Chapter 12 The Battle of the Frontier
Western continent, Clancia.
Flags were flying, and soldiers wearing uniform equipment came from all directions to step into this chaotic battlefield.
Under the white flags fluttering in the wind, there is an extremely neat silver-white military formation. The strong shield was engraved with shining stars. The muzzles of metal guns were placed in the gaps of the shield, pointing at the black and red army at the foot of the hillside.
After months of fierce fighting, Clanscia's excellent mobilization mechanism began to demonstrate its power. Countless young people who have undergone military training have been reorganized by the state, issued weapons and equipment, and entered the battlefield.
The arsenal at the rear was also operating at full power due to the high morale of the workers. Brand-new muskets were produced one after another and distributed to the soldiers on the front line.
Although muskets could not completely suppress the archers of the same era, compared with the high training time and physical requirements of archers, muskets had great advantages in terms of ease of use and popularity.
Time passed by in a hurry. As the Canghong Empire's army entered the hinterland of Clancia, it was like a spring being compressed to the extreme, and the resistance it encountered was getting bigger and bigger. In the past, it was possible to advance hundreds of miles in a week, but now it has become extremely difficult to advance even one thousand meters.
November 1698
The Canghong Empire's army once again engaged in a decisive battle with Clanscia in the wilderness of Fengxiao Province. This time, both sides invested a total of nearly 3 million soldiers, distributed on a front line that was tens of kilometers long, and there was smoke and artillery fire everywhere.
"The army advances!"
Under the scorching sun of winter, the commander of the empire raised the long sword in his hand. Facing the dazzling flash of the sword's edge, the heavily armored bullock riders on the earth began to move forward slowly, and their speed became faster and faster.
These Original Sequence 4 War Rhinoceros from the central part of the empire are the elite private army of Earl Gray Peak. Each rhinoceros is covered with several inches of orichalcum heavy armor. The heavy hooves of the rhinoceros will leave behind traces of the ground when they step on it. The next deep footprint, as it advances, is like thunder rolling across the earth, shaking and frightening.
Looking at the bronze rhinoceros cavalry in front of them, a short blazing fire lit up in the Clancia formation, and the sound of musket shooting was heard in succession.
The dense bullets hit the heavy orichalcum armor, splashing out countless sparks and sounds, and leaving tiny scratches.
"Haha, it's useless. Such an attack can't do anything to my war rhino heavy cavalry." A nobleman wearing a red and white velvet cloak laughed loudly. He was the Earl of Gray Peak who led these war rhinos.
After the imperial army's successive successes at the front, the old nobles in the empire finally took action. Unlike the small nobles, many of these nobles were wealthy families who started their fortunes with the empire, and their families had always supported powerful private armies.
This is the strength and power that they are proud of, symbolizing the glory and strength of the family and keeping their famous family intact.
Now that a once-in-a-millennium war has begun, they have also brought out this long-cultivated private army, preparing to once again prove the family's glory on the battlefield and gain the merits of opening up a new era.
"Oops."
Behind Clancia, the commanders watching the battle frowned. Although Clancia had added nearly 600,000 new troops, the subsequent 1 million troops from the Canghong Empire were also arriving one after another to join the battlefield. The originally tilted balance was leveled here, and the battle fell into a stalemate again.
"Let the mage team go up and change the terrain to stop those war rhinos."
"Yes, sir." The orderer replied loudly, then waved the command flag to convey the order to the phalanx in the rear.
"Looks like it's our turn to show up."
A graceful mage looked at the flags and flashes on the top of the mountain and understood what the commander at the front meant. She wore an open-collar uniform with a white base, and the cuffs and skirt of the dress had golden edges that looked like metal. Her long, silky black hair was draped behind her shoulders, floating slightly under the radiance of magic.
There is a white flower on the hairband on his head, and the black gloves on the wrists wrap the palms of his hands, revealing the slender fingertips. As the palms of his hands are raised, a floating magical instrument also rises, and it begins to rotate and flow elegantly. Emit blue magic light particles.
Tilera, Magic Sequence 7·Glory Blue Spinner, this former Lurna mage and Emenas graduate, contacted the sage of Clancia very early and gave him the key The original magic steam turbine. In the battle between the Frost Alliance and the Starlight Alliance, he was one of the few mages who was not involved in the war.
After the war, this outstanding mage genius joined Crancia and became the leader of the current mage line in Crancia. Under his study, he was just promoted to Magic Sequence 7 at the beginning of this year, which is now the domestic magic sequence. The transcendent who has traveled the furthest.
"Adjust the magic instrument, aim it at the earth 200-500 meters in front of the formation, and cast the high-level shaping and steel thorn earth spell!"
Her clear voice of command spread throughout the surroundings, and mages in uniforms similar to hers responded immediately. Under the adjustment of this group of hundreds of high-level mages, the magic instrument floating in the air emits blue light and accurately sweeps the earth according to the set trajectory.
The originally empty land was suddenly covered with blue grid rays, and then dense metal elements gathered together to form sharp thorns pointing straight into the sky.
The roots of these sharp thorns are dark brown, and the color becomes darker as they go up, until the tips are pitch black and become sharper and sharper.
When the war rhinoceroses of the Canghong Empire stepped on the ground full of steel thorns, many of them stumbled directly, and some even had their belly not covered by armor scratched by these steel thorns, causing blood to flow out.
Frightened by the pain, these rhinos began to howl in panic, and some began to disobey orders and refused to move forward. As a result, the march of the Canghong Empire was greatly disrupted, and it was temporarily stuck in the middle.
But there were constant gunshots in the military formation on the Crancia side. Taking advantage of this chaotic opportunity, the gunfire
Bullets from the gun were shot out one after another, from the gap in the war rhinoceros, towards the troops behind.
"These nobles who have been pampered for many years are really not good enough. They still have to rely on us." Behind the imperial army, a young man riding on a red dragon shook his head, and then controlled the red dragon under him to rise into the wind.
Following the captain, the dragon knights who controlled the red dragon followed closely, and the Blood Winged Red Dragon Knights appeared in the sky again.
Roar--
The red dragon roared and flames spewed out, pouring down from the sky and sweeping towards the silver-white steel formation of Crancia.
Pieces of light blue hexagonal light curtains rose up, temporarily blocking the pouring flames.
"Huh, we've caught up." Tireira looked at the thin light curtain, breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to give instructions.
"Let the reserve mages behind prepare defensive barriers. We can't waste our energy and magic power on fighting the red dragon's flames. This way, we will have additional means to deal with emergencies."
"Yes, Chief Tireila." Several dark blue mages saluted with their chests pressed, and then rushed to the back of the military formation to let the middle and low-level mages begin to prepare.
In this protracted war, the two sides continued to increase their efforts, and extraordinary people from both sides began to converge on the vortex of the war, whether they were descendants of mages, priests of the sanctuary, orcs in the north, martial mountain people, or remnants of the desert, The tribes on the land of West Wind will all be involved in this wave of resistance against the imperial attack.
On the other side, the veteran nobles in the empire also led their own private armies into the field, including the mountain-guarding hunters from the cold forests in the north, the heavy axe-wielding guards in the west, the light and agile cavalry in the east, and the dragon-breeding warriors in the south. Messengers, the red-clad messengers in the central court, they will all dedicate their strength to the glory of the empire.
Under the setting sun of blood and fire, the once beautiful wilderness is destined to turn into a horrific strangulation ground, shattering countless flowers of life.