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As agreed, on the evening of the third day, when the sun was at its last rays, the barbarian army appeared on the horizon beyond the Crimean valley. Lewen ---o-m.

Ivo had already led the men back to the valley a day earlier, and he had never stopped causing all kinds of trouble to the barbarians in the past two days, but because Tanan had strictly ordered him not to pursue and they did not dare to get too close, he finally chose to give up when he could not find a suitable opportunity.

Anyway, the most important task has been completed, and the next victory or defeat will be seen on the frontal battlefield.

Different from the Barbarians' usual field combat style, this time at the forefront of the Barbarian army were dozens of large catapults, each of which required at least dozens of big-eared monsters to operate, and behind the catapults were hundreds of ballistas lined up, and it seemed that the Barbarians intended to fight the Battle of the Crimean Valley as a siege battle.

The barbarians stopped when the two armies were still nearly two kilometers apart, and then several wolf horsemen roared out of the army and galloped towards the mouth of the valley where the Spartacus army was arrayed, their weapons tied to the messenger's white banner, so that they were not attacked immediately.

"Great Barbarian Leader, Emperor Tanan, Lord of the Empire, has your lord come forward and answer!"

In the process of galloping, the number of Spartacus's army had completely fallen into the eyes of the messenger, and it seemed to him that even if there was a large army buried in the valley behind, the total number would not exceed 10,000, and the barbarian army was five times as large as the enemy, and it was still a native battle, which made him feel great confidence and even the tone of his words with a hint of arrogance and disdain.

Originally, Tanan meant 'please', but he thought that such an enemy was not worthy of such courtesy, so he changed it to Jean.

I have to say that the effect of his change was immediate, so what answered him was a few cold iron arrows.

When the arrows penetrated the throats of the messengers without delay and nailed them into several beacons in the sharp sand, the horn of war was officially sounded.

Besides, there was nothing to talk about.

The thick hinges of the catapults roared first, and with the trumpets of the big-eared monsters and the shouts of the commanders, the terrifying war machines began to move slowly forward.

Huge boulders weighing hundreds of pounds were placed in the net pockets, and the overweight and straightened cables made the wooden poles creak and squeak, and then, with the commanding order, the already arc-shaped catapult array let out a roar of war.

There was no commotion in the face of the first wave of barbarian attacks on the Spartacus army stationed in front of the valley, and although the roaring boulder made all the warriors nervously clench their weapons, they also knew that it was not something they needed to face.

Sure enough, when the tumbling boulders finished their flight in the air and were about to fall towards the Spartacus army, a neat and sacred chant suddenly sounded in the Crimean valley.

As the chanting of the priesthood grew louder and louder, the air in front of the valley suddenly twisted violently, and then a majestic and magnificent white river suddenly appeared in the sky above the Spartacus military array.

The white is the wind and the waves, it is the shield wall formed by the fusion of all the wind elements around it, the wind elements that used to specialize in destruction and destruction showed unimaginable resilience at this moment, when those violent boulders fell into the white river, they were as weak as crashing into a large ball of soft cotton, and then they turned into stone powder and fell down under the sharp air blade.

The tentative attack of the first round, the Barbarian did not get the desired effect.

There was no excitement or disappointment on either side for this result, and soon more and larger boulders were pushed out of the rear by the barbarians, and compared to the previous hundreds of pounds of boulders, these behemoths each weighing more than a thousand catties were the biggest threat to the Spartacus army.

"My lord, do you want to attack the enemy's catapult phalanx, the attack range of the heavy catapult is slightly better than our artillery, and if you continue to do so, it will cause a situation of passive beating. ”

On a peak at the top of the Crimean Valley, Jeremy said to Lear with a sad face.

The latest steel cannons have enhanced stability and mobility in battle, but in order to achieve the idea of higher mobility and power, Jeremy had to make slight adjustments in range, and the original maximum attack range of 1,600 meters was reduced to 1,450 meters, while the barbarian's heavy catapult was able to reach a terrifying killing distance of 18 to 2,000 meters.

Although catapults and artillery are not at all comparable in power and accuracy, it is not a pleasant experience to stand and be beaten.

However, if they wanted to attack the barbarian catapult phalanx, they had to move the artillery from the rear of the infantry to the front, or they could directly cross the barbarian defenses and surprise the enemy's center, both of which were very risky under the premise that they had a complete battle plan, so Jeremy came to Lear's advice.

"No need, the barbarians like to smash it, let them smash it, and don't act rashly if you choke Taniguchi. ”

In fact, after the round of attacks just now, the number of barbarians' catapults and their offensive ability have basically completely fallen into Lear's eyes, that wave of attacks looks quite terrifying, in fact, less than one-third of the stones that can really attack the atmospheric shield cast by the priest group, excluding accuracy and other reasons, the barbarians' catapults are not all heavy, at least about half of them are medium or small catapults with low attack power.

In addition to the above reasons, there is also time for Lear to make this decision, Tanan set off from Shining Sand City to the Crimean Valley in less than four days, which means that the barbarians must have advanced lightly and did not carry much supplies, the vast Gobi will not have too many boulders for the barbarians to consume, and when they throw the stones they brought, the only remaining option is naturally to charge.

And Lear didn't think that he could crush his army with a few hundred stones.

Sure enough, when the barbarians' catapult phalanx roared twice again, but to no avail, the dull sound of trumpets sounded again from the rear of their formation.

The heavy catapults began to split in either direction, leaving a wide path in the middle, and the weapons in the hands of thousands of wolf riders and big-eared monsters reflected a blood-red glow in the setting sun, while hundreds of ballistas advanced neatly under the barbarian's trumpet.

There begins, the barbarian charge.

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