Volume 3 The Vortex of Strife Chapter 412 The Fake Mercenary (Part II)
When Fed recalled the history of the Old Kingdom as dictated by his father, the old man also said something related to the Old Kingdom, and it was certain that the flag was the flag of the Old Kingdom, but not many people still recognized it, and most of them were knowledgeable about history.
"The soldiers of the Duchy of Deramain, plus His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment and some militia with the banner of the Old Kingdom, the answer behind it is coming. By the time Fenrir said this, Fed had already organized a story in his head, a story about the relationship between His Majesty's Knights and Mercenaries and the Old Kingdom.
The Knights of the Kings Mercenary Regiment is one of the most mysterious mercenary regiments on the mainland, and their leader is the legendary Blackwing King, a royal descendant with a pair of fleshy wings. There are actually not many rumors about the Black Wing King, after all, these rumors are also from the mercenaries who left the mercenary group after the establishment of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Group. Those who used to be knights and later joined the mercenary group mentioned that they had been lucky enough to meet the Blackwing King, so they were willing to serve this mercenary group, instead of serving Malven, the deputy head of the regiment who had been showing up to deal with affairs.
It is rumored that the appearance and facial features of the Blackwing King are no different from those of ordinary people, but he has horns on his head, fleshy wings on his back that cannot be hidden, and even some non-human features. He can soar in the sky like a bird, and he can also flapp his wings and rise slowly. If he is a human being, he must be an outlier among human beings, after all, he is the only one who can fly in the sky.
Some people also believe that the Blackwing King is a magician who has learned secret magic, wings and horns are just creations of magic, and his flesh is as fragile as an ordinary person, and he can easily shoot him with a single crossbow arrow. However, no matter what the true appearance of the Black Wing King is, it cannot hinder the strength of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Group.
At its peak, His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment used to have a scale of 2,000 people, and these mercenaries were all knights, and no matter how poor they were, they were knight families or quasi-knights. Armed with the finest horses and armor, and armed with traditional cavalry guns, they are an absolute nightmare for all classes on foot. However, the royal knight mercenary group is relatively low-key, except for some mercenary groups, they will basically not get involved in the struggle between the nobles and lords of various countries. This also makes them the mercenary guild, the only mercenary group without a specific sphere of influence, but their war horses are still galloping freely on the mainland, and no one dares to despise them.
"The Blackwing King is the elder brother of the last king of the Old Kingdom, a man with wings," whispered an older merchant, "and it is not surprising why it is not the elder brother who is king, for no one can accept that his king has the wings of a bird." ”
Octavia drew her dagger again when she saw the mercenaries approaching, "So what is this for?
That's right, if the leader of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment is really a royal family of the Old Kingdom, then the restoration of the kingdom is very likely. After all, the old kingdom has only been divided for fifty years, and the Blackwing King may still live long enough and leave a royal blood for the old kingdom. Although most of the people of the Old Kingdom era are dead, it is not excluded that there are descendants of subjects who were loyal to the Old Kingdom who are still thinking about the restoration of the kingdom and the people who reunited the old kingdom divided into three principalities into one country.
"What is the full name of the Old Kingdom?"
"The Kingdom of Surlon," replied the older merchant, "or the Kingdom of Surlon, whichever you think is convenient, no one cares what its name is now, we only think of the old kingdom's national calendar when we use the calendar." ”
The kingdom of Surlon, Fidel had indeed seen the name in the books. In fact, a disappearing regime cannot leave an imprint in the hearts of the next generation, and even if it survives for another generation, it will only occupy a little more time, and will eventually dissipate in the long river of history. This is also the attitude in Field's heart, if a country has fallen, then reviving it is only fugitive, after all, it did not stand in the first place.
"Captain Fed, the mercenary guild's side is going to go. "Claude carried a barrel without a head, and if he didn't know what it was, he would have thought he was just a porter.
The Blue Flame Mercenary Group was below the battlefield, the Guinea Pig Mercenary Group was above the battlefield, and the two mercenary groups dominated by melee troops began to approach the enemy formation with less than 5,000 people in a semi-encircled manner. The female mercenaries of the widow mercenary group took out their crossbow machines and began to aim at the side of the knight mercenary group. There was also a change on the side of the mercenary group of His Majesty's knights, and the militia and the soldiers of the Duchy of Dramain hid behind the mercenary knights, who numbered less than three hundred, and the mercenary knights were lined up in a thin row, like a pile of sand on a piece of paper.
"Those hundreds of mercenaries are going to charge head-on!?" Fenrir couldn't help but stand up a little, and he had studied the art of war formations at a glance to see through the intentions of the weaker side - His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment intended to let the infantry stay in the rear to fend off the enemy from the upper and lower sides, and then let the most elite cavalry rush towards the widow mercenary group with little melee ability.
Fide and Patrick also saw the intention of His Majesty's knight mercenary group in a short time, but before all the onlookers could react, the three hundred mercenary knights raised their riding spears, like a thin net for fishing, and pounced on the widow mercenary group from the front of the battlefield!
The Blue Flame Mercenary Group and the Guinea Pig Mercenary Group probably didn't expect the other party to launch an active attack with such a small number of troops, so they immediately chose to surround the three hundred cavalry, while the more than 4,000 infantry behind His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Group were still waiting to see what happened.
"It's purely to send them to death," Octavia saw that the mercenaries of the Blue Flame Mercenary Regiment were all swordsmen who used long swords, and those sword-wielding mercenaries who did not wear shields and wore light armor would not be afraid of cavalry, "Could it be that these mercenary knights are planning to use their sacrifices to buy time and let those behind escape?!"
Octavia's question was quickly answered, as the weakest militia was retreating westward, while the more than a thousand Duchy de la Mainin soldiers who remained on the battlefield remained unmoved. But even so, the Blue Flame Mercenary Group and the Guinea Pig Mercenary Group still ignored the retreating enemy at the rear of the battlefield, and instead focused all their attention on the three hundred cavalry that had already rushed in front of the widow mercenary group.
The mercenaries on both sides looked like they were covering the meat filling with flour, but what Fei De didn't expect was that those "meat fillings" broke through the frontal resistance of the widow mercenary group in a very short period of time and rushed out of a bloody way.
Fei De could vaguely see that the mercenary knights had all turned into individual combat, and each of them was chased and surrounded by dozens of mercenaries, but these mercenary knights sitting on heavily armored war horses and wearing strong armor on their shoulders did not panic in the slightest. They take advantage of the mobility of their horses and the unmatched range of their rifles to easily sweep down large groups of enemies on the move. The crossbow was now useless, the walking mercenaries armed with long swords and thick shields were like babies who had not yet learned to walk, and the hundreds of mercenary knights became clever puppies beside the babies. No matter how desperately those foot mercenaries chased after them, they couldn't catch up with the mercenary knights who had broken through the encirclement.
The mercenaries of the King's Knight Mercenary Regiment could obviously escape from the battlefield with the help of mobility, but after they successfully broke through, they continued to lure the more than 10,000 mercenaries, trying to lure them far away. Everyone watching realized that they were doing this to stall for time until the weakest militia had fled the battlefield.
The more than 1,000 soldiers of the Duchy of Draman, who had not been attacked, also suddenly rushed to the center of the battlefield, but they were as vulnerable as sheep that pounced on the mouth of a hungry wolf, and were soon crushed by the spear and shield circle of the guinea pig mercenary group. Compared to the hundreds of hired knights, the power they could contribute was too small.
"This time it's really going to die," Patrick took off his mask when no one was looking, letting the cool winter breeze blow across his noseless face, "The militia that left with the flag of the Old Kingdom is exactly what His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment wants to protect." ”
Octavia: "It's not an exaggeration to call the deserters 'employers', but the lives of these knights and soldiers of the Duchy of Dramain have been surrendered. ”
"Fifty years later, the Old Kingdom still has power, but it's too weak for even the mercenaries to defeat," Claude frowned, he often had pity for the weak, "Or is the mercenary guild much stronger than I thought?"
Fidel could already guess that the soldiers of the Duchy of Dramain were most likely the subordinates of some nobleman who cared about the Old Kingdom. The man who was a nobleman of the Duchy of Deramain may have been on the battlefield, or he might be on trial for the Duchy of Deraman, but no matter what, he gave everything he had, even if it was a negligible force.
One by one, the mercenary knights fell into the encirclement with no way to escape, and the strong horses were stabbed to death by indiscriminate spears and swords. The three hundred mercenary knights who had willingly volunteered to be bait had collapsed after struggling for a long time, and there was not a single one left. They didn't see a single person fleeing, and the only ones who escaped were the militia. The mercenaries who really belong to His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment may only have those 300 cavalrymen, but they obviously have the consciousness of knights and have something to protect.
The mercenaries of the mercenary guild were still venting their anger, and they kept raising and stabbing the weapons in their hands at the mercenary knights who had fallen to the ground, until they chopped the mercenary knights they had worked with into meat sauce and trampled them into bloody mud. Even those war horses were not spared, and the screams and roars of the war horses spread the farthest, and the two old men could only hold their ears and not listen to the most cruel sounds.
The people of the Chamber of Commerce hurriedly pulled the others into the grove, they were afraid that the mercenaries would notice this side after venting their anger. However, Fei De had already discovered that several leaders of the Mercenary Guild were forming a team, and as the leaders, they would not easily lose their minds.
"The mercenaries of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment are not mercenaries at all, they are fake mercenaries, but they act in the name of a mercenary group. Patrick sighed.
Octavia said: "The mercenaries of the civilian mercenary group are also fake mercenaries, this is just the trend of the times, and the mercenaries and mercenary groups will become a tool to cover up deception." ”