Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 352 Attack from both sides
About fifty miles south of the bridge, the legion of superhumans was slowly advancing. Their total strength was about five hundred people, including about two hundred centaurs and cavalry, and the rest were all kinds of superhumans, as well as huge vehicles pulled by hundreds of mutated cattle, loaded with all kinds of supplies.

Unlike most other survivor camps, the Ice Duke's territory has no electrification, no power plants, no nuclear power plants, let alone any electric trucks.

This is because the Ice Duke has already begun to figure out how to effectively use magic to build new systems, such as enchanting siege crossbows, raising mutated creatures, and cultivating his own spellcasters, etc.

This seems to indicate that a new path is being forged.

Unfortunately, the threat posed by the outsiders grew stronger, leaving him little time to develop, forcing the Ice Duke to choose to seek a compromise with the enemy.

"It is Earl Centaur who is requesting reinforcements. Your Excellency, please allow me to lead two hundred cavalrymen to your aid!"

At this moment, in this legion of superhumans, a strong centaur captain is anxiously requesting to join the battle, and the blood-red smoke and clouds in the sky for dozens of miles are the signal.

"Shut up! You fucking idiot!"

A black minotaur with huge bull horns on his head and wearing enchanted heavy armor roared. He was John Bull, the commander of this legion of superhumans!

Fifteen years ago, he was a lowly thug in a gang, living hand to mouth, but now he is the noble Marquis of Bull's Head!

Deeply trusted by Duke Hanbing, he is currently in charge of building a bridge fortress at the front to sever the connection between the false baron Li Wei and the false baron Zhao Kewu.

Nothing could be bigger than this.

At this moment, the Minotaur Marquis turned his head and glanced at a huge vehicle behind him. It was a large cart pulled by ten mutated bulls, and its exterior was sealed with thick enchanted steel plates, leaving only air vents.

It was very safe, but also very slow, with a daily travel distance of only thirty li.

Because hidden inside this strange carriage is a mysterious, dangerous, and precious half-goat mage, trained by the Duke of Ice with the help of a mysterious strategist, and one of the strategic targets that must be protected during this trip.

These half-goat spellcasters are incredibly useful when they are inside a sturdy fortress, but they become extremely vulnerable in the wild. A stray arrow could easily pierce their bellies, triggering a terrifying magical explosion.

Perhaps this is the price of getting close to magic.

"What suggestions do you two strategists have?"

At this moment, Marquis Minotaur looked at the two Neanderthals who were guarding the outside of the wagon. They were also outsiders, but they were descendants of servants of ancient magicians and were helpers summoned by Duke Frost from another dimension.

They were very knowledgeable and brought all sorts of supplies and knowledge, which greatly solved some of the thorny problems in the Frozen Territory. They also provided several formulas that allowed more natural people to be transformed into powerful superhumans in an orderly and safe manner. They could train a legion of superhumans and teach them to use their superhuman abilities more efficiently.

It can even transform a half-goat mage from three cores into five life cores.

Therefore, Duke Frost respectfully addressed them as strategists.

This time, Duke Frost sent a total of four strategists. Two stayed by his side to advise him, while the other two were sent to the vanguard team to scout ahead.

Yesterday, everyone reported that everything was going smoothly, but this morning, something unexpected happened.

You strategists don't seem very reliable either.

"Your Excellency Marquis, this is an enemy trick. They first deliberately lured us into sending troops, but then ambushed and killed our soldiers, undermining their morale. So just ignore them. Our objective is to follow the Duke's orders and build the bridge fortress."

One of the Nepalese cross-borderers offered his unwavering advice, his face resolute, but his heart was bleeding with impotent rage.

Yes, what else can we do?
In less than a minute, the enemy almost completely annihilated a 50-man centaur cavalry unit. Although these centaurs were fast-growing dual-core ability users, they were not like woodcutters or cabbages, and could be slaughtered at will. They had no chance to fight back at all.

This may seem like a superficial observation, but it actually proves three things.

First, their top scout is dead; he lost.

Secondly, the wilderness is now under the control of the other side.

Thirdly, the other side is engaging in strategic deception, openly telling them that the vanguard team is gone and there's no hope of rescue.

Yes, even if they both immediately realized it was a strategic fraud, they wouldn't dare risk betting on such a small chance.

In extraordinary times, scouts are the kings of the wilderness. Who dares to underestimate a scout? Unless they possess combat power beyond their level, they are doomed.

The best way to deal with scouts of this caliber is to take the main roads and avoid the side roads, surround them with a large army, advance step by step, fortify the walls and clear the fields, and build fortresses that connect to the city!

There is no way.

The scouts on the other side might not be able to guess what their legion was transporting and guarding, but they couldn't take the risk.

Once this half-goat spellcaster is shot to pieces, all living beings within a 300-meter radius will perish with him!

Just bear with it a little longer. Once the bridge and fortress are built, even the best scouts will be nothing but groundhogs.

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At the same time, Li Wei and Li Yue appeared on the south side of the bridge, 800 meters in the air. Like an eagle, Adai was circling like a king. Around him, there were already about thirty mutated crows, mutated magpies, and several mutated eagles.

These are all Ah-Dai's underlings. On the north side of the bridge, two enchanted war machines have already rushed onto the bridge, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

Five cavalrymen, including Zhao Xuanxuan, Benjamin, Santiago, Grant, and Havel, followed closely behind.

That's right. When it comes to a frontal charge, who would be stupid enough to use cavalry? Using heavy, enchanted war chariots to charge is far more comfortable.

At the very back were three electric trucks, their six giant crossbows gleaming coldly.

This is Zhao Xuanxuan's capital for roaming freely across both sides of the bridge over the past month.

If you can act like a hooligan, who will act like a gentleman?
At that moment, a level-three mutated myna bird landed with a thud, shouting loudly:

"Attention all units, latest tactical briefing!"

"Our forest rangers have arrived 1500 meters south of the bridge. Ah-Dai is in position. The enemy reinforcements are still 50 li away and are moving slowly. They have not yet made any move to provide support."

"The enemy is holding their ground. They have built simple defensive fortifications on the north side, which may contain about one hundred to two hundred traps. The enemy currently has a total strength of 55, including 13 centaur archers, all of whom are suspected of having explosive arrow devices. It is recommended to suppress them first. There are also 18 half-pigman heavy armor units, 6 half-dogman light armor units, 7 half-catman light armor units, 10 half-minotaur berserk dual-wielding units, and the last one is suspected to be a barbarian warrior, who is also the one highlighted above!"

"Attention all units, be ready for combat at any time!"

"Pullingleng!"

The mutated myna bird flew away again. This one was also Ah Dai's little brother, who had been useless until now, but unexpectedly it came in handy at this time.

After all, on such a battlefield, Li Wei and Zhao Xuanxuan were two kilometers apart, and there was no radio, so it would be difficult to coordinate.

Just because Li Wei can maintain real-time communication with Adai doesn't mean others can, so Adai quickly brought in this myna bird, and so far it seems to be working quite well.

"Aunt Yue, you stay behind and cover for me, especially keep an eye on that nun. You don't need to worry about the others."

Li Yue had no defensive equipment, and Li Wei couldn't let her follow him into battle. Fortunately, she was more than capable of being a sharpshooter.

"it is good!"

Without further ado, Li Yue waved her hand, and her newly bound four-star crow hunting pet took to the sky.

"Ah Dai, tell Zhao Xuanxuan, the enchanted chariots are ready to charge! Watch out for traps and mechanisms."

At Li Wei's command, a few seconds later, the mutated myna bird was already squawking and relaying the order.

"By order of the forest ranger, our tank units are to enter the field. All units, raise your tower shields and beware of traps!"

"Da da da!"

Li Wei's warhorse began to gallop, with Li Yue following as usual, three hundred meters behind him, also riding a warhorse, holding an enchanted warbow, and nocking a four-star enchanted sniper armor-piercing arrow, ready to unleash a burst of power to kill someone at any moment.

The pressure exerted by just the two of them was like that of a hundred-man army pressing down, because being shot would truly mean death.

The thirteen and a half centaur archers began to grow restless. Their powerful bows were not weak either, but they were still a bit lacking. As Li Wei rode towards them and gradually accelerated, the pressure they felt increased.

What's more, there's an enchanted war chariot silently approaching from the north, and crows and magpies cawing overhead, occasionally throwing out droppings. Damn, what kind of treatment is this?

Is this just pure bullying?

"Strategist! I need your wisdom! Where are your allies?"

The centaur count growled in a low voice, deeply disturbed by what he saw. He was never afraid of enemies in front of him, but the enemy emerging from behind him left him helpless, like a child.

But the Negro crossing the river only remained silent; he didn't know what to do either. Perhaps jumping into the river to escape was a good option, but he suspected his opponent had already seen through his little trick.

Because his scout companion, who was only slightly weaker than him in terms of strength, was killed even when he had the upper hand in every aspect, how much better could he be?

So there's no way to escape, so we might as well fight to the death.

But how should we fight?
Sky? Ground? North and south, surrounded from both sides, please tell him how to fight to the death?

This is despair!

"My lord, at this moment, what we need is not wisdom, but to transform ourselves into beasts!"

The man gave a bitter laugh, then pointed his spear at Li Wei and roared, "Forget about what's behind us, kill him and we can break through. Whether we can escape or not depends on our own abilities!"

"kill!"

The next second, the nun also summoned her warhorse, wielding a long spear, and was the first to charge at Li Wei!

(End of this chapter)