Chapter 1213, Winter Song (2)(1/2)
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As the melodious horn sounded in winter, teams of centaur warriors holding big axes began to step onto the frozen ice surface of the Yellow River.
The Centaur team was very messy, and they directly covered several kilometers of ice.
Behind the Centaur are countless cute Baikal seals.
The centaur army opened the way for them in the front, and they used their breath to continuously build flat ice roads in the rear.
Behind the Baikal Seal Legion are giant trenched trenchers.
These trenchers are new counterweight trenchers newly developed by the Condor Empire Craftsman Department.
These new trenchers not only have a longer range, but also have very flexible movement.
In winter, they can be installed on the bottom of the ice that is specially designed to slide on the ice.
In other seasons, they can be fitted with sturdy wheels that are easy to push.
In addition to the dwarf engineers responsible for manipulating the catapult, there is also a large group of Baikal seals ready to be on standby at any time.
The biggest disadvantage of the catapult before was that it was very laborious to move. As long as the enemy approached it, it would easily be destroyed.
Although this new counterweight trencher from the Condor Empire still has this flaw, in winter, after having Baikal Seal, a cute little puck who can make ice hockey at any time, they have a new ability - mobile shooting.
With the help of ice skates, the trencher can move back and forth on the flat ice surface.
As long as enemies appear, they can stop immediately and let Baikal seals following behind the trencher condense the ice puck.
In this way, they can launch an ice hockey rain strike against the enemy immediately after the enemy enters range.
Of course, the catapult array still needs protection from its own army in front.
Only when the army can intercept the enemies they want to approach, the catapult phalanx can continuously conduct long-range strikes on enemies entering the range.
The centaur army that took the lead in stepping on the ice of the Yellow River were the guardians of Baikal Seals and the phalanx of the catapult. If the enemy wants to get close to the phalanx of the catapult, they must first break through their level.
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After learning that the Condor Heroes on the other side of the Yellow River began to cross the river, Xiong Dashi led a group of generals from the Dashi Kingdom to a high ground immediately, and then began to observe the specific actions of the Condor Heroes with a telescope.
Xiong Dashi didn't care too much about the centaur army walking in the front, because his Bear Guard Army had never been afraid of anyone in close combat.
However, when he saw the large white and gray Baikal seal behind the Centaur Legion, his face immediately became very ugly.
As Baikal seals, which were just a kind of food in Xiong Dashi's eyes, kept moving forward on the ice, the originally uneven ice surface immediately began to become flat.
Looking at the giant trenched trenchers on the north bank of the Yellow River, Xiong Dashi immediately guessed what the Condor Heroes wanted to do.
"Uncle, the Condor Heroes want to use the military formation to cover the catapult to attack us!
If the Condors were asked to successfully transport those tall catapults, we would be quite passive whether it was defense or offense."
Not only Xiong Dashi saw this, but his nephew Xiong Xiaoguang also saw this.
"Xiaoguang, then what countermeasures did you think of?" Xiong Dashi asked.
"Uncle, I think we should take the initiative to stop the enemy from crossing the river.
We can use the height difference between the two banks of the Yellow River and the river surface to attack the centaur army that wants to cross the river.
The Yellow River section where the Condor Army is crossing the river is now about 300 meters wide.
Three hundred meters is also the maximum range of the catapult.
So we can completely guard the river bank on our side and prevent the centaur army from coming ashore.
When we fight the enemy's centaur legion, the enemy's catapults dare not fire at will, because it will accidentally hurt their own people.
If the enemy's centaur army retreats, we will also retreat and exit from the effective range of the enemy's catapult.
If the enemy pushes the catapult to the ice of the Yellow River and covers the centaur army to get ashore, we will take the opportunity to rush down and destroy all the catapults of the enemy.
Without the threat of those trespasses, we will be able to fight the next war.
At that time, whether we fight head-on with the enemy in the wild or defend Jinan City to the death, we will have the right to choose.
Because without the catapult, the Condor Heroes will not be able to fight a siege with us."
Xiong Xiaoguang talked freely and directly understood the real weakness of the Condor Heroes Army.
After listening to Xiong Xiaoguang's analysis, Xiong Dashi nodded constantly.
His nephew finally lived up to his careful cultivation. This time, the two of them thought of going together.
"Transfer our military orders and the army immediately went to the bank of the Yellow River to prevent the centaur army from coming ashore."
Considering that the centaur army sent by the Condor Heroes was large in number and the long line was pulled, Xiong Dashi did not dare to preserve his strength, so he directly chose to do his best.
With Xiong Dashi's order, the most elite Bear Guard Corps in the Dashi Kingdom immediately began to advance towards the bank of the Yellow River.
In the understanding of the uncle and nephew Xiong Dashi and Xiong Xiaoguang, the next picture should be the Bear Guards Legion of the Dashi Kingdom and the Centaur Legion of the Condor Army engaged in a fierce battle on the river bank.
Facing the fully armed Bear Guard Corps, the centaur troops that rushed to the river bank should be driven down soon.
Next, the Bear Man Guard Corps will use the giant shield in her hand to set up a steel defense line on the shore, firmly suppressing the Condor Armour on the ice.
The uncle and nephew thought it was quite beautiful, but what happened next surprised them.
As the soldiers of the Bear Man Guards rushed towards the river bank, the Centaur Legion on the ice did not run forward and seize control of the river bank with them, but continued to move forward slowly.
Seeing the enemy's centaur army still crawling like a snail on the ice, Xiong Dashi's brow frowned.
However, before he could think of why the enemy did not seize the high ground on the river bank with them, the giant catapults on the other side of the river that had not moved had already launched a throwing attack.
Amid the terrified and unbelievable eyes of Xiong Dashi and others, countless ice hockeys roared through the sky and then fell directly into the team of the Bear Man Guards who were advancing towards the river bank.
"This is impossible. Shouldn't the longest range of the catapult be about three hundred meters?"
Seeing a hockey flying over a distance of five or six hundred meters and falling into the army, hundreds of soldiers from the Bear Man Imperial Guards suddenly hit Xiong Dashi's face was full of horror. At this moment, he was completely panicked.
"Uncle, what should I do now?
Do we want to withdraw the army immediately?"
As the war began, they were hit head-on, and Xiong Xiaoguang suddenly became unruly.
"Chu passed our army orders, and the whole army charged and went directly to the other side of the Yellow River. Today we must destroy all the damn catapults."
As the founder of the Dashi Kingdom, Xiong Dashi has experienced many battles after all, so he quickly calmed down again.
After calming down his mind again, Xiong Dashi had already analyzed the tactics that were most suitable for them in the moment.
If you order the army to retreat now, you can indeed temporarily stop the loss, but it will not cure the root cause.
Because if they withdraw from the attack range of the Condor Heroes' catapult, it will be equivalent to handing over the entire Yellow River bank to the Condor Heroes' Army.
After the Condors set up a solid defense on the river bank, they will have plenty of time to transport those trenchers with ultra-long range.
At that time, whether it is defense or active attack, they will still be attacked by the slashing aircraft of the Condor Heroes.
Xiong Dashi knew very well that if they wanted to smash the winter offensive of the Condor Heroes, they had to destroy all the catapults that pose huge threat to them, otherwise they would have no hope of winning.
Under the key protection of the Condor Army, it is not easy for them to get close to those catapults.
However, everything is absolutely absolutely true, because now there is a great opportunity in front of them.
In order to cover Baikal seals to build an ice road, the centaur army's centaur army was very scattered and their front line was very long.
Behind the Centaur Legion are Baikal seals that can only serve as food and have no lethality.
The Condor Army's catapult position is now on the shore of the north bank of the Yellow River.
If his Bear Man Guard Corps could break through the defense line of those centaur troops, the Condor’s catapult position would be immediately exposed to their attack.
Now there is only the Centaur Legion between the Condor Army's catapult position and them. This is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them who are determined to destroy those who have ultra-long-range catapults.
It is precisely because of this analysis that Xiong Dashi decisively issued the order to charge the entire army.
He wanted to take advantage of the condemnation of the Condor Army's carelessness to fight the Condor Army, and it would be best if he could take this opportunity to directly damage this arrogant Condor Army, and even if it was not good, he could destroy the catapults that pose huge threat to them.
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The Condor Heroes was shocked by the entire army charge launched by the Dashi Kingdom as soon as it came up.
They seemed to have not expected that the enemy would fight them as soon as they came up, so they suddenly seemed a little panicked.
The first thing that panics happened was the Baikal Seal Legion, which was building ice and snow passages on the ice.
After discovering that the enemy launched a full charge, the shocked druids immediately commanded the Baikal seal to escape to both sides.
After discovering that Baikal seals were constructed behind him, they ran away in an instant, the centaur legion on the ice immediately began to hesitate.
They didn't know whether they should continue to move forward, defend on the spot, or retreat to the front of the catapult position to protect the treasure catapults.
While the two legions in front were running and hesitating, the catapult position, which had just been fully fired, had already stopped throwing attacks.
The dwarf engineers directly pulled up the rope tied to the bottom of the trencher and began to pull the trencher back with difficulty.
After seeing the series of reactions from the Condor Heroes, Xiong Dashi became even more determined to his judgment just now.
In order to boost the morale of the army and strive to be able to severely injure the Condor Heroes Army in one fell swoop, Xiong Dashi directly joined the charge team with his own guards.
He wanted to lead the army to personally use his battle axe to wash away the humiliation brought to him by the Condor Empire during this period.
To be continued...