Chapter 57: Killing the Enemy (I)
The trembling earth was beaten by countless iron horses, and a dull thunderous sound swept through everything.
In an instant, the whole world fell silent... The infinite time slowed down is like a sticky and stagnant sea, making every subtle movement clearly visible.
-for-tat, the tip of the gun that brushes the face;
The elite centaur guards who had to squint in the dazzling sunlight;
Byrne Knight, expressionless and charging with a spear;
"Bang ——!"
The cold centaur heavy spear struck the Knight of Byrne's kite-shaped shield, and with a heart-shaking roar, the iron-clad shield instantly shattered, and the unstoppable tip of the spear pierced the knight's chest, and the shards of the shield tore the knight's neck through the cracks in the armor;
The hideous-looking centaur elite guard roared, and the spear he drew and threw the knight flying.
But that's the end of it......
In the next second, the screaming knight's unarmed spear still pierced his arm, and in the sound of broken muscles and bones, the centaur guard, who had not had time to shout, saw a dazzling black shadow coming towards him, making him unable to open his eyes.
That's the tip of a riding gun!
Countless terrifying loud noises rang out one after another, and in the midst of the violent collision, there were broken spears and the wailing of horses everywhere!
Basaye, the banner owner of the White Wave Banner, had high hopes, and the five hundred elite guards in heavy armor not only failed to block the charge of the Byrne Knights, but they were all crushed before they even survived the first round.
Centaur... They thought of equipping their warriors with armor, of the need to use heavy spears to increase the power of the charge, to increase the advantage of human cavalry head-on;
But they forgot one of the most important things - shock cavalry, once there is no absolute speed, then it is nothing!
In order to push their speed to the limit, the Byrne Knights had to charge from five hundred paces away;
In order to maintain absolute impact, they will turn a blind eye to their fallen companions;
The tight formation, and the thin front to maximize the power of the impact, formed the most invincible, enough to crush everything, even the Imperial Legion had to avoid its sharp edge of the "wall charge"!
Countless iron horsemen roared past, and without the slightest emotion, they trampled the screaming centaur guards to the ground, turning them into mud covered in armor and flesh and blood.
In the wail, these "heavy cavalry" with "full body leather armor" did not even have the slightest strength to resist, and they were completely drowned!
When the first row of centaur "heavy" guards was completely crushed, the loose centaur men in the back were almost crushed by the unrivaled charge, and the Byrne knights who trampled on the bones of their compatriots burst into the line.
Tear, trample, slaughter, ravage!
There was a very "weird" scene on the battlefield outside the barren hill camp, where more than 3,000 centaur warriors collapsed in front of the Byrne knights who were killed in front of less than 1,000 people.
But when they turned back, they found that there was nowhere to escape—there was a barren hill camp behind them, and there was no way to retreat, and the thin and narrow charging line of the Byrne knights, though not thick, could seal the two wings of the enemy who tried to escape;
That's it... Three thousand, "surrounded" by a thousand!
The centaur tribes, realizing that they had no way to escape, finally began their final resistance;
But these cavalry, which is composed of old and weak women and children, may still have a slight advantage in front of the infantry, but in front of the Byrne knights, who have changed into Boi horses, they are just a group of enemies waiting to be killed.
Without any orders from Loren, the Byrne knights quickly split into three, with each wing and center shouldering the task of outflanking and dividing, methodically slaughtering all the centaurs who were still resisting.
Charge, encircle, turn back... As the repetition continued, many knights had drawn their swords from their saddles, spread out of formation, and burst into the scattered centaur tribe like sharp knives again, bringing with them a bloody light and flying stumps.
Between the horses' hooves, the spear and the edge of the great sword were stained with blood, and everywhere there was a terrible wail, and the living life was turned into the bones of the ravaged under the iron horse.
The battle went from a head-on collision at the beginning to a one-sided hunt.
At this moment, an amazing loud bang suddenly came from a distance!
In the chaos of the battlefield, the black-haired wizard looked back at the battlefield in the distance, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
On the calm horizon, a black smoke billowed up, followed by countless roars and war howls!
The Byrne knights, who were still in the middle of the charge just now, turned their heads one after another, and inadvertently let go of many centaur scattered tribes, and fled in the direction of the barren hills.
Ranmaros, Earl of Lake City, rushed over panting, his two spears had been broken, and they had been replaced with the saber of the Lookout Peak, his round eyes were staring at the direction of the smoke and dust, and there was a real anger in his eyes:
"Duke, that's ......"
"One of our old friends, Basayh of the White Wave Flag. Loren's eyes froze:
He finally reacted. ”
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Camp Wasteland, Byrne's main battlefield.
In the sound of fighting that resounded through the heavens and the earth, looking at the white wave banner that was gradually beginning to shake under the entanglement of the Byrne Rangers in the distance, the expressionless Count of Fort Fury, Eckert, his eyes were unprecedentedly solemn.
"They want to run!"
Covered in blood, Salika Jonah threw away the broken saber in her hand, picked up a knight's sword of Byrne, and shouted at Eckert with an eager expression:
"If we continue to fight like this, we won't be able to stop them with infantry and hussars alone - let my silver armor ride on!"
"One charge, one charge, I'll kill that brute of Basaye!"
Coldly watched the Ranger regiments trapped on the battlefield and desperately intercepted in a roundabout, the phalanx infantry who desperately maintained the front and turned into a "chopping block", and the Bailang Banner army desperately trying to break through and rescue the barren hill camp in the midst of desperate entanglement......
Eckert hesitated.
Will the last reserve of the Silver Cavalry, as Salika suggest, be mobilized to deal a fatal blow to the enemy who wants to break through, or will the phalanx infantry abandon their line and launch an all-out general assault to bog Basayer into the quagmire of melee?
Either way it is very risky, but if you don't stop Basaye as soon as possible and let the Bailang Banner army break through, Loren, who has just captured the barren hill camp, will be besieged by dozens of times the enemy!
But once the final general attack is thrown, the battlefield will be completely out of control - there is no possibility of recovering the chess pieces thrown out.
The duke gave him the army ... It's trust.
I can't live up to that trust.
"Mistress Eckert——!"
The light cavalry on the front line risked their lives to break through the line and rushed to the front of the Earl of Fury Castle: "The vanguard of the White Wave Banner has torn through the array and broken through in the direction of the barren hill camp!"
Expressionless, Eckert clutched the hilt of his sword at his waist and looked solemn.
"Eckert!" exclaimed Salika, who wielded her saber, "Do you want to watch your duke killed?!"
"Wait a minute——!"
The Count of Fort Fury interrupted her indifferently, "Wait!"
"What are you waiting for, can't you really ......?"
"I say......" Eckert turned his head sharply and stared at her, "Wait!"
Salika, who was blocked for a moment, snorted angrily and turned her gaze to the side in anger.
Wait a minute......
In that direction... Bailang flag, and did not break through?
No, the Rangers' blockade was indeed torn apart by them, but instead of moving on, they withdrew.
This... It can't be, right?
Salika, who was staring wide-eyed, her jaw was about to fall to the ground: "It's only been a quarter of an hour since the start of the war, Luo, Loren, that guy, he's already ......"
"The Duke... The defenders of the White Wave Banner have been completely annihilated and captured the barren hill camp. With a solemn expression, Ackert shouted: "Our enemy, there is no turning back from the escape!"
Salika on the side was stunned and didn't react at all.
The next moment, Eckert had already drawn the saber at his waist and raised it high above his head:
"Byrne, line up, meet the enemy——!"
The cold blade swung forward, and Eckert was the first to tighten the reins, and the war horse neighed and roared loudly:
"Slay all the remnants of the enemy, annihilate them all, let the blades stain the blood, let the spears roar, and ...... to our duke
Glory ————!!!!"