Chapter 4: The Bloody Battle in the Bilbao Forest
The spirits of the people were tense, and the only sound in the huge forest was the sound of horses' hooves and the "rustling" of leaves.
"It's too quiet, it's too quiet......" Pablo, who was walking outside, couldn't stand the tension anymore, and he couldn't help but propose: "Let's go back first, bring more people and horses, and also prepare the large army." ”
Lucio was also sweating all over at this time, and after listening to his proposal, he hesitated: "Okay, although I didn't see the enemy, there must be a problem here, and the safety of His Highness Alfonso is the top priority......"
Alfonso's attention was not on their conversation, with his superhuman eyesight, he had felt something glitter two or three hundred meters away from just now, and now he got closer to confirm it, it was the luster of metal! It's the barrel!
"To the northeast, there are enemies! Evacuate! He shouted wildly, took out his revolver and fired two shots at that side, "Bang! Boom! ”
Of course, he couldn't hit at such a distance, but his original intention was to warn the enemy and warn the scouts.
"Retreat! Fall back! Don't use a rifle yet! Lucio hurriedly followed Alfonso's words and ordered loudly.
The crowd reacted quickly, after all, it was a professional army trained every day, and although it came from the corrupt Spanish court, it was also the elite of the elite in this era.
The Andalusian horse, a specialty of Spain, has a shrewd temperament, and with the skillful equestrian skills of the guards, the whole team turned around in just about 10 seconds.
Everyone was struggling for survival, but the ambushers were unwilling to let go of their prey so easily, and seeing that the sneak attack failed, they rushed up directly with their horses!
"Damn, it's the Basques!!" The Basques of the Basque Country, who are very different from the Castilians, the main ethnic group in Spain, and have a strong folk character.
"Quack, quack." The Basques shouted in a language they didn't understand.
Alfonso's heart sank, just such a cursory glance at the number of the opponent was no less than 20 people, and there were obviously many troops behind him, but they were forced by the terrain to deploy.
The scouts ran desperately, and the attackers desperately chased after them, but the opponent's horses and riding skills were obviously inferior to their own, and after the initial panic, the distance had been reextended to more than 100 meters.
Everyone was about to rejoice in their escape, and suddenly another team was killed in front of them!
It turned out to be the centaurs who had been ambushed in the forest on the left side of the road, and when they saw them entering the forest, they made a circle and intercepted their retreat!
"Shoot with a rifle, protect Your Highness, and drag to the big army to help!" Lucio's voice was filled with anger and determination, he knew they were unlucky, but at least he had to protect Alfonso.
The large army has an agreement with them, and if no one is seen at the specified time, they will bring the troops to check it, as long as it is delayed until then.
"......" Alfonso was very annoyed in his heart, if he had insisted that he walk outside, he would not have been made dumplings anyway.
The crowd slowed down, forming a circle to protect Alfonso inside.
All the scouts had a decision, and they picked up the Peabody rifle strapped to their horses, a single-shot rear-loading gun that Spain had purchased from an American company last year, with good accuracy and power, but a slower rate of fire.
"Bang bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" For a while, the guns were loud, and the cavalry duel, with Peabody's loading speed, could only shoot one shot, but it also caused the opponent to lose three people and two horses.
The Basques were not armed with rifles, so they could only be beaten passively in the shooting just now, but now the two sides are close to each other, and it is all about the revolver and the sabre!
At this time, the opponent's numerical advantage is fully reflected, and an average scout has to deal with 6 enemies!
Of course, only two or three people need to fight at the same time for the sake of the engagement side, but this is also a desperate situation, because they have to watch out for cold guns fired by the enemy!
Alfonso gritted his teeth, the more moments like this became, the more he had to stay calm, he drew his saber to meet a Basque man who had slipped through, and he could even see the hideous, fanatical smile on the other party's face!
The other party obviously didn't take him seriously, the 1.5-meter-tall child was still closely protected, and most of them were considered to be an aristocratic son who came to experience life (it is true).
It seemed that the other party still had the idea of capturing him alive, and the first knife of the big man was slightly downward, ready to slap Alfonso's knife off first and then chop off the horse's head.
When the two blades collided, the look on the face of the big man changed from cruelty to horror when he felt the tremendous force of the knife.
The distorted look only lasted for a moment, and Alfonso slashed the big man's knife with the power of potential energy, almost shaking him out of his hand.
Then he changed the knife momentum, and easily cut off the big man's head with a knife, so that his expression was frozen forever, and when the big man's head fell to the ground, his eyes still conveyed disbelief: "Why is this kid so strong!?" ”
The prince dropped his ride in a second, shocking everyone, and his morale was obviously higher, His Royal Highness the prince might be able to hold on to it if he had this combat power!
Alfonso was also excited at this time, this was the first time he had killed someone in two lifetimes! Surprisingly, he didn't have any feelings of fear, disgust, or guilt, he only had the thrill of killing his enemies!
He felt so happy, smelling the smell of blood wafting from the battlefield, and only felt that every muscle in his body exuded a desire to fight!
"Ahh With a roar, he slashed at another Basque cavalryman.
Obviously, he was only an eleven-year-old boy, but the enemy was shocked by his angry roar, and he actually had the urge to drop the knife and run away!
This cavalryman was besieging a scout with the other two, but Alfonso didn't have time to change direction when he got close, he only felt his vision suddenly rise and see his back!
Double Kill! Alfonso beheaded one more!
He didn't stop, and immediately got back into a hand-to-hand battle with the other Basques.
This time it was not so easy to kill, and the other party was not stupid, there were three people fighting around Alfonso, and the other scouts could only watch His Royal Highness the Prince being besieged.
Time passed in a bloody battle......
Alfonso swung his knife to block an enemy attack, took out the revolver in his left hand and didn't look at it, a shot, "bang", and a Basque man fell in response.
Although he made another meritorious service, his heart was still gradually anxious, and in the long battle, only Lucio and Raul were left of the seven people except him, and the rest had all been killed!
And his own condition is not optimistic, with blood flowing from several wounds on his left arm and waist.
His stamina was exhausted, he was almost unable to hold the knife, and the six rounds of the revolver had been exhausted, so he could not get a chance to reload.
"The appointed time has come, but it will be a while before they get here...... Am I going to die here...... It's only been a month..."Alfonso couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw Raul being attacked and dismounted from his horse.
"Your Royal Highness! His Highness Alfonso! Suddenly there were shouts of many people in the distance, accompanied by the sound of the earth trembling slightly.
It's a large army led by Diego! He had camped in the distance, with a little trimming.
Although it had not yet reached the agreed time, considering that there was a forest ahead, he was worried about the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince, so he left most of the team to guard the camp and came to look for Alfonso with dozens of horses.
Now he just happened to save the Alfonso duo, who had run out of ammunition and food!