Chapter 50: The True Capital of Namurdo
This sudden decisive battle was not really considered by Namurdo, in his thoughts, he did not expect that Xia Yuan's side would be able to take the initiative to fight with him.
There is a reason for this, because since the beast demon clan attacked Xia Yuan, it has lasted more than a year, and the beast demon has conquered the city on the Zhongzhou continent, and it can be said that it has conquered everything.
But there has never been a time when Xia Yuan's side took the initiative to attack them, of course, this was due to a variety of reasons.
Although he was not afraid of this decisive battle, on the contrary, he had some expectations, because if it was a simple siege battle, he would only be able to wear down his combat power.
And this kind of siege warfare is not the strength of the beast demon clan, their strength is field warfare, but this decisive battle made Namurdo really distressed.
Because neither the conditions of the decisive battle, nor the time and place were chosen by the beast demon clan themselves, but on the contrary, they were chosen by the enemy themselves, which made Namurdo really uncomfortable.
But now that the decisive battle has begun, there is only one way to fight, and it will end in an endless end.
To this end, Namur Dozhen formed six huge phalanxes, flanked by twenty thousand centaur heavy archers on the outermost side.
These rangers protected the two flanks of their own formation, and on the inside of the centaur heavy archers on the left were 150,000 wolf demon light cavalry, and Namurdo had brought 200,000 wolf demon light cavalry this time.
However, when conquering Qingchang Mansion in Xijing, it lost 10,000 troops, and later left 40,000 cavalry as a defensive force, so only 150,000 attacked Shangjing this time.
These wolf demon cavalry, whether they are knights on wolves or wolves, are all dressed in fine leather armor, and the cavalry has twelve three-foot-long javelins on their backs, and they hold fine steel scimitars in their right hands.
On the right side of the formation are 50,000 heavy cavalry riding golden-eared takin, golden-eared takin, which are called oxen, but they look more like horses, but they have thick horns on the top of their heads.
And except for the golden fluff on their two ears, the rest of their bodies are brown and red, their limbs are thick and enduring, they are tall, and their average height can reach more than two and a half meters, and their body length is more than three meters.
They are not known for their speed, but due to their tall stature and good stamina, they are preferred as hoplites.
In the past, due to the very backward smelting technology of the beast demon clan and the poverty, neither the wolf demon light cavalry nor the golden-eared takin heavy cavalry could be equipped with good armor.
The wolf demon cavalry is a little better, whether it is a knight or a wolf, it can be made into leather armor equipment with a little processing of some leather.
But there is no way for the golden-eared takin heavy cavalry, because the golden-eared takin tribe is very poor, and they are a little iron and plan to make production tools and weapons?
So although people know that the golden-eared takin heavy cavalry is powerful, because they have no effective protective equipment, their combat effectiveness can only play half of the normal one, which is very good.
Because neither the knight nor the mount could only run naked, except for the cloth clothes on the knight's body, there were no reins or saddles, and their weapons were not metal at the beginning, but a wooden shield made of a tree trunk called Jinironwood, which was slightly processed with the branches removed, and was three feet long, one foot wide, and half a foot thick.
Their assault weapon is also a thick wooden stick with a diameter of five centimeters and a length of three meters.
Although the wood of this golden, ironwood is very tough, and it is very dense and heavy, but it is wooden after all, and there is no way to compare it with a weapon made of 100 steel.
However, these guys are naturally rough and thick-skinned, and ordinary bows and crossbows have no effect on them, only powerful magic crossbows, which can cause damage to them, so they are natural heavy cavalry.
Moreover, their heavy cavalry is very different from the full-body armor of humans, and the super-slow heavy cavalry of moving large pieces of iron.
Their speed is not slow, plus whether it is the golden-eared takin mount, or the knight of the golden-eared takin demon clan.
They have a natural racial advantage, that is, infinite strength, so their impact is strong, and the speed is not slow, but it is not as fast as the wolf cavalry, but it is much faster than the ordinary heavy cavalry of humans.
But now it's different, since Namurdo really attacked the Eagle Chou Pass, he immediately equipped them with full body heavy armor, and the mounts were also equipped with good all-metal vests.
The original wooden shield has become a steel shield, the weight is lighter than the original, but the defense is much higher than the original, and the wooden sticks originally used have now been replaced with horse lances.
In this way, the speed of these golden-eared takin heavy cavalry is the same as before, but the defensive pressure is increased overall.
The current golden-eared takin heavy cavalry is a veritable heavy cavalry, and its combat effectiveness has not increased by a little compared with the original, it is a geometric improvement.
At the front of the phalanx were more than 30,000 bear heavy infantry, and another 20,000 remained in the rear of the formation as reserves.
These guys held in their left hands a steel shield two meters high, one meter wide, and half a foot thick, which was the standard weapon of the hoplites of the Xia Yuan army.
However, if this kind of shield is used by the human heavy infantry, it can only be held in both hands, otherwise it will not be able to hold it at all, but for the powerful bear demon heavy infantry, it is not a problem at all, they can easily lift this kind of shield weighing more than fifty catties with one hand, which is close to sixty catties.
These guys wield heavy weapons in their right hands, such as a long-handled hammer and a long-handled double-edged axe.
For humans, these weapons must be held with both hands, because they can weigh more than fifty catties, but for the bear clan, one hand is enough, and the weight may be lighter for them.
These are nothing, each of these bear demon heavy infantry wears steel heavy armor weighing thirty to forty catties, that is to say, the weight of a bear demon heavy infantry can reach one hundred and fifty catties, plus their own weight of nearly three hundred catties, that is, the weight of each bear demon heavy infantry can reach more than four hundred catties, if they are running at full speed of fifteen kilometers per hour, it can be imagined how strong their impact is.
But the armor on their bodies may be a little smaller for their huge bodies, after all, this is tailor-made for humans, not for these big guys, so they can only barely use it first.
The reason why these bear demon heavy infantry were placed at the front of the phalanx was to hope that these bear heavy infantry would be used as an assault force to open a gap for the follow-up troops.
Behind the bear demon heavy infantry are the tiger demon and the lion demon heavy infantry, although these guys are not as tall as the bear demon, but they can also reach more than two meters tall.
Moreover, these two races are known as the royal family among the beast demon clan, and they can have this title, so they naturally have the reason to be called the royal family, first of all, the tiger demon and the lion demon are naturally able to use wind and sound spells.
And it is a racial talent, neither need to chant spells, nor use any magic weapons, nor do they need to pinch spells, once they activate this talent spell, they will fly around them, and there will be a deafening roar of tigers and lions.
This kind of whistling sound can make the enemy dizzy, which is not found in the entire beast demon clan, which shows the power of these two races.
It is precisely because of this talent that the two clans were jointly promoted as the royal family by the beast demon clan, and in the past, the two clans basically took turns to serve as the joint chief of the entire beast demon clan, and even in history, there were several great khans among the two clans.
If it weren't for Namurdo's being too strong, coupled with the intervention of other forces, it would be impossible for the people of the wolf demon clan to become the great chief of the beast demon clan, and finally become the great sweat of the beast demon clan.
And since the two clans are royalty, their weapons and equipment are the best equipped among the entire beast demon clan.
These guys are each heavily armoured, each holding an all-metal stick more than three meters long, and they are all fierce generals of the three armies.
However, there are too few people in the Tiger Demon Clan, and they believe in force more and despise resourcefulness, so they are arranged later when sending troops to deploy the formation.
This time, in order to be able to follow Namur Dozhen to invade the Xia Yuan Empire, the Tiger Demon Clan sent almost all the warriors of their clan, a total of 100,000 men, women and children, anyway, basically all those who can pick up arms and wear moving armor have been sent.
This number accounts for more than half of the population of the entire Tiger Demon Clan, which shows that the population of the Tiger Demon Clan is indeed not very large.
However, the population of the lion demon clan is much larger than that of the tiger demon, and the lion demon sent out an army of 150,000 this time, and all of them are males.
This time, there were only 100,000 people who followed Namur Dozhen to attack the capital, and they also left the remaining 50,000 people in the Qingchang Mansion in Xia Yuanxijing, which shows that the population base of the Lion Demon Clan is much larger than that of the Tiger Demon Clan.
But there is an advantage and a disadvantage, that is, the combat power of the lion demon and the lion demon clan is worse than that of the tiger demon clan, and a tiger demon can fight the sum of a male lion demon and a female lion demon.
Perhaps only these two races are the only ones who don't need to use them, Namurdo really thinks about the race with weapons and equipment, and behind the two tribes of the lion and tiger are the leopard demon light infantry, these guys are dressed in light leather armor, barefoot, and armed with two knives.
The Leopard Demon was the fastest race among the Beast Demon Clan before the appearance of the Steppe Elves, and their short-range impact was the most powerful of all races.
Moreover, they are good at hiding their tracks, they are natural assassins, and they are also the best light infantry on the battlefield.
There was also a group of people roaming the entire battlefield on the battlefield, all dressed in light magical leather armor, armed with longbows, and with either two crescent scimitars pinned to their waists, or a pair of short swords.
Their grim eyes were fixed on the battlefield, they were searching for the trail of the opposing commander, waiting to launch the deadly one.
These guys are the steppe elf magic archers, the steppe elf magic archers, and the biggest difference between them and their relatives forest elves is that they are much taller than their relatives.
Each person is capable of reaching about 1.8 meters, and they have long hands and legs, and the magic bow they use is much longer than the magic bow used by their relatives.
These guys are born assassins, and unlike the Leopard Demon, the Leopard Demon is willing to go head-to-head with his opponent, but these guys are not even interested in meeting you.
The most they want to do is to cast cold arrows in the shadows to kill you, even if you are in the battlefield where all the beasts are galloping, you will never find them, which is why Namurdo is really relieved to let them roam freely on the battlefield.
It is often said that in this world, when you see the steppe elves, it must be the last time you see them before you die, otherwise you don't want to see them.
Although this is an exaggeration, in this world, the only person who can compete with them may be their relatives, the forest elves.
At the end of the entire phalanx were fifteen hundred big guys, all of them about one hundred and fifty meters tall, each carrying two huge pockets on their backs.
Inside the pockets were boulders with a diameter of three meters, and they were wearing leather armor specially made for them, and hair like steel needles was exposed in the gaps of the leather armor, and they did not hold any weapons, because no weapon could compare to their sharp claws, and these guys were the most powerful Beamon monsters in the entire beast demon clan.
These people are Namurdo's real capital, and they are the capital of his daring to challenge the huge Xia Yuan Empire, and Namurdo really used them to come to the Xia Yuan Imperial Capital and intend to conquer this huge empire.