Chapter Eighty-Six: Battle

On the twentieth day, the patrolling centaurs and the alien scouts engaged in a cavalry duel between the light cavalry.

A sudden meeting, two rounds of cautious and cautious temptation, briefly coiled and sorted out the formation, and then each whistled and charged at the other.

The horse's hooves fell to the ground like thunder, and neither side lacked the courage to be wounded or even sacrificed, but courage alone was never enough in battle.

No matter how good the riding skills are, they can't compare to the centaur's own legs, which is an innate racial advantage. In addition, the longbow is obviously more powerful than the riding bow, and the victory or defeat is determined in an instant.

Fast horses are staggered, flying arrows are like lightning, and the difference of a millimeter is the difference between life and death. The Centaur had not broken a single piece of oil, and the three scouts had fallen to the ground with arrows in their chests, and the longbow counterweight even caused people to fly upside down for a short time, leaving the horses to keep arching their master's body with their mouths.

The rest of the scouts did not dwell on it and retreated decisively. It's not that they're cowardly, it's that scouts' first job is always to deliver information.

The Centaurs had had the opportunity to follow and expand their gains, but they soon saw the towering banners and the black crush of large swaths of enemy forces waiting for them.

In front of the public eye, they raised their longbows in the distance, and demonstratively fired a few arrows before turning away, their nimble posture enough to put any cavalry to shame.

The relevant information was quickly gathered in the hands of the respective leaders.

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"I've been waiting for a lifetime, and it's finally here, and the concept of time is terrible. Richard wielded the dragon slaying greatsword, which had obviously increased in weight after the second reforge, "Enforce the state of alert, and each is in position according to plan. ”

The little goatman herald hurried away with the banner, and the will of the lord would be swiftly carried out throughout the castle.

"I saw that the other side seemed to have some heavy cavalry. Hurt said as he added arrows to his quiver on his waist.

"Heavy cavalry? That's good. Richard smiled thoughtfully, "The equipment of the heavy cavalry is the most valuable." ”

"Hurt worked hard and continued to take people to investigate. ”

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"Using a centaur as a ranger is a clever approach that is worth learning. Hendra held an arrow from the scout in his hand, stained with fresh blood that had not had time to dry, and the weight was heavy.

The centaur who makes the heavy arrow hits the bow first than the scout who makes the light arrow, and the difference in strength is far more exaggerated than it seems.

The philosopher knows the arrival of autumn from the decay of a leaf, he is not a philosopher, but he also knows that the opponent is not the rabble that he imagined.

The scouts continued to move forward to maintain the pressure, and when they encountered the opposing rangers, they immediately withdrew. "Hendra came from a famous military family, and was not like the average aristocratic youth who indulged in poetry or drama and other things that birds did not have.

He had received a full set of formal training as a knight and commander, and had also studied at the Royal Capital Military Academy, so he certainly wouldn't panic because of this small defeat.

"We've been spotted, don't let them run. ”

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This is two whole days without incident.

Hendra was so anxious that his mouth was frothing several times, and the baggage wagons carried by the army were always entangled in the wheels of weeds from time to time, which greatly slowed down the speed of the march.

But they must not be left behind, because there are two hundred heavy cavalry in the team, which are the treasure of the entire legion. The heavy equipment of the march had to be loaded with horse-drawn wagons in order to keep the men and horses physically strong at critical moments.

Generally, the garrison regiment will never be equipped with such an expensive type of troops as heavy cavalry, just as it is impossible to have a main battle tank in a police station.

The reason why the brown bear roar is so special is mainly due to the fact that Hendra himself has attracted some midshipman knights from minor nobles and burgher families who are eager to improve their situation and act as officers to build the skeleton.

In addition, the original station itself is rich in war horses and skilled herdsmen, and with a little money, many herdsmen are willing to take war horses to serve their hometowns and enrich the flesh and blood of the grassroots.

The heavy cavalry is undoubtedly a big money-burner in all regular arms, and under the premise of having a full number of personnel, the equipment used alone almost emptied Hendra's pocket, and even had to sell all the estates under his name to barely make enough money.

Even so, it can only be said that it is not satisfactory today, and both the quality and equipment are far from the ideal situation.

However, as long as these two heavy cavalry hundred-man teams are formed, it will be the capital of the brown bear roar to stand out from the garrison legions.

It wasn't until the morning of the third day that the anxious Alpine Fort generals saw a brown bear flag slowly emerge from the horizon.

This was followed by scout cavalry loitering on the left and right flanks, a large number of infantry and archers in the center, and heavy cavalry falling behind the formation, which was generally a standard formation that could not be faulted.

"I was a kid when I first started waiting. Gunther stretched and twisted his neck.

He was standing on the edge of a ditch along the river, which was part of the arrangement of the mountain fort. There were hundreds of heavily armed barbarian warriors in the ditch. It is surrounded by lush grass, and it is difficult to spot anomalies if you stand a little farther away.

"This group of goods is really shivering. The lord held the binoculars and pursed his lips with disdain.

"What's wrong?" Gunther leaned to the side to take a look, but there was no second one, and the lord crushed the barbarian to death.

"Only the front half of the cavalry armor is iron, and the back is made of cowhide. The horse armor is also only hung in the front half, and the back is bare. Richard put away the lens tube and inserted it into his belt, disdainful of the beggars in this kind of heavy cavalry, "Which one ends are raining and the other end is wearing an umbrella, and if you don't have the money, you can learn from others to do this, and you will be swollen and fat." ”

"But they're good. "Hutt is an expert at judging the good and bad of horses, after all, he has a lot in common with himself.

"No matter how good it is, it's still a horse. Gunther smiled evilly, and out of the corner of his eye, he casually passed over some unusually luxuriant reeds on the banks of the river.

The various units of the brown bear roaring began to unfurle, and they obviously did not pay much attention to the mountain fort, and unhurriedly spread out their formation, and everyone looked as relaxed as if they were participating in an exercise.

With the false lord's hall on the east bank of the river as the intended target, the soldiers who had been gathered in groups scattered like ants. Richard carefully scanned it with his binoculars, but did not find any suspicious mage, and his slightly hanging heart immediately pressed into his stomach.

With the exception of a few magical metals such as Adamantite or Mithril, the vast majority of metals have incredible magical resistance and can severely interfere with cast completion, so it is unlikely that any caster will use metal armor to disguise.

"Look, is that a griffon?" Gunther cried as he pointed to the eagle-headed and lion-like beast in the distance.

"Definitely not, not even wings. "Hutt has better eyesight than the average man, and as he spoke, he raised his longbow like lightning and fired his arrow.

Before everyone could react, a scout rider hundreds of yards away had fallen from his horse with an arrow in the head.

"No, it's not. "Gunther is sorry that even the barbarians have heard of the griffin's fame.

"Damn, what the hell are you rubbing!" the lord waited impatiently.

In order to ensure that he did not have bloating during the battle, he only ate five minutes full in the morning, and now his stomach began to rumble again.

Since the geese began to fly south in autumn, the centaurs have been able to shoot down a lot with bows and arrows every day. In this season, the wild geese have accumulated a body of autumn fat, and after being roasted by the hands of the halfling cook, the skin is crispy and the meat is tender and fat, and the mouth is full of saliva when I think about it.

"It's coming, it's coming. Gunther whistled and gestured to a group of his fellow people hiding in the trench.