Chapter 602

Chapter 603. Clash

Luo Ji’s beastman army.

At present, aside from the wolf cavalry that wielded a blade in one hand and a shield in the other, there were basically no other shield-bearing units.

Because of this, the frontline defense of the besieging army was formed by Huo Qiguang’s heavy shield infantry.

However, the dozen or so war elephants charging at the front made the shield infantry on the front line feel far from confident.

Seeing this, Luo Ji immediately signaled the 4 elephantmen to move forward and support them.

Looking at the elephantmen, whose bodies were even larger than the war elephants.

The soldiers’ confidence rose a little.

The enemy’s war elephants were indeed powerful, but they also had a beastman army on their side.

The battle was about to erupt.

At the moment when both armies collided head-on.

The impact of the war elephants was absolutely terrifying.

The frontline defense formed by the heavy shield infantry was smashed apart in an instant.

Although the elephantmen under Luo Ji’s command could suppress the enemy’s war elephants in both size and strength.

The problem was that he only had 4 elephantmen.

At the same time, they could only hold down 4 war elephants.

Large numbers of soldiers were sent flying into the air on the spot.

This sight made Luo Ji’s eyelids twitch.

When he had previously fought against Long Taojia, that opponent had not had so many war elephants.

Luo Ji clearly had not expected that once the number of war elephants increased, a single charge could unleash such terrifying formation-breaking power.

The morale of Huo Qiguang’s infantry was clearly shaken.

Forcing him to immediately use his “Inspire Morale” skill at the very start to stabilize the situation and prevent a collapse.

“Entire army! Charge!!”

The horn of war had fully sounded.

Leading his beastman army, Luo Ji directly clashed with the Arab soldiers.

The Arab slave troops on the front line were no match at all for his beastman army.

The minotaur infantry swung their bronze battle axes, cutting them down as easily as chopping vegetables.

However, the enemy numbers were indeed massive.

And all of them were armed with long spears.

After a fierce exchange, even with a huge gap in combat power.

Luo Ji’s minotaur infantry still inevitably suffered some casualties.

This was a textbook human wave tactic.

They were trying to bury him with bodies.

“Do the Arabs really not fear unstable morale, loyalty dropping, and rebellion from doing this?”

Looking at the casualties on the front line of his minotaur infantry.

Luo Ji could not help feeling pained.

Hearing this, Huo Qiguang clenched his teeth and spoke.

“These Arab slave soldiers were mostly slaves from childhood. Their slave mentality runs deep, and they don’t dare rebel.”

The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, leaving no time for further talk.

The slaughter continued.

The Arabs’ regular troops had already joined the fight.

Their camel heavy cavalry, a special unit, followed closely behind.

As the enemy pressed forward, the Arab player and the archer units positioned in the rear gradually became exposed.

Seizing the opportunity, Li Yin led 400 wolf cavalry and decisively moved out.

Swift figures cut rapidly into the battlefield.

Striking straight at the enemy’s rear.

This sudden change made the Arab player riding atop a war elephant change expression instantly.

His camel troops were the bane of cavalry.

The reason was that the foul stench emitted by camels could frighten horses.

Around his war elephant mount, there were 100 camel troops acting as his personal guards.

Because of this, his army had never feared enemy players cutting into the rear.

However, at this moment, this was an unexpected situation.

Those ferocious-looking giant wolves were clearly not afraid of this smell at all.

They charged in without even blinking.

This immediately made his heart tighten.

The 100 camel troops around him gave him no sense of safety whatsoever.

Causing him to shout on the spot.

“Protect me! Hurry and protect me!!”

The Arab player tried to recall part of his regular army to pull back and protect him.

But once troops were committed to battle, how could they withdraw just because he wanted them to?

At this moment, Li Yin, leading the 400 wolf cavalry, was not worried in the slightest.

He had already arranged a priority list for the enemy’s rear targets in his mind.

And then eliminated them one by one according to that order.

Because of this, the wolf cavalry’s offensive proceeded in an orderly manner.

By comparison, the main battlefield was far more chaotic.

Luo Ji’s beastman army, Huo Qiguang’s infantry, and the Arab forces were completely mixed together in a three-way melee.

Among them, the 20 tigermen who were following Luo Ji into battle for the first time performed exceptionally well.

Facing the charging Arab army, Hu Jie and the others attacked like tigers descending from the mountains in the truest sense.

In just a single clash, they killed large numbers of enemy soldiers.

Their overwhelming individual strength made the encirclement by ordinary soldiers completely meaningless.

On this battlefield, the true power of the tigermen was fully displayed.

It was worth mentioning that in this battle, Hu Jie fought entirely bare-handed.

Regarding his talent, Luo Ji had never corrected him directly.

Instead, he used a more indirect method.

Had they not been arranged to train in the Xuanjia Army camp earlier?

During that time, sparring sessions were unavoidable.

Luo Ji had specifically signaled Luo Yong to bring up the idea that “you are stronger bare-handed than when using weapons” during sparring.

Luo Yong was someone who had previously severely injured Hu Jie.

In terms of strength, Luo Yong’s words were far more convincing.

Now, it seemed the effect was excellent.

Hu Jie had already begun fighting bare-handed.

And with him as the spearhead, he directly suppressed the enemy forces in that area.

Meanwhile, on the other side, at the rear of the Arab army.

Facing the sudden strike of the 400 wolf cavalry.

The enemy archer units were mercilessly slaughtered.

After that, the wolf cavalry immediately shifted their target to the next one.

Feeling those gazes falling upon him.

Realizing that he had become the target of the wolf cavalry, the Arab player felt both shock and fury.

He hurriedly signaled the camel troops around him to charge forward.

However, with an inferior number of troops, how could 100 camel cavalry possibly defeat 400 wolf cavalry?

Suffering setback after setback, the Arab player’s mood worsened to the extreme.

The beastman army’s offensive was fierce, and the situation on the main battlefield was also grim.

Yet when he opened the system panel, none of the reinforcement requests he had sent received any response.

“Damn it! These bastards saw that it was a beastman army and didn’t want to come support at all.”

After his expression darkened, the Arab player clenched his teeth and made a decision.

He would support himself.

The reinforcement authority indeed had such a use.

In invasion mode, if he could not pull in other players as external support, he could choose to call in reinforcements from his own world once again.

Of course, doing so would greatly empty his own civilization’s military strength.

And might even allow other players to take advantage of the situation.

So unless absolutely necessary, players generally avoided excessively mobilizing their own forces.

But given the current situation, it seemed he had no other choice.