Chapter 101: Death Match on the Plains
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The squadron of cavalry led by Lukka did not directly charge into the enemy corps of more than 1,000 people, but more than 200 cavalry equipped with the best equipment turned into a net under Luka's command, surrounded more than 1,000 mercenaries on foot, and then used long-handled weapons to attack on the perimeter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
This tactic gave the charging pikemen and shield-bearers more time to charge behind the cavalry without braving a hail of arrows. At this time, the horseback mercenary opened an entrance and exit by the "net", as if he had put a bloodthirsty wolf into the sheepfold, and the two mercenaries immediately fought together.
"It's not good, the guy who commanded this cavalry is still very good, he can surround more than a thousand mercenaries of the Oak Mercenary Regiment with such a small number of troops," Orlando muttered to himself, Clermont beside him still didn't react, "but Vaughn will have a way, he used to be a loner bounty hunter." β
Clermont had heard of the work of a bounty hunter, and in his eyes he was just a lone wanderer among mercenaries.
Holding his knight's sword aloft, Lukka commanded his men loudly at the outskirts of the encirclement, and all the mounted mercenaries would watch Luca's gestures and movements before choosing the next tactics. Lukka remembered the trebuchets that had appeared in the Battle of Doret, and if a trebuchet had been present at this time, it would have been able to deal a devastating blow to the encircled enemy. Now those enemies are temporarily surrounded by their own cavalry, but sooner or later they will find a breakthrough, sooner or later someone will rush out first, and in the end there will be no way to suppress the opponent's numerical superiority.
Lukka was still thinking about what to do, when suddenly a cold arrow came from a distance, hitting one of his subordinates who had just walked up to him.
"Captain, be careful!" several mercenaries on horseback immediately surrounded Luca, who saw a man on a war horse with a bow in his hand running from a distance. It was the only one of the enemy on horseback, presumably a captain! Lukka immediately had his men rush over and volley.
Who knew that this enemy with a bow in his hand had not yet approached the mercenaries of the potato mercenary group, so he rode his horse and shot several arrows, and several of Luka's subordinates were hit by him from afar! Luca had already realized at this time that the other party was definitely not an ordinary mercenary, and if he could intercept and kill the other party, he might be able to change the tide of the battle!
The man with the bow in his hand was none other than Vaughn, the leader of the Oak Mercenary Regiment. The mercenary captain with a light helmet and a cold look was so good that he could control the direction and speed of his horse with only his legs. His movements of drawing, riding and archery were very coherent and powerful, and there were already more than a dozen horseback mercenaries who were shot off their horses, and each arrow could hit the vital point, and those who were shot were either dead or wounded, and they could not stand up and fight again. Vaughn's archery skills are on par with Ayana's, but because he is a mounted archer, Vaughn is superior.
Lukka held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, and even if he used his shield to block the arrows, he could feel the amazing strength of the opponent's arm, and the wooden shield was almost out of his hand.
The cavalry leader's men rushed to the front, and two cavalry spears stabbed out from both sides. Vaughn, the leader of the Oak Mercenary Regiment, just lay back, and the two mounted spears were stabbed in the air! But Vaughn also drew the spear on his back as he lay back, and directly swept down one of the mounted mercenaries.
Lukka raised his sword, but the other party did not continue to charge, but turned his horse's head to pursue the horse mercenary who had attacked him just now, and stabbed the opponent in the heart from the back. Lukka knew the speed and steadiness of a horseback encounter, and he used his shield to fend off his opponent's attacks while looking for an opportunity to shoot down his opponent's weapon. Vaughn held the gun in both hands, but one did not lose the slightest advantage against the three, but two of Luka's subordinates were hit by spears one after another and fell off their horses.
Some of the mercenaries of the Oak Mercenary Regiment saw that their commander was so brave, and they rushed to the side of the regiment commander one after another, and the "thin" cavalry net was broken through by the unity of the Oak Mercenary Regiment in an instant, and the rest of the mounted mercenaries also began to become chaotic because the captain was in a bitter battle! The battle in the east immediately turned into a melee, and the advantage of the mounted mercenaries was instantly gone.
Vaughn's attack was so ferocious that Lukka could only use his shield and knight's sword to keep resisting, and in the more than ten rounds that the two had fought, Lukka had no power to fight back, whether it was strength or skill, this young squad leader was no opponent. Vaughn swept Lukka with the tail of his spear during an attack, but luckily Lukka fell forward so that he could not fall off his horse. Seeing that he was no match and that the enemy mercenaries were rushing towards him, Lukka rode his horse and fled westward. It's just that Vaughn seems to have noticed the peculiarity of Luca's identity, and he chases after Luka with a riding gun. As a result, the cavalry of the Potato Mercenary Regiment became leaderless and began to fight on their own.
While Luca was on the run, Fidel's side was gradually taking control. He and Patrick were invincible, and the mercenaries of the Oak Mercenary Regiment could not resist two skilled fighters. Fidel's face was already stained with the blood of the enemy, and the "black flash" on his body made several weapons freeze, and Fidel also killed the other party at the moment when the other party showed a surprised expression, leaving no mercy.
"Commander, our cavalry teamβ" Winotchy's shout made Fidel look back to the east, his cavalry squadron had been divided and surrounded by more than a thousand enemies, and there was no formation or discipline to speak of. The originally well-organized cavalry was soon overwhelmed by the enemy's sea of men, and the whole army was in danger of being annihilated.
"We need to support them!" Patrick shouted to Fid after killing an enemy armed with a twin axe. His body was covered in blood, too, but the enemies died under his iron sword before they could not even hurt a single hair of his hair.
Fei De noticed that his heavily armed subordinates were the bravest of the entire Potato Mercenary Regiment, and their attack power was the strongest, and although they were outnumbered, they were able to make these strong men feel like fish in water in hand-to-hand combat. They didn't lose much, and some of them were injured by teammates. By this time, hundreds of enemies to the west had been killed, and with the exception of a few who were still resisting or fleeing, the side was generally victorious.
"Patrick, you immediately lead all your subordinates to attack the enemy in the south first," Fidel saw that the crossbowmen were still in the middle of the plain and were firing at hundreds of enemy mercenaries to the south, "I'll stay here for the time being to take care of the wounded, Winoteki, you go and get the military doctor to come here, now I can only hope that Lukka can hold out a little longer!"
Winotki and Patrick both took the order, and Fidel noticed that Noor was not killed in battle, but Noor, who was covered in scars, was already lying on the ground, and he was still holding the "sun", and he didn't know if the injuries made him exhausted, or because the weapon was too heavy.
"Can you still fight?"
"I'm fine, it's just that my hand is a little sore because I haven't fought for a long time..."Noor pointed to his left arm, where there was a fleshy wound, and it seemed that he didn't realize that it was not soreness but severe pain.
"You stay here and take care of the wounded. Fide also saw that Noor's ankle had been slashed, exposing even the bones, and it was absolutely impossible to stand up and fight again with such an injury.
"I'm okay..."
"No, just stay here. β
Vaughn, who was in desperate pursuit, almost stabbed Lukka off his horse several times, but Lukka persevered. Now Lukka had neither a shield nor a knight's sword in his hand, and he threw them away so that he could hold the reins with both hands and flee faster. But no matter how Lukka escaped, Vaughn was not freed, and then Vaughn suddenly took out the riding bow hanging on the horse's body and released a cold arrow at Luca's back!
Lukka dodged the cold arrow, but at the cost of falling his horse, Vaughn's mounted spear did not stop at all, and directly stabbed Lukka on the ground with a fatal blow. Lukka had already fallen on the grass at this time, and he reacted very quickly, and immediately grabbed the tip of the spear that had been stabbed with both hands! The tip cut through the palms of Luka's hands and stabbed directly into Luka's breastplate! Although the breastplate and hands slightly blocked Vaughn's spear, the tip of the spear still pierced the breastplate and stabbed into Luka's chest.
Lukka's desperate grip prevented the spear from advancing for half a minute, but blood was already pouring from his chest, staining the clothes he was wearing inside.
With a "bang", a severed sword was thrown from a distance, directly cutting off the tip of Vaughn's spear, and Luca, who was already exhausted, also fell unconscious due to severe pain in his chest, but fortunately the tip of the spear did not pierce his heart, and his hands also grabbed the rest of the spear.
Vaughn wanted to stab Lukka to death with his broken spear, but he could already feel a murderous aura coming from the direction where the broken sword was thrown, and he immediately threw away the spear that had lost its head, raised his bow and shot at the man who rushed at him.
An iron arrow was shot at Fidel's "Black Flash", and when the tip of the iron arrow touched Feid's black plate armor, the arrow was immediately wrapped in extremely fast cold air, even though the arrow still cut through the surface of the "Black Flash", but the arrow had already frozen into ice.
Vaughn didn't expect his arrows to be blocked by such enchanted armor, so he immediately drove his horse backwards and ran to the distance to take a look.
When Fide ran to Luka's side, he found that the other party was still breathing, and he had already guessed the reason why the cavalry squadron had lost command. He waved his hand for the medic behind him to come up and protect Luka, while he walked towards the enemy on horseback with a shield in one hand and a "silence" in the other.
Vaughn then fired a few more arrows in succession, but this time Field, who was consciously guarding against it, was not shot again, and the arrows either landed on the moon shield or were dodged by Field. Vaughn didn't rush forward either, he kept his distance from Fidel, using the mobility of his horse to start walking around Fidel, and shot two military doctors who rushed up to drag Lukka away with his riding bow, pinning Fidel and Luka, who had passed out, in the grassland.
Most of the men left to the west were unable to move, and Winotki rushed to the east after calling for a medic. Suddenly, a one-on-one situation appeared in front of the two mercenary group leaders. Feder knew that he could only get out of the way by killing the opponent, and the opponent still had a choice.
But the heavens are sometimes so unexpected, suddenly a thunderbolt fell from behind the dark clouds and struck directly next to Vaughn's horse! Vaughn's crotch fell to the ground in fright, and Vaughn was also thrown to the grassland. The horse then ran away, leaving only the leader of the Oak Mercenary Regiment, who had lost his bow.