What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

Just a few hours later, the cavalry caught up with the remnants of the Crazy Sand Empire.

From a distance, they were all in dishevel, staggering as if they were the walking dead wandering the land.

Duke Tilly led the cavalry to approach cautiously. However, until the two sides were less than a kilometer apart, the other side still seemed to be unprepared and continued to march in the predetermined direction.

Are the enemy's troops so unvigilant? No matter how careful the cavalry is, they will still make a lot of noise. At such a short distance, it is impossible for a frightened fleeing army to fail to notice it.

Maybe I've become numb.

Duke Tilly thought about it and launched an attack on the opponent.

When the cavalry was about to charge in front of them, the troops finally reacted. However, they did not retreat and flee, but instead rushed towards the cavalry desperately.

This was completely beyond Duke Tilly's expectations.

Even if it was an ordinary infantry unit, upon seeing such a dense cavalry charge, their first reaction would be to turn around and flee. They would never have the courage to actively charge forward and attack! Not to mention that they were a defeated army with no fighting spirit.

If the troops of the Kuangsha Empire had been this brave when fighting, the Vienna Alliance would have been defeated long ago, and they would not have ended up in such a state of devastation.

Bang bang bang.

After a few gunshots, the Kuangsha soldiers in front fell down, and then Duke Tilly drew his saber and led many cavalrymen to rush forward like a surging tide. Soon the ranks of these Kuangsha soldiers were broken, but they did not collapse, but rushed towards the cavalry with their fangs and claws bared.

But no matter how "brave" they were, they were still unable to withstand the ravages of the cavalry. In less than an hour, there were no more Kuangsha soldiers standing on the battlefield.

"You fought well." Duke Tilly said with a smile, "It seems that you have been holding back for a long time. More than 2,000 enemies were wiped out in such a short time."

“Um… Your Excellency, it’s not just because of our high efficiency.” Duke Tilly’s adjutant frowned and said, “These crazy sand soldiers are a bit weird.”

"Evil?"

"Yes." The adjutant said, "They simply didn't care about their lives. Even if they were seriously injured, they still rushed forward desperately. The previous Kuangsha soldiers were not like this. This is also the main reason why we were able to wipe out the enemy so quickly. After all, we don't have to waste time chasing after the scattered and collapsed enemies."

After hearing this, Duke Tilly also fell into deep thought.

Indeed, from the time he commanded the cavalry to fight till now, he had never seen such desperate soldiers. Even the bravest infantrymen would instinctively retreat to all directions when they were scattered and slaughtered by the cavalry. The only exception was probably the berserkers in the north.

But the Berserkers have no brains and only know how to fight. Do these Berserkers have no brains either?

However, just as Duke Tilly was thinking, he suddenly heard a roar behind him. He turned his head and saw a crazy sand soldier suddenly rushing up and knocking him off his horse, and then stabbed him with a dagger in his hand...

The station of Galannodier.

"Master High Priest, we have discovered a small group of troops in the northwest. They belong to the Northern Kingdoms..." said an elven woman dressed as a priest, half-crouching in front of Galannodir.

"A defeated army?" Galannodiel raised his eyebrows.

"They don't look like a fleeing army," the priest said. "Their ranks are very neat and their marching speed is orderly. We wanted to make contact with them, but they seemed to be very hostile and actually took the initiative to attack the scouts who approached us."

"Another army like this!" Galannodier frowned and asked, "How many times have we seen such an army recently?"

"This is the fourth time." The priest said, "These troops are clearly ragged and look like refugees, but they refuse our help and march alone in the wilderness. I wonder where they get water and food. Besides, if the northerners want to escape, they should flee to the north. What's the point of going south along the Soul-Guiding River?"

"How many of them are there this time?"

"Not many." The priest said, "Only about two hundred people. If it weren't for coincidence, we might not have been able to find them at all."

"We didn't patrol very hard nearby, but we still found four strange teams like this!" Galanodier said, "Who knows how many such troops there are? They went south without our knowledge. Moreover, we have no idea what they mean."

"Then, Officiant, we..."

"Take a team out now and intercept this army. If they resist..." At this point, Galanodi paused, then said: "I allow you to attack them directly, and I will bear all the consequences."

"As you command!"

More than ten minutes later, a team of elven archers immediately rode on unicorns.

They followed the footsteps of the northerners and soon met them again.

"We are troops from the Elf Empire, and we have been ordered to garrison this area. Which unit are you from?" said the leading elf, raising his head.

There was no response, and the people from the North continued to move forward.

"I order you to stop! Tell me the name of your unit, otherwise you will be treated as spies."

Still no response.

Seeing this, the elf drew his bow and shot an arrow. The arrow flew straight through the northern warriors and then pierced into the mud in front of the front soldier.

Now they finally responded.

I saw these northerners raised their heads and rushed over like crazy, with their battle axes raised high. It definitely didn't look like they were having a friendly exchange!

damn it!

The elf immediately stepped back and ordered, "Shoot."

Immediately afterwards, arrows flew over like rain.

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Chapter 169: Undead??

Since the Northerners basically did not wear any armor, the elven archers did not deliberately aim at the gaps in the armor. They only wanted to intimidate these rude Northerners as quickly as possible and use death to make them cooperate obediently.

However, what surprised them was that these northern soldiers showed extremely strong vitality. As long as the arrows were not fatal, they would still charge forward. They seemed to be completely unaware of the pain. Some soldiers even rushed towards the elves with roars even after being hit by several arrows.

This made the elves a little flustered!

They had never seen such a fearless army.

In other words, this is no longer an ordinary force.

"Hold your breath!" The elf commander said immediately: "Mainly attack their heads and throats."

After hearing this, the elves gave up their previous rapid shooting and turned to accurately attack the vital points of the northern soldiers. Sure enough, after hitting their heads, these soldiers fell down directly. Soon they fell to the ground like a bunch of leeks.

The elven commander thought that such killing would intimidate the northern soldiers, but she found that she was wrong.

Facing death, the enemy did not show any fear and continued to rush forward like a moth to a flame. In the end, the elven commander had no choice but to order the shooting of every standing Northern soldier.

The battle was over quickly.

All the Northern soldiers fell to the ground, their heads, necks and other vital parts were full of arrows. The situation was extremely tragic.

"I hope the people of the North won't blame us." The Elf Commander sighed, and then said, "Go down and check what happened!"

"As you command!"

The elf soldiers rode their unicorns and carefully came to the pile of corpses. But soon he shouted, "Master Priest, come and see!"

"What's wrong!"

"Look at the back of this corpse!" said the elf soldier.

"This is..." The elf commander was stunned. There was a huge wound on the back of the corpse. It looked like the knight had stabbed it hard from behind. With such a serious wound, even the strongest body should be unable to move, let alone burst out such a strong fighting power.

However, the key point is that none of their team members use such knight lances. And judging from the purple and black color around the wound, it must have been there for a long time.

"What on earth is going on? Judging from the wound, he... he should be dead?" The elf's body began to tremble involuntarily, and then asked: "Then what on earth is fighting with us?"

"Master Priest, there are some here too!"

"Master Priest... please come this way."

The elf commander checked one by one and found that these soldiers all had fatal injuries of one kind or another. For a moment, her hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

In the distance, the elves' unicorns stamped their feet impatiently, seeming very reluctant to approach this area.

"Master Priest, what should we do?" several soldiers asked tentatively.

"Take the two bodies with you!" The elf commander took a deep breath and said, "We'll leave here immediately!"

"As you command!"

Duke Tilly was thrown off his horse by the crazy sand soldier, and then stabbed with a dagger.

But in the blink of an eye, Duke Tilly grabbed the dagger, then activated his spiritual energy, twisted his arm 180 degrees, and kicked it hard.

The guards who came upon hearing the news quickly put their lances against the neck of the Kuangsha soldier, but he was still struggling desperately. In desperation, one of the guards stabbed him to death.

"What's going on? Why did some fish slip through the net?" The captain of the guard said angrily, "Didn't I tell you to finish off the dead carefully and not let any body go? Who is responsible for this area?"

"Your Excellency, it's me!" A knight timidly stretched out his hand.

"Why don't you follow my orders strictly!"

"I..." the knight said, "I saw that his heart had been pierced. I thought he couldn't possibly survive, so I ignored him."

"Don't make excuses!" The captain of the guard turned the body over and tore open the clothes on his back.

However, when they saw the tragic state of the corpse, everyone gasped.

The body had numerous wounds on its back, and the heart was pierced through by a weapon.

How could a person with a pierced heart be so full of life?

"Check the bodies of these soldiers and then finish them off!" Duke Tilly said, "It's best to pierce their throats and heads!"

"Yes!"

However, not long into the inspection, they discovered something horrifying.

These soldiers had countless wounds of varying sizes, some even fatal.

"My Lord Duke, what kind of monsters are these!" the guards asked tremblingly, "We, we are not fighting the dead, are we?"

"Wait a minute! Your Excellency the Duke, I recognize the flag of this army!" At this time, a guard said, "They are the army of the Xingyue Lake Tribe of the Crazy Sand Empire. They fought against us a month ago!"

"Yes! It's them!" Another guard also said, "I remember that battle. They were fighting with the Feruman Empire first. When we arrived, they quickly collapsed. There were less than a hundred soldiers left. After that, the army of the Xingyue Lake Tribe withdrew from the battlefield and never participated in any battle again."

"In other words, the people lying here are the main force of the Star-Moon Lake Tribe?" Duke Tilly was somewhat incredulous.

"The Xingyue Lake tribe is not very big. Two thousand people is the limit of what they can recruit!" said the guard. "It is impossible for them to have a second 2,000-man army!"

"Then what are we fighting? Is it a corpse that has reborn?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone shivered.

“How is that possible? Don’t scare us… Duke Tilly was about to comfort his men, but he suddenly remembered something.

Before the Battle of Crossing the River began, Fran had found Margaret and herself, and conveyed to them the words from the Duke of Habsburg.

Duke Habsburg told them that the people of the Feruman Empire had been collecting corpses on the battlefield, and coupled with the strange behavior of Emperor Arthas, Duke Habsburg asked them to be careful of Emperor Arthas to avoid him doing something behind their backs.

At first, Duke Tilly naturally scoffed at such words.

What other tricks could the weak-looking Emperor Arthas have? He was just a commander without any troops, an emperor who had been stripped of all his hair and had nothing. In addition, his humble request to Margaret before made Duke Tilly look down on him even more.

but now……

According to rumors, Emperor Arthas seems to have an unclear relationship with the demons.

Could it be that he could really bring corpses back to life? And then drive the corpses to fight! If so, wouldn't they, the living, have to face a sea of ​​corpses so huge that it would make them despair?

At this time, Duke Tilly thought of another fact.

Since the war began, the troops of the Feruman Empire have disappeared, and they can't find any trace of this army. A large army will be exposed no matter where it hides. After all, the army needs to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, and the supply line must be maintained! Not to mention that there must be various forces in the army.

eyeliner.

It is absolutely impossible to leave no trace at all.

But if it's the Undead Army, then it makes perfect sense!

The more Duke Tilly thought about it, the more frightened he became. He knew that this matter had exceeded his expectations. He had to tell Margaret everything that happened here, and if possible, even tell the people of the Northern Alliance.

However, at this moment, bursts of horn sounds suddenly came from a distance.

The sound of the horn was sharp and hoarse, like a cry from hell.

Duke Tilly had never heard such a terrifying trumpet call from any force.

He looked up and saw a large number of troops rushing towards them. At the same time, cavalrymen covered in black fog came out of the team one after another and rushed towards Duke Tilly and his men at a very fast speed.

"Demons! They are demons!! These are Death Knights!" A guard immediately recognized the figures of these black knights and screamed in surprise.

"Damn it! Why are the demons here?!"

"Everyone get on your horses! Run!!!" Duke Tilly shouted immediately.

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Chapter 170: The Elves' Strange Movements