Hakai no Miko

Huakis, ordered by Alexius to march, slightly clouds his face.

"He said he could collapse in a little while..."

It is no longer obvious that the battle between archers is an advantage on this side. In a few moments the enemy Archers will be in total collapse.

But with this kind of sharpening, we can't fool around with this damage either. Alexius' judgment was also often not a mistake.

"All right. Let's try to keep up with Your Highness's expectations"

When Huakis makes his decision, he summons the conductors.

"The First Army retreats and instructs them to turn behind the Second Army. The Second Army moves forward. The Third Army and the Fourth Army defend the Second Army's side, while crushing the Dwarves ahead!

The commanding soldiers who recite the order rush to their respective legions.

"Heartbeat! Strike the drum! The clap goes forward for the whole army!

The drum drummer, ordered by Hyuakis, starts pounding the drum with his full strength in his arms. Then a little later, the drum beaters who had been positioned everywhere also began to beat the drum to match the clap of the big drum.

Soaking himself in the sound of a big drum that trembles in his gut as he approaches him, Huakis tightens his own helmet stiffly.

"My lord. Please check it out. Take a look at your stigma, my lord."

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The sound of a loud drum rang from the rear of the enemy, while the rain of arrows, which had been pouring down hard until then, stopped perfectly. And then you rely on the protection of the great shield that stuck out on the ground, and you start to see some sort of wave-like movement inside the First Army of the Holmeer Country that didn't move so much.

In front of Eladia watching what the hell was going on, the First Army suddenly cracked to the left and right.

The elves are surrounded by vigilance and nervousness as to whether this is the enemy hitting a new hand. But the first army, broken in two, began to turn to the side of the second army, which was still in the rear.

"Sister! Isn't this the retreat of enemy archers?

Eladia had the same idea as her sisters.

This is undoubtedly the retreat of enemy archers.

They said they had achieved their original purpose, but Eladia had no palliative color. Because the enemy archer's retreat means that the enemy's main force, which had refrained behind it, will finally come forward.

And a loud singing voice was heard as the clap of forward drums rang from all over the enemy army.

"" Move on, move on, Holmeer braves! Move on! Side by side with your comrades and move on! Clear the way for the comrades that follow! Come on, comrades! Move forward with me!! "

That's the song I heard five years ago during the battle near Bornis when the Holmeer National Army heavy-duty spear infantry advances in dense formation.

As for the prophet and the people, who had nevertheless pushed through the broken sea, the enemy appeared from between the first armies, divided from left to right.

It is heavily loaded spear infantry with large spears and large shields reinforced with metal.

They had left and right shoulders touching each other, back and forth so dense that their backs and chests were aligned together that there were no gaps in some of the shields in their hands.

The figure is precisely the wall.

Mixed with the colour of the leather armor and the leather applied shield that punched the lightly red-colored metal plates of the heavy-duty spear infantry soldiers, it evoked a great red earth wall.

This is the dense formation by Holmea's heavy-duty spear infantry that makes its valiant name ring out to neighbouring countries.

At this time, Huakis had organized the dense formations into three main columns: front, middle, and rear.

First, the front row lays down a horizontal formation.

A squadron of hundreds of heavy-duty spear infantry is fundamental to this. This squadron, lined up with ten heavy-duty spear infantry lined up to ten depths (ten vertically), is lined up to three thousand heavy-duty spear infantry lined up to three thousand.

Behind it, medium columns were arranged at slight intervals.

The middle row consists of two heavy-duty spear infantry squadrons lined up front and back, with the groups lined up in spaces so as not to be adjacent to each other. In addition, the rear row behind it was also arranged in the same manner, yet in a lattice-like manner.

Dense formations are formations that, as their name suggests, aim to concentrate their offensive power by densifying soldiers. The more soldiers you concentrate, the more you increase their attack power, but at the same time, if soldiers overcrowd each other, the more flexibility they lose in formation.

It is to compensate for this flexibility that we dare place the middle and rear columns in a lattice pattern rather than in normal lateral formations.

There is space between groups made of two squadrons, so you can move two squadron groups freely depending on the war situation.

Also, when the battle drains the soldiers in the front row and they are getting tired, they let the soldiers in the front row fall backwards through between the two squadrons.

Even if you try to bypass the rear allies greatly for a long time when you are just going to wear out and retreat, you will be the perfect food for enemy pursuits. But by passing through the gap in the middle row, the soldiers in the front row will be lowered to the rear of the allies with the smallest possible movement, and the soldiers in the middle row will stop the enemies they are trying to chase.

Furthermore, it is a threat because the enemy is suddenly replaced by a soldier of a full posture where he is similarly worn out and tired as an enemy.

This is the must-win formation that Darius, known as Holmeer's best general, has been best at.

However, while it is easy to explain the theory, rigorous training must be provided from day to day to make it happen in the extreme state of combat.

Only the "black wall" and the elite of some national armies can actually deploy this dense formation in the Holmeer country.

The Elf Bow Cavalry and Archer Corps, led by Eladia, first launched an attack on the Second Army, which began marching side by side by side with a shield.

"Arrow. Eh!

When Eladia, who stopped the horse's leg, issues the decree, the women of the elves of the Bow Cavalry and the Bow and Arrow Soldier will lead the arrows to the bow at all costs.

"- Pull!

The bow cavalry lined up in front shoots the elphin bow directly, while the rear bow and arrow soldiers target the second army with mountainous curves.

"- Let go!

The arrows that were unleashed descended into the heavy-duty Spear Infantry Regiment like rain.

But all the arrows are inhibited by the walls of the shield.

Experienced five years ago, Eladia still bites the umbilicus (here) when this heavily armed spear infantry's defense against densely formed projectile weapons is too strong.

No matter how many heavily bowed elf archers, it's hard to target a shield gap from a distance. If you get close enough to see the gap, you can also aim there, but if you get too close, you are more likely to be brought into the White Soldier War by the enemy. All I can say is that archers suck, such as being brought into White Soldier warfare by heavily armed infantry opponents.

Eladia's ears, lost in judgment as to what was going on, heard a drum slapped from the rear main unit.

"Lord Eladia. Instructions to retreat."

Zoan's female warrior, who was accompanying the Elf Bow Cavalry instead of the correspondent, read the drum clap and told Eladia, just like Harpuran. Besides, Eladia gives the order when she nods with a stiff nod.

"The Bow Cavalry retrieves more arrows than the Archers!

Along with Eladia's decree, the archer soldiers gather the excess arrows and hand them over to the sisters on the horse. Eladia also fills the arrows with the arrows she gets from the sisters.

"Those of the Archer soldiers who gave the arrows retreat to the main line! The Bow Cavalry retreats to the rear of Zoan!

The elves split into a bow and arrow soldier and a bow cavalry to begin the retreat.

It was Zoan's warriors who came forward to replace the elves.

Unlike during the "Bornis showdown", which took place at the end of the "Battle of Hognalea Hill", the first battle of the Ethereal Horse, and which remained its momentum, it was a large army that gathered in preparation for this day by calling for participation in the battle throughout the plains.

That number is roughly four thousand. Although not in numbers to the Zoan clan coalition more than thirty years ago, the participation of most Zoan warriors in the Sorbiant plains also conveys their willingness to hang in this battle.

But I wonder if the intent was too strong, the Zoans' feet were too fast.

If you realize it, you leave behind the Dwarves' troops that are supposed to consolidate both sides, and only Zoan will have a protruding shape.

So many Zoans came forward that the Second Army of the Crusader Army of the Holmeer Nation was to stop their legs almost before moving forward.

"You stupid beasts! I don't even know what the tactics are!

It was General Numitos, who belonged to the National Army, who led the front row of the Second Army at this time.

"If you want to die so badly, kill him! Come on, come on! I'll feed you our spears again!

General Numitos served in the battle in the Sorbiant Plains more than thirty years ago, when he was one of those who saw the majesty of obtaining an overwhelming victory by kicking Zoan's army, which was outnumbered by General Darius' "Black Wall".

And this battle, although the number of advantages and disadvantages has been reversed, is reminiscent of the battle at that time: the confrontation between the great army of Zoan and the dense formation of heavy-duty spear infantry.

That's why General Numitos was excited.

You will have the same merit as General Darius, who was praised as the best general in Holmea. He layered himself on General Darius's mastery when he kicked the Zoans, and General Numitos was in Delight.

but is.

The Zoans, who were supposed to push their shields side-by-side and stupidly storm the dense formations waiting for them in a full state, stopped their feet well in front of them, unable to reach the spears either.

"What, did the beasts get scared when they got here?

General Numitos shrugged in surprise.

At this distance, you will not receive an attack unless you use a bow or arrow as well. But it's a famous story that the Zoans despise bows and arrows. No way, it's hard to believe I've corrected that in just five years and started using bows and arrows. Besides, as far as Zoan and the others were concerned, they didn't seem to possess anything like those bows.

As the bewildered General Numitos stares, Fagle Garguz Gallum, now also a grand general, laughs invincibly as the grand chief of all Zoan in the Sorbiant Plains.

"Don't think of us like our fathers."

And I speak to the honey hairy daughter - the shrug - who was holding right aside.

"Everyone, prepare to attack! Now's the time to beat the grudge of your years!

Listening to the sound of the drum slamming that Shru was putting on his hips, Gallum took a leash that had widened the central part, which he had also hung in his hips.

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