"Chapter 382: Griffin Attack"
"The army of the Griffon Empire? How can it be! ”
As a general of the kingdom's southeastern defense line, Ulu Kuvich couldn't believe his eyes.
A thousand meters away in front of their troops, there was a huge force with strong momentum. Their armor reflected the sunlight, and tall heavy warhorses lined up, their heads high up in the sky. Their flags fluttered in the wind. Large, ferocious griffons carried their knights, sometimes flying through the air, sometimes flying into the flag, forming a burly and powerful griffon fixed to the fabric.
These traits are all traits of the Gryphon Empire, but Ulu Kuvich still can't believe that these are the forces of the Griffon Empire.
The Gryphon Empire is the overlord of the North, and its rise has been marked by the blood and destruction of other nations and other races. The Subic Kingdom is not only close to the expanded Griffon Empire, but has also been weak for decades, and it is simply unable to resist the frontal offensive of the Griffon Empire. However, thanks to the strong and forbidden fortress of Sakturi during his reign, and the back-of-the-scenes support of the Leon Empire, he was able to rely on the city's defense advantage to repel the attacking griffin troops and hold a large area south of the fortress.
"It's a well-known thing that the Griffon Empire wants to annex Subic, but this is southeast of Subic! There's no way the griffon's army can bypass the kingdom and reach Subic's rear! ‘’
Ulu Kuvić's mind was in turmoil, and when he was initially attacked by a powerful force that bypassed the border guards, destroyed some villages, and routed the local army, he thought that the rebels of the Southern Liberal Alliance were taking advantage of the kingdom's attack on the west and the east. He didn't know that the western part of the kingdom had been defeated on all fronts, but he had heard that the crusading legions in the west had suffered another defeat. The Western Front was mired in fierce fighting, and the weakly defended Eastern Front naturally became another route for the rebels to move north. This idea was very reasonable, so he was also prepared to deal with the rebels. He expected the rebels to still be in the vanguard with a large number of skeleton units, with elite troops mixed in to attack. Therefore, they carried a large number of ranged magic weapons, as well as enough archers, and a precious heavy cavalry unit, in order to eliminate the opponent's cannon fodder troops outside the city as much as possible, so that when they retreated to the city to defend, they did not have to worry about killing for half a day, but the opponent's elite strength was still not consumed.
But the troops that appeared were the heavy cavalry of the Griffon Empire and the griffin troops, and his preparation was right, but unfortunately the goal was wrong. And at this time, he had no other way, the distance between the two sides was less than a thousand meters, and the opponent's unicorn beast war horse could rush over in less than two minutes, while the speed of the griffin troops would be faster. He immediately gave the order to send someone back to deliver the news to the troops in the city, and to send it to the capital as soon as possible. And he will take the border guards with less than 5,000 people to face the elite soldiers of the 2,000 Griffin Empire, buying them enough time.
"Retreating is death, the Griffin Empire will not let us go, nor will it let go of our families in the city, block the incoming enemies, and buy time for our families!"
Ulu Kuwich is actually telling a lie, even if the other party enters the city, according to the tradition of the Griffon Empire, although they will loot property, they will not harm the civilians. But his soldiers didn't know that with the stimulation of their families, they would be able to show a lot of power.
"Woooooo
However, the other party did not give Uru Kuvich a chance to attack, after the encouraging magic horn sounded, the heavy cavalry of the griffin empire launched a charge, they lined up, the spears in their hands were raised, the sword at their waist was unsheathed, and the heavy war horses, which were more than a third larger than ordinary war horses, also trotted under the spur of their riders, constantly accelerating, and in their galloping, even the ground would tremble.
The griffin knights also began to fall from the sky, and their roars seemed to tear the eardrums of the soldiers below, and those huge figures were getting closer and closer to them.
"Magic unleashed! Crossbowmen shoot! ”
As the griffons came into range, Ulu Kuvich shouted loudly, and the anti-aircraft magic that had been prepared for a long time was released, and nearly a thousand crossbowmen fired arrows.
These are mainly for the southern rebels' bat monsters flying all over the sky, and for the large number of fast but defenseless undead, this low range of damage is very effective, and a large number of arrows can also cause a certain suppressive effect. But in front of the huge and powerful griffon, this level of magic is nothing more than an itch, and the bow and arrow do no noticeable damage. Although the griffon's target was larger, the Subic forces did little noticeable damage after a round of attacks.
And the griffin also quickly pounced on the crowd, and the knight on the griffin also unleashed his combat skills, and in the flicker of light and shadow, more than a hundred people were killed under the attack of the griffin knight, and when the griffin pounced on the other soldiers, the sharp claws and beak could easily penetrate the armor, and the griffin's feathers were like pieces of iron, and Subic's ordinary soldiers could not do enough damage to them.
And when facing the griffin Empire's heavy cavalry array, Subic's cavalry was completely incapable of resisting the other side. Under the impact of the cavalry spears of the griffin imperial knights, Subic's cavalry all fell off their horses, the bones in their chests were completely shattered under the impact, blood gushed out of their mouths, and soon they were no longer breathing, and they were trampled into flesh in the galloping of the war horses.
The charging power of the horses combined with the length of the cavalry spears made many Subic soldiers pierced by the spears and strung together, and then continued to ram backwards under the action of huge inertia, knocking down all the comrades in the queue behind them. And because there was no cavalry to defend against, these soldiers were not equipped with spears against cavalry from the beginning, but were equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, such as hammers and broadswords, in order to destroy skeletons better and faster, and to deal with those strong and burly barbarians. But under the charge of all heavy cavalry, these infantry formations did not play a role in holding back the enemy. The charge of a thousand heavy cavalry tore a hole in the middle of the 4,000-strong ranks. And the griffin soldiers who threw down their spears also drew their matching swords and unleashed their combat skills. Whether it is the conventional cold weapon combat method or the comparison of the strength of the warriors, the troops of the Subic Kingdom are at a complete disadvantage.
It was a one-sided slaughter, and the Griffin Empire's troops basically did not use much effort, and even used a little more advanced magic, they crushed almost 5,000 Subic troops, and their own casualties did not exceed ten, and only two of these ten people died.
Ulu Kuvich before he died, he finally understood what the army of the Griffon Empire was, and the gap between them.