Chapter 99
âHow did they do that? Arenât there just 500 orcs? Where did they got so many ballistas? How come there is such an intensive fire?â The commander thought in his heart.
Moments ago he had witnessed the fierce fire of the giant crossbows. He estimated that Xiao Yu had at least hundreds of ballistas to be able to form such intense fire. But, Xiao Yu had only 500 orcs. How could he continuous shoot spears?
Originally, commander thought that he would be able to kill all the orcs by relying on ten man formation. However, he didnât expect to be defeated and repelled in such a manner.
The networking wasnât so developed that they could have known Xiao Yu had bought ballistas in the Tito city. Moreover, the purchased ballistas were covered with cloth so the most people couldnât even know what they were. In addition, the scouts, spies and assassins were all caught and killed by Tyrande and Leah. As a result, they didnât have any information regarding the new war machines bought by Xiao Yu.
Even if they learnt that Xiao Yu bought ballistas from Warhammer company they would think that he was planning to take them back to Lion town. They didnât think that Xiao Yu would be able to brilliantly use them against the enemies. In this era, only very powerful magic items would be able to play a dominant rule in such a warfare. The ballistas would be useless in hands of other people. They wouldnât be able to use it like Xiao Yu. First of all, the mentality of intensive firing was brought forward by Xiao Yu. Secondly, orcs were powerful enough to use the giant crossbows as if normal mobile weapons.
In addition, an average ballista had maximum 3 slots to shoot at the same moment. It was meant for better accuracy. However, Xiao Yu had ordered the ballistas to be made with 5 slots. It was not meant for precision but covering a better perimeter. These ideas were already colliding with the military strategies of humans of this continent.
Imagine the time when the machine guns were invented by Maxim and Gatling. Maxim didnât receive orders until WWI. However, it became the biggest killer in the war. Because of the machine guns tens of millions of people died which was never seen before in any war in history.
Even the people of that time were unaware of the importance of the machine guns that would bring to the warfare. How could people of this era understand the 5 slot ballistas?
Xiao Yu ordered orcs to rush in and grab the spears. Although they had enough to be used with the ballistas but he wanted to grab the ones that were used. The enemies didnât send anyone to attack when the orcs rushed in to pick the spears. They were frightened by another trick by Xiao Yu.
They were trapped first time when they thought that hand axes were finished. They didnât want to make the same mistake once again. The battle was dragged down once more.
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Xiao Yu ordered several orcs to stay as patrols while the rest to rest and sleep. Otherwise, it was meaningless to stand still as they would be tired.
The command almost vomited blood when he found out that even the patrolling orcs were laughing and chatting! It was an insult!
However, he couldnât do anything in the face of this insult. He didnât dare to charge or he would be facing the same results.
They werenât in the Kahn country so they couldnât freely mobilize army. They were in someone elseâs territory which was already a great risk. Once they were found out then a conflict between two principalities would arise. Although they didnât have flags and banners and were disguised as bandits, but it didnât mean that others were fools! Couldnât they see that all of them were elite cavalry units? Have you ever seen elite bandits?
Moreover, people would find anyway if there was a large-scale mobilization of an army.
Retreat? It wasnât an option too. Duke Simm was always strict on his army. If they returned back then even their families would be killed. They could only die in the battlefield but couldnât go back in failure. It was Duke Simmâs character.
Drag the battle? How could they drag the battle as they were in territory of someone else? Moreover, they had to go back to Tito city for food after few days⊠Xiao Yu could blatantly stay in here as he was a noble crossing a territory. He could just make a camp and take time to rest as long as he wanted. But once their troops were found then they would be attacked.
Commander was in a paradox. At the time when he had received the task he felt that he would have a chance to show his commanding abilities and courage! He planned to use the heads of orcs as a decoration on the walls of his family to bring glory and fame to it.
But as elite soldiers they didnât have chance to display their strength. Xiao Yuâs plans had made them disabled. They werenât fighting in a plane plain so they didnât have opportunity to strike.
This is called tactics and strategy!
The commander realized Lancelotâs mood who was the commander of the Grim Reaper troops.
âDuke of the Lion territory is a real deal! I looked down at himâŠâ The commander whispered. His heart calmed down too because he knew that he wouldnât be able to go back alive. Since the outcome was death then what was there to fear?
The Grim Reapers had gone through the same thing too. The commander was convinced that he had lost.
âWait until the depth of the night! We will launch our last attack then! The Grim Reaper troopsâ death wasnât for nothing. We will prove our honor and glory tonight as the elite cavalrymen!â Commander said.
The cavalrymen who listened knew that they didnât have an escape route. There was only one chance and that is to was the shame of defeat with their own blood.
Xiao Yu immediately knew their thoughts when he saw that the enemy wasnât going to attack. He told all the orcs to sleep while few were left to patrol during the night.
Leah and Tyrande were patrolling with several orcs. Tyrandeâs Eagle Eye skill played a huge role during nighttime because she had both night vision and could see very far. The enemy couldnât escape her eyes. Xiao Yu invited Siwen to his compartment for a game of chess. In the past, Siwen certainly would avoid Xiao Yu as much as possible. However, after the last experiences her attitude towards Xiao Yu had changed a lot. Siwen was very smart but had low self-esteem because the way she was brought up.
Now, Siwen wasnât thinking about any problems. Xiao Yu played chess while peeked at her thighs once in a while. As a result, he lost continuously.
The enemy didnât attack at early hours of night which indicated that they were waiting for something. Xiao Yu speculated that they were waiting for the darkest hour to attack. Most probably, the enemy would attack few hours before the dawn. Xiao Yu believed that the commander of the enemy troops wasnât a fool. However, Xiao Yu couldnât be fooled with this kind of psychological tactics.
There were few hours before the dawn. It seemed as if the whole world was covered in a large black cloth. Siwen had fallen asleep in the carriage while Xiao Yu was sitting aside.
Tyrande came to the carriage and looked at Xiao Yu: âThey are coming.â
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