Rommel personally led the elite of the Ten Thousand Races, ambushing Lin Zhan five kilometers ahead of the main camp.
His idea was that Lin Zhan would launch a full-scale assault on the Ten Thousand Races' main camp and would never expect him to ambush them beforehand.
However, they waited and waited for nearly two hours, and not a single human soldier was seen.
Rommel looked anxiously at the road ahead: "Damn it, it's only a little over ten kilometers. Even if Old Black Lin crawled, he should have arrived by now. How can there not be a single person in sight?"
Just as Rommel felt bewildered, a scout from the Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces finally returned.
Rommel, looking at the heavily injured Leopardman scout, anxiously asked, "What are the human movements?"
"The... humans... have set up defenses at the 5-kilometer mark ahead... ah." The Leopardman scout stammered before letting out a cry and dying.
Beside him, the Frost Giant, Da Bai, looked at the Leopardman scout in shock and exclaimed, "Holy crap, he's been stabbed twice and he's still alive. That's too brutal."
Xue Feng glared at Da Bai impatiently, then bent down to examine the Leopardman scout's corpse: "Shadow Assault. The attacker was the Iron-Blooded Asura King, Xiao Han Yi."
"Xiao Han Yi is a newly promoted Human King. If he attacks, this scout would have no chance of survival. He must have deliberately let him return."
Rommel nodded, "This explains why no scouts have returned with reports in the past two hours. It seems Lin Zhan intends to fight us to the death."
"Although the frontline between us and the humans is relatively short, it spans a vast distance. If we launch a full-scale attack, the humans, being fewer in number, will have to contract their defenses. Our troops will not be able to engage them all, which will lead to a waste of considerable forces."
Rommel said this while gesturing to a staff officer to bring up the battlefield map.
"The human defensive formation and troop deployment have been brought back by the scout. I think a feint on the left and right flanks, with the central army as the main force, would be effective."
Then Rommel looked at the commanders of the main combat legions:
"The human forward defensive positions can at most accommodate an attack of five million soldiers. Any more would make the forces too bloated and unable to relay orders flexibly. This is when we truly fight to the death."
The commanders of the Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces quickly stood up and shouted, "We are willing to fight to the death!"
Rommel nodded, "Good, I entrust this to you, Generals. Relay my order, the entire army advances to attack the human defensive positions."
On the other side, at the human defensive positions, Lin Zhan yawned and said to everyone, "It's been about three hours now. Rommel should be arriving soon."
"The defense of the central route is of utmost importance. As for the left and right flanks, they are definitely feints. The troops on the flanks just need to keep the enemy occupied and attack when the opportunity arises."
Lin Zhan looked at Wu Qi, Li Siyi, and Wang Jian, who were in charge of the central defense, and said, "The Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces will definitely use a war of attrition. You must also arrange your troop rotations properly."
"Don't worry, Marshal. The central route will be absolutely foolproof," the three quickly stood up and said to Lin Zhan.
"Report..."
"Reporting to the Marshal, the Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces are less than three kilometers from our positions and are expected to launch an attack within half an hour."
A human scout from the scout brigade quickly reported the military situation to Lin Zhan.
Everyone's gaze sharpened, and then Lin Zhan led the way out of the main camp.
Twenty minutes later, Wu Qi, Wang Jian, and Li Siyi stood uniformly on the front-line position.
"Heh heh, this time we've got a big job. We might even get ourselves taken out," Li Siyi said with a chuckle as he looked at the boundless Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces.
"What's there to be afraid of? It's all military merit. How are those kids in front preparing?" Wu Qi said emotionlessly as he looked at the Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces.
Wang Jian nodded, "Those kids are all good. They won't let us down."
The first to engage the enemy at the front was the First Legion of the Mo Dao Army, led by Lian Shan Long Xiang.
The First and Second Legions of the Wei Wu Zu, led by Tie Shan and Tie Shi.
The First and Second Legions of the Second Group Army, led by the direct descendants of the two players, Wang Hao and Wang Meng.
Five legions, a total of five million soldiers.
There were also twenty thousand rapid-fire cannons and three thousand giant ballistae.
As soon as the Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces entered the range of 1500 meters, the rapid-fire cannons on the front-line positions began to roar.
The attacking Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces charged under the human artillery fire, suffering heavy losses.
Rommel, in the central army, saw that the rapid-fire cannons were too dense. The troops that charged forward lost more than half of their strength by the time they crossed 1000 meters.
This wouldn't do.
"Relay the order, dispatch three million Death Knights. Once the vanguard troops charge onto the human positions, they will begin their charge."
Rommel said to the messenger beside him.
The generals of the Ten Thousand Races were stunned by Rommel's words.
The Demon Emperor's son glanced at Xue Feng.
"Holy crap, this idiotic fox is truly desperate. If they charge like this, there will still be at least one million soldiers from the Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces on the human positions, and he dares to order a charge."
Rommel looked at everyone's gazes and said coldly, "You are all seasoned generals. Given the combat effectiveness of the humans, how long can that more than one million soldiers hold out if they charge?"
Everyone was stunned, and then they understood Rommel's meaning.
As expected, on the battlefield, Lian Shan Long Xiang looked at the less than one million Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces about to charge forward and said,
"With so few people, why are you still charging? Go deal with them."
Tie Shan and Tie Shi glanced at each other, then with a hint of helplessness, said, "Forget it, let's brothers go."
Then the two led their respective legions out of the positions.
Seeing that two legions had walked out of the positions, Rommel quickly ordered the Death Knight Legion to charge.
"Death Knight Legion, charge! Bullheaded heavy infantry, follow closely, and strike deep into the human territory!"
Tie Shan and Tie Shi, who were engaged in battle, were so scared that cold sweat broke out when they saw the Death Knights charging forward.
"Holy crap, these Ten Thousand Races Allied Forces are too reckless. There are still their own people here!"
Lian Shan Long Xiang, from within the defensive line, saw the Death Knights begin their charge and burst into laughter.
"Holy crap, another big haul!"
"Brothers, do you dare to let cavalry show off in front of our Mo Dao Army? Come out with me and earn some military merit!"
The Mo Dao Army soldiers burst into laughter, and teams marched out of the positions in formation.