Chapter 124: A Strange Formation

The griffin formation that appeared in Hubu made Fili, the leader of the Ten Bandits of Dragoons, condolence two. The lower son sank from the chest cavity to the soles of the feet.

From the beginning, he was against fleeing in the direction of Hammondal, but he did not dare to disobey Shaket's decision.

The reason why he didn't dare to resist was very simple, although he was the leader of the dragoon bandit group, but the bandit group was able to develop to the point where it is now, all because of the strong support of the hidden forces behind Shakter. He was just a puppet who was put in the foreground by that force to hide people's eyes. If he dares to be disobedient. Then the leader of the largest bandit group in Bailders may have to be replaced by someone else.

As a puppet, you must have the consciousness of a puppet, for the sake of his own life, Philip has always been very obedient, and he has received a lot of wealth and benefits. But now, he would rather not have this wealth. As long as you return your free body.

However, this wish is now unlikely, as long as the soldiers around him who stay with him around the clock and seem to be protecting but are actually watching.

These soldiers were all brought by Shakt, and their martial arts skills were quite high, and among them there were a few minotaurs with big shoulders and round waists, and Philip, who was just a thin limb system magician, wanted to escape from them, it was really more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Follow Shachter's instructions. Philip led the robbers all the way to Hammondal. But the closer he got to Hammondal, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, the toughness of the Erathia Emperor's ** team was well known on the continent, but it was much more difficult to deal with than the dwarves chasing after him. The consequences of offending the Empire are far more serious than offending the hill dwarves. Moreover, news from passing caravans said that the famous Imperial hero, Earl Mrak, was now stationed in Hammondal, and such a figure was a legendary existence for Philip, who was only a small bandit leader, and it was better to let him fight such an opponent than to kill him with a single sword.

And the current lord of Hammondale is also said to be a great figure, and rumors about this magical lord have been flying everywhere in recent times, and Philip has also heard a lot, such a character, Philip also doesn't want to provoke.

As a result, Philip, who was full of worries, led the team and just got rid of the dwarves. Not yet to the border with Bailders. found that above his head appeared the griffin, the iconic class of the emperor's ** team.

This terrible signal that the emperor team was nearby made Philip almost fall off his horse.

It's really a matter of being afraid of anything, and Philip is a little desperate.

Although he also knew that his military experience was basically equal to less than zero, although Shaket had told him that the dwarves were doomed this time. But so far, he has only seen the robbers leading him and Shakett to their demise.

He really couldn't think of any chance that the robbers would have any chance to turn defeat into victory when the emperor ** team intercepted them in front and chased by the dwarf army in the back.

"Panic what! It's just a few griffins. It doesn't mean much, maybe it's a wild griffin! The Harpy is going to kill those griffons in no time! The team moves on! Philip's voice came from the carriage beside Philip, "It's still Bairders here, it's not Hammondal, the emperor team can't be here!" ”

Shaket's calm tone calmed Philip a little. At this time, a team of harpies had quickly caught up with the griffon squad who were watching the robbers from above.

After realizing that their own team did not have the advantage in numbers, the griffon squad quickly retreated under the leadership of a griffin knight to buy time. The knight also left a few griffons to fight the harpy.

The unfortunate griffons were quickly killed by the harpies, but thanks to their resistance, the other griffons and knights were able to escape.

"Mr. Hackett. Those griffons seem to be commanded by someone! "Filipbang, who has been paying attention to the battle in the sky, is a little panicked again, and it's not just him. Many of the robber soldiers also saw the scene in the sky, and they were in an uproar.

"Send out scouts! Check out the surrounding situation! Harpy tracks down the enemy! The team is moving slowly! The dwarves won't be able to catch up with us for a while. Panic what! Shacht's tone was still so calm, but the meaning of his words also showed that he recognized the existence of this imperial team, and began to think of ways to deal with it.

Philip became even more nervous, but he still fought his spirits and pretended to be calm and gave Shaket's order and soothed the somewhat panicked robber soldiers.

He also found a guy who knew qi magic from the mage squad composed of wandering magicians drawn from various bandit groups by Shaket and asked him to use his magic eyes to observe the surroundings.

After a while, Chen Jian's small army was discovered by the robbers.

"A small army of five hundred! Plus about 300 griffons! They must have come to Bairders for some other reason, otherwise there wouldn't be such a small number! There are more than 5,000 of us, and we can rush over them by rushing straight over! Don't worry at all! After receiving the information, Shaket smiled coldly and disagreed, "Gather all the cavalry in front of the team, speed up and continue to advance!" We can defeat them with a single charge! ”

Philip hesitated for a moment, and cautiously made his own suggestion: "Can't we bypass them?" This is the plain area. We can get around them completely! This way, you don't have to fight hard! ”

"Stupid! The other side is the army of the Erathia Empire! I don't know why they're here, but do you think they're going to let so many robbers into Hammondale and ignore them? They're not going to let us go easily. Instead of delaying time to be chased by the dwarves because of his stabbing and killing, it is better to rely on the advantage of strength to lure them directly now, and also give the robbers a morale boost by the way."

Speaking of which. Shaket chuckled and said, "The King of Bandits, who doesn't even pay attention to the regular army of the Erathian Empire, don't you think this glorious title is actually appropriate for you?" More people will come to you, and your army will grow stronger. With our help, we will definitely build a bandit kingdom like never before in Bailds."

"What if I can't beat them? What if the Erathian Empire comes to take revenge in the future? The other party's reason was very good, and that title also made Philip a little excited. But he's still a little burdened.

"Are you doubting my command and the strength of the forces behind me?"

"I didn't mean that! Mr. Shaket! Don't get me wrong! I heard the other person's tone change. Philip shrunk his neck. Hurry up and explain.

angered this guy, maybe he didn't wait for the emperor ** to appear in front of him, and he would have to fall to the ground.

"Then do as I say! You're procrastinating. It's just going to bring the dwarves closer and closer to us! Go quickly". Shacht's voice was rather stern.

"I'll go! Mr. Shaket! ”

Soon after. The two sides, who had already known each other's existence, finally met on the barren plains of Baildus.

This time. Jian Chen's Harmondale Guard had already been deployed in the direction of the bandits, and two hundred and fifty soldiers were lined up in a small phalanx, with fifty soldiers in each horizontal row, a total of five rows. Pete, the half-elf, and more than twenty big-eared monsters who were veterans all stood in the first row.

On the left and right sides of this phalanx, dozens of cavalry were guarding.

It is worth noting. In front of the left and right sides of the phalanx, there was a low wall lined up with dozens of carriages unloading horses and goods. It was ordered that all these wagons, which were originally loaded with military rations and equipment, be pulled to the front of the battle and act as obstacles.

At first, this arrangement surprised Bremmer, who returned to Chen Jian's side after arranging the cavalry, because this lord didn't seem to know anything about battle formations as he imagined, and he also knew how to use obstacles to slow down the charge of the opposing cavalry.

However, when the two low walls were formed, Bremer retracted his earlier assessment.

These two low walls, one on the left and one on the right, blocked the direction of their cavalry, not only making it impossible for the cavalry to charge directly. and also gave up the front of Jian Chen's abandoned formation.

In this way, the two low walls have completely lost their effect on slowing down the opponent's cavalry, but instead pointed out the direction of the opponent's cavalry to attack.

This is simply inexplicable, not only Bremer, but even the cavalry are also looking at each other, and they don't know why.

After that, Jian Chen asked all the Hammondale soldiers in the phalanx to put the strange extra-long spears at their feet, and all of them were flat with heavy crossbows ready to shoot, which made Bremer speechless.

Is this lord really an idiot? To do so is to seek your own death. After the Heavy Crossbow is fired twice, it is very troublesome to reload. The enemy's speed was so fast that there was definitely not enough time for the soldiers to reload their crossbow bolts and shoot again.

And the crossbowmen who were rushed in front of the cavalry would have what kind of fate would happen to anyone with a little military common sense.

Bremer hesitated for a moment, unsure whether he should take command of the army now.

Just when he hesitated. The black crushing figure of the enemy had already appeared on the horizon, and the sound of the horse's hooves hitting the ground made Bremer a little frightened.

As a seasoned champion knight, he could certainly tell the approximate number of opponents' cavalry from these voices.

More than 500 cavalry, only a little more, the opponent actually has so many cavalry! And they're not slow! It can be seen that these horses are not those inferior horses that are easy to get their hands on, but qualified war horses!

This astonishing fact made Bremer abandon the idea of snatching command.

First, even if he changed his command, he would not be able to win this battle with a huge disparity in strength, and second, he would not be allowed to carry out the operation of seizing power in terms of time.

One way or another. Now there is only one war, no matter who the other party is or what purpose it has. But their hostility towards the Emperor ** team has been fully demonstrated. Behind them is the border of Hammondal, which is the territory of the empire, as the emperor's ** soldiers, if they don't flee without a fight, it is definitely a felony, and Bremer knows very well that this battle will be fought no matter what. There is no way to avoid it.

Due to the accession of nomadic tribes. Let the dragoon bandit regiment have a large number of horses. After some training during this time, these high-headed horses have become qualified war nomads, and the nomads are originally all soldiers, and their horses have always been domesticated with war horses as the standard, so they are quite convenient to train.

Combined with the horses collected from the other bandit groups that joined one after another, there were now nearly 600 cavalry in the bandit league.

The cavalry was now all concentrated at the front of the line by Philip at Shaket's request, and was preparing to charge the enemy's main position.

The emperor ** team that appeared not far in front made Philip feel at ease, the number of enemies was too small compared to the robbers, and he looked at it. The formation, which was not heavy, was so small and fragile in the vast plains.

And the strange position of the two low walls posed by the other party with a carriage made Philip, a man with little military experience, a little impulsive to laugh.

This discovery also made the robber soldiers who were originally nervous about fighting the emperor's ** team completely relieved, and they were happy

The robber cavalry was even more ruthless, and immediately charged on horseback. Attack from the main road that the opponent deliberately got out of the way, and slash and kill the crossbowmen in the phalanx.

"Mr. Shakert, shall we attack now?" Philip, who was in a good mood, asked softly to the real Bandit Grand League decision-maker in the carriage beside him.

But beyond his surprise, there was no sound in the carriage for a long time, and it was not until Philip almost thought that the other party had abandoned him and left, and then Shaket murmured in a low voice: "The other party's formation seems to be a little strange!" What the hell is going on? ”

"Is there something wrong?" Philip was a little surprised that Mr. Shakert, who was powerful in his eyes, would be frightened by the other party's ridiculous formation, "Isn't such a flawed formation quite beneficial to us?" ”

In this regard, Shaket just replied coldly: "If it were you, would you put those obstacles like this?" ”

"Of course not!" Philip was a little stunned.

"Do you think a general of the Erathian Empire is dumber than you?"

Seeing that Philip was stunned and stopped talking, Shaket couldn't help but sigh: "I really don't know why I chose you to be our spokesperson for Bailders in the first place. What a bad decision! If you don't use your mind like this in the future, I think I might really have to think about whether it's time for someone else to replace you! ”

Philip was shocked if it weren't for a soldier beside him who helped him up. He almost fell off his horse: "Shah" Mr. Shacht, I will pay attention next time "I will pay attention next time!" ”

Keep an eye out for your elephants! Chief! Shaket snorted coldly, "If it weren't for my people." Your panicked look will be seen by the robbers! ”

"Yes, yes, Mr. Hackett, I'll pay attention!"

Shaket snorted again and began to arrange the battle: "The number of flying troops on the other side is larger than ours, and hard fighting is not the way, just let those harpies be clever and contain those griffins, and the focus of the attack is also on those griffin knights, the knights are finished, and those griffins who have no one to command will have no threat!" If possible, it's best to let the Harpy lure them into the skies of our ranged troops. It's easier to have a squad of archers and mages take them down. ”

"The enemy is in this formation. Probably because of the fear that we would attack their flanks. Send two teams of cavalry of a hundred men each, go around the wagons and attack their flanks, and the rest of the cavalry will attack the crossbowmen's phalanx with all their might, as long as they break up the phalanx. The enemy will not have much to do, and if we can create a situation where the enemy will flee, we can cover it from behind, and remember to let the cavalry bring shields. The power of those heavy crossbows is not for fun! ”

After the cavalry attacked, the rest of the infantry left a thousand soldiers as reserves, and then divided into three parts, left, center, and right, and pressed on the whole line, but the ranged troops had to stay in the center and maintain the formation, and this kind of troops had to be concentrated in order to be effective! If you break up, you won't have power! ”

"And let the magician squad stay as a reserve. There are too few of them, and it doesn't make much use of them, allowing them to feel the changes in the magical elements around them with all their might. Although there are few enemies, there seem to be some monks who do not use powerful group attack magic. But it's also a good ranged unit, so let our half-bucket mages be smart, and if the enemy shows signs of casting advanced magic, immediately go all out to intercept the magic! ”

One command after another came from the carriage, and Philip nodded like a chicken eating rice as he memorized them with all his attention.

As these orders were passed down by him, the robbers began to act, and it took a while for the newly integrated soldiers to barely complete the entire arrangement, which was rare for these originally scattered and undisciplined bandits to do this.

Then, at the sound of the trumpets representing the march, the robber cavalry began to advance, and the horses began to trot under their control, then slowly accelerated, and finally reached the speed required for the charge.

Follow the order. These cavalry were divided into three parts and marched in unison. The horsemen, who had been eager to try their horses, roared excitedly on horseback, wielding a variety of weapons in their hands, including swords, scimitars, maces, and lances and cavalry shields stolen from the dwarven caravans, many of them wearing full cavalry armor.

Although their formation was a bit scattered, the scene of hundreds of people charging at the same time still brought great visual shock to the Hammondale soldiers who had little battlefield experience. The heavy crossbows in the hands of some of the soldiers began to shake a little with the fear in their hearts.

"Steady! Steady! Listen to my slogan action! Pete, the half-elf who discovered the abnormal state of the soldiers, yelled to stabilize the morale of the army, "What do you do when you usually practice!" How to do it now! Today, we're going to show those proud soldiers of the Imperial Regular Army! How the Hammondalians dealt with their enemies! Today, we're going to let those of you who always have your nostrils up to know how good the formations and tactics designed by the Lord are! Today, we are destined to be led by the Lord. Create the miracle of doing more with less again! ”

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