Chapter 215: Arrogance, Perdition (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for a Subscription)
It's because I don't know much about the Silver Moon Kingdom, so I didn't expect the bow and crossbow of the Silver Moon Kingdom to be so powerful. It's also that they are nested in the desert, and they are used to being kings and hegemons, and they are a little underestimating the heroes of the world. After being hit by the rain of arrows from the Silver Moon Arrow this time, this group of Beidai barbarians were a little stunned.
As soon as Samagi saw this situation, he planned to retreat first, this is a hard bone, it is really hard to go down, and there will be a lot of losses if it is not done, which is unacceptable to Samaqi. However, in the blink of an instant, he denied his own thoughts, and now he can't retreat.
Why? Because although Samaki doesn't know the specific range of which strong crossbows, looking at the rain of arrows just now, this range is not small. If you turn around and retreat now, exposing your back to the enemy, then those strong crossbows will be able to chase after them and beat them, which will make it worse and the losses will be more serious.
Now Samaki can only go forward, of course, this is also because he is still confident that he will defeat those infantry lines, otherwise he would have run away desperately with losses, although he lost hundreds of cavalry, Samaki still thinks that those infantry are not worth mentioning.
However, Samaqi was not ready to continue attacking the flank, but let the troops adjust their angles and rush towards the center. Samagi thought very clearly, only by containing those crossbowmen could he effectively reduce his losses, as for those hoplites, it was never a problem in his eyes, as long as he cleaned up those crossbowmen, he could ravage those infantry to his heart's content.
When Samaki temporarily changed direction, the commander of the Silvermoon Kingdom immediately judged that the enemy was ready to break through the Chinese army and attack the crossbowmen.
So he decisively ordered to start changing formations, so that the heavy infantry behind the crossbowmen began to move forward, in front of the crossbowmen, and at the same time began to wind the crossbow. The range and power of these infantrymen's crossbows are not very large, and they cannot be combined, so they are only used to hit the enemy before they approach, and they do not want to cause much damage, as long as they can slow down the speed.
And when the crossbowman staggered with the heavy infantry, there was another rain of arrows, this time it was a whole mobile shot, and it was when the heavy infantry was staggered. Therefore, although this arrow rain is not as neat as the previous times, it is also quite rare, which also fully shows how high the quality of these soldiers is.
The knights of the Barbarian tribe of Bedai came to the front of the Chinese army in the face of the rain of arrows from the crossbowmen, but they were greeted by another rain of arrows, this time not from the air, but from their front, from the hoplites.
Faced with the head-on blow, the cavalry of the Bedai barbarians inevitably slowed down a little, but it was not obvious, the riding skills and fighting will of these desert bandits were still very good, and they still rushed towards the infantry phalanx of the Chinese army at an extremely high speed.
After firing a single arrow, the hoplites discarded their crossbows, withstood their heavy shields, and erected their halberds diagonally, ready to meet the onslaught of the enemy. The formation of the heavy infantry is not compact, there is no way, there are only 1,500 people, and it can't be compact if you want to.
But these heavy infantry are still lined up in 5 horizontal columns, wanting to rely on depth to resist the impact, if in the previous life, which infantry commander dared to arrange such a formation, he would definitely be engaged in military law, how could such a thin formation stop the cavalry.
However, the commander of the Silver Moon Arrow dared to line up like this, because he was confident in his infantry, these people were the best infantry in the whole kingdom, the professional level was above level 8, they could make up for the lack of quantity with quality, and don't forget, there are also mages and priests here, long before the commander adjusted the formation, the mages and priests had already blessed these hoplites with many buff spells.
At the same time, the magic archers who have been in the rear have also begun to exert their might, and the spell arrows fired by these magic archers quickly exploded in those barbarian cavalry groups, and if the power is simply compared, the magic arrows of the magic archers are really not as powerful as the mage's spells, but this is enough for those desert bandits to drink a pot. These bandits don't have a habit of wearing armor, so they are simply the best targets.
And at the moment when those desert cavalry were about to crash into the infantry line, many negative blessing spells and magic spells had already been brushed on the bodies of those robbers, and before the enemy could recover from these colorful negative spells, dozens of golems of various colors suddenly appeared in front of them.
At the same time, some mages and priests began to attack the Bedai cavalry with spells, and this time the mage establishment of the Arrow of the Silver Moon was amazing, because the other two legions had supported more than half of their mage and priest regiments to the Arrow of the Silvermoon. That's why the spell strike force of the Silver Moon Arrow is so rich.
Although he was stunned, Samaqi was now ready to send an arrow, and it was too late to turn back, so he could only rush in, hoping to break through the formation and win a glimmer of hope.
But even so, the power of these desert cavalry was really revealed, and the golems at the front were immediately torn open under the impact of the first row of cavalry, although the golems were very heavy, they still couldn't withstand the full impact of those tall sand camels, and they were knocked to the ground one after another.
Those steel golems were okay, although they were knocked over, but they were still able to hold on, and those stone golems and clay golems were miserable, and they were trampled and crushed by the sand camel cavalry who came from behind almost instantly.
But the enemy is not much better, at least the cavalry that first hit the golem are all hiccup, and the death is horrible to see, imagine what it would be like for a man to crash into a wall at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour with his flesh and blood, and finally you can see that the human form is thankful.
Speaking of which, I have to admire the tenacity of these Beidai barbarians. Ignoring the tragic situation of their comrades, they continued to charge by stepping on the corpses of their compatriots without changing their faces.
After paying heavy casualties, these barbarian cavalry quickly broke through the first three columns of infantry columns, and still stubbornly advanced in depth. At this time, the first few rows of the crossbowmen phalanx in the rear, also at the signal of the officer, began to put down the crossbows in their hands, picked up their swords and shields and began to replenish the infantry phalanx in front.
The crossbowmen left behind began to shoot freely, and now the enemy and friendly forces have been mixed together, the rain of arrows is not playable, but free shooting is still possible, after all, the goal of these sand camel cavalry is too obvious, the height of those sand camels is more than two meters high, and with the knights on it, this group of desert bandits is simply standing out in the infantry group, and they are not afraid of not finding the enemy at all.
At the same time, the heavy infantry on both flanks began to extend towards the enemy's two wings, and at the same time began to move closer to the Chinese army, preparing to surround this group of cavalry, but it is ridiculous to think about it, a group of infantry actually wanted to surround the cavalry, which was simply impossible in the previous life. But in this world, although it is rare, it is really not nothing, after all, the quality of soldiers in the two worlds is different. If any soldier here travels back to Solam's previous life, he is also the king of soldiers.
As the crossbowmen continued to put down the crossbows in their hands, replenishing the heavy infantry to resist the onslaught of the Bedai barbarians, they finally lowered the speed of the group of cavalry, and at the same time, the mages, priests, and magic archers in the rear began to fight the sand camel cavalry that had lost their speed.
Speaking of which, this group of desert bandits is also unlucky, they have been too smooth sailing before, and they have not encountered any strong resistance at all, resulting in both the leader and the small soldiers below looking down on the Silver Moon Kingdom.
The result is this arrogance, which makes them want to rely on 5,000 pure cavalry to pack up three elite legions. In fact, this group of robbers still does not know the origin of the enemy in front of them, they are too arrogant, and they are carried away by victory and profit.
After Samagi cut down a Silver Moon soldier, he came to his senses completely, he knew that this time he was planted, how could this group of people be easily cleaned up by himself, especially after seeing the heavy infantry moving on both wings, he understood that he himself had self-confidence, others were more confident in the Silver Moon Kingdom, and others wanted to swallow their own group from the beginning.
So he decisively blew the horn of withdrawing his troops, and took advantage of the fact that the encirclement had not yet closed, so run quickly, otherwise the whole army would be annihilated. Those Beidai barbarians were also simply, as soon as they heard the signal to retreat, they immediately broke away from the battle, even if they lost a lot of people for this, they did not drag the mud and water, and they were free and easy to die.
If it is an ordinary cavalry, it is a delusion to retreat now, and you can still fly if you are surrounded, but the sand camel cavalry is no less powerful than the ordinary cavalry, as long as you are willing to suffer casualties, relying on the infinite strength of the sand camel, it is also possible to forcibly break away from the battle.
However, Samaqi's sobering up was too late, and when they rushed into the advance defense line, the two heavy cavalry that had been taken away from the battlefield had already circled behind them, and at the same time, his two small sand camel cavalry that lured the enemy could not stop those heavy cavalry from circling behind.
The two sand camel cavalry did not make any efforts, but they were originally here to lure the enemy, and there was no way to compare with the heavy cavalry in terms of numbers, and after being intercepted for a while, the losses were very large, and they had to disengage, they didn't expect to attract so many heavy cavalry at first, and other people's large troops ignored them, and they didn't have a way.
So when Samaqi finally paid a lot of casualties, he finally got out of the battle, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw the rolling heavy cavalry rushing towards them, and now Samaki's men and horses had no other choice, he wanted to run, but others had cut off their own retreat, where could they run, they could only face those heavy cavalry.
However, the current sand camel cavalry is already sleepy and lacking horses, and has suffered heavy losses, and has no ability to defeat the heavy cavalry that is much more than themselves, not to mention that the infantry behind has already caught up and penetrated their backs.
The Bedai cavalry was eventually surrounded, but the will of these desert bandits was really tenacious, and even if they were surrounded by the group, they did not give up their resistance, and it was not until dark that the group of invading enemies was finally eliminated, and only the two cavalry that had lured the enemy before escaped.
Yes, the 5,000 sand camel cavalry of the Beidai barbarians left more than 4,000 corpses, and less than a thousand escaped. On the side of the Silver Moon Kingdom, except for the slightly heavier casualties of the Silver Moon Arrow, the two legions of the Silver Moon Shield and the Silver Moon Spear only lost less than 200 people.
Although the loss of the Silver Moon Arrow is a little bigger, and the loss of the heavy infantry is almost more than half, but the structure is still complete, and it has little impact on combat effectiveness, after all, they rely on long-range attacks to eat, at most, they are no longer at the forefront.