In the southeast of Yuanxing Forest, due south and west of Morse Basin, there is a not very big canyon. This is a special status shape caused by the erosion of the Griffin River for millions of years. Griffin Canyon is not
Although it is very steep, it is the watershed between the eastern and western parts of the Orc Empire and has important geographical significance.
The reason why Douglas chose Griffin Canyon as the place for the final decisive battle is because it is close to Morse Castle and the Forest of Journey, which can shorten the logistics line to the maximum extent. Moreover, the terrain here is very favorable for the defensive side, and it can be attacked.
Being able to retreat but defend is an extremely important strategic support point.
According to Douglas's strategic arrangement, Princess Peggy had voluntarily abandoned Morse Castle and led some soldiers from the Tiger tribe to join the main force of the coalition forces.
After converging the power of Morse Castle, the strength of the coalition forces has further grown. It is completely consistent with Douglas's battle plan. There are no delays or mistakes in all dispatches and dispatches. All the troops that can be reached have been assembled at the decisive battle site.
The rest is extremely simple: wait for the enemy to arrive.
Douglas closed his eyes slightly, feeling the breath of death coming from the wind, and said softly: "Our enemy is very close, only ten miles away at most."
The magician Agrel fiddled with the crystal ball in his hand and reminded Douglas cautiously: "Your Excellency, Commander, according to my magic detection, the enemy is still thirty miles away from us..."
Douglas still closed his eyes slightly and said in an unquestionable tone: "It's really only ten miles away, twelve miles at most. I can feel the strong fluctuations caused by the breath of death. The ten miles I'm talking about are the vanguard of the army of death.
, the thirty miles detected by your magic is the location of the King of the Dead."
As a commander who has experienced countless battles, Roland is very clear about the difference between the two: the coverage radius of the undead army has reached or even exceeded twenty miles. This is a scale that is too huge to be calculated, so that
Roland, who had a mind as strong as iron, was horrified and moved: "The aura of the King of the Undead actually gathered so many undead. Fortunately, we took the initiative to attack. If we had passively defended, when the terrible monster arrived in Kent, the undead would be gone."
The size of the army will be doubled!"
The war was about to begin, and it no longer mattered how powerful the enemy was. Douglas suddenly opened his eyes and looked ahead, as if he could see the army of the undead in the distance. Although his speech was very slow, it was full of power: "No matter how many enemies there are, we just care
Just kill them according to the plan. Send my order and everyone is ready to fight."
"Ready to fight!"
"Ready to fight!"
The order was passed down level by level, and the coalition forces, who were waiting for work, immediately entered the highest state of war preparation.
According to the advance battle plan, the human army will undertake the initial offensive.
This is a very reasonable tactical arrangement.
Regardless of physical strength or endurance, especially in terms of explosive power, even the bravest human warriors are slightly weaker than the orcs, but they have an advantage that the orcs do not have: well-equipped.
The three major human empires, without exception, have a large number of skilled craftsmen who can produce very sophisticated instruments and can arm human warriors to the teeth. This is also the key to the human empire being able to compete with the orc empire for hundreds of years.
The ballistas, trebuchets and serial crossbows made by human craftsmen are all unparalleled weapons. These large attack instruments are not only powerful, but also have extremely long ranges and are extremely destructive.
As the order was issued, the long-range forces as part of the early offensive had already lined up at the front.
Humans' large-scale ballistae can shoot thirty pig iron giant cones more than four feet long without interruption. There are more than three hundred such ballistae. When arranged in a matrix, even the walls of a medium-sized castle can
It can be destroyed in an instant. The even larger giant trebuchets are arranged in a prismatic matrix. A rough estimate is that there are at least 700 units. As for the mechanical crossbows, they can no longer be calculated by quantity.
The mobilization of so many large-scale attack equipment from the distant human empire is enough to prove the strength of human beings.
Even the brave orcs who had experienced hundreds of battles exclaimed in surprise after witnessing the long-range attack matrix of their human allies. Even the usually steady Spanoulis couldn't help but whisper: "Human equipment is far better than
I imagined it was more strict and more numerous. I really underestimated you humans before. Then... what is that?"
Looking at the big guy pushing up from behind, Iron Marshal Roland said lightly: "This is the pride of our human empire and the crystallization of human knowledge and technology. We call it artillery. It has been secretly developed for more than ten years.
The nine gates were just created, and they were originally intended to be used against you orcs, but now it seems that they are more suitable to be used here!"
As the race most adept at learning on this continent, human alchemists accidentally discovered a substance that could burn violently in an instant. Human beings gave this black powder a very appropriate name: gunpowder.
Although humans with keen minds and far-sighted minds have long been aware of the powerful power contained in gunpowder, they have never been able to use it in actual combat. It was not until more than ten years ago that some of the properties of gunpowder were mastered and a powerful artillery was finally created.
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Only after you have truly witnessed the power of this weapon will you understand the significance of this weapon. Iron Marshal Roland is right. This weapon does condense human technology and knowledge, and is the crystallization of countless people's efforts. But
This does not mean that this weapon is truly invincible, because the newly produced artillery is too bulky.
Each bronze cannon weighs ten thousand kilograms and requires the dragging of dozens of draft horses to move slowly. Even if there are more than twenty professional gunners loading operations, the rate of fire is surprisingly slow. Such a bulky big guy can't move at all.
It is not suitable for field battles, and can easily be captured by mobile enemies. For the time being, it can only be placed on large castles for city defense.
The undead army does not move very fast and is very dense. If the artillery is placed on the right terrain, it can exert huge lethality. The whole world has reached the final moment of life and death. The Transi Empire no longer dares to hide its secrets.
The secret weapon at the bottom of the box was taken out!
"The vanguard of the army of death is still eight miles away!"
"Six miles!"
"Four miles!"
The griffons flying in the sky and the reconnaissance cavalry galloping back and forth on the ground accurately sent the enemy's route and distance to Douglas almost without interruption.