Chapter 30: A Thousand Miles Away (Part II)
This graceful beast of steel, like its owner, is too beautiful to describe in words. But beneath its beautiful exterior lies a deadly and dangerous aura.
Since this battle was related to the survival of the entire Snowy Country, Yabai did not have any reservations, so he took out his most powerful steel beast Snow Blade Leopard as soon as he went into battle.
The height of the snow-bladed leopard is only two meters, and the body length is only three meters. In the entire Iron Beast family, it can only be counted as a small person. Although it is completely incomparable to the Froststorm Bear of Ahan in terms of size and strength. But in terms of speed and agility, the Snow Blade Leopard has an absolute advantage. Looking at the entire northern territory, the only one who can compete with the Snow Blade Leopard in terms of speed is the overlord of Snow God Mountain, Frost Cloud Tiger. Any enemy who dares to despise it will taste the claws and fangs.
Riding on the Snow Blade Leopard, Aba was majestic, and at this moment he was no longer the elegant and beautiful man, but became a real Snowpiercer warrior.
Many of the soldiers were seeing Ababa's Iron Beast for the first time. The mighty and elegant snow-bladed leopard brought great encouragement to the soldiers. Everyone's hearts couldn't help but feel that as long as Prince Abel and his iron beast were in charge, no matter how many enemies there were, there was nothing to fear.
After summoning the Iron Beast, Abel took out his weapon from the Void Bracelet. A magical scepter forged from kyanite. Since the tip of the scepter was molded in the shape of a silver crescent, it also received a nice name, the Silver Moon Staff.
He raised his staff high above his head, pointing at the clouds that had gathered above the canyon. With a whispered incantation, the sky that had just shown a glimmer of dawn suddenly swelled, and the clouds in the sky quickly tangled into a huge cyclone as if they had been stirred up with a spoon.
Abass exhibits an eight-star rating of ice-based magic, Blizzard. Combined with this excellent weather, the scope of the blizzard almost completely covered the entire exit of the canyon.
Violent snowstorms obscured the sun. Cloudy snowflakes fluttered in the air. Mountains and canyons in the distance are only vague outlines. The scene in the field of vision all turned into a white expanse.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Abel raised his left hand and waved it down vigorously, shouting to the soldiers behind him:
"Assault of the whole army!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sturdy snow-bladed leopard let out a low roar, carrying its master towards the barbarian's position.
"Kill, swear to follow His Highness Aba to the death!"
A thousand horsemen shouted in unison, and galloped behind Abal. The roar of ten thousand galloping horses was immediately alarmed, and the barbarian army guarding near the Valley of the Wind Helmet.
The tall barbarian picked up the weapon left behind in a panic, and the battle scene was very chaotic.
Abel seized this opportunity to lead a thousand warriors and launched a fierce attack on the barbarians' camp with an overwhelming formation.
The dust kicked up by the horse's hooves turned into a gray-white rush under the action of the wind and snow, closely following the galloping horse.
There was a look of horror on the barbarian's face. The Snowy Country's assault was like a sudden avalanche, and they could only hear the rumbling hooves of horses, the earth-shattering shouts of killing, and the clashing of armor and iron weapons, but they could not see the whereabouts of the enemy, let alone the number of enemies.
Because you can't see a clear figure, it makes people feel a sense of fear that is difficult to grasp. The barbarians were back to back, clutching the weapons in their hands, or three regiments, five groups trembling on guard, not knowing which direction the charge was coming from.
Apa on the snow-bladed leopard smiled lightly, and the effect of the blizzard was better than he expected. All the soldiers were safely hidden in the snow. The barbarians now don't know how many men and horses are attacking, and they will definitely just stick to their places and resist.
In this way, the superiority of cavalry mobility can be brought into full play.
As the troops were about to rush in front of the barbarians, Abel suddenly gave a new order.
"Change formation!" Although Abel's voice was not loud, he could use magic to transmit commands to the ears of every northern knight. The well-trained warriors of the North immediately made corresponding changes.
I saw that the cavalry on the left and right sides gradually slowed down, and Abba, who was in the center of the large array, rushed to the front of the team first.
The formation has changed from a semi-enclosed fan to a layered triangle. Thousands of knights plunged like a sharp knife into the heart of the barbarians.
Aba's snow-bladed leopard has finally revealed its hideous side. The blades that pop out of the flanks resemble the variable wings of a fighter jet. Not only does it maintain balance when running fast, but it can also kill the enemy the moment it comes into contact.
Many barbarian warriors only felt a light breeze blowing by them, and then they were in a different place. Razor-sharp blades, combined with lightning-fast speed. The Snow Blade Leopard harvests the lives of barbarians with ease, just as they harvest wheat in their own fields.
No one escapes the Snowblade Leopard, and whenever this light and agile killer silently passes by his enemies, he can always see columns of blood gushing out and mutilated corpses.
However, in just a few tens of minutes, the Snow Blade Leopard had already killed nearly a hundred barbarian warriors. The northern knights who followed Aba mercilessly slashed at the wounded or lone barbarian warriors.
Despite their absolute superiority in numbers, the barbarians, surrounded by chaos and terror, did not know how to deal with them at this time. In fact, until now, the barbarians still dare not be sure whether it is the people of the Snow Country who attacked them.
The opponents they met this time were obviously completely different from the northerners they had met before. The people of the Snow Country like to open up the formation and fight each other with open swords and guns. And this time the enemy who attacked them was haunted like ghosts. Before the barbarians could take precautions, they rushed in front of them and cut off their heads with sharp blades. When the relieved barbarians were ready to launch a counterattack, they disappeared like the wind.
Abba's tactical intent was obvious, which was to charge. Kill as many enemy living forces as possible before the blizzard disappears. Break up the enemy's team so that they cannot be grouped together. In the end, they took advantage of the cavalry's mobility and broke them one by one.
If the barbarian army had a commander as good as Abba, he might be able to see through his bluff schemes. However, the leader of the barbarians, Gu Lie, was seriously wounded in the previous battle, and the command is now in the hands of his subordinate Usar.
Ursar was a brave barbarian general. Not only did he act defenseless against the surprise attack of the Snow Country, but he was also unable to gather the people around him from beginning to end. As a result, the huge number of barbarian legions has been reduced to the embarrassment of not being able to find a general, and will not be able to find a soldier.
In a fit of rage, Usar wielded a mace more than two meters long in his hand and waved it wildly in the wind and snow with almost zero visibility. Although there were a few northern knights who happened to be knocked off their horses by him, the vast majority of those who died under his stick were overwhelmed barbarians.
And the disciplined northern knights simply ignored the thunderous barbarian general, and everyone followed closely behind the snow-bladed leopard, neither stopping the pace of the charge, nor acting alone.
Thousands of northern knights were like a wandering rapids, rampage through the barbarians' positions. In the process of rushing and killing, although there are several chances, you can break through the enemy blockade and join the friendly forces in the canyon.
But the level-headed Abel was unmoved. The shrewd second prince knew that once he entered the Valley of the Wind Helmet, the cavalry's ability to move would be greatly limited. This little strength of his own will not only not be able to turn the tide of the war, but will put him in a difficult situation.
So every time the troops approached the entrance to the Valley of the Wind Helm, he would direct his men to make a detour. From the other direction, inflict a sustained onslaught on the barbarian army.
As the Knights of the Snowy Country only linger near the exit of Stormhelm Vale, they create the illusion of wanting to rescue trapped allies. Some barbarians guarding important passes did not dare to attack at will. Whenever they hear the sound of a Snowlander shouting about it, they will throw spears or axes into the wind and snow in horror, but few can actually hit their targets.
Under the repeated onslaught of the northern knights, the chaotic barbarian army was divided into several sections one after another, and the barbarians had to huddle together to keep warm and fight separately.
However, although Abel and his northern knights had a considerable advantage in the early stages of the battle, this advantage was gradually lost as the blizzard's momentum waned.
The blizzard, which had been raging for nearly half an hour, finally stopped howling. The rising red sun lifted the dark clouds that had been hanging over the battlefield. When the sun shone brightly on the earth, Abel and his thousand iron horsemen, like stripped maidens, were naked before all the savages.