Chapter 5: Cold Weapons Battlefield

"Lord Marquis, don't you still have 300,000 troops under your rule? There are not enough soldiers, I..."

"Needless to say, up to 80,000, that's all."

Marquis Mark didn't want to send troops, but he couldn't. Of his 300,000 troops, 200,000 had already gone to support the Hill Grand Canyon, which was the sphere of influence of Duke Edward Hewlett.

According to common sense, Marquis Mark should not send soldiers to the Hill Grand Canyon. The Black Earth Plain is about to be penetrated, and he still has the time to support others?

Marquis Mark was also forced to do so. The status of the duke and the marquis were not on the same level. Marquis Mark did not dare to refute the order of the duke. Besides, there were many interests involved and his handle.

At this moment, a knight in silver armor came on a fast horse. The knight in silver armor jumped from the horse without waiting for the horse to stop, and landed smoothly.

"Sir 'Earl' Mark, Your Majesty has ordered that the Black Earth Plains front is urgent. Because the Earl has not participated in the military and political affairs for many years, during the Black Earth Plains War, all matters were handed over to Carlos 'Legion Commander'. His Highness has sent 300,000 troops to reinforce the Black Earth Plains Front. , Earl, please return to Holy Dragon City, this is the order of His Highness."

The silver-armored knight took out a short dagger studded with gems from his arms. Seeing the short dagger, everyone around them fell to the ground with a clatter.

"What did you just... call me?"

Marquis Mark swallowed.

"Lord Earl Mark."

After listening to this sentence, Marquis Mark, no, it should be Earl Mark who fell directly from the horse.

"Also, Lord Earl, His Highness has personally sent someone to investigate the renovation of the Black Iron Fortress 14 years ago..."

Earl Mark couldn't hear what the Silver Armored Knight said, and his ears were buzzing. For hereditary marquis, they would generally not be downgraded, unless the crime of beheading was involved, such as greed for the renovation cost of the black soil fortress.

The stench filled the air, and the dignified 'Lord Marquis' could no longer stand upright at the moment, limply slumped to the ground. The officials who were slapping their horses before took a few steps back.

Earl Mark was demoted to the public, and he might even lose his head. However, the status of the blood lion Carlos has soared, from the deputy commander to the regular. If calculated according to the official position of the empire, the position of the Iron Blood Legion commander is higher than that of the blood lion. Earl, the commander of the legion holds military power after all.

"When will the three hundred thousand soldiers arrive?"

Carlos took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"At most one day, this is taken from the 'Hill Grand Canyon'."

"very good."

Carlos pulled the adjutant beside him and explained a few words to the adjutant.

"Lord Legionnaire, will this be too rushed, reinforcements will arrive soon, why don't we..."

The relationship between the adjutant and Carlos is obviously unusual, and he knows how to judge the situation very well.

"You don't have to wait for reinforcements. It would be a good thing if the tribesmen were stationed in the fortress. They are most afraid of them destroying the fortress. Don't forget, their purpose is to invade us."

Carlos sighed. Although attacking the fortress would cause an astonishing number of casualties, hundreds of thousands of souls would die in battle with one of his orders, but the war has developed to this point, and it is no longer a matter of the casualty rate. Soldier, Carlos is ruthless enough, otherwise he won't be able to climb to this position.

"My subordinate understands."

The adjutant immediately informed the subordinates, and the subordinates relayed the order, and the army continued to approach the black soil fortress.

As the army moved forward, his eyesight was extremely strong, and Su Xiao, who was at a higher position, could clearly see the situation of the black soil frontier.

At this time, the tribe's army was stationed in front of the black soil frontier. Contrary to what they imagined, the tribe did not use the frontier to build defenses, but arranged troops on a road in front of the frontier.

Most of the tribe's army are orcs. Orcs are actually just a collective name, including tauren, kobold, lion-headed and other demihuman races. Except for the head of these races, most of the body is similar to that of human beings. Similar, but taller than humans, with an average height of about 2.5 meters.

Of course, the tribe's army includes not only orcs, but also goblins and dwarves. The goblins have green skin and look like goblins. As for the dwarves, their height is about 1.3 meters. Although they are short in stature, they like to stay big. The bearded dwarf has an exceptionally stocky stature. He is either carrying a short-handled warhammer or a broad-bladed axe. As for the troll race, he has not seen it yet.

In the tribe, most of the orcs are cannon fodder, except for the tauren, and the dwarves are the craftsmen of the tribe. Their talent in forging far exceeds that of most races. Of course, the dwarves are also very strong in combat and belong to the backbone of the tribe. , the combat power is only under the trolls.

As for the goblins, these guys are good at alchemy, and have good magic talent and affinity. Regardless of their short stature, they are war experts, and the magical war weapons of the tribe are all from their hands.

The last troll is the finale race. Although most trolls have low IQs, their naturally strong bodies and a certain degree of magic-free skin make them infantry killers, but there are few trolls. Will not play until the critical moment.

In terms of military strength, the tribe side is about twice as much as the empire side, but most of them are cannon fodder orcs.

The human side has weapons made by the elves, and the tribal side is the dwarves who are responsible for making weapons, each with their own strengths.

hum~

The horn of war on the imperial side sounded, which basically meant that the war was about to begin.

boom!

A low muffled sound came out from the rear of the tribal camp. Inside the black earth fortress, black stone chips flew dozens of meters high. If the distance was not close enough, the explosion would not be heard at all. This should be a bomb made by goblins.

Seeing this scene, all the soldiers of the empire were furious. The most feared thing happened to the army commander Carlos. The tribe was blowing up the black soil fortress from the inside.

Once the fortress is blown out of a large gap, even if the Empire successfully recaptures it, it will face endless commotion from the tribe.

It seems that the tribal side also knows that the imperial side will make unremitting efforts to retake the fortress, so as invaders, they simply do not defend the fortress and directly destroy the fortress. When the tribal army rushes out of the empire, it will be broken into pieces and will be destroyed. There is an empire to receive.

Boom, boom, boom...

The deafening sound of war drums came from the rear of the imperial army. A giant about ten meters tall, holding a drum hammer in the forehand, struck a giant drum covered with runes.

Hearing the drum sound, Su Xiao's heartbeat began to speed up, and the blood flow speed increased.

[You get the buff effect of 'Iron Blood Legion War Drum Song', moving speed +5%, strength +1, physical strength +1, pain -20%.]

This is an oversized buff skill, and with the sound of the drums, the soldiers of the Empire began to step forward in unison.

buzz. buzz...

With the rhythm of the war drums, hundreds of thousands of people reached an unanimous pace, making a sound like waves.

The sound of the drums was getting faster and faster, and the footsteps of the soldiers were getting faster and faster, gradually changing from stepping to trotting, and finally running wildly.

"Warriors, kill the weak imperial army."

Su Xiao heard a roar in front of him, but he was in the crowd of the imperial army and did not see any tribal army.

As a plain battle, there are no tactics at all, only battle formations.

The spearmen in front of the Imperial Army charged quickly. They aimed their spears and halberds at the enemy, and the rows of spears and halberds formed a horizontal line. This was the result of several years of training.

The two armies quickly converged like two rapids colliding head-on. Just when the spearmen at the forefront were still three meters away from the tribal army, they suddenly stopped.

hum ~ hum ~

The frequency of the war horns changed, and the spearmen were neatly turned sideways, and a famous shield soldier with a tower shield rushed out from behind.

boom!

A large row of shield soldiers holding tower shields nearly two meters high stood in front of the spearmen.

The two armies collided together, and the cannon fodder orcs in front of the tribal army were pierced by spears and halberds like a string of sugar gourds, and blood instantly dyed the ground where the two armies met red.

The sound of the body being pierced is continuous, and the screams are endless. If there is someone who is not strong-willed, just hearing this sound will make their souls fly away.

From the preliminary confrontation, it is obvious that the imperial army has an advantage, but the strength of the tribe's troops is too much.

The clanging of weapons collided together, the flesh splashed, the blood overflowed, and the shouts of killing shot into the sky. This was a battlefield, and the battlefield was purgatory. There was no humanity and no sympathy. The only idea was to kill all the enemies.

Two minutes after the two armies fought, the heavy shield soldiers in the front row of the Imperial Army were broken, and the soldiers from both sides gradually gathered together in an interspersed manner, and the chaotic hand-to-hand battle began.

Su Xiao, who was in the front and middle of the Imperial Army, still didn't see the enemy. There were too many soldiers on both sides. He couldn't hit him for a while, but it was soon.

swoosh~

The whistling sound of breaking wind came from overhead, Su Xiao fell down subconsciously, and he couldn't pretend to beep on the battlefield, it would really die.

boom!

A green glass bottle the size of a water tank fell 100 meters away from Su Xiao. The glass bottle exploded as soon as it hit the ground, and the green flame quickly spread around.

Hu~

Wherever the green fire passed, the imperial soldiers instantly turned into ashes, the ground was vitrified, and the sour odor dispersed. The green fire spread for about tens of meters and then drifted away. An oval glass surface with a diameter of fifty meters appeared on the ground. About meters away, armor and weapons melted into molten iron could be vaguely seen on the vitrified ground.

Su Xiao stood up immediately, and a kobold with a machete covered in minced meat rushed at him yelling, and he finally saw the enemy.

Dragon Flash flashed in front of him, Su Xiao took a step forward, the Blade Aura flashed, the machete in the hand of the kobold was cut off, and the kobold was cut in two at the same time, killing him directly.

[You killed the low-level infantry of the tribe army: kobold.]

[You get 10 Paradise Coins.]

[Your talent 'Soul Eater' is activated, permanently increasing the mana by 6.]

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Judging from the current situation, within ten minutes, Soul Eater can devour 200 mana, and when he kills the enemy, he will recover more health and mana.

Talent effect (passive): After killing the target, it will permanently take 1-30 mana, and restore the same amount of mana and health (for example, after killing an enemy, permanently increase the mana by 30, it will restore 30 mana and life value).

Tip: Each derivative world can take up to 200 mana. If the mana taken reaches the upper limit, Soul Eater will be fully activated, and the recovery effect after killing an enemy will increase by 50% (if 200 mana has been successfully taken, it will still remain after killing an enemy. It will restore the corresponding amount of mana and health according to the strength of the enemy, and increase the recovery effect by 50%).

Just as Su Xiao beheaded a kobold, he immediately felt a dozen bad looks.

"There is an enemy general here, kill him!"

More than a dozen cannon fodder orcs rushed towards Su Xiao, while the human soldiers beside Su Xiao subconsciously stayed away from Su Xiao and had no morals. This was actually the way to survive on the battlefield.

Su Xiao kicked the orc corpse under his feet. He had never participated in a large-scale cold weapon war. He found that although this place was dangerous, it was very good. smile.