Act 218 Battle on the River (2)
Scene 218: Battle on the River Bank (2)
The scouts in the forest crossed the river one after another, and news about all aspects of Knight Pallas's army also came back. ￠￡e￠￡Novel￠￡.net, www.Exi aoSHUO.COM￠Brando's young mage attendant, Charles, was standing on the sentry tower wearing a robe and holding a staff, looking far to the north, and then turned back to He said from behind: "The attrition was more serious than expected. The battle loss rate of the scouts sent to the north was more than 40% to 50%. These are experienced veterans. In three days, we lost at least fifty people, and we lost more than 50 people." There were three times as many wounded.”
At the end, he added: "If I were the lord, if this continued, I would just pack up and run away."
"So you are not the lord." The elf princess wearing silver armor glanced at him and replied calmly. Medissa wore the unique pointed helmet of the Silver Elf, which covered her small face and pursed her lips tightly, looking very heroic.
"He wants to clean up our scouts. Is there any conspiracy?"
"Probably not, purely because Pallas knew we had cavemen on our hands, and he didn't want to be attacked on the flanks during the battle. He didn't want to make the same mistake as Sir Mintai," Medissa replied.
"It's really difficult to deal with." Charles shook his head, his brows almost knitting together: "I don't know if it can last three days."
Jean Denel's army has arrived——
"There's someone in the forest!"
The first reflection appeared in the forest, and a knight in armor appeared in the forest on the other side of the river. Then, more troops appeared behind him. The knight thrust the flagpole in his hand into the soft soil of the river bank at his feet, and a heraldic flag with a sky blue background unfolded in the wind.
Coat of arms of the Hound of Pallas.
"There are also things in the north and east...!"
"many."
Soldiers wearing red and blue shirts filed out of the forest, numbering no less than a thousand. ＥNovel Network(wWw.Ｅxiao ￠shuo.cOM) "Are they preparing to attack the city?" Charles saw an archer shooting an arrow from a distance towards the Gris River. The arrow was about fifty miles away from the earth wall. After many steps, he fell weakly on the river beach and turned around to ask.
Medisa shook her head, the other party was just measuring the distance. They may make a tentative attack, but should wait and see before doing so.
As the youngest princess of the Silver Elf,
In fact, the wars that Metissa has experienced are not much less than those of other tribesmen. Far from making her feel nervous, the atmosphere before the war felt familiar and cordial, but there were too few enemies.
There were too few enemies. The silver elf girl shook her head.
Medissa did not expect anything wrong. At this moment, on a hill a thousand meters away, Pallas was standing on horseback like a sharp sword. Grudin's most trusted retainer was surrounded by knights. He pressed the hilt of his sword, and his sunken eyes were as sharp as an eagle's as he patrolled the distant river bank.
Pallas is the eldest among all Grudin's retainers. Although he has a personal relationship with Sir Mintai, their ages are far apart. Sir Mintai is in his prime, but Pallas already has two temples. gray. This old knight can be said to have experienced hundreds of battles. Although his fame has not spread as far as Ampeseer and Butchi, he is a character who can make children cry among the barbarian mountain people of Tonigel.
The crossing of the Gris River was close at hand, and Pallas had been there once or twice before. He remembered that there was a flat grassland on the other side of the river, but the scenery he saw now made him suspect that he had become dim. The lush forest completely covered the ferry, and only the shoal extending from the woods on the other side to the mouth of the river proved that they had come to the right place. , this is the season when the water level of the Gris River is at its lowest, and even infantry can wade through the icy river water and cross the river from the ford of Gris Ferry. There seem to be fortifications built in the forest in the distance, and the sentry towers standing in the canopy can prove this - but when did there be a forest here? Pallas remembered that the last time he came here was only two or three years ago, but The forest on the other side doesn't look like it can grow in two or three years.
These towering ancient trees require at least two or three people to hug each other. They are more than ten meters high. They may not be able to grow like this in twenty or thirty years, let alone two or three years.
"There is a fortress on the other side of the river, and the sentry said he saw an earthen wall. ∏∈Ｅ∏∈Novel∏∈网, www.exiaoｈｏｏ.Com This forest at least shows that the rumors that there are druids working for the rebels are true. " said the adjutant beside Pallas.
"Druids have a way to make the woods look like this in a short period of time? Are these illusions or woods transplanted from elsewhere?" Pallas saw the forest in front of him, which was clearly a primitive forest. Yi It is difficult to defend and attack. It would be incredible if a druid had such an ability; even if this forest was transplanted from elsewhere, it would not be easy to survive in a short period of time. Although it was not that he had never seen magic, most of the spells cast by wizards were fleeting. Although powerful, they were not unacceptable.
But this forest was right in front of them. It stretched for at least ten miles, and it was actually before their eyes. It is neither an illusion nor an illusion.
The knights around them remained silent. Druids were a mysterious group, and no one could tell what they knew. In most legends, there are even two opinions on whether druids can cast spells. One theory indicates that druids are good at taming animals to fight for them, and another theory indicates that druids will become powerful. Animals fight like lycanthropes.
However, Pallas quickly called the mage who accompanied the army to explain the problem to them. The older wizard was also shocked when he heard that the forest in front of him appeared out of thin air. Druid can add plants. Growing, but definitely not as powerful.
The fact that the opponent can create such a large forest in a short period of time may indicate that the opponent has an amazing number of druids. Or it means that the druid working for the opponent is at least the level of the Druid Master of the Sky Ring. The Druid Master is almost the same as the mage leader of the Silver Alliance. To say that there are such people under Brando, Pallas does not believe it, so he asked: "If you want to create such a forest in a few months, what will it take?" How many druids?”
"How many months!?" The wizard screamed and almost turned around and left: "How many months can you create such a forest? It will take at least thousands of people to cast spells together."
"Thousands of people? This is impossible. The rebels don't have a few thousand people in total." A knight retorted.
"That means the opponent has a master druid in his hand, or a ring composed of thirty great druids. The ring is the unit used by the druids. A ring composed of thirty great druids It is no less than a real army." The wizard replied gloomily.
"This is not right. If the other party is so strong, why do they still sit here and wait to be killed?"
"Is it possible that this forest is an illusion?" Pallas interrupted the argument and asked with his little knowledge of magic. The wizard actually thought of this, but before he could speak, the adjutant beside him shook his head.
"Our soldiers have tried it. At least all the above are true."
"It's more than ten miles along the river, but the first part is no longer simple." After hearing this, the wizard shook his head.
"Can I attack with fire?" someone asked.
"There are so many druids on the other side. They can be easily extinguished even with fire attacks. Don't forget, they are the guardians of the forest and are much more skilled in dealing with fire than you." The wizard replied.
"In short, let's try it first no matter what," Pallas made the decision calmly: "Let the soldiers prepare rockets and make a trial attack. No matter whether it succeeds or not, we will camp in place and let the knights led by the grizzly bear Get ready to start cutting down trees.”
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Jean Denel's army has moved.
A row of soldiers emerged from the forest, wearing gray-green war robes, holding shields and swords at their waists. The three rows behind held halberds with long gray pennants hanging from their tips.
There are three connected knights' collars north of Tonigel. Pallas's family emblem is a hound, Raleigh's family emblem is a grizzly bear, and Cruz's family emblem is a silver full moon, so at this moment, the soldiers opposite The flag was raised with a full moon on it.
"I thought such a large forest behind would scare them." Charles shook his head. Although the druids contributed precious magic seeds and worked almost day and night to complete this line of defense, they still didn't have enough time. This forest is actually only a distance from the fortress to the real virgin forest, and the rest of it was created by him alone using illusions.
The soldiers from the Cruz Territory moved forward slowly. Behind them on both sides were a large group of barbarian mountain people in ragged clothes, thick leather armor, and holding sharp axes and bucklers. Three armies slowly waded across the river from the ford. , approaching Gris Ferry.
"What do you say, Lord?" Ciel raised his hand and was about to give an order.
"'They're just some noble shield-bearing infantry and halberdiers who don't even have Tier 1 arms. You can just deal with them casually. Do you need to ask me for instructions? Stupid!'" Medissa imitated Brando's tone. replied.
"Level 1 arms? What is that?" Charles' eyebrows almost knit together. As a lord, he seems to always like to say some strange things. What kind of 1v u did he use when he was at Fort Reeden last time? He still hasn't figured out the theory yet. What is this level 1 unit now?
But at this time, he had no time to think so much, because Cruz's infantry rear row allowed Denel's archers to come out row after row. These professionally trained longbowmen were all elites under Pallas. . They held long bows and used arrows to draw a ditch on the ground. They untied the leather bags around their waists and poured the liquid inside into the ditch.
"It's oil, rocket!" Princess Silver Elf's expression changed.
A fire dragon ignited in the forest, and the human soldiers had already raised their long bows, carrying long burning arrows. Following a command in the forest, the bowstrings trembled in unison - the next moment, almost everyone in the forest saw a fire cloud flying into the sky, turning the sky into blood red, and then the fire cloud stopped at the highest point and covered their heads and faces. The ground fell.
"Rocket!"
Accompanied by a scream, the rocket whirred and slammed into the forest. Fortunately, the trees were extremely dense and most of the arrows were blocked by the branches of the tree crown. Only a few fell through the gaps into the mercenary camp. among.
The rocket caused almost no direct damage, but Pallas, who was watching the battle from a distance, had almost no expression on his face. He was waiting for the follow-up effects, which he would see soon.
The longbowmen were raising their longbows, and the second wave of rockets was already on the string. ,
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