total war rise of empire

Chapter 50 Good performance (fifth update)

Standing on the wooden stand, Lei Zihao squinted his eyes to observe the frontal battlefield, nodded his mouth and said to himself, "That's right, the courage of these Pylos prisoners of war in the face of alien races is a little stronger than expected."

Beside Lei Zihao, Li Qingmei, who insisted on following to increase her knowledge, couldn't help but asked back: "Really? Why didn't I see it? The front line of spear phalanx was almost pierced by jackals..."

At any rate, Li Qingmei was also a princess who broke out from the siege of the orc army. She was used to life and death, and she didn't have any special reaction to the scene of limbs flying in front of her.

"The Pylos prisoners of war are not our direct troops after all, and the individual combat effectiveness of the Wolf man is second only to the elite Spartan warriors. Didn't you see that more than half of the Wolf men have been killed?"

After Lei Zihao finished educating Li Qingmei, who was not as good as himself in military affairs, he added another sentence in his heart:
"Nimma! More than half of Du Temiao's battle has been killed, why don't these gnolls show any signs of collapse!!!

Could it be that the vassal main battle group that came out of the half-orcs also inherited the cool skills of fighting to the death? "

What Lei Zihao didn't know was that for Jackals, whether they collapsed didn't depend on how many people died on their own side. Jackals' brains couldn't count the number of people killed in battle...

Compared with half-orc warriors, jackals still have a sense of fear. Their simple brains have a simple criterion for judging whether they are victorious. Just look at the number of brothers and comrades around them!

This is why the jackal commander directly pressed all the jackal fighters up in the battle, and also used a crowded formation. For the jackals who can't teach discipline, this method is very important. The most time-saving and labor-saving way to maintain morale!
If the gnolls who are crowded together find that the number of comrades beside them is much smaller than that of the opponent, it means that the gnoll warriors are almost dead...

By then, it no longer matters whether the Jackal collapses in fear...

The advantages of IQ arrears!

However, this is also the reason why jackals are able to persevere because of their ferocious and warlike nature. If it were a kobold, it would not matter the number of comrades around them. As long as a few more comrades die around them, they will basically collapse...

Lei Zihao didn't send anyone to help, just watched the Pylos prisoners of war fighting fiercely against the pikemen and the jackals. The Pyros prisoners who escaped from the phalanx by chance would be merciless by the crossbowmen who re-arranged behind. shoot!

Even so, the spear phalanx of Pylos' cannon fodder was pierced through by fierce gnoll warriors at several points. The gnolls who penetrated the spear phalanx did not wait to use their simple brains to choose whether to charge or turn around and continue to kill the spears. Soldiers, ushered in a volley of crossbowmen tens of meters away!

Under Lei Zihao's order, these crossbowmen would not care about accidentally injuring Pylos prisoners of war!
What's more, within a distance of tens of meters, the crossbow is quite reliable in aiming!
Wei Wuzu and Qin's crossbowmen were divided into four squads and spread out to shoot the jackal warriors who broke through the spear phalanx!

Initially, the crossbowmen of these 4 teams killed many scattered gnoll warriors without damage, but as the spear phalanx became more and more loopholes, the number of protruding gnolls increased exponentially, and they set their sights on the gnolls. Crossbowmen who keep shooting arrows!

As a result, these crossbowmen retreated again lightly, and got into the castrated version of the Greek phalanx composed of more than 1000 town militias behind!
At this time, the spear phalanx of the Pylos prisoners of war on the front line has been completely torn apart and surrounded by divisions!
It's not that the Pylos prisoners didn't want to escape, but that they couldn't escape...

Front, back, left, and right are either our own people or jackals, run away like a bird!
This is the usefulness of the dense phalanx. When you have an advantage, use collective strength to increase attack power and morale, and when it collapses, prevent deserters from leaving easily...

It is precisely because of this that in the history of the earth, it is often difficult for most of the spear phalanxes that were pierced, divided and surrounded in the ancient cold weapon wars to flee. They must either be captured or be surrounded and slaughtered!

For the Pylos prisoners of war, surrendering to the gnolls is not as straightforward as giving themselves a happy life. Therefore, no matter whether they are willing or not, there is only one option left: to desperately look for fellow human soldiers and survive together!

When the spear phalanx of Pylos prisoners was pierced and split, Li Si's weapon had been replaced by a notched machete from the wolf man's corpse. The spear had already been broken and thrown into an unknown corner ...

On the battlefield full of corpses, it is still very convenient to find weapons...

Since Li Si was wearing leather armor that could only be worn by team officers, and he tried his best to gather remnants, he had already surrounded more than 200 remnants who had lost contact with the commander, forming a small irregular resistance group with their weapons facing outwards. Survive and desperately resist the attack of Gnoll warriors!

These desperate Pylos prisoners of war waved their weapons in despair, and Li Si's passwords and motivational slogans from time to time have become their last hope for survival!

These Pylos prisoners of war have all served as soldiers, and they know very well that if they follow an officer who can organize the remnants, the probability of survival will increase a lot, um, from no hope to a little hope...

Compared to breaking through the Gnoll blockade and escaping, these Pylos prisoners of war still felt that it was safer to follow Captain Li Si's side...

They knew in their hearts that their first line was defeated, and there were second and even third line reserve teams behind them. Those soldiers in red cloaks were quite capable. With them, there might be hope for this battle?
When a person is in desperation, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he can burst out the potential to struggle. This is the biggest reason why Li Si can still survive by gathering remnants of soldiers!
"Stand up!"

"Huha!" The militiamen in the Greek phalanx, under the command of the officer, yelled and got ready for the collision of the jackal warriors. These town militiamen who have undergone simple training seem to have a good momentum as a whole, but if you look closely If you do that, you will find layers of cold sweat dripping from the foreheads of the soldiers holding up their shields in the front row!

The right hand holding the short spear was already soaked with sweat, and his eyes were fixed on the ferocious wolf man warrior, who ran over brandishing the blood-stained weapon!

"Prepare for spear throwing ~ Throw!"

The light infantry behind the Greek phalanx, under the command of the officer, suddenly seized the bronze throwing spear from the Pylos light infantry and threw it at the attacking gnolls!

The throwing spears that took off back and forth, crossed a non-standard parabola and plunged into the body of the wolf man, or into the dirt ground!

The militiamen holding shields in the front row couldn't help but let out a long sigh: Fortunately, the brothers behind did not throw the spears at their heads...

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