Section 56: Trail Encounter
The knights were the children of noble families, and from these children of good blood were selected and trained, so that they could serve the real knights from an early age, and learn military knowledge and skills, and when these children reached the age of riding and slashing, the lord would hold a ceremony for them in the church, awarding them with swords, armor and horses.
After completing the conferment ceremony, the knight became the knight of the lord's family, but if the knight wants to get more estates and improve his status in the eyes of the lord, he must work harder to serve his monarch, and the most direct way is to show his strong force through battle.
Therefore, the knights are a group of people who are most eager for war, they hope to use the sword in their hands and the war horse under their crotch, to make achievements in battle, and gain the appreciation of the high-ranking nobles, and the greatest knight is the founder of the Pumen Bruce Empire, "Henry I" of the "Angry Sword".
"Count, allow us to kill this guy who despises you." Count Ivan's knights said sullenly from the bottle helmet, this is a barrel-shaped iron helmet, the advantage is that it can completely protect the knight's head, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, poor vision.
"No, this is Randallshire after all, just teach him a lesson." Count Ivan rode on his horse, completely with an attitude that did not put Bruce in his eyes, perhaps in his opinion, this kind of low-level little lord was simply a milky hairy child, who did not know how thick the sky was.
"Yes." The knights of Count Ivan's family were already gearing up, and they slammed their mounts with the spurs on their feet and charged at Bruce's ranks.
"Grazi~~." The Ivan knights roared from their helmets, their spears raised in their hands, and their mounts jolted as the knights rushed straight towards Bruce and the others.
"Steady, steady~~." Bruce drew his sword at his waist, and he shouted loudly behind the spearmen, facing the menacing heavy cavalry, few infantry would not have broken their morale.
"Hey, hey, hey." The spear and pestle soldiers looked at the heavy cavalry rushing over, in fact, they were very frightened in their hearts, the war horses with snorting sounds, the knights in bright armor, and the roar of the horses' hooves stepping on the ground would make anyone who stood in front of the knights feel trembling, but Bruce's strict training played a role, and under the constraints of discipline, the spear and pestle soldiers still held their positions steadily.
"Whoosh~~." Eve aimed at a knight's horse and fired an arrow that flew over the spearmen's heads.
"Shoot." At this point, Bruce didn't care much, he turned his head on horseback and shouted a command to the crossbowmen behind him.
"Whoosh~~." The crossbowmen had already prepared their crossbow arrows, and they aimed at the knights and shot the crossbow arrows in their hands, and the locust-like crossbow arrows flew towards the knights.
"Gray Law~~." Eve's arrow hit one of the knights' horses in the eye, and the horses fell to their knees with a neigh, and the knights on horseback were immediately thrown out and rolled on the muddy ground, but his companions did not hesitate to jump over and continue to charge.
The crossbow bolts were fired at the ranks of knights, who were skilled in combat, and instead of rushing towards Bruce and the others, they lined up in a line and pushed them side, a formation that could maximize the power of the first wave of heavy cavalry charges.
"Oh~~." The crossbow shot the knight's body, but the fine leather armor weakened the damage of the crossbow, although the tip of the crossbow pierced the knight's body, but it was only a skin wound, the knight with the crossbow bolt stuck in his chest fearlessly, and continued to charge towards Bruce and the others.
"Gray law ~~, ping pong ~~~, boom~~."
When the heavy cavalry and the spearmen collided with the defensive line, for a moment the otherwise calm road was filled with the clashing of metal, the neighing of horses, and a loud noise.
Bruce saw that when the heavy cavalry was about to make contact with the spear and pestle soldiers, these knights immediately stretched out the spears in their hands on the back of their horses, driven by acceleration and inertia, all their strength was concentrated on the tip of the spear, and the spear pestle soldiers who had not been trained in how to fight the cavalry had no ability to block the charge of the heavy cavalry.
"Ping~~." Bruce saw his spear and pestle soldier fall to the ground like a rag doll, seeing that there was no movement, Bruce was stunned when he saw the power of the knight's charge for the first time, and although the knights' charge was blocked by the spear and pestle soldiers, they did not stop but continued to rush towards Bruce.
"Kill~~." Just as Bruce was stunned, Stukov rushed up with a captured pirate scimitar in his hand, and his shouts of killing woke Bruce up.
"Damn." Bruce shook his head violently, he was on the battlefield now, and there must not be the slightest cowardice and hesitation.
Bruce gritted his teeth and slashed at a knight, who was unable to move on horseback and was struck in the shoulder by Bruce's sword, and the two mounts did not stop, staggering past each other. Bruce kicked his mount hard and drove his horse forward to support the spearmen, and Eve unceremoniously supported them with bows and arrows, and the crossbowmen quickly bent down and stepped on the leather rings, pulling the crossbow strings and putting on the crossbows.
"Hmm." Anne and Mavis hid beside the carriage, and they watched the people in front of them in a chaotic crowd, when Danny, who was lying on the pack wagon, looked up with all his might, and seemed relieved when he saw the wolf's head flag.
"Annie, come here." Mavis looked around, she stooped under the pack carriage and pulled Anne in, where it was relatively safe.
"Ah~~." However, when Anne and Mavis got under the carriage, they came across the body of another man, and Anne screamed in fright, and the man was also frightened, and Mavis fixed on the fact that it was Edward, the Pale Knight.
"Edward, what are you doing here? You should go out and fight. Mavis saw that Edward was angry, but Edward's face was not very good.
"Blood, a lot of blood, ah~." Edward's face was pale, and his body trembled as if he were sick.
"He seems to be sick." Anne looked at Edward worriedly, and reached out to touch his forehead.
"Ahh Edward touched Anne's cold little hand, and was immediately frightened, curled up under the car.
At this time, Bruce and the spearmen were in a bitter battle, and the Ivan knights easily broke through the spearmen's defenses, and several knights even entered the crossbowmen, and they slashed at the crossbowmen with their swords mercilessly.
"Whoosh, poof~~." But the crossbowmen were not tied up, they had also undergone rigorous training, and had seen blood in the destruction of the pirate's lair, and when they saw the knight rushing over, one of the crossbowmen immediately raised the crossbow and instinctively pulled the trigger, the cavalryman was only five paces away from him, and only heard a whoosh, and the crossbow flew out and hit the vital point between the knight's helmet and chin, and the crossbow bolt shattered his throat.
"Uh-huh~~." The knight's head hung down, and the spear in his hand fell to the ground, but the horse under his crotch did not know what was happening, and continued to carry his master on his back, blood flowing from his helmet and dripping on the horse's mane.