When Castle led his 2,000 infantry regiments to the edge of the dense forest of the mountain pass, he could not help but be shocked by the majestic and dangerous momentum in front of him. The city wall stretches for thousands of meters on the left and right, and is about ten meters high. In order to monitor the movement outside the city, all trees within five miles of the city wall were cut down, and a large yellow earth stretched from his feet to the city wall.

Although there was a quiet situation in front of him, Castle did not forget Rimel's warning before leaving, and in order to prevent a possible attack by the enemy, he specially transferred 500 archers to the front of the army, and ordered the troops to camp on the spot as soon as they left the dense forest.

Just as Castle had set up formation and the soldiers began to set up camp, the trumpets sounded from the towers in the distance, disturbing the peace of the morning. The ensuing chaotic sound of horses' hooves struck at the hearts of every Atterbury soldier.

Although he had not yet seen any sign of the enemy, his extensive combat experience made him immediately understand that the attack was coming from the left, and he ordered his headquarters to retreat to the dense forest on the right, while the five hundred archers who had been transferred forward were right between the infantry regiment and the defenders of Bollinger Pass.

When Xu Zhixin was the first to bypass the dense forest, he was not greeted by panicked enemy troops, but by five hundred archers with bows and arrows.

At this moment, the battlefield shape is already ready to fly, and it has to be sent. More than a thousand iron horsemen running wildly can't stop no matter what, and the only thing that can stop them in this world is death.

Just as Xu Zhixin was thinking for a moment, the vanguard of more than 1,000 cavalry led by him had already entered the range of archers. Five hundred archers fired the first arrow at the same time at the command of the commander, and with the fastest speed took the second arrow from the quiver behind and put it on the bow.

For a while, the arrows were like flying locusts, and Xu Zhixin immediately found that the dozens of cavalry behind him had fallen to the ground, and the cavalry behind was still not afraid of bows and arrows, passed over the corpses of his fallen companions, and continued to rush towards the enemy's camp. During this period, Xu Zhixin held the sword in his hand, knocked off the two oncoming arrows, and continued to rush forward.

In the face of the enemy's most rapid first volley, the cavalry killed and wounded on Carol's side had already exceeded fifty cavalry, and only Xu Zhixin's cavalry in the front still rushed forward at the same speed. The cavalry behind also untied the bow and arrow behind their backs and began to fire back, but due to the need to control the war horses under the seat, the effect was not very obvious, on the contrary, another group of cavalry was shot down by the enemy.

Xu Zhixin, who rushed to the front, looked back and saw that the momentum was wrong, raised the sword in his hand, signaled to change the formation, and the original fan attack should be an arrow-shaped sprint, using himself as an arrow, which immediately reduced his own casualties.

At this moment, Castle, who was standing at the edge of the dense forest, began to signal the archers to retreat, and two infantry teams of five hundred men formed a phalanx, approaching the retreating archers, preparing to block the fierce onslaught of Carol's cavalry with a thick formation.

Xu Zhixin was the first to rush into the enemy formation with his sword, and immediately felt that he was caught in a sea of people, with enemy weapons on all sides. Decapitate two enemies and stab them with a spear. But although the man was not injured, the horse under the seat had already been shot and fell to the ground. Xu Zhixin took advantage of the situation and rolled on the spot, avoiding the attack of the enemy soldiers by the figure of the fallen war horse, and cut off the feet of two enemy soldiers at the moment of standing up. Xu Zhixin's fierce fighting style and superb martial arts made the movements of the enemies around him pause for a while, and also gave him a chance to breathe.

In fact, Xu Zhi knew very well in his confidence that he had come back from the ghost gate. Fighting on the battlefield and duel on the jousting arena are fundamentally two different things. In the jousting arena, you face an opponent who can carefully observe his opponent's moves and wait for the best opportunity, or you can use some false moves to lure the opponent into making mistakes. But on the battlefield, you are facing a flood of attacks around you, and it is impossible for your personal ability to be vividly reflected, only by seizing an opportunity to slash and kill the enemy, the ultimate goal is not to achieve victory, but to destroy them on the **.

In the martial arts arena, you can judge the strength of your opponent's moves, even if you are a master like the Second Elder, you can only attack the opponent in one place. You just need to be able to determine which of your opponent's moves is real and which sword is deadly, and you can avoid which sword. On the battlefield, even if you can judge the speed and direction of each weapon attacking you, you will not be able to completely avoid your opponent's attacks.

Because there are two, three or even more weapons that will attack you at the same time, every move, every style is an all-out effort, and there will never be a single move that is false. And you can only avoid the vital parts, but you will never be able to avoid the constant attacks of the enemy. Therefore, it is simply impossible to not get hurt on the battlefield. Throughout the ages, all military generals who have achieved great feats on the battlefield have had unbelievable life and death experiences and scarred bodies.

At the moment when Xu Zhixin fell to the ground and rolled, the vanguard of Carol's thousand-man cavalry regiment cut into the enemy formation. For a time, the shouts of the soldiers on both sides, the neighing of the war horses, and the roar caused by the horse's hooves hitting the ground became a mess and resounded over the battlefield.

At the beginning of the engagement between the two forces, the situation was clearly not in favor of Xu Zhixin's side, but as the subsequent cavalry units continued to join the battle, and Atbury had been marching rapidly for a night, the soldiers had already suffered considerable losses in both spirit and body, and the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of Carroll's side.

Originally, the whole shape of the battlefield was like a fire dragon rushing into the sea, and the sea seemed to be surrounded by the fire dragon, but its dragon head was never extinguished. And the subsequent dragon body stirred up huge waves. The infantry formation, which had been quite thick, had begun to disperse at this moment, and the cavalry on Carroll's side had already broken through the center of the phalanx, and once the entire infantry formation was cut, the Atterbury's army would definitely be scattered and scattered, and the opponent would be completely defeated.

Castle, who was at the rear of the infantry phalanx, saw that the situation was unfavorable, and personally led the remaining five hundred infantry to join the phalanx, and for a while, the two sides were in a stalemate. The original 500 archers also retreated, and were placed at the exit of the dense forest road by Castle to ensure that the retreat of the Atbury army would not be cut off.

At this moment, Xu Zhixin had already seen the opportunity to jump on a war horse, gathered with the cavalry that came behind, and took the lead in rushing to the depths of the enemy formation. At this time, he, both human and horse, was already stained with blood, like a blood god who appeared on earth from hell. Xu Zhixin couldn't tell how many times he swung the sword in his hand to cut off the enemy's head, and his entire body seemed to be completely numb. But his mind is still unusually clear, and he is beginning to understand the difference between fighting on the battlefield and duels in the arena.

Now he knew very well that as long as he cut through the thick phalanx of the enemy's infantry, it would be equivalent to crushing the enemy's fighting spirit, and thus he would also win the battle. Therefore, Xu Zhixin's "dragon head" is constantly killing behind the enemy's array, and the enemy's attack in front of him is blocked by him alone, and the companions who follow behind him help him set up attacks on both sides, so that he can focus all his attention on the front.

Because of Xu Zhixin's superb martial arts, as well as his indomitable amazing momentum. Everywhere he went, the enemy soldiers retreated like a tidal wave, and Carroll's cavalry stabbed deep into the enemy line like an awl.

By this time, the Atterbury Army had fallen into decline and defeat was assured. As soon as Castle saw the shape of the battlefield, he also understood that any further fight would only increase casualties, and there was no hope of victory, so he ordered the whole army to retreat, and he himself led the newly joined 500 infantry to desperately block Carol's iron cavalry and cover the retreat of the others. However, the retreating soldiers of their own side panicked and rushed to escape, but instead disrupted the formation behind them, and the scene was chaotic.

After observing the entire battlefield, Xu decided to lead his army to attack the enemy in a horizontal formation from the right side. This strategy paid off quickly. The entire force of the Atterbury Army was pressed to the left, and with the retreating troops from the front, the infantry formation that was originally responsible for the broken rear was squeezed on both sides and was in chaos, and the whole battle suddenly changed from an offensive and defensive battle to a bloody massacre of the Atterbury Army by Carroll's cavalry.

Seeing this, Castle was also at a loss, and ordered the archers to retreat into the depths of the dense forest, otherwise they would likely repeat the mistake of the infantry regiment that was in charge of the broken rear just now.

When the last of the Atterbury soldiers retreated into the dense forest, Xu Zhixin ordered the attack to be halted and the battlefield cleared. And when he withdrew his gaze from the direction of the retreat of the Atterbury army and turned to look at the battlefield, he could not help but be shocked by the situation before him.

The entire battlefield was covered with the corpses of both the enemy and the enemy, bows and swords could be seen everywhere, and large areas of blood soaked every inch of the battlefield. Looking at those corpses again, missing arms and legs abound, and there are many headless corpses that make Tang Xu's hair stand on end, and those severed heads roll all over the ground, with all kinds of expressions, the whole scene is simply a living Shura hell.

The battle ended with Carol winning. The Carroll side lost about 300 cavalry, while the Atterbury's casualties amounted to 70%. After knowing the situation of this battle, every general in Bollinger Pass was excited, and swept away the depressed momentum of last night. Yu Ming even threatened to wipe out the Atterbury army.

As the commander of this battle, Xu Zhixin won the first victory of his military career and took the first step in his military career. After receiving the praise of the city guard Xu Shouyi, Xu Zhixin returned to his residence to prepare for the next battle, and the belief of victory converged in his mind bit by bit. As for the future battles, Xu Zhixin was as optimistic as other generals.

And at this moment, only Xu Shouyi, the city guard, is still frowning in the entire Bollinger Pass.

Although Carroll's side took the lead in this battle, it inspired his own soldiers in terms of morale. But Xu Shouyi knew very well in his heart that the casualties of more than 1,000 people could not inflict a fatal blow on the enemy at all, compared to the entire battle, this battle was only the beginning, and the 2,000 vanguard troops might only be a small part of the Atterbury army.

How many enemies are lurking in the jungle at this moment?

What will be the next step for the enemy?

Just when Xu Shouyi was thinking about the development of the future war, his scouts brought important news. It can also be said that Xu Shouyi felt that something was wrong from the very beginning of this war, and this news finally proved his sixth sense.

The only road from Bollinger Pass to the Lo Plains was blocked by an army of unknown origin, and the scout team sent to Kefield to report the news was all killed.