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Chapter 52 The Battle of the River Bend 3

Zhang Cheng had known before that this group of mercenaries arranged by the gods was not an ordinary army.

There are mercenaries everywhere, and a large number of people can be found in the city at will. From this we can see that these goblins who were attracted by the gods and specially arranged to come to help are definitely outstanding.

This was quickly proven.

The last moment when both sides approached, the caster of the Great Goblin casts protective support spells on his companions. The magical auras came one after another. As soon as the casting ended, the Great Goblin on the front line devoted himself to melee battle.

Most of the human rebels on the opposite side were waving spears, while others held swords and shields. Specifically, the front-line soldiers were swords and shields, while the second-line soldiers waved long spears, using the front-line companions as cover, and using the length of weapons to attack the enemy.

This is also the most important way of fighting in this era.

But the weapon of the goblins was spear. They did not have spears, and rows of soldiers were closely arranged in formation, using the length of the spear to assassinate the enemy at a long range. At the same time, the front-line soldiers received the most protective magic blessings.

The enemy is facing a barrier composed of guns and spears. Everyone has to face four or five spears. Even if the shield is in front, the shield is blocked by the enemy's many spears and cannot rush forward.

In terms of weapon length, the spear is longer than that of Go, so it is difficult for the second row of human rebels to reach the enemy.

Zhang Cheng didn't realize it at first, but later he gradually realized that this was a little wrong... These big goblins... What is this? This is the Macedonian square formation?!

In other words, this is a variant of the Macedonian phalanx. The overall idea is this, a heavy infantry composed of super spears.

Thinking of the ships that these goblins ride on... they are definitely not the ocean-going ships that people in the wilderness era can think of. Shipbuilding technology is very backward these days. If you say that there is no influence of time travelers behind this, you won’t believe it.

Could it be... the Southern Barbarians invaded Dongyi, and there is also the factor behind this of time travelers?

But when I think of Nan Ling, I feel that it is impossible. After all, there are all kinds of people among the time travelers. There are those who are uncontested by Lao Liu, and those who are ambitious like Nan Ling. Some people take the experience value system route, and some people take the route of forming a national regime.

He is now a mage, adding state magic to the goblins. Then he takes time to throw a few fireballs into the enemy formation and so on.

But to be honest, the lethality of offensive spells on the battlefield is not good. Normally, you can kill a few weak chickens of level 5 or 6 if you throw two fireballs at will, but the problem is that people know this. So from the beginning of the battle, almost all the casters on the other side have used protective spells such as "protective energy damage" and other protective spells. This reduces the lethality of offensive spells a lot.

Even if an ordinary spell caster consumes all his spells, he cannot cause much damage, although the wizard has many cards in his hand.

In terms of offensive cards, especially lower-level offensive spell cards such as Fireball, Zhang Cheng has been accumulating, but rarely has a large number of opportunities to use them. It is just an opportunity now.

However, this lethality is indeed too low. Seven or eight fireballs were smashed out, but they only killed a few people, which did not damage the overall situation at all. On the contrary, it brought the strange vision of the earthling leader.

Obviously he thought Zhang Cheng was stupid - if it weren't for considering that Zhang Cheng was their employer, he would have almost spoken out to stop him.

The whole battle situation was stalemate, and the big goblins were obviously dominant, but the other side had a lot of people, so it would take a long time to decide the outcome.

If you look around the other parts of the battlefield, you will find that the situation is generally similar.

On the main battlefield, Feng Yi was the main one, and some of the enemies assisted by Huai Yi were fighting fiercely with our infantry.

Although the merchants may not have enough discipline and training, they have far advantages over the other side in magic and individual combat. A few strong men even took advantage of the opponent's lack of formation and rushed into the crowd to play unparalleled.

During the few days of returning to the city, more than one merchant bought steel weapons and armor for himself or his guards—much heavier, sharper, and stronger steel equipment than bronze.

Moreover, because of the technical dissemination of time travelers, these weapons are not all long spears of this era, but the final product of cold weapons that have been eliminated in later generations. For example, there are two-handed swords. In fact, in this era, there are beryllium that is similar to two-handed swords.

Several masters rushed left and right in Feng Yi, and drove a sword with both hands, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere. Without asking, you can tell that your martial arts (level) is very high, and there are a lot of state magic, and its strength is superhuman. Faced with the lack of magic support (actually, it is not without, but relatively fewer), it is simply the power of a person sweeping across the board.

Although the number of people on the Dongyi Alliance side has a significant advantage, it has not gained any benefits in actual combat, but on the contrary, it has lost many people.

But the number advantage is so unreasonable. From a personal perspective, when you clearly understand that there are many people on your side, your fighting will be stronger. From the military perspective, the number advantage allows the army to have greater tolerance, and there will be no problem with suffering a small loss.

It is precisely because of the obvious quantitative advantage that although humans have made a lot of cheaper profits, they are still suppressed in a while, and they are still unable to explain their advantages and disadvantages at this time.

The same is true for the other side's confrontation.

In order to avoid being surrounded by flanks, Jiang Kao has decided to let the chariot troops attack and try to defeat the flank enemies.

This is Jiang Kao's elite and his confidence in designing this plan. The combat effectiveness of this army, the small army that annihilated the enemy before, is the best proof.

In ancient times on Earth, there was an equation for converting combat power, that is, a chariot can reach 100 infantry in battle. The so-called one chariot can be a hundred people, and a hundred chariot can defeat tens of thousands of people.

This is just the calculation method of the people on earth. Because there is no supernatural ability on the earth, the chariot soldiers can only be said to be better equipped, quality and discipline, and there is actually no essential difference from infantry.

However, in this magical world, in addition to equipment quality and training, chariot soldiers also have differences in levels and magic.

In the army of this world, one to one is definitely an unfair conversion formula - unfair to combat vehicles.

But now the chariot troops have also encountered opponents.

On the flanks, the army was slightly more than them, and they were also chariots. Specifically, they were mixed forces of chariots and cavalry. The chariots were all composed of Huaiyi and chariots. Huaiyi warriors were matched with chariots and casters. The cavalry was mixed with some chariots.

This army should be pieced together, because it can be seen that their skill in driving a chariot is average. The cooperation between the left and right of the car is not very good. But no matter what, this is a chariot unit, which is not essentially different from the human side. The car is also a middle-level warrior and spellcaster. It also has a fast and flexible chariot as a mobile platform.

And they are much larger than each other.

Jiang Kao had only more than twenty bikes under his command, and the opponent was at least twice as many as they were on the other side. Considering the silence cavalry (that is, centaurs are also cavalry), the number of people on the side of the enemy and us was more than three times.

Relying on better chariot driving skills and better cooperation, humans barely resist the dominant enemy.

At this point, both armies were at full force, and both left and right were in a fierce battle, and they were all in a stalemate.

No special talent is needed, anybody can see that the balance of war is just stalemate. At this moment, the outcome of any wing of battle is equal to the outcome of this battle.

Now, neither of the main generals of both sides have entered the battlefield.

Behind the distant enemy formation, Wu Qing was staring at the battlefield ahead. The ever-changing battlefield was so changing that even the great wizard could not see through it at first sight. But at least at the moment, everything was stalemate. Neither side could gain a decisive advantage.

"Sir..." Some followers said. "Zhu Xia's actions seem to have something to rely on."

"Yes, there is still support..." Wu Qing let out a sound that seemed to be laughing, and seemed to be angry. "There are only three things, one is the surprise weapon, the second is the master, the third is the god."

He stared at a corner of the battlefield. The chariot troops fighting between the two sides were away from the main force - this was because the chariots on one side of the human side were chasing and dispersing the chariots from time to time. As for the chariots, as the archer, they naturally retreated to the periphery. This tactical game caused both sides to instinctively move towards a position away from the main battlefield.

This tactic of keeping in contact with each other but not fighting for life is beneficial to the human side, because they have better skills in controlling the chariots and their exchange ratio is higher in this battle. However, it is not a loss to the Dongyi side - because it is equivalent to making the opponent's most powerful chariot lose the possibility of supporting friendly forces.

Although the most elite troops on both sides are gathered here, the key to truly deciding the outcome of the battle lies in another place.

"It should be a surprise soldier and expert," Wu Qing said. "Their general." He knew that the battle situation now only needs a little breakthrough to form a chain reaction, and the only one who can achieve a little breakthrough seems to be the other party's general.

Of course, the time has not come now, because the power of a person or a chariot is limited. At this moment, the two sides are fighting for a while and their energy is still relatively abundant. The effect of a chariot is just that. Both sides need to fight longer, and the fight is until they are tired, and then there will be a chance to make a final decision.

The nobles of Zhuxia are extremely martial. This general who led the army (Wu Qing thought the other party was a doctor) may be a strong man or even a straightforward person. When the doctor personally rushed into the battlefield at a critical time, the entire battle situation will change.

For the nobles of Xia, especially the supreme people, it is not impossible to fight a hundred with one.

However, General Zhu Xia was waiting for the opportunity, why didn’t Wu Qing be the same?

"But if Zhu Xia had gods to help him this time..." the follower asked. A big spirit or a god clone could directly change the situation of the battle.

"Haha... the gods dare not interfere. With my Lord here, what are you afraid of!" Wu Qing let out a cold smile, and he shook his cane. This cane looked ordinary, but at this moment it left a vibrating ripples visible to the naked eye in the air.

If you have trump cards, you have to see who has more trump cards. At least Wu Qing feels that his trump cards will not be inferior to the opponent in terms of quantity. General Zhu Xia still refuses to open his trump cards. It doesn’t matter, Wu Qing can open one first.

"Order the order to let Lai Yi attack!" he said. "I hope to force out a great spirit, and then I can take advantage of the situation to kill him!"

Because the Daxi River turns out an "S"-shaped bay here, the water flow here is relatively smooth. At least when you look at the river from afar on the shore, you will feel that it is a light green that will not move.

Now, this light green that cannot move fluctuates. First, the heads, then the body, slowly emerges from the middle of the river and approaches the shore.

It is Laiyi! Or, it is a fish man. The fish man has the ability to breathe on land and underwater, so he can lurk underwater. If the distance is not particularly close, people on the ground will not be visible.

The number of Raiyi appeared was not particularly large, about sixty or seventy. All the fishmen held weapons in their hands, and they looked like the most common coral or stone weapons among fishmen. Some were battle axes, some were spears, and some were tridents. They did not wear armor, but because of their mucus and thick skin, the natural protective power of these creatures was no less than that of ordinary armor.

They are the most barbaric and cruel race in the world - other races may still compete with Laiyi in terms of cruelty, but they are all willing to take advantage of the barbarity. These fishmen are famous for never leaving prisoners and eating them raw.

Even a race like Hu Fang has entered a slave society. However, this trend has not yet appeared in Laiyi.

Lai Yi began to approach the battlefield.

Even though Zhang Cheng knew about the existence of these Laiyi in advance, he knew that he would definitely lose when he saw this scene. Yes, he had already lost.

Laiyi has a very high combat power, and fighting with the Lizardman can match three. Regardless of the level issue, sixty or seventy Laiyi can be converted into two hundred Huaiyi. Normally, such a little combat power is effective in joining the battle situation, but it will not have a decisive impact.

So at that time, Zhang Cheng felt that the use of these Laiyi was to sneak attack the rear camp, thereby cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot and causing the collapse of human beings.

After the warning, Jiang Kao's pre-layout was of course basically eliminated this danger. During the battle, the camp had arranged some protection to prevent Lai Yi's sneak attack.

For Zhang Cheng, this decision is enough, and there is no need to consider Lai Yi's issue anymore. Because if Lai Yi directly enters the battle situation... that is, the opponent has two hundred more lizard men. There are only three or four thousand enemies, and a further two hundred will not affect the overall situation. So there is no need to think too much.

But the goblins on Zhang Cheng's side are playing with the Macedonian phalanx.
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