Chapter 627: The First Battle of the Sarsanian Militia

The Sarsangian Empire's ability to mobilize and organize was surprisingly impressive. On the third day after Roland released the crow, 3,500 garrison militia and 800 cavalry, led by Siegfried Frederick himself, totaling more than 4,000 people, arrived at the temporary garrison of the vanguard.

Ziggy entered the makeshift camp with two high-ranking knights and saluted Victor and Roland. The two sides exchanged greetings, and the eldest son of Emperor Sasang, dressed in pure gold armor, sighed and said enthusiastically: "We received a call from Her Royal Highness the Princess, assembled the garrison militia for two days, set off the next night, and traveled in a hurry overnight, and finally arrived in time without delaying the time of the two Highnesses. ”

Roland looked around at the Sarsan militia who were busy camping and resting outside the camp, and his emerald eyes were full of suspicion.

The Sasan cavalry was well-armed, with a snow wolf coat depicting the coat of arms of the chain mail, and was supposed to be Siegfried's cavalry. The garrison militia wore leather armor and were armed with 3.2-metre long wooden-handled spears, round shields, hand axes, and hunting bows. They are sturdy, athletic, encamped, fetched water and cooked, with a clear and orderly division of labor, and apparently have received professional military training for a long time.

Ordinary young people have traveled 40 kilometers in a row, their mental and physical strength have reached their limits, their legs are as heavy as lead, their lungs are on fire, and they wish they were dying. Load equipment, 80 kilometers a night march and still maintain basic mobility is the difference between elite soldiers and ordinary people.

The physical fitness and military literacy of the Sassan militia were limited to those of the average vassal soldier of the Kingdom of Gombis. The more than 3,000 heavily armed garrison militia brought by Zig were clearly vassal infantry...... Roland suspects that he has come to grab the loot.

She looked Siegfried up and down and asked with a smile, "You're going to war too?"

Princess Auguste's pure smile made Ziggy excited, and without thinking, he nodded and said, "It is my honor to be able to fight side by side with the two noble highnesses. ”

Roland's bright expression suddenly turned cold, and he said with a displeased expression: "I just asked you to bring 2,000 people to strengthen your momentum, but I didn't say that I wanted you to participate in the war." ”

The Golden Knight suddenly changed his face, and a chill rose in the heart of the eldest son of the Sasang Emperor, and he became at a loss, not knowing what to say.

The silver knight of the Sassan royal family played a round beside him and said respectfully: "Your Highness Auguste, it is our duty to participate in the battle to annihilate the orc invaders, and it is also to reduce the pressure and casualties of the vanguard army of Gombis. At least, we are familiar with the habits of goblins. ”

"Oh...... I'm listening. Roland nodded, his eyes were dark, and he asked with a shallow smile, "What is the difference between the goblins of the Sasang Empire and the goblins of the Gombis Kingdom?"

"It should be the same. The Silver Knight nodded with a smile, and after a change of voice, he said, "However, the Kingdom of Gombis probably does not have a number of more than 10,000 goblin races. ”

"His Highness Randall, His Highness August. Goblins are the wisest of the orcs, and I'm sure that these goblins are in a hurry and will not trap Maverick Village, but will charge the enemy in groups under the organization of the goblins. Because the goblins know very well that the goblins can't outrun the vast majority of their pursuers, but their numerical superiority can crush the enemy's line head-on. ”

"Large groups of goblins with more than 10,000 people don't collapse so easily, they will definitely fight the enemy head-on, and only heavy casualties will frighten them. The silver knight curled the corners of his mouth and said:

"We have a lot of experience in goblin fighting. ”

Victor and Roland looked at each other, and there really wasn't a goblin group of nearly 10,000 in Gombis. He pondered for a moment, and humbly asked, "Your Highness Frederick, what method are you going to take to deal with this gang...... Goblins?"

Ziggy perked up and said loudly: "Large goblin races will not give in easily, they will definitely gather their companions when they encounter invaders, attack in groups, and find the target's biggest enemy for a decisive battle...... Her Royal Highness the princess asked for 2000 militia to help intimidate, which did not work against such a goblin clan. The 2000 Sassan militia couldn't stop the wave of goblins, especially with a large number of bear goblins and some ogre bodyguards. ”

He paused and continued: "I brought over 3,500 militiamen, chose a suitable location, and set up a dense defensive formation. As long as the big goblins see the militia, they will definitely gather their men and take the initiative to attack the militia's defensive front. The militia held on to their positions, waiting for their work, and when the goblins were halfway through, we led the cavalry to charge from the flanks and cut off the goblin tide. They lost the battle, and the surviving goblins would only run away now. ”

The Silver Knight of the Frederick family said, "Your Highness, in fact, we noticed the goblin clan entrenched in Maverick Village two months ago...... Due to their sheer number and wide distribution, our scouts have never been able to identify the leader of the orcs...... The militia's dense defensive front against the goblin tide feared the onslaught of the Berserk Ogre or the Ogre Overseer, so Duke Barcelius spared the Calf Village for the time being. ”

"The Cambys Vanguard Army has His Highness Randall to investigate, and must have mastered the situation in Maverick Village, so we brought 35,000 militiamen to rush over to assist the two Highnesses in recovering Maverick Village. The Silver Knight complimented.

Victor has not been idle for the past two days, and he has killed several ogres in the air with his old enemy. The ogre bodyguards of the goblins are weaker than the barbarians, and only the lonely wandering ogres will be fed by the goblins. The companions are inexplicably torn apart, scaring the ogre bodyguards out of their minds, and they flee the Maverick Village one after another, eventually becoming the spoils of the Silver Knights of Cambys.

The makeshift camp hung the head of an ogre bodyguard, and the silver knights of Frederick's house could see it clearly. Emperor Frederick's eldest son had already come over in person, and Victor didn't need to hide it, nodding and saying, "The leader of this group of entrenched orcs is a silver-level dragon vein kobold. ”

"It's my trophy, don't even think about it!" Roland added fiercely.

The eyes of the two silver knights of the Frederick family lit up, and Siegfried simply gasped, his eyes revealing a trace of chagrin and schadenfreude.

If he had known that there was a silver-level dragon-veined kobold hiding in Maverick Village, Patriarch Friedes would have mobilized his strength to capture it alive. But even if the Sarsan scouts detected the silver kobolds, it would not be the turn of the Frederick family, and Duke Baselius must have taken action himself.

The small movements of the eldest son of the emperor could not hide the perception of the golden knight, and the silver knight of the Frederick family coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Honorable Highness Randall and His Highness August, of course the kobolds of the silver dragon vein are your trophies, including the orc trophies of Maverick Village, which belong to the vanguard army of Gombis...... After we have wiped out this group of orcs, we will immediately mobilize another 15,000 young men to harvest the nearby green wheat, repair the Maverick Village camp, and strive to complete the clearing of the fortified wall in the shortest possible time, and include the Maverick camp in the Duncan Fort war zone. ”

Victor groaned, "Your Excellency Urgon Frederick, I have a question here...... Are the people you brought really the Sassan militia?"

The Silver Knight was stunned and replied with a smile, "Of course...... The Sassan Empire has a large population and abundant food, and our people have enough time to receive the same military training as vassal soldiers, and their diet is no different from that of regular vassal soldiers. After all, the Sassan Empire prepares for war all year round, and our people fight against the orcs all year round. The farm work of the fiefdom was generally handed over to the displaced hired laborers. It can be said that the militia of our Sassan Empire is not inferior to the vassal soldiers of the Kingdom of Dodor, they just lack the equipment of the regular army. ”

It turns out that people who eat meat and drink milk as children grow taller and stronger than people who don't eat meat and milk, and children who eat chicken yolks are smarter than children who don't eat egg yolks. The Sasang Empire was rich in green wheat that crops twice a year, and there was plenty of grain to meet the needs of the people, not to mention raising cattle and sheep. Ten years ago, Sassan claimed 4.8 million registered citizens. Today, ten years later, there are 5.8 million registered citizens, an increase of a full one million. The population of the Lost Nation is two to three times that of the Registered People, and the population size of the Sassanian Empire is close to 20 million, with an average of three Displaced Persons supporting one Registered Citizen, excluding the old and weak women and children, which is equivalent to 10 people supporting a Sarsangian warrior, who have enough time and energy to exercise and receive military training.

The new farming and pastoral system created by Victor was the first to bear fruit in the Sassan Empire.

The fertile red earth of the northern wilderness, with superior natural conditions, the southern kingdom has only the envy.

"That's fine. Roland nodded and said, "I also have a question, will the dragon vein kobold leader follow the goblin charge?"

The Silver Knight hesitated slightly, shook his head and said, "It's unlikely, the dragon vein kobold are typical misers, and they will not leave the territory easily. ”

Victor's heart moved, and he asked lightly, "What is that, that made this kobold leader stop in Maverick Village?"

When the Silver Knight heard this, he knew that His Highness Randall had some suspicions, and explained with a smile: "There may be a gold vein under the calf village...... It could also be Mithril. Kobold people are good at treasure hunting, and what exactly is under Maverick Village depends on luck. ”

Siegfried took a deep breath and asked with a calm expression, "Then when are we going to attack Maverick Village?"

Roland held the hilt of his sword in his hand and said, "Let the soldiers eat and drink enough, sleep well, and attack Maverick Village at dawn tomorrow!"

The next morning, the first rays of sunlight broke through the dark purple sky, and thousands of soldiers appeared on the outskirts of Calf Village in dew, and their rustling footsteps woke up the goblins who were on the edge of the wheat field, and they saw the human army with no end in sight, and ran in the direction of the village with screams.

Ignoring the chaotic Orcs of Maverick Village, the Sassang militia steadily approached until they were 800 meters away from Maverick Village, and each person spread out a meter apart, making the team look even larger. 1,000 cavalry were interspersed to the right, a kilometer away, in a tight charge formation, which looked much smaller than the infantry ranks.

The silent human army stands in stark contrast to the noisy orcs of Calf Village. But after the whipping of the goblins and the screams of the bear goblins biting the goblin slaves, the orcs of Maverick Village gradually became orderly, leaving only the goblins screaming shrill and then the goblin orcs erupted in a louder roar.

The frenzied atmosphere was brewing in the village with a neat roar.

Victor rode the swift bird mount, looking at the orc tribe from afar, and said, "I didn't expect that the goblins would organize an army and boost morale......

"Did you see the leader of the dragon-vein kobolds?" Roland rode on the back of the Golden Fleece, his eyes wide and green, nervously searching for traces of the dragon-vein kobolds, fearing that if her intended loot would charge with the orcs, Victor would have to kill it in advance to avoid heavy casualties to the Sassan militia.

Victor smiled and shook his head: "345 bear goblins, 7 goblins, 44 ordinary dragon vein kobolds, but there is no kobold leader...... Count Urgon has the right experience, a silver-level dragon kobold and a legendary dragon with a temper, collecting treasures and defending the lair...... They're supposed to be the dragon's watchdogs. ”

"I don't know...... What role did goblins play in ancient times?"

Victor's mind was divergent, remembering that he had raised a large number of goblins in the swamp, and at this time, their number was almost 80,000, right? Although Emerson divided them into different groups according to a pile of 7,000 and let them consume each other, the half-dragon people who took care of the goblins were not good slave owners. They like to eat fish and don't like goblins. If those goblins and swamp ogres come together, it will be difficult to clean up.

Thankfully, the ant tide was able to pick them up.

"It's time to start. Roland said excitedly, "Let's see, what does the goblin beast tide look like?"

Goblins and kobolds were provoked to kill, screaming excitedly, and the goblins could no longer restrain them. An endless tide of goblins and kobolds spilled out of the high Calf Village and approached the battle formation of the Sassan militia.

They really chose to overwhelm the crowd target, or perhaps, the goblins knew that their men could not catch up with the humans on horseback, and once the goblin beast tide was dispersed, it would be impossible to clean up.

The goblins and kobolds approached at a slower to faster pace, and from a distance, a green cloud swept in. They were armed with rudimentary weapons, their faces fierce and their expressions of madness, and their inexplicable roars condensed into a savage and cruel aura.

600m, 500m, 400m...... The garrison of the Sassan Empire remained loosely formed, but Victor could see sweat mixed with dew sliding down the faces of the young soldiers, their spears clenched upright, fingers pale and bloodless from the strain. But the heavily armored knights in the front row and the priests in the back gave the young soldiers endless courage to remain calm in the face of the raging wave of goblins.

300 meters! The goblin tide began to accelerate......

"Array!"

As soon as the knight gave an order, a long and a short horn sounded throughout the battlefield, and the Sasang militia instantly moved closer to the middle, the shields were connected, the waist was lunged, and the spears standing towards the sky went straight forward, and the cold and shining spear tips revealed the coldness that pierced the soul.

Seeing that the enemy's formation had changed from large to small, and the number of people seemed to have decreased by more than half, the goblins rushed with all their might.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers, boundless, and only those who have witnessed the cold weapon battle can feel the trembling from the heart. Goblins and kobolds may seem weak, but once they are in size, they can challenge any opponent head-on.

Victor has experienced the baptism of the Ant-Man War and has seen the shocking scene of the overwhelming ant tide rushing forward. Even Sylvia, once surrounded by the ant tide army, it will not be spared. When the super-giant hydra lizard encounters an ant plague, it has to dive to the bottom of the lake, not daring to expose it to Ant-Man's eyes.

Ant-Man is not a normal life, Victor never doubted that the Ant-Man who is not afraid of death can kill any land creature, but the goblins and kobolds are afraid of death, but at this time, the orcs who are afraid of death can only continue to charge "without fear of death". The goblins in the front row were frightened by the bright and long contradiction array, and were immediately trampled under the feet of the goblins behind, one stepped on, two stepped on, and a group stepped over, and even the shadow could not be seen.

The goblins in the front row were not the first to die, and the rear team of the garrison militia shot waves of arrows, and the goblins in the middle fell down one piece, and were immediately filled by the goblins who followed one after another.

At this time, there is no other option than to rush forward, crush the opponent, and drown the opponent.

Retreat, run away, play dead?

On the battlefield, no one should have these naΓ―ve ideas, each soldier is just a part of the group, and the group does not take into account the thoughts of the individual.

Goblins are afraid of death, but they also have wisdom. The big goblins put the bear goblins in the middle and the back positions, and the goblins in the front row are cannon fodder, using their bodies and lives to build a flesh and blood ladder to victory for the backbone of the race. The spear phalanx of the garrison militia mechanically stabbed and stabbed again, and the impaled goblins screamed and held the blood-stained spears before they died, but they were squeezed forward by the goblins behind them as shields. If the spears of the garrison militia hang two goblin corpses, they are in danger. And the brute force of the bear goblins was enough to hang three or four corpses on the spears of the garrison militia.

And that's not all.

The goblins are behind the charging waves, hiding among the goblin throwers, and whether or not the bear goblins break through the human battle formation, as long as the humans enter the range of the bow throw, they will taste the hail of stones.

Kobolds are slower, but powerful, and their claws can cut through chain mail. They fall at the end of the storming procession, and they are also the last killer weapon of the goblins.

As soon as the main force of the goblins collides with the line of the garrison militia, the situation becomes dangerous. More than 300 bear goblins can completely crush the heavily armored knights at the front in one go. There is no room to toss and turn, and no matter how clever the knight's combat skills are, it is useless.

The cavalry, which had been holding back, finally moved.

Ninety armored dragons let out a dull roar, their powerful six claws stomped on the ground, and their massive bodies with unstoppable force crashed into the middle of the goblin wave, which happened to be the position of the bear goblins. The four Earth Knights and Nelson formed a formation and rushed to the forefront, like a sharp knife piercing a big hole in the goblin tide. A thousand cavalrymen armed with spears followed, tearing the hole that the extraordinary powerhouse and the dragon beast had stabbed into a gap.

The iron hooves of the cavalry shook the earth, and Nelson couldn't even swing his beloved decapitating Adamantite greatsword, only to emulate the six-legged swiftloon and make the most violent charge. The bear goblins and goblins flew all over the sky in front of the strong charge, and when the resistance in front of him suddenly disappeared, the cavalry had already chiseled through the opposite side.

The wave of the goblin's charge was cut off by the waist.

The collapse came as scheduled.

When you charge, you can't help yourself, and when you rout, you can't help yourself.

Victor didn't understand before that in the history of cold weapon warfare in the earth world, there were hundreds of thousands of general battles at every turn, and in a decisive battle, one side was completely defeated, with countless casualties, and the winner annihilated hundreds of thousands of enemies.

Hundreds of thousands of people, even if they stand still and kill people, they will have to kill for several days, why are they all gone all of a sudden?

This battle fully illustrates what it means to be defeated.

The main force of the bear goblins was trampled by the human cavalry, and the wave of the goblin charge immediately reversed, and the intact kobolds in the rear were still rushing forward, and they were immediately trampled into flesh by the fleeing goblins, and they had to turn around and flee.

The cavalry turned their horses and took cover from behind, the garrison advancing steadily with their shields raised, and the Swiftbird light cavalry outflanked from both flanks and shot the goblins fleeing to the sides, forcing them into the spear formation.

When the enemy shows you his back, he doesn't want to hurt you with his ass.

The line of the garrison militia stretched out, gradually enveloping the goblins in front, spears swallowing, mercilessly harvesting life and screams.

It turns out that the human kingdom also has infantry phalanxes, but there is no goblin frenzy in Gombis.

"Won, and win beautifully. ”

Roland commented and asked Victor impatiently: "Is that silver kobold still in the nest?"

Victor smiled slightly, and the old enemy locked on the position of the kobold leader, and said, "It's still in Maverick Village." ”

Roland raised his hand and twisted his white and blonde hair, put on the Mithril helmet, and said with great interest:

"Let's go and see, what kind of treasure did the kobold dig up in Maverick Village, and would rather die in the lair?"