Chapter 9: A Fierce Battle
"All archers, get ready, aim at target number one!"
The divine domain has a diameter of 120 meters and a radius of only 60 meters, but the basic shooting range of the empire's new archers is 90 meters. Standing on the central arrow tower of the divine domain, they can directly cover the entire divine domain.
The moment the enemy appeared, Li Qing used the authority of the divine realm to make a virtual digital mark on the heads of the five kobold throwers and the kobold leader.
When he gave the order, all the archers on the two arrow towers stood by the parapet, drew their bows, aimed, and began to accumulate strength.
Three short seconds passed in a flash, and Li Qing waved his hand fiercely:
"emission!"
Fifteen arrows that had been charged for three seconds drew a long arc in the air, crossed the entire divine realm, and shot towards a dog-headed man in the crowd who was stronger than his companions and holding a thick stone in his hand.
In an instant, eight streaks of blood flew up.
The arrows of the elite Imperial recruit archers are piercing attacks, which can cause 50% additional damage to the unarmored kobolds, and are more lethal than swords and chop.
After deducting the defense and 20% rank suppression, the damage is considerable.
Although the Gnoll Thrower that was targeted was of level one, it was only at the bottom of the level one and its vitality was not strong. After being hit by 8 arrows in a wave of concentrated fire, the damage overflowed and it was shot like a hedgehog and fell to the ground.
This wave of concentrated fire also awakened the somewhat confused group of dog-headed people who had just been teleported here. The dog-headed leader in the center of the group raised the stone stick in his hand and shouted angrily. Many dog-headed people raised their messy weapons and rushed towards the central tower of the divine realm.
"Prepare for battle!"
Li Qing loudly issued orders from the podium:
"Infantry, raise your shields, form a tight formation, and line up!"
The infantrymen who were ready for battle immediately arranged themselves into a tight formation, stuck the tips of their triangular wooden shields into the ground, and stood ready for battle.
It’s a pity that there are no spearmen, otherwise a row of spearmen would be stationed behind the infantry, and when the enemy rushes up, they would stand behind the shields and stab them with their spears.
The kobolds' attack had no formation, just a sparse and free charge. Twenty kobold diggers who were stronger than the kobolds rushed to the front holding wooden or bone sticks.
Without any orders, the archers on the two arrow towers nocked their bows and aimed at the kobold thrower with the number two marked above his head.
But this time the kobold thrower was in a charging state and was difficult to aim. Most of the concentrated fire missed the target, and only three hit the target. Blood spurted out, and the kobold thrower staggered and fell to the ground.
It’s probably because his skill level is too low and the bow in his hand is not powerful enough.
If it were a high-level archer, he could nail the target to the ground with one arrow.
But it was not a big problem. After one round, the archers quickly pulled out an arrow from the quiver and put it on the bow, starting a new round of charging.
Three seconds later, when the fastest Gnoll Digger was about to engage in battle with the infantry, the third round of concentrated fire knocked the second target who had just been shot to the ground.
Then, the front row engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and a group of kobolds rushed into the gap in the stone wall and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the infantry guarding the gap.
In an instant, there were dozens of dull sounds of stone sticks hitting wooden shields , and dozens of sounds of swords and knives tearing flesh.
Li Qing could see clearly from his high vantage point that the new imperial recruits who were attacking his side were actually at a disadvantage. Although humans were taller than kobolds, the kobold diggers in the front row were first-tier soldiers, and they were extremely powerful due to years of digging.
If they are not in a tight formation and have wooden shields to cushion the damage, normal level 0 recruits will not be able to withstand the impact of level 1 troops.
But as long as you can hold on, it's easy.
The infantry's wooden shield has a durability that ignores various modifiers and can actually offset a certain amount of any type of damage.
After withstanding a round of attacks, the infantrymen raised their swords and stabbed forward along the wooden shields. The infantrymen behind the first row also raised their swords and chopped forward over their companions' shoulders. The sound of muscles tearing was endless.
But the kobolds can also gather in a group and cross the row of companions in front of them and smash them with wooden sticks, making the wooden shields bang.
Although the Kobold Diggers in the first row have a rank advantage, they cannot hurt the human recruits until their shields are broken.
However, the recruit's shield cannot last long. The first-level Kobold Digger has extremely high damage and can be smashed to pieces with four sticks.
With so many kobolds crowded together, two recruits had their shields smashed in the first and second rounds. A kobold digger excitedly hit him with a stick, and the recruit immediately raised his sword to block.
With a crisp "clang" sound, the long sword was knocked crooked, and immediately another ogre came to finish him off with a stick.
The recruit's head tilted, and the bone stick hit his shoulder. There was a crisp "crack" sound, and the recruit groaned and tilted to the side.
Upon seeing this, Li Qing immediately shouted:
"Drag out the injured ones and fill in the gaps behind them."
But although the order was given in a timely manner, the subordinates did not react so quickly. As soon as the words fell, several large bone sticks hit the recruit's chest. With a crisp sound of bone cracking, a large amount of blood spurted out and he died on the spot.
"Damn it, I have to find a hero who is good at training soldiers when I enter school. This reaction is not good enough."
But that's all a matter for the future. Far water .
"As soon as the shield is broken, retreat immediately and let the ones behind you push forward."
"Archers continue to focus fire on the remaining targets."
"The cavalry is ready"
Li Qing did not panic and continued to give orders in a serious manner.
After giving this order, he turned and left the third floor of the tower, quickly went down to the first floor door, and came to the edge of the stone wall surrounding one side of the tower gate.
There is a pile of overlapping square stones here that was tampered with a long time ago. There are many logs underneath, so it can be moved with a push.
These wild gnolls have limited intelligence, and even if they see logs under the stones, they cannot imagine the mystery inside.
Li Qing called five cavalrymen to push the stone away to reveal a one-meter gap. The cavalrymen who had been prepared immediately came out of the passage, and he pushed the stone back to block the gap.
Unfortunately, I am currently undergoing an assessment and dare not use the cheating technique.
Otherwise he would definitely fly over the kobold's head with a bunch of rocks and throw them down.
A stone with a diameter of two or three meters was formed and dropped from a height of dozens of meters. Even a third-level ogre leader would be smashed into a meat patty.
At this time, all the ogres gathered at the only exit in the divine domain. There were only a few scattered ogres who could not squeeze in elsewhere. When they saw the five cavalrymen, they immediately rushed over with strange cries, and at the same time attracted some ogres who could not squeeze in at the door to chase after them.
But the gnolls were no match for the cavalry and were soon left behind.
"Assemble and form a formation!"
After keeping their distance, the five cavalrymen reunited and formed a row.
Li Qing, who returned to the third floor of the tower, immediately gave the order:
"charge!"
The five light cavalrymen immediately raised their lances and tucked them under their armpits, with the lance bodies pressed against the horses' shoulders and necks, the lance tips slanted downward, and their horses accelerated towards the oncoming dog-headed men.
“Puff!”
“Puff!”
"boom!"
…
The five cavalrymen standing side by side slammed into the group of dog-headed men. Two dog-headed men were knocked away by their horses, and three were hit by lances through the chest. They hung on the lances and rushed out more than ten meters before being thrown away.
As expected, the three ogres were killed instantly by one shot.
He was knocked down and had many broken bones, losing his ability to fight.
"Regroup!"
"charge!"
The knights rushed out more than thirty meters and turned around to re-form their formation and accelerated again. This time the ogres did not dare to charge, but fled in all directions, most of them fleeing towards the group of ogres who were besieging the pass.
A few seconds later, the sound of rapid horse hooves was accompanied by the sound of horses neighing, and the sound of lances piercing chests and breaking bones mixed together.
The warhorse galloped past, leaving behind four kobold corpses.
The cavalry's rampage soon attracted the attention of the commanding gnoll leader. After a strange cry, about half of the gnolls rushed towards the five cavalrymen.
When the battle at the checkpoint had entered its most intense stage, three bodies of human recruits were mixed in among the corpses of the kobolds on the ground.
Although there were constant changes of guard and Li Qing's orders were very timely, the new recruits were too slow to respond to the orders. In such a fierce close combat, a slow reaction could result in death on the spot.
Except for the three dead, the remaining seven ordinary recruits in the front row were all injured, but they withstood the most difficult wave.
When the other half of the ogres were transferred to encircle and kill the cavalry, the pressure instantly dropped a lot.
It was at this time that Li Qing ordered the elite recruits who had been staying in the back to prepare for defense, and then ordered the front-line infantry to retreat.
At the same time, four of the invaders' five second-level kobold throwers died under the continuous concentrated fire of fifteen archers, and only the last one was left.
"Keep focusing your fire!"
There was nothing much to do next, just concentrated fire in an orderly manner, with the cavalry charging back and forth and the infantry fighting head-on.
As long as the archers kill the last Kobold Thrower, they can provide long-range support to the infantry.
Without a unique ranged unit, the Kobolds will be defeated.
Li Qing stood on the third-floor platform of the tower, looking at the brutal fighting scene below, his facial muscles couldn't help but tremble, but he still did nothing.
Ten seconds later, after two consecutive rounds of concentrated fire, the last kobold thrower was shot dead.
The five level 20 Kobold Throwers were targeted and killed from the moment they appeared, and they were all killed without them having to put in any effort.
Only then did a hint of joy appear on Li Qing's face, and he immediately ordered the archers on the arrow tower to freely scatter support at the ogres in the pass.
At this time, two more imperial recruits were caught up and smashed to death by the kobolds while retreating, but they were stopped by five elite imperial recruits.
Arrows rained down from the sky and landed among the group of dog-headed men. Only eighteen dog-headed men were left, screaming and trying to dodge but there was nowhere to hide in the narrow passage.
It is difficult for a level 5 archer to shoot a level 20 kobold thrower, but it is still easy to shoot a level 3 kobold. Generally, two arrows can take down one.
The Imperial cavalry on the other side were still unharmed at this time. The ogres, who had neither long-range weapons nor spears, could not even intercept them. How could they resist the cavalry that kept charging back and forth?
At this point in the battle, it is basically certain that we will win.
The losses are a bit heavy. Five infantry recruits have been killed so far.
But this is understandable. There will always be casualties in war.
Moreover, the surviving soldiers will gain combat experience and increase their rank through battles, so overall their strength will increase instead of decrease.
Don’t ask why the assessment for selecting a mentor is so difficult. With so many soldiers dying at once, what should a lord who is an ordinary civilian do?
Who will care what you do? If you are not capable enough, why not just choose a one-star or two-star mentor?
Risks and benefits coexist at all times. The mentors are using real resources to train you. Is there any problem with screening and eliminating the weak ones?
Don’t say that this method cannot screen out potential people.
You have just started school and haven’t started learning supernatural powers yet, so who knows if you have the potential.
But as long as you have enough resources, a pig can be turned into a powerful monster.
In other words, having a lot of resource support is actually a kind of talent.
In the first semester, the instructor will select you based on the resources you have and your command talent, and nothing else.
Only when the training formally begins and the students learn extraordinary powers on their own, will they know whether you have talent.
Those with talent will be trained mainly, those with average talent will be trained generally, and those with poor talent will be abandoned. It’s that simple.
Of course, there is actually another hidden factor for the lack of talent in the early stages, which is to give low-star mentors a chance to turn things around.
After all, with the capital of the tutors, it is not difficult to test the talents of the students.
But if this is done, low-star tutors will have no chance at all.
You have chosen those who are rich and have capital, and all the talented ones have been screened out, so what’s the point of playing?
The following battle went just as he had expected. Waves of arrows rained down, and a large number of kobolds fell in the rain of arrows. The infantrymen fought and retreated all the way to the core of the divine realm. The elongated battle line cost the kobolds a huge price.
By the time they arrived at the core gate of the divine realm, there were only seven gnolls left.
On the other side, the cavalry's battle was about to come to an end. The slow-moving ogre was completely unable to do anything to the cavalry. They were kite-flying and charged back and forth, and only a dozen of them were left.
There was one thing that made Li Qing feel strange. Given the timidity of the ogres, they should have collapsed long ago with such high casualties.
But now that the casualties have exceeded two-thirds, they are still able to fight to the death. This must be because they have taken some medicine or gained some BUFF.
Judging from this combat power, the war lord apprentice who is weaker than Li Qing would probably be in great trouble, and even if he wins, he will suffer heavy losses.
Two minutes later, all the kobolds at the gate of the tower were killed.
Li Qing immediately ordered the cavalry not to circle around in the back, but to lead the ogres around to the front of the arrow tower, and use the archers on the arrow tower to speed up the killing of these ogres, and by the way, let these archers accumulate more combat experience and upgrade.
In this battle, most of the kobolds were killed by archers. However, after being shared by fifteen archers, the accumulated combat experience was not enough for any recruit to be promoted.
Li Qing had nothing to say about this, and could only say that upgrading the troops was more difficult than expected.
This further proves that advanced arms are even more rare.
According to this probability of death in battle...
Ranged troops are okay, but melee troops are difficult to deal with.
But that is all in the future, now the focus is on the present.
After fifteen archers' hard shooting, it took only about four minutes to finally kill the dozen or so kobolds circling the tower one by one, including the second-level kobold leader.
This guy had thick skin and was fast, so half of the four minutes was spent shooting him.
"You commanded a small battle to victory, and gained 342 strategic experience points. The current experience is 342/10000."
