The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 881 Chapter [-] Consumption

Facing the approaching enemy step by step, the commander of the elite battle group of Santila knew that he was in an extremely difficult situation, and it was difficult to decide whether to fight or withdraw.

If you choose to fight to the end, then this elite battle group of Scattered Tira will have to pray that their allies can come out of the city in time to help, and they may even completely defeat these "invaders" in front of them. The key is that the commander of the battle group is worried that he may Can't last until the end of the battle.

Don't doubt the ruthlessness of the Zhentil Fort people. Every qualified Zhentil Fort man takes cheating teammates as the most basic operation. Compared with rescuing the damned companions, defeating the enemy and gaining credit is more in line with Zhentil Fort. model of human behavior.

If you choose to retreat or turn in, there is no doubt that this elite battle group will inevitably suffer extremely heavy casualties under the pursuit of the enemy's tail, but the commander of the battle group has a great possibility of surviving.

After a lot of thinking and fighting spirit, the commander of the Santila elite battle group resolutely chose to stand by and wait for help.

This is not because of the noble character of this noble veteran from Zhentil Castle, and his determination to fight to the death, but because he is worried that if he retreats directly, he will not only be ridiculed and excluded by his colleagues and superiors, but will also affect his own status and the family behind.

Of course, the fact that the soldiers under him are elite and good at fighting is also one of the reasons for the commander of the battle group to make a firm decision. Otherwise, if there are a bunch of mobs under him, he might have already run away.

The head of the elite Santila regiment ordered the [-] sergeants under him to form a defensive formation. They raised their shields high to resist the harassment from the enemy's bow and crossbow, and some archers scattered back fire from time to time.

On the other hand, the two infantry battalions of the Valley Army lined up in neat formations and gradually approached the elite Santila battle group. They almost ignored Sandila's bows and arrows to fight back, and their protective armor was tight enough to allow the soldiers Even in the face of a storm of arrows, he could barely survive, and William's army training was somewhat effective, and the discipline of the soldiers had greatly improved.

As the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, hand-to-hand combat soon began.

This battle was not a big deal, but it dealt a heavy blow to the soldiers of Santila's elite army. Without him, the enemy's weapons and equipment were too enviable and hated.

In most of the city-states and kingdoms of Faerun, the equipment of general army soldiers is provided by the soldiers themselves, and the army leaders at most provide some equipment subsidies.

Only a few of the richest city-states and the most generous lords will provide soldiers with standard equipment on a large scale.

Obviously, the lord of Zhentil Keep is not the kind of generous leader, even the most elite Zhentil Keep legion, the most uniform equipment is just a set of embroidered Zhentil Keep or Bane's hand Linen tunic with coat of arms.

The level of well-equipped soldiers depends entirely on their personal purchasing power, and for any Zhentil Fort soldier, plundering in war is always the most convenient way to harvest wealth, there is no one.

Due to the fact that in the past one or two years, Zhentil Fort has won more battles against its surrounding opponents. The most recent victory was the battle against the rebel army that defeated the exiled lords of Dagger Valley more than half a year ago. However, those exiles basically settled down , can't harvest any valuable spoils at all.

Therefore, most of the elite Centilla soldiers stationed in Taisway are not very rich, and their weapons and equipment are basically ordinary goods that can barely be seen, such as refined iron weapons, inlaid leather armor or Inferior armor and so on.

Comparing to the soldiers under William, almost everyone has dwarven master-level precision alloy weapons and equipment that are almost armed to the asshole, and what they carry is to make the earth leopards from Zhentil keep drool.

Therefore, when the soldiers of both sides fought against each other, the difference in weapons and equipment directly caused the elite soldiers of Santila to suffer a big loss. Even if their fighting skills were better than those of the soldiers in the valley, they could not make up for the gap in equipment.

Indeed, when you slash your opponent with a sword, the sword falls on the opponent's armor without causing any damage. The opponent slashes you and your knife in turn, but you can only watch the sharp blade tear through your armor and flesh, and then feel helpless. made a dying scream.

This is the result of the initial head-to-head battle between William's Valley Legion and the elite Centillar army. The better-equipped Valley Legion had the upper hand. At least dozens of Centilla's elite soldiers died in the first round of combat. Or get hurt.

And the commander of the Santila elite battle group realized his wrong decision almost immediately. He should not have chosen to stick to it. Zooming in to the limit, he and his soldiers are likely to be strangled before the reinforcements leave the city.

William also noticed the battle damage exchange ratio of the soldiers on both sides for the first time, and he also realized that there seemed to be something wrong with his plan, so William instinctively ordered the infantry battalion that was fighting the enemy to temporarily slow down the input of troops.

It's a pity that most of the soldiers in the infantry battalion are setting foot in such a large-scale fighting field for the first time, and they generally lack experience, so it is difficult to control their emotions on the battlefield.

Therefore, William's idea of ​​wanting to control the rhythm of the battlefield is undoubtedly inappropriate. Not only did it fail to achieve any effect, but it disrupted the attack momentum of his own soldiers.

The recruits went to the battlefield relying on this kind of energy, William's fiddling made him feel discouraged, and the infantry battalion was thrown into disarray for a while. But it was very rich. They almost instinctively launched a wave of counter-charges, but the infantry battalion they fought was in a panic. I don't know how many people dropped their weapons in their panic and were thrown to the ground. There are not a few unlucky ones who trample on them.

Seeing that this step of the battle camp was gradually being reversed, William immediately realized that he had done something stupid. He shouldn't be blindly messing around with tactics and strategies. Nonsense.

No!Pull your hips!
At this time, if the infantry battalion that has lost its momentum is directly withdrawn, or other soldiers and horses such as matador mechas are sent to support, it can bring back the infantry battalion that is on the verge of collapse, but if that happens, This army is really useless.

But if they don't retreat, it seems that they have no room to turn around, unless there is an enemy-like warrior who can turn the tide.

It just so happened that William was such a suitable enemy of all people. After all, it was his own fault, and he had to come back with tears in his eyes.

William rode a unicorn, a gift from the elves of the Cormanthor forest.Compared with Pegasus, although unicorns cannot fly, they have more unique supernatural abilities, such as healing, teleportation, and spiritual language.

This mighty unicorn was covered with a fine chain armor suit, and it carried William like the wind into the most intense place of the battle.

The unique supernatural ability caused all the soldiers along the way to be knocked away by the unicorn. The difference is that the soldiers of the infantry battalion just flew out, while the soldiers of Santila were also killed by the knights on the back of the unicorn when they flew out. Almost none of them missed a shot.

William galloped through the battle formation alone, and basically interrupted the attack of the elite Santila battle group after a few rounds, allowing the rookies in the battalion to breathe a sigh of relief.

There were no more than [-] people in the Santila elite battle group. The previous fight had already caused a lot of casualties, but now after being attacked several times by William, the casualties increased significantly. People, it can be said that they are all dazzled, trembling with fear, and their hearts are seized.

Just at this time, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly rushed out from the city of Taisway, and a large area of ​​black and white appeared continuously like a tide. It was estimated that there were as many as 3000 to [-] people.

After these enemies left the city, they did not come to rescue the elite Santila battle group that was about to collapse. Instead, they swept towards the back of the valley army with the momentum of interception. They actually wanted to eat William's army in one bite.

Although William fought heartily in the battle formation, he never lost control of the situation on the battlefield. Of course, this was due to his Argos friend Kagal, whose spiritual data link made William feel like he had opened his eyes on the battlefield. Pay attention to every change on the battlefield, and can give instructions to your generals at any time.

In the classic cold weapon war, one side is equipped with a command system that is even more advanced than the modern digital command platform. The consequence of such a huge gap is that even if a dog is placed in the position of commander, it will be invincible. , at least the dog will not command blindly.

Of course, William just made a small mistake that a novice commander would basically make, and he made a timely remedy.

Seeing that the enemies in the city were lured out at this time, William naturally also released the winner of the reservation-the Matador mecha team.

I saw more than a dozen steel war beasts rushing out from behind another infantry battalion. They formed a group of two and cut open the enemy's reinforcement line with an unstoppable momentum. Seven or eight passages of flesh and blood broke through the crowd.

After the beast-shaped matador mechas completely crushed the enemy formation, they returned to their human form, holding a huge revolver in each arm, and continuously pouring shells at the chaotic Tesway army , the power of each shell is not inferior to a standard [Big Fireball].

In fact, the moment the mecha team entered the battlefield, the battle was basically over. After all, how could flesh and blood fight against the torrent of steel.

The battle ended quickly. In this battle, at least one-third of the enemies lost their lives, and most of them died from trampling on each other in the chaos. Then, a group of orc captives were executed by William with the "law of ten slaps and kills." ", which makes these barbaric guys amazingly well-behaved for a period of time to come.

The number of captured humans (including elves, half-elves, dwarves, etc.) was almost more than William's army, which forced William to escort them to the south in batches after the war. Of course, the only fate of these people for the time being is Serve as road builders who contribute their labor to the valley.

Originally, William had a great chance to directly capture Taisway, but he did not do so. Instead, he ordered the mecha team to stop outside the city wall of Taisway, firing at the city every now and then. Deterrence, every shell can make the remaining defenders in the city terrified.

Occasionally, the Infantry Battalion will launch a siege battle against Taisway in the nature of training. Although the results of the battle are always somewhat unsatisfactory, at least the growth of the soldiers is almost visible to the naked eye.

In fact, after the battle ended, William's reorganized army basically came to Taisway, taking turns to carry out the action of training with battle.

After experiencing that tragic defeat, the defenders of Taisway have been begging for support from the headquarters of Zhentil Castle all the time.

The people of Zhentil Castle did not disappoint and sent corresponding reinforcements, including a frontier regiment from Raven Fortress in the north, with a number of about 400 people, and [-] citizen conscripts from Zhentil Castle.

It's just that these reinforcements failed to reach Taisway. They all encountered an ambush arranged by William in advance. After each support army was damaged by more than half in the ambush, only some "lucky" remnants of the defeated soldiers were able to "escape" by chance. ", and successfully arrived at Taisiwei.

Since then, the people of Zhentil Castle have sent a batch of reinforcements to Taisway almost every once in a while. Sometimes these reinforcements can reach Taisway very smoothly, and then Taisway will usher in a tragic siege battle , A large number of soldiers fell under the gunfire of those terrifying steel mechs.

Sometimes Zhentil Castle's reinforcements will be attacked halfway. They may easily repel the ambushes, or suffer heavy casualties during the ambush, and sometimes even wipe out the entire army.

Gradually, the people of Zhentil Castle even emptied the army of Raven Fortress, and the qualified soldiers in Zhentil Castle began to dry up, but there was no end to this painful war.

In desperation, the Zhentil Fort people began to organize slave soldiers, and recruited mercenaries from those connected city-states. They even sent people to the wild lands in the north to attract orc tribes to go south.

Of course, William is not relying on only two to 3000 people to conquer the world. All the cities and regions under William's command in the southern valley are also constantly mobilizing people to the north, joining William's army camp in batches, and accepting corresponding orders. of military training.

The legions that had gained sufficient experience and preparation were sent to several strategic locations in the south in units of infantry battalions, such as Bow Valley, Battle Valley, Scar Valley and other places.

In this winter, the biggest thing William did was to use twelve super big fireworks on the Rongma Grassland in the north of the Longji Mountains to set off the union of dozens of orc tribes who wanted to go south for a refreshment. The ashes, including an orc saint named Inavo, also fell under William's tyrannical fist.

(End of this chapter)