Mount & Blade: Wind of War

"How are the preparations going?"

Not far from the magic crystal mine fort, Fatis, who was dressed in military uniform, asked Resarit. Although the two had not had a good personal relationship in the past two years, this battle was of great importance. People like Fatis would certainly not let personal issues affect official business.

"The deployment of the army is no longer a problem. The one with the greatest pressure in this battle is Airen. You might as well pay more attention to his side. Once the cavalry has problems, the strategic benefits of this battle will be difficult to achieve."

For this battle, Rhodes mobilized all 600 heavy cavalry, 400 elite cavalry, 2,000 holy crossbows, 400 priests, 600 giant shield heavy infantry, and 2,000 longbowmen from Lonely Mountain Castle. This is also the maximum amount of troops that Lonely Mountain Castle can currently bear. Although there are nearly 10,000 troops, they cannot all be mobilized. The basic city defense must always be maintained, and if the action is too big, it will be too conspicuous.

The light profession restrains the hell demons, but in the lower plane hell, the hell demons can also exert their maximum combat effectiveness, unlike in the human world, where the stronger the demons are, the more they are suppressed when the magic power is insufficient.

As time went by, the Hell army led by Voorhees was the first to flee back, because it was not an act, but a real defeat and escape, so it seemed extremely real, and the demon army led by Duzier in the back was chasing them frantically.

No Hell demon would miss the opportunity to chase high-level hellhounds and horned demons like this low-level demon.

And the demons themselves don't pay much attention to the formation. After a long chase, the entire army naturally became a long snake.

When sensing that Duzier's demon army had penetrated into the encirclement to a certain extent, Rhodes ordered through the holy emblem: "Turn back and force the enemy."

At this moment, Rhodes didn't say politely to Voorhees, and directly used the forced control effect in the dark contract.

Caitlin, the enshrined mage of Lonely Mountain Castle, once specifically instructed not to use the forced control effect in the dark contract frequently. It's okay to use it once or twice, but if it happens too many times, the suppression effect of the contract may loosen, like a nail that has been shaken by the force for a long time.

This was the first time that Rhode used the forced control in the Dark Contract, so the effect was very good. Vohers, who was still running for his life, suddenly turned around and swung the axe in his hand to chop down several demons around him, forcing them to turn around and fight with killing and terror.

If they turned around, they would die soon, but if they didn't fight, they would die now. Under the threat of Vohers, who was holding the burning demon axe and in a nearly crazy state, the remaining demons in the Burning Castle turned around with wailing and screaming, and once again faced their enemies. As the saying goes, the undead demons are the most afraid of death.

"James, order the priests to prepare the buff spell, and go all out!"

"Holy crossbowmen are ready, giant shield heavy infantry are ready, medium armor longbowmen are ready, and move forward in order!"

Fatis quickly issued a series of instructions, and the ambush began. Most of the mana of the four hundred light priests was consumed in casting the Go All Out on the two thousand medium armor longbowmen. Go All Out is equivalent to sacrificing half of their vitality in exchange for a significant increase in attack power.

Therefore, it cannot be used on the Rhodok Holy Heavy Crossbowmen on the front line. They are the main force of this battle, but the killing supplement of 2,000 medium-armored longbowmen is more meaningful to the overall situation.

As archer units, 2,000 Rhodok Holy Heavy Crossbowmen walked at the forefront of the human battle formation, taking three consecutive shots, fighting and advancing, like two steel walls, slowly closing and surrounding the demon army of Duzier Castle in the center.

Behind these two thousand Rhodok Holy Heavy Crossbowmen, there are 300 giant shield heavy infantrymen and 1,000 medium-armored longbowmen each.

The terrifying long-range strong killing output caught the demon army of Duzier Castle off guard.

Many demons instinctively counterattacked, throwing fireballs, lightning, and poisonous fog balls in a mess, but behind the Rhodok Holy Heavy Crossbowmen, the not-so-large number of giant shield heavy infantrymen scatteredly raised their large shields, and an invisible force field spread out:

Soldier skill 2: resistance. When used, it reduces the elemental damage in the area, protecting itself and the surrounding friendly units from excessive damage from cold, fire, and electric shock.

Although the giant shield heavy infantry has no direct attack and combat capabilities, its strategic significance is no worse than other arms. Of course, their equipment is also the most expensive, but the difficulty of training is low, and the dinar consumed in the process is halved.

There are Rhodok Holy Heavy Crossbowmen and Giant Shield Heavy Infantry in front of them. The two thousand medium-armored longbowmen who are blessed with buff magic and are desperate are basically in a state of injury-free. The high-frequency arrow rain is almost like a rainstorm, killing and terrifying.

At this moment, the original single arm skill of this unit has become two:

Arm skill 1: Strong bow. Passive state, increase the projectile distance and killing and destructive power.

Arm skill 2: Go all in. Burning vitality, attack speed and attack power are greatly improved. Once attacked in this process, the friendly units will pay a painful price.

Over the past two days, the number of demon legions that have gathered at Duzier Castle has exceeded 2,000. Even after the previous siege of the earth fort, the remaining ones cannot be eliminated by Lonely Mountain Castle relying solely on its long-range attack advantage.

Hell Demons, a natural race of magic and strong fighters, have basically experienced unimaginable pain and torture for ordinary humans since their growth. Their terrifying vitality and desire for survival are displayed on the battlefield as a bloodthirsty killing intent that is almost invincible.

Fortunately, Fatis never thought that the Hell Demons were easy opponents to deal with. He had suffered some minor losses in the city of redemption, the original city of sin, and a famous general like Fatis would remember a loss for a lifetime.

At that time, the army of Lonely Mountain Castle was far from the current level and combat power, but the ones in front of them were no longer those half-transformed Purgatory thieves, but the real Hell Demon Army.

"Heavy cavalry troops are ready, elite cavalry troops are ready, and the priest of light, bless them to move quickly!"

As the war changed, Fatis finally played the real trump card in the military field of Lonely Mountain Castle.

The 400 elite cavalry troops refer to the Dark Mystic Knights, which are the old main force of Lonely Mountain Castle, while the 600 heavy cavalry troops refer to the Blood-soaked Dragon Riders.

The combination of elite human giant knights and giant war lizards with rare dragon blood forms a powerful fusion of troops.