Volume III, Chapter 8: The Fierce Battle

For a moment, he remembered the legends of light and darkness he had heard. The Nords never regard light as their belief, but the heroism they worship is often a righteous and tall image, so it will always be associated with light. At this moment, Dipin wondered if there would be a hero who represented light and justice to descend from the sky to defeat the evil invaders and lead them to victory. This idea is described in any hero's biography, and it is the hope of the fallen because of the light.

"Surrender, Nords. Hagan noticed his opponent's distraction, and out of knightly etiquette, he stopped his attack.

Di Ping's face showed a bitter smile slightly, he realized the ridiculousness of his thoughts, and then slightly straightened, looked directly at the enemy in front of him, and said word by word: "Nords, I'd rather die than surrender!"

Hegan was stunned, but there was no surprise, and at the same time, he was also upright, horizontally armed, and said, "Please." ”

Di Ping took a deep breath, then clenched his fists and swung his sword to slash at Hegen. Separated by a shield, Hogan also launched an offensive with the weapon in his hand.

"Smack!" Dipin's round shield cracked completely, and he barely blocked Hogan's attack with his sword. The sheer force made his tiger's mouth almost burst with blood.

He gritted his teeth and retracted his strength, and the horse neighed, and his whole body was knocked back two steps.

Looking at the blood-stained chainmail on his body, Diping burst out laughing, just like his arrogant laughter at the beginning of this war.

The remaining warriors of the Nord forces could not help but feel a wave of sadness and indignation, and they began to retreat. Retreated to Dipin's side.

"Your Excellency......" The soldier before spoke bitterly.

At this point in the battle, the Nord troops had only a dozen wounded soldiers left, and the heavy cavalry of Swadia had suffered considerable losses under their brave attack. But the ultimate advantage is still on the enemy's side. Look at the brothers who have fallen on the grassy slope. Thinking of the defeat of their troops, all the Nord soldiers could not suppress their grief and indignation.

Seeing the dozens of heavy cavalry gradually pressing down, Diping suddenly shouted: "Levi!"

"The subordinates are here. The soldier answered.

"Do you remember when I said I was going back to sleep after the patrol?" said Diping.

The soldier was a little confused, but could only nod.

Di Ping smiled, threw the split shield in his hand aside, and said, "I always have to sleep this night, my lord, I always count when I speak." But it's in the wilderness. I want to change you, and you don't want to sleep. ”

"In that case, let's go back to the city and sleep. Dippin paused, wiping the blood from his sword with his hand. Then his momentum changed suddenly, and his face was cold: "Warriors, listen to orders-"

Hogan stared at his watch, and for a moment he could feel the blood boiling in the young leader's body. So he had respect for the Nord for the first time.

Facing more than thirty mighty heavy cavalry. Di Ping's complexion did not change, and he shouted categorically: "At any cost, forget to die and fight back!"

The horse neighed, and Dipins charged with a wind and a sharp blade, as if to tear the enemy in front of him. The Nord soldier gripped his blood-red tomahawk and followed.

The battle was coming to an end, just when the heavy cavalry thought the enemy was going to give up. Dipin began to charge with the remnants of his army. Their goal was clear - to fight to the death with these heavy cavalry.

Because they are Nords, they are Nord's army.

The blazing sun hanging in the sky gave off a blinding glow. With a breeze spilling on the earth. After the cold snap passes, the temperature recovers so quickly that it feels warm in the sun, so most people are still enjoying the rare weather.

On this day, during the temporary truce between the kingdoms of Nord and the kingdoms of Vegia, the kings and lords returned to the castle to recuperate, recuperate, and recruit soldiers, as if even without a formal armistice, the lords could rest at ease.

In fact, this war was very difficult, and the Nord Kingdom was passive from the beginning, and even after half a month of the war, the Kingdom did not receive a good news. A few days earlier, the armies of the two countries had fought fiercely near a castle on the snowy border, and the superior Vigians had suffered heavy losses in the face of the Nord's brave soldiers, so the Vigian army began to retreat, and the Nord lords returned to the kingdom with more than half of their crippled troops.

A cold snap ensued that made the war even cooler. At the same time, the lords of the Nord Kingdom were also worried that if there was a cold snap in the near future, in the face of bad weather, the Virgians who were born to live in the snowfield environment could easily resist the cold, while the Nords would be at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, after a morning fog, the sky began to clear, and the gradually improving weather relieved the Nord lords, who seemed to see a ray of hope in this war, and at the same time intensified to strengthen their army.

The lords who are stationed in the castle are training troops, collecting taxes under rent, or napping in the halls, enjoying a moment of peace in the warm sun. It's just that they don't know that an invasion war against the Nord kingdom is being planned, and at the same time, a small lord is in a battle to the death for stopping this plan.

Not far from the village of Jerberg, on an open plain, there are sparse and sparse trees, forming a small forest. Several men walked through the forest at a high speed, followed by a small procession, seemingly in pursuit.

François shook off the branches of the trees that stood in his way, and rode his horse through the woods, and not far away was a young man on a horse. They were followed by a group of armed young recruits. The group chased after the people in front of them.

Watching the target disappear from his field of vision, François angrily flicked the reins in his hand and exclaimed, "My lord, those pirates have escaped." ”

There was no emotion on the young man's face, he nodded, and said lightly: "Withdraw from this forest first." ”

As he walked out of the woods, François looked up into the distance, and there was a vast flat field nearby, with some houses in front of him in addition to trees.

"Your Excellency......" François was about to speak, but the young man waved to stop him.

Looking at the doubts on François's face. The young man pointed to the house in the distance, motioning for him to listen carefully.

There was a faint sound of horses' hooves, accompanied by the sound of metal clashing. This voice François was all too familiar, his face turned pale, and he suddenly thought of something: "There is someone fighting ahead." ”

"And there are quite a few of them. The young man said.

"Could it be that the Virginian army came here to ransack the village?" said François, with some trepidation.

"Go over and take a look, take a detour from the back, and remember not to be spotted. The young man patted the leaves off his robe, and then rode his horse to lead the way.

François took a deep breath and waved his hand for the recruits to follow.

This morning. When the young man and his party were about to go to Fenrad to look for pirates, they had just left the gates of Sagoth when they accidentally ran into a group of pirates. Due to the small number of pirates, the young man immediately decided to pursue the pirates, and after running all the way, he actually chased them all morning. But they are not familiar with the terrain. After bypassing a few woods, he was eventually escaped by the pirates.

Skirting the village, the young man made his way to the higher slopes behind the village, where he observed the battle that had broken out beneath the village under the cover of his houses.

Dozens of cavalrymen on heavily armored horses and another group of infantry were struggling to resist. The young man was slightly surprised, he looked around carefully, turned and asked François, "Can you see what these people are?"

With a look of shock on his face, François pointed to the infantry and said, "That's the kingdom's army." It can be seen from their standard equipment, and the flag......" he said, pointing to the flag that fell diagonally on the grassy slope. "If I'm not mistaken, these are the troops of a lord of the kingdom. ”

"Those people seem to be Svadia's heavy cavalry!" one of the recruits pointed to the cavalry, "Our village is on the border between the kingdom and Svadia, and their cavalry can often be seen patrolling around the village. ”

François's face turned even paler and he said incredulously: "The kingdom and Swadia are at peace, and there is no war...... If they really are Svadia's cavalry, it means that we are facing another war......"

The recruits were moved, and they all showed worried expressions.

The young man did not speak, calmly watching the battle below.

Just as François and the recruits were silent, the young man suddenly spoke: "Our purpose is to fight the pirates, but these cavalrymen look vicious, and they do things more ruthlessly than the pirates, so naturally they are more damning than the pirates." ”

He paused, then turned to look at the recruits under his command. Including him and François, this small team consisted of only ten people, all equipped with protective leather armor, short swords and wooden shields, and it didn't look like a team that could defeat dozens of heavy cavalry.

"I wonder if you have the courage and faith. The young man asked.

The recruits looked at their equipment, then at their teammates, and then nodded in unison. There is no sonic thunder, but it makes people feel the perseverance and eagerness in their eyes.

"Good. The young man tightened his grip on the reins and drew his sword, "It is brave that such a young man, without strict training and sophisticated equipment, dares to fight against regular cavalry. With such a team of brave soldiers, it seems that this battle is also somewhat certain. ”

He glanced at the recruits and asked, "Do you have ranged weapons?"

One of the recruits took out a pocket on his waist, took out a sharp stone, and said, "My lord, this is our homemade stone dart, which is very sharp." ”

"And how well do you throw?" asked the young man again.

The recruit thought for a moment and said, "When we used to hunt, we used this stone dart to shoot wild boars, and it was easy to hit. ”

The young man smiled: "Very good, it is much easier to fight the horses of these cavalrymen. ”

With that, he drew his sword and motioned for the recruits to move, and at the same time rode his horse out of the hillside and galloped towards the battlefield below.

At this time, the grass slope was completely stained red with blood, and under the counterattack of the Nord soldiers, they killed a few heavy cavalry, but some of their soldiers were so wounded that they could no longer fight, and Di Ping also took a few soldiers to make a final resistance.

Would rather die than surrender, this is what Diping just said, and it is also the spirit that the Nord warriors adhere to. So they have been fighting hard and have never had the idea of giving up.

"Huh!" Diping's back was slashed by the cavalry sword, cutting an extremely deep wound, and blood suddenly gushed out like water.

He felt his energy weakening, and the pain coming from all over his body made him almost shocked. Di Ping, who had never been through a big battle, was not very strong, and the reason why he was able to fight bravely this time was because there was always an inexplicable force supporting him and supporting him to hold the sword in his hand. But this time he felt that the power was getting weaker and weaker, and it was about to disperse.

Di Ping let out a long sigh and looked up at the sky again, it was still bright sunshine, but he didn't feel the slightest warmth, only the scorching heat. Sweat mixed with blood flowed all over his body, and when he was about to lose the last of his strength, black shadows suddenly appeared in his gradually blurred vision, streaked across the sky, fell with a "whoosh" sound, and then passed through the bodies of the heavy cavalry horses.

The sudden hidden weapon made the heavy cavalry fall into a panic, after a battle, the heavy armor on the military horse had a certain amount of broken, under the sharp stone dart piercing, instantly covered with bruises, some of the military horses have neighed with the cavalry on the horse and fell to the ground.

Di Ping stared blankly at the sudden occurrence in front of him. The sharp stones were thrown from the distant hillside, even faster than the axes thrown by the Nord warriors before. Stone darts with great strength rained down like raindrops, stabbing the horses and cavalry, and no one was spared.

In a short moment, more than thirty heavy cavalry were instantly disabled, and Hargan was shocked and angry, and before he could react, several young men rushed down from the hillside in the distance, and quickly used their swords to deal with the fallen cavalry.

Seeing that his troops were almost dead and wounded, Hogan trembled with anger, but he was not carried away by anger after a long time on the battlefield, and he immediately ordered his troops to retreat. In this battle, they were defeated, inexplicably defeated, and they were defeated very completely. Of the original fifty heavy cavalry, only a dozen wounded soldiers survived.

The young man rode his horse and swung his sword to slash the lone cavalryman next to him. Then looking at the wounded cavalry who were hastily evacuating in the distance, he had a satisfied smile on his face.

"You must be the light!" Diping cried out in excitement, forgetting the pain.

The young man smiled and said, "I'm not the light, I'm just passing by." ”

On March 30, 1257, a small but fierce battle took place under the Djerberg Mountains on the border of the Nord Kingdom. A heavy cavalry unit encountered a Nord lord while sacking a village in the Nord Kingdom, and a battle ensued, and the heavy cavalry, which had been in the upper hand, was defeated due to uncontrollable factors. Due to the lack of flags, the identity of the cavalry unit is unknown, and an insider revealed that it was a border conflict provocation against the Nord Kingdom. The next day, the Kingdom of Svadia declared war on the Kingdom of Nord. (To be continued......)