Chapter 389: The Resistance Battle (First Update)
Although the Eagle Hoof Empire temporarily entered a strategic defensive state under Lin Xiao's suggestion, they still reacted quickly when they discovered the large-scale movement of the Condor Army.
When Lin Xiao learned that Ning Yuan wanted to lead an army to attack Li Tianqi, he immediately proposed to take the initiative to send troops to contain Ning Yuan.
Niu Houtu and Ying Shocking also thought that they couldn't just watch the enemy annex the steppe, so they not only agreed to Lin Xiao's proposal, but also temporarily handed over the command of several legions to Lin Xiao.
After holding the power, Lin Xiao immediately ordered the orc legions located in Shenyang and Faku to immediately press forward and put pressure on Ning Yuan.
At the same time, in order to avoid Li Tianqi's defeat, he also sent a powerful rapid reaction corps to cross the Xiliao River, ready to cut into the battlefield at any time and launch a surprise attack on the Condor Army from behind.
This rapid reaction corps is composed of wolf cavalry, werewolf guerrillas, and owl warriors, with a total of 200,000 people.
When they found that the main force of the Condor Army was heading to the edge of the Horqin Sands, they immediately began a rapid march to the southwest, preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Condor Army from the diagonal rear when the Condor Army and the Heavenly Wind Alliance were at war.
However, as they marched a hundred kilometers southwest along the edge of the Horqin Sands, a cavalry army of the Condor Empire appeared in front of them.
It turned out that Ning Yuan had long expected that the Eaglehoof Empire would not watch him enter the prairie, so he specially sent Bai Yutang and Dybala Starlight here to defend it.
Seeing the Condor Army in front of him, the eyes of the entire orc legion, whether it were generals or ordinary soldiers, immediately turned red.
They remembered the atrocities of the enemy in their hinterland, and the displaced orc civilians, and one by one they suddenly became full of war.
Seeing that the morale was available, the commander of the orc legion immediately ordered the army to start arraying, and after the formation was formed, he directly launched a full-army charge, directly rushing to the Condor army opposite.
Facing the orc legions that attacked from both land and air, Bai Yutang and Dybala immediately commanded a part of the cavalry to launch a counter-charge and meet them.
Unlike the all-out sprint of the orcs, the formation on the side of the Condor Army was very scattered, and the speed of the war horses was not completely increased.
When the two armies were a few hundred meters away, the Terran light cavalry that had rushed to the front suddenly began to move to the sides, and then a special cavalry that had been deliberately hidden by them revealed its true face.
It is a dwarven hoplite cavalry, heavily armoured, armed with a specially crafted axe and hammer, riding a rampaging arctic ice bear and an earth brown bear under their crotch.
Although their number was only more than 3,000 people, their momentum when they launched the charge directly overshadowed the wolf cavalry of the orcs on the opposite side.
As the two armies collided together, the wolf cavalry array of the orcs quickly melted like ice and snow.
In the face of the rampaging dwarven Storm Bear Knights, both the wolf knights and the wolves under their crotch seemed so vulnerable.
After the Dwarven Storm Bear Knights broke through the orc's formation, the Terran light cavalry who followed them also took advantage of the situation to kill them, and in just a moment's time, the orc's ground legion showed signs of rout.
Fortunately, the army of owls flying in the sky pounced in time, allowing them to avoid the embarrassing situation of collapse at the touch of a button.
The fact that the Owl Clan can have the current status in the Eagle Hoof Empire is not something that can be said with their mouths, but they rely on their own strength to fight with real swords and guns.
Facing the Terran light cavalry charging at high speed on the ground, I saw them turn in the air, and then pounced on the enemy directly from behind.
Cavalry charges have always been indomitable, so in the face of the attack of the owl warriors from behind, many of the light cavalry warriors did not react at all, they just felt something crash into them from behind, and then fell under their horses.
With the fall of a large number of Terran light cavalry, the pressure on the orc ground legion suddenly decreased.
However, while the Owl army was attacking the Terran light cavalry, they also sold their backs to the Elven archers.
For the orcs, the most difficult air force, Bai Yutang and Dybala had long been on guard, and when the Terran light cavalry charged, the elven archer cavalry who followed them but kept a distance from them was specially prepared to deal with this owl air force.
After discovering the whereabouts of the Owl Legion and attacking the Terran light cavalry, the Elven Archers immediately rode their horses and rushed forward.
The elven archers in the front row used their accurate archery skills to kill the owl warriors who fell to the ground.
The elven archers in the back row aimed their arrows at the owl warriors who were still in the sky.
At this time, no one thought about the question of whether they were injured by mistake or not, and the elven archers were very confident in their marksmanship, so they did not hesitate at all.
With a large number of Owl warriors being killed by the Elven Archers, the Condor Army immediately began to gain the upper hand again.
After seeing that his side had the upper hand, Bai Yutang waved his hand and led the remaining Terran light cavalry to rush forward directly.
Dybala led the remaining elven archers and began to move towards the flanks, trying to encircle the orcs from the flanks.
Cavalry battles were more intense and brutal than infantry, and although falling off their horses did not necessarily lead to death, if they wanted to survive on the battlefield, then they must try to avoid falling off their horses.
The strategy of the Condor Army is to use the assault ability of the Dwarven Storm Bear Knights to cut through the formation of the orcs, and then cooperate with the Terran light cavalry to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop.
Although the Terran light cavalry was constantly shot down by the orcs, the other cavalry did not stop, they kept in mind the mission of their commander, and kept moving forward and forward.
On the other hand, the orc army, after colliding with the Condor army, instinctively began to besiege and kill the light cavalry trapped in the north.
Although they killed a lot of Condor cavalry in this way, when the first Terran light cavalry cut through their formation, then turned their horses and began to charge, they suddenly fell into a disadvantageous situation of being attacked on their backs.
This time, even with the help of the Owl Air Force, the ground legion of the orcs quickly collapsed in the face of the front and rear attacks of the Terran light cavalry.
The surviving wolf cavalry and werewolf warriors began to desperately break through, and they didn't care about the southeast and northwest, where there were few enemies, they would flee wherever they went.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, the commander of the Owl Legion had no choice but to leave the battlefield with the remaining Owl warriors, and then flew back along the original road without looking back.
With the retreat of the Owl Legion, more elven archers were freed up, and they began to chase down the escaped werewolf warriors in a unit.
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