Chapter 318 The advantage is mine
Count Duduo is really familiar with these six enchanted bed crossbows.
On the square plate-like base, even the emblem of the Principality of Eivor has not been completely polished.
They were taken down from the top of the walled city of Sigh!
Du Duo had no idea that this heavy, huge bed crossbow, which was almost only used in city defense, would be used by Raven in field battles.
Clenching the dice in his hand, Du Duo ordered loudly:
"Attack across the board, start the assault!!"
War drums rumbled, flags continued, and the 30,000-strong army slowly accelerated. The smoke and dust they brought up made the already gloomy world darker and darker.
The entire Eagle Army stood still, like tigers waiting for the entrance of their prey.
The crossbow plate of the enchanted bed crossbow slowly rotated and was aimed at Du Duo's left wing.
A soldier raised his mallet high and hit the iron pillar erected high on the crossbow plate hard!
Bang
Even though the wheels were pressed down with thousands of pounds of boulders, the entire ballista still jumped in place due to the recoil.
A layer of blue magic lines lit up on the crossbow arrow, which was as thick as a beam, and fire exploded in the lines. Like a daytime meteor, it crossed a distance of 400 meters and arrived at Du Duo's left-wing army.
There was a faint sound of chanting, it was the wizards in Tuduo's army who were casting spells.
A seemingly invisible light curtain blocked the crossbow's path.
Then it shattered with a loud bang, unable to even deflect the crossbow's trajectory.
In front of this crossbow accelerated to the limit, even plate armor is as brittle as sugar shells, let alone these infantry wearing only leather armor?
The crossbow arrows blasted each body, and the flesh and blood seemed to be nothing in front of it.
The sounds of leather armor being torn, flesh and blood being crushed, and bones being broken suddenly erupted and merged into one place.
Buzz——
With one arrow, he entered the formation 16 meters and crushed 11 Du Duo soldiers on the spot.
Then, the flames suddenly burst out, exploding into a ball of blazing fire that swept into it more Du Duo troops.
"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!"
Seeing the comrades who were chatting and laughing not long ago turned into a pile of charred corpses, the surrounding soldiers howled, some stood there, and some turned around and ran away!
And there is not only one bed crossbow, but a full 6!
Another 5 consecutive triggers.
The left wing of Tu Duo's army seemed to have been plowed by the devil's claws, creating six bloody ravines and leaving a deep pit burning with flames at the end.
As the flames burned, the disgusting smell of burning filled the entire battlefield!
At this moment, behind the Eagle Army, Lei Wen, who was riding on a war horse, clearly saw the reaction of Du Duo's army and frowned slightly.
Although Tu Duo's left wing was in a certain degree of panic, it did not collapse and on the whole continued to advance.
This kind of quality is more than superior to the conventional army of Nord Province.
"Reload and continue attacking the enemy's left wing." Raven ordered:
"At the same time, order the heavy cavalry brigade to put pressure on Du Duo's left wing!"
At the same time, Du Duo also issued an order: "Deploy 2,000 people from the reserve team and guard the heavy cavalry for me, no matter the cost!"
"Tell the guy leading the team that if this heavy cavalry encounters my military formation, he won't have to come back!"
"Order to the left wing, there is no support, stabilize the formation!"
Duduo had already seen Raven's tactical intention.
Raven focused his attack on his left wing, with the purpose of using it as a breakthrough.
Once the left wing troops are defeated, they can form a double flank for his center army.
A volley of crossbows caused about 200 casualties. This was nothing for a force of 8,000 people, but it had a huge impact on morale.
If there are two or three more rounds, I'm afraid the Eagle Army will collapse if they can't touch it!
"A bunch of new recruits who have never seen blood." Du Duo spat on the ground, recalling the time when he participated in the "Battle of Glory" with his father when he was young.
It was the war that the Nords called the "Frontier Battle."
If the veterans were still there at that time, why would he worry about the injuries of a mere 200 people?
Thinking of this, Du Duo couldn't help but feel hatred for Wanda.
It was because of Wanda's failure that the enchanted bed crossbow, which was supposed to guard the Wall of Sighs, appeared in Eivor's own land.
Attack Eivor's forces and reap Eivor's lives!
And Du Duo, because of the rush of time, didn't even have the slightest countermeasures!
The battle line was getting closer and closer, and when it was less than 200 meters away, the bed crossbow completed another round of loading.
This time, although the left wing of Tu Duo's army adopted a more loose formation, nearly 100 people were still killed by crossbows.
180 meters, 160 meters, 140 meters...
At this moment, Lei Wen and Du Duo were staring at the battlefield at the same time, counting the same countdown:
"3..."
"2..."
"1."
In the dim weather, the soldiers in the front row of both sides raised their shields almost at the same time and stopped.
Swish swish
Amidst the sound of piercing the sky, arrows rained down.
The arrow rain was like a solid shadow, falling on the shield, on the heavy armor, on the knees and shoulder sockets of the unlucky soldiers in a dense slapping sound, splashing little bits of blood among the Eagle Army.
The injured soldier said nothing and knelt down with his spear raised, waiting for the auxiliary soldiers to carry it to the rear.
The colleagues behind him began to automatically fill their positions.
However, the 2,000 crossbowmen on Raven's side were all aimed at the left wing of Du Duo's army. While the former army knelt down to defend, they all fired their crossbows.
The locust-like enchanted crossbow arrows pierced the left wing of Du Duo's army and penetrated the iron kite shields in their hands. The blood splattered dyed the earth red!
The left wing of Du Duo's army fell down like wheat!
After a round of exchange of shooting, the Eagle Army suffered few casualties, but the Tu Duo Army lost at least 300 lives.
But at this time, the Eagle Army took the initiative to launch a charge!
Earl Tuduo's advantage lies in the long-range firepower of 6,000 men. If the Eagle Army does not rush forward, it will only be beaten passively.
Moreover, Raven did not intend to exchange battle losses with the opponent like this.
Aggression is like fire, immovable like a mountain.
The performance of the Eagle Army is synonymous with these eight words.
Count Tudor didn't understand this, but that didn't prevent him from expressing similar emotions.
He was surprised that after just experiencing a round of terrifying arrows, Raven's army did not waver at all, and could even maintain its formation during the charge!
Just when he was about to order another round of arrow rain, the messenger reported:
"Sir, the flying monster sent a message that the enemy Wind King's troops are attacking from the southeast! They will arrive on the battlefield in three minutes."
Du Duo lowered his raised hand:
"The crossbowmen are on standby, and the archers will fire two more rounds of arrows."
"Tell those magicians it's time to take action!!"
Here Du Duo is referring to the three mages who were transferred back from the Bolan Gold Mine.
The Eagle Army launched a charge with arrows all over the sky.
Gentle chanting sounded from Tu Duo's army.
Three mages, one red, one white, and one green, stood in a triangle shape, with a small but complicated magic circle at their feet.
They held the staffs in their hands and recited the incantation at the same time. The magic power flowed from them, turning into azure blue currents like water snakes, and then gathered together, slowly filling the entire magic circle.
The leader of the red mage suddenly waved his staff, and all the magic power in the magic circle was pulled to the top of his staff, transformed and bloomed into a cluster of thick green light:
"Sea of thorns!"
The thick green light spreads out, like the leisurely breeze in summer, and like the silent spring rain that moistens things.
Click...
The invisible pen tip was dipped in thick green ink, and drew a wide ink mark across the open space in the center of the two armies!
The ink marks were made up of clusters of dark green thorns, with thick branches covered with sharp dark red spikes, pulsating and twitching like blood vessels.
The arrows remaining in the center of the battlefield were lifted up and wrapped by thorns, the wooden arrow shafts were easily broken, and the hard steel armor-piercing arrows were ground to pieces.
This is true for steel, let alone flesh and blood.
I don’t know how many lives it will take to fill this ravine.
"What are you going to do about it, Raven?"
The dice circled between Du Duo's fingers, and a happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Just like the Wind King's troops appearing on the Wall of Sighs, this sea of thorns is the appetizer prepared by Du Duo for Raven.
The Eagle Army is now in a dilemma.
If you stop on the spot, you will continue to bear the blows of the arrow rain. Although the casualties suffered are limited, there is no field battle in the world that can be won by being passively beaten!
And if you choose to go around, it means a huge waste of time and energy. During this period, you will also have to withstand the long-range harassment of Du Duo's army.
Of course, Du Duo also knew that Raven was a magician, but what could he do? Set fire to this sea of thorns?
That would just create a sea of fire!
Tudor sneered: "You're not the only one who can use magic, Raven!"
This curtain wall of thorns was indeed beyond Raven's expectation.
But he had no intention of stopping the attack.
Behind him, Margaret, dressed as a soldier, was quietly reciting a spell. He also held two bottles of rotten soul essence in his arms.
The black aura representing the power of the curse overflowed from her body, and after being contaminated with the essence of the rotten soul, it turned into a black and red color like dead blood, seeping into the earth.
Black-red veins like roots sprouted from the earth.
Wherever he passed, an inexplicable despair spread.
Ignoring the noise on the ground, snakes, insects, rats, and ants emerged from the soil one after another, and were then crushed into pulp by iron boots.
It's obviously midsummer, but the grass and trees are starting to turn yellow!
The vines that stretched across the battlefield became sluggish before they could fully stretch out.
As black and red auras swirled up, the vines changed from dark green to withered yellow, then from withered yellow to dead white, and finally turned into pools of shapeless mud.
Ka——
In Du Duo's army, the three mages could no longer maintain this ritual magic.
The magic circle under his feet suddenly erupted with light, and then disintegrated with a sound like exploding crystals.
The surging magic power overflowed from the mouths, noses, and eyes of the three mages, turning into silver flames.
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"What...is going on!?"
"What did Raven do!?"
"Retreat, retreat first!"
The three mages were panicked and retreated to prepare to suppress the rampant magic power. If they did not adjust now, their magic power would probably fall.
On the other side, Margaret also restrained her dark energy, and the two bottles of rotten soul essence in her arms had been emptied.
There is a hint of excitement in the tired eyes!
Strictly speaking, she didn't cast a spell just now, she just used the power of her blood to curse this land.
With the help of the rotten soul essence, in the next tens or hundreds of years, this land will become a desperate situation for life, and no plants will be able to survive here!
What's more, is it the false thorn constructed by magic?
"Trash!" Du Duo's eyes twitched violently twice, but he also knew that this was a crime other than war.
If those three mages hadn't attracted Raven's attention, God knows what kind of damage this third-level spellcaster would have caused.
Du Duo shouted: "Charge!"
The trumpet sounded loudly.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than 80 meters, and Du Duo's army launched a counterattack in the face of the Eagle Army, which had rushed the fastest.
The earth rumbled and shook at this moment due to the trampling of tens of thousands of people!
Cries of killing filled the entire battlefield!
The Eagle Army in black armor and the Tuduo Army in blue shirts are like two floods rushing against each other.
Crash together without any fancy!
Boom——
The earth-shattering collision caused not splashes of water, but weapons, severed limbs and thick blood!
Some people hung on their spears under the huge impact; some people blocked the front of the soldiers, but were pushed upside down and landed on the ground, trampled to pieces by their own people; some people huddled together in a ball, but managed to survive in the jungle of swords and guns. !
The brave may not live, and the coward may not die.
War tests every soldier equally.
To survive, you need equipment, training, and will...
And a little bit of luck!
This is the cruelty of the battlefield, but also the fairness of the battlefield!
A shadow covered the sky, and the Wind King's troops came as expected.
Du Duo looked at the pressing shadows in the sky and intuitively understood the pressure Wanda faced back then.
The majestic physique and neat array are worthy of the reputation of "king".
Seeing the Wind King's troops getting closer and closer, Du Duo clenched his fists:
"Prepare——"
"Let it go!!!"
The first batch of arrows roared into the air.
In the sky, Hoyaz, the commander of the Wind King's troops, also shouted:
"Give them a long memory!"
"Storm Vortex!"
In the sky, more than a hundred wind kings flapped their wings, and a blue storm swept out like a curtain!
Thousands of arrows lost their strength at the same time at this moment, and then rolled back under the strong wind!
In Tu Duo's army, the soldiers' leather helmets were flying and they could hardly open their eyes!
The floating dust was blown away, revealing the uneven ground.
Even though they were stacked together and suppressed with stones, the crates that had been piled up were still overturned one by one, and the straw filled with them scattered, along with the arrows, weapons and armor inside.
However, just as the Wind King was about to dive, the second batch of arrows arrived again!
The wind kings who had just cast a storm vortex had no time to gather their magic power in a short period of time, so they could only increase it urgently!
The Wind King flew quickly, but even so, four Wind Kings were still hit by arrows.
Little bits of blood slipped from the air.
This time, Hoyaz did not immediately order to continue the attack, because the third group of crossbowmen had already aimed at the sky.
Moreover, Hoyaz also discovered that Duduo's army, which was the first to shoot the crossbow at this time, had basically completed loading.
What they will face is an endless stream of feather arrows!
This was the first time Hoyaz felt so powerless.
His eyes wandered, wanting to try to make a difference elsewhere.
However, on the front line of the battlefield, the Eagle Army and the Du Duo Army collided with each other, and it was almost impossible to distinguish each other. Whether they threw spears or pulse surges, they would cause accidental damage to friendly forces.
And all the baggage accompanying the enemy army in the rear were within the coverage of the feather arrows.
"Haha, war cannot be won with one or two tricks."
Looking at the Wind King wandering blankly in the sky, Du Duo felt great satisfaction in his heart.
At the same time, there is also a little regret.
Du Duo originally thought that after the Feng King encountered disadvantages on the frontal battlefield, he would attack his camp in order to destroy his food and grass.
To prepare for this, he even prepared some "surprises" for Raven in the camp.
However, war is like this, changing like the wind, and it is normal for the arranged means not to be used.
And the current situation is enough to satisfy Du Duo.
6,000 long-range soldiers, against 100 Wind Kings, seemed to be at a disadvantage, but since the two armies were mixed together now, rather than risking accidental damage and continuing to shoot, it would be better to use this to block Raven's strongest method.
As for Raven’s other trump card...
Du Duo glanced at the left side of the battlefield, where his 2,000 reserve troops were circling with Raven's heavy cavalry.
Anyway, he still has 3,000 reserve troops. If the opponent's heavy cavalry chooses to break in by force, then all the reserve troops will be thrown in to crush Raven to death as a last resort.
The situation on the frontal battlefield is relatively monotonous.
Du Duo could only see his own central army and Raven's central army pressed together, the battle lines were tug-of-war, Bonta and the opponent's general Eric were deadlocked in the formation, steel and void merged and collided, and there was no winner.
As for the left and right wings, he couldn't see clearly.
In fact, even at the two ends of the Chinese military, it is difficult to distinguish the specific situation.
Sitting high in the city, calmly commanding an army of 100,000 or 100,000 people, and being able to easily see through the battlefield situation and win by arranging troops, that is a plot that only appears in third-rate novels.
The reality on the battlefield is that once it enters the stage of hand-to-hand combat, smoke and dust rise and the two sides are intertwined, it is difficult for the general to see the situation clearly. He can only have a rough grasp of the situation through constant reports from the messengers.
This is also the difficulty of large corps operations.
The more troops there are, the more complicated the battle situation will be, and the messages sent by the messengers will always be delayed and distorted to a considerable extent.
How to distinguish, direct, and deal with it depends on the commander's ability.
But Tudor wasn't worried.
"30,000 vs. 10,000, the advantage is mine!"
Without the surprise of the air force, would Raven still be able to play tricks?
"——Sir!" A messenger ran to Du Duo panting:
"The right wing is in a difficult situation, please support!"
Tu Duo was furious: "Didn't I say that the left wing does not..."
"Wait, right wing!?"
……
(End of chapter)