Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

Without saying much, Li Lin sent his chess piece representing the Zangya Beast Cavalry directly into the forest, wiping out the cavalry.

Then, his troops, having completed the encirclement, launched a full-scale attack.

Qiantang handled the situation calmly; the two giant cannons did not blindly fire at the weaklings, but instead waited for high-value targets.

However, he overestimated the cannon's destructive power and underestimated the mobility of the ogre ranged units.

Three squads of ogre musketeers and two iron-cracked copper cannons, along with the forest where the enemy had no line of sight, simultaneously fired from different directions at the iron hail gunners inside the box formation.

Half of the iron hail gunners in the formation were killed or wounded instantly.

After the giant cannon wiped out a squad of ogre lead-spraying soldiers, it had to be reloaded and wait for another turn.

At the same time, the cannon fodder Naobula and Yu Yongchangji engaged the enemy, while six squads of cannibalistic man-eaters quickly followed up under the cover of artillery fire.

Two groups of cannibalistic predators followed behind them.

As soon as the piece representing the man-eater made contact with the Jade Warrior formation, Li Lin immediately moved the piece representing the Jade Warrior Halberd away, signifying that the formation had been broken.

"You son of a bitch! I've put up with you for too long!" Qian Tang stood up and cursed loudly.

This is a foul that makes absolutely no sense.

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush," Li Lin explained calmly. "The ogres have a unique skill that's not written in any military books, but you must have witnessed it firsthand."

"When they launch a charge, no matter how densely your spearmen and halberdiers are arranged, they can always find the weakest point in your formation and then break your troops' formation apart."

"This is the fundamental reason why your troops couldn't withstand the attacks in the previous battles."

It's actually the "Ogre Charge" effect unique to ogre troops in the game. These natives don't seem to know anything about the ogre troops' abilities.

Qian Tang's face flushed red and then turned pale, but in the end, he sat down again with a sour expression.

It seems Li Lin was right.

At this moment, many officers rode up from the direction of the convoy to pay their respects to the tragic battlefield. Some of them handed He Xu and Jian Ping two flatbreads and asked them about the situation.

The game continues.

Li Lin directly placed two Predator pieces into the Qiantang Box Formation.

Qiantang was well prepared, and two teams of musketeers inside quickly opened fire from both sides, forming a dense network of fire.

He coldly removed one of Li Lin's pieces, only to see Li Lin also smilingly remove all of his Iron Hail Gunner pieces.

"Ha, ha, ha ha ha ha..."

Qiantang smiled.

When a person gets extremely angry, they can actually laugh.

"Look at you, getting anxious again." Li Lin smiled at him.

"The predators are powerful enough to wipe out your gunpowder troops in a short time, is that alright?"

"Are you blind? Didn't you see the Jade Halberd I placed in the middle? You think you can get in there?"

"Hehe, your Jade Warrior moves one square, while my Predator can move at least three squares. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask someone how fast the Ogre Predator army is."

"Fine," Qian Tang raised his hand, interrupting Li Lin, "I'll take what you said as true, but I wiped out your entire army in an instant. With such a gruesome death, even if the ogres are insane, they can't possibly keep charging forward while being hit by the hail gun's rapid fire. They are also made of flesh and blood, and their morale will also be affected—"

No, it won't.

This time, it wasn't Li Lin who spoke.

He was a captain in the vanguard, in his forties or fifties, with a scar running down his jaw and his right hand wrapped in a bright red bandage.

"I've seen those pale monsters," he said, his face weathered and his voice trembling with lingering fear. "They're different from other ogres. They're cruel and bloodthirsty. Arrows can't stop them, nor can cutting off an arm. Even if you cut off their heads, their headless corpses can still tear apart three or four soldiers..."

"That's not all," another officer said, his tone bitter. "These pieces are the ogre's short-range gunners and cannons, aren't they?"

"The cannonballs of those ogre short gunners are as wide and long as a horse trough. One volley is enough to turn an entire squad of heavily armored soldiers into a pile of mincemeat. The rest will be terrified out of their wits, and it will be no different from being dead."

"The cannons carried by those mountain monsters are even more terrifying."

"I know there are rules to military chess, but in reality, after your position was bombed once, there are only a few big craters left, and not a single person will be left alive."

"Manager Li should have won long ago."

Awesome!

Li Lin adopted a calm and composed demeanor, proactively removing his predator piece that had infiltrated the Qiantang formation.

He then pushed aside the Yu Yong lines that were being attacked by the cannibals one by one, and said to Qian Tang, who was still stunned, "It would be fine if I didn't have those predators."

"Your lines have been breached, and Naobula can easily slip in to divide and encircle your infantry. According to the rules of Chinese chess, a unit that is surrounded from both the front and rear and loses one-fifth of its strength should collapse. So your current situation is that your front line has been completely defeated by my attack in one round."

Even if you follow the rules of Chinese chess exactly, you still lose.

Qiantang sat there, head bowed, staring at the unfinished game on the chessboard, a look of disbelief and utter despair on his face.

How can we win like this?

There's no way we can win!

No single unit could withstand it!

"Your skill level isn't bad either," Li Lin slowly stood up, patting Qian Tang on the shoulder like an old leader, "but the military strategies you've mastered are all for battles between ordinary armies. If you apply them to those foreign enemies, you'll suffer a great loss, won't you?"

"We should look at things dialectically."

"In short, remember to send the chessboard and pieces to my cart."

"Hey, are you even listening to me?"

"There must be another way." Qian Tang's fists clenched until they turned white.

The outcome of this game is no longer important to him.

Li Lin made him see a bloody truth.

To deal with these fierce alien races, he had to treat his soldiers like expendable resources, sending them out to be ground into meat.

There were no more surprises, no more formations to suppress, and no more winning with small resources.

Faced with an absolute disparity in strength, the only way to win is through a bloody battle!

"There must be a strategy that doesn't require so many deaths..." he muttered to himself, abandoning the chessboard and pieces, forcefully pushing aside the onlookers, and walking dejectedly toward his camp.

what?

So this person likes to argue with me so much because they're really worried that the "corner defense" strategy will kill a lot of people?

The losses weren't that big, were they?

Anyway, it's better than losing the battle and having everyone wiped out.

If you can't even win, then you're already thinking about reducing casualties? That's wishful thinking.

However, Li Lin's impression of Qian Tang changed somewhat. Although he wasn't exactly a good person, at least he was ambitious and not one of those brainless, trouble-making rich kids like those in the rear guard.

"Steward Li, your theory just now has truly benefited us immensely. Why don't you share it with everyone?"

Someone immediately chimed in, "Yes, Chief Commander! We from the Vanguard Army want to hear it too!"

Li Lin gave He Xu a meaningful look.

He Xu smiled brightly, very obsequiously, but his obsequiousness was unabashed.

Very good, you have a bright future ahead of you.

"If you want to hear it, then all of you should move closer."

Li Lin waved his hand, and the officers swarmed around him. Some squatted, some stood, and those in the back stood on tiptoe to look ahead, like they were listening to a storyteller in a teahouse, almost throwing coins at him as tips.