Chapter 76: Deterrence

Outside the grove, Leon's voice came, short and clear—he had been watching the enemy outside.

No one spoke, and they silently waved their swords to kill the enemies around them, and then disappeared into the woods in silence.

They followed Klose, smashing through the branches and vines to create a black passage through the woods, as if a giant bear had ever passed by.

The bandits made too much noise, and in the woods with poor sight, it was difficult for them to discern Klose's location.

So, the bandits who rushed in first withdrew from the woods after leaving behind more than twenty corpses.

Although they were a rabble, they were not fools - they also knew that they could not pursue blindly like this, so they retreated, intending to encircle.

So Leon told Klose to hurry away.

The harassed enemies surrounded the woods for a while, but found no one, and soon regrouped at the urging of the knights.

But they did not rest on the banks of the river either, but began to march towards Mai Xiangling.

The leader of this force was obviously experienced in battle, and he did not dwell on the harassment of a small force, but directly let this rabble kill the incense collar from the main road, and let the well-trained infantry stand guard on the perimeter.

Some of the infantry were at the back of the hall, the other at the front, guarding against possible ambushes in the woods on either side.

They walked slower - they looked guarded carefully.

Leon looked up, and could already see the wolf smoke over White Deer Fort, no wonder these people continued to march even if they knew that there was an ambush - they had to cooperate with the attack on the White Deer Fort.

It's a pity that there are no archers in hand......

The bandits' long-range attack ability is not strong, and the defense on their bodies is also very poor, if he has a team of mounted archers in his hand, Leon thinks he can probably fly their kites to death.

When this battle is over, the whole cavalry force will have to come out.

The lord lay in the woods, frowning and thinking.

Most of the enemies were a rabble, and the only ones who were difficult were the knight leader and the infantry, many of whom had heavy crossbows in their hands. Moreover, the knights were all dressed in the same way, and it was difficult to tell who was really in the lead.

Leon patted Alice on the buttocks, told the horse to run into the woods on his own, and then went into the woods on the side of the road.

"Klose, you go to the front and wait for my orders, prepare to charge......"

Although the enemy is now cautious, Leon still finds some opportunities.

Marches always stretched the formation, and when the enemy entered the road from the open riverbank, the line was noticeably stretched into a long column - the road had not yet been built, and although it could accommodate the passage of horse-drawn carriages, it was only three meters wide.

The knights walked in the middle of the ranks, but there were no reliable elites around them—the infantry were placed at the head and tail ends.

Leon felt his quiver and pulled out a silver arrow.

These are Risardran's arrows, there are only two of them, and they are considered as souvenirs of the assassination attempt.

In fact, this kind of heavy all-metal arrow is really unaccustomed to ordinary people, and the equipment and martial arts of the Noldor elves are in their own right, and humans are not easy to adapt to, so Leon didn't have the idea of fighting Risadiran's equipment.

However, this arrow can also be used in Li Ang's hands, but when shooting at a moving target, it is not as accurate as an ordinary feather arrow.

"Put!"

Leon sent another volley of the archers, but he himself hurried forward.

This time, the heavily armed archers still fired their arrows at the bandits in the middle of the ranks, and then, without looking at the results, retreated into the woods again.

This time, no one came to chase them, only the sparse feathered arrows and crossbow arrows returned the favor.

In fact, the results of this wave of arrows were not good - the enemy was prepared and only shot down two poorly armored bandits.

But this wave of harassment brought the enemy to a halt, and they guarded themselves with various shields, carefully looking for traces of the sneak attackers.

And just as they stopped, a silver arrow pierced the head of one of the knights.

- Leon had his archers shoot a wave of feathered arrows, just to stop the enemy so that he could face a stationary target.

"Noldor! It's Noldor's arrow! ”

"How can there be a Noldor here!"

"All defense!"

The effect of this Noldor arrow was far greater than that of a salvo of thirty men, and all the enemies raised their shields in a circle.

Those knights were obviously a little panicked - if it was just a harassment of a few dozen people, they didn't care, just divide a part of the people to take precautions, and the large army would speed up and attack Mai Xiangling.

A small number of harassing troops will not achieve much success, after all, there are so many of these bandits.

But Noldor's arrows, that's different......

And just as they were all raising their shields to defend themselves, another silver arrow pierced through the shield in the other knight's hand and pierced deep into his neck.

The armor-piercing ability of the Noldor arrow Li Ang has seen it, and the eagle strike bow in his hand also has enough kinetic energy to achieve the armor-piercing effect!

Although he couldn't reach the level of Risa Dilan's hand, which could penetrate the armor and human body and penetrate deep into the carriage, he could still penetrate an ordinary kite-shaped shield.

Leon didn't shoot any more arrows, ordinary arrows couldn't penetrate the shield, and the enemy would probably be able to spot him if he shot again.

Two Noldor arrows are already working well.

If the first Noldor arrow only brought a commotion, then the second arrow that broke through the shield and killed a person brought panic - all the knights understood that 'Noldor' was clearly killing the leading knight!

No one is safe under Noldor's armor-piercing arrows!

The five remaining knights were visibly panicked, they clearly knew how terrible Noldor's bow and arrows were in such an environment surrounded by woods.

The knights immediately dismounted, hid behind the horses, and covered themselves with shields.

And, several distinct commands rang out at the same time.

"Rush forward!"

"Stand back!"

"Defend in place, don't move!"

Perhaps every order is justified, but it is troublesome to issue these different orders at the same time - this is a rabble, and they have lost their unified command at this moment.

Just two Noldor arrows still bring a deterrent effect to a large army!

The bandits, who were already not easy to restrain themselves, began to mess up, some were moving forward, some were retreating, and more were squatting on the spot.

Those knights were not stupid, they were just a little flustered by the two Noldor arrows, and when they saw this scene, they immediately reacted, and the knight in the lead shouted: "All to ...... Stop them! ”

But before his order could be uttered, he was forced to change the word—for at this moment more than a dozen fierce men rushed out of the woods, shouting and rushing at the knight.

These large, two-handed swordsmen brought up a cloud of grass clippings and leaves, and they formed a squad of arrows, swords that struck out like a sword.

The bandits holding shields to cover their vision could not stop the shining greatsword, and the weak defense of only a dozen or so people broke through the Metenheim almost instantly.

The leading knight dismounted and had no time to dodge, and after cutting down an infantryman, Klose had already rushed in front of him.

The great sword slashed down with the sound of breaking wind.

The knight was a good man, holding his shield to block the blow, but the shield in his hand was cut in half, and Klose's great force caused him to stumble back several steps.

But he was also clearly a shrewd man—he threw down his shield and turned and ran to the front of the troops, leaving Klose behind him to slay the chaotic bandits.

And Klose didn't pursue, the guy ran so fast that he couldn't catch up.

The Metenheim stormtroopers wielded their broadswords and cleared a small section of flesh in place, killing several knights and running behind the others.

The bandits on both sides of the front and back are finally truly disconnected.