Chapter 757: The End of the Great War
It's 3 p.m. on December 13th, and it's about to be tea time after school, and the battle known as the "Seventh Battle of Lantirio" has finally come to an end. Of course, if you add in the various previous skirmishes, the battle has lasted more than a week. With hundreds of thousands of troops amassed here, it's no surprise that the battle would last that long, but it still didn't work. With such a huge scale and extremely long duration, the weight that determined the balance of victory and defeat was only more than 30,000 dwarves who arrived on the battlefield at the last moment, and it only took half a day to really decide the victory.
With the death of Cantres, Bartary fled, and a large number of large demonic beasts that were used as war barriers were set on fire, and the first army on the Minas side to collapse was these elite troops deployed on the north bank of Jingxi, known as the most capable of fighting.
The Crypt Lords spent a great deal of money to successfully contract Eleven nine-headed sea monsters Xudra, and all of them left their lives here. These giant demonic beasts with the blood of ancient gods themselves belong to the kind of creatures that can be called a treasure trove of walking treasures with natural treasures all over their bodies, and they are destined to become the trophies of the combined forces of dwarves and drow elves, and there are no corpses left. The manticores that glide and sprint are invincible, but they are reduced to rakes in front of the dwarven gunners; After leaving behind the corpses of nearly half of their companions, the rest also fled with their scarred bodies, and it is estimated that their psychological shadow is too large to appear on a large-scale battlefield again. As for those Eye Demons who can't run on their tentacle legs, no matter how strong the death ray is, it is far inferior to the cannon. The range and accuracy were far inferior to the Type A crossbow used by the hunters, who were shot one by one; Their eyes were gouged out by the dwarven warriors. Mounted on the shield became a trophy of war.
The tentacle-legged Eye Demon couldn't run if he wanted to, and he was in the same awkward situation as them. It's those "powerful" spirit-absorbing monsters. You know, although this creature is also at the top of the food chain in the dark regions, their "powerful" is only a relative word after all. Their own army was in complete disarray, and even the guards directly responsible for protecting them had joined the fleeing crowd, and the spirit-sucking monsters who were not diligent and could not even defeat the skeleton soldiers in hand-to-hand combat had to choose to face the sharp bladed battle axes with their thin and weak flesh and blood, and the results were all doomed.
Mordanri, who proclaimed himself the King of the Spirits, tactfully raised a white flag for his men, saying that he wanted to talk to the leader of the Dwarves or Drow Elves, but did not wait for a response. But it was discovered by some sharp-eyed dwarven gunners. In the dark environment, the white flag glowed red under the light of fire and blood, and for a moment there was a bit of excitement and tragedy. The dwarves did not think that it was a surrender, but that the enemy had produced a few very heroic guys, and wanted to regroup the rout and boost morale to fight again. After bombing for most of the day, the gunners, who were already boiling with animal blood, felt that they really needed to salute the courage of the enemy, and immediately carried out a baptism of carpet fire with artillery fire on the area near the white flag.
Moldanley and his friends were blown to pieces on the spot, and their bones were gone. Since then, the Psics have been creatures that live in the Dark Regions. It will definitely rise from a cherished creature to the level of an endangered protected animal. In a sense, this is probably a kind of gain.
The werewolf duke Wolfgang prepared to flee the battlefield with his relatives and friends. Although these powerful monsters are heroic, they are not the kind of brute bravery of the Minotaurs, and they always have their own little abacus. In Wolfgang's opinion. He has been fighting for the Crypt Lords for a long time, and he has lost thousands of people, which can be regarded as the end of benevolence. After that, it is necessary to think about the survival and development of the community...... Such calculations are not disciplined. But at least it's realistic. Unfortunately, the malice of the world and fate is more realistic than imagined. The werewolves ran into the Drow's cold-blooded cavalry, which was on the rise. After being covered by the opponent's charge, there are only two or three out of ten survivors. His Royal Highness's huge wolf head was also plucked off and nailed to the flagpole for public display.
This time, Wolfgang took four sons with him, but only one escaped. However, if this newly succeeded werewolf Sao Nian was really pragmatic, he would never think of avenging this father-killing revenge. Even if it is to give himself and his people a place to thrive, he still has to honestly kneel in front of his father's killer and beg for forgiveness.
Of course, he also has the choice of following the Crypt Lord's first path to the dark, not abandoning or giving up singing a loyal hymn. It's just that anyone with a little brain knows that in the seventh battle of Lantirio, the Minas Demon Cave will no longer have a chance of winning, even if Queen Rose and even the King of Rock Hide lead tens of thousands of reinforcements to the front line, it can't change this sad fact.
In particular, when the angry drow elves of the Malassa Federation were pressed and fought for dozens of hours, and now they finally found an opportunity to fight back, it was like a spring that had been pressed for a long time, as long as it was not completely crushed, it would naturally erupt with more than the usual (9) times destructive power when rebounding.
Mantis is the youngest member of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Crypt Lords, and is said to be the most favored and cultured, and because of this, he seems to be the most responsible bug. When the base camp on the top of the Misty Mountains was bombarded, the members of the Guards persuaded it to retreat, but they were vetoed; And when the gray dwarf army on the frontal battlefield was defeated by the crazy attack of the drow elves, not only did it not retreat, but even went down the mountain to supervise the battle. He knew that the army responsible for the frontal attack included not only the nearly 40,000 gray dwarf army from the thirteen gray dwarf tribes, but also more than 10,000 minotaurs and crypt snake people, as well as more than 30 crypt lords who were responsible for supervising the battle and leading the charge.
Mantis had an idealistic and pragmatic idea - since defeat was inevitable, he should at least try to preserve his troops intact. Things like cavemen, goblins, fishmen, etc., after all, are a group of low-level natives with stronger reproductive ability than rats, and they are cannon fodder who are not distressed to die, but gray dwarves are an important strength and foundation. To know. For this campaign, the Grey Dwarves and Minotaur tribes under Minas mobilized almost all the young men who could fight; And the snake people are originally a minority with a small population. Can't afford to lose a lot.
It is conceivable that the army that is fighting in the plains will be annihilated. The Cave of Minas would not be able to assemble an army of this size for decades. There is even a possibility that the snake people will be exterminated in the near future.
The brothers of Mantis must not lose too much. The reason why the Minas Cave was able to establish a complete and strict rule in the vast and dark region was the greatest reliance on these large insects who were proficient in brute strength, physical strength, body and magic. Occasionally, one or two Crypt Lords die on the battlefield, which can only be called an accident, but if the loss number reaches double digits, not only will the strength of the Minas Demon Cave be greatly damaged, but the deterrent power of the King of Rock Hidden and his bug grandchildren in the eyes of the natives will also be greatly damaged.
That would inevitably be a catastrophe that would shake the foundations of the rule.
"At least gather all the brothers and find a way to reorganize 20,000 to 30,000 troops who still have the will to fight. Then there is the certainty of a breakthrough. Mantis pondered.
He really was a great Crypt Lord, anyway, it is said that in the history books written by some "Heterogeneous scholars" in later generations. The crypt lord who is a very "tragic hero" has a high opinion inexplicably.
In that book, he is known as one of the top ten generals in the history of the Dark Regions, ranking far above several of his brothers who have been in battle for a long time (of course, they all died in the millennia war with the Drow Elves, so Mantis finally filled the gap and entered the sequence of the Four Heavenly Kings).
Although strictly speaking, this big young worm can't have any great records at all, but there are always people who detain the records of his dead brothers on him, even if he was just a soy sauce lieutenant general or even a staff officer at the time.
Although from the lord's point of view, he also had the problem of improper use of people - he actually made a stubborn and self-righteous spirit sucking monster a second master. As a result, most of the troops under his command were lost before the war. Of course, this kind of loss is naturally painless compared to the battle of Lantilio, and it is difficult to become the focus of attention after the war.
Of course, it doesn't matter if he is really a parallel commodity or a "famous general" who was born at the wrong time. When Mantis's brother of the same rank died and fled, and the rest of the Crypt Lords were also terrified like lost dogs, he was indeed the only one of all the big bugs who still had fighting spirit. I think there is a chance to fight back. With such an unreasonable courage and sense of responsibility, he really persuaded a group of brothers who were bent on fleeing. and struggled to gather a part of the army at the mouth of the Red Mushroom Gorge and maintained a crumbling front. He wants to create a line of defense at this junction. On the one hand, it can boost the morale of the rebels, and on the other hand, it can also serve as a dead soldier after the break when it is absolutely necessary.
He's really a heroic guy. He really persevered for a few hours, and almost all of them succeeded...... But then, more Drow and the dwarven army Lu Xi arrived, and very unscrupulously drove the rout soldiers who had completely lost their fighting spirit, and began to concentrate their firepower and bombard the mouth of the gorge by the way. Once again, the defenses built up by Mantis collapsed, and countless of his men were trampled to death by the rout, including a few Crypt Lords.
The Crypt Lords, who were fooled by Mantis and decided to stay and fight, were suddenly saddened and desperate, and thought to themselves: "They all say that you are very cultured, but when it comes, don't you still only have special blood and root nature?" I knew that I would be beaten up, and even trampled to death by these shitty things, wouldn't it be good if I ran away just now? ”
All in all, Mantis's efforts were in some sense counterproductive. The ensuing onslaught of Drow and the dwarves not only killed him on the spot, but also made dumplings for more than twenty Crypt Lords - a piece of good news that deserves more joy than the annihilation of an army of 100,000.
From the point of view of military historians, the seventh battle of Lantirio ended with the death of Mantis. It was nearly 4 p.m. on December 13. After that, the pursuit and extermination battle still required a lot of effort from the officers and men of the coalition forces, but after all, it was already a harmless sweeping work.
In this battle, the monster legions of the Minas Demon Cave left behind more than 200,000 corpses, ranging from the hydra to the fishmen and cavemen. Of course, in addition to the miscellaneous soldiers, everyone's boss hunt list is also full of gold, including nearly thirty crypt lords including the two members of the Four Heavenly Kings, plus a series of famous names such as the werewolf Grand Duke Wolfgang, the Spirit Sucking Monster King Mor Danley, the Fish-Man King Xia Kui, and so on.
The corpses of nearly 10,000 sucking monsters and nearly 10,000 snake people are very likely to make these two races extinct from now on. The thirteen dwarven tribes and seven minotaur tribes who sent troops, in addition to most of their young and middle-aged deaths, also had the heads of ten tribal chiefs.
These existences that have been rampant in the dark region for thousands of years, if you still want to survive, you should make some smart choices, right?
In this battle alone, the gold medal fighters under the command of the King of Rock Hide have gone seventy or eighty.
Of course, for such a glorious victory, the Drow Elves also paid a very heavy price. According to later statistics, 3,000 drow elves, 4,000 minotaurs and nearly 10,000 blue men were killed on the battlefield, and the number of wounded was more than double that number. As for those vassal races, the number of war dead cannot be counted, you need to know, even human mercenaries and those dwarven engineers who can do martial arts, the casualties are about 2,000.
It can be said that if these dwarven armies with new weapons that subverted the era had not arrived on the battlefield in time, the seventh Battle of Lantirio would have ended with a different outcome entirely.
"Actually, we did win very risky." Kyleliana said afterwards: "If it weren't for that little guy who tried to weaken the enemy's living force before the battle, I probably wouldn't even have been able to hold out until reinforcements arrived." ”
"If you continue to boast like that, the little guy will get even more carried away." Orucello was so authentic, but his eyebrows did not hide his pride and pride at all: "In short, the matter here is over." But it's the big deal over there. We've got to get going. The little one doesn't know how much longer he'll be able to hold out. ”
"Don't worry, I always feel that even if the King of Rock Hide arrives in person, that little guy will always have a means to deal with it." (To be continued......)