Volume 1 The Fall of the King's Power Chapter 109 Ambush
The commander who led the cavalry troops in ambush in the woods was none other than Earl Pike, who had risen to prominence in the first battle, and had previously followed the Empress's orders to the outside of the camp and moved to the woods on the side of the camp to prepare for a sneak attack on the enemy from the flank.
Earlier, the Abyssal army was bombarded by trebuchets, and they did not even notice that an elite cavalry was lying in ambush beside the battlefield.
The Abyssal Army was still spearheaded by the gnolls, followed closely by the minotaur warriors riding the Thorn Drakemon, their shouts shaking the heavens and the earth, as if a raging river was about to break through the embankment that stood in front of them.
The Imperial archers guarding the fence kept shooting at the enemy in order to stop them, but the dense rain of arrows did not do anything at all.
All of their resistance was ineffective at this point, and only the giant crossbow mounted on the fence was able to break through the mysterious barrier above the Abyssal Army, inflicting some minor damage on them.
The total distance of one mile was not far away, and the unhindered Abyss army was moving very fast, seeing that the Abyss army was about to reach the gate of the imperial camp.
At the orders of the chiefs, the gnolls who charged at the front of the line to attract fire scattered towards the flanks, making way for the troops in the rear to pass through.
Without the slightest hesitation, the minotaur warriors directly controlled the spiny dragon beast that was as high as a small mountain and slammed into the gate of the camp.
The gate was slammed into by several thorny drakemons, making an overwhelmed sound. At this time, the camp was like a landslide, and the soldiers standing on it were so dizzy that they could barely stand on the fence.
Some of the soldiers standing outside did not control their bodies and fell directly from the fence several meters high.
Seeing that the gate was still strong after the impact, the minotaur warriors continued to control the dragonmon under their seat to continuously pound the gate in front of them.
Seeing the enemy's movements, the Imperial archers would not let the enemy storm the gates of the Imperial camp, and they poked their heads out of the fence and aimed their bows and arrows at the Minotaur warriors at the gates, trying to disrupt their movements.
The gnolls scattered on both sides had long been on the sidelines, guarding against the Empire's archers. Seeing that the archers still dared to show their heads, they took out their homemade longbows and began to shoot indiscriminately at them.
Despite the gnolls' poor marksmanship, the harassment interrupted the defenses of the Imperial archers.
During this time, the minotaur warriors did not pause in the slightest, and they controlled the drakemon to continuously sprint and ram the gates of the camp.
Although the gates of the Imperial Camp were built by craftsmen, they were made of wood and could not be compared to the iron city gates.
Originally, this gate was built to defend against the attacks of the Snow Barbarians, but how could the craftsmen have imagined that there would be such a strange army to attack the camp?
A spiny drake with a huge body full of bone spurs on its sides is a worthy battering ram, and now there are hundreds of thorny drakemons in front of the eyes of the Imperial Legion!
At this time, some of the brave soldiers of the Imperial Empire also ran near the giant crossbow, trying to use the power of the giant crossbow to shoot the thorny dragon beast that was hitting the gate.
The minotaur warriors sitting on the drakemon were not idle, they were watching for possible dangers around them with their extraordinary eyesight.
The idea of the human soldiers wanting to shoot the dragon beast was immediately seen through by the minotaur warrior, and as soon as the soldier aimed at the dragon beast, he was pierced into a hedgehog by several huge arrows with the thickness of his arms.
At this time, the devastated gate finally could not bear it, and only a loud "rattle" was heard, and a wide crack appeared under the gate. Obviously, this gate is about to be unable to withstand the onslaught of the thorny dragon beast. At this moment, the situation in the Imperial camp is critical, and the camp is in danger of being breached by the Abyss army.
Toruń and Poppy, who were sitting in the rear, received the news that the Imperial Camp was about to be breached, and the destruction of the Imperial Legion was imminent! Seeing that victory was in sight, he ordered all the reserve troops to be thrown into the battlefield, trying to capture the Imperial Camp today and completely destroy the Imperial Legion.
Earl Pike, who was hiding nearby, was sweating when he saw the Imperial camp under attack, but the Empress ordered him to make sure that he had the best time to attack before he set out on the expedition, so he forcibly suppressed the urge in his heart to send troops immediately.
It wasn't until he saw that the monster army had abandoned the rear of the defense and all joined the team attacking the Imperial camp, that he knew that the opportunity to break the enemy army had finally arrived!
Pike Boew immediately turned on his horse and ordered his elite cavalry to prepare for battle. After the cavalry was finished, Count Pike shouted at the top of his voice, "Now is the time for our cavalry to show its edge, let these monsters feel the wrath of the Imperial cavalry!"
As soon as the words fell, Duke Pike raised his sword and crossed out of the forest first, and then countless Imperial cavalry rushed out of the woods, and the 10,000-strong cavalry team that gathered all the strength of the Imperial Legion slowly appeared from the forest.