Unlike the impatient behavior of the reckless men in Alpine Castle, Hendra was not impatient.

Seeing that the target had not yet escaped, the heart that had been hanging was also relaxed, and he quietly waited for his subordinates to complete the preset preparations before the attack.

He brought with him the full strength of the entire legion roaring with the brown bear, not because a small pioneer leader really needed to be so vigorous, but because the opportunity to train troops was rare.

There are a lot of inexperienced new fighters in the legion, and pulling them out and showing them to walk around, even if the thunder and rain are small in the end, it will be of great benefit to them. After a long march these days, everyone has become quite capable.

It would be a pity if you were not patient at the end of the day, and the purpose of the exercise would not be the best.

To pass the time, he set his sights on the riverbank.

The Pompeians, forty or fifty very tall hoplites and twenty or so centaurs, formed two thin rows of thin formations, and in the face of an enemy who did not know how many times their number, they seemed quite calm, and there was not the slightest hint of fear.

They are very well-equipped, all of them are dressed in iron armor without exception, and with that burly man, you can tell at a glance that they are not mediocre hands.

The reflection of the sun on the armor caused Captain Hendra to squint slightly, "The equipment is much better than I expected, and there are more people than I expected, underestimate them." ”

In his opinion, this is basically the upper limit of the force that a pioneer can have.

Of course, it's still nothing compared to the 3,000-strong team of brown bears roaring. In a real war, organization is far more important than bravery, and most small lords will never understand this truth in their lives.

The scout rider saw that there were few of them and wanted to go up and tease them, and deliberately wandered around the edge of the range, but he didn't expect that the centaurs were all ruthless characters, and four were knocked down in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the rest of the people suddenly drove their mounts away like a flock of frightened birds.

"Come up again, look at the reeds. The guard half-opened his mouth and exclaimed, "It's more than enough to hide in a thousand heavy cavalry troops." ”

The clumps of reeds by the river were so lush that he had never seen such a plant that withered once a year grow to the height of three or four blades, spreading hundreds of yards like a small tree.

Hendra tapped his unlearned distant relative with his whip, "The muddy mudflats make it impossible for horses to gather speed, and the stupidest commander wouldn't do that." ”

For a moment, he hesitated to send a scout to investigate. However, looking at the longbows held by those centaurs, the idea that it was not strong was fleeting, and the scouts would definitely be targeted in the past.

"But why did you grow so tall? The guard covered his head and couldn't help but wonder.

"It should be because the land is very fertile, and this mountain fort has found a good place to farm. Accustomed to seeing barren wilderness along the way, and suddenly seeing such a fertile land, Hendra was a little reluctant to take his eyes off.

He shrugged his shoulders suddenly, "But then again—since there are no mountains and no castles here, why do you call it Alpine Fort?"

The charm of power is undoubtedly revealed at this moment, and this not funny joke makes everyone around him laugh.

"Actually, if you have a little strategic vision, you should choose the hills on the opposite bank as the station. Hendra took the opportunity to point out with a horsewhip.

"These savage Pompeians, if they really had brains in their heads, should have run away a long time ago. The scout captain took the opportunity to flatter.

The crowd laughed again.

"Okay, the joke will stop. "The front-line soldiers were in place, and Hendra decided to end the exercise with the most classic and simple tactics.

"Preparing for the attack, the archers came forward to suppress, the infantry marched in formation, and the whole cavalry flanked in a roundabout. ”

These are the most frequently practiced subjects in peacetime, and the whole army runs like a well-lubricated machine.

The archers rained down on arrows, soon discovering that they were useless against heavily armored enemies, and they didn't want to waste expensive and fragile armor-piercing arrows. So they took out the daggers they carried with them and followed behind the infantry brigade to prepare a piece of credit.

Hendra saw that the centaurs were also firing their bows, but they were also ineffective, mostly blocked by the shields carried by the infantry in the front row, and only achieved a few successes sporadically.

It was not until the infantry rushed forty or fifty yards away that they temporarily switched to projectile fire as if they had just woken up from a dream, and the effect was immediate. The arrows flew high and landed on the archers behind the middle of the formation, and the defensive effect of the leather armor on their bodies was quite limited, and suddenly a miserable scream rang out.

"The enemy archers made a mistake in their tactical choices, but our archers fared even worse, and all the officers had to be whipped. ”

Hendra spoke calmly, and from his point of view, his infantry was drowning the enemy like the sea flooding the reef, "The infantry team behaved decently, and arranged a third-class meal after the battle. ”

When the two sides were only a few feet apart from each other, the front-line infantry could intuitively feel how tall the enemy really was, on average one and a half heads taller than them. They didn't know that under the cover of iron armor, they were all real highland barbarians, and they thought that Pompeii were generally like this, so they couldn't help but secretly speak.

But at the moment, they are still relaxed, because the difference in numbers between the two sides is obvious.

The next moment, the relaxed mood came to an abrupt end.

............

"Boss, are you going to do it?" asked Gunther whispering, standing beside Richard.

"Wait, I haven't taken the bait yet. "The lord crossed his waist and calmed down, the nearest enemy was still two hundred yards away.

The commanders of both sides have one thing in common in this battle, that is, they are confident that their side has an absolute advantage, and once they fight, they will definitely win and not lose, which should be extremely rare in the entire history of human warfare.

While Hendra feared that Alpine Fort would escape, Richard was worried that the brown bear would be too cautious and found out about his tactical arrangements.

In order to make the opponent impulsive, the lord deliberately showed weakness to the enemy, and only showed up with the first batch of veteran soldiers of the guard, and the other centaurs and barbarians hid in the trench not far behind, trying to make their own troops appear weak.

Even when Hurt opened his bow and arrows, he deliberately released water, and only used five points of force to shoot at the shield, for fear of damaging the opponent's offensive enthusiasm. Otherwise, with the archery skills of a centaur, a shield that cannot completely cover the body is about the same as nothing.

It worked, and the Stuarts rushed to charge as soon as they finished their formation, and waited until the last twenty yards remained—

"Brothers, give it to me!" Richard kicked the fastest heavy swordsman upside down, and his body was folded in half in an abnormal arc.

Behind him, more barbarians and centaurs were as agile as leopards and swift as tigers, wielding weapons as if galloping horses, and all their brains rushed up. The neat shouts converged into a tumbling thunder in mid-air: "Kill!"