Chapter 434 Stationed in the Plains
Including the additional troops, the cavalry troops who followed Li Ce on the expedition this time, not counting the elf knights and centaurs, totaled a hundred cavalry! Seriously, they used human cavalry to form a hundred cavalry team.
Now running wildly, it is full of power, and its lethality cannot be underestimated.
The defensive phalanx composed of green lizard infantry was basically defenseless in front of the Hundred Cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the blink of an eye, it was rushed to pieces, and the scene was Chaos.
The cavalry troops running back and forth on the battlefield can only be contained by the same cavalry troops. The mobility of ordinary troops cannot keep up at all, and they will only be beaten if they go.
But in order to encircle and suppress the centaur clan, the speed dragon cavalry on their defense line also suffered a lot of casualties. Now the remaining speed dragon cavalry on hand number less than a hundred.
Under this premise, vast and flat plain terrain like this cannot maximize the flexibility advantage of the Velociraptor Cavalry. Instead, it exposes their endurance when facing conventional cavalry. and shortcomings in speed.
In the final analysis, the lizardmen themselves are not that good at fighting in plain areas. Complex environments like rainforests are their home field.
Right now, there is a high probability that they will not be able to defend this side of the plain.
At this thought, Soros already had a desire to retreat in his heart.
But if he turns around and leaves with the Velociraptor Cavalry now, the infantry units that are not very mobile will most likely have to be stationed here.
This is not possible!
You must know that once the battlefield moves to the rainforest area, these green lizard infantry who seem vulnerable in the plains will become their irreplaceable main force!
Even considering the battle after retreating, he had to save as many green lizard infantry as possible.
With this idea in mind, Soros began to command the Velociraptor Cavalry to contain the opposing cavalry team.
In this process, the Velociraptor Cavalry will inevitably suffer further losses, but there is nothing that can be done about it. For his next move, and for the sake of holding on to the rear, this has become a necessary sacrifice.
Although the speed of the green lizard infantry cannot be compared with that of four-legged war horses, among the known two-legged infantry units, they are definitely considered to be flexible and quick.
Under the cover of the Velociraptor Cavalry, a large number of green lizard infantry dispersed and evacuated the battlefield as quickly as possible.
After the green lizard infantry withdrew far away, the velociraptors who received the signal began to evacuate.
The cavalry unit headed by Zhou Chongshan launched a pursuit to expand the results, but they did not pursue too far.
At this stage, the cavalry force is their core combat force.
After the cavalry troops came out, they were followed by crossbow troops and logistics troops. These troops all need protection.
After all, they are not familiar enough with this world. If they are obsessed with long-distance pursuit and thus neglect the protection of the rear troops, and when the rear troops are attacked and destroyed, then they will be equivalent to being killed. The bottom of the cauldron has been drained, and whether it can survive the next few days is a question.
The most important task right now is to occupy this territory and let their troops gain a foothold here. If they can't do this, there will be nothing to talk about later, so Li Ce thinks the situation is about the same. , and the horn of retreat was sounded.
The military orders were overwhelming, and Zhou Chongshan and Silke, who had confirmed the signal to withdraw their troops, withdrew simply.
Soros, who had already hid in the rainforest area at that time, looked at the retreating cavalry from a distance. He did not feel any relief, but instead felt more pressure.
Under his command, the green lizard infantry turned around and launched an ambush after escaping into the rainforest area.
If the cavalry team on the opposite side just rushed in and broke into the rainforest area, then he could directly rely on the advantage of the green lizard infantry in the complex environment to give the opponent a hard blow!
Even if the opponent is only close to the rainforest area, he can rely on the rainforest with his back and attack with spears to launch a counterattack against the opponent unscrupulously.
However, the other party did not. A cautious enemy is more difficult than anything else.
But it is useless to continue to have this headache now.
He exhaled a long breath, and Soros looked at the enemy's cavalry leaving in the distance. Judging from this situation, the opponent's next step is to set up camp at the edge of the world. In a short time, it should not be possible. There will be further actions.
Thinking of this, Soros quickly issued a few orders, explained and arranged the next tasks here, and asked his adjutant to stay here to watch, and then he rode on a speeding horse. Dragon, prepare to rush to the temple to report the latest situation to the high priest.
In the temple, the high priest frowned deeply after listening to the report. Judging from the troop strength situation presented in Thoros' report, it can be said that it is very different from what Gruul reported before.
According to Gruul's report at the time, the other party did not have an armed force of this size!
However, this also explains in disguise why Soros has been repeatedly frustrated here.
Because the strength of the enemy in front of them has far exceeded their previous understanding.
Thinking of this, the high priest calmed down and accepted the current result calmly.
On the one hand, Soros has made it very clear that the plains are not suitable for the lizardmen to fight, and his defense focus is on the periphery of the rainforest area.
Under this premise, in order to preserve the limited troops, we chose to retreat in time.
It was considered reasonable and well-founded and was approved by him.
As for the other reason, it is because he is indeed aware of Soros' ability. At the same time, he also knows that the troops here are limited and Soros cannot use it at all, and he expressed this. understand.
In this way, the high priest has only one request for the situation here, and that is to stabilize!
Keep the rainforest defense line here firmly, and don't let people from the opposite world easily advance up and threaten their territory.
At the same time, on the plain at the edge of the world, Li Ce, who had just arrived, was setting up their camp here as quickly as possible.
There is nothing interesting to see in this plain area. At a glance, everything is the same, and there is nothing to pick out, so Li Ce and the others found a piece of fairly flat terrain and settled down.
"Tsk! What an eyesore!"
Looking up at the figure flying high in the sky, Drogo, who was patrolling outside the camp, cursed unhappily.
Needless to say, the one flying through the air just now was the pterosaur rider of the lizard man.
They had already known that the opponent had a flying unit, so they naturally recognized it immediately, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Because the other party was flying at high altitude the whole time, they did not lower their flying altitude at all.
Obviously, the previous death of the pterosaur rider had put the lizard people on alert.
The only thing the pterosaur riders have to do now is to serve as their aerial vision unit and watch every move on the opposite side.
As for other things...
Don't do it! Even if you encounter any tempting opportunities, ignore them all. Just fly in the sky and don't take any risks!
(End of this chapter)