The whole battle began with an attack on the side of the human alliance. To be more precise, when the orcs first began to charge, the two wings of the human alliance launched an offensive first.

In order to withstand the rapid assault of the orcs, Terenus gave a straightforward order, and the infantry defense line on both flanks cut the charging distance, disrupting the pace of the orcs, and then relying on the advantage of the shield wall to gradually retreat and stabilize the position.

This order may seem ordinary, but it is extremely difficult to carry out -- first of all, after the charge and the order is given, until the whole army is reorganized, all commands are ineffective; a rapid assault will also cause temporary disorder of order, which is also the reason why many of Weishenme's troops with phalanx fighting as the main body will never charge unless the enemy shows signs of defeat, and they will not be able to recover if they rush out!

Fortunately, however, this was only a short-range charge, and the number of frontal infantry was only a few thousand, and the entire chain of command was working well, and it was basically possible to carry out orders and prohibitions, and fine-tune them in a small area -- if it were to be replaced by an army of tens of thousands of people, it would really be the same as playing cards, and there would be no possibility of transferring them back.

Of course, this also has to do with the excellent discipline of the Salion Heavy Shield Infantry. The territory is relatively close to the south, and there is not much difference between the regular army of the Holy Empire in terms of battle mode, and the coordination has become higher after being armed with the Roman shield hand-to-hand combat tactics, coupled with the proximity to the Black Rock Basin, compared to those imperial armies that have not fought for many years, they can be regarded as experienced, and there is not no friction between Salion and New Gal, and those ambitious Grand Dukes of Salion in the past have not entered the Black Rock Basin.

From the initial long-range projection, then the frantic fire strikes of the Noldor archers, and the three-stage blocking of the Roman heavy crossbowmen, Terenus calculated step by step how much energy the orcs still had left to charge up for a battle, and did everything possible to wear down their fighting spirit and liliang.

This battle cannot be allowed to proceed too quickly, because the explosive power of the enemy is much higher than that of the human coalition army, and it is not in the interests of our own side to fill up one team after another, too many casualties will make the north shed blood and lose the resistance of Liliang.

In short, the whole battle must be delayed as much time as possible, so that the enemy can exhaust his physical strength, but not cause too many casualties, and a tug-of-war within a controllable range is in the interests of the human alliance!

In addition to the Roman legions of the Chinese army, the infantry phalanx on both flanks was divided into three gears -- the Salion heavy infantry was responsible for the first array, the Mistema sword and shield men were responsible for the second line, and the Noldor rangers were responsible for the third line;

"Or should I say you're too confident?" asked Terenus without turning his head toward Theodore, "Isn't it a great burden for the Roman army to take on the middle army alone?"

"That's right, but the Roman legions had their own way of avoiding physical exertion. Theodore chuckled triumphantly, "We will let the enemy shed their blood and then return in vain!"

The trebuchets are still roaring wildly, and the rain of arrows like locusts is screaming and speeding over the battlefield, but these can no longer determine the situation on the battlefield, the battle between the heavy infantry is the real home field!

After a trotting charge, the Saleon heavy infantry quickly used large oval shields to form a tightly connected shield wall, biting the line to the death, the spear in their hands is two meters long, compared to the orc's heavy war spear is less powerful, but the length is full of double the advantage, plus the orc's round shield that can only protect the front body, this advantage is even more obvious, the orc warriors who are eager to break through can't rush over at all, but the warriors who rush up behind are frantically facing forward, and the already dense array becomes more crowded.

"Shield Wall Array-, Forward! Shield Wall Array--Forward!" The heavy infantry captains shouted and gave the order, still holding their shields in their hands, and frantically stabbed their spears: "Hold the line--don't be loose!"

Despite the best efforts to resist, the innate liliang gap still forced the infantry to retreat, and more and more orc warriors passed through the two layers of spears and pushed in front of the shields, forcing the Sarion infantry to draw their broadswords and slash at the enemy, or stab them out from the middle of the shield. The infantry in the back rows threw spears at the command of the captain - this two-meter-long weapon was also a very advantageous weapon in throwing, and the spears thrown from the heads of the soldiers in the front row, after staying in the air for a while, fell into the orcs, and a few unfortunate unlucky ones were hit in the head, and before they could even shout, they lay down in the mud at their feet.

But now the situation is that the entire front is constantly retreating, which gives the orcs the motivation to fight again, and they are already eager to deal with these damn humans immediately! The battle has lasted for nearly ten minutes, and the orcs have already suffered a small number of casualties, but the infantry line of the human alliance is still intact, and the casualties can be said to be minimal, and the orcs who are eager to break through the defense line have accelerated their pace.

Almost all veterans are used to this kind of situation, so they can still keep calm, encourage the recruits behind them, and slowly retreat under the command of the captain. In their memory, unless one side has an extremely obvious advantage, or simply a battle to suppress the mob, a normal battle should be like this: one side attacks, the other side retreats, and when one side has exhausted its morale or physical strength and begins to flee on a large scale, the casualties will increase rapidly, and the chance of being killed in battle is actually very small, because both sides are heavily armoured and holding shields, and it is as difficult to kill the other as it is to be killed by the other side.

People will always be afraid of the unknown, but once you get acquainted with it, you won't be scared anymore. Now the situation is like this, after the warriors get acquainted with it, these orc warriors are just a group of enemies much stronger than themselves.

It is true that these orcs can compete with experienced veterans without much training, but that's all, they bleed and die, they are not demons, they are no different from all races.

Just as the two flanks of both sides began to fight, Kosai had already led his elite warriors, withstanding the three-stage fire of the Roman heavy crossbowmen, almost paving a way forward with blood!

The shields in their hands had long been shattered under the rain of arrows, except for a few orc warriors who were proficient in one-handed weapons (such as short-handled axes, heavy spears, etc.) who took a spare large round shield from their backs to defend Kosai Khan from long-range threats, and the other orc warriors all drew their straight-edged swords and followed behind Kosai with a loud roar!

"All ready, gun!" the centurions commanded in a loud voice. Immediately the Roman infantry in the first row were half-crouched, their shields resting on their left shoulders, and the tails of their spears were firmly inserted into the earth. And the second row is holding the spear high above his head, ready to plunge into the throat of the enemy from above!

"Javelins in the back," the centurions shouted at the soldiers in the back, who waited, waiting for the enemy to come within range of the javelins, and then waved their raised right hand sharply: "Projection!"

In just thirty meters or so, the frantically charging orc warriors withstood the first round of javelin blows!

The weighted Roman javelin, as long as it takes a shot, will basically lose its combat effectiveness, this weighted javelin was originally used for anti-cavalry, and it is just right to deal with these orcs.

"Poof!" the sound ――――――――of a spear piercing through flesh, followed by the crisp sound of a spear breaking.

The orc warrior broke through the thin array of guns with only two rows in the most brutal way, and slashed at the heads of the legionnaires with his straight-edged swords held high!

Then, the most unexpected thing happened!

The legionnaires with broken spears in their hands did not draw their Roman swords to fight them hand-to-hand, but threw down the broken spears and ran towards the back row, the soldiers behind immediately filled the gap, and the infantry who originally held the spears also immediately threw away their spears and used their shields to block the straight-edged swords from top to bottom, and the Roman sword in their hands was ready to attack, and stabbed into the chest of the orc's empty door!

Terenus looked at the scene that had just happened in amazement, not only the enemy, but even he was shocked by such a strange situation: "Aren't you afraid that the army will be chaotic because of this?"

"As long as you have enough training, it's not that hard. Theodore replied calmly, in fact he was very proud now.

Will the Roman legions have more stamina than any other army, and can withstand the continuous attack of the enemy's waves?

Every Roman legionary infantry will immediately withdraw from the gap in the line to the Zuihou side after ten minutes of fighting, the position is topped by the back row, and the soldiers in this row will return to the Zuihou row to rest, waiting for their turn next time; 。

At this time, the entire battlefield was already fully committed to both sides, and the coalition soldiers tried their best to withstand the wild wave of the orcs, blood flowed on the ground, the space became smaller and smaller, the formation became denser and denser, and the sound of shouts and weapons colliding echoed in everyone's ears.

The war had reached a brief stalemate, but it was not yet a decisive moment, the orc army still had its strength left, it had an infantry advantage that the coalition did not have, and even if it was filled with corpses, the coalition would collapse before them!

The entire infantry line was slowly moving back, getting closer and closer to the command position where Terenus was standing, and even the heralds standing under the banner could clearly hear the earth-shattering howl of the orcs!

"Send a signal to Salald!" Terenus remained calm, "It's time to launch a surprise attack!"