Gerant dispatched the spearhead of the Demons' army. The strange light cavalry in black light armor without even a knight's spear was faster than expected.
As soon as they arrived, the cavalry charged, showing the strong confidence of the Demons.
Rex The Great wanted to dispatch the orc soldiers, but the enemy dispatched cavalry, which was a perfect counter to the infantry. If he sent the orcs at this time, it would be too obvious that the orcs were going to die. The orcs had always been unruly, so he was afraid that there would be trouble.
This was the first contact. If there was a slight mistake, it would directly affect the entire morale, so Rex The Great immediately changed his decision and ordered the heavy cavalry on the left to attack.
The commander of the heavy cavalry was the legion commander of the strongest Dragon Claw Knight Legion of the Long Huang Empire. He was also Rex's most trusted general, Tristan. Not only was he brave and good at fighting, but he was also very adaptable on the battlefield. With him commanding the heavy cavalry on the left, coupled with the terrain, the heavy cavalry could restrain the light cavalry. They should be able to defeat the Demons' black cavalry and win an important first victory to boost the morale.
Tristan's eyes had long locked on Francis in the black cavalry. At first, Francis came as a messenger. Although he seemed humble, as a seasoned soldier, Tristan could feel the provocation and arrogance in the bones of this Demons. At that time, Tristan secretly vowed that he must deal with this damn Demons on the battlefield.
Now, Rex The Great's order made Tristan's wish come true. His blood was boiling, and his fighting spirit was instantly burning to the peak. The front formation of the left quickly moved toward the center, facing the arrows of the Demons' black cavalry.
Tristan was a famous general who had been through hundreds of battles. He didn't let hatred and fighting spirit affect his judgment. The entire heavy cavalry formation maintained an effective interval and a stable speed. However, the front formation began to change. The five thousand-man heavy cavalry teams at the front had formed a triangular charging formation and began to accelerate forward.
These five thousand-man teams were composed of the coalition forces of other countries. The core force, the Dragon Claw Knight Legion of the Long Huang Empire, was ready to go behind Tristan. Tristan was obviously using these five thousand-man teams to test the waters. Once the enemy's formation was disrupted, the entire army would immediately launch an all-out assault, completely defeating the Demons' cavalry, and personally behead Francis!
As soon as the five thousand heavy cavalrymen moved out, the Demons slowed down and formed a strange staggered formation. Tristan saw that each of the cavalrymen in the front row had a long object in their hands. It was a magic rifle!
This type of rifle was also black, and its structure was rather special. The firing speed, recoil, and range seemed to be tailor-made for light cavalry. Tristan's heart skipped a beat as a bad feeling arose in his heart. Before he could issue a new order, a series of gunshots rang out. Bang, bang, bang …
The human heavy cavalry at the very front fell to the ground one after another. The most terrifying thing was not the bullets, but the whistling, air-piercing objects that flew out from behind the Black Cavalry. In an instant, they took the lives of over a hundred cavalrymen.
A javelin!
This was a short javelin that was about a meter long. Judging from its weight, it was definitely not a light weapon. This made it even more powerful when thrown. The sharp tip of the javelin could easily pierce through the armor or horse armor of a heavy cavalry.
There was actually such a thing!
These javelins were hidden in the saddle's equipment pouch and had not been discovered before. Now that they had been caught off guard, less than half of the five thousand soldiers were left in a short while.
If they retreated now, it would greatly affect the morale of the entire Human Coalition Army. Moreover, judging from the distance between the two sides and the space to move, as long as they withstood a few rounds of attacks and shortened the distance between them and the light cavalry, the heavy cavalry armed with lances could easily crush the enemy. Tristan made up his mind and ordered the troops at the back to continue charging forward. It was impossible to not suffer any losses in a head-on battle, and casualties were inevitable. This was the first battle between the two armies. For the Human Coalition Army, for the Long Huang Empire, for King Rex, they had to win!
As the heavy cavalry approached at all costs, the Demons' black cavalry reacted quickly — retreat.
While retreating, they attacked. This time, they did not use magic rifles or javelins, but archery.
This was the most correct way of attack. The power and accuracy of turning around to shoot or throw were not comparable to archery. This kind of riding archery had been mastered by the cavalry of the Fallen Angel Empire as early as many years ago when Raizen's army attacked the Warlock Fortress. At that time, there was not much room to play. Now, it finally showed its fangs on this more important battlefield.
These special arrows had a powerful armor-piercing attribute. The heavy cavalry's armor plus the inner layer of cloth armor couldn't resist the terrifying penetrating power, and there were heavy casualties in an instant. Damn it.
Damn it, firing guns, throwing spears, and shooting arrows. Are they still cavalry? What made Tristan most frustrated was that the Demons' light cavalry was far more mobile than the heavy cavalry. They could run while fighting, and they couldn't catch up at all. If they advanced rashly and approached the main formation of the opponent's army, in front of the huge shields at the back, there were already huge crossbows set up at some point. There were also medusa archers in a battle formation. Rashly entering deep alone was simply courting death. But if they continued to fight like this, they wouldn't even be able to touch the enemy's side, and the troops would be exhausted.
Tristan gritted his teeth and finally issued an order to retreat. Even if he was punished, he couldn't watch his elites all die under this abominable attack method.
Then, what made Tristan vomit blood was that as soon as the heavy cavalry retreated, the opponent stuck to them like a plaster. They kept shooting and throwing javelins. It was simply maddening.
I can't hit them, and I can't run away either. How can I fight?
The "founder" of this rogue tactic was Chen Rui. In fact, it was plagiarism of the Mongolian cavalry's riding archery tactics. However, after the advent of firearms, it combined the characteristics of the Polish winged cavalry to create the Demons' black cavalry with amazing combat power today.
For the heavy cavalry, they were an enhanced version of the archer cavalry. For the infantry, they were a simplified version of the heavy cavalry that was faster and more comprehensive.
At the rear, Rex The Great saw Tristan's predicament and finally understood why the other party wanted to go into battle with light armor. This kind of cavalry and tactics were simply unbelievable. There was no way to come up with a countermeasure in a short period of time. But what was certain was that if the other party was allowed to continue like this, not only would the heavy cavalry be wiped out, the remaining soldiers on the flanks would also be heavily injured by this long-range attack.
This kind of two-army battle formation wasn't without corresponding defense against the Magic Crystal Cannons or catapults. For example, the large magic shield cast by the Mage Army or the large shield in the Demonic World Formation. Rashly firing large long-range weapons might not achieve the desired effect of killing, and the enemy would also use large military equipment to counterattack. When that happened, the advantage of "home ground" would be reduced. This kind of attack would be most effective when the enemy's entire formation collapsed.
The battlefield was like a game of chess. Both sides of the game had various chess pieces, and the key was how to play.
Rex The Great reacted quickly and immediately found the most targeted attack method. "Elf Mage Army, prepare the Meteor Shower. Holy Cross Mage Army, prepare the Cloud of Light! Stop the enemy cavalry's pursuit! "
The "Meteor Shower" was to summon large flaming meteorites from the sky. This kind of magic had a large area of effect.
The "Cloud of Light" was to gather the light element and turn it into a cloud of light. Countless light energy balls containing explosive power would fall. Under normal circumstances, the power of the "Cloud of Light" was inferior to the "Meteor Shower". However, the enemy was the Demons, and in this world where the light element was the most active, the "Cloud of Light" could still cause double the damage even though the power of the light element was reduced due to the Gate of the Two Realms.
These two large-scale magic spells were jointly cast by the well-trained Mage Army. They could gather the power of all the Mages and cast battle-level magic spells that were far more powerful than individual ones.
Under the protection of the infantry phalanx, the two Mage Army walked together to the effective casting position and began to prepare the magic spells.
The Elf Mages had a far better elemental sense than ordinary humans. The long spell of the "Meteor Shower" had been compressed by them by almost half. Originally, the casting speed was slower than the "Cloud of Light", but now it was faster. In just a few moments, she had completed this powerful incantation. Under Princess Phillie's command, an astonishing number of black dots appeared in the sky. These black dots began to expand at an astonishing speed. It was a huge group of burning meteors that covered an extremely large area, rapidly falling towards the location of the Black Knights.
On the other side, the Holy Cross Sorcerer Legion had also completed the "Flying Stars of Luminous Cloud". Countless white lights accurately fell behind the heavy armored cavalries. The "Flying Stars of Luminous Cloud" could stop and kill the pursuing black cavalries, and the "Meteor Shower" could completely destroy these annoying demon cavalries.
On the battlefield, it was far more difficult to defend against large-scale magic spells than to attack, especially since the Commander of the Allied Demons Army hadn't given the order to the Mages. At this moment, there wasn't enough time for them to cast another protective magic.
However, the black cavalry didn't panic too much. The front troops slowed down, and those who had been shooting arrows and throwing spears at the back came closer and gathered together in a special layer. This gathering position avoided most of the "Cloud of Light", but it was still within the range of the "Meteor Shower".
It was as if they were gathering together to receive the baptism of the "Meteor Shower".
Looking for death?
Just when the black cavalry was about to be engulfed by the flaming meteorites and light balls, the meteorites and light balls suddenly slowed down as if they had encountered something special. Then, they disintegrated and drifted away like grains of sand.
The allied human forces were all shocked. What was going on?
Rex The Great's gaze fell on the cavalry that was approaching from the rear of the black cavalry. It was these people who had raised their hands together and used a special joint force to make the two large-scale magic spells disappear into thin air.
The two Mage Legions clearly felt that the elements around them had been greatly weakened, even the light elements were no exception. They couldn't help but be shocked.
"The Asmodeus Royal Family with the talent of Elemental Weakening!" Rex The Great immediately thought of the relevant information about the Demons and immediately came to a realization. The War Puppet Legion formed by the Asmodeus Royal Family was also a very dazzling existence in the previous wars between the two realms. However, it was the first time he heard of a group using the talent of Elemental Weakening to "eliminate" magic spells.
Although the heavy cavalry had used this time to escape back to their formation, they had suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, the black cavalry on the opposite side had also retreated back to their formation.
With the team that could eliminate magic, the black cavalry was almost invincible! If the black cavalry reloaded and attacked again … Rex The Great frowned.
In the first round of confrontation, the Demons obviously had the upper hand, but this was only the first encounter. The whole battle was currently in a stalemate, and it was hard to say who the final winner would be.
In contrast, the two sides on the other battlefield had a clear disparity of victory and defeat.
Nightmare Volcano.
"A hundred years! Just another hundred years! I will be able to descend in the most complete and powerful form. By then, even if those minions can resurrect and reenact the first battle of the gods, I have nothing to fear! And you, a lowly ant, actually … "The woman wrapped in flames stared coldly at Alucier, who was like a candle in the wind. She slowly put down her hand, but the flames that were mixed with a murderous aura burned even more intensely." How should I deal with you? How can I appease the anger in my heart? "
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