"Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Spear Retreats"
When a person encounters an unsolvable problem but is convinced that he can solve it, he or she will exhibit an inferiority complex.
– Alfred Adler (Austrian psychologist)
The pikemen line built by Cabitus with Spartan hoplites and royal pikemen, covered by the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Reserve Corps on either flank, and the three Cretan archers and 12 iron gunners behind the pikemen line were the most powerful counterattacks.
Once the wolf cavalry of the orc army broke through the city defenses, they were greeted by a spear line formed by a combination of Spartan heavy infantry and royal pikemen, as well as a dense fire from Cretan archers and gunners.
Bai Feng, who did not expect the city defense army to be able to hold back the wolf cavalry, did not want the city defense army, which had suffered heavy losses, to suffer heavy casualties under the attack of the wolf cavalry, so he immediately began to issue new orders after withdrawing to the two flanks with the Marquis of Rundstead.
The Seventh Wing and the Assault Wing, which had broken through the two flanks of the main force of the army, turned around under Bai Feng's new orders and began to change their original outer shield wall defense line to the inside, and the scattered Iron Guards and Fire Legion also regrouped under the pressure of the Overseer Cavalry.
The Iron Guards, with only about 5,000 soldiers left, and the Fire Legion, with less than 20,000 troops, lacked the courage to fight the wolf cavalry, and even with the urging of generals such as Ranocchia and Rodriguez and the suppression of the war cavalry, they still cowered behind the wolf cavalry.
In the face of the discouraged Predator Guards and the Flame Legion, the helpless Bai Feng did not force them to push forward, but asked Ranocchia and the five division commanders of the Flame Legion to organize the soldiers of the Predator Guard and the Fire Legion to rebuild a defensive line on the spot.
Compared with the almost death-like advance, it is much easier to accept to build a defensive line on the spot; looking at the soldiers of the two armies with a hasty look on their faces, the Marquis of Longdstead, who frowned, asked Bai Feng, who was expressionless beside him:
"Bai Feng, what you summoned with the teleportation array should be the barbarian legion of Roman City, I think they only have 10,000 people, can they resist the onslaught of 50,000 wolf cavalry?"
"Although the soldiers of the Spartan Legion are from the barbarians, these barbarian warriors are all elite divisions with special training, they not only have the courage and skill of the barbarian warriors, but also have stricter military discipline than the imperial soldiers, at least they will not be defeated in a shock!"
"However, you and I both know that just because they won't be able to resist the onslaught of the wolf cavalry, if they can't resist the onslaught of the wolf cavalry, then the wolf cavalry who rush back again will completely crush our breakout army. ”
The Iron Guards and the most elite Fire Legion in the Imperial Army were defeated one after another, making the originally confident Marquis of Rundstead not dare to be confident;
The completion of the Sunset Fortress made the soldiers of the Tianlong Empire have not seen the power of the orc wolf cavalry for more than 200 years, and it was not until the fall of the Sunset Fortress that the imperial army that had been guarding the Sunset Fortress for more than 200 years confronted the wolf cavalry face to face again.
"The weapons and equipment used by the Spartan Legion are all of a level of sophistication that is not inferior to that of the Imperial Royal Legion, and the battle formations they are in are Macedonian phalanxes that specialize in dealing with cavalry, and I believe they can hold off the charge of the wolf cavalry!"
Bai Feng's categorical attitude also invisibly brought some confidence to the Marquis of Rundstede, who lacked self-confidence; when the breakthrough army could not resist the charge of the wolf cavalry, the Spartan legion teleported thousands of miles was the only lifeline for the breakthrough army.
The tens of thousands of city defense troops under the personal command of the three generals D'Ambrosio, Bella, and Giannou only held back the wolf cavalry for less than twenty minutes, and the soldiers of the city defense army who were crushed by the wolf cavalry scattered and fled in all directions with no morale, ignoring the supervising cavalry that urged them.
Hans's 7th Wing and López's Assault Wing had built a solid shield wall on both flanks of the city defense army, and seeing that a large number of city defense troops were about to break their own shield wall defenses, Hans and López had to give way and let the routed troops evacuate from the passage.
More than 70 percent of the city defense troops were scattered directly from the shield wall defense lines on both sides of them, and about 20 percent of the city defense troops were routed, and they chose the rear of the wolf cavalry, which seemed to be safer, instead of breaking from both sides.
The Iron Guards and the Fire Legion, which had just built a new defensive line, ushered in a wave of defeated city defense troops, and the soldiers who had not had time to give up the passage were directly rushed by the routs, and the angry Hans and López turned pale.
Fortunately, the wolf cavalry who attacked smoothly did not pay attention to these routs who had no will to fight, and the Spartan hoplites and royal pikemen who were waiting in front of them were the next ones they needed to defeat!
Looking at the thousands of city defense troops fleeing frantically in front of him, Cabitus, who was holding the spear in his hand, stood on the flank of the spear phalanx of a group of Spartan heavy infantry, and shouted at them:
"Soldiers in front, take a detour to evacuate, and those who dare to charge into battle will be killed!"
"Whoever dares to rush into battle, don't be killed!"
"Whoever dares to rush into battle, shoot and kill!!"
"Whoever dares to rush into battle, don't !! kill"
The roar of six Spartan hoplites and four royal pikemen resounded throughout the battlefield in an instant, and the fleeing routs chose to continue charging towards the friendly lines after only looking back at the pursuing wolf cavalry.
With a cold face, Cabitus did not hesitate to order the Cretan archers and iron gunners behind him: "Ready!"
Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, when the rout approached only one hundred and fifty meters away from the spear phalanx, the iron-hearted Cabitus roared directly: "Shoot!"
"Bang...... Boom...... Shout...... Whew......"
The volley of 400 iron gunners and 480 Cretan archers caused the approaching city defenders to fall in pieces, without even a chance to dodge;
"Kill all the dragon cowards and raise my wolf riding prestige!"
The scene of the Celestial Dragon army almost killing each other made the wolf king Saker, who led the wolf cavalry across the breakout army, very happy, and in his opinion, the reason why the panicked Celestial Dragon army would kill each other was because the wolf cavalry under his command was too strong.
"Kill all the dragon cowards and raise my wolf riding prestige!!"
The shouting of nearly 50,000 wolf cavalry was more intimidating than the chanting of more than 1,000 pikemen, but their rather intimidating slogans were so invaluable to the fearless soldiers of the system.
"Shoot!"
This time, as soon as the wolf cavalry came within three hundred meters of the pike-line, Cabitus gave the order to shoot, and the Cretan archers, who were ready, immediately began their volley, followed by three rounds of the iron gunners.
The rain of sharp swords and the deadly barrage shot the wolf cavalry rushing to the front in rows on the spot; occasionally some unlucky wolf cavalry just fell from the wolf under their seat, and were trampled into mud by the friendly wolf wolf running at full speed behind them, and there was no chance of survival.
The crackling sound of fire lasted less than two rounds, and the extremely fast wolf cavalry rushed towards the spear-lined line, and the spear phalanx of the Spartan hoplites and royal pikemen was forced to rush away from the front by a huge number of wolf cavalry!
The heavy infantry, desperately standing in front of the iron gunners and Cretan archers, along with the spears they clenched, were rushed away by the fierce and powerful war wolves, and while more than a thousand wolf cavalry were killed on the spot, the spear defense of Capitus was also forcibly dispersed!