Empire of Shadows

Chapter 249: Failure at the last hurdle

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"Young leader, the human troops have indeed appeared as you said. However, they are all cavalry, and judging from their weapons, they are all archers with long-range attacks. In addition, in the distance, we saw thousands of chariots passing by here. I guess they are the magic cannons that the priests mentioned."

"Hmph! What can they do even if they come? Although I don't have magic crystal cannons, nor do I have a large number of fast troops like wolf cavalry. But what can they do to me? Bite me? Not to mention that there are still hundreds of thousands of humans in the city. Just relying on the city walls here, I can stay here for several months..." Looking at the stagnant human troops a thousand meters away from the city wall, the son of the fox clan chief had an expression of "what can you do to me" and had no intention of attacking at all.

"Damn it, you little fox, have you got your courage eaten by a dog? Just such a small number of humans actually scared you, what kind of leader are you? In my opinion, send troops to fight immediately and hold them back at the same time. Then send a troop out from the left and right gates respectively to surround those humans... Then we can do whatever we want." An angry bear man immediately raised objections to the strategic intentions of the young master of the fox clan. After all, judging from the comparison of the two sides' troop strength and individual combat capabilities, no matter how they fought, the human side would be the losing side.

"Humph, humans are cunning, don't you idiots understand? Attack, do you think you can outrun those four-legged horses? Go chase the dust! In addition, I'm telling you, you brainless idiot, we are not here to fight or occupy territory this time. We have only one goal, which is to delay human reinforcements to the Anderel area and prevent our main force from blocking the Anderel Canyon from being destroyed. On this basis, I have to ensure that the troops do not suffer abnormal losses. Then, find a city to defend for a few days, which is one of the best ways for us to delay humans." The young master of the fox tribe explained impatiently to the impulsive orcs of other races. As he spoke, he waved his hand and called over a person who looked like a human officer.

"Tell me, what kind of army is that? Who is their commander? Why have I never heard of such a group of horse archers equipped with metal armor in the East Continent?" The young master of the fox tribe frowned and asked the human captive. The young master of the fox tribe had an ominous premonition in his heart about the army in front of him. Although the enemy was a thousand meters away from him, even the bear tribe grenadiers with the longest attack range in his army could not attack such a long distance, let alone ordinary human archers. But he could still feel the threat posed by those bows and arrows to him.

"Master... Master... I don't know who they are. I... I have never seen such a force. But... But their flags... indicate that they are directly under the Kingdom of Yan... And they are... The temple guards..."

“Temple Guard? ******, this world is really funny! The God of Magic actually uses ordinary humans as guards? Are all the magicians of the Kingdom of Yan dead? Hahaha... Someone, bring tens of thousands of human civilians up and tie them to the city walls to use as shields. I want them to see how their God of Magic protects them, hahaha..." Laughing wildly, the young master of the fox clan issued an order that he considered extremely despicable.

"Damn, you little fox are so insidious... You actually use such a shameless method... Damn, he is almost losing face for the Beast Tribe... Damn, aren't there just tens of thousands of humans? Why not just chop them all down?" Looking at the changes on the city wall, those more reckless Beast Tribes have begun to complain. After all, the Beast Tribe has always been known for its bravery, but in this generation of Beast King, a fox who is famous for his insidiousness and cunning was elected. This has to be called an extremely absurd change.

After hearing what the other orcs said, the young master of the fox tribe did not take it seriously at all. He just cursed them as idiots in his heart, and then turned his attention to the outside of the city wall.

To be honest, the young master of the fox tribe is not worried about anything now. Since he is the second batch of beastmen to enter the human territory, although he knows the reputation of the magic cannon, he only has a vague understanding of the threat level of the magic cannon because all the magic cannons were destroyed by the magicians of the Kingdom of Yan in the battle of the Valley of the Descendants. In his mind, the idea now is to wait for the opponent's magic cannon troops to arrive, and take the opportunity to attack the opponent's magic cannon while the opponent is setting up the attack position. And this idea is actually largely a tactic he set according to the characteristics of the magic crystal cannon, but in fact...

"Report, the human army's magic artillery has set up an attack position 1,700 meters outside the city gate due south. In addition, there are several human cavalry wandering outside the city gates throughout the city, but their goals are unknown..."

"Damn it, it looks like a surprise attack to annihilate them is impossible... I didn't expect humans to be so smart, knowing how to guard my other city gates to prevent my troops from attacking them... Don't worry about them, they can't threaten us anyway. Also, notify the lion warriors, as soon as the enemy's artillery bombardment begins, immediately launch an attack on the enemy's magic cannon troops..." The fox tribe's young master was giving orders while thinking in his mind, 'Let's see how you, those idiots, retreat? It is said that those magic cannons are all made of iron, I wonder how you can load them onto the truck after you take them down!'

"Young Master, can they really fire artillery? There are over 100,000 humans tied up here, could it be..." Just as the young master of the fox clan had given orders and was leisurely waiting for the battle to start, one of his subordinates stood up in confusion, and stood in front of the young master of the fox clan while speaking. However, when the subordinate was halfway through his words, his whole body suddenly broke into pieces like a shattered icicle. . . Then, an arrow pierced the young master of the fox clan's upper abdomen like a ghost. . . . . .

"Ah! What's going on? What's going on? Damn it, come and help me... Help me... Damn it, it hurts so much..." In an instant, a living person was torn into pieces in front of him, and there was not even a drop of blood on the ground. Such a scene really scared the young master of the fox clan, who rarely went to the battlefield to make a living, and almost lost his soul. It was not until a long time later, when he sat on the ground, that he realized the long arrow in his abdomen. (To be continued)