Chapter 417 - 165: Elites and Rabble

Chapter 417: Chapter 165: Elites and Rabble

Fortunately, this annoyance did not last long.

The human carriages, which had been plowing through the goblin ranks, were finally forced to a halt by the mounting piles of goblin corpses.

"Drag those humans down!"

"Get them! The Chieftain said there’s a huge reward for killing a human!"

Seeing the human carriages finally forced to a stop, the Goblin Warriors, full of pent-up frustration, clamored and charged toward them.

But soon, the goblins would discover that things were not quite as they had imagined.

When the carriages stopped, countless goblins charged forward.

However, this group of humans was not scattered. Instead, they gathered together, using the tactical advantage provided by the carriages to continuously attack the goblins below.

Any goblin that rushed forward was immediately cut down by swords.

Occasionally, a few lucky goblins managed to get close to the humans, but their wooden clubs couldn’t break through the human Soldiers’ armor at all.

After all, Robson had scored a ton of good stuff from the Royal Capital!

For now, there was no corruption to speak of within Affleck, so all the weapons went directly into the Soldiers’ hands.

For a moment, the goblins, who outnumbered the humans several times over, couldn’t advance even an inch!

This scene wasn’t just happening with the first regiment.

In fact, the entire battlefield was a similarly bizarre scene.

The Beastmen clearly outnumbered the humans by several, or even tens of times, and had even completely surrounded them, yet they were somehow unable to inflict any substantial damage!

But there was nothing to be done. The disparity between the two sides was simply too great—not just in equipment, but also in the quality of their troops...

Chief Liete, who had fled to the city walls, felt his vision go dark as he watched this scene unfold.

’Even if they are just goblins and the humans are elite soldiers, for one thousand to hold off tens of thousands... this is just too absurd, isn’t it?’

’If the rest of the human Soldiers are this good, what’s the point of fighting?’

If not for the Royal Court keeping a close watch, Chief Liete would have already abandoned the city and fled.

"Chieftain! Look, over there!"

Alerted, Chief Liete gazed into the distance.

"So fast! Is that the enemy’s rear army?!"

The chaotic battle had been raging for nearly half an hour, and the sky had grown completely dark. Fortunately, the moon was bright and the stars were few. Relying on his Extraordinary power, Chief Liete could still barely make out the situation ahead.

He saw that in the direction from which the humans had first charged, another cloud of dust had been kicked up at some unknown point.

This new force was on a completely different scale from the previous human army—at least several times larger.

The battlefield had now reached a complete stalemate. Unless he dispatched all the Centaurs from within the city, he wouldn’t be able to push back this human vanguard.

But now that the human reinforcements had also arrived on the battlefield, it would be futile even if he sent out the Centaurs.

Chief Liete’s heart was filled with a mix of complex emotions.

He had learned of the combat prowess of this group of humans from Prince Odoruo before. He knew he would probably lose, but he never expected to lose so miserably.

"Chieftain! What should we do now?"

A tribal leader at his side asked in a strained voice.

Chief Liete saw no other choice and could only sigh.

"Have the Centaurs outside retreat back immediately to defend the city," Chief Liete said.

There was no other way. It was time to cut his losses.

It wasn’t that Chief Liete didn’t want to bring the goblins outside into the city as well, but how could it possibly hold tens of thousands of them? Even if it could, the food supplies within the city wouldn’t be enough for them to squander.

They were about to enter a siege. There would be many days of scrimping on food and supplies ahead.

....

"Sir!"

Robson was observing the battlefield from a small hill when a familiar voice came from behind him.

Robson turned to see Bo Yang, along with the group of people Robson had brought back from the Western Front.

"Take your troops to the eastern and western flanks now and press our advantage. The main force will consist of my new recruits. Move without delay!" Robson commanded.

The battlefield had reached a stalemate. All it needed was a fresh force to enter the fray and deliver the final blow.

Moreover, the Soldiers under Robson’s command had not yet experienced a real war.

This horde of goblins before them was the perfect training ground!

With the help of the Mount & Blade panel, as long as they underwent the baptism of this battle, the rate of Tier 3 promotions would immediately increase, and Tier 4 Soldiers would also begin to emerge.

In the future, when fighting on the Beastman Grassland, the battles would be between tens of thousands of elites. No matter how powerful his three thousand men were, they wouldn’t be able to make much of a difference.

Robson even wanted to pull back the first and second regiments. After all, for them, fighting against goblin rabble no longer had any significant training effect.

"As you command!"

...

After receiving his orders, Baron Boyang withdrew with the other nobles and immediately began to command the army.

Of course, there were no carriages this time. The carriage craftsmen and Mages of the Gauss Clan weren’t slaves, and even if they were, it would be impossible to rush-produce enough carriages for the entire army in just one month.

However, this did not dampen anyone’s spirits.

Bo Yang placed his own and the other nobles’ veterans in the front rank, then gave the order to charge.

"For the Lord of Dawn! Charge!"

Bo Yang halted his horse. With a roar, he charged forward on foot, leading from the very front.

"Human reinforcements! Quick! The human reinforcements are charging!"

"Where are our reinforcements? What about the Centaurs?"

The human Soldiers were divided into two groups of twenty-five hundred men each, their battle cries echoing everywhere.

It was hard for the goblins to ignore!

"Hold on! Reinforcements will be here soon!"

A goblin leader, ignorant of the real situation, tried in vain to stabilize his troops’ morale by spreading false rumors.

"The reinforcements are here!"

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

On the human side, Non-commissioned Officers who saw the movement of their comrades in the distance also shouted.

Soon, the goblins discovered with terror that the reason these humans had been pinned down on their carriages wasn’t because the goblins were so powerful, but because the humans had chosen to stay there!

Receiving the order to counterattack, the human Soldiers quickly charged down from the carriages. The goblins surrounding the carriages were completely unable to resist!

Relying on their superior equipment, this group of humans actually pushed them back!

"Th-this! These are steel monsters!"

"Where are the reinforcements? Why haven’t the reinforcements arrived yet?"

"The humans from the rear are charging!"

Bo Yang did not choose to attack from the front. Before they had even set out, Robson had instructed him that while leading this army, he was to ensure the Soldiers killed as many enemies as possible, all while keeping their own losses to a minimum.

In the current battle, the goblins had concentrated the bulk of their forces on the first regiment. The best place to attack, therefore, was their weak flank.

"Charge! Victory belongs to the Lord of Dawn!"

"Victory belongs to Affleck!"

Sure enough, it was just as Bo Yang had predicted.

The goblins had no defenses on their flank. When the human Soldiers charged in, it was a one-sided slaughter.

"The reinforcements are gone! Run!"

Finally, some goblins could no longer bear the pressure and began to flee to the rear.