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Chapter 166
Chapter 166: Entangled Battle
The river valley region imprisoned more than a hundred thousand undead, and the Northern Army’s first battle after arriving in the Southern Territory had been to attack the important military town northeast of the river valley region.
They captured that important military town, then learned the intelligence concerning the army of undead.
But the Northern Army believed that releasing the army of undead into the Central Region from the north would not fully achieve their strategic objective.
So they took a detour through the coastal plain. On the surface, it looked as though they were moving away from the center of the battlefield, but in truth, it was to numb the attention of everyone in the Southern Territory.
Ŵ е́ b̊n ōv́ е̌l Е nú m̈ а
For this, the Northern Army had even been willing to rest for several months in a row. After everyone had lowered their guard and believed they had merely come to loot again, they suddenly attacked and stormed Sea-Watching Town, all to approach their target step by step…
From beginning to end, their purpose in coming to the Southern Territory had only been this: attack Honeywater City and release the army of undead!
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“Messenger! Messenger!”
The furious Freeman tore open the tent flap and loudly called for a messenger. He could not let the enemy achieve their goal. He had to defend his homeland.
Yet in the next second, Freeman froze in place.
He saw torches covering the mountains and fields like swaying stars, plummeting toward them at tremendous speed.
W̌ е bn о̊ vēl Е̌ñumа̊
“General, I will…”
The messenger hurried over, still carrying a bronze gong in his hand. As expected, the general’s prediction had come true. Although it was a little late, the Northern Territory’s night raid had arrived as promised.
“Forget what is happening here!” Freeman snatched the bronze gong from the messenger’s hand. While striking it with all his strength, sending out piercing metallic clangs, he shouted an order.
“I order you to immediately send word to every reinforcement force. Have them swiftly change direction and defend Honeywater City. The Northern Army’s strategic objective is Honeywater City!”
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The explosive news stunned the messenger. Only when Freeman, breathing heavily, threw away the bronze gong and lightly patted his face did he come back to himself.
The clamor outside seemed to fall silent at that moment. Freeman gave a smile that was not quite a smile, his expression gradually shifting from gentleness to brutality.
Е̄ num̄ ä. і̂d̃
“Why are you not going?”
The messenger snapped awake, hurriedly saluted, and then ran off as if flying.
“Form ranks!”
His high voice pierced through the night. Freeman returned to the tent and put on his armor once more. He slowly adjusted his breathing, trying his best to keep himself calm.
Things had not yet deteriorated to that point. The soldiers were all strictly carrying out his orders. Just like the original plan, there was no need for Freeman to step forward personally. The soldiers at the front could swiftly form ranks to meet the enemy under the arrangements of the adjutants.
Thinking about it from another angle, if he could annihilate the Northern Army’s main force in this battle, every problem afterward would disappear like smoke in the wind.
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After putting on his armor properly, Freeman stood at the entrance of his tent with twin blades at his waist. His hawk-sharp gaze swept constantly over the enemy troops halfway up the mountain.
Mm. The Northern Army, the Royal Capital Guard, and garrison troops… Their composition was rather complicated.
The adjutant ran forward, snapped to attention, and saluted. “General, the soldiers are ready for battle. Do you have any instructions?”
Freeman took a deep breath, drew the twin blades at his waist, and roared, “Tell the brothers that the entire army will meet the enemy! The first battle is the decisive battle!”
Amid earth-shaking cries of slaughter, when the Northern Army charged to the foot of the mountain, they did not immediately launch an attack on the southern army a thousand meters away. Instead, they halted and continuously built up their combat formation.
With heavy infantrymen as the core, sword-and-shield infantry as the first line, spearmen behind them, and crossbowmen behind them again, the Northern Army assembled the offensive square formation they were best at in less than ten minutes. The speed made Freeman glance sideways.
Е̌ n̂ uṁа
It seemed that the commander named Kate was not an incompetent man.
The Northern Army holding torches advanced once more. Their formation was strict, their steps were unified, and although their pace was not fast, it made the southern army feel as if they were watching the weight of a mountain press toward them.
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Eight hundred meters. Five hundred meters. Three hundred meters. One hundred meters…
The vicious expressions on the enemy soldiers’ faces were already clearly visible. The southern army formed ranks to block the camp entrance and swiftly released a volley of arrows. To their surprise, the Northern Army neither dodged nor avoided it at all, continuing to approach the southern army at an ordinary pace.
The night wind swept up sand and dust. When only forty meters remained between them, even the southern army’s adjutant’s expression changed. It was that instant of hesitation that allowed the Northern Army to launch the attack first.
“Kill!”
Еn̊úmа̌ . їd̊
One simple command ignited the Northern Army’s frenzy like a fuse. The heavy-armored soldiers suddenly accelerated, their tall, burly bodies trampling the ground until it shook.
“Kill!”
Guarding the camp entrance, the southern army’s elite shield soldiers likewise charged out of formation, immediately raising their heavy shields to form an airtight wall as they advanced to meet the attack.
But the Northern Army’s heavy infantrymen turned a blind eye to them. After closing the distance, the heavy infantrymen forcefully threw their torches into the crowd behind the shield line. Although it did not cause much chaos, it provided the crossbowmen with a clear field of vision.
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The spearmen continued forward behind the sword-and-shield infantry, while the crossbowmen took the initiative to break formation. They began firing in free volleys, some crouching and some standing, raising their bows and crossbows to avoid the shield wall as they loosed great numbers of arrows at the southern army in the rear.
The moment the arrows fell, the charging heavy infantrymen and shield soldiers collided, releasing a burst of exploding steel and flesh.
Еǹum а̃ .іd̄
BOOM!
The battle officially began. Two elite forces, the finest soldiers of both sides, had unexpectedly chosen the most primitive method of combat at the same time—hand-to-hand fighting.
When the iron hammers in their hands were bounced away by the heavy greatshields, the heavy infantrymen were silent. When the shield soldiers raised their greatshields but could not budge the burly heavy armor in front of them, they too were at a loss.
After sensing the sheer force of each other’s raw strength, weapons became an inconvenience. Both sides’ objective was to open an attack route for the spearmen behind them.
Around shields taller than a man, the two sides collided and immediately began a fierce melee. The heavy infantrymen roared as they pushed shield soldiers down, swinging iron fists, smashing and ramming.
Whenever a shield soldier fell, the first thing that awaited him was the heavy infantrymen’s merciless trampling. The agile sword-and-shield infantry exploited every gap, and whenever there was an opening to attack, they slashed the arms and legs of the enemies opposite them.
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By the time the spearmen of both sides reached the front line, the battlefield had grown even bloodier and more chaotic. Steel and flesh were densely packed together, and forests of spears interlocked like jagged teeth, tearing into one another.
Streams of blood spurted out one after another. Even when the soldiers trapped in the middle had already died, there was not even half an inch of space for them to fall.
Arrows danced through the air. Because the Northern Army had adopted a more flexible attack strategy and possessed a broader space to move, their crossbowmen gained the upper hand and suppressed the southern army’s ranged firepower.
They kept changing positions, forming an overall semicircle around the camp entrance. Their unbroken volleys inflicted heavy casualties on the southern army’s rear units.
More and more southern army archers climbed onto the watchtowers and began trying to regain the initiative. But when the earth began to tremble once again, their expressions changed sharply, and they shouted to the soldiers below.
“Lance cavalry! Form ranks quickly! It is the Northern Territory’s lance cavalry!”
Е nu m̀а́
BOOM!
From horseback, Lisa destroyed a watchtower with a blast of Bombardment Formula. Then she manipulated her Mana and accurately launched an iron ball into the southern army’s camp.
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With a crack, the iron ball no one had paid attention to burst forth with brilliant light. Like daylight returning in the middle of the night, the radiance bloomed, stripping all soldiers of their vision without distinguishing friend from foe.
The cavalry immediately changed direction and launched a flanking attack in an arc. They were extremely fast. While the enemy had yet to recover their sight, Lisa swept across with another Piercing Formula, annihilating one corner of the camp and opening an attack route for the cavalry.
“Kill! Crush them!”
Raising his heavy lance, Federico was so excited by the galloping warhorse beneath him that he nearly burst. The enemies before him seemed to have truly become ants. No powerful foe could withstand their collective charge.
Е ń ú m̆а́
The heavy cavalry rushed into the camp like floodwaters breaking through a dam. Nothing survived wherever they passed. The soldiers along their path had not even seen the situation before their eyes clearly before they were completely swallowed.
The warhorses also displayed their fierce and restless side. They hardly needed guidance, charging straight toward the center of the crowd.
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