Chapter 42: Beheaded at the Waist

  Hehe...

  A strange cutting metal sound, with a grinding feeling, makes people feel extremely uncomfortable, but the sound is over very quickly, forming a rapid ripping sound of tearing open a piece of fabric.

  In short, it's a very complex sound.

  But when the voice finished, the originally advancing heavy infantry formation stopped, and the eyes of the soldiers in the front row suddenly became extremely fearful, as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight, their eyeballs were about to pop out, and their eyes were also filled with bloodshot.

  They intuitively felt that their body seemed to be different from somewhere, as if they had lost something, but couldn't think of what was lost for a while.

  Right after that, they all suddenly felt their bodies lighten and fell forward, only to find that from the waist down, they were still in their original positions.

  They were thrown out, just the top half.

  Ah...... Ah......

  A shrill scream echoed through the entire city gate, like a fierce ghost, the howling of Pitsirius, as if to release all the breath of life.

  Two moon blades went out, and eight of the ten soldiers in the first row were cut in two, while the other two happened to be in the area where the moon blade missed, so they escaped.

  But of a line of ten men, only two were left, and this heavy infantry formation had completely lost its effectiveness.

  Especially the heart-wrenching and ear-piercing screams of those soldiers who were cut in half on the ground made them completely lose their will to fight, and several soldiers lost control of their bowels.

  The vast majority of soldiers go to the battlefield to fight, thinking about how to reap the enemy's lives and achieve their own glory, rarely thinking that they will also be killed.

  But when such a miserable death appears in front of them, their nerves often collapse.

  Waist chopping, also known as one of the most brutal punishments in ancient times. Those who were waist-chopped, because important organs are all in the upper body, although they lost their lower body, would still be conscious and it would take a long time to die.

  The screams of the criminals who were beheaded on the execution ground were enough to leave a permanent shadow in anyone's heart, and if they knew that the next one to be beheaded was themselves, many would faint or collapse mentally.

  Generally on the battlefield, although the fighting is fierce, such cases of waist-cutting are not very common, at most the head is gone and they die directly.

  As a heavily armored infantryman, the possibility of being cut in half at the waist is even lower, because they have thick armor and a large shield. Even for a strong fighter, it would be extremely difficult to cut off a heavily armored infantryman at the waist.

  Although it is difficult for a warrior to achieve this, the Elf's Blade Dancer can.

  The armor of the heavy infantry is very thick, but it's only relative to the light infantry. If they really wore all iron blocks on their bodies, there would be hardly anyone who could move on the battlefield.

  Their shields were very strong, but actually not entirely iron shields. Such a large and thick shield would weigh several hundred pounds if it were all iron, even if there were strong men who could carry such a shield, how could they fight? It's hard to move at all.

  The shields of the heavy infantry were also made of wood, but they had enough iron plates and copper nails on their surface that ordinary weapons could hardly break through.

  However, the Elf tribe's Bladed Chariot is not a conventional weapon.

  Two crescent moon blades completely broke through the first row of heavily armed infantry, and their momentum did not diminish, directly embedding themselves in the waists of the second row of soldiers. These soldiers, although not completely cut in half at the waist, were also half-cut, and fell to the ground with even more agonized wails.

  And before they could come to their senses, the beastman infantry had quickly carried away the two blade chariots from both sides, and the two blade chariots with crescent blades on them were carried out from behind.

  Hehe...

  Two crescent moon blades shot out again, and once more two rows of heavily armed infantry were cut down at the waist.

  Within three seconds after these two moon blades, the third row of two blade cars was carried out again and struck once more.

  Xiao Yu had deployed a total of six blade carts at the city gate, with two carts in each row and three rows taking turns to wind up and fire. After one row finished firing, it would immediately be pulled away by the beastman infantry to make way for the next row, which would continue the attack, thus forming a rapid and dense heavy firepower strike.

  The reloaded infantry only felt countless silver plates flying over, cutting them in half into various shapes, with all sorts of internal organs spilling out and scattering everywhere.

  By this point, the heavily equipped infantry had completely lost their will to fight; such intense and concentrated firepower left them with no apparent option other than death.

  The horizontal cut of the crescent moon was too big, and the city gate hole was originally small. They had nowhere to hide, and their armor and shields couldn't defend against it. So they could only shout in terror and quickly retreat.

  Originally, their mages were capable of posing a threat to the blade cars, but the mages also needed the infantry in front to hold them off before they could cast their spells.

  But now the infantry in front of him were falling down like wheat being cut, one row after another, and it was almost his turn, how could he still have the heart to chant magic?

  Now, these heavily armed infantrymen have only one thought in mind - to retreat quickly, get away from here, and escape this terrifying weapon that doesn't belong to this world but should be in hell.

  "You think you can run? It's not that easy." Xiao Yu watched from the city wall as several heavily armored infantry formations collapsed completely after just a brief confrontation, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.

  This moon blade is just too damn awesome.

  "Catapults, ready, fire at will." Xiao Yu waved her hand and the ten catapults on the city wall adjusted their firing distance before unleashing a barrage of rocks at the heavily armored infantry in front of the gate.

  Heavily armored infantry can defend against sword attacks, but a few dozen kilograms of stones falling from tens of meters high, even with a steel helmet, can crush the helmet. Even if holding up a shield to resist, it's likely that the arm will be directly crushed.

  Boom boom boom......

  Countless rocks came crashing down, and the heavily armored infantry who had not yet entered the city gate tunnel instantly became live targets. The dense formation made it even harder for them to dodge and resist, being smashed left and right, countless people fell directly to the ground, never to get up again.

  A stone falling freely from a distance of over ten meters would be impossible for them to block, no matter how strong they were.

  No way out in the rear, with pursuing troops in front, these heavy infantry formations that were thought to be able to annihilate the beastmen infantry in one fell swoop had now become trapped between heaven and earth.

  If their formation really clashed head-on with the beastman infantry, it might have caused great casualties to the beastman soldiers. However, Xiao Yu was not a fool either, and he understood the characteristics of heavy infantry formations.

  Although the beastman infantry has now reached level 3, and many have reached level 4, it is still very difficult to break through this heavy infantry formation. Their large axes are powerful, but they can't completely smash a row of iron walls.

  Because of the unity of ten people, the defensive power formed is absolutely not as simple as one person, just like a single chopstick can be easily broken, but ten chopsticks are difficult to break.

  Reorganize infantry formation, this is the reason.

  So if we still use the Spartan method to deal with these heavy infantry formations like last time, the beastman infantry will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

  However, Xiao Yu, who deeply understood the principle of troop types countering each other, had never planned to let the beastmen infantry confront their heavy infantry formation from the start. Who would engage in a head-on battle when they knew they were at a disadvantage?

  If it's a one-on-one fight against heavily armored infantry, there's no problem. No matter how thick the armor is, the beastman infantry can still take down their opponents with sheer brute force. However, when facing a formation of heavily armored infantry, that's a different story altogether. The beastmen are absolutely weak in terms of formation coordination.

  So, Xiao Yu never intended to let the Beastman infantry clash head-on with the enemy's heavy infantry. In previous Warcraft games, it was all about countering each other's units with ones that they couldn't counter.

  Originally, dealing with heavily armored infantry was indeed a very difficult task, as this iron wall's advancing attack could only be blasted open by the kind of heavy firepower attacks that mages' magic possessed.

  However, Xiao Yu currently only has one mage-type hero, the Great Mage, who is an ice mage and specializes in Ice Shard Technique, not a fire-type mage that excels at explosive attacks.

  At this time, the emergence of blade cars and catapults just solved the problem of insufficient firepower for Xiao Yu. As long as the troops are restrained, even if the military strength differs by several times, they can still win, which is actually Xiao Yu's most skilled competitive way in the past.

  "First squad, ready, fire! Second squad, ready, fire..." After the catapults had broken up the heavy infantry formation into a scattered mess, Xiao Yu immediately ordered the concentrated arquebusiers near the city gate to begin volley firing.

  Xiao Yu divided the Musketeers into four groups, with 25 people in each group. The four groups took turns shooting, with almost no time interval between them. Although they didn't have the firepower of machine guns from their previous lives, they still achieved the same effect.

  The cuirass of the heavy infantry was very thick and could withstand musket fire in some places, but there were also weak spots that could not withstand musket fire.

  This intense and disorderly firing of muskets often hit the weak points of these heavily armored infantrymen, causing casualties.

  Scythe chariots, catapults, plus dwarf handgunners, three kinds of long-range heavy firepower, directly blasting Karu's heavy infantry formation into a rout.

  "Cut it out, you're really boring me. You think this little bit of patience is enough to dare provoke me?"

  Xiao Yu sat down in the rocking chair, picked up the red wine again, narrowed his eyes and revealed a smile that made people look treacherous and despicable.

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  Chapter 2 is here, working hard on Chapter 3, still asking for votes, thanks to DA and Michael for the reward, thanks to Ming Zhe Yu again for the reward.