Chapter 149: Heavy Armored Swordsman Battalion
Forward, forward, and forward, the cavalry members who gradually understood Ling Xiao's thoughts were thinking about how to move forward at this time, seeing the passage that was constantly breaking in front of them under the attack of the powerful archers behind them, everyone was quite excited in their hearts, they never thought that the passage that needed blood and courage to open would actually appear in front of them so easily.
In fact, this kind of collocation formed to rescue Ling Xiao, after being discovered by Ling Xiao, immediately understood how suitable this unintentional fit was. This formation not only has the unrivaled impact of cavalry, but also has the long-range attack ability of archers.
The addition of distance and near is by no means as simple as one plus one, but has formed a kind of impact method that has never appeared on the God of War Continent, and the bow and arrow chisel through the battle method! In addition, these specially selected marksmen are indeed powerful, so the team of 2,000 people roared all the way towards the Blood Tiger Banner and killed!
In fact, this method of warfare is not without weaknesses, the biggest weakness is that the weight of the war horse is more than half of the usual cavalry, and the impact distance of the guide zhì war horse will be extremely shortened, in fact, in the process of continuous advancement, some of the war horses carrying two people have begun to slow down, and even two or three have fallen behind.
Fortunately, the core strength of the entire formation, the hundreds of archers are not bad, and the entire cavalry team also tries to ensure their needs, once they find that the war horse is weak, they immediately change horses.
Fortunately, after they left the city, they didn't encounter too much melee combat during the impact process, and the horsepower was saved a lot, otherwise, there would be more backward war horses.
Seeing that the war horses began to fall behind, Ling Xiao was about to tighten his teeth, staring at the Blood Tiger Banner stubbornly, and slamming it vigorously, he knew it in his heart. If you can't cut down the Blood Tiger Banner in one go, not only will your group of people die without a place to be buried, but the most important thing is that the border gate city will also be blown down, opening the door to the south of the Dreadnought Empire!
Of course, the commander of the Dreadnought Empire, Wolf, was not stupid, and when the cavalry of Border Pass City launched the gouging, he had already seen the opponent's intentions. In fact, not only him, but also the dreadnought imperial generals clearly knew that the reason why this desperately attacking cavalry team was rushing straight towards them was nothing more than the Blood Tiger Banner that was set up high behind them!
Before, the Blood Tiger Banner moved forward. gave the whole army a signal, that is, the Blood Tiger Order has been issued, retreat to the latter and behead, and now the Blood Tiger Banner also has an additional meaning, it symbolizes the majesty and law of the Dreadnought Imperial Army, if that ridiculous group of cavalry really achieves tactical intentions, the whole battle situation is really likely to collapse!
Seeing the first half of the battlefield shattered, Wolf knew that his military career was over, although there were still a full army of 100,000 waiting to join the battlefield. But Wolf knew that the remaining 100,000 troops were just civilians who had just been forcibly conscripted, and the real elite had already been put into the battlefield.
If you win the battle, it's okay to say a little bit, just run forward. But if the battle is lost, this group of people will immediately fade and revert, scatter and flee, so to speak, a rabble.
However, with a small cavalry, he wanted to cut through his own formation. It was a joke, and Wolf cursed hatefully and began to give orders. "Order! The ten generals in front of the tent, go forward, responsible for intercepting the opponent's impact formation, remember one thing, just beat the opponent's forward to death, and the follow-up troops don't care!"
"Order! The heavy armor swordsmen are arrayed, in ten formations, and there is only one request, even if it is death, I will die on the front line!"
"Order! Tell the cavalry, leave that damn trebuchet camp alone, follow the opposing cavalry, charge!"
"Order! Military Flag Battalion, protect the Blood Tiger Banner, even if all the people are dead, the Blood Tiger Banner cannot fall, let alone retreat!"
I have to say that Wolf's series of orders are the best response to the cavalry of the border city, especially the top ten generals he mentioned, which are his own last escort forces, all of them have the force above the dignity realm, among which the leader of the ten generals, his chief of guard, has reached the holy realm!
Under normal circumstances, these ten generals never participate in any combat operations, and their only duty is to protect his safety, and Worf can send ten generals to the battlefield without a trace of hesitation, precisely because he grasps the key to this operation!
That is speed, if the cavalry of the border pass city can continue to attack like this, then it is very likely to achieve the tactical goal, but if it is blocked somewhere by the side of the dreadnought empire, then this cavalry team can only die!
Ling Xiao, who was rushing forward, clearly felt the change in the Dreadnought Imperial Army formation, first those ordinary soldiers who were blocking in front of the shock formation no longer held their posts, but scattered in a hurry, replaced by a team of about a thousand swordsmen armed to the teeth!
Not to mention wearing heavy armor, even the sword used is even bigger than an ordinary sword, two or three sizes, five feet long, and the sharp-eyed Ling Xiao also found that these iron men actually used a metal rod behind their backs to support their backs, in this way, one is to use the support of the metal rod to relieve the fatigue of wearing heavy armor, and on the other hand, after building such a support, the impact resistance of the heavy armor swordsman has increased exponentially.
If it were an ordinary cavalry team, it would not be able to break through this strong defense line of heavily armored swordsmen. Not to mention the ten generals who stood behind the heavily armored swordsman formation at this time.
Ling Xiao could feel that the Dreadnought Empire's side had exhausted its donkey skills, but this last move was not so easy to break. There were heavily armored swordsmen and ten masters in front of him, and the fearless Imperial cavalry team in the back, coupled with the extreme fatigue after a long-distance attack, seeing that these two thousand brothers were about to embark on a dead end, Ling Xiao was also anxiously thinking of a way, but it was a pity that he could come up with any good way for a while.
was in a hurry, but the cavalry general saw Ling Xiao's helplessness, "Brother Xiao, but there is no way to break this heavily armored swordsman formation?"
Seeing that this general didn't care, Ling Xiao suddenly seemed to have a realization, "Big brother, do you have a way to break the formation?"
"Why do you want to break the formation? The heavily armored swordsman is quite powerful, and no one in the entire God of War Continent can break through this formation!" The general wiped the sweat from his head while controlling the war horse under his crotch, "Brother Xiao, this heavy-armored swordsman has only one weakness, that is, he carries too much weight, and his speed is not even comparable to that of ordinary people!"
"So, we just need to go around! It's just that the brothers can hold on, but the war horses can't hold it anymore!"
This is indeed the case, not to mention those war horses with one horse and two people, even the war horses that have been riding alone under Ling Xiao's crotch are already sweating profusely, and they are about to lose their strength. And there is still a distance of nearly six thousand meters from the Blood Tiger Banner!
Looking at the Blood Tiger Banner close at hand, and looking at the good situation that was finally put together, Ling Xiao was extremely unwilling in his heart, but he didn't have the slightest solution!
What to do, what to do, continue to maneuver, no, the war horse can't bear it at all, and further forward is the heavy armor swordsman array, turn back, it won't work, behind is the dreadnought imperial cavalry whose speed has been raised!
It's just that you can't advance, you can't retreat! No, there is a way, Ling Xiao's eyes lit up, but he had a brilliant idea!
Because of the expansion of the defense of the heavy armor swordsman formation, the distance between the swordsmen is quite far, but the dislocation of the single and double columns makes up for it, in fact, there are still a lot of gaps in the entire formation.
With a boost of spirit, Ling Xiao also began to give orders, "Dismount, enter the formation, pay attention to the gap between the swordsmen, focus on defense, don't take the initiative to attack!"
It was another unbelievable order, but the soldiers who had gradually become accustomed to it did not have the slightest doubt, and immediately began to carry out the order, and after entering the battle with apprehension, they found that the formation was safer than the outside of the formation!
Although the war horse was about to lose its strength, the cavalry body was not badly retained, and after entering the formation, they flashed and moved, avoiding the attack of the bulky swordsman!
And with the cavalry of Border Pass City entering the battle, when the heavily armored swordsmen did not have time to change their formation, the dreadnought imperial cavalry that followed followed one after another. Unlike the slow speed of the cavalry of the border pass city, the dreadnought imperial cavalry who were eager for revenge had already raised their speed to the extreme, and after seeing the figure flickering, it was their own heavily armored swordsman who appeared in front of them!
In a daze, before he could calm down, the entire cavalry team had already rushed into the heavy armor swordsman formation one after another!
Not to mention the people of the Dreadnought Imperial Cavalry team, at this time, Ling Xiao and the cavalry who dismounted had already gathered together in the heavy armor swordsman formation, and seized a small piece of territory in the desperate fight to defend it.
At this time, the sword and shield soldiers who had not contributed showed their role, and the shields were connected to form a shield wall, and with the assistance of the longbow team and the sniper team, those terrifying heavy armor swordsmen would not be able to rush in for a while!
Ling Xiao, who was constantly sweating, glanced at the Blood Tiger Banner that was still fluttering from a distance, and made up his mind that he must knock it down, since there is no way to impact it and cut it down closely, then the only way is to shoot from a distance!
His own firing range is five thousand meters, and the extra five hundred meters is the difficulty of Ling Xiao's entire plan, and not far from the Blood Tiger Banner, the ten masters standing majestically will definitely intercept the arrows that are fired. Therefore, the key to this operation is cooperation, the cooperation between yourself and the sniper team and the longbow team!
After hurriedly calling Wang Xin and Zhao Liuxing together and explaining his plan in detail, Ling Xiao began to practice in the battle formation, practicing a shooting method that was just thought of for the extra 500 meters, the Lianzhu Arrow Method! (To be continued......)