Chapter 592: Not a coincidence
The density of the rat tide before us was such that even if warriors like Zhou Chongshan and Tash rushed in, they would probably have no room to maneuver and would be eaten to death by the rat tide.
At this moment, a firm and unquestionable voice sounded.
"Spear formation to meet the attack!"
More than two years of training had made obeying orders their first duty. Now that they received the order, the originally confused soldiers seemed to have found their backbone in an instant.
Although my mind was still in a mess, my body took the initiative to act according to the orders.
They had originally maintained a defensive formation to deal with the Skinner troops, and now after receiving Li Ce's order, they changed their formation in a moment.
The width of the spear formation is basically the same as the width of the city gate passage. When the lizardman spearmen set up the spear formation, as long as they enter the city gate passage, they can completely block the passage.
Before the rushing tide of rats could cross the city gate, they were directly confronted by crystal iron spears that were flashing with cold light. The rat slave soldiers rushing towards them were stabbed and killed in large numbers. The efficiency of the slaughter was much higher than that of Zhou Chongshan and Tash's two hands.
However, things did not always go so smoothly.
While a large number of rat slave soldiers were being killed with spear formations, a huge wooden spear suddenly flew out from the rat tide.
At that moment, many of the blue lizard spearmen in the front row were knocked to the ground, covered in blood! Even the originally stable spear formation was broken.
At that moment, the rat troll, who had just thrown a wooden spear, was looking smug outside the collapsed fortress gate.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, the rat slave soldiers blocking the city gate passage suddenly exploded like an explosion, with blood and body fragments splattering everywhere, and a cold light burst out!
There was no time to even react.
In an instant, half of the rat troll standing outside was blown to pieces! A fine blood mist spread out like drizzle.
However, the giant crossbow arrow that pierced through the body of the rat troll did not slow down. It went straight into the tide of rats behind it and flew nearly a hundred meters away, killing a large number of rat slave soldiers before it fell to the ground exhausted.
At the same time, inside the fortress gate, the spear array that was originally responsible for blocking the city gate passage had already dispersed to both sides, revealing the attack trajectory in the middle.
At the end of the field of vision, a three-bow crossbow was already firing!
On the top of the wall, considering the height, the three-bow crossbow could not launch an effective attack, but on the ground, the ratmen also poured into the city gate passage with space restrictions. Isn't that courting death? Many giant rat knights who were mixed in the rat tide and tried to launch an attack also suffered together.
To put it bluntly, the previous spear formation was just to buy time for setting up the three-bow crossbow.
As for the rat troll that was killed in the explosion, all we can say is that he was standing too straight and was courting death.
Now, after the attack, under Li Ce's command, the spear formation was immediately reorganized, and the blue lizard spearmen once again charged forward with their crystal iron spears.
They did not take the initiative to charge out, but blocked the end of the city gate passage, cooperating with the three-bow crossbows set up at the back, killing as many as they came!
During this period, looking at the sudden movement in the distance, the claws that were dancing with excitement because of successfully breaking through the fortress gate the moment before suddenly changed their faces and froze there completely the next moment.
He didn't remember that the Lizardmen had such a powerful weapon! "Fuck! What the hell is going on?!"
You know, in this battle, even the Skinner troops that he had invested a lot of resources in and trained himself were sacrificed.
After all, in an infiltration mission like that, only a very few people can come back alive.
He paid such a huge price just to completely break through the Lizardmen's border fortress, kill all the stinky lizards inside, and achieve an unprecedented and huge victory!
Until just now, the whole situation was going just as he had imagined.
However, in the blink of an eye, the situation changed completely.
This situation was completely beyond his control, causing Li Claw to unconsciously feel a strong sense of anxiety!
But what he didn't know was that this was just the beginning.
Just then, a rumbling sound was heard from afar, accompanied by a cloud of dust, and a group of dragoons rushed into the battlefield from the periphery, aiming directly at the rear positions of the ratmen! "Ahhhhhhhh!!!"
Sharp Claw, who saw this scene, couldn't help but let out a mad roar, venting his frustrated emotions.
There is no doubt that at this moment, his mentality was completely blown away.
It would be fine if an unexpected situation happened at the opposite fortress, but the opposite reinforcements actually arrived at this time?!
At this moment, Claw felt that the whole world was against him.
The arrival of this reinforcement force is certainly not a coincidence.
As early as when they confirmed that the rat people had chosen to recuperate in the previous year, they were mentally prepared to face the rat people's offensive in the following year.
To this end, Zhou Xu issued a conscription order among the Lizardmen early on, directly recruiting 1,000 soldiers in the initial stage and conducting military training for them.
Long before, Li Ce led his troops to harass and consume the ratmen outside the front-line stronghold. When the ratmen launched a strong counterattack, Li Ce immediately asked the pterosaur riders to bring the news back to their king.
After receiving the news, Zhou Xu said nothing and immediately ordered the 1,000 lizardmen soldiers who had completed training to rush to the border fortress while continuing to recruit soldiers.
Originally, the arrival time of this reinforcement was supposed to be around tomorrow evening.
However, after being attacked by the rat trolls during the day, Li Ce felt a sense of crisis and sent pterosaur riders to meet up with the reinforcements on the way, and signaled them to speed up.
To this end, the cavalry troops directly left the infantry troops behind and hurried on their way, and only then did they successfully arrive at the battlefield at this point in time! After arriving at the place, there was no need to say more, the cavalry troops directly locked onto the rear positions of the ratmen and launched a charge.
At this moment, although Claw was in a state of panic, he was not ready to give up. He immediately gave the order and sent out the Giant Rat Knights to fight back.
Apparently, he still kept some cavalry on hand just in case.
As soon as they saw the giant rat knights appear on the opposite side, the attacking dragoons basically gave up the idea of attacking the ratmen's rear positions.
They had just experienced an expedited journey, and although they took a short rest after arriving near the battlefield, their condition was obviously not good at the moment.
Once the giant rat knight appears on the opposite side, they have no hope.
In this way, the velociraptors who arrived at the battlefield also changed their targets directly, and collided head-on with the giant rat knights who rushed up to attack. The cavalry units of both sides soon fought a complete battle! (End of this chapter)
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