Fifth Preface. Chapter XII. Scarlet Red Ride
On the afternoon of April, the sky is always unexpectedly clear, and today I took Garde and dozens of guards to the outer city wall of [Bad Madburg] to inspect and inspect the defense deployment. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Hello Chief Dust. "The guards on the walls recognized me and saluted me.
"The sky is so nice today. I said, looking at the sky.
"Yes, the wind in the distance must be not small, and the wind and sand are rolling. Garder said.
"What? Wind and dust...... How? How can it be. I looked into the distance questioningly.
"Wait a minute, something is wrong, this wind and sand is man-made, ...... Hurry up and inform the city lord, Lin Wen, and the troops on duty to defend the city today. I said, looking into the distance.
"What's going on, boss? Isn't this just a wind and sand, maybe it's a friendly neighbor army who came in a hurry. Garder said.
"No, there must be a problem, the wind and sand spread in a straight line, it must be a cavalry desperately rushing towards us, such a big wind and dust on the plateau must be riding very quickly, there is a problem. I said.
"Okay, I'm going to call someone. Garde panicked and went with someone to inform him.
I hurried to the top of the city wall and watched the movement in the distance.
Judging by the speed of movement, it took less than ten minutes to reach the moat, and when there the cavalry had to stop and cross the bridge, so that they could find out.
The smoke cleared a little, and I could faintly see something wrong from the heights.
In the reflection of the sun, I saw that where there was no smoke and dust, marching were knights in silver armor, and behind them were cavalrymen in shining red armor.
It's not good, the red-armored cavalry is very likely to be the cavalry of the undead race, and the soldiers of the Dragon Clan in Bama wear red armor every day, and the one wearing silver armor may be the [Cross Knight] who went out to the border to investigate a few days ago.
"Brother Jedichen, what's the matter? Why did you send a herald to me in such a hurry just now? "It turns out that it is Joseph from the Bulong era who is on duty today.
"Let's give the order to evacuate civilians into the city, you look at the situation in the distance, there is a high probability of fighting, you must not be vigilant, and how many soldiers do you have on duty today?" I asked.
"It really happens that counting two reconnaissance groups, ten guard squads, and two emergency response wings, a total of more than 2,300 people are soldiers with shields. Joseph said.
"Send the top of the city to the bridge in the moat, now I can't figure out whether this group of soldiers is friend or foe, it is safer to block them to the bridge in the moat first. I said.
"That makes sense, come on, organize the troops, bring your shields and follow Chief Dusty and me to the mouth of the moat. Joseph shouted.
More than 2,300 soldiers hurriedly followed me out of the city with shields.
"To be honest, if we encounter the enemy, we really don't have much confidence in defending the bridge. Joseph said.
"You can't beat me and let such a large array of cavalry rush to the door, right?" I said.
"It does make sense. Joseph said.
Immediately after that, there was no communication, only the rapid march of the troops.
"Array. "Joseph is worthy of the age of the dragon, his foot strength is comparable to that of a cavalryman, don't look at his huge physique, but his well-developed muscles can move forward several meters with each bounce.
Rows of soldiers raised their shields and immediately formed a defensive formation, but unfortunately the wooden trough had not had time to move over.
Finally, we saw the cavalry coming in the distance, and it turned out to be the [Cross Knight].
"Hey, what a false alarm. Juechen, you're so nervous. As soon as Joseph relaxed, he couldn't think about it, and the next second his heart was in his throat.
There were less than two or three hundred cavalry left, and before they could reach the bridge, they were killed by the spears that flew by.
"Juechen, what's the situation, the enemy... What is the origin of the enemy?" said Joseph exclaimed.
"[Scarlet Red Cavalry] Light armored infantry, moving very fast, holding weapons is generally spears, and there will be two kinds of short spears on their bodies for throwing. They are usually only sent out for reconnaissance and pursuit of fleeing enemies. This time, it is estimated that it was an investigation. I shouted.
Dozens of our [Cross Riders] finally came to the bridge.
"Release, open formation. Joseph shouted.
Immediately, a gap was made in the shield array, and the cavalry that was about to rush through could pass through.
However, I saw that two horsemen, when they had just reached the bridge, were stabbed by spears and overturned, and the two of them limped towards the bridge.
A red horse came behind the two people, just at this critical moment.
I rushed over with a vertical leap and slashed the cavalryman off his horse with my sword.
"Thank you...... Thank... Thank you. The two of them had little strength to speak.
I took a look, and it was the captain of this cavalry team who had fallen off his horse, and he had been standing at the back of the troops, and had assassinated several bloody horsemen with a backshot, and for that alone he was a respectable captain.
Looking back in front of me, there were already dozens of blood riders rushing towards me, looking at the momentum to rush across the bridge.
I recited the incantation, and the wind necklace also reacted, and immediately a strange wind blew at the mouth of the bridge, and the wind and dust blew in the direction of the blood horse, and the dust flew backwards, and then I saw the faces of this group of people clearly, a group of people wearing blood-red helmets, wearing leather armor, and holding spears, really as described in the book, it can be said that they are like a group of nomadic soldiers.
When this group of knights was about to rush in front of me, they were suddenly blocked by the [Wind Barrier], and although dozens of people were already rushing in front of me, the wind was too strong, and they were still blown off their horses and fell heavily to the ground.
"Quick, realign, my enchantment won't last more than a few tens of seconds. "I turned around and ran towards the shield.
When I was halfway through the bridge, several Blood Riders from behind rushed over and broke through my barrier wind with a sea of people.
Fortunately, I gave the instructions early, and Joseph and the others had already lined up the formation. Rows of shields and spears formed the [Horse Rejection Array].
However, the actions of the undead blood riders surprised everyone present, and the few knights in their vanguard collided with each other regardless of whether they were dead or alive, and dozens of horses crashed into the shield array and died instantly.
"Cerf!! don't mess up, our reinforcements are coming soon, hold on. I shouted.
In fact, I said this also to stabilize morale, just now the charge of the immortal blood horse really scared our people, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of the enemy, you are afraid of fighting hard, and it is really heart-wrenching to fight against a group of people who do not want to die.
"The people on the left and right flanks will close the formation a little, the people in the forward formation will be stacked with one more layer, and a team of people will come behind to stand on top, and it will be strengthened and stabilized. Joseph said.
I glanced at the infantry defending the front of the [Bulong Era], and all of them were strong and strong, with big shoulders and round waists, which made me feel a little safe.
At this moment, the army of blood cavalry rushed over, and as far as the eye could see, there were as few as three thousand horsemen and as many as more than five thousand.
I swallowed, pulled out my knife and looked at them tremblingly.
With such an imbalance in proportion, the victory or defeat of this battle will be tragic.