Although they were mentally prepared, the long-range power of the expeditionary force was unexpectedly strong. When they rushed to the position where the troops were in close contact, the demon coalition assault troops, which had suffered several rounds of huge blows, had lost their formation. Scattered assault infantry were in
Facing the shield wall and spear array of the Sibia Expeditionary Force, it was like a collision between fish and meat, without any suspense.
Setting foot on this battlefield, the Demon Alliance Army seems to have gradually regained its former spirit. No one among the assault infantry begged for mercy, and no one was cowardly. The arrogance and bravery in their bodies have not diminished a bit from beginning to end. For the sake of the soldiers
Proud, for the future of the alliance, they died one by one in front of the shield wall of the expeditionary force under the gaze of the generals and brothers behind them. There was no hesitation or regret, because they firmly believed that their comrades behind them would avenge them!
This resurgence of bravery failed to tear through the expeditionary force's defense line, nor did it cause a large number of casualties to the Sibian people, but the row of flesh and blood piled up in front of the shield wall made this battle incomparable from the beginning.
The tragedy and tragedy. This rare start to the war also allowed both sides of the war to understand the determination of the other side. Both commanders knew that this battle would be difficult.
The generals under their command are busy, seizing every moment to make adjustments.
Despite paying a high price, the demonic coalition's suppressed archers were still within the enemy's intensive attack range. The frontline commanders considered it again and again, and finally chose a compromise, allowing the archery troops to be deployed in a branch on the north shore.
They stabilized their position on the platform, and then deployed another set of shield walls to protect them. In this way, although the archer troops could not participate in the whole battle, they could at least support the assault troops at critical moments regardless of casualties. The number of Sibia's troops was small,
As long as a gap is broken through the front, they are finished.
Due to its own speed, the Blood Demon did not catch up with the first round of fighting and could only stay on the shore temporarily, waiting to cooperate with the next attack. The coalition's second assault group was moving forward, and the third assault group was preparing to move forward.
.The vines across the river continued to spread, not only expanding into several motorized passages, but one of them was even set aside specifically to evacuate the wounded.
On the Sibia side, the expeditionary force's defense line was slowly retreating, and countless shovels and flying dust were flying from behind and on both sides of the position. They were still deepening the battlefield!
The demon generals who can participate in this war are the alliance's most capable elite officers, a veteran team that competes with each other. Every move in the expeditionary force's position will immediately arouse their vigilance - especially
When these veterans put aside their selfish desires and even life and death, and only pursue victory.
"Sir, the Sibyans have changed their ranks." Someone noticed something was wrong on the spot and said to Duke Sivis: "What does he want to do?"
"Even the archery troops have retreated and no longer put the core of the battle on the river?" Duke Swice looked at the expeditionary force that continued to retreat, and immediately captured the thoughts of Cohen Keda: "This is a good thing.
They are preparing to fight back."
"Are you preparing a counterattack at this time?" Lieutenant General Gironde raised his hands, circled his fingers into a box, and placed the retreating expeditionary forces inside and observed repeatedly: "Yes, they are preparing a limited counterattack.
But they are afraid of our magic plants and dare not set foot on the river, so the counterattack range will only extend to the riverside."
"Let them counterattack. If they open up a formation, it will be of great help to the battle. But we must be careful to prevent them from rushing to the river. That will dampen the spirit of our army!" Duke Swice asked his adjutant: "The Magic Armor Cavalry Regiment is ready.
Ok?"
"No!" the adjutant replied: "The preparation time has been pushed to the limit and cannot be shortened any longer!"
"Tell me immediately when the magic armored cavalry is ready. Let the special troops who have already gone up wait a little longer. The staff must coordinate everything!" After giving the order to the adjutant, Duke Swice turned around and said: "The Stardust Knights are ready.
No?"
"We are ready, my commander." The leader of the Stardust Knights, wrapped in black, has returned to the Duke: "We only need to wait for the commander's order to start cursing the magic."
"I don't believe it." The Duke glanced at the leader of the Stardust Knights, with an unusually serious expression on his face: "Go check it again."
"As you wish, my commander." Without any excuse, the leader of the Stardust Knights turned around and went to review.
"Sir, although they have the same name, this team of Stardust Knights and the Stardust Knights who released the World-Ending Flame Dance are two independent groups." Lieutenant General Gironde explained: "According to my understanding of them
, their reason for existence is just for this curse called 'Song of Doom', so there shouldn't be any problem with their strength."
"No matter what happens, I don't want another Chase City mistake to happen." The Duke nodded and said, "Order the second attack group. The troops who landed ashore should not maintain a linear front. They should first stand firm as a group and gather enough troops.
Only after we gain strength can we form a blade offensive to divide Sibia's army. What we want now is not a face-to-face confrontation, what we want is a dogfight and disrupt them!"
"Understood!" The herald trotted to the headquarters not far away and repeated the Duke's order word for word to the general staff officer. The latter took out the token from the desk and threw it to his herald: "All execution nine
Fight! Cooperate with the second assault group!"
The staff changed the formation of the small flags placed in rows on the sand table. There were people nearby who quickly measured distances and calculated data. The time, speed, tactics, etc. of each unit's advance were completely changed, and orders were quickly issued.
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"Forward - Forward - Forward..." Among the advancing coalition forces, the flag bearers received the order and began to use unique tones to remind the queue to pay attention to the changes. After dozens of flag bearers coordinated the differences between each other, the flag bearers just now
The moment they stepped onto the river bank, they turned the flags in their hands to their new destinations and shouted decisively: "Forward!"
In an instant, the linear array covering the river bank was divided into dozens of small sections. Some were moving straight forward, some were rotating, and some were standing still. They neatly overlapped front and back on the bank and became five.
A square formation with neat corners. The outer perimeter was tightly protected with shields, and five solid fortresses were built on the shore.
The heavy infantry behind also formed a phalanx, crossing the shore with neat steps, approaching slowly but resolutely.
"Become beautiful, your mother has a chance to win this battle!" Cohen laughed, and said to the staff officer beside him with great pride: "You take over the command, don't let the demon alliance army advance too comfortably. Mafa, follow me first
Have a drink to soothe your throat!”
His Majesty the Emperor leads the army and naturally has a special command tent in the formation. Only an emperor like Cohen would run around so unruly. So when he heard that he was going back to his tent, Mafa was still very pleased and ordered his subordinates
After a few words, he followed. The staff officer of the expeditionary force, who was worried that he could not use his hands and feet, was overjoyed and immediately stood in the command position.
As soon as he turned around after entering the tent, Cohen vomited out a large mouthful of blood, staining a large area of the brand new tent. Marfa rushed over to hold him up.
"It's okay, I felt like vomiting already." Cohen wiped his mouth and sat down tiredly: "I feel a little tired tonight."
"Your Majesty, you have to leave here immediately!" Mafa looked at Cohen's pale face carefully: "Your Majesty, you have an old disease caused by the last curse. You have been working hard these days and there is no treatment from the big elf. No matter how strong your body is, you can't survive it.
live!"
"What are you shouting for? Are you afraid that people won't know?" Cohen interrupted Mafa, and then smiled bitterly: "When the critical moment comes, of course I know what to do, and no one cherishes my own life more than me... But now we must not
You can't say "retreat", I can't retreat, and neither can the troops here! When have you ever seen the Demon Alliance throw thousands of lives at a single temptation? Svees Hepburn, I'm afraid this guy is already dead.
My heart.”
"Then we should leave immediately!" Mafa lowered his voice and urged: "Your Majesty, you have also seen the latest intelligence. The enemy is crossing the river in six directions. Our troops everywhere will encounter fierce battles tonight. You are responsible for commanding
The overall responsibility!”
"The overall plan has been issued a long time ago, and what is needed now is for the troops to implement it. And I, I am only responsible for victory. I will be where victory requires me to be." Cohen remained unmoved: "From another perspective
From a perspective, this is where the main battle will take place tonight, and the better the battle here, the lighter the pressure on our other troops will be."
"But……"
"Who are you? You are Mafa, don't you understand my thoughts?" Seeing that Mafa would continue to lobby, Cohen shook his head and patted this brother on the shoulder: "Don't worry, although this is a fierce battle.
, although their military strength is stronger than that in the decisive battle with Chase, and although we are temporarily at a disadvantage, Svez Hepburn cannot kill me. He has no ability to realize this illusory ambition."
"Is it your Majesty..." The expression on Mafa's face was a bit surprised.
"The armor given by the gods is just a symbol." Cohen did not answer, but just picked up his helmet and looked at it: "Stop talking, I want to think of something."
Having said this, Mafa couldn't say anything more. She just shut her mouth and stood aside to watch Cohen in a daze.
"Okay, the Demon Alliance has a special unit, and Sibia has a rogue emperor. Who is afraid of whom? Let's go!" After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Cohen drank a large glass of wine, stood up suddenly, put on his helmet and went outside.
Walk.
"Wait a minute." Unable to convince or defeat Cohen, Mafa was extremely helpless and stuffed a few handkerchiefs into her helmet: "Pretend, if you want to pretend, don't show off your lies. If you feel like vomiting again, just vomit on the handkerchief."
"
After walking out of the tent, Mafa kept winking at the "rented" dragon bodyguard, hinting that the other party would immediately snatch the emperor and leave when the situation was bad. The bodyguard followed Cohen, but did not even bat an eyelid at Mafa's hint.
Move it.
When Cohen reappeared in the formation riding a little crow, the short adjustment was over, and the offensive of the demon alliance was launched again. After the phalanx of the assault group had been combined and split, it still moved smoothly and orderly, worthy of them
Such a tradition that even Cohen couldn’t help but get excited after seeing it.
The Sbia Empire under his leadership has never had such sophisticated heavy infantry. Both the Expeditionary Army and the Guards have trained some heavy infantry, but firstly, the funds are limited, secondly, there is a shortage of suitable soldiers, and thirdly, the history of the empire
Heavy infantry corps have never been used on a large scale in history, so the methods of use and support systems are still in the exploratory stage.
But on the issue of how to attack the heavy infantry group, the expeditionary force spent a lot of money - as a force specialized in fighting behind enemy lines, the first thing they had to face was the demonic heavy infantry group and the heavy cavalry group.
Dozens of portable catapults have been assembled in the expeditionary army formation, but the opponent's blood demons have not entered the battle, so these precious catapults cannot be exposed. The dozens of blood demons did not attack with the team, but just stood on the shore.
They roared loudly while baring their teeth and claws. But just before the heavy infantry launched the attack, they simultaneously threw the tree trunks in their hands towards the expeditionary force position!
Dozens of super thick "wooden hammers" were flying in the sky, and they arrived in front of the expeditionary army's position in an instant. The expeditionary army's magicians, who were quick to react, only had time to blast half of the tree trunks into powder. The remaining tree trunks, except for
A small half was not strong enough and fell outside the open space, while the rest hit the expeditionary army on their heads!
With the sound of "whirring", every tree trunk rolled and bounced in the formation. Wherever it passed, the soldiers of the expeditionary force were knocked down in pieces. Fortunately, these soldiers were blessed with magic, otherwise the casualties would have doubled.
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"Okay!" There was a burst of cheers under the banner of the Demon Alliance Army. When they saw with their own eyes that the Sibia people were killed and injured for the first time in tonight's battle, these veterans could not help but be impulsive.
stand up.
This is a good start!
Cohen, who was riding a horse, gestured to the magician leader expressionlessly. The ground in front of the Sbia formation shook, and hundreds of tall rock pillars appeared. When another round of tree trunks flew over, 90% of them were
All of the above hit the rock pillars. In the huge impact, the tree trunk broke into countless fragments, but it failed to shake the stone bamboo shoots.
But this method can only be used for emergencies. The magician's magic reserve is limited. He must not only support the magic barrier, but also bless the soldiers, and maintain these stone forests. There will always be a time when the magic power is exhausted.
The enemy's heavy infantry seized this rare opportunity from the beginning and rushed forward while maintaining a complete formation. They were now in the previous swamp.
Behind the heavy infantry, another assault infantry group clamored to land, with almost no attack gap between the two.
On the river, those damn magic vines are still spreading. At this rate, it is estimated that in more than an hour, the demon alliance will be able to use the new passage to launch a flank attack!
"The national affairs are making people grow old, and the war is unstable..." As if he felt that now was not the best time for him to appear, Cohen suppressed the idea of personally participating in the battle, and deprived the expeditionary force staff officer of his command authority: "Where is our Hengdao Formation?
?”
"The Hengdao Formation is ready!" The staff officer was not dissatisfied and immediately completed the transition between the commander and the commanded.
"What are you waiting for?" Cohen pointed to the front line: "At the end of this round of defense, come up to me and keep fighting forward! Other troops should be prepared for emergencies. The enemy is not here to take advantage of these rounds of attacks.
There must be some tricks in it!”
"Yes!" The staff officer turned around and said, "Hengdao's men are arrayed forward, ready to attack!"
"Heng Dao is in hand!" A low roar came from the military formation, with a thick nasal voice at the end, it was an orc.
"Handsword in hand!" The tall orc warrior stood up. Thousands of them lined up in three rows and moved forward at the same time, leaving only a space for wielding swords between them. The collision of the black iron armor on their bodies made a loud sound.
, the wide-blade thick-backed long-handled knife in their hands is almost twice their height - such a huge thing, ordinary soldiers can lift it, let alone take it out to kill people, which is good, but the selected ones
The burly orc held it just right.
All the orcs looked at the footsteps of an officer in the middle of the front line advancing. This orc officer was particularly tall, wearing a black iron warrior helmet on his head, and a long-handled knife inlaid with dozens of monster fangs.
Wearing a pure black cloak on the back, he should be someone valued by His Majesty the Emperor, but the strange thing is... there is no rank mark on this officer's shoulders.
"Stop!" the orc officer without military rank shouted violently, stopped and crouched down to hide himself behind the shield wall. The muscles on his face twitched slightly, and his fangs were exposed from his lips, making his expression extremely ferocious, and the look in his eyes
This kind of sharpness is not suppressed at all.
The orcs stopped at the same time, just a little behind the shield wall. They also half-crouched and were on guard. The unique breathing rhythm of the orcs made their backs rise and fall, like a group of addicts who were suppressed and became sick.
Blood beast.
"Your future brother-in-law looks like a soldier." Cohen glanced at the officer, turned to Rock and said, "Why doesn't he have a military rank?"
"He just became a major, and his military rank is far lower than that of Xiafei, so he has no face to bear the military rank." Rock replied: "He was even troubled by the military judge for this matter. As a result, the lawsuit was brought before the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine agreed that he would not be a military officer for the time being.
Military rank, but the condition is half the battle merit."
"Oh?" Cohen looked again: "Have you taught him all your skills?"
"No one taught me anything, and I don't teach others anything." Rock said: "We all explore during fights, relying on the instinct of the orcs."
"Well said, relying on instinct." Cohen nodded thoughtfully: "The guy opposite is also relying on instinct!"
A hoarse roar came from the front, and the heavy infantry of the Demon Alliance finally rushed in.
"Everyone pay attention..." Cohen took the horse with him: "Get ready to engage the enemy!" (To be continued)