Chapter 286: A War Without Justice (Part 3)
In Lionel's camp, more than 14,000 soldiers and officers who were about to march to the battlefield collectively rubbed their eyes when they saw the undead army coming like a wave.
Countless people's jaws dropped after confirming that the scattered and disorderly undead army charging was not an illusion.
" What's up with these undead?!"
Because there was a high-level illusionist hiding in the camp of the Odysseus family, the two spellcasters announced by Lionel did not dare to approach rashly and did not place the Mage's Eye in the direction of the enemy.
Even the black magician, who is generally recognized as the most difficult to deal with, avoids the illusionist, so the elemental mage naturally doesn't want to provoke this guy...
But Lionel also knew that the Odysseus family brought undead mercenaries to the battlefield, and it was no secret that the Tarantan undead were active in Moses Port.
And this is also the most difficult thing to understand for the two elemental mages who are protecting His Royal Highness the Prince of the Principality - they just confirmed the situation around their own camp and the battlefield four kilometers away ten minutes ago!
The Odysseus army hasn't even arrived on the battlefield yet, and these undead have already come to their camp. What the hell is going on?!
Although they were shocked, it was unlikely that they would be frightened. At first glance, there were only one or two thousand undead at most, and Lionel's camp had as many as 14,000 professional soldiers. With the psychological advantage brought by the absolute numerical advantage, even the most timid soldiers would not be frightened by a mere undead and scream.
More than a dozen heavily armored cavalry teams lined up at the main gate of the camp to receive the inspection of His Royal Highness the Prince responded immediately, quickly spreading out in a fan shape and forming a battle formation to meet the enemy.
The light cavalry team that was ready to set off after His Royal Highness the Prince reviewed the troops also quickly took action, dispersing to both sides of the camp in the shape of a double arrow.
Although it is not known why the Odysseus family sent undead mercenaries to "attack the camp" before the war started, it is obviously a good thing to weaken the enemy's strength in advance, especially these crazy undead who are fearless and dare to rush towards the enemy camp that is several times larger than their own. It is better to kill them early than to be harassed by them during the formal battle.
Lionel had just deployed his formation when the front row of undead were less than 200 meters away from the heavy cavalry's position.
Then... the undead charge line, which was running in a disorderly and disorderly manner, without any formation at all, and seemed to be shattered at the slightest touch, suddenly became more scattered, some circling to the left, and some circling to the right...
The heavy armored cavalrymen who had already raised their weapons and launched a counterattack: "???"
It is not easy for heavy cavalry to turn around when charging.
The sharp charge line composed of more than a dozen fully armored cavalry was extremely destructive and fast, but the undead dispersed and ran away even faster.
The heavy cavalrymen who were trying to take the first credit for killing the enemy rushed forward in a daze due to inertia, watching helplessly as the group of undead who bypassed the two sides of the cavalry formation passed by them.
The weapons of the heavy cavalry were long, but obviously not long enough to hit the undead who deliberately avoided them.
The frontline officers standing at the gate of the camp were sweating profusely and retreated hastily: "Stop them! Stop them!!"
The light cavalry, which spread out in a double-arrow formation to both wings of the heavy cavalry, had been preparing to outflank the undead army from behind and capture them all in one fell swoop. However, they never expected that the undead who came to "attack the camp" had no martial ethics at all and had no intention of confronting the heavy cavalry head-on. Instead, they went around them!
The pocket tactic could no longer be used as the undead had already rushed into their own nest. The light cavalrymen from the border guard team hurriedly turned their horses around and rushed to the front of the camp.
But... you may not notice it from a distance, but when you get closer, you will find that the speed of these undead is faster than you can imagine!
——Those running in the front are all walker players. Once they activate the Wind Control Technique, they can easily run a hundred meters in just over 3 seconds, comparable to cheetahs. They must be extremely fast...
With the horsepower of the light cavalry, before they had even retreated halfway, the hundreds of undead in the front had already rushed to the gate of their own camp!
Due to the short preparation time before the war, the camp of the Principality of Lionel was set up very simply. The outer wall was just a wooden fence, and the camp gate was just a relatively dense fence gate. Because they were preparing to set off for the battlefield, the gate was not closed...
In other words - after the hundreds of walker players who were rushing to the front ran in a big circle to bypass the heavy armored cavalry position that looked difficult to defeat at first glance, there was only a group of infantry in front of them!
In order to make way for the cavalry, the infantry team in the camp did not come to the camp gate. They came up to block the door in a hurry. There was no density in the formation at all, and there were holes everywhere!
Robbing in battle... Players who have already mastered the routine of seizing spoils of war will not delay in using the identification technique when launching the final sprint.
"Attention! There are three officer NPCs at the three o'clock position! They are dressed in top quality clothes!"
"The cavalry is coming, charge to the three o'clock direction, brothers, cooperate!"
"Brothers at the back, stop the cavalry! Otherwise we will be wiped out without getting anything!"
The players shouted and quickly agreed on tactics in the last few seconds of safety. Those who fell behind drew their weapons and heroically faced the light cavalry that rushed back to support them...
The players running in front completely ignored the infantry interception, and charged towards the three front-line officers with great determination and fearlessness.
Without the ability to control the wind, players can still run 100 meters in less than five seconds as long as they don't chat while running and concentrate a little. They can also turn very flexibly. Not to mention horses, even normal soldiers in full armor can't catch up with them.
In addition, the players had clear goals, which was to grab a top-notch item first, and did not bother with the infantry who tried to intercept them. Players who were unfortunately stopped by the infantry would also take the initiative to hold back the opponent and create opportunities for their teammates... Those three officers who had been retreating from the beginning did not escape!
"You still want to run away from me——!"
Give me medicine. With several teammates sacrificing themselves to clear the way, he was the first to rush in front of the officer. Facing the other party's unbelievable and horrified expression, he skillfully hugged the other party's waist and knocked the man down with the inertia of the high-speed sprint.
Just like giving me medicine, several walker players who were in the front rushed forward one after another and knocked down the other two officers.
The players who followed were also very skilled. Some of them blocked the soldiers who tried to rescue the officer, while others swiftly assisted their companions in removing the equipment that could be taken away from the officer...
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! The brothers behind can't hold on any longer!"
"Right away! Right away!"
Give me medicine. He bit the command knife he had snatched from the officer's hand, quickly took off the helmet of the unfortunate officer he had pinned down and threw it to the others. He used his dagger to cut off the straps on the officer's shoulder armor and wrist guards, and threw the removed equipment to his companions. Seeing that there was still some time, he took away the officer's monster leather belt with self-defense enchantment, took off his shoes, and also cleared out the odds and ends around his waist, neck, and wrists...
"The people behind are almost dead, we need to retreat! We need to retreat!" Girl Gala, who was blocking the infantry and keeping watch, yelled at the top of her voice.
As long as you don't let go of the looted equipment, you can take it back even if you die. But if you can survive, players would rather stay alive, after all, staying alive gives you the opportunity to grab more equipment...
Almost half of them were killed by the light cavalry that came back to support and the infantry that caught up. Most of the fine clothes that the families of the three officers had carefully prepared also fell into the hands of the players.
"Let's go! If we delay any longer, we'll all be wiped out!" He shouted, taking the lead in escaping, and frantically refreshing the team channel, "Seven o'clock direction! The main force will support us!"
Team commander En Bu Zeng replied: "No problem!"
The players, who looked so disorganized and chaotic that they didn't even look like they were fighting a war, were actually well organized and disciplined.
When the first group of walker players took advantage of the assault to rob the officers, the main group of players were not idle either. They not only sent people to harass the heavy cavalry formation to prevent these iron-clad NPCs from turning around and charging at their own people, but also delayed a number of light cavalry who were returning to support the main camp.
It's impossible to fight. There are so many NPCs on the opposite side, their number is several times that of the players. If the friendly NPCs don't get out of the game, the players alone can't handle the battle.
But you can still rob them. Before arrive, grab a batch of monsters you can. It will be a huge profit no matter how you look at it.
When friendly NPCs join the battle, "drops" will be affected!
Break away from the friendly forces and go it alone? Who said that? I just want to get some benefits first!
When the walker players who had charged into the enemy camp ran away, the player responsible for "leading" the heavy cavalry formation pulled the monsters in the opposite direction. Among the players responsible for restraining the light cavalry positions on both sides, the player team facing the right side of the enemy camp took the initiative to charge inward and attract firepower.
The combat effectiveness and number of Lionel's army were several times that of the Undead army, but the Undead came suddenly, and their "camp raid" tactics were unheard of. Their speed was incredibly fast, and they didn't leave Lionel's army much time to react. Entropy concentrated its superior forces to attack the light cavalry line on the right, and actually created a brief local advantage.
Since they were in a dominant position, the players never knew when to stop. In the short twenty seconds when the players rushed out, the large group of players dragged more than a dozen lone light cavalrymen off their horses, tied them up and carried them away...
From the time the undead appeared at the end of the field of vision, to the time when the main gate of the camp was raided, to the time when some of the equipment of the three officers and their personal soldiers and infantrymen who protected them was robbed, to the time when the undead who raided the main gate of the camp were picked up by the undead army, to the time when all the undead suddenly retreated in an orderly manner and ran away out of sight, the total duration was no more than 100 seconds.
The heavy cavalry phalanx, which had killed more than a hundred undead in two rounds of charge, lined up helplessly 600 meters in front of the camp, not knowing whether they should pursue .
A lot of undead were killed, but the light cavalry, who also lost more than a dozen of their companions, were even more confused than the heavy cavalry. Their speed was comparable to that of the undead, but no officer dared to give the order to pursue or not.
Three frontline officers, all with the rank of colonel, were helped up by their bodyguards. The bizarre encounter made these three veteran Lionel officers with good family backgrounds look dazed, as if they were in a dream.
His Royal Highness the Prince of the Duchy, who immediately retreated into the camp after the undead appeared, was stunned.
"What the hell is going on? What the hell is going on?!" His Royal Highness the Prince rode his horse to the messy gate of the camp, almost dizzy with anger.
A spellcaster serving the Principality silently performed the underwater mirror technique and discovered that the group of undead had not run far away. They were gathered in a valley two miles in front of the camp, making a lot of noise and no one knew what they were doing.
The spellcaster carefully observed the image displayed by the water mirror and confirmed that there was no black magician among the undead, nor was there any sign of illusionist Upton. He hesitated for a moment whether to ask for a fight to calm the anger of His Royal Highness the Prince.
However... although His Royal Highness the Prince was very angry, he had no intention of sending people to hunt down the undead - obviously, His Royal Highness the Prince had realized that this might be a dirty tactic of the Odysseus family, and they wanted to use that group of extremely fast but weakly combat-effective undead to dilute their own military strength.
His Royal Highness is still very wise, which makes the two spellcasters serving the Principality of Lionel feel relieved.
While feeling relieved, the two elemental mages were also as angry as His Royal Highness the Prince.
"Does the Odysseus family have no confidence in a direct battle? They even resorted to such a despicable trick!"
The Prince of the Principality, who was full of anger, suppressed his temper, soothed the cavalrymen who were getting agitated with anger, and encouraged the soldiers to go to the battlefield and severely beat up the army of the Odysseus family to regain their lost face.
Lionel's army, which had been harassed once, was preparing to march out... At the end of the field of vision, the figure of the undead appeared again.
“——Come again!!” His Royal Highness the Prince of the Principality almost cursed in public.
