Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Battle 1
Although the kobold retreated, Richard did not intend to let them go easily, no matter how small the mosquito was, it was meat,
Just as the kobold retreated, a gap was vacated in the coalition formation,
More than 300 cavalry swarmed out of the array, these cavalry with only people in armor and no armor on horses, I am afraid that the main formation used to charge the ogre is probably not much more meaningful, but it is definitely more than enough to pursue a group of retreating ogres.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded from behind the kobolds, and although the kobolds ran faster than the average human footman, it was impossible to outrun the horses.
Soon the cavalry of the coalition army caught up with the group of kobolds who exposed their backs to them,
Encountering a cavalry backcharge during a retreat would be a disaster for any army, let alone this group of kobolds with an average height of less than one meter three.
Regardless of the courage before, in less than a minute after being trampled into the ranks by the cavalry, the kobold completely broke up and fled in all directions,
The cavalry mechanically trampled on their horses, wielded their swords and harvested, without encountering the slightest resistance, until they were less than three hundred meters away from the ogre, and then turned back.
After the cavalry's pursuit, less than 500 of the more than 2,000 kobolds who came out of the battle could go back alive, and the casualty rate of this proportion, Rao is kobold people were not afraid of death, and they were also frightened, and it was difficult to launch an attack in a short period of time.
"These little dwarfs are really useless!"
Luz didn't feel much anger when he looked at the defeated kobold, even if there was a little, it was only because the kobold was defeated and lost a little bit of his face, not because of the kobold's casualties.
The coalition side has boosted a lot of morale for this, although the kobold was not beaten up, but he won a game.
However, everyone understands that the real battle has not yet begun, and it is not a real battle until those big men of more than two meters join the battle.
"Follow me!"
After realizing that there was no point in testing too much with kobolds, Luz waved the mace in his hand and prepared to charge directly with the ogre.
Two or three thousand human warriors didn't seem to him worth his many careful temptations,
His choice was to go straight to A,
"Let the kobolds follow us, and let them rush in when we break out of the human formation."
It's not that Ruz suddenly launched a kind heart, it's just that he found that there was no point in charging the battle with kobolds, just giving away people's heads.
If you wait for the ogre warriors to disrupt the human formation and then let the kobolds get on it, it will cause more trouble for the humans.
Luz was draped in heavy armor, and even his head was completely hidden under metal protection, leaving only a small gap in the door for viewing.
This giant-like height of two and a half meters, coupled with the heavy armor of the whole body, can bring the earth to tremble without further
This kind of pressure coming slowly is much greater than the thousands of kobolds charging forward, not to mention that Luz is also carrying dozens of ogre warriors who are also wearing iron armor behind him,
If it weren't for Richard to lead people to suppress the formation, with this group of iron-clad ogre warriors and Lutz at the head, the nobles would have to slip away with their men.
The ogre looked bulky and walked slowly, but it wasn't actually slow, and it was soon less than five hundred paces.
"Bed crossbow ready!"
In the rear of the coalition ranks, several bulky bed crossbows were ready to be drawn,
These bed crossbows were brought by the nobles themselves, and they looked very bulky, so they were only brought in this kind of plain area.
For the sake of marching speed, Richard's side did not carry a bear hunting crossbow, but let most of the Flying Bear Army that followed behind carry it, which was not useful at this time.
"Put"
When the ogre comes within 300 paces, the flag is waved down.
The warrior guarding the crossbow of the bed wielded a battle axe, slashed the rope that stretched the bow body, and several huge arrows of nearly two meters rushed out towards the ogre.
Then, several soldiers around him began to work together to reload the crossbow arrows,
In addition to the bear-hunting crossbow made by Richard with his golden finger, the bed crossbow of this era had a greater deterrent effect than the actual effect, and more often it should be used as a weapon to defend the city while lying on the castle.
These bulky big guys are not easy to load, and many times they only have one chance to launch, and they can't cause too many casualties, and their accuracy is very limited.
The real effect is not to directly cause casualties to the enemy, but to cause a tragic situation after hitting the flesh, which can cause a great visual impact on the enemy.
On the other side, several huge arrows that shot out had fallen into the ogre array, and two of them were stuck on the ground as if they were not like words.
But there was a team that was lucky, and it ran straight to the door of Lutz,
But although Lutz looked bulky, he was not slow to react, and with a wave of the mace in his hand, he took the giant arrow away from the direction.
This kind of two-meter giant arrow, even the ogre warriors with heavy armor and thick skin and flesh don't dare to take it hard.
You can only use the weapon in your hand to block it.
"Ahh
Although Luz reacted and was able to swing the giant arrow away, the ordinary ogre warriors around him did not have this strength.
A giant arrow directly shot an ogre warrior with armor through,
However, the giant arrow, which could have pierced through several people like a string of sugar gourds, lost power and fell to the ground after shooting an ogre warrior, causing no more damage.
The shot from the crossbow did not hinder the ogre in any way, and the ogre continued to move briskly towards the coalition forces.
The soldiers in the front row with better eyesight could even see the ogre's hideous facial features, and the hands of some auxiliaries holding weapons even began to tremble slightly.
There is no way, ordinary soldiers, anyone who faces this kind of monster with heavy weapons in hand and like a mountain will be frightened.
"Bell!"
Luz fired another arrow at him, and when the ogre was a hundred paces away, Richard ordered the sharpshooters to start firing freely.
But the damage caused by the marksman this time was far less obvious than the previous destruction of the other two ogre tribes,
The ogres they faced before were almost all armorless units except for the leader.
And this time the ogre warriors in the front row are almost all dressed in heavy iron armor,
Even with the bonus of Richard's offensive technique, the marksman's attack was a little weak against these ogre warriors in heavy iron armor in the front row.
The target can only be shifted to the unprotected lower body of the ogre, and although it has no lethal effect on injuring its lower limbs, it can also hinder the movement of the ogre, and even incapacitate some ogres.
After two rounds of shooting by the marksman, the ogre still fell nearly ten people.
The ogres led by Ruz also entered the attack range of the coalition archers,
At a distance of fifty paces, a rain of arrows was thrown, and the density of these arrows was far greater than that of the marksman's shot, but these hundreds of arrows were far less damaging to the ogre.
On closer inspection, after a rain of arrows, none of the ogres fell, and only a few dozen kobolds were injured.
"Spear!"
"Kill!"
As the ogre drew closer, the pikemen in the front row cheered their courage with shouts of killing......