Chapter 1158 The two armies join together
The small-scale battle here ended quickly. Wojin originally wanted the boar knights who came over to help and quickly move these ruins away, but the boar knights did not He said that he didn't have that spare time at the moment.
The battle on the frontal battlefield was tense. After receiving the signal for help, the reason why they brought a large force over directly was to resolve the battle here in the shortest possible time and then immediately return to the frontal battlefield to support them.
Fortunately, the three hundred militiamen were left behind by him, otherwise he would have really been helpless.
After signaling his men to continue working, Wojin rode the wild boar to the other end to explain the situation to Shi Lei.
Shi Lei had obviously known about it for a long time. Even at this time, the Giant Eagle Knight had already flown to the front battlefield, confirmed the entire battle situation, and came back to report to him.
The scale of this battle was much larger than they initially expected.
With Copperforge as the center, with the siege launched by the greenskin army, the battlefield was divided into three parts.
On the dwarf side, there are tens of thousands of troops exposed in the sight of the Giant Eagle Knight. The greenskin clan that initiated the siege is even larger. The total strength of the three battlefields combined is probably not 70,000, or even 80,000. More than ten thousand!
However, for now, the dwarves of Copperforge are still very strong. They rely on the geographical advantages brought by the mountains to stay high and shrink their defenses to resist the green skin attacks launched from three locations at the same time. , the overall battle situation is still stable.
This couldn't help but make Shi Lei relax a little more.
Obviously, the dwarves of Copperhearth Castle were not stupid enough to wait until they were at the end of their rope before asking for help, and they still left some leeway for themselves.
In the following period, Zhou's troops and the three hundred militiamen under Wo Jin's command still focused on clearing roads.
But what Wojin didn't know was that the giant eagle knights under Shi Lei had already flown over the battlefield to collect intelligence.
At the same time, Shi Lei's energy has also been concentrated on the subsequent tactical arrangements.
After a period of time, there were no more accidents. With the road here completely cleared, Da Zhou's support troops at the rear successfully completed the rendezvous with their frontline troops.
This suddenly increased their strength in Da Zhou to four thousand. As a defender, this was already a force that could not be ignored.
During this period, due to the intense fighting on the frontal battlefield, Wojin had to bring his own soldiers back to support some time ago. Basically, only one of Wojin's soldiers and 300 militiamen were left here.
The boar knight approaching now was no stranger to Shi Lei. He was the one who was responsible for leading them before, and he was also Wojin's personal soldier.
"Your Excellency Shi Lei, please come with me."
At this time, the mountain boar knight had obvious joy on his face.
Obviously, they also know that the follow-up reinforcements of the Great Zhou Dynasty have arrived and the support force has increased to four thousand. This is undoubtedly a good thing for their Copperhearth Castle.
Let the boar knight lead the way, and the Zhou troops headed by Shi Lei quickly rushed towards the dwarves' defense position.
Shi Lei had no intention of letting their Zhou troops enter the battlefield directly from the outside.
Through the information provided by the Giant Eagle Knight during this period, Shi Lei has figured out the dwarves' fighting style, which is a very typical positional fighting style.
They mainly occupy the defensive position, then spread out the heavy crossbowmen to fire volleys, and rely on long-range attacks with large coverage to kill the greenskins.
This tactic itself is basically the same as the tactics used by their crossbowmen at the current stage of Da Zhouxu. Shi Lei understands it very well.
Therefore, he also knew that the biggest disadvantage of this tactic was that it could basically only be used in positional warfare.
He needs to form a large area of continuous destruction through neat formations and multi-stage shooting row after row. This leads to the fact that this tactic, combined with crossbowmen, basically has no ability to pursue or take the initiative. The entire tactical focus is entirely on defensive warfare.
In this situation, facing tens of thousands of green-skinned troops on the battlefield, they cut in directly from the outside?
By then, if the dwarves on the opposite side hadn't reacted yet, they would have been completely surrounded by the greenskins.
Whether the dwarves can withstand the pressure, bear the risks, and send troops out in time to rescue them, we have to think about it again.
It’s better not to waste time at this time.
The dwarves undoubtedly knew of their existence a long time ago, and with the boar knight leading the way, they entered the dwarves' rear camp unimpeded and saw the person responsible for commanding the group. The dwarf commander in chief of a battle.
"Thank you for your assistance, my friend!"
Seeing Shi Lei, the red-bearded dwarf with a big beard took the lead in expressing his goodwill and took the initiative to step forward and shake hands with Shi Lei as a token of his gratitude. friendly.
"I am the commander of the battlefield here, Balai Copperfurnace, and Wojin is my little nephew."
After a brief self-introduction, Balai quickly Get to the point.
“The war situation is tense now, so I won’t be polite.”
While speaking, Balai directly motioned Shi Lei to look at the map on the table.
"Because our troops have not cooperated before, and considering the tacit understanding, I hope you can garrison an area alone."
Hearing this, Shi Lei nodded directly.
“I agree with you, Lord Balai. In fact, I think so too.”
“That’s great!”
When the two armies join forces, the issue of tacit understanding must be taken into consideration to avoid embarrassing situations where the lack of tacit understanding and lack of understanding of each other will cause each other to cause chaos.
For the convenience of naming, Shi Lei directly marked the three battlefields surrounding Copperhearth Castle with No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 respectively.
They are undoubtedly experienced veterans, and they will not make some stupid mistakes. They can quickly reach consensus on many things, which also makes Bale's face look a little more happy.
He had to admit that after experiencing some troubles within the coalition forces before, he was somewhat wary of, and even resisted, the arrival of reinforcements from the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was worried that it would be trouble and would not be able to help. , and even cause trouble for yourself.
However, during this simple communication process, Balai felt that the other party was at least relatively easy to communicate with.
So he quickly reached out and pointed at an area in battlefield three.
“This area has relatively little pressure, and I plan to leave it to you to garrison.”
What Balai said was not a lie. What he was pointing at was indeed an area with relatively little defensive pressure. Smaller area.
But this arrangement was not made out of his good intentions, but because he still lacked trust in Dazhou's strength. In important areas, he had to arrange the dwarves' own troops so that he could feel at ease!
However, Shi Lei has his own ideas on this issue...
(End of this chapter)