Chapter 328: The Battle of Crossing the River (Part I) (Fourth Update)
In the early spring in the north, the weather is very cold, especially in the morning, the spring cold is steep, and it is extremely cold.
At this time, the greatest enjoyment is to lie down in the warm quilt and sleep for a good night's sleep.
However, the orc warriors stationed on the south bank of the Taoer River were destined to lose this blessing, because the enemy killed them as soon as it was dawn.
Although Ning Yuan is confident, he is not blindly arrogant.
Although he was confident that he could defeat the blockers in front of him, he did not dare to follow the enemy's rhythm, after all, the two orc legions behind him and in the southwest were not ornaments, so he had to break through this pocket formation before the enemy sealed the mouth.
Although the orc legion located on the south bank of the Taoer River has arranged a pocket array, it is impossible to defend all the hundreds of kilometers of the riverbank, so they only arranged troops in some places suitable for crossing the river, and monitored the entire river bank with a point and area.
The advantage of this arrangement is that no matter where Ning Yuan's army chooses to break through, it will be blocked by the orc legion.
The disadvantage is that their forces are somewhat scattered, and if they can't hold out until the reinforcements arrive, they can only watch Ning Yuan leave.
In order to be able to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements, the Second Infantry Regiment deployed heavy troops at several important crossings, and then set up several werewolf rapid reaction regiments to support the battlefield.
If Ning Yuan wants to successfully break through, the key point of this battle is that he must defeat the blockers before the mixed orc army behind him arrives, otherwise he will fall into a disadvantageous situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back.
There was always a one-day distance between Ning Yuan's army and the orc mixed army, if the other party was to rush with all their might, then it would only take half a day for their forward army to arrive on the battlefield, so the time really left for Ning Yuan's army was only half a day.
In order to gain precious time, Ning Yuan began to let the soldiers make a fire to cook at four o'clock in the morning.
After breakfast, the army immediately divided into three groups and began to rush towards their respective goals.
In this battle of crossing the river, Ning Yuan chose three relatively close ferries as targets.
Although the enemy had placed heavy troops at all three crossings, once the battle broke out in all three places at the same time, it would be difficult for the enemy's reinforcements to arrive in a short time.
And because the three ferries were next to each other, when the enemy's reinforcements arrived, they could only give priority to the ferries on both sides, and the middle one would be isolated for a long time.
In this way, Ning Yuan would have enough time to defeat the orc army guarding here, and his trick was to use space in exchange for time, which he learned from Jun Moxie.
The Orc Second Infantry Regiment deployed a total of 60,000 troops at these three crossings, with 20,000 troops at each crossing.
Among them, there were 3,000 boar warriors and bear warriors, 5,000 leopard warriors, and 12,000 werewolf warriors.
And each army on Ning Yuan's side should be more than 20,000 people, 10,000 barbarian warriors, and 12,000 elven archers.
Ning Yuan personally led the team to attack the ferry in the middle, Philip Hell Roar led the team to attack the ferry on the left, and LeBron Hell Roar led the team to attack the ferry on the right.
Because the enemy's werewolf scouts were monitoring the movements of Ning Yuan's army at all times, their every move was watched by the enemy.
By the time Ning Yuan's army arrived, the orcs had already lined up their battle formations and were ready for battle.
"Cavalry archers scatter freely."
The orcs knew every move of Ning Yuan's army, and Ning Yuan already knew the bottom line about this orc army.
It is a pure orc infantry legion, lacking a means of long-range attack.
Because their main enemy is the barbarian tribe on the other side of the river, they are the main defending side, and the two sides are mainly engaged in hand-to-hand combat, so whether there is a long-range attack method when defending is not very important.
Against this kind of orc army that has no long-range means of attack, as long as there is enough space, the elven archers can completely kill the opponent's kite.
It's a pity that Ning Yuan is the main attacker this time, so the elven archers can't exert their full strength.
Although the orcs had already prepared a large number of wooden shields and planks, in the face of the elven archers who were good at archery, there were still many unlucky eggs who were shot in the body.
After a few waves of firing by the elven archers, although many orc warriors fell, the formation of the orcs was not chaotic, they still held their positions, it seemed that they were planning to defend to the death, and they were determined to leave Ning Yuan's army here.
"The archers retreated."
Seeing that the orc army, which was good at attacking, was as steady as a rock, Ning Yuan immediately stopped the firing of the elven archers.
The Elven Archers' most powerful weapons were their bows and arrows, so he didn't dare to let them waste all their precious arrows.
After there is no logistical supply, the life of the elven archers has been tight, and every arrow they shoot out, they must do their best to recover it, otherwise they will run out of ammunition and food, so good steel must be used on the blade.
"Andrew, kill me."
After Ning Yuan stopped the firing of the elven archers, he immediately shouted an order to the barbarian army to start a frontal attack.
Andrew: "Kill." ”
Barbarian Legion: "Kill." ”
Andrew Hellroar received the order and immediately led the barbarian warriors to rush forward.
Looking at the barbarians who launched the charge, the orc army finally couldn't hold it anymore, and they threw away the wooden shields in their hands one after another and met them.
After fighting the barbarians on the other side of the river, these orc warriors knew that they must not lose to the opponent in terms of momentum, nor can they let the opponent's speed rush, otherwise they will fall into total passivity.
Although this is the truth, unfortunately, the army of barbarians they encountered was different from the one on the other side of the river.
Empiricism kills people, and soon, the orc legions paid a huge price for their experience.
"Throw."
Seeing that the distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, Andrew suddenly shouted loudly, and then some barbarian warriors armed with javelins threw the javelins in their hands with all their might.
The weapons that Ning Yuan equipped the barbarians with were five sharp javelins, a giant axe, and a shield.
Although a number of javelins had been lost in previous battles, on average, each Barbarian warrior had two javelins left in their hands.
When Andrew led the barbarians in the charge, only those in the front row were armed with great axes, and those behind were armed with javelins.
The commander of the Orc Legion mistakenly thought that the enemy was preparing for hand-to-hand combat with them, so he was overshadowed by the cunning Andrew.
With the rain of javelins falling from the barbarian warriors, a large number of orc warriors were pinned to the ground, and the vanguard army of the orcs was immediately plunged into chaos.
And at this time, the barbarians led by Andrew had also rushed over, and they killed directly along the gap opened by the javelin rain.
"Cavalry archers charge, covered shots."
Seeing that the barbarian legion had the upper hand, Ning Yuan immediately ordered the elven archers to dispatch again.
More than 10,000 elven archers rushed to the battlefield in an instant, and instead of paying attention to the orcs who were entangled with the barbarian warriors, they rained arrows at the werewolf warriors in the rear of the orc army.
Wonderful Book House