Chapter Twenty-Six: The Whip Is Out of Reach
Countless arrow feathers from the place where the earth-walking dragon knight had just galloped shè into the sky, and 10 rows of tall centaurs were exposed in the dust to form 5 phalanxes, unlike the longbowman scattered shè, the centaurs obviously took the heavy knight zhōngyāng's color sè knight as the key target, thousands of arrow feathers slid through the air and rained down like bananas, the forged steel arrow tips let out a piercing scream and slid over the steel armor, and the dozens of knights in the middle each suffered hundreds of arrow feathers, to the departer archers were dumbfounded, except for a heavy knight who was knocked down by hundreds of arrows, the other knights had almost no damage, the knight who fell to the ground was not seriously injured and struggled to get up from the ground.
The imperial longbowmen immediately shifted the target, the raindrops of arrow feathers fell from the sky again, and the centaurs in the front row fell to the ground with a tragic call, blood spurted from the neck and body, and the torso of the white sè was immediately covered with a stream of red sè, the mane that was still flowing with the wind just now was twisted together by blood and mud, the four hooves trembled nervously on the ground, the centaur archers did not have iron armor, and at least two hundred-person squads disappeared- The banners of the men and horses of the fascist main formation quickly issued new orders, and the men and horses neighed and shrank from the horizontal column into columns, hiding in the dusty infantry from behind.
Three flags were raised in succession around Viscount Fan, and the light knight brigades on either side suddenly broke away from their formation and galloped into the distance—almost everyone looked at the soldiers who had fled in amazement, and then, at least half of the most numerous colorful infantry in the ranks, broke away from the center of the ranks and rushed out shouting (I learned after the battle that these were all the personal armies of the imperial nobles).
Then the four pikemen squadrons on both sides lined up in four neat phalanxes, the pikemen in front held high the big shield in their hands, and the soldiers in the back pierced their spears far from the shoulders of the soldiers in front, and the outermost four rows of soldiers were sharing an extra-long war spear, and only the one exposed was about 3 or 4 meters. In the center of each phalanx there are more than 20 drum band soldiers, some of them hang small war drums under their necks, some have huge trumpets hanging from their waists, and in the middle is a bagpiper player......
All of this happened in just about 10 breaths.
The war of steel and iron has been staged...... The frontal charging dragon and the heavy knight let out a final cry, the dragon spear more than 3 meters long and the heavy knight spear nearly 3 meters long stabbed out almost at the same time, almost at the same time, the heavy knight and the earth dragon knight raised their heavy shields and pushed the oncoming spear hard, under the huge habit, most of the heavy shields were lifted away, and the giant shields of red sè and black sè were torn apart in the air...... The knights who rushed forward first had little suspense of life or death, and most of the dragon lances and knight spears came out at the same time, and some of them were even provoked from their mounts by bayonets. Blood gushed out from the back of the body after a moment's pause, and the earth-walking dragon and the heavily armored warhorse collided with each other, the soulless body fell from its mount, and the ownerless dragonbeast roared and stretched out its sharp front paws to slash across the all-steel vest, making a piercing noise. The distance left between the dragon knights was obviously too short, and the second group of dragon knights couldn't restrain the dragon's powerful habit at all, and slammed into the dragon knight and the heavy knight who were still stiff, and the dragon knight slammed into the ground with a curve, and it seemed that the neck bone could be heard with a crisp cracking sound.
The knights who lost their spears immediately drew their heavy swords and slashed at the head of the earth dragon that was almost as tall as themselves - in the first batch of charges, the imperial heavy knights actually defeated the earth dragon knights whose combat power should be higher than their own, especially the two winged red armor heavy knights, the more they went to the wings, the more imperial heavy knights survived in the knight hedge, and the heavy knights won, which we expected, but why the more you go to the wings, the higher the chance of winning, and the heavy knights in the center are completely unarmed, which we did not expect.
The Earth Dragon Knight in the back also noticed this and quickly adjusted the direction, adjusting the focus of the impact to the multicolored heavy knight in the middle, as for the steel monsters outside, it was better to hand them over to the heavy infantry behind.
The light knight troops who followed up with a higher speed charge on both wings suffered a big loss, they did not expect that after the same number of dragon knights and knights were hedged, a considerable number of heavy knights could still survive - in the face of almost the same number of heavy knight troops, the first two echelons of light knight hundreds disappeared in the torrent of steel in an instant. The heavy knight who lost the heavy knight's spear was not something that the light knight could contend with, and the blood-red heavy sword cut off the wooden carbine in the swing, and the slender sword of the surviving light knight could not leave any scratches on the heavy knight's steel armor at all. The heavy sword was swung vigorously, and the neck of the light knight without heavy armor was obviously unable to compete with the heavy sword, and the broken head became the "polo" on the battlefield with the last trace of fear, and blood gushed out from the neck cavity, as if releasing bright red fireworks for the stage of war...... Warhorses galloped across the battlefield with headless knights, large chunks of blood staining the heavy knightly armor of the Flame Knights.
The commander of the hundreds, who was in charge of the command, quickly issued a new order, and the light knights immediately flew away as soon as they missed the blow, and several hundred-man detachments broke away from the battle farther and returned to their own positions again.
The only thing worthy of the dragon knight commander's relief is that under the continuous impact of the last three rows of dragon knights, the fascist continental knights tore apart the center of the emperor's ** camp, and after losing the center of the charging dragon knights and light knights, the heavy regiment composed of bears and half-orcs was like a wedge and nailed into the originally raised imperial camp, and after just 3 breaths, the imperial infantry phalanx also rushed up.
For the first time, the Emperor experienced the horrors of the fascist infantry - a world of difference from their knightly troops. The tall bears in the front row are clad in pure steel chain mail, and they hold one hand high1. 7 high steel shield, the other hand wielded effortlessly1. The 5-meter-long giant wolf tooth lance, the Imperial Heavy Knights who had just tasted the taste of victory were almost destroyed - the ugly face of the enemy's whole body steel armor and the weight of the weapon was at least 200 catties, but this did not affect their activities at all, the bear people who smelled the smell of blood between pushing and shoving once again burst out of their beastly instincts, most of the bear people who rushed to the front row threw away their heavy shields, roared and jumped high, and the heavy wolf tooth lance whistled through the air, hitting the heavy knight's iron shield and big sword - Almost without exception, the kite was flown and the wolf tooth lance swung again slammed into the heavy knight or the mount, and the steel armor let out an unwilling whimper and immediately deformed, and the knight who fell to the ground spurted red blood from the front of the fully enclosed helmet.
I've always known that a significant number of the Mountain Dwarves have joined the military and become powerful weapons against heavy knights - dwarves wielding giant sledgehammers are enough to smash the ** that is included behind the rare metal, and it seems that the bears are also extremely destructive in this regard.
The heavy knights who were caught in the middle by tens of thousands of infantry immediately seemed to be stuck in the mud, and the knights who lost their flexibility were easily put down by the heavy infantry, and the heavy knight battle flag on Viscount Fan's side quickly issued a new order, and at the last moment, about half of the heavy knights were withdrawn from the front line, and the other heavy knights all disappeared in the red and black like waves.
In this kind of battlefield, the strength of the individual is almost negligible, even if the heavy knight can defeat one bear infantry, but can he still escape the catastrophe by jumping two more at the same time? can the knight escape, but what about the war horse? Will the enemy who pounces on him like cháo water give the individual any respite?
From the eyes of Da Qingshan and Chi Aotian, we saw each other's worries - in the frontal impact of the battlefield, the chances of survival of the small mercenary group may be very small.
The situation on the battlefield changed dramatically, and the emperor **, who had just gained an advantage in the knight confrontation, encountered the heavy infantry legion that the other continent relied on to become famous, and the heavy knights who had no impact distance were quickly defeated. The scales of war, which had just tilted a little towards the Imperial side, shook a little and began to tilt towards the fascist corps at a faster pace.
In Daqingshan's report to Viscount Fan, we accurately described the combat strength of the fascist continental army, especially focusing on the bear soldiers who almost made us lose in the end, but we didn't expect that Viscount Fan didn't listen to it at all.
After attacking the bearmen and orcs who rushed more than 600 meters and buried half of the Flame Heavy Knights, they continued to release their terrifying penetrating power in the face of the swarming multicolored infantry in front of them - no human weapons could resist the waving of wolf fangs and maces, and in the distance, we kept seeing human weapons flying high into the sky, including many of the weapons commonly used by the mercenaries we are familiar with - not only the weapons that were knocked away, but also the deformed and headless human bodies......
Every time the huge weapon fell, it was like hitting the calm lake with my hand, blood flowers and blood mist rose layer by layer, shouting, moaning, cursing, roaring, and calling mixed with the sound of the weapon impacting, and I could faintly feel the blood hitting the roots of my hair - even a cold-blooded person like Chi Aotian could clearly see the green tendons on the back of his white hand.
Viscount Fan didn't know if he had been stunned by the tragic scene in front of him, and he didn't issue a new order for a long time.
The legions of bears and orcs continued their bloody show, and there were already signs of rout among the Imperial soldiers, and some of the soldiers in the back no longer knew whether to continue to charge forward and die, or escape the heavy infantry phalanx of 40 huge iron hedgehogs behind them - of course, there was only one way to escape.
The only consolation to us was that, in stark contrast to the zhōngyāng knights and infantry, the four huge spear infantry phalanxes on either side used their extra-long spears to force the bear soldiers who tried to move forward, and any bear man who jumped high in the hope of crossing the field of spears and entered the phalanx was pierced in mid-air by several spears piercing from the rear formation, and then the corpse fell in front of the phalanx in the alternation of spears. That is, these 4 pikemen phalanx are trying to maintain the balance of war, and they will not fall to the legions of the other continent like an avalanche.
Just when we were already discussing how long the Imperial camp could hold out in the first encounter, the situation on the battlefield changed dramatically once again.
After killing at least 4,000 Imperial soldiers, they finally charged to the steel city wall that had been waiting for them for a long time, 40 huge phalanxes, each phalanx composed of more than 50 spears, followed by longbowmen in groups of 30.
The seal bone horn sounded sonorously, the sharp and sharp horn issued a new order to the 40 phalanxes, the heavy drum located below Viscount Fan sounded at the same time, and two tall and mighty warriors wiped the sweat from their faces under the majesty of the sun, and each held up a long 1. The 2-meter copper hammer struck down the drum skin with all its might, which is said to be made of real dragon skin, and the drum made a loud sound no less than the dragon's groan. The phalanx of 40 heavy infantry moved at the same time, and with each drum sound, the heavy infantry took a big step forward at the same time, and the gibbous moon formation had become a concave moon after five drums, and the exit between the phalanx and the phalanx disappeared - thousands of neat and orderly spears became a corridor of death.
There is no doubt that the combat ability of bears and half-orcs is far from being comparable to ordinary humans, but, in the 1,000-meter-long attack, the weak have died in the rain of guns, and the strong have also reached the limit of their physical strength in repeated slashing, and the disorderly charging formation suddenly encountered a battle formation that has been waiting for a long time, which has been out of the discussion of individual combat ability.
The drums suddenly became denser, the four spear phalanxes on both sides also showed a smile of death, the sky was raining arrows, and in front of them were death traps, although the dragon knights continued to change the banners of the heavy infantry in the rear, but whether it was a formation or a retreat, the imperial soldiers obviously would not give them any time - the advantage of space and more than 4,000 soldiers in exchange would be cherished by anyone.
With a depth of 400~500 meters and a horizontal depth of 250~300 meters, a huge pocket array with the word death written on it was placed on the prairie on the north bank of the Lion River by Viscount Fan. The Imperial soldiers skillfully stabbed their spears out at the same time as they stood, then immediately pulled them back, and then waited for their turn to stab them again......
If the bear-man warriors and the orc warriors just now were tyrannical slaughter...... Now, the performance of the human pikemen is the naked torture and killing, and the well-trained soldiers listen to the sound of the drums and simply do the action of advancing, stabbing, and drawing their guns. The powerful soldiers of the other continent used their shields in vain to block the forest of spears that pierced out in pieces, and the bayonets that were several meters long continued to pass through the gaps in the shields and penetrate the strong bodies of the soldiers of the other continent, and in the beast-like roar, the soldiers fell in pieces. Every time he pulled out the spear, the unusually thick body immediately spewed out thick plasma along the gun stall, and the tip of the spear was quickly rubbed by the flesh and blood to reveal the steel of the essence, and the plasma meandered down the spear, and the armor of the heavy infantry standing in the front row was immediately washed by the blood plasma and then pounced on the dust again, and the fire lion on the shield was rendered by blood and was extremely tyrannical......
There also seemed to be a special halberd soldier in the phalanx on both sides, using halberd axes to slash and throb enemies who fell to the ground.
In human language, there is the idiom "the whip is beyond reach", and I really understood the meaning of this word for the first time. The Golden Dragon Knight has at least more than 10,000 troops under his command, but there are still more than 500 meters away from the nearest unit on the battlefield where the murder is being made, even if he immediately puts all his troops into support, it is estimated that it will not have much impact on the outcome, the murder may have ended before the reinforcements arrive, and in addition, the infantry who have been running for a long distance is very easy to fall into the trap just now.
On both sides of the main battlefield, the two light cavalry squadrons of the empire that had just left their own formation also had a new definition at this time, this move was a live move, advance - you can stop the infantry rushing to the rescue of the opponent - use infantry and knights to hedge, and there is no suspense about the outcome of the victory or defeat; retreat - when the infantry breaks away from the main formation, these light cavalry can gather the main formation of all dragon knights and archer troops and monks who are separated from the protection of the infantry.
The Imperial heavy cavalry, which had just escaped from the war, was once again assembled in the rear of the Imperial main formation......
What's even more optimistic about us is that just now, in order to pursue one-hit killing, the dragon knight invested almost all of his heavy infantry in the first echelon, and almost more than 70% of the remaining 10,000 soldiers were werewolf light infantry.
Scheming is like a snake and scorpion, which is the same meaning of several of us. When the fascist heavy infantry launched a charge, it still had a neat phalanx, and the same orc phalanx undoubtedly had a huge advantage over the human soldier phalanx. Sacrifice 4,000 weaker soldiers as bait, and use continuous routs to provoke bloody battles among orc warriors, and finally completely destroy the opponent's formation...... Viscount Fan is really unusually cunning. It's just that the bait sacrificed was too big.
The tilt of the scales of war suddenly stopped, and once again it turned to the Empire, and the war seemed to be coming to an end.
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