Chapter 90: The Great Bow
After dissuading the angry warriors, Gale returned to the headquarters house in battle, trying to plan his next tactics.
Unexpectedly, when he walked into the room, he found that Toren the Minotaur and Bobby the goblin were discussing something in the room. When they saw Gale coming, they shut their mouths and never talked about what had just happened.
Gail feigned that he didn't know, and walked straight to the sand table in the center of the house, and began to observe the nearby landscape.
Due to the Empire's hasty attack on the Snow Fields, they only drew a vague map according to the environment described by the guide, unlike the Snow Plains tribe who had lived here for a long time and were already familiar with everything here, so they built a detailed sand table map.
Goblin Bobby looked at Gail, who was studying the sand table carefully, and walked quickly to Gail's side and asked, "Your Highness Gail, did the Abyss Scout's reconnaissance impress you this time?"
Gail looked up at him and replied, "I have to admit that the gnolls of the abyss are indeed outstanding, and their ability to move far exceeds that of the warriors of the tribe. β
Poppy couldn't help but feel a little fluttering when he heard the compliment he wanted to hear, and he grinned and said, "What are these weak gnolls, when those imperial humans come to the city, I will let them feel what is called terror from the abyss!"
Toren the Minotaur coughed and frowned and said to Bobby, "Bobby, you've drunk too much, watch your mouth a little." β
Bobbi stuck out her tongue at him and called out, "You big man, don't try to point fingers at me." β
Gail couldn't think of a good way to retreat from the enemy after looking at the sand table for a long time, and looked at the two abyss leaders helplessly, and could only hope that they would not live up to the expectations of the tribe.
After cutting down this forest, the Imperial legions continued to advance towards the capital of the snowfield tribe that could be seen in front of them, according to the previous plan.
The city was originally built on a hill and was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the vicinity was surrounded by two mountains. The only exit that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people at the same time has been occupied by the Empire, so it can be said that this is the place of the decisive battle.
Aside from a few smaller forests below the foothills, the city was a vast plain large enough for hundreds of thousands of Imperial troops to spread out there.
Gael would not allow the Empire's troops to reach the Horde's capital unimpeded, and he had already ordered his tribal warriors to be on standby.
In order to resist the onslaught of the imperial cavalry, he had sent people to arrange a lot of deep pits and horses under the city before, hoping to effectively block the cavalry's charge.
The Minotaur Toren no longer hides his strength, and has placed a more than 100,000 gnoll army on the two wings of the city, and Toren did not force the gnolls to form a formation, because the nature of the gnolls is not used to fighting in formation, so they can burst out with the greatest combat power by letting them play freely.
Although the gnolls had little magical talent, before the goblin Bobby set out on the expedition, he still carefully selected dozens of priests who could use low-level magic to follow the army, and this time he arranged all the precious priests at the rear of the team, hoping that they could kill and wound as many enemy soldiers as possible.
In addition, the thorny drakemons that transported the baggage were also sent to the front of the team, and on the thorny drakemons rode several tall and sturdy minotaur warriors, and the two-person tall bows and huge battle axes on their backs showed their powerful combat power, making people daunting and losing their fighting spirit.
These large numbers of Abyssal troops were beyond the expectations of the Empire's higher-ups, and the Scouts of the Empire had never seen such a strangely shaped army.
In particular, the tall beasts were so frightened that they ran back to the Imperial camp in a panic.
"What? The army of the Snow Barbarians has not only the wolf-headed monster that attacked before, but also the bull-headed monster riding on a giant beast as tall as a hill!" the Empress couldn't believe when she heard the scout's report.
One of the scouts who had witnessed it half-knelt down and trembled as he handed over the monster drawing he had just drawn, and Shani took his drawing.
Shani walked over to the Empress and placed the rough portrait of the monster in front of her eyes.
Gladys grabbed the piece of paper from Shani's hand and stared straight at the monster above, her heart feeling a little uneasy.
If everything the scout said is true, then it means that the enemy really has such a terrifying beast, and he will not be naΓ―ve to think that this is a monster that can be easily dealt with.
After thinking for a long time, Gladys ordered: "Let the cavalry test the depth of the enemy first. β
When the cavalry had received the order, they galloped to the enemy's line on their horses, which was very safe beyond the range of the enemy's archers.
The cavalrymen, of course, stopped here to observe the enemy's movements. Suddenly, several arrows as thick as spears fell from the sky.
The arrows pinned several cavalrymen and horses to the ground with their horses, and the remaining cavalrymen were terrified, and immediately rode away from this terrible place.