The undead army appeared right in the middle of the road? This was something that Maccon and Su Lan had never expected to happen. They had thought that the undead would ambush them and retreat, but they had never thought that the undead would confront them head-on. After all, they were outnumbered by the undead. Wasn't this a suicide mission?
"Let me take a look." Su Lan exclaimed after a brief moment of surprise. At this moment, the entire human army had stopped. The soldiers at the front were ready for battle. Su Lan rode her horse in front and quickly saw the undead army in front of her.
Indeed, just as the scouts had said, this army was the Undead army. There were about 5,000 of them, and they seemed to be the Undead's elite army. Not only were they wearing heavy armor, but they were also holding large shields and short swords. Judging from their equipment, they should be the Undead's main force.
"That's strange …" Su Lan said. Although the undead army looked elite, there were only 5,000 of them. She had an army of 70,000 on her side. Besides, the second army was no less elite than the undead army. What was going on with these 5,000 people?
"Send out scouts to check the surroundings immediately," Su Lan said after thinking for a moment. Su Lan thought for a moment and said. She could figure out that there were only 5,000 of them here, and there were about 15000 of them who had yet to show up. In other words, there were still 15000 of them hiding somewhere, waiting to catch them off guard. Therefore, she immediately sent scouts to check if the enemies were lying in ambush nearby.
"Why is it so strange?" He really couldn't figure out why such an army would suddenly appear. Not only were there 5000 undead blocking their way, but the enemy's formation was also very strange. Generally speaking, an army's battle formation would either be spread out in a line or a cone formation. However, this undead squad's formation was actually arranged in a circle. It looked a bit like a defensive encirclement formation, which was really incomprehensible to him.
Before Maccon and Su Lan could figure out what was going on, the undead army suddenly began to move. The entire army suddenly marched forward in an orderly manner toward the human army. They moved very slowly, and it did not look like they were charging. They were just slowly approaching the human army step by step.
"Ta, ta, ta …" Because the Undead soldiers were all wearing heavy armor, and their footsteps were very orderly, they gave off a lot of pressure as they stepped on the ground.
Maccon and Su Lan were a little stunned. Why did the other party take the initiative to approach them? Could it be that he wanted to face his 70,000 strong army head on? Are you kidding me? 5000 vs 70000?
"Chief of Staff, the enemy is approaching us. What should we do?" the soldier next to him immediately asked.
Su Lan hurriedly shook her head. Although she didn't understand what was going on, she was now the supreme commander of this army. How could she just stand there in a daze? She immediately shook her head to keep herself awake. The opponent's actions were too strange, so Su Lan wanted to use a more conservative method, which was to directly use the archers to shoot, temporarily avoiding a direct confrontation.
"Archers, get ready …" Su Lan waved her hand and said.
"Lotus Team, Falling Moon Team, get ready …" Macken ordered.
The two elite archer squads of the 2nd Legion immediately got into a firing formation. Their bows and arrows were all nocked as they waited for the order to attack.
"Fire!" Su Lan waved her hand and yelled.
In an instant, tens of thousands of arrows were fired. The Lotus Team and the Falling Moon Team had a total of 12000 people. A single round of shooting would be 12000 arrows. As the elite archer squads of the 2nd Legion, their shooting accuracy was already top-notch among the humans (incomparable to the elves). Therefore, this round of shooting almost completely covered the entire 5,000 undead army. Normally, this kind of high-quality volley would directly take out 5,000 ordinary undead army in three to four rounds. Based on the speed of the enemy's advance, they should not have reached the front of the human army yet.
However, the reality was far from what they had expected. Looking at the sky full of arrows flying toward them, the undead army suddenly shouted, "Shields!" All the undead soldiers raised the shields in their hands in unison.
"Puff puff puff puff …" The sound of arrows nailing into something could be heard. Most of the arrows hit the Undead's shield, almost turning it into a hornet's nest. However, the shield blocked most of the attacks. However, the shields were not perfect defense. There were still many arrows that passed through the gaps between the shields, or directly penetrated the shields and nailed the undead soldiers. However, what was very surprising was that these undead soldiers who were hit by the arrows did not fall. Instead, they stood in the same place as if nothing had happened to them at all.
After a round of arrow rain, not a single undead soldier fell. Moreover, this only caused the undead army to pause for a second. After the arrow rain, the undead army simultaneously put away their shields and began to march forward.
"What?" Su Lan was stunned. When she first saw that the enemy was equipped with heavy infantry, she knew that the effect of the shooting might not be very effective. However, she did not expect it to be to this extent. After this round of shooting, there was no reaction at all. This only caused the enemy to pause for a second. What the hell was this?
The human army saw the performance of the undead army. They also did not expect this round of shooting to have no reaction at all. They were also used to fighting the undead, but they did not feel that the undead army was this strong.
"Continue shooting!" Su Lan knew that although she was surprised, she was the one who could not afford to be distracted, so she shouted again.
Immediately, a second round of shooting flew out from the human army's formation. The undead army paused again and raised their shields to defend themselves. "Puff, puff, puff." After the sounds of arrows stopped, more Undead soldiers were hit by arrows. However, none of them fell. After a second, the army continued to move forward slowly. They didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.
"Third Infantry Squad, get ready to face the enemy!" At this time, when McCain saw that the enemy was approaching the infantry squad in front of him, he immediately ordered.
"Get ready to face the enemy!" The leader of the Third Infantry Squad immediately waved his hand. All the soldiers lined up in formation and raised their spears in front of them, ready to face the enemy head-on.
The two armies were getting closer and closer, but the undead army still had no intention of charging. They maintained their original speed and slowly moved toward the human army.
"Marquis McCain, surround the left and right wing of the undead army," Su Lan immediately said.
"Sixth Infantry Squad, Seventh Infantry Squad, surround the undead army," McCain immediately ordered.
The human army moved again. Two infantry squads approached the undead army from the left and right sides, trying to completely surround the undead army. However, the undead army did not seem to notice the enemy's intention. They continued to march toward the center of the human army in neat steps. They did not slow down at all, as if nothing could stop them.
"Attack!" Su Lan waved her hand and ordered.
"Go, attack!" McCain immediately yelled.
"Kill!" Upon receiving the order, the human infantries rushed forward with their spears and started a melee with the Undead. The Undead instantly raised their shields, while the spear-wielding soldiers in the middle thrust their spears through the gaps between the shields. Even in this situation, the Undead army was still slowly advancing forward.
Ding, ding, ding … All kinds of metal clashing sounds were heard. The human army's spear formation could not do anything against the heavy infantry's shield formation. The spears could only make a dent on the shields. On the other hand, the undead army basically could not attack the human army due to their short swords. The two sides seemed to be fighting fiercely, but there were almost no casualties.
"Break them apart!" The leader of the infantry squad immediately realized that the undead army was still advancing. If this continued, his army would be pushed back. He immediately ordered the soldiers to get close to the undead army and break their formation. After all, they had the advantage in numbers. Although the heavy infantry looked troublesome, they could easily overwhelm them with numbers alone.
Upon receiving the order, the human infantry immediately rushed forward and began to attack the undead army from all directions. Although the undead army was holding up their shields, they could not defend every place. With so many undead soldiers rushing forward, it was impossible to completely block them.
"Puchi." A human soldier found a gap and stabbed an Undead soldier. That Undead soldier was using his shield to block the attacks of the other soldiers, so he didn't even see the human soldier. However, what surprised the human soldier was that the Undead soldier that was stabbed didn't seem to have any intention of falling down. He was still standing there, using his shield to defend himself. If it wasn't for the feeling of his spear stabbing the Undead soldier, the human soldier would have thought that he had missed.
"What's going on …" Before the human soldier could figure out what was going on, the undead soldier next to him suddenly rushed forward and directly cut off the human soldier's head.
The same situation happened everywhere. As soon as the human soldiers got close to the undead soldiers, they discovered that the undead soldiers were simply too durable. It was as if they could not kill them at all. Even if the undead soldiers went around their shields and stabbed them, they would be completely fine unless they were stabbed by several undead soldiers at the same time. However, as soon as they fell, they would immediately be pulled back into the formation by the undead soldiers behind them.
In contrast, the human army's losses were much greater. The undead army was too ruthless, and that was not all. The human soldiers who approached the undead army inexplicably began to vomit blood. They had no idea what was going on at all.
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