Chapter Twenty-Three: The Battle of Legends
"Time, the morning of September 26, 1256 in the continental calendar.
Location, 6 km south of Fort Garmicsch in the plain.
Both sides of the battle: the very large army of the kingdom of Rhodok (782 troops, half crossbowmen and half spearmen) and the super large army of the Sultanate of Salander (887 troops, consisting of two-fifths of the cavalry plus a large number of infantry and archers).
Campaign Level: Legendary.
Number 000003, faction assignment, you are on the west side of the battlefield, you will enter the battlefield map as a Salander support unit, the battle has started 15 minutes, please number 000003 be ready.
Note: This is your first major battle, so please do what you can. ”
Hu Bin rushed through a transparent barrier, 56 cavalry appeared on the edge of the battlefield on the west side, opened the eagle eye and looked, Salander's infantry had occupied the hillside and waited for the opposite side to attack, but they were fiercely fired by the Kugit crossbowmen, fortunately, although Salander's archers were not strong, the longbow had a long range, and Rhodok formed a tentative firing situation. Salander's elite cavalry was looking for an opportunity to break into battle under the marshal's leadership, but was stared at by Rhodok's spearmen. Seeing that infantry losses were gradually increasing, it was estimated that a full-scale melee would begin after the cavalry charge.
Hu Bin thought a lot for a moment, looked back at his loyal soldiers, and said calmly: "I have a plan, a plan that will most likely bury all of you, but I still want to implement this plan, that is, to rush directly into the center of the crossbowmen of the Rhodok dogs." A lot of people will die on the road, and then they will be surrounded by hundreds of people, and there will be no way to live, hehe, will you accompany me to hell for a trip? "Knights, you look at me and I look at you, and then look at Hu Bin together, and Ted said, "Master, do you provide food in hell?" The crowd burst out laughing.
Hu Bin continued: "Our army has fallen into a disadvantage, the cavalry brigade will be forced to attack the enemy's pike, and if it falls into it, it will be attacked by many crossbowmen, the infantry regiment can play very little role, and what awaits us is likely to be a crushing defeat." I was timid, I was afraid of getting hurt, I was afraid of losing my army, but I was even more afraid of the failure of my country, and then everything I would lose shelter. To tell you the truth, I will not die, the nobles have some privileges, and I will not say anything righteous and awe-inspiring before you are sent to death, because it will be recorded in the history books that on this hillside, there is a group of unlucky people who were fooled to death by an evil lord and launched a charge against ten times the enemy. Hehe, there are a lot of words today, I'm afraid I won't be able to say it in the future, array! ”
Hu Bin lined up with the cavalry with a blank face, raised his scimitar again, and the riders in the team couldn't help shouting "For glory", "For freedom", "For victory" and so on.
Hu Bin silently recited in his heart that the gods would protect him, and then waved his scimitar and pointed straight ahead, and everyone rushed out of the hillside with a shout, making the most perfect two cavalry charging queues in their lives in the shortest time, the sound of horses' hooves gradually became neat, and everyone straightened their waists and faced forward.
At 500 paces, Rhodok's crossbowmen arrayed themselves to reload their crossbow bolts and aim at the cavalry to fire a round of shots. The heavy cavalry in the front row raised their shields to protect, there was no loss, Hu Bin's shield was full of crossbow arrows, the back of his hand was pierced by a sharp arrow, and there were also several on his helmet, a piece of blood fell from the side of his face, and the horse armor was stained red by the blood oozing from the war horse, but no one in the team fell behind or let out a groan.
At 300 paces, the crossbowmen in the second row took advantage of the row to bend down and reload and fired another round of crossbow arrows. Several horsemen in the center of the queue leaned back, were shot in the face, and then dismounted, and the second row instantly gave up space to the horses that had lost their knights, and then the gap was filled by the first row of cavalry, and the whole action did not make the sound of horses' hooves chaotic.
At 150 paces, the crossbowmen in the first row had some crossbow bolts loaded, but they took out their large shields and one-handed weapons in a panic, and the chaotic shooting did not cause any damage to the rushing cavalry. Hu Bin took out the riding gun, shouted loudly to raise the gun, and with a brush, everyone raised the riding gun flat, and the injured war horse no longer needed to speed up, and all of them entered the state of extreme charge in an instant.
But about 70 paces, an inconspicuous rider in the queue shouted, "For the Crusaders." Then everyone roared together, and the blood mist then covered Hu Bin's face, and no one saw the tears that instantly welled up in his eyes.
The cavalry led by Marshal Muhai Boyye had already begun to speed up as soon as they saw Hu Bin's rushing procession, and he knew that he had to seize this slight opportunity, that he had to crush the enemy's formation, and that he had to draw a perfect end to the battle, because there was a group of knights who had died who had given them the determination to win, and he wanted history to remember this moment. When the blood mist filled the rear of the battlefield, all the cavalry grabbed their weapons and rushed towards the spears in front of them as if they were nothing.
Assault, assault, the cavalry spear had already been broken, the scimitar aimlessly slashed out a series of sword qi, and after the energy was exhausted, Hu Bin threw away the cavalry shield that was on the verge of shattering. Cutting along a long line of enemy troops, there was resistance with each swing of the sword, sometimes larger, sometimes smaller.
Finally, the war horse let out a mournful roar, and Hu Bin heard a cheer when he fell. After getting up, there were unfamiliar figures all around, and Hu Bin raised his scimitar and slashed wildly. His eyes could no longer see the figure clearly, his ears were full of roars, Hu Bin felt that he was moaning everywhere in his body, and he didn't know where he was injured, and the feeling of weakness caused by physical exhaustion gradually came to his heart. Suddenly feeling a heavy blow from behind him, Hu Bin stumbled, hit a shield in front of him, immediately turned around and stabbed, and then plunged the scimitar behind the shield, and fell down with his own strength. I don't know if I have eliminated that enemy, and Hu Bin, who can no longer support it, is still thinking about it before he falls to the ground and faints.
The cheers filled the mountains, Hu Bin felt that someone lifted him up, a mouthful of bitter water poured into his mouth, a glimmer of light appeared in front of his eyes, and then the pain on his body instantly took away all the ability to think. I don't know how long it took for Hu Bin to slowly open his eyes, he was lying on a bed made of wheat piles and cotton clothes, perhaps the bed could not describe the wooden cart being pulled by the horse.
The man next to him shouted, "He's awake." Marshal Muhai Boye's face appeared in Hu Bin's field of vision, and he didn't know where Hu Bin's strength came from, so he grabbed him by the collar and hissed, "Did you win?" Marshal Muhai Boya nodded and said loudly: "Won." Hu Bin let out a sigh and fainted again.
He had been asleep for some time, and the numberer's powerful recovery power had awakened him, and his blood was only a little bit, but he was recovering very slowly, his body was covered with bandages, and the original brand new heraldic armor was now hanging from the head of the bed, but it seemed to have been cleaned. Su Jia suddenly appeared in his room, startled him naked, and hurriedly closed his eyes.
"Well, health recovery is still slow, but you'll be back to normal. Hehe, while you can't move, I'm going to teach you a good lesson, bastard, well, that's it. Su Jia tugged at Hu Bin's face and pulled hard.
Suddenly, Hu Bin grabbed Su Jia's hand, which frightened Su Jia and ran out of the room. Then Priest Lorraine came in to help Hu Bin put on his clothes, and then tried his best to release a holy light technique, and Hu Bin suddenly felt much better. Knowing from Lorraine's mouth that he slept in the guest room in Shariz Castle for a day and a night, it was where Prince Alahan lived before he went out to practice, and Lorraine's injuries had just recovered, so he didn't know much about the situation after the war, Hu Bin got up and walked out of the room and came to the crowded Shariz Hall.
Many lords in the hall were dancing in the banquet, and when they saw Hu Bin limping in, they instantly burst into cheers. The space prompt rang non-stop like swiping the screen, but Hu Bin didn't have time to look, one by one to deal with the lords who came over to say hello, or the Sultan of Hakim relieved Hu Bin's siege and brought him to sit with the marshal, Hu Bin came back to his senses, his stomach suddenly rattled, he accused the Sultan of a crime, and fought against the food on the table, Marshal Muhai Boyye didn't care at all, and slowly told the story of the battle.
Hu Bin's knights disrupted the deployment of crossbowmen in the south, and the knights who moved north after losing their momentum made the crossbowmen's positions worse and worse, and King Griffos had to send a small number of infantry to support, but he didn't expect Hu Bin's sword qi to be too sharp, breaking through the crossbowmen's encirclement, and several cavalrymen behind him rushed out of the crossbowman formation under the cover of the sword qi of 2 followers, and rushed into the pikemen line with their backs to them, resulting in chaos in the pikemen front line for a short time.
Marshal Muhaiboya immediately sent a cavalry to lead it personally, and at this point penetrated Rhodok's pikemanship, and then, like an avalanche, the pikemen on the flanks were in a bitter battle, and the crossbowmen were eager to destroy the cavalry that rushed into the formation, and the pressure on Salander's infantry regiment dropped sharply.
The infantry commander, Lord Ukespoye, immediately commanded the entire army to charge, and the archers also contributed a volley to suppress it. The Rhodok spearmen, who were attacked on the flank, were approached by the infantry and immediately fell into a scuffle, with no formation on either side. In close combat, the spear is very difficult to use, and most of the Salander infantry are one-handed weapons, and the Salander archers, who have no worries, shoot all their arrows, and even shout to pick up their self-defense weapons and rush up to hand-to-hand combat. The cavalrymen finally broke free from the pikemen, went around the rear and charged the crossbowmen. The Rhodok Legion, which had completely collapsed, fought and retreated, and finally broke away from the battlefield. During the pursuit of Salander's side, the cavalry inflicted heavy casualties on the rout of Rhodok, and the victory was finally sealed.
The campaign killed 454 Rhodok troops, captured 101 people, and captured 10 Rhodok lords, and King Rhodok fled in the chaos. In total, 280 people were killed and 229 seriously wounded, most of the losses came from cavalry, which lost more than 80 people.