Chapter 186: The Battle of the Sessnek Assembly (I)

A low "woo" sounded in the distance, and the enemy began to move, apparently having discovered Chang Le's arrival.

Changle's soldiers were obviously nervous, especially the light infantry in the front row who were relatively weakly trained and equipped, and some of them "hastily" drew their swords out of their sheaths, and their hands holding swords were trembling.

So he rode to the front of the team, and faced his subordinates with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry! I don't need to draw my sword now, I'm in a hurry to cut someone?

The mood of the commander directly affects the soldiers, and it can spread and amplify. Chang Le is relaxed, his subordinates can smile, on the contrary, if Chang Le panics, his subordinates can immediately turn around and run away.

The previously panicked soldier quickly calmed down, smiled self-deprecatingly, and thrust his sword back into its sheath.

Next, Chang Le did not return to the back to press the formation, but directly believed in the horse and walked in the front, dozens of meters ahead of his soldiers.

Eventually, six or seven hundred meters away from the enemy, he raised his right hand, and the footsteps of the entire army immediately stopped.

This distance was quite close, and the coalition lineup was therefore unprecedentedly spectacular, with hundreds of thousands of troops lined up in seven or eight phalanxes according to their arms and nationalities, spread out over several square kilometers, their armor reflecting the morning light, and undulating along the terrain like a silver sea.

There were more than a dozen trebuchets standing in the gap between the phalanxes, facing the city of Sessnek, but they could turn around at any time due to the presence of wheels.

And the enemy army is also "reversing the formation", which makes Chang Le secretly snicker, his formation makes sense, and Elliot's intention is also clear at a glance, and it is clear that the real intention is not to attack the city.

"Elliott!" Chang Le's shout was amplified by the King's suit, resounding almost throughout the battlefield, "As you wish, I'm already here, what are you waiting for?"

Elliott didn't respond, but as a signal flag was raised, the coalition forces turned to face Changle's direction, and their separate phalanxes slowly closed to form a two-kilometer front, four times as wide as Changle's troops.

Then, the commander's command sounded faintly, and the coalition forces began to advance slowly, the center was slower, and the two wings advanced rapidly, like a supergiant with its arms outstretched, and like an iron tong that was poking out, trying to sandwich the Changle troops like hard walnuts in the middle.

"Look at this posture, Elliot still wants to surround us. ”

Chang Le smiled and turned his head to look at Lola, Skinny Monkey, and the Elf Queen who rushed to his side.

"Pierce the center of him and take Elliott!" Lola was already wearing a barrel helmet, and a muffled voice came from inside, "I'll charge over with the heavy horse!"

"Rush over, what?"

Chang Le pointed to Elliot's location, where nearly a thousand knights were gathered, as well as a group of ornately dressed magicians.

The 8,000 Hanhai Iron Cavalry had been wiped out by Changle's "air raid", and neither the Fisher nor the Zaran were good at cavalry combat, so the only remaining heavy cavalry of Elliot was composed of large and small nobles, and although they were not many in number, they were very strong.

What's more, the enemy still has the support of the mage regiment, even if Lola's three hundred heavy cavalry penetrates the infantry phalanx, the loss will not be small, and the impact momentum will inevitably slow down, at that time, in the face of the counterattack of the enemy's elite knights, there is only one way to die.

"Don't just rush stupidly, it's been so long with me, and you haven't learned yet?" Chang Le added with a smile.

"I can't stand your pretense, how to fight, you make it clear first!"

Lola became more and more irritable, and this was exactly the effect Changle wanted, that is, she had to let the female man hold back a little longer, and then save up a belly fire, and at that time, the enemy army in front of her would be considered unlucky.

Therefore, Chang Le still smiled faintly:

"I don't need you right now. ”

After saying that, he galloped along the phalanx of troops, his eyes swept over the faces of each soldier, and he shouted encouragement:

"Last night when the corpses of civilians were moved, everyone cried, I can understand, this is not a tear of cowardice, but a tear of anger!"

The soldiers' expressions then turned to gritting their teeth and clenching their fists.

Chang Le nodded secretly and continued to shout:

"But tears can't kill the enemy, and the demon that killed our brothers and sisters is coming to us!

As he spoke, he pulled out his saber from his waist and deliberately shook out a loud bang.

The soldiers replied in unison:

"Sharp sword!"

Countless "cang" sounds sounded, and the whole army drew its sword at the same time!

Chang Le's gaze turned to Louis and Victor:

"Change formation!"

The two light infantry commanders immediately raised their hands and led the four thousand light infantry in the front row of the phalanx to split into two and move quickly towards the two flanks.

The horizontal row of the whole army, which was originally only 500 meters, was quickly stretched to more than 1,000 meters, which was wider than the front of the curved enemy army, and although it was much "thinner" than the enemy's army, it was still enough to prevent the "iron pincers" on its two wings from penetrating forward.

The enemy forces in motion can no longer change their formation, and can only watch as the "pincer encirclement" turns into a head-on encounter.

Elliot deployed light infantry on both flanks to quickly outflank, so Changle would use his light infantry to defend.

And Elliott put the elite main force in the center, and also faced the toughest men and horses under Changle.

After the light infantry retreated to the sides, the "Iron Fist" that was originally hidden behind them revealed its true face, the elven hoplites!

Elven males are strong and burly, generally more than 1.9 meters tall, and their full-body armor is beyond the reach of Fisherman, who is also known for his heavy infantry, in terms of thickness, weight, and craftsmanship.

Elf forging, the quantity is small and the quality is fine, and the accumulation of thousands of years is not comparable to Fei Xueren's temporary work.

Not only are they well-equipped, but even if the elven men have not practiced their fighting spirit, their own strength is far superior to that of fierce beasts, which is by no means comparable to ordinary human soldiers!

At the same time, the hooded elven archers kept a low profile, moving quickly behind the infantry phalanx, stretching the horizontal line to the level of the infantry, and then quietly kneeling and waiting.

Farther away, on the high slope ridgeline, all the cavalry at Changle's hand were gathered, two kilometers away from the infantry, as if they had nothing to do with themselves and did not intend to participate in the battle.

But this is exactly the principle of Chang Le's use of cavalry: do not easily engage in battle, and wait for a fatal blow at a critical moment.

Elliot seemed to agree with him in this regard, and he also left nearly a thousand knights in the rear to standby, and did not get the first line to charge the infantry phalanx, which made Chang Le slightly regretful, because he had long been prepared to entertain the enemy heavy cavalry.

You must know that in the common sense of war on the Yurian continent, well-equipped hoplites can crush the infantry, ordinary bows and arrows cannot penetrate their armor, and infantry spears will also be broken and knocked away.

Since it was difficult for the infantry to resist the charge of the knights, each country vigorously cultivated its own heavy cavalry, and almost every battle for thousands of years began with a heavy cavalry hedge.

The Havilland Empire's long-term superiority over Fisher and other countries was also largely based on the vast northern lands, which were able to domesticate a large number of horses and thus organize large-scale heavy cavalry.

However, Elliott did not follow the usual rules, the border battle began with a surprise attack and ended with an ambush, the Havilland army was destroyed before it could be launched, and Lola's heavy cavalry regiment did not get the opportunity to "rush" at all, and lost in a nest, and the female man still often gritted his teeth and scolded the enemy for being despicable.

But Chang Le is also very "despicable".

So at this moment, in the battle of Sessnek, Chang Le had a direct conversation with Elliott for the first time, and it was considered that two players who did not play cards according to common sense collided together.

The spears of the elven heavy infantry are enough to resist the human heavy cavalry, and the elven arrow rain not only has a long range, but also can penetrate the heavy armor, these are all hole cards that Changle painstakingly kept secret, but they lose their meaning under the premise that Elliot does not send heavy cavalry to charge into battle.

However, although Elliot did not send heavy cavalry to charge, he still threw out another trump card in his hand--- the Flame Army.

In the center of the coalition line was a group of red figures, the most famous fire unit of the Zaran Kingdom.

They are all composed of cultivators, the soldiers do not wear armor, they are dressed in red, and most of them have the strength of a war division, so when facing the enemy's ordinary infantry, they don't need armor to protect themselves.

And that bright red is enough to visually deter all opponents, and no one knows the horror of the "Fire Troops"!

These guys are strong, cruel and murderous, and will fill the leather bag behind them with the head of the opponent in every battle, one head can be exchanged for ten gold coins, and when too many heads are harvested in large battles, they will replace them with their right ear, and the same ten gold coins will be used.

This is the reason why some arrogant cultivators are willing to come and serve as soldiers!

However, this kind of deterrence was meaningless to the elven heavy infantry, and the prestige of the "fire troops" had never reached the forest, and the strong elven warriors were fearless, and the gaze through the eyes of the mask was fierce and calm.

The Agni troops were self-confident and invincible, and their frantic pace quickly erased the distance of 600 meters between the two armies, and also separated them from their own main force that was advancing slowly and orderly.

Replacing the traditional heavy cavalry with the cultivators of the Agni Army, rushing and disrupting the Changle army phalanx, so that the soldiers could not rely on each other to cover each other, and then crushing them with the neat phalanx of the coalition army, this should be Elliott's plan.

Among them, the first one was the commander of the Flame Force, the 4th level Battle Spirit Duke Clifford, whose crimson fighting flame was as high as five meters, pulling out a brilliant trail on the battlefield.

Chang Le could see from the other party's gaze that the duke's target was him!

The Agni troops were not decisive swords, but hammers, and thousands of people swarmed in, aiming directly at the Chinese army that Changle was waiting for.

Their core mission can be guessed: never let go of the usual joy to escape!

In that case, they should also enjoy the feast prepared for the heavy cavalry!

Chang Le glanced back at his troops, clenched his right hand into a fist, raised his index finger alone, and then raised it high.

With Miraya's command, nearly 10,000 elven archers quickly stood up and lined up their bows and arrows.

Chang Le smiled and waved his right hand forward.

"Sneer......"

In the sharp whistling sound of the wind, a dense rain of arrows swept through the sky and rained down towards the fire troops!