Volume 5: King of the Mountain Chapter 286 Peasant Uprising and F2A
Meanwhile - on the left battlefield:
The last group of mountain nobles who resisted were also defeated. They abandoned the glory of the mountain warriors and fled in all directions along the desolate snowfield. The wolf cavalry chased them all the way, and countless Alterac warriors fell in the snow.
A wolf rider caught up with the young wolf lord who was touching the corpse.
"Master Warlord, Master Saurfang asked you to launch an attack from the enemy's left side and attack the enemy's royal army together with the main force."
Young Wolf Lord (Frostwolf Warlord): "Humph, in the end my plan was used anyway. Saurfang, that idiot, if he had used my plan earlier, this battle wouldn't have ended up like this."
He touched the last corpse and took out a piece of blue plate armor. His expression finally looked a little better.
These Alterac lords are so fucking poor. I killed several of them but only a few blue equipment items dropped.
The Young Wolf Lord secretly complained in his heart, but there was no expression on his face.
He nodded to the messenger and said, "I will launch an attack." Then he waved his battle axe and said, "Order all troops to gather around me and prepare for the attack!"
The left wing army that had just finished the battle immediately gathered again. The Young Wolf Lord knew that time was running out, so he didn't even reorganize the army, and directly led his troops to attack the King of Alterac's army.
The alliance had already noticed the defeat of the noble coalition and had prepared defensive forces to fight the enemy.
When the Young Wolf Lord jumped onto a snow slope and looked forward, he was immediately shocked to see the densely packed human army in front of him, which might have numbered more than 20,000 people.
Damn, the Alliance still has so many troops?
Although the left wing legion led by him defeated the noble coalition after the previous bloody battle, he also suffered heavy losses. Moreover, he had just sent out some cavalry to hunt down the noble army. Now he only had more than 10,000 troops. He was shocked to face twice as many enemies.
But he soon discovered the clue.
Oh my god, I was shocked. It turns out they are all militiamen.
That’s right, the densely packed army of more than 20,000 in front of them are all militia troops, and they are also the reserve army of Alterac. The person leading the troops is Darabenba, the commander-in-chief of the reserve army.
Originally, the militia could not serve as the main force to meet the enemy head-on, but only as a reserve force. Whenever there was a shortage of people, hundreds or thousands of them would be dispatched to fill the gap. When the central army was in danger before, he dispatched thousands of militia to provide support.
However, as the left wing collapsed, the left side of the army completely lost its cover, and the main force of the royal army was fighting a desperate battle with the main force of the Frostwolves, and could not withdraw any troops. Dara Bangba had no choice but to bite the bullet and bring the remaining militia to block the bullets.
In a sense, it is the same choice as old Saurfang.
However, the tribe's left wing at least had an Ice Elemental Lord to support it, but they did not have any high-level troops on their side. There were only dozens of North Wind Knights under him and Sieglet, and oh, yes, there were also ten dragon-clad heavy cavalry led by Roland.
The rest are all militia.
Looking at the elite tribal troops in front of him, Sigelette's face turned pale.
He knows the fighting power of the orcs.
Sigrit (Prince of Alterac): "Can it work? The militiamen are all level one soldiers. It seems a bit risky to use level one soldiers to fight against the enemy's level three and level four soldiers head-on."
Darabongba (Prince of Alterac): "Don't worry. I have the heroic feat of 'Peasant Revolt'. Level 1 soldiers can be used as level 2 soldiers. Plus, with the advantage of numbers, I will definitely win. Just wait and see."
After that, let’s go straight to the heroic specialty - [Peasant Uprising].
[Peasant Uprising (War Expertise).
Benefit: Launch a pre-battle speech, giving the militia under your command additional morale bonus and war zeal. This morale bonus can be combined with any other skills that increase morale.
(The morale bonus you get depends on the content of your speech, with a minimum of 10 points and a maximum of 50 points. You can also choose not to give a speech, in which case the morale value you get is a fixed 30 points.
Every 10 points of morale increase will gain 1 layer of war enthusiasm, and each layer of war enthusiasm can increase the basic attack power of the militia by 5).
Dara Bangba had already prepared his speech lines, and now he rode on his horse and shouted in front of the army.
Darabonba (Prince of Alterac): "People of Alterac , my brothers! I see in your eyes that you all share the same fear that I do.
Perhaps one day , human beings will become cowardly, abandon their compatriots and flee at the sight of the enemy, but not today!
Maybe one day, the savage orcs will break through the human city and humans will become extinct, but not today!
Today we must fight bravely!
I command you with all that you hold dear to you to fight to the bitter end - warriors of Alterac!"
[System prompt: Your [Peasant Uprising] was successfully launched. Your soldiers were encouraged and gained 43 points of morale and four levels of war enthusiasm.]
Dara Bangba's speech had some effect . The morale of the militia troops, which had originally been low, instantly rose to 90+, and they were shouting and ready to fight with the orcs on the opposite side.
Sigurd (Prince of Alterac): "Damn, great! I didn't expect you to be so eloquent. By the way, where did you get this speech?"
Darabongba (Prince of Alterac): "Haha, how about the part about Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings? The effect is pretty good, right? Look at the morale. How can you lose? Kill them, brothers! All forces attack!"
It was also the first time for him to command such a large-scale war. With his blood boiling, he led his army directly to attack.
Twenty thousand militiamen formed a dense formation and pushed forward in a bustling manner.
Sieglet thought it was quite appropriate. In The Lord of the Rings, they fought against orcs, and here they were fighting against orcs.
The translation is Ok.
Although FA2 was a bit brainless, he had never commanded a major battle, and couldn't think of any better tactics. And looking at the morale of these militias, he felt that it was indeed possible. So he followed suit.
However, at this moment, a group of militiamen who had received the order to attack did not attack, and the militia leader even cursed loudly.
Veteran draws his sword (militia captain): "Who gave the order? Why are you rushing in so mindlessly? Are you going to die?"
Mallory (Militia Captain): "That's the prince's order, shouldn't we go?"
Ronald (Militia Captain): "That's right, we should obey orders."
Veteran draws his sword (militia captain): "What a bullshit order. If we really go, we're done. Brothers, listen to me. First, set up the square formation we practiced before. You adventurers, don't just stand there. Hurry and set up my Italian cannon..."
At this moment, facing the aggressive wave of militiamen, the Young Wolf Lord burst into laughter.
Such a group of low-level soldiers attacking without thinking is simply an experience.
It was really hard for him to deal with the 20,000 militiamen gathered together to defend, but since they were fighting an offensive, he was not afraid at all.
"kill!"
At the command, the tribal army also launched an attack.
The two armies had no formation at all and just collided directly.
Immediately fell into a melee.
It's true, these militiamen relied on their high morale and the attack boost brought by the fourth level of war enthusiasm, and managed to fight the orcs into a stalemate. In fact, the key was that the orcs had just finished a battle and had not reorganized their formation. All kinds of troops were mixed together, and they were completely fighting a battle of attrition.
The Young Wolf Lord was not in a panic, as he had much more battlefield experience than Dara Bangba.
"Send out the Frostwolves and the Direwolves! Encircle them from the right side."
Two wolf packs of 500 people immediately attacked from the right side of the army.
Frostwolf Group - This is the exclusive army of the Frostwolf Clan, belonging to the special 'War Beast Unit'. Unlike ordinary wolf cavalry, the Frostwolf can fight alone with the Wolf King as the leader due to its excellent wisdom.
The Direwolf Pack is another group of war beasts tamed and trained by the Frostwolf Clan after they occupied Alterac Valley.
As war beast troops, the two legions have four identical military characteristics - creating fear, anti-infantry, fast movement, and charge.
The fast movement allowed the two war beast legions to go around to the side and rear before the enemy could react, and then launch a direct charge.
The Anti-Infantry trait grants additional damage bonus when attacking infantry units.
Creating fear can quickly reduce the enemy's morale and cause collapse.
The militia, who had originally had high morale, were attacked from behind by the wolves, and immediately suffered heavy casualties, with several teams being wiped out.
"Run, it's a monster."
“There are so many wild animals.”
“Run!”
Seeing some deserters appearing on the right side of the battlefield, Dara Bengba didn't take it too seriously. They only lost a few hundred people, but I have an army of 20,000.
But I'm still a little surprised. Why did he bring a wolf?
However, Dara Bangba soon discovered that the problem was not that simple. It turned out that the collapse of morale had a chain reaction. Whenever a troop collapsed, the nearby troops would be affected to a certain extent. The militia troops would suffer double morale loss due to their "low morale" characteristic. As a result, after several back-charges, the militia troops were covered with white mist in large areas, and their morale collapsed like a domino effect.
In the blink of an eye, one-third of the troops began to retreat or simply disband.
Dara Bangba's eyes went dark and his scalp went numb. He had no idea how to command the troops. All his war experience came from the Age of Empires he had played before. However, in the Age of Empires, a full-scale battle consisted of only battles between 200 people. It was completely impossible for him to command an army of 20,000.
From this point of view, the Young Wolf Lord is far better than him. The Young Wolf Lord's war experience comes from total war, and he has at least commanded thousands of troops in battle.
Young Wolf Lord (Frostwolf Warlord): "Hahahaha, you dare to fight me head-on with a bunch of garbage militia? I thought you had some special abilities, but that's all? Attack! Kill them all!"
The militiamen ran around in all directions, with the orcs chasing them fiercely.
Especially those frost wolf war beasts, they bit fiercely.
All of a sudden—BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!
A burst of explosions directly disrupted the offensive of the Frostwolves, killing and injuring dozens. The Young Wolf Lord was shocked to find that on the hillside, there was a row of artillery positions with more than a dozen muzzle-loading cannons, firing shells at the orc army.
In front of the artillery position were the spear militiamen standing ready for battle, arranged in neat square formations.
