lizard lord

Chapter 87 The Pass
Hiding in the forest to observe the progress of the transport team, when the team was halfway through, Tang Zhao slapped the ground suddenly, and the centaur commander who was standing by his side immediately blew the horn that he carried with him.

An extremely penetrating sound sounded, followed by the crisp sound of the ballista mechanism turning and the deep sound of breaking through the air.

The powerful crossbow arrows fired at the goblin bears at the end, and the normal body could not stop them. The arrows were embedded in the goblin bears like nails, directly piercing them, making them paralyzed and howling.

The sound of the ballista shooting seemed to activate some kind of switch, and then a large number of crossbow bolts were shot from the forest, mixed with magic creations such as fireballs and whips, and greeted the most critical wolf cavalry and bear goblins. Convenience suffered heavy casualties.

The opponent was also experienced and well-educated. After being suddenly attacked, they only panicked for a moment, and then the hobgoblins raised the standard huge tower shields they carried with them, and formed a small team around the carriage.

Under normal circumstances, the hobgoblins' main equipment is long spears and short swords, together with a small number of soldiers equipped with shields to form a defense line, but now they are mainly equipped with large shields and short spears, which are obviously specially modified for the forest environment.

The tight shield wall blocked most of the damage caused by the projectiles, and the hobgoblins took this opportunity to start moving the carriage quickly, preparing to form a circle around the baggage cart, so as to defend against the enemy within the circle.

This kind of harassing attack is very taboo to be dragged into a war of attrition, and accidents may happen after a long time, and the hobgoblins are very aware of this.

Their strength is not inferior to the opponent's. They regrouped and formed a good formation. It is hard to predict whether they will win or lose.

But Tang Zhao would not give the other party this kind of opportunity. Now their formation is a perfect long snake formation, which is very suitable for cutting from the middle.

With a neigh, he emerged from the forest, like a Mercedes-Benz heavy truck, crashing into the team of goblins.

Followed by a whole team of half-armored centaur warriors, holding spears and roaring loudly, they galloped more than ten meters behind Tang Zhao.

Seeing this situation, the goblin of course tried every means to stop him, but the efforts were in vain after all. Bow arrows shot at him would be bounced off directly, and even javelins could only cause slight damage. Like the red dragon beast, conventional cold weapons can hardly kill him effectively.

Tang Zhao rampaged all the way, smashing the entire hobgoblin shield wall in front of him, forcibly tearing a hole in the crude defense line.

He made a decisive decision, turned his gun and prepared to deal with the goblin bears at the end of the team, while the men and horses behind him rushed in, completely cut off the head and tail of the food transport team, and began to launch tentative attacks on the goblins in the food transport team. attack.

They didn't foolishly attack the goblin formation head-on, they kept turning around the goblin trucks one by one, avoiding the deadly attack of the goblin throwing objects, and from time to time they returned fire with javelins and other weapons.

While the centaurs and goblins were entangled, the infantry team composed of dwarves and kobolds also took the opportunity to rush up.

The basic front line is composed of kobolds, and then a group of heavily armored and elite dwarf fighters is formed to gradually wipe out the enemy. It is a very safe and easy-to-understand plan.

The goblins wanted to organize a defense and fight back, but their line had already been directly broken by Tang Zhao, cut off in the middle, and the rest of the goblins were also divided into units of baggage carts, and their combat capabilities were severely reduced.

There are more goblins at both ends of the team, and they are not the focus of Tang Zhao's attack. They have successfully formed a not too weak line of defense, shooting arrows from the inside. It seems that they want to hinder the enemy in this way. It does work.

The centaurs would not attack the spear array, and the dwarves and kobolds also lacked enough impact power, so the two sides were temporarily stalemate.

However, no matter how tough the formation is, it cannot be immune to crossbow shooting. The entire team of dozens of dwarf heavy crossbowmen and crossbowmen aimed at the position and continuously aimed and projected. The kobolds also pulled out the slings they carried with them to attack enemies with weaker armor. , immediately suppressed the goblin archers, and also caused a lot of damage to their defensive formation.

The ballista that could be nailed into the city wall was aimed at the gun array of the goblins, and fired again in salvo, and many gaps were torn open in the gun array in an instant.

At this time, the dwarf broke out with due bravery. Relying on his heavy armor, he charged forward to form the spearhead of the attack, and charged the battle line bravely along the gap torn by the ballista.

Although the goblins were able to fill the gap in the first place, their number was limited, and the throwing weapons of the dwarves kept shooting. Their speed of filling the battle line was getting slower and slower. It is also getting bigger and bigger, until the battle line is finally broken to the point of collapse. Without external intervention, it is only a matter of time before this group of goblins collapse.

In fact, the technological level of hobgoblins is not low, and they have extremely profound attainments in war technology. They have been confronted with dwarves for so long, and they have their own ways of dealing with dwarf weapons and tactics, but this is a food transport team. , was still ambushed in unfavorable terrain, facing the situation at hand is really powerless.

Tang Zhao gave this pass a wicked name, just like in history, no matter how elite troops marched in a long snake formation, the snake body was cut off from it, and was besieged by a larger number of troops. No wonder they are not inferior or passive.

(End of this chapter)