Chapter 343
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Chapter 343: Close Quarters Combat
Zhao Pan was startled by the pairs of glowing green eyes, but he quickly reacted, almost wanting to slap himself.
He had indeed never encountered monsters like these before, but he had encountered wild beasts.
His Majesty had once said that certain nocturnal beasts had eyes structured differently from humans.
For example, wolves and hyenas, whose eyes would glow green at night, allowed them to have clear vision in the dark.
In this regard, they were exactly like these monsters!
At this moment, Zhao Pan suddenly understood many things.
These monsters were definitely similar to wild beasts.
Even if they weren’t wild beasts, they were definitely related to them.
Therefore, these monsters possessed all the characteristics of some wild beasts.
It was his fault for being caught by conventional city defense strategies and not realizing this earlier, failing to implement strict precautions!
Now, Iron Wall City’s walls had clearly fallen.
The 4 triple-bow crossbows on the city wall would most likely fall into the hands of these monsters.
The situation was as bad as it could get.
As Zhao Pan’s thoughts raced, a long spear shot towards him from the darkness!
“Old Zhao! Watch out!”
In the nick of time, Liu Zheng arrived, his Spring and Autumn Greatblade swinging.
The sharp blade instantly cut the spear into two pieces.
A trace of lingering fear flashed in Zhao Pan’s eyes after his narrow escape, and he quickly shouted.
“Light all the braziers and torches!”
As Zhao Pan gave the order, firelight ignited one after another, illuminating the surroundings.
It was at this moment that Zhao Pan finally clearly saw the true appearance of these monsters.
The Elephant man slingers and Minotaur infantry, who had left a deep impression on him during the day, seemed to be absent.
The main reason was that these two races did not have good night vision.
Therefore, Li Yuanjie’s night raid utilized Kobold spearmen, Red Fox archers, and his ‘flesh and blood’ wolfman warriors.
After successfully capturing the wall with a barrage of arrows and siege ladders, Li Yuanjie left the Red Fox archers on the wall.
In his civilization, archers actually held a low status, primarily due to another flaw in his current civilization, low technological and productive capabilities.
His civilization was primitive and brutal.
The beastmen under him simply could not produce overly complex or technologically demanding items.
So, there was only one way to acquire superior weapons and equipment, seize them from humans!
As such, the bows and arrows wielded by his Red Fox archers were quite backward and inferior.
They lacked both accuracy and range.
In a proper siege, unless his main forces had already pressed to the enemy’s city wall, the Red Fox archers’ range would render them largely ineffective in battle.
Of course, in a night raid, leveraging their nocturnal abilities to capture the walls of a human city was very effective.
No matter how poor their accuracy or how short their range, as long as the distance was closed, a few volleys of arrows would always kill a few.
At this moment, Li Yuanjie, having successfully invaded Iron Wall City, felt confident of victory.
In a direct confrontation within the Bronze Rank, he truly did not know how many could stand against his beastman army!
Waving his bronze battle sword, he directly ordered the Kobold spearmen under his command to advance.
Although his native wolfman warriors were the shield-wielding units and should have been at the forefront, there was a significant difference between ‘flesh and blood’ and ‘adopted.’
A fierce battle immediately unfolded amidst the night and firelight.
These Kobolds, despite their relatively small stature, possessed considerable strength and keen reflexes.
In just one clash, Iron Wall City’s defending army suffered clear casualties!
Zhao Pan, who had retreated to the rear, felt his heart sink upon seeing this.
He quickly boosted morale to stabilize the situation and began directing the defending forces to form a formation.
“The large shield unit will form a shield wall at the front.”
“The spearmen will cooperate with the large shield unit in a counterattack.”
“The sword-shield unit and halberdiers will protect the left and right flanks!”
After incurring some casualties, the battle formation of the defending army finally stabilized the situation.
Subsequently, generals like Zhou Yi, Zhang Tao, and Liu Lue, who had arrived, also began commanding their respective units to resist the Kobold spearmen’s attack.
After a few minutes of stalemate, Zhao Pan, clearly understanding the situation, immediately conceived a plan.
“Maintain the formation, retreat five steps!”
Not one step more, not one step less.
As Zhao Pan’s command was given, the soldiers quickly retreated five steps.
During this retreat, the entire military formation remained almost perfectly intact, showcasing the soldiers’ discipline and making Li Yuanjie clearly realize the well-trained nature of this defending army.
As he pondered what trick the opponent was trying to pull, the Kobold spearmen, who had been unable to advance since the opponent’s formation was established, seized the opportunity and surged forward.
However, what awaited them at the front were cold and merciless spears!
“Thrust!”
With a roar from Zhao Pan, sharp spears instantly thrust out from between the gaps in the great shields, mercilessly delivering a head-on blow to the enemies in front!
The first wave of Kobolds was immediately riddled with holes!
Hot blood splattered on their faces.
The spears protruding from their bodies startled the Kobolds following behind, causing their advance to instinctively slow by two beats.
At the same time, Li Yuanjie fully realized what was happening.
The enemy was playing a game of ‘retreat to advance!’
Previously, both sides were squeezed into the military camp entrance, a relatively narrow space that prevented the enemy’s formation from fully spreading out.
But with Zhao Pan’s retreat, by giving up the small space at the military camp entrance and moving deeper into the camp, he gained significantly more room to deploy his troops.
In contrast, while they appeared to be advancing, they were actually squeezing themselves into the narrow entrance, immediately falling victim to the enemy’s targeted attacks!
Yet, could he retreat? No!
He was the attacking side, and if he retreated, what would be the point of the battle!
“Push forward!”
Accompanied by howls, Li Yuanjie issued ruthless orders from the rear.
Clearly, he intended to sacrifice the Kobolds’ lives to create an advantage for himself.
The howls of the wolfmen in the rear were a warning and a threat.
The Kobolds clearly dared not resist the wolfmen’s rule.
Enduring the attacks from the human side, they gripped their worn and inferior spears, roaring and pushing forward.
