Chapter 30: Arrows Destroy

The blue and blue golden moon banner representing Adonis and the red dragon flag on black background representing Andris fluttered in the wind at both ends of the battlefield, and the sharp weapons and brilliant armor dazzled and chilled in the sun. Spears formed the forest, giant shields formed the walls, and tens of thousands of people lined up in countless phalanxes, large and small.

King James of Adonis stood tall on his chariot and watched the formation of the Andris army, a sneer of disdain on his lips.

"Charlie doesn't know how to fight at all!" He asserted.

However, James can't be blamed for being too arbitrary, because Charlie's battle formation is indeed too strange, each wing is a phalanx of 3,000 infantry, the light cavalry and heavy cavalry are divided into two groups, responsible for covering the two wings, and the center is the War Mage Corps and two infantry phalanxes of 3,500 men in front and one behind, of which the War Mage Corps is actually at the forefront.

The mode of war in the Western Continent is that whoever releases the forbidden spell first wins - the army of this era is simply unable to resist the bombardment of the forbidden spell, and once the forbidden spell comes, it will inevitably collapse and flee.

It can be said that the War Mage Legion is the key to victory, so under normal circumstances, the War Mage Legion will be placed in the center of the formation or in the rear, and will chant the forbidden spell from the beginning of the battle, striving to release the forbidden spell before the opponent.

And Charlie's placement of the War Mage Legion at the front of the array means that he has no intention of letting the mages release the forbidden spell at all, because the mages will face the attack of the enemy army, and they are still too busy to protect themselves, how can they chant the forbidden spell for a long time?

The other generals of the Adonis Army also shook their heads, compared to the steadiness of his own king who put the War Mage Legion on the second line, the apostate King Charles was simply fooling around. But in this way, the confidence in their hearts to win has also increased a lot.

At this moment, on the other side of the battlefield, King Charles was sitting on the tall nest cart, but he had a confident smile, as if he had won the battle.

"Let's go!" He gave the order lightly.

The guards who were with him immediately conveyed the order loudly.

Suddenly, the marching drum sounded, and the huge Andris army began to advance.

"If you want to die, I'll fulfill you!" Seeing that the Andris army had begun to advance, King James pouted and said, and then gave the order to march.

The melodious sound of the horn sounded immediately!

The two large battle formations began to advance against each other, and after a quarter of an hour, the two armies came to a halt in unison.

At this point, they were a mile apart - the ideal attack distance for the Forbidden Spell, and any further away would be less powerful.

King Charles stood up from the nest cart, drew his long sword at his waist, and pointed it at the enemy line!

"The kingdom survives, right now, attack!"

"Kill !!" The officers and men of Andris shouted in unison, like thunder, and the murderous aura soared into the sky!

Many of the horses in the Adonius army on the opposite side snorted involuntarily and took a step or two back.

King James also changed color a little, but he still forcibly suppressed the trace of timidity in his heart, and only then did he feel that Charlie's soldiers seemed to be a little wrong.

This morale is a bit too high, right?

James had the feeling of facing a large army of purely Templar Knights.

But...... How is this possible?

It's just that before he could recover from the shock, the war mage phalanx and an infantry phalanx in the center of the opponent's formation began to advance.

"...... this?" James's pupils tightened suddenly, but he quickly put aside the suspicion in his heart and ordered in a loud voice: "Heavy cavalry, storm their flanks, crush them!" ”

After receiving the order, the Adonis Heavy Cavalry Legion, which was also on both flanks and was responsible for the task of covering, immediately drove the war horses, bypassed the array of their own army, and launched an attack on the Andris War Mage Legion and the infantry phalanx that left the main formation and lacked cover on both wings!

It was only in the face of two menacing heavy cavalry, but the Andris War Mage Legion and the infantry phalanx seemed to have been expected for a long time, and as soon as the other party moved, they moved quickly.

A moment later, the infantry phalanx transformed into a hollow phalanx, completely covering the War Mage Legion inside!

This hollow phalanx is composed of three rows of soldiers on each side, the front row is kneeling on one knee, and the spear more than four meters long in his hand is pointed forward, and the back two rows are one row with bows and arrows, and one row with crossbow machines! The archers are in the second row, and the crossbowmen are in the third.

But before the crossbowmen of the hollow phalanx could shoot, the Adonis heavy cavalry was attacked!

Because of the need to storm the Andris mage regiment and infantry formation in the middle of the battlefield, the Adonis heavy cavalry had to sweep across the left and right flanks of the entire Andris army, and when they exposed their unprotected flanks in front of the Andris army's battle formation, they did not hesitate to throw a rain of arrows!

The dense arrows like a torrential rain suddenly poured down on the heavy cavalry of Adonis, and all knights with a fighting spirit level below the seventh level, as long as they were hit by the vital point, they would be on their backs in an instant!

This rain of arrows caused at least nearly 200 cavalry losses in total!

However, this blow was nothing to the Adonis heavy cavalry, which numbered 8,000 men, and they did not even glance at the fallen robes, but still resolutely ran into the Andris army!

Blaise was in the hollow phalanx, indifferently watching the enemy heavy cavalry approaching more and more, and there was not a trace of wavering on his resolute face. After the opponent had entered the range of fifty paces, he shouted violently: "Archer, shoot quickly!" ”

The archers, who had already raised their bows and arrows and were ready to shoot, heard the order, and at the same time spread their fighting spirit and knocked on the bowstring!

With a uniform "tense" sound, countless feathered arrows were shot into the oncoming array of Adonis heavy cavalry!

At a distance of fifty paces, the two-stone infantry bow already had the power to shoot through the enemy's armor and fighting spirit, and in this shot, hundreds of horsemen fell in the front row of the enemy's army! Hindered by the overturned men and horses, the momentum of the Adonis heavy cavalry was immediately stagnant!

Immediately after, after a single breath, the second round of feather arrows flew into the enemy formation again!

Nearly two hundred more cavalry fell, and although the momentum had slowed down considerably, it still couldn't stop the advance of the Adonis heavy cavalry!

After the other party entered twenty steps, Blaise waved his hand violently!

"Crossbowman, shoot!"

Since the battle began, the crossbowmen who had not yet released a single arrow, but maintained the posture of holding the crossbow machine in their hands, immediately pressed the trigger!

A huge bowstring trembling with a buzz! A salvo of crossbow arrows, far more terrifying than the sound of a bow salvo, has exploded!

At a distance of less than twenty steps, even the details of the opponent's face can be seen at a glance, and the power of the four-stone strong crossbow is maximized!

The first few rows of the Adonis heavy cavalry were swept away, and even the knights of the Broken Army, who were wrapped in brilliant weapons, were covered in short arrows with wooden feathers and fell like hedgehogs! - It's not that they were injured heavily, but that the horses that didn't have the protection of the brilliant armor really couldn't bear it......

The momentum of the Adonis heavy cavalry had been reduced to a minimum, and by this time, a third wave of archers had come one after another...

The Adonis heavy cavalry had lost their impact before they could crash into the hollow phalanx of the Andris army, and the other heavy cavalry, whose horse speed had become extremely slow, had no choice but to circle the phalanx, and when they exposed their flanks in front of the phalanx, they were killed and wounded by the opponent with feathered arrows without any suspense.

James was dumbfounded, but before he could give the order for the heavy cavalry to retreat, all the phalanx infantry fell to the ground under Blaise's orders!

Undoubtedly, it's the turn of the war mages to attack!

Countless large fireballs the size of human heads, under the command of the war mages in the phalanx, rushed into the remaining Adonis heavy cavalry formation as fast as lightning!

Then, it burst open!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The roar of the fireball explosion sounded one after another, accompanied by the screams of the warriors and the neighing of the war horses, completely turning the middle of the battlefield into a Shura field!

Now without James ordering a retreat, the Adonis heavy cavalry was already retreating on its own.

Or rather, they collapsed!

After losing more than three thousand men, the most formidable cavalry force of Adonis had lost its combat effectiveness.

"Order DeWitt and Blaise to restore the array and continue to attack the opponent's central front!" Charlie didn't even glance at the enemy heavy cavalry who had fled along the battlefield, but just ordered lightly, as if everything that had just happened was expected.

The guards immediately conveyed the order!

Moments later, the War Mage Legion and Blaize's hoplites returned to their original formation at the beginning of the battle and pressed towards the central front where the enemy War Mage Legion was located!