Chapter 500 - 236: Tiger Race Elegy
Chapter 500: Chapter 236: Tiger Race Elegy
This time, Lord Robson had brought with him five thousand Gnolls, one thousand Tier Five Earth Goblins, and that contingent of Bear Race warriors.
Not only that, he had basically mobilized all the elites of the human army.
Human-wave tactics...
In the face of the Gnolls’ Bloodthirsty Cloud Qi, human-wave tactics were useless.
Of course, this was on the premise that you had a three-thousand-man Sixth Rank Legion as a foundation and a terrain advantage. Otherwise, the frenzied Gnolls would be easily kited and annihilated by the enemy’s elite forces.
At this very moment, that premise was met perfectly!
"Engage in close combat! Expand our ground! The top ten squads tonight will have their military merits doubled!" Robson roared once more.
The human warriors were now truly relishing the fight.
Robson had previously ordered the soldiers to slow their attack, so the Extraordinary Corps still had half their energy remaining.
Now, hearing the promise of doubled military merits, all the Extraordinary Soldiers no longer held back.
Regardless of their role—Crossbowmen, Archers, or Sword and Shield Soldiers—they all drew greatswords or grabbed their short spears and charged furiously at the Tiger Race opposite them.
’What’s the meaning of this?’
On the other side, Prince Trilman was also baffled by the humans’ tactics, unable to understand them.
He didn’t believe the opposing human commander could have failed to see through his own stratagem.
Logically, the enemy should be forming up, advancing cautiously, and trying to wear his forces down with arrows or Magic Crystal Cannons.
Prince Trilman had seen the power and accuracy of those Magic Crystal Cannons; attacking his rear would be no problem for them at all.
Watching the humans’ strange actions, Prince Trilman was filled with doubt.
’Did I miss something?’
Prince Trilman couldn’t figure it out at the moment, but since the humans were giving him an opportunity, he intended to seize it.
The clash between the two sides was immediate.
The human warriors were as valiant as ever, shouting as they raised their weapons. They fought as if they had no regard for their lives, their frenzied appearance rivaling that of Gnolls who had drunk a Beast God Potion.
Yet Prince Trilman could not sense any aura of Magic from them. He couldn’t understand why the humans on the other side were fighting so desperately.
This was a fundamental difference in philosophy. Robson used a system of military merit to make his soldiers fight for him, a practice that already surpassed the vast majority of armies in this world!
Not to mention the morale boost that came from having an idol like Robson leading them.
As expected, once the two sides engaged, the Tiger Race army on the battlefield began to retreat step by step, and the space occupied by the humans grew larger and larger.
However, Prince Trilman was not anxious.
He could see that as the human army occupied more ground, their battle line was growing thinner.
’There’s a breaking point!’
Prince Trilman thought.
’There has to be a breaking point where these humans can’t hold on. They are just mere mortals, after all. With tens of thousands of able-bodied Tiger Race men, the opposing human army faces a numerical disadvantage they can never hope to overcome.’
While keeping a close eye on the battle, Prince Trilman used his superb battlefield micromanagement skills to maintain the stability of his line, allowing the Tiger Race People to fall back continuously without it turning into a full-blown rout.
This, too, was a display of military prowess.
Watching the battle line stretch wider and wider, Prince Trilman counted silently in his mind.
’A little closer, just a little closer...’
’Now!’
Prince Trilman felt the time was right. It was time to dispatch his elites to flank the humans and cut off their retreat.
But at that very moment, a sound rang out.
"AWOOOO!"
"Your Highness! Gnolls!"
His Personal Guard cried out in alarm.
Prince Trilman looked toward the city gate.
He saw that the city gate, which had been empty due to a lack of reinforcements, was suddenly flooded with a new batch of Gnolls.
’This is bad!’
Prince Trilman finally realized what he had overlooked.
Gnolls! Centaurs! Bloodthirsty Royal City!
...
On the other side, Robson also felt that the situation was about right. If the fight continued, they could still gain more ground, but the resulting losses would be more than he could bear.
Having come to this conclusion, he beckoned to the Gnolls hidden outside the city, signaling them to charge in at full speed.
That’s right. The Gnolls had arrived long ago.
However, in order to lull the enemy, Robson hadn’t allowed them to enter.
The Gnolls outside the city could smell the scent of blood wafting from within and were already champing at the bit.
Upon receiving Robson’s permission, the Gnoll Chieftain immediately led his troops onto the battlefield without a moment’s hesitation.
When the Gnolls began to appear on the battlefield, the Tiger Race commander clearly realized what was happening. He abandoned his micromanagement and threw all his forces forward, seemingly trying his best to drive the human army out of the Royal City.
Unfortunately, their reaction was ultimately too slow.
Robson watched the kill and death records scroll across his system panel, a pang of sorrow in his heart. ’I wonder how many more soldiers will be buried here tonight.’
"First to Third Corps! Tighten up! Defensive formation!"
Watching the Gnolls gradually fill the battlefield, Robson began to feel a pang for his elite troops and ordered his army to assume a defensive posture.
Receiving the order, the soldiers on the field began to gradually consolidate their formation.
The space they vacated was gradually filled by the Gnolls from behind.
The Tiger Race Warriors currently engaged with the humans were visibly shaken and confused.
They were not part of the Tiger Race high command, so they didn’t know about the Gnolls’ infamous battle record.
The greatest confusion for the Tiger Race Soldiers at that moment was why, in the middle of the fight, their opponents had suddenly been swapped out for Gnolls.