Chapter 443: Angry Shield Dragon
During this period, outside the front-line camp, perhaps because of the stimulation of pain, the armored dragon that was continuously attacked by three-bow crossbows had a fierce look in its eyes and its steps also slightly quickened.
While ensuring lethality, the current version of their three-bow crossbow has an effective attack range of between 450 and 500 meters.
Even if the maximum value is 500 meters, this is definitely not an insurmountable distance.
Under the attack of the three-bow crossbow, the armored dragon didn't know whether it had lost its temper or not. It continued to advance step by step like a fool, as if it was competing with their crossbow troops.
At this moment, there were at least twenty giant crossbow arrows stuck on the sturdy body of the Ankylosaurus. Large pieces of the external shell had been shattered, and blood had even begun to flow out from the wounds.
But Li Ce, who was observing the situation from a distance, did not show much joy on his face at this time.
From the degree to which those giant crossbow arrows penetrated the body of the Ankylosaurus, it can be seen that so far, the damage that the three-bow crossbow can cause to the Ankylosaurus is limited to superficial injuries.
Of course, the armor of the Shield Ankylosaurus has been damaged a lot. In other words, the armor of the Shield Ankylosaurus has been destroyed, and its defense is declining. As long as they give their crossbowmen enough opportunities to attack, they can completely rely on the frequency of their attacks to successively destroy the armor and scales of the Shield Ankylosaurus, and then bring more fatal damage to the opponent! But the problem now is that they don't have many opportunities left...
Just now, the crossbow troops had just finished another round of attack. At the same time, the distance between the Shield Dragon and them was completely shortened to less than 100 meters! After the three-bow crossbow attacked once, it took time to adjust the attack direction, re-open the bow, and install the giant crossbow arrows. Conversely, it also took time to put it away, and the time required was even longer than the preparation time for an attack.
They couldn't really wait until the Ankylosaurus reached them completely before evacuating, as that would be too risky.
At this stage, if any of the three-bow crossbows is destroyed, it will be a huge loss for them.
Various thoughts kept flashing through Li Ce's mind, and his brows were deeply furrowed. His sight swept across the armored dragons, the crossbow troops, and the front-line camp further behind. At this moment, Li Ce's eyebrows were almost twisted into a ball.
"Send a signal to have the crossbow troops retreat!"
While he was struggling, the distance between the armored dragons and the crossbow troops had become closer. After repeated hesitation, Li Ce finally gave the order to retreat.
He didn't want to gamble with the safety of the crossbow troops. Judging from the current situation of the Shield-Antipod, they had not even managed to completely destroy the opponent's external shell. In this case, even if they attacked one more round, it might not have any obvious killing effect.
But in contrast, the risks that the crossbow troops need to bear are increasing exponentially.
This deal is not a good deal for them.
Upon receiving the retreat signal, the crossbowmen immediately packed up their fixed three-bow crossbows as quickly as possible and prepared to evacuate.
During this period, Li Ce, as the commander, no longer focused his attention on the crossbow troops, but on the armored dragons and the front-line camp.
Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that they will not be able to defend their front-line camp.
Thinking of this, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in Li Ce's eyes.
"Pass my order, have the crossbow troops disperse to both sides. After ensuring their own safety, find a position to attack the Shield Dragon from the flanks. There is no need to worry about the existence of the camp!"
Needless to say, Li Ce had made up his mind and decided to continue attacking the Ankylosaurus while it was destroying their camp.
If they could use their front-line camp to exchange for the armored dragon on the opposite side, Li Ce thought it would not be a loss.
The soldiers of the Great Zhou would never question the orders of their superiors. After receiving the orders, the crossbow troops immediately implemented them.
Use war horses to pull the three-bow crossbows, allowing them to move towards the target location with considerable mobility efficiency.
They were very familiar with the location of their own camp and the surrounding environment.
So from another perspective, under the premise of bringing the camp into their attack range, they also know very well where the best attack position is.
While the crossbow troops were moving, the chevaux de frise deployed outside the camp could not pose any obstacle to the armored dragons. The armored dragons, equipped with giant crossbow arrows, simply crushed the chevaux de frise and officially stepped into their camp.
Having been holding back his anger for the entire journey, the Ankylosaurus finally got the chance to vent at this moment.
The next moment, the Shield Ankylosaurus twisted its body, and its tail, like a meteor hammer, swept across. Wherever its tail swept, all the facilities in the camp were instantly razed to the ground! But this was obviously not enough for the Shield Ankylosaurus! Only by completely destroying the camp in front of it could its anger be calmed!
During this period, the crossbow troops divided into six teams have already taken their positions. The three-bow crossbow that had been put away before was reset at the fastest speed. After adjusting the attack angle, without any nonsense, they locked onto the existence of the armored dragon and launched an attack directly!
Being attacked again, the pain nerves that had just eased were stimulated again, causing the Ankylosaurus to roar angrily, and then vent all the anger in his chest onto the camp in front of him.
Although this big guy moves slowly, its destructive efficiency is very good.
The main reason is its huge size. Even if it does nothing and just walks past, the facilities in their camp will be crushed to pieces by it.
Not to mention that the Ankylosaurus was now directly launching a tail swing attack.
As the tail swung up, the huge fan-shaped attack range swept over a large area. In just a short while, their front-line camp had been almost flattened by a quarter of the armored dragon.
Li Ce was helpless and could only keep calm and let the crossbow troops continue attacking.
At the same time, in the outer area of the camp, Soros, riding on the back of a velociraptor, looked at the situation here with an unhappy expression.
He hadn't just arrived. In fact, he had been there for a few minutes. However, he had seen the opposing crossbow troops withdrawn, and the situation of the Shield Ankylosaurus seemed to be okay. As long as the Shield Ankylosaurus could complete the task of clearing the opponent's camp alone, his troops would not need to take the risk.
After all, on the main force side, they have no advantage at this stage, or to put it bluntly, they are at a disadvantage.
The other side has no good way to deal with the Shield Dragon, but if they show up, the other side will have a fight! The spearhead will immediately turn to them.
Considering all the above, keeping quiet is the safest approach for them.
But now Soros undoubtedly feels that the situation is not good.
If they continued to allow the other side to attack, their Shield Ankylosaur might really be defeated.
Thinking of this, Soros had no choice but to grit his teeth and give the order...
"attack!!"
(End of this chapter)
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