Chapter 41: The First Battle of the Re-equipped Infantry Phalanx

  "Kill..." The first one to climb up the city wall was a Dou Zhe, and this Dou Zhe's strength had absolutely reached the late stage of One-Star, not just an ordinary early-stage One-Star Dou Zhe.

  This time, in each of Karu's lightly armed infantry phalanxes, there were at least two fighters leading the charge, hoping to use the fighters' super strength to boost the team's morale and establish a foothold on the city wall.

  Xiao Yu, on the other hand, was absolutely scornful of this approach. If Karu were to gather all dozens of warriors and launch a first wave of attack, perhaps they could pose some threat to the beastman soldiers and establish a foothold on the city walls.

  However, if these warriors are separated and only a few attack at a time, the beastman infantry will not be afraid at all. Beastman infantry that has reached level three can withstand one battle as long as it is not facing a second-level warrior. If there are two level-three beastman infantry, they can hold off one warrior, and three beastman infantry can completely defeat a first-level early or mid-stage warrior.

  That's how powerful the Beastman soldiers are, so at first, Xiao Yu chose the Beastman base as his first base.

  In this era of cold weapons, what kind of troops can be better than the beastman infantry in the initial stage? Whether it is the elf tribe or the human tribe, they are all much worse than the beastman infantry.

  Currently, the human infantry produced by Xiaoyu can form better formations and have top-notch shield defense technology. However, if they were to fight against beastman infantry, one beastman infantry could take down three or four human infantry of the same level.

  Unless 100 infantrymen of the human tribe form a phalanx, they can barely counter 50 goblin infantry. In a one-on-one melee fight, goblin infantry is the best close combat troop.

  The battle on the city wall was not much different from last time, although this time there were more soldiers in Kalu's army rushing up, but Xiao Yu's beast tribe infantry had also increased by more than double.

  Last time, Xiao Yu only had 200 Beastmen infantry defending the city wall, not even a single Human infantry. This time, the number of Beastmen infantry has reached *, and there are also an additional 100 Human infantry formations defending, as well as 100 Elf archers coming to support. Unless Calu suddenly lands five times more power at once, don't think about occupying the city wall.

  The battle on the city wall erupted in an instant, extremely fierce, with flesh and blood flying everywhere. The beastman infantry, however, quickly triggered their berserk characteristic in response to this scene, and the Carthusian soldiers who came up were often knocked down by the beastman soldiers as soon as they stood firm.

  The elven archers and great mages continued to reap the lives of the soldiers below, while the soldiers on the city walls, unless their safety was threatened, generally did not take action and hid behind the human infantry. The human infantry immediately raised their shields to protect the elven archers.

  The great magician's ice cone technique should be a big hit in this battlefield, in the defensive battle, the mage's group attack spell is the most damaging to the soldiers, the more fiercely Karu's army charges, the more casualties they suffer.

  In general, Karu's army should have taken down the Great Magician first, and they did just that. Two warriors, along with some soldiers who were willing to risk their lives, charged forward in an attempt to kill the Great Magician.

  However, Xiao Yu had already made detailed arrangements beforehand. Ten human infantry and ten beastman infantry were specially assigned to protect the great magician. The soldiers who climbed up to the city head couldn't even get close to the great magician before they all died.

  Moreover, Xiao Yu himself is not far from the great magician. If there are too powerful enemies coming over, Xiao Yu has now learned the skills of the Sword Saint and can take down one or two fighters without any problem.

  Xiao Yu had a long knife specially made to better utilize the Sword Saint's skills, similar to the Sword Saint's long sword, in order to maximize its chopping effect.

  This long knife adopted a style that Xiao Yu was familiar with in his past life, a Tang knife, slender and narrow, with only one side having an edge, just like a sword with only one edge.

  Xiao Yu had always been fond of this kind of weapon in his past life, and now he could finally fulfill his wish.

  The Great Magician had just started the battle for a short time and reached level 7. Xiao Yu immediately added one level to the Great Magician's Frost Shield, reaching level 2, making the Great Magician's survival ability even stronger.

  The battle on the city wall was bloody and cruel, but although Karu's army suffered heavy losses, they were still unable to take a step beyond Leiyuechi.

  Compared to the other side, Xiao Yu's losses were not that severe. Although this time Karuta had armed some crossbowmen, who could use military crossbows to shoot at the soldiers on the city wall while climbing, most of the people in front were human infantry with shields, and the beastman infantry were one step behind the human infantry. In this way, it was difficult for the crossbowmen below to find effective targets when shooting upwards.

  As for the elven archers, their position was even further back, behind the orcish infantry. The order given to them by Xiao Yu was simply to shoot at distant enemies, and not to bother with those too close to the city walls, letting them climb up instead, where they would be dealt with by the orcish infantry. The elven archers' primary goal was to preserve their lives while exerting long-range pressure.

  Karu, seeing that the large army was still unable to climb over the city wall, and the blade chariots did not dare to get close, became extremely angry and issued an order: "Continue attacking, let the rear phalanx attack quickly, I must occupy the city head. You have so many people, can't even occupy the city head, go back and be slaves."

  On the one hand, Karu's line of sight also shifted to the heavy infantry at this time. The heavy infantry was now only a few meters away from the city gate.

  At the beginning, Xiao Yu suddenly opened the city gate. Kaluo was inexplicably surprised and could only think that Xiao Yu wanted to surrender as a possibility.

  Now, Xiao Yu neither surrenders nor closes the city gate, what is he trying to do?

  "Does he think that with our heavy infantry, mages and heavy siege engines, we can definitely break through the city gate, so instead of utilizing the solidity of the city gate to defend it, he wants to rely on the beastman infantry to defend like last time?"

  The last time Xiao Yu's Spartan-style defense left a deep impression on Kalu, so this time he thought Xiao Yu would definitely still play with this idea.

  "Hmph, fool! Last time I didn't have heavy infantry, it was hard to break through the city gate. This time I have a heavy infantry formation, are you afraid of your beastmen? I've read many books and studied for a long time on how to use heavy infantry formations against beastmen, and practiced countless times, specifically to deal with beastmen infantry. You're still doing this, just watch me slaughter all your beastmen infantry!"

  At this time, the commander leading the heavy infantry looked at the city gate close at hand, and his heart was also full of doubts. The opponent clearly saw that our heavy infantry had already set out, but still kept the big gate open, without any intention of closing it. What is the reason for this?

  Do they really have such confidence in their beastman infantry that they think they can completely break through our heavy infantry formation?

  History has proven that a hundred heavy infantry formations can absolutely annihilate a hundred beastmen who only know how to fight bravely and fiercely, but do not understand any combat formations.

  Rumble...

  The re-equipped infantry formation marched in neat steps, and had already arrived at the gate's entrance. They also saw the neatly arranged beastman infantry standing on the other side of the entrance.

  "Ready!" The commander shouted loudly, preparing to start the confrontation with the beastman infantry in front of them. The result of their long training was finally going to be put to the test here.

  Each heavily armored infantryman let out a loud roar, puffed out his chest, and raised his massive shield. Each shield was large enough to cover the infantryman from knee to neck, because two infantrymen stood side by side, their shields protecting half of each other's body, and then the person next to him protected his other half, so that a row of shields seemed like a moving iron wall, slowly advancing.

  To deal with beastman infantry, it is necessary to rely on this generally advancing wall-like method in order to achieve the greatest effect.

  The soldiers in the front rows were all holding shields and swords, starting to resist the beastman soldiers' charge, making it impossible for them to cross the front rows of soldiers. The soldiers behind them were throwing long spears or using powerful military crossbows to attack them.

  As long as the first row of troops withstood the beastman soldiers' attack, the rear rows would gradually kill all the beastmen, and then the entire Iron Wall army would slowly advance, slowly devouring the beastman soldiers. Soon, these beastman soldiers who only knew how to wield axes and jump around wildly would all be killed off.

  Moreover, in general, there is usually a magician hidden within such heavy infantry phalanx formations. The magician's large-scale killing magic would make the beastman soldiers die even faster.

  Originally, this was supposed to be the result of a heavy infantry charge against beastmen, but today, the outcome was completely different.

  Because their commander is Xiao Yu.

  As soon as the heavily armed infantry formation entered the city gate, the beast suddenly opened its big mouth and revealed a row of sharp teeth, forming an extremely cunning smile.

  The beastmen were originally a simple, honest and stubborn race, but these beastman infantry had been with Xiao Yu for a long time, and they had learned his despicable and treacherous ways to perfection. When they smiled, it was as if they were plotting something sinister.

  Especially Yu Shou Yi is the first infantry of the beast tribe to be produced, so the smart opening is more, and learning Xiao Yu is also one of the most learned.

  They were originally produced as emotionless machine-like soldiers, their minds can be said to be completely blank, with nothing but combat content.

  It's just like a newborn baby, the people who have the greatest influence on them are definitely their parents, because they are together every day and learn by osmosis.

  Xiao Yu was like a parent to these beastman infantrymen, and every word and action of his was learned by them, so it was inevitable that they would turn out this way.

  "Ready." The beast also shouted loudly.

  The beastmen's neatly arranged troops immediately split to both sides, and then two strange catapults with huge wings were carried out by two beastmen.

  The commander of the heavy infantry had a bad feeling when he saw this strange vehicle.

  It turned out that his feeling was right, the two huge wings of the strange vehicle suddenly opened, and then a huge crescent-shaped iron blade appeared on top.

  Buzzing...

  Accompanied by two strange noises, two huge silver discs suddenly flew up from the top of the two strange cars, with a strong whistling sound, and flew straight towards the heavy infantry formation.

  These two silver discs were extremely fast, several times faster than any crossbow arrow they had ever seen launched from a crossbow. What kind of power would such speed generate? Suddenly, both of them felt a jolt in their hearts.

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  First of all, I apologize to everyone for the late update today. It can't be helped, after all, who doesn't have things to attend to, especially during holidays like this? This morning when I woke up and saw that our new book had already reached second place on the charts, I was overjoyed. Although our red tickets and the rankings behind us are still far apart, even more so than before, but our click-through rate has allowed us to surge forward. Xiao Sa will work even harder and update more frequently to repay everyone's support. Today may be late, but Xiao Sa will still try to do three updates as a token of gratitude for everyone's ticket support, and especially thank those book friends who have spent money to reward Xiao Sa. As for the summoning of the three not-to-be-named, it goes without saying that they have been rewarding Xiao Sa every day for the past few days, and Xiao Sa is eternally grateful in her heart. Apart from them, thanks also go to "Ming Zhe Yu" who rewarded Xiao Sa for the first time, as well as "Hei An Zhi Zheng Zhe".

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