Seeing that Dorky was unable to get up again, the knights had no choice but to abandon their mounts and return to their own camp. Fortunately, they were wearing heavy armor with strong defense, otherwise, they would be in trouble if a group of archers came. However, there were two sides to every coin. The knights quickly understood this truth, but it was a painful lesson.
Many round logs that were burning red like charcoal were rolling down from Lan Ling Highland with thick smoke coming out of them. A large group of barbarians rolled down the logs. Kata, who loved to set fire, led a group of people who were proficient in fire elemental energy and quickly turned the logs red. He shouted pervertedly, "So cool! So cool! "
The knights who couldn't escape in time were drowned by the firewood. Their heavy armor became a burden, and they couldn't use Light Body Technique at all. As everyone knew, the heat transfer ability of steel was extremely strong. These knights were trapped in their heavy armor and were roasted alive. Their cries of agony made the other soldiers behind them shudder, but they didn't dare to come forward to rescue them. The knights' charge was the first part of the attack. If they couldn't break through the enemy's defense, the only result would be their own death.
The thousand-meter-long slope under Lan Ling Highland became a sea of fire that burned for at least two hours. Other than the knight commander and a group of knights who reacted quickly and immediately took off their heavy armor, abandoned their mounts, and fled alone, no one else was spared. Originally, it was a shameful thing for knights to flee, but now no one blamed them. If they didn't run, they would only become one of the charred corpses on the slope.
The Northwestern Alliance thought too highly of themselves. They sent out two thousand knights in the first wave of attack, which made them pay a heavy price. Of the two thousand one hundred knights, only three hundred were left, and Dorky's army was completely wiped out. The Alliance's morale was completely lost. They could only temporarily stop and return to their camp to make plans.
Almost all of the enemies in the first wave of attack were wiped out. On their side, other than a barbarian who accidentally burned his hand while setting the logs, there were no casualties. This result was definitely worthy of pride and excitement. Without a doubt, it was a classic battle in the Empire's war. Everyone on the Lanling Highland was so excited that they clapped their hands in celebration.
At this moment, the enemy was already discussing the next attack plan, and the most important task was to deal with those hateful beans!
The Northwestern Army was no fool. They quickly came up with a solution. Knights, Barbarian Warriors, Boundary Masters, and other defensive units covered a group of Water Mages. Slowly, they turned the hard ground of the slope into mud. The countless beans that rolled down the slope either stuck to the ground or sank into the soil. Doki was no longer able to slip when he stepped on them, and they could even defend against the rolling firewood to a certain extent.
Reynolds also knew that such a simple tactic wouldn't work for long, so he symbolically sprinkled some beans. Seeing that it didn't work, he gave up. The real hand-to-hand combat had also begun at this moment.
Taking advantage of their geographical advantage, Reynold's side still had the upper hand. However, they were at a disadvantage due to the disparity in strength. Coupled with the fact that the enemy had no regard for their own lives, the knights, barbarians, and stone golems, all of which were strong in offense and defense, rushed forward. No matter how good Vashlaki's ability to rotate his soldiers was, in the end, he still could not hold them off. After a day of intense fighting, Lanling Highland was slowly swallowed up by the enemy. However, the enemy was so crazy that casualties were not a problem. The corpses piled up like a mountain on Lan Ling Highland. They were dyed in a ghastly red color, and they all died in different ways. It was too horrible to look at. Some were burned to ashes, some were crushed into meat paste by rocks, some were invaded by wood spirits, some were bleeding from their seven orifices, some were killed by wind blades, and some were shot into hedgehogs by arrows. There were all kinds of bizarre and strange things. After all, these ordinary soldiers couldn't be compared to masters with spiritual power. Many of them didn't even have the chance to take a recovery pill before they lost their lives.
The ground was littered with severed limbs, internal organs, and intestines. The strong smell of blood wafted through the mountain wind, making people want to vomit. The battle that was carried out practically stepping on corpses made Reynolds experience the cruelty and desperation of war for the first time. Lives were as cheap as grass. They were harvested by Azrael's scythe without any resistance. However, he couldn't sympathize with them. The soft-hearted usually died faster.
The enemy's knights were only a few hundred meters away from the top of the highland. Under the cover of the archers and mages' long-range attacks, Vosslaki had no choice but to give the order to abandon the battle point. Everyone quickly retreated back to Will City. It was very rare to be able to force the enemy to the point where they didn't care about the cost. The enemy lost at least one-tenth of their men, while their own side lost about one-thirtieth.
After the enemy occupied the Lanling Highland, they didn't have the time and didn't want to chase after them again. Furthermore, after a day of chaotic fighting, they were extremely tired. It was impossible for them to take down Will City which was protected by the city walls. It was better to rest for the night and fight another day. This time, the allied forces were extra careful. They dug almost three feet into the ground to prevent the food from being destroyed again. After burning the food yesterday, they could only save a pitiful portion of it. There were also a few piles that were close to the soldiers' quarters. The attackers were afraid of alerting the defenders, so they didn't burn them in time and survived.
There weren't many disturbances at night. After all, Renault's side had given up the advantageous terrain and didn't dare to leave the city so easily. They didn't want the archers, who were already few in number, to die under the enemy's counterattack. Therefore, the allied forces of the Northwest Alliance were able to sleep well. However, when they arrived at Will City the next day, they almost fainted when they saw the scene in front of them. All the city gates were blocked by large piles of rocks.
They had only heard of defensive battles where the city gates were closed or a large number of people were sent to guard the city gates. They had never heard of a situation where one's own city gates were sealed. This was clearly a complete disregard of the rules of the game. The allied forces of the Northwest Alliance were so impressed that they almost prostrated themselves on the ground. Almost everyone's mother and other female relatives of the person who came up with this plan a hundred times in their hearts.
Left with no choice, the barbarian soldiers could only foolishly put on their heavy helmets and run out of the barracks in large numbers. They wanted to move the rocks away from the bottom of the city, while the archers and spellcasters kept shooting long-range spells to cover their work. But this time, they miscalculated again. When the barbarians with strong defense ran halfway, they found that they didn't run into wind blades, spiritual arrows, fireballs, spears, or swords. Instead, they ran into a flood. Renault had already ordered people to build the dam upstream of the Mein River, and the water level rose to the peak of a flood.
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