Chapter 322 Under the Night
Although Silk lacks practical experience to a certain extent in the formal confrontation between forces, it does not mean that he is stupid.
At this time, Silk quickly understood what Li Ce meant.
Then I realized that I might have fallen into a misconception before.
The subconscious thought is 'Before the large group of Lizardmen advances outside the village, consume as much as possible, and once outside the village, fight the enemy to the death'.
This idea itself is not wrong. After all, the elf village is there, which can at least bring them some defensive advantages.
But the problem here is, can the defensive advantage provided be greater than the offensive advantage of the large Lizardman army?
The answer is no.
Just looking at the giant beast that is as big as a bus, they don’t know how to deal with it.
After all, how much help can ordinary villagers who have no equipment and have not received combat training provide to them? At present, the large lizardmen army has not yet advanced beyond the elf village. Facing the harassment and attack tactics of their cavalry, they can only passively take the beating.
At the same time, except for the dragoons which have the advantage of mobility, other infantry units are basically useless in this kind of battle.
But once you get outside the village, the situation is different.
These infantry units of the Lizardmen will become the backbone of the attack on the elven village.
No matter what their cavalry does, the Lizardmen's main force just needs to attack the elven village.
This alone is enough to turn them from active to passive! Under the premise that this situation cannot be changed at all, Li Ce feels that it would be wiser to avoid this situation and take action in advance rather than really waste time on it.
To be honest, this decision was a bit too big, and even made Silk hesitate for a moment, thinking that he needed to consult Slavin, the clan leader, before he could give an answer.
But at the same time he knew that they no longer had the time.
Although their previous actions had successfully slowed down the Lizardmen's advance efficiency, there was only so much road left.
By the time they run back to report to the patriarch, discuss it, and make a decision, basically everything is over.
As a general of the grassland elves, Chief Slavin has always given him the power to make decisions. However, they have never encountered such a situation before, so this is the first time that Silk has used this power. The psychological pressure is quite high.
"Fight! Let's see who wins!"
After a brief hesitation, Silk's eyes quickly became firm. Obviously, he was still very decisive.
Although Drogo was not present at the scene, based on Li Ce's understanding of him, he would most likely agree.
After all, the Centaur tribe headed by Drogo basically eats and uses their people. Although they are called three forces, in fact even Silk has already realized that the Centaur tribe headed by Drogo is basically half-bound together with Li Ce and the others.
After reaching a consensus, it was still the middle of the night. With only a little moonlight in the middle of the night, the visibility was terrible. Li Ce certainly would not rush to take action at this point in time.
Their offensive must be based on the premise of "gaining vision at daybreak".
But sometimes, it is inevitable to encounter situations where there is no other choice, such as now...
The enemy's raptors were getting closer and closer to them. Even if they were not lying on the ground, they could hear the sound of the raptors running.
Holding their breath and concentrating, with a simple movement, the cavalry on both sides jumped on their horses and prepared for battle.
The strange crystal weapons in the hands of the lizardmen glowed in the moonlight and were very conspicuous in the dark night.
The distance can be judged by this luster and the movement and stillness.
Li Ce seized the opportunity and quickly issued an order.
"charge!!"
At the command, the cavalry led by Li Ce and Silk rushed out first without waiting for the opposing sprint cavalry to get close.
Cavalry need distance to accelerate. If they wait until the enemy rushes to their front before taking action, what power will the cavalry charge have?
Now they can be said to have taken the initiative!
Basically, as soon as the noise came out here, the lizardmen in the distance discovered their presence at the first moment with their excellent night vision.
“Woo——”
At that moment, the horn sounded, symbolizing the alarm.
At the same time, the first reaction of the opposing dragoons was to dodge.
After all, they had already discovered in the previous series of battles that they were no match for the opposing cavalry in a head-on charge. If they wanted to gain the upper hand, they had to take advantage of the Swift Dragon's flexibility.
Compared with the free-moving dragoons, Li Ce and his men had difficulty seeing anything under the cover of night.
However, with the help of the slight light produced by the moonlight shining on the opponent's crystal weapon, combined with the experience accumulated from the continuous battles with the Lizardmen during this period, Li Ce could roughly guess the opponent's actions at this time.
And they responded right from the beginning!
Don’t the opposing raptors want to rely on the raptor’s flexibility to avoid their frontal charge?
Indeed, in this dark night with poor visibility, as long as the enemy dodges their charge, they will most likely be helpless against them.
In order to avoid this, Li Ce spread out their charge formation from the very beginning to increase the attack surface of their charge.
Under this premise, they only need to make slight adjustments according to the opponent's movements to basically ensure that the opponent's speed dragon cavalry will not escape! Together with the elf cavalry led by Silk, a group charge went over, feeling the collision from all directions and the hot blood splashing on their faces, listening to the screams in their ears, and the corresponding scene has already emerged in Li Ce's mind.
The success of this wave of operations was entirely due to their advantage in terms of military strength.
Simply put, compared with the dragoons in front of them, they have a greater advantage in terms of manpower.
Under the cover of night, in order to find their whereabouts as quickly as possible, the Lizardman leader on the opposite side should divide his velociraptors into more teams to improve their search efficiency.
The result was that Li Ce and his men, who had been at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, unexpectedly felt the benefits of their military advantage.
But this matter obviously won't end like this.
In the silent night, the sound of the horn seemed particularly loud.
Sure enough, soon, in the distant night, the sound of horns began to sound one after another.
Li Ce and the others clearly realized that their whereabouts had been completely exposed.
(End of this chapter)
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