Chapter 1584: Chapter 63: Changing the History of War_2
The sneak attack force has already set off, stopping the attack now would make the previous sacrifices in vain.
Let’s slow down the pace of the attack and minimize the losses as much as possible!”
Marshal Burt replied with a sigh.
The gap in civilization levels is not sothing a single general can make up for.
The Magic Crossbow is a magical civilization achievent of the surface world in the past few hundred years, having nothing to do with the Earth Core World.
The conventional wooden shields are virtually ineffective in front of the Magic Crossbow.
To block the enemy’s arrows, the shields must be replaced with forged steel ones, inevitably increasing their weight.
The shields forged by the Giant Centipede weigh over a hundred pounds.
Marching with such a shield, while it can block the enemy’s arrows, will exhaust the soldiers’ stamina.
Realizing the problem is useless; the battle has already begun, and they can’t suddenly produce a bunch of shields that can withstand the crossbow arrows.
“Let’s hope that tonight’s raid can achieve so results, otherwise they’ll make a laughing stock out of us two!”
General Burt nodded slightly and said.
…
In the Southeastern Province Aristocrat Coalition Camp, Hudson sat in the Marshal’s Camp chatting leisurely with Governor Piers, but his mind was on the battlefield outside.
Not going out was giving others a chance.
The accomplished Hudson did not need the slightest battlefield rit, but his people did.
If he personally commanded, even in a complete victory, there wouldn’t be much credit left for others.
There are plenty of relatives and friends in the Southeastern Province, and Hudson could not block the road for his own people.
Compared to other uncertain battles, tonight’s camp defense battle was already in easy mode.
The so-called deanor of a famous general was purely an act.
As a general, he could not possibly not care about the battlefield, where the soldiers below were risking their lives fighting the enemy. Any mistake on the battlefield could result in a significant loss.
“Marshal, are the enemies outside fools?
This level of attack is just giving us battle achievents!”
Governor Piers jokingly remarked.
Judging the intensity of the war from the sounds of battle on the field is a basic quality a general should have.
For the two who were used to grand battles, the current fighting was entirely child’s play.
“Haha…
Perhaps the enemy has other plans, like ambushing a large army in the mountain range to cut off our retreat.
Or deploying a Self-destruct Magic Array to directly destroy the two mountain peaks, dragging us all to hell together.”
Hudson said half-jokingly.
Detouring to cut off the retreat makes theoretical sense and at least has the hope of being realized.
Destroying the two mountain peaks was purely a joke.
Not to ntion the imnse energy needed to destroy such mountains, the key was that the Earth Core Entrance was nearby. Any major explosion would first impact the tunnel leading to the Earth Core World.
Suicidal attacks like this to annihilate an entire species would not be attempted by anyone of sound mind.
Anyone daring to lead a team here would have surely made a field inspection. If there was really a large Magic Formation, it would not have escaped Hudson’s eyes.
Furthermore, the Giant Centipede had appeared in the Earth Core World for less than two months. Even if they had such ans, there’s not enough ti.
At least by the magical standards of the human world, it’s impossible to destroy two gigantic mountain peaks in a short period.
The Continental overlord couldn’t accomplish such feats, and Hudson didn’t think any Earth Core race could either.
“Marshal, you really know how to joke.
If those damned centipedes had that capability, they would have used it during the last assault on the Blood Moon Defense Line; why wait until now!
Never mind destroying the mountains on both sides; it’s difficult enough for them to detour and infiltrate.
Eighty years ago, the Clan sent people to explore this area. The Hundred-Mile Corridor was the only route suitable for a large army to pass.
To detour and encircle would an bypassing the Black Stone Mountain Range; otherwise, only small forces could co over!”
Just as Governor Piers finished speaking, shouting and killing sounds erupted from both sides, confirming the enemy had indeed co around to their rear.
As they were proven wrong, both wore sowhat embarrassed expressions, but they did not imdiately go out to check.
If it really was a major problem, the outside generals would have already sent soone to report.
No one had been sent, aning the defenders could still hold on.
While the defense emphasis was on the front, it didn’t an that no defensive forces were deployed on the flanks and rear.
Adept at sweeping and encircling the enemy’s weak points, Hudson would not leave such an obvious flaw.
…
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…”
The Centipede Soldiers initiating the raid were turned into sieves just as they approached the tents.
Coming from afar without any heavy weapons and facing a rain of crossbow arrows, they could only dodge frantically.
“Get down, get down quickly!”
Commander Karlis hurriedly ordered.
In just a brief skirmish, they lost a tenth of their forces, causing his heart to collapse.
What puzzled him the most was: They were all Humans, why was the Alpha Kingdom’s army so much stronger than their neighbors, the Black Forest People.
Unlike when Little White just arrived, after learning so information about the surface world, he already knew the value of the Magic Crossbow.
Logically, such expensive, high-destructive weapons shouldn’t be equipped on a large scale.
After all, the Alpha Kingdom is notoriously poor on the Continent of Aslante.
The Magic Crossbow is not only expensive to produce, but its usage also burns money like flowing water. Its powerful lethality cos at the cost of consuming Magic Crystals.
While it looks like arrows being shot, in reality, it’s Gold Coins being fired.
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