Chapter 697: Fleeing in embarrassment
Apollo mounted his saber-toothed tiger, and the nearby cavalry roared with excitement, and just as he was about to charge with him, Jupiter shouted angrily: "What's the hurry? Don't move! ”
Apollo was dissuaded twice, and the rolling battle intent in his body already made him a little unbearable: "Big brother! They've all been knocked over by heavy crossbow shots, and now when will they not be on it? ”
"Do you know how much encouragement it would be to the brothers if they could kill their commander in this battle? These southern barbarians will collapse directly, run around like pigs, we can catch as much as we want, kill as much as we want! Then the victory will be ours! ”
Jupiter snorted and said coldly, "It's the same with heavy crossbows and shooting slowly, they have to guard the mouth of the canyon, then we will shoot until none of them can stand up." ”
Apollo said impatiently: "It's a waste of time to do this, why rely on a heavy crossbow when a round of charges can solve it?" If it drags on like this, the evacuees behind them will run out. ”
Jupiter kicked him: "You shut up Lao Tzu!" I'm the chief, I'm in charge! ”
Apollo was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but in the face of his own brother, he had no place to vent his anger, so he could only scold secretly, and slapped the saber-toothed tiger under him on the head as a vent.
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The heavy crossbow shooting continued, and the situation of Solandel and the others became more and more difficult, if the crossbow arrows were only fired from one direction, it would be better to say, the large shield in their hands would not be directly shot through by the crossbow arrows.
However, the archers of the tribal warriors were divided into two waves, one for shooting in a straight line and the other for shooting in an arc aimed at the sky, with crossbow arrows coming from directly in front and diagonally above, and the shield bearer guarding one direction, the other direction could be exposed, increasing the probability of being shot.
In the face of this rain of arrows, the soldiers could only curl up under the shield as much as possible, the sound of crossbow arrows hitting the shield was endless, and many crossbow arrows fell beside them, only a few centimeters away from the edge of their bodies, bringing a very large psychological burden.
Many of the soldiers had closed their eyes as they curled up, muttering things like "God bless me" and their bodies trembling.
Joshua, who had a heart-to-heart talk with Solandale last night, was also in the formation, as he himself said, he was very timid, and the reason why he was standing here now was to muster up the courage to prove himself as Solandale said.
However, war is not child's play, let alone this situation of life and death, in front of the crossbow arrows in the sky, Joshua's lips were already white with fright, and his nerves were tense as if they would be broken at any time.
At that moment, a crossbow arrow grazed against the edge of the shield, just skimming his arm, and the sharp arrow tore off a piece of flesh directly, leaving a bloody streak.
"Ah!!h The intense pain became the last straw that crushed Joshua, and the color of fear and panic appeared in his eyes like a burst, Just at this time, the tribal warriors were filling, and there was a brief shooting vacuum, he directly threw away his shield, and fled backwards in embarrassment, "I'm going to die... It's going to die... Let me go back!! ”
Solandale's face changed dramatically when she heard the voice, and she hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Come back!" Don't move!!! ”
However, Solandale shouted late, even if he didn't shout late, for a person whose psychological defense line was defeated, he didn't dare to shout anything.
The shield wall formation was originally a very close distance between the soldiers, supporting each other, supporting each other, and coping with the impact together, Joshua escaped, there was a gap in the formation not to mention for the time being, he implicated other soldiers when he squeezed back, and became a stumbling block for his companions.
"Fuck off! Don't squeeze around! The squeezed soldier was unable to stabilize his body for a moment, and staggered and fell to the ground, which tripped over his other companions, causing many to lose their center of gravity and fall one after another, howling and cursing one after another.
"Come back! You coward! Coward!!! Solandelle, who had always been docile, turned blue with anger and scolded Joshua's back.
However, Solandelle's angry scolding was no longer salvageable, and Joshua panicked and squeezed out of the crowd and fled backwards, a move that not only destroyed the shield wall formation, but also drove the little remaining morale into a trough.
The most terrible part of group sentiment is here, if everyone can hold on, then it can hold on forever, but once one person collapses, it will collapse with the collective.
Joshua's escape broke the hearts of many soldiers, especially the next round of heavy crossbow salvos was coming, no one wanted to stay here and wait for death, more and more people threw away their armor and fled backwards in a panic, and the whole formation had turned into scattered sand.
"Come back! All back!! Solandale was so anxious that she sweated on her forehead and shouted out her throat, but just a few shouts could not restore the collapsed morale, and she could only watch more and more people flee in disarray...
The last line of defense against the clan warriors collapsed, and the weakest rear flank of the entire evacuated force was exposed to the enemy...
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In the distance, Apollo saw that the enemy's morale was crumbling, the formation was completely loose, and the battle instinct made his fighting spirit roll in his body, and the blood seemed to be burning, he directly grabbed the reins and shouted at the saber-toothed tiger cavalry who were also shouting fiercely: "Assemble!" Concentrate! ”
Jupiter's face changed, and he hurriedly grabbed his reins and asked, "What are you doing?!" ”
Apollo pointed to the collapsing enemy formation in the distance, and his eyes seemed to burn: "Do you see, my stupid brother! The enemy has collapsed! Break through here in one go, kill them all, and we can go all the way south to break through the Cold Valley, take the royal city, and help you be crowned king! ”
Apollo raised his heavy sword and let out a fanatical battle cry: "For the great king of the north, follow me!! ”
Apollo broke Jupiter's hand, rode in the dust, and took the lead in the charge, and the saber-toothed tiger cavalry behind him had long been unable to hold back their fighting intentions, and the sound of wild shouts was like thunder, and the tiger roared everywhere, and more than 1,000 saber-toothed tiger cavalry followed Apollo to launch an earth-shattering charge.
"Wait! Apollo! Jupiter wanted to stop the people, but no matter how loud his voice was, it was already drowned out by the war cries and tiger roars, and it could not be transmitted at all, nor could he stop these warriors who were already boiling with blood.
And although Jupiter is a chieftain, these saber-toothed tiger cavalry were all brought out by Apollo, and they are really hot-blooded, and his words really don't work for Apollo.
"Roar! Roar! Roar-" Apollo, who rushed to the front, wantonly vented his fighting spirit, imitating the tiger roar of a saber-toothed tiger in his throat, his face was as hideous as a demon, and he soon led the overwhelming saber-toothed tiger cavalry to the mouth of the canyon.
There were fierce tigers rushing everywhere in sight, almost all the soldiers in the rear fled, Solandelle's face was no longer bloody, and her blue eyes showed a thick panic, and even her body began to tremble...