Chapter 518: The cannon comes to explode the chrysanthemum
Fortunately, this tracking process did not turn into a protracted battle in a muddle according to Lu Xi's worst-case scenario, and only lasted less than a day and night. By noon the next day, the skeleton guards of a phalanx led by the three necromantic knights, plus dozens of ghouls, finally fought the orc troops that had arrived in advance in a relatively flat depression between the two cliffs.
The orc force numbered about two hundred, but the actual Orcs numbered less than fifty, and each of them were swift wolf cavalry, and the rest were tall and muscular centaurs. The creatures, who did not know whether to be counted as cavalry or infantry, were all extremely strong and burly, even about a head taller than the orcs, with strong bows in their hands, two or three quivers on their backs, and short spears in their hands. The orc army sequence in the previous Great War did not have the existence of centaurs, so it can be seen from here that Orgrimmar's army is indeed heading south to join the command of the "Dragonheart" Asog.
"It's late! Late undead, always late undead! The orc wolf cavalry led by him stood on a large rock, condescendingly looking down at the undead "allies" below the mountain, and smiled coldly. Both the tone and the speed of speech seemed very unpolite, and the condescending attitude did not seem to be treating equal allies, but more like treating a group of subordinates who were late. Beside him, a large gray coveted wolf that was almost comparable to an adult winter wolf or even a frost wolf, also bared its teeth and grinned, matching its master's taunt perfectly.
This is a current trend. Ever since the orcs were victorious under the leadership of Asog, the Dragonheart, they have completely established themselves as the bosses of the Alliance. The attitude has naturally become more and more arrogant, and it seems that he no longer takes his former allies in his own eyes.
"You've already discovered each other?" Since Kunors doesn't care about the threat of his boss, he doesn't care. Of course, he didn't care about the ridicule of his former "allies", he still asked slowly in a tone that was not wavering. Its voice is still as hard as that of an emotionless cyborg zombie.
Tut. These guys are zombies! One of the most uncomfortable things in the world is to throw a punch hard and hit Tuan Mian, anyway, this orc wolf cavalry feels like this now. The corners of his mouth twitched stupidly, and he snorted coldly in a somewhat deliberate tone, pointing to a Sanpo directly opposite: "It's all there!" All! ”
"How many people are there?" The Necro Knight continued to answer in an almost mechanical tone.
"There won't be more than fifty." This time it was not the orc wolf cavalry captain who answered, but the commander of the centaur archers, a middle-aged centaur warrior in chain mail, wearing a helmet, carrying a bow and arrows and a two-handed heavy sword on his back.
"But these fifty people are not simple. It was on this small hill that we repelled several of our attacks. The Centaur Commander hesitated for a moment, then added. His expression looked a little embarrassed, after all, his own strength was several times that of the other party, but he still couldn't attack for a long time. Of course, he can also find particularly convincing reasons such as "saving strength", "cherishing the lives of his people and soldiers", and "trapping the enemy to death and waiting for him to kill himself", but it still cannot change the fact that the whole army could not eat a remnant of 50 men after a half-day siege.
Of course, the scale of this small hill is not large, but the angle of the slope is not small, and it is indeed very laborious for ordinary people to climb. The top of the hillside should be a relatively flat terrain. Able to accommodate a certain number of troops stationed. It should be that these remnants of the Federation defeated rely on this terrain to barely block a few attacks from these orcs. However, no matter how stubborn the resistance is, it is only a death throes. You see, the back of this hillside is surrounded by steep walls that are almost straight on three sides. The heights are all hundreds of meters higher, and it is definitely not something that can be climbed by manpower.
The trapped beast is still fighting, on the one hand, it shows that this trapped beast is not easy to deal with. But more often than not, it's saying that this trapped beast is rightfully dead.
"You can trap them for two or three days, and the enemy will lack water and eat. Naturally, victory without a fight. "Kunorls proposes the best fit for the current situation.
"It's too slow, it's too slow! Are the living dead of Henas still afraid of death? Since you don't want to storm it! Then I'll do it myself! The orc wolf cavalry shook his head without hesitation: "I have promised the Khan that I will destroy this remnant within ten days!" It's now day eight! ”
This guy must be a tease. Necro Knight probably thinks so. Anyway, in the eyes of the Necro Knight, most of these orcs who only know how to exercise their muscles are indeed teasing. He didn't say anything on the surface, and didn't pay attention to the wolf cavalry at the moment, but directly said to the centaur commander next to him: "Can you be sure that woman is on the mountain?" ”
The centaur was stunned for a while and realized who "that woman" was, shook his head, and said helplessly: "I didn't see it, it should have been hidden." ”
"Well, let the Skeleton Guard lead the way." This may be what Kunors wants to say.
The centaur commander looked at the orc wolf cavalry, who muttered for a few seconds before finally nodding helplessly. Although he was a tease, he was not a brain-wreck, and the reason why he agreed was because he could see that the armor rate of these skeleton guards far exceeded his own, and he was naturally more suitable as an MT lead for pulling fire and hatred than his own men. What's more, he didn't want his people to die in vain because of these unfortunate things like attacking the hillside.
The skeleton guards with a jet-black sheen all over their bodies stood up like this, and soon formed a tight circle. The guards in the front row carried shields and weapons, while the guards in the back rows picked up javelins and crossbows, ready to shoot. From a distance, such a strict and heavy hundred-person phalanx is indeed very majestic.
Kunols nodded to one of his colleagues. So, the necromantic knight jumped off the skeleton warhorse, drew the frost-attribute rune sword in one hand, and held the military flag in the other, and walked to the center of the first row of the phalanx.
"Tsk......" The orc wolf cavalry, who saw that his allies were very unpleasant, pursed his lips with envy and hatred, but he had to admit it. Just when it comes to the strictness of the military formation and the prohibition of the order, these dead people form an army of the dead. But it must be more like an army than the armies of any country or power in the world.
"I'll order the people to prepare, using the phalanx of these skeletons as a shield. Shoot arrows to cover their advance. The centaur commander said to the orc wolf cavalry. Seeing that the latter was noncommittal, he picked up the horn at his waist and blew the rallying trumpet. The centaurs around were still in groups of three or five, like a group of wild horses lazily basking in the sun, but when they heard this trumpet, they also hurriedly became nervous and began to assemble as a team.
With the cooperation of the Skeleton Guards and the Necro Knights, this time the attack. It will never cost the lives of its people in vain, but it will still be in vain, right? The Centaur Commander thought.
Unbeknownst to them, however, there was also a group of men on a small hillside not far behind them, carefully observing the location of their troops, slowly drifting away from the direction of the three strange cylindrical objects.
"Gun A, move 0.3 scales to the left." Nicole, who had the best rate of fire in the group, squinted her eyes and placed her hands in front of her eyes. Estimates the direction and distance of the enemy.
“…… Are you sure you won't miss? ”
"It's really rude, who does Lu Lu think he is? Having said that, this thing is much easier to aim than a bow and arrow, and Lu Lu also drew so many scales and aiming stars on it. It's clearly cheating. ”
"Well, I'm cheating!" Lu Xi spread out his hands and replied in a natural tone.
"B gun. Hmm, offset 0.1 scale to the right. Raise 2 scales upwards. C gun, 0.2 degrees to the left. Drop 0.5 degrees, well, that's OK! Just wait for the enemies to assemble and we can surprise them. Well, Lu Lu, wait for me to give the order before firing the cannon! ”
"If we go down with this cannon, I'm afraid that the enemy within a radius of dozens of kilometers will be alarmed, right?" Major Grimmar had never seen a guide cannon, but he had seen a magic crystal cannon. In terms of appearance, except for the former without a huge shaped crystal at the top, they are almost identical cylinders. In his concept, this should be some kind of large weapon of the same type as the magic crystal cannon.
Of course, Lu Xi pulled out two "big cylinders" almost as tall as an adult man from his bracelet, and this scene is also very curious when you think about it. Of course, the friends present were surprised, but at least they knew that there was a priceless space equipment in this world. And these two strange cylinders should also be a powerful magic guide weapon, perhaps a new model of magic crystal cannon. Although I don't know, there is no magic source like Tisru Core, where the energy of this "magic crystal cannon" comes from, but you all know that the new model, black technology, what kind of crazy transformation will be, no one can say, at least they don't understand magic, don't understand technology, and maybe maybe can't even read and write.
However, Major Grimmar at least knew that large magic weapons like the Crystal Cannon and the Flame Crossbow were earth-shattering every time they fired. If you are not careful, you will scare the flowers and plants and small animals within a radius of dozens of miles.
"But our own people within a radius of dozens of miles will also be alarmed, and in this situation, no matter whether we fire the cannon or not, such hundreds of people are baring their teeth and screaming in the ground, and the movement is definitely not small. What's more, didn't the necromantic knight who pretended to be forced just now say it? There are many more enemy armies that are moving in this direction. Even if we don't open fire, we will definitely gather a huge crowd of undead and orcs here in a while. Lu Xi said: "So, what we need to do is actually grab the time difference." Kill the orcs and undead as fast as you can, then gather your allies on the hillside and flee as fast as you can. ”
"It's actually too thrilling to grab the time difference like this." "If it weren't for you," said the Major, "I would have thought it would be a complete suicide. ”
"It's okay, we almost killed ourselves when we came anyway." Lu Xi paused for a moment, then showed a malicious smile: "Of course, we actually have other choices...... Just as if you didn't see anything, and then retreat cleanly. What do you think? ”
Actually, it's a really good idea. Major Grimmar may have wanted to say so. But as a person, as long as the discipline has not been lost, it is impossible to say such unbounded words without changing his face, and even a veteran soldier like Major Grimmar, who had been a mercenary, could only shrug his shoulders helplessly and smile bitterly.
Of course, Lu Xi also admitted that he did have such thoughts. Because he had already received Angie's reply half an hour earlier, there were no Sehireu people in the federal team trapped on the hillside, and there were no other big names who were too important, but he didn't know why. The orcs and the undead felt that this group of defeated soldiers had important targets they wanted, as if they were like ants that smelled sugar, gathering more and more.
Since Saihiru is not here, it should not be wise for me to resist the enemy of nearly 300 people at this time, right? Well, although it's a bit out of discipline, but at this time, even if you really run away, it's still completely reasonable...... The only thing that is a little troublesome is how to make everyone understand the original intention of making such a "painful" decision, and how to prevent my glorious image from being accepted by everyone.
While Lu Xi was still pondering like this, the skeleton guards had already completed the whole team, and the centaur archers had also begun to assemble, and at the same moment, the system panel in his mind jumped out of such handwriting.
(System: Discover a group of Federation soldiers who fought to the last moment because they believed in the host's call, their courage deserves to be commended, their fighting spirit lives on, they should live, they should survive the host's salvation.) In this way, the host's rescue activity can become the perfect historical event of Guangweizheng in the future textbook, which is much higher than any kind of showmanship. Trigger the A-rank quest "Savior from the Sky". Success Condition: Bring at least 200 remnants of the Federation to the safety of the Ancient Ruins within twenty days. Task failure conditions: 1. Reach the unfinished task within 20 days. 2. The remnants of the Union in the Namoa Mountains were wiped out. Reward for mission success: 50,000 experience points, 30 attribute points, and 15 skill points. Mission Failure Penalty: -5 morale in Blackman, -2 morale in the Federation, -1 opinion in the host federation. )
(System: 14/200 personnel rescued so far.) )
At this time, Lu Xi suddenly found that the heroic behavior he had in his life seemed to be made by the system for him, and he was really too much of a bunker to be able to persist until now.
Anyway, life is like this, no matter what kind of task it is, just bite the bullet.
In Lu Xi's gritted teeth, Nicole finally completed the final preparations: "Well, okay, it's time to launch!" ”
"Fire! Burst their! (To be continued......)