Chapter 122: The Special Role of the New Year's Greeting Sword Technique
When the lord came out of Changhe Town with his team, the three prophets were no longer visible.
The three prophets ran very fast with the doom heralds.
Their horses were all lightly armed and fast, and when they made up their minds to flee for their lives, they did not spare any horsepower, and after a minute or two they were gone.
However, the lord felt that they still couldn't escape......
Because the Lion Realm cavalry and those mercenary groups have been closely pursued, and the members of the Owl Knights scattered around have been using whistles to send messages.
Although they also run on horseback, there are differences between horses and horses......
In the Prophet's legion, the horses ridden by the Doom Guides, presumably provided to them by the knights and deserters who followed the Prophet, were all good breeds of hunting horses with relatively fast speeds.
This kind of war horse is actually a very delicate tool of war, which is completely different from the Gatuma.
Although there is a groom in the territory who is responsible for raising horses, Alice has always been fed by the lord himself, and Leon is quite aware of this.
The Gatu horses that the Drash fed were somewhat similar to the Mongolian horses.
Gatuma is not very tall, only one meter three at the shoulder, seven or eight hundred pounds, and is considered small in Mali and has a very docile personality.
This horse has a strong physique, a thick coat, is not afraid of the cold, and does not choose to eat. And the running speed is fast, the endurance is excellent, and you don't even need to feed on the long journey.
This is a typical nomadic horse, a model of hard-working and hard-working. They can eat grass almost alone, and they can do any job by riding carts and carrying goods, which has many advantages.
However, Gatumas also have flaws - they are relatively small, which is not convenient for equipping horse armor, and they are not suitable for the tin can heavy knights of Pander to charge into battle.
As a result, the Cato usually used their speed and long stamina to mount and shoot their enemies, and the Cato war riders who charged with their spears did not wear heavy equipment.
At the same time, they will always keep their heads down and look for grass to eat, and they don't look threatening at all......
If you use a car as an analogy...... This is like a certain Hongguang, you can do any work, and you don't have any requirements for the number of oil, no matter what road you can run fast. It's just that the appearance is not windy, and the explosive power is not so strong when running at high speeds.
And the good breed hunting horses that the doom inducers ride are very similar to thoroughbreds.
Such a horse is tall and elegant, with strong explosiveness and impact, the shoulder height can reach more than 1.5 meters, the throat and neck are relatively long, and the head and chest look beautiful.
Hunting horses are fast and good-looking at short and medium distances, and they are indeed very suitable for these plastic surgery girls who have been fishing for a long time.
But this horse has quite poor endurance and is very demanding for food.
A war horse has to eat more than ten pounds of grain and horse feed every day - such as oats, beans and the like, and when possible, it has to mix a few eggs.
If you don't feed it well, these big guys are likely to strike.
This kind of horse is more suitable for the arena or aristocratic socialization and safari, after all, it looks elegant and face-saving.
If you still use a car as an analogy - this is like some so-called luxury car brands that are loved by the majority of green tea, you must add high-grade oil, the space is small, the horsepower is poor, and the battery life is not good. It's just that the appearance is outstanding, and the social value of the brand is relatively high.
This is the reason why the Horn Call Ranger has been bringing in Gatu horses in the hope of improving the Continental horse breed - their improved Changhe Town gelding is a hybrid of the Continental horse and the nomadic horse, and has the advantages of both.
But this kind of mixed horse, which has great advantages, must be castrated from a young age before it can be used as a war horse, otherwise it will not only not grow tall, but also be very irritable and disobedient...... There are gains and losses, there is no such thing as perfection in this world.
This is like some relatively good quality domestic cars, after the joint venture integrates the advantages of all parties, the workmanship may be a little rough, and some things are castrated. But the configuration is very good, and the comprehensive cost performance is very good......
The reason why the Three Prophets waited for Ralph's rangers to enter Long River Town to rest before running away was probably because they thought that they might not be able to run away under the pursuit of those stamina gelding horses in Long River Town.
At this time, all the rangers in the original troops of the Combine Army, including those fake cavalry on horseback, all entered Changhe Town to rest.
The three prophets probably thought that as long as they ran dozens of miles at the expense of horsepower, no one would be able to catch up with them......
Those doom inducers have been fooling around with those nobles for a long time, and they must know very well the mentality of those nobles, and they know that the garrison of Changhe Town is not willing to go out of the city to fight.
But they didn't expect that the garrison of Changhe Town and those mercenary groups would chase after them closely because the lord paid a lot of money.
In addition, the camp of the Prophet's legion was burned clean by a fire, and the granaries and stables were burned the most, and the three prophets had no grain in their hands, not even a single straw left.
And the Prophet Legion has been on the battlefield and has not been able to rest in the slightest.
It may not matter if a person is hungry for one or two meals, but if these delicate and well-bred hunting horses are hungry for two meals, I am afraid that they will not be able to run far and will have to strike.
But the Lion Realm cavalry who had just come out of Changhe Town were all well fed and drunk, and their horses were all civilian war horses, Lion Realm Hunting Horses.
This horse is a standard war horse between a Gatu horse and a good breed horse, with better stamina than a good breed horse, and no less speed and size than a good breed horse.
Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Lion Realm cavalry itself is actually very strong.
In the Lion Kingdom, cavalry was much higher than infantry, and usually only the best and bravest warriors had the right to fight with spears on their horses.
The social status of the Lion Realm cavalry was even comparable to that of the knights and servants - most of them were long-trained warriors with strong combat effectiveness, generally better than those knights who had been trained since childhood.
Moreover, the cavalry of the Lion Realm brought spare horses - they came out to capture prisoners and sell them for large sums of money, not just to charge into battle!
The cavalry of the Lion Realm are all one-man and two-horseed, and their red-clothed hunting horses are not much different from the high-breed hunting horses of the Doom Usher, and their stamina is better - the results of this pursuit are obvious.
Therefore, the lord felt that the three prophets would not be able to run far, or they would have to be besieged for a long time.
Outside Changhe Town, it has become a small battlefield, and basically every team of female soldiers will face four times as many men as them, and most of the most combat-ready doom inducers are not there.
These female infantry soldiers can't beat or run away, their fate is already doomed.
So, Leon led the team, followed the return of the Owl Knights, and unhurriedly searched all the way to the west.
This is the road upstream along the Tongtian River, and it is also the route that Li Ang is very familiar with - this is the road he took when he went to Kewen Village a few days ago.
The whistle of 'hoohoohoo' has always come from this direction, and the people of the Owl Knights have spread dozens of miles around Changhe Town before, and there are naturally many night owls in the west.
With the state of the horses of those doom inducers, they would have to dismount after running twenty miles at most, so the lord was not afraid of losing them at all.
Sure enough, just an hour later, more than twenty miles west of Changhe Town, he saw those Lion Realm cavalry and the Three Prophets' teams fighting together.
However, the battle situation seems a little weird......
Although the team of the Three Prophets was less than eighty people, and those cavalry plus the mercenary group were almost six hundred, they would not be able to handle the team of the Three Prophets for a while.
The main reason why they couldn't do it was not because the three prophets were too strong in their personal combat power - they were indeed strong, but they couldn't do it in the open wilderness.
Moreover, their horses were obviously out of strength, and it seemed that several horses had died on the road, and all the doom inducers had already dismounted and fought.
The three prophets are now also on foot, surrounded by doom heralds and protected by them.
It is estimated that the mercenaries shot their horses - no matter what continent they were on, the trick of shooting people first and horses is still the same, and it is something that must be done when chasing the enemy.
But now a large group of cavalry, facing dozens of women fighting on foot, failed to gain the upper hand - the main reason is that these Lion Realm cavalry and mercenary groups are reluctant to die......
The three prophets are 50,000 each, and the doom inducer is 3,000, but if they die, they will definitely not be able to sell it!
As a result, these guys with a head full of dinars actually used blunt instruments......
As a result, the current battle situation is that the cavalry of the Lion Realm surrounded the team of the Three Prophets, and then began to exchange hammers with the Doom Guides......
But the strength and skill of those Doom Inducers are far beyond ordinary people, and the hammers in their hands are the usual weapons they have always used, and their skills in playing blunt weapons are obviously much stronger than those of these cavalry and mercenaries.
Dozens of doom inducers faced hundreds of people in the face, and they were still able to fight comparably.
The three prophets, having lost their horses, stood back to back in the middle, and several cavalry corpses lay in front of them—both men and horses fell to the ground, all of them deadly with a single blow.
It was evident that some cavalrymen had tried, but they were cut down by men and horses, so for a while no one was willing to come forward to deal with them, but they were surrounded by hundreds of people, and they obviously could not rush out when they fought on foot.
The lord did not step forward again after a hundred meters away, allowing the brothers to disperse to prevent the three prophets from escaping.
Since this area was flat, the cavalry and mercenary groups surrounded the ranks of the three prophets relatively tightly, and many times they could not even see the figure of the three prophets, so the lord did not try to shoot arrows, so as not to cause accidental injuries.
He just needs to stay on the periphery and watch the play.
Leon was very satisfied with the current situation, anyway, it wouldn't be long before Godric or Charles would definitely bring a large army over, and he was already thinking about how to get his hands on the trophies of the Three Prophets......
"The Goddess watches over all injustice and evil......"
At this moment, the three prophets once again chanted the prayer of the goddess of justice.
The Doom Inducers, at the moment when the prayer sounded, became insane again, and they launched a furious assault on those cavalrymen like death!
These Lion Realm cavalry and mercenary groups originally wanted to catch them alive, and they had been cautiously besieging them, but they didn't expect these women to suddenly go berserk!
The encirclement of hundreds of people was suddenly rushed out of a gap by the doom inducers!
These women who lost their horses did not escape through this gap, but continued to fight fiercely.
The three prophets, however, immediately broke through to this gap.
The prophet in the middle wielded a long-handled broad-bladed sword, swinging it left and right to kill, and the huge blade swept across a large area with a fierce wind, and at least three shields were shattered under the blow, and several men who were blocking the gap retreated one after another, not daring to take the edge.
The gap was suddenly widened by several meters.
Then, the other two prophets rushed out side by side with a golden shield in one hand and a dragon bone axe in the other.
"Block them!"
Seeing this, the lord hurriedly led his men to block in front of them.
This time it was close, and Leon finally really saw the appearance of the three prophets - their faces looked beautiful, but they couldn't see any human emotions in their eyes at all, just like three robots!
The prayers were still in the mouths of the three prophets, and their voices were getting louder and louder, perhaps it was a strange witchcraft, and Leon once again felt that the whole sky was their voices.
This may be a special chanting technique, and probably a way for them to fool their followers.
But this chanting obviously had a strong effect as well, and the eyes of those who were doomed had turned blood-red, and the expressions on their faces had become hideous, like those of wild beasts.
And the three prophets, with this breakthrough, were stained red with blood.
The flesh and blood armor revealed its true face again, and the few cavalrymen who had surrounded them were shocked and quickly retreated as if they had seen ghosts.
In fact, they did see ghosts......
The armor made of human flesh and bones can still make people feel chills in the back of their heads, even in broad daylight!
Several of the archers quickly shot arrows, but just as the lord had tried before, the arrows were stuck in their flesh and blood armor and didn't seem to have any effect.
Leon immediately reacted, this is a witchcraft armor made of flesh and blood, it may actually be very thick, but it doesn't look obvious, the arrow can't be shot through, and the blunt weapon will definitely not be able to cause damage!
But since it's flesh and blood, the long sword and big sword can definitely cut it!
"Slash with a sword! Their armor can only be slashed with a sword! ”
The nearest armed infantry had risen to the top with heavy fan shields, wielding swords to re-encircle them.
The two prophets, armed with shields and keel axes, were soon surrounded by thirty soldiers and beaten with swords, so that they had to block left and right, and could not even fight back.
Obviously, although the flesh and blood armor on their bodies can prevent arrows from being pierced and blunt weapons, they really don't dare to be slashed with swords......
Although they seemed to be very good and had no flaws in the face of dozens of people in the fight, it was clear that they were once again besieged.
And the prophet with the broad-bladed sword in his hand rushed over, and the blade swung out, bringing a dazzling light, and the power was extremely terrifying.
She had come to relieve another prophet.
The infantry under Li Ang couldn't resist it at all, and the two heavy infantry shields were cut in an instant, and the two soldiers were even knocked out.
Seeing that she was about to swing her broad-bladed knife again, the lord rode Alice on a charge and stabbed the prophet in the chest.
Just listen to "Boom! With a bang, the spear cracked, and then the lord himself flew up......
Leon's riding spear skills were impeccable in itself, but his spear was blocked by the prophet - she used the blade of her long knife to hold the tip of Leon's spear!
Not only that, but the prophet also sent his hands forward, and with the help of Leon's horsepower, he directly smashed the cavalry spear with his sword!
The lord didn't expect such a situation at all, how could anyone face the charging cavalry spear and go forward?!
As a result, the lord, who didn't have time to let go, was pushed out by this top, and his shoulder was almost shaken and dislocated.
The power of the prophet was so terrifying that he charged with a spear, but it was Leon who was riding a horse and flew upside down for more than three meters......
What about the equality of all beings under the said gun?!
Alice, a very clever horse, made a sharp turn and returned to Leon, kicking the prophet's hoof with her hind legs.
But the swift hoof was still blocked by the prophet with the blade!
This terrible proficiency ......
Regardless, fundamental physics still existed in the Pander continent - a continuous, tremendous reaction force that caused the prophet's supporting foot to sink deep into the mud, and the earth was up to his ankles.
Taking advantage of the fact that one of her feet was stuck in the ground, and before the weapon in her hand could be recovered, Klose took the opportunity to slash it with a heavy sword.
It has to be his own people who are reliable, and Klose's ability to seize opportunities on the battlefield is first-class.
However, his powerful sword was quickly returned by the prophet, and he blocked it again with the hilt of his sword. Then he kicked him away with one leg - also flew more than three meters away, and fell to the lord with him.
The kick was even more powerful, capable of kicking Klose more than three hundred pounds away, and the Prophet suffered a stronger reaction - after this kick, her supporting foot was already deep in the mud, and the otherwise hard dirt directly covered half of her calf.
Originally, getting stuck in the mud was not a problem, but with the power of the prophet it was nothing more than a matter of lifting the leg with force.
But the problem is that the surrounding Metenheim men have already surrounded her, and they haven't given her a chance to move half a step at all.
They rushed up, and more than a dozen big swords greeted each other, all of them using the wood-chopping sword technique—that is, the New Year's sword technique.
The Prophet who was stuck in the mud held her weapon to block for a while, she was indeed powerful, and with such a long broad-bladed knife, she could actually block all the attacks with a clang.
However, she was driven into the ground like a pile by this group of mengmen with heavy swords!
My legs are a foot and a half into the mud, and I can't see my knees!
The Prophet's physical strength is also outrageous......
When the strength is too great, but the body size itself is not enough to match, this kind of thing will happen that would never happen under normal circumstances......
The lord got up with a sword that rolled to the ground and took the prophet's leg.
The men who were striking the iron held back the prophet, and she was completely unable to defend herself against the sword that was close to the ground.
This time, no miracles appeared.
Her leg was severed by a griffon's sword.
But the prophet didn't seem to feel any pain, and the leg didn't even bleed!
However, after losing a leg, the prophet also lost his balance, and could no longer block the Metenheim's attack, and was slashed in the face by a large sword.
That pretty face was chopped to shreds.
She staggered and fell.
The surrounding Lion Realm cavalry looked stupid, could they still fight like this?
Looking at the Doom Inducers again, who had already fallen to a dozen and had not captured a single one, they felt as if they had mastered some trick......