Chapter 202: Ruthless (Part 1)
Salin's tactics are not surprising. As long as the enemy is a soldier without heavy armor and iron shield, the Caucasian iron arrows are deadly. He learned a lot of marching knowledge from Rex, and knew that many expensive weapons would be sealed when there was no battle.
This tactic of cavalry attacking with bows and arrows is not very effective against strict heavy armor infantry, unless it is expensive magic arrows that can break the heavy armor. The problem is that magic arrows are all one-time, and the cost of making a magic arrow is higher than training an infantry, so no one will do this. Moreover, alchemy arrows are not equivalent to magic arrows. Alchemy arrows are arrows refined with magic and do not have special magic abilities themselves, but the magic array on the magic arrows can be run with magic cores and have magic lethality, which is not something ordinary armor can resist.
The iron arrows handed over to the Caucasian warriors by Salin have been refined with alchemy. They are extremely sharp and fired with a longbow, which can break through iron armor, wooden shields, or the lowest-level invisible shields. This kind of iron arrow is useless against advanced magic shields, and it is possible to cause damage to low-level magicians at a particularly close distance.
Salin didn't have so many resources to create magic arrows, but the enemy also didn't have so much money to create magic armor for ordinary soldiers to wear. Therefore, during this attack, the coalition forces of the East Sea Island Kingdom could only watch the Caucasian warriors shoot the iron arrows in the air arrow bag and retreat calmly.
There are more than 28,000 iron arrows in total, killing more than 4,000 enemies, of which more than 1,000 enemies are killed directly. On average, twenty iron arrows can shoot one enemy to death. In such severe weather, if the injured target is not well treated, the outcome will be the same.
Only Caucasian warriors can fire so many iron arrows. An ordinary soldier can draw a longbow ten times and be considered an amazing warrior.
The function of equipment is fully reflected here. Every Caucasian warrior has a magic finger condom in his hand to control strings. There are only so many warriors in Salin's hands. Without excellent equipment, the coalition forces of the East China Island Kingdom's long-term harassing attacks can cause them huge losses.
Salin was not satisfied with his soldiers' equipment, but he didn't know that Rex's soldiers were all elites in the Qinin Empire. He established his own team according to Rex's army-building model, and his investment was dozens of times that of ordinary nobles.
Fortunately, Salin was messing around like this, otherwise, with his current number of soldiers, he would have suffered heavy losses against these powerful enemies who came from afar.
The result is also terrain factors. The ice surface is flat and there is no object that can block bows and arrows. The demon wolf runs much more steadily than the war horses. These demon wolf are originally monsters living in high-altitude areas. They will not slip on the ice surface even if they run on the ice surface.
Even if the coalition forces have cavalry, they cannot catch up with these demon wolves.
Kridian's defensive strategy was a coincidence, which made the coalition forces worry about it. They had been refining and assembling magic chariots, and did not place the camp on land. As soon as Salin came back, he attacked the warships, causing those magic chariots to sink to the bottom of the sea before they could work.
There are many reasons for the failure of a war. If the coalition forces divide their troops and arrange thousands of people to land in the north, with the cooperation of magical chariots, facing the unbuilt city wall, it will cause a large number of casualties in Salin's army.
Or if the coalition forces use large flying puppets to harass them, Kridian may not be able to calm down. It is very likely that he will send troops to attack on the ice. In that case, the two sides will compare the advantages and disadvantages of the number of people.
If Kridian wants to fight on the ice, he cannot approach the battleship. There are magic trenchers on the battleship, which will cause huge damage to his infantry.
In short, the failure of the coalition forces was not destined, and everything could be said to be a coincidence. The strangest thing is that Shika's divination technique was effective, and Salin believed in Shika's feeling. If Salin did not come back and the magic chariot of the coalition forces was modified, even with the help of the undead army, Kridian could not defend the harbor.
At that time, Banchagana was not there, and the remaining two undead kings were not opponents of the mage group. At least if they took the initiative to attack, they would suffer a great loss.
However, this situation also has internal factors. The army of the East China Island Kingdom has no experience in large-scale combat. The so-called kings in the East China Sea may be just a small island, with only tens of thousands of people. It is very difficult for such an army to occupy the continent of Meles.
When the legions on the Meers Continent fight, there are more than 100,000 soldiers at any time. The nobles support the royal family at least a few hundred soldiers at a time. Together, it is a huge number.
During the expedition of Emperor Chanak, thousands of low-level mages joined the army. Emperor Chanak was defeated, and many of these mages escaped. If it were the army of the Donghai Island Kingdom, they would probably be wiped out.
When Salin received the news from the front, he immediately issued a second order. The pirates who had followed him into the chaotic swamp organized more than 200 people, brought barbarian soldiers, rode skeleton war horses, and came to the edge of the ice to start the second round of attack.
"God General, we must fight back, otherwise..."
At the beach, the generals of the coalition forces were almost crazy in the face of this situation. The enemy only used powerful crossbows to harass them. If the opponent's crossbow arrows were enough, the remaining 10,000 soldiers would completely collapse for a few days. In fact, there would be less than a few days. Because of the sinking of the warships, the supplies of the army were gone, and these soldiers would soon be hungry and cold. If they could not find food, everyone would die on the ice.
The pirates did not have the Caucasian archery skills. They used heavy crossbows, and the attack distance was only about 400 meters. However, their skeleton war horses ran steadily on the ice. The coalition organized several counterattacks, but they were all chopped back by the barbarian's flying axes.
The pirates laughed without sympathy, and were tired of shooting, so they pointed at the distance and did not go back. It took at least half a minute for the crossbow to string, and they were not in a hurry to kill the enemy. The barbarian warriors looked at the soldiers wearing strange armor in the distance, a little disdainful. These cowards, all of whom were so cruel, didn't even fight to the death.
After all, the number of pirates is too small. In addition to the barbarians, there are only more than 500 people, and there are still tens of thousands of people on the other side. As long as they gather together and move forward, the pirates will inevitably retreat.
From time to time, small puppets flew up in the sky and flew back to the city base. Under the protection of the barbarians, the accompanying low-level mages did nothing. They just needed to write the battle situation regularly and let the flying puppets take back the city.
Salin was reading the battle reports in the temple, and his anger gradually subsided. The number of enemy deaths was ten times that of his own swordsman, which was not considered sinking with the ship.
"How was Judy Coco's fight like?"
"No news yet, sir." A magician from Srieg Island replied.
"Well, if the three kings join forces, at least it will be a draw, and losing is impossible. I'm afraid that the magician will give up the duel and come back to cause trouble for us." Salin pondered for a moment and said, "It's better to fight quickly and make the enemy lose hope, so that the magician will not fight to the death. If he brings some powerful scroll, the soldiers will not be able to stand it."
"Sir, the magician will not attack ordinary soldiers." A magician reminded Salin next to him.
"That's the rule on the mainland. These people come from the East China Sea. I'm not sure about the habits over there. How did Kridean arrange it?"
"It will be ready in about an hour."
"Well, let Daniel organize the undead army and remove the others."
At the harbor, Daniel's three thousand skeleton warriors were lined up, holding bone spears, facing the sea, waiting for the orders of the undead mage. Behind the skeleton were barbarians holding hunting bows and riding skeleton war horses. This formation was very strange, and Salin had no choice. There were too few real warriors in his hands, so it was difficult for Aini and Elaine's men to take the lead.
Daniel's summoning the undead was in the center of the team. Daniel stood above Pius's head, his heart surging.
It turned out that the feeling on the battlefield was so happy. After experiencing several battles, I felt that my mental power had increased a lot, and I absorbed the aura of the undead on the battlefield. My level was finally consolidated and I would never go backwards. No wonder when the Qinin Empire was established, so many undead mages followed the Grucos family. Undead mages could also practice on the battlefield, and they were much faster.
Pixius under Daniel's feet was also satisfied. Although the undead was protected in other planes, it was troublesome to practice. This master could take him to the battlefield, sooner or later, he would become a real level 8 undead. The taste of the soul is so beautiful! Pixius's three huge heads looked around and felt that he was incredible.
On the ice surface in the distance, Kridean and the mages of Srieg Island were setting up magic circles. The magic circles had very high requirements for the environment they were arranged. The magic circles carved on the ice surface needed to be sprinkled with magic powder, and the duration was very short, making it very expensive to make.
"Sarin, do you think they will fight back?" Shika had already arrived at the temple and sat next to Salin.
"Of course, they have no food or fuel. If they wait on the ice, they will die without us taking action. I let the undead army attack, and they will soon make up their minds."
"Sarin, it's not good to kill these people?" Eni suddenly spoke. He had handed over all the family swordsmen to Salin to be responsible for the defense line behind. He also knew that according to the current situation, although there were many enemies, he might not be able to break through the first level of defense line, and his people would not become cannon fodder.
"My lord necromancer, then what do you think I should deal with these people?" Salin smiled.
"This, we still need a lot of manpower in mining. The Qinyin Empire was not allowed to buy and sell slaves, but it was never said that prisoners of war were not allowed. These people only had to give stutters and send them... there, we saved a lot of costs."
"This is a good idea, but if they kill my swordsmen, whether they can survive depends on their luck. If anyone survives, I will consider your suggestions." Salin was obsessed with the dead one hundred swordsmen of Dos Rig Island. Those people were loyal enough to die worthlessly, which made him not angry.
Chapter completed!