Chapter Ninety-Three: Diversions 3
Gehr quickly put on his leather armor, grabbed his sword and bow, pushed open the door, and jumped out.
Directly in front of the carriage, among the green eyes, a group of black dots were rapidly approaching.
"Ula Ula~"
A group of horse thieves, armed with weapons aloof, screamed and galloped towards the carriage where Gehr was.
"My lord!" Clemi drove his horse to a stop beside Gehr, jumped off his horse, and his brother Date pulled the door as an obstacle, the deadly bow and arrow were ready, and the short sword for melee combat was stuck in the ground at any time for the horse thief to arrive.
Gell took the reins of the horse, turned over on the horse, and put the rune sword Epheros in front of him, the metal bow in his hand was already raised, and he pulled out a wooden arrow from the quiver on the side of the horse's belly and put it on the chute, squeaked the bow and wound it, and took aim intently.
The moment the first enemy came into effective range, Gehr's hand softened, and the bowstring instantly returned to its rightful position with an afterimage, and the arrow was like a bolt of lightning, and in an instant it crossed the space between the two sides, and with a snort, the first horse thief fell in response.
Immediately after that, Gehr continued to shoot two arrows in succession, and after letting the two horse thieves fall off their horses again, he threw his bow directly on the ground, picked up Epheros, and kicked the horse's belly with both feet, and in a clear neigh, the horse had accelerated forward, straight into the enemy's formation.
This is the responsibility of Geer's battle arranged based on experience after many battles with horse thieves - frontal impact disrupts the opponent's formation, creates chaos and makes the opponent lose the impact, and creates opportunities for the partners behind.
The distance between the two sides is rapidly approaching, and the naked eyes with murderous intent can already be seen clearly by the other party, and under Geer's keen sense of smell, the stench on the body of this group of horse bandits seems to be close at hand.
Gehr leaned down and leaned on the horse's back.
The next moment, several arrows whizzed over Gehr's head - shooting arrows on galloping horses and hitting the target accurately is not a skill that ordinary people can master, and these horse bandits can do the first half of the step very well.
By this time, Gehr's support had arrived—two arrows groaned past Gehr's flanks and submerged into the bandits' ranks, followed by two horse bandits tumbling and falling off their horses.
Before the battle was carried out, the squad of more than a dozen horse bandits had already suffered more than half of the casualties and fell on the way to the charge.
At a distance where ranged weapons were no longer effective, Gehr once again straightened up and lunged.
Swing your sword.
At the moment of staggering, Epheros shimmered like the first rays of the polar sunrise, and the foremost horse bandits' weapon-wielding hands and the parts above the neck pulled up streaks of blood and splashed in the air, swaying on the ground, making this grassland the prelude to the feast.
Quickly slashed back again, and two more enemies were cut off their horses, and when the horse bandits who came one after another faced Gehr's swordsmanship, they were like helpless toddlers, and their weapons could only slash through the air in vain, and they did not touch anything, and they were instantly chiseled through the formation by Gehr alone, and the number of people was reduced by nearly half again. The horse, having lost its rider, rushed madly towards the depths of the steppe.
If an enemy of this magnitude had not been able to form an effective encirclement to strike at Gehr, such an enemy would not have posed any pressure on Gehr.
At the moment when Gehr reached the rear of the bandits' formation, another round of arrows from the Brian brothers descended on the already chaotic bandits, leaving behind two good manure for the earth.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining three horse bandits hurriedly manipulated their horses to get out of the direction of the convoy and began to flee frantically towards the meadow on the side.
Sou!
A black shadow flickered in the shadow of the meadow, and at the end of the shadow's trajectory a horse bandit clutched his throat and fell to the ground, while at the same time a red shadow jumped out of the meadow, like a leopard pounced, and pounced on another fleeing horse bandit, pounced on him and cut his throat in the air.
It's Iona who is hiding and waiting for her chance.
In the end, only one of the menacing bandits escaped into the meadow.
"What's the situation up front?" said Gell as the battle came to an end for the time being, and Geer asked Klemi directly about the specifics of the investigation.
"It should be a small convoy besieged by horse bandits, it was too far away before, and before I could see clearly, it was discovered by the horse bandits' peripheral guard sentry, and the horse bandits directly chased after them. Crane respectfully answered Gehr's question, after a few battles, Gehr's position had been completely erected in this squad, and the warriors were always respectable.
"How many bandits are there?"
"Within fifty, this squad has now been divided to attack us, and now they have a maximum of more than thirty people. ”
"Clemi, Ida, come with me. Iona, you protect Lucarin from the meadow on the side. ”
Gehr's voice is powerful and powerful, and his habitual way of commanding in battle always convinces the others. Hearing Gehr's order, the Brian brothers did not hesitate to pick up their weapons and each found a war horse left by the dead horse bandit and rode it, and Lucarin and Iona also took some food and water casually and went into the meadow on the side, finding a place not far away to hide.
Another option to bypass the battlefield has been thrown aside by Gehr. Since the whereabouts have been discovered by the horse bandits, not to mention that there is a person who has run away after the most demurrage, even if they have bypassed it now, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not catch up again when the horse bandits have eased their hands, and Geer has no confidence to completely avoid these natives on this strange grassland, and Klemi's report also makes it clear that the number of these horse bandits is not a decisive advantage, and finding an opportunity to completely solve the future trouble is a more suitable choice for the current situation.
Three people forward.
It may be that the bandit sentry also caught up with the bandit sentry when they were chasing Klemi before, so the three of them were not spotted along the way, and they were able to quickly approach the battlefield and observe the situation of the besieged convoy nearby.
A total of three carriages were replaced with a small circle array, all brown ordinary medium-sized carriages, although they were well maintained, but it could be seen that the use time was not short, and they looked a little dilapidated.
Gehr watched the besieged convoy from afar, and a golden-red silver moonflower emblem on the opposing carriage caught his attention. "Which family's emblem is this?"
"Not noble, it's the emblem of the Ingrid Church. Date said.
"What does the church have to do with the Holy Spirit?" Gehr's brow furrowed slightly, due to the domestic propaganda and the events in the Royal Museum, he had a poor image of the people of the church, especially the Holy Spirit Sect.
Gehr, who has become extremely order-minded because of his past military experience, has a worse sense of the members of the church who are now similar to terrorists than these bandits who only bring chaos now, and the difference between the two is the difference between choosing to crush the ashes and stab them to death, although they both let the other party return to the arms of death, but the difference in intensity is still very large.
"Ingrid Church is the native church of Emlock, and the goddess of the moon, Ingrid, has always been known for its gentleness, and it has a good reputation among the people, and it has been spread among several small towns in Amrock for hundreds of years, and has not expanded outward, so the official also allows it to exist, and it has nothing to do with the Holy Spirit Church. Date explained familiarly, and after seeing Gehr's inquiring gaze at him, he continued, "During the war, Klemi and I received relief from the church of Ingrid, so we have a certain understanding. ”
Speaking of this, Date glanced at Gehr, hesitated for a moment, and then said the rest of the words, "If possible, please help them." ”
Klemi on the side also cast an expectant gaze.
Gehr nodded. The Bryan brothers apparently had a good impression of the church, which was in stark contrast to their usual disdain for the Holy Spirit Church, which made Gehr a little curious.
Looking at the field again, several people wearing silver chain mail were struggling to stab the spears in their hands through the gaps in the car formation, protecting the car formation from being attacked by bandits. The more than 30 bandits were divided into two parts, and a team rushed forward in a circle to kill.
There were more than a dozen corpses of bandits lying on the ground, and the human bodies lying on the ground could be faintly seen in the car array, blood red flowed out along the gap under the car array, and the brutal battle was producing new blood every moment until one side completely fell.
But in the fierce battle, it was impossible to hide a person's demeanor, and after glancing at the general situation, Gehr's eyes naturally focused on her.
It was a bow-wielding woman standing in the middle of the chariot array, her long hair dyed black as night and hanging down to her waist in the white silk cloth, her slender figure showing a graceful movement like a dance in the constant jumping, and in the interval between avoiding and blocking the stray arrows, she continued to shoot one arrow after another smoothly, and as the arrows flew out, there must have been a horse bandit with screams and blood spurting out of the throat, and then tumbling from the horse to the ground.
Most of the robbers' corpses on the ground were her handiwork.
"Prepare to shoot, and charge me after three rounds. Seeing that the bandits were completely distracted by the convoy, Gehr decisively gave the order.
The Brian brothers, who could not wait, waited for Gehr's order, and immediately raised their bows, aimed their arrows and shot them, arrow after arrow, and after shooting three arrows, they drew their sword blades and rushed forward with a roar.
After giving the order to the Bryan brothers, Gehr also directly drew the wooden arrow, and swished five arrows in a row, and when he finished shooting, the Bryan brothers only finished shooting the third arrow.
The besieging horse thieves were suddenly in confusion, and seven or eight people fell directly from this round of arrows, some of whom did not know what was happening in the convoy continued to attack, while others stopped their attacks and looked around for the people who had attacked them.
By this time, Gehr and the Brian brothers had already ridden their horses, and within seconds they had rushed into the ranks of bandits, and five or six of the bandits were cut off their horses by surprise.