Chapter 403
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Chapter 403: Zhou Yi’s Strategy
Having no time to complain about the wolf warriors’ terrible formation, Zhou Yi already had a plan in mind.
In terms of strength, they should still hold an advantage.
It was just that they had lost the initiative at the beginning and were denied control, being pushed back step by step by the Hyenamen, which kept them in a passive state.
Li Ke had clearly grown a bit anxious, attempting a counterattack to seize back control in one go, but such matters often couldn’t be rushed.
And Li Ke, having gotten used to directly confronting enemies while following that guy Li Yuanjie, how would he understand anything about battle tactics and formations?
One could even say he didn’t think of any methods at all, but simply intended to forcefully suppress the enemy with brute strength.
However, this approach, unless one side had an overwhelming advantage, would be difficult to show immediate results.
Even if successful in the end, it would likely come at the cost of significant casualties.
This could be seen from the fact that Li Ke’s wolf warriors, despite fighting until now, had failed to successfully suppress the opponent.
But now, with Zhou Yi taking over command, he clearly had a good strategy.
His idea was actually quite simple: since control was lost, then don’t even think about reclaiming it for the time being.
We won’t contend for control anymore.
If you like to attack, then I’ll let you attack. We’ll just play passive defense, alright?
A series of commands were quickly issued, ordering the shield-wielding units in the front to completely switch to a defensive stance, holding the line firmly and protecting the crossbowmen in the rear, intending to execute a defensive counterattack.
Accompanying this troop deployment, centered around the high ground, even Li Ke, who was not skilled in formation layout, clearly felt a subtle shift in the entire mountain battlefield’s situation.
Zhou Yi seemingly retreated a step, but in reality, he firmly pulled the Hyenamen, who had always controlled the initiative, into his own rhythm.
This maneuver of feigned retreat to advance was executed quite beautifully.
“Although the situation is stable now, just defending like this, these Hyenamen won’t retreat.”
Watching his wolf warriors withstand two waves of Hyenamen attacks, Li Ke, no longer entangled with the Hyena Queen, quickly retreated into his own battle formation, breathing slightly heavily.
The continuous intense fighting had severely depleted his stamina.
“Don’t worry.”
Zhou Yi said, his voice full of confidence.
“The key is here!”
As he spoke, Zhou Yi waved his hand.
With his command, the core of the counterattack began to operate at high speed.
50 crossbowmen fired simultaneously, bolts constantly shooting towards the charging Hyenamen.
These Hyenamen had thick skin and flesh. What if they deliberately protected their vital points? Could they withstand one volley from the crossbowmen? But could they withstand a second, third, or fourth volley?!
Entering the northern mountain forest this time, Zhou Yi had mentally prepared for a long battle from the start.
Every crossbowman had brought ample bolts; there was no fear at all.
Volley after volley continuously attacked the Hyenamen below.
Gradually, the wails of the Hyenamen grew more numerous and louder.
Seeing this, Li Ke’s mood was complicated.
Although Zhou Yi was now also utilizing the strength of their wolf tribe, his methods of reversing the situation in such a short time also made Li Ke interested in this so-called ‘troop deployment’ for the first time.
He had seen formations before when fighting human armies, but no matter how strong the formation, it couldn’t stop the attack of their beastmen army.
Such fragile things naturally couldn’t pique the interest of beastmen.
But at this moment, personally watching Zhou Yi employ his methods, Li Ke suddenly realized that formations seemed not as useless as he had once thought.
“Are we going to use this method to eliminate this group of Hyenamen now?”
“Eliminate them?”
Zhou Yi quickly glanced at the battle situation, then calmly replied.
“That’s probably unlikely.”
“Then…”
“Don’t worry, the reinforcements His Majesty sent to meet with us are outside the northern mountain forest. And when I had the sword-shield soldiers lead the barbarians out earlier, I informed them to immediately bring the reinforcements to this area to support us after dropping off the people.”
As he spoke, Zhou Yi pondered for a moment.
“By my estimation, the first batch of barbarians should have been sent out. This area isn’t far from the outskirts, and with all the commotion, if we hold out a little longer, reinforcements should arrive soon.”
These simple words instantly unfolded Zhou Yi’s entire strategy.
It turned out he had already laid this plan when he sent out the barbarians from the first tribe.
Faced with such foresight, even Li Ke felt a surge of admiration.
At the same time, while they were speaking, dense and heavy footsteps continuously sounded from a distance, getting closer and closer.
Both the Wolfmen and Hyenamen present were notoriously keen in their senses of smell and hearing.
During intense combat, these two senses would naturally be somewhat affected.
But the footsteps were simply too heavy; if they couldn’t hear them, they truly would be deaf.
As thoughts raced through his mind, He Liang, who held Luo Ji’s order and was supervising the battle from the front line, personally led the reinforcements to provide support.
With a sudden swing of his bronze battle blade, the squad of Minotaur infantry behind him roared and charged into the battlefield.
The addition of this force caused a clear shift in the entire battle situation; the scales of victory began to quickly tip towards Zhou Yi and his group.
The Hyena Queen was clearly not foolish.
Although her heart was filled with raging hatred, upon seeing the enemy reinforcements arrive, she knew she had no chance of victory.
She quickly let out two howls, leading her Hyenamen to swiftly retreat, fleeing deeper into the northern mountain forest.
The Minotaurs’ speed was inferior to that of the Hyenamen, and coupled with their unfamiliarity with the terrain, they were naturally unable to pursue.
However, the objective of this trip had been achieved, and His Majesty’s ‘incorporate barbarian tribes’ mission was also complete.
As for clearing out the Hyenamen, that could wait until they returned to Mirror City and received Luo Ji’s instructions.
Otherwise, with their current limited forces, completely wiping out that number of Hyenamen would be an extremely difficult task.
This matter here temporarily came to an end.
Meanwhile, back in Mirror City, the 7 day period had passed.
Zhang Dadong, who had previously invaded, retreated quite decisively.
Luo Ji himself, while making a small profit in civilization points, also predictably obtained a Bronze Treasure Chest.
However, rewards like Bronze Treasure Chests clearly held no interest for Luo Ji.
He casually opened it, then casually tossed the resulting bronze-grade item into his backpack.
With that, the matter was settled.
