Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

Chapter 86 War Frenzy (2)

The martial arts practitioners from both sides stood alone on one side. After three drumbeats, the commanders of both sides raised their hands, and their troops, like hunting dogs released from their cages, rushed out from the front of their respective lines and charged at each other.

Their primary goal was to engage in duels and fight alongside the main force. All the military merits would go to the commander-in-chief, and these martial arts practitioners would get nothing. It was a completely unprofitable deal.

Li Lin didn't know what Shen Du was thinking, but he thought it was a good thing, as it could eliminate unstable factors.

"attack!!!"

Li Lin took the lead and spearheaded the charge.

He kept his speed very low, half a body length slower than the most excited bearman, but a fraction faster than Lorenzo's duelist.

Firstly, it boosted morale, and secondly, it slowed down everyone's advance, giving them time to observe the enemy's reaction.

He wasn't so easily blinded by belligerence.

It's about recklessly going all in, feeling good for a moment, then losing everything and getting trampled on.

It's better to be patient, give rational command, and then unleash your fury on the opponent after you've won.

He knew what was going on.

Over at Shendu.

The Guan Dao (a type of halberd) army and the Greatsword army stood side by side, assuming a defensive stance against an attack, with the front ranks stretched out very wide.

The 60-unit Anguan cavalry were divided into four teams, moving to both sides of the battlefield, attempting to flank Li Lin's soldiers and wait for an opportunity to attack from behind.

His response was both conservative and arrogant.

For infantry, a large area of ​​contact with the enemy means that the meat grinder between the two sides will be more intense and the outcome will be decided more quickly.

The fact that the heavily armored melee cavalry were not used to break through enemy lines, but instead positioned in advance for a rear charge, is pure "strategic contempt".

They disregarded Li Lin's lack of cavalry mobility and the combat quality of his mercenaries.

"Lute!" Li Lin shouted at the compass.

Without a sorcerer tuning his voice, all the troop commanders carrying compasses could hear him with a single shout.

"Tell your left-wing men to go around to the right wing!"

"Everyone move fifty paces to the right. Lorenzo, your troops retreat to the left rear."

The command was executed very quickly.

The mercenaries had no tacit understanding with each other, but the commander and the troops were all experienced veterans who could execute simple orders efficiently.

Lute's sixteen man-eating beasts rolled along the ground like a mountain of flesh, and in just a few dozen breaths they circled around from one side of the army formation to the other. Their speed was so fast that both Shen Du and the onlookers on the hillside outside stared in disbelief.

I didn't get a good look when the sandstorm was raging, but it turns out these fat guys are so fast.

"He's trying to encircle the right flank!" Yue Pengrui reminded Shen Du. "Quickly bring the cavalry back! We need to change formation too!"

"No!" Shen Du interrupted him, "It's too late. Changing things now would just throw us into chaos."

"What a clever scheme, Junior Brother. You teach others to defend the corner, but you're using military tactics yourself." Shen Du's gaze was fixed on Li Lin in front of him.

The guards began to tighten their lines, and the two square formations quickly shrank into a tighter rectangle. As soon as the formation was set up, the bear-men's attacks came one after another.

The hundred Ersnor bearmen held their breath, then roared in unison as they charged, fear seeping from their eyes, noses, and...

The ear pierced straight into the enemy's heart.

"Form ranks! Set up barricades!" The front-line Lushun roared the slogan to resist the charge.

He had just been thinking, "These ragged nomadic barbarians, no matter how many come, I'll kill them all!"

But now, the roars are tinged with an undisguised fear.

"ah!!"

A scream that sounded inhuman suddenly erupted from behind the formation.

Before the battle even began, a deafening roar of impacts suddenly came from behind.

The sounds of armor bending and bones shattering mingled with the impact, splashing everywhere.

A soldier from the garrison was sent flying, armor and all, still in a defensive stance with his sword drawn as he died. His shadow swept past his comrades' faces before crashing into the rear ranks, knocking down three or four men.

The guards turned around in alarm and saw that two groups of ogres had somehow circled around to their flanks and rear. The bearmen were faster than them and launched an attack, successfully breaking into their formation!

"Formation! Maintain formation!!"

The flag bearers at the rear waved the flag with all their might.

However, this did nothing to slow down the cannibals' pace. The cannibals poured into the anthill like molten iron, creating a bloody storm within their formation.

These heavily armored man-eating beasts had their bellies and knees firmly encased in fine iron armor, while their exposed arms and chests were covered in fat...

The stomach fat is as thick as a nail.

Two guards slashed the same man-eating monster from the side, their blades twisting and blood spurting out. The monster merely roared in pain, then swung its club back, sending the two guards and five or six others flying.

Heavy armored soldiers were flung into the air like rag dolls, then crashed heavily into the surging crowd, limbs and severed bodies flying everywhere...

Li Lin was positioned on the right flank of the Bearman army and the left flank of the first Man-Eating Beast army.

He could see Shen Du, who was riding a horse behind him, shouting at the compass, while Lu Shun, who was fighting the Weifu soldiers, was also shouting at the flag bearers around him while holding the compass.

No matter how the flag bearers waved their flags, the formation did not change as they had hoped.

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[Nine Banner Soldiers - Giant Sword]

[HP: 6005/8400] [Number of Modules: 100/120]

Morale: 18/68

[Attacked - 14, Flanked - 6, Inflicted Fear - 8, Combat Disadvantage - 8, Damage Sustained - 18]

Less than five seconds into the battle, they lost over two thousand health points and twenty soldiers died.

Morale is about to collapse, who cares about military orders anymore?

From the crowd gathered on the nearby hillside, someone suddenly shouted, "Ogre charge! The ogre charge that Steward Li mentioned!"

"Where? I didn't even blink, how did they get into the formation?"

"I saw it clearly! Those guys used their clubs as shields, taking the hits and charging in from the side!"

"A few guys even hid handfuls of mud and sand, threw it in people's faces, and then squeezed in during the chaos!"

The main force in the previous war against the ogres, apart from Li Lin and a few captains who were dark horses who emerged unexpectedly, consisted of nine generals who had fought in many battles under the command of the commanders.

These young officers in the Allied Forces, holding the ranks of "Company Commander" and "Lushun," did not actually have any outstanding military achievements. Their battlefield performance was limited to not fleeing and barely completing the task of holding the position. They did not have a full understanding of the strength, advantages, and disadvantages of the cannibalistic forces.

They were unaware that among the "rabble outsiders" they saw were monster infantrymen who were among the best in the entire Warhammer world.

The battle continues.

The Guan Dao infantry on the right flank of the Weifu bannermen began to advance rapidly, launching a flanking attack on the left flank of the Xiongren troops.

Li Lin immediately roared at the compass, and the Tirian duelists who had been preparing for a long time on the left rear of the bear-man army immediately pressed forward and charged towards the flank of the Guan Dao Guards, forming a situation where the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. At the same time, the An Guan cavalry, which had been split into four teams, regrouped into two teams, one team charging towards the rear of the Tirian mercenaries, and the other team charging towards the rear of the bear-man army.

The game between the two sides is tightly linked, with each step closely connected to the next.

The Weifu Banner Guard is definitely doomed.

Shen Du aimed to quickly overwhelm Li Lin's two infantry units before turning back to deal with the two cannibalistic groups.

"Someone's coming from behind you." Li Lin stared intently at the system map, immediately grasping the opponent's strategic intentions.

"Leave half the men behind to meet the charge, Lorenzo," he shouted, looking at the compass.

Although these Tirian mercenaries wore light armor and lacked effective weapons, the fact that the system had given them the attribute of "Resist Charge (All)" indicates that they must possess some skill. As long as they avoided charge damage, they should be able to hold their own against 30...

Ming'an Pass Cavalry resisted.

As long as he could protect the rear of the bear-man troops, victory in this military exercise would be assured.

"Turn around and follow me."

Li Lin shouted and led twenty-nine Nanli garrison guards swiftly toward the back of the bear-men army to block the Anguan cavalry coming this way.

"Junior brother, don't be in such a hurry to leave."

A deep, resonant voice suddenly sounded from behind.

Before Li Lin could even turn around, seven or eight Nanli guards at the Inner Strength Realm were swept over his head like fallen leaves in a gust of wind, then crashed heavily to the ground twenty or thirty meters away. Some had their limbs twisted like broken lotus roots, while others lay sprawled in the hay, black blood slowly seeping from the gaps in their black armor.

They were unable to react in any way.

There wasn't even a scream.

My carefully cultivated confidant is dead?

"Yue Pengrui!!" Li Lin roared, veins bulging on his forehead.

How could he not recognize that voice?

The newcomer was tall and thin, carrying a long sword with a black sheath on his back, and his half-closed eyes were like two frozen lakes.

He was none other than the chief of the Six Young Masters of the Southern Dipper, and Li Lin's fellow disciple from his time learning martial arts in Shangyang, known as "Tianji".

Yue Pengrui!

"Has he reached the Grandmaster level?" Li Lin thought to himself immediately.

Only a Grandmaster can crush a well-equipped Inner Strength Realm martial artist like an ant!

"General." Yue Pengrui turned to the side and clasped his hands in greeting.

A middle-aged martial artist with a full red beard and dressed in a dark purple, gold-plated outfit took a slow step forward.

In an instant, a heavy pressure came down.

Li Lin felt a tightness in his chest, as if all the air in his lungs had been squeezed out.

The remaining Southern Li guards beside him knelt down one after another, some with their knees slamming into the grass, others pressed into a prone position, their hands gripping the grass roots, their fingernails breaking.

Li Lin held on for less than five breaths before collapsing onto the black soil.

This pressure, this atmosphere, is in Kinmen.

This is a genuine Kinmen martial artist!!