Chapter 484 Night Raid (Part 2)

In order to guard against the lizardmen's night attacks, Zhou Xu had already arranged for people to set up a large number of bonfires near the camp.

Now all the campfires that were deployed in advance have been lit, ensuring that they can have a certain degree of vision near the camp.

At this time, Zhou Xuren was standing behind the defense line of the garrison camp. With the help of the "Eye of Insight", he scanned the distance, looking for traces of the enemy.

However, the Lizardmen's night attack came slower than he expected.

Zhou Xu didn't think that it was Drogo and Diack who were holding the opponent back.

Although it was too dark at the time and he had no night vision, he could not see the size of the enemy at all, but just by listening to the noise made by the cavalry troops running, he knew that there were more than one or two hundred cavalry units on the opposite side. He estimated that there were probably as many as three or four hundred, or even more.

Facing such a cavalry team, Chitose, Drogo and Diack might be able to slow down the opponent's advancement efficiency to a certain extent through harassment and attacks, but to directly curb the opponent's advancement...

That's basically impossible.

On this basis, the other side has not shown up yet, which can only mean one thing, that is, the commander of the opposing side changed the original tactical arrangement after seeing their actions.

Combining the opponent's intelligence with the current situation, and thinking about it a little, Zhou Xu had a rough idea of ​​what the opponent wanted to do.

"The enemy is most likely planning to use those giant beasts to lead the charge and directly destroy our garrison camp."

This can be said to be the Lizardmen's usual tactic, and it is not difficult to guess.

The garrison camp is their most important camp on the front line at this stage. Once the garrison camp is razed to the ground, it means they have directly lost their core position.

As the defending side, the impact of losing the core position is huge.

Just as Zhou Xu was thinking about this, a Centaur soldier came back quickly from a distance and reported the latest situation to him.

"My lord, the giant beasts on the opposite side are forming a square formation and advancing towards our garrison camp!"

The confirmation of this news undoubtedly verified Zhou Xu's guess.

"What about the Speed ​​Dragon Cavalry on the other side? What's their situation now?"

"The opposing Swift Dragon Cavalry's intention to advance is not strong. It seems that they are more likely to encircle and suppress Master Chitose and our troops."

After hearing this, Zhou Xu had a basic idea of ​​what the other party wanted to do.

"Tell them to focus on containment and avoid being entangled by the opposing velociraptors. Wait for my signal."

"yes!"

After hearing the order, the Centaur soldier left quickly.

The opposing commander chose the tactic of using the Ankylosaurs to lead the charge and clear the camp. In a way, this was actually a good thing.

After all, the Ankylosaurs advanced slowly, which gave them more time to deploy.

"Notify the logistics team to take the supplies and logistics personnel in the camp and move them first."

Out of caution, a retreat route should be prepared in advance to prevent the camp from being breached by the armored dragon and all supplies from being destroyed.

"Also, have all soldiers equip themselves with enchanted weapons!"

During this period, Wang Dong, who was in the garrison camp, was extremely exhausted. In order to prepare for the battle that could break out at any time, he had to keep a batch of enchanted weapons in the best condition throughout the whole process.

In other words, he had to enchant the enchanted weapons almost non-stop, just for this moment! The enchanted weapons were enough to raise the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty to another level.

In the last Battle of the Plains, they were able to turn the tide against a large army of Lizardmen whose strength was clearly greater than theirs. In addition to the timely support from the Centaurs, the combat power bonus provided by the enchanted weapons was also crucial.

After making all the arrangements, time passed quietly and heavy footsteps were heard from a distance. They were very familiar with that sound. It was the sound of a scutosaurus walking.

The Ankylosaurus was probably still quite a distance away from them, but because its footsteps were so heavy, they could still hear them clearly even at such a distance.

At Zhou Xu's command, the crossbow troops took the initiative to attack.

During the previous period, the opposing armored dragons had been attacking their camp day and night. Therefore, as an important combat force of the Great Zhou to target the armored dragons, the crossbow troops had basically adapted to fighting at night.

By the way, it is worth mentioning here that after the last replenishment, the number of three-bow crossbows within the crossbow unit has officially increased to eight. As the size of the unit becomes larger, their combat effectiveness is also increasing with the increase in the number of three-bow crossbows.

After receiving the order from Zhou Xu, the crossbow troops, which had been ready for a long time, quickly took action.

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It is different from dealing with ordinary troops. After all, the Ankylosaurus is a big guy. Even in the dark night with poor visibility, it is not that difficult to lock onto the opponent.

Unlike the initial split of the entire force into two, with attack formations deployed on both wings, this time, all eight three-bow crossbows of the crossbow unit were concentrated on one side.

During the daily high-intensity training, every operating step of the three-bow crossbow has been ingrained in their bones and has become their instinctive reaction.

This means that the poor vision does not have much impact on them.

Soon, accompanied by a signal, eight giant crossbow arrows shot out almost at the same time.

Then a scream rang out from the night! Although they couldn't see clearly where the eight giant crossbow arrows hit, it was not difficult to judge from the scream that their attack must have broken through the armored dragon's defense layer and made it bleed, otherwise the armored dragon would not react so violently.

It seems that this period of rest did not allow the armored dragon's shell to fully recover, which made the crossbowmen more confident.

During this time, a shield-armored dragon that was attacked on one side in the center of the shield-armored dragon formation screamed and its steps became disordered, which scared the lizardmen infantry moving inside, for fear of being stepped on by the shield-armored dragon.

With this kick, he would be crushed into a pool of flesh. Who wouldn't be afraid? On this side, a lizardman leader who realized that the other side had launched an action, took advantage of the cover of night and quickly ran out to confirm the location of the Great Zhou crossbow troops.

The crossbow troops had no intention of concealing their whereabouts, or rather, they could not conceal them. The vision in the plains was so wide, and the Lizardmen had night vision, so they would have nowhere to hide if they launched an attack.

So they didn't bother to hide and just lit the torches.

The battle was like saying, "Come here if you have the guts!" The armored dragons were simply not able to catch up with them, but for this operation, fifty velociraptors were specially selected to accompany them.

At this time, these fifty raptors will undoubtedly come in handy!

(End of this chapter)