Blood Dragon

Chapter 330

A cold wind from the north blew along the flat land.

It's the chill from the north—it's especially hospitable this year, coming earlier than it has ever been.People wearing short-sleeved clothes will get goose bumps all over their bodies because of the gust of wind, and people wearing long-sleeved clothes will also feel a chill hitting their bodies.Experienced people know that this cold wind is an alarm horn, or a polite letter of introduction, which means that another winter is coming.

However, at this moment, the murderous spirit has permeated the whole world.The clouds in the sky are gloomy, but they are not the kind of gloom that is about to rain, but a kind of gloom that covers the sun but cannot see when it will end.Beneath this thick layer of clouds lay a thin mist.This may be the result of the gods focusing their eyes here, because fog is rare at this time of year.

Under the clouds, in the mist, stood countless warriors.All the warriors from the north, enshrining the glory of the gods, have already lined up on this plain that is destined to become a battlefield.Facing them far away is the coalition army from the south, which shoulders the important task of defending the country.

In fact, this is not a battleground for military strategists, nor is it a key position.The reason why the two armies meet here is actually just the result of some people's planning.The two armies arrived at the battlefield at similar times, and it was more like an encounter than a leisurely wait for work.After the reconnaissance troops of the two sides discovered each other, the two armies confronted each other briefly yesterday out of caution, but after confirming it, they only rested overnight, and then they all went out, left the barracks, and prepared for the battle.

The Chaos Legion divided the army into three companies according to the traditional formation-this is a natural and correct method that has been tested in countless battles.Whether it is humans, elves, dwarves, or even intelligent races such as green skins and ogres, they will use this method to fight, and the Chaos Legion is no exception.

Marvin stood on his magic disk, and together with a group of subordinates, watched the situation on the entire battlefield.Although he was deprived of the right to command, he still got a position on the battlefield by virtue of his identity and power as a wizard lord.

It must be said that Lord Bloodfang chose a very good battlefield—although the choice of the battle here was the result of the planning of Aishuruffat and Marvin, but they only chose a rough location on the map, the real subtle location It was chosen by Lord Bloodfang himself—there is a flat plain in front of him, but there are hills behind him.

On the map, this piece of hills is just a small dot on the vast northeastern plain of Gruney, but when you really come here, you will find that this piece of hills is actually a mountainous area enough for ordinary people to spend half a day to a day to cross ——Although it is called a hill, it is not too short, and some locations can even be called steep.

The Bloodfang Lord is arrayed against the mountain, which is beneficial to the Chaos Legion, which is slightly inferior in strength, because at least it will make it more difficult for the enemy to outflank.But having said that, the disadvantage in numbers is not equal to the disadvantage in combat power.Everyone has to admit that the barbarians who were born and raised in the wilderness—or Chaos believers—have a greater advantage in physical fitness.The heavy hammers and battle axes in their hands are difficult for the weaker southerners to use, but the Chaos warriors can wield them as easily as the southerners wield long swords.In addition, their ability to withstand injuries is also stronger than that of southerners. Many battle cases have shown that the same injury can be fatal to southerners, but to barbarians, they can still continue to wield weapons on the battlefield .Therefore, all Chaos warriors, including Lord Bloodfang, believed that the two sides were roughly equal in combat power.

Because of this, Lord Bloodfang decided to take the initiative to attack as early as yesterday's military meeting.Just like most Khorne lords, he didn't intend to play tricks such as "late attack" and "long-lasting consumption". When the two armies approached, the Chaos Legion would immediately launch an attack, with the left wing as the lead to launch a fierce attack.

Marvin turned his gaze to the Chaos Legion in formation.As a magician, he was able to receive special care.Magicians are valuable combat power, and even on the battlefield, they can usually get a safe position.Unless it was a catastrophic defeat where the entire army was wiped out, the Tzeentch wizard with the magic disk always had a much greater chance of survival than others.Not to mention that Marvin didn't worry about his own safety in this battle at all.As long as he doesn't get involved in the melee, he's safe.

With the help of the magic disk, he was able to levitate to a higher height and have a panoramic view of the entire Chaos army.He could actually levitate even higher - though that might offend Lord Bloodfang.Although Marvin never admitted it, he actually knew in his heart that he was still somewhat afraid of that Khorne lunatic.Eloquent rhetoric, conspiracies, and so on may not work well for Khorne's lunatics-their brains are not on the same circuit as yours at all.

On the left flank of the Chaos Legion, Marvin saw countless Chaos Warriors wearing Chaos Armor.Most of these armors are not exquisite, even a bit rough.But on the battlefield, people will find that these armors are far more sophisticated and durable than they look.The armor of the few Chaos Champions comes with simple but useful magic, and as for the Chaos Lords, it needs no more to be said.All this armor was a gift from the gods - much better than the human-made armor worn by southerners.In a little while, the swords of the Southerners will prove their worth.

it's a pity.A contemptuous smile hung on the corner of Marvin's mouth.He knew that most of these Chaos Warriors were followers of Khorne, and they were also the core force that Lord Bloodfang relied on.It was because of these subordinates that Lord Bloodfang almost killed Marvin.However, I believe that Ashurfat on the opposite side has already prepared a feast for these Khorne lunatics, and soon, Marvin will no longer have to worry about the Khorne lunatics.

There was the sound of horns, battles, and muskets ahead.Some figures appeared faintly in the mist, intersecting with each other.An indescribable passion began to spread among the Chaos warriors, and everyone couldn't help but grip their weapons.

This is the prologue before the real battle - as in all the cruel wars of this era, the light armed forces will fight first before the main forces of the two armies come into contact.Lightly armed troops are of little use in frontal combat. Their task is to disturb the enemy as much as possible, destroy the enemy's formation, and scout the enemy's reality before the main force engages.This instead causes them to have a fierce conflict known as the "prologue battle" before the main force engages in battle.

It must be said that although the prologue battle is not decisive, its fierceness and cruelty will definitely not lose to the duel of the main force.The present situation verified this statement.A group of cavalry emerged from the mist and came towards the front of the Chaos Legion, but stopped suddenly after discovering the Chaos Banner.At this time, another group of cavalry suddenly rushed out from the slanting stab, and the two troops immediately strangled together, one after another living beings fell into the dust with screams, and were trampled repeatedly by countless horseshoes.

The Chaos warriors are unmoved by this, and even the Marauders who have the least combat experience (or the least favored by the evil gods) and do not even have Chaos armor are unmoved.On the contrary, death and gore stimulated their bloodthirsty impulse, and excited expressions began to appear on their faces, as they couldn't wait to have a fight.

More cavalry emerged from the mist.Now, the tactics of both sides can be seen.The light cavalry of the coalition forces are trying to distance themselves, using their pistols to attack the enemy.The Marauder cavalry used their superior equestrian skills to try their best to attach the light cavalry for melee combat.It's not clear who has the upper hand, but there are more and more bones on the ground and horses scurrying around without anyone riding them.

Of course, the sight of ordinary soldiers is not as good as that of Marvin from a high place.In fact, even with the fog blocking his view, Marvin could see that the two sides were evenly matched.To say that the musket is really not covered, although the Marauder cavalry has better equestrian skills and more superb horse fighting skills, but they can never overwhelm the enemy.The accuracy of the pistol is very poor, but the accuracy rate of shooting within a distance of three to five meters is still impressive.Many powerful Chaos Marauders took a bullet in this way, fell off their horses for no reason, and became part of the corpses everywhere.

It performed better than I expected.Marvin watched this scene, but suddenly thought of another question.He looked to the right.There, it is the weakest part of the Chaos Legion's battle formation.There are a large part of Tzeentch's fighters here - of course, due to being deprived of command rights, Marvin can't command them for the time being.Their task was not to defeat the enemy in front of them, but to hold them back—of course, even this, Marvin didn't want to do it.He has already contacted a small number of his subordinates, and when the battle is fierce and Lord Bloodfang can't take care of this side, Marvin will lead them out of the battlefield.

But if the opponent's light cavalry was strong enough...then Marvin who was retreating would definitely run into trouble—because it was impossible for Aishuruffat to blatantly order his subordinates to stop chasing and fleeing the enemy.If this happens, it is very likely that Marvin's men will also be pursued.Ashuruffat might care about the Nurgle curse on himself and let Marvin go, but his subordinates don't understand this.

Forget it... After pondering for a while, Marvin gave up his efforts in this regard.Although this risk exists, it is also very low.If he retreats fast enough and early enough, it will be very difficult for the pursuing troops to catch up.

His eyes stopped on the Chaos Champion who was in charge of commanding the right wing—the guy was riding a tall horse and standing at the forefront of the right wing.This champion of chaos does not belong to a certain evil god, in other words, he worships the four evil gods as a whole.In fact, such people make up the majority of Chaos.However, Ma Wen looked down on this type of Chaos believers, because only those truly smart people understood that completely surrendering to the embrace of an evil god is the shortcut to a higher status.This is the commander appointed by Lord Bloodfang - it can be seen that Lord Bloodfang has no hope for his left wing at all, so he appointed a random person to command.

But he would rather appoint someone casually than hand over the command to Marvin.Thinking of this, Wizard Tzeentch found that his heart was burning with raging anger.It was a flame of jealousy, anger and hatred mixed together.However, the source of this flame is not so much dissatisfaction with being deprived of command, but anger at being exposed by Lord Bloodfang's tricks.

That's right, the bloodfang lord, who was supposed to be just a puppet, just a pawn he moved around, actually posed a real threat to him.He dismantled the traps and fog laid by Marvin not by careful thinking but by instinct.

However, it is a pity that Lord Bloodfang did not kill Marvin after all.Since he didn't do that, things are now reversed.

"My lord." The subordinate's voice brought Marvin back to reality from his frantic thoughts.The prologue battle has ended, and the light cavalry on both sides left corpses all over the ground and began to withdraw from the battlefield.This is because the main forces of the two armies have approached to a very close point, and no longer need the cover cooperation of lightly armed forces.

An unusually abrupt horn sounded.This was a warning signal, and then, heavily armed coalition soldiers emerged from the mist, slowly approaching the Chaos Legion's line.