The gray dwarves' participation in the war actually only increased the number of enemies. But whether they were orcs or gray dwarves, they were all miscellaneous troops in the eyes of the soldiers of the Gwana Empire.
With incomplete equipment and uneven quality, an enemy like this can already be regarded as having a high regard for the enemy after just a few glances. This is not because the people of the empire think highly of themselves, but a real fact.
Although the army in the hands of old Duke Kawei is not a regular army carefully built by the empire, it is still an army that the imperial nobles rely on to maintain their power. And those noble gentlemen are all with him, so they don't have to worry about risking their lives!
Because if you don’t dare to fight, you may never need to fight.
As for building a position on the spot, it is actually a matter of setting up a shield and spear to put some distance between you and the enemy so that you can shoot with long-range bows and arrows. While killing the enemy, you can also reduce your own losses.
This is actually what fighting is all about. If you can protect yourself and consume the enemy first, then if you get mad, charge forward and engage in close combat. This is why it is very beneficial to defend a city and engage in positional warfare.
Of course it is impossible for Mr. Kawei to ask for a one-night city. That would be too unrealistic.
Without prior preparation, this kind of thing is not only impossible. Even if a simple camp like that is really set up, how useful it can be in front of people like gray dwarves who have extraordinary strength per capita.
People smashing rocks is just like eating and drinking water. Will they look at the wood?
What the old man really relies on is the airship force headed by the Twin Griffins. Attacks from the air to the ground are something that most people have never encountered in the current era of Midland, and of course they have not thought of how to deal with them.
attack method.
It is already remarkable to expect those Homo sapiens who have lived in the underground world almost all their lives to understand what the "sky" is. How can we expect them to be able to skillfully deal with attacks from the sky, or even pose threats in turn.
Although the airship legion of the Haider Empire is not in his hands, except for one or two airships assigned to each legion for reconnaissance, the remaining airship troops follow his own army.
Perhaps these airships are not all new, nor are they all military grade. But the magicians carried on them are more than enough to torture some gophers that emerge from the ground.
Old Kaweigong did not let the airships float above the position, but let them rise to high altitudes. In addition to using arcane eyes to provide vision for ground troops, it can also make the enemy ignore the dangers hidden in high altitudes.
At the same time, the ground troops also began to deploy. In fact, it was just a matter of mobilizing targeted teams in the direction suitable for the opponent.
For example, no matter how much the gray dwarves are looked down upon, they are still heavily armored troops. In this case, archers cannot play a big role.
So in the direction where the gray dwarves were attacking, old Duke Kawei had people assemble equipment for siege.
Although there is no need to siege a city on the road, demons or orcs have the habit of raising siege-level behemoths. These super-standard weapons are used to deal with monsters of the same level.
Although there are no behemoth-level enemies in front of us, these siege weapons must be quite useful when used against heavily armored gray dwarves.
As for the archer troops, they were mobilized to the direction where the orcs were attacking. The average armor rate of the orc troops was quite low. Many of them even wore helmets and did not care that they were almost naked. Such opponents use bows and arrows.
Come cum, it couldn't be easier.
However, judging from the enemy's encirclement network, although the orcs and gray dwarves are united, they still act separately. Just like before, most demons formed separate armies and would not join the orcs' troops. At most, they would cooperate
Just action.
The commander-in-chief was calm enough and had sufficient supplies. Therefore, even though the news that the enemy was encircling him reached the ears of many soldiers, not many of them were afraid.
You must know that they were the last team to set off after crossing the Fengdi Mountains. Therefore, most of the supplies in the supply camp were brought out by them.
In addition to food, there are various weapons inside. In particular, there are enough missing arrows, so it will not be a problem for the archers to shoot until their arms cannot draw the bow.
Then would anyone still be afraid of enemies several times their size?
In the eyes of most people, this is a good time to make achievements! Even many young people around old Duke Kawei invited themselves to join the front-line troops and let their swords be stained with blood.
Regarding such a request, the old man acted more directly. He directly pulled the guards to a position behind the front line and personally took charge in one direction.
This direction is the main attack position of the gray dwarves. Old Kaweigong wants to see with his own eyes the enemies they encounter for the first time, what kind of tactics they use, and how high their combat effectiveness is.
He had met many dwarves when he was young, and even made friends with them. But he had never met a gray dwarf.
As for the other directions, they are either dominated by orcs or accompanied by some gray dwarf troops. The former is an old opponent, and there will be no big problem even if it is left in the hands of other generals.
However, when they saw the enemy, they did not attack immediately. Instead, they stayed outside the position where long-range weapons could attack, far away from the prepared position of Old Kaweigong.
Faced with this situation, the old Duke Kawei did not panic. Instead, he ordered his men to prepare military rations and distribute them to all the soldiers.
Although Midi is accustomed to eating breakfast and dinner, some people will also eat an extra meal at noon if allowed. Soldiers happen to be such people.
Because according to actual combat verification results, there is a huge gap in combat effectiveness in the afternoon between soldiers who eat at noon and those who do not.
Then dividing the dry food that is easy to carry, and whether to eat or not to eat, and how much to eat are all controlled by the soldiers themselves, is the best strategy on the battlefield.
As for whether they can eat or not, it depends on the quality of the soldiers. Generally speaking, veterans are better than recruits; those who are well-trained are better than those who are poorly trained. The ability to eat and the amount of food are sometimes also an indicator of the combat effectiveness of an army.
It's just that the enemy's actions made Old Kaweigong a little puzzled. Compared to himself, didn't they lack time? As long as the front troops turned back, so many people here would be in vain.
Or are they planning to coordinate the time to launch an attack together? So they are waiting for armies from other directions to arrive.
This is rare in field battles, and they almost always fight as soon as they meet. Unless the opponent wants to negotiate, a confrontation on the battlefield is likely to occur.
But the gray dwarves on the opposite side should not think that there is still room for negotiation now. This is a battle between camps, a battle for survival, and it is different from the type of war between humans.
No matter what the opponent's intention is, such a confrontation has made many young people in our own team unable to calm down, and they have jumped out to ask for a fight. They plan to defeat the enemy in front of them first.
Of course, Old Kaweigong directly rejected such a request. It would take a lot of thinking to give up the advantage to attack the enemy, and the opposite would be gray dwarves all wearing heavy armor.
However, the news sent back from the airship hiding in the sky let Old Kawei know the gray dwarves' intentions. In fact, they were a few pictures of the gray dwarves being assembled, and this also gave a good explanation of what the gray dwarves were doing.
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In short, this group of dwarves who have tied themselves up like iron barrels have no intention of attacking their own positions foolishly. Even if the defenses are crude and vulnerable, the gray dwarves still seriously treat it as a positional battle.
And carefully prepared weapons of war.
Judging from the pictures sent back, a huge steel crossbow machine, a tall catapult that was completely inconsistent with their height, and some weapons whose function was temporarily unknown were being assembled.
Although gray dwarves are scornfully classified as an uncivilized dwarf race by humans, they are not mentally retarded people who only live a primitive life.
Although there is no beauty in it, the heavy armor on the gray dwarves looks like it is just pieced together with some iron plates, but its sturdiness will definitely make its enemies distressed.
Of course, the same level of craftsmanship can also be reflected in these war weapons. At least Old Kaweigong did not believe that if the troops in his hands were hit by a catapult or an arrow from a siege crossbow, they could still look like nothing had happened.
Since the opponent wants to fight for technology, old Kaweigong doesn't want to use a catapult to attack the opponent. He doesn't think of using a crossbow to launch it either.
Huge crossbows hurt each other. It's interesting to see who can shoot accurately, who has fewer soldiers, and who can't survive until the end.
He directly ordered people to fire three consecutive red fireworks into the air.
Of course the gray dwarves also noticed such signals. However, seeing it was different from understanding the meaning behind the signal. Most gray dwarves were still focused on the work at hand.
If you want to live a good life, you have to clear away some obstacles, and humans are undoubtedly the biggest stumbling block. So the gray dwarves tried their best to prepare to destroy the enemies in front of them. Naturally, they ignored the signals that they could not understand.
When the airship formation lowered its height and entered the battlefield from the southeast of the gray dwarf army, these strange and strange things from the sky really attracted the attention of many gray dwarves.
Even in terms of technical ability, gray dwarves are second to none in the underground world. But they have lived in the underground world for most of their lives. Even if they know about cutting-edge weapons like airships, few people have seen them with their own eyes.
So given the opportunity, they haven't set their sights on the airship yet. They hope they can get some clues, and the next step is to build it themselves.
However, when the airship appeared, it was not that the models came for the catwalk. When the first spell fell from the sky, countless spells followed like rain, killing the gray dwarves who looked like iron cans until they howled like ghosts.
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This kind of blow from the sky immediately stunned the gray dwarves. One of the advantages of them compared to the orcs was that none of the gray dwarves yelled in panic and ran around in disorder.
Although the gray dwarves who were not affected were still standing on the same spot, judging from the details of the military formation, they could still feel their moods being shaken. It seemed that their bodies, which were originally as strong as solid rocks, were now in constant turmoil.
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Continue to hold on to the position? Or send troops to let the enemy's already shaken mood move towards the stage of collapse?