Chapter 745: The Seventh Battle of Lantirio (The Beginning)
On December 10, 1225 A.D., the last army on the side of the Cave of Minas arrived in the northern part of the Plain of Lantirio. And before that, their enemy, the Malasa clan, had already arrived on the battlefield and had been recuperating for more than half a month.
…… Well, it's not a good idea to recharge your batteries. You must know that it is more difficult to let a six-digit soldier and an unbearable monster confront each other across a narrow plain, but respect each other like a guest, which in itself is more difficult than letting an energetic young man with boiling beast blood watch a beautiful woman who has danced in front of him and must sit honestly and precariously. In fact, in the past half a month, the vanguard of the two sides has engaged in numerous skirmishes.
Of course, to the embarrassment of the Crypt Lords who arrived one after another, there were dozens of conflicts of this size, and even with the heartless skin of the bugs, they were embarrassed to claim that they had won.
Yes, not once.
This "clashes" took place two weeks ago. The sturdy stormtroop of 5,000 werewolves and minotaurs was directly destroyed, and even the Crypt Lord Bethligan himself, who led the team, died with only half of the wreckage left. As a result, the elite forces that were originally thought to be able to be used as vanguard assaults had to be removed from the battle sequence without achieving any results at all.
The army of fish-men stationed near the stormtroopers and who went to support them were even attacked on the march, and the head of the fish-man king Xia Kui was nailed to the pile of corpses, showing a "shy" smile in the direction of the Minas Demon Cave. The army of 100,000 fishmen was thus scattered. Not only did a third of the tribe not arrive at the assembly point, but the remaining fishmen fought on the spot in order to compete for the new throne. A 10,000-person armed fight broke out directly. When the Crypt Lords arrived, they found four or five more tribal chiefs dead in the chaos.
The hearts of the people are scattered. This group of Kou Tao fishmen is completely unable to take it.
Although most of the Crypt Lords are only brave bugs, there are still a few smart bugs who know the soldiers. For example, "Four Heavenly Kings" and the like. The twin kings of Cantre and Bartra, who have arrived on the battlefield of Lantirio, and their younger brothers, and Mantis, who has already fought indirectly with our protagonist, are of course such clever bugs. Neither of them showed up, and their parents, because they were "gods", could only pretend to be behind the scenes, and naturally took over the command of the whole army as a matter of course.
Of course, these three clever insects know that there are still 350,000 Kou Tao fish people left, and it seems that there are quite a few of them, which is still a useful force, but the morale, fighting spirit, and physical strength of the army are all gone. It is no longer even possible to call it an army at all. If you take the concept of all-out war, it is to be rushed by light cavalry and you have to immediately white the flag.
The retreat of tens of thousands of people, in a sense, on the battlefield of cold weapons, is more terrible than the death of tens of thousands of people. For a man dies like a lamp goes out, and when he dies he dies; But those who are alive, but have collapsed, will quickly spread the panic and fear into the hearts of all allies, and will spread faster than any virus. You know, on this kind of battlefield. The general's orders were often not given to his centurions at the end of the battle, but there was only fear, only the spread and spread of fear, and there was never the slightest delay because of the backwardness of the means of communication.
Hundreds of thousands of troops. There are too many examples of a chain reaction that leads to a total rout of the entire army simply because of the panicked defeat of the army at the front.
As a last resort. Mantis could only let the Kou Taoyu, whose morale had almost disappeared, withdraw from the front line and go to the rear to do some logistical work. Thereupon. The forces that filled the front line of Red Fungus Gorge and Dry Vine Ridge were finally replaced by 5,000 gray dwarves and 30,000 goblins. Plus the Harpy and the Crypt Basilisk with a total number of less than a thousand. In charge of the commander is a not too famous, very non-existent Crypt Lord Ogunge.
From this point, it can be seen that the smart "Bug King" seems to have completely abandoned the battlefield here, as long as they can stabilize the front and not collapse, it will be considered a success.
Sadly, that's not what the Marassa side thinks.
The following day, the troops of the Spirit Sucker King Mordanley, who had just arrived on the north bank of Jingxi and had not yet had time to establish a position, were also suddenly attacked. At that time, an inexplicable fog suddenly rose along the entire Jingxi River. Of course, this is not an uncommon weather in the plains of Lantilio, and it has not attracted everyone's attention. But at that moment, thousands of Drow cold-blooded cavalry suddenly jumped over Jingxi and burst into the enemy formation with their backs against the fog.
The army of the spirit suckers is really stupid, more than 100 spirit suckers lead more than 50,000 goblins and cavemen, the degree of organization can be imagined, plus the march is exhausted, so these natives who have always only fought with the wind bomb the camp on the spot. In this case, I still want to turn the tables, unless these more than 100 spirit sucking monsters are all Han Xin's living Sun Wu is possible.
The natives who had bombed the camp even rushed into disarray with the troops of the werewolf Grand Duke Wolfgang who had arrived from behind, trampling each other and killing countless people, and in the confusion, they stepped on the trap left by the mad guy who didn't know which one of them, and suddenly caused a series of chain explosions. As a result, the entire north bank of Jingxi was lively for a whole day and night.
The enemy took it as soon as he saw it, and after killing him back and forth, he quietly withdrew to the south bank. And when the two sides calmed down, the Spirit Suction Monster King and the Werewolf Grand Duke looked at each other, relatively speechless, and wanted to cry without tears.
No matter how many goblins and cavemen die, whether it is the crypt lord or these monster generals, it is estimated that they will not feel distressed. However, the corpses of more than fifty spirit-absorbing monsters can even move the King of Rock Hidden himself - this kind of monster is originally a "rare animal", and everyone is good at illusion and psychic magic, and naturally it is also regarded as a valuable non-renewable resource by the Minas Demon Cave. The key problem is that when these monsters use illusions, they are naturally powerful, but when they have no hand-to-hand combat ability to face the cavalry of the cold-blooded cavalry, their resistance may not be as good as that of goblins.
Looking at the tragic situation of his colleagues, the werewolf duke even felt that more than 100 of his clansmen had died inexplicably in the trampling of the chaotic army. It's all lucky.
"Why do you want this group of octopus heads to lead the army? Isn't it enough to be an overseer, a strategist, and a magic supporter? The worm bosses of the Minas Cave have been pecked in the head by roosters? "The Werewolf Grand Duke complained to his lords like this in his heart. But then I realized that it was a pair of true gods, and I suddenly felt my scalp tingle. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and prayed in a low voice, indicating that the matter would drift over for the time being.
The two large-scale outpost battles did not strictly hurt the main force of the Minas Monster Alliance, but they brought them a great shock. On the third day, when the enemy on the opposite side began to bombard the Grey Dwarf camp on the Misty Lines with inexplicable magic weapons, the first thought of the Grey Dwarf chieftains turned out to be to retreat rather than fight back.
The Grey Dwarves are excellent engineers and weaponsmiths in their own right, but the range of this magical weapon is still a bit subversive. The opponent's weapon was clearly at the end of their line of sight, and they only saw a few flashes of light on the other side. With a piercing sound of breaking the air, a violent explosion rose in front of him. Even if they weren't swept up in the blast of the explosion, the flying stones were just as big as the gray dwarves screamed.
Under the persuasion of the crypt lords, the gray dwarves gathered thousands of thorny boar cavalry and launched a group charge.
And then, there is nothing more......
With a slogan that has already been shouted by many people, there will be many people shouting in the future. After that, the corpses of the grey dwarven cavalrymen who fell to their deaths in the trenches or were shot into a hornet's nest piled up. densely packed, thus forming a very postmodern Gothic style of death median line.
And that's not all. When the night was dark and windy, a group of crypt basilisks wanted to carry out a night attack, and they did it with great action. These are said to be cave creatures related to the snake demons of the Abyss Demon Clan. He can crawl silently through mountain walls and rock barriers, never affected by the rugged terrain, and is also adept at using bows and arrows and double swords. Extremely good at stealth and sneak attacks. In the Cave of Minas, they are some of the sharpest scouts and sneak attackers under the Crypt Lord's command.
But. This group of sneak attack masters was shocked to find it when they marched through a rift. It's filled with all kinds of grease. Before they could react next, the dense rockets fell one after another. For the next few days, the whole plain of Lantilio could smell the smell of the snake's meat.
It doesn't matter if it's just a scheme, but if it's counted by others, that's the real sad story.
was slapped in the face, and lost so much that there were no bottoms left, which really hurt my self-esteem.
Fortunately, as the reinforcements of their own side arrived one after another, at least in terms of numbers and the length of the front, the men from the Minas Demon Cave slowly gained an absolute advantage. The drow elves harassed them less and less, and finally gradually stopped. They were like teams that had finished a warm-up game, waiting for the real tiebreaker to come.
At 8 o'clock in the morning of December 10th, 35,000 gray dwarf heavy infantry, forming 100 large phalanxes, emitted a "whirring" breath, and tens of thousands of heavy feet trampled on the ground, emitting a huge vibration, and drove towards the Chinese army of the Drow elves on the opposite side layer by layer. They soon crossed the middle line of death, which was made up of corpses of their kind, and with their own naked eyes, they could see the Nine Dawn battle flags of the Drow fluttering on the opposite side.
The seventh battle of Lantirio in history has officially begun.
It's not the first time, and it's not the biggest, but it's probably the most famous and legendary.
"Because of me, Lu Xi? Behrencaster's participation! "Our protagonist stood on one side of the hill, looking at the huge formation of the enemy army under the plain, and let out a smug laugh.
The girl behind "Hehe......" seemed to be smiling sweetly and happily, but Lu Xi could automatically make up her brain into a dissatisfied sneer.
Lu Xi immediately changed his face without changing his heart and changed his mouth, looking up at the sky at 45 degrees, his tone was so sacred that it seemed to describe the goddess descending to earth: "And the activity of the Archmage of the Wind!" History will be more wonderful because of us! ”
"Well, this kind of acting, even if you go to Neosfia, maybe you can become the substitute heroine of the Rainbow Theater Troupe."
"Hmph, with my acting skills, not to mention a mere rainbow, even if it is the Phantom of the Red Sea and the Haitian Theater Troupe, I will become a pillar."
"Don't you actually refute the question of the 'heroine'?" Swift Breeze smiled dryly, and then said, "Okay, according to your method, open the portal 5 kilometers away from the space marker...... Well, I've calculated with prophecy, and that location should be in a crack in the stone wall. ”
"That's what I calculated. Then it should be eight or nine and ten. Lu Xi nodded. It's the same as doing a math problem, where it's possible for two people to get it wrong, but it's unlikely that they'll come up with exactly the same wrong answer.
Lu Xi glanced back at the battlefield again, and then said, "Then, let's go." ”
Perhaps the reluctance that flashed in his eyes was seen by the wind, who said thoughtfully: "If you don't worry, we can change our minds now." Through your performance in the past few days, even I am sure that if you are here, our victory in this battle will be absolute. After completely defeating this group of monster legions, it will be too late to slowly find the horn of abundance......"
"Even without me, we're going to win! And ......"
And the reason why I stayed for a few more days was because I wanted to take the opportunity to brush up some more experience for backup! I kind of know, in this real world where there is no red and blue medicine that can directly restore blood and magic, the experience value is red and blue medicine! What if I run into another boss fight? But can I just talk nonsense about this kind of thing?
"The big lizard may not have set a trap, but it certainly won't be well-intentioned. Now it's just you and I fighting alone, Storm, please be careful. Lu Xi said to the other party seriously. The strength of the wind is now above his own, and the quality of the various treasures and equipment he carries on his body is no less than his own, but after all, he is still flesh and blood, and if he is injured, he will never be upgraded back to full red and blue.
"Heh, alone...... But in a sense, isn't this also the same as being alone with you? In terms of your nature, I guess there will be a large group of girls from all over the world competing for favor in the future. This moment is actually worth cherishing. The wind tilted his head and smiled.
"Master of the Wind...... There are still people here. The Douding Angel made the demon poke his head out of the pocket on the wind's chest, and said weakly in a voice not much louder than the mosquito scream, which was directly ignored by the two of them.
“…… Well, when this battle is over, ahh I mean, the Phantom of the Red Sea's new play, "Song of the Tides", will be released at the Gem Coast Theater in June next year, and Ocean Paradise will open at that time, so let's go and play together. Just the two of us! ”
Swift Wind turned his head and looked at Lu Xi in some surprise, staring directly at the other party for a few seconds, and then showed a happy and beautiful smile.
"Okay, that's settled." (To be continued......)