Section 260: The War of Revenge

The drums of war were beating, the breeze was blowing through the grass, and Lord Zack's Amar mercenaries were lined up one by one, Nasser and Haradin in armor stood at the right end of the line, the bright sun shining on them, and the bright armor was particularly dazzling.

"The catapult thing is definitely on the orders of Lord Zack." Haradin whispered to his friend as he stood side by side with Nasser.

"I know." Nasser nodded slightly inadvertently, not far behind him, this time Lord Zack personally put on his armor and mounted his horse, and beside him were the group of Kate archers.

"Then we should not continue to serve him, as long as you give him an order, I can kill him." Haradin was disgusted by Lord Zack's ruthlessness, and he felt that he should not die for such people.

"No, I have my own ideas, Haradin my friend, trust me." Nasser had a strange look in his eyes as he said to Haradin.

Opposite Bruce, wearing a high-topped iron helmet, sat on top of his warhorse, behind him were Glinton's soldiers and Ignath's men, hundreds of people lined up along the outside of the manor, Grinton's mercenaries with spears in the center, Ignas's armed servants on either wing, noble cavalry and Bruce together, and light cavalry behind the infantry.

"The sergeant stopped." Bruce saw that the opposing army was a hundred paces away from him, and raised his hand to look back, telling the soldiers to stop and wait.

"Whew, whew, whew~~." Edward held Bruce's banner aloft, his banner unfurled in the wind, and the flag made a sound in the wind.

"Boom." Hundreds of people stopped advancing at the same time, and the sound of footsteps thundered like thunder.

"Send a messenger?" Edward asked Bruce.

"No need, to this point, there is no need for peace talks." Bruce shook his head, as a nobleman, according to the etiquette of the battlefield, he could first send an envoy to conduct a friendly negotiation to see if it was possible to reach an agreement, after all, war is a very manpower-consuming thing.

However, at this time, both Lord Zack and Bruce have already killed each other, and they have reached the point of not dying, if Lord Zack wins, Ignath's manor will definitely become Lord Zack's private property, and the people in the manor will be killed cleanly, and Bruce will not easily let go of Lord Zack.

"Hey." Lord Zack's armor was covered with an otter's skin, and the otter's head was hanging on his shoulder, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a playful smile when he found that the other party had no intention of sending an envoy at all.

"Start fighting?" Kate archer, wearing a kingfisher feather hat and a beard, raised his head and asked Lord Zack after a deep groan.

"Let's go to war, the other side doesn't seem to have any plans to negotiate peace!" Zach tilted his head, looked at the Bruce army opposite, and said with a smile.

"Honor or revenge?" Kate the archer sighed, he was not afraid of war, he just hated war without any doubt, this battle seemed to him to be a child's play.

"Revenge." Lord Zach grinned and bared his teeth, the so-called honor means that this is a battle between nobles for face, both sides have been ordered, and the captives will also be sent back to their respective camps after receiving a certain ransom.

But the war of revenge is different, it is a war of nobles for shame or family revenge, burning each other's territory, killing all the other party's people, selling the other party's wives and daughters into slavery, and all the sons are crucified on wooden frames.

"Understood." Kate's archer, wearing a kingfisher feather hat and a beard, nodded, and he reached out and pulled out a Kate arrow from the quiver behind his back, and the longbow in his hand was pulled away, shooting an arrow into the sky.

"Huh~~~." The arrow flew into the sky, arcing in an arc and making a sharp sound.

", arrows?" Bruce was on his horse, and when he heard the sound of the arrow, his expression suddenly froze, and he didn't expect Kate's archer to have such a thing as a ringing arrow.

Ringing arrows refer to wearing something like a whistle on the arrow, which was originally used to frighten the prey, but it will become a signal for the commander on the battlefield, which does not seem to be a big deal, but in fact, in the era of extremely underdeveloped communications, it can often determine victory or defeat.

"Forward~~." Nasser heard the sound of sentry arrows and saw them slashing across the sky and piercing straight into the middle of the battlefield, and he immediately drew his saber at his waist, pointed diagonally to the opposite side, and commanded loudly.

"It's so convenient." Haradin stared at the sentry arrow, admiring the invention in his heart, and perhaps he should have taken a closer look at how it was constructed and used.

"Blow the trumpet, the infantry attack." Bruce raised his hand and ordered Edward and the others.

"Yes, Lord Baron." Edward hurriedly issued an order to the heralds, and suddenly the horn sounded, and the Greenton infantry began to move slowly.

The Grington soldiers were armed with spears, which they held over their shoulders, and the spears stood in the center of the formation like a wood, and in the rear were the loose armed servants of the manor, who carefully followed behind the Glinton pikemen.

"Crossbowmen prepare." Blacksmith Mitch shouted in his own rugged voice, as a military tribune, at this time as a junior officer of the legion issued battle orders.

"Crunch, crunch." The Grington crossbowmen, who were usually at the four corners of the pikemen, stepped on the leather rings in front of the crossbows with their feet, pulled the strings of the crossbows, and loaded the bolts, causing a tooth-aching crunch on the Grintonsian position.

"What's that?" The advancing Amar mercenaries heard this voice and thought it was very strange, they had not seen the crossbow of the Glintons.

"Ready, launch~~." Seeing that the crossbowmen were all ready to stop, Mickey waved his hand sharply, and the crossbowmen raised their crossbows and fired a wave of crossbows at the Amar troops rushing towards them like a tide.

"Brush, brush, brush~~."

"Whoosh~~~."

"Ah~." Facing the rain of arrows falling from the sky, the Amar people hurriedly raised the shield on their wrists, but the crossbow arrows were so dense that some people were unfortunately hit by arrows.

"Oh?" Kate's eyes lit up when he saw the Grington crossbow with a two-puff beard and a kingfisher feather hat, and his eyes lit up when he saw the Grington crossbow with a range that was as lethal as his own.

"Boom, boom, boom~~." Grinton's cavalry began to feint, the light cavalry running from the flank, the hooves of the horses roaring, putting pressure on the charging Amar mercenaries, but Bruce and the noble cavalry remained stationary, keeping an eye on the battlefield.