Chapter Forty-Eight: Counterattack! rout

"Damn it!"

The whip was drawn fiercely, and a few pops were thrown in the air, but it was not enough to vent Saru's frustration and boundless hatred in his heart, and seeing the other knights begin to attack at this moment, he understood that he had made another mistake in his impatience and loss of cool

After ordering his guards to gather the remaining Knights of Glory, and sending someone to inform His Majesty the Emperor and the Pope that they were ready, Saru looked thoughtfully at the vague Leo camp in the distance, and he wondered who had dragged them to such a situation at the beginning of the battle

At the same time, he no longer had any hope for the seemingly large infantry corps of nearly 100,000 people after being hastily attacked by his strong order, and as a high-end knight, he knew better than anyone that an infantry on the plain, with no formation, no command, not even heavy armor, and incomplete shields, would never be able to resist the onslaught of the heavy knights

What's more, this army had not even rested, fed or rehydrated until it was forced to fight after arriving here after days and nights, and it was mixed with a large number of poorly equipped peasants and inexperienced recruits, and he now only hoped that it would not lose too badly, and that it would be satisfied too quickly......

Frowning and thinking for a while, Saru turned his gaze and swept the still large army behind him, as if he suddenly remembered something, and called out to one of his guards again

"Go, in my name go and inform the Church, and ask His Holiness the Pope to send his powerful Templar Order, perhaps only they can delay or repel each other for the time being, and buy us enough time to set up!"

"Yes, Your Excellency! But...... Aren't we still more than a thousand Knights of Glory who can also be put into battle again? ”

The guard who received the order scratched his head and asked with some confusion

"Stupid! We are His Majesty's sword and not the thugs of those gods, and with the joint action of the two sides, can they just sit on the sidelines and wait for the empire to shed its last drop of blood? ”

First of all, he angrily reprimanded his personal guard, sighed, Saru looked around, and said in a low voice

"Nathaniel, the cunning old man, though he does not understand military affairs, will not fail to see with his shrewdness that today's battle is extremely disadvantageous to us who are weak, and he will definitely refuse my proposal, and then ...... Then we can use this to advise Your Majesty to withdraw your troops for the time being, otherwise, with Your Majesty's temper, ......"

"Got it......"

Looking at the guards who nodded and left the horse, Saru shook his head imperceptibly, and sighed even more melancholy in his heart

"Your Majesty's temper has become more impatient as his body deteriorates, this battle could have been avoided, if it had not been provoked, how could Leo's side have the strength or courage to take the initiative to attack at the beginning......"

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Not to mention Saru's thoughts, on the battlefield, the strong counterattack belonging to the Duchy of Pande has begun to show its power, facing the enemy infantry with more than 20,000 people even in the forward, the knights under the leadership of Finn did not hastily cut through the front this time, in that case, even if the opponent's physical strength has been exhausted, it can still bring some damage to the knights

Taking advantage of the vast plains and speed on the battlefield, under his leadership, thousands of knights skillfully bent an arc before making contact, loosening the edge of the enemy along the formation, as if flattening the peel of the fruit, and gently scraped it over, without their own casualties, but also took away nearly 1,000 enemy casualties along the way......

"Clever!"

Al, who was nervously watching the battle in the rear, quietly loosened his clenched fists, and Finn's approach made him almost want to cheer regardless of his majesty, as several regiment commanders had talked before, he was born in the empire since he was a child, and then carried the fortune of the empire, he likes to use every trace of power in his hands to the extreme, which seems to have become an instinct in his body

At the same time, Leo, who has not moved a single step since the start of the war, also explained to Professor Pericles beside him

"Dear Professor, Finn is not cowardly, you should know that this word has never appeared in our friend's body, he and Keith have only been suppressed by El for too long after the war, what is the most effective way to prove that the knight is still the highest level of force? That's to make more results! Don't worry about the professor, Finn is far more stable and competent than you think! ”

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"Aldalian, lead the Knights of the Dawn to split out the shock array, roam and shoot freely, and keep the pressure and fear on them in the way you Noldor do best! The rest, throw away the riding guns, hand-to-hand weapons ready! The Knights of Dawn stepped forward and threw their spears and prepared! ”

After hearing the clear order from the mouth of Finn, who was appointed as the supreme commander of the Knights, even the unruly Lord Noldor did not hesitate to respond at this moment, and in an instant, the Knights of the Dawn, who had a little less impact power, dispersed from the impact queue and quickly converged behind their commander.

At the same time, under the leadership of Alexander, the Knights of Punishment and Swan at the arrow temporarily returned to the second line, and the Knights of Dawn rose to the arrow, and everyone drew a delicate spear at the same time under the leadership of their leader......

Unlike the hastily formed spear-throwing infantry in the later period, each spear assigned to the Knights of the Dawn is the product of careful construction at great expense, with perfect counterweights and pure steel spear heads, as well as blood grooves made under Leo's personal intervention, so that each spear can be called a perfect killing weapon

"Throw!!"

The arc cut through the back of the forward infantry again, and in the midst of the enemy's pushing and confusion, Alexander roared and threw the short spear in his hand first, and the 150 spears that flickered with cold light seemed to have a smile of death satisfaction, and let out a terrifying scream and plunged headlong into the opponent's dense formation

In the continuous screams, this kind of medium and short-range throwing weapon different from the bow and crossbow, although the accuracy is average, but in this environment, under the strong arm strength of the Dawn Knight, each throwing spear pierced more than two enemy soldiers, and only one attack easily brought nearly 500 kills to the other party, and such a throwing spear, each Dawn Knight has as many as 15 spears......

Continuous galloping, knights can rely on mobility to play infantry at will in any era, not to mention a mess of single arms without any organized enemy, Dawn Knight almost crushed the opponent in 10 rounds

In this era, an army is normally on the verge of collapse with more than 10% casualties, of course, not that this forward force is too strong, but that it does not even have a chance to escape in the continuous defense

Finally, after hundreds of soldiers who were lucky enough to break out of the queue and ran away were nailed to death in the snow like prey by the Dawning Knights, the forward army, which still had more than 10,000 soldiers, could no longer stand this torture, and threw down all kinds of weapons in their hands, kneeling heavily on the ground with their heads in their hands, and they gave up any idea of resisting and fleeing......

There was no intention of collecting and guarding the prisoners, and seeing that the other party surrendered, Finn did not hesitate, and the knights of punishment retook the position of the arrows, and the knights, who had not lost anything at all, once again rushed to the scattered infantry in the rear

To say that the most embarrassing at this time should be the general who was promoted by Saru, because there was no organization, the fastest forward was easily annihilated by the opponent in a short period of time, and their last troops had even just broken away from their own formation, and the scattered army all over the mountains made the general cry without tears, and he couldn't even give orders, let alone organize effective resistance......

This also makes the knights under the leadership of Finn like a fish in water, constantly impacting and harvesting, as long as any enemy wants to group or regroup, they will be hit and scattered by him at the first time with a clear purpose, and those conscientious officers are often directly targeted by the elves of the Knights of the Dawn, and then killed on the spot with precision

Over time, no officer was willing to take the risk of organizing a team, and the soldiers who were not too stupid found that as long as they were less than a thousand people, they would not, or for the time being, they would not suffer the blows of the other party's cunning, terrifying knights, and no one wanted to be a fool or a corpse, and the bitter fruit of Rolf's forced mass conscription was finally tasted by himself at this moment

The army of farmers, peddlers, and coolies a few months ago was chased by the knights, who were considered the top fighters among the professional soldiers of this era, and lost any ability to resist, and also completely shattered Saru's desire to inflict some casualties on the opposing knights......

Some of these people who escaped, some took off their uniforms and sold their weapons, and found a random village to resume their original occupations again, and some gathered together to form a rebellious army of different sizes, which was completely wiped out in the days to come, and of course, many more......

"Damn, I can't run, I was just an apprentice who made bread before I joined the army, no matter what you think, I'm going to surrender anyway......"

A young man in rudimentary leather armor, whose weapon was more of an iron piece than a long sword, panted and shouted loudly to the dozens of running companions around him, and after muttering, he ignored it, threw away the iron piece in his hand, and knelt down with his head in his hands

The surrounding companions stopped in shock, looked at each other a few times, and then looked at each other and began to move, like the infantry phalanx approaching the wall, they also threw down their weapons, and some of them were tired and lay directly on the snow despite the cold......

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On the side of the aristocratic coalition, Nathaniel decisively rejected Saru's proposal for various reasons, and under the persuasion of everyone, the furious Rolf looked at the situation on the battlefield and finally agreed to the proposal of his subordinates to temporarily retreat and rest before making plans

After all, under the deliberate drive of the opposing knights, the rout of their own army already has signs of impacting their own formation

With the sound of the horn of the bleak and leisurely retreat resounding over the battlefield, Leo moved his body, which had been moving for a long time, and said to Al Andergrimes with a smile

"Congratulations to you, Marshal, you have won a brilliant victory!"

"It's your victory, Your Highness, and I couldn't do this without your trust...... Now we can get Commander Finn to keep them under pressure and on alert, and then let our infantry clean up the battlefield, and I don't think our enemy will have any intention of attacking again in a few days."

"yes......"

Looking at the opponent's slowly retreating army, Leo's good mood was also slightly affected, how could the other party give his own side a second chance in such a hasty and arrogant situation, and I don't know how many young lives will disappear on the battlefield in the future bitter battle......

(To be continued.) Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info)