Li Ang, who was rushing ahead with a horse with a spear, was already about a hundred meters away from the Immortal Legion array.

This has stepped into the range of the crossbowmen of the Bacchus Empire.

The two infantry phalanxes formed by the Second Legion of the Bacchus Empire fired crossbows from the left and right flanks of the Immortal Legion towards the center of the battlefield.

The distance between the two battle formations was very elegant, two hundred meters apart, allowing the crossbowmen to form crossfire.

This is the traditional battle formation of the Bacchus Empire, and the Bacchus Empire's large shield spear is never protected in the middle of the Chinese army, but is used to cover the crossbowmen.

Like the 'ear forts' protruding from the two sides of the fortress, the phalanx on both sides fired at an angle, and the Immortal Legion in the middle intercepted as a wall.

Charge at the Legion of the Immortals in the middle and you'll face all the firepower.

But if the two long opposing formations on both sides of the attack ...... This has to be forcibly demolished by hoplites like the Silver Hand, and it doesn't end well to use cavalry to gnaw on such hedgehogs.

Crossbow arrows fired diagonally are difficult to guard against, especially in large-scale battles, when faced with a rain of arrows like flying locusts, and you either rely on equipment to carry them or pray that you can be favored by Lady Luck......

Fortunately, Leon brought a shield in this battle - this is not dealing with the degenerate, in the face of the heavy crossbow of the Bacchus Empire, if he does not bring a shield, he is really looking for death.

The Noldor cavalry and the Horn-Summoning Ranger followed Leon, and after halfway through the distance, they spread out left and right to give way to the middle, and then drew their bows and hurled at the Bacchus on the opposite side.

This is not a regular firefight, and it is not cost-effective for cavalry to shoot crossbowmen in the shield array, but only to suppress the opponent's long-range output as much as possible, so that you can have more hoplites rushing into the Bacchus.

Rushing out of the space given up by the archers were the Griffin Knights, the Lionlake Heavy Cavalry, and the Lion Realm Cavalry—they accelerated behind the Noldor and formed a column of sixty, then overtook the Noldor Elves and followed closely behind Leon.

These hoplites were the main force of the charge.

There was a gap of nearly two meters between each cavalry laterally, and the cavalry in the back did not follow their comrades in the front row, but directly faced this gap.

There is also a distance of about 20 meters between each column.

This kind of lineup is actually a fish scale formation, all the space is reserved for the reaction distance of the war horse, if the cavalry in the front row is forced to stop or shot over, the back row can also continue to charge forward directly from the gap, and will not be blocked by comrades.

Heavy armor, mounted spears, and fish-scale charges—this is also a tradition in the Lion Realm...... Or rather, this is the tradition of the kingdom of Pande.

The sound of horses' hooves became the main theme of the entire battlefield, and no other sound could be heard in Leon's ears.

In his eyes, there was no other picture, only the battle flag of the Bacchus Empire that was getting closer and closer on the opposite side.

He leaned down and hid his head behind Alice's neck, his body as shrunk as far as he could under the shield protection.

Crossbow bolts flew by his side, occasionally striking his shield and armor, sending a slight concussion.

When he rushed in front of the Immortal Legion, Leon had already inserted a dozen crossbow arrows in his shield and Alice's horse armor, and two crossbow bolts in his shoulder and crotch armor.

Alice was bleeding a little from the side of her neck, and Leon also had some skin injuries to her shoulders and thighs, but fortunately, they were all minor injuries.

As a king, the men and horses wore the best quality Noldor enchanted armor, and most of the crossbow bolts failed to penetrate this equipment, after all, they were shot from a distance of one or two hundred meters.

But the cavalry behind Li Ang didn't have such good equipment, and just by rushing through the range of more than 100 meters in front of the Immortal Array, dozens of horsemen and horses were shot down.

Especially in the first column, only half of them could still follow closely behind Li Ang.

Li Ang knew that such a frontal charge, of course, would suffer a lot of losses.

But Leon also knew that as long as he could successfully rush to Marius's side, a strong charge against the Chinese army would be the way to suffer the least losses in the end.

Now Leon had already seen Emperor Marius, right in front of him, holding a banner and looking at him.

The two looked at each other in a treacherous battleground.

There doesn't seem to be anyone else in each other's eyes.

The soldiers of the Immortal Legion had already rushed forward for dozens of meters - they did not wait stupidly for the cavalry to charge, but stepped forward and threw their broad-bladed spears at the face of Leon's cavalry.

This is the right way to deal with it, the shield wall alone is actually unable to stop the heavy cavalry, only by inflicting more damage on the cavalry in the front row and making it an obstacle to the cavalry in the back row can the impact of the large-scale cavalry be truly slowed down.

Leon didn't dodge the spear that came from him—it was useless to dodge on the battlefield, he just raised the shield in his left hand in front of him, and continued to ride his spear at high speed.

"Boom!!" "Click......

The rifle shattered, the brittle wooden pole in front of the handle almost exploded into slag, and an immortal was pierced through the head of the spear and flew backwards several meters.

Then there was the sound of the spears cracking, and blood splattered in all directions like a great wave crashing against the reef.

Leon's shield was also pierced by a spear, and the tip of the spear pierced Leon's arm.

"Hiss...... ......Uhh

Alice neighed sharply underneath, and another spear stabbed into its chest, shaking as it ran.

But Alice still didn't slow down, it still charged forward.

Leon casually threw away the handle of his riding spear, leaned over and pulled out the spear on Alice's chest, used the spear as a short spear, and stabbed it into the throat of an immortal who was about to stab with his sword raised in front of him.

Then, a violent tremor came.

Alice has crashed into the shield wall of the Legion of the Immortals.

The blade of the sword sparked dazzling sparks on Alice's horse armor, and the discomfort of metal rubbing against the leggings came from the side of Leon's legs.

But Leon ignored it.

Now, as long as it's not a stab from the front, he doesn't pay attention.

The enemy on the side and behind him, naturally there are other comrades-in-arms who will deal with it.

He just needs to move forward.

Draw your sword.

Forward.

After breaking through the three-layer shield wall and knocking more than a dozen people in a row, Alice's speed slowed down, but she was still not forced to stop.

Because Alice has always taken the initiative to crash into the shield - in fact, this is the most vulnerable way for war horses to break through the shield wall, but ordinary war horses are easy to instinctively avoid or deflect direction after seeing a huge shield.

Alice wasn't blindfolded, but it ignored all the distractions, and Leon told it to move forward, and it kept going.

Horses, like people, often rely not on strength, but on wisdom and determination.

In the eyes of the general public, Alice's golden-maned horse is not the best charging horse, because it is not the strongest in all aspects - it is not as explosive as a thoroughbred, its endurance is not as good as that of a Gatu horse, its impact is not as good as that of a gelding in Changhe Town, and its dexterity and speed are not as good as that of a Nordor......

But Leon always felt that Alice was the best.

Because Alice's is much smarter than the average horse, and much tougher than the average horse.

It can perceive what Leon wants to do, has complete trust in Leon, can avoid the greatest danger on its own, and can endure the pain to do what Leon wants to do, and it does not even deviate a little after being hit by the spear.

What could be better for a war horse?

Leon had broken through the shield wall of the Immortal Legion.

The cavalry behind them had also rushed into the Bacchus array.

The sound of the spear cracking resounded through the heavens and the earth, and then the sound of the sword and shield handing over drowned out the roaring horses' hooves.

Approaching, the banner of Emperor Marius was thirty meters away, and Marius himself still stood under the banner without retreating.

But at this time, Alice did not continue to rush, but suddenly jumped high.

Leon also saw it, and two rows of extremely long spears appeared in front of him.

This is a rejecting rifle - the kind that is five meters long.

These repulsion pistols should have been urgently arranged after Leon launched the charge, and there were only two rows, a total of dozens of guns, all in front of the battle flag of Emperor Marius.

The two rows of repulsive rifles were mounted on large shields and pointed diagonally at a small angle, and the height of the tips of the spears was about one meter two—the height of the horse's chest and abdomen.

If the horse rushes over, the tip of the spear will be poked into the horse's chest and raised diagonally due to the force of the impact, and the person on the horse will be strung together.

Standing at the side, beside Marius, stood a large number of two-handed swordsmen who were waiting to attack—they were also immortals, but they did not hold shields, but all of them were holding two-handed swords on standby.

The Bacchus Empire's array was certainly not so easy to break through.

This ability to quickly deploy multi-level interceptions alone has already demonstrated their super discipline.

The spear arrays and crossbow arrows on both sides came from the tacit cooperation of the Second Legion of Bacchus.

The spear throwing team that charged forward, the three-tiered shield wall, the two rows of repellent pistols covered by the shield wall, and the two-handed swordsmen under the banner preparing to attack—all of these were all set-ups that the Immortal Legion had done in the minute after Leon had charged!

The battlefield efficiency of the Immortal Legion was even higher than Li Ang had imagined.

Moreover, the two rows of rejecting rifles were very insidious, because they were blocked by a shield wall, and the Bacchus deliberately moved the three shield walls forward twenty meters, just so that Leon's cavalry could not see the location of these rejecting rifles.

I'm afraid that most of the cavalry will be hit when they rush here......

But Alice didn't hit the trick - it cleverly jumped past the first row of rejects, then landed heavily and braked sharply.

The clever young mare was eventually stopped, and the leap was likely to twist into the horse's hooves by stepping on the barrel of the gun, but at least it saved itself and its owner from being pierced by the spear.

And Leon didn't waste Alice's spiritual leap.

Before Alice landed, Leon leaped out of his horse, taking advantage of the last inertia that Alice had given him, allowing himself to fly towards his final goal.

Emperor Marius was behind two rows of rejecting pistols.

Alice jumped past the first row, and Leon took advantage of the momentum to fly past the second row.

They are truly like-minded partners.

"Leon!"

Emperor Marius raised his head in surprise, looked at Li Ang who flew out from the horse, and clenched the sword in his hand: "Everyone, attack!" ”

The location where Leon landed was less than ten meters away from Mallor.

Marius didn't panic, he still stood calmly, letting the two-handed swordsman next to him attack.

But then, his face changed dramatically.

Because, the two-handed swordsmen did not obey the order......

"Your Majesty, retreat!" "Protect Your Majesty!"

The immortals around Marius swarmed in, but instead of attacking forward, they stood in the way of Emperor Marius.

"Don't mess around! Maintain the military formation!! Ahem...... Cough!! Great swords in line! Forward top!! ”

Marius shouted.

But the Immortals didn't do what he said......

Most of them didn't hear Marius's voice, and they were just bent on protecting His Majesty the Emperor......

The Immortals crowded in front of Emperor Marius, and even completely blocked Marius's view.

In fact, Li Ang can't hurt Emperor Marius now - the enchanted armor on his body is very light, and he didn't get thrown when he flew out, but as soon as he fell to the ground, he was surrounded by several immortals and imperial mortal guards, and he could only roll and crawl left and right.

Basically, it is completely relying on the armor and sword to resist, and it is not easy to stand firm.

The cavalry behind him was intercepted by the rejecting rifles, and many soldiers were penetrated with men and horses, and the cavalry behind him was also blocked, and no one could support him for the time being.

But Leon was so close to Mario......

Marius himself was not afraid, he did not move at all, because he knew that he would not be in danger.

If the Immortal Legion can maintain its military formation at this time, take advantage of the fact that the first few rows of cavalry in Leon are intercepted to form a large sword array and move forward, and continue to arrange the repulsion rifles, it is very likely to intercept the charge of most of the cavalry on Leon's side step by step!

In the face of the cavalry charge, the infantry could not retreat, let alone chaos.

As long as the opponent's front columns of cavalry are stopped, and then continue to stabilize the front top, cut down the horses of the cavalry in front, so that the wounded horses pile up and cannot be dispersed, then the cavalry that the opponent will rush over can only turn to avoid.

Even if the cavalry is determined to keep moving forward, the horse will turn on its own - unless the horse is blindfolded.

And once the cavalry turns to avoid, it will cause a chain reaction, and the lineup will be disrupted, even if the fish scale formation is not easy to use in this situation.

But now, the military formation of the immortals is in chaos first.

Just because Leon rushed to a place less than ten meters away from Ma Luo alone......

Emperor Marius overlooked a small thing after all.

He ignored the fact that he had personally given Leon the reputation of a demon king a few years earlier......

At that time, Leon was still a little baron, but Emperor Marius and Justus portrayed Leon as an extremely terrifying demon—an invincible hero, a three-headed and six-armed swordmaster, and a monster who eats five children in one meal......

If someone else flew over like this, the immortals might not take it too seriously, and it would be over if they sent a few people to rush up.

But Emperor Marius looked at the people flying over and shouted 'Leon'......

Moreover, looking at the brave appearance and fearless determination of this guy when he took the lead in the battle, every immortal felt that this guy was probably indeed an invincible sword master!

Otherwise, who has ever seen a king rush to the front?

This is not the same - a sword master who 'can kill whoever he wants' is less than ten meters away from Emperor Marius?

Of course the immortals are panicking!

"Aha! Your Majesty Marius! I'm coming! Aren't you going to return yet?! ”

Leon shouted in the loudest voice, and the volume of one person almost overshadowed the hundreds—there were already hundreds of immortals piled up in front of Emperor Marius.

They were all armed with two-handed swords, so they all used their bodies as shields to stand in front of Marius.

This is the result that Leon wanted to force the formation!

- Marius is a good emperor who is loved, and his guards will inevitably subconsciously protect him, especially now that Emperor Marius is weak and has no combat effectiveness, the Immortal Legion will subconsciously protect him!

Marius himself could do it without being surprised, but his immortals couldn't—these loyal guards were driven by their subconscious......

Protecting the weak is the instinct of all animals, including humans, and protecting the Emperor is the duty of the Immortal Legion.

They're messed up, when they shouldn't.

In fact, Li Ang was now putting up a difficult resistance, and a large group of Immortals and Imperial Guards had already surrounded him—not directly rushing up, but actually relying on his reputation as a 'Sword Saint'......

Li Ang is only relying on the equipment to be good enough to carry it, and he already has several wounds on his body.

But that didn't stop him from continuing to scare the Immortals......

"You can't stop me!!"

Leon had another wound on his body, and the Noldor Enchanted Armor couldn't block the Immortal's blade, but he was still slashing, and it seemed that he was getting more and more energetic.

Several immortals have died under his sword.

"Hold the line! Leave me alone! He can't hurt me...... Ahem...... Ahem, ahem!! ”

Emperor Marius shouted hoarsely, then coughed with difficulty.

There's no way to stop coughing on the battlefield......

The Immortals who were guarding Emperor Marius began to slowly retreat, and Emperor Marius's banner began to retreat - the Immortals carried Emperor Marius back a little, hoping to keep Marius, who was currently ineffective, away from Leon.

Protecting the seriously ill emperor to retreat was an instinctive reaction, and it certainly couldn't be considered a mistake.

But as soon as they retreated, the situation became serious......

"Hah!! Hertz!! Charge!! ”

The troops on Leon's side suddenly let out an astonishing roar, and the team that was continuing to charge brought unimaginable oppression to the Bacchus at this moment, and the skyrocketing morale was almost visible to the naked eye.

- They all kept looking at Emperor Marius's battle flag according to Leon's orders, and now, that battle flag has retreated!

What does this mean?

Victory is at hand!!

No wonder His Majesty Li Ang personally led the charge, it turned out that the enemy was vulnerable!

With such thoughts, the morale of anyone will skyrocket, and most people probably think that they can fight at least ten!

They didn't know that Leon was the one in danger...... They couldn't see Leon who had fallen now.

But most Bacchus don't know either...... They also only saw Emperor Marius's battle banner retreating!

After all, Leon got what he wanted—the morale of one and the other.

This is the price of loyalty.

The immortals, who were loyal to Emperor Marius, personally tipped the scales of the battle in Leon's favor.

The immortals in the front row were quickly pushed back, and several horsemen finally rushed to Leon's side—they were lucky not to be poked by the rejecting rifles.

Seeing that there was a new force around Leon, the immortals began to retreat faster with Emperor Marius and his banner.

"Keep rushing! Leave me alone!! ”

Leon had already had scarlet wounds on his chest and abdomen, but he still brandished his sword and shield and shouted, "Do you remember my orders? Rush forward!! ”

(End of chapter)