Chapter 67: Defeat the Bandits
Perhaps the scale of these heavy cavalry is not as large as the huge army in the movie, and the battle scenes are naturally not comparable to the blockbusters with special effects.
However, all this happened in front of his eyes, and the effect on the screen is completely different.
The neighing of warhorses, the shouts of warriors, and the screams of men as they pierce their armor and bodies with blades.
All of this together constitutes the main rhythm of the heavy cavalry battlefield not far away.
The expression of the knight of Rhodok changed, although it was a certain distance, but Byron could be sure that the other man's expression was stiff and terrible.
The soldiers who faced them could not ignore the wails and angry shouts of their comrades behind them, and the formation loosened somewhat, and some of the mercenaries began to retreat slowly, until the roar of the Rhodok knight stopped this behavior.
However, Byron can be sure that the opponent's morale has lost most of it, which will be very beneficial for their next battle.
"Attack!"
The Count gave the order, and the knights beside him waved their battle flags, which meant to attack.
The infantry began to charge, maintaining their previous formation, gradually surrounding the bandit force by taking advantage of the length of the ranks.
Byron followed Bandak, hammer and shield in front of the opposition.
The crossbowmen had already changed their weapons by this time, and the military hoe and war hammer were in my hands, and I went to the opponent's shield with all my might.
The bandits' pikemen stabbed their spears en masse, and several infantry and mercenaries standing at the front of the line were stabbed with spears, their chain mail pierced, and blood gushed out.
However, Byron clearly had the advantage, and the Swadian infantry rushed forward, withstood the opponent's spears, and then rammed them with their shields, attacking them with their hammers and swords, trying to break through their blocks.
Byron and Bandak faced off against a Rhodok spearman and a Nord Scoko.
Byron's mace and Coward's axe are about the same length, and neither has much of an advantage in distance. However, from the second row there would be swords and spears, which made Byron's battle difficult.
The pirate's axe slashed through Byron's shoulder, cutting through the linen burqa and leaving a trail on the breastplate. Byron's hammer also smashed on the other party's shoulder, and with a sound of bones cracking, the coward opened his mouth and roared loudly, and the shoulder of his left arm that was hit by Byron sank a little.
After that, the guy behind the pirate stabbed a spear through the gap, and Byron couldn't dodge it, and was stabbed in the head.
With the protection of his helmet, Byron was able to save his life, but he still felt something hit his head, and it really hurt.
Fortunately, there was someone behind Byron who was helping him, and it was the same spear stabbing, but the other party could no longer hold the shield, so he was stabbed directly into the abdomen, and soon blood gushed out of his mouth, and the angry howl continued.
Byron took a step back and touched his helmet. He could feel a noticeable dent in the helmet, but it wasn't punched through.
He looked up and saw that Bandak had plunged the sharp part of the hammer deep into his opponent's skull, his body's body trembling with his twisted, hideous face, which had never seen such a terrible expression before anyone he had killed. But again, it was the first time since he crossed over to participate in such a battle as a high-ranking soldier.
Byron shook his head vigorously, trying to forget the headache that had made him dizzy, raised his mace, and rushed into the crowd again. At this time, the outermost defensive soldiers had been scattered by them, and the battlefield began to become chaotic. Byron had a headache and swung his mace frantically, messing up for a while.
The bandits' line began to crumble, the rear was blocked by cavalry, while the other three directions were surrounded by the longer ranks of the count's troops and mercenaries.
The Rhodok knight also lost his previous demeanor and began to lead several other cavalry to look for an opportunity to break through.
At this time, compared to the chaotic fighting methods of the mercenaries, the Count's Swadia infantry showed the standard quality of a regular army. They formed a shield formation and advanced steadily, and with the opposing phalanx already dismantled, every step they took forward, a row of spears pierced out, and several of the robbers' soldiers fell.
As they stepped past the fallen soldiers, their teammates swung their swords and hammers before moving on, further compressing the bandits' battle space.
Soon, except for the crazy pirates, the rest of the bandit army began to flee.
The opposing front collapsed, and the cavalry began to clear the battlefield. They were armed with spears, and when they saw the fleeing soldiers, they rushed over to give each other a blow.
And the riders, who had lost their horses, ignored their wounds, and took their swords and used themselves as heavy infantry to pursue the routed army.
Byron didn't know how many fighters he had lost, and he didn't have time to think about it. Her burqa was already stained with blood and dust, and no less than five enemy soldiers had died at his hands. Most of them were the ones who showed their backs carelessly when the tide of battle began to get chaotic, and Byron seized these opportunities and gave them a hard blow from behind.
More than half of the opposing soldiers were equipped with chain mail, and against them, the mace was much more effective than the sword.
Kress also joins the fight with a piece of chain mail, and she is very agile and can always kill enemies unexpectedly.
Moreover, she also saved Byron's life in battle. As the battle became chaotic, Byron was targeted by a pirate whose axe had already been raised, and with a distance of less than ten meters, he would not miss. But at this time, Kress found that this guy was about to make a move on Byron, so he rushed forward, quickly pulled out the dagger from his waist, and plunged it into the opponent's neck, and then turned half a circle.
At the behest of the Sith Baron, the encirclement was opened, and the mercenaries and robber soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit ran there, and the resistance turned into a rout, and the battle turned into a massacre.
The knight with the green flag was stopped by Count Claes during his breakthrough, and he and two other riders attacked the Count together.
However, Count Claes's equestrian and fighting abilities are not worse than those of the current Fatis and Ellen, and the equipment is exceptionally good. One of the two knights fell off his horse, and the other died on his horse, dragged forward by his horse.
The Count took out his rifles, and the two of them rushed at each other like knights, and both stretched out their rifles as they approached each other.
The knight of Rhodoc's cavalry was dodged by the Count's side, and the Count's cavalry shot him in the head, killing him in one blow.