Chapter 61: Conspiracy
Just when the infantry behind was panting and catching up, the leader of the strong man had already opened the sack containing the goods, and the sack containing the "grain" was pierced by the long sword, and a stream of mud and sand flowed out!
"Not good! Enemy Attack!! The leader of the strong man saw the mud flowing out, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he let out a heart-rending cry, although he had never seen such a trick, but the experience of years of fighting told him that this was definitely a well-planned ambush!
As soon as his words fell, a dense rain of arrows shot out of the forest, and one hundred and fifty arrows with the sound of breaking through the air shot into the crowd, directly piercing their leather armor and into their fragile bodies!
The recurve composite bow chain armor can cause a lot of damage, and will it be a small leather armor with a small cloth opinion?
The archers, after training, were able to shoot a second arrow at great speed, and another hundred and fifty arrows poured out.
The "robbers" were immediately shot crying dad and mother, after they found that the leather armor on their bodies did not work, their morale quickly collapsed, and the whole of their blood-drenched comrades were shot into a sieve, they didn't want to be a sieve, they could only run away!
Even the leaders of the strong men are all elites, and more than 30 people who are strong on horses have also had a lot of riots, and more than 10 people fell directly from their horses in two rounds of arrow rain.
However, the elite in the end quickly restored order under the reprimand of the leader of the strong man.
William raised his spear, roared angrily, and led the knights and light and heavy cavalry to charge, and the sound of the cavalry of more than thirty people was terrifying.
Amid the desperate wails of the robbers, the knights increased their horse's speed to the extreme.
The infantry also advanced behind, and the archers stopped firing, and the lethality of the recurve compound bow did not want to hunt the bow, and this kind of bow and arrow was also a great threat to their own knights.
The remaining twenty or so cavalry on the other side finally reacted, and the strong man leader had no time to care about the chaotic infantry, so he could only let out a roar and lead the cavalry to charge, but it seemed that he had little chance of winning.
"Boom!" The cavalry on both sides officially collided, and William successfully stabbed his rifle into the opponent's chest and passed by the opponent's horse.
For a while, the sound of bone cracking on the horses on both sides could not dodge colliding together, the wails before death, and the breaking sound of riding spears were endless.
The tragedy was as severe as Mars hitting the earth, and the knights' riding spears were almost all broken, and they began to draw their long swords and engage in difficult horseback battles.
The cavalry on both sides finally broke away from each other's formation, and after forming their formations again, they took a breath and prepared for a second round of charge.
William killed two of his enemies in the first round of the charge, and his blood-stained shirt with a black cross on a white background looked very vicious.
The casualties of the knights were not large, only two people fell off their horses, but the light cavalry wearing leather armor suffered large casualties, six people fell off their horses, and this round of charging down, William's side directly lost more than ten people.
And the other side looked even worse, there were only five or six people who could sit on horseback, and it seemed that they could be wiped out with just one charge.
William simply had the light cavalry disbanded and went with the infantry to hunt down the fleeing bandits, while the knights and heavy cavalry charged with him.
The infantry also fought very well, and the archers had completely destroyed the enemy's morale, and they did not have the courage to confront the Manders infantry at all.
Therefore, the infantry did not form a phalanx, but worked in groups of three or three to pursue the fleeing enemy, and for a time, blood flew everywhere on the battlefield, stumps and broken arms were all over the ground, and everywhere were broken corpses disemboweled, disemboweled, disemboweled, and disemboweled.
The infantry fought fiercely, but not as frantic as the cavalry.
A round of charges came down, and there were several more corpses on the ground.
"See the guy in the middle? Don't kill him! We're going to capture him alive! William pointed the long sword in his hand at the leader of the strong man, and said angrily.
When the leader of the strong man saw the other party pointing his long sword at him so contemptuously, he was immediately angry, and his face under the semi-enclosed helmet was hideous.
He shouted loudly, "William! Don't be complacent too early, I planted it today! But in the near future, you will be even worse than me! ”
"Huh...... Hahaha...... Hahahahaha! Don't try to capture me alive! I will die like a warrior! As long as I don't die for a moment, I'll kill your people! The leader of the strong man laughed frantically, his eyes were red, and his mouth was foaming at the foam, and he said madly.
William frowned when he saw his crazy appearance, not because he was frightened by him like this, to be honest, nothing that William had been tempered now could scare him.
He was just a little worried, what did he mean by the end of the day that he would end up like him in the near future? Could it be that there is a conspiracy against him?
To be honest, William is a bit neurotic now, because he finds that he has no other advantages than a little more knowledge than the people of his age, and he will be killed if he is not careful.
This is not alarmist, just to say that last time, if it wasn't for the earl's favoritism towards himself, and the strength of Viscount Kewen has begun to make the earl jealous, then he will definitely not be able to turn the tables, it is estimated that he is really planted somewhere!
With this lesson in mind, William would have thought for a while about anything that contained a conspiracy, and the unformed intelligence organization could not give him a sense of security.
"Remember! Gotta capture him alive! Willian stressed once again and launched the next charge.
In this round of charge, two people on William's side fell off their horses, and the other party was completely wiped out except for the leader of the strong men.
The knights slowly surrounded each other, then narrowed the encirclement, and William pushed the protective surface of his helmet in the center of the knights.
"Tell me everything you know! I will spare your life, as long as you tell me the matter without reservation, I will let you leave unscathed, otherwise, I will let you understand what it means to live rather than die! William said solemnly.
"Oh? Are you threatening me? The strong man leader laughed and said.
"Yes! You can understand it that way, but you can also understand that I want to let you go, just tell me everything you know, and I'll let you go! William said.
At this moment, an officer of the light cavalry came to William's side: "My lord, we have cleared all the enemies, except for those who have run away, we have cleared them out!" As he spoke, he glanced at the leader of the strong man.
The strong man leader sighed helplessly and said, "Well, the name is always the most important, I can tell you, but you must swear with the dignity of a nobleman and piety to the Father, as long as I tell you something, you will not kill me!" ”
"No problem, I swear with the dignity of nobility and devotion to God the Father! As long as you tell the story, I will never kill you! William swore an oath.
"Well, then I'm relieved that you won't break your oath under the supervision of these knights."
"Alright, let's talk about it!" William couldn't stand his nonsense anymore and shouted.
"My name is Bruno, I am a mercenary leader, and a month ago, Viscount Kowen in the Denlenburg region approached me and said that there was a matter for me to deal with, and he would give me a large sum of money as payment."
"As for the conspiracy against you, in fact, I don't know much, but I heard that Viscount Kewen is going to wait for someone to come, and then dispose of you easily, but this is also what I overheard, I heard that the person he has to wait for seems to be a long time before it arrives, and he has to be patient to say anything, I only know this!" Bruno said, spreading his hands.
"I've told you everything, now I can go!" As he spoke, Bruno rode his horse outside.
"Wait!" As William's words fell, the knights stopped each other.
"What do you mean? Didn't you say yes? Bruno said angrily, expressing great contempt for William's untrustworthiness.
William said lightly in everyone's eyes: "I just said I won't kill you, and I didn't say that I will let you go, you just follow me first!" ”
With that, the knights tied up Bruno and put him in custody.
After the battle, after statistics, more than 10 infantry were lost for the two sides, after all, there was no tragic frontal battle, just chasing the fleeing enemy, only four of these ten people were killed, and the others were seriously injured and could not go to the battlefield.
The knights lost three people, one was killed, and two of them saved their lives because of their excellent protection, but it was estimated that it would take a long time to go to war.
The heavy cavalry were almost as well equipped as the knights, and the casualties were not too great, only four were killed and five were seriously wounded, while the archers did not suffer a single casualty because they did not meet the enemy head-on.