Chapter 127: A Tragic Breakout
After fleeing separately from Han Feng, the high-level skeleton mage Kuru led the sky's long-range magic attack force, and the Grim Reaper knight Marcus led the all-cavalry mobile force on the ground, running forward all the way. Since they were a little staggered from the Black Knights' forces under the command of the undead Lich Srizia, they did not meet head-on.
And the Black Knight army was summoned by Srizia to pounce directly in the direction of the Lich King Badell's army, eager to relieve their boss Srizia, so they did not deliberately intercept the Death Knight Marcus and them. Therefore, the escape of the troops led by Marcus and Kuru was relatively smooth.
Although they had traveled nearly three hundred miles in one go, the Lich King Badair in the rear had sent a pursuing force from its army to follow them while personally dealing with Han Feng and the undead Lich Srizia. However, it was fortunate that there were no faster undead troops in the pursuing force behind them, so they were able to escape so far.
But at this moment, they ran into another pursuing force, the low-level Grim Reaper skeleton Enchigus and the elite troops it led.
The strength of this oncoming pursuing force was obviously not something they could compete with. Especially when Han Feng is not there, the low-level god of death Enzigus alone is not something that any of them can fight against.
Since both sides were hedged at high speed, by the time Marcus and Kuru found out, they were less than ten miles away from each other. Perhaps the Grim Reaper skeleton Enchigus had already spotted them, but it was clear that it was playing into its hands.
At this time, it is obviously unlikely that you want to dodge it again. The Supreme Commander, the Knight of Death, Marcus, immediately made a decision and immediately deflected the cavalry troops in the opposite direction and continued to advance, but the speed slowed down. At the same time, the high-level skeleton mage Kuru and the ranged magic troops rushed to the front of the troops, along with himself and the high-level bone dragon, ready to force their way through at any cost.
This is a more helpless choice. For the pursuing force belonging to the Lich King Bardell in the rear was less than thirty or forty miles away from them. This is really a great enemy in front and a pursuer in the back.
The reason why he wanted to reduce his speed was that Marcus wanted the pursuing troops in the rear to be closer. As long as the pursuing troops behind them are close enough distance to be detected by the enemy troops in front of them, it is likely to attract most of the attention of the enemy forces in front of them at once. After all, Marcus, their strength is not strong enough to attract enough attention from the enemy in front.
This is still very likely. In Marcus's opinion, judging from the previous attitude of the Lich King Badell towards the undead Lich Srizia, the enemy in front and the forces of the Lich King Badel in the rear must also be hostile to each other. As long as the front and rear enemies detect each other, they will inevitably see each other as more important enemies.
And as long as it can be delayed until that time, the troops led by Marcus and Kuru will have a greater chance of breaking through and escaping.
It turned out to be exactly what Marcus had predicted. The Grim Reaper skeleton Enchigus obviously has a large soul sensing range. As the forces led by Marcus and Kuru approached less than five miles from the opposing forces, the pursuing forces in front began to make some unusual movements, apparently caused by a brief confusion caused by a sudden adjustment.
If Marcus guessed correctly, the leader of the pursuing force at the front had apparently spotted the forces of the Lich King Badair, who was pursuing from the rear. This brief adjustment and redeployment was supposed to be in response to the pursuit of the Lich King Bardell in the rear.
Marcus immediately ordered his troops to slow down and move more and more to one side, but all his men were ready to charge and break through. Now Marcus was betting that the enemy forces ahead would no longer see them as their main enemy, and they would have to focus most of their attention on the pursuing forces of the Lich King Bardell further behind.
Sure enough, although Marcus and his troops were clearly moving to the side, the enemy forces in front did not make a targeted turn, but their troops advanced by three points again. Marcus guessed that the enemy in front of him was clearly trying to take them out first, and then deal with the Lich King's forces behind them with all their might.
In this case, Marcus, the Death Knight who was sitting on his horse, clenched the Zhangba snake spear in his hand again, and secretly gritted his teeth, seeing that the enemy troops in front of him had approached a distance of three miles, he immediately ordered the whole army to turn to the left and charge at full speed.
In this way, Marcus and the whole cavalry rushed in front of the enemy troops who were rushing straight ahead. This is tantamount to exposing the flanks of one's own troops to the enemy forces in front, which is undoubtedly extremely risky. You must know that the flank of a cavalry unit is the most vulnerable direction, and in the face of the enemy rushing straight ahead, this behavior of exposing the flank of one's own troops undoubtedly loses the ability to resist.
But Marcus couldn't care about that much anymore, and they were in a dangerous situation now. Neither the enemy nor the front nor the other is something they can contend with. They are now equivalent to eggs sandwiched between two hedged boulders, and if they don't seize the opportunity to rush out, the collision between the two boulders will be enough to crush their own eggs.
In order to ensure the escape of the troops, Marcus could only let the high-level bone dragon continue to charge and break through, and himself, Kuru and the long-range magic attack force in the sky were responsible for the flank of the troops to resist and cover.
When the enemy in front of him rushed at high speed, the pursuing force of the Lich King Bardell in the rear had also rushed closer to a distance of more than ten miles. At a distance of less than three miles, it was obviously impossible for the all-cavalry mobile units to escape from the impact range of the enemy troops in front.
However, Marcus believed that with the threat and containment of the forces of the Lich King Badell, who were pursuing them from behind, it was impossible for the enemy in front to deal with them with all their might.
In fact, just as Marcus had expected, by the time the two sides were about to meet, the all-cavalry mobile unit had already left the center of the enemy forces in front, and only the left part of the enemy cavalry unit was charging towards their flanks.
And the Grim Reaper skeleton Enzigus in the rear position of the enemy forces in front of him obviously didn't pay too much attention to them, but just commanded the troops to continue to rush forward, and it was obvious that its attention was indeed on the troops of the Lich King Badair, who was not far behind.
Despite not facing the onslaught of the main forces of the enemy's troops. But on the left side of this enemy force alone were four Death Knights, more than two hundred Black Knights, three Skeleton Lords, and more than twenty Skeleton Leaders. They charged mercilessly from the flanks of the all-cavalry mobile units.
With the full efforts of the Death Knight Marcus and the high-level skeleton mage Kuru, as well as the two low-level Death Knight and the magic attack team, there is still no guarantee that all enemies will be intercepted. A Death Knight, nearly a hundred Black Knights, two Skeleton Lords, and more than a dozen Skeleton Leaders all quickly broke through the interception and directly rushed into the Giant Beast Skeleton and the Black Knight's Little Brother troops to slash and slash.
Since the giant beast skeleton and the younger brothers of the Black Knight Force were all rushing forward with all their might under the orders of Marcus, it was obvious that they did not have much resistance to the enemies who rushed from the side. But this is a helpless choice, as long as you can't rush out in time, all the troops will be blocked by the enemy rushing from the front, and what is even more terrifying is that when the troops of the Lich King Bardell in the rear also rush up, they will be wiped out!
Therefore, it is necessary to rush out at any cost! Marcus's orders were resolute, and the juniors of the all-cavalry mobile unit were clearly resolute. While more and more Behemoth Skeletons and Black Knight were cut down or stopped by the flanking enemies, the other Behemoth Skeletons and Black Knight did not come to the rescue, but continued to charge resolutely.
This resolute way of breaking through and charging is undoubtedly full of tragedy and tragedy. The Behemoth Skeletons slashed almost hard against the flanks of the Black Knight and the Skeleton Leader, burying their heads in a rage, and their only resistance and counterattack was the spear attack of the skeleton warriors on their backs.
These insufficiently powerful spear throws didn't do much. The skeleton warriors on the back of the giant beast skeleton are often the first to suffer. The spears of the enemy Black Knights may not be able to fully deal with the hard bones of the giant skeletons, but the skeleton warriors on their backs are spear by spear. Skeleton warriors attached to the back of a giant beast's skeleton are often unable to dodge or resist such attacks.
Even more ferocious were the Death Knight and the two Skeleton Lords, who were very strong in their own right. The Death Knight's spear had already killed enough to kill the giant beast skeleton, and in less than a moment, three giant beast skeletons had already been stabbed down by it with its spear. And the huge scythe in the hands of the two skeleton lords was not inferior, and with one sword, the neck bones and leg bones of the giant beast skeletons were all broken in response.
If it was a frontal charge, the giant beast skeletons would not have been poisoned so lightly. It's just that in this kind of forward rush that can only ignore one qiē, in the face of attacks from the side, the giant beast skeletons don't have enough resistance.
The Black Knights, on the other hand, are not powerless to fight back because of their flexibility, even though the attacks from the flanks give them the upper hand. It's just that half of the more than a hundred black knights on the enemy side are divided to deal with them, and they have to maintain a high-speed forward state, which is almost impossible. As a last resort, the Black Knights could only reduce their speed and engage in entanglement with the enemy Black Knights.
In just a few moments, the whole cavalry mobile unit suffered heavy casualties. To make matters worse, the large army of the enemy, which had already rushed over, was now turning around and rushing from the rear of the all-cavalry mobile force.
Obviously, the Grim Reaper Skeleton Enchigus did not intend to spare Marcus and Kuru as a cavalry force. It regrouped the large army and did not move, but mobilized the faster and more agile Black Knights to chase it this side, preparing to end the battle on this side as much as possible, and then continue to deal with the forces of the Lich King Bardell, who were rushing not far away.