Chapter 68: Holt's Death
The caravan has been unusually calm in the past few days, and the calm is a little abnormal.
Not only did I not encounter any robbers on the road, but I didn't even see a single place of people.
Although the caravan had brought enough food, anyone could sense that the atmosphere here was not right, and I was afraid that something was going to happen.
In desperation, Dick could only order a rapid advance, as long as he arrived in Kade City, everything would be very much, and the civil war had not yet broken out, would anyone dare to attack the cities in the kingdom.
Besides, Kade City is also in the hands of His Royal Highness Emperor Chen, and with the army inside and the people he brought over, this will not be so easy to be captured.
Looking at the caravan moving at high speed outside the carriage, Yi Feng helplessly shook his head at Ye Hanning and the others.
"Looks like we're in trouble again, what's the situation. ”
Nightshade frowned as well, the battle within these royal clans could probably be said to be the darkest and bloodiest.
"Are you going to stay and help them? ”
Hearing Night Shadow's words, several people in the carriage also looked at Yi Feng, as if they were waiting for his decision.
"Well, it depends on the situation, if you can, you can return a favor to Chen, after all, he helped me Xu .................."
"Whew...... Whew......"
Nightshade's face changed, and he took out his dark blade.
"Be careful, it's a strong crossbow, the military is a strong crossbow!!"
Yi Feng and the others' faces also changed, and many arrows were aimed at the carriage, but this carriage was worthy of being a comfortable nest designed by Dick for himself, even those military crossbows could not break through this luxurious carriage for a while, giving Yi Feng and the others a little precious time to react.
Pushing away the carriages a little, Yi Feng looked at the noisy and chaotic team outside, and then looked at the army that was rapidly attacking on the opposite side but the formation was not chaotic at all.
Yi Feng couldn't help but sigh slightly, maybe most of these mercenaries could beat those soldiers in a single battle, but if it really came to a large-scale team battle, the mercenaries would only fight on their own, only a few mercenary groups were better, and a small phalanx could be formed in front of them.
The Byron caravan here recruited nearly 3,000 mercenaries in addition to the guards, and only the caravan itself's nearly 1,000-strong escort team plus some miscellaneous servants remained.
Even if those miscellaneous servants are allowed to take up arms, there are only more than 4,000 people here, and they have not formed any formation at all, and they are completely fighting on their own.
On the opposite side, there are probably five or six thousand troops, and the forward is nearly two thousand cavalry troops, and I am afraid that a single shock can break up the chaotic ranks on the side of the Byron caravan.
Behind them, shield guards protect the archers, slowly advancing, ready to run over the guards and mercenaries of the Byron Chamber of Commerce who had been charged by the cavalry after the cavalry charged.
Even a three-year-old child can see the difference in strength between the two sides, or that their strength is not at the same level at all.
The rain of arrows fell on their heads, but the mercenaries couldn't organize any strong counterattacks, and occasionally a few arrows flew over and completely covered the opposite arrows in mid-air.
Yi Feng finally realized the feelings of the ogres who were bullied by himself with long-range troops, he was aggrieved and powerless, and he lost his troops before he started fighting.
And he doesn't have any formation here, it's just another copy of the battle between himself and the ogre and the troll alliance, but this time he has become on the side of the ogre and the troll.
Night Shadow looked at the cavalry that were attacking not far away, and then at the mercenaries who were in a mess and constantly trying to resist the arrows, and turned his head to look at Yi Feng.
"Now, I don't see any odds of us winning, I'm afraid it's not comparable at all.
Although he owed Chen a few favors, Yi Feng didn't want to send them to death for these few, according to the current situation, even if he used summoning diamonds to summon the soldiers of the Demon Beast, it would be useless.
These guys are not at all comparable to the well-equipped legion on the other side, and when the cavalry comes, except for some people with strong personal strength, they can still resist, and the others are probably all lambs to the slaughter.
The enemy troops only came from one side, and there was no sound from the other sides, so many mercenaries had already begun to sneak away.
Just kidding, if they just fight against bandits and bandits who outnumber them, maybe they still have the confidence to fight.
But now the people on the other side are actually equipped with military crossbows, and there is also a well-equipped cavalry team, which is obviously not a bandit, but a regular army, so why should they send them to death.
Yi Feng and the others also began to plan an escape route, if they just used teleportation to return to the base and come back, they didn't know how much time they would waste, and the terrain here was quite complicated, and it would not be too difficult for Yi Feng and the others to escape if they wanted to.
However, this carriage is located in the center of the caravan, and if you want to escape, you may have to pass through some chaotic mercenaries and guards, which is really extremely troublesome.
Just when Yi Feng and the others were still hesitating, the other party's vanguard cavalry unit had already directly attacked the ranks of the caravan, which immediately caused a wail.
In the case of this well-equipped cavalry unit, the mercenaries who stood in place and even had a very chaotic formation, as Yi Feng and the others expected, could not accept a round of cavalry impact at all, and immediately became chaotic.
The cavalrymen were not in a position to fight, and with one blow they struck again.
The command of the other side is also quite sophisticated, and if it gets caught in a melee, then the cavalry completely loses its advantage and becomes constrained.
The mercenaries, on the other hand, are not afraid at all, they are used to fighting separately, and occasionally the teamwork is only small-scale, and it is difficult to get into the elegant hall.
Looking at the mercenaries and guards who were unable to form an army in front of them, Yi Feng and the others no longer hesitated, and directly led people to break through from the east, and then went around the royal capital again.
On the other side, Holt, Dick and Puth and others are gathering together, although the Iron Bear Mercenary Group and the Holt Mercenary Group together are less than five hundred, but I have to say that the combat power of the silver-level mercenary group is really extraordinary.
They each cooperated, and with the elite escort of some caravans, their combat effectiveness was slightly higher than that of the regular army, blocking those cavalry and barely holding their positions.
However, the faces of the three of them were not very good, and they all knew in their hearts that although they had barely stabilized their positions, if the opposite cavalry team had finished dealing with the other mercenaries and guards, and then turned their heads to deal with the elite of their own team, and attacked together, I am afraid that they would be crushed here.
Holt had long since retreated, but it seemed that Dick and Puss were reluctant to break through with him, especially Dick, whose face was the most ugly now.
"Dick Branch Chief, Captain Puth, let's go quickly, leave the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood, and after a while they will clean up the other guys but there will be no one to cover our retreat, and by that time we will not be able to escape from the pursuit of these cavalry." ”
Dick's face was ugly, his teeth clenched, and he said categorically.
"No, absolutely not, you can't give anything here to that group. ”
Holt was furious in his heart, but he couldn't show it on the surface, and now the Holt mercenary group was mixed with the guards and the Iron Bear mercenary group, even if he wanted to retreat alone, unless he gave up half of his mental work.
"President Dick, think about it, if you leave Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, you can still find it sooner or later if the things are gone, Captain Pus, you also come to persuade the elder, it's too late, let's quickly lead people to retreat." ”
There was also a hint of determination in Puth's eyes, completely ignoring the sweaty Holt who was in a hurry on the side.
"No, even if you die, you have to guard this place, has Captain Holt forgotten his duties as a mercenary? ”
Holt was speechless for a moment, he really couldn't understand why Dick would rather die than give up the goods at such a time.
Forget it, even Iron Bear Puth refuses to retreat, sticking to the mercenary code, and the mercenary code when his life is gone.
They don't want to leave, and they can't take away the people of their mercenary group from this camp, can they really just give up this mercenary group that has poured half their life's hard work and escape alone, these two damn guys.
"Although the mercenary code says that we must not abandon the mission, ............ , but now the situation has changed, and the mission never says that we need to fight against the regular legions.
And if we continue to fight like this, we will all be certain to die, so it is better to escort President Dick to retreat first, and we can talk about anything later. ”
Dick's face turned pale, completely no longer the way he used to smile, but sneered and looked at Holt, who was in a hurry.
"If something goes wrong with this shipment, neither Puth nor I will want to go back alive, and do you really think they will let us get the word out about the army looting the caravan?"
Holt's face changed drastically, he thought that the army's attack this time was just a chance encounter with a greedy nobleman who came out to rob, but he didn't expect that there was another hidden story here.
If you really say that, you may still be pulled into a huge whirlpool without realizing it.
I'm afraid that there are people behind Dick and Pus who are in command, so I am afraid that there are also people behind those cavalry on the opposite side who are directing to deal with the people behind Dick and Pus.
Thinking about it, even if there is chaos in the kingdom, it is impossible for that nobleman to come out with such a huge army to block the road and rob, and he happened to meet himself and others.
"You, you're mad, brothers of the Holt Mercenary Regiment, we're .................. Ahhhhhhh
Holt looked at the greatsword that had pierced his heart in disbelief, and turned his head to look at Pus who had killed him with a sword.
"You, you're actually, you're so ruthless............"
With a hint of hideousness on his face, Puth spat on it.
"Listen to the people of the Holt mercenary group, your leader Holt wants to break the code of mercenaries, leaving his employer and fleeing alone, now I will correct him on the spot, and we will work together to fight these guys and wait for reinforcements to arrive. ”
Those Holt mercenaries looked at each other in a daze, it was normal to want to escape in this situation, but it seemed that these guys would not let themselves escape, even the head of the peak of the third order was killed, and as for the young leader Jacques, I am afraid that he would not know where he died for a long time.
As for the reinforcements, they are isolated in this place, how can they really have reinforcements to help them, and even if there are reinforcements, can the reinforcements really defeat this powerful army.
Seeing that the people of the Holt mercenary group had no fighting spirit, they looked at each other one by one, and if they continued like this, they were caught in the middle position, and I was afraid that they might not even be able to resist an impact from the opposite side.
Puss was in a hurry and shouted again.
"Think about it, how can their army stay alive, even if we escape or surrender, we are afraid that we will die, it is better to fight to the death, I promise you that reinforcements will come, and we will definitely be able to defeat each other at that time. ”
The Holt mercenaries looked at each other and clenched their swords again.
What Puth said is indeed reasonable, if these troops really refuse to let go of themselves, then how can they and others outrun other people's cavalry on two legs, and if there are really reinforcements to come, maybe they can really fight back, who knows.
Although the fighting spirit is a little low, but after all, it is also a mercenary group that has experienced a hundred battles, and the Holt mercenary group has shown their good fighting quality, and once again cooperated with the Iron Bear mercenary group and the caravan elite escort to set up a formation to meet the next round of the enemy's impact.
The mercenaries guarding the perimeter of the caravan can now be said to have suffered heavy casualties, and they were divided into several camps, and they fought with the infantry who came from the opposite side, and the cavalry was not a shock, disrupting the formation that these mercenaries had gathered with great difficulty.
The mercenaries have become the last of the crossbows, and they have simply fallen into a situation of being slaughtered, and they have no backhand power at all
Even if there were a few powerful mercenaries who occasionally counterattacked, they were quickly hacked to death in the middle with the enemy's precise cooperation.
The army has its own unique formation and method of dealing with the strong, as long as it is not a super strong person who has surpassed the third order, it is difficult to go head-to-head with a large number of troops.
Yi Feng and the others had already fled the team, but they did not flee immediately.
The surrounding terrain is not flat, and there is a side surrounded by mountains, so with the strength of everyone, there is no need to worry about not being able to escape.
The main thing is that Yi Feng is determined to stay, because he always has a feeling that this matter is definitely not accidental, I am afraid that it was His Royal Highness the prince who found out about Chen's actions and came to give Chen some warnings.
But for Chen's side, he couldn't just let his men be slaughtered and his plans ruined so easily.
Therefore, Yi Feng was here waiting for Chen's counterattack, but Yi Feng didn't help Dick and the others, so it can be said that he wished Dick died here directly, how could he help him.
The mercenaries and caravan guards were gradually scattered and killed by the cavalry, and their numbers became smaller and smaller, so far the resistance was okay except for Dick.
In other places, it can be said that there are only a few small mercenary teams that have survived until now, relying on the terrain and luck, but it is estimated that they will soon die under the swords of those armies.
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