At the edge of the strange woods, thousands of heavy cavalry formed a huge semicircle, protecting Horton and his men far away. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The heavy cavalry in Black Sheep City is very rare, firstly because the armor is expensive, and secondly, there are few war horses that can bear such a weight.

These heavy cavalry were some of the forces that Horton had accumulated over the years, and he also spent a lot of money to buy blue stones, which were inlaid in the armor of each cavalryman.

In this way, these heavy cavalry acted as a strong mobile wall.

With them all around, whether it's the Awakened or the sneak attack crossbow arrows, it will be in vain.

Colin's golden eyes lit up, and under the power of his demonic spirit, the ground that had been originally gravel and sand gradually began to distort, and then turned into a black mire, with a range of more than 400 meters.

Everything in the woods began to sink, and when the strange trees were completely submerged in the mire, Colin slowly moved forward, accompanied by Houghton and Carson.

And Carson on the side was not idle, his demon spirit was rare devouring, a large amount of black smoke emitted from him, forming a black cloud in the sky, enveloping the surrounding five hundred meters of sky.

Anything that comes from the sky will be devoured mercilessly.

As soon as they went up and down, they slowly pushed forward, although they could only advance 1 kilometer in an hour, but they were victorious without any flaws, so that the surrounding Black Iron Army and Escort Army had no way at all.

At this rate, they were able to advance within the range of the howitzer before sunset.

And it is estimated that before this 400-meter-wide passage is opened, Horton will not let a large number of cavalry rush in.

Therefore, even if Renault uses mortars and blue stone shells, at most it can only slightly block their forward speed and cannot cause much damage to the main force.

"Lord Renault, what should I do?" Anna couldn't help but feel a little anxious as she watched Horton "clear the way" below, and they didn't seem to have the slightest power to block it.

"Let them come, let the Black Iron Army and the Escort Army withdraw to within 5 kilometers of Black Iron Town. ”

"But just let them go 10 kilometers for nothing?"

"Don't worry, these 10 kilometers are not for nothing. ”

Anna was still a little puzzled, and Renault explained it to her little by little.

In fact, it is just a question of whether to sneak attack or use howitzers first.

Kill these two awakened now, and then Horton's army will inevitably scatter like ants into the strange woods. With the experience of Yusuf, these elite cavalry will definitely strengthen their precautions step by step, and at this time, letting the escort army go to a sneak attack, it is undoubtedly hitting the nail, even if there are walking birds, mobility has an advantage, but the proportion of people is there, kill a thousand, even if the self-injury is only two hundred, it is a loss that Renault cannot bear.

As for Horton, even if he uses half of the men and horses to grind out the guards, he still has more than 20,000 troops to come to the city, and there will be no soldiers in Black Iron Town at that time, which is equivalent to an empty city.

So it's better to just let them in, wait for them to "build the road" and get within range of the howitzers, then kill their awakened ones, and then strike them with artillery fire while Horton's army is driving through the wide avenue.

As long as they are disrupted and their momentum is extinguished, the escort army can take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack.

In this way, although the battle line was pushed back by 10 kilometers, at least the strength of the escort army could be preserved as much as possible for future city defense operations.

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In order to open up a road in the strange woods for the cavalry to gallop, Horton was even ready to sacrifice all the heavy cavalry, but in the afternoon, the spearheads released did not even notice a single escort from Black Iron Town.

The whole strange forest was as quiet as death, not even a single croaking insect.

It was too far from what was expected, and this feeling of emptiness made Horton feel a little uncomfortable.

Although I don't know what Renault is planning, it can be regarded as another big step towards victory if he can advance six or seven kilometers to Black Iron Town without casualties.

"Report to the Grand Commander, their convoy has been found 5 kilometers away from Black Iron Town. ”

Have you retreated that far?

Horton immediately had the map fetched, drew a fourth line on it with dye, and then frowned and pondered.

Renault concentrated his forces at a distance of 5 kilometers, did he want to have a hard-fought decisive battle there?

Impossible, Horton immediately dismissed the idea.

Since there is to be a decisive battle, there is no difference between 10 km and 5 km, and he will not be stupid enough to pull the battlefield closer.

Then that is, in front of this line, there should be another line of defense.

But where exactly is this line of defense?

"Go and ask the two Awoken to stop. ”

This order made Horn a little confused, and now that it was going so well, why stop?

"Brother, why do you want to stop?"

Horton looked at his younger brother with a puzzled face, he was a good hand at leading troops to fight, but when it came to analyzing intelligence and layout, he didn't understand anything.

"If I'm not mistaken, Renault should have another line of defense here. ”

Saying that, Horton drew another line 7 kilometers away from Black Iron Town, "And this line of defense is mostly the kind of explosion that is enough to cost us a lot of troops." ”

Horn was even more puzzled, it had been proven that the kind of explosion invented by Renault would become useless once it was devoured by Carson's demonic spirit: "With Mr. Carson here, what else do we have to be afraid of?"

"Horn, I've told you more than once that you should never rely too much on the Awakened on the battlefield, their power, although powerful, can only be used as an auxiliary means. ”

"But ......"

"Don't be, I know you're not willing to give up such a good opportunity, but if you think about it, Renault dared to let us in so unhindered, definitely not because he was afraid, let alone because he had nothing to do with the two Awakened, he was waiting for us to enter his trap. In the face of such a cunning opponent, one cannot be taken lightly at any time. ”

Horn still asked a little unwillingly: "What should I do after I stop, do you just wait here?"

"No, let's go in both directions, and open up a 5-kilometer avenue in the east-west direction, through which tomorrow our cavalry will be able to enter the strange woods in large areas, and quickly storm Renault's fourth and fifth lines of defense. Black Iron Town's forces are limited, and on such a long front, even if he has that kind of explosion, it won't do much to the scattered forces. As long as we come into direct contact with their escorts, we will win this battle. ”

Horn nodded as if he had realized something, and decided to attack in full tomorrow, which made him feel a little more comfortable.

After Colin and Carson received Horton's order, they adjusted their direction somewhat inexplicably. In their opinion, Horton's performance was too cautious.

If it weren't for Lord Orlan's order to listen to him until the "last hour" came, who would want to be a "weeder" here.

Thinking of the "monster" they brought this time, Colin and Carson suddenly felt that the air around them had cooled. (To be continued.) )