Chapter 266: Invincible!
All the way the infantry drove out, forming a formation in front of the black horsemen. They outnumbered the cavalry, and huge phalanxes were formed in an instant.
The commander of the infantry ordered his heralds to walk between the phalanxes in order to maintain a more perfect formation.
There was a thunderous sound of hooves, and it was the retreating ranks of cavalry. The infantry made way for them, allowing them to hide behind the ranks of the infantry and regroup.
The black-pressed infantry raised their shields to prevent them from being pursued while their cavalry retreated, but their fears were obviously unnecessary, and the black-pressed cavalry had no intention of continuing the pursuit, and they adjusted again from a hundred meters away, rows of raised spears silently exuding their edge like their masters.
"Second Division, listen to my orders!" the infantry commander Amellan shouted, "Hold your ground and prepare to meet the enemy's attack." ”
There was no need for Amelan, watching the black cavalry press over, like a wave and tsunami, the spears at the head of the formation dripping with blood, like the sharp teeth of the devil, to swallow all the enemies in the way.
The incomparable might of the cavalry made the fortress infantry tremble, and the soldiers in a row pressed their bodies against their shields, and then the soldiers in the rear pressed the towbars of their spears against the ground.
In the face of such a powerful enemy, the infantry did not dare to relax in the slightest, they could hear their hearts pounding, and even their teeth were unconsciously colliding.
The other side had just routed their own cavalry, and no one wanted to face such an enemy on the battlefield.
In front is the enemy, and in the rear is the military judge who oversees the battle.
"Buy time for the cavalry. Governor Langton gritted his teeth, he regretted his hasty decision, he shouldn't have fought with the black knights in the first place, he knew that the black knights were strong in combat, but he didn't expect them to be so unreasonable!
A thousand cavalry, plus a team of desert giants, could not even resist the first wave of attack of the black cavalry, and they were rushed to pieces.
When did the cavalry under his command become so vulnerable?
And for the support of the infantry, the governor of Langton did not have much hope either.
Even the cavalry, which was several times the size of the enemy, was no match for them, and the infantry were even less likely to turn the tide, so all he had to do now was to preserve the living force of the cavalry as much as possible.
The Black Cavalry was advancing at an unbelievable speed, too fast to react, and in the blink of an eye they were rushing to the front of the array.
The infantry's first line of defense was not as impregnable as they had imagined, and the wall of shields lasted less than two seconds with the sound of horses' hooves.
The heavy horse's hooves stepped on the shield, and the huge impact was transmitted to the soldiers below, and even though the earth was used as a cushion, the slanted shield still slapped the soldiers to the ground.
"Raise your sword, fight back!" With the order of the infantry commander Yameva, the infantry bravely swung their swords and slashed at the enemy, but the result was a little desperate.
Their weapons clanged at the cavalry, but they could not break through the black horsemen's defenses.
"Hammer, hammer and axe!" someone in the crowd shouted, stopping abruptly in the next second.
His throat was slit, and he collapsed to the ground with weakness.
Nock withdrew his spear with an indifferent expression, and before he could wipe off the remaining blood stains on it, he was hit the back.
"I've hit him! Quick, he's wounded, fence up! Fence up!" Seven or eight infantrymen armed with blunt weapons quickly surrounded him, and some of them crouched down and tried to cut off the legs of Nock's mount, but they were kicked directly in the chest by the irascible war horse, and flew out several meters upside down.
His chest collapsed, and his mouth overflowed with blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, and he obviously couldn't survive.
The Black Knights are fierce, and even the horses are the toughest breeds.
The war horse from the Northern Desert region is born with a strong physique, with a shoulder height of more than one meter nine, weighing thousands of kilograms, and a violent personality that is difficult to tame, compared to a war horse, it is more like a fierce beast, an uncontrollable fierce beast.
Although its sheer size does not mean that its endurance will not last too long, when it comes to short charges, there is no other horse breed in the world that can beat it.
With the blessing of this size, they sprint like a small tank, and those who dare to confront it head-on, whether it is a human or a monster, will be turned into a revenant under the iron hoof.
Besieged by several people, he didn't see Nock panic at all, even though there was a slight pain in his back, but his expression was as cold as frost, and the spear in his hand waved, and several human heads fell to the ground.
"My lord, you can't continue to fight with the Black Cavalry. Beside Governor Langton, his lieutenant said with an anxious look on his face, "Let the soldiers retreat." The infantry is no match for this group of monsters at all. That would only add to the casualties. ”
Governor Langton's eyes were red, and he really couldn't understand why the fiasco had come so quickly, so fast that he didn't have time to react.
He looked at the soldiers who kept falling on the battlefield, and a breath of air was blocked in his chest and it was difficult to vent out.
Their own soldiers, like rice in the fields, have no power to resist, and are harvested one after another.
"My lord, give the order, let the army withdraw!" a cold sweat broke out on the deputy's forehead, and he did not agree to open the gates and fight the black knights from the beginning.
The opponent is just a group of cavalry, and there are no siege equipment, we only need to hold the fortress and throw rolling stones and logs at the top of the city, so that the opponent can do nothing.
Langton, this idiot, is going to open the city gates, and now all the soldiers in the fortress will be slaughtered!
"Run for your life! these people are demons that can't be killed!" In the desperate battle group, someone finally couldn't help but break down and cry, but no one laughed at him for it.
Because of the sight of the group of dark backs, everyone's hearts wanted to cry.
With the help of the precious buffer time gained by the infantry, the Buxi commander re-arrayed the cavalry.
"Yield West lead the cavalry back!" The muscles on Langton's face twitched unconsciously, the crushing defeat was already doomed, and he did not hesitate to choose the latter in the choice between infantry and cavalry.
After all, the cost of training a cavalryman is much higher than that of an infantryman, and in the face of death, even the chance of survival depends on personal value as a bargaining chip.
Suddenly a colorful flag was waving at the head of the fortress, and Buxi immediately recognized it as a signal for the cavalry to retreat.
Buxi gasped and felt a great shame, he couldn't bear to fail, but such a fiasco without the power to resist was the first time in his life.
He glanced back at his cavalry, and there were still more than seven hundred men that could fight.