Qin Che decided to join army after living for a while in Lion town . He practiced horse riding, archery and martial arts during his time in Lion town .
It didn’t take long for Qin Che to show much better talent than his peers . It was not just about martial arts but commanding abilities, strategies and tactics where his abilities far better than his peers .
Qin Che had taken strong interest towards the ballistas, catapults, Demolishers and Glaive Throwers used by Xiao Yu . Moreover, Xiao Yu had asked Captain Hui and Mu Lee to focus on training and nurturing Qin Che to become a good commander in the future .
Captain Hui and Mu Lee were aware that there were not much talented people in the Lion town . Moreover, Qin Che was from noble origin so they accepted to nurture him because of his identity . In addition, Qin Che was a sensible and far-sighted kid . He showed respect to his elders as he was humble and courteous in his dealings with them . He was hard-working and smart which was good qualities for an apprentice .
Xiao Yu would talk about theories and strategies with Qin Che . He would instill and spread ideas from the hot weapon era to Qin Che to broaden his horizons . Qin Che lived up to Xiao Yu’s expectations as he was a fast learner . Moreover, Qin Che had his own insights towards the application of those ideas into real life situations . As Qin Che was just 11 years old Xiao Yu didn’t want him to be a soldier but learn the ways of the army .
Xiao Yu let him command the ballistas, Glaive Throwers, Demolishers and other long-range weapons . … …
Qin Che had a keen sense regarding the battle formations . He made sure that the long-range weapons were adjusted towards the central part of the bandit groups that charged on .
He didn’t choose the front of the formation but center so the attack from the Demolishers and ballistas cut the formation into half . The bandits in the front still rushed forward but the ones behind them were cut off . This made sure that the bandits in the front would completely die because they didn’t have backing coming after them .
Sure enough, the bandits that rushed to the town walls were shot by the archers . The troops that were rushing behind them were unable to keep up with them and a gap was formed which took the pressure from the siege for some time . Xiao Yu nodded as he was aware that Qin Che was displaying extraordinary talent and vision .
The bandits shouted aloud as they set the ladders as they began to climb the walls . There were bandits that were pushing the battering rams to attack the gates .
Lion town’s defense in terms of long-range attacks was very powerful . The elf archers shooted rapidly and with high precision while riflemen kept shooting . The catapults, ballistas, Demolishers, Glaive Throwers were giving fatal blows to the enemies .
By the time the bandits had reached walls they had lost more than thousand people . However, it wasn’t of concern to them . The tactic implemented by the bandits was sea wave attack .
Even though Subaru was a highly-qualified he didn’t have time or intention to train the bandits into organized troops . His purpose wasn’t to capture Lion town so early to begin with . So he just let the bandits attack in waves to consume the strength of enemy bandit leaders and weaken Xiao Yu .
Actually, Subaru thought that Xiao Yu would let him down if Lion town fell in first stage of his plan . In that case, he wouldn’t have excuse to integrate the bandit groups into one large group .
The last time when Carrie attacked the density of the charging soldiers wasn’t so big even though he had used 20,000 soldiers .
In comparison, 10,000 bandits had rushed forward . Even the soldiers that were on the walls were frightened at sight . Nevertheless, Xiao Yu’s troops weren’t as few as back when he battled with Carrie so he didn’t fear the attack of 10,000 bandits at once .
Countless ladders were put up as the bandits tried to climb up . There would be enough compensation if even everyone died so the bandit leaders didn’t care much as they had half of their troops left in Eagle camp .
The soldiers on the walls grasped their weapons to attack the bandits that were climbing up .
Xiao Yu was planning to use the newly recruited soldiers as first defense line because he wanted them to be baptized in real war to become real warriors . He couldn’t always rely on summoned warriors for protection and defense as he needed to make sure that normal human soldiers were up to the job .
Moreover, the warriors summoned from the bases were too small in number . However, grunts and footmen were still behind the normal human soldiers . The elf archers, riflemen, demolishers, Glaive Throwers, ballistas were stationed on newly constructed higher platforms behind the town walls . The hunters were running back and forth for an opportunity to kill any enemy that was able to bypass the first defense line .
Xiao Yu had made some reforms to the town walls after several defensive battles . He had widened the walls by adding new constructions . It was made so that the walls could have more than 10,000 soldiers on them . Moreover, the height of the newly added constructions at the rear were much higher than front . It was effective for stationing long-range weapons there .
The archers were elite and their arrows never missed an enemy . Tyrande’s Trueshot Aura had increased their strength and accuracy . Right now, Tyrande’s arrows could pierce through a medium level armor without using any skills . Ordinary elf archers could penetrate the light armors while their arrows couldn’t pass through medium level armors .
Xiao Yu believed that each archer would be a small ballista after their levels increased some more .
Thrall had strengthened the orcs and grunts by using Strength of the Earth Totem and Stoneskin totem . Originally, the orcs and grunts were provided with second level armor and weapons which already increased their combat effectives . Thrall’s blessings had reached their strength into a terrifying level .
The orcs rescued from the colosseum were participating in the battle so the number of orcs under his control had reached 1,100 . The orcs were the best fighters on the continent and today they were going to show bandits why they were called so .
Grom was carrying his totem banner . He issued a roar that increase the morale of all the orcs .
The human warriors summoned from the base were 200 footmen and 500 heavy cavalry as well as 200 riflemen . However, Xiao Yu wouldn’t be able to use heavy cavalry today so he would rely on 200 riflemen and 200 footmen .
The footmen had reached level 3 after battles . Nevertheless, they weren’t good in attack in comparison to their defenses . Killing a footman was much harder than killing a grunt . The footmen used shields for absolute defense .
Each warrior type had its own characteristics . The footmen were known for their strong defense . Moreover, their armors were much perfect than armor of grunts which covered only few parts of their bodies . The footmen were wearing heavy armor but they were flexible . They slowed down when they used shields . Otherwise, their speed was not inferior to light infantry . It wasn’t just related to them but the armors produced by the base weren’t just strong but light too . The footmen who wore those armors felt as if the armors were their skin .
The riflemen had reached level 3 too . Their accuracy had improved but they weren’t as good as archers yet . Their main attack advantage lied in intensive shooting . In addition, Xiao Yu thought that their rifles had become more powerful after they reached level 3 . Their bullets could penetrate even heavy armors .
Uther had blessed the human troops in advance by using Blessing of the Might and Devotion Aura . It costed a great effort for Uther to bless all the 10,000 soldiers . Xiao Yu provided mana potions to Uther so that he was able to bless all the soldiers . The soldiers were much calmer after Uther’s blessings as the people of this world admired the strength of Light . A paladin within an army would always boost morale . The ordinary soldiers had their attack power increased by almost 60% after the blessings .
It wouldn’t be much if only one or two soldiers were blessed . But it was terrifying to see 10,000 soldiers have their strength increased by 60% .
It was the sole reason why Xiao Yu chose to summon Uther and Thrall before other heroes .
“Kill!” Soldier slashed down his sword as it cut the head of the bandit in half . The body of the bandit fell down from the top of the wall .
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