Chapter 389: Chapter 389
Dawn Fortress stands as the last line of defense for the Templar Order, exceptionally grand and majestic. The city walls alone soar over fifty meters high.
Fifty meters is nearly the height of a twenty-story building; any ordinary person falling from this height would end up shattered into pieces.
Even an Extraordinary Army cannot overcome such a vast city defense. Follow current novᴇls on novel·fire·net
Rangers can still climb nimbly, but a heavily armored unit like the Black Banner Guard cannot ascend directly.
Even if they scaled the walls, atop them are numerous towering spires, Magic Towers, Arrow Towers, and crossbow beds ready to turn any exposed enemy troops into a sieve.
Below this grand fortress, it is densely packed with large armies.
Audrey’s tens of thousands of undead soldiers and the army from the Golden Pansy Subordinate Manor form a circle array, guarding fiercely against attack, defending the family’s banner with intense resistance.
Hanna, watching the fierce battlefield from afar, clicked her tongue: "Your two little sweethearts are quite capable in battle. Especially that silly sweetheart, she’s surprisingly smart on the battlefield, not a bit of the foolishness she usually shows."
Lin Rui stood with his hands behind his back on a hill, gazing at the distant battlefield with a smile. Of course, considering how much of the "Book of Wisdom" I’ve invested in her.
As a charm system apostle, her Wisdom Value has already surpassed a hundred.
With such a high Wisdom Value, it’s destined that this woman commands the undead with great strategy, not just selecting all troops and blindly charging forward.
The formation she has set up now is called a circle array, but it’s not just a large group of people forming a circle back-to-back.
Quite the opposite, the circle array is actually a collection of phalanxes, with each squad spread out and spaced apart, facing all directions. Strictly speaking, the circle array looks more like the Eight Trigrams Array. Zhuge Kongming’s Eight Array Map probably looked .
With such a well-organized army formation, even from a distance, Audrey’s undead army structure remains very intact, with combat occurring only at the outermost edges, while many middle phalanxes haven’t even engaged yet.
As long as the undead army formation remains orderly, the Necromancer can continue to raise corpses on the battlefield, regrouping formations, constantly wearing down the enemy.
The Sea of the Dead is something she truly understands well.
Lin Rui’s smile widened: "Still, we need to give the Territorial Soldiers a chance to prove themselves. She used to follow me every day, and no one in the territory ever thought she could deploy such brilliant battle strategies."
Hanna smirked: "Stop praising your little sweetheart. What are we going to do about the enemy now?"
Lin Rui looked towards the enemy besieging Audrey, in addition to a large number of humans, there were thousands of ogre mercenaries.
Human soldiers are not particularly strong, at least not enough to easily crush Audrey’s forces. Their strength lies in their sheer numbers.
The empire has always been a master of the human wave tactic, with about thirty thousand human soldiers besieging the Sea of the Dead.
They also bear their family’s crest, a silver emblem on a red field, with the family emblem resembling a snake biting its own tail.
Lu Weite immediately introduced to Lin Rui: "Lord Lin Rui, this is the Viper Clan, led by Baron William Snico. His territory is in the Broken Land north of Dragonbone Plain. He has always had disputes with Count Frans, I didn’t expect him to directly intervene in this war."
Lin Rui gave them a glance; as a baron, his strength falls far short of a count. The fertility of the Broken Land doesn’t compare to the Dragonbone Plain either.
So although their army is large, their elite strength is far inferior. To the point where they cannot easily destroy Audrey’s undead forces.
Clearly, Grand Commander Richthofen of the Templar Order is also aware of their limitations, so to compensate for their lack of elite forces, he specifically hired thousands of Ogre Warriors.
Ogres have always been exceptional mercenaries, accepting employment from various factions, ranging from humans to the Underground City, even the Green Skins and Giant Dragons. As long as the payment is in Spirit Crystal Coins or other high-value resources, they will fight for anyone.
The Templar Order, known for its wealth, easily recruited a large number of Ogre Warriors by offering a fortune.
These Ogre Warriors are favored by so many powers because their strength is worthy of their employer’s Spirit Crystal Coins. Each is elite-level, wielding large clubs and rampaging through the undead army. There are even many rare level units, clad in heavy armor. A swing of the axe and the undead are sent flying.
However, at this moment, their morale has been shattered. Many cunning ogres hesitate to charge boldly, only forming formations, crushing the undead step by step without advancing rashly. Because those who did advance rashly have been chopped into two by a terrifying woman.
Her speed is so overwhelming that the ogres can only see a brilliant crimson flash across the field, followed by their huge bodies being sliced into chunks.
It is precisely because of Su Xi’s presence that the enemy dared not gather elite forces to concentrate a breakthrough, open a gap in the undead formation, hence the stalemate in the battle.
Lu Weite studied the ogre banners closely, then reported to Lin Rui: "Lord Lin Rui, there seems to be more than one chieftain leading the ogres here. I’ve identified three ogre tribes: the Bloodhand Tribe, Iron Stomach Tribe, and the Gluttony Tribe. Each of these large tribes has at least a thousand ogres."