Chapter 209: The Battle of Hanging City
When this army of the undead appeared, everyone in the Falcon Regiment fell silent.
Of course, Midi had already prepared various countermeasures, such as flame charges, flame arrows, holy light bullets, holy light arrows, holy water, blessed crystals, etc., and the equipment used to restrain the undead was very complete.
Not only that, but he also specially transferred Lilian, a general who had been fighting with Midi, Fina, and Alice more than two years ago, and now personally led an elite Blue Fist Holy Envoy formation to fight the undead's offensive.
However, even so, a solemn atmosphere involuntarily permeated.
Because there are so many of them in this army of the undead!
The army that attacked Sky City was mainly composed of 2,000 warriors from the Dragonman clan, plus the elites mobilized by Belmar, the pilots of the pioneer boats, and a few high-level alchemy masters, adding up to just over 3,000 people.
But at this moment, the army of the undead formed by the Delos Empire is actually more than 10,000!
With 3,000 to 10,000, even if you have the best means of restraint in your hands, you can't be 100% sure of victory, not to mention, among these 10,000 undead, there are many undead giant puppets with rough skin and thick flesh and tall bodies, one is worth ten.
There is no doubt that this will be an extremely difficult battle, and the slightest breach of the defensive line will immediately lead to the collapse of the whole army and the annihilation of the entire army.
Not only that, behind the formation of the army of the undead, there were thousands of soldiers from the Delos Empire, all of them were heavily armed and murderous, obviously elite soldiers who were chosen one out of a hundred, and even generals.
Looking at the dense army of the undead and the confident Imperial soldiers behind it, Midi's heart also sank, but what made him feel heavy was not the number of the undead army, but the strategy of the "Nightmare Hand" Wiseman Newton.
Could it be that this sworn enemy, who has always played cards not according to common sense, really follows the rules this time and intends to take a safe route?
Besides, although the army of 10,000 undead looks terrifying, but when it comes to fighting, Midi believes that the last victor must be himself. And he is also sure that with the IQ of the "hand of nightmares", he can also predict this unsurprising outcome.
Preparing for such a long time, gambling on the fate of the empire, and finally relying on a bunch of brainless undead to fight a big battle that is bound to lose?
The "hand of nightmares" that Midi knew of Lu Dao, whether in the previous life or in this life, the terrible death manipulator who played many powerful people and generals in the palm of his hand, would never do such a thankless thing.
But despite his suspicion and vigilance, Midi couldn't see Wiseman's true strategic intentions hidden in this army of the undead, which was what he felt most anxious about.
And in this short reconnaissance time, the army of the undead has been driven by the necromancers, crossed the large ruins in the Hanging City, and rushed towards the Star Mountain with great momentum.
"Attack, break through more. Midi returned to her usual calm demeanor, and then gave the order.
If the army of the undead is allowed to rush to the fortifications, then there is no need to worry about Wiseman's conspiracy, the 3,000 people of the Falcon Regiment will be scattered on the spot, even if there is a deep fear in their hearts, now that the arrow is on the string, they have to be sent.
With the wave of the handsome flag and the guidance of the magic communication, the elite warriors of the Three Thousand Falcon Regiment began to attack.
The three thousand men instantly divided into several columns, like several black sharp spearheads, stabbing towards the sea of undead. At the same time, heavy trebuchets and bed crossbows rained down flaming stone projectiles and silver-branded arrows on top of the fortifications that had already been erected.
Under the combination of ranged and melee attacks, the seemingly terrifying undead suddenly revealed their fragile nature.
These puppets with bad brains, or no brains at all, can only act under the instructions of the necromancer, and in terms of specific details and movements, they rely entirely on instinct, and once they feel an attack with restraint attributes, they will naturally choose to dodge. In this way, in the face of the oncoming fire attribute and holy attribute attacks, they could easily change into chaos, and then they were hit by the vanguard troops, and they were even more chaotic, and they suddenly lost the room to deploy, and they could only be slaughtered.
Although it is difficult for the Nightblade Leopard Group to survive in the essence magic, and the Nightblade Leopard Cavalry Regiment that Midi is used to cannot come to the Hanging City, the penetration power of the Dragonman clan is definitely not under the power of humans and elven cavalry.
Under the command of Midi, from a distance, the column of the Falcon Regiment was constantly interspersed back and forth in the sea of the undead army, like a quick knife with a tacit understanding between the handles, from time to time cutting a piece from the opponent's formation, and then cooperating with the fortifications to completely destroy it.
Soon, thousands of undead puppets, including many giant puppets, had been completely killed.
Although the warriors on the Hayabusa side also suffered casualties, if this momentum continues, there is no doubt that the first to be broken before the dragons and humans run out of physical strength will be the undead front!
Unlike normal army formations, the Undead formation is always loose and unresponsive, and it is much easier to break through it than to break through a group of paladins with giant shields. And as the penetrating dragons rushed into battle again and again, cutting again and again, although the army of the undead was only a tenth of the loss, the degree of looseness was far more than that.
At this point, the next charge will no longer be aimed at the undead, but will be able to plunge directly into the depths of the army of the undead, and then kill the real enemy, the Necromancer of the Empire!
And once the necromancer is killed, the army of the undead will naturally turn into a cluster of monsters no different from ordinary monsters, as long as a little trick is used to lure it away, and you don't even have to care about it.
This is the simplest and most classic tactic against the undead, multi-point breakthrough.
It's not about completely destroying your opponent, it's just about killing the core necromancer to reap the fruits of victory.
Relying on the powerful combat power of the dragons, the incredible destructive power of Tanius, and a variety of targeted weapons, at this moment, Midi has brought this tactic to the fullest.
And with the change of the tide of battle, the Imperials seem to have wavered, and the rotation of this undead army has become more and more incoherent, and the Imperial soldiers in the rear seem to be a little overwhelmed and ready to step forward to support.
"My lord, are we going to send the reserves out?" Kelvin's slightly agitated voice came from the magical communication.
Any qualified commander can see that to this extent, what is needed is no longer the destruction of the formation, but the direct penetration with a strong front, and the killing blow before the enemy reorganizes the formation.
It's just that, listening to Kelvin's words, Midi hesitated.
"My lord?" Kelvin didn't react for a moment, and asked a few questions about the magic communication.
Midi Asrex would hesitate, this kind of thing had never happened before, but it had never happened.
Besides, even if you gather heavy troops to intersperse the center, it is actually not a military adventure - if the penetration force is not enough, or if the other side uses some kind of backhand, with the strong strength of the dragons, even if you can't fight it, you can always retreat, right? As long as you hide in the fortifications when the time comes, there will be no danger at all.
"Let the dragonmen warriors in the middle assemble and make a tentative charge, and when they reach the enemy's formation, they will immediately return and retreat!" Thanius and Dixon each lead a team, press the formation on both flanks, and prohibit the depths!" Midi finally gave the order.
"This?" Kelvin didn't come back to his senses for a moment.
This order is inevitably too cautious and conservative, right?
"Do as I say, Kelvin, and the big picture is up to you. ”
"And what about you?" Kelvin asked quickly.
"It's time to get ready for Hayabusa. Midi gritted her teeth as she spoke, and walked towards the rear of the fortifications.
There, there is a landing field that has just been built against the mountain. And the one hundred and twenty-seven pilots and their vanguard boats were there, waiting for Midi's order to rain down a rain of flames from the sky that no one could resist.
Although Midi's order was contrary to everyone's expectations, under the majesty of the genius commander and the victorious commander, no one dared to question this order on the battlefield, even the most unruly Tanius, just muttered "What does this guy want to do" and honestly led a team of dragonmen to press up from the flank.
The team of 300 dragonmen in the middle lane immediately gathered into a front and began to charge.
The army of the undead, which had already been cut into pieces by the multi-click breaking tactics, could not stop such a sword-like team, and under a series of attacks, the defensive lines of these undead were quickly penetrated, and the army of the dragonmen had reached a position close to the center.
Entering the great array and defeating the undead, dozens of necromancers suddenly appeared in front of these dragonmen.
As soon as they saw these close array breakers, these necromancers immediately recited a lengthy and obscure incantation, and before the dragons could attack, a magic array that had already been drawn appeared under their feet, and instantly dissipated into the air like light smoke.
"Teleportation Circle?" The dragon man captain led by him suddenly felt a little bad.
He had wanted to go deeper into the enemy line and try to kill a few more necromancers, even if he disobeyed Midi's orders a little, it shouldn't be nothing. But at this moment, the dragon man keenly sensed that an unprecedented danger seemed to envelop him.
"Retreat, retreat immediately!" the dragon captain gave the order loudly.
However, it was already too late.
The undead around them, who were originally slow, suddenly had a red glow like blood in their eyes, and their movements suddenly became much sharper.
And above the sky of the Hanging City, dozens of black shadows swept by at a speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, tearing through the white clouds, cutting the air, and projecting the shadow of death onto this battlefield.