An undead army and a small amount of human troops are marching quickly dozens of miles away from the battlefield. Both Sandro and Catherine have the logistics skill. When they are not in combat, the marching speed is
They were all extremely fast. They traveled more than a hundred kilometers in two days and arrived at the rear of the Hai Clan army.
In order to prevent the Sea Clan from turning around and jumping into the sea to escape after realizing that something was wrong, causing the mission to be unable to be completed, Richard allocated a lot of force to cut off the Sea Clan's retreat before the battle began. It may not be possible to stop all the Sea Clan, but at least it cannot
The elite members of the royal court were let go.
This task of detouring and blocking the retreat naturally falls on the system army, which has a more guaranteed marching speed. The undead army created by Sandro is also a recognized system army and can enjoy the bonuses of various hero skills.
Zombies and walking zombies, which originally moved slightly slower than ordinary soldiers, are much faster than ordinary soldiers after being enhanced by advanced logistics and equipment.
Except for leaving a small number of skeleton soldiers on the front to serve as cannon fodder, the main force of the undead army has bypassed the main force of the Sea Clan from the flanks and arrived at the rear of the Sea Clan army.
Of course, the current combat power of the undead army is still weak. The main force is only some weakened skeleton soldiers. There are only less than 3,000 walking zombies with slightly stronger combat power. There are only a few more powerful units, even the mountain soldiers.
Drew is a master-level commander, but it is difficult to rely on this power to stop the Sea Tribe army that wants to escape.
Therefore, Richard also sent Catherine to lead a part of the human and elven armies. More than a hundred Crusaders served as the backbone. Under Catherine's command, the Crusaders could be used as fifth-level soldiers without any problem, and there were about three hundred halberdiers.
With more than two hundred elven war dancers, a small number of phantom shooters and magic mages, almost all flying arms except dragons, and more than a dozen outstanding swordsmen, in total, more than a thousand system troops, a small but supplementary
In order to overcome the shortcomings of the lack of high-end power in the undead army, the quality of the interception troops was also improved.
By the way, it plays a role in monitoring Sandro. Catherine is a hero who is not weaker than Sandro at all, and she will not lose to her opponent in terms of momentum.
"ah!"
"what is that!"
"Moving skeleton!"
The silent night was broken by a sudden scream. Both the system army and the undead army under Sandro were in good order. Apart from the subtle footsteps, no sound was made during the march. With strong discipline, the entire march was smooth.
No torches were shown, and they all relied on the moonlight in the sky.
So much so that a sea tribe actually ran into the army head-on. They were only a dozen meters away from the skeleton soldiers before they realized something was wrong. Encountering the undead army during the day was scary enough, but these sea tribe soldiers encountered these skeletons at night.
The soldiers and zombies just screamed in terror and did not fall to the ground directly. It was considered that their hearts were strong.
"It should be the Sea Clan's logistics team. There will be no Sea Clan spies in this direction."
"Well, after we eliminate them, there will be no need to hide them. From now on, no one from the sea tribe will be allowed to pass."
"Jie Jie Jie, Lady Catherine, are you going to give me an order?"
Sandro and Catherine quickly judged that the sudden appearance of the Sea Clan team should belong to the Sea Clan's logistics team. After all, a normal army would not send spies behind them.
If we exclude Richard's cheating behavior of relying on portals to provide logistics supplies, the Sea Clan's logistics can be considered the most convenient in the world. Because of their familiarity with ocean currents and fish schools, the Sea Clan's ability to march in the sea
At any time, there are always schools of fish all around. The fish schools in the sea are so huge that millions of fish can move together in groups. They can easily supply the supply needs of the Sea Tribe army. Therefore, during battle, the Sea Tribe does not need them at all.
For logistical preparation, you only need to plan a few fish spots to eat on the spot.
However, being in the sea means being in the sea, and being on land means being on land. Fighting ashore is not as convenient as in the sea. The millions of sea tribe troops who are fighting Richard at this time need to consume an absolutely astronomical amount of food every day.
In addition to the two or three days of food that they carry with them when they go ashore, it also requires more than 100,000 lower-level sea warriors to come ashore every day to deliver food to the army.
At this moment, Catherine and Sandro not only cut off the Sea Clan's retreat, but also cut off the opponent's logistics line. Based on the amount of rations carried by the Sea Clan's army, as long as they block it here for more than three days,
The millions of troops on the Hai Clan's front line would have to run out of food.
Most of the people who deliver food to the Sea Clan army are ordinary lower-level warriors. They are poor and can endure hunger. They consume the least food during the transportation process, but they have no ability to resist once they are attacked. These ordinary lower-level Sea Clan soldiers
The warriors, not even Sandro's weakened skeleton soldiers, could not defeat them, and were completely unable to pose any threat to the army.
But Sandro seemed a little dissatisfied with the tone of Catherine's order. He glanced sideways at Catherine and expressed some dissatisfaction in his words.
"Sandru, I am the master of everything. This is Lord Richard's order. Don't make a mistake."
Catherine was not afraid of Sandro at all. She pushed Sandro back with a cold tone and carried Richard out. As soon as he heard Richard's name, Sandro lost his previous aloofness and became cold.
After snorting, he silently commanded his undead army to follow Catherine's wishes and surrounded and suppressed the group of sea warriors that she had bumped into.
The number of sea warriors transporting supplies is only three to four thousand. Except for a few patrol guards who lead the team, they are almost all lower-level warriors with weak combat effectiveness. Most of them are not even equipped with weapons and equipment, leaving more space for them.
Put more effort into transporting fresh fish to the sea army on the front line. They were already in chaos when they encountered the skeleton soldiers at night. Now faced with the large number of skeletons rushing towards them with their weapons drawn, they immediately became confused. Some of the leading sea patrols
The guards tried their best to maintain order, but the effect was not good at all.
In the dark night, no one knew how many of these terrifying skeletons there were. They just felt that there were enemies from all directions. After Sandro encountered a soft nail with Catherine, he seemed to vent all his unhappiness on these sea people, not just the skeletons.
Soldiers and zombies swarmed forward, and several black warriors who had been left by Sandro to act as facades actually joined the battle.
Under the siege of the undead army, a battle started and ended quickly. The screams gradually disappeared after less than half an hour. The battle only caused a small commotion in the dark night.
After the last sea tribe died, Sandro added a thousand skeleton soldiers and dozens of walking corpses to his undead army, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. He held a black staff and looked ahead silently.
At the end of the sea, the sun slowly rises, revealing a little white fish belly. The sky has begun to darken. From this moment on, not only is the sea tribe's retreat blocked, but also the supply line is completely cut off...
"Let Silver Pegasus go back and report to Lord Richard, take a rest, don't worry about the small group of enemies now, don't let the supply team pass, and be ready to intercept the escaping Hai Clan army."
"Yes, sir!"
On the other side, Catherine had sent someone to report the detailed situation to Richard. It was not until dawn when the team had completely established its footing and blocked the road that she truly confirmed that the plan had been implemented smoothly. It was not that Catherine was not confident, but that the Sea Clan
Her performance was too low, and it was as smooth as a trap. After all, Catherine's previous opponents were all the cunning demons like Sandru, Moriel, and Ofer, and they so easily cut off the army's retreat.
Catherine is really not used to the supply line.
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Bengchang, the front line of the battle between the two sides
Humanity once again repelled the attack of the Sea Clan. This wave of Sea Clan used almost 20,000 ordinary soldiers as cannon fodder to advance, and also brought out 2,000 patrol guards to suppress the formation. They barely braved the rain of arrows and approached a flag regiment of the Dragon Army to engage in a close battle.
In less than ten minutes, they were repulsed by a counter-charge from the flag regiment, leaving tens of thousands of corpses behind and fled in a panic.
Since the defeat of the left wing, the Hai Clan has launched several more exploratory attacks, but the results are not great. Each time, they are easily beaten back by the human army. Although there are fewer system troops in the team, they have little impact on the Dragon Army.
Big, under Richard's deliberate distinction, the Northland army has never had to rely on a systematic army to fight. Without a systematic army, the Northland army, which is well-equipped, well-trained and has high morale, is still one of the strongest armies on the mainland.
They are absolutely capable of dealing with this group of troops from the Sea Clan, which are only slightly better than a ragtag army.
If it were not for the absolute numerical superiority of the Hai Clan army, I am afraid that the Northland army would have completely defeated the Hai Clan army by now.
In the sea tribe camp
The senior leaders of the Sea Tribe, including Neptune, looked at the army that was retreating again with ugly expressions. Their moods had hit rock bottom after being tested again and again. The human army on the opposite side had almost no flaws at all.
How did an elite army of 200,000 humans suddenly appear?
"How did those cavalrymen and so many human troops suddenly appear in Bengchang? Didn't you notice at all?"
"It's possible that they sneaked over with those big ships. You know, because of the agreement before, we didn't attack the human fleet anymore. These cunning humans must have used the ships to secretly transport troops."
"It's impossible. The human fleet can't transport so many people during this period. Besides, there are so many war horses. If they are all troops, there is no reason why we can't find them."
"Then, priest, where do you think these humans came from?"
"Do you still remember that this city of humans also appeared suddenly? The gods behind humans..."
"enough!"
Hearing that someone was going to talk about miracles, Neptune immediately interrupted the other party's speech. If he admitted the miracles, it would probably severely damage his own morale.
"Since the human army is in front of us, let's think about how to defeat them." Neptune brought the question back to the discussion of the war. Although there are a lot of stinky chess pieces in this room, everyone can always come up with an idea after discussing it.
"Your Majesty, the number of humans is only that small. If you want me to see it, don't try again and again. Just launch an attack with the whole army. You can swamp them with numbers."
"How to attack directly? What about the human cavalry attack?"
"I'm afraid of this or that, what do you think I should do?"
"Your Majesty, I feel that the situation is not right. It would be a bit risky for us to attack directly ashore, especially since Your Majesty should not come in person. While the initiative is still in our hands, why not withdraw to the sea first and wait until we understand the situation clearly before taking action?"
"You want to run away before the battle is over? We are several times more numerous than humans, so why can't we fight?"
As soon as the sea tribe general finished speaking, some people jumped out to object. Most of them still felt that our numbers were sufficient, one million against two hundred thousand, and the advantage was mine.
But Neptune remained silent at this time. What he said just now actually touched his heart. Now he has some regrets about personally leading the army ashore. It would be okay if the journey was smooth, but now he is frustrated here and leaves the sense of crisis in the ocean.
He immediately became more and more uneasy. After the defeat of the left wing, he became more and more uneasy. He had thought about retreat more than once, but was suppressed by life and death.
After all, as the King of the Sea, he has to maintain his majesty. Coming with a large army like this, retreating after a defeat, will have a certain impact on his prestige. It is best to let others raise it, and he can go down the slope.
, I didn’t expect this group of unsighted people to start a quarrel before he even opened his mouth.
"Your Majesty, today's supply team is already two hours late."
"what happened?"
While several high-level officials of the Sea Tribe were arguing in the camp, a bloodline general suddenly appeared from outside and reported to the Sea King Hui.
Originally, it was not a particularly important matter for the supplies to be two hours late. The Sea Clan's discipline was already poor. It was a very normal thing to be delayed on the road. It would count if it could be delivered.
But Neptune, who was in a irritable mood, noticed something unusual at this moment and immediately asked questions.
"We've sent people to check, maybe we haven't caught enough fish and it's delayed."
"Where are the spies sent to the flank?"
"I should be back at dawn. I'll go ask."
"wrong..."
The King of the Sea muttered something silently. The army was lost, the scouts were late, and the supplies were late. Any of these things that happened could be attributed to the Sea Clan's loose discipline and low battlefield quality. But it was a coincidence that everything happened at the same time.
Shi Haiwang seemed to have caught something, and a strong sense of crisis surged into his heart. Just when he was about to give an order, someone else entered the king's tent.
"Your Majesty! The human army has taken the initiative to attack!"
"What, humans still dare to attack?"
"We must make sure they never come back this time!"
As soon as they heard that humans had launched an attack, the sea generals immediately became excited. In their view, if humans gave up their defense and took the initiative to attack, then their chance would come. At worst, the two sides would fight against each other, and their own side would have a lot of cannon fodder to consume.
.
But Neptune and a few people have already noticed that something is wrong. They just lack battlefield experience and are not really stupid. After being taught a few lessons by the Northland army in the past few days, they have learned a little better. Every step of human beings
All actions have deep meanings. This unusual move of giving up the defensive and taking the initiative to attack is definitely not a stupid move.
However, Neptune can't control that much at the moment. Under a massive human attack, even if they want to retreat, they have to defeat the opponent before they can retreat.
"Let the royal court's patrol guards prepare and the entire priest group go out to fight to push back the humans."