The battle began twenty days earlier than the Kent priest had expected, but it didn't matter, the human army was ready for war.

Against the centaurs of the Northern Battalion, the human coalition forces developed two sets of action plans. If the centaurs of the northern battalion are evacuated in batches, the log city will not move, and when the number of centaur warriors drops from 60,000 to about 30,000, the 200,000 elite cavalry will attack on all fronts, and then turn to the southern camp of the centaurs, join forces with the armies of Bright City and Crystal City, and completely annihilate the main force of the Sidon centaurs.

As for the centaurs who fled back to the tribe's lair in advance, it didn't matter, most of the females were pregnant and waiting to give birth, and they had little fighting power, and tens of thousands of male centaurs couldn't make any waves. The Eastern Pioneer Theater first defeated the centaurs of the two large battalions in the south and north, and then summoned the coalition forces of the Boulder Fortress Theater to penetrate deep into the Sidon Khanate and jointly kill the remnants of the centaurs.

However, sensing the danger coming from Log City, the strongest of the Centaurs in the North Camp decided to retreat all of them to the territory they knew best, which was full of golden ripe barley. As long as there is food and depth, the centaurs have nothing to fear.

If the army of Log City wants to annihilate 60,000 centaurs at a time, it is almost an impossible task, and a head-on hard shock will inevitably suffer heavy losses. In this case, the commander of the Priest Kent did not take the total annihilation of the opponent as the combat goal, and tried his best to drive the centaurs of the northern battalion to the southern battalion, increasing the food burden of the centaurs of the southern battalion, causing chaos and division of different tribes, and then the human coalition army broke them one by one like peeling an onion.

There was a small episode in the pre-war meeting presided over by the reverend of Kent, the queen and the crown prince happened to be in the log city, and of course Queen Grace did not have to go to war, but since the crown prince Siegfried had bumped into the general mobilization, there was no reason to avoid the battle. His Royal Highness the Paladin Clochir made some arrangements for his grandson, and the legendary Battle Priest agreed. The cavalry of the guards brought by the crown prince are all elite veterans of the Blood Wolf Castle, and they are familiar with fighting with centaurs, so there is no need to worry about them making mistakes.

After the battle meeting, the heavy drawbridge of Log City was slowly lowered, and the paladin heralds rode on horned wolf mounts to various castles, barracks, and sentry posts to convey the orders of the commander, the Reverend Kent.

In the wee hours of the morning, heavily armed motorized cavalry poured out of the back doors of the various fortifications and circled into the Giant Wood Forest to the north of the Log City. Cloaked in moonlight and under the cover of the forest, they quietly marched eastward.

The defense line of the log city is more than 200 kilometers long and nearly 30 kilometers deep, and the detours of more than 100,000 cavalry in such a large area are not very noticeable. Moreover, the human alliance has cleared the orc entrenchment of the Eastern Frontier Territory, the Sidon centaurs are ignorant of the situation behind the human defense line, and the ferocious centaurs sense the danger is imminent, but they come from different tribes, and no centaur leader can make the decision to retreat overnight.

The more dangerous it is, the more you have to hold on tightly. Everyone feared that if they led their people to retreat first, they would be devastated.

Wild intuition is not omnipotent, and in a battle of this magnitude, the will of a powerful individual is shackled by the consciousness of the group. Centaur leaders can easily break through, but they must consider the safety and interests of their clansmen.

One night was not enough time for the centaur leader to reach a consensus and make a decision on whether to fight or withdraw.

Of course, they are not inactive. Many centaur scouts entered the Giant Wood Forest to scout the movements of the human army, but few centaur scouts made it back alive. They brought the news of the human army in the Giant Wood Forest to the tribal leaders. However, the centaur leaders were at a loss, or rather indifferent.

Centaurs are not suited to fight in the forest, the vast wilderness is their home turf. In addition to the forest to the north and the human fortress to the west, centaurs can also maneuver east or south. If the main force of the human army dares to leave the cover of the forest, the centaur army will give them a crushing defeat.

In this way, 120,000 elite cavalry detoured back to the east of the Centaur North Camp and cut off their eastward retreat.

Early the next morning, the centaurs found the main force of the human army behind them, but this did not threaten the centaurs, and it only took a few rounds of swarm charges to destroy the human warriors who had left the fortifications. What's more, there is no human army in the south, and they can completely detour from the south and outflank the main force of the human army.

However, the centaurs had no chance of annihilating the human cavalry they considered ridiculously weak, and the threat from the direction of Log City attracted their full attention. In the sound of the majestic horn, more than 30,000 elite cavalry poured out of the city gate, and at the front were monster cavalry wearing heavy armor. Despite their small numbers, they are the only human legions capable of tearing apart a cluster of centaurs from the front, and the massive giant bear, the majestic half-eagle and half-lion, and the two-horned wolf give the centaurs too many painful memories. This time, the cunning and ferocious wolves appeared on the east side, and two new monsters appeared on the south side: the one-horned giant lion and the six-legged lizard.

They don't look easy to mess with.

The beasts were followed by ten times as many hoplites, who were tasked with widening the hole in the beast knights, before it was the turn of the remaining cavalry to launch a full-scale assault.

Human cavalry should never go head-to-head with a group of centaurs, as centaurs can still run and jump with arrows, while human horses will fall to the ground and trip up a group of cavalry after being hit by javelins and arrows. The alienated war beasts are infinitely powerful, with rough skin and thick flesh, and even if they are heavily armoured, they will not die for a while, but will become more violent and ferocious. Therefore, the heavy cavalry that assists the alienated war beasts bears the largest proportion of casualties, and when a battle is fought, more than half of them are killed or wounded.

However, there are always victims in war, and there is no shortage of brave and fearless warriors.

The Beast Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, and Main Cavalry form a sledgehammer tasked with smashing through the centaur colony and smashing their courage!

If you have a hammer, you have to have a cutting board.

The 120,000 cavalry blocking the centaur's back was the chopping block, and they were maneuvering to patrol the east, ready to deal a heavy blow to the centaurs who broke through frantically.

The hammer was there, the chopping board was there, and the Log City coalition army had arranged a noose.

The Ranger Force, consisting of 1,500 Horned Wolf Paladins and 25,000 of the most elite cavalry, was behind the main cavalry force on the eastern flank, and was tasked with hunting down the horses that managed to break through the net, forcing the centaur army to move south. When necessary, the Rangers can also be used as a reserve force to support the battlefield at any time.

Siegfried Frederick is now a member of the Rangers, but he is placed in the safest of the Giant Wood Forest.

The Kent priest adopted the tactics of encircling three without one, the centaurs broke through to the west and ran headlong into the defenses of the log city; they fled north and entered the giant wood forest as a whole, which was equivalent to giving up their advantage and killing themselves; they were most likely to break through in groups to the east, and the main cavalry responsible for intercepting the centaurs was also under the greatest pressure. Correspondingly, the Rangers of the Giant Wood Forest are the least stressed and outnumbered, and they will only encounter a handful of ferocious centaurs who try to escape from the forest.

The Silver Paladins of House Tyr, Countess Andrea, Viscount Negus of Dordor and Viscount Sauron of Gombis are waiting for them.

Tempest Knight's razor-sharp aura made the ferocious centaurs shy away.

As a result, Siegfried, dressed in dragon lizard leather armor, could fight from a high place and look out over the battlefield.

Alien Beasts and Heavy Cavalry did not give the centaurs a chance to mobilize their formations, and the high-ranking knights chose to charge on foot, wielding two Mithril decapitation swords to break through the centaur cluster first, knights and alienated war beasts in pure gold armor followed, and apprentice knights, arcane warriors, and elite soldiers rode on the backs of their horses, so that they would not be left behind.

The Knights of War Beasts and the Heavy Cavalry formed a sharp formation, colliding with the centaur cluster. They were like red-hot knives slicing through butter, tearing apart the centaur team in an instant. More than 10,000 heavily armored cavalry followed the gap opened by the Knights of War Beasts and fiercely chiseled in, trying to completely disperse the dense charging formation of the centaurs, and support the large force of cavalry behind to assault.

Arrows are like locusts, javelins are like rain, the golden knight is unstoppable, and the alienated war beast is on a rampage. On the battlefield, the flesh and blood were flying, the roar of the war beast and the scream of the centaur mixed into the war music, the blood of the crown prince of Sasang was boiling, and he needed to use his fighting spirit to calm the agitated and high-spirited emotions, and he pointed with a restrained expression: "It's going well...... The centaurs' front spread outward, and they couldn't stand it. ”

“...... The success was due to the fact that the centaur commander of the golden rank deliberately avoided the edge of the golden knight. ”

A paladin with light blond hair and blue eyes smiled and said, "In a battle of this scale, the strong men on both sides should try to kill and wound the ordinary soldiers in the enemy. The centaurs are athletic and more agile than our hoplites. The High Knight didn't actually kill many centaurs. Their formation spread outwards in order to put the heavy cavalry deep into the ...... Just look, they'll close the gap and eat the hoplites who are following the Order. ”

The situation on the battlefield soon changed, the centaurs tried their best to avoid the knights and alien war beasts, and concentrated their forces to shoot the horses of the ironclad cavalry first, and some of the ferocious centaurs simply carried the fine iron mace and smashed into the cavalry's body, cutting off a torrent of ironclad armor.

The horses were shot into hedgehogs by a dense barrage of arrows, and the heavily armored cavalry fell to the ground and tripped over many of their companions. The cavalry that followed the assault of the war beasts thinned out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and they gradually lost track of the high-ranking knights.

Seeing that the heavy cavalry and the war beast knights were about to be separated, Qi Ge frowned, straightened his body sideways, and asked respectfully: "Uncle, how should those heavy armored cavalry deal with this situation?"

The paladin sighed and said, "High-ranking knights and alien war beasts must not turn back to support those backward heavy armored cavalry, otherwise they will fall into the circle of centaurs, and the centaur commanders are mixed in with ordinary centaurs, and they shoot with heavy javelins, which are as powerful as ballistas, and even extraordinary knights can't hold out for long." They had to cut through the centaur clusters, join up with the main cavalry on the east flank, and then turn back and charge. ”

“...... Heavy cavalry. ”

Speaking of this, the paladin paused and continued: "Their task is to storm into the center of the centaur cluster, lay down a tortoiseshell knife formation, build fortifications with themselves, create an obstacle for the centaurs to charge, and wait for reinforcements, and wait for the cavalry on the east and west flanks to rush into the battlefield, and then fight the centaurs closely. ”

At this time, the surviving heavy cavalry abandoned their mounts one after another, and quickly approached their companions in the face of fierce stray arrows. They were in groups of more than a dozen people, half-squatting on the ground with fine iron shields, the shields were interlocking, forming a semicircular tortoiseshell shield array, and the bright long-handled scimitar stretched out from the gap in the shield splicing. Centaurs who dare to charge with tortoiseshell knives will have their limbs cut off by the blade, and even their stomachs will be broken.

The tortoiseshell knife formations invented by the Templars and the Sassang Empire were designed to restrain the centaurs from charging in groups, creating opportunities for subsequent troops to engage the centaurs in hand-to-hand combat. However, the tortoiseshell blades could not move, and the ferocious centaurs would throw maces, knocking them out one by one. Especially the ferocious centaurs above the silver rank, who could shock all a dozen soldiers to death with just one blow. How many heavy cavalry can survive depends on the speed of the assault of the main force.

The tortoiseshell knife formation may seem simple, but the warriors who set it up need the strength of their companions and the support of the earth to resist the heavy javelins thrown by the centaurs. Almost all of the Sasang soldiers were skilled in forming tortoiseshell sword formations, but the auxiliary cavalry of the Knights of the Iron Wall and the Knights of the Swift Dragon had been trained for several months, and they were still in a hurry, either unable to gather the number of people or unable to find a place, and for a while, there were heavy casualties.

"They are truly brave......"

The paladin gave an evaluation, and suddenly said "huh" again.

Zieg followed the paladin's gaze and found that some of the auxiliary cavalry of the Swift Dragon Knights had completely abandoned the tortoiseshell sword formation and rushed directly towards the centaur. Dressed in dark red leather armor and armed with two iron scimitars, they moved as swift as apes, and they tumbled and fought under the bellies of the centaurs, their scimitars flashing with indigo light, and stabbed into the centaur's back door, bringing out a large canopy of blood and intestines. Then, taking cover with the screaming centaurs with their limbs kicking around, they turned to their next target.

Like cold and evil spirits, these red-clad warriors spread death and pain on the battlefield with great efficiency, and all centaurs they were close to were miserable.

Ziegy quietly pinched his buttocks, and heard the great knight who was responsible for protecting him say, "There can't be hundreds of agile fierce warriors in Cambys.......!

"The arcane guardian cultivated by the Kite Castle!"

The paladin's expression was grim, and he said, "These secret guardians are all finished...... Cambis didn't send the Golden Knights into battle, but they also invested a lot of money. ”

Although the red-armored warriors were fierce and brave, causing local chaos to the centaurs, their numbers were too thin compared to the centaurs, and the terrified centaur warriors were afraid of being entangled by these evil spirits, and could no longer care about accidentally injuring their companions, so they shot out like heavy arrows and spears, shooting all the red-armored warriors into hedgehogs.

However, the tenacity of the red-armored warrior exceeded the limits of human beings, and a red-armored warrior who was torn in half by the ferocious centaur actually took advantage of the opponent's carelessness and dragged the mutilated upper body to stuff the scimitar in his hand into the butt of the ferocious centaur.

Ziggy saw that his scalp was numb and muttered, "Is this still human?"

The paladin closed his half-open mouth first and forcibly explained, "This...... I've heard that the pharmacists of the Kite Castle have developed a secret medicine that allows people to ignore pain and stimulate their potential, and the more painful the warrior who takes that secret medicine, the stronger the desire to kill. This medicine ...... It still works very well on the battlefield. ”

The Jedi counterattack of the red-armored warriors bought the other cavalry time to set up the tortoiseshell sword formation, and the high-ranking knights and the War Beast Knights also cut through the centaur camp, but more than 1,000 war beast knights could not defeat more than 60,000 centaurs at once. Absorbing the damage inflicted by the tortoiseshell knife formation, they converged into a torrent under the command of the leader, and launched a cluster charge towards the cavalry on the western flank.

This change was unexpected, the main cavalry of Log City was on the east side, and the cavalry on the west side was only more than 20,000 people, and it was closer to the centaur, and the slightest mistake would wipe out the whole army.

The hammer suddenly becomes a cutting board, and that cutting board can also become a hammer.

More than 20,000 horsemen immediately blindfolded their horses with cloth towels, rolled over and landed, and then stabbed their mounts in the buttocks with daggers, causing them to gallop in the direction of the centaurs. The chaotic herd of horses bought the warriors a moment, and they quickly gathered together to lay out a tortoiseshell knife formation.

The main cavalry on the east side converged with the War Beast Knights, and under the leadership of the Golden Knights, slowly pressed towards the centaur army, and when the centaurs' bows and arrows covered the tortoiseshell knife array on the west side, the 100,000 cavalry on the east side sounded the horn of the charge.

The tremor of the earth reached Ziggy's feet, and the wave of cavalry crushed tens of thousands of centaurs into a thin band, squeezing it and drifting rapidly to the south.

"Won...... Shall we attack?" the eldest son of the Emperor asked, clutching the hilt of his sword and eagerly trying.

The paladin observed for a moment and said calmly: "Our heavy cavalry has lost at least 6,000 people, and the centaurs are probably less than 3,000 dead, and the strength of both sides is still intact." The centaurs chose to feint against the cavalry on the west flank instead of the east flank, because they understood the inability of the human cavalry to turn once they charged, so they took advantage of the natural advantage of agility and maneuver to move to the south. If they go around the flanks of the cavalry and launch a counter-charge, then the main force of our cavalry is in danger. Now is not the time to be greedy for merit......."

"Pass the order, the Rangers of the Giant Wood Forest make a detour to the east, support the 20,000 Rangers in the east, prevent the centaurs from counterattacking and force them to run all the way south!"

"But......" The eldest son of the emperor was unwilling to argue. In this battle, he didn't even kill a centaur.

"Ziggy, forcing these centaurs to the southern camp is the battle goal set by Lord Kent, not to kill and wound them as much as possible. The paladin patted his nephew on the shoulder and said, "They don't have supplies, and the more centaurs who take refuge in the southern camp, the greater the trouble they will bring, and the smaller our losses will be." As the crown prince of the empire, you have to focus on the big picture, you know?"

Siegfried lowered his head and said, "Uncle, I understand, I'm ashamed......"

The paladin smiled and said, "The Knights of the Barcelius family's Gripen haven't achieved much merit, and the centaurs they have killed have not killed as many as the arcane dead men of Combis. ”

“...... Unfortunately, all the hundreds of fearless warriors were killed. ”