Even after following Laing through hundreds of battles, the Brittany army had never seen such a terrifying and oppressive enemy. Only the most strong-willed mortals were able to keep their hands from trembling when Birak appeared in the air.
However, Birak wasn't in a hurry to attack. The First Demon Prince wanted to wait until the World Walkers from the east and the Undead Pirates from the west arrived.
The problem was that Birak couldn't control his army.
As soon as the army entered the battlefield, three groups of Chaos immediately launched an attack on the fortifications Laing had set up beforehand.
They were the Blooddrinkers led by the Khorne champion, Vanir Eyke.
The Condor led by the Tzeentech champion, Krom Wormtongue.
The Rongfuzi led by the Nurgle god, Meleky Rotten Sausage.
When they entered the battlefield, the descendants of Chaos used the simplest methods of violence and glory to launch an attack on the fortifications. The three large groups of three thousand pressed forward. In the storm, the repulsive believers of Chaos used their Warriors of Chaos as the vanguard to form a tri-coloured torrent that charged straight for François's formation on the left wing of the wall.
His father-in-law was in charge of the left wing of the army. As his deputy, Bertrand was the first to see the army of Chaos. In the heavy rain and thick fog, the army of Chaos attacked without stopping.
"Don't move!" François was very calm. His father-in-law's style of commanding troops had always been like that. He motioned for the soldiers not to act rashly. In the rain, firing from too far away would be a waste of ammunition and would be meaningless.
The elites of the southern nobles had followed Laing and François through countless fierce battles. They knew that in the face of the destructive power of Chaos, mortals had no chance of victory. The thousands of men under François's command held their shields and weapons tightly in a tight formation on the wall. They were silent. The veterans who had experienced many battles whispered to the new recruits what to do, how to deal with the heavily armoured enemies, and where to aim their muskets and crossbows to cause more effective damage.
"My Duke, there are over three thousand enemies." Bertrand stared into the distance and said to François, "It seems that the enemy's main forces have no intention of joining this battle. They may just be probing."
"Then let's make this test a one-way trip." François said seriously, "Tell me, Bertrand, have you seen any Chaos Hellcannons in the enemy's army?"
Bertrand looked around and then said with certainty, "No, my Duke, we didn't see any Chaos Hellcannons or Chaos Dwarves."
"Alright!" François ordered everyone, "Bertrand, arrange the artillery, longbowmen, and musketeers. Get them ready. When the enemy approaches, fire immediately."
"Yes, sir!" replied Bertrand.
"Jerrold." François ordered again, "Get the knights ready. Once the enemy's attack retreats, immediately pursue!"
"Yes!"
Facing the wall that remained silent in the storm, the champion of tyranny, Vanier Aker, was the first to let out a ferocious battle cry.
"Blood sacrifice to the Blood God, Skull Throne!"
Hundreds of Warriors of Chaos and Berserkers attacked the enemy. They began to run when they were still a few hundred meters away from the wall.
On the wall, hundreds of musketeers poked their bodies out of the shooting holes, and dozens of cannons entered firing positions.
Thunderous gunfire and cannons roared throughout the battlefield. Even in the heavy rain, the screams of the Army of Chaos could be heard clearly. The Army of Chaos, which was densely packed and numerous, suffered heavy losses. Even if some of them could reach the wall, they could do nothing against the wooden wall. As the cannons exploded or fell into the ground, the champion of tyranny, Vanier Aker, roared in fury. He waved the battle axe in his hand and looked for the champion in vain.
The chains that the Warriors of Chaos and the Terror Berserkers threw out were too scattered and could not break through the defense of the defenders. Even if some managed to climb up the wall, they would be met with dozens of halberds and muskets at close range. A Warrior of Chaos rushed up the wall and was met with ten spears. Three of the spears pierced through the seams of his armor. Then, the crossbows and muskets opened fire, and the Warrior of Chaos fell down the wall.
The champion of tyranny immediately judged that the musketeers and cannons on the wall were the biggest enemies they had to face. Vanier Aker immediately signaled a group of Berserkers to follow him. These Berserkers were mostly wearing simple leather armor, cloth armor, or even bare their upper bodies. They chose an angle and prepared to go deep into the enemy's flank.
Unfortunately, Bertrand was already prepared on this side. Dozens of longbowmen and musketeers were already lying in ambush on the flank. The Berserkers kept falling under Tarr's fury.
The first to die in battle was the champion of tyranny himself. He had hundreds of arrows in his body, but he still did not fall. The champion shouted the name of tyranny and climbed up the wall, shouting that his head was here. Who would take it?
François saw this scene and could not help but feel a sense of respect for the champion of tyranny. He waved his hand and the unicorn guards rushed up. More than twenty halberds pierced into the champion of tyranny's body and dismembered him into pieces.
The Condor Squadron's Krom – Wormtongue was in an even more miserable state. He was riding a flying disc in the air when he was struck by Gray Knight Fu Xu's Psionic Punishment. The Champion of Tzetricity had a splitting headache. His flying disc twisted a few times in the air and instantly fell to the ground. The Gray Knight's Exquisite Psionic Halberd pierced his chest and back, opening his stomach.
The last to die in battle was Meleke Sausage, the Chosen of Nurgle. Rong Fu's children moved slowly and became the focus of the cannons and musketeers. The Chosen of Nurgle took dozens of bullets and cannons until a mortar shell exploded on Meleke Sausage's head. The Chosen of Nurgle, who was still commanding his troops to fill up the trenches and cross the moat, was blown into a pile of mush just like that.
The Army of Chaos's first wave of attack had been temporarily defeated.
Primordial Demon Prince Birac looked at the situation on the battlefield. He knew very well that Sun Wang Laing and his army had made detailed preparations for his arrival. Therefore, Birac was not in a hurry to continue the attack. Instead, he signaled for the army to get into formation and enter the battlefield first.
Laing's side also reacted quickly. Sun King immediately ordered the army to turn around and meet the enemy with incomparable speed. The inner walls were immediately filled with defenders. Marshal Rokossovsky led the First Guard Cavalry Division to prepare for battle.
As expected, Konkuata's barbarian army was overjoyed when they saw the arrival of reinforcements. They immediately attacked under the leadership of Harrod and Zainaik. However, there were too many trenches and moats, and the terrain disadvantage, so Harrod and his army had to spend a lot of time to break through. When they finally reached the gate of the inner city, the dwarf master engineer, Dugan Ironman, had been preparing for a long time!
Several dwarven flame cannons had been adjusted to the highest point. Puffs of pungent white smoke were spurting out of the pressurizing device. The valves were turned, and two torrents of flames dozens of meters long spurted out of the shooting holes at the gate!
The dozens of barbarian warriors at the front were instantly turned into a pile of bubbling mud! They were melted into the swamps of Obien in the storm!
"Fire! Fire with all your might! " Dugan Steel Man laughed out loud. Under the joint operation of the dwarf and human engineers, the flame cannons were fired three times in the heavy rain of Obien. A total of a thousand barbarian soldiers were all burned into charcoal by the flames!
Harrod, the King of Obien, was hit by the flame beam. His right hand and half of his face were baptized by the heat wave of the flame cannons. His skin and flesh were scorched and melted. Harrod screamed and tried to tear off the burning flesh from the surface of his body with his hands. His new royal guards dragged the King down by force.
At this moment, the rumbling of hooves came from the battlefield. When the barbarian army planned to attack from both sides, Laing had already given the order with great precision. The knights led by Kalad and the spear cavalry division led by Marshal Rokossovsky immediately attacked!
The barbarian army was instantly trapped in the swamps. The front was a solid wall, the heat wave of the flame cannons, and the numerous muskets and crossbows on the wall. On the side was a large group of cavalry.
"For the Lady and the King! For Brittany! "
"For Essun! For the Old World! "
Battle cries came from the sides and the back. The Army of Chaos looked back in horror. They could only feel the thundering sound of the hooves as if they were treading on thin ice. While thousands of winged cavalry were charging at them at the same time, Kalad's knights were running on flat ground with the help of divine spells.
The champion of Tzeentech's Chosen One, Zaneyk, immediately took over the command and faced the enemies. Zaneyk first chanted a spell, and dozens of Chaotic Evil Flames exploded among the Winged Cavalrymen. Fifty to sixty Winged Cavalrymen were blasted into pieces by the flames. Then, Zaneyk summoned a large flock of crows and directly attacked the Winged Cavalrymen's mounts.
Then, Zainaik ordered all the Warriors of Chaos to form a shield wall and a shield formation, ready to meet the attack of the winged cavalry and the knights.
Dozens of white lights from afar collided with thousands of crows. Veronica, the chairwoman, looked at them with hatred and twisted eyes. She had a score to settle with Zainaik.
What shocked Zainaik even more was that the winged cavalry suddenly stopped when they were eighty meters away from the barbarian shield wall!
The winged cavalry did not intend to charge at the barbarian shield wall at all! Instead, they quickly stopped under the command of Luo Shuai. Rokossovsky was the first to take out a musket from the holster at his waist and pulled the trigger at the barbarian shield wall. "My brothers! Take out your muskets and crossbows and hit them hard! "
"Ula!" The morale of the winged cavalry was high. Dozens of Nur grenade launchers, more than two hundred cavalry muskets, and more than two hundred crossbows were fired at the same time. A storm of bullets and a rain of arrows instantly drowned the entire barbarian shield wall. The sturdy shields were penetrated and shattered under the attack of the musket bullets and rifle grenades. Rows of Warriors of Chaos fell one after another.
On the other hand, Kalad's knights were the first to arrive. The knights quickly split into two groups. Two huge knight spear formations circled around from the back of the winged cavalry and charged at the barbarian army from the side!
Flesh and blood splattered everywhere. The sound of steel colliding drowned out the screams of the barbarians. Kalad's knights bypassed the enemy's sturdiest shield wall and accurately tore the barbarian army formation from the weak flank like a scalpel. At the forefront of the sharp spear formation was Kalad himself!
The Great Holy Grail of the Sanctum shouted the name of the Lady and violently slashed at the barbarians like a lion. Not a single Warrior of Chaos or barbarian was a match for him. Zainaik, who was attacked from both sides, angrily ordered the soldiers who formed the shield wall to reinforce the two sides. Luo Shuai would not let go of this opportunity.
"In the name of Essun and Thor, the winged cavalry! Advance! " Luo Shuai was the first to raise his spear. Hundreds of spears with red and white stripes rushed forward at the same time.
Attacked from three sides, the barbarian army that was attacked from both front and back collapsed. They could not find a place to retreat. In the situation where Harold was seriously injured again, the commander was not Zainaik, who was the champion of the Chosen of God. After Zainaik and Veronica exchanged two spells across the air, he was forced to give the order to tighten up and concentrate on breaking through the barbarian army.
Tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers and barbarian militia fell in the flood of lava from the flame cannons and became one with the swamp. Some were pierced by the spears and their blood spilled all over Obien. Some were squashed into meat paste, and some were simply crushed to death by their own people and corpses.
Zainaik was very powerful, but the strength of Zainaik was that he was best at dealing with wizards. In the face of Kalad's fierce attack and Rokossovsky's attack, Zainaik's Chosen of God could only order the Raven Guards to rush forward and open a gap for the barbarian army.
Zainaik's Chosen of God's Chosen of God swarmed forward. The sharp swords and halberds made Kalad feel great pressure. Kalad and his knights were too deep in the enemy's formation. In order to avoid being surrounded, Kalad ordered them to break out of the encirclement.
Zainaik opened up a gap as he wished. He spread his wings and dodged the light beam of the Light Magic and retreated.
The barbarians of Obien once again paid a heavy price. In the end, less than two thousand of them successfully retreated.
The first clash between the two sides ended just like that. Birak lost three Chaos armies, the knights suffered more than 1,200 casualties, and Konquata's barbarians suffered nearly 10000 casualties.
However, the knights did not have any chance to take a breather. Loud horns, drums, and footsteps came from the east of the battlefield. A new army was about to enter the battle.
The five Chaos Mammoths were either carrying large Chaos altars or carrying the warriors and spearmen of Northka. Their ten-meter-tall bodies swayed as they strode forward in the heavy rain.
In the formation of the Chaos Mammoths, the Northka barbarian riders and Northka barbarian warriors advanced side by side. The Wanderer Ulvric led a team of more than twenty Legendary figures. They were all armed with Chaos weapons, and the ambitious champions strode into the battlefield. On both sides of him were groups of Northka whalers, four Northka giants, and a group of ordinary dragon demons.
The World Walker Army had arrived!
This was Ulvric's revenge!
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