In the dense black forest, Rhodes personally went into battle and worked frantically on the forest floor with his four hundred soldiers. They dug a row of traps on the forest paths. They first dug out sunken tunnels and then sharpened them.
wooden stakes were driven into it, and finally it was paved with thin soil and leaves, making it look like an ordinary road.
At the same time, the same traps and loose stones were placed on the high ground on one side to prevent the enemy from attacking the high ground with all their strength and making the high ground unable to be defended.
Rhodes originally planned to use fire to attack, bury coal, water or asphalt, and then use rockets to ignite it. However, when he thought about the direwolf in the Norse tribe he had heard from the tribal messenger before, this large animal has a very sensitive sense of smell.
It is very sensitive to coal water and asphalt. If it is discovered, the ambush plan will be ruined. Therefore, Rhodes temporarily decided to give up the fire attack and use the simplest geotechnical engineering warfare.
The sharp wooden stakes driven deeply into the soil are intertwined with each other, like the fangs of wild beasts, buried under the surface. At the same time, the trap is triggered. Rhodes has to wait until enough Norscan savages enter the trap zone before triggering it.
Trap and hunt them together.
After everything was prepared, reinforcements from Heidelberg and Iron Ring City arrived at the front line as scheduled.
As expected by Rhodes, Iron Ring City, under the operation of Alves, once again sent troops for free. Heidelberg received reinforcements in the form of lease. The total number of soldiers in the two places totaled more than 200. Including
Rhodes originally had 400 men on hand, and the number of troops could be said to be more than 600. However, compared to the Norscan invaders with an army of nearly 2,000 men, Rhodes's number of troops was still pitifully small. Only
About one-third of the opponent's.
But this does not hinder the confidence of this unit. Not only because the people who stayed are warriors who have experienced bloody battles, but also because they believe that the person they follow is a true warrior chosen by God.
There were still a few days before the enemy invaded, so Rhodes led his men to pray in the forest, asking the Bear God to give them strength. At the same time, in the past few days, Rhodes did not allow everyone to light fires to prevent the enemy from discovering them in the distance.
.Dry food became the main food, and everyone was enduring it in order to win the battle.
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Asabal is riding a tall black horse, and beside him is the huge direwolf-Frostfang. This beast was injured during hunting three years ago and almost died in the wilderness. It was he who discovered it in time and gave it the necessary
He rescued the beast from death by providing him with treatment, water and food. From then on, the direwolf followed him loyally. They hunted together, killed enemies on the battlefield together, and made great achievements in battle. In order to commend him,
Due to the loyalty and bravery of the direwolf, Asabar named it "Frostfang". Because its teeth are like sharp frost blades that can cut through the skin and muscles of any beast.
At this moment, Frostfang is slowly following Asabaal.
They have been in the forest for three days and three nights, during which they have not encountered any enemies, and rarely even seen wild beasts. But Asabal was not surprised by this. Such a large tribe entered the forest collectively, and there were still no people.
Before reaching it, the beast was frightened and ran away. This is such a reasonable explanation.
At the same time, Frostfang didn't notice anything strange. He was still walking around the chief so loyally.
In the Blood Spear Tribe, Asaba still remembers the time when he took over the position of tribal chief from his father. At that time, he was only twenty-five years old. After killing his brother, he legitimately became the chief of the tribe. The Blood Spear tribe has been known for its bloodthirsty savagery since ancient times. They have the best hunters, and the bloody spear is their totem.
Legend has it that Arman Cooper, the ancestor of the clan, was a hunting giant who assassinated a Thundertusk beast with a blood-stained hunting spear.
The only road in the dark forest is like a long snake, winding through the dense jungle, sometimes passing through streams and rivers, sometimes around mountains and hills, some places are as wide as plains, and some places are as desolate as deep valleys.
Asaba should have been cautious when traveling on such a trail. However, what did they have to worry about? Even groups of wild beasts did not dare to attack his troops. As for the Kislev women, they must hide at this moment. Shivering inside the castle.
"Speed up the pace and get to the next camp before dark."
Looking at the setting sun that was gradually tilting above his head, Asabal grabbed the reins and shouted loudly. A team of more than a thousand people meandered through the forest. They were lightly armed and went south for the purpose of plunder, so they did not carry many things, but After all, it is a team of nearly 2,000 people, and baggage vehicles are indispensable. It is these baggage vehicles that slow down the army.
Sometimes when passing through a hilly section, the horses are weak and need to be pushed manually. The wheels get stuck in the mud and the cart needs to be unloaded and lifted. This is the drawback of a large army. Once the fleet grows, various situations will arise. It's easy to appear. After all, it's not a game. Each legion needs a long supply team behind it.
The setting sun gradually set, and the forest became quieter. Asabal rode his war horse to the center of the team. The sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves, forming fine silhouettes on the ground, which flickered under the trampling of the horse's hooves. Several of them appeared and disappeared. The crows circled and screamed shrilly. Asaba did not like these animals. They were very smart, so smart that it made people feel uneasy.
Crow...crow...
Suddenly, Asabal remembered something. However, just when he was about to give the order to stop advancing, the troops in front encountered a brutal ambush. In an instant, countless screams lingered in the twilight forest.
A total of 500 vanguard troops fell into the spike trap of the Black Hammer Alliance in an instant, and the ground was bathed in blood...
front.
The setting sun cast a shadow, and hundreds of Norscan warriors fell into the spike trap. Their bodies were pierced by sharp wooden stakes and they were unable to move. The blood flow filled the entire groove. Almost at the same time that the trap was triggered, Rhodes issued the order Order for all fire.
The Allied Forces of Blackhammer Castle, which had been ambushing on the high ground in advance, began to fire arrows at the narrow forest path.
The dense arrow rain came one after another, playing the killing song of the dark forest.
"Kill them all, leaving no one behind!"
On the high ground, Chief Knight Virgil commanded all long-range troops to output at full strength under the orders of Rhodes.
The trap is filled with arrows.
Even those Norscans who fell into the trap were lucky enough to be cushioned by the corpses below and were not pierced, but they could not withstand the rain of arrows from above.
In the battlefield trap zone that had turned into a pool of flesh, war horses and direwolves kept jumping out of the piles of corpses, fleeing in panic into the depths of the forest. Those barbarian soldiers who had no time to escape were all bloody massacres.
"Brothers, in the name of Esun, follow me and charge!"
After the overwhelming rain of arrows, Lord Rhodes of Blackhammer Castle pulled out his 1.7-meter two-handed giant sword and roared towards the chaotic Norsca tribe army in front of him. Behind him, the White Bear Spirit and three hundred northern soldiers
The barbarian warriors charged closely after their lord, rolling down the hillside like a black mudslide.