Heroes of Might and Magic: Grand Consul

Chapter 90: Relief and Blind Moves

The next morning, Su Mu set off as promised.

The siege of Isildur has been going on for a long time these past few days. Because there are many mixed troops on Kyle's side, they are being used to wear them down. The attack started at dawn and continued until sunset.

During this period, troops were intermittently added to launch fierce attacks, which exhausted the crossbowmen guarding the garrison.

Perhaps Hillel was still unwilling to deplete his own elite forces; otherwise, if the two cities in the southwest were to launch a full-scale attack, the Richie family simply wouldn't be able to withstand it.

When Su Mu and his men set off from the camp and arrived at the battlefield, they encountered a fierce attack from the enemy.

The centaur hunters of Stormrage have gathered beneath the city walls, while the archel forces, protected within their ranks, are pressing forward with all their might. It seems that Silera intends to breach the city today.

Hirel must have known that Sumu's reinforcements had arrived nearby, so he didn't push the Great Elf too far forward, but only brought the city walls within his firing range before stopping.

Su Mu did not rush to make a move. He simply arranged his troops in formation, with shield infantry in front, Earthbow archers at the rear, and Wild Griffins transforming into ground chickens, not flying at all, and steadily advancing towards Sirel's army.

The defenders on the city wall were overjoyed to see the reinforcements arrive.

"Lord, it's the troops from Kuraki Town!"

"They've finally arrived! We're saved!"

Dean Richie was relieved to see Su Mu appear on the battlefield.

They expected a fierce battle outside the city, with them firing arrows to support the enemy, but Su Mu fought steadily and cautiously, without even sending out his griffins, slowly advancing towards Sirel's army.

Upon seeing this, the enemy hesitated, and the charging centaurs stopped, even showing signs of retreating.

"What does Su Mu mean? Once we get to the battlefield, instead of charging into the enemy lines in one fell swoop, are we just going to watch them get away?"

After being shouted at by Jayne, the soldiers became confused, and their morale, which had just been raised, began to wane.

The wild griffins were positioned behind the shield infantry, providing excellent protection, which was unlike the typical style of a griffin unit.

However, Dean Rich was a seasoned veteran, and he knew that Hillel had Stormrage Centaur Hunters. Su Mu was certainly trying to avoid too much loss, but in doing so, he could no longer hold the opponent at all, and Hillel could come and go as he pleased.

"It's alright, as long as you can help us repel this attack, we'll settle the score with Hillel later!"

It was already good enough that the situation could be resolved, and Dean no longer asked for anything more. He hurriedly organized the sharpshooters to switch positions and treated the wounded.

On the southern battlefield, Hillel, transformed into a cheetah, naturally spotted Su Mu's army. His intention was to force Su Mu to deploy flying units to provide reinforcements through a fierce siege. He then had his subordinates use the advanced earth elemental slowing spell to pull the griffon troops down from the air.

Once the griffons are trapped in the centaur formation, even if the opponent has an exorcism spell, it will be too late. The druid can transform and use the 9-speed Stormrage Centaur to take down the griffons on the first charge.

Unfortunately, Su Mu didn't fall for it. He didn't care about the fate of Qiangnu Town at all, and just steadily advanced, not giving the centaur legion any chance.

"Should we still use the Slowing Technique?"

Colin was right next to Sirel. He had been sent to cooperate with the Centaur Legion, but the last ambush had clearly left him with a lingering fear, making him very wary of Su Mu's Earth Bow.

Hillel's expression turned fierce: "Look at your cowardice, you're scared already? You're a complete waste!"

Although he had his reservations, it would be too shameful to flee without a fight against Su Mu's troops. Just then, he noticed a section of the western city wall that was damaged, and an idea came to him.

“Show it, why not show it? Didn’t he want to see it? I’ll let him witness the city being breached by the powerful crossbow.”

Colin clasped his hands together, and a powerful wave of earth elemental energy spread from the ground, directly covering all of Su Mu's troops.

Except for the Earthbow, which remained unaffected, the shieldbearers and the Wild Griffin became noticeably sluggish and slow, as if they were moving forward against a sandstorm, crawling like tortoises.

"Centaur, heed my command! Charge together against the crossbowmen's wall! Archeel, draw your bows and suppress them!"

The druid transformed into a leopard, simultaneously granting the charging troops a swift acceleration, and commanded the Stormrage Centaur Hunters to charge towards the breached city walls.

This left the defenders of Qiangnu Town stunned. They had thought the enemy was going to retreat, but instead they were launching another attack. The archers rushed back to their defensive towers and fired repeatedly at the centaur army, but there were simply too many of them to stop them.

"Quickly! Spearmen, block the breach! Civilians, quickly repair the city walls!"

Unfortunately, no sooner had the order been given than the centaur hunters reached the breach and began charging the city wall, instantly turning the defenders into mincemeat, their momentum unstoppable.

The centaur hunters, aided by the druids and their swift acceleration, moved with incredible speed, covering a distance of over a kilometer in the blink of an eye—more terrifying than any flying unit.

With the added advantage of its swift speed, no one could stop it. Those hit were reduced to minced meat and blood mist, a truly gruesome sight.

Seeing that the centaur army was about to breach the city, Su Mu's face turned red with anger.

Do they really think the other side is stupid? Changing garrisons before the war is even over, especially with such a large breach in the city walls? That's suicidal.

However, Su Mu couldn't allow Qiangnu Town to fall. The destruction of the Richie family wasn't a major concern, but if they broke out of the city's west gate and joined forces with Kyle's troops to attack Baron Eugen's allied forces, it would be a devastating blow. Moreover, with the city walls blocking their path, the Earth Bow could no longer effectively fire and couldn't hold back the high-speed centaur legion.

"Exorcism Technique!"

"Rapid Acceleration!"

Su Mu and Ouling joined forces to cast a spell, dispelling the debuffs and boosting the speed of the Wild Griffins, causing them to take to the sky. They then used Wilderness Lock on the centaurs at the edge of the city wall, erecting a high platform at the breach to block the centaurs' path of attack.

In this way, the continuous flow of soldiers was cut off, and Qiangnu Town barely managed to organize a resistance and fight against the centaurs that rushed into the city.

The wild griffins swooped down, taking on ten enemies at once. First, they wiped out the centaurs besieging the city walls, then launched a relentless counterattack, striving to keep the strong crossbow town intact. This single charge slayed over a hundred centaurs.

However, faced with the losses, Hillel was not discouraged, but secretly excited, as he had finally managed to bring over the opposing Griffin forces as he had hoped.

"Centaur charge!"

The remaining centaurs stopped attacking Strongbow Town and turned their attention to the Griffin Legion.

There were too many Isildur's Stormrage centaurs, and the battlefield was so chaotic that it was impossible to tell who was charging. Hirel had actually held back; some of the centaurs, after approaching the walls, simply circled around without launching a direct attack. Once the Wild Gryphons landed, the centaurs leaped onto the high ground and swiftly attacked the enemy.

Although the Wild Griffin has a high level of defense, its Swift Sprint deals direct air damage, and at high speed, it can have a strong impact on the Griffin Legion.

Anyone who could squeeze in launched an attack, and this wave wiped out more than 30 wild griffins.

Faced with the griffins' relentless counterattack, Hirel transformed back into a reindeer, granting his legion a health shield. His plan was simple: as long as these centaurs held off the griffins, and the rest of the army caught up, a surprise attack would crush Sumu's griffin army.

In this way, without a flying legion, Su Mu would be even less able to catch up with the centaurs, and he could just let them run around and play with them.

Su Mu instantly saw through Sirel's scheme, but he felt that the other party had overestimated himself.

"Oling, unleash the Arrow of Revenge!"

This distance was just enough to spot the centaur legion charging toward the city walls.

For an ordinary archer, the long range might result in insufficient damage. However, the Earth Bow, enhanced by advanced Soul Arrow Technique, eliminates this problem entirely.

Moreover, Su Mu handed the Black Demon Sword to Ouling, and with the attack bonus from the Intermediate Governing Technique itself, the Earth Bow can enjoy a bonus of up to 13 points of secondary attack.

When everyone drew their bows, it was as if they were pulling a toy bow, easily shooting out stone arrows with the faint shadow of rocks on them.

Hirel saw the Earth Bow disappear completely before his eyes, and when it reappeared, ghost-like archers floated up behind it, also firing terrifying soul arrows.

The arrow rain instantly covered the centaur legion, and no soldier within range could escape this disaster.

Hillel will never forget this lesson.

"boom!"

All the centaurs within the range of the arrows were instantly reduced to blood and gore; nearly 500 Stormrage centaurs were wiped out without even leaving a trace.

What kind of deer health boost could it offer? Under the terrifying Soul Arrow Technique, it couldn't even withstand a single round, instantly killing everything.

The rest of the troops didn't die because they were strong, but because they were slow and didn't get within the range of the Earth Bow. Otherwise, more than 500 centaurs would have died by now.

Hirel transformed into a leopard, dodging left and right but unable to avoid the attacks, and was already bleeding profusely from several arrows. If it weren't for the divine rule that commanders and soldiers share the damage, he would probably have died in the battle long ago.

"This! How is this possible!"

Seeing the corpses scattered all over the ground, or even just blood mist, Sirel felt a strong sense of fear.

How do you fight this kind of enemy?
He looked at Ouling from afar, whose current figure was comparable to a god-level ranger from the Elder Council of the Barrier.

Even legendary heroes who are masters of archery are not as monstrous as Euling!

This attack completely stunned Hillel. It was Colin who reminded him, "My lord, we should retreat quickly, or we'll be wiped out!"

Seeing the Earthbow preparing for its second shot, Hirel felt a chill run down his spine. He hastily transformed back into his leopard form and ordered the remaining centaur hunters to retreat, abandoning even the troops inside the city.

All I can say is that the centaur army was too fast. By the time Orling ordered a second round of firing, the enemy had already run out of range and didn't even have time to cast the Slow spell.

Helpless, he could only gradually move his troops closer to the city wall to help deal with the vanguard that had broken into the city.

However, the archers were separated by the city walls and could only shoot at the enemies at the gaps. Many centaurs, knowing they had no way to escape, broke into the city and caused chaos.

"Baron Sumu, quickly send troops to help suppress this!"

Dean Rich called for the shieldbearers to come into the city to help, but Su Mu stood on the high slope where the griffin had stood, not even wanting to look at the other party.

If this guy hadn't been careless, he wouldn't have lost so many griffon troops; he was incredibly stupid.

Moreover, they now need to support Eugen, as agreed upon previously. Eugen must have already engaged Kyle's forces.

“I have an agreement with Eugen to encircle Kyle’s forces. Only these few escapees remain. Clean them up yourself!”

Instead of entering the city, he directly commanded his troops to bypass the city walls from the south. This time, he wanted to cut off Kyle's retreat and wipe out his army in order to quell his anger.

Seeing Su Mu's army advancing westward, Dean Rich's face turned extremely ugly.

In front of so many soldiers, Su Mu showed no respect whatsoever and even mocked the soldiers of Qiangnu Town as being utterly incompetent.

Indeed, in Dean's view, Su Mu's words were sarcastic.

He seemed to sense the disdainful looks of the soldiers around him, and immediately turned around and went down the city wall to personally command the guards to capture the fleeing centaurs.

(End of this chapter)