Chapter 576

Chapter 576: Frontal Slaughter

The violent roar of battle echoed across the desert.

Within the desert people’s army formation, 5 war elephants leading the way crashed directly into the Minotaur infantry formation.

No one could deny the ferocity of the war elephants’ impact!

Even the thick-skinned Minotaurs could not withstand a direct frontal clash.

Several Minotaur infantrymen who were struck head-on were sent flying on the spot.

The Camel Heavy Cavalry that arrived afterward also abandoned conventional cavalry ambush tactics and chose to engage in a direct frontal fight.

Ultimately, Camel Cavalry do not belong to the category of conventional cavalry.

Their mobility is not as fast as normal war horses, but they excel in desert adaptation and outstanding physical endurance.

This advantage is maximized in the heavy cavalry unit type and frontal combat style.

“This Long Taojia has also put in some effort!”

Luo Ji narrowed his eyes as he watched the scene.

Camels are naturally thick-skinned.

Once armored in heavy gear and trained as heavy cavalry, their defensive power becomes even stronger.

This gave the Camel Heavy Cavalry excellent “standing-combat” capital.

Other cavalry would be half-useless if they lost their speed, but the impact on the Camel Heavy Cavalry was minimal.

In fact, after a wave of charging, they plunged directly into the beastmen army and began fighting with the surrounding Minotaur infantry and Kobold Halberdiers.

For a moment, the beastmen army, which had been invincible in frontal combat, was actually held back by these two thick-skinned special units.

However, Luo Ji was not flustered.

The real show was yet to come!

Did they really think his two giant war units, which cost tens of thousands in military funds, were just for show?

Even if they were no longer attacking the city walls, an Elephantman’s punch or kick could still deal a devastating blow to the enemy using their immense strength.

Luo Ji gave the order, signaling the 2 Elephantmen to deal with the 5 enemy war elephants.

Once these 5 thick-skinned front-line units were eliminated, only the Camel Heavy Cavalry would remain somewhat troublesome.

The Elephantmen, brought out at a great military expense, did not disappoint him.

One Elephantman quickly approached the war elephant nearest to it.

The moment its thick arms grabbed the war elephant, the opponent had no chance to resist.

Brute force lifted the war elephant off the ground before it was smashed ruthlessly into the desert people’s infantry formation.

The power of this move was undeniable.

An entire infantry square was smashed to pieces by the impact.

This impactful scene left Luo Ji feeling invigorated.

After seizing the opportunity to boost the morale of the siege army, he charged forward with his personal guards, spear in hand.

The moment he clashed with a Camel Heavy Cavalryman, Luo Ji shook his spear.

The sharp tip suddenly burst with a chilling cold light!

With a tricky angle, the spear lunged like a flickering snake’s tongue and stabbed directly into the cavalryman’s eye socket!

This exquisite strike showed that Luo Ji had not slackened in his daily training.

As he pulled out his spear, an eagle’s cry came from behind.

Luo Ji instinctively looked back and saw Shadow’s sharp talons, capable of shredding prey, quickly kill an enemy soldier who was attempting to sneak-attack him.

After the previous battle outside Hot Sand City, Luo Ji, who had gradually regained his form, showed a trend of growing braver in battle.

However, the troops Long Taojia deployed in this border city were quite substantial.

The opponent likely knew their communications were inconvenient, so they stationed large numbers of troops in each border city to deal with invaders who might appear at any time and situations where reinforcements could not arrive in time.

The battle grew more intense.

The Wolf Riders led by Li Yin, who were lingering on the outskirts of the battlefield, also looked for an opportunity to strike.

They charged straight at the enemy’s rear-line archers.

At this moment, Li Yin felt much more steady.

After all, he had been on the grasslands for a while.

After learning the situation from Luo Ji’s manual order, Bai Ze’s method for disciplining Li Yin was simple: give Li Yin tasks to do but do not teach him specifically how to do them.

Once he had tasted enough bitterness and suffered enough losses, his temperament was mostly tempered.

At that point, further teaching became easy.

Facts proved that Bai Ze’s approach was highly effective.

The current Li Yin already knew how to look for opportunities.

The opportunistic Wolf Riders pounced frantically on the enemy archer units.

This was undoubtedly a one-sided slaughter and a heavy blow to the enemy’s morale.

The situation on the battlefield was changing.

Although the 5 war elephants were fierce, they were no match for the Elephantmen.

Meanwhile, the Camel Heavy Cavalry caught in the melee were being suppressed by the combined efforts of the Minotaur infantry and Kobold Halberdiers.

The scales of victory were quickly tipping toward Luo Ji and his men.

The city defense general, realizing the situation was dire, hurriedly issued an order to retreat back to the city.

However, Luo Ji, determined to take the city in one go, would not let them return so easily since they had taken the initiative to come out and fight.

After ambushing the archer units and killing nearly all of them, the Wolf Rider unit led by Li Yin decisively became the wolves blocking the enemy’s retreat!

Faced with this pincer attack from front and back, the desert city’s defense force collapsed like a falling mountain.

During this time, Li Yin even cut off the head of the enemy’s city defense general in one round of engagement, performing a great feat!

Luo Ji was already there with his troops, shouting, “The enemy general is dead! Surrender and your lives will be spared!”

This further disintegrated the enemy soldiers’ will to fight.

Faced with the beastmen army surrounding them like tigers watching their prey, the leaderless defense soldiers dropped their weapons one after another and chose to surrender after a brief stalemate.

Luo Ji’s army drove straight into the city.

While taking over the various city gates, they also seized the military camps inside.

To fight for 7 days in such a harsh environment, fresh water resources were undoubtedly the top priority.

Therefore, after occupying the city, the first thing Luo Ji did was send people to confirm the fresh water resources inside.

However, there seemed to be no water source within this border city.

Instead, they found a large amount of bottled water in the city’s warehouse.

In other words, the water in this city was likely transported from other nearby cities!

Having confirmed this information, Luo Ji naturally aimed for the water source.

If he could find the source directly, it would certainly save him a lot of trouble.

As such, while looting a map from the military camp, Luo Ji also picked a few surrendered soldiers for questioning.

He soon determined the location of the water source.

To ensure timely water supply to various locations, this desert country’s cities were built around oases.

Their country had more than one oasis, and the nearest one was Oasis City, not far from this city!