Chapter Ninety-Four: I Still Have Teeth!
Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIt's so much better than the toughest situation I've ever been through, it's enough to use failure as an experience, and this time, I'm not going to fall again......
"Report, Your Excellency Marshal, the enemy's left flank infantry has the intention of bypassing the central battlefield and directly attacking the flank of our army, and the forward commander requests that the knights be mobilized to make up for the gap!"
A hoarse report interrupted Al's brief memories, and without hesitation, he shook his head resolutely, he looked up at the muddy herald and thought for a few seconds
"It's not time to use the Knights"
Without explaining anything to the stunned soldiers, Al decisively issued a new order
"Leaving the two champion swordsman legions in the middle army as the general reserve, order, the rest and the Stormwings and the Savage Force to move to the right flank...... I'll lead the team myself! ”
On the battlefield, the military order will not give anyone a chance to consider and refute, and soon, the sound of heavy and neat footsteps sounded again, except for the two relatively most elite champion swordsman legions who remained by Leo's side, the remaining four thousand people with the force of the wild and the storm wings, a total of 25,000 people, spread out the array on the right flank, at this time, only more than 10,000 people, including archers and spearmen, were left around Leo
"Your Excellency, I must remind you that if the central battlefield is broken through by the enemy, your actions will put Your Highness directly into a crisis!"
The officer's words didn't make Al hesitate in the slightest, and he briefly explained a few words in between issuing orders
"Retaining too much strength around His Highness is what the enemy really wants to see, if we do this, the enemy can easily deploy forces to gradually squeeze and close us, and then use the advantage of their forces to let us take care of one or the other, only by ensuring the width of the frontal battlefield in a hard-hitting way, we can maintain a relative balance of power before the turnaround! As for the disadvantage of the forces and the thickness of the array...... I believe in our soldiers! ”
"100 Steps...... 90 steps...... 75 Steps...... Steady! Steady! 50 Steps...... Shoot! ”
Itsev, as the commander of the legion, stood in the middle of the first row of the Storm Wings, and from time to time he reached out and vigorously wiped his eyes blurred by the rain in the face of the approaching enemy, and his eyesight and experience as a good hunter allowed him to accurately judge the distance in such bad weather
The range of a heavy crossbow that could reach 250 paces in the Tempest had shrunk by nearly 5 times at this moment, and his judgment would ultimately depend on how much damage he could inflict on the enemy in this short opportunity, and then ...... Itsev subconsciously looked down at the short sword on his waist, and an inexplicable smile and relief cracked into the corner of his mouth......
"Launch~Launch! The front row steps back and reloads, the back row steps forward and fires! Bring out all your strength, bunnies! ”
With Itsef's roar, the Heavy Crossbow Legion, which had been highly anticipated by Leo but had been silent for a long time, finally showed its hideous teeth again, and almost at the same time, the crossbowmen in the first three rows pulled the trigger at the same time, and more than 2,000 stubby crossbow arrows with triangular arrows flew out like flying locusts, densely covering even the rainstorm for a moment
The heavy crossbow in the flat fire caused an extremely terrible effect in a distance of fifty paces, and many enemy soldiers in the charge were lifted up by the impact force without even any reaction, although a few agile people raised their shields in an urgent moment, but even the iron-clad heraldic shield could not completely block the sharpness of the crossbow arrows, and the wooden shield and the like were easily shattered and took away the lives of the soldiers behind them......
The well-trained Stormwings, under the command of Itsev and other officers of all ranks, quickly retreated from the gap in the reserved gap and rewound the first three rows of crossbow arrows, while the other three rows that reappeared behind them were still holding well-wound heavy crossbows, and there were nine rows of such a line......
Under the three shots, even if it was only fifty paces away, Stormwings still easily shot four rounds of crossbow arrows, if you look down from the sky, you can clearly see that the thick formation of the charging enemy army is like peeled fruit, and the front is removed from an obvious layer, 4,000 casualties, this is the result of 8000 Storm Wings within a distance of fifty steps, they use this result to prove to Leo and everyone that they are still one of the two most powerful legions in Stormwind City!
Without hesitating to throw away the valuable heavy crossbow and the already redundant crossbow arrows, Itsev licked his lips and took off the half-human-tall shield from his back, drew the short sword at his waist, looked at the champion swordsman in front of him who had already filled the gap and was ready to fight, and ordered the opponent again
"Lighten your weight and prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"
"Reducing the weight and preparing for hand-to-hand combat......"
"Hand-to-hand combat preparation ......"
The orders were passed down in clear order in the heavy rain, and soon, the Storm Wings, which were mostly composed of thousands of skilled hunters, made the same moves as their commanders, and the formation that had previously been slightly loose for the convenience of shooting became dense at this time, and everyone believed that with the chain mail and heavy shield short sword on their bodies, they were still a force that no one could take lightly!
Perhaps it was the battle in the middle that affected these soldiers who were also champion swordsmen, and here, especially after seeing that the banner representing the marshal had moved forward to the front line, all the champion swordsmen burst out with extremely high morale
They quickly made up for the gap when they fired at the Storm Wings, and in the midst of the officer's orders, the sophisticated steel shields were raised, the long sword in their right hand was hidden behind them, and their bodies crouched slightly and their feet lunged for support......
To the horror of the enemy, it seemed that in an instant an impassable wall appeared in front of them, a wall made of steel, and even rain refused to enter the incomparable shield wall!
"Kill!"
Simple orders, simple roars, unlike the swarming enemy army, the champion swordsman has his own pride, as an infantry they take the salary of an ordinary noble subordinate knight, as an infantryman, their equipment is enough to make the knights under the command of some minor nobles disgraced, as an army named champion, their honor cannot be desecrated!
Thousands of shields cast from stainless steel slammed upwards diagonally at almost the same time as the word "kill" exited, and hundreds of enemies who hadn't even had time to hand out their weapons were directly knocked out like this, their bones broken and their tendons cracked!
After the blow, as if one person, the champion swordsman withdrew the shield in his hand just right to block the ensuing slash and stabbing blow, and then ...... The standard sword, which is clearly longer than the enemy, pierces through the gap between the shield like poisonous snakes......
Ignoring the enemy who had fallen like wheat, the commander of the legion shouted as he flicked his bloodied sword
"Enter!"
"Boom!"
On the premise of fighting less and having more inferior forces, the overall array of the champion swordsman even advanced a few meters, although it was quickly overwhelmed by the enemy's numbers, but this was enough to move everyone!
Al is located right in the middle of the right flank battlefield and the center battlefield, which also makes it easier for him to adjust the army and the battle situation at any time, as for the left flank? Al is fully confident that the Knights will not have any problems under Finn's leadership
A few orders were issued, and Al, who was thinking about it with his cheeks, suddenly found that several soldiers were dragging a bloodstained man who was walking through the rain curtain to this side, frowning, Al was about to ask, but suddenly he was stunned to find that the person who was carried in the middle by the two soldiers was somewhat familiar
"Philip? Philip Byrne Jones? ”
The familiar tone made Philip, who was half-unconscious, barely open his eyes, looked at the marshal with a complicated expression in a daze, and grinned and laughed in a low voice
"Your Excellency, I didn't disgrace your people, seventeen people, I killed seventeen bastards, including an officer!"
"I have no doubt about this, junior non-commissioned officers, talk less, what you need now is rest!"
Turning his head, he saw Al's inquiring gaze, and spoke sadly as one of Philip's men spoke
"Mistress Philip...... Adult, he ...... He lost both arms......"
……
Hearing this, Al took a closer look, and sure enough, Philip's right arm was broken off by a sharp blade shoulder-to-shoulder, and the thick gauze could not stop the blood gushing out, and although the left arm was still intact, the entire palm could no longer see the shape, as if it was directly hit by heavy weapons such as a war hammer after falling to the ground, and the sharp-eyed Al could even see countless broken bone slag from it......
Under the leadership of Al, all the officers and guards behind him saluted Philip, and Al said it himself
"You have fulfilled all your responsibilities as a soldier, and I must apologize for all the suspicions and accusations I have made against you, Your Excellency Philip Byrne Jones, the glory belongs to you! Live, neither Your Highness nor the Duchy want to lose a warrior like you! ”
Smiling weakly, Philip barely managed to twitch his eyelids a few times, and the voice in his mouth was so faint that he could barely make out his voice
"If there's still a place where I need to fight...... Please call me back...... I lost both hands...... But...... I still have teeth......"
Al Andréstes silently looked at the soldier in front of him, whose chest had stopped rising and falling, gently wiped the mixture of rain and tears from his cheeks, and muttered to himself
"yes...... We still have teeth! ”