156 The Cross Shield of Glory
The battle between the two legends was set in a no-man's sky, and the natural spatial enchantment made no one pay attention to them on the battlefield below, or the situation on the battlefield below did not give people the time to look at other places easily.
Since Medea's spell bombardment was broken by Merlin, the British knights were not hindered in any way, and on the plain, the cavalry charge advantage was fully exploited.
Even though the French coalition army had raised the tower shield, it was still unable to resist the torrent of knights' charges, not to mention that the ten knights of the round table at the head of the knight formation had exerted their strength to the extreme, instantly breaking through the territory protected by the tower shield, and leading the knights in the rear to rush into the enemy formation.
The battle between the legions also officially began at this moment, and the knights who rushed into the enemy formation quickly tore the heads of several people by virtue of their speed advantage, wielding long swords and piercing spears, and the knights' formations were like locusts eating away at the soldiers of the French coalition army, and in just a few minutes, the losses of the coalition army had exceeded 100 people.
Of course, the British knights could not continue to eat away at the enemy like real locusts, and the obstruction of the enemy corpses and the inevitable slowdown made their impact gradually slow down, and if the French soldiers attacked together at this moment, then it became the British knights who were in danger.
However, the knights who had experienced a hundred battles naturally understood this, because, without waiting for the speed of the forward rush to be reduced to a minimum, the knights in front had already turned around and rushed out again along the path they had just broken through.
Generally speaking, the cavalry had two options for attacking the infantry phalanx, one was to retreat with one blow, just like the choice made by the knights of Britain now, to break a little first, and then to withdraw, relying on speed to distance the enemy and charge again.
There is another way to directly break through the enemy formation, go around behind the enemy and then open the distance, and re-launch the charge, in fact, no matter which one it is, it is an offensive method organized by the speed advantage of the cavalry, but because the number of coalition troops is too large now, the existing knights in Britain alone cannot break through the enemy formation at one time, so they can only choose to retreat first, and then charge again.
This time and again, whether it is in terms of momentum or strength, Britain has a certain advantage, and the losses of the coalition army are at least five hundred, which also gives the knights a certain confidence, especially for the knights of the round table, according to this momentum, even if the strength is slightly inferior to the enemy, they can completely defeat them.
The retreating knights retreated into two waves to the plains on both sides, still deliberately avoiding the battlefield where Valrhona and the king fought, coming from the direction of Camelot, as well as the British infantry camp, but at this time they had stopped in the distance, since there were knights in front of them who were consuming the enemy's strength by charging forward, there was no need for them to join the battlefield too early.
Otherwise, it will only cause trouble for the knights.
The ten Knights of the Round Table were very cooperatively divided into five or five formations, each leading a wave of knights, and they did not charge from the front again, because the allied archers had already aimed at the land directly in front of them, and instead of falling into their arms, it was better to continue to rely on the advantage of speed to bypass an arc and charge from the side.
Although the knight will never move faster than the archer can aim, it is still a change.
There is no such thing as an immutable battlefield.
Knowing this, there is no point in launching the same charge as before.
But in the same way, the changes did not only exist on the British side, if it was only by the magic bombardment released by Medea, even if it caused a great deal of pressure on the British knights, it could not determine the direction of the entire war.
What really determines the direction of the war is the soldiers on both sides and the command of the generals.
The coalition soldiers facing the direction of the knights' charge slowly dispersed, while the soldiers on the sides did not move, and in front of the knights' eyes, the enemy formation turned into an arc formation that contracted inward, or it would be more appropriate to describe it as a net, which made the knights of the round table who led the charge a little alarmed.
Kai, who was on the west side leading the knights in the charge, shouted, "Separate, charge on both sides." β
The knight formation on the west side of the single side split into two groups again, rushing towards the enemy forces at both ends of the arc formation.
Can't be sure if the other party has prepared some kind of trap, Kai doesn't dare to test it easily, after all, this war can't tolerate a little mistake, and it is definitely not possible to rush directly into this pocket-like formation, although it may lead to a decrease in the efficiency of the charge, but now the knights also have to choose a safer place to impact the enemy troops on both sides.
It's just that what Kai didn't expect happened at this time.
Without warning, the magic bombardment exploded around the knights again, and this time the damage caused by the shelling was much greater.
Alert to the danger, Kai immediately ordered again: "Go back, spread out." β
Originally, when he suffered the first round of magic bombardment, Kai even wanted to let the knights scatter a little more, but the fact that he was not attacked afterwards made him feel a little relieved, especially when Wang explained something to him on the way to charge.
"Kai, Gawain, you two pay attention, there will be a magician to help us, if the magic bombardment of the place is gone, then you just need to charge with peace of mind."
It was precisely because they were not attacked again after one round of magic shelling, that Kai and Gawain both thought that the magician that the king said had helped them, and without the oppression of magic shelling, they completed the first round of charge, but they didn't want the magic shelling to come back again in the second round of charge.
Looking at the sky, Kai clearly saw the black-robed magician who was unleashing a magic attack in the air, and judging by her size, she should be a woman.
Of course, this is not the time to insist on chivalry, Kai immediately pointed his sword at the man in the sky, and said to the knight of the round table on the side.
"Tristan, please shoot that guy down, it's definitely not going to work like this."
Tristan didn't reply, he drew his bow on horseback and turned around, opened his eyes slightly, saw the direction of the target, and shot a swift arrow calmly out of his hand, heading straight for Medea in the air.
However, the invisible magic barrier easily blocked the incoming arrow, and did not even create any cracks.
As if mocking, Kai seemed to be able to see the woman smiling.
"It doesn't look like it's going to work, so we can only spread out a little more." Kai made such a judgment, even if they spread out in a unified formation, it was just an attack target, rather than this, it was better to let the knights disperse in several waves, so that no matter how strong the opponent's strength was, he would always have to scatter some energy.
"Then let's lead the team separately, so that the combat ability will be stronger." Lancelot responded, in his opinion, Kai's approach is understandable, after all, the other party is in the sky, it is too difficult to deal with.
Tristan didn't reply, just nodded silently, and it seemed that he agreed with the matter.
It's just that the five Knights of the Round Table in the west have different ideas.
"Maybe we can concentrate a little more and launch a powerful charge to directly disperse the enemy formation, so that the infantry in our rear can also come to support." Ag Guiwen was not the same as they thought, rather than scattering and continuing to rely on speed to fight the enemy, it was better to make a desperate attempt to tear apart the local formation as soon as possible.
In this way, at least psychologically, it should make Wang feel more relaxed.
"In that case, how many knights are we going to die?" Kai asked rhetorically, although this idea is not impossible, but it is too ruined, even if the enemy formation is torn apart in the end, the loss of the knights is not small.
"It doesn't matter, victory is the most important thing, especially how does the king see us in his eyes, should we be beaten by her like a mouse? I don't want to. "Aggwen was a proud knight throughout, especially his loyalty to the king, perhaps because he had been sent by Morgan Le Fay as an Assassin to the king's side.
The existence of the king, the temperament of the king, and even everything about the king, changed him, and he was willing to sacrifice everything for the king, and naturally, he also felt that as a knight of Britain, he should also sacrifice everything for the king.
This idea is very extreme, but in fact, many knights who worship the king are indeed full of this feeling, and are willing to sacrifice everything for the king.
In a word, not only the knights of the round table, but also the knights of the whole of Britain are royal chefs.
Aggay's words of truth were still a bit touching to Kai, but in essence, Kai was not the kind of person who charged blindly, and he understood that the cost of doing so was definitely very high.
However, while thinking about this matter, the last Knight of the Round Table said something completely different from the previous ones.
"Perhaps, we should retreat some distance and then charge." The only knight who looked behind him, he didn't wear a helmet, and his short blond hair and sassy face matched the word knight couldn't be more appropriate, and he didn't look at the enemy line, but in the direction of Camelot.
"There's no point in distancing yourself any further, it's just going to be her target." Ag Guiwen said with some indignation, this is quite an obvious thing, even Kai would not make a judgment.
"No, I mean, we can charge more steadily, reduce our losses, and not affect us tearing apart the enemy line, can we?" The blonde knight pointed in the direction where Camelot was.
The rest of the knights couldn't help but look over there.
On the grass-green plains, the British infantry formation spread out, and in front of the infantry formation, a single white horse was speeding towards this side.
Having said that, the speed of the horse is still not fast, of course, not because the horse is bad, but because the equipment on the horse's back is too heavy.
A huge cross-shield, held by Gareth, a knight of the Round Table in silver-white armor.
This is something that only the blonde knight plus Hoerys will notice, after all, it is his only sister.
In fact, Gareth was already very close to the knights here, and he was rushing as fast as he could.
"It looks like the Irish side is over, so let's go meet her." Now that Gareth has arrived, there is no need to force a charge, just attack as originally planned.
The knights, under Kai's command, quickly left the front of the enemy line and hurried towards where Gareth was.
Medea, who was in the air, naturally saw everything clearly, and she also saw the huge cross shield, but she couldn't help but laugh again.
"Do you think you can stop my magic with a heavy shield? What a naΓ―ve knight. β
Although the cross shield was even bigger than an ordinary tower shield, even the thickest shield would definitely not be able to withstand it for a long time under the continuous bombardment of the magic bombardment, not to mention, why did Medea have to attack that shield? Although it was a huge cross shield, it could not protect all the knights.
"Ridiculous idea, let you die here."
Medea didn't bother to attack the cross-shield, and although she was confident that she could break it, there was no need to put her power on it.
A magic cannon salvo, another round of artillery fell, heading for the knights who were gathering to that side.
Medea had even foreseen how the knights would fall apart under the magic bombardment, but to her surprise, the magic bombardment, which had been falling smoothly, suddenly changed direction when it was about to approach the ground.
It's like an iron object is attracted by a powerful magnet and flies straight that way.
Several magic shells, all of which rushed straight towards the cross shield without accident, and dissipated and turned into the power in it as they came into contact with the cross shield.
Yes, everything was completely different from what Medea had expected, and the magic bombardment was as if it was absorbed by the cross shield, and it didn't even produce a magical explosion.
"What?"
This was probably the second time that Medea had been so surprised today, the first was Merlin, and the second was the huge cross-shield.
Compared to the surprised Medea, the British side was much more excited.
Gareth, who was holding the cross-shield, smiled, and she also saw the moment when the magic cannon was absorbed by the cross-shield, although it was slightly shocked, but it didn't have any effect.
What Larry said is not wrong at all, this shield can indeed withstand the attack of magic shelling.
Listening to the sound of horses' hooves, Gareth knew that the knights were gathering towards him.
This made Gareth raise the shield even higher.
It was like wanting to use this shield as a banner to gather the knights, and the knights did heed the call of the call and gathered behind Gareth.
The regrouped knights, no longer threatened by the magic bombardment, forged a torrent of steel once again and rushed towards the enemy formation.
For knights, there is only one kind of glory, and that is victory.
Whether it is a duel or a victory on the battlefield, this is a knight's honor that cannot be abandoned.
And the cross shield held high in the air is blocking everything that oppresses the knights' movements, paving the way for them to achieve higher glory.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the object that resisted all the magic cannons and pointed the way forward at the forefront was a symbol of glory.
Led by this impregnable crossbow, the knights of the west flank rushed into the enemy line and marched towards their own glory.