Chapter 978, Encirclement and Annihilation
After the zip rope was built, the ape warriors on the south bank of the river immediately put the prepared slings on the zipline, and then slid down the zipline to the other side of the river.
Upon reaching the other side of the river, the ape-warriors immediately joined the attack on the legion, chasing down the enemies who retreated to the city with the merfolk warriors.
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Zhao Hu and Wang Peng were almost repenting now, at this moment, they were in no mood to pay attention to the ape warriors who were crossing the river and the mermaid warriors who were chasing them, they just wanted to retreat to the estuary city as soon as possible.
Especially Wang Peng, if the situation didn't allow it, he really wanted to give himself a few big mouths.
Having been suppressed by the army of the Condor Empire for so long, how could they be deceived by this clumsy deception of the Condor Army?
Even if you think with your toes, the commander of the Condor Army will not make such a stupid move, so there must be a conspiracy here.
However, it may be that they have been suppressed by the Condor Army for too long, and the battle situation in the northern part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau has always been very unfavorable to them, so they are willing to see the Condor Army make such a mistake in their hearts.
So they involuntarily hypnotized themselves, believing that everything in front of them was real.
Although after learning of the hostile situation in the northwest, Zhao Hu had already ordered to abandon the ferry at the first time and retreated in the direction of the city with all his might, but they were finally stopped halfway by the Divine Eagle Army Silver Pegasus Knights, who launched a surprise attack on the road.
In the face of the rain of arrows shot by the Silver Pegasus Knights, a large number of owl warriors fell from the sky at every moment.
The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and because the Owl Legion flew to the front, when the corpse of the Owl player fell to the ground, it immediately brought serious obstacles to the Ground Legion that followed closely.
Seeing that he could not break through the blockade of the Silver Pegasus Knights, Wang Peng immediately led the Owl Legion to retreat to the top of Zhao Hu and the others.
"Lao Zhao, what now? There are so many Silver Pegasus Knights in the Condor Army that we can't rush through at all! ”
Hovering above Zhao Hu, Wang Peng asked eagerly.
Glancing up at the black and oppressive silver Pegasus knights in the sky in front of him, Zhao Hu said in a deep voice, "No matter what, we must find a way to withdraw to the city.
There are only 30,000 orc troops stationed in the city today, 20,000 of whom are Native soldiers, and if we are unable to return to the city, those Native soldiers will likely surrender directly to the Condor under siege.
Although there is a high probability that the county seat of Hekou will not be able to hold on, we must delay as much time as possible and give other areas in the rear more time to prepare.
Time is pressing, and the enemy behind is about to catch up.
In this case, you lead the Owl Legion to the east, and I lead the Orc Legion to continue to break through from the front, forcing the enemy to divide his forces.
Whoever succeeds in returning to Hekou County will immediately lead the defenders in the city to defend it to the death. ”
"Okay, Lao Zhao, take care."
Time was pressing, and Wang Peng didn't have time to discuss the specific strategy with Zhao Hu in detail, and after Zhao Hu gave a temporary plan, he immediately led the players of the Owl Legion to fly to the east.
Faced with the enemy Owl Legion that suddenly flew towards the east, the Silver Pegasus Knights of the Condor Army did not choose to divide their forces to pursue.
After the enemy's Owl Legion flew away, they pressed directly towards the ground legion led by Zhao Hu, and then began to rain arrows on the dense crowd on the ground.
In the face of the rain of arrows falling from the sky, those orc players who were running in front of the line suddenly fell in pieces.
"Raise your shield, bow your head, continue to rush forward, don't care about casualties, you can escape back one by one."
Seeing that the speed of the orc player in front of him suddenly dropped, Zhao Hu was so anxious that he immediately shouted loudly. 2k
After hearing Zhao Hu's order, those orc players who had just fallen into hesitation rushed towards the distant Estuary City at full speed again.
Although the orc players of the Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance are not afraid of death, after losing the cover of the Owl Legion, they have been completely exposed to the long-range firepower of the Silver Pegasus Knight.
In the eyes of the Silver Pegasus Knight, those orc warriors on the ground were all flawed, and the shield in the opponent's hand could not provide much protection at all, because they could adjust the angle of their shots at any time.
And they didn't need to aim at this time, they just needed to keep shooting arrows into the ground to prevent the enemy from escaping towards the city, because the merfolk army that had come ashore from the ferry had caught up with the enemy's tail, and the Ape Legion of the Condor Army was also crossing the river.
The army left behind by the enemy has already been routed by the mermaid legion, and as long as they delay a little longer, then the orc legion that has been deceived out of the estuary city will have to stay outside the city forever.
The Silver Pegasus Knights were well aware of their mission, so their rain of arrows simply rained down on the orc soldiers running at the front, which could not only kill and injure some of the enemy's living forces, but also leave a large number of corpses on the ground to hinder the orc warriors behind.
As more orc players fall to the ground, the road from the ferry to Bayou City is littered with corpses.
The corpses all fell on the road, severely affecting the running speed of the orc players behind them.
As soon as the running speed of the Orc players of the Ten Thousand Beasts League slowed down, their tails immediately connected tightly with the pursuing Condor military mermaid warriors.
At the same time, their middle and rear sections also began to be constantly attacked by ape-man warriors who had already crossed the river.
After crossing the river, the ape-man warriors of the Condor Army did not choose to pursue along the main road, but directly took a shortcut from the mountains and forests on both sides of the main road.
They don't look so helpless in the ferry, but once they are on the shore, there is no land class that is better suited to the terrain than them.
They were like oversized apes, shuttling through the canopy of the trees in a very chic manner, looking at all kinds of steep terrain as if they were nothing, and soon caught up with the orc legion of the Ten Thousand Beast Alliance, which had slowed down.
Although there are also many ape players in the orc legion led by Zhao Hu, they can also jump and shuttle freely in the canopy, but under the strict blockade of the Silver Pegasus Knights, they can't get close to Estuary City at all.
After organizing several charges, all of them falling halfway, they had no choice but to flee in other directions.
In this way, under the joint encirclement and suppression of the Silver Pegasus Knights, the Mermaid Legion and the Ape Legion, the orc legion led by Zhao Hu was still unable to escape back to Estuary City in the end.
Of the 70,000 powerful orc players, except for some agile ape players who escaped, all the others fell on the way from the ferry to Estuary City, and Zhao Hu himself died tragically under the rain of arrows from the Silver Pegasus Knight.
Because the Silver Pegasus Knights of the Condor Army did not deal with the Owl Legion led by Wang Peng, in the end, Wang Peng led the Owl Legion to successfully return to Estuary City after making a big circle.
Originally, Wang Peng was going to follow Zhao Hu's instructions and lead the 30,000 defenders in the city to continue to defend Hekou City.
But after seeing the annihilation of the orc army led by Zhao Hu, Wang Peng quickly changed his mind.
After instructing one of the tiger player generals in the city to defend the city, he immediately led the Owl Legion towards Pingbian County.
The reason why Wang Peng chose to lead the Owl Legion to retreat back was not because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because even if he led the Owl Legion to stay, it would not change any results.
Facing the dense silver Pegasus knights in the sky, this army of owls under his command is no match at all.
The Owl Warriors are hand-to-hand air forces, and if they can't withstand the attacks of the Silver Pegasus Knights, they will have no role in defending the city, as they are not suitable to enter houses and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Moreover, for the current Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance, every flying legion is incomparably precious, and if this Owl Legion is wiped out for the sake of a doomed estuary city, then they will lose a lot.
Therefore, in order to save the owl army under his command as much as possible, and also to assist the cities in the rear to continue to resist the attack of the Condor Army, Wang Peng finally chose to retreat directly to preserve his strength.
In fact, if it was possible, Wang Peng wanted to retreat with the 20,000 aboriginal orc army in the city, after all, the 20,000 aboriginal orc army was the real elite of the entire Hekou County.
It's a pity that the Silver Pegasus Knights of the Condor Army reacted too quickly and didn't give him this chance at all, so he could only give up painfully.