229: Disadvantage
The screams on the battlefield rang out, and the Gothic cavalry was brutally blown over by the magic heavy spears of the Agrion Light Shield Regiment, and the corpses of the dead were all blown into several pieces, which was very tragic. The wounded also had their hands and feet broken, and blood gushed out like a spring! Such a terrifying attack power stunned the Gothic cavalry for a while, and the remaining knights let out a cry in unison, turned their horses' heads and retreated sharply to the rear.
"Your Excellency, are we going to pursue?" asked Perian Endri.
Eumenes shook his head: "Just now it was just a striker sent by the enemy to test it, and if we pursue, we will be in the hands of the other party." I estimate that the enemy's large force is not far ahead, and at this time we must not divide our forces to pursue, but gather as much as possible to meet the enemy in a strict formation. ”
Perian adried hesitantly, "But then our retreat will be slowed down, and the enemy forces pursuing in the rear will catch up at any time......"
Eumenes frowned and thought for a while, and said resolutely: "I will personally lead the reserve to block the enemy's pursuit in the rear, and you will do your best to repel the enemy in front, and then continue to advance!"
"But ......"
Perian was about to stop him, but the Janissary Commander had already left with his men without looking back. Collins gritted his teeth, and had no choice but to turn around and begin to direct the troops to prepare for battle. The trenches and craters crisscrossing the ground were ready-made, and only minor repairs were needed to construct temporary defensive positions. Of course, the defense is only temporary, as long as the enemy's counterattack is blocked, they must immediately switch from defense to attack, and continue to advance until they break through the encirclement.
As soon as the Pera warriors had set up their positions, several scouts rushed in from afar. As he ran, he shouted, "It's the main force of the enemy!
As soon as the scouts finished shouting, behind the hills in the distance, teams of HRE armies spun out, and these armies were endless. Soon they were lined up in a large battle formation with black press. At the same time, there was a sharp whistling sound from the sky, and then a large amount of magical light shot out from behind the hill, instantly crossing the sky and bombarding the positions of the Pera warriors!
It's a light field magic cannon!Perian was in a hurry, they retreated from Mount Ajid, and they didn't have time to bring the magic cannon. Even if you bring it, you don't have any magic preparation. On the other hand, the enemy has a large number of light magic cannons that can be transferred at any time, which can be used for ultra-long-range attacks, while the enemy can only be beaten passively. If you go on like this, you will be very passive!
Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, Pera's position was in a sea of fire, but fortunately they had already built temporary bunkers before that, and Pera's warriors huddled tightly in the trenches to prepare for the bombardment of magic cannons. But there are still injuries one after another. If so, it is still exposed to artillery fire in a forward formation. I'm afraid the losses will be even worse!
After a brief spell cannon attack, the enemy began to charge in formation. A loud horn sounded, and the HRE warriors shouted and raised their weapons in their hands, and rushed forward like a black wave, and soon approached the position. At this time, the Pera warriors also poked their heads out of the trenches, and when they saw the enemy's overwhelming momentum, they couldn't help but show a frightened look, and some of the warriors couldn't help but draw their longbows in their hands and prepare to attack.
Perian gritted his teeth and shouted, "Don't shoot! Don't fire your arrows until the enemy is within a hundred paces!!"
At this time, the drizzle in the sky became heavier and heavier. Gradually, accumulating at the bottom of the trenches, flooded the insteps of the fighters. It also cools the feelings of fear. Everyone stared at the enemy in front of them with bated breath, and soon the enemy's hideous face became clearer and clearer, and its forward had already entered within a hundred steps!
"Arrows!!" Perriande roared, and the generals beside him immediately shouted at the same time, and the order spread quickly. The elite Cretan Elven archers and Corinthian Moon Elf warriors had been waiting for a long time, and immediately shot an angry arrow at the enemy in front of them!
The sharp arrows that were as dense as raindrops suddenly shot out in a dense manner, and in the blink of an eye, they hit the front of the HRE army! The HRE warriors were charging forward in a dense formation at this time, and in the face of the cold light of the arrows that had already been shot in front of them, they could not dodge at all, they could only open their eyes in horror and continue to rush forward!
The arrows shot into the formation with a sharp sound of breaking wind, and the rushing HRE army disappeared like waves crashing on the beach, and fell to the ground screaming. The rest of the warriors raised their shields to resist, but the Cretan Elven Archers were world-famous marksmen in the Inner Sea, and their magic arrows were sharp and heavy with armor-piercing effects, and under the powerful blows of their stormy office, the HRE army that was soon densely exposed in front of the position could not withstand the heavy casualties, and had to retreat back in a chaotic manner, and in the process of retreat, a large number of them were shot down from behind by the Pera army!
Seeing that the enemy was repulsed, cheers were heard from the positions of Pera's army. One of the generals smiled and said to Periande: "Your Highness, the enemy is beginning to retreat, should we take the opportunity to attack?"
"No, slow down!" "The Great Prince of Corinth frowned and looked ahead: "The Shinra army is scattered all around in order to intercept the breakthrough of our army, and this army in front of you is large in number, it should be their main force in the southwest theater, it is impossible to be defeated with such a charge, there will inevitably be other actions." We must not act rashly until we have found out what they are really doing!"
Sure enough, as soon as Perriande's words fell, a loud trumpet sounded again from the enemy's ranks! Immediately afterwards, the enemy's infantry phalanx parted from the center to both sides, and a group of light cavalry armed with bows and arrows galloped out of it. They were armed with compound bows, wore leather armor, wore scimitars at their waists, and all of them had long hair, and their exposed skin was covered with tattoos, and their faces looked terrifying!
"It's the Khan's Guards of the Golden Horde!!," exclaimed an elderly general.
"Idiot! what are you screaming!" Perian scolded, then gritted his teeth and ordered, "Get ready for the Agryan Light Shields!!"
As he spoke, the Khan's guards in the enemy's formation had rushed out, they were the elite troops of the steppe for a long time, and their galloping momentum was as unstoppable as a torrent of ironclad armor!
(To be continued......)