This is a double-story stable about six or seven meters high, with a width of more than 20 meters and a length of more than 40 meters. It covers an area of more than 1,000 square meters. It is a rare large wooden building in this era.
The elves made reasonable use of the tall yew trees in this area. There are many large trees that are still growing embedded in the outer walls and corners of the stable. When it was first built, part of the yew trees in this area was probably cut down, leaving large trees that could be used as wall pillars, and then built with the trunks as the base pillars.
There are seven or eight tree crowns on the top of the stable, rustling in the night breeze. The tree crowns are more than fifteen meters high. They are the branches and leaves of the big trees that serve as the foundation pillars.
This is a fusion of man-made products and nature, and it seems reasonable - trees will still grow, but as they grow larger, they will force other wooden piles on the exterior wall to be tighter and stronger.
This stable has been around for who knows how many years, and the outside has been covered with vines, making the outer wall tough and tight.
There were probably hundreds of people Gatu people who rushed into the stable. They encountered no obstacles at all before entering, and the stable door was also open.
Gatu people didn't light any torches when he first marched because the moon was bright outside and he could actually see it.
But there was no light in the stable, it was pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers.
If it were completely out of sight, it would actually be difficult for both sides to cause any damage.
But since the stable door is open, you can see the situation at the door from inside the stable, and you can see it very clearly.
After hearing the screams, Gatu people in the back row probably thought that he had been handed over inside, so he still rushed into the stable.
However, although the stable door was not small, it was only five or six meters wide. Under the crowds, Gatu people, who had already entered the stable in front, could not get out at all, and could only hear continuous screams.
Gatu people, who couldn't get in from the back row, finally lit a torch and threw a torch into the stable door. Only then did they finally see clearly what was going on inside the stable.
This tall stable has two floors, and the walls are filled with haystacks. Inside, there are at least eighty people standing high and low around the wall, all holding bows and arrows.
There are humans and there are Noldo Elves.
They were divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower, forming an extremely fierce firepower network, and they were constantly drawing their bows and shooting arrows.
Dozens of Gatu people had fallen in the middle of the stable--when they couldn't see anything, these archers had already caused a lot of damage.
But they only saw this, because buckets of water were poured over their heads and all their torches were extinguished.
And a continuous stream of arrows were shot from the top of the tree crown.
There are a lot of Noldo Elves hidden on top of the stable door, Cedren and Risadiran are also there.
They are the strongest combatants at night and the best archers.
Cedren is responsible for causing damage, while Risadiran's main task is to prevent the enemy from setting fire to the stable - mainly to prevent the enemy from setting fire to the stable.
Whenever he saw someone striking a flint, he would shoot him with an arrow.
In fact, there were originally many buckets and troughs filled with water on the roof and sides of the stable, and some buckets were also hung on the horizontal branches of the big trees - this was a way of storing water in this era, and it was also a fire prevention facility.
When it rains, buckets and sinks will naturally fill up. Those buckets are tied with ropes and can be pulled over at any time to put out fires.
The elves also attach great importance to forest fire prevention, and the fire prevention facilities of this stable are quite complete.
The bow strings buzzed and screams continued. Cedren and several Noldor warriors hidden in the branches and leaves of the tree on top of the stable also began to fire arrows at extremely fast speeds. The dense Gatu people made it easy for them to create many corpses.
Since he couldn't see inside the stable or the specific positions of the shooters hidden in the huge tree canopy, Gatu people had no choice but to fire a few random arrows blindly to fight back. However, the probability of killing someone with such blind shooting was about the same as winning the lottery - the branches and leaves of the tree canopy not only concealed the person's figure, but also blocked most of the random arrows.
"Bispa, Bispa!"
Some Gatu people have already begun to retreat. They know they are ambushed, and they dare not light another fire - anyone who creates any sparks will fall to the ground and die in the next moment.
Then it's best to stay away from the stables or retreat immediately.
In fact, Gatu people originally did this, but before the people on the outside evacuated, Gatu people at the stable door was blocked inside and could not evacuate at all.
From the time Gatu people rushed into the stable, lit the lights, to the final withdrawal, it only took about ten seconds. These Gatu people reactions were actually not slow.
But in these ten seconds, Gatu people left at least more than a hundred corpses - most of the Gatu people who rushed into the stables died in the stables, and those who were able to evacuate were also injured, with their bodies pricked like hedgehogs.
Cedren and several Noldor warriors hiding in the branches and leaves of the tree on top of the stable also killed at least twenty of them in these few seconds.
After all, both sides are facing the dense Gatu people group at close range. In this case, there is no need to aim at all, and there is no need to consider the wind direction. It is more difficult to miss, so you only need to draw the bow as quickly as possible.
With the abilities of Cedren and Twilight Knight, he can actually shoot two arrows in three seconds without having to aim - if he hadn't been hiding in a tree and it was inconvenient to retrieve the arrows, he might have been able to do it even faster...
In order to prevent arrows, Gatu people held up his shield and retreated slowly, retreating relatively slowly.
When Gatu people started to retreat, thirty infantrymen holding giant fan-shaped shields came out from behind the stable. They rushed out from the side of the stable with their shields and rushed to the west side of Gatu people. They formed a row and began to approach Gatu people.
The huge fan-shaped shield can completely block Gatu people's bows and arrows, and attracts a lot of firepower.
The Noldor warriors in the stable also took the opportunity to come out. They quickly stood in an array with swords and shields, and began to approach Gatu people. The armored archers also left the stable and stood behind the Noldor.
At the same time, a troop also appeared in the forest to the east, charging rapidly towards the back of Gatu people.
Those were not the troops that the lord brought to the south before, but part of the troops that went east from the beginning.
What the Lord actually took away to the south were the wounded...
In fact, not all of the troops he led eastward were brought back; half of them had been hiding in the forest to the east.
This ambush did not involve any complicated methods of killing the enemy, no fire was used, and no pits were dug.
Of course, it's not that you don't want to use it, but that you can't - the consequences of using fire in the forest are very serious. If you are not careful, it may cause a forest fire. The Noldor will not take the risk of being exterminated.
As for digging holes - the ground near the stables has been trampled by horses all year round and is compacted so hard that not even grass grows...
In fact, Noldo Elves have much stronger combat power than humans at night, and the Lord's manpower is not much less than Gatu people, so the key to the problem does not lie in the ambush process.
An ambush does not necessarily require playing with water, fire, and rocks. Relatively conventional sudden side attacks and encirclements can knock the enemy into retreat. With the Nordor's familiarity with the forest, they can naturally eliminate the enemy in pursuit.
The key is how to make Gatu people see the 'opportunity' and launch an attack within its own time.
In order to lure the enemy to attack, the lord used a lot of tricks.
As Li Ang said, this racecourse is a relatively spacious place and the goal is very obvious. Of course Gatu people will continue to observe it.
Li Ang first deliberately led a large force eastward during the day, arranged for the ponies at the racecourse to come out for a walk, and also had Noldor soldiers patrolling. This was actually to make Gatu people think that he was 'arranging an ambush' during the day.
So Gatu people did not move.
In the evening, he brought back the troops that Li Ang had brought to the east. In Gatu people's eyes, this was an ambush, so he withdrew them.
But in fact, Li Ang only brought half of the troops back in the evening, and he left the other half in the forest to the east.
Then he held up a big banner and took the Noldor wounded and children to the forest to the south - this was to make Gatu people think that he had indeed gone far, because this time he had really gone far to the south, and the flying birds were enough to prove it.
After arranging the wounded in the forest several miles away, Li Ang went around to the east alone and went to the army that stayed in the east.
At this time, Gatu people is still not sure whether Li Ang is really going south, so he will not send anyone to the south.
Then it got late, and the ponies were brought back to the stable - this was the bait, and it was indeed left in the stable. In fact, these ponies are still tied in the corner of the stable, barking.
But there are already more than a hundred people ambushing the stables, and another hundred people are ambushing them in the forest to the east.
Then, at night, Li Ang's "large force went to the south and never came back" - Gatu people had seen the battle during the day. According to their judgment, there should only be those Noldo Elves left in the stable, and most of them were wounded, and there should only be about thirty of them with combat effectiveness.
--This is the best opportunity. Gatu people will naturally launch an attack while Li Ang's troops are not here. Who knows if Noldor reinforcements will come tomorrow?
In this case, nearly four hundred Gatu people will of course attack at night - this is what the lord said, giving the enemy a chance.
If they don't attack when they encounter such a good opportunity, then what's the point of hiding in the forest?
Then Gatu people entered the racecourse at night. He was really careful at first and moved forward slowly, leaving scouts outside the racecourse.
But Li Ang's infantry came out to defend at this time, and then quickly retreated as soon as the enemy entered the shooting range - this was of course deliberately intended to build confidence in Gatu people.
If there is an ambush here, they will definitely not run away when the enemies are already close to more than 100 meters away. Running away in this case looks more like the Noldor are not willing to stand on the bare ground and shoot at each other due to a numerical disadvantage.
This made Gatu people strengthen their confidence. They believed that Li Ang's troops were indeed not here. The escaping "Noldor defenders" ran behind the stables. There should not be much fighting power in the stables.
So Gatu people began to charge, preparing for a quick victory.
But after hearing the sound of "Hasa", the lord took the troops left in the forest to the east and took action, killing Gatu people's scouts left outside the racecourse.
Then Gatu people rushed to the stable door, and within ten seconds hundreds of people were shot to death by ferocious firepower, and then they began to retreat.
But the dozens of infantrymen who had originally 'escaped' came back at this moment, formed a shield formation on the west side of Gatu people, and began to squeeze the space of Gatu people.
Li Ang's troops from the east also charged, forming an array of spears and approaching quickly.
The Noldor warriors and armored archers in the stable also swarmed out at this time.
Gatu people faced attacks from three sides.
These Gatu people had gathered at the entrance of the stable before, and were crowded together. Now they were pressed hard by the infantry and Noldor warriors holding swords and shields. As a result, they gathered even denser, almost standing in a ball.
Except for a hole left in the northwest, there were troops on three sides, and Gatu people had suffered heavy losses. Gatu people no longer had the advantage in numbers. In addition, Gatu people was not riding a horse, so they could not rely on mobility to avoid the encirclement.
Once this kind of three-sided attack is formed, most troops will be unable to fight, because the soldiers will definitely think of how to escape after encountering the enemy on several sides...
In fact, ordinary troops will be easily defeated just by facing a flank attack.
But Gatu people is different. They are indeed brave and fearless.
Without any Gatu people to escape, they split into two groups and started a hand-to-hand fight, intending to break into the shield formation and force the battle into a melee.
However, the infantrymen and Noldor warriors holding swords and shields had formed a relatively tight formation, giving them no chance of a melee. Li Ang had also arrived with his troops, forming a long contradictory formation that was difficult to overcome.
The pocket surrounded on three sides has been closed into a U shape, leaving only the opening on the north side.
Gatu people actually rarely faces encirclement. They are so flexible on the grassland that they spend most of their time encircling others...
But at this time, they were surrounded by the lord with equal strength - after less than half of them were dead, the number of Gatu people was almost the same as that of the coalition forces of Li Ang and Cedren.
"Move forward with your shield up!"
After the lord arrived with his soldiers, the first order he issued was to continue squeezing the space of Gatu people.
When the crowd is too crowded and there is little space, no one can fight normally.
The Gatu people surrounded in the middle had no space and could no longer save themselves - they were squeezed so that they were surrounded by people. Due to mutual obstruction, they could neither run up nor make any big movements, and even exerting force was difficult.
In the game, when people are crowded too densely, the knife will get stuck - in order not to hurt friendly troops, the knife cannot be slashed out, and even if it is slashed out, the force will be reduced.
In fact, the same is true in reality... When people are crowded, stabbing with a short sword or dagger, or using a short ax or military hoe is much more effective than a knife.
Because chopping requires the most space.
Gatu people's weapons are scimitars, bucklers, and bows and arrows.
Except for the buckler, which is still useful at this time, other weapons are basically useless. The Jatu scimitar is not suitable for stabbing. This single-edged weapon with a relatively large arc is more suitable as a saber.
But now they were squeezed in the middle and couldn't exert any strength at all. Facing the surrounding shield walls and dense crowds, the scimitars in their hands did not play much practical role except causing accidental injuries.
Li Ang's troops don't have this trouble. His soldiers either use swords or spears, and it's much more convenient to be on the outside.
The soldiers in the front row kept pushing forward with their shields, while the spearmen in the back row could even place their spears on the waist belt buckles of the front row personnel, and then stab them randomly.
While stabbing, he moved forward step by step with the shield hand in the front row, leaving no space for the enemy.
The infantrymen quite like this situation - in this case, one stab...
The shield, as a weapon that has been used from ancient times to modern times, has many more uses than people think.
In addition to its main blocking function, it can also be used for identity recognition, rowing, rappelling on grass or snow, and even frying eggs...
It can also be used to squeeze the enemy's space.
Even in the 21st century, blast shields are still used to isolate crowds or squeeze mobs, and the shields are also used in conjunction with blast poles - just like what Li Ang is doing now with the spearmen.
Gatu people, who was in the inner circle and had never been surrounded by a shield formation, was obviously not used to this fighting method. The shield formation was actually very weak, but they couldn't break through it for a while, and people kept getting stabbed to death.
Soon, as the soldiers pressed closer and closer, the encirclement became smaller and smaller, and Gatu people began to fall to the ground in pieces.
"Hazar! Jatu!"
Gatu people seemed to burst out in despair. They completely ignored the swords coming from the side and back, and began to charge towards the only gap in the north regardless of damage.
But without space, it was difficult for them to even run - if they moved even slightly, the shield array surrounding them would continue to tighten.
Some of the first people to rush out were easily shot down by the archers on the outside.
But their concerted charge did have an effect. After more than half of them were killed or injured, seventy or eighty Gatu people finally broke out of the encirclement and began to escape into the forest to the north.
But that gap was originally reserved by Li Ang for them to escape - a siege without a gap would cause the enemy to fight to the death, which would bring great losses. Surrounding three gaps is Celestial Dynasty's common sense in the art of war...
Noldo Elves put away their swords and shields, and took off the bows from their backs again.
At night, under the moonlight, in the forest, chasing and fighting - this environment is when the Noldor can best display their combat effectiveness.
Cedren led the thirty Noldo in pursuit, and Risadiran also followed.
But the Lord's work has been done and the battlefield can be cleaned.
The losses in this battle were quite small, with less than ten casualties, and the losses occurred only after close combat.
But Li Ang was not satisfied - the casualties were all new recruits, and the combat effectiveness of these new recruits who had just graduated from the training ground was far less than the first batch he trained personally.
This shows that after Meitengheim people, Sarah and himself no longer participated in the training, the recruits probably did not suffer too much torture.
Sir Roland is an excellent fighter with respectable character and beliefs, but he is not a good coach. He is too kind and the recruits may not be afraid of him.
Only rough guys like Frederi and Kloze can train the troops well... The lord is beginning to miss the tough guys like Meitengheim.