Chapter 47: The Rise of the King

  Karu's army of over ten thousand, launched a fierce attack, which indeed put tremendous pressure on Xiao Yu's side. Several times, they even occupied a small part of the city wall under the leadership of the Dou Zhe, but were repeatedly beaten back by the ferocious and fearless infantry of the beastmen.

  Because of the numerous killings, all the beastmen infantry no longer have green skin, but instead turned blood red, their entire bodies basically dyed red with fresh blood.

  The human infantry in this battle seemed to have nothing outstanding, after all, compared to the powerful beastman infantry, their lethality was somewhat insignificant.

  However, the unique shield wall skill of the Beastman infantry also played a huge role. Firstly, they blocked countless times the powerful crossbow bolts shot from below for the Beastman infantry and Elven archers behind them. Secondly, with their bodies and shields, they protected numerous times the enemies charging towards the Elven archers. Thirdly, during several instances when the Calamity soldiers occupied the city walls and took positions, they formed a small square formation, blocking the further advance of these Calamity soldiers.

  Each type of soldier is useful, the human infantry seems to have no such powerful attack as the orc, but the extremely detailed defense aspect is not comparable to the orc infantry.

  Orc infantry is for charging forward and killing, while human infantry is for forming a phalanx to resist and protect the troops behind.

  If the infantry of the human tribe is developed to form a phalanx, it can also play a huge role like the heavy infantry of Carthage. Now, because their armor is only first-class armor, they have not yet reached the standard of heavy infantry, but in the future, they can also become heavy infantry troops.

  The Elf archers were still brilliant in this defensive battle, with the powerful strike ring of Tyrande, they performed even better, and the enemies they killed were countless.

  They remain champions in terms of murder.

  The dwarves' gunners performed exceptionally well this time, although they didn't seem to kill as many enemies as the elven archers, but their suppression of the mages played a huge role and was absolutely indispensable.

  It was precisely because of them that the opposing mages were unable to exert their power. Otherwise, the mages would have been able to inflict massive casualties on the beastman infantry. It can be said that they ensured the safety and combat effectiveness of the beastman infantry.

  The Elf Hunter rode a leopard on the city wall, back and forth, killing enemies in a timely manner, providing mobile assistance everywhere, which also played a huge role, assisting the Orc infantry to hold the castle head position.

  All soldiers performed well, but the most outstanding was Xiao Yu's correct command and the correct coordination of troops, which led to this victory.

  At this time, the other side no longer had catapults and crossbow carts, so Xiao Yu could use all the catapults to deal with the infantry below.

  Ten catapults fired together, absolutely like a large-scale magic spell, rumbling down in an instant, killing a group of people immediately.

  The city head has been attacked for a long time, but it cannot be taken down. The city gate also cannot be broken through. At this moment, the casualties of Karu's army have already exceeded 15,000 people. Although there are still more than 4,000 people left, they are mentally exhausted and unable to fight.

  Xiao Yu's side of the heavy weapons continued to wreak havoc, also making them gradually sprout retreat intentions, and being instigated by Kalu's money, beauties, and glory, all of which had dissipated like bubbles at this moment.

  The war has reached this point, and there is no longer much suspense. Xiao Yu has withstood the most difficult attack, basically destroying the enemy's heavy weapons, and they can no longer enter the city. Now that they continue to attack, it can only be a continuous death.

  "Karu, what are you running for? Your troops are still here, but you want to escape? Are you a man or not?" Just then, Xiao Yu on the city wall suddenly shouted loudly.

  Originally, the entire army of Karu had already lost all will to fight. Upon hearing Xiao Yu's loud shout, everyone turned their heads to look, and at this moment, on Karu's chariot, there was indeed no longer any sign of Karu himself.

  Since the start of the war, Karu had been standing on the carriage, watching the battle. However, now Karu suddenly disappeared, apparently having crawled inside the carriage to prepare for escape.

  Karu's army heard Xiao Yu shout like that, and saw that Karu was no longer in the carriage. Everyone immediately panicked, their last bit of will to fight completely lost, and they turned around to flee.

  In fact, Kalu did not escape, on the contrary, he actually got into the carriage and put on his armor, ready to fight a decisive battle with Xiao Yu.

  Because he had no way to retreat, so he had to personally put on his armor and prepare to boost the morale of his soldiers for the last time, in order to hope that there was still a chance to defeat Xiao Yu's army at the last moment.

  However, Xiao Yu had extremely sharp eyes and saw that Kalu was not in the carriage. He immediately shouted that Kalu had escaped, and this sentence was like the last straw that crushed the camel. The Kalu soldiers who were already on the verge of collapse immediately truly collapsed.

  When Karu emerged from his carriage again, the situation had completely spiralled out of control and he no longer had the ability to rally these retreating troops.

  When an army collapses, it is like a mountain falling down. In a major situation, the defeat has already occurred, and only a triggering factor is needed to lead to the final overall failure.

  "Pursue." Xiao Yu on the city wall simply said two words.

  This time is different from last time. Last time, after Karu's army retreated, they still maintained their formation and had not completely collapsed. So once Xiao Yu sent troops to attack, it would have caused great losses. However, this time, more than 16,000 of Karu's 20,000-strong army were killed, leaving only over 4,000 people whose morale was completely collapsed, so they could be pursued from behind.

  Having received Xiao Yu's order, everyone immediately descended from the city head, with the beastman infantry in front, the elf hunters on both wings, and other musketeers and elven archers following behind to pursue and kill the routed Kalu army.

  Beastman soldiers also carried several blade cars, from time to time launching a moon blade, which caused even more casualties among these soldiers.

  "How could this be? How could this be?" Kalu gazed at the retreating army and roared like a madman.

  "Master, let's go! Even if we receive punishment from the lord, it's better than dying here. We can explain things clearly when we get back, and maybe the lord won't punish you severely. But if we stay here now, we're definitely doomed." Dog Head Military Advisor pulled on Karu's hand, his voice filled with tears as he persuaded him.

  Karu gazed at the scattered army approaching, and behind them, Xiao Yu's pursuing troops, his eyes were bloodshot, his teeth clenched, as if he was about to devour someone.

  "We're leaving." In the end, Karu still chose to flee.

  Even if it's not returning to his own territory, but now only running away can survive. Caru originally thought he was very brave, but when looking at the beastman infantry getting closer and closer, looking at the blade car cutting people in half, he still felt his hands trembling.

  Such a noble young master, usually killing others is fine because he has the protection of a large army and will never fall into danger or face death.

  At this moment, as he gazed at the approaching beastman soldiers, he finally understood what fear was.

  The carriage turned around and started galloping. His carriage was high-end goods, with a wind system magic array drawn by a magician, so it ran quickly and smoothly, and soon escaped very far away.

  Xiao Yu relied on the faster speed of the beastman infantry to pursue, and there were not many cavalry, so it was difficult to catch up with Kalu. However, Xiao Yu did not think that he must kill Kalu here.

  This time after going back, even if Kalu is still alive, he probably won't have a good life anymore.

  Defeated Karu's large-scale attack this time, for a long time, Karu's territory could no longer send people to attack. Xiao Yu would get an opportunity to rest and recover, continue to develop and grow stronger, gradually making the Lion King's territory prosperous.

  Xiao Yu's beastman infantry pursued for over ten miles, killing more than a thousand of Karu's troops. At this time, although Karu's army was facing less than half the number of their own forces, they didn't even think about counterattacking and only fled in panic.

  Seeing that the pursuit had almost ended, Xiao Yu ordered a halt to the chase. Looking at the Carlu army in front of him, which was like a bereaved dog, Xiao Yu's face revealed a faint smile.

  This victory in battle also laid the foundation for his future conquest of the world, from then on, his Lion King territory was no longer a small territory that anyone could bully, later, this place would become a kingdom and then continuously expand in all directions, with the ultimate goal of unifying this world.

  At this time, the sunset was in the west, and the afterglow shone on Xiao Yu's body, casting a long shadow.

  By his side, the beastman soldier, the elf archer, and the dwarf gunner formed a uniquely picturesque scene with his figure.

  Long after, a famous painter painted this scene, named "The Rise of the King".

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  Chapter 4 is finally out, oh my, I'm exhausted, but I persisted in writing it to fulfill my promise. This battle is over, and the next plot will gradually unfold, so stay tuned! O (∩＿∩) O ~ Thanks to Translator's first reward.