Chapter 149 Trying to Fight

Author: Conquer people with virtue

Chapter 149 Trying to Fight

Did Captain Clay actually participate in this operation? However, he was obviously a short Goblin, and it was clearly determined in the pre-war meeting that races that were not dominant in height and weight were excluded.

How can goblins, whose average height is only half that of an adult human, cope with mountain giants that are at least two to three meters tall?

But soon, Solo, who had an idol filter, convinced himself: "Yes, Captain Clay is different from ordinary goblins after all, which is understandable."

Solo's inner activities are also the inner reflection of the thousands of soldiers on the field. Under the gaze of many scorching eyes, Clay is communicating with his men and making arrangements.

Under normal circumstances, officers at all levels in the Osfill Army are relatively fixed to each other. Clay's transfer this time is a special situation.

At only about 1.5 meters tall, it looked a bit small among the centurions, who were mostly over 1.8 meters tall. But strangely, he was not overwhelmed in terms of momentum.

Clay, who has entered the state, looks very calm wearing his armor that has also experienced many battles. Coupled with the fact that he is holding the spear given by Theos in his hand, he gives off an aura that is not easy to mess with.

"I want to make it clear first. Although the vanguard army's goal this time is testing, testing is not reconnaissance. In other words, we must have full contact with the mountain giants, and then the intensity of the battle must meet the requirements."

Clay's tone was more serious, because this was really not an easy job, and he didn't want to damage everyone's morale at this time, so he continued: "Having said that, the best result is that we directly attack the Mountain Giant's vanguard.

One of the ways to defeat and reduce casualties is to defeat the opponent."

"As for the march, I plan to have the gnoll warriors line up on both sides, while the hobgoblin warriors will be in the center."

"Among them, Biden, you and your team will be responsible for the investigation. The warning range should be kept at least one thousand meters, but not too far away."

To an outsider, upon hearing this arrangement, they might think that Clay was favoring the goblins and putting them in a safe position. But everyone present knew that this was impossible.

"When contacting the enemy, the hobgoblin warriors will be the first to engage the enemy in a defensive formation, while the jackal warriors on both sides will wait for the opportunity to move out to strangle the opponent."

"Yes!" The ten centurions nodded and accepted the order.

Whether it is resisting the attack of the mountain giants or fighting them, it is not easy.

After making arrangements, Clay dismissed the meeting.

Clay was in a daze as he watched the centurions return to their respective teams, arranging battle plans and mobilizing formations.

Many people don't know why such a critical military operation would be given to him to take command, especially when there are so many suitable candidates.

For example, the black-scaled lizardman warrior Zaku has become more powerful after joining Osfir. He is a powerful breakthrough force that the Osfir army can rely on when facing powerful enemies.

No one would doubt that Zaku could defeat those mountain giants and then use his heavy steel mace to tear a hole in the opponent's formation.

But in the end, Valcke chose to let him do it.

Just like Clay would not favor the goblins, Valk would not either. The reason why he made Clay the commander of the Vanguard Army was simple, that is, Clay was very suitable.

Clay is no longer the trembling recruit he used to be when he formed a team to kill the Stone Skin Lizards. After several trials, he has acquired two very special specialties - veteran of many battles and insight into flaws.

Veterans of hundreds of battles: A gift given to the lucky ones who have experienced hundreds of battles on the battlefield. They can capture all the information that is beneficial to them in a chaotic situation, and then let themselves survive.

Weakness Insight: The owner has a keener observation of the enemy's weaknesses, which allows them to directly defeat the opponent without having to face the opponent's strengths.

Yes, Clay, who has these two specialties, is the perfect candidate for this special operation. This time as a tentative attack, he can play a stronger role than the three Zakus.

Finally, before the time reached noon, the vanguard of one thousand people was assembled and began to slowly march towards the mountains.

At their back door are more Osfir troops. They will assemble in the rear and then follow Clay and others to become their strongest backing.

After this period of reconnaissance, Osfill is basically familiar with the terrain outside the wild stone mountains, and there is no need to make detours.

This is good news for the Thousand Pioneers. After all, all of them are fully armed and on their way, and the armor on their bodies weighs at least dozens of pounds.

Fortunately, the heavier heavy shields were placed in the army carriage at this time, so that everyone would not be exhausted before engaging the enemy.

This time, unlike the route Farr and others took before, Clay and others took the main road, which was the road used by the mountain giants.

If you walk along this road, you will definitely encounter them soon. Again, a team of a thousand people is marching, and the movement is very loud. As long as the mountain giants are not hopelessly stupid, they will definitely do something.

reaction.

It turned out to be true. When the team crossed several hills and was approximately in the middle of the wild stone mountains, something strange happened.

Dozens of Gray Stones appeared in front of the team, and their squat figures aroused everyone's vigilance as soon as they appeared.

"It's the Gray Stones! Be careful to defend against stone-throwing attacks!" In the team, officers at all levels kept conveying orders.

The soldiers in the vanguard army were all elite, and they all responded immediately. Those who were equipped with shields raised their shields, while those who were too late used their arm armor to cover themselves and protect their heads.

The Gray Stone people moved. They combined the stones on the ground into their hands and swung them, releasing several extremely fast flying stones.

Soon, a dense burst of sound broke through the air, and rocks the size of fists flew like raindrops.

The stone hit the armor of the Osfir warrior, and there was a dull clanking sound.

Before everyone could take a breath, there was another roar accompanied by flying rocks all over the sky.

After three full rounds, the stone men retreated. At this time, the ground in Osfir's military formation was already covered with rubble.

"Quick! Get up!" the officers shouted one after another.

The Osfil sergeants came to their senses and acted quickly to restore the formation that had been slightly scattered in the chaos.

After a long-range attack, close combat often occurs within a short period of time, and everyone has to guard against it.

However, after a while, there was still no mountain giant appearing in front.

Clay frowned. Although he felt a little strange, he could only suppress it and ordered: "Keep going!"

The vanguard army continued to move forward, and cautiously arrived at the location where the Gray Stone crowd had been. There was no one here, and all the stone people had retreated.

However, although the Gray Stones left, they left a gift for Osfir.

The soldiers walking at the front looked ugly. It turned out that the road ahead had been completely destroyed.

Although the original soil mixed with rocks is not as good as the cement road or rammed earth road built by Osfill, it is still fairly flat.

It's just that at this moment, the road is full of bumps and bumps, and the soil is mixed with countless large and small rocks. Walking on such a road, if you are not careful, you will definitely fall.

Obviously, this is the work of the Gray Stones. They used the gravel-strewn skill to destroy the terrain.

This is why Valk is very worried about these Gray Stones. They are not that strong, they are just too disgusting.

For stragglers, this type of method has almost no impact, and their combat effectiveness will not be damaged at all, but it is just more troublesome.

But for Osfir's army, this kind of damage to the military formation will affect its combat effectiveness.

Clay had no choice but to order people to move forward first to see how much damage was done ahead.

Soon, the results came out.

The damage caused by the ground movement was not large, only about 500 meters.

"Everyone, clear the supplies from the carriage. The hobgoblin warriors will go first, the gnoll warriors will move in second group, and the carriage will pass last." Clay made arrangements.

It was a matter of life and death for thousands of people, and he could not be cautious. However, after everyone passed through this dangerous zone, no accidents happened.

Although he didn't understand why, Clay breathed a sigh of relief when all the carriages came over.

However, reality soon told him the reason.

After a while, people from Biden's reconnaissance team of 100 people kept returning.

"There is a group of mountain giants approaching from the front. It is initially estimated that there are about a hundred people!" Biden reported.

"We're finally here." Clay said something incomprehensible, and then ordered: "Everyone, follow the plan!"

"yes!"

The vanguard army quickly formed a formation according to the previous arrangement. Half of the equipment placed on the carriage was immediately taken down.

The one hundred goblin warriors in front each held up a very thick super-heavy shield, while the four hundred goblins at the back were grouped in pairs, holding two hundred heavy spears that were twice the size of conventional spears.

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This is the formation that Osfir used to deal with the mountain giants. It is a bit like the Macedonian phalanx in another time and space, except that it has the cooperation of a shield formation.

The weakness of this formation is obvious, that is, it is extremely inflexible to turn. At the same time, if the direction is wrong and someone breaks through from the side, it will face massacre.

But facing the simple-minded mountain giants, this move is very useful. What's more, there are gnoll warriors on both sides of the formation for close combat, and they will provide cover for the hobgoblins.

As soon as Osfir took up his stance, the ground began to tremble slightly. A group of tall and burly giants appeared on the ground in front of the military formation.

They are at least two meters tall, but usually about three meters tall. They have big bellies and well-developed muscles under the fat. The weapons in the hands of the giants are as the intelligence said, mostly made of trees and stone tools, which are very primitive.

"Intruder! Have you been stunned by the stones? Hahahaha!"

The mountain giant came towards this side, speaking something in vague giant language.

Suddenly, Clay's eyes widened.

Wait, what timeline is this!?

"I was so dizzy after being hit by stones..."

Could it be that the original judgment that the Gray Stonemen would be hit by giants after long-range attacks was not wrong, and the broken terrain was not just to delay time, but to cooperate with their sneak attacks...

The only problem is...the giant and the stone man are not coordinated in time and space. Are they not cooperating well?

Clay didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but this conjecture was most likely true.
To be continued...