Chapter 610, The Battle of the Blood Pine Forest
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"Odo! Are you trying to provoke a civil war?!" Outside the blood pine forest, the two armies began to confront each other. The face of the great alchemist Gelt was hidden behind the metal mask, and his expression could not be seen. But there is no doubt that there is a touch of anger in his voice: "Can you take this responsibility?"
"I didn't start a civil war." Odo, the Supreme Dean of Guangming Academy, also said seriously: "I told you, Gelt, you are not allowed to pass here. If you want to force it, then I can only say sorry."
The two imperial armies confronted each other, the ammunition was loaded and the artillery was loaded. At this time, the army led by Gelt was already exhausted after the expedition, but a series of victories boosted their morale. , equipped with elite equipment and divine blessings from the Church of Justice, but they seem to lack confidence. It is difficult for these troops to accept that they have to wave their weapons at their compatriots, which makes their morale a little weak.
In this way, the two sides appear evenly matched.
"Whose order are you following?" Gelt looked at the imperial army blocking the road, the great alchemist clenched the golden staff in his hand, and his words were sharp: "I don't believe His Majesty the Emperor would issue such an order! We are all fellow human beings, even members of the Rickland army, you are telling us to kill each other!"
"As I said, I did not start a civil war." Odo repeated this sentence: "I am only responsible for stationing here, not allowing anyone or anything other than people to pass through! Gelt, you and yours People are not allowed to pass through here, if you want to go back to Brunswick, you can, please take a detour with your people, take the Drakewald forest or detour through Steele Land and Ivy Land!"
The metal glove of the great alchemist clenched his golden staff tightly. Odo's plan was not without viciousness. If Gelt detoured, he would definitely miss the match of the royal chief wizard. If he did not choose to detour, he would definitely miss the match. If there is a conflict with Odo, Odo can take the opportunity to put the charge of starting a war on him, and the great alchemist will become the sinner who provoked the civil war.
So the question is, how on earth did Otto know that he would go this way? He is a bright wizard, so he gathered so many troops?
At this time, the armies of both sides were already at war, and Odo's army had occupied a powerful terrain ahead of time. Gelt immediately judged that if he attacked by force, even with the help of the godly family, it would be a hard battle.
Thinking of this, Gelt continued to ask loudly: "I'm asking you something! Otto! Tell me, who ordered you to do this, who made you do this? What right do you have to stop an imperial beast?" Team, stop the great alchemist of the empire?!"
"That's right! Who is it? Who deceived our Emperor?"
"We fought bloody battles on the front line, how much we paid to defend the empire, but we couldn't return home, why?!"
"What are you people doing?!"
The troops under Gelt cursed loudly, the soldiers of the empire fought for thousands of miles, throwing their heads and shedding blood. After making countless military exploits, he finally managed to come back alive, but was blocked in the blood pine forest and was not allowed to go home. Not only was he not rewarded, he could not even go home. Is this how the empire treats soldiers who fight for the country?
From loss, to sadness, to grief, and finally, outright anger.
The imperial army under Odo's command looked ashamed, they were a little shaken, the supreme dean of Guangming College couldn't sit still, he had to say loudly: "This is the decree of Archbishop Vicmar, recently, in the blood pine forest The Goblin and Beastman tribes are active, and the empire is at a critical moment, so this road is temporarily closed!"
"The Archbishop is dealing with the Greenskins and Chaos, not us!" An empire captain shouted loudly, and his words aroused the soldiers' response: "Why stop us?"
"why?!"
"Because you have come into contact with chaos!" Regarding this,
Odo had already thought up his words, and the Supreme Headmaster of Light said solemnly: "I don't doubt your loyalty! But everyone knows how terrible Chaos is. It's great that you went to Kislev to fight Chaos this time, but who knows? Can you guarantee that none of you are corrupted? So I can't let you pass, at least not now!"
It turns out that Guangming Academy has the support of Vikma.
The great alchemist thought about it for a while and then he understood that no matter how wise Gelt was, he felt powerless against Otto who had the support of the entire Justice Church, so he could only choose to fight.
Odo was a formidable competitor and a capable mage, and Gelt knew that he and his army would be better off attacking before luring Odo and his army out of their defensive positions and turning on the attack. In order to defend, there is hope of victory. At the same time, Gelt knows that he must be careful, because Odo must have more preparations. No one knows what conspiracy is hidden under his white robe.
"Soldiers, soldiers of the empire!" Gelt finally decided to speak, and he shouted loudly towards his soldiers: "I think you all know why Odo stopped us here!"
"Understood! Understood!" The army under Gelt's command broke out with passionate fighting spirit. They raised their weapons and roared loudly: "We know!"
"If Otto thinks he can take what is mine, he is very mistaken!"
"I, Balthazar-Gert, am the best candidate for the chief wizard of the Imperial Royal Family! I am the one who should raise the wand of Volan!"
"The wind of devotion will blow and destroy all enemies who dare to stand in my way! Now is the era of our Golden Academy, and I will eliminate all obstacles. Anyone who dares to stand in my way will see his armor into cast lead, weapons into molten iron, and bones into gold!"
"Everyone, please fight! Please bring me the victory! The empire needs my strength, and I am the strongest one, not some stupid flame wizard or a boring light wizard!"
"For the benefit of the empire, I must become the supreme magic leader of this land, Odo, a fool, can't stop me!"
"For the emperor, for the holy Terra!" Gelt raised his staff high in the sky, his voice echoed in the blood pine forest, and then, a golden light curtain enveloped his army, and the armor of the soldiers began to change. Get extremely hard.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Gelt's army responded loudly, and then their respective armies began to line up.
Gelt first placed three battalions of Musketeers in the first row, the Halberdiers in the second row, a battalion of Crossbowmen in the third row, and thousands of spearmen and sword and shield soldiers on the two wings. , two teams of imperial knights and two teams of great swordsmen are hiding in the rear. At the same time, large groups of cannons and more advanced war machines are ready. In addition, Gelt also has two teams of pioneer knights with grenade launchers , This is one of the important reasons for his alliance with Nuer.
As the first shells of the Hellstorm bazooka blast into the sky, a human civil war erupts.
First, the artillery from the two sides began to bombard each other. Odo tried his best to get two artillery from the imperial army and the church. Twenty cannons were fired together. The scene was so spectacular that Gelt immediately ordered the army to Spread out and dodge the artillery.
But this is not enough.
Gelt's army is equipped with the most advanced Hellstorm rocket launchers and Hellstorm rapid-fire guns in the empire, and there are more than 30 guns, which does not include a large number of cannons. As the army opened fire, pieces of Hellstorm rockets It rose into the sky, and then fell directly towards Odo's army, with the sound of explosions one after another. Compared with the heavy cannon under Odo's command, Gelt's firepower is more powerful. His accomplishments are beyond Odo's comprehension. On this expedition, he brought the latest war machines manufactured by the Nuer Military Factory and the Brunswick Military Factory.
First of all, in the confrontation of artillery, Odo was weaker. Compared with the power of War Machine, Gelt also possessed stronger magic.
"A mere flame, how can it compare to molten metal!" As Gelt chanted aloud, hundreds of molten metal fell from the sky, blowing up Odo's artillery position, causing heavy casualties. The entire artillery position went silent for a while, And when Odo tried to release the Light of Exile, he immediately found that the distance was too far away, and his magic could not have a longer range than the artillery!
"Damn it, pass my order, the whole army advances!" Gelt's plan worked, and under the suppressed firepower, Odo had no choice but to bite the bullet and order the whole army to advance: "Attack!"
Odo's army began to take the initiative to attack: "Forward! For the Empire, for Charlemagne, for Karl Franz!"
"In the name of the emperor, open fire!" Gelt also issued an order. Four battalions of musketeers and one battalion of crossbowmen opened fire immediately under the cover of halberd soldiers. Suddenly, thunderous noises came from the entire blood pine forest. Hundreds of muskets spit out white smoke from the muzzles of the black hole, and the dense barrage flooded the soldiers of Odo's army who were rushing forward. Hundreds of human soldiers fell down on the spot. The rest of the soldiers barely moved forward with their shields held up.
"Fire! Fire!" The vanguard cavalry armed with grenade launchers fired together, drowning the charging enemies in the grenade, and the Musketeers retreated immediately after an attack.
"Activate!" The Hell Blast Gun was activated. This notorious weapon spewed out a series of tongues of fire, and even the air seemed to start to tremble. The bullets pierced the flesh, and the flames shattered the body. Facing such terrible firepower, Odo's army fell one after another. Odo's army began to lose morale under the heavy firepower of Gelt.
And the two wizard leaders felt the pain almost at the same time, the human civil war is not what they want to see, and it is not common for human armies to conquer each other. Just imagine the tight array of spears, the knights riding horses, the flags waving and the drums beating, but it is not against the greenskins, the beastmen or the evil enemies of the north. After the fight, the people who fall are the people of the empire itself! This is really unbelievable, Gelt's hand holding the reins of his Pegasus Swift Silver trembled slightly, and Odo's face was ugly seeing his army fell down in pieces under the power of muskets.
Yet none of them had a reason to stop.
After paying a lot of casualties, Odo's army finally started hand-to-hand combat with Gelt's army. Because the distance was too close, the musketeers had to stop firing, otherwise they would hurt their own people. Underneath, the soldiers of the Bright Supreme Master survived the relentless and frenzied shooting and finally tangled with the enemy.
"Faye's Light of Sanctuary!"
"Light of Conquest!"
Otto finally made a move. The supreme principal of the Guangming Academy successively cast two full-range enhanced light spells to envelop the imperial army charging at the front, protecting them from harm in hand-to-hand combat. Surging, the second spell calmed the somewhat unstable morale of his own army, and the energy of glory enveloped them, and the soldiers with high morale rushed into the Gelt and arranged them among the strongest halberds and spearmen, and sent them Hit steadily back.
"Sparkling Robe!" Gelt was not to be outdone, the great alchemist chanted the spell, the golden wind of piety surrounded his body, and the golden staff was raised high in the sky. In an instant, the Gelt army was at the forefront The more than 2,000 halberd soldiers and spearmen can feel that golden scales have appeared all over their bodies. The vulgar golden light protects those brave soldiers, which makes them retreat and linger. Under the double protection Next, the infantry on both sides fought together.
The metal magic released by Sanctuary-level Gelt is not comparable to that of Odo, who is at the peak of the legend. After achieving some small results in succession, Odo began to feel uneasy. He watched his soldiers slowly but relentlessly. Undoubtedly gradually driven out of their defenses by Gelt's soldiers, Gelt's spells allowed his soldiers to achieve almost impenetrable defenses, and ordinary weapons could not penetrate those reinforced armors. and epidermis.
Odo could only order immediately to let the cavalry under his command begin to charge. He took it for granted that Gelt hid the cavalry behind the army formation because Gelt lacked enough cavalry to confront his cavalry head-on. The cavalry clashed, so after the infantry had entangled Gelt's infantry phalanx, Odo's cavalry also launched a charge.
At this time, the exhaustion of Gelt's army after the expedition was obvious. The exhausted infantry quickly retreated under the onslaught, and Odo won precious time to regroup the already fragmented formation and poor morale. .
It seemed that the balance of victory was tilted towards the Supreme Dean of Guangming again. Odo ordered his soldiers to advance, and the cavalry supported them on both wings. At the same time, Odo immediately raised his hands towards the depths of the blood pine forest.
"Hoo!" A shining ball of light rose from the top of the staff into the sky, and exploded from a high place!
In the depths of the forest, a mercenary appeared, planning to directly attack Gelt's army formation from the side!
"Sure enough!" Gelt was very calm about this, the great alchemist had already thought that Otto must have a backhand, exactly the same, Gelt's golden staff was also held high in the sky, a more dazzling golden light Light up the sky.
"Lead Alchemy!"
The thousands of infantry and cavalry of the Odo army who were fighting hand-to-hand were terrified to find that their weapons had all turned into heavy lead and soil, and their weapons became cumbersome. The frontline soldiers were defeated almost instantly.
Immediately afterwards, Gelt signaled the artillerymen to release red flares.
As the flare exploded above the sky, just behind Otto's right, a brand new army appeared.
"By His Majesty's will!" The strong man in the sanctuary, Ivan Ferdinand, the Duke of Griffin, rode the Great Griffin Beast Calamity, and led the Griffin Knights to charge out of the blood pine forest!
They were flying along the path in the forest. Four hundred and a half griffin knights were the backbone, and there were hundreds of knights on both wings. Several of them were riding griffins. The real griffin knights formed arrows and surged from the forest!
With a shout full of contempt, Ivan led the army into the back of Odo's army, tearing Odo's entire army to pieces!
"What?" Odor pulled the rein, he could hardly believe it.
When did Gelt get involved with Ivan the Griffin Duke?
There was no time for him to think about it.
"Odo, the Supreme Dean of Guangming Academy, immediately dismounted and surrendered!"
"Otherwise, shoot and kill!"