Chapter 585 Li Ce's Decision
In an instant, the sound of killing was deafening, and sharp crystal iron spears were thrust out in unison. The spear heads pierced through the bodies of the rat slave soldiers as easily as piercing a piece of thin paper.
Holding crystal iron spears, the Blue Lizard spearmen's movements were quick and decisive, without any delay. Although the retracting and stabbing seemed simple, they were skills honed through countless practice and actual combat.
The rat slave soldiers that rushed in violently were stabbed to death in large numbers, but the tide of rats in front of them was still rushing madly towards their spears, vowing to break the deadlock with their lives and carve out a bloody path with their corpses!
They had long experienced the madness of the rat tide. At this moment, they maintained a tight formation. The blue lizard spearmen holding crystal iron spears were like emotionless killing machines.
On this battlefield, they don't need to think about any problems, nor do they need any emotions. The only thing they need to do is to follow orders and continuously stab the crystal iron spears in their hands through the bodies of the rat slave soldiers in front of them!
During this period, the rat tide surged, and more rat slave soldiers rushed to both sides of the formation. The dragoons who had been on standby on both wings received the order and rushed out.
At the same time, on the outer battlefield, the green lizard spearmen also moved quickly and intervened in the battlefield.
In the past two years, they could clearly feel that the blessings on them were becoming stronger and stronger, and the Dragoons and Green Lizard Spearmen felt it particularly strongly. This was undoubtedly the best proof that they had regained the favor of the King.
This boosted the morale of the lizardmen, and with awe for their king, they performed more bravely on the battlefield.
After two rounds of killing, the corpses of the rat slave soldiers at their feet had piled up to the point where they would be affected in their movements. At this time, Li Ce quickly gave the order.
Not letting them advance, but letting them retreat!
The military training in the past two years has made the Lizardmen soldiers regard obedience to orders as their first duty. Now that they have received the order, all the soldiers have no doubts and immediately carry it out.
Maintaining their formation, they fought and retreated all the way towards their own border.
Li Ce ordered a retreat at this time, and naturally he had his own ideas.
After a year of rest and recuperation, the Rat People must have accumulated enough troops. Looking at this wave of actions, it is not difficult to see that the Rat People should be planning to launch a strong counterattack.
Once the rat people have this intention, the battle is bound to not be completed in a short time.
On the front line, although they also set up a simple camp, the only function of that camp was to provide them with sleeping and eating. It had no defensive capabilities, and naturally there were no conditions for them to hold out.
Right now they have only 2,000 soldiers on the front line, and there are no defense facilities in the rear to ensure their safety. Once their physical strength is severely depleted, they will inevitably be overwhelmed by the tide of rats and will not be able to leave even if they want to.
Therefore, in Li Ce's opinion, there was no need to confront the ratmen head-on at this moment. While they still had the strength, they should fight and retreat to the outside of their own border defense line. Then, with their backs to the border, they could attack or defend. Wouldn't that be better? "Lieutenant Thoros, you will be responsible for commanding the velociraptors and the green lizard short spearmen on the periphery. We will retreat steadily."
Retreating is also a technical job that needs to be taken seriously.
After all, the act of retreating itself is equivalent to handing over the dominance of the battlefield to the opponent.
The enemies on the opposite side will definitely not let them go easily. During this process, they need to retreat while resolving the attacks from the ratmen.
The rat people are powerful, and if they are not careful, they may be defeated here.
To this end, as a commander, Li Ce must concentrate fully.
However, in this state, he obviously couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't miss anything.
To avoid this situation, the best way is to entrust some of the command pressure to other generals.
On this battlefield, Soros is undoubtedly a suitable choice.
After handing over all the flank troops to Soros' command, Li Ce could focus his energy on the main force in the center and observe the overall situation.
The large army of Lizardmen fought and retreated all the way. Although they were constantly chased by the rat tide along the way, they were basically unable to shake the enemy's formation.
Facing this formation that had frustrated him many times, at this moment, the pressure on Jikum was doubled, and he immediately looked towards the claws located in the center of the position.
"Chief, I think we should send out regular army troops to fight together with the rat tide to surround and kill the lizardmen on the opposite side!"
After hearing Jikum's proposal, Claw glanced at the large army of Lizardmen who were maintaining their formation and retreating steadily in the distance, and then rejected Jikum's proposal without hesitation.
Obviously, he and Jikum had different ideas.
The rat people's usual tactics are based on the rat tide, which is the key.
At the same time, they have always used this tactic, naturally because this tactic is most suitable for them.
Compared with the Lizardmen, the individual combat power of the ratmen is actually inferior to that of the Lizardmen in units of the same size. They have always relied on numbers to win, and even the regular army troops are no exception. This is no secret in itself.
The current state of the Lizardman army is obviously still very good. As an old rival for so many years, Claw cannot be unaware of the opponent's strength.
If he were to send regular army troops to engage in a bloody battle with the Lizardmen at this time, then regardless of whether he won or lost, the regular army troops under his command would suffer heavy casualties.
As the patriarch of the Claw Clan, this was obviously not what he wanted to see.
After all, the strength of the regular army directly affects his ruling power within the clan. This is the biggest reason why Claw will never easily use the regular army unless it is absolutely necessary.
[In the current situation, the Lizardmen's health has not been consumed much. You want me to send out regular troops at this time? What is this guy Jikum up to? ]
As for Jikum, Claw recognized his ability, otherwise he would not have let him serve as the front-line commander of his clan.
But as a ruler, facing Jikum who holds military power, Claw, while recognizing his ability, cannot help but be suspicious of him.
The thought flashed through his mind, and Claw glanced at Jikum calmly, but said nothing more.
Sensing the subtle change in the atmosphere, Jikum's body stiffened slightly.
Claw was willing to give him power and let him lead the border troops because he recognized his ability. On the other hand, Claw knew that he had nowhere to go. He was not worried about his betrayal, but was worried about his rebellion. He was worried that the Claw clan would become the Jikum clan in one day, and he was always suspicious of him.
Jikum was somewhat aware of this, so he stopped talking and quietly stepped aside.
(End of this chapter)
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