Chapter Seventy-Three: The Horror of the Human Battle Array
As for the human battle array, Baroque had heard Massimo mention it earlier, and at that time, he had the same idea as his clansmen, how much more combat power could be increased by a group of ordinary soldiers in a battle formation, and he did not think it was much of a threat.
Later, I saw a record of the human battle array on a scroll of animal skins, and the ancestor shaman who recorded it warned in an extremely solemn tone that anyone who dared to despise this kind of ordinary human soldiers forming a battle array would pay a terrible price!
Baroque later pretended to inadvertently ask the old orc Zachary and Celine. But this kind of military secret, even the identities of the two of them, are unknown, which makes the always cautious Baroque cautious. When he was secretly monitoring the Sand Scorpion Mercenary Group in Duolun City, the most valuable information was the word [Battle Formation] that he accidentally heard Huda and Sava talking to, and today, sure enough, the mercenaries put up a formation!
However, it is clear that the clansmen do not think that the so-called battle formation of more than forty human mercenaries gathered together and huddled in a circle like turtles can be powerful. The four bravest orcs wielded their battle axes and roared as they pounced on the mercenary's first shield defense.
The result surprised the people who were about to pounce on them! There was no scene where the human shields were shattered and the soldiers were scattered. The shields of more than a dozen mercenaries were stacked on top of each other, producing a very strange ability that actually canceled out the crazy impact of the four huge black iron battle axes. Although the shield array also retreated slightly, the four orcs whose strength could not burst out to the fullest were even more uncomfortable. They were ready to draw their tomahawks and chop again, but it was too late, and the humans wouldn't give them this chance!
Savo's broadsword was infused with fighting energy, and it doubled in an instant, and with a swing, the huge sharp impact directly blocked the four battle axes. It only took a very short moment for four thick spears to pierce out of the shield array. All this happened in a very short period of time, maybe only a few seconds, so that before the clansmen behind could rush up, they saw Angele, Muru, and Zainzu being pierced through the body by the spear, and then the tip of the spear was instantly withdrawn, and when it was about to stab again and completely end the lives of these three orcs, a somewhat cowardly Barrotan broke out.
Baroque discovered that Barrotan had the ability to cultivate the Beast's Battle Qi (known to humans as Dou Qi), so he taught him the Fighting Qi cultivation technique that Massimo had taught him. All the while the Baroque was busy with other things, forgetting this. Barrotan, who was almost obedient to the Baroque, did not forget in the slightest, and did not miss any opportunity to cultivate, but there was always little progress. Unexpectedly, at the most critical moment of today, seeing that Angel and they were about to die tragically, his anger ignited instantly, as if he had lost his mind, he roared angrily, and the power latent in his body surged throughout his body, causing his sturdy body to burst out with a layer of pale red light, and he casually cut off the spear that stabbed him, and then threw the tomahawk out, crackling a few crisp sounds, and the solid hardwood spear was smashed by the tomahawk.
The human battle formations were not stirred by the sudden burst of Barotan, they seemed calm and ruthless at the moment, like machines. Commander Sava squinted his eyes and gave the order, and the battle formation advanced forward as a whole. Barotan took a few of his clansmen and had just had time to rescue Angel from the fainting death. The rest of the orcs were not willing to retreat. One of the clansmen shouted, "Let's go up together, I don't believe that we can't split the shell of a human mongrel!"
Baroque, who had been watching coldly from a distance, shook his head, this is a matter of will, and the orcs who have lost their minds will not be the opponent of the mercenaries who form a battle formation at all. Waving his hand at Rak, who was hiding on the side, the lazy earth dog came out of the sand and staggered towards the two sides of the fight!
The human battle formation is certainly powerful, but the Baroque can also see that Captain Sava has only learned a little bit of the surface, although the defense and counterattack are very sharp, but the turning point is full of flaws, if the Baroque leads the people to attack, he has a way to make the battle formation defense have loopholes, and then tear the gap and kill them. The clansmen suffered a loss in the first encounter with the battle formation, and they were extremely light on the enemy, which caused serious consequences.
Fortunately, everything was in the hands of the Baroque, and although many people were injured, and as the clansmen rushed over frantically, these wounded were still increasing, but there were no dead in battle!
The human battle array has been raised to the level of the most vigilant by the Baroque, if the mercenary battle array of Sava today is composed of elite human soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles, if it is a complete version of the [Callum Battle Array], Baroque believes that his people will not be able to escape, and they will all die here! In addition to the defeat, more than half of the casualties were caused by this small battle formation of no more than a hundred people!
Baroque knew in his heart that one day he would encounter the human army, and if he didn't want to lose, he had to think about how to deal with it now!
The mercenary's tortoise shell was still strong, and it didn't waver even if the orc's tomahawk chopped it. Even if a shield is chopped off, someone behind him will immediately come up to plug the gap. Withstanding the wildest attacks of the orcs, Captain Sava was ready to fight back, they had three warriors of fighting spirit, and the broadswords in their hands were all weapons doped with Mithril and could channel fighting spirit. Three glowing sword shadows slashed out from the shield array, and the most courageous orc warriors immediately fell back, the handle of the battle axe in their hands was actually cut off, leaving a huge gap on their bodies, and even the internal organs of the abdomen could be seen.
Baroque rushed to the front of the battle array with a gust of wind, blocking the three fighting qi, the ice blade technique was activated, and the rotating ice blade cut the shield array, making a harsh sound, and without looking back, he ordered the clansmen to retreat with the wounded!
At this time, the orcs had long lost their initial vigor, and even a little discouraged, holding the injured clansmen, obediently retreating to the distant rocky area. Baroque parried the attacks of the three vindictive warriors with ease, staring at them coldly. All the humans he saw felt uncomfortable!
"Orc, why are you attacking us, aren't you afraid that the army of the Kingdom of Paddington will come to destroy your tribe?" Sava saw that the young orc in front of him was not easy to mess with, and even faintly felt frightened, and he regretted taking this escort mission a little.
"Sava, and Huda, maybe you don't know me, but dear Lord Misa, don't you have any impression of me?" Baroque walked around the tortoiseshell-like battle formation, and the gorgeous sword in his hand kept shining with a fighting halo............ I have to say that Prince Alvin's storage ring is really full of good things, just like this longsword, which is more decorative than practical, is actually mixed with Mithril and Adamantite at the same time. It can easily guide the Baroque beast battle qi into it, and the sword qi it emits is amazingly powerful. At this time, if the Baroque attacks, although it may not necessarily break the battle formation in one blow, it can still be done to kill one of the mercenaries.
Huda and Sava looked at Misa, puzzled. Misa was also confused, and he didn't have much of an impression of the Baroque, whom he had only met once in Crowtown. It wasn't until Baroque reminded him that he was stunned, and then he became cold!
"My dear Lord Misa, do you remember Bata, when I followed Uncle Bata's first step into a human town, and met you on the streets of Crowtown. Baroque, greetings to you!"
Misa knew everything, he trembled all over, he never expected that the orcs of the past would become so powerful! Although he regretted that when he attacked the orc tribe that day, he actually left these aftermaths, but now it is too late to say anything. The most important thing is to flee for their lives, and as for Wald's caravan, to hell with them!
After only a few quick words of explanation from Mesa, Huda and Sava were equally ugly. No amount of gold or wealth is important to save one's life. Almost immediately, a consensus was reached, and Sava gave the order, and the mercenaries began to retreat.
"Oh, are you leaving?" Baroque's voice came slowly, "This is not the way to be a guest, if you let others know, they will call us orcs rude." With a whistle, Rak, the earth dog hiding in the shadows, suddenly came out of the sand, and the tortoiseshell-like battle formation showed a flaw because of the hasty retreat, and Rak took the opportunity to run by. Then the mercenary with the shield threw away the shield, clutched the neck that had disappeared half of the throat, and fell to the ground in convulsions!
"Well, since you are going to take your leave, I will not force it...... At least not reluctantly today!Goodbye, let's continue tomorrow until all of you stay as guests......" Baroque hugged Lac, the earth dog who ran over to show off, and turned away, not at all worried about the mercenaries escaping.
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Anglei and Murru were impaled in the left shoulder with a spear, and if they hadn't dodged in time, they would have been pierced through the heart. Zainzu was still unconscious, this guy was crazy enough to rush over and kill the enemy even if he had a spear stuck in his side, and although he slashed a shield, he was seriously injured and fell unconscious.
The others were no better, forty clansmen, more than half of them were wounded. At this time, they were all depressed, without saying a word, and the atmosphere was solemn and terrifying!
Baroque was silent, using the secret techniques of a shamanic witch doctor to heal his wounded people. Except for the three Zainzu, who were seriously injured and needed to recuperate for a period of time, the rest of the clansmen were only flesh wounds and would recover in a few days.
"Do you still think that ordinary human mercenaries can be slaughtered?" Baroque asked, looking around at everyone.
No one answered, and Baroque said to himself, "We orcs are strong and strong, and we are much stronger than humans in terms of strength. But why is it that for countless years, the once mighty orcs of the past have been reduced to the situation where they are now struggling for survival?"
"Of course, there are many reasons for this, but it is undeniable that we are much worse than humans except this body. Just talk about today's battle...... If you had observed even a little of the enemy's movements before the battle, instead of rushing forward like a madman, the outcome would not have been so disastrous. It doesn't matter that we orcs don't have a decent way of fighting, but what is lacking the most is discipline, discipline like iron!"
"Baroque, what should we do?" Barrotan asked on behalf of all the clansmen, although he was not injured, thinking back to the battle just now, he also felt afraid, if he hadn't retreated in time, he would never have been able to stop the attack of the three Sava and the other three Douqi warriors!
"Put away your ramblings, if you want to be strong, if you want to rebuild our tribe, or even let the tribe rise strong, you must listen to my command. I will train you harshly and even cruelly, and I will make you worse than dead, but you will eventually taste the ...... of victory. "Baroque does not forget to brainwash his people at any time, instilling the idea of loyalty and obedience to himself. Although there are selfish intentions, it is undeniable that if the orcs can be trained to be warriors with iron discipline, their combat power increase will be terrifying!
"Baroque, we all listen to you, you already know it...... I've handed over my life to you......!" Barrotan was the first to jump up and roar excitedly, and the clansmen echoed and became emotional.
Baroque was even a little embarrassed.................. Isn't it a bit despicable for these simple-minded people to gain their loyalty in this way?