Chapter 40: Collapse
"It turns out that these high-ranking big people will also be embarrassed, just like wild dogs that are driven away from embarrassment with their tails between their legs!"
- Rod Weir
Thirst, extreme thirst, throat like cracked earth in desperate need of any fluid, even blood!
Leo had never felt so tired, after the numbness of his right arm that he couldn't remember how many times he waved, the endless soreness came instantly, and Leo's nervous body that had awakened from the killing had just eased, and such and such sequelae followed, the tip of his tongue stretched out his chapped lips, and subconsciously added a drop of blood from the corner of his mouth, and the salty smell made Leo unable to suppress it anymore, and he vomited heavily on the back of his mount. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Fortunately, at this time, there is no need for him to fight in person, otherwise in this weak state at this time, any enemy knight can easily help Duke Orlando solve this big trouble, Killy affectionately turned his head and gently rubbed his master's calf, trying to use this method to relieve Leo's emotions, and the four hooves that lost the master's control roamed the battlefield endlessly.
Under the feet are countless stumps and broken arms, the earth can not absorb so much blood, so that the rest of the part slowly gathers together with the flow of the terrain, forming a pool of blood of different sizes, the destruction of the noble coalition knights directly led to the rout of the infantry in the battle, the punishment knight left some personnel and the highland swordsmen together to clear and kill the fish that slipped through the net, and the rest of the majority of the rest under the leadership of Fein, decisively cut into the rear of the enemy infantry.
Even the Punishment Knights were extremely tired after a long battle, but unlike Leo, the Knights had a resolute mentality that matched their strength, not to mention that their opponents were a group of demoralized and equally exhausted motley infantry, and the outcome of the battle was already doomed from the beginning, starting from the first soldier who threw down his weapons and turned to flee, the largest infantry under the Duke began to rout without accident.
Someone was constantly pierced from behind by a long sword, someone kept crying and lying on the ground with their heads in their hands and begging for forgiveness, and there were still 7 or 8 hundred troops running everywhere in a group of east and west, in such a situation, Leo could only grit his teeth and issue an order prohibiting pursuit, after all, except for the highland swordsman and the overdrawn Punishment Knights, the rest of the soldiers had almost no spare strength.
Leo inserted back the knight's sword, and Baron Leicester, who was standing side by side with him, looked at the noble coalition army that had withdrawn from the battlefield in embarrassment, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then their voices gradually increased, and the laughter became louder and louder, and all the depression in his chest seemed to be vented at this moment.
In the center of the battlefield, Rhodes took off his slightly deformed helmet with some effort and threw it aside, closed his eyes and didn't even put away his weapon, and the whole person lay straight on the ground in a large shape, and the hair stuck together by sweat was no longer flowing before, piled up like a ridiculous gourd.
Feeling a cold forehead, a drop of water fell on Rod's forehead, he opened his eyes in confusion, Itsef's big face looked at it with a smile from top to bottom, and a bamboo kettle was gently shaking in his hand, and he smiled, Roda grabbed Itsef's outstretched arm, jumped up directly, and hugged his friends who were in distress hard, and Rod took the kettle and took a big gulp and started to drink.
At this time, Fain and Anthony Keys also rushed back to Leo after a short pursuit, several people except for Finn is still intact, Anthony's shoulder armor was shattered and can still see the blood stains leaching out, one side of Case's breastplate is deeply sunken, which should be the result of a heavy blunt object blow, but fortunately, the spirit of several people looks pretty good, except for the pale face brought by tiredness, nothing else is serious.
After Fain nodded slightly to the baron, he said, "My lord, because there are still dozens of knights left behind by various nobles around the enemy, we have no further pursuit, please understand this, the knights can still hold on to fighting, but the unicorns have almost reached the limit!" ”
"Of course, the Knights of Punishment are the biggest contributors to this victory, if it weren't for you to resist or even kill nearly three times as many coalition knights, any of our planning and efforts would be in vain, and now I only sincerely beg my warriors not to suffer too many casualties." Leo had long expected the duke's evacuation, but he didn't care too much, this battle almost wiped out all the forces of the duke and the pro-duke nobles, even if they recruited soldiers immediately after they returned, Leo would not give them this opportunity, compared to the speed of development, Leo could not be afraid of these natives.
Finn glanced at Anthony behind him, who stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, the casualties of the Knights and the Highland Swordsmen have been counted, and under your benevolent protection, no one in the Knights has been killed, 3 have been seriously wounded, and 11 have been lightly wounded. After thinking about it, Anthony looked at Leo's somewhat worried eyes, leaned over and whispered to Leo in his ear, "You know our characteristics, my lord, as long as there is no complete death, it won't take long for the injured to recover as before, including the injured unicorn, this time will not exceed a month." ”
"Whew~" let out a sigh of relief, and after learning that his knight was fine, Leo let out a sigh, "How is the side of the Highland Swordsman?" Why didn't I see Edward come to me to report the situation? ”
"The casualties are very light, my lord," Anthony explained for Edward, "There are 5 dead and seriously wounded who are completely unable to continue fighting, 2 dead and 3 wounded, and other minor injuries are not counted, Edward, when they entered the battlefield according to the instructions of the adults, the knights of the other side have been dragged by us, I have to say that the highland swordsmen did give us a surprise, a considerable part of the enemy died in their hands, as for now, Edward and his men are carrying out their traditional rituals against the dead people, it is said that this can return the souls of the deceased to their ancestral land." Anthony shrugged his shoulders in disapproval.
In the small talk of several people, the casualty figures of the champion swordsman and the storm wings were also counted by their respective temporary officers, Leo listened to the report of the squire beside him with a pale face, and his mentality could no longer be as calm as just now, "There are 120 champion swordsmen, 37 are killed, 11 are seriously injured, and the rest are all wounded; Stormwings killed 19 killed, seriously wounded2, the rest were wounded, the baron's soldiers except for the archers, only more than 70 people survived, and the Swan Knights, led by Andrew, only 7 remained. ”
Almost fifty percent of the casualty rate made Leo's heart bleed, and the baron was really dripping blood, looking at the remaining soldiers and poor Baba 7 swan knights, the baron and Andrew couldn't wait to hug their heads and cry, and the hatred for Duke Orlando in their hearts deepened.
After thinking about it for a long time with a gloomy face, Leo gritted his teeth and ordered Fein and the others, "Camp in place, send some soldiers to escort the wounded to Nuremberg first, and the rest of the intact soldiers will recuperate on the spot." ”
"What?" The Baron and Finn were a little surprised, this did not match the countermeasures discussed before, according to the idea at that time, after interrupting the Duke's greedy hand, they should retreat to Stormwind, which could not only effectively shock the nobles of the Northern Lord, but also demand the benefits that the victor should have from the Duke through the unspoken rules among the nobles.
"Why? Leo, what else are you going to do? The baron asked the question that everyone wanted to know.
"What for?" Leo pointed his fist at the wounded soldiers who were lined up in a row, and the wounded who were forced to endure the pain and moan under the care of his companions, "I want to make these bastards pay, White Moon City is too far away, and our strength is not enough for the time being, but other so-called nobles who dare to challenge us and dare to act as the duke's lackeys, I want to let them know that war is not a game that you want to start and end when you want...... I swear! ”