Chapter 57: The Way Home (2)

Orlando leads the way. Running towards the Clay cavalry group 300 meters away, the heavy cavalry launched a charge, first adjusting the distance to allow the horses to reach maximum speed from stationary state, and then maintaining this speed to crash into the opponent's position for maximum damage. As a very experienced commander, Orlando naturally does not rush at full speed at the beginning, he does not hurry to pick up his beloved war horse under the seat, let the horse step on small steps, and maintain a not very fast forward speed.

In the distance, the feathered arrows fired by the Clay cavalry flew towards Orlando like rain, and after hitting Orlando's golden armor, they were bounced off and fell to the ground, while Orlando walked through the dense rain of arrows as if he were walking in the drizzle of his own back garden.

Behind Orlando, the 500 Holy Knights did exactly the same as Orlando, and the dull and chaotic sound of horses' hooves came and went, and then these voices slowly merged. By the time the entire royal knight had advanced about 50 meters, all the horses under the Holy Knight's seat had taken the same steps as the one Orlando was riding, and the chaotic sound of horses' hooves was gone, replaced by a neat, rhythmic rhythm, like the snare drums beating in the infantry phalanx as it advanced.

If it weren't for hearing it with their own ears, no one would have believed that a full 500 war horses could do this while running, not even the Clay herdsmen who had ridden on horseback all their lives.

The sound of horses' hooves grew louder and louder, and it drew closer and closer to the Klee warriors. Originally, those Clay warriors didn't take Orlando very seriously, because the difference in numbers between the two sides was too big, 500 to 10,000, as long as the commander with a normal mind was afraid that he would flee at the first time, or leave a small number of troops to cover the withdrawal of the large army, but Orlando actually launched a charge without hesitation.

The leader of the more than 10,000 Clay light cavalry showed a look of contempt on his face, and he whispered: "Hey, the claim to be undefeated, is it really blown out of his mouth?"

However, although the cavalry leader said so, his eyes were still carefully looking at the Orlando who were charging over, because according to the charging process of the heavy cavalry, they would jog at the beginning, and then gradually accelerate, generally about 200 meters away from the target, the speed would be increased to the highest point, so through the 200-meter full-speed sprint, forcibly assault the opponent's formation, and what the cavalry leader had to do was to take his cavalry, always keep a distance of about 200 meters from those knights, shoot while running, and wait until these knights are exhausted, which is when they counterattack。

After Orlando's 500 Holy Knights had fully integrated into their own rhythm, they began to manipulate their horses to accelerate, and the charging formation formed by the entire Holy Knights under the leadership of Orlando gradually turned into a sharp triangle, and at the front of this triangle was Orlando himself, who was holding a war spear.

Orlando, who was running fast, suddenly appeared a golden halo, this golden halo was relatively thin at the beginning, just floating in Orlando's trial, but as the speed of the war horse under Orlando's seat accelerated, this golden halo became brighter and brighter, and became thicker and thicker, and finally became a pillar of light rising into the sky.

After flying high, the golden pillar of light splashed in all directions like a fountain, and sprinkled down, sprinkling all the Holy Knights behind Orlando, and each of the Holy Knights who was bathed in a golden halo also emitted a bright halo, and kept flickering. When all the Holy Knights were enveloped in this golden yellow, the light that was originally just a bright golden yellow flickered sharply, and the light became more and more intense, and finally turned into a dazzling light, reflecting the dark earth as if it were day.

The leader of the Clay light cavalry stared at the holy knight 200 meters away in surprise, because it was already dark at the moment, and the dazzling light flashed in the distance, so that the eyes of these Clay people who were watching were inevitably affected, and many of them were temporarily blind. The leader thought in his heart that this was a unique skill of the Royal Knights, but then again, if it was to storm the ordinary infantry phalanx, such a light would really make the soldiers who were engrossed in forming a gun array dizzy.

Seeing that the Royal Knights entered an area 200 meters away from themselves, the cavalry leader of the Clay tribe gave the order to shoot while running, and the cavalry of the Clay tribe also pulled up the reins of their horses one after another, ready to manipulate the horses to turn around, but at this time, a change occurred.

The golden light on the 500 royal knights led by Orlando suddenly burst into flames, and the cavalry of the Clay clan could no longer see the knights who were originally very clear in the light, and those lights were also changing rapidly, and soon formed a mighty lion, this lion stretched out its limbs, ran forward with all its might, and raised its head to the sky and let out a silent roar.

After the lion conjured up by the golden light roared, the charging speed of the entire Royal Knights underwent a strange change, and their speed had already reached the extreme speed of normal horses running, but the next moment when the lion roared, the charging speed of the holy knights actually increased by more than ten times.

Under Orlando's leadership, the entire Holy Knight's charging route changed slightly, drawing a small arc, and in just a few seconds, he crossed a distance of 200 meters, and forced his way into the Clay cavalry group that had not yet had time to run.

At the moment when the holy knights broke into the Clay warriors, the golden illusion light disappeared, and the figures of Orlando and his 500 subordinates were revealed, 500 sharp spears ruthlessly pierced into the bodies of the Clay cavalry, coupled with the impact of the extremely fast gallop, the corpses of the Clay warriors who had no protection on their bodies were pierced on the spears, and then stabbed at the Clay warriors behind, and then their corpses were also worn on the spears

The hoplite cavalry who charged at a terrifying speed broke into the light cavalry position without any protection at all, just like the wind blowing a stump, and immediately completely destroyed the latter's loose formation, and the light cavalry formation of the Clay tribe was easily plowed out of a crack by the impact formation of the Holy Knight, and all the Clay light cavalry warriors who blocked the Holy Knight's charging route were either worn on the spear raised by the Holy Knight, and then could not withstand the huge impact and turned into pieces, or even the people and horses were immediately knocked up and flew up, and then fell heavily to the ground, and then were trampled on the past。

Ten seconds later, Orlando led the Holy Knights only to feel a light pressure on their hands, they had broken through the formation of more than 10,000 Clay light cavalry, Orlando gently pulled the reins, led his men around in a circle, and aimed his horse's head at the chaotic Clay light cavalry.

The cavalry leader of the Clay tribe was picked under the horse by Orlando in the first charge, and he didn't know how many times he was trampled on, and there was not even a bit of scum left at this moment, and the Clay warriors who had lost their command looked very flustered, they no longer cared about the task of their own trip, but subconsciously urged the horses according to their own ideas, and wanted to run away. However, in the first charge of the Holy Knights, at most 3,000 Clay light cavalry were killed, and the remaining 7,000 or so Clay warriors were in such a disorder, not only could they not disperse quickly, but because everyone's direction interfered with each other, the formation was chaotic and entangled.

Orlando of course will not let go of such a good opportunity, so the lion conjured up by the golden light roared again, and the holy knights turned into a cold north wind, as if blowing away the fallen leaves, and once again harvested the life of the Clay warriors, although the holy knights led by Orlando were only 500 people, less than one-twentieth of the opponent, but they were like lions driving edelweiss rabbits in the formation of the Clay tribe, although the opponent was numerous, but only cared about driving the horse to escape, although there were a few brave Clay warriors who wanted to fight hard, but with their own strength, how could they block the charge of the holy knights who had been fused into a whole?

When Orlando penetrated the position of the Clay cavalry again, he slowly controlled the war horse under his seat and slowly stopped. Looking at the Clay cavalry fleeing in the distance, Orlando lifted the mask on his helmet, revealing a slightly tired face, although the hatred of the enemy is extremely powerful, the spirit that can be consumed is quite large, not to mention that Orlando used the unique skill of the Holy Knight of War, "King's Roar", which consumed a lot of his physical strength.

In just 3 minutes, Orlando led the Holy Knights to charge the Clay cavalry position seven times, causing at least 8,000 casualties to the opponent.

There were screams of pain from the Clay warriors on the battlefield, as well as the neighing of the horses before they died, such a huge damage to the enemy was only caused by Orlando leading 500 subordinates, which could be called a brilliant victory, but Orlando was not happy at all, his heart was very heavy.

Is it a coincidence or premeditation that the Clay tribe, who have always been subservient, sent troops to prevent their group from returning to the imperial capital at this critical moment? Orlando has no way of knowing the answer. If it is the latter, it means that there are agents of the Clay clan in Thor's fortress, and their status is not low, and the Clay clan attacked their party at such a sensitive time, what is their purpose?

Orlando shook his head slightly, leaving these meaningless thoughts behind, the top priority now is to return to the imperial capital as soon as possible, it has been seven days since the martyrdom of Fernando XIII, and his return journey will be at least two days and three nights, time is running out, what else awaits the darkness in the distance?