Chapter 42: Ambush
Osiris's estimate was correct, and shortly after the dragons left, Desaides and his army were surrounded by a large army led by Emperor Ilnadis.
The army led by Iernadis numbered as many as four or five thousand men, and almost all of the elite warriors were brought here, all dressed in mighty armor, and this was the only army in the entire ocean equipped with full armor. The Emperor's army was lined with a wall of soldiers, which stood in front of Desaidis' army.
Looking at the enemy army several times his own, Desaidis's mood was very complicated, he looked down on his emperor from the bottom of his heart, an ignorant imp who relied on his father's Yu Yin to ascend to the throne, and arrogantly wanted to dominate the ocean, it was really unbelievable, and with such a leader, I am afraid that the fate of the mermaid clan will inevitably be unfortunate in the future. Desaidis didn't want his people to bury this arrogant boy, he had calculated well, but who expected that the news would be leaked, and he had a premonition that sooner or later he would have to meet with Ilnadis.
If he had the help of the dragons, he would naturally not be afraid of Ilnadis, but when he was alone, he ran into the army of Ilnadis, which can only show that the other party had premeditated and waited for the dragons to attack him when he was away. Desaidis knew that no matter how much he hated the dragon clan now, the only way was to break through the bloody battle, fortunately, the old and young women and children in the clan were placed in the territory of the dragon clan, which made him have no worries when fighting.
The human wall blocking the front suddenly separated a gap from the middle, and a man wearing a yellow golden helmet and golden armor slowly passed through the human wall to the front of the military formation, the bright and shining golden armor was as dazzling as the sun at the bottom of the dark sea, just looking at this gorgeous armor knew that the identity of the person who came was extremely noble, no need to ask if this person was the emperor of the mermaid clan, Ilnadis.
This armor of Ilnadis was forged with a lot of gold and countless treasures, and it is rare to find such expensive and luxurious armor even in the human world, which is undoubtedly unique in the ocean. With a wave of his scepter, which was made of gold and inlaid with many precious stones, Ilnadis said in a loud voice: "Desaidis, it is really a great rebellion that you dare to betray your emperor, if you surrender immediately, I may be able to spare your life, if you are still obsessed, hum...... Then this is your place of death!"
Hearing such a childish threat, Desaides couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and then slowly spit out two words from his mouth: "Idiot!"
The mermaid emperor Ilnadis, who had always been held above his head by the people around him, had been scolded like this, and his anger suddenly rushed to his head, and he roared with anger on his face: "Damn fellow, don't take my kindness as a child's play, I will let you be broken into ten thousand pieces today!"
Ilnadis turned to the huge army formation behind him and ordered: "Kill this group of rebels for me, capture the traitor Desaidis alive, and I want him to have a good taste of what life is better than death!"
"Long live the Emperor!" roared like a tsunami from the army of Ilnadis. Under the leadership of many generals, the first wave of attacks rushed straight at with overwhelming momentum.
Thousands of well-armed warriors with spears scrambled towards Desaidis's army, and all of them let out murderous roars that could be described as imposing and terrifying. However, in the eyes of Desaidis, this is simply nonsense, and such an undisciplined rush does not have the minimum military quality at all.
De Saidis waved the scepter in his hand and ordered his army: "All in place, ready to attack!" I saw that De Saidis's army quickly formed a military formation, and its skillful movements showed that this army had been strictly trained, and it was by no means comparable to the enemy who rushed and killed indiscriminately.
Seeing that the first wave of Ilnadis's attack was approaching, the scepter in Desaidis' hand pointed straight ahead and shouted, "Sound Array!"
With a command, thousands of merfolk warriors unleashed sonic attacks in unison, as neat as one person, and the sound waves of thousands of people converged together to form an invisible wall of sound, and the impact of the other party just hit it solidly. I saw that the sea water suddenly trembled, and then I saw that thousands of warriors of Ilnadis suddenly turned on their backs, and they were all shocked and rolled backwards, as if they had been slapped by an invisible giant hand.
Seeing that his army was easily frustrated, the anger in his heart became even more difficult to contain, he drew the sword at his waist, pointed forward, and shouted: "The whole army will charge with me!"
There was no shortage of experienced veterans around Ilnadis, and when he heard that the emperor was going to order the whole army to charge, he immediately exclaimed in fright: "Your Majesty can't!
Irnadis, who was extremely dissatisfied with the admonishers, raised his eyebrows and rebuked angrily: "What do you say!
At this time, other people also hurriedly came over to dissuade: "Your Majesty, our troops have not yet been defeated, so there is no need for the whole army to suppress them." ”
Another general also echoed and said: "Your Majesty's golden body can't be easily dangerous, and besides, you can kill chickens with a knife, how can a little Desaidis be worthy of being Your Majesty's opponent......"
Ilnadis was extremely interested in this kind of sycophancy, and he nodded and said, "That's right, this shameless person like Desaidis is indeed not worthy of being my opponent. He casually pointed at the generals beside him with his hand and said, "Let you go into battle instead of me to kill the enemy!"
When the man heard this, he couldn't help but curse in his heart: "It's really unlucky, why am I unlucky!" But the emperor's order could not be disobeyed, so he had to pretend to be elated and replied loudly: "I am willing to make meritorious deeds for Your Majesty!"
After the failure of the first attack, the Emperor's army quickly reorganized its ranks and prepared for a second round of attacks, and although the first attack suffered losses, there were not many casualties. This time, someone led the army and it was not as chaotic as the previous time, and I saw more than a thousand soldiers slowly approaching Desaidis's army in a neat line.
Desaidis had a lot of combat experience, and the first blow did not make him get carried away, he knew that it was entirely the result of Ilnadis's indiscriminate command, and this kind of thing could only happen once, and the second time it would never happen. Sure enough, Desaidis became cautious when he saw the opponent's second round of attack, which made him no longer have the possibility of getting lucky, and he could only fight the opponent hard. At this time, the army of Desaidis was surrounded by all sides, and the other party only sent a team to test it, obviously intending to slowly consume itself, and it seems that Ilnadis's men are not all rice buckets.
The two armies met, without the slightest fancy, some were just direct killings with no way out, and the warriors on both sides stabbed each other with shields in one hand and spears in the other. Neither Ilnadis's subordinates nor Desaidis's hands thought that he would kill each other with his own people, in the past, the army of the mermaid clan was unanimous with the outside world, who would have expected that today they would kill each other, how cruel this is!
The spear pierced through the gap between the shields and stabbed into the flesh of the opponent, and the blood immediately stained the sea red, and the strong smell of blood attracted a large number of sharks to wander back and forth in the distance. Despite their thirst for blood, their instinctive vigilance of danger kept these bloodthirsty creatures from getting too close, and the war of higher creatures was not something ordinary creatures could intervene in.
The battle between the two armies began to heat up, and every moment someone was stabbed, a large amount of blood made the sea water in the battlefield muddy, and the reduced visibility not only made it difficult to see the details of the battle from a distance, but even the people who were fighting were deeply affected, only listening to the sound of fighting one after another, but no one could figure out what the specific situation was during the period.
The battle was stalemate for a while, and Ilnadis gradually lost his patience, he thought that as long as the army pressed together, the battle could be resolved in an instant, but who would have expected that it would drag on for so long without distinguishing the winner, which made him very angry.
"Come, you bring another thousand men to press on!" Ilnadis sent another thousand warriors with a wave of his hand.
The doubling of the number of enemy troops immediately made Desaidis feel the pressure doubled, originally relying on his rich experience and tenacious fighting spirit to have an advantage, but at this time the opponent's number has an absolute advantage, and the advantage of Fang Cai immediately disappeared.
"Tighten the line, hold the defense!" Desaidis commanded the army in a loud voice, only to see that the front immediately began to tighten, and the gap between the soldiers gradually narrowed. A tighter formation is not good for attacking, but it can make each other care for each other closer, which is better for defence.
Two thousand warriors of Ilnadis surrounded each other and attacked each other, but the results were not as good as the ones they had just arrived, and the warriors of Desaidis were very experienced, relying on their shields and tacit cooperation with each other to hold the line impregnable.
"Hold on!" Desaidis loudly boosted the morale of his men, he knew that today must be a fierce battle, with such a large gap in the strength of the two sides, it is almost impossible to win, the only thing to look forward to is to constantly wear down the opponent's fighting spirit, and then find an opportunity to break through.
The reason why Desaidis dared to look forward to such a disadvantaged situation was entirely because he knew the person of Ilnadis, and he knew that this impatient guy would intervene in the battle sooner or later, as long as he intervened, then he would have a chance, and he believed that this moment would come soon.