Aaron looked at the busy rangers in the camp and was really at a loss. He had seen the rangers fighting several times before, but the first time it was a mixture of multiple arms, with the protection of the elf swordsmen, the rangers only needed to hide safely in the back row and shoot.
However, this kind of attack on the enemy in a relatively stable environment is a rare scene for the rangers. The combat environment that the rangers are most familiar with is the dense forest. However, in this case, it is difficult for other troops to perform. Even if they are both rangers, it is difficult for them to cooperate collectively to fight. At most, they can cooperate in the form of a small team.
The second time was the battle in the forest. On the one hand, the rangers wanted to prevent Troll from approaching the cage where Zul'jin was imprisoned. On the other hand, because it was a sudden encounter, they had to improvise and were unable to display 70% to 80% of their abilities.
Now that the rangers began to prepare seriously for battle, Aaron finally understood that the difference between rangers and ordinary archers was not only that the arrows they shot could be added with magical power.
You must know that due to the problems of the combat environment, it is difficult for the Elf Rangers to join forces with the Elf Swordsmen, who in most cases fight together, so there is basically no cooperation between the two sides.
Elf rangers rarely have the tradition of domesticating animal companions, so rangers often find themselves facing a dilemma - they lack a reliable defender between them and the enemy. Once the enemy breaks through in front of them, they will basically face a one-sided massacre.
Although the rangers will also conduct some melee combat exercises to improve their survivability in such situations, they are not professionals after all, so the rangers still need some other means.
So Aaron saw a group of rangers busy setting up traps inside and outside the camp. Relying on the traps set in advance to hinder and delay the enemy's actions, taking the opportunity to distance themselves and then killing the enemy with arrows was a common tactic used by the rangers. If combined with the trees in the forest, the rangers could even roam around the enemy in pursuit of maximum damage, but ensure that the enemy could not attack them at all.
Right now, the rangers are setting up various traps inside and outside the camp, ranging from Freezing Trap, which delays the enemy's movement, to Explosive Trap, which will explode after being triggered, and Tar Trap, which needs to be made using tar that Goblin got from who knows where. Instead, use a bear trap. Hunting Trap is rarely used. It is said that this kind of trap is favored by the dwarf mountain guard troops and the human hunters they teach. Rangers, because most of them have some superficial magic power, rarely use this kind of trap, which is heavy and inconvenient to carry and has a small punishment range.
These traps with various effects formed a huge net covering both inside and outside the camp under the arrangement of the rangers. Although this net did not look strange at all on the surface, Aaron had a vague feeling that this net could trap who knows how many Troll's life, the rangers will definitely not let go of those Troll who trigger traps. In fact, how to use traps to limit the enemy and how to focus fire on the enemy after the enemy triggers the trap has always been one of the items that the elf rangers must practice.
However, after the rangers laid the trap, the trolls hadn't come over to hit them, and Aaron was already in trouble - he didn't dare to move at all, he had never received relevant training, and he was worried about stepping on the rangers' traps even when he took two steps. Even after watching the rangers set up the trap, Aaron could not find any trace of the trap.
Just when Aaron was cowering aside and not knowing what to do, Halduron was already walking towards him, and seemed to have something to say to him.
Halduron first explained to Aaron the tactics commonly used by the rangers, and asked Aaron if he could cooperate with the rangers. If not, forget it. In Halduron's opinion, After all, Aaron is just one person. Halduron doesn't think Aaron can play a big role. Besides, if Aaron is forced to join the battle, it might affect the cooperation of the rangers, which would just add chaos.
Aaron can naturally hear the contempt hidden in Halduron's words: If you can play a role, just stay aside to avoid causing trouble.
However, this is not actually because Halduron looks down on Aaron, but in large-scale battles, one or two Paladin alone cannot play any role. Silver Hand's knights usually cluster Charge to disrupt the enemy's formation or stand in front of friendly forces to form a row of solid shield walls.
Although I was a little dissatisfied with Halduron's attitude, Aaron couldn't help it. After all, there were traps of various types here. Unless Aaron could fly, even if he wanted to engage in close combat with Troll, he would have to rush out at the risk of stepping on more than one trap.
Wait... Fly? Aaron suddenly realized that he could indeed fly. Although he had been knocked down from the sky once before by a sacrifice of a certain Dragonhawk god, it should be fine just to watch from a distance. Then he could become a scout for a time. It would finally be of some use, wouldn't it?
After making up his mind, Aaron summoned the gryphon, spoke to Halduron, and flew into the air, preparing to investigate the movements of Troll.
To be honest, these Forest Troll probably had no concept of covert operations. Aaron flew along Lake Elrendar in the griffin for less than half an hour, and already saw the massive march of Troll from a distance.
Trolls can turn almost all adult Trolls into soldiers because of their excellent physical fitness, but probably because their talents are too good, they can become excellent Warriors with simple training., so the performance of the Trolls outside of pure combat power was very poor - this can be seen from the extremely chaotic march of the Trolls. They seriously lacked discipline and were as sloppy as primary school students on a spring outing without a teacher to maintain discipline.
If you just looked at them from a distance, these Trolls were probably still in one unit, but when Aaron drove the griffon a little closer, you saw Troll's extremely bad formation.
Generally speaking, most of the Trolls would gather around a certain Troll who was obviously stronger than other members of the same race, forming hundreds of small groups with varying numbers of people. These small groups were distinct from each other. Aaron even saw a chaotic scene where two groups of Troll were fighting for unknown reasons.
Although the two sides that started fighting were soon separated by some Troll who obviously had a higher status, the two sides still maintained an angry look at each other, but barely managed to stop fighting.
Observing these Troll, Aaron noticed a very interesting phenomenon. The total number of these Troll is about one or two thousand - thanks to their chaotic queue, the basic number of Aaron Without giving out the specific number, it can be seen that the equipment of less than half of the Trolls is relatively better. Although they are divided into dozens of small groups internally, it is obvious that they are closer to each other, while the remaining Trolls are in a very poor condition.
On the one hand, these relatively downtrodden Trolls formed a relatively compact group and kept a distance from the Trolls who were at the end of the team. These Trolls were also divided into several groups that did not interfere with each other.
"This is too disunited." Aaron sighed, but in his heart he had some guesses about the strange situation of these Trolls.
Those with relatively better conditions should be the people of the Amani Tribe's own family, and the rest are other Forest Troll who are attached to the Amani Tribe.
Judging from the unwillingness of those little Horde Troll, Aaron guessed that they were probably forcibly recruited by the Amani Tribe, although the photo was taken in Amani Trolls dared not disobey, but he was unwilling to be full of resentment after all. After all, Zul'jin was the leader of Amani, and he was not one of their people, so he would not have taken the risk here.
Because I am worried that I will be beaten down by the Trolls when I get close - after being beaten down, Aaron is afraid that I will be submerged by the Troll sea. I have such worries in my heart, Aaron Naturally, did not dare to approach for reconnaissance. He circled Troll's formation in mid-air and roughly counted the number of enemies. Aaron returned to the camp with this information.