novelraw Chapter 455 - 208: Blood and Flesh Mountains and Rivers
Chapter 455 - 208: Blood and Flesh Mountains and Rivers
What does the concept of millions of Green Skins even mean?
If such a scale of the Green Tide appeared, don’t mention just the Golden Pansy Domain of the Explorer Territory, even the entire Dragonbone Plain would be submerged by it.
Count Frans only has two infantry divisions and one cavalry division in his hand, not enough to muster a three hundred thousand army even with all the Knight Orders.
But three hundred thousand troops would only be one-tenth of the Green Skins. If led by a Green-skinned Heroic Commander, they would easily crush this three hundred thousand army.
Then, all human, dwarf, elf, undead, and underground city forces on the Dragonbone Plain would be engulfed by the millions of Green Skins like a tide, then burned to ashes.
It’s fair to say that to crush this scale of Green Skins, you’d need the allied forces of at least several Earldoms, or a Duke personally leading a massive human main force to face them.
Even then, it would likely result in rivers of blood, with victory or defeat hard to determine.
Because the Green-skinned Army doesn’t only consist of Low-Tier units, they have massive numbers of High-tier Units, even thousands of Super-Tier Units, and numerous Tier Eight and Tier Nine forbidden units.
If all this were commanded under a large number of Green-skinned Heroes, ordinary human heroes wouldn’t be able to withstand their frenzied assault.
Only Legendary Heroes, especially those versed in frontal battle formations, leading a coalition of hundreds of thousands to a million elite troops, would have a chance at victory.
In such a scenario, not dispatching Wutong wouldn’t stop the spread of the Green Tide; the fall of the territory was an unavoidable outcome for Lin Rui.
This is not a situation that a mere six thousand elite soldiers of the Golden Pansy Domain can salvage.
But!
However, a crucial point is, this is a theoretical discussion.
Never apply theory to reality!
With the red blood star streaming, the battle raged, and Terion stepped forward, brimming with boldness, hands gripping his warhammer tightly, saying to Lin Rui: "My Lord, although the enemy army is vast, I believe if we launch an aggressive assault immediately, the whole army strikes with no retreat, we can surely secure a great victory!"
"Abandon the walls and counterattack?" Lin Rui, with extraordinary strategic insight, found his vision confined, never having witnessed war on a scale of millions or even tens of millions like this as a Blue Star person.
Yet Terion lived up to his extraordinary battlefield command ability, saying: "My Lord, now the greatest disadvantage for the Green Skins on the battlefield is their size! A war of millions cannot be confined to this range of a few dozen miles. Theoretically, a battle of millions should have a frontline expanding at least several hundred miles, even up to a thousand miles."
"But in their oversight, they were brushed out by the Territorial Essence effect, crammed densely around this few dozen miles beside Moon Marsh Lake, utterly unable to exert their numerical advantage, and instead, ripe for massive bombardment by our area Spirit Magic."
"Indeed." A cold voice echoed as Galo had already stood beside Lin Rui, "Importantly, we are not facing a massive army of millions but millions of Green Skins. If we attack with full force, we might even push these millions of Green Skins into Moon Marsh Lake."
The difference between an army of millions and millions of Green Skins is akin to Lin Rui’s commanded army of a million Golden Pansy Domain elites against millions of Blue Star Explorers suddenly thrown beside Moon Marsh Lake.
Obviously, no matter how numerous, a mob can’t contend against tens of thousands of elite troops.
Lin Rui indeed knew of such a battle, in the Late Han, when the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army of a million advanced westward, only to be effortlessly crushed by General White Horse Gongsun Zan with just over twenty thousand infantry and cavalry, resulting in over seventy thousand drowned.
Clearly, the elite troops under Lin Rui’s command had far superior combat power compared to ordinary cold weapon troops.
Millions of Green Skins, in the face of family armies, were no different from a disorganized mob; even with a few powerful Super-Tier units charging alone, they’d still be easily shot down by the family army without coordination.
Galo’s voice was cold, yet her tone was frosty: "My Lord, you must make a timely decision. Our greatest battlefield advantage is that the millions of Little Fishmen sparked excitement among the Green Skins, engaging them in a frenzied kill. They compete madly for them, joyously, and haven’t yet reformed. If their heroes manage to reorganize the troops, our pressure will increase exponentially."
Good gracious, the key to victory lies with the Little Fishmen! These little guys truly deserve immense credit this time!
Lin Rui directly pulled out his Legendary-level Longsword, stepping forth, standing before the three armies, pointing his sword forward!
"Warriors, our sacred territory is inviolable, the name of our Goddess must remain unstained! With faith in our hearts, we fear neither death nor strong enemies! Grip your blades tightly, charge valiantly forward, let the enemy witness our courage and determination, let them perceive the might of Divine Spirit’s blessing, and let the light of the Goddess shine upon the world! For Glory, for Faith, for the Goddess, attack with full force, unstoppable, shatter all who dare to tarnish our Goddess’s name, or invade our lands!"
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
With a mountain and sea roar of unified shouts, the territory’s army instantly changed formation, along the extended line, every Black Banner Army soldier raised their shield in unison, long spears pointing forward, launching a frenzied assault.