Chapter 496: Chapter 17: Battle of the Yadesi River
Who is the organizer of the Giant Snake City Cavalry Corps?
The answer, William.
Curse Soul William Scott, originated from the orthodox Great Lich of the Lich Council. He commands another ten veteran liches also from the Lich Council. They are known as the Giant Snake Silver Moon Knight Order. Their emblem features both the Silver Moon symbol and the nine-petal snake flower emblem of Giant Snake City. With over ten thousand members, each is equipped with exquisite armor and quality bone horses. They even possess the newly developed energy storage knight swords, knight shields...
Although the battle tactics still originated from the most "ancient" Silver Moon Knight Order under Gray, you have to admit, with the true Great Lich joining, the corps’ battle tactics could no longer stay at the original level. Especially in terms of equipment, when the war commander’s vision was no longer limited to destruction, it was a huge leap forward.
Over ten thousand Undead Knights charge in flanking maneuvers, just like migrating herds of wild buffalo, running, you can only see rolling dust, only see the first row of knights at the front, like a tsunami.
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"Why us?" In the airship cabin, Tiris was stunned when assigned the mission.
"Why ask why? This is the battlefield, all decisions are made uniformly by the Elder Council, no reasons needed! Just follow orders!" The Blood Clan member who came to pass the orders roared at Tiris.
The Blood Clan members around, clad in armor, were all dumbfounded, each with eyes wide open.
*p>Realizing his loss of composure, the Blood Clan member who came to pass the orders slightly restrained his expression, lowered his voice, and said tensely,* "Miss Tiris, I greatly respect the Ganggro Family, but you must know, we are now on the battlefield. This is the battlefield. The Elder Council is giving you orders, with no room for contradiction. Otherwise, regardless of the war outcome, the Ganggro Family will face punishment. Do you want to see that? I am very willing to tell you all I know, but actually, my knowledge is very limited; I am just a soldier delivering orders."
After speaking, the Blood Clan member helplessly looked at Tiris, retreated two steps, turned and leaped out of the airship cabin. Leaving behind the woodenly stunned Ganggro Family members clad in various armors, and their retainers.
After a while, someone quietly asked, "I have a small question, should we wear armor to the battlefield? If we wear armor, we won’t be able to transform into bats, our mobility might greatly reduce with flight magic. But without armor, our defense will be affected."
*Hmm, that’s a very good question, but the fact that you only thought of it now suggests it’s a pretty big issue.*
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The battlefield had already become the Shura Domain.
Endless rain of arrows and firestones, wave after wave crashed down. The thick smoke from the firestones drew arcs in the sky.
The airships continuously moved position to avoid the dense attacks from catapults. Zombies on the ground weren’t so lucky, once targeted, they faced inevitable doom.
Led by the Undead Giant Elephants, wave after wave of the Undead Army kept surging into the zombie heaps, crushing everything in their path.
A dense rain of arrows from the Giant Snake City Army fell. Each arrow, forged of fine steel and over a meter long, specially weighted at the tail, was enough to pin zombies to the ground motionless.
In contrast, the High Court Army’s rain of arrows didn’t have as much deterrence.
The zombies at the rear once again pulled their bows full, shooting dense arrows toward the sky. This time, their targets were still the non-undead troops in the Giant Snake City Army.
"Form ranks—!" The dwarf Silver Hammer, riding a ram, swung his battle axe and shouted aloud.
Next moment, dwarves, elves, goblins in the ranks flipped out heavy shields above their heads, forming a dense turtle shell formation.
The rain of arrows fell heavily, except for a few soldiers hit by accident, lying on the ground howling, it barely caused any ripples.
*Such battle scenes are undoubtedly terrifying, at least for humans, extremely frightening.*
*Both in personnel and tactics, and even weaponry, it’s beyond current human imagination. And with the military reforms pushed by Jones, such wars will become increasingly common in the future.*
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From afar, standing on the bone dragon’s spine, clad in Silver Moon Armor, Jones had already seen the split team formed by Ganggro Family members emerging from the airship. They chose to shed their armor, transform into bats, maintaining mobility.
"I leave the Bone Dragon Army to you," Jones softly said.
"Got it," Erin, flying alongside on a bone dragon, raised her wand in response.
Jones’s bone dragon adjusted its posture slightly, gliding in the direction opposite to the Ganggro Family’s assault. Approaching the ground, he lightly leapt, landing steadily on Hydra Snake Ophelia’s spine. Dora stood right behind him, holding the nine-petal snake flower banner symbolizing the Hydra Knight of Giant Snake City Lord.
At this moment, even the Hydra was armored. Yes, exactly, accustomed to factory work, industrial processing, Jones habitually utilized every individual’s warfare potential to the fullest, even the Hydra was no exception. The liches’ accumulation of knowledge over ten thousand years provided him vast leverage.