Section 25 Hole Cards
Twenty-fifth Hole Cards
It is unknown where the road first started, but the killing of the captain soon had a noticeable effect among the boar boys. Like the ripples caused by a pebble thrown into a pond, the effect gradually spreads. The initial roar of the orcs subsided, and the belligerent orcs began to realize that they could not win the battle. And once this psychological wave begins to spread, it quickly strengthens into a wave that sweeps everything.
The orcs began to panic, and they and the boar gave up their fighting frenzy and fled. This is also the characteristic of the greenskins, if it is a human army, the impact of the killing of the general is probably far less great.
Only in victory can the true discipline of the army be demonstrated. In the eyes of the Blood Banner Boss, the knights quickly formed a team and prepared for the next battle. This kind of action was so swift that even the Blood Banner Boss was amazed in his heart.
But Eric's previous worries seemed unfounded. Because what he feared hadn't happened, and the group of green-skinned machete boys were still standing still.
It's not that this team of greenskins is full of gentlemanly spirit or anything, but because of the fierce infighting that is breaking out between this team of greenskins at the moment.
In the human army, infighting in battle is simply an extremely incredible thing. But this is unusual for the greenskins. Because the reason the greenskins fight is simply because they like to fight, no matter who they fight, as long as it's a good fight. Coupled with loose discipline and rampant individualism, there are often greenskins in the same team who usually don't look at each other, and with the slightest fuse, infighting can break out in any situation.
In any case, a small riot at this moment caused the orcs to become a mess, making them forget about the existence of the knights in front of them and busy solving their own internal conflicts. For the knights, this should be regarded as a lucky star. The knights calmly formed a formation, regrouped, and then launched the next round of attacks on the group of orcs.
This attack was nowhere near as easy as the last. At the moment of the great enemy, even the greenskins temporarily put aside the internal contradictions and turned to melee with the knights. At this time, the knights had been fighting at high intensity for nearly an hour, and the men and horses were quite tired. By the time they finally routed the orcs, the knights had already suffered considerable losses.
Now, the knights have routed four waves of enemies in a row, creating a large gap in the enemy's front. If the follow-up troops can keep up and expand the results of the battle from the breakthrough created by the Knights, if not to take advantage of the situation to defeat the Greenskins, they can at least teach Greenskins a hard lesson.
However, it seems that the Supreme Commander has no such intentions, as the friendly forces are still there.
It's not very appropriate to say that he is still motionless, because at this moment, other positions are also starting to fight. Seeing that the enemy had no intention of making a move, a small group of greenskins took the initiative to attack. However, because the Sham coalition forces occupied a very advantageous position, and there were not many green skins in the attack (which could only be regarded as tentative attacks), the pressure of the battle was not great. The Shem soldiers easily repelled the greenskins and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy with muskets and crossbows.
At the forefront, the knights began to reinforce the detachments that resisted the flanks of the Greenskins, who could barely withstand the pressure.
It was almost time for Eric, trying his best to direct his troops to engage the greenskins on the flanks, while uneasily observing the changes in the greenskins. He knew that he had already torn a big hole in the greenskin front, and theoretically speaking, no greenskin boss would endure such a battle, and the greenskin would definitely fight back. And this kind of counterattack is usually led by the green-skinned boss himself.
In the rear of the army of Shem, this was also observed.
"Attention, Cannon, the Greenskin Boss is probably coming!" an order was conveyed, and the gunners arranged on the slope of the hill immediately took their positions nervously. Here, the killer weapon of the Shem is hidden, and more than thirty cannons are concentrated here.
On the face of it, it appears that the Shem had only six or seven cannons in the battle, and the cannons were all evenly placed on the entire front, providing limited fire support for the army. But in reality, the real goal of this battle is not to defeat Greenskin, but to try to kill Greenskin's boss with cannons. So the real killer weapon, that is, the artillery, was hidden in the rear of the army, camouflaged with all sorts of things in order to deliver a surprise and sudden blow.
Of course, it would be better if there was magic assistance. Unfortunately, due to the previous cold relationship with the church, the number of mages in the Sham's army was greatly reduced, and the war was rushed to the point where it was too late to summon enough mages to take place temporarily.
"Boss, boss, they're coming, what should I do?" a goblin crawled to the Blood Banner Boss. In fact, this is a battle with 70,000 or 80,000 troops on both sides, and the battle of these thousands of people can only be regarded as an appetizer that has nothing to do with the overall situation. But not every greenskin is as calm as the Blood Banner Boss. Watching the enemy pounce unstoppably, crushing multiple troops in a row, some goblins (especially the new entrants) have already wavered.
Of course, the vast majority of greenskins are still very confident. On the one hand, they believe in the strength of the boss, and on the other hand, Greenskin knows that there are many powerful troops hiding behind the hillside. In fact, the Blood Banner Boss still has a lot of cards in his hand, and he doesn't want to show real hole cards for such a lone army. His real trouble at the moment was that he couldn't understand the plans of the Shem army at all.
It's not like attacking, it's not like defending, it's not like defending and counterattacking, let alone luring the enemy to defeat. With this paradoxical arrangement and puzzling tactics, the Blood Banner Boss is already completely sure that the Shem army has no intention of fighting him here, but intends to play some tricks.
"What's the hell, you wretch coward!" a guard next to the boss, a big orc, kicked the panicked goblin into a rolling gourd.
Of course, the Blood Banner Boss wouldn't care about such a goblin, but he also felt that letting a human army go deep into his camp without taking any measures was obviously not in line with Greenskin's style of doing things.
"Grub!" he shouted, and a goblin immediately came up.
"Boss, are you looking for me?"
"Tell me the snotty spirits! Send all the pump trucks!" the Blood Banner Boss waved his hand. So far, he hadn't seen any snot pump trucks do anything, but he had seen many of them fall apart on the march. It's better to take out this kind of broken thing and use it early.
Behind the hillside, there was the rumbling of wheels and another sound that sounded like the flow of water.
Eric knew very well that Greenskin must have hidden some reserves behind the hillside, and in fact, the same was true of the Shem army, and the Queen Mother had ambushed many troops outside the enemy's vision behind the hillside, as a preparation for the eventuality. But he was taken aback when Greenskin's reserve emerged from the top of the hillside.
That's a couple of big cars that can be used on their own. Although they are still far away, it can be seen that these things are not pulled by animals, but rely on some internal machinery. Then, more vehicles of the same type appeared at the top of the hillside, some more intact with wooden shells and roofs, others much rougher, with the entire interior exposed. However, each car has an angle of attack in front of it that is used to ram the enemy. Some were stout stakes with iron heads, while others were spears in rows.
In the bare vehicles, a small green skin can be seen jumping up and down, brandishing a variety of bizarre weapons. In the driver's seat, there are some crazy green-skinned drivers, pumping water with a quirky device to power the vehicle.
The vehicles then charged.
They rushed down the slope. Soon, under the effect of gravitational acceleration, the speed of these green cars became very fast, and the pump cars jumped up and down on the uneven ground, and from time to time a driver was thrown out of the air in a scream. There were even two cars that disintegrated in the middle of the road because of the excessive bumps, turning into a pile of rotten wood that would not move.
The knights tried to dodge, but it was impossible. Because thousands of knights and horses occupied too much space, and they were fighting the enemy, they really had no time to hide from the rushing pump carts. And one knight can't dodge the other.
The pump truck, which had been tested by this rough road, slammed into the middle of the rider at a high speed.
The angle of attack in front of the pump car runs through the bodies of one unfortunate person after another. In this case, no armor can play a protective role. The first round of the impact of dozens of pump carts caused hundreds of casualties, and not only that, but they also broke through the battle line of the knights, causing a large gap in the battle line.
The snot drivers slammed on the pumps and accelerated the pump like crazy. These pump carts, if they had not been killed in the siege of the knights, would have run a bloody path through the men and horses, overwhelmed countless corpses and wounded, and rushed left and right in the crowd, exerting great lethality.
Even if a well-trained knight can't kill the driver in time, he won't be able to do anything about these war machines for a while. The cannon was a good deal for them, but by the time the gunner turned the muzzle, the pump was already mixed up with the knight.
In addition to the casualties, the pump trucks caused overall chaos. The knights, who had relied on formation to fight, lost their formation and immediately fell into an extremely disadvantageous state.
"It seems that these broken cars are still somewhat useful. At the top of the hillside, the Blood Banner Boss watched the tide of battle change.
"Boss, these cars, these pump cars are very good!" Grabb said flatteringly, taking advantage of the boss's good mood.
Seeing that the pump car has built up miraculous skills, even the green skin that was shaken before has now recovered its fighting spirit. A few more teams watched the cheap goblin boys rush towards the knights.
"Boss, shall we put up a flag and get more of the boys to come along and surround them?" Grubb suggested.
The Blood Banner Boss has not yet decided, but a few anxious boys have already done so. In an instant, at the top of the hillside, the chaotic banner of the Blood Banner Tribe fluttered high. Seeing the boss raise the flag, all the boys realized that the time had come for a general attack, and suddenly, with the earth-shattering shout of "Waaaaagh", the greenskinned army swooped down on the enemy in front of them.
"Kouhu, who told you to put up the flag?!" The Boss of the Blood Banner was furious for a while, but the matter was already in a boat, and it was in vain.
"That's the boss. "The artillery position of the Shem, an officer pointed in the direction of the opposite flag.