233. Chapter 233: Crushing
Strictly speaking, all of these sixty men are models of "knights" in the traditional sense of the kingdom.
They were knighted by barons and nobles, had estates, managed small villages, paid taxes to their lords on weekdays, and fought in battle, with their servants and conscripted militia to fight with their lords - this is a system and concept that is almost common to all human kingdoms today, and it is also one of the deepest imprints of the current era.
But is such a knight really powerful?
Although there are such powerhouses as Wellington and Titus as strong as Evta, it can be analyzed from the overall situation, when the knights are involved in the actual battle, everything becomes a different matter...
Knights may study martial arts on weekdays, but most of them are just trying to get a better ranking in the "athletic tournaments" - they know how to do swordsmanship, and they have a set of armor that has been passed down for generations, and most knights will be very proud of it. Although it is not to the point of looking down on each other, when they really get together, the so-called "tacit understanding" is absolutely none.
Formation?coordination?
Everyone rushes to their own side, just find the enemy and kill it, who cares if the guy next to him cooperates with him.
This mentality is a true portrayal of the current sixty knights - their individual strength may be good, and when they go into battle, they move forward bravely, each knight uses all their strength, but in the same way, they have no scruples about the cooperation of other knights and themselves...
After the two-kilometer charge, the knights, who had been gathered together, had completely dispersed. And because the rush was too fierce, those Hu Cong had already been thrown off without a shadow.
If they were veteran knights who had experienced war in the early years, they might have known the truth of "fighting together on foot", but now these young knights clearly did not think that they would be defeated.
Rushing into the forest, they immediately saw Sodrore and the others who had slowed down sharply, and immediately made a posture of preparing to encircle - the cavalry in the dense woods could not maintain a high speed, so at this time, the numerical advantage was immediately highlighted.
What made them even more excited was that Sodrol and the others in front of them had completely stopped after running out for a while—the first twenty or so knights to enter the forest grinned at the corners of their mouths, as if they had seen the scene of the enemy being surrounded and killed to death.
Soon, however, their expressions froze on their faces...
"There are archers!"
"Get out of the way!"
When they raised their heads, a large figure holding a short bow unconsciously appeared in the forest in front of them, and simple archers may not be able to surprise them, but the key is that these shooters are not standing on the ground, but standing on the "sentry tower" with artificial traces around them!
The distance of five or six meters above the ground made the knights show a look of despair - few knights in the Karen Kingdom had mastered the "crooked way" skill of "riding and shooting", because none of them carried long-range weapons...
In this case, even a fool understands what the consequences of continuing to rush are!
The knights immediately turned around and tried to flee, but the arrows were already aimed at them, and the command to "release the arrows" sounded, and a salvo of arrows rang out - the wails and the muffled sound of falling horses resounded through the forest in an instant!
The knights on the horse were completely panicked, and there were arrows flying by "whoosh" in their ears, but they didn't even know where to hide - the shooters occupying the commanding heights almost didn't shoot dead ends, and the deadly arrows hit all the ten knights in the front row in three waves!
"Boom!"
Some knights still wanted to fight to break the net to attack Sodrore, but they didn't go far to charge on their horses, and the whole person flew upside down in a ball of fire - the appearance of the "Burst Arrow" made these knights feel like they were dead.
The knights who had been attacked in front of them worked hard for a long time, and finally began to scatter and flee in all directions, and as soon as the horses ran at a speed, the power of the arrows immediately decreased a lot. And the knights who followed also dodged the area with the densest concentration of arrows with their own combat awareness, and although they were embarrassed, they could be regarded as escaping from the deadly threat...
However, in this way, the remaining team of more than forty knights was completely scattered in the forest.
They tried to turn their horses around and run back, but just as they were about to leave the forest, Sodrore began to sweep with a whole team of twenty scouts!
It sounds like 47 knights against a 21-man scout cavalry, but it's the exact opposite... The knights who were broken up by the rain of arrows were basically three or five people together, and the most was only eight people, while the scout team of twenty-one people was always a whole, which made Sodrore's team immediately occupy an absolute advantage in the local area!
Not only is my war horse better than yours, my equipment is better than yours, my people are stronger than yours, even if it is the number of fighters, I also have the advantage of crushing!
Sodrore and his party were in full swing, and the scouts were armed with scimitars and swords due to the forest conditions - their posture was exactly like "cat and mouse", and no matter how much the scattered knights resisted, they were all harvested!
The team of sixty knights was killed by more than thirty people within seven or eight minutes of entering the forest, and the rest were completely frightened, and only thought about turning around and running out of the forest - but when they finally left the jungle, they were greeted by two barons and lords with more than 130 soldiers...
One side advances and the other retreats, and the two sides "collide" again.
At this time, the morale of the knights had completely collapsed, saying that there were still more than twenty people, but in fact, none of them wanted to continue fighting, and the attitude of fleeing in embarrassment was completely like a lost dog being chased away - seeing their subordinates in such a posture, the two barons were dumbfounded.
"What's going on?!"
The inquiry was called, but none of the knights stopped responding, and they fled as if they had seen ghosts, leaving only the two barons to look at each other.
But the question was quickly answered: the figures of Sodrore and the others rushed out of the forest, and then slowly stopped at the edge of the woodland...
"No wonder something went wrong, it turned out to be a helper. ”
A baron said this, but there was no fear in his heart - he looked at the more than one hundred and thirty soldiers around him, and then at the twenty cavalrymen in front of him, and still believed that he had the upper hand.
After making eye contact with the other baron, he waved his hand and gave the order to attack again without hesitation:
"Rush up!
The words fell, but the team in front of him suddenly changed slightly.
The sound of horses' hooves was heard in the forest, and then other figures gradually appeared behind the original team of twenty-one... The other twenty scouts, who were in reserve, all joined the team at this time.
Not only did they come to replenish the team, but they also carried a long-pole riding spear in their hands, and after entering the team, they came directly to the front - the three-meter riding spear pointed to the sky, the metal armor and the sharp spear head shimmered in the morning sun, and when the whole team was silently fixed there, it was like a steel giant beast that wanted to devour...
A hundred meters away, the scattered soldiers were about to rush forward after running for two kilometers, but when they saw the scene in front of them, their steps immediately became hesitant...
"Cavalry regiment, charge!"
Sodrore's command was unusually clear among the silent ranks, his horse began to speed up slowly, and his sword suddenly swung forward—the next moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded like a landslide, and the entire cavalry regiment began to accelerate with all its strength almost at the same time!
From stationary to sortie, their posture is like a sword unsheathed, and they charge at the enemy with the toughest posture!
Leaving the forest area, the acceleration of the war horse was no longer hindered, and this cavalry regiment, which had gone through countless battles, made the two barons in the distance who couldn't fight at all feel the cold in their hearts with their absolutely powerful military qualities...
The distance of 100 meters seemed to leap forward, and under the half-moon charge, the momentum of the landslide and the ground cracked made the morale of the militiamen who could not hold their shields collapse in an instant - but at such a time, turning around and running away had no effect...
"Woohoo—"
In just an instant, the forest-like cavalry spears penetrated and divided the weak battle formation, and more than a hundred soldiers did not have enough physical fitness to block the war horses, and they had no reliable formation to rely on, standing in the open area, they were completely lambs to the slaughter, and they were completely crushed by the cavalry regiment in the blink of an eye!
The two barons on horseback were frightened by the sight in front of them, and when they saw the terrible procession coming towards them, they immediately turned around and tried to run away, but before the horses under their crotches could speed up, two elusive arrows pierced their bodies on the spot...
Roddy's figure didn't attract any attention when he appeared on the chaotic battlefield, but his presence was definitely more terrifying than Sodrore's team.
However, the next scene made Roddy frown slightly-both barons were shot in the chest, and if ordinary people should have lost any mobility, they would definitely fall off their horses next. However, at this time, the two men continued to drive their horses and run away without hindrance, and the arrows stuck in their bodies did not seem to cause much damage to them at all.
"Damn puppet..."
Roddy cursed in a low voice, and then raised his hand and shot two arrows - the "burst arrow" exploded behind the backs of the two barons, and the "puppet" was not a complete undead like Magda after all, and at this time he couldn't withstand such an attack and was knocked off his horse...
By this time it was already dawn, and Sodrore's cavalry regiment had completely dispersed the ranks of the infantry, but instead of continuing the one-sided slaughter, they immediately diverted their direction and pursued the fleeing knights.