The Swordsman of Faerûn

However, since Saint Bane suffered a disastrous defeat in Shadow Valley, and then sent a wave of heads to Taris on the east coast of Dragon Bay, it caused Taisway's elite garrison to be drawn out, leaving only a few Miscellaneous mercenaries are filling up the local area.

After William captured Yuras and Fuenla, and spread the military preparations in the Fuenla area to Zhentil Fort, the people of Zhentil Fort immediately realized that the situation was not good, and they sent a large number of spies and The spies went south, intending to grasp the movement of William, a hostile force, while recruiting troops and dispatching elites to enrich the strength of Taisway's garrison.

When William led three battalions northward, Taisway's garrison had expanded to [-] Zhentil Fort elites, [-] auxiliary miscellaneous soldiers, and various defensive facilities had been greatly strengthened.

In other words, William and his reorganized new army faced a fierce and uphill battle.

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Although William is not a famous general with extraordinary talent, the various knowledge and thinking habits from his previous life allow him to be good at military strategy.

Before Faunla's army was reorganized, William had the opportunity to take advantage of the emptiness of Tesway's troops to attack there, but after careful consideration, he gave up this quick success.

Zhentil Castle is different from any city-state that William has encountered before. Zhentil Castle is very powerful. Many city-states controlled by the people of Tilburg either openly or secretly.

For example, the Raven Fortress, Taisway, the former Fuenla, the Dark Fort in the Sunset Mountains in the south of the Ainuooke Great Desert, the Mingta City by the Lake of Steam... and so on can all be counted as the extension of Zhentil Castle.

Even if William wiped out Taisway and even Zhentil Castle with one blow, he still couldn't completely destroy the power of Zhentil Castle people, and those remaining Zhentil Castle remnants would turn from bright to dark, becoming William and his A continuous and sworn enemy of his family and, in the future, of the entire Vale Kingdom.

Although William is quite capable of perception, he can detect danger and avoid it, and he can kill people proactively, find out the enemy and destroy the bandits, but after all, it is difficult for one person to wipe out the darkness of the world.

Therefore, William regarded Taisway as an excellent bloodletting port.

It should be known that Zhentil Castle is the stronghold and foundation of the Zhentil Castle people. Under normal circumstances, they would never stand by and watch Zhentil Castle being captured.And if you want to defend Zhentil Castle, Taisway is definitely a strategic location that you cannot give up, just like William's previous life's prison in Luoyang.

The terrain of Taisway is not as precipitous as imagined. It is relatively easy to attack and difficult to defend, but the unique geographical location prevents it from being abandoned by the people of Zhentil Castle.

When William appeared around Taisway with three battalions of infantry, some air cavalry, and a mass-produced golem mech, Zhentil Castle's army stationed at Taisway didn't take it seriously at first.

The so-called mass-produced golem mecha is the latest equipment produced by the golem mech manufacturing center located in the flame world.This kind of golem mecha is much smaller than the golem mecha that Hieren once drove.

The body is only eight meters high, with a total weight of twelve tons. It has an upright "human form" and a "beast form" with four limbs on the ground. The basic equipment is a revolver.

The golem mecha in human form can use all kinds of large melee weapons, and can also be equipped with external howitzers and flamethrowing devices.

The golem mech in beast form can launch the charge mode. In this mode, the golem mecha is like a rhinoceros covered with spikes all over its body, and it is absolutely easy to destroy the enemy and break the formation.

This golem mecha is named "Matador", and it is a combat vehicle specially equipped by William for those mecha female soldiers.

In order to avoid certain agreements, although the parts of these matador mechas are all processed and formed in the flame world, the final assembly is placed in Faerun.

However, the assembly work is based on part of the survivors of time, and the mecha knights act as assembly workers. They have no fixed location and keep moving with the mecha knight battalion.

Fortunately, the matador mechs can not only be used in battle, but also far surpass all animals as animal power. With their infinite strength, they can even work without sleep for days and nights without slack. Of course, the premise is that those mecha knights can Hold on.

So when William's team was marching, people could see a rather unique scene. Many mechanical monsters (beast form of matador mechs) that looked full of science fiction were dragging ancient wooden row carts made of logs. It is loaded with various supplies and accessories that belong exclusively to the Mecha Knight Battalion.

When William led this team of less than 2000 people to Taisway, he first began to build a long-term camp.

Of course, the people of Zhentila are unwilling to watch these hostile enemies build camps under their noses, so a Zhentila (regular army of Zhentila) with about 1000 people as the core , and then equipped with the same number of orc battle groups and almost the same number of slaves, a total of about [-] people walked out of the city walls of Taiswei.

This army lined up in a somewhat chaotic formation, approaching William's team in a dense manner.

William had a large number of air cavalry acting as scouts, so he was naturally aware of the military movements of Tesway's enemies. Therefore, when the people from Zhentil Castle approached, William's army was also ready.

Santila has its own army mages or warlocks. When the teams of both sides are close enough, the casters of Santila unceremoniously release offensive spells.

[Flame Burst] releases a fire ball with an explosive effect in the designated area, causing impact and flame burn damage to targets within a certain range around it.

Normally, this kind of spell with sound and light effects and lethality is very suitable for creating chaos and fear on the battlefield.However, the spellcasters in Zhentil Castle ignored the origins of William's family. Can you imagine a spellcaster releasing a fire spell of the evocation system on the supreme flame lord in the fire?

That was a more ridiculous act than a layman who wielded a sword provoking Guan Gong.

It didn't even take William to do it himself, as Misha'er, another heir of the Bloodline of Fire, cleaned up this seemingly inappropriate spell.

[Weak Fire Neutralization] is an extremely rare secret technique that counters fire-type spells.The difficulty of learning this kind of secret technique is not high, but there is a premise that is enough to make most spellcasters despair. They need to be recognized and blessed by a real flame lord before they can truly master it.

It would be difficult to find a spellcaster in this world who could learn [Weak Fire Neutralization] more easily than the children of William's family.

William could grant his family the secret technique that could counteract the power of flames without hesitation, but other flame lords might not (it should be said definitely not) have such a broad mind.

Misha'er was riding the Pegasus Mo Zou, wearing a riding outfit of an air knight, holding a magic wand inlaid with a ruby ​​the size of a child's fist in her hand.

The constant feature on the wand allows this brave girl to ignore spell consumables, and can use all fire-type spells just by chanting spells.

After she used the secret technique to counteract the opponent's [Flame Burst], she immediately chanted the spell and released a series of fiery fireballs at the enemy's formation.

The caster of Santila didn't expect that the opponent's colleague was actually a knight riding a flying horse. Before he could react after the spell was cancelled, he discovered that those deadly flaming fireballs were like a hen laying eggs. Constantly shoot out from the opponent's wand.

Even though the spellcaster wanted to protect his own army, he was too late to deal with it, so he could only turn his finger on Mi Sha'er, trying to entangle or even kill her with his spells, but it was not easy, after all, Mi Sha Sha'er rode a pegasus and maneuvered in the air, and it was absolutely different from ordinary spellcasters standing on the ground.

Not to mention the battle between Misha'er and the casters of Zhentila, after the series of fireballs released by Misha'er fell into the army of Zhentila people, countless flames erupted immediately.

Since Zhentil Castle's army marched in a relatively dense team, each fireball could kill or injure several or even a dozen enemies, and Misha'er's attack almost reduced the enemy's strength by nearly [-]%.

This led to the inevitable confusion among the Zhentil Keepers.

Each part of the Zhentil Keep army reacts differently to the enemy's magical attack.

For example, the real Santila just put on his cloak and hood in a calm manner, then raised the dark wooden shield with certain magic resistance, maintaining a steady pace and formation.

These dark wooden shields are made of dark trees that are naturally fire-resistant. Not only are they as hard as iron, but they also have a very high resistance to most elementary evocation spells, especially fire spells.

However, the orcs were completely enraged by the killing of the fireball. They roared and quickened their pace, charging towards William's army in a nearly galloping posture.

There is another branch of the servants of the Chantilburgs who are quite crotchless. They fell into great chaos under the sudden magic attack. Some of them stayed where they were at a loss, and some were scared Throw away the weapon like a gall, turn around and run away.

Of course, it is not that there are brave guys among the servants, but these people have become a little lonely after lacking the cooperation of most of their companions.

William noticed the chaotic situation of the enemy almost immediately. He could see clearly that the best-performing and well-equipped Santilas were the true strength of the Zhentila people, and they were also the targets that William had to eliminate .

As for the servants, there is no need to care too much, as long as they are dispersed.

You said how to deal with the orcs, of course the dead orcs are the best orcs, and no one will think that the orcs are worthy of forgiveness.

William ordered most of the hidden air cavalry through spells, ordering them to launch a surprise attack on the chaotic servant army of the enemy and completely defeat it.

At the same time, William ordered two infantry battalions to prepare to encircle and kill the orc battle group that came forward.

As for the scattered Tira elite battle group, William arranged ten matador mechas for prevention and control.

William brought a total of four squadrons of air cavalry this time, each with 36 air knights. Before that, half of the squadron's air cavalry were sent out by William to serve as scouts.Now the remaining air knights attack in groups, although the total number is only more than 120 people, the momentum of the pegasus and griffin group soaring into the sky is much larger than that of thousands of ground infantry.

Especially when these empty knights swooped down like a group of crows, all the servants collapsed immediately, and even the bravest servants lost the will to fight. They threw away their weapons and took off their simple armor, Either run away wildly, or surrender to the ground, but there is no possibility of resistance anymore.

After the Aerial Knights dispersed the enemy's servants, they did not continue to intervene in other battlefields. Instead, they soared into the air again and began to circle around the elite Santila battle group to wait, as if they were looking for the enemy's flaws.

The elite battle group of Santila noticed the malicious intentions of these air cavalry, so they naturally did not dare to be careless, and immediately tightened their formation and waited for it. However, they lost the support for their orc companions.

However, after the orcs of the orc battle group rushed into the enemy circle of the infantry battalion screaming, they immediately realized that something was wrong, because these nasty opponents were really too difficult to deal with.

The first thing the orcs confronted were the "wolf soldiers". The weapons used by these wolf soldiers were a unique plant from the flame world. They were slender and stubble like moso bamboo, and their texture was soft, so they were not suitable for installing pointed tips. However, it has a special feature, that is, by shaking the branches, a group of flames can be burned between the branches, and they will not go out until they stand still.

William named the plant Fire Bamboo.

Except for fire-type creatures and some fire-resistant guys, most ordinary creatures in this world are basically afraid of flames, including orcs.

When large groups of flames poked towards them, they could only dodge while striking and chopping those flame bamboo wolf sticks desperately with the weapons in their hands.

With the cover of the Yanzhu Wolf Whip, other fighters can naturally attack the enemy in an orderly manner according to the training content.

The pikemen guarded the wolves at the ready, while the archers or spellcasters behind them launched deadly long-range attacks on the orcs.

Countless arrows and many destructive spells covered the orcs, and then killed or injured the unlucky ones among them.

It's not that there were no orcs who unleashed their berserk power and rushed towards the wolf soldiers recklessly, but when they passed through the barrier of flames, the oncoming spear bushes directly pierced them into a sieve, and even their dying counterattacks were defeated by those soldiers. The shield warrior blocks it.

The key is that the orcs are not only controlled by others tactically, but also have too many opponents.

Soon these orcs were completely annihilated under the siege of the infantry battalion soldiers, and they didn't even have a chance to escape.

As for surrender?Well, mainstream civilized races generally do not accept the surrender of orcs, including most of William's subordinates.

When the battle of the Infantry Battalion to encircle and suppress the Orcs was coming to an end, the people of the elite Santila battle group finally realized that something was wrong. They had already realized that they were in danger, and retreating at this moment was the best choice.

It's just that it's not easy to retreat at this time.

Not to mention that they no longer have any cannon fodder to back them up, and the spellcasters accompanying the army are also a bit unwell at the moment, but they are somewhat powerless to help the battle group retreat.

Of course, it was not Misha'er who posed a fatal threat to the hostile spellcaster. Although she knew a lot of spells, she was seriously lacking in combat experience with spellcasters. Luxuriously equipped for body protection, she may not even survive a few rounds before being killed by the enemy with spells.

However, the money-making ability of the big dog is hard to resist, and Mishaer also has a few reliable companions as helpers, not to mention Miluna who has grown mentally, Charlotte from Shadow Valley, who used to be William's The little sidekick - Serena Steele, a little thief from the creeping city of Jiaoyan Hell.

Of course, it is Ms. Dove Silverhand who can really pose a fatal threat to enemy spellcasters. This female warrior holding [Blue Wrath] is also a warlock who is proficient in spells, although she often does not like to use spells.

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Facing the approaching enemy step by step, the commander of the elite battle group of Santila knew that he was in an extremely difficult situation, and it was difficult to decide whether to fight or withdraw.

If you choose to fight to the end, then this elite battle group of Scattered Tira will have to pray that their allies can come out of the city in time to help, and they may even completely defeat these "invaders" in front of them. The key is that the commander of the battle group is worried that he may Can't last until the end of the battle.

Don't doubt the ruthlessness of the Zhentil Fort people. Every qualified Zhentil Fort man takes cheating teammates as the most basic operation. Compared with rescuing the damned companions, defeating the enemy and gaining credit is more in line with Zhentil Fort. model of human behavior.

If you choose to retreat or turn in, there is no doubt that this elite battle group will inevitably suffer extremely heavy casualties under the pursuit of the enemy's tail, but the commander of the battle group has a great possibility of surviving.

After a lot of thinking and fighting spirit, the commander of the Santila elite battle group resolutely chose to stand by and wait for help.

This is not because of the noble character of this noble veteran from Zhentil Castle, and his determination to fight to the death, but because he is worried that if he retreats directly, he will not only be ridiculed and excluded by his colleagues and superiors, but will also affect his own status and the family behind.

Of course, the fact that the soldiers under him are elite and good at fighting is also one of the reasons for the commander of the battle group to make a firm decision. Otherwise, if there are a bunch of mobs under him, he might have already run away.

The head of the elite Santila regiment ordered the [-] sergeants under him to form a defensive formation. They raised their shields high to resist the harassment from the enemy's bow and crossbow, and some archers scattered back fire from time to time.

On the other hand, the two infantry battalions of the Valley Army lined up in neat formations and gradually approached the elite Santila battle group. They almost ignored Sandila's bows and arrows to fight back, and their protective armor was tight enough to allow the soldiers Even in the face of a storm of arrows, he could barely survive, and William's army training was somewhat effective, and the discipline of the soldiers had greatly improved.

As the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, hand-to-hand combat soon began.

This battle was not a big deal, but it dealt a heavy blow to the soldiers of Santila's elite army. Without him, the enemy's weapons and equipment were too enviable and hated.

In most of the city-states and kingdoms of Faerun, the equipment of general army soldiers is provided by the soldiers themselves, and the army leaders at most provide some equipment subsidies.

Only a few of the richest city-states and the most generous lords will provide soldiers with standard equipment on a large scale.

Obviously, the lord of Zhentil Keep is not the kind of generous leader, even the most elite Zhentil Keep legion, the most uniform equipment is just a set of embroidered Zhentil Keep or Bane's hand Linen tunic with coat of arms.

The level of well-equipped soldiers depends entirely on their personal purchasing power, and for any Zhentil Fort soldier, plundering in war is always the most convenient way to harvest wealth, there is no one.

Due to the fact that in the past one or two years, Zhentil Fort has won more battles against its surrounding opponents. The most recent victory was the battle against the rebel army that defeated the exiled lords of Dagger Valley more than half a year ago. However, those exiles basically settled down , can't harvest any valuable spoils at all.

Therefore, most of the elite Centilla soldiers stationed in Taisway are not very rich, and their weapons and equipment are basically ordinary goods that can barely be seen, such as refined iron weapons, inlaid leather armor or Inferior armor and so on.

Comparing to the soldiers under William, almost everyone has dwarven master-level precision alloy weapons and equipment that are almost armed to the asshole, and what they carry is to make the earth leopards from Zhentil keep drool.

Therefore, when the soldiers of both sides fought against each other, the difference in weapons and equipment directly caused the elite soldiers of Santila to suffer a big loss. Even if their fighting skills were better than those of the soldiers in the valley, they could not make up for the gap in equipment.

Indeed, when you slash your opponent with a sword, the battle sword falls on the opponent's armor without causing any damage. The opponent slashes you and your knife in turn, but you can only watch the sharp blade tear through your armor and flesh, and then feel helpless made a dying scream.

This is the result of the initial head-to-head battle between William's Valley Legion and the elite Centillar army. The better-equipped Valley Legion had the upper hand. At least dozens of Centilla's elite soldiers died in the first round of combat. Or get hurt.

And the commander of the Santila elite battle group realized his wrong decision almost immediately. He should not have chosen to stick to it. Zooming in to the limit, he and his soldiers are likely to be strangled before the reinforcements leave the city.

William also noticed the battle damage exchange ratio of the soldiers on both sides for the first time, and he also realized that there seemed to be something wrong with his plan, so William instinctively ordered the infantry battalion that was fighting the enemy to temporarily slow down the input of troops.

It's a pity that most of the soldiers in the infantry battalion are setting foot in such a large-scale fighting field for the first time, and they generally lack experience, so it is difficult to control their emotions on the battlefield.

Therefore, William's idea of ​​wanting to control the rhythm of the battlefield is undoubtedly inappropriate. Not only did it fail to achieve any effect, but it disrupted the attack momentum of his own soldiers.

The recruits went to the battlefield relying on this kind of energy, William's fiddling made him feel discouraged, and the infantry battalion was thrown into disarray for a while. But it was very rich. They almost instinctively launched a wave of counter-charges, but the infantry battalion they fought was in a panic. I don't know how many people dropped their weapons in their panic and were thrown to the ground. There are not a few unlucky ones who trample on them.

Seeing that this step of the battle camp was gradually being reversed, William immediately realized that he had done something stupid. He shouldn't be blindly messing around with tactics and strategies. Nonsense.

No!Pull your hips!

At this time, if the infantry battalion that has lost its momentum is directly withdrawn, or other soldiers and horses such as matador mechas are sent to support, it can bring back the infantry battalion that is on the verge of collapse, but if that happens, This army is really useless.

But if they don't retreat, it seems that they have no room to turn around, unless there is an enemy-like warrior who can turn the tide.

It just so happened that William was such a suitable enemy of all people. After all, it was his own fault, and he had to come back with tears in his eyes.

William rode a unicorn, a gift from the elves of the Cormanthor forest.Compared with Pegasus, although unicorns cannot fly, they have more unique supernatural abilities, such as healing, teleportation, and spiritual language.

This mighty unicorn was covered with a fine chain armor suit, and it carried William like the wind into the most intense place of the battle.

The unique supernatural ability caused all the soldiers along the way to be knocked away by the unicorn. The difference is that the soldiers of the infantry battalion just flew out, while the soldiers of Santila were also killed by the knights on the back of the unicorn when they flew out. Almost none of them missed a shot.

William galloped through the battle formation alone, and basically interrupted the attack of the elite Santila battle group after a few rounds, allowing the rookies in the battalion to breathe a sigh of relief.

There were no more than [-] people in the Santila elite battle group. The previous fight had already caused a lot of casualties, but now after being attacked several times by William, the casualties increased significantly. People, it can be said that they are all dazzled, trembling with fear, and their hearts are seized.

Just at this time, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly rushed out from the city of Taisway, and a large area of ​​black and white appeared continuously like a tide. It was estimated that there were as many as 3000 to [-] people.

After these enemies left the city, they did not come to rescue the elite Santila battle group that was about to collapse. Instead, they swept towards the back of the valley army with the momentum of interception. They actually wanted to eat William's army in one bite.

Although William fought heartily in the battle formation, he never lost control of the situation on the battlefield. Of course, this was due to his Argos friend Kagal, whose spiritual data link made William feel like he had opened his eyes on the battlefield. Pay attention to every change on the battlefield, and can give instructions to your generals at any time.