king.

After a tour of the surroundings, the city was built near mountains and rivers, and the moat was a natural river.

  I haven't gone down to do any field testing, but it can be seen from the gentle flow of the river that the flow will not be too large.

  The water attack is definitely useless, and the fire attack has nothing to burn.

  After all, the city had just been baptized by the flames of war, and the giant foot centipedes didn't seem to be good at construction.

  The shortcomings are also very obvious. The so-called city is just a psychological comfort, and the actual defense power is very limited.

  Perhaps because they were afraid of the threat of the magic crystal cannon, the Giant Foot Centipedes' camps were very scattered. There was no room for them in the city, and many troops were stationed outside the city.

  He walked around for a while and returned decisively, leaving no chance for the strong enemy to take action.

  "Send the order and let the cavalry regiments take turns to go around the enemy's rear and harass the enemy's camp!"

  Hudson ordered decisively.

  Compared with the giant centipede, the coalition has another advantage: it has stronger long-range firepower.

  The magic crystal cannon is still on the way, but the magic crossbow is carried with the army. Shooting from a distance of two hundred meters would make it difficult for the enemy to counterattack.

  You can't fight with crossbows and trebuchets. Those bulky things are not as flexible as cavalry.

  I don't expect to kill many Centipede soldiers, but the blow to the morale of the army will definitely be huge.

  War is always about one wrong step and one wrong step at a time. Without launching a decisive battle immediately, Giant Foot Centipede had already fallen into strategic passivity.

  On the surface, there is indeed no loss, but the changes in the soldiers' mentality have begun to ferment.

  ……

  "Enemy attack!"

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

  As soon as the signal of the enemy attack was sent out, arrows rained down on them, and the Centipede soldiers on patrol were shot to pieces on the spot.

  Because of the night attack, many soldiers were resting in the camp at the moment. When they heard the "enemy attack", they immediately picked up their weapons and rushed out.

  This panicked behavior has no meaning other than increasing casualties.

  War makes centipedes grow best. After realizing the problem, an interesting scene appeared.

  Some Centipede generals chose to face the difficulty and led their men to fight back; other Centipede generals chose to let their men temporarily avoid the sharp edge and get out of the range of the magic crossbow.

  Two completely different choices lead to different results.

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." After the sound of arrows, there were bursts of screams.

  Due to the lack of protective measures, many Centipede soldiers were soon stained red with blood after rushing out of the enemy camp.

  The centipede in front became a sieve, while the centipede behind became a hedgehog. The super penetrating power of the crossbow arrows exerted an unexpected effect at this time.

  The successive charges ended with the arrows exhausted and the cavalry withdrawing.

  As a price, there were countless corpses on the ground and the endless wails of wounded soldiers.

  Just after gathering the wounded, a new round of arrow rain came again, and the bloody battle repeated itself.

  Except for a few lucky ones who managed to escape the rain of arrows and rush into the cavalry, the rest of the Centipede soldiers basically fell on the charging road.

  It's useless to get close. Cavalry has a natural advantage over infantry. The best way is to fight with military formations, rather than letting skirmishers give the enemy results.

  After successive charges failed, the Centipede generals who commanded the battle finally realized something was wrong, but it was too late.

  As the companions around him continued to fall, the already low military morale began to decline rapidly.

  "boom!"

  When the first centipede soldier dropped his weapon and ran for his life, the second and third soldiers soon appeared...

  General Centipede hurriedly led his guards to kill the deserters. Unfortunately, the morale of the army had collapsed at this moment, and it was impossible to kill all the deserters who fled for their lives.

  Some soldiers with explosive tempers even picked up weapons and slashed at the centipedes blocking their way.

  Before General Centipede could react, a flying arrow was inserted into his body at some point. The originally strong armor was so powerless in front of the crossbow arrows.

  Defeat like a mountain!
  ……

  The Centipede officers and soldiers who chose to avoid the edge for the time being did not end up much better. He evaded in a panic and directly lost the camp to the enemy.

  This escape directly triggered the herd effect.

  They were supposed to use the facilities in the camp to organize the soldiers to resist the enemy attacks in an orderly manner, but as a result, the centipede soldiers who fled in panic formed a stampede in the camp.

  Under the impact of the rebel army, new camps continued to be involved in the chaos. A few generals tried to organize a counterattack, but found that they could not find their own generals.

  The back is left to the enemy, and the end will undoubtedly be tragic. The human cavalry would not relent when given the opportunity to beat up a drowned dog.

  A scene that neither warring party expected occurred: the human cavalry stepped on the joint camp. The defenders did not know how to resist, so they fled in panic.

  Seeing this scene, the cavalry who were originally preparing to take turns to attack did not care about waiting for the turn and directly joined the war.

  The war went unexpectedly smoothly, and Count Ebert, who led the cavalry attack, was stunned.

  When they set up camp, there were actually no horse traps or horse traps, and the defensive strength inside the camp was almost zero.

  No general with a little bit of military common sense would make such a common-sense mistake.

  Even adding a few more rows of fences can affect the cavalry charge and prevent a direct horse-trampling alliance.

  It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Since the enemy has exposed its flaws, attack it quickly.

  Infantry can't outrun cavalry, but they can just outrun their companions!

  The laws of the jungle in the dark world are vividly displayed here.

  Realizing that something was wrong, Marshal Howell immediately led the main force out of the city for reinforcements.

  "withdraw!"

  Seeing that the fighter plane was lost and the crossbow arrows he carried were all used up, Count Ebert gave a decisive order.

  The war was temporarily over, but Marshal Howell, who led reinforcements, was at a loss.

  In a brief confrontation, nearly [-] Centipede soldiers fell directly into a pool of blood.

  The increased number of wounded would be even greater. In the absence of adequate medical resources, only generals could receive treatment.

  For a while, screams and lamentations continued in the camp.

  Affected by the atmosphere at the scene, the morale of the reinforcements dispatched with Marshal Howell quickly dropped.

  "Send the order and all the troops outside the city will withdraw into the city!"

  Marshal Howell suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered.

  learn from mistakes.

  Two different ways of coping both ended in failure. Lacking effective means to deal with enemy cavalry, Marshal Howell had to choose strategic contraction.

  However, entering the city is not a perfect choice. It seems that the threat of enemy cavalry has been avoided, but the density of soldiers has also increased.

  Once the enemy's magic crystal cannon reaches the front line, the anti-cannon pressure in the city will become unprecedentedly huge.

  ……

  "What's going on in the back camp? Why are the enemy troops allowed to run rampant?"

  King Centipede asked Marshal Howell. It is not important that you have lost the battle. The key is not to lose the battle in a muddle-headed manner.

  The main force of the Centipede army is within the city, but there are also more than [-] troops stationed outside the city, echoing the city.

  According to such a strategic layout, the density of soldiers in the city will be greatly reduced. Once an artillery attack is discovered, you can find a bunker to avoid it in a short period of time.

  It can easily avoid the enemy's magic crystal cannon strikes while maintaining sufficient counterattack power. A perfect plan.

  Unfortunately, war is not a war on paper. Mistakes in any link may lead to the failure of the war.

  "Your Majesty, we lack experience in fighting human cavalry, and our previous battles were only with small groups of enemy cavalry.

  The frontline generals were exhausted and responded in a panic, resulting in heavy losses to the army!
  In order to prevent similar things from happening, I have come down to withdraw the troops from the outer city. "

  Marshal Howell replied sullenly.

  The army of more than [-] centipedes was actually thrown into chaos by an enemy cavalry regiment.

  If word gets out, other races in the center of the earth will laugh at them for a hundred years.

  Now the cause has been found, but the person responsible is very helpless.

  There are no cavalry in the inner earth world, and the only cavalry encountered in previous battles were scattered cavalry, which was of no use at all.

  The large-scale attack of the enemy cavalry was also the end of the war and the final round of harvest.

  All of them are experiences of failed escape, so naturally they are of no use.

  Even the basic information about the cavalry was obtained from the mouths of human captives. No one knows how many deviations there are.

  After all, the knowledge barrier in the Aslant continent is very serious. Even within the aristocratic group, there are only a few generals who have commanded large groups of cavalry in combat.

  Giant Foot Centipede has never captured such a high-level general. The information I know is pieced together bit by bit from the mouths of noble prisoners.

  Facts have proved that the confessions of these guys are unreliable.

  A real cavalry charge is neither poking around with a knight's lance nor slashing with a sword.

  People use the magic crossbow to shoot first, and after the shooting is completed, they do the last hit!

  The prisoners had already died in the torture, and there was no chance of settling accounts with them. For the current disastrous defeat, Giant Foot Centipede can only pay for it itself.

  "waste!
  They are all a bunch of trash!
  Everyone said they would learn from the previous lessons, but as a result, the war had just begun and they lost their troops first.

  The troops have all evacuated back. Once the enemy's magic crystal cannon arrives, what should we do next?

  Marshal Howell, do you have any countermeasures? "

  King Centipede asked dissatisfiedly.

  After a series of defeats, Marshal Howell, who had always been victorious in every battle, also lost his former aura.

  The respect he had in the past was based on the premise that he continued to win battles.

  When there was no more victory, Marshal Howell became an ordinary general, and he was still a general who often suffered defeats.

  If it weren't for the lack of better options, King Centipede would have changed coaches long ago.

  "Your Majesty, there are only two paths left for us now.

  Or take advantage of the cover of darkness tonight and fight the enemy directly on the battlefield.

  With our superior strength and the convenience of operating at night, the probability of success is at least [-]%.

  Either choose to conserve your strength and not engage in a deadly fight with the enemy, just delaying time.

  These cities can be defended according to the rules. If they cannot be defended, simply give up.

  The enemy is going to reinforce the garrison in the province of Parma. We don't need to forcefully stop them, we can just let them pass.

  The Demon Crocodile Clan is strong, and they can resolve any disputes. "

  After hearing Marshal Howell's answer, all the Centipede executives present hesitated.

  Everyone has no objection to cheating teammates.

  Since the Demon Crocodiles have chosen to entrust them with the task of intercepting the coalition forces, they must be prepared to be tricked.

  But the problem is that the situation is different now. The Demon Crocodile Tribe still has the geocentric passage they want.

  If the other party becomes anxious and they won't let them in, the follow-up matter will be troublesome.

  Choosing a decisive battle with the enemy tonight seems to have a good chance of winning, but in fact, everyone's psychology is completely uncertain.

  Having just suffered a defeat, the officers and soldiers were still immersed in the shadow of failure.

  As the defeated troops entered the city in large numbers, panic was also brought in. The city was now in a sensitive moment of panic.

  With such an army going into battle, even if it has an absolute strength advantage, the outcome of the war may still be overturned by the other side.

  "Marshal, a decisive battle at this moment is too reckless!

  Everyone has seen the combat effectiveness of the enemy army. They are definitely elites from the Alpha Kingdom.

  If the Hessian cavalry was so good at fighting, I would have suffered a lot in the war ahead.

  Even if you have superior strength, a decisive battle with the enemy is still full of risks.

  I propose to continue to implement the tactic of delaying the enemy. There is no need to entangle the enemy in one city or one area, and we can just use the favorable terrain along the way to carry out resistance step by step.

  It takes as long as it can hold off the enemy. If it really can't be held back, then the Demon Crocodile Clan deserves to be unlucky! "

  Prime Minister Jawat said almost explicitly.

  The so-called resistance along the way is more like a strategic evacuation. It's not your own territory anyway, so if you lose it, you'll lose it.

  A typical example of cheating teammates, but after artistic processing, it turned out that they struggled to resist, and finally lost, causing the battle to get out of control.

  As for whether the Demon Crocodile Tribe is willing to believe it, that is their own business. Anyway, the Giant Foot Centipede will believe it himself.

  "If there is no better choice, then do this!"

  King Centipede glanced at everyone and said.

  Seeing that everyone was still reluctant to speak, he immediately added: "Give me the order, except for the necessary defenders, the rest of the troops will immediately return to camp to sleep.

  After dark, we gave up the city transfer directly.

  If the enemy dares to chase them out, then take the opportunity to fight them in the night! "

  For some reason, deep down in his heart, he still had a faint expectation that the enemy would be able to attack late at night and then launch a counterattack.

  ……

  Union camp.

  The cavalry completed its mission beyond expectations and returned to the camp. The two deputy commanders went to the camp gate to greet them in person. As for Hudson, naturally he would not show up.

  He was the one who issued the order, and he also had his share of the military merits. In the eyes of many people, he, as the coach, had the greatest credit, and there was no need to come out to steal the limelight.

  After all, had he not keenly discovered the enemy's shortcomings and decisively ordered the cavalry to attack, there would not have been this surprise attack!
  "Harassment" became "surprise attack," which seems to be just one word difference, but the political impact is completely different.

  It doesn't matter what the original purpose was. Anyway, the result was: forcing the enemy troops to move from outside the city into the city, severely damaging the enemy's morale.

  The grand welcome ceremony quickly spread throughout the army, and everyone knew that the coalition forces had won the war!
  (End of this chapter)