Chapter 371 Decisive Battle on the Black River (1)
Chapter 371 The decisive battle on the Blackwater River (Part 1)
On the banks of the Blackwater River, more and more beastmen are gathering. Horned beasts, horned beasts, razor beasts, tauren, etc. are gathering on the river bank, trying to wade across the river. In early spring, the river is not too turbulent. A group of beastmen who ventured into the water quickly swam to the other side. Behind them, there was an army of tens of thousands of beastmen. Looking at it, the dense beastmen were like yellow sand, like ant colonies, covered with black water. There is a vast plain area on the other side of the river.
However, they did not know that on the other side of the river was the same astonishing number of Order Legions. The coalition composed of Bretonnia and Wood Elves were waiting in the forest. Forest rangers, Bretonnian archers, and slingers were hidden in the forest two days ago. In the forest, they waited in the forest and endured it for two days, just for the final killing at this moment.
The Blackwater River will become their bloody hell! This is what King Charles of Bretonnia said to the soldiers before the war. At this moment, even the proud knights are waiting patiently and attack halfway across the river. This is what the top leaders of both sides have decided in advance. tactics.
Eighty thousand Bretonnian soldiers and thirty thousand Wood Elf warriors continued to hold back in the forest, making the last show of patience before the war began.
Talinnam could not see the situation on the front line. His horse was kicking its hooves anxiously. Talinnam was trying to keep it calm. Bertto was expressionless on the side. His eyes were firm and he was fully armed. That was his most beloved ’s battle armor——Silver Battle Armor.
"Don't be nervous, young man. When you hear the horn, just rush after me. In front of you, there will be hundreds of knights. They will rush in the first row. You only need to control your horse and rush over with most of them. But don’t count on how many people your weapons can kill. Most of the enemies died when their horses collided and trampled them.”
Berto whispered, his stern face hidden under his helmet, Talinnam could barely see his face clearly.
Gradually, the noise on the river beach became louder and louder, and Talinnam knew that more and more beastmen were landing on the beach. He felt that the muscles in his whole body were tense, and the tension almost made him unable to breathe, but at the same time, an unprecedented feeling A sense of excitement was also building up in his heart. With an army of 80,000 Bretonnian soldiers, he had never participated in a grand decisive battle since then.
Amid the uneasy tension, the sound of countless arrows gliding through the air resounded in the forest...
"emission!"
On the wood elves' position, Commander Araloth gave an order for everyone to shoot. In an instant, five thousand forest hunters fired a deadly rain of arrows at the beastman army that was crossing the river.
The dense rain of arrows is like a flock of crows flying over, covering the sky and the sun!
Before the thousands of beastmen who had just landed could react, their bodies were filled with sharp arrows. The entire river beach was covered with dense arrows. However, this was not the end yet. Immediately after the wood elves' arrow rain, Batoni Asia's catapults began to fire. Twenty-five catapults threw out the lit stone bombs. A magnificent scene appeared in the sky, like stars falling. The lit stone bombs fell along a parabolic trajectory, leaving behind traces in the pale sky. Long flue.
After a moment of whistling, twenty-five fireball-like stone bombs crashed into the crowd, sending smoke, dust and blood mist into the sky. The soil was mixed with blood and water, and flowers sprouted from the beastmen's position.
Several flints fell into the river, splashing into the sky and taking away a group of unlucky beasts.
The razor beast barked madly, and the inferior horned beast tried to turn back in panic, but its head was smashed open by the big horned beast behind it. Almost all of them were mobilized. On both sides of the shallow black water river, the army continued to approach, and the wood elves and batoni Ya's coalition forces walked out of the jungle, while the beastman army under Mogul waded desperately to the other side. They were already crossing the river, and if they retreated at this time, the losses would only be more severe.
Thousands of beastmen crowded on the river beach, one after another heading towards the center of the river. On the other bank, Bretonnian archers and wood elf rangers took turns shooting, while the slingshots were like ferocious giant beasts, constantly throwing flames towards the other bank. Stone bullet.
On the river, the corpses of the beastmen were blown into pieces. Huge boulders fell into the water, killing pieces of beastmen directly on the water. They sank to the bottom of the river with their bodies, and the river water quickly turned red. And those The beastmen who were not hit by the boulders were not all right. The dense rain of arrows was like locusts flying by, wave after wave. There was the sound of flying arrows everywhere, and the beasts who were hit by the arrows screamed and muttered. Roar.
"What's happening ahead?!"
On the front line, rivers of blood flowed. In the forest, the knights of Bretonnia were waiting for help. Talinnam could no longer bear it. He kept asking Bertol, and his heart seemed to jump out of his chest. He heard the rain of arrows. Flying, he heard the sound of burning boulders and the tragic death of beastmen. All the sounds passed through the woods and reached his ears. Those were the sounds of battle, and he couldn't help it. However, the knight Sir Bertto on the side He looked calm.
"Nothing special happened, the beastmen were just being slaughtered."
Holding the reins in one hand, Bertto answered calmly.
"When will the king blow the trumpet?!"
Talinnam was very anxious.
"Wait, wait patiently." Bertot sat motionless on the saddle and whispered, "Remember, don't fall off the horse when charging, otherwise, no one can save you. Even the ones behind you If the war horses don’t trample you to death, you won’t be able to escape when you retreat.”
Talinnam nodded, but he didn't listen at all. His heart was beating wildly. He heard the roar of the beastmen and the scream of the harpy. The beasts were obviously getting closer and closer. .
It's indeed getting closer...
On the front line, the Bretonnian peasant soldiers formed an infantry phalanx and prepared to face the enemy. On the right, the wood elves' conservation guards also spread out their formation, standing their large shields on their chests and pointing their spears outwards in unison, forming a neat battle line to face the enemy. Although the beastmen suffered heavy losses, more and more beastmen had climbed onto the river bank due to successive fords.
They have arrows stuck in their bodies, but as long as their hands and feet are intact, they can continue to move forward. At this moment, on the river beach, sparse beastmen are dragging their bloody bodies and running towards the position of the wood elves and the Bretonnian coalition. The Blackwater River has been completely filled. The densely packed beastmen waded into the river, almost occupying the entire river surface. When the black beasts swam through the water, the river changed color, like a bridge of corpses made of beasts... …
"Concentrated formation, advance as a whole!"
On the shore, the wood elf commander Araloth gave the order for the infantry to advance. The Eternal Guard connected their shields in a line and began to attack the beastmen who landed on the shore with small steps.
At the same time, the Bretonnian Legion on the other side also began to approach the beastman army under the order of King Charles.
The two infantry phalanxes formed a wide fan and attacked the beastman army in the center.