Chapter 522: The Courage of the Light Cavalry
Don't laugh at the cowards on the battlefield of cold weapons, anyone who goes to the battlefield will tremble in the face of the surging cavalry, and they will be afraid, especially in the wizarding world, the knight charge group composed of heavy armored knights is like a mountain, making people almost breathless.
"Prepare to meet the enemy!"
"The light cavalry dismounted! Raise their guns! Form a repulsion formation!"
The officers of the Eagle City's patrol sat on their horses and howled loudly.
Hearing his order, more than a hundred light cavalrymen dressed in cloth and some in chain armor at most turned over and dismounted, took their long cavalry spears from their horses, and then walked to the front of the array and lined up in two rows.
These men slammed the tail of the spear to the ground, then stepped to the bottom of the spear with their left foot, grasped the barrel of the spear with both hands, and made the spear at a forty-five degree angle to the ground, and in an instant, a wall of cold and glistening spears appeared in front of the Eagle City array.
In the face of cavalry attacks, the best way is to form a dense battle column for defense, those light cavalry are poorly armed and equipped, and in the face of heavy knights like iron cans, their role is minimal, so the officers of the patrol force let their men dismount to form a defensive position, and more or less create opportunities for their comrades to counterattack.
Seeing that the patrol army formed a spear position, Li Celt waved his hand, and his men quickly assembled, and the light cavalry with swords, shields and war hammers in their hands urged their horses to run to both ends of the spear formation and guard the two wings of the spear array.
Lee Celt took his helmet from his horse's bag.
He looked at the helmet, which was pitch black and flashed from time to time, a hideous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he looked up at the Griffon City cavalry galloping in the distance, and he shouted: "Knights, armor, array!", and then slowly put the helmet on his head.
Following his orders, the soldiers of the City of Eagles who had arrived with him began to regroup.
On the other side, the running hoplites noticed that an array of spears had appeared in front of them, and of course they would not fight with these cannon fodder, and slowly reduced their horses' speed.
"I didn't expect these guys to have some skills. ”
In the distance, the commander of Griffin City, the plate knight officer, saw that the opponent's spear array was quickly formed, and secretly praised it in his heart. But soon, he turned his head and shouted to the attendant officer: "Let the light cavalry pass, shoot with a bow and arrow, and be sure to disturb the dense array of the enemy." ”
Soon, hundreds of Griffon's light cavalry leaped out of the crowd, quickly bypassing the heavily armed knights who had reduced their horses, and rushed towards the spear array first.
"The light cavalry went up and stopped them!"
The officers of the Eagle City Patrol shouted.
"My lord, there are too many of them!"
An officer said with some timidity.
Hearing this, the commander of the patrol force turned his head and stared at the subordinate viciously, and said word by word: "If it weren't for the fact that you are a veteran, I could have cut off your head now, as a soldier, are you still afraid of death on the battlefield? Even if you don't die in this battle, don't be your squad leader when you go back." ”
Hearing the commander's words, the officer's face immediately turned pale, but he didn't dare to say anything, because his commander had already urged his horse to rush out first.
"The rest of the hussars, follow me!"
The commander of the patrol roared as he urged his horses.
With him, more than forty light cavalry from the Eagle City followed, and this number was only about one-third of the light cavalry of Griffon City.
"Father, what should we do? Our people can't beat them, they are too few in number!"
In the distance, the red-haired girl saw the much smaller Eagle City light cavalry charging at the Griffon City light cavalry, and anxiously grabbed her father's arm and shouted nervously.
At this time, the old herdsman Solan was also very nervous, but he patted his daughter's hand to make her relax, and then said, "Don't worry." Seeing that the City of Eagles sent nearly twenty knights this time, the knight with a bear-like figure at the head should be Lord Li Celt. He is our most powerful Knight Chief, and he will surely defeat these Griffon City bandits. ”
Although the old herdsman said this, there was anxiety in his eyes that could not be concealed.
The plain at the foot of this mountain was very flat, there was not much shelter, and the two light cavalry soon collided together, and in an instant, the sound of the collision of weapons, shouts of killing and screams resounded throughout the grassland, and from time to time soldiers fell off their horses with screams, and then were trampled into meat by the horses' hooves.
The number of knights in Eagle City was too small, and it didn't take long for the light cavalry of Griffon City to have an absolute advantage, and at the same time, with the order of the Griffon City officer, nearly fifty Griffon City light cavalry crossed the battlefield and continued to rush towards the spear array in the distance.
"Do these beggars of the City of the Eagle want to defeat me with such rudimentary equipment? ”
The plate officer of Griffon City said proudly when he saw that the form of the battlefield was tilting towards his side. The black war horse he sat on was a little irritable because he felt the breath of the battlefield not far away, and from time to time he walked in a circle, and the officer patted the horse with his hand to stabilize his mount, and said: "Don't worry, young man, I guess there is no chance for you to make a move today." ”
In the spear array, more than a hundred spearmen composed of light cavalry dismounted saw that their companions did not block the opponent's light cavalry, and their eyes showed panicked looks.
The biggest problem with the spear array is that it is inconvenient to move, although it has great lethality to the cavalry, but the opponent relies on excellent mobility and a strong cavalry bow in his hand, and can use the rain of arrows to strike hard, and if he doesn't meet the knights, he will suffer heavy losses.
The Griffons on the opposite side were getting closer and closer, and the spearmen could even see the enemies taking their feathered arrows from their quivers and putting them on their bows to start firing.
"Oh no, they're going to shoot arrows!"
A spearman screamed.
But soon, he was kicked to the ground by a big foot, and then a thick voice sounded in his ears: "The more cowardly, the faster you will die, keep your spear well, and when you see the cavalry shooting arrows, you close your eyes, and the gods will bless you." In the end, the tone turned out to be gentle.
When the spearman who had been kicked down heard Bender's words, he was not stunned for a moment, he looked at his companions who were still holding their positions, his face could not help but turn red, and he hurriedly picked up the spear on the ground and replanted it.
"Shoot it, shoot it, if you get shot to death, I'm a hero. ”
The spearman let out a cry in his heart, then closed his eyes.
Listening to the sound of horses' hooves, the enemy's light cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the spearman's body began to tremble with fear, and in his mind, the overwhelming rain of arrows immediately fell on his head.
Suddenly, the roar of horses' hooves sounded from the side, and he hurriedly opened his eyes to see that it was Lord Lee Celtic who had attacked with his own knights.
"Hoo ......"
The young spearman breathed a sigh of relief, and with the charge of the knights, the light cavalry did not dare to shoot arrows, and he finally escaped.
But soon, his heart fluttered again, for he found that the knights of Griffon City had quickened their horses and rushed towards this direction when they saw Lord Leecelt appear.