Chapter 317: She's Coming
Matthew assembled his troops and issued the final mobilization, and all the soldiers clenched their weapons in their hands, and their faces were generous, as if they were not going to fight to the death, but to participate in some triumphal ceremony.
Philip was already aware of the upheaval before the New Red Moon Pass, but he was no longer fit to take to the air to fight because of his serious injuries, so he could only put pressure on the steppe people from behind.
Hundreds of thousands of grassland people have newly descended, and there has been such a big change, and the people are panicked, although they have been put away from their weapons and mounts, but they are still restless at the moment.
So he left behind the 50,000-strong Lunbo Legion, and only they had enough manpower to keep these captives in check.
"Keep these steppe people in separate care, a wave of the Holy Beast Tribe, a wave of other tribes, if they want to make trouble, you know what to do.
Except for that dangsen, I have some uses, and I will leave the rest to you to dispose of.
You know what I mean, right?"
Philip stared closely into Murphy's eyes, a deep gaze that seemed to pierce the soul of a person.
I don't know why, since the big war, Murphy feels that the teenager in front of him has become more and more oppressive, and he doesn't even dare to gasp loudly in front of him.
is such a person, he even broke his calf at the beginning, and it is really fateful that he can live until now.
He said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, I know what to do." The fierce light in his eyes flashed and disappeared.
Philip slapped him on the arm a few times, and without further ado, rode Natalie and rushed forward.
He came to Bruce's side and walked with him.
In the evening, Afu wanted to give him the exceptionally strong white unicorn, but the sensitive unicorn girl squirted in disgust on his face, preferring to follow the phantom and eat ash rather than let him touch it.
In desperation, Bruce had to find a random beast dragon, although his temper was not very good, but he was not as hypocritical as a unicorn and could bear his weight.
"Cousin, take care, live well, and I'll give you a gift when I get back. ”
"What gift?" asked Bruce curiously.
"You'll know then, a gift that goes well with you. ”
Bruce rolled his eyes angrily, feeling more and more that his cousin became more and more annoying as he got older, how could he be so well-behaved and sensible at the beginning.
Looking at the steppe people who were getting closer and closer, the brothers closed their mouths, and the corners of their mouths were unusually similar.
They all knew what this battle meant for the southern defenses, for Gaukan City, and especially for the Wild Lions.
With the brothers as the core, the bearded legion and members of the personal guard were wrapped around, followed by 1,300 female knights of the 1st Maga Regiment, Johnson and Dudley each led about 300 men on the two wings, and at the rear were the 6,000 archers of the 2nd and 3rd Maga Regiments.
They had to rely on this to kill the prairie people on the opposite side as much as possible and relieve Matthew's pressure.
Philip had already met Matthew, knew of his plans, and had tried to use Minger's corpse.
But unfortunately, maybe it was the madness before death, or maybe it was really a miracle, Mingge's corpse did not have any deterrent effect, and Philip even received a rain of arrows, it seems that this gap really made them careless.
The battlefield is neither wide nor narrow, and the front is only a few hundred meters, which is considered a good thing, at least there is no need to worry about being counter-surrounded.
By the time they rode their horses to the front, the steppes had already fallen thousands of men under the javelins and bows of the three regiments of Maga, and their crossbows had caused dozens of knights to fall off their horses.
One of the bearded members was the worst, being shot in the mouth by a wooden arrow and missing three or four teeth.
Bruce rushed to the front, holding his shield in one hand, and then a roar of a raging lion was followed by his last chance to use this skill today.
Philip only felt that the dark shadow in front of him suddenly became shorter, especially the pesky wooden spears were gone.
Then the two sides collided, the sound of flesh and steel colliding, the sound of muscles being cut and pierced by swords, the sound of knights falling off their mounts, the sound of steppe people breaking bones and tendons, screams and curses, all kinds of sounds converged like a symphony representing the passing of life.
Philip and the others advanced very fast, scoring 300 meters in five minutes.
But after turning the hill in front of them, a clearing will make the battlefield suddenly open up for a moment, and Philip and his team will face several times more enemies in an instant.
Philip and Bruce didn't pay any attention to it and rushed straight to the middle.
The second and third regiments of Maga were left at the opening of the passage by him, and sent a rain of arrows to both sides at a very high frequency to relieve the pressure on the knights to charge in the middle.
Johnson and Dudley, who were pure infantry, lined up in two rows to stand guard in front of the female warriors, fending off the steppe counterattack.
Philip just set up a mounted spear made of four-colored birch, and did not try to kill or injure many enemies.
His broadsword was lost in enemy formation and had not yet been recovered, and his physical condition was not suitable for intense fighting.
Aph, Chand, Paul, and Duke surrounded him, especially Aph, who rode on the Phantom's body, armed with a huge shield and spear, and was invincible.
And Victor, under the help of Philip, and Miledi protected Bruce's left and right, and after learning Bruce's identity, Victor had nothing to do, and he was happy to be able to befriend the heir of the Wild Lion family.
Suddenly, more than a dozen prairie people rushed in front of Philip after a few phantoms, and just as he was about to pounce on the horse, he felt that he was beaten backwards by a huge force, and when he landed, he felt severe pain, and some people even saw their buttocks.
It's Ale, he hides in the crowd, his small body is very inconspicuous on a horse, but these speed-type awakened people are simply too slow in his eyes, and they can be solved with a few sticks.
"Be careful!" Chand switched to holding a shield in his right hand, blocking two ballistas that came at him, and was nearly overturned from his horse by the force of the shock.
Before he could find the murderer, he saw two stout steppe men dozens of meters away with two feather arrows stuck in their necks and fell to the ground.
It was Duke, the young man who had always been inconspicuous, so silent that he always guarded Philip's back, and even hung a shield on his back and didn't care anymore.
The frequency of his shots is not fast, but almost every time someone notices his move, his target has already been killed, and the speed of his shot is fast and accurate, a typical society I Du Ge, people don't talk much.
Philip was the heart of the spear that pierced everything, and the others were the steel shields guarding him, small combinations of formations that were extremely efficient, piercing the ranks of the steppe people at high speed.
Bruce on the other side is another style, not to mention the third-level awakened Miledi, the giant Victor is a humanoid monster in the eyes of the steppe people, wearing thickened armor, he is simply rampant in the crowd, and he doesn't care about any sneak attack at all.
When more than 20 steppe people held a giant spear made of logs to block their path, Victor opened his awakening in anger, his whole body was swollen twice, and his hands and faces were also covered with long black hair, and he pounced directly from his mount, slapped the giant spear in half with one claw, and then pushed forward 50 meters against these dozens of steppe people, fierce and fierce.
By the time he stopped, the steppe people were in tatters with bows and arrows and scimitars.
This look was so fierce that it frightened many prairie people into cowering and did not dare to step forward, making Bruce's charge extremely easy.
It stands to reason that Miledi, who was on the other side, should have been aroused in his heart, but the middle-aged soldier was very calm and unmoved, so he honestly stayed by Bruce's side and blocked all attacks.
He knew that as long as Bruce made it back to Gokan alive, he would be a big deal.
What's more, he saw the changes in Bruce along the way, and he was more and more concerned about this young man.
The whole team, under the leadership of two arrows with very different styles but extremely high killing efficiency, quickly chiseled through the formation of the steppe people, looking at the outline of the ruins of the Red Moon Pass in the distance exposed in the night, Philip found that most of the grassland people had left here, no wonder the resistance was not as resolute as imagined.
He simply continued to charge forward, seizing the entrance to the passage, but suddenly saw an unforgettable scene.
I saw that the grassland people who were rushing towards the ruins of Hongyue Pass didn't know what was happening, and actually stopped, and then began to retreat backwards in horror.
More and more steppe people retreated from the widened passages of the ruins, and the black passages were full of screams, and from time to time human figures were seen flying, and then the rumbling of horses' hooves.
Cavalry, only Waldersmann's Imperial Iron Cavalry would make such a neat and thunderous charge, but with his father's remnants, it was too late to pursue, how could they kill the steppe people and roll back.
Sure enough, by the dim light of the fire, one, two, ten, hundreds of heavily armored cavalrymen armed with hideous ramming horns and armor revealed their huge bodies from the passage.
The skinny steppe man was like a poor ant in the face of such an armored beast, running for his life.
The mounts were all beast dragons, but the knights above were not very large, but the bright red cloak and the gorgeous armor with gold trim were instantly recognizable to Philip.
Only armor made of precious Miranda alloy can reflect this soft luster in the night, and can ignore the scimitars of the steppe people and slaughter to their heart's content.
Only they would be so extravagant that from the day the group was formed, even the main and deputy squad leaders were awakened-level warriors, and with this equipment, the combat power was outrageous.
The knights who can be equipped with such a gorgeous armor and appear on the southeastern border of the empire are the second in the entire Wardsmann Empire, and it is Princess Sophia's Red Rose Knights.
Of course, Philip heard about Sophia's help, but he didn't expect them to come to Red Moon Pass at this critical moment so coincidentally.
It's like nectar in the desert.