Chapter 551 Great minds think alike
Two days later, a black tide of rats swept towards them again. With the help of scale armor and enchanted weapons, the morale of the lizardmen increased greatly, and the initial tension and panic were basically gone.
The battle process of both sides did not change. The Lizardmen, as usual, first sent out the Shield Ankylosaurs to attract the firepower of the rat tide, and then cooperated with the Lizardmen infantry to advance outwards.
This is the best tactic they have summed up from many battles with the rat army over the years, and it is itself the best response in this regard.
If you have to change your tactics just to seek novelty, then you are really missing the point.
On the battlefield, the Lizardmen infantry troops advanced under the cover of the Ankylosaurs, and the tide of rats on the opposite side surged like quicksand, filling every inch of the battlefield at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Facing the rat tide approaching them, the blue lizard infantry held their breath and waited until the rat tide was about to rush in front of them...
"Spear!"
Following an order, crystal iron spears shining with cold light stabbed out in unison.
The blue lizard infantrymen holding crystal iron spears didn't even need to do anything extra. The surging tide of rats hit their spears head-on, and their fragile bodies were easily pierced.
After a round of counterattack, the spearmen composed of blue lizard infantry immediately switched from defense to offense and advanced all the way.
They marched in uncoordinated steps, maintaining their spear formation and advancing step by step. A large number of rat slave soldiers were stabbed to the ground along the way.
Of course, the rat tide was huge after all, and the Lizardmen infantry were still unfamiliar with coordination, so they were often rushed in front of the ratmen slave soldiers.
At this time, the blue lizard infantry standing in the front row would immediately change into sword and shield equipment to meet the attack head-on.
During this time, the blue lizard infantry standing in the second row will use the length of their crystal iron spears to stab the spears through the gaps in the first row of infantry and kill the enemy!
After several attempts, they were able to repel the head-on attacks of the rat tide many times, and they still maintained a relatively relaxed state, which surprised the soldiers.
During this process, Claw, the enemy's commander-in-chief, undoubtedly noticed the situation here.
Although the rat tide was huge in scale, it was not conducive to detailed command because the crazy rat slave soldiers were not very obedient on the battlefield and could only execute some simple orders, such as attack, retreat, etc.
This also led to the fact that the ratmen's rat tide tactics have always been simple and crude.
But now it is obviously not going to work if we continue like this.
As thoughts raced, Sharp Claw made up his mind and simply mobilized two more waves of rats to attack from both sides, trying to break the lizardmen's formation and completely surround and kill them at the same time!
But the Lizardmen obviously wouldn't let him succeed so easily.
When the rat swarms on both sides got close enough, the swift-moving green lizard infantry immediately rushed out from both wings of the battlefield with short spears on their backs, and launched a spear attack directly at the oncoming rat swarms.
Originally, when Zhou Xu ordered the forging department to create the crystal iron spears, he was actually planning to let the green lizard infantry use them.
It turned out that the green lizard infantry were short in stature and lacked strength, and the crystal iron spears were too long for them to use skillfully, so they were temporarily changed to be assigned to the blue lizard infantry, while the green lizard infantry continued to serve as spear throwers to support on both wings of the battlefield.
However, it was obviously unrealistic to contain the rat tide with only the javelin attacks of the green lizard infantry.
Ignoring the spear attacks of the green lizard infantry, the rat tide on both wings of the battlefield surged forward.
At this moment, accompanied by bursts of 'boom' sounds, the troops truly responsible for escorting the spearmen phalanx finally appeared on the battlefield.
Appearing on both wings at this time were the Lizardmen's Speed Dragon Cavalry and the Great Zhou Cavalry led by Zhou Chongshan!
Maintaining the momentum of the charge, and with the support of the green lizard infantry on the flanks, it was easy for them to break through the two waves of rats.
They rushed left and right and killed the rats into pieces on the spot.
Among them, Zhou Chongshan, who had changed into new armor, rushed forward particularly fiercely, killing countless enemies along the way! The brand new armor was stained with the blood and flesh of the enemies in a blink of an eye! It made him look like a killing god! "Damn it! What kind of tactics are these guys using? I've never seen these stinky lizards use them before!"
His methods were repeatedly defeated, and Li Claw, who felt that he couldn't save face, now had a dark face.
Of course, he had never seen this battle formation before, because it was Zhou Xu who came up with it and asked Drogo to teach it to Bolevin.
During his time in the Great Zhou, Zhou Xu was not idle and had carefully thought about how to deal with the rat army.
However, what Zhou Xu did not know at this time was that the tactics he had come up with to deal with the rat army were extremely similar to the famous Macedonian Phalanx in history.
In this regard, all we can say is that great minds think alike.
However, when it comes to naming, Zhou Xu didn't do anything fancy. He just focused on being practical and easy to understand, and named it "Spearmen Steadily Advancing Formation" in a very simple and clear way.
According to the nature of the Macedonian Phalanx in history, it has an obvious advantage when facing an enemy that has numerical superiority but is internally chaotic and disorderly. From this point of view, the rat tide of the Skaven army can be said to have hit the vital point.
However, at this stage, the Blue Lizard Infantry are far from proficient in the use of this battle formation, and can even be said to be relatively unfamiliar with it.
There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, it had only been a short period of time since they received the order and got the crystal iron spears. They had only practiced for a short while at the last minute, and being able to show such results was enough to surprise the lizardmen.
At the same time, it also made them feel more respect for the king who came up with this tactic.
In a short period of time, Sharp Claws, which had suffered a series of setbacks, felt annoyed and at the same time, a trace of retreat arose in his heart.
After all, judging from the current situation, it may not be so easy to destroy the Lizardmen.
But after suffering a series of setbacks, he was just going to withdraw his troops in disgrace? He really didn't want to accept that.
Thinking of this, Claw gritted his teeth and gave an order.
After receiving the order, another wave of rats rushed into the battlefield from the ratmen's position, further expanding the number of troops deployed on the battlefield.
At the same time, Drogo and his men, hiding on the outskirts of the battlefield and observing the situation of the regular rat army's positions, were counting the number of rats sent out by the opposite side.
Combined with the information provided to them by Bolevin, Drogo made a rough estimate in his mind.
"It should be about the same."
While muttering to himself, Drogo waved his hand.
"All troops, listen up and follow me to charge!!!"
(End of this chapter)
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