"Take a break. General Orlando rode on his horse and gave a faint order. Although Orlando's heart longed to fly back to the imperial capital with wings like an angel, he always showed composure on the surface, and during the two days of galloping back, Orlando's calm expression also infected everyone who accompanied him.

"The general has an order, rest in place!" several heralds loudly conveyed Orlando's order in different directions, and a few minutes later, the knights, who had been slightly loose because of the gallop, gathered together, and dismounted and rested with Orlando as the center, and now that it was getting dark, it was indeed time to rest.

A squad of 50 knights, led by their squad leader, scattered far away, as a temporary scout to keep watch, while the other knights stuck their war guns in their hands on the ground, jumped off their beloved war horses, moved their bodies, and then took out the pocket containing the forage from the storage pocket on their bodies, the forage had been prepared for a long time, and there were two ropes on the forage pocket, which were just put on the ears of the horses, and the horses' mouths were in the pockets, so that they could easily chew the grass inside。

The Royal Knights, all composed of holy knights, should have belonged to the army of heavy cavalry, although the heavy cavalry was extremely sharp in attack when charging, but its weakness was also very obvious, the heavy cavalry was wearing thick armor both men and horses, basically only the knight's face and the four hooves of the war horse would leak outside, which is also the reason why the heavy cavalry was difficult to shake, because ordinary weapons could not hurt them at all.

However, in this way, the horses not only carry more weight, but also must sprint with all their strength in order to ensure the impact force, and the time of fighting on the battlefield cannot last at all, and the men and horses are all heavily armoured, and if they are not in the help of the subordinates, they are not even afraid of the horses, and it is impossible to climb down independently after the battle.

For every hoplite, there are usually two servants who manage and maintain their armor and weapons, assist him in putting on and taking off his armor, and hoist the knight on a sling to his horse, and then hang it down after battle, because they can't even twist their bodies because of the heavy armor. In addition, there will be at least one groom to raise the horses with weight, and if it is a long-distance battle, most of them will be accompanied by two coachmen who will drive the wagon to provide supplies.

In this way, 1,000 heavy cavalry must have almost 5,000 logistics to ensure that they can fight normally, and there must be light cavalry to guard from afar, otherwise the combat effectiveness of heavy cavalry without armor is not as good as that of an ordinary scout.

However, the Royal Knights have not had such troubles since the day they were founded, and there are three very important reasons, the first of which is that all the knights of the Royal Knights are holy knights, and the holy knights are not ordinary knights, they not only have to undergo the strict training of knights, but also receive the blessings of the gods of light in their hearts, so the members of the Royal Knights are far more than ordinary heavy knights in terms of personal quality.

The second is on the equipment of these knights, in order to reduce their burden, each knight has a set of special equipment, and the armor they and the horses wear is made of gold mixed with mythril, mixed with a certain proportion of steel, carefully crafted by special craftsmen, which can be said to be priceless.

Gold is soft, while steel is extremely hard, and it can't be mixed, but after mixing with Mithril, under the careful design of those magicians, the armor made of it has a golden appearance, extremely gorgeous, and the armor is soft, and the weight is greatly reduced, a person can wear it as easily as wearing ordinary clothes, and at the same time, this armor is also quite strong, even if it is attached to the armor, it cannot be damaged with ordinary axes and swords.

With such equipment, the Royal Knights can get rid of the logisticians and other logistics personnel that ordinary heavy knights must equip, and with the full support of the Magic Guild, each Royal Knight has a storage pocket, which is enough to carry 10 days of rations for men and horses, which is also Orlando's biggest reliance on the surprise attack on Senat that day, the latter thought that it would take time for the Royal Knight to attack even if it was a sortie, but Orlando suddenly appeared outside his Seke City, and also cut off the supply line of Seke City, but was defeated by the Royal Knights led by Orlando in a battle.

This third reason is also the basis for Orlando to defeat the Senate rebels in a battle that day, that is, the Holy Knights, who have been blessed by the God of Light, can attack with the mentality of "hatred and hatred" under the leadership of the defeated believers. When the "Hatred of the Enemy" is launched, all the members of the entire Royal Knights will connect themselves with the leader who is a believer in the God of War, and even if they suffer great personal damage, they will share it with everyone through the coordinated defense effect of the "Hatred of the Enemy", so that the fatal blow becomes as negligible as a breeze.

It was with this that Orlando relied on this to force the attack on Senate's hoplite phalanx, and when he was about to make a handover with the hoplite phalanx, he suddenly turned and increased his speed, and broke through the opponent's phalanx from the flank, causing great chaos, and was able to do this at a gallop, also because when he was angry with the enemy, all the members were already in touch with Orlando, so he could command like an arm. After the first blow was hit, Orlando kept adjusting the direction and angle of the knight's charge, forcing Senate's army to rout, thus winning the final victory.

At that time, such a powerful royal knight also had its fatal shortcomings, that is, the number of people could not exceed 10,000, on the one hand, the armor was extremely expensive, and a large number of magicians had to be made, and now the empire could not make it again, speaking of which, these armors were still the founder of the empire, Fernando I, in ** With the help of Shi Melen, more than 200 high-level enchanters were gathered, and with the power of the entire empire, it took many years to slowly make it, and there were 10,000 sets of equipment handed down at that time, and in 200 years, the Royal Knights have experienced countless battles, and there will always be some damage, and the number can only become smaller and smaller.

In addition, if you want to become a holy knight, you must obtain the blessing and approval of the gods, this is a very high threshold, the Royal Knights train thousands of people every year, and there are only a few dozen people who can take that step, and there are rarely more than a hundred, even if ordinary knights join the camp of the charge, it is impossible to integrate with the entire team, even if it is a holy knight, there will be a situation where they cannot integrate into the team and die in battle.

So although the current Royal Knights are still 10,000 people in terms of quotas, there are only more than 5,000 people who can really charge under the leadership of Orlando, and Orlando brought 4,000 of them this time, and also selected 1,000 people from those apprentice holy knights to feel the war.

Orlando suddenly woke up from his contemplation, because the shouts of his subordinates were heard in the distance: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!", without waiting for Orlando to order, the knights who had already rested a little have tidied up themselves and their horses, turned over and rode on the horses, but in 3 minutes, the whole team entered the battle state.

Orlando was riding on his horse, he looked at the direction where the sound came from, the two knights were desperately urging the horses to sit down and run towards the large army, and the sound of dense horse hooves was heard in the distance, and Orlando, who had experienced a hundred battles, knew that the number of enemies was no less than 10,000.

Orlando's heart moved, and an ominous thought poured into his heart, in the area controlled by the empire, there are only Clay tribes who can appear with more than 10,000 cavalry troops, can it be

The answer was soon revealed, and the cavalry from afar had confirmed Orlando's suspicions, those cavalrymen had no armor at all, but only a single coat, and from their dress and the scimitars in their hands, they were the Clay people who lived in the grasslands of South Talem, who lived by herding and hunting, and were born to be good at riding and archery.

The 500 Holy Knights had consciously formed a charging formation, and Orlando shouted and asked: "The Imperial Royal Knights are here, and the cavalry from afar should immediately stop advancing and report their identity, otherwise it will be regarded as an attack!"

The cavalry simply ignored Orlando's words, and many of them had removed their bows from their backs and drawn their arrows from their quivers. When the cavalry of the Clay tribe approached 300 meters from the Royal Knights, they suddenly dispersed, forming a rather loose formation, and began to draw their bows and shoot arrows without hesitation.

For a while, the dense feathered arrows were all over the sky, and Orlando saw that the other party had begun to attack, so he gave the order to fight, and almost at the same time, all the knights put down the masks on their helmets, and all 500 knights were wrapped in golden armor.

Orlando knew that the light cavalry of the Clay tribe was extremely fast, but hand-to-hand combat could not be their opponent at all, what they were best at was to weaken the opponent with bows and arrows in motion, and then seize the opportunity of the enemy's exhaustion to annihilate them in one fell swoop, and the royal knights must rush forward if they want to win, otherwise they can only become a live target for their opponents.

Orlando had made up his mind, and he raised his three-meter-long war gun in the air.

"Glory!" the 500 holy knights shouted in unison, and they all raised their war spears in their hands, and a dense steel forest suddenly appeared in the flat field. At this moment, the feathered arrows fired by the Clay light cavalry mercilessly slammed into the bodies of these knights and the horses under them, but they were unable to shoot through the sturdy armor at all, and they all fell to the ground.

Orlando laid his spear flat, only to hear the sound of "Boom!", and the 500 Holy Knights also lowered their spears together, the sharp tips of which glowed coldly in the bright moonlight. The next moment, as Orlando rode first, 500 holy knights followed their commander without hesitation, launching a terrifying assault.