Chapter 1104 Dispatching Troops
The Giant Eagle Knights had just arrived at the front line. After letting them rest for a day and adjust their status, Zhou Xu immediately motioned for them to join the reconnaissance force to assist the reconnaissance force and target them. The location of the greenskin base camp.
During this period, three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the follow-up troops arrived quickly and smoothly.
Four days later, as the temperature slowly rose in the Northeast, the lizardman troops headed by Boleven also arrived.
At this time, the temperature here in the Northeast has just climbed to ten degrees. For the lizard soldiers, the temperature is still quite cold, and they are all wrapped in thick winter clothes.
Compared with the lizard soldiers who can still wrap themselves in clothes, the situation of the velociraptor is obviously worse. After all, there is no thick clothing for the mount to wear.
In order to prevent the Velociraptor from getting sick due to this climate, at this time, the five hundred Velociraptor Cavalry specially assembled by Bolevin could only be temporarily stationed in the grassland area on standby.
At this stage, His Majesty has no plans to launch troops immediately.
The Velociraptor Cavalry is a cavalry unit, and its mobility is much faster than that of the infantry unit. After the order is confirmed, the frontline troops set off, and it is completely late for them to rush over.
The arrival of the two groups of troops brought the total number of troops stationed on the northeastern border to six thousand! The increase in the size of the troops boosts the morale of every soldier on the front line in the most intuitive way.
During this period, the news about the reconnaissance troops was also sent to Zhou Xu and the others as quickly as possible.
With the Giant Eagle Knights operating in the air, the entire operational efficiency of the reconnaissance force was undoubtedly greatly improved, and the location of the greenskin base camp was quickly successfully locked.
Next, Zhou Xu and Li Ce have undoubtedly long ago figured out whether to wait for the opponent to make the first move and launch a defensive counterattack, or to take the initiative directly.
From the green skin’s previous actions and the entire response, it is not difficult to see that the main enemy of the opposite green skin is most likely not them.
In all likelihood, the previous troops were sent by the opposite party to sweep the surrounding area and ensure the safety of the camp.
In the process, they discovered their border with the Great Zhou Dynasty, and a battle broke out with them. This was purely accidental. The real enemy of the greenskins here was someone else.
With this as a premise, and considering their current location, Zhou Xu has reason to suspect that the greenskin troops currently fighting are the coalition forces mentioned by the dwarves of Copperforge Castle before. a certain force in it.
Since the early years, Zhou Xu's idea has been that in the battle between the coalition forces and the greenskins, they will not get involved if they can, and try not to get himself involved.
But now the green-skinned troops have arrived directly at his door, and may pose a threat to their Great Zhou territory at any time.
In this case, Zhou Xu obviously could not sit back and watch his potential allies continue to fight with the greenskins.
It's okay if you win, but what if you lose?
If the opponent loses, then they will be the next one to challenge the greenskins.
Zhou Xu obviously did not intend to take this risk, so sending troops directly to join forces with the unmasked potential allies to destroy the greenskins entrenched in this area became the optimal solution at this stage.
With the common enemy of green skins, even if they are not of the same mind, they will not fight each other. More importantly, they can take advantage of this opportunity to sell each other a favor.
In this way, they, the Great Zhou, in this coalition, established some friendship with the dwarves of Copperhearth Castle and the force in front of them.
If something happens within the coalition then, they will be able to find a camp to stand in depending on the situation, so that they will not be left alone.
With this mentality, the border troops officially dispatched troops!
During this period, Zhou Xu did not forget to send a giant eagle knight to the other side of the grassland, notifying the speed dragon cavalry stationed there to immediately set off for the front line.
After this period of time, spring has gradually entered the Northeast region, and the temperature has been steadily rising, and now it has risen to more than 15 degrees. Basically, it has reached a temperature that the lizard people can accept without affecting their combat effectiveness.
At the same time, the large force did not deliberately slow down its movement efficiency and kept advancing steadily.
After determining the location of the Green Skin Base Camp, they took the shortest route directly. After almost five days of journey, the large force successfully arrived near the Green Skin Base Camp.
Calculating the distance and marching efficiency, Li Ce, as the commander-in-chief, had already adjusted the status of the troops in advance.
This allows their large forces to launch an offensive directly on the day they arrive.
For a force of this size, it is impossible to hide its whereabouts while advancing.
The patrol team arranged by the greenskins outside the base camp soon discovered their presence.
In an instant, bursts of ‘WAAAAGH! ! ! ’ The sound resounded throughout the entire area!
Listening to the noise in the distance, Li Ce gave orders in an orderly manner, signaling the large forces to stop advancing, and directly set up a formation in the open space outside the greenskin base camp, ready to take action and wait for work on the other side. Come out and give them a head-on blow!
The greenskins on the opposite side did not disappoint him. The greenskins were good at attacking but not at defending. They had no intention of holding on to the camp from the beginning.
With passionate war cries, a large number of greenskins swarmed out of the camp. Li Ce took a rough look and estimated that the total number of troops on the opposite side was only about 1,500.
That's right, at this time, the green-skinned troops were not in their base camp at all, but were fighting on the front line with the troops on the other side.
This wave of them came directly to copy the green skin’s hometown! By the way, it can also give new recruits some experience!
"Archers, prepare!"
Measuring the distance with his eyes, Li Ce ordered at the right moment!
“Fire the arrow!”
In an instant, round after round of arrow rain swept out.
As the green-skinned army continued to advance, demolition vehicles as new weapons soon joined the attack.
A total of twelve small demolition vehicles were arranged in a fan-shaped formation, waiting for the greenskins rushing at the front to enter their attack range, and they immediately opened fire!
With a long parabola, the explosive bomb exploded the moment it fell into the enemy's formation. The violent roar, accompanied by the shrapnel flying from the explosion, directly blew up the green skins within the explosion range. Bloody and bloody.
After passing through the bombing area of the demolition vehicles, the next thing to greet these greenskins were individual crossbows that were already ready to go.
The crossbow arrows flying through the air made a dense sound, as if the dividing line between life and death was instantly drawn.
Faced with wave after wave of long-range fire suppression by the Zhou troops, the green-skinned soldiers who rushed up were constantly shot and killed mercilessly.
“WAAAAGH!!!”
With the fall of the last green-skinned soldier on the field! The green-skinned soldiers who came one after another had already been killed and wounded by the triple baptism of archers, demolition vehicles and individual crossbows before they even officially launched an attack on Dazhou's defensive positions!
“Long live the Emperor!”
"Long live the Emperor!!!"
(End of this chapter)