Chapter 56: Bad Business Competition
"Attack!"
At Byron's roar, the leading Vicchian knights raised their spears like Fatis, the mercenary riders brandished their flails, and the caravan guards' spears were aimed at the enemy.
Although they are slightly inferior in numbers, their morale is completely superior to that of their opponents.
The cavalry on the opposite side also rushed over after slowing down slightly and being confused for a while.
Ten seconds later, the two cavalry units collided, the flail flew in the air, and the chains and iron balls smashed on the riders, taking them directly off their horses.
The spear pierced the enemy's armor, the long wooden pole cracked in the impact, and the stabbed man also broke his spine, fell from his horse, fell to the ground, and was trampled on by the horse behind him.
One of the Vecchian riders had their spears stuck in their opponents' bodies and disconnected, and they threw down their spears, took off their horses' axes, and leaned over, slashing at the front leg of the horse's horse, which was charging at him with spears. With a miserable neighing of the horse, the horse fell to the ground with its front legs facing forward, and its rider was crushed under it along with the spear.
The long axe slashed, and a human head flew up with a little blood.
The opposing cavalry, Achao Byron, threw their javelins and shot one of the caravan guards off their horses, after which the horses galloped over and drew their javelins and threw them at the next target.
However, his second shot misses the enemy, and his horse crashes into one of the hired riders' horses, and the horses fall, and both of them fall to the ground, but he rises a little slower and is smashed in the skull by the hired rider with a hammer.
Ten horses were wounded or killed in a single charge, and more soldiers fell than that.
The rider who remained on his horse tightened his reins and turned the horse's head, glanced at the corpses on the ground and the wounded who were still struggling, and then grabbed his weapon and launched a second charge.
This time, however, the cavalry that attacked Byron was struck by a round of throwing axes. The tricks of the pirates, many Nord soldiers do.
Perhaps these axes could not kill them, but once they fell from their horses and were surrounded by a swarm of infantry, there was no difference between the two. Perhaps it was more painful to be hacked to death by a throwing axe than to be beaten to death by those infantry groups.
In less than two minutes, the cavalry that attacked Byron had been killed or captured.
And when they saw that their cavalry had been defeated, they came and tried to surround and eat Byron, and the infantry also stopped.
In the previous charge, Byron they lost five horses, wounded one, killed three caravan escorts, and the cavalry strength was reduced by half.
But against these enemies in front of him, Byron felt that it should be enough.
Although the other side seemed to be numbering no less than a hundred, and the weapons and equipment were no worse than Byron's, they had obviously lost their sharpness, and some of them seemed to be considering evacuating.
Byron ordered the infantry to reorganize their formation, raise their shields, and advance slowly.
The soldiers raised their weapons and shouted, while the other side lost their fighting spirit and kept retreating.
Eventually, about a dozen or so people withdrew from their ranks and quickly left the place. And there was a commotion in that unit, and it was clear that Byron and they were already within range of the bows and arrows, and they still had a group of archers, and they still did not attack.
But that doesn't mean Byron will let them go.
As soon as Bandak gave the order, three Nord hunters and a few light infantry with hunting crossbows fired arrows. It's not much, but it's accurate, except for the one where Bandak shot his head directly, three people were injured by arrows.
At this time, the opponent began to counterattack, and more than a dozen bows and arrows came in a volley, but except for one who was late in raising his shield and was shot in the instep, there were no other casualties.
As soon as they finished shooting, Byron and their archers fired a second shot, this time with a second shot, and only one man was shot. However, after three rounds of fire, Bandak also struck again, and the steel crossbow bolt was fired, taking the life of a man again.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than 30 meters, and several members of Byron's team fell under the arrow, but only one person died. On the other hand, the losses of the other side after missing the opportunity to fight were twice as large as those of Byron's team, and the morale of the army was also confused.
Obviously, the other side is not a whole team, but a temporary alliance of several different teams.
When the distance was pressed to 20 meters, the Nords came up with another game of throwing axes, and the opponent also threw a few javelins over.
There were few casualties on both sides, and Byron's soldiers rushed into the opposing formation, led by the Nord light infantry, while Byron himself, along with the rest of the cavalry, swung his horsewhips and accelerated to the flanks of the opposing troops.
Although these men had a lot of combat experience, the flanks were well protected, and a few spears were raised to prevent the cavalry from approaching.
But it was Fatis and Alleyne who led the charge, and the two of them rushed forward and slashed at each other, making a sharp slash.
The battle did not last long, and one of the troops in the rear of the opposing side began to turn and flee. In a few minutes, although there were many dead and wounded, the formation of those people was also broken by Byron.
Soon, Byron and the others crushed the enemy's forces, half of them were killed or surrendered, and the rest fled.
[Two Hands Proficiency +2;]
[Prisoners: Snow Bandits*5;Mercenary Sentinels*9;Caravan Guards*4;]
However, when Byron and the others rushed back to the place where the carriage had been parked, the fleeing people still disgusted Byron severely.
They set fire to Byron's wagon carrying supplies and silk, and in the end less than a fifth of the goods were salvaged. The only fortunate thing was that the other party was in a hurry, and did not find a batch of raw silk that Byron had urgently hidden in the grass before the battle, which was the most valuable batch.
They didn't kill their horses, but it was more troublesome than killing them, because the carts carrying hay had been burned, and Byron's grooms now spent at least two hours a day looking for grass and feeding the horses.
It was learned from the captured captive Nablon that the army was a group of mercenaries and robbers hired by a wealthy merchant of a noble family, and that the men who had escaped during the battle were sent by the merchant to command them. The merchant was very dissatisfied with Byron's meddling in the salt trade in the north of Vekia and joining the Silk Chamber of Commerce in Živa Cheze, so he planned to "teach Byron a lesson".
They didn't really want to run away, and when they saw that victory was hopeless, they dropped the phrase "Hold them off!" After that, they went to burn the supplies that Byron had dropped, and it seemed that they didn't care about these mercenaries. It is precisely because of this that Byron and they won so smoothly, because the rest of the people had no intention of continuing to fight.
When Byron first joined the guild, it was originally just to save money, and when did he think that this would happen.
''It's also an experience.'' ‘’
Byron said helplessly to Fatis.