Warhammer in a box

Chapter 167 Dark Elf Fleet
Leo and Otto were arguing again. You can arm them. He can accept giving the serfs iron swords and spears, but armor? Absolutely impossible, not even leather armor.

Armor always takes priority over weapons, just like in ancient times you could own weapons like swords, but would you dare to privately own heavy armor?
Just wait for your property to be confiscated and your entire clan to be executed!

In the game, if you let units without armor penetration to attack heavily armored units, it would be a bit absurd.

In the world inside the box, there are also beings with extraordinary physical fitness, but most of them are just ordinary people.

Even knights would have a headache facing fully armored opponents, and the knights would never allow serfs to have the opportunity to shake their ruling position.

But even so, the conscripted serfs looked incredulous when they received the iron swords and spears. However, when they heard that it was the kind-hearted Otto who gave them these gifts, they were filled with gratitude.

After the team was fully prepared, Leo set out for the battlefield again. With Leo's leadership, Otto and his caravan had a smooth journey.

It was normal for nobles to maintain one or two caravans to earn profits for themselves, and no one doubted it. It was just that this caravan looked too wealthy.

Other minor nobles and knights who responded to the call to war began to appear slowly on the road.

Gradually, the scattered teams began to gather into a large team of thousands of people.

There were 50 knights in this team, most of whom were chivalrous knights, with only a small number of kingdom knights.

"Leo? I can't tell. I didn't expect you to secretly maintain a caravan. It seems you've made a lot of money. Your serfs are actually using iron swords!
It seems that Count Adal will take a new look at you!"

This person's tone sounded like praise and envy, but it was also unusually sarcastic.

"Andal, you'd better take care of yourself. When you have a fiefdom of your own, talk to me like this again!"

"you you……"

"Quiet down, you guys! We're almost at the battlefield and you're still making a fuss! You're knights!"

The leading knight of the kingdom scolded everyone, and they finally quieted down.

Soon the coastline appeared in front of them.

In the distance, a series of tents could be vaguely seen; they belonged to the troops of King Laun of Batto.

This is also the destination of everyone's trip.

But in addition to the Bretonnian team, there were three black ships on the sea not far away, and these three ships were confronting the Bretonnian team.

On the shore, the catapult belonging to Batto was throwing out huge stones one after another.

However, it is nothing but a pipe dream to want to hit the extremely fast ships on the sea with the firing speed of the catapult.

The speed of the flying boulders is also much slower than that of the artillery shells.

Otto saw black smoke coming out of the hulls of the three black warships, and within a few seconds, explosions were heard in the Barto team on the shore.

Mud and gravel flew everywhere. Although the explosion range of the solid projectile was not large, its armor-piercing ability was real.

"It's the Dark Elves' Ark!!"

Soon the identity of the opponent was recognized by everyone present, and the black smoke from the hull was the guns on the Black Ark firing.

The three black arks began their salvos, and rounds of shells directly blew up the Batto catapults.

"Knights! Charge with me! Go help King Laun!" The leading knight of the kingdom shouted, and all the knights rushed forward, leaving behind the army of serfs. This stunned Otto. How could a war be fought like this?
Otto grabbed Leo who was beside him.

"Otto, what are you doing!"

"Leo, it's useless for you to rush forward like this. If you want more military merits, just listen to me!"

The Black Ark eliminated the catapult, which posed the greatest threat to the ship, and began to approach the shore.

Their purpose is to plunder and to capture human slaves for them to vent their extreme emotions.

The Black Ark began to approach the shore, and the officers of Barto began to urge the serfs to come to the shore!
"Quick! Pick up your weapons, hurry up!"

The unarmored serfs were pushed to the front of the team in groups. They were about to face the first wave of attack from the dark elves. Behind them were the regular infantry of Batto, an infantry regiment armed with swords, shields and halberds. Although their combat effectiveness was still worrying, their morale, weapons and equipment were much better than those of the serfs.

After all, the nobles will still ensure the living conditions of these regular soldiers.

The huge black ark was already very close to the shore, but it did not rush to the ground immediately.

The sound of "Swish, swish, swish" breaking through the air continued to come from the Ark, and a large group of black sharp crossbowmen were shooting at the Batuo people beside the ship.

The armor-piercing ability of the Black Sharp Crossbowmen was very high, and there was not much difference between those infantry regiments and the unarmored serfs. After a few rounds of shooting, a large number of them were lying on the ground.

Suddenly, the shore was littered with corpses. Many people were shot but not dead, but no one could save them. All they could do was wait for death.

The low armor-piercing ability and weapon power of the Batto archers pose almost no threat to the Dark Elves.

The situation of the battle did not change until a team of Pegasus Knights and a prophetess took action.

King Laun rode his Pegasus and led a whole team of Pegasus Knights to pounce from the sky towards the Black Crossbowmen on the Black Ark.

"For the Goddess! For Bretonnia!"

The huge charge bonus directly knocked over a group of black crossbowmen, and these Pegasus knights did not stop after the successful attack, but flew directly into the sky again.

The prophetess, who was also riding on Pegasus, cast damaging spells at the Black Ark, preventing the crossbowmen from concentrating on shooting.

But the Dark Elves were not without anti-aircraft means. The cage on the ship was opened, and the harpies and manticores soared into the sky and headed towards the Pegasus Knights in the sky.

The dark elf general on the ship also gave the order to land.

The deck of the Black Ark was opened.

The elite Dark Swordsmen and Dread Spearmen, accompanied by a large number of Black Ark Pirates, attacked the Bretonnian infantry whose morale was about to collapse.

Although the elves have low fertility, they possess combat power that exceeds that of ordinary humans. Their natural affinity for magic means that this fleet has several dark elf wizards.

Dark spells were cast towards the infantry line of Batto, causing the soldiers who could still fight to collapse the moment they came into contact with the dark elf infantry. The dark elves did not kill everyone, but instead captured many collapsed Batto people on board. After that, the fear and painful wails of these humans would become their spiritual food.

Seeing that the infantry line was about to collapse completely, the knights on the shore also launched a charge.

The strongest cavalry in the Old World began to charge. Even the self-proclaimed superior Dark Elves had to avoid their sharp edge. The Dread Spearmen formed a phalanx and were ready to resist the charge of the knights. Their actions were effective. The first wave of charge directly hit the spear wall, and many knights were stabbed to the ground. However, the knights behind followed closely, and under the tide-like charge, the shield wall of the Dark Eldar was finally broken.

But the Dark Swordsman who followed dragged the battle into a melee.

Thanks to my father who bought oranges for the monthly ticket!
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(End of this chapter)