Chapter 495 The abacus beads hit his face
Ever since Zhou Xu arrived at the frontline, the frontline troops have been in high spirits, not only because of his status as the "king", but also because of his powerful strength that can almost form an army by himself!
Ever since the last battle on the plains, Zhou Xu asked Li Ce to set up a front-line camp again and keep an eye on the rainforest area where the lizardmen are.
On the Lizardman side, Soros also sent out Lizardman sentinels to watch the plain area 24 hours a day and be wary of Da Zhou's every move.
The skeleton troops plus the sword and shield troops made such a big formation that Zhou Xu never wanted to hide it from the very beginning.
"Commander, outside the rain forest, the enemy's troops are advancing. In front of them is a large group of skeletons, and, and..."
"And what? Explain yourself to me!"
Listening to the report from the lizardman sentry under his command, Soros felt indescribably irritated.
Soros already knew that the enemy had skeleton soldiers assisting in the battle.
After all, in the previous battle on the plains, it was the sudden appearance of those skeletons that cut off the Raptors' retreat, hindered their movements, and directly led to the Raptors being ruthlessly charged by the opposing cavalry units, causing heavy losses.
It is no exaggeration to say that those skeleton soldiers constitute the most critical force.
Naturally, he was not surprised to see the skeleton soldiers appear here at this time.
At this moment, facing Soros's rebuke, the lizardman sentry quickly explained...
"Those skeletons rushing over from the opposite side look like they are from the same tribe as us."
More than a resemblance, they are exactly the same! Lizardmen are not so bad that they cannot even recognize the skeletons of their own kind.
Soros's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard this. He probably guessed what had happened.
At the same time, on the plain position outside the rainforest, under Zhou Xu's control, the skeleton troops quickly approached.
When their Great Zhou infantry launched an offensive towards the opposite rainforest defense line, the opposing commander deliberately arranged a group of green lizard infantry on the periphery to throw short spears and attack them.
Of course, they were immediately countered by a rain of arrows from their cavalry units, resulting in casualties.
This time, the other side must have learned their lesson and did not show up throughout the whole process. It seemed that they wanted to wait until they entered the rainforest before taking action.
Anyway, the ones leading the way in front were skeleton soldiers who were not afraid of sacrifice at all, so Zhou Xu was not afraid.
The faster green lizard skeleton quickly disappeared into the rain forest.
In response to this situation, as the ambushing party, the green lizard infantry hiding in the dark did not take action immediately. According to Soros's idea, the current target of the green lizard infantry's ambush was the Great Zhou sword and shield soldiers behind them.
Although these skeleton soldiers were one of the key factors leading to their defeat in the previous battle on the plains, in Soros's opinion, these skeleton soldiers themselves were not very powerful.
To put it bluntly, the existence of the skeleton soldiers only played a restraining role. It was the opposing cavalry units that dealt the fatal blow to the dragoons.
With this as a premise, after the environment changed from the plains to the rainforest where they were, the human sword and shield soldiers following behind undoubtedly played this role.
From this point of view, only by eliminating the sword and shield soldiers on the opposite side can the battle be resolved fundamentally. Otherwise, attacking those skeleton soldiers would be a waste of effort.
Unlike the battlefield on the plains, Soros had to be much bolder in the rainforest which was his home ground. He came directly to the vicinity and observed every move of the opponent.
[The human soldiers are following too closely, almost tying up with the skeleton soldiers. We have to find a way to separate them.]
As his thoughts raced, Soros called over a subordinate, whispered something in his ear, and arranged things.
During the period, Zhou Chongshan, who switched from cavalry to infantry again and led the sword and shield soldiers of the Great Zhou to carry out this operation, remained sufficiently vigilant throughout the whole process.
Obviously, after experiencing the previous battle, he knew very well how difficult the lizardmen on the opposite side would be in this rainforest environment.
Accompanied by a dense rustling sound, a large number of short spears suddenly flew out from the rainforest behind and on both sides and were thrown towards them.
The long-dormant green lizard infantry finally seized the initiative with their spear throwing skills! "Everyone form a defensive formation!"
Zhou Chongshan reacted quickly and shouted at his sword and shield soldiers to respond.
Although they were defeated when they entered the rainforest area before, they also gained experience.
Now, they have a better understanding of how the Lizardmen fight in the rainforest environment, and have also mastered a certain degree of coping methods, so they are no longer as confused as they were at the beginning.
Little did they know that while they were concentrating on dealing with the green lizard infantry, there was movement coming from the other side.
Zhou Chongshan quickly glanced over there from the corner of his eye, and when he did, dozens of velociraptors rushing out of the rainforest suddenly entered his field of vision.
Carrying the task assigned to them by Soros, dozens of dragoons forcibly divided the battlefield at the fastest speed, directly dividing their Great Zhou's sword and shield soldiers and the skeleton soldiers in front into two.
The abacus beads on the other side had already hit him in the face. Even Zhou Chongshan, whose tactical mind was not well-developed, had now realized what the other side wanted to do.
How could this let the other side succeed? With this idea in mind, Zhou Chongshan immediately planned to select a team of personal soldiers to follow him to break through the blockade formed by the opposite side's velociraptors.
Little did he know that he hadn't even had time to take action.
When the speed dragon cavalry came out, another group of blue lizard sword and shield soldiers rushed out, raising their shields to meet Zhou Chongshan and his men who were about to take action! Needless to say, Soros had arranged them all clearly this time.
While the dragoons were sent to deal with the skeleton troops, the group of blue lizard sword and shield soldiers following behind were specifically there to intercept them.
After suffering a great defeat, in order to gather as many troops as possible, he really gathered all the blue lizard guards in the temple!
Of course, the title of "Temple Guard" sounds impressive, but it is not.
As temple guards, their main responsibility is to guard the temple. In other words, many of them have never been on the battlefield and lack practical experience.
Those who had been to the battlefield had their skills regressed due to being away from the battlefield for a long time, and were no longer as skilled as they were when they fought against the ratmen on the front lines.
Therefore, Soros did not have high expectations for them. Their only task now was to hold back the human infantry on the opposite side and buy time for the velociraptors to destroy the skeleton troops on the opposite side! (End of this chapter)
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