Chapter 565: The Decisive Battle! Initial Victory! (1/2)
Chapter 565: The Decisive Battle! Initial Victory!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Raise shields!”
”Raise shields!”
”Raise shields!”
……
The officers of the Whitestone Corps began to holler out their orders, but it was too late.
Boom!
Just as one of these Whitestone Corps officers was yelling his orders, the air shrieked as a massive axe spun through the air and cleaved into his skull.
”Kiiiill!”
War cries rose up from all around. The shield soldiers at the front lines of the Annan Protectorate army had already retreated, but at this moment, countless axe soldiers suddenly appeared and began to charge.
Massive axes glimmered with a somber light that could cause anyone to widen their eyes in shock.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The flying axes howled through the air like drops of rain as they hacked into the ranks of the Whitestone Corps. Bang! Bang! Bang! Countless Whitestone Corps soldiers dropped to the ground like felled trees, their bodies thudding into pools of blood.
”Hold! Hold! Hold…”
The Whitestone Corps commanders in the rear urgently and frenziedly cried out. The Annan Protectorate army soldiers pressing in from their left and right weren't numerous. At the very least, the Whitestone Corps far outnumbered them.
As long as they could resist the frenzied assault of the Annan Protectorate army, the situation could still be altered.
”It's too late!”
On the summit, Wang Chong revealed a sliver of a cold smile as he watched on.
The armies of this era were still focused on advantages in numbers, knowing nothing about the true art of battle. No matter what army they belonged to or how powerful they were, as long as one soldier saw another charging, they would charge as well. At that point, the army was no better than a mob.
They were simply no match for their well-trained opponents who were retreating and attacking as a cohesive unit.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
That brief victory on the battlefield quickly transformed into a one-sided slaughter. Thousands of soldiers from the Annan Protectorate army charging down from the summit were running right over the Whitestone Corps.
In a short time, this test had become a complete reversal.
”Retreat!”
”Withdraaaw!”
At the base of the mountain, the Whitestone Corps Commander Duan Wuzong's face had twisted into a nasty grimace. He was the one who had trained the Whitestone Corps, but not even he had imagined the battle to turn out like this.
”Pass on my order to immediately commit the reserve soldiers!” Duan Wuzong roared in rage.
But before Duan Wuzong could apply his reserve soldiers, right when the Great Tang soldiers had reached the base of the mountain, the pursuit suddenly stopped.
The thousands of soldiers suddenly came to a complete halt, as if there was some invisible line there.
All the soldiers acted uniformly as if they were part of a single person.
The spearmen and axemen retreated to the rear while the shield soldiers halted their retreat and reassumed their places on the front line.
Clangclangclangclang!
Once more, metal shields taller than a man gleamed with cold light as they were erected like walls at the base of the mountain. With shield soldiers in front and spearmen in the back, the battlefield had returned to its former state, as if nothing had happened.
Other than the corpse-covered ground, there was no proof that any battle had taken place!
Silence!
Absolute silence!