"The cavalry of Svadia is coming!"

The robbers on the outskirts of the village shouted in a hurry, and some of the robbers in the village hid behind the houses, and some rushed in the direction of the outside of the village, whether bravely or stupidly.

Count Rimusk's soldiers quickly gathered together, their shields and spears raised, and the crossbowmen raised their crossbows.

With the neighing of their horses, several robbers who had just tried to go outside the village flew out of the aisles of the houses, and hoplites armed with spears arrived and pierced their bodies.

Massive cavalry rushed in from the east and west sides of the village, swept past the robbers like a whirlwind, picking up corpses with cavalry spears or cutting off their heads with swords. The robbers' reconnaissance did not do well, and the Peony mercenaries successfully bypassed the village from both sides and launched a flanking attack, cutting off their back road and wrapping them in dumplings.

The peony banner fluttered in the wind, and the shouts of mercenary cavalry mingled with the screams of the robbers.

Even in a village, once the cavalry is given a chance to accelerate and a passage to cross the horse, the charge will not be less effective than it would be on the plains.

The bandits who had spread out the defenses in the village were directly routed by the peony cavalry, and more than a hundred people were half gone in the blink of an eye. The rest, regardless of what happened to their chieftain, fled to seek refuge next to Count Rimusk's troops.

Count Rimusk found himself surrounded on his side, the back road was cut off, and the cavalry around the phalanx kept circling in circles. Judging by the number of opponents, it will be difficult to break through.

"That's Rhodok's army? These robbers were really raised by them, and they really have no chivalry. ”

Fatis looked at the flag fluttering in the distance and said with some unhappiness.

"No way, victory is not achieved by chivalry alone. But is it really necessary? Their superiority in strength is already so great, is it necessary to find a gang of robbers to make the land they are about to occupy like this? ”

Byron did not know that the bandit was destroying the village on his own initiative, so he subconsciously blamed the matter on the head of Count Rimuske, believing that he was a dangerous opponent at any cost.

"That should be their vanguard unit, coming to take over the village from that gang of robbers. They aren't too numerous, we can destroy them, maybe catch a nobleman or something. ”

Alleyn was already a little impatient, and he picked up the moonblade axe and swung it twice in the direction of Rhodok's troops, waiting for Byron's order.

Byron thought about it for a moment, they were supposed to clear the bandits before evacuating, and by the way, they would make sure that there would be no chaos when they evacuated. In order to settle the battle as quickly as possible, he brought all the soldiers who could ride horses. However, I didn't expect the Rhodoks to move so quickly, and the vanguard is here now, and there are quite a few of them.

If the retreat is inevitable, then even if Byron defeats this army, at best, he will pull a wave of hatred for himself, at most he can capture some equipment, and the loss is estimated to be not small, and he can't feel worth it.

But before Byron could finish thinking, the Rhodoc force began to move. As they retreated slowly, they were broken back by crossbowmen with large shields, wounding two of Byron's cavalrymen.

At this time, Byron finally realized that the other party was here to grab the territory, even if there were only two or three hundred people, if he didn't do it, he would cause irreparable losses to himself before the arrival of the large army.

"Alleyne, let the cavalry on the left flank go over and disrupt their formation. Fatis, you rush over with the heavy cavalry on the right flank. We don't know how far their reinforcements are from here, so settle the battle as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, my lord."

"Leave it to me, sir."

Alleyne and Fatis rode towards the troops on either side, waving the small flag in their hands and directing the cavalry's movements.

The cavalry on the left flank immediately stopped circling in circles, and most of their horses had good stamina and were not armoured, so they could withstand harassment tactics. Wielding flail and javelin, as well as polished lead, they rode past Rhodok's formation on the left, and threw their weapons at the Rhodok soldiers who had holes in their defenses.

After a burst of hard throws, Rhodok's loss was not noticeable, but their formation did loosen up a bit. The second cavalry unit on the left flank, like the previous cavalry, swept less than five meters from the tip of the spear and quickly threw out their throwing weapons.

Because of their proximity, several of the hired riders who had been in front of them were knocked down by their crossbow arrows, and then their spears pierced several holes in their bodies. But that didn't matter, because the target they threw was the soldiers on the right flank of the Rhodok army with their backs to them and the shield above their heads insufficiently obscured.

The soldiers were not badly affected, and more than a dozen spears fell because of the soldiers' wounds. Once there is a loophole in the spear phalanx, then the peony cavalry that has formed a conical formation will charge much more smoothly.

The cavalry struck the shield, and the horse was stabbed with a spear. After a violent impact, the Peony cavalry plunged diagonally into Rhodok's phalanx, and the soldiers along the way hurriedly moved out of the way, allowing them to rush out from the other side of the formation and tear apart a corner of the barrel-like phalanx.

The pressure on the right flank increased, and the left flank was not immune to the impact, and the originally stable formation also appeared a gap due to the retreat of some soldiers.

The cavalry on the left flank, who had been harassing them, also rushed over at this time shouting slogans under the leadership of Ellene, with a strange round clay pot in addition to the spear in their hands, and everyone was passing the fire to light the fist-sized jars.

Although there are loopholes in the formation, there are elites from the earl's side in this army. Sergeant Rhodok quickly arrived with a squad of veteran spearmen to fill the gap, and erected the spears and huge scythes they had carried.

Under normal circumstances, the mercenary riders and other light cavalry on the left flank would not have ended well for 200 percent if they just collided like this.

But when the cavalry took out the clay pots in their hands, the situation did change.

With loud noises, smoke, and blinding firelight, the jars exploded above the heads and shields of the Rhodoc soldiers, and shards of porcelain splattered everywhere.

The power of this thing was not very strong, the flames from the explosion did not cause noticeable damage to the heavily armed soldiers, and the broken porcelain shards could hardly penetrate the thick chain mail and sturdy plate armor.

However, when dozens of canisters exploded in the crowd, the power of the gunpowder frightened the Rhodoks, and the fear made them raise their shields to defend themselves, retreat to avoid the flames, and for a moment forget the spear in their hands and the cavalry that had rushed in front of them.

Because most of the spears were at wrong angles, although the number of mounted cavalry was not large, Alleyne led the cavalry on the left flank into the phalanx, rushed out from the other side at an angle, and dug a corner of the phalanx like a chisel.