In the early morning, on the field in front of Town Leith, the 2 armies maintained an effective distance, facing each other from a distance.
The number of these 2 armies was quite large. They were divided into several large blocks. If it weren't for the vast plain of Town Leith, it would not be able to accommodate them at all.
The birds and beasts that usually occupied the plains had long since disappeared, and the invisible pressure caused almost everyone's face to reveal a solemn expression. Everyone knew that once this terrifying tranquility was broken, the killing intent that was nurtured in this place would erupt like a violent storm.
In the center of the capital coalition army, Commander Obsidian. Lucifer narrowed his eyes slightly. His face was tense. He looked solemn and calm on the surface, but if one looked closely, the pair of purple eyes were full of fatigue and bloodshot. He obviously didn't sleep all night.
Opposite the coalition army was the Dark Moon's army. Among them was the Dark Moon's commander, Jía. Lucifer, who was riding a white demonic horse and wearing silver-white armor. Although it was only the second time she really commanded the army in battle, compared with the last time she faced the Red Spirit Estate and Blue Lava Estate coalition army, Princess Royal showed extraordinary calmness and calmness.
"Jía. Lucifer!" Obsidian's voice sounded, suppressing all the noise, "I will give you one last chance, surrender! I can give you the position of empress! "
Jía's cold voice echoed in the field, "Obsidian. Lucifer! You are just a usurper who has not been recognized by the Sword of Fallen Angel. You are not qualified to be an empress at all! What's more, you have even lost the capital now! "
Obsidian, who was stabbed in the heart, finally became angry out of shame, "Those who obey me will live, and those who oppose me will die! I swear by the surname of the Lucifer Royal Family that all of you will be buried with this stubborn woman! "
The pressure of the peak stage of the Demon Overlord could not play a big role in this wilderness. However, as the highest ruler of the empire, Obsidian's fierce oath made by his surname did shock the Dark Moon Army.
"In the past 300 years, we have lived in the barren Dark Moon, suffering inhuman sanctions and exploitation. In order to survive, we endured humiliation and let others trample on our dignity! Finally, one day, we used our own hard work and diligence to overcome famine and poverty. We were able to raise our heads and be human beings. We no longer had to bend our knees for a mouthful of leftovers. We were able to have a happy life and family. However, at this time, this traitor who usurped the empire, this cruel, greedy, arrogant, and shameless person, wants to plunder our hard-earned gains, wants to trample on our bodies and dignity again, wants to destroy everything we have! Tell me, generals, soldiers, my brethren! Are you willing? "
"No!" The neat and loud voice of the Dark Moon Army sounded. This kind of momentum was completely different from the war of lords back then. It was full of fighting spirit and courage. The negative emotions brought by Obsidian's oath suddenly disappeared.
Jía raised the royal flag high, "Perhaps we will sacrifice our lives, but when we see the ancestors of the Fallen Angel Empire again in front of the Demon God, we can still raise our proud heads! The inheritors of the Red Blood Flame Flag, our eyes are burning with fighting spirit. Our sharp blades are ready to destroy the fragile enemy at any time! The will of the royal flag will guide us forward, and the inheritance of the Lord of Midnight Sun will give us the highest glory and courage! Warriors, fight for the Dark Moon, fight for the empire! "
"Fight! Fight! Fight! "
The morale of the Dark Moon Army skyrocketed. The neat sound of weapons and shields knocking made the entire wilderness tremble slightly. Similarly, the morale of the capital army was also trembling.
Since Jía shouted "fight for the empire", the confidence of many soldiers of the coalition army began to shake. Although the Lord of Midnight Sun had fallen for 300 years, the legend of the top powerhouse and the top military god of the Demon Realm was still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The coalition army had suffered consecutive defeats before, and the capital was captured by the first general, George, who supported Jía. People's hearts were wavering. Now facing Princess Jía, the lineal descendant of the Lord of Midnight Sun who inherited the Red Blood Flame Flag, and facing the powerful momentum of the Dark Moon Army, their fighting spirit was almost suppressed to the bottom.
Obsidian knew that if he continued to talk, the morale of the Dark Moon would not be shaken, but he would be discouraged first. At that moment, he didn't argue anymore and ordered the frontmost infantry to attack.
This light infantry had about 20,000 people. They were the elites selected from the lord's army. They were led by Lord Suda of the Green Tree Estate. They were equipped with leather shields and armor. 5,000 of them were archers with strong comprehensive combat power. Obsidian sent out this infantry first, so he obviously wanted to test the situation.
The light infantry formed several rectangular formations and marched toward the front of the Dark Moon Army in a neat pace. Jía responded quickly. Several rows of soldiers went forward to greet them. The frontmost soldiers were the most powerful centaurs. The 2 of them jointly raised the tall giant shield. Due to the height of the giant shield, the situation behind couldn't be seen clearly. They seemed to be archers.
Archers versus infantry? A sneer appeared on Obsidian's face. He ordered the capital's Boulderstone Legion to dispatch and kept a distance behind. The Boulderstone Legion was composed of heavy armor infantry and pike infantry, commanded by General Longbottom. Even if the opponent sent the Magic Shadow Cavalry led by the traitor Nesta, it could be defeated.
The troops on this kind of large-scale battlefield were not something that the commander could control freely by drawing a frame with the mouse in a real-time strategy game. Commanding hundreds of people was completely different from commanding 100,000 or millions of people. The more troops there were, the more difficult it was to command. It was usually difficult for the commander to command freely. Imagine, when many people in front retreated and fled, the people at the back had to retreat even if they didn't want to. Otherwise, they would be trampled to death. This was the so-called defeat was like a landslide.
The better the army, the more they could execute orders, command as they wished, and exert the most powerful combat power. This not only required excellent commanding ability, but also strict training.
Obsidian and Shea were like 2 chess players who sent out their own chess pieces. In addition to the chess players' own deployment, the specific army type and the quality of the chess pieces' commander were also very important in the battle between the chess pieces. For example, generally, archers restrained spearmen, spearmen restrained cavalry, and cavalry restrained infantry. However, if the cavalry was properly commanded, it might not be impossible to defeat the spearmen.
War was not a simple numbers game, but most of the commanders of the capital's individual army formations were famous generals who had experienced many battles. Obsidian's own experience was also better than Jía's. In this case, the capital army, which still had an advantage in quantity, had a greater chance of winning.
On the surface, the Dark Moon's current advantage was only morale, but morale was very volatile. As long as the coalition army's momentum could be boosted with the battle formation, the morale of the Dark Moon Army would naturally decline gradually. It was not difficult to win, at least in Obsidian's opinion.
The coalition army's light infantry and the Boulderstone Legion's heavy infantry kept a distance, and they advanced forward at a neat pace. At the current safe distance, there was no need to accelerate. Obsidian had secretly ordered the cavalry team to prepare to launch. With Jía's command experience, it is definitely difficult to resist this continuous charge one after another. When the opponent is flustered, she will launch the full army charge in one fell swoop. At that time, she only needs to hold back those few Dragons. After the Dark Moon Army is crushed, the overall situation is settled.
Facing the heavy infantry legion behind the light infantry, Jía still did not send out a response formation. She was just preparing something behind the slowly advancing giant shield formation. Soon, one ballista after another was pushed out by the goblin warriors, and the giant shield formation also stopped moving forward.
Due to various defects, the ballista had been replaced by the magic crystal cannons. This kind of obsolete ordnance was only preserved in some backward places. Now the Dark Moon actually launched the weak ballista on such a critical battlefield. Even if Jía was incompetent, she should not make such a stupid decision. Obsidian couldn't help frowning.
Suda and Longbottom also saw the ballista. At this time, the light infantry at the front was still quite a distance away from the conventional ballista's shooting range, so Suda did not panic. He just commanded the army to slow down a little. He was ready to accelerate and sprint after withstanding the first round of attack of the ballista.
However, it turned out that Suda's slow command was a typical mistake of empiricism. What he shouldn't do the most was judge these ballista based on the conventional weapons he knew. When the infantry was still at a "safe distance", the ballista had already begun to fire. The dull sound of the spring sounded one after another, and the rapid sound of breaking through the air whistled.
At the moment when the ballista was launched, Suda's voice finally had a hint of horror, "Disperse the formation!"
As soon as this sentence was spoken, the spear-like huge ballista arrows had already flown into the dense phalanx at a terrifying speed. The fragile leather shields or leather armors of the light infantry were easily penetrated. Immediately afterward, the huge ballista burst open with a "bang". In the scattered green smoke, countless short and sharp arrowheads burst out. The nearby soldiers were caught off guard, and they screamed as they were penetrated by those arrowheads.
The green smoke was as toxic as the arrowheads. Many soldiers' bodies had begun to rot rapidly.
When Gerant sneak attacked the Walan Fortress, the poisonous smoke of the ballista could not be effective due to the heavy rain. In today's weather, it could exert its maximum power.
Not only Suda and Longbottom, but even Obsidian and others in the coalition army had changed their expressions. They had never seen a strange ballista with such range and power. The Dark Moon has actually been hiding such a terrifying killer!
After a round of shooting, about 2,000 soldiers had fallen due to the dense formation, and those ballista were quickly reloaded with new giant arrows. It was through a prop similar to a small capstan. Even the weak power of the goblin warriors could use it. It didn't have the shortcomings of the traditional ballista, which was slow to reload and difficult to control.
The second round of ballista arrows flew out again, taking nearly 1,000 lives. The soldiers in the light infantry army had already shown timidity, but they were not allowed to escape without receiving the order to retreat. Otherwise, they would be directly beheaded by the military law team. Under Suda's order, the light infantry began to sprint, and Longbottom at the back also issued an order to accelerate. The power of the ballista was far beyond imagination. Even the iron shields equipped by the Boulderstone Legion could not defend against the giant arrows shot with such terrifying power. Compared with the giant arrows, what was more terrifying was the poisonous smoke.
After dispersing, the role of the ballista was indeed weakened a lot, but under the subtle control of the goblin warriors, it still exerted considerable power. Every round of shooting could bring considerable damage.
After the distance between the 2 sides narrowed, the archers behind the giant shields began to move. The sky full of arrows rained down on the light infantry at the front. The skillful 3 consecutive shots coupled with the elite arrows brought a heavy blow to the light infantry. Before the 2 sides came into contact, more than half of the Suda infantry had been killed or injured.
Although the heavy infantry at the back were attacked by the ballista, the burst arrows were much less damaging to the heavy infantry with iron armor. Instead, the toxins and poisonous smoke caused a lot of trouble.
The number of light infantry was sharply reduced in the face of the arrow rain. All Suda could do was barely protect himself with his strength. As a Great Demon King-level lord, he could still rely on his strength to run amok in his own territory, but on this battlefield, he was just cannon fodder.
The price of the light infantry was not in vain. The heavy infantry at the back had already approached. The lethality of the Dark Moon's arrows suddenly weakened a lot. At this moment, a lot of smoke and dust appeared behind the rows of giant shields. The sound of horses' hooves could be vaguely heard. It should be the Dark Moon's cavalry starting to dispatch.
The legion leader of the Boulderstone Legion, Longbottom, quickly ordered the scattered team to gather in formation, slowed down, and arranged the pikemen at the forefront. The pikemen in the hands of these soldiers were specially made to withstand the huge impact without being broken. For the sprinting cavalry, the momentum of high-speed running could certainly increase the speed and lethality, but it would also bring about a greater reaction force which would become a skewer on the pikemen.
As for the defense against the ballista after the concentrated formation, Longbottom had a plan in mind. Because the enemy's cavalry was about to engage in close combat, if the ballista or arrows were fired rashly, it was easy to accidentally injure his own army. Regardless of this, the cavalry was much more difficult to train and the "cost" than the infantry. The enemy would definitely not be so stupid.
Nesta, who surrendered to the Dark Moon, was Longbottom's old friend and old opponent. In the previous martial arts practice, he had always been suppressed by Nesta's Magic Shadow Legion. Now, it was just the right time to show the newly trained spear array and eliminate Nesta's cavalry on the real battlefield.
Sure enough, soon after, a large number of cavalry rushed out from the center and both sides of the shield formation. When Longbottom, who was ready to fight with Nesta, saw these cavalry, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. The Boulderstone Legion and the light infantry in front all showed horror.
This is not Nesta's Magic Shadow Legion!
The black cloak was hidden in the armor. The hand holding the reins was not flesh and blood, but bones. Except for a few key parts, the war horse under him was made up of bones.
Undead! Not the kind of cannon fodder skeletons, but the undead cavalry!
If it was just a few terror knights, it would be fine, but the number of cavalry that rushed out in front of him had exceeded 10,000. The leader was dozens of terror knights riding ghost warhorses. They were fully armored and holding spears. They led the undead cavalry to rush toward the Boulderstone Legion's phalanx.
There was a commotion on the coalition army's side. When have I heard that the undead also has such a large-scale cavalry legion? How profound is the undead magic attainments to achieve this? When did the Demon Realm have such a powerful undead magician? And they are even on the Dark Moon's side!
Judging from the number of cavalry, this undead cavalry must have existed for a long time. Otherwise, it is impossible to gather so many corpses. Whether it is the ballista or the undead cavalry, they have never appeared in the battle of the Moonlight Fortress or Town Dico!
"Those damn intelligence personnel!" Obsidian gritted his teeth and clenched the reins in his hand, "First Coalition Legion, Dark Incubus Cavalry Legion, Dragon Cavalry Legion, attack immediately! Goblin Brigade, prepare to set up the catapult! "
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