Blood Dragon

Section 330 II Observation

Lord Bloodfang endured for a while longer than Marvin expected.

Just outside the range of the muskets and within the range of the cannons, the soldiers of the coalition stopped.A suffocating silence temporarily enveloped the battlefield.This was the last time before the two armies fought, and the commanders of both sides took this last opportunity to carefully look at the formation and strength of the other side.

The mist still hadn't faded, and the fog covered the second half of the formations of both sides, making it difficult for each other to distinguish the deployment of the other's second-line troops, even those who flew to high places with their feet on the magic disk like Marvin.But at least the first line can still be seen clearly.

The situation in front of him made him shudder involuntarily.

Ashuruffat arranged on his right flank—that is, facing the left flank of the Chaos Legion, in front of the elite troops led by Lord Bloodfang himself—it was just an ordinary phalanx of spearmen.Of course, even if it is an ordinary spearman, there are enough numbers. The problem is that the formation of this army is not thick or dense.

Although they hadn't fought yet, Marvin knew even with his toes that an army of this level would not be much better than a piece of paper in front of Lord Bloodfang.With just one charge, the elite of Chaos can tear apart, even shred, the enemies in front of them.

So, is Ashurfat's frontline force just a decoy?The elite troops are all placed on the second line, lurking with the help of fog and preparing to attack?

Things don't look quite right either.Because the array in front of Marvin (, is the elite of the southern infantry: giant sword soldiers. It can be seen at a glance that their number may not be particularly large, but the formation is strict, which is obviously better than the spears on the side. The soldiers are much stronger. Among them, there are a large number of musketeers and crossbowmen mixed.

And the most elite troops in the army, those heavily armored knights wearing armor even man and horse, were deployed on the left flank, facing the weakest troops of Chaos.As a Chaos Lord who has lived long enough, Marvin is well aware of the power of these heavily armored knights on the battlefield.It can be said that these knights are troops that can really make the fearless Chaos warriors feel threatened.When the knights lined up in a phalanx, like a steel wall, launching an overwhelming offensive, even the elite Chaos Legion could hardly cope.

This situation made Marvin a little confused.He has already told Aishuruffat almost all of the Chaos Legion's troop deployment and tactical arrangements, why did the opponent still deploy such a formation?In fact, war is similar to gambling in a certain sense. If you can clearly see the opponent's hole cards, then it is basically impossible to lose—unless the cards of the two sides are really different.

However, Marvin knew very well that the strengths of the two sides in this battle were roughly equal.In fact, in a sense, the southerners still have some advantages. This is mainly because the cavalry of the Chaos Legion is not large, and they are mainly light cavalry, while the southerners have a considerable number of heavy cavalry. knight.This means that the Chaos Legion lacks the ability to restrain the heavy knights, and can only use infantry to carry it hard-of course, for the Chaos elite troops, this is not an incredible thing.

A bad idea suddenly came to his mind, maybe Ashurfat didn't trust him.No, Ashurfat has no reason not to trust him...wait...it's possible.The key lies in the scarlet spot!That's right, although Ashrufat is seriously ill, he may—maybe from the mouth of a certain church priest, or from the mouth of a chaotic believer who was captured but not killed—know that the scarlet spot is an incurable disease. salvageable.In doing so, he would question everything Marvin told him...

Oops...too bad...Marvin suddenly realized that he was thinking inadvertently.That Ashrufat was quite rebellious in the first place, and he was forced to compromise by relying on Luo Jin's affairs...

When a person who is not afraid of death (because he is about to die anyway) plots revenge, things may develop in an uncontrollable direction.In fact, any world, any civilization, any race, this type of people is the most terrible.In most civilizations, there are proverbs with the meaning of "the one who is horizontal is afraid of death".For example, the martial elves, although they have a lot of wealth, humans never dare to provoke the elves (the ones who are really not good-looking basically seek death by themselves).The key to this lies in the ruthless nature of the martial spirits on the battlefield who are not afraid of death. An army of elves often does not need additional motivation to do so even if all of them die in battle, they will not take half a step back. This kind of tenacity and tenacity Enough to make any enemy daunting.

Because Marvin was riding the magic disk, the change in his face was not noticed by anyone.No one noticed that the wizard Tzeentch had a livid complexion and gritted his teeth.

In fact, no one has paid attention to the situation of Wizard Tzeentch.At this moment, the cold and menacing atmosphere before the outbreak of the battle has enveloped everyone.The two armies faced each other, but the entire battlefield was silent.

A messenger arrives with orders from Lord Bloodfang: Lord Bloodfang requires the wizards to use magic immediately.

"Report," Marvin landed and replied to the orderly. "The flow of magic wind is extremely chaotic now, and it is very difficult to cast spells under such circumstances."

Usually this sentence is enough to deal with most situations, but this orderly soldier obviously got the instruction of Lord Bloodfang.He looked at Marvin coldly and asked, "So when will it start?"

"5 minutes!" Marvin weighed it, and he knew that this lie wouldn't last too long.Because the spellcasters in the Chaos Legion are not only them, but also others.In addition, in the opposite camp, the priests of those churches will also use practical actions to expose his lies. "No more than five or six minutes at most."

Of course, from another perspective, what he said was not a lie, at least not a complete lie.The wind of magic at this time is indeed relatively chaotic, and it is quite difficult to cast spells, and the risk of making mistakes is far greater than normal - but the real Chaos Wizard is an exception.Tzeentch's lies are always mixed with truth.

The messenger left, and just as Marvin was thinking about his next move, a loud noise broke the silence of the battlefield.

The southerners fired.

The cannon shot seemed like a signal.In the next moment, the soldiers of the two armies let out battle roars at the same time.Then, both armies began to move forward simultaneously.

More shells bombarded, huge solid shells rolled and jumped in the crowd, opening up passages made of flesh and blood.However, these casualties are insignificant casualties for such a large number of Chaos Legions.If it does anything, it only further fuels the Chaos Warriors' bloodthirsty battle urges.

Marvin was temporarily relieved.He knew that Lord Bloodfang had led the team to the front line.At this moment, he has no spare time to care about the situation of the magician in the rear.Many people look down on this command method of rushing to the front line, thinking that this method is crude and worthless, and some people even call this method "brainless pig suddenness".Anyone can tell that this is a title full of contempt and insult.

But in fact, the title of "brainless pig sudden" may not only be contempt, but also more jealousy.The victory and defeat of countless actual battles shows that this tactic is not worthless.It is with the general's personal command that the combat effectiveness of the frontline troops has been greatly enhanced.When the Lord of Khorne takes to the field in person, he is always of great use on the front lines.The effect of the brainless pig is so amazing that it often happens that in the face of this absolute explosive power, all kinds of traps and resourcefulness become worthless little tricks.

Everything in front of him was just as arranged by Lord Bloodfang.Although the commanders of the Chaos Legion attacked amidst the call of battle, they were able to follow the arrangements of the Bloodfang Lord as a whole.The left wing led by Lord Bloodfang himself advanced the fastest, while the central speed was slower, and the right wing only moved forward at a symbolic slow pace.Soon, the battle line of the Chaos Legion formed a diagonal line.It was Marvin and the magicians who really stayed where they were.

The same goes for the other side.After the battle cry broke out, the coalition forces also began to attack.Their tactics are in a sense a replica of the Chaos Legion.The pikemen on the right flank of the allied army barely advanced, but tightened their lines on the spot, set up their spears, and prepared to meet the ferocious charge of the enemy.The giant sword soldiers in the center of the coalition army advanced slowly, assuming that they were mainly protecting the long-range troops, rather than actively seeking battle.The knights on the left wing of the coalition army began to advance slowly.A knight's charge is always like this, changing from a canter to a trot, and then from a trot to a gallop, ideally, when they rush to the enemy at the time when the speed is the fastest.In this case, the impact force of the man and the horse is added to the lance in unison, which will produce terrible lethality. No armor or shield can resist the frontal assassination of the lance in this state.Even Chaos warriors often crumble before this formidable torrent of steel.

On the entire battlefield, a slash-to-slash layout has been formed.The elite on both sides aimed at the enemy's weak flank.The original idea of ​​Lord Bloodfang no longer makes any sense.There is no doubt that the outcome of the battle now depends on whose elite troops can first defeat the frontal enemy and then reinforce the friendly army in time.If the Bloodfang Lord can defeat the Spearmen first, he can flank the enemy's musketeers and crossbowmen with a sweeping force, securing the victory in one fell swoop.On the contrary, if Ashrufat's knight phalanx can defeat the frontal enemy first, then he can use the cavalry charge to detour the enemy's side, so that the Chaos Legion has no chance to turn around.

Marvin in the rear calmed down instead.Although things were unfavorable, for him, everything was not hopeless.Both Ashurfat and Bloodfang Lord are very hateful, and it doesn't matter which one dies is a good thing-of course, it would be more perfect if the two died together.He still has a chance. For others, this battle may be related to everything, but for him, it is not the last step.

On the contrary, this calmness made him notice some strange signs.He already knew the strength of the two sides well, but at this moment, the troops listed by Ashrufat... it seems that the number is not as large as expected?

The number of troops can be judged in a very simple way: the width of the formation.If there is no terrain restriction, the more troops occupy the greater width.Marvin knew that Ashrufat's army strength was about one-third more than Lord Bloodfang's.This usually means that his battle lines are much wider than the Bloodfang Lord - even if he keeps a reserve team just in case, the formation is also wider than the Chaos Legion's front.

But now the battle lines on both sides are more or less equal.This means that either the formation under Ashurfate is particularly thick, or the army he has left in his hands and has not yet entered the battlefield is far more than the normal reserve team.The former is easy to observe, so Marvin thinks the reason is the latter.

Hmm... maybe it's not that bad?