Chapter 23: The Kingdom Rerises (16/60)
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"Glory Rose!" the cavalry members shouted in unison and clamped their horses' bellies, carrying longbows and crossbows at their waists. On the side of the horse there is also a combined spear. This is a spliced spear that resembles a screwbuckle, and was developed specifically for areas with difficult terrain that make it difficult to wield.
The squad swept into the dense forest with a whirlwind, which was their greatest advantage in being familiar with the terrain. The enemy did not know that this place had been completely infiltrated by the reconnaissance forces of the King of Puren, and they did not even know that they had been discovered and reacted quickly from a distance of more than 700 meters.
Pullen's cavalry squad made their way through the woods, holding them in the way before the Tedus Scout Cavalry. However, the Pleon cavalry did not rush to give them a fatal blow immediately, and deliberately let them into the forest before slowly following behind.
The Pleon cavalry was familiar with the terrain, and even without getting too close, could use experience to determine where the enemy was going and coming out from there. So they didn't rush to keep up with the enemy who disappeared into the forest at once, but they had already begun to quietly reload their repeaters, their eyes glowing with coldness, and they began to prepare for the next battle.
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At the same time, Char also received an urgent message from the front line.
Open it and take a look, after a cursory sweep, Char smiled slightly.
"Hehe, it's a commander with a bit of common sense. Compared to the recklessness of the Fries, this battle may be more worth looking forward to. However, the gap in intelligence is the decisive gap between victory and defeat, and it is just a death struggle after all......"
Char, who was holding the letter, sneered, with a smile on his face that mocked the ignorance of the enemy.
When Artoria on the side saw it, she asked curiously, "Char, what are you looking at?"
Char gently handed the message to Artoria.
Looking at the other party's curious expression, he smiled and explained: "The reconnaissance troops on the front line have discovered the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry, but don't worry that they can't pass the first layer of filters I deployed, they have already been eliminated while we are talking." ”
Artoria blinked at Char and asked, "Wouldn't we be exposed in that case?" Obviously, Char wanted to hide himself so much, why did he suddenly take the initiative?"
"This is just a procedure similar to the salute before the knight battle, the duel between the reconnaissance troops cannot affect the war between the large forces, and the outbreak of a local battle will not be greatly disturbed by the total destruction of several reconnaissance troops. But the key is how to seize the first move to leave psychological pressure on the other side, and at the same time strive for the maximum possible intelligence advantage for your own army. ”
"So to put it simply, the reconnaissance unit is equivalent to the first sword in the hands of the commander, and the key is not the battle of the reconnaissance unit, but the balance of power between the commanders behind it and the system in which it is located. So if you want to know how strong a unit is, it's absolutely right to start with the enemy's scouts. ”
Char said as she gently rubbed Artoria's hair. The handsome face was full of doting smiles, and it looked particularly sunny and dazzling. But luckily there is no one else here, otherwise Char's behavior would definitely be regarded as one of the great disrespects by the Knights of the Round Table.
Although Artoria had a very unconvinced expression, she had become accustomed to the other party's rude behavior in the past two years, so much so that even losing her temper now felt like a very wasteful thing. Of course, this does not mean that our great and proud Lord Lion King has succumbed to the obscenity of the devil's hand.
"My dear Xia Yaqing, if you continue...... The tax will be raised to 30 percent. Artoria raised her head and said something to Char with a very sunny and cute smile that made Char's back hairs stand upside down.
The thief's hand was as if it had touched a red-hot soldering iron, and it was so frightened that it quickly withdrew at the speed of light.
"Ahem, that's despicable Artoria. Char said a little helplessly and unwillingly.
"Hey~~" Artoria returned with a big grin.
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And just when Char and Artoria staged the plot of dog abuse, the front-line reconnaissance team had already decided the winner.
- Click.
Crossbow ammo reloaded. The captain of the cavalry of Pullen coolly took the fire phoenix crossbow into his arms, and then walked among the woods completely covered with arrows, looking at the corpses of the twelve horses in front of him and the seriously injured enemy members, he said with a sneer: "Shoot the man first and shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first and capture the king first." He is worthy of being the king of us, and every word is always filled with the light of truth. ”
In this not too big forest, the Puron suddenly surrounded the cavalry unit of the Teddes from both flanks from a distance of several tens of meters.
At first, the Tides' reaction was indeed fast, and in the blink of an eye, they raised their shields and drew their swords, and looked around with a serious expression. From this point of view alone, they fully meet the criteria of elite evaluation. It is worthy of being a front-line reconnaissance unit, and it is too easy for elite soldiers to emerge in this kind of unit.
But after waiting for a long time, the Tides could not wait for the enemy's trace, but a wave of more than a hundred crossbow arrows struck, and the huge arrow momentum actually formed a face-like attack range, enveloping them.
Almost instinctively, the Tides made a shield block. This is indeed the right choice for a normal attack, but for the Puron's Fire Phoenix Repeater, it would be ridiculous if a group of wooden shields could block the Iron Arrows. This is a fine iron arrow that has been forged for hundreds of forgings, according to the money, it is a fine iron arrow that can only be exchanged for 10 silver coins, and more than 160 silver coins have been shot out in just one wave, which is equivalent to the income of a high-ranking nobleman for half a year.
But unexpectedly, the crossbow bolts were not targeted at the cavalry on horseback, but at the war horse under their crotch. In order to prevent them from escaping on horseback, it is necessary to take out their mobility tools first, and then slowly clean them up.
Although the Tides reacted quickly, they really didn't expect the enemy to be so decisive and straightforward, and they actually shot the war horse under the crotch directly. After all, war horses are heavyweight strategic resources in the British Isles, and no one can afford to kill them directly without hesitation.
But the Plun cavalry didn't care about this, they only cared about whether the mission was completed and whether the king's orders were carried out.
The first wave of arrow rain shot the warhorses of the Teddes people who were caught off guard into a hornet's nest, and the fine iron arrows directly penetrated the bodies of those unarmored horses, and then pierced more than ten meters away into the body of the second war horse. But by this time, the power had been lost, and only half of the body was left behind after being intercepted by the suddenly clamped muscles.
But this is terrifying enough, the body muscles of horses are more than ten times stronger than the muscle distribution of human bodies, although the iron arrows are extremely sharp, but the fat that can penetrate the muscle tissue and surface of the horses is still relatively unexpected. Maybe it had something to do with the range of the Pleen cavalry.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!!"
One of Tedes' soldiers, thinking that the first volley would be over, shouted and drew his sword and pounced into the woods where the arrows were coming. But what I didn't expect was that the crossbow that had just been paused for less than twenty seconds attacked again, and this time it was also a hundred rounds of continuous fire, shooting all the sixteen crossbow arrows in the entire magazine in one go.
Just listen to the "poof, puff!" sound of a muffled sound piercing flesh.
The Tydes were shot and killed by indiscriminate arrows on the spot, leaving countless arrows on their upright bodies, and their backs were blurred by the flesh and blood that penetrated them.
The Fire Phoenix Repeater is worthy of being a killing weapon that is the "strongest weapon" of Pullen's individual soldiers! Unfortunately, because the parts are too complicated, the building process is more labor-intensive than making a musket, so it is only in small batch production so far.
The Pullen cavalry unloaded the second empty magazine with a blank face, and then reloaded the third magazine, and then rode their horses out of the dark side of the woods.
And then the opening scene happened.