The four Ironbacks had been El Mar's subordinates for many years, and this time they were also brought to the fortress, but they had not shown up in the previous battles, and they suddenly rushed up the wall at the last moment and played a decisive role. After the battle, El Mar returned to her human form, but her beautiful face had lost all color. She was badly injured, and she was so tired that she was about to cramp.
Raphael, who was in the underground hall, was of course unharmed, but his face was also pale, and he could hardly stand up. As for the magicians, they were no longer able to fight. This day's battle did not only happen in this fortress, otherwise, no matter how capable Raphael and El Mar were, they would not be able to stop the all-out attack of the Giant Legion. Just like yesterday, the Cold Legion went out of the city to form up again, and the assembled troops slowly advanced in the direction of the battlefield. Felix decided to remain vigilant, but for the time being, he decided to focus on taking down the fortress first.
The speed of the retreating Legion Leng was very slow. They even stopped for lunch at noon and continued to advance in the afternoon. Felix saw that the fortress was about to be taken, and of course, he refused to give up. He knew that he had enough troops to fight on two fronts, so he ordered his subordinates to form up to meet the enemy when the Cold Legion had marched ten miles away, and to ignore them if they did not reach this distance.
He did not expect the Cold Legion to be serious this time.
When the siege battle was at its most tragic, Felix gathered a thousand sword and shield soldiers and cavalry to form up on the avenue to meet the enemy. At this moment, it was another fortress that suddenly launched a counterattack. Link opened the gate and rushed towards the Giant Legion's battle formation with 200 cavalry. In his direction, Felix also placed 500 sword and shield soldiers on guard, and immediately formed up to meet the enemy.
The cavalry's impact was strong, but it did not completely defeat the battle formation formed by the giant warriors with their heavy shields and long edges. Link also brought ten magicians out of the city, and with the cavalry, they cast magic attacks. Felix was not moved by Link's attack, he believed that the 500 giant sword and shield soldiers could stop the 200 cavalry, and gave the order to fight to the death.
Link went out of the city because the situation in the other fortress was critical. He also saw that the enemy's catapults could not be transferred to attack his fortress, and the most feared archers were all not in the battle formation, so he sent the cavalry out of the city to fight. Link himself was also a great magician, and with the help of ten magicians in his team, he killed hundreds of giant warriors as soon as he left the city, and he also lost dozens of cavalry.
But the enemy did not retreat, and the formation was tight, the cavalry could not continue to exert their impact. Link hurriedly ordered the cavalry to return to the city. The cavalry, who had no battlefield experience, was inevitably a little confused when they retreated. The Giant Warriors took the opportunity to attack and rushed into the gate of the fortress. Just then, there was a sudden buzzing sound. Link, who had already rushed back into the city, immediately activated the defensive formation and launched a counterattack. The city guards also rushed towards the city gates.
The city gate was closed, and the giant warriors who had rushed into the city gate were all killed or captured alive after a fierce battle. The priests of the Giant Legion were attacking Raphael's fortress under the command of Lucien. The archers and catapults were also in that direction, so they could not attack Link's fortress for the time being. The giant warriors outside the city had to retreat and continue to guard. This battle was also thrilling.
When the four Ironbacks finally joined the battle, George led the Salem Legion and saw from afar the Giant Army that Felix had set up. On the chariot, John whispered, "Did you see their formation? There are very few cavalrymen, almost all of them are sword and shield soldiers. "
George muttered, "The Giant Warriors are very powerful. Be careful of the spears they throw when you charge within a hundred steps."
John sighed and said, "No matter what, we still have to face them head-on in the end. This is the best opportunity. They have no catapults, no archers, and even no chariots, so we can take our time to get into formation. "
George nodded slightly and said, "They have few horses to begin with, and there are many places on the Syah Plateau where horses cannot pass, so they have to rely on the strong highlander giants to carry the horses over. With few horses, there won't be too many chariots, and even fewer cavalrymen, so we have to make good use of them. Their chariots are all set up on high platforms and let the archers attack the fortress. Felix is too confident, does he want to use sword and shield infantry to resist the charge of our chariots? "
John narrowed his eyes and said, "He has the capital to be confident. The spear and shield phalanx formed by the giant warriors is very difficult to deal with. Besides, he has now transferred all the archers to attack the fortress, and they should be tired after shooting arrows for a day. It's all thanks to Raphael and El Mar that we've exhausted their most threatening forces. "
George's original plan was to let the two fortresses hold on for more than seven days, consuming and restraining the combat power of the Giant Legion, so that they would not be able to storm Leng in the short term, and turn the decisive battle into a war of attrition. Unexpectedly, the plan was not as fast as the changes. He did not expect Felix to use his troops so fiercely, targeting one fortress and launching continuous fierce attacks, while Raphael and El Mar defended the fortress so tenaciously that they had achieved the expected goal ahead of time.
If the Giant Legion were allowed to rest for a few more days to replenish their combat supplies and continue to attack like this, the fortress would definitely not be able to hold.
George and John had already prepared for both sides, and seeing this situation, they took advantage of the situation to march forward, and the decisive battle came ahead of time.
When the armies of both sides set up in the sunset, the siege battle was finally over. After fighting for a day without taking down the fortress, the crossbows and firestones were exhausted, and the chariots and catapults were also restrained, but another decisive battle was about to begin. At this time, the people who were suffering the most were probably the priests of the Giant Legion. They had formed a magic formation to assist in the siege and had been fighting fiercely for a day, but now they had to return to the magic formation. It was impossible for the two armies to fight without the help of the priests.
When the battle formation was set up, Felix was already flustered and exasperated. The head-on battle between the two armies that he longed for had arrived when he least expected it. He waved his giant sword and was about to curse when he suddenly heard the rumbling of hooves, and the chariots of the Leng Legion suddenly charged forward.
John was slow when he marched, but when he got close, he would fight as soon as he said he would, without a single word of nonsense. The war drums sounded, and George flew into the air. In the center of the Salang formation were twelve priests holding staffs, they were the twelve Judges. George had sent all the mages to the two fortresses, and the twelve Judges were the last priests that could be used in Leng, and they could not only cast magic but also attack in close combat. Each chariot was pulled by two horses, and on each chariot was a driver, a sharpshooter with a shield and a sword, and a crossbowman. They rushed to the front of the formation and fired arrows, and on both sides of the chariot formation were armored cavalry to assist in the attack. After the rain of arrows, the giants also threw their spears, and the neighing of horses and screams of pain continued. A general, surrounded by his guards, jumped off the chariot and rushed straight to Felix's position, and the spears shot at him were all swept away by the gust of wind.
This man was really a fool, and in the blink of an eye, he had already killed his way into Felix's guards, and the guards of both sides immediately fought. Felix shouted and jumped up with his sword in hand: "Who are you?"
The general shouted: "John!"
Then a dazzling white light burst, and the huge energy shock caused the surrounding warriors to fall to the ground. John was already fighting with Felix, and the chariots behind also crashed into the spear and shield formation of the giant warriors, and the battle unfolded in full swing under the dusk.
The chief priest of the Giant Legion, Lucien, secretly complained. The charge launched by the other side's general named John was so powerful that he jumped off the chariot halfway and charged into the formation on foot, dragging the commander Felix into the melee, and the others could not get close at all. The battle had just begun, and the head of the legion himself was no longer able to command the formation, so the responsibility of commanding the battle fell to him, the chief priest, which was unexpected. The Salang Legion seemed to have seen the weakness of the Giant Legion's misconfiguration, and launched a charge with chariots, while the armored cavalry protected the two sides of the chariots, which was the most feared tactic of the spear and shield formation. Fortunately, the giant warriors were strong, and the giant shields in their hands were amazingly heavy, so they were able to resist for a while.
But the timing of the outbreak of the battle was a bit wrong. It was almost dark, and after a long time, it was bound to fall into a melee with unclear vision, which was very disadvantageous for the infantry in formation, as it was difficult to ensure that the front and rear of the formation could advance and retreat in an orderly manner.
Thinking of this, Lucien ordered a counter-charge to eliminate the other side's priests at all costs. Because he found that the other side had a supreme mage commanding the whole army, but the number of priests was very small, and only twelve followed the chariots forward in formation. Their position was too close, and the other side's commander seemed to have made a mistake. He should not have placed the priests so close to the front line.
There was a vacuum in the middle of the battlefield, which was the place where John and Felix were fighting fiercely, and the two generals' personal guards were also repeatedly charging around. Under Lucien's command, the priests worked together to apply various protections to the most elite giant warriors, bypassing this battle, and desperately counterattacked the center of the chariot formation.
After this round of fierce assault, the giant warriors threw spears at the twelve Judges, and the spears whistled like raindrops. The spears they threw from dozens of paces away could even pierce a wall. However, something surprising happened. The priests actually swung their iron rods, and with a thunderous sound, it was as if a large net of swords had formed, sweeping away the incoming spears, and then they actually rushed over.
Sandstorms and flames appeared in front of the twelve Judges, and the dust on the ground rolled up and hit the giant warriors' shields with loud bangs, making the giant warriors unable to hold their shields steadily. George waved his staff down in the air, and countless white lights shot down like arrows, defeating the countercharge launched by the Giant Legion. Lucien was dumbfounded. What kind of priests are they? They are actually charging on the front line!
The battle between the two armies did not last long, but Lucien had been waiting bitterly, fearing that something would happen to the Commander-in-Chief Felix. Once the center of the battle formation was broken, the morale of the entire army would be greatly weakened.
Felix was very annoyed. He did not expect that the other side would have a supreme warrior who could penetrate his personal guards and directly fight with him, and this person knew magic. A powerful energy impact burst out with the sword rays, and lightning shot out in all directions, entangling him tightly.
Most of the highland giants were born with divine power, but everything had its pros and cons. Most of them were simple-minded and had well-developed limbs. Although they were much stronger than warriors of the same level, it was very difficult for them to train to a higher level. The warriors of the Giant Legion were all highland giants, the elites of the Assyrian Kingdom, but there were only two supreme warriors. The front commander, Jufei, had been injured during the siege, which allowed John to succeed in his surprise attack on the Commander-in-Chief.
The priests of the Giant Legion were not highland giants. Most of the trained highland giants were warriors, and mages were very rare. So Lucien's command of the army was a little uneasy. Felix wanted to finish the battle with John as soon as possible. He had an eighth-level achievement and was stronger than the average eighth-level supreme warrior, and his heavy sword carried the power of wind and thunder. Unexpectedly, Hardedef was able to withstand it. His entire body's joints emitted explosive sounds, bringing with it a wave of manic power. He did not retreat in the slightest.
It was soon dark, and the casualties of the retreating Legion's chariot charge were not small, leaving the wreckage of chariots and horses all over the wilderness, but they broke through the two layers of defense of the Giant Legion and repelled a counterattack. Lucien pushed the battle formation at the back to the front, and all the soldiers let out hoarse shouts. Arrows were constantly flying, swords and spears were clashing, and the sound of chariots colliding with giant shields was endless.
A loud shout came, and a powerful energy surged out from the center of the battle formation, and two figures shot out in a somersault. Felix finally unleashed his most powerful slash, and the giant sword with an arc of light collided with John's sword. The two swords were forcibly chipped, and the impact sent both of them flying backward, and the commander finally escaped from the melee.
Seeing this scene, Lucien hurriedly gave the order to blow the horn, and the last row of guns and shields left a gap to advance forward. The tired soldiers in front of him fought and retreated like the tide. He wanted to stabilize his position and end this chaotic battle before nightfall. At the same time, the horn sounded from the retreating Legion, and the chariots no longer charged, and the battle ended with the fall of nightfall.
The result of the battle was a draw. Although the retreating Legion had the upper hand in terms of tactical arrangements, the Giant Legion was still evenly matched with their powerful combat power. Both sides suffered more than 300 casualties, and coupled with the casualties and consumption from storming the fortress, the Giant Legion was no longer able to attack in one go, and had to retreat to rest. George was also unable to take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack against the city of Enril, but he pushed the battle line between the two fortresses and reinforced the fortress that had been defended for three days.
Judging from the situation on the battlefield, it was hard to tell who would win, but this result was a victory for the city of Salem. Although the battle did not defeat the Giant Legion, it reversed the situation of the entire battle, forming a stalemate, holding the front line of defense and ensuring the stability of the rear. And after the baptism of this battle, the soldiers of the retreating Legion also gained real confidence and became a force that could fight tough battles on the battlefield.
The most tragic part of the battle was naturally the fortress guarded by Raphael, where more than half of the 500 defenders were killed, and the remaining half were all wounded. The section of the wall that the Giant Legion attacked was almost destroyed, and without the protection of the magic formation, a supreme warrior like John would have been able to collapse a large part of it with one kick.
Defending the fortress and fighting in formation, the retreating Legion suffered more than 900 casualties among the 3,000 soldiers of the retreating Legion, a staggering number. George was also unable to counterattack for the time being, and the retreating Legion was in urgent need of rest.
But the people of the city received an unprecedented encouragement, because the legion they had formed had repelled the Giant Legion, and everyone regarded it as a great victory! In the minds of the people, this was also a victory for Amun, and everyone walked into the shrine at the same time to offer sacrifices to Mourin and Amun on the high platform. Then the people heard Amun's oracle that the gods encouraged the people to have the confidence to build and defend their homes, and Salem was in an uproar.
Amon, far away in the Garden of Eden, learned about what happened in Salem through the statues in the shrine. The principles of the battle against Enril had long been established, and Amon did not want to intervene in the battle, unless George made some mistakes in his command. George naturally did not make any mistakes, and Amon was a veteran of the battlefield, and in his view, it was Felix who made a mistake.
Felix should not have attacked the fortress so fiercely, and a smarter approach would have been to besiege it for a long time to strike and deplete the reinforcements of Salem, which the Giant Legion could have done. But Felix underestimated the defensive capabilities of the fortress, and blindly attacked, and in the end, he was in a difficult position. On the other hand, Felix had no choice. He wanted a quick victory to solve the supply problem of Enril in the Plains of Duc, and was unwilling to confront Salem for a long time. But the battle with George resulted in such a result.
Now that the armies of both cities were resting, no one was able to launch a decisive blow. In the subsequent battles, as long as the commanders did not make serious mistakes, neither side would be able to defeat the other, regardless of victory or defeat. Unless there was a turning point in the balance of power, the situation had already been formed, and the complete annihilation of the other side had become an impossible plan that outweighed the gains.
Amon did not have to pay too much attention to the battle.
But Amon had to pay attention to it. When the people prayed to his statue with one heart, it formed a strange power that "awakened" Amon from the spiritual world, as if the statue standing on the altar had opened its eyes. Amon finally understood one thing. Building a shrine to accept the sacrifices of the people so that the soul could absorb endless power was not without restrictions. When everyone focused their faith on summoning him, his soul would also be disturbed, and he would even have to watch it all.
For the first time, Amon was "forced" by the faith of the believers to open his eyes on the altar, and his training in the Garden of Eden was temporarily disturbed. He had absorbed this power, and it was only natural that he should pay the price of being "coerced" by this power at this time. In this case, Amon simply took advantage of the situation and gave an oracle to encourage the people.
The celebration in the city was just a small interlude, and then Amon continued to train in the Garden of Eden. The war on the Plains of Duc broke out as he expected, and several small-scale conflicts broke out, but neither side could achieve a decisive victory, and entered a state of stalemate and attrition. With this war, Amon's vision and mentality of the world gradually gained a sense of detachment. He was really like a god that people could not see, but could feel.
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