Chapter 71 Preemption

The sound of the whimpering horn swirled in the wind, making a thick and deep sound. Bubble*book*bar(m)

The rumbling war drums shook the wind and sand all over the sky.

The footsteps of the soldiers follow the marching music in a wonderful rhythm, like the beating pulse of the earth, orderly and powerful, stepping into the distance step by step.

The so-called most heroic soldiers are those who know that there is an abyss and purgatory ahead, but they can also sing military songs, arm in arm, and advance without flinching - such a sentence suddenly popped up in Shen Yi's mind. He couldn't remember who said it, but looking at the weather of this army at this moment, he felt that maybe this was the best portrayal of the army in front of him.

Maybe it's because he hasn't gotten used to his new owner yet, the giant shadow wolf under Shen Yi's crotch is a little dishonest, twisting his body from time to time. Shen Yi caressed its back, signaling it to be quiet.

The giant wolf is the unique mount of the orc commander, and it is also the most obvious symbol of his leadership, but Shen Yi has never used it before. Although the speed of the giant wolf is fast, it may not be able to outrun the adventurers when running with all its strength. As for now, the battle is imminent, Shen Yi needs to allow his soldiers to see him at any time, so as to stabilize the army.

At this moment, Shen Yi saw that the troops ahead suddenly slowed down, ten wolf cavalry rushed out from the front troops and disappeared from Shen Yi's sight.

"Why did the marching speed of the troops slow down?" Shen Yi called a messenger to ask about the situation.

Soon the orderly reported: "There is a canyon ahead. Lord Badcock ordered the wolf cavalry to go in for reconnaissance first, and pass through after making sure there is no ambush."

Badcock is one of the commanders of the orc army. His troops are mainly composed of wolf cavalry and biped wyverns. He is famous for his strong mobility, so he has been serving as a vanguard for a long time.

"Why don't Lord Gillenor use clairvoyance?"

"The canyon area is relatively large. Observing the entire area requires the leader of Gironor to use perspective at least five times, which is a burden on the mana consumption of the leader. Considering that Lord Gironor's omnipresent observation is also required on the battlefield, Lord Gironor needs Save your mana for more important battles."

"So it's like this... Got it." After thinking for a while, Shen Yi said: "Go and tell Captain Gentle, let her send bat troops to conduct aerial reconnaissance above the canyon, and she herself has to go there in person, we must pass through the canyon as soon as possible Then go tell the leader of Gillenno that if we can arrive at the scheduled battlefield before the other camps, we can grab the most favorable strategic terrain and may get some rest time. So if conditions permit, I hope he can use at least one Two perspectives can help us speed up the reconnaissance."

Not every form of caution is a good thing.

The long-term vigilance in the war will turn into a war at every turn, and it will consume a lot of psychological and physical strength of the soldiers.

A truly excellent commander will never burden soldiers for no reason, which means that when they are really needed, the soldiers' physical strength will decrease, and they will not be able to concentrate. In addition, there will be complaints from soldiers, dissatisfaction from the commander, and other negative aspects. situation arises.

Finally, the slowdown brought about by being cautious along the way will also cause a lag in the struggle for battlefield terrain.

Of course, this is not to say that the leaders are like snakes with bows and bows, and all trees are soldiers. It's just that their consideration of problems is limited by their vision, and many things need to be treated with caution because they don't know.

From Shen Yi's point of view, since the battle is appointed by the city, no one can launch it in advance, nor can it be delayed. With his own spy, it is almost impossible to hide from him if there is a sneak attack.

However, Shen Yi did not directly deny the plans of the leaders, but only tried to speed up the speed of reconnaissance on the road ahead. War itself is a process of confrontation. You don't need to be fast, you just need to be a little faster than your opponent.

At this time, the benefits of being a leader appeared.

Gillenno quickly agreed to Shen Yi's request, and used perspective twice on the canyon area. Under the effect of perspective, all hidden existences have nowhere to hide.

The reconnaissance team quickly determined that the canyon was safe and there were no ambushes.

The orc troops began to speed through the canyon, and placed security troops on both sides.

Shen Yi instigated the giant wolf to climb up the high mountain on the right, held up the binoculars and looked down from a high position, and looked forward. In the distance, an empty plain could be seen faintly. There was the scheduled battlefield for the four clans to contend for hegemony—the Hyjal Basin.

This is a relatively open land with an irregular square shape, about four kilometers long from east to west, and about three kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of ​​12 square kilometers, which is definitely enough for a battlefield of 40,000 people.

And one mile to the west is the foot of Mount Hyjal.

There is a slope at the foot of Mount Hyjal, the slope is not very big, only about 30 degrees, but compared to the plain terrain in other directions, whoever can stand on this hillside will have some condescending terrain advantages.

Although the advantage is not obvious due to the small slope, but for an excellent commander, this advantage is enough for them to strive for it.

What's more important is that there is Mount Hyjal behind the hillside, and a winding mountain road extends from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, which is the only way to the castle of Hyjal.

Occupying here is equivalent to cutting off the only way to Hyjal and stopping the throat of other camps.

So this seemingly inconspicuous slope has become a battleground for military strategists at this moment.

The hillside in the telescope is still silent and motionless at this moment.

After seeing it, Shen Yi was half relieved, and turned his gaze to other directions.

At this moment, some fast-moving black spots suddenly appeared in the telescope.

Shen Yi hastily enlarged the magnification of the telescope, and a few blurred black spots in the mirror gradually became clear. Shen Yi saw that it was a small human army coming from the west, aiming directly at the slope.

Shen Yi's body shook, and he shouted to the bottom: "Larke, go and tell the four leaders that the human vanguard has arrived first and is now occupying the slope!"

Then he pulled the giant wolf and rushed down the mountain: "Gentle, Hong Lang, Chu Sheng... bring your people with me, as long as we have fast troops, we must catch up quickly!"

While running wildly, Shen Yi pointed out many adventurers to follow him to grab the top of the mountain.

Wen Rou is the fastest to react, and she has appeared beside Shen Yi in a flash, and asked while running, "How many people are there?"

"Not many, about a hundred people, but there are at least four to six adventurers. If we let them take down the mountain and build fortifications, it will be difficult for us to take it again... They brought at least fifty people ethnic farmers!"

Among the four camps, the human peasants are the fastest to build, and the human arrow towers are the best among the four camps. Fifty human peasants start work at the same time, and it is very important to build four or five arrow towers within half an hour. It's sure to be fine.

Once the arrow towers are formed, Shen Yi and the others will have to pay a lot of price if they want to take down the slope, and as time goes by, there will only be more and more arrow towers, and the battle will only become more and more difficult.

"Damn it, why didn't King Kong mention this?"

"I'm afraid he doesn't know either. This looks like an active attack by some adventurers in the western district, and he is not the commander after all." Shen Yi replied helplessly.

At this time, Chu Sheng, Hong Lang and the others had rushed over.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, Shen Yi had no time to seek the consent of the leader, and a dozen adventurers quickly rushed towards the slope of the battlefield. The ground troops couldn't keep up with their speed. Fortunately, there were some air troops in Shen Yi's team. Twenty bat troops and thirty wyvern troops rushed forward following the adventurers.

Only Fatty was left behind by Shen Yi, commanding the rest of the troops to speed up through the canyon.

This time, Shen Yi's men became the vanguard instead, rushing all the way, the former leader of the vanguard, Budcock, didn't understand what happened, and immediately became confused.

Have the leaders changed their vanguard? But I didn't get the order.

In order to hurry, Shen Yi simply jumped off the giant wolf and ran. Seeing that the new owner was running faster than himself, the giant wolf immediately became unconvinced, screaming wildly and chasing after him, but only saw the figures of a group of people walking away from him. Getting farther and farther away, there was an "oh" sound and a sad cry. But I don't know whether it's sad for my own speed or sad for losing my job so soon.

When Shen Yi found out, the human adventurers were already on the battlefield, so it was almost impossible to take down the mountain before the human camp. However, it takes time to build the arrow tower. The tower has not yet been erected, so they still have hope of victory.

Chu Sheng was a little puzzled by this: "Even if they set up one or two arrow towers, we might not be able to defeat them, right?"

Shen Yi smiled wryly: "Yes, it would be no big deal to set up one or two, but have you forgotten what the most terrifying tactic of the human race is?"

When Shen Yi said this, a thought immediately popped up in Chu Sheng's mind, he shuddered, and exclaimed: "Master..."

"Now do you understand?"

"Damn it!" Chu Sheng jumped and cursed: "I hate wars without an escalation process!"

His feet shook the ground, stepping on the ground into a depression, and he flew out like a cannonball. This time, he was more anxious than Shen Yi.

That's right, the instant teleportation of the archmage.

Once the adventurers from the human camp set up the arrow tower, the orc camp will not only face the troubles of the arrow tower itself, but more importantly, the archer's terrible troop transmission ability.

No wonder the opponent dared to grab the top of the mountain with only more than a hundred people and half of their non-combat troops. It was precisely because the guerrilla tactics of the human camp based on the teleportation of the Grandmaster were almost invincible.

In the game, due to the upgrade process between heroes, the teleportation ability of the archmage usually does not appear until the later stage, and sometimes the war is over before it even comes out.

But in this world where all the heroes are naturally full of skills, everyone has to face this invincible teleportation style of play from the very beginning, which is something that everyone is not used to.

At this moment, Shen Yi and the others rushed with all their strength, and finally arrived at the battlefield. The adventurers from the human camp in front had already occupied the top of the mountain, and were directing the peasants to build arrow towers. In addition to the city defense facilities that exist in the game such as the arrow tower, it also includes city walls that do not exist in the game, horse rejection, sharp wooden barriers, trench traps, etc.

However, there are only arrow towers that can make fixed-point defensive buildings for the archmage's instant teleportation.

At this moment, the adventurers in the human camp obviously also saw Shen Yi and the others running from afar, and a bearded adventurer roared loudly: "Hurry up, you useless idiots! Abandon those city walls, Gather all the peasants and build an arrow tower first!"

"It's too late, Kurt, those guys are moving fast! We need time!" an adventurer shouted.

The curly-bearded adventurer named Kurt glanced at Shen Yi, knowing that it was impossible to build the arrow tower before Shen Yi and others arrived, and shouted loudly: "Get ready to fight! All soldiers rush out with us , Limit the battle to the outside of the hillside, don’t give them a chance to get close to the peasants, let the witch slow them down, remember, delay time! delay time! As long as the arrow tower is up, it is victory!"

At the same time, Shen Yi and the others were getting closer and closer. Seeing that they were about to reach the top of the mountain, Shen Yi shouted: "Concentrate your firepower and kill those peasants. No matter what, we can't let them build the arrow tower! Before the arrow tower is erected! Killing all the peasants is victory!"

"Go!" Chu Sheng roared and rushed up the slope.

"Go!" The adventurer named Kurt pointed down, and the human soldiers rushed down the mountain at the same time as the adventurer.

The two teams were like two arrows, one up and one down to attack from two directions, and finally collided fiercely in the middle of the hillside.

The blood is soaring!

The first battle of the Four Clans' Battle for Hegemony started suddenly under such circumstances, and it became smaller and larger with the momentum of the storm, until it spread to the entire battlefield...