The riding and chopping simulator of the Lord of the Rings

Chapter 159 The Crushing Battle
At this time, Raven Tucker, who served King Sorin II of the Lonely Mountain, was flying in the sky with difficulty. Flying in normal weather.

Compared with the morning, the weather at this time is colder.

Tucker's task is very simple, it is to observe when the two teams below him start to engage in battle, after that, fly to the north direction and report to Sorin II.

Although the task is very simple, at this time it can only be done by the ravens that are larger and more resistant to the cold. Those smaller birds can no longer withstand the increasingly cold air in the air.

And the two teams under Tucker are indeed getting closer and closer as Sorin told it, and it is estimated that they will come into contact with each other in a short time.

Coming towards the Dongyi people from the east is naturally a coalition of dwarf and human infantry. At this time, the elite dwarf infantry stood at the front of the phalanx, carrying solid steel shields and sharp steel axes, as the last part of the phalanx. The tough frontal troops are always ready to meet the enemy's charge. Of course, if the Dongyi people on the opposite side do not charge, then they may also become a heavy hammer to attack the enemy, because the brave dwarves are never afraid of war.

And the one who led them was the former King of Iron Hills and now the second in command of Lonely Mountain, Ironfoot Dyne.

The elite infantry under Alan's command stood on the two wings of the dwarves, guarding the sides of the dwarves as an auxiliary force. Much stronger.

Nearly [-] militiamen are only equipped with leather armor, but the spears in their hands are sharp enough to harvest the lives of the enemies as much as they want under the protection of the dwarves.

As for the Dongyi people, under Ashur's order, they gradually gathered together. This time he brought tens of thousands of soldiers, so Ashur did not intend to gather the soldiers together. A waste of combat power.

Ashur, who was experienced in the battlefield, divided his soldiers into four parts and placed them in front of the human and dwarf army.

His main formation consists of more than a dozen two-wheeled chariots ready to go. In addition to the driver, there are four members on each chariot, two are archers with longbows, and the other two are archers with super long bows. Soldiers with spears.

In addition, they all wear daggers around their waists, even if the chariot stops, they still have enough strength to meet the enemy hand-to-hand.

Distributed around the chariot are more than 300 Dongyi cavalry, who will guard the rear of the chariot during the battle.

Ashur, who has many years of combat experience, knows very clearly that when the chariot is not flexible enough to attack the enemy, it is easily harassed by the enemy cavalry, especially the cavalry archer, so a small amount of cavalry of one's own side is needed to entangle those who come Harassing enemy cavalry.

The square formation in the middle, Ashur, is equipped with heavily armored soldiers. The number is about 2000. They are equipped with metal armor made of bronze, and a large entire deck protects their chests and armor. The back, legs and hands are made up of stacked small pieces of armor, enough to defend against the slashing of ordinary weapons.

And their full-face helmets are even more peculiar in shape, only the eyes and the bridge of the nose are exposed. Some Dongyi elites with a strong record will decorate their prey or enemies' trophies on their helmets, most of which are sharp teeth. There are sharp claws, and some are human fingers. These things will deter the enemy while showing the master's achievements.

Where the armor could not cover, these Dongyi soldiers were wrapped thickly with silk-like cloth to guard against some tricky attacks and arrows.

The weapons in the hands of these people are strangely shaped spears and large square shields inlaid with copper nails. Some soldiers wear dwarf-style daggers on their waists, which are obviously caused by the captured dwarf slaves. and others were short, strange iron daggers.

The only part of their bodies exposed is their eyes, and at this moment their eyes are full of desire for blood and killing.

These soldiers are the elite that Ashur has cultivated for many years. Only in times of crisis, Ashur will send them out, and this is the right time.

The task Ashur sent them was to attack the front of the dwarves and entangle the powerful dwarves.Because he knows that he can only use the elite to entangle these dwarves. If he arranges those cannon fodder to meet the well-equipped and high-morale dwarf infantry, maybe they will collapse in a short time, and not only will they be able to attack the dwarves already The morale of the soldiers on the other side was dealt a blow. If the winning dwarves made another breakthrough in the middle and then surrounded them on both sides, it would be very likely that they would be in a disadvantageous situation.

Anyway, my number is three times that of the opponent, as long as I use the elite to entangle the dwarves, then it is tantamount to the general situation. The soldiers in my other two phalanxes each have 5000 people, let them attack those with unbearable combat power. For northerners, it should be very easy.

And when the battle reached a stalemate, Ashur planned to drive the chariot around behind the enemy, and then charge into the phalanx of the northerners, but he was a little strange why the enemy would put up such a hedgehog-like The formation, which is clearly not wise.

Not to mention anything else, the thousands of archers I placed at the front of the phalanx, after the formations of the two sides were close enough, would cause a lot of damage to those northerners with poor equipment.

Not to mention that with such a formation, it would be easy to be surrounded by yourself with superior forces, forming a deadlock.

Ashur was a little puzzled, could it be that the commander on the opposite side couldn't think of this, but for him, this was a good thing, he had no obligation to remind the other party, and he would never show mercy to the enemy.

At this time, the distance between the two sides has become closer and closer with the passage of time, and it has become so close that the elf longbow can barely launch an ultra-long-range shooting distance. , quickly waved the red flag in his hand, and with a shout, the entire advancing team stopped suddenly.

Ashur, who was staring at the battlefield all the time, naturally saw the movement on the opposite side, but at this moment the distance between the two sides was not within the range of his archer, so he did not give the order to stop. Several Dongyi people The phalanx is still slowly moving forward.

Soon, Ashur's sharp eyes saw a scene that made him extremely astonished. In the enemy's phalanx, there were nearly a thousand soldiers who originally held spears, and pulled out elf-like longbows from behind. , and then he seemed to hear a faint shout of "shooting arrows" in the wind, and then a rain of arrows covering the sky and attacking his longbowmen troops.

And those Dongyi longbowmen standing at the front of the team looked at the arrows flying in the sky, and most of them showed indifferent expressions.

They didn't think that the enemy's shooting could hurt them at all, because the distance was too far, and the longbows in their hands even had to walk dozens of cloths forward before they could barely reach the point where they could shoot.

But there are also a small number of longbowmen looking at the arrows in the sky, showing a look of horror. They curled up their bodies as far as possible behind others, and continued to walk forward, because there was no sound of horns to stop behind them. , Did not dare to disobey the military order under Ashur's eyes.

What no one noticed was that a gray raven flew north at this time.

Soon, this wave of arrow rain came in front of these Dongyi people with the sound of "whoosh" and "whoosh". Immediately afterwards, the Dongyi longbowmen at the front of the phalanx lay down like wheat that had been knocked down by hail. One place, followed by unbelievable exclamations and a lot of crying.

The rain of arrows from the conscripts caused at least a quarter of the Dongyi longbowmen to lose their combat effectiveness.

And being able to unexpectedly cause such huge damage to the enemy at the beginning of the battle also benefited from Allen's reassignment of the elf longbow originally allocated to the northern ranger to the forest residents who were good at archery among the conscripts. Replaced their hunting bows.

After seeing this scene, Ashur immediately gave the order to let the longbowmen disperse, and then asked the guards around him to beat the drums for the whole army's assault.

He knew that his longbowmen suffered from range, and it was impossible to cause any damage to the enemy during the confrontation. Under such circumstances, it was the correct way to give up shooting and let the infantry charge directly to interrupt the enemy's shooting.

"Woo, woo woo woo..."

Amid the sound of horns, the Dongyi longbowmen, who were severely hit but still moving forward, showed a relieved expression on their faces, and moved away from the people with identities and continued to move forward.

The more spread out they stand, the more likely they will survive the dense cover fire.

At this time, the second wave of arrow rain launched by the forest residents once again attacked the longbowmen troops of the Dongyi people, but this time the coverage shooting was far less effective than the previous wave, and many of them were lying on the ground due to injuries. The Dongyi people lost their voices in this blow.

"Boom" "Boom Boom" "Boom Boom Boom"

And with the more and more intense drumming, the three infantry phalanxes that were originally lined up in front of Ashur's main formation and slowly moving forward also gradually accelerated their pace. The more than 2000 heavy infantry equipped with full armor, He quickly passed through the loose formation of Dongyi longbowmen, and raised the large shield in his hand to block the third wave of arrow rain ordered by Bandak.

Seeing that the arrows were ineffective against those heavily armed soldiers, Bandak quickly asked the archers to change their targets and aimed at the enemy phalanx further south. At this time, the distance between the two sides was close enough, and with his sharp eyes, he could already see It is clear that the enemy exhaled a large amount of white air.

"Right, free fire."

Bandak roared and gave the order, then chose a suitable target for the siege crossbow in his hand, and pulled the trigger hard.

At this moment, amidst the increasingly rapid drumming, the Dongyi infantry ran faster and faster, especially the soldiers on both sides. Their armor was relatively light, and they quickly surpassed their own heavy armored infantry and moved towards their target rush away.

Facing the shooting of Allen's bows and arrows, these Dongyi soldiers also had their own way of coping. Their dense formation was already extremely loose while running. At the same time, these people also used a light round shield tied to their arms to protect them. own vital position.

It's just that this kind of crude defense method can only ensure that those who are targeted by the shooter will not die on the spot in the arrow attack.

In the dense arrow rain, there will always be people injured. There are more than 5000 soldiers in the phalanx to the south of the Dongyi people. People were trampled to death by their running companions and lost the ability to howl.

Soon, the distance between the two sides was close enough to see the angry faces of the other side clearly. At this time, the counterattack of the Dongyi people also started. Spears, spears and even large stones were thrown from their hands at those people. Northerners shooter taking aim.

The debris thrown by the Dongyi people disrupted the rhythm of most of the enemy's shooters for a while, and taking advantage of this opportunity, these Dongyi people quickly crossed the last dozen meters, and collided with the enemies who were also rushing over. together.

It was naturally Allen's elite infantry wearing chain armor who launched a countercharge against the Dongyi people. Behind them were conscripts holding spears. Allen could not let his own infantry meet Dongyi forcefully. The impact of the barbarians.

Because there are too many enemies, standing still and passively defending will only be suppressed by more and more Dongyi people, leaving no room for battle. He needs to let the infantry rush out to compete for some space with the enemy, and wait. A shift in timing.

Allen equips each of his elite infantry with a heavy broad shield with a large defensive area, and a sharp machete that is good for close combat. At this moment, they are constantly fine-tuning the shields in their hands to resist the Dongyi people. The insidious attack launched by the dagger and spear in the hand, while the machete in the hand moved up and down the shield, slashed at the enemy's arms, shoulders, and legs through the gaps, and the enemy's blood splashed a lot on the front of the shield.

Under the guard of the elite infantry, the conscripts kept poking their spears at the enemy on the opposite side, retracting the spears in their hands with a howl of misery, and then poking them out again. This back and forth, through this fighting method, caused a lot of damage to the Dongyi people in a short period of time.

But the number of Dongyi people is too many, more than three times more than them, even those archers whose arms have started to tingle, picked up their spears and joined the defense line, and they couldn't stop the Dongyi people from gradually surround their steps.

At this time, the three infantry phalanxes of the Dongyi people had been in full contact with the coalition forces of humans and dwarves, especially Ashur's [-] elite soldiers and [-] heavily armored dwarf infantry. The battle between them was extremely fierce.

When these elite dwarves were attacked by the Dongyi people, they did not launch a countercharge like humans. Their thick bodies were extremely stable, and with the steel shields in their hands, they could easily block the Dongyi soldiers' charge.

After some dwarves pushed the enemy's weapon away, they swung the sharp ax with all their strength, and directly split the breastplate of the soldier in front of them, followed by the opponent's ribs and heart.

Some dwarves directly hit the enemy's abdomen with the shield in their hands. Although they could not cause direct damage to the enemy, the huge force still shook the internal organs of these Dongyi people. The severe pain made them bend down, and then The ax grew bigger and bigger before their eyes until it took their lives.

The moment the two sides came into contact, the dwarves had an absolute advantage and beat the enemies in front of them to pieces.

It's just that these Dongyi people in heavy armor are also elites who have survived hundreds of battles. Seeing that the frontal confrontation was ineffective, they also began to use the large shields in their hands to resist the dwarves' slashing, and at the same time used the short swords in their hands Swords and spears attacked the dwarves' unprotected faces insidiously. They were also helpless in this situation, because apart from this position, they had almost no effect on attacking other places.

Facing the large shield engraved with copper nails, the dwarves could not hit the enemy in a short time like they did at the beginning, and could only wait for the opportunity to attack the more and more defensive things without revealing their flaws. barbarians.

At this point, the battlefield has become stalemate, but the balance is gradually falling towards the Dongyi people, because at this moment, the Dongyi people are constantly expanding their front lines, trying to use their numerical advantage to complete the encirclement of the enemy, and even directly break into the enemy Form a flanking advantage behind him, just like Ashur planned.

In order to prevent such a situation from happening, Elaine kept sending out fewer and fewer reserve soldiers around him to stop the Dongyi people who kept pressing over him, and while he was directing, he kept looking at the north.

Almost, he could hardly resist.

But at this time, Ashur, seeing that the general situation has been determined, is leading a dozen chariots in the formation, and hundreds of cavalry are slowly pressing towards the battlefield. He wants to watch the enemy's defeat from a close distance .

As for the chariots on the dwarf's side, seeing that the infantry couldn't resist, they finally started to move. Within ten seconds, they increased their speed to the limit, and rushed towards the Dongyi people in the north, trying to slow down their own phalanx. Pressure, but the cavalry who followed hesitated and hesitated, and finally did not act.

Ashur didn't care about the dwarven chariots, he was an expert in using chariots, waved his hands and more than 100 cavalrymen with short bows moved, rushing towards the direction of the dwarf chariots, as for the silent enemy As for the cavalry, Ashur also has enough strength to deal with it.

And just when the leader of Dongyi was full of ambition, the sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded from the north, and a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared in the north, and they charged at full speed and quickly approached the battlefield.

But the person who rushed to the front of this wave of cavalry was actually Ashur's personal guard captain Made, who galloped his horse and yelled loudly: "Ambush, ambush Lord Ashur, run!!"

(End of this chapter)