Chapter 202: Ruthless (I)

Saleen's tactics weren't anything out of the ordinary. As long as the enemy is a soldier without heavy armor and an iron shield, the iron arrows of the Caucasian are deadly. He learned a great deal about marching from Rex, and learned that many of the most valuable weapons were to be sealed away when they were not in battle.

This tactic of cavalry using bows and arrows to harass is not very effective against well-organized heavy infantry, unless it is an expensive magic arrow that can break through heavy armor. The problem is that magic arrows are all disposable, and the cost of crafting one is higher than training an infantryman, so no one will do it. And the alchemy arrow is not the same as the magic arrow, the alchemy arrow is an arrow that has been refined with magic, and it will not have special magic abilities in itself, but the magic array on the magic arrow can be operated with a magic core, with the lethality of magic, which is not something that ordinary armor can resist.

The iron arrows that Salin gave to the Caucasian warriors were all made in alchemy, and they were extremely sharp, and when fired with a longbow, they could break through iron armor, wooden shields, or even the lowest invisible shields. These arrows are useless against higher-level magic shields, and can only damage low-level mages unless they are at a particularly close range.

Saleen doesn't have that much resources to make magic arrows, but the enemy also doesn't have that much money to make magic armor for ordinary soldiers to wear, so this time the attack. The coalition forces of the island countries in the East China Sea could only watch as the Caucasian warriors shot the iron arrows in their quivers and calmly retreated.

A total of more than 28,000 iron arrows killed and wounded more than 4,000 enemies, of which more than 1,000 were directly killed. On average, twenty iron arrows can kill an enemy, and in such harsh weather, the fate of a wounded target is the same if they are not properly treated.

Only Caucasian warriors with great strength can shoot so many iron arrows, and an average soldier who can pull a longbow ten times is considered a great warrior.

The role of equipment is vividly reflected here, and every Caucasian warrior has a magic finger cuff in his hand, which he uses to control the strings. There are only so many warriors in Saleen's hands, and if they don't have sophisticated equipment, the coalition forces of the East China Sea island nation can inflict huge losses on them if they have been harassing and attacking for a long time.

Salin was not satisfied with his soldiers' equipment, but he didn't know that Rex's soldiers were all among the elite in the Qin Yin Empire. He built his own team according to Rex's model of building an army, and the investment was dozens of times that of ordinary nobles.

It was also fortunate that Salin was messing around like this, otherwise with his current number of soldiers, he would definitely suffer heavy losses against these strong enemies who came from afar.

This was also due to the terrain, the ice was all flat, and there was nothing to hide the bow and arrows. Demon wolves are much more stable than war horses on this kind of ice, and these demon wolves are originally magical beasts that live in alpine regions, and they will not slip when they gallop on the ice.

Even if the coalition army has cavalry, it can't catch up with these demon wolves.

Credian's stubborn strategy is crooked. Let the coalition forces have some scruples, and have been rerefining and assembling magic chariots, and have not arranged the camp on land. As soon as Saleen returned, he attacked the battleship, causing the magic chariots to sink to the bottom of the sea before they could be used.

There are many reasons for the failure of a war, if the coalition forces divide their forces and arrange a landing of a few thousand people in the north, with the cooperation of magic chariots, facing the unrepaired walls, it will cause a large number of casualties to Saleen's army.

Or if the coalition forces use large flying golems to attack, Credion may not be able to calm down, and it is very likely that he will send troops to attack the ice in reverse, in which case, the two sides will compare the superiority and inferiority of numbers.

If Credian wants to fight a decisive battle on the ice, he can't get close to the battleship, which also has a magic trebuchet on it, which will cause great damage to his infantry.

All in all, the defeat of the coalition forces was not doomed, everything can be described as a coincidence. The most bizarre thing is that Sika's divination skills actually worked. And Saleen believed Schika's feelings. If Saleen doesn't make it back, and the coalition's magic chariot is refitted, even with the help of the undead army, Credian won't be able to hold the harbor.

Banchagana was not there at that time, and the remaining two undead kings were no match for the mage group, at least if they took the initiative to attack, they would suffer a big loss.

However, there are also internal factors in this situation, the army of the island country in the East China Sea has no experience in large-scale warfare, and the so-called king of the East China Sea may only have a small island, and the people are even only tens of thousands. It would be extremely difficult for such an army to occupy the continent of Myers.

The legions on the continent of Myers fought with more than 100,000 soldiers at every turn, and the nobles supported the royal family at least a few hundred soldiers at a time, which together was a huge number.

During the expedition of Chanak the Great, thousands of low-level mages joined the army, and Chanak the Great was defeated, and many of these mages fled back. If it is replaced by the army of the island country in the East China Sea, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out.

Receiving the news from the front, Salin immediately gave a second order. The pirates who had followed him into the swamp of chaos organized more than two hundred men, took the barbarian soldiers, mounted the skeletal horses, and came to the edge of the ice to begin the second round of strikes.

"Your Excellency, General, we must fight back, otherwise ......"

By the sea, the generals of the coalition forces faced this situation. Almost crazy. The enemy only harassed with powerful bows and crossbows, and if the opponent's crossbow arrows were sufficient, tossing for a few days, the remaining 10,000 soldiers would completely collapse. In fact, it will not take a few days, because of the sinking of the battleship, the supplies of the army are gone, and these soldiers will soon be hungry and cold, and if they can't find food, everyone will die on this ice.

The pirates did not have the archery skills of the Caucasians, they used heavy crossbows, and the attack range was only about 400 meters. However, their skeletal horses were also stable on the ice, and the coalition forces organized several counterattacks, all of which were cut back by the barbarians' axes.

The pirates laughed without sympathy, and when they were tired of shooting, they pointed at the distance and did not go back. It takes at least half a minute for the crossbow bolts to be stringed once, and they are in no hurry to kill and injure the enemy. Those barbarian warriors looked at the soldiers in strange armor in the distance, with some disdain. These wretchedness, all to this point, are not desperate.

After all, the number of pirates is too small, plus the barbarians, it is only more than five hundred, and there are tens of thousands on the other side. As long as they concentrate and advance, the pirates will inevitably retreat.

From time to time, small puppets in the sky flew up and flew back to the city base, and the accompanying low-level mages did not have to do anything under the protection of the barbarians, they only needed to write the battle situation regularly and let the flying puppets take them back to the city.

Salen was in the temple, reading the battle reports one after another, and his anger gradually subsided. The number of enemy deaths is already ten times that of their own lost swordsmen, and this is not counting the sinking of the ship.

"Judy Koko, how was their fight?"

"No news yet, sir. A magician from Shreig Island replied.

"Hmm. If the three kings join forces, it will be at least a draw, and it is impossible to lose. I'm afraid that the magician will give up the duel and come back to trouble us. Salin pondered for a moment and said, "It's better to fight quickly, so that the enemy loses hope, so that the magician will not fight hard." If he had some powerful scrolls with him, the soldier wouldn't be able to stand it. ”

"My lord, the sorcerer will not attack ordinary soldiers. A magician reminded Saleen.

"That's the rule on the mainland, these people are from the East China Sea, and I'm not sure about the habits over there. How's Credian arranged?"

"It's about an hour before it's set up. ”

"Well, let Daniel organize the army of the undead, and the rest of the people will be withdrawn. ”

At the harbor, Daniel's three thousand skeleton warriors were already lined up, armed with bone spears, facing the sea, waiting for the necromancer's orders. Behind the skeleton is a barbarian armed with a hunting bow and riding a skeleton warhorse. This formation is very strange, and Saleen has no choice, he has too few real fighters in his hands, and it is difficult for Aini and Elaine's people to take the lead.

Daniel's summoning undead was in the center of the procession, and Daniel stood above Pisius's head, his heart pounding.

It turned out that the feeling on the battlefield was so happy, after experiencing a few battles, I felt that my spiritual power had increased a lot, and after absorbing the breath of the undead on the battlefield, my rank was finally consolidated, and I would never go backwards again. No wonder when the Qin Yin Empire was established, so many necromancers followed the Grykos family. Necromancers can also practice on the battlefield, and they are much faster.

Pisius at Daniel's feet is also satisfied, although the life of the undead in other planes is guaranteed, it is also troublesome to cultivate. This master can take himself to the battlefield, and sooner or later he will become a real eighth-level undead. The taste of the soul is so beautiful! Pisius's three huge heads looked left and right, feeling that he was infinitely beautiful.

On the ice in the distance. Credian and the mages of Srieg Island are arranging the magic array, the magic array has high requirements for the environment to be arranged, this kind of magic array carved on the ice needs to be sprinkled with magic powder, and the maintenance time is also very short, and the fraud is high.

"Saleen, did you think they would fight back?" Sika had already arrived at the temple and sat beside Sarin.

"Of course, they have no food, no fuel, and if they wait on the ice, they will die without our hands. I'll let the undead army go on the storm, and they'll soon make up their minds. ”

"Salin, can't you kill all these people?" Aini suddenly spoke, he had already handed over all the family swordsmen to Saleen and was in charge of the defense line behind. He also knew that according to the current situation, although the enemy was numerous, he might not be able to break through the first layer of defense, and his own people would not become cannon fodder.

"Mercy necromancer, what do you say, what should I do with these people?" Salin smiled.

"This, we still need a lot of manpower for mining, the Qin Yin Empire is not allowed to buy and sell slaves, but it has not been said that prisoners of war are not allowed. All these people need to do is give to those who stutter, and send them to ...... There, we've saved a lot of money. ”

"That's a good idea, but it's up to their luck to survive if they kill my swordsmen. If there are any survivors, I will consider your suggestion. "How could Salin not be angry about the hundred or so Slegge Island swordsmen who had died, and those who were loyal enough to die worthless like this.

Ani smiled helplessly, Salin asked Credian to set up the magic array, and he had made up his mind to kill all the people on the other side. As a businessman, this is not a good choice.