Chapter 544: Melee Combat
On the walls of the Dawning Fortress, most of the defenders were saddened by the rain of arrows fired by the centaurs, and most of the defenders were saddened by the reinforcements who had come from afar to support them. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info, but some people gloated and ridiculed: "It seems that the knights under the command of the Grand Duke of Pritz, who are famous all over the continent, are nothing more than that, they can't even enter the gate of the Dawn Fortress and are annihilated, and they have added a military merit to those orcs in vain, which is really ridiculous~, sad~, alas!"
Leo squinted his eyes at the person who spoke up, and although he had never met before, Leo recognized this as the Captain of the Dick Gus of the Silver Knights of the Holy Griffin Empire, based on the information of the Holy Griffin Empire delivered by the Iga Ninja in advance and the man's military uniform accessories. However, such obvious hostility made Leo squint slightly, it seems that the water inside the Divine Griffin Empire is also very deep! Fortunately, he didn't plan to mix in the Divine Griffin Empire, it seems that this step is the right step.
"Hmph! Captain Gus doesn't seem to have much confidence in the knights of Pritz, do you want us to make a bet?" Leo sneered, and immediately retorted.
As soon as Leo's words came out, Prince Grantham's face showed an embarrassed and anxious look, Leo was his very optimistic nephew, and he was very moved by the fact that he could be the first to come to the aid of the Holy Griffin Empire in a short distance of thousands of miles. The ridicule of the captain of Gus made Leo unhappy and Prince Grantham was quite dissatisfied with him, but at this time, the war was tense, and any change would cause unpredictable problems, which made Prince Grantham have to put up with Gus's rudeness.
When the commander of the Gus Legion heard Leo's words, he looked up to the sky and said in front of everyone: "You have all heard, if those Pritz knights escape from the pursuit of centaurs today, even if I lose." But if the Pritz knights are wiped out, then His Excellency the Grand Duke of Pritz will have to admit in public that he is in vain!"
These words were extremely rude, causing many generals to frown. But the Captain of Gus was unaware of this, and looked at Leo triumphantly, wondering how to taunt the Grand Duke of Pritz if he refused to accept the gamble.
Most of the people present were well aware of Gus's arrogant attitude, and the commander of the Gus army was usually quite close to Crown Prince Rishi, and now he was targeting Leo like this, obviously intending to ruin the reputation of this popular prince and clear the way for Crown Prince Rishi to succeed to the throne.
"Okay, then let's take a gamble, but if I win, then ask Captain Gus to admit in public that he is short-sighted and can't see the situation clearly!" Leo replied without thinking.
Prince Grantham couldn't help but sigh, this nephew was too impulsive, and he didn't know how powerful those centaurs were. Archery is just one of their skills, but their most powerful ones are spear blasts and long-distance pursuits. No one, or even a knight, can outrun a centaur, their endurance and speed are comparable to that of a horse, not to mention that they carry a man's weight less than a human war horse, and they are even more handy when pursuing.
"Haha, then it's a word, everyone present is a witness!" Captain Gus laughed when he heard Leo respond, and he didn't care about Leo's conditions at all. In his eyes, the knights had fallen into the hunting circle of centaurs, and there was no chance of survival.
Before the laughter of the commander of the Gus regiment could be settled, a soldier was heard shouting, "Look, they're out, they're all right!"
When the generals of the Holy Griffin Empire heard this, they flocked to the city wall, and when they looked with all their might, they saw a cavalry rushing out of the warband, although their backs were full of arrows, and they were like hedgehogs, but at least they were moving unhindered, and they were still sitting on horseback.
"This can't be! this can't be!" Captain Gus muttered dumbfoundedly, not believing that this could happen.
In the distance of the battle group, Ao Bai, who led the cavalry with yellow flags, had a black face and was extremely depressed. Since joining the army as a teenager, he has always bullied others with his excellent archery skills, but it is the first time he has been shot like this, how can he not be annoyed?
"Albuha, take your Gela to the left, and I'll take the right road, so that these monsters know how powerful the Eight Banners of Manchuria are!" Ao Bai said to Kala Ezhen, who was following him closely.
"Chirp!" Albuha immediately answered, reined in the reins of his horse, and with a roar led his first class of horn cavalry around in a circle, and made a sharp turn to the left rear.
Aobai's tactics are very simple, since the centaurs divide their troops into two ways, then he also divides his troops. Compared with cavalry and horse warfare, the Manchurian Eight Banners have never been afraid of anyone, don't look at these centaur orcs are fast, but compared to the Eight Banners cavalry, the equipment is not a little worse.
After all, the children of the Eight Banners are skilled in bowing horses, just relying on their legs to clamp the horse's belly, let the war horse gallop with the head horse, and the upper body is erect on the horse's back, and continue to pull the bow and string to prepare for shooting. The Centaur Legion, on the other hand, reacted similarly to Aobai, choosing to turn around and continue to charge at the other side.
This time, the Eight Banners did not throw from a long distance, but chose a flat shot that could not be dodged. Sharp arrows flew into the neat formation of the centaur army with a whistling sound, and those centaurs could not avoid it at all, whether they were wearing any armor or not, and they could only resist with their flesh in the face of the steel arrows shot by humans.
Blood flowers continued to bloom in the centaur ranks, and one by one the centaurs fell to the ground with their arrows wailed, and were trampled into pulp by their companions. Seeing the strength of the enemy's bow, Garo Tafeng hurriedly shouted, "Hold the spear!"
The galloping centaur quickly put away his riding bow, hung them on his body, drew the spear he was carrying at his side with his backhand, glared angrily, cursed in his mouth, and accelerated towards the enemy's cavalry ranks.
It is said that the Eight Banners Legion has strong bows and arrows, and should not take the initiative to hedge against the Centaur Legion, but should bleed the Centaur Legion in the way of Mangu, slowly wear down their strength and then seek a decisive battle. But now those centaurs ran far faster than the horses under their crotches, and turning their backs to them was tantamount to death. Therefore, Ao Bai can only choose cavalry hedging.
It is a fact that the cavalry of the Eight Banners is well-equipped, but the well-equipped cannot offset the difference in talent and strength, and as soon as the forwards of the two sides come into contact, the children of the Eight Banners suffer a big loss. In their standard equipment, they used knives in melee combat, and the centaurs were all armed with spears. It was the problem of the length of the weapon that caused the Eight Banners to be stabbed with spears without even touching the enemy.