The battle with the cavalry detachment of the Fifth Division was the most tragic battle since Chang Le's troops were formed.

Obviously, everything was developing according to Chang Le's expectations, but the other party fell into the trick and failed to exert the impact of the cavalry, so he led the soldiers into the queue and launched a surprise attack from the close range.

But the result was unexpected, and the battle was extremely hard.

Cavalry is not something that anyone can do, it has been selected at various levels, and it belongs to the elite of the army. And they were in a state of imminent battle at that time, unlike the half-asleep infantry in the camp before, as soon as the battle broke out, they immediately shouted and waved their swords to meet them.

The cavalry slashed condescendingly from horseback, naturally gaining the upper hand, and was skillful in swordsmanship, and his moves were steady and accurate.

The untouchable warriors have high morale, but they have not yet received military training, they have little strength, and the way they swing their swords is like chopping vegetables, they can only cut straight up and down, and they do not know how to use physical strength such as twisting their shoulders and turning their bodies.

The enemy was a heavy cavalryman, with a steel cuirass on the upper body, iron hoop chain mail and steel plate riding boots on both legs, and thick leather armor on the chest and face of the horses. With such a strong defense, the Dalit warriors had no way to take them.

Many of the untouchables were forced to hug the cavalry's legs, and several men pulled each other off their horses and rolled on the ground in hand-to-hand combat in order to find vital points such as throats.

However, one side is a strong professional soldier, and the other side is a pariahs who have been poorly nourished since childhood, and there is no suspense about the outcome of hand-to-hand combat.

If nothing else interfered, the battle would have ended in a complete victory for the cavalry.

But Chang Le also has orcs under him, and the Japanese orcs are very strong both men and women, even if they can't compare to human cultivators, at least they are enough to overwhelm these cavalrymen in front of them, they are not good at using swords, and they have always held wooden sticks that they made themselves in the forest.

The thick stick at the mouth of the bowl was nearly 100 kilograms, which just restrained the heavy armored cavalry, and slashed head-on, whether the cavalry blocked or parried, the result was the same, and the people and shields fell off their horses together.

Several adult orcs roared and galloped side by side, the big stick "banging", "plowing" a road on the battlefield.

Istera's army of goblins also joined the battle, and these fierce monsters were born to kill, with metal skins and claws that surpassed the armor and weapons of cavalry.

The most ferocious was Chang Le, who did not give orders calmly this time, but took the lead, urging the Dire to gallop forward and enter the cavalry queue from the moment he gave the order to "do it".

The dying screams of the untouchable warriors made him angry, and the blood in his body instantly surged to his head, his eyes were red, and he could no longer care about the feelings of his fellow guards, and every time he swung the sword in his hand, a head fell to the ground.

The stainless steel plate armor was as soft as butter under Changle's sword, and ordinary cavalry was like a chicken meeting an eagle in front of him, with no power to fight back or room to escape.

In addition to Blue Moon protecting women and children on the side, Chang Le's several powerful soul servants all participated in the battle.

So in just ten minutes, the roars, roars, screams and groans on the battlefield gradually subsided, except for some ownerless horses scurrying around, and the fierce action scenes came to a standstill.

One hundred cavalrymen and three officers were wiped out, more than 30 untouchables were killed or wounded, and only two orcs were wounded.

The surviving untouchable warriors refused to give up, gritting their teeth and carrying their swords on the battlefield strewn with corpses, and when they saw enemy soldiers still gasping or crawling, they put a sword at the neck, which was also regarded as revenge for the death of their comrades.

Chang Le immediately began to treat the wounded, holding the Phantom Feather Heavenly Dew in his hand and pouring it into his subordinates who had not yet lost their breath.

Despite the peerless elixir in hand, only a dozen of the more than thirty people were rescued, and the rest were all killed, and there were only about seventy of the nearly 100 untouchable warriors left.

Chang Le called Blue Moon and, according to the old custom, took a scroll to write down the names and addresses of the dead, so that they could pay bereavement benefits to their families in the future.

But these untouchables were all prisoners in prisons, and they lacked understanding of each other, and many of their bodies were unrecognized, so they died nameless.

The goblins of the "best sappers" quickly dug a big pit, and when everyone carried the corpses into the pit for burial, Changle bowed his head and said nothing.

Instead, his subordinates came to comfort him, saying that if it wasn't for General Changle's rescue, everyone would have been hunted like rabbits, and these dead companions had gained freedom and dignity during their lifetimes, and died fighting to defend freedom, and it was worth dying!

This is the high morale, and it is also the effect of Changle's generous speech in the mountains.

But Chang Le is still in a heavy mood, the weight of casualties is unexpected, and it is reasonable, it is not so easy to build a strong army.

The "steel torrent and enemy hedging" he envisioned was not the right way to fight, at least in the short term, and he had to find a more suitable tactic for his subordinates.

Chang Le looked at the respectful eyes of his subordinates, and the young and resolute faces, and couldn't help but think a little sadly, how many of them could live to see the true light?

After the body is buried, not only should no graves be left, but the ground must be leveled, and plants and dry soil must be moved to cover it, so that the pursuing guards will not exhum the body to vent their anger.

As for the enemy's war dead, they were all stripped of their equipment and moved to a neat array a few hundred meters away, leaving them for official collection. Swords, armor, and horses became trophies of the Toraku troops.

Before leaving, Chang Le gathered everyone and saluted and said goodbye to his comrades who died in battle.

Then the whole army converted the captured horses into cavalry and began to withdraw quickly, in order to get rid of the tracking of the 5th Guards Division.

Almost none of the untouchables knew how to ride, and Chang Le explained the essentials as concisely as possible, so that everyone could learn to sit on it first, so that the horse would not fall off when walking, and the skills of controlling the reins and galloping would be practiced as they walked.

Dire has grown into a level 8 beast in the beast soul space, several times stronger than ordinary horses, so those military horses are very in awe of it, and after the Dire neighs around the horses, it leads them to start moving forward, and there is no need for the untouchables to control it for the time being.

Because everyone struggled to sit firmly on the horse, heavy things like cuirasses could not be worn, and shields could not be held, all of them were included in the beast soul space by Chang Le, and the troops became complete light cavalry.

As for the women and children who really couldn't ride horses, as well as the timid and scared Uncle Zhaoxiang and others, there was a baggage carriage pulled by Blue Moon from the camp, and it happened to be full.

After walking more than ten kilometers, Changle and Istella have reached the moment of separation.

The queen is tasked with leading her subordinates in camouflage operations, removing hoof prints and ruts from the Joraku team, and then returning to the Underground Kingdom on her own.

Istella would love to follow Changle all the time, but the kingdom can't live without her, goblins have limited intelligence, and the queen is the brain of the whole group.

Chang Le also suggested that the queen should move the kingdom north, close to her garrison location, and take care of each other.

However, the queen is full of concerns, not to mention the time and effort to re-excavate an underground kingdom, just because the goblin society is similar to ants, the territory cannot be easily moved, and other goblin kingdoms will see it as a serious challenge, and they will fight against the invaders endlessly.

Moreover, in the Devil's Forest, there is also a very feared existence of Istella, and the goblin tribes have been passed down from generation to generation, and there is an ancient goblin queen there!

Hearing this legend, Chang Le suddenly had a strange thought, in the Devil's Forest, the ancient ruins he possessed, it was also an extremely large underground city, no matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like a human being could build it, could it be that the work of the empress?

Where is the Empress? Is the statue of the "Great Demon Venerable" at the bottom of the ruins related to the Empress? Could the inaccessible places in the ruins hide the Empress's secrets?

After saying goodbye to Istella and agreeing to visit her often in the future, Changle led the team to continue the march towards the Devil's Forest, and his curiosity became even stronger.

The reason why he chose to march into the Devil's Forest was very simple, it was very remote, it did not belong to the fiefdom of any nobles, it was rich in food, it could be attacked and defended, and it was not only possible to evacuate the imperial border to the north, but also to enter the ancient ruins for a while when it was necessary.

The ruins are under the protection of the enchantment, and even the masters of the Battle Sect cannot detect and invade, and Chang Le is the only one in the world who has the right to enter the site, and it is absolutely safe inside.

However, no matter how safe it is, you must be able to get there safely.

Although the pursuers were led away by the suspicious array of Istella, the entire Havilland Plain was highly developed, full of fields and peasants, and when the sun rose, Changle's team was exposed in broad daylight, and every witness would report it to the noble lords.

The noble fief is sacrosanct, even if the royal guards cross the border, they must greet the nobles, otherwise it will also be regarded as an invasion.

Changle is such a "guest army" on a rampage, of course, it will not be calm.

From the morning onwards, scout cavalry had been in the vicinity, staring at them from a short distance.

At more than ten o'clock in the morning, the private army of the nobles began to appear one after another, looking at the flag and family emblem, it can be seen that it is usually an earl or viscount, with his own troops, and then gather a few vassal small nobles, patchwork, less than 100 people, more than 4 or 500 people.

The reason for such a small number was that the nobles did not have time to mobilize the peasants in the fiefdom and only brought a standing army, so although they were hostile, they did not dare to attack rashly.

If Changle's men and horses looked weaker, and there were a few more accompanying carriages, which seemed to be a little more oily and watery, it is estimated that they would have made a move a long time ago.

Changle also camouflaged the troops, taking off the Guards uniforms and changing back into brown striped combat uniforms, covered with gray chain mail.

All of them lowered their nose guards to cover the most visible parts of the untouchables, while the orcs in the team were tied to ropes and pretended to be captured slaves.

For such a force, even if the nobles heard about the "orc attack on the guards" last night, it would be difficult to associate them with it, and once there was no consideration of the general righteousness, the rest would be purely a calculation of profit and loss.

Chang Le hoped that the well water would not interfere with the river water, and led the team out of the Havilland Plains first.

However, the people who didn't want to come finally still had to come, and near noon, a private army of about 300 nobles came to Changle early to block the road, with bright armor and murderous spirit, and two officers came in a saddle, apparently preparing for pre-war negotiations.

And the other party dared to launch an offensive, relying not only on the fact that the strength was three times that of Chang Le, but also on the heavy cavalry in front of their queue, the "weight" of the cavalry, Chang Le was dumbfounded.

The heavy cavalry of the Royal Guard is a combination of cuirass and chain mail, with a total of about 50 kilograms of armor on the whole body, as an ordinary person who has not cultivated his fighting spirit, as long as he is strong enough, he can also get on and off his horse on his own, and he can also fight on foot.

And the heavy cavalry under the command of this nobleman turned out to be covered in plate heavy armor, no less than 200 kilograms, and he was like a mobile fortress.

Although such cavalry has super strong defense, it is difficult to even get on the horse, and several soldiers are required to get up from the pusher, and once they fall off the horse, they can neither fight nor escape, they can only lie down and wait for death.

In the same way, the poor horse was carrying such a big iron lump, and he had to put on a vest, and it was so hard to walk his legs, that he would collapse after a few hundred meters.

Such a heavy full-body armor is not used by the cavalry of the Royal Guard, and Chang Le only wears it in the academy during the weight-bearing marching assessment, and that time Fanny fell down as soon as she took a step, crying and crying and not being able to get up.

Due to the exquisite materials and workmanship, as well as the delicate joint design, this kind of full-body armor is very expensive, and the usual maintenance costs and manpower consumed are luxurious.

It seems that the richness of the Havilland Plains is worthy of its name, so that the nobles can afford to raise such heavy horses.

But watching the other party's twenty heavy cavalry slowly advance, lined up in a single row in front of the infantry phalanx, and the five-meter war spear in his hand pointed straight to the sky, Chang Le couldn't help but want to laugh.

The opposing commander seems to be very knowledgeable, arranging tactics in an orderly manner, planning to send heavy cavalry to charge the formation first, and wait for the infantry to attack when the enemy army is in confusion, and the infantry phalanx is also very particular, the spearmen are in front of the cavalry, the swordsmen are in charge of fighting, and there is a row of longbowmen at the end of the line.

Chang Le glanced back, deliberately rubbed his eyes, and after repeated confirmation, his troops were indeed light cavalry, genuine light cavalry!

Actually using heavy cavalry to impact light cavalry? Chang Le couldn't help it, and finally laughed.

The enemy's equipment is luxurious, the commander's mind is rigid, and it seems that the soldier's combat effectiveness may not be strong.

Well, since the big guy wants to fight, Chang Le decided to accept this big gift, at least the whole body armor can sell a lot of gold coins.

Fight to the scouts around you, and warn the rest of the nobles with a hearty victory:

"If you don't want to be unlucky, don't come to provoke this team of unknown origin!"

Thinking of this, Chang Le gestured to Blue Moon.

A Meizu girl in silver armor stepped out of the ranks, and the two of them saddled up and greeted the two commanders of the enemy army.