Section 333 Odd Soldiers

Marven's attention was all focused on the left flank of the Chaos Legion. As he had promised Ashrufa before, he and his men had no intention of interfering in the battle. At least, they had no intention of helping the Bloodfang Lords.

This is an obvious logic, the only reason why the Blood Fang Lord did not kill Marven is that he does not want to weaken his combat power on the eve of the decisive battle. If the Bloodfang Lord wins this battle - well, with the logic of the Lord's actions, anyone can deduce what will happen to Marven - Marven's only option is to flee as soon as possible.

Of course, if you really take out all the hole cards, you have to say something else, but if you do this, the consequences are not something Marven can bear.

With his position of "bystander clearing" at this time, he was able to see the situation of the two armies. The central part of the two armies is the largest part of the two armies, accounting for more than half of the total strength. It's a pity that there are only a lot of troops. At least Marven knew that the order received by one side was to "stick to the main thing and maintain the front standby", and the other side should be "give priority to covering long-range troops". That's what you have to do. Both sides will fight more conservatively (if the commander follows the orders of the commander-in-chief), which means that without three or five hours, I am afraid that it will be impossible to distinguish the winner from the loser. In other words, the key to victory or defeat has nothing to do with the battle in the central part. Yes, the musket artillery placed in the center of Ashrufat may be very effective in causing damage, and even providing firepower reinforcements to the two wings, but it is still not the decisive point in the outcome of the war.

As for the right flank of the Bloodfang Lord (i.e., the left flank of Ashrufat), one side was prepared to delay the battle in advance, and the other side was clearly ordered to break through the enemy line as quickly as possible. This is typical. Although Marven believed that the heavily armed knights of the southerners would win in the end - if there was no external interference, the Chaos Legion deployed here would not be able to withstand the repeated onslaught of the knights. They will be able to hold out for a while, but sooner or later their morale will collapse due to the accumulation of casualties.

But then again, even the Bloodfang Lord himself didn't expect his right wing to win. He just needs them to delay long enough, doesn't he? Although the knightly troops of the southerners have strong combat power, Marven doesn't think they can crush the frontal enemy in one round.

Although they are facing the weakest part of the mixed legion.

It's a pity that that Ashrufat still miscalculated. Marven's mood had calmed down, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer. The so-called "too clever agency" refers to this situation. If Ashrufat hadn't placed his elite here, then Marven had already prepared to withdraw from the battlefield with this force after the battle began. By doing so, Ashrufat is actually forcing a neutral person who was not an enemy into his hostile position, which is unattainable!

Now, the key to the battle lies in this round of onslaught from the Bloodfang Lord. If he can completely defeat the frontal spearmen with the first charge, then I am afraid that the situation will be ...... For Ashrufat, it was not so optimistic.

The two armies are rapidly approaching. The Chaos Warriors charged from the flanks with constant fire from the attackers, and could see one Chaos Warrior after another fall in front of bullets and crossbow arrows, but this casualty could not stop the Chaos Legion's frenzied charge.

Rushing to the front line of the Chaos Front are dozens of Chaos Eggs. These monsters don't look like onions, but their actual action speed is not slow. At the same time, the thick muscles on the surface of the Chaos Eggs allow them to take a lot of damage, and if they don't hit, a bullet hitting them is like tickling. These monsters waved their tentacles like this, ignoring the hail of bullets and rushing to the front line of chaos.

I'm afraid things are not going well for Ashrufat. Marven noticed the problem almost immediately. The Bloodfang Lord's thinking is very straightforward and easy to see through, first tearing the battle line with the ferocious Chaos Egg, disrupting and killing the enemy, and then the main force takes the opportunity to storm on. But there is no point in seeing through the enemy's arrangement. In the face of monsters like Chaos Eggs, you can either use long-range weapons to defeat them before they get close, or you have to exchange a large number of warrior casualties - although Chaos Eggs are strong, they can't stop thousands of people from going forward and besieging them one after another. But it was clear that the firepower from the flanks was not enough to destroy so many Chaos Eggs, and the troops that were placed here by Ashrufat could not be afraid of sacrifice.

Because there was a noticeable commotion in the phalanx of spearmen. This last-minute expression before the two sides engage in war is the most indicative of the combat effectiveness of the army. It is well known that discipline is the most obvious indicator of the combat effectiveness of most, if not all, of an army, and if an army can maintain a steady formation at such a time, then it is an elite army. And if an army at this moment is in a commotion......

Then this is an army that is not very disciplined and has relatively poor combat effectiveness. Marven could see it at a glance. At this point, the fog seemed to have faded a little, or either the two armies had advanced some distance, and Marven had already discovered that Ashrufat had more than just spearmen here. Although it can be roughly called the "phalanx of spearmen", among the many small phalanxes that make up this large phalanx, there are quite a few sword and shield soldiers and halberd soldiers. The two seemed to be a little calmer than the spearmen.

But it didn't work. This phalanx was dominated by spear infantry, and their combat power did not seem to be very reliable.

Marven's mind was already thinking about how he would deal with the Bloodfang Lord after the battle, but fortunately, he immediately remembered that Ashrufat had an overly large reserve force, and the Bloodfang Lord had no such backhand. Of course, on the other hand, there is magic, a factor that can change the tide of battle.

Well, it's hard to say whether you will win or lose......

Too late, the Chaos Egg had already hit the front line of the spearmen. Although this monster was once human, it is now far superior in size and strength to humans. Although the dense spears of the first line pierced deep into their bodies, they could not resist the tremendous inertial force generated by their charge.

With the exception of a few Chaos who fell due to spear penetration, the rest of the Chaos Eggs almost easily knocked out the human warriors who stood in their way. They burst into the phalanx and, like all the furious beasts, began to ravage the enemy's lines. As mentioned earlier, the tentacles of the Chaos Egg possess great power, and the full force of a tentacle can send a person flying dozens of steps away with a single blow. This kind of Cheng dù attack, if there are not enough companions to share the impact, is enough to instantly disable a warrior, even if it does not break the bones of a human and leave permanent damage (which, of course, requires a little luck).

In the blink of an eye, victims like this are everywhere. Several ferocious Chaos Eggs even wrapped their tentacles around the same target, tearing their bodies apart alive. This method of killing people is not very efficient, but it has taken a heavy toll on morale. The spearmen had flinched visibly, and were afraid to attack, many of them trying to avoid the Chaos Eggs rather than fighting.

The Chaos Eggs rushed into the phalanx of spearmen alone, and although they were outnumbered, they caused a lot of casualties and chaos, and only a handful were killed.

By this time, the Chaos Legion had already collided head-on with the disorganized, demoralized spearmen.

It is indescribable to devastate the destruction caused in that moment. Chaos warriors in Chaos armor are better equipped, more well-formed, more morale-boosting, and of course, physically stronger and more skilled in combat. From above, it looked not like a clash between the two armies, but more like a storm blowing through the desert - a qiē in front that had been completely engulfed before an eye.

"Master, the chaos of the winds of magic seems to be about to stop. A subordinate's voice rang out.

"yes, I see. Marven replied lightly. This kind of chaotic phenomenon of magical winds is not uncommon, in fact, magicians have a way to artificially create such phenomena - just use a few more demon-breaking scrolls. This time, though, the magical wind chaos was just a natural phenomenon, as if it was raining in the sky.

Regardless of whether or not the chaos of the magic wind stopped, Marven had no intention of intervening.

The spear infantry in the first line had collapsed, and the small number of halberders and sword and shield soldiers with relatively high morale were finally slightly better, giving their fleeing companions the opportunity to flee for their lives. However, in this way, the braver troops who remained became the target of concentrated enemy attacks. The battle won't last long.

If the large phalanx of the spear infantry was roughly divided into three layers, then this round of attacks just now would have completely destroyed the resistance of the first layer. The numerous small phalanxes have collapsed, and the first layer no longer exists. And that's just a short period of time. Not to mention the Chaos Warriors who had already tasted victory and blood on the battlefield, even Marven, who was watching from afar, felt that the Blood Fang Lord had a great chance of winning. Combat is a trade-off process, with the Bloodfang Lord's forces losing little to no in close combat, and morale boosted by small victories. On the contrary, the morale of the coalition soldiers was noticeably low because they saw their allies collapse so lightly.

The Bloodfang Lord only needs to stop, and with a little formation, he can immediately attack the enemy's second layer. If this situation were repeated twice, unless Ashrufat sent his reserves in time, the defeat in the battle would be irretrievable.

An eerie voice came from afar. Marven noticed that behind the phalanx of spear infantry, something strange was entering the battlefield.

It was some vehicles - they looked like they were clad in steel, with cannons on top. The edges of their shells are made with sharp edges. That's not all, at least Marven had seen Southerners often use vehicles to move their cannons. What is really amazing is that these vehicles move spontaneously, not with oxen or horses in tow. Instead, they have a white mist on top.

That "bang" "bang" noise is emitted by these vehicles. The sound was not caused by the collision of its wheels against the stones on the ground, but from the vehicle itself, hidden beneath the steel shell.

This should be the ...... It is...... The so-called tank? Marven remembered that one of his spies had brought such a piece of information. However, he didn't pay much attention to this information, so he didn't bother to learn the details about this new weapon.

The tanks slowly moved along the gaps between the small phalanxes. However, this "slowly" is from Marven's point of view, that is, from the perspective of a distant observer. Standing on the ground, the tank's advance is not slow. By the time the Chaos Legion had routed the last small phalanx still resisting, the tanks had already reached the front line.

A total of ten tanks stopped together, and the cannons on top of them began to turn slowly.

A round of frontal artillery fire smashed into the Chaos Legion as it tried to form a team. The tank's artillery was not very lethal, and the total number of ten shells killed only a few dozen people was generated, but there was some small chaos.

"Looks like a lot of fun. Marven whispered to himself.

This new type of vehicle has never been seen before in the Chaos Legion. For a moment, no one knew what to do with them. The usual way to deal with a chariot is to kill the animal pulling it, or to kill the crew of the chariot - the former is much easier than the latter. The problem was that the tank was propelled by a steam engine, which itself was hidden under the thick steel shell of the tank. And its crew is far safer than that of a normal tank - in fact, the entire crew of the tank is hidden under a steel casing, which is invisible from the outside unless they voluntarily poke their heads out.