Chapter 484 Night Attack (2)
In order to prepare for the night attack by the Lizardmen, Zhou Xu had already arranged for people to set up a large number of bonfires near the camp.
Now all the bonfires deployed in advance have been lit, ensuring that they can all have a certain degree of vision near the camp.
At this time, Zhou Xuren was standing behind the defense line of the garrison camp, relying on the blessing of the 'Eye of Insight' to scan the distance, looking for traces of the enemy.
However, the lizardmen's night attack came slower than he expected.
Zhou Xu didn't think it was Drogo and Diak who were holding the opponent back.
Although the night was too dark at the time, and he did not have night vision, he could not clearly see the size of the enemy. But just by listening to the movement of the cavalry unit when it ran, he knew that there were only cavalry units on the opposite side. There were more than one or two hundred people coming, I guess it was three or four hundred, maybe even more.
Facing such a cavalry team, Chitose, Drogo and Diack may be able to slow down the opponent's advancement efficiency to a certain extent through harassment and attacks, but to directly contain the opponent The advancement...
That is basically impossible.
On this basis, the opponent has not shown up yet, which can only mean one problem, that is, the commander on the opposite side changed the original tactical arrangement after seeing their actions.
Combining the information from the other side and the situation at hand, and following his thoughts for a while, Zhou Xu had a rough idea of what the other side wanted to do.
"The opponent is most likely planning to let those giant beasts take the lead and directly destroy our garrison camp."
This can be said to be a common tactic of the lizard people. If you want to guess, there is no such thing. What difficulty.
The garrison camp is their most important camp on the front line at this stage. Once the garrison camp is wiped out, they will directly lose their core position.
As a defender, the impact of losing the core position is not insignificant.
While Zhou Xu was pondering this, a centaur soldier from afar rushed back quickly and reported the latest situation to him.
"Your Majesty, the giant beasts on the opposite side are forming a phalanx and advancing towards our garrison camp!"
The confirmation of this news undoubtedly verified Zhou Xu's guess.
"What about the Velociraptor Cavalry on the opposite side? What's the situation now?"
"The Velociraptor Cavalry on the opposite side does not have a strong intention to advance. It seems more like it is attacking Chitose-sama and us. The troops carried out encirclement and suppression.”
After hearing this, Zhou Xu basically knew what the other side wanted to do.
"Let them focus on containment, don't get entangled by the speed dragon cavalry on the opposite side, and wait for my signal."
"Yes!"
After listening to the instructions, then A centaur soldier left quickly.
The commander on the opposite side chose the tactic of using the armored dragon to take the lead and clear the camp. To a certain extent, it was a good thing.
After all, the armored dragon's slow advancement speed gave them more sufficient deployment time in disguise.
"Notify the logistics troops to bring the materials in the camp and the logistics personnel to move first." For the sake of caution, the escape route must be reserved in advance to prevent the camp from being blocked by shields. The dragon broke through, and all supplies suffered.
“Also, let all the soldiers put on enchanted weapons!”
During this period, Wang Dong, who was in the garrison camp, was very tired. For this battle that could break out at any time, he had to keep a batch of enchanted weapons in top condition throughout.
In other words, he had to enchant those enchanted weapons almost constantly, just for this moment!
The enchanted weapons and equipment are enough to increase the combat effectiveness of Dazhou soldiers to another level.
In the last battle on the plains, they were able to turn defeat into a victory in the face of a large lizardman force that was significantly stronger than their own. In addition to the timely support of the centaur clan, the enchanted weapons also provided them with the greatest combat power bonus. It's important.
After all the arrangements were made, time passed quietly, and the sound of heavy footsteps came from the distance. The sound was too familiar to them, it was the sound of the armored dragon walking.
The Armored Dragon was probably still quite a distance away from them, but because the other party's footsteps were so heavy, they could clearly hear it even from such a distance.
Zhou Xu gave an order and the crossbow troops took the initiative to attack.
During the previous period, the armored dragons on the opposite side had been attacking their camp day and night. Therefore, as an important battle against the armored dragons on their side, they The crossbow troops have basically adapted to fighting at night.
By the way, it is worth mentioning here that after the last supply, the number of three-bow crossbows in the crossbow unit has officially increased to eight. While the size of the unit has become larger, Their combat effectiveness also increases with the increase in the number of three-bow bed crossbows.
After receiving the order from Zhou Xu, the crossbow troops, which had long been ready to go, started the operation quickly.
It is different from when dealing with ordinary troops. After all, the armored dragon is a big guy. Even in the dark night with poor visibility, it is not that difficult to lock the opponent.
Unlike the first time when the entire army was divided into two and the attack formations were deployed on both wings to launch the offensive, this time, the eight three-bow crossbows of the crossbow unit were all concentrated on one side.
In the daily high-intensity training, every operation step of the three-bow bed crossbow has been deeply rooted in their bones and has become their instinctive reaction.
This makes the poor field of vision not have much impact on them.
Soon, with a signal, eight giant crossbow arrows shot out almost simultaneously.
Then a scream sounded from the night!
Although they could not clearly see the impact of the eight giant crossbow arrows, it was not difficult to judge from the screams that their attack must have broken through the armored dragon's defense layer and caused the opponent to see blood. Otherwise, the armored dragon would have been killed. The reaction will not be so violent.
It seems that this period of rest did not allow the armored dragon's carapace to fully recover, which gave the crossbowmen more confidence.
During this period, in the center of the armored dragon formation, the armored dragon that was attacked on one side screamed, and at the same time, its steps suddenly became chaotic, and the lizards moving inside were The infantry were so frightened that they were afraid of being stepped on by the armored dragon.
If you step on it, you will be crushed into a puddle of flesh. Who can not be afraid of this?
On this side, a lizardman commander who realized that the action on the opposite side was taking place quickly ran out under the cover of night to confirm the location of the Great Zhou Crossbow Troops.
The crossbow troops had no intention of covering up their whereabouts, or they couldn't. The plains had such a wide field of vision, and the lizard men had night vision, so they had no choice but to hide if they wanted to launch an attack.
So they didn't bother to hide and lit torches directly.
That formation seems to be telling you to come over if you have the guts!
The speed of the armored dragon is impossible to catch up with them, but for this operation, fifty speed dragon cavalry were specially selected to go with them.
At this time, these fifty dragon cavalry will undoubtedly come in handy!
(End of this chapter)