Chapter 157: Outrageous Fourth Game
Soon, the knights who rushed forward were swallowed up by the continuous rain of arrows.
Even if a person can carry it, in the absence of horse armor, a larger horse is a target.
When they lost their mobility, the knights could only hold their small shields in despair and form a small circle to survive. It's a pity that no matter how large the kite-shaped shield used by the cavalry is, it is impossible to protect all directions.
These nomadic archers have two pots of arrows on their backs......
Twenty minutes later, the last knight fell, announcing the defeat of the second and second battle for the Church of Light and Night.
Because the opponent almost won completely, this time it was pressed up, and the balance had already toppled forty-five degrees.
Mark, who was watching the battle from a distance, had almost no expression on his face, and the nomadic cavalry was already a regular cavalry with short hands. Before the advent of things like crossbow arrows or English longbows with overwhelming range, mounted archers in the field were almost incomprehensible.
In the history of the earth, Attila, the king of the Huns, swept most of Europe with this trick.
"Bastard! The next battle is iron! Behold us destroying him! "Without Lonnie's mobilization, those high-ranking knights and great knights behind him clamored one after another, asking for orders to participate in the next battle.
If the law allows the use of iron, it means that crossbow arrows with a lot of metal parts can come in handy.
"Guess what, the Knights of Samsara were in the same situation as us in the first place?"
Mark's words were like pouring cold water on their heads and sobering them up. The balance that was about to fall in the distance was like the sword of Damocles hanging around everyone's neck, the grievance of losing two games in a row, and the threat of imminent annihilation, made the knights' nerves jump to the extreme.
Whether this is a trap or not, the Knights have no way back.
Abner glanced at the scales and made a hypothesis: "This is probably ...... Best-of-five, right? ”
Mark pouted: "Then guess again, what is the final score of the Reincarnation Knights?" ”
Anthony narrowed his eyes: "I know the leader of the Reincarnation Knights, Barak. That guy barely counts Sequence 5, and the level of leading soldiers is okay. ”
To be evaluated by a judge as okay is really not bad.
If you extrapolate according to Mark's ideas, it is easy to conclude that the Reincarnation Knights are probably like them, and they were caught off guard, and by the time they reacted, it was already the third game. It has reached the point where it is necessary to win, and if it is not victorious, it is perishable. It is conceivable that the third game of the original reincarnation sect must have gone all out.
Inquisitor Tony reminded, "Wait! Listen to the people in Poliva and say that Gusin was only sequence 6 before!? ”
Everyone immediately got to the point. There is a high probability that Gusin was promoted after destroying Barak.
So......
Captain Lonnie spat at the ground: "The Gucina dog thief deliberately released water in the strong third game of the Reincarnation Knights, and won the fourth game with all his strength, ending this [war] law duel in the world ahead of schedule." ”
Mark closed his eyes, thought for a few seconds, and when he opened his eyes again, he looked around at everyone: "If I'm not wrong, the fifth game will definitely release extraordinary power." The battle of the Extraordinary is itself a part of the [war] in this world. Gusin, who has already won two games, will definitely be in charge in the final round. So the question is what the fourth game is. ”
Mark had a vague guess, but it was hard to say, because it would slap the knights in the face.
Mark glanced at the hourglass with two-thirds of the 'sand' in the air, and changed his words: "The third battle, please leave it to the experts who are best at pure cold weapon duels with the support of no divine power." ”
Captain Lonnie's eyebrows jumped.
As a powerful knight of light, the biggest key to being able to sit in this position is that he is pious enough and the power of light is strong enough. Stripped of his divine skills and extraordinary powers, he is not the strongest.
Inquisitor Anthony was sensitively aware of this, and he smiled: "Coincidentally! My combat style is more inclined to use cold weapons to attack head-on, if Lord Lonnie can trust me, what will happen to me in this battle? ”
Lonnie's gaze glanced at a few strong men, and received a positive nod from everyone, and he gave in: "Finney is my deputy commander, he will lead the troops to cooperate with you." ”
"Good!"
The third game began, and as expected, it was a typical Iron Age cold weapon duel, as expected by the Light and Night side.
With 1,000 men on each side, a fierce assault was launched on this plain.
This time, the Knights of the Conquest did not let the victory go.
The opponent still sent mounted archers, but this time the Knights of Light had a pedal crossbow with a range of up to 300 meters. This kind of giant crossbow must use all the strength of a person to kick open the bowstring, second only to the bed crossbow.
When this outrageous range of a pedal crossbow is paired with a heavy crossbow that requires a winch to pull the string, plus a crossbowman who is good at shooting. That's the nightmare of a riding shooter.
Their recurve bow was pulled to the limit, and it was impossible to go beyond the range of a hundred meters.
A rain of arrows went to the hood, and the archers fell like wheat.
This time, the Guardian Knights let out a fierce breath, first shooting from a distance to greet, and when they missed almost all the arrows, they found that some heavy infantry with large tower shields on the other side did not eat crossbow arrows.
So under the leadership of Inquisitor Anthony, he launched a terrible heavy cavalry group charge, and was stunned to kill an outrageous battle loss of 32 to 1000.
The third team won a big victory without sending an absolute main force, and Lonnie's face was much better.
The only frustration is that the victory has been won, and the victorious side is still teleported away by the mysterious power of the inner world, to the huge balance tray composed of clouds and mist.
Lonnie noticed that his comrades on the tray were fine, and they waved to him. It's just that those who have played one game will be eliminated from the game even if they win.
Looking at the scales that were slowly balancing but slightly tilted to the opposite side, Lonnie was surprised and delighted.
I'm glad that I finally got back a game, and I'm surprised that I really told Mark right.
"Fourth game, to whom?" The battlefield in front of him was still quiet, and the hourglass in the distant sky continued to drop 'sand' non-stop, waiting for the Guardian Knight's side to send out the candidate for the fourth game.
At this moment, Mark smiled: "What kind of tactics do you Knights Cathar can't practice?" ”
"Humph!" Lonnie proudly said: "We don't have any tactics that we don't practice. From bare-handed combat to cold weapons, to bows and crossbows, to rifles, from plains to mountains, from deserts to snow-capped mountains, from ......"
As he spoke, Lonnie couldn't blow it anymore.
He finally discovered his biggest blind spot - the other party clearly uses [war] as a game, which looks like it has been from ancient times to the present, but he didn't say that he can only fight on land!
Beads of sweat the size of soybeans slipped down Lonnie's stiff face.
Mark did not mock the proud knight leader. Mr. Regiment Commander has done a good job, but the limitations of the times make it impossible for him to have a special operations mindset that transcends the times.
Mark didn't say any more, he waited for the follow-up effect, and it was quick to see.
Lonnie was not an idiot, he immediately realized the greatest weakness of his legion: he was not good at naval warfare!
For millennia, it has been the customary rule of the Orthodox Church that the sea is the territory of the Lord of Storms. It is not that other churches cannot go to the sea, but that crossing the sea can only be done as a process. If you really want to bypass the Lord of the Storm to train the navy, it will dislike this irritable god, and if you don't have a good one, you will start a divine war.
There is no doubt that naval warfare has been an indispensable part of warfare since human beings extended their activities to the sea. Not to mention the kingdom of Boliva, which lives on the sea.
As long as they keep their feet on the ground, these knightly cathars have no fear.
When it comes to naval warfare, what else will they do besides jumping gangs?
Because the magic is so strong that it can even block the cannonballs that fly over, the result is that the Knights of the Expedition have no other cannons except for a few heavy artillery for siege. This time, because the rebellion knew that the Boliva side did not have a castle and did not need siege warfare, they only symbolically brought four 6-pounder guns.
Lonnie immediately straightened his attitude: "Please sir." ”
"It's okay! It just so happens that my subordinate Mr. Wren used to be a Storm Warrior......" Mark beckoned, and the burly red-haired man Wren stood up with his storm team.
"I'm Wren, but I'm no longer in the Church of the Storm, I'm just working for my lord Mark." Wren slapped his exaggerated pectoralis major muscle with a big grin.
Lonnie took a look. Well, it's those grumpy old men at sea.
Abner played a round game: "Then Lord Lonnie lent two brigades of knights to follow?" ”
Before Lonnie could speak, Mark said, "Be safe, let's mix!" No matter how strong the storm system is, it is definitely not weak to be infantry, but we don't bring horses, but we will really be hit. ”
Lonnie nodded.
Mark turned around and handed Conrad a monocular: "I'll lend you this treasure first." ”
In the mental circuit, Mark carefully taught Conrad how to use it.
Sure enough, when the sand made of the last cloud of the hourglass fell.
The 1,000 mixed troops who came out of the column immediately let out an exclamation.
Water!
Eyes full of water!
Last second they were still on the plains.
The next second they were in the sea.
The heavy horse armor dragged the horse straight down. The heavily armored Knight of Light was equally panicked. Even if they were told that they might run into a naval battle, they thought they would be on a ship at most, and the devil knew that they would fall directly into the water?
The Storm's children, who are good swimmers, play their most role at this time.
Like nimble fish, they weave through the chaotic sea, swiftly approaching every drowning man, cutting off the ties of their armor.
A heavily armored knight, they can't even take off their heavy armor on their own without the help of their servants.
In a matter of seconds, the armor that had protected them became the culprit that drowned them.
Relatively speaking, the servants were much better, they did not wear heavy armor, but only brought a portable weapon and a set of leather armor into the entrance. They are in the best condition.
The knights who can be sent to Boliva are naturally water-based.
Despite their panic, they obeyed Wren's command and began to swim towards the three large ships that had dropped anchor in the middle of the sea.
Until this time, Captain Lonnie, who was watching the battle, was still iron-faced.
"Despicable! It's despicable! ”
If it weren't for Mark's reminder, wouldn't he really send a lot of heavily armored marines over, wouldn't he have been wiped out if he entered!?
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ps: The weather changed dramatically and I had a cold. There's no next shift tonight, so let's wait for noon tomorrow.