Chapter 172: The Clash

Yingzhou stood on a high slope, looking at the massive Zerg Hatchery in the distance; there were already quite a few Hormagaunts wandering around the nest.

It seems the commotion the Attila Barbarian Cavalry caused here last time has made these Zerg strengthen their patrols.

"Prepare to test the opponent's situation; have the soldiers get ready."

Yingzhou said to the Krieg Commissar beside him.

"For the great Emperor, ready to purge the Aliens for you at any time!"

After speaking, the Krieg Commissar turned and left; below the high slope was a phalanx composed of Krieg soldiers, and positioned in the rear was an artillery formation composed of Krieg Artillery operating Basilisk Self-Propelled Artillery.

After the Krieg Commissar announced Yingzhou's order, these Krieg soldiers quickly moved to dig positions in the distance, while the artillerymen began to adjust the muzzles and the direction of the artillery, driving the Basilisk to a wider open space in the rear to begin setting up the artillery formation.

At this moment, a group of Attila Barbarian Cavalry galloped over; after the leading burly Attilan dismounted, he came to the high slope with a devout expression and saluted Yingzhou, saying, "Great Emperor, I offer my loyalty to you."

"Detach a cavalry unit to lure the Zerg from the Zerg Hatchery over; have them draw the pursuing Zerg in, preferably those capable of ranged attacks."

When the burly Attilan saw the direction Yingzhou was pointing, it was exactly the position where the Death Korps of Krieg were stationed; his face turned somewhat pale, and he thought to himself: It's actually these suicidal madmen; the Emperor intends to give these Zerg a profound lesson.

"I have already told the Krieg soldiers to wait for the cavalry to pass before opening fire on those Zerg. So, do not let those Zerg get too close to your warriors."

Seeing the burly Attilan's nervous expression, Yingzhou spoke up to remind him.

The burly Attilan immediately saluted and said, "Great Emperor, we Attilans are experts in horsemanship; we will certainly fulfill the will you have entrusted to us!"

Yingzhou looked at the barren land around the high slope; this was land whose vitality had been stolen by those Zerg. After the Hatchery continuously drained the nutrients here, the soil became barren, the surrounding trees had all withered, and as far as the eye could see, it was all barren land and dead trees.

Behind Yingzhou, there were also over 100 Catachan toughs; Yingzhou had not assigned them any tasks, letting them follow behind him for the time being to prepare for emergencies.

After he had condensed a Greatsword with Spiritual Power in the Fourth Defense Zone previously, Yingzhou began to try to see if he could condense a set of Armor with Spiritual Power so that he could have some protection himself. Currently, with his physique, the Military District simply did not have any Individual Combat Armor suitable for him. He wanted to exchange for a set of Power Armor from the system, but was told that he could not wear those Power Armors, and furthermore, no reason was given.

Upon seeing the burly Attilan detach two ten-man squads of Attila Barbarian Cavalry, those two barbarian cavalry units galloped toward the Zerg Hatchery.

The two barbarian cavalry units spread out, using the Laser Pistols in their hands to fire at the Hormagaunts in front, while maneuvering their warhorses to dodge the Hormagaunts' attacks. Soon, a large swarm of Hormagaunts was following behind the two barbarian cavalry units, but they did not return, instead continuing to approach the vicinity of the Hatchery.

When they approached a position about 2000 meters from the Hatchery, a large number of Hormagaunts also rushed out from the nest, and Zerg with swollen tails appeared in the rear again, with a number close to 50.

The moment they saw these Zerg emerge, the two barbarian cavalry units prepared to turn around and fire at the Zerg beside them with the Laser Pistols in their hands.

After merging the Hormagaunts chasing behind them with the Zerg from the Hatchery, the two barbarian cavalry units began to gallop according to the positions instructed by the Emperor, occasionally looking back to fire a few shots at the Hormagaunts. Furthermore, the two squads dispersed their personnel to avoid excessive casualties later.

Those Zerg with swollen tails also began to fire blue plasma at the Attila Barbarian Cavalry. Because there were quite a few Zerg that came out this time, the dense blue plasma soon caused some Attila Barbarian Cavalry to be hit, falling to the ground along with their horses and being submerged by the Insect Tide rushing up from behind.

Standing on the high slope watching those two Attila Barbarian Cavalry units lure a large number of Hormagaunts over, there seemed to be even larger Zerg approaching from further away; those should be the Zerg capable of ranged attacks that the Attila Barbarian Cavalry had told him about earlier.

As the Attila Barbarian Cavalry charged past the simple defensive line constructed by the Krieg soldiers, the Krieg soldiers in the trenches opened fire on the large wave of Hormagaunts charging up.

The artillery formation in the rear was also set up; after the Krieg soldiers engaged the Zerg, dense firepower covered the Hormagaunt swarm.

Within the area covered by the artillery fire, only some remnants of those Hormagaunts were blown away. Facing this dense artillery coverage, the Hormagaunts, which had not been deployed on a large scale, suffered a silent loss.

Even if there were surviving Hormagaunts that passed through the area covered by the artillery fire, what greeted them were the Laser Beams fired by the Krieg soldiers.

The subsequent Hormagaunts had originally intended to continue charging forward, but Yingzhou saw those Hormagaunts stop in their tracks collectively and retreat backward.

"Hmm? Are they not going to fight anymore?"

Just as Yingzhou was curious about the Zerg's actions, he saw a large number of Zerg pouring out of the Zerg Hatchery in the distance, charging toward the defensive line where the Krieg soldiers were located in a dense mass; seeing this, Yingzhou, not far away, only felt his scalp tingle.

Good heavens, did I poke a Zerg nest?

However, Yingzhou looked at the artillery formation composed of Basilisk Self-Propelled Artillery behind the Krieg soldiers, wanting to see in his heart if these Zerg could charge through.

A dense Insect Tide surged toward the defensive line held by the Krieg soldiers; the number of this Insect Tide compared to the previous one was simply a world of difference.

The dense Hormagaunts not only charged into the area covered by artillery fire in large numbers, but some Hormagaunts also began to flank from the sides.

But what greeted these Hormagaunts were the Laser Pistols and charges of the Attila Barbarian Cavalry.

"For the Emperor! For Attila!"

Under the superb horsemanship of the Attila Barbarian Cavalry and the attacks of the Baopo Moutou and Rong Moutou, the barbarian cavalry unit of over 200 people forcibly intercepted the Hormagaunt swarm preparing to flank from the sides and smashed these Hormagaunts to pieces within the fray.

Yingzhou did not care about those Hormagaunts; to put it bluntly, those were the Zerg's cannon fodder, cannon fodder hatched in large quantities to allow other Zerg combat units to reduce their losses.

Yingzhou saw the Zerg with swollen tails at the very rear of the Hormagaunt swarm; at this time, that Zerg had already raised its tail high and subsequently fired blue plasma, but it did not disperse in the air as previously described. The accompanying Zerg of this type fired streaks of blue plasma, which landed on the Krieg soldiers' positions.

The thick blue plasma landed on the ground, rapidly disintegrating the surrounding soil. The blue plasma hit a Krieg soldier, and this Krieg soldier was covered in this blue plasma; the blue plasma rapidly disintegrated the greatcoat on his body, and in less than two seconds, this Krieg soldier was melted by that blue plasma.