Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

The temporary defensive line outside the Sinan wagon quickly took shape.

The elite troops summoned by Li Lin were pitifully small: two squads of farm laborers with spears, wearing straw hats and coarse cloth clothes, and a squad of Yu Yong crossbowmen who barely maintained their formation.

The three troops in Lushun, covered in mud, knelt on one knee under the vehicle, awaiting orders.

Li Lin didn't waste any words. He pointed to the overturned supply wagons and artillery carriages around them: "Use these things to surround the wagons in a dead end. Completely seal off the two sides except for the front!"

He wanted to use the most classic tactic of the entire war – "corner defense".

By completely concealing the weak flanks with the terrain, the enemy is forced to attack the defensive line head-on, which is perfect for dealing with this ogre warband that has no ranged units or mages.

Soon, the remaining Yu Yong soldiers, who had lost unified command and were fighting independently, began to pour into the "safe zone" of the convoy.

With thousands of bastards and cannibals chasing after them, these terrified remnants of the army ignored all orders and kept trying to squeeze in.

Of course, Li Lin didn't intend to command them.

"Spearmen, form ranks!" After taking the antidote and rejuvenating medicine that Yi Ge found in the carriage vault, Li Lin felt much better. Although he still had some unbearable lingering pain, he could still shout a few words with full force, thanks to the original owner's diligent training over the past ten years.

"Anyone who attempts to break in, including deserters who disobey military discipline, shall be executed on the spot."

"Young Master... this?" A farm laborer from Lushun was stunned.

"Execute the order!" Xing Ganqi roared at him, brandishing his sword.

Military orders are absolute, especially since these farm laborers with spears were recruited by Li Lin himself. Their household registration and military contracts were all in Li Lin's hands, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and raise their spears to point at their own people.

When the first group of Yu Yong soldiers who tried to escape by climbing over the wall were mercilessly stabbed in the thigh and pushed out of the convoy, a burst of scathing curses and painful cries erupted outside the roadblock.

"Li Lin! You bastard who deserves to die a horrible death! We are your father's personal guards!"

"Let us in! You can't just stand by and watch us die!"

Despite being condemned by many, Li Lin remained deaf to their accusations.

Just now, during the military parade, he discovered a new attribute called "Loyalty" in the unit's attribute panel.

The loyalty of the troops under your command is between 60 and 80.

The highest loyalty level among these deserters is only 10.

If they're not one of our own, then they're nothing more than expendable resources on the battlefield.

Only by keeping them out will these people fight to the death with the ogres to survive.

In the distance, the cannibals and the scoundrels, their minds already clouded by blood and victory, followed closely behind.

Within just a few minutes, the narrow fan-shaped area in front of the caravan was filled with a densely populated "meatball".

Gathering monsters, done.

"Jade Warriors! Prepare to fire!" he shouted to Yi Ge, who was in charge of relaying the order. He pointed to an area on the phantom sand table that had been moved outside, where three or four squads of ogre bull warriors were clustered together, based on the icons on the system's large map. "Rapid fire! Focus fire on those big guys!"

The crossbow strings snapped, and a dense barrage of armor-piercing bolts traced deadly parabolas through the air, precisely raining down on the heads of the ogres.

These tough-skinned monsters were very resistant to arrows. Li Lin saw an ogre take a volley of arrows, with three crossbow bolts piercing its head, yet it was still able to slaughter the infantry as if nothing had happened.

The Jade Warriors' crossbowmen, a squad of ninety men, endured six rounds of torrential fire before finally erasing the icon of a sixteen-man ogre unit from the map.

[Mission 2 Completed: Defeat a squad of ogre bull warriors]

Without even checking the mission rewards, Li Lin pointed again at the illusory sand table and shouted at Yi Ge without turning his head, "Cast a spell here!"

Yi Ge's hair fluttered as she suddenly raised her hands, gathering a violent wind of metal-based magic in her palms.

My mage "Yige" casts "Golden Hounds of Gihana," affecting units...

Spell prompts are popping up wildly above the system unit bar.

Several giant golden dogs, formed from pure magical metal, roared and charged into the densest area of ​​the Naobula.

Instead of biting, they scurried wildly through the dense slump like meat grinders, leaving limbs flying and creating a bloody scene, just like in the game.

But the spell that followed was completely different.

My mage "Yige" casts "Molten Destruction," affecting units.........

In the game, a shower of metallic meteorites should have fallen from the sky, but instead, a dozen sharp, dark gold cones rapidly materialized around Yi Ge. She pushed forward with both hands, and these metal cones, like shrapnel from a giant shotgun, exploded out at terrifying speed!

"Puff puff puff puff—!"

Twenty or thirty wretches, along with two cannibals, were instantly riddled with holes.

The area affected by the Destruction Flow is not as large as in the game, and it has become a projectile spell, but its power is much greater.

It seems I need to find an opportunity to update my knowledge of magic.

During a lull in the successful implementation of the military strategy, Li Lin took the time to check the mission rewards.

[Lord level increased to 2, obtained the war banner: Eternal Flame War Banner (Normal)]

He noticed a dotted symbol flashing below the soldier's badge with his own photo on it, and clicked on it with some confusion.

"Wow? You can add skill points during battle?"

His skill tree interface unfolded, and at a glance, it looked almost exactly like the strategist lord in the game.

One general yellow line, two gold lines unique to military envoys, one red line for those specializing in leading troops into battle, and one blue line for those specializing in managing caravans.

The number "1" in the upper right corner kept flashing, seemingly urging him to add more points quickly.

In the game, experience points are only awarded after a battle. Now, with the added "on-the-spot point allocation" feature, it's a huge hidden enhancement.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately added points to the gold line, unlocking the strategist's signature skill—[Tactical Expert].

[Tactical Expert: Provides the entire army with 5 attack, 5 defense, and 10 ranged reload speed; fatigue decreases by 1% per second]

The moment the skill was activated, an invisible energy centered on Li Lin swept over all his soldiers.

The farm spearmen, who were originally panting and whose arms were so sore that they could barely hold their spears, suddenly felt the burning sensation in their lungs greatly reduced, and a surge of new energy flowed into their limbs and bones.

It felt like after a long training session, suddenly drinking a sip of hot tea, which made me feel a little more relaxed.

Not only has the rate of stamina depletion slowed down, but the extra 5 points of melee defense in the unit's attributes have made these old farmers' movements inexplicably more steady.

Faced with a flurry of swords slashing at them from the enemy, they were able to instinctively and precisely parry with the shafts of their spears.

The crossbowmen behind them also visibly increased their cocking speed by two or three seconds.

The battle situation has now officially entered a phase of reversal.

Yi Ge then released three more "Golden Hounds of Jihana" in succession, and the kill count on her unit card jumped wildly. In just a few minutes, she had killed more than seven hundred Naobula.

The Jade Warriors also focused their fire and took down three squads of ogre bull warriors, and were too exhausted to fight any longer.

In the game, even when troops are exhausted, they can still fight indefinitely.

But in reality, people have limits.

Fortunately, after suffering huge casualties in a short period of time, the cowardly and weak troops saw their morale plummet to zero.

No matter how the cannibals around them beat, cursed, or threatened them, they could not stop them from fleeing.

The ogres, who were originally protected inside the dumpling by the naobula, were exposed to the dense Jade Warriors' lines of fire and were attacked from all sides. Their morale dropped sharply.

This created a situation similar to the "chain white" in Total War games.

A small number of the remaining soldiers have already begun to flee.

"Cease fire! Take a break!" Li Lin said to Lushun and Yige, the crossbowmen.

The logistics personnel immediately brought butter tea and wet towels to help the crossbowmen and mages replenish their energy and take a short rest.

As the enemy gradually collapsed, the morale of the remaining troops on the periphery began to rise, and the tide of battle began to turn.

A deafening roar suddenly erupted from the center of the battlefield, shattering eardrums:

"For the sake of the big eaters!"

The enemy's lord was a tyrannical cannibal who was over four meters tall, clad in heavy iron armor, and wielding a large, sharp sword.

With a pounding of his chest and stamping of his feet, he unleashed terrifying fighting power, slicing more than a dozen Yu Yong soldiers in the waist with two slashes. Leading several Bull Warrior guards, he forcefully tore through the outer infantry line and charged straight towards the direction where Li Lin and Yi Ge were.

Li Lin remained completely calm. The farmhands with the "resist charge" tag were ready to fight, and these few ogres had no chance of getting through.

But reality quickly taught him a lesson.

In the game, once the enemy lord is surrounded by a sea of ​​infantry, he will stand there dumbfounded and get caught up in a long, drawn-out battle with the infantry.

But the ogre tyrant charging toward the caravan at this moment possessed clear combat intelligence. His personal guards sacrificed themselves to clear a path, using the characteristics of an "ogre" charge to break apart most of the line of spears formed by the old farmer.

He himself rushed in, his goal very clear—to behead the human lord in his fine clothes and the black-armored mage who was casting magic!