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Volume Three: The Stairs in Front of the Throne Chapter 308: Battle of Yugoslavia (Part 1)

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    The distance between the two armies was not too far away. If they moved forward a little further, they would be within the shooting range of the other side's archers.  And just one step away from the war, both sides fell into silence.

    As Lin Tan said, this is the calm before the storm.  No one would think that such silence would be pleasant. The solemn atmosphere became heavier and heavier as the soldiers on both sides panted.  Even the crows that occasionally flew by didn't dare to make any more noise at this time.  Murderous aura is a very ethereal thing, but this ethereal thing is becoming more and more substantial in this silence, making the air seem to become thicker and making people feel depressed.

    Lin Tan¡¯s formation was quite satisfactory.  His headquarters is located directly behind, surrounded by a large number of soldiers as guards.  At the forefront of the human army's phalanx were the heavy-armed spear sergeant brigade of the Chinese Knights and the heavy infantry team of the Purple Lily Legion.  Behind these heavy infantry with excellent defense are the archers. This formation allows the archers to use their maximum range and also ensures the strong defense of the entire formation. If you want to threaten the bows and arrows,  For the hand troops, the heavy infantry must be eliminated first.  And how could the front line composed of heavily armored pike sergeants and Viola heavy infantry be so easily defeated?  Even if the orcs dispatched the Kodo cavalry troops, it would be difficult to pass easily.

    Lin Tan knew that the quiet atmosphere before the war should not last too long. Otherwise, if the soldiers' hearts were too depressed, it would not be easy for Lin Tan to control the direction in which the soldiers would develop.  But Lin Tan was unwilling to strike preemptively. In this case, whoever broke the deadlock first would expose his combat purpose earlier.

    ¡°Obviously, the orc king opposite did not have Lin Tan¡¯s patience.  The orc army launched the attack first.  Nearly three thousand wolf cavalry separated from the orc army and detoured towards the two wings of the human army.  This is a very dangerous signal. The wolf cavalry is very powerful in terms of speed and combat effectiveness, but the defense on the two wings is relatively fragile compared to the front. If the wolf cavalry rushes in from the flanks and disrupts the entire formation, then the battle will be difficult.  Progress will be very detrimental to the human military.

    Of course Lin Tan also knows this. In fact, there is of course a reason why the orc army has always been able to outperform humans in plain field battles.  The Wolf Cavalry is one of them.  As a light cavalry unit, the Wolf Cavalry has stronger mobility than human light cavalry, and is also better than human light cavalry in terms of combat effectiveness. This allows them to complete many tasks that human light cavalry units cannot complete, such as  , becoming the dominant force in a battle.

    As a race that has been at war with the orcs for hundreds of years, humans of course have extremely detailed research and understanding of the orcs' wolf cavalry.  But it is still difficult to find a good way to solve this problem.

    Lin Tan naturally didn¡¯t have any good ideas. He couldn¡¯t arrange heavy infantry units on both wings?  Let¡¯s not mention how expensive the heavy infantry unit is to build. Let¡¯s just say that the heavy infantry¡¯s strict requirements for soldiers prevent the number of this unit from increasing.  Not everyone can carry dozens or hundreds of kilograms of steel armor on their backs and still be able to pick up heavy shields and weapons for a fierce battle that lasts a long time.  The number of heavy infantry has always been the second rarest after heavy cavalry. It is also the most expensive unit after heavy cavalry in terms of recruitment, construction and maintenance costs.

    Although there is no good solution, it does not mean that Lin Tan has no response.  Lin Tan had already thought carefully about how to deal with the orcs' wolf cavalry before the battle. Although he didn't know what kind of effect it would have, it was better than being passive and not knowing how to deal with it.

    After receiving an order, Lin Tan was notified in advance that he might need to fight against the orc wolf cavalry troops. He immediately prepared for battle and was always ready to withstand the attack of the orcs.  It is definitely impossible to block the attack of those wolf cavalry with just these ordinary soldiers without much advantage in numbers.

    Orc King Kadrak stood among his troops and said contemptuously: "Those humans are too naive. Order those wolf cubs to launch an attack and give me the confidence to destroy those humans from the flanks!"

    Following the Orc King¡¯s order, the wolf cavalry howled loudly, and rushed away on wolves waving their swords.  Every bloodthirsty sword was aimed at the neck of a human soldier. The wolf cavalry were all looking forward to the scene where the head rolled on the ground and blood flowed wildly from the neck. It was simply the most exciting orc warrior in the world.  Something exciting.  At the same time, the large army of orcs also began to press forward as a whole, forcing humans not to relax their frontal defense too much. At the same time, it also facilitated the general attack after the wolf cavalry smashed the human army's formation into pieces!

    Not only?, before the wolf cavalry's sabers come into close contact with human soldiers, they first need to overcome a difficulty.  The archers who were originally aiming at the front completely ignored the large orc army that could rush over in only three to five minutes. They aimed their spearheads at the charging wolf cavalry and fired a rain of arrows that could cover the sky.

    The defensive power of the Orc Wolf Cavalry is far inferior to their attack power.  This is not because compared to humans, even compared to orc infantry, their defenses are extremely crude.  The reason is very simple. It's not that the orc chiefs are unwilling to get better armor for the wolf cavalry. It's just that the load capacity of wargs is really not as good as that of horses. They want to maintain speed so that wargs can play a certain role in battle.  function, then the burden on the warg cannot be too heavy, so the defense can only be sacrificed.

    A suit of leather armor only covers the important parts of the Wolf Cavalry's body, but the chest, thighs and arms are all exposed.  As for the warg, there was nothing but a saddle.

    Bows and arrows are particularly harmful to such an almost unarmored enemy. One round of arrow rain is enough to make more than two hundred wolf cavalry fall directly, losing their combat effectiveness.  But can the rain of arrows hinder the courage of those orc and wolf cavalry?  Obviously impossible!  On the contrary, when the orcs saw the blood, they howled even more happily!

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