Just as he pondered how to escape from the encirclement of these werewolf warriors, Zhao E, who had been observing the situation, quickly waved his bronze long sword, directing his sword and shield troops to charge in to support Lu Jang.
In this chaotic battlefield, Zho Yi's timely support was undoubtedly crucial.
The passive skill calm under pressure made him even more composed and quickwitted in such situations.
In a blink of an eye, the sword and shield troops of both humans and weirwolves engaged in their first round of clashes.
Chapter 346.
Capitalizing on strengths and avoiding weaknesses, the knife and shield soldiers from both sides clashed instantly and in just one face off.
Zhao ES knife and shield unit felt as if they might be overwhelmed by the enemy at any moment.
Even Zhao E, who had been mentally prepared, couldn't help but be surprised at this moment.
He quickly changed his own units formation strategy, calling for stability.
Form a shield wall, pay attention to mutual cover, and advance collectively.
As Zhao e commanded the battle, the pressure on him increased dramatically.
He wasn't as capable as General Lu Jang in previous battles.
He had managed to handle a null, but these werewolf warriors were clearly more formidable.
Not to mention, their weapons and armor were certainly superior to those nles, making him difficult to deal with.
General Lu Jang, how are you? Can you still fight? The situation was dire, and he undoubtedly needed Lu Jenangs combat strength.
Give me a moment.
After several rounds of clashes and a bout against the enemy general Liku, the mental and physical exhaustion was evident.
Lu Jang retreating to his own formation appeared somewhat out of breath.
Clearly needing a brief respit.
Realizing this, Zhaoi quickly reassured him, "It's okay, General Lu Jang.
You rest first.
We can still hold the situation here.
" While this was true, Zhaoi felt anything but optimistic.
His mind raced as he assessed the situation.
These monsters were strong.
Each one was generally more powerful than their soldiers.
If he had to identify their weaknesses based on his current observations, there seemed to be three.
The first weakness was numbers.
While these monsters were individually strong, their total numbers were fewer than their own.
The four stonethrowing elephant men and roughly 300 Minotaur infantry were not worth mentioning, and even the most numerous null spear soldiers numbered only around 7 to 800.
Clearly, they were outnumbered by the humans.
The second weakness was equipment.
Apart from the seemingly elite werewolf warriors, the NLES wore almost no armor, and their spears looked quite shabby and of poor quality, utterly incomparable to the standard military equipment of their civilization.
If one were to rate the equipment of these nles, it would be on par with the peasant soldiers of the former great kingdom.
The third weakness was coordination.
From the monsters offensive, there was not much teamwork to speak of.
Although they maintained some formation, their approach was mostly just a disorganized charge.
Such a lack of coordination would have led to a human unit being easily overwhelmed.
But due to their exceptional individual strength, these monsters managed to suppress Yi's well-trained regular army.
Considering these three weaknesses, Zhao Ei believed that two well-coordinated soldiers should be able to take down a poorly equipped null.
But to take on a werewolf warrior, they would need at least four times that number.
To be honest, even if all the archers and stonethrowers in Iron Wall City switched to melee weapons to join the fight, they wouldn't reach that number.
Thus, they could only consider the combination of troop types and formations.
At that moment, as the commander of Iron Wall City, Xiaoan was evidently also considering this point.
He quickly spoke as he scanned the entire battlefield.
Janglu, take 400 Halbert soldiers to support Zhao E, your subordinate abase in a chaotic battlefield.
Vice General Jeanglu responded and shouted, "Halbert soldiers, teams one to four, follow me.
" As Jeanglu moved with the 400 Halbert soldiers, Xiaoan also hurriedly commanded the frontline shield and spear soldiers to advance, forcibly suppressing the null troops to provide cover for Jeanglu.
The timely arrival of the 400 Halbert soldiers was a significant help for Zhao E.
Both groups had regularly trained together and had even participated in the previous battle of White Horse City.
Their coordination was seamless, allowing the knife and shield soldiers to take a defensive stance while the Halbird soldiers took the offensive.
The combination of their two troop types raised their combat effectiveness significantly.
And with a slight numerical advantage, they finally stabilized the previously one-sided situation.
Zhao E, do you need me to do anything? After a while, Lu Jang, having caught his breath, looked at Zhao E with a questioning gaze.
Lu Jang had always been clear about his role.
He was responsible for charging into battle.
While Xiao Pan and Zhao, he commanded the operations.
General Lu Jang, you continue to adjust your state and wait for our signal.
As Zoe spoke, he glanced at Xiao Pan's direction.
The two quickly exchanged glances, instantly understanding each other's thoughts.
If the tacid understanding between Lu Jang and Xiao Pan stem from their years of friendship, then the understanding between Zhao E and Xiao Pan arose from their shared intelligent ideas.
All units form up for a strong assault with the combination of spear and shield tactical approach.
Facing a stronger orc army, there was essentially no hope for a breakout.
If they continued to stalemate, defeat would be inevitable.
Thus, Ziaoan decisively changed tactics.
Planning to force a breakout at the instant the words strong assault formation were spoken, the soldiers, who had practiced this countless times during training felt little panic.
What was there to fear when they were already facing monsters that weren't even human? The frontline shield soldiers, after bravely crashing into a wave of charging nles with their large shields, actually withdrew voluntarily.
The NLES, caught off guard by this human maneuver, didn't seem to think too much and continued their charge.
The rear spear soldiers mercilessly set up their spear formations to counterattack.
This was just the beginning.
As the first row of spear soldiers formed their line, the second row unfalteringly rested their spears on the shoulders of the first row, continuing this way down the line.
As the entire failanks formed, the densely packed and sharp spears made the formation resemble an aggressive porcupine.
At this moment, if we Yu and Jia, the opposing general, were a modern person with some military knowledge, he might recognize that the formation Xiao Pan had deployed was the Macedonian failank, a once glorious formation in human history.
Famously dubbed invincible under the command of Alexander the Great.
Chapter 347, Breakout, the Macedonian failank, a once glorious formation, was even dubbed invincible at its peak.
However, to someone like Lu G, this claim seemed a bit exaggerated.
There were indeed weaknesses, and he could easily list several.
To avoid being too tedious, let's just mention the two most obvious weaknesses.
The first weakness was flexibility.
The length of the spears used by spear soldiers was enough to render them incapable of being flexible and the need to arrange the Macedonian failanks in rows made their flexibility quite poor making them difficult to respond to unexpected sudden attacks.
The second weakness comes from their formation itself.
This formation is both an advantage and a disadvantage.
The dense failance leaves little room for movement for each soldier within it.
If a soldier in the failank makes a mistake, it could easily drag down many others.
This raises the demands on both the soldiers and the terrain.
Moreover, in such a dense formation, imagine if two waves of arrows were to rain down from above.
The ranged units would definitely enjoy it.
Unfortunately, it seems that Li Yuia does not have this common sense.
But even if he did, such an obvious weakness would not go unnoticed by Xiaoan.
The large shield soldiers that had retreated earlier had long since secured the flanks and rear of the entire formation, specifically guarding against various ambushes.
Faced with the dense and sharp spears, even the goblins, who had been exceptionally brave just a moment ago, could not help but feel a sense of panic.
The retreat of the goblin forces inevitably put some pressure on the euia.
But against such a failance of spearmen, it was indeed difficult to withstand without shield support.
At this moment, it was not the time to feel pained over his elite troops.
Thinking of this, Li Yuan decisively dispatched some werewolf warriors to counter the advance of Ziaoan's main forces.
However, at that moment, Zhao E, who had been watching the situation closely, also seized the opportunity, charge with a command.
The long silent army revealed its ferocious fangs.
At this moment, Lu Jang, who had rested enough, waved his spring and autumn broadsword and led the charge once again.
With a five-star fierce general leading the way, a few werewolf warriors were hardly a threat.
As the spring and autumn broadsword swung, the fierce combat power of a top tier general erupted completely.