Chapter 5: Snowfield
Ravenston's early spring still snows, fluttering snowflakes flying around, accustomed to the cold, Ravenston people love snow, believing that snow is auspicious and can irrigate not fertile land, troubadours often praise snow fields and rime, and soothsayers believe that pure snow can also purify people's hearts. The mercenaries, on the other hand, complained about the weather, the ground became very muddy, both men and horses struggled to walk, and the wagons full of goods also got stuck in the mud from time to time.
"We'll go back to Jan Wick when this is done, and we'll have to rest well, and then we'll no longer come to Livingston, for it's too much of a mess," Eugen continued, "and sometimes the army robs the caravans of the enemy, so let's go to Saarion from now on." "Eugen ?????" What's the matter, Zakuras," "It's not my crow's mouth, remember Lord Buffatou? Lord Buffatou once said that valleys, rivers, and bridges are the most favorable places for ambushes in battle, and we have just crossed the Baze Bridge???"
When Eugen heard this, his face changed suddenly, yes, just after crossing the Baze Bridge, the ice on the river had already melted, and everyone walked in the valley, this is a dead place!!
"Look ahead!, there are people!" one of the mercenaries shouted, and a few cavalrymen appeared on the opposite mountain beam, then a dozen, dozens of them, and then cavalry appeared on the top of the surrounding hillside, "Behind!!" Everyone looked back, dozens of infantry appeared on the Baze Bridge in the distance, and they were surrounded!!
The other side has a total of one hundred and sixty or seventy people, regardless of the huge difference in numbers between the two sides, they are obviously extremely confident in their own combat effectiveness, they must be rogue knights!
Some of the knights gradually lined up, slowly advancing, speeding up, the cavalry guns in their hands were flattened, and they charged!
"Everyone in formation! Dense formation defense!" A caravan leader shouted: "Hold on to the front, shoot arrows behind!ah~~~~" Before he finished speaking, he planted his horse headlong, with an arrow stuck in his face, and the enemy could shoot so far! At this time, the rogue knights on the mountain beam all raised their bows and arrows, and the dense arrows flew over like raindrops, "Defend the overhead!" Although the caravan leaders gave orders, the mercenaries were not an army after all, and their movements were very inconsistent, and they could not form a shield wall, "Ah!" "Oops!" Constantly people are hit by arrows, people without shields and some people who are afraid of death are retreating back, the infantry has shown a momentum of rout, the most terrible thing is that the scoundrels who charge are close at hand, the sharp tips of the guns are flashing a little cold light, the mercenaries can even see the hideous faces of the scoundrels, followed by screams, the neighing of horses, and the sound of bones shattering are intertwined, the mercenaries fell in an instant, the original unstrong phalanx collapsed, the people in front fled to the back, the people behind couldn't rush up, everyone was crowded together in a mess, and the caravan leaders shouted to no avail。 Another round of arrows arrived, and the mercenaries who were in a mess barely did anything to defend themselves, they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered!
The rogue servants did not continue to charge, they turned their horses' heads and retreated some distance and lined up again, apparently preparing for the next charge, and taking advantage of this gap, the caravan leaders shouted at their men to try to re-form a defensive phalanx, when the rumbling of horses' hooves sounded on the hillside, and the rogue knights charged. This method of warfare is contrary to common sense, and it stands to reason that the rogue knights should shoot their arrows very accurately, and should continue to shoot arrows on the hillside, and the servants will continue to charge, and now they charge directly either because they are in a hurry to solve the battle, or they are very confident in themselves, or both.
Although the mercenaries who formed the formation again were very confused, but the caravan leaders still had some confidence, it was not difficult to block the charge without the cover of the rain of arrows, the rogue knights approached, and they slowly formed a triangular formation in the charge, this formation had a great destructive ability to the infantry phalanx, and then the mercenaries noticed that the enemies in front were all riding black war horses-dark charging horses! The regimental spear array was also difficult to resist, and the rogue knight cut the phalanx of the mercenaries without any suspense, whether it was a mercenary with a sword and shield, or a mercenary with a spear, they were all knocked down, and the horse's hooves behind them ruthlessly trampled on the fallen people!
The mercenary phalanx is like a piece of soft butter, and the triangular array of rogue knights is like a sharp knife, smashing this piece of butter to pieces! The rogue henchmen behind also charged, and the scattered mercenaries were helpless, and they were killed in groups, this was not a battle! This was a massacre!
"Uncle, what are we going to do?" Even Kendall had never seen a battle on such a scale, and his side had completely collapsed. Eugen looked at the battlefield in front of him, his lips were bitten, "Everyone come here," Eugen beckoned to his men and the leaders of the nearby caravans, "The only way we have to survive now is to capture the Baze Bridge behind! Everyone line up all the wagons to resist the horses, I will defend here with the spearmen, and the rest of the people will obey the command of Saguras and go to seize the Baze Bridge together!" "Okay!" "We listen to you!"
"Eugen," Sagulas walked over, "old man, you have to live anyway, Ellie and the children are still waiting for you at home. The two embraced, this was almost a farewell, Sagulas wanted to change positions with Eugen, but he couldn't, Eugen's command ability surpassed his own by a lot, suitable for commanding defense here, and he was the bravest infantry among the mercenaries, suitable for taking people to grab bridges.
There were more than fifty enemies on the bridge, they did not participate in the attack, but only defended, and after seeing the appearance of the other party clearly, Sagulas's heart sank, and these more than fifty people were all dressed in full-body plate armor, wearing huge helmets, carrying throwing spears on their backs, and holding swords and shields - professional infantry!
The professional infantry is not a very powerful class, that is relative to the top soldiers on the mainland, and compared to the caravan guards and mercenaries, they are the Grim Reaper! In contrast, the professional infantry has excellent protective equipment, and the weapons of the guards and mercenaries are not lethal enough, on the contrary, their fragile leather armor is like paper paste in front of the swords and javelins of the professional infantry. Although their side outnumbered the enemy by two times, the difference in combat effectiveness was too great, and it was impossible to spread out on a narrow bridge.
"With shields in front, those without shields in the back, all rush together!" "Remember! This is the only way we can survive!" Escape is impossible! "Push them out of the bridge, so we can take advantage of our numbers!" "Sagulas, take this!" Lévi handed over the Bearclaw Hammer, "You're better suited to use it." "Be careful" Sagulas was not polite, just patted Levi on the shoulder. "Kendall, you stay, cover with javelins on the flanks, you must be careful, as long as you shoot, there are probably dozens of javelins that answer you. ”
"Rush!" "Whoa!" "Fight!" "The threat of death makes people crazy, and only by killing the enemy can one survive!" "A bunch of miscellaneous fish," the professional infantry commander looked at the mercenaries with contempt, "Javelin ready??????? Cast!" I only heard a scream, and the dozen or so mercenaries at the front all fell, each with two or three javelins stuck in their bodies, and some pierced the human body directly through the shield, and the professional infantry was obviously much stronger than the mercenaries, "Rush!" This time, death did not scare off the mercenaries, but made the mercenaries even more crazy, "Come again, prepare??? Ahh "Hold on!" another infantry commander commanded, "Hold up in front, tender guns in the back!!" He collapsed clutching his chest, and it was Kendall again, he was very smart, and the commander was the first target for sniping.
"Kill him!" The professional infantry finally found Kendall, more than a dozen javelins whisted and flew towards him, Kendall rolled and crawled and hid behind a tree, the shield blocked three javelins, one of which penetrated the shield and pierced the arm, it hurt, he gritted his teeth and pulled it out, hastily bandaged it, he couldn't wait, the brothers were still desperate, he had to kill more enemies, there was a big stone in front of him, he could take advantage of it, Kendall picked up a handful of snow and wiped his face, ate two more bites, and when he was ready, he ran out suddenly, running while throwing, the enemy was very dense, and he didn't need precise aiming, and hit several people in a row, "Come out again! Kill him!" The professional infantryman hated him to the extreme, more than a dozen javelins flew over, this time he was not so lucky, he was hit by a javelin in the leg, and he fell down at once, and several more javelins flew over, and the "poof" shield was pierced again, and his left arm was so badly injured this time that he couldn't lift it up at all, "That kid is not dead yet!" Several professional infantrymen viciously threw the javelins over, and this is the end? Two javelins were pinned to his back, and Kendall finally collapsed????
"Kendall !!" Seeing this, Sagulas's eyes were split, "Brothers, push hard!" With a bang, a large area of the professional infantry was pushed down, "Rush!" "Kill them" The mercenaries held down the fallen enemy, smashed them with hammers, stabbed them with spears, inserted their swords into the sight holes of their giant helmets or the gaps in their necks, any way, as long as they could kill each other. The professional infantry in the back also rushed up, facing the freely moving iron cans, the mercenaries had no power to parry, and were killed one after another, "Let me come!" Sagulas picked up the bear claw smasher, and with a bang, the head of a professional infantry was smashed to pieces, followed by another sweep, and a large piece of the front chest of a professional infantryman was dented, "Brothers, follow me!" Sagulas is like a majestic god of war, constantly having enemies being knocked down, and the mercenaries behind will pounce on him," Sagulas, who is so powerful, but when the strength of such a fight is finally exhausted. Levi struggled to his feet after killing a professional infantryman, looked around, and then suddenly turned and ran backwards, "Levi, don't run!" "Coward!" "Seed!" The angry mercenaries kept yelling.
Eugen is right, only Sagulas with a strong physique can fight against professional infantry, but Sagulas is obviously tired after knocking down several enemies in a row, and has already suffered several wounds, facing a group of tightly protected iron cans, every attack has to use the strength of the whole body, even the iron man is difficult to hold, boom, another professional infantry was knocked down, Sagulas has been weak, the heavy bear claw hammer can no longer be lifted, plop and kneel on the ground, at this time the javelin has been flying diagonally opposite, "No!" Zagulas roared in despair in his heart, "Poof" Sagulas splashed his face with blood, it was Kobe, and the seriously injured Kobe blocked the javelin for him, "Sagulas?? Hold on, you are everyone's hope to live???" Kobe! Whoa!!!! Sagulas stood up again, not caring about his aching arms, just frantically wielding the bear-scratching hammer.