isn't that invincible?"
"Haha, at least within the Oral Empire, they are invincible on the ground. The mammoth legion of orcs is already very strong, and when you meet the mad lion legion of Wren and their family, you will know how much difference there is between the high-level demonic beast mount legions. β
The old guy got carried away and the emperor's name was shouted.
"There's always going to be flaws, right? I don't believe there's anything absolutely perfect. β
Victor nodded: "Of course, the weakness of the Earth Bear is also a weakness common to all Warcraft, that is, their fighting style is biased towards hand-to-hand combat, but they are not vindictive. And although their innate magic is powerful, it is not very numerous and very easy to target, so they are very afraid of high-level mages. If you become the head of the house in the future, you must remember that when the Earth Bear Knights Legion goes on a campaign, they must be equipped with at least one legendary mage. β
At this time, the horn sounded on the orc's side, and the orc knights who could move on the battlefield retreated one after another. The human knights dragged back the remaining wounded orcs and their mounts, and these were their trophies.
A hundred mammoth knights participated in the battle, and just over half of them were able to retreat with their whole body, while on the side of the Earth Bear Knight Legion, only six people were killed and three Earth Bears were damaged. The remaining wounded knights were quickly sent back to the city walls for treatment.
It was a big win.
The Ryoma Knights spontaneously stepped forward to take the place of the Earth Bear Knights, and on the opposite side, an equal number of wolf cavalry appeared.
"Look, this is the toughest army of orcs. Their mammoth seems to be a high-level demonic beast, and this kind of wind wolf is only a mid-level, but the truly terrifying things are not determined by rank. β
"What's so scary?"
"The speed and endurance of this wolf are equivalent to our Earth Bears, and among the mid-tier light cavalry, they have no opponents. And their talent is the wind attribute, which gives them absolute speed, and it would be an absolute nightmare if they were to flow into the territory. Our dragon legion is not actually used to defend against the Wyverns, nor is it used against the Mammoth Knights, in my opinion, these things are all flashy faΓ§ade, and the real opponents of the Dragon Legion are these low-strength but huge Windswept Wolf Legions. β
The battle soon began.
Richie finally learns what murder is.
The scene was played out again, only this time it was the Tempest wolves who nimbly dodged, but the difference was that they used their mouths instead of their claws. Not only can their mouths easily tear Ryoma's abdomen open, but they can also spit out a kind of wind blade that interferes with human knights.
Even though the knights on the Swan family's side had better armor, better skills, and more advanced tactics than their opponents, they still quickly fell behind.
The battle turned into a carnage after just five minutes.
Richie watched as a knight was pounced on the ground by a leaping wolf, whose throat was protected by armor but was bitten through by the wolf. The wolf threw the knight in the air twice, and the knight never moved again. The wolf did not stop, it continued to pounce on the knight's corpse, red eyes, frantically tearing at the armor on its body, then the body, the internal organs......
The battlefield was littered with blood and severed limbs, human knights fell one after another, and the wails of war horses everywhere.
Although Monnie usually likes to watch bloody and violent movies, the degree of tragedy is obviously beyond her tolerance limit, and the whole person is lying on the wall retching all the time.
Richie yelled at Victor, "Help!"
Victor shook his head: "This is the rule of the game, we must abide by it." β
"Obey the fart, our soldiers are bleeding ahead!
"Their sacrifice is worth it, if we break the rules of the game, have you thought about the consequences? Although the mountains to the west are vast, as long as the orcs are willing to spend their money, it is not difficult to climb over. Who is it that suffers? Undoubtedly the civilians of the territory. Protecting the weak is the belief of every knight, and we must not let such a thing happen!"
Rich finally understood why there was such a group of people outside Stormwind Castle to help the old and the young when he went out on the expedition. Everyone in the Northland understands what that means, and that's sacrifice!
Rustic people can only express their gratitude in the way they can.
His eyes were filled with tears: "Then blow the trumpet! Can't we admit defeat?"
This time, Victor used a very serious tone: "Richie, you remember! We have no way back, you must learn to be strong! Behind us is our homeland, our people." If we retreat from a small scene like this today, and in the future Steelmane will come with all his army, what shall we do? So we can't retreat!"