281: Oni's counterattack
The Eastern Roman warriors were divided into three wings, the left, the center, and the right wing, and the center was composed of heavy infantry, advancing neatly with heavy steps like a huge wall of steel. On the left are the long-range light infantry, armed with heavy throwing guns and strong bows, charging at the front, first striking at the enemy's lines with a stormy long-range attack. At the end of the line is a group of 1,000 cavalry on the right flank, led by Leitos himself, and when the enemy is weakened by his own ranged attacks, he will immediately attack the enemy's flank in a roundabout way!
When Leitos led 5,000 elites to rush to the forest behind the city of Troy, the sound of war drums and trumpets shook the sky.
He excitedly held the sword in his hand and kept shouting loudly to boost morale. The ranged infantry in front of the left flank had already launched the first attack, and countless arrows flew into the sky like deadly raindrops, and they all shot into the woods. Immediately, sharp screams and cries for help rang out one after another, and soon mixed into a chaotic shout.
Immediately after that, the heavy infantry also marched into the forest in a neat phalanx, and the screams suddenly became even higher, like a plate of scattered noble private soldiers were powerless to resist the regular army with strict organization and excellent equipment, the heavy infantry phalanx did not encounter any effective resistance at all, and the pace of advance did not stop at all!
Thinking of the impending victory and the merciless slaughter of the enemy, Leitos was so excited that he raised his sword in his hand and stood on the stirrup and shouted: "Brothers, the enemy is finished! Follow me, kill, kill them!"
"Kill!!"
A thousand knights roared in unison, and they galloped in a spiked formation. The spear in his hand stabbed out like a forest, and the sharp tip of the blade shone in the sun, shaking people's eyes stinging!
Cavalry clusters tread heavy horse's hooves like thunder. Soon bypassing the front of the woods, Leitos saw a large number of noble soldiers fleeing from the flank, these incapable fellows were obviously unable to withstand the fierce attack of the Eastern Roman warriors in front of them, and had already begun to flee desperately!
Leitos couldn't help but laugh, and he lunged forward, slashing three of his enemies in the blink of an eye, blood splattering beside him. He laughed wildly and his eyes reddened like a devil coming out of a pool of blood! The aristocratic private soldiers screamed one after another, and they were all cut to the ground immediately like straw!
Soon, all the enemies fleeing the forest were wiped out, and Leitos immediately led a cavalry group into the forest. They were greeted by panicked aristocratic private soldiers. They had lost their armor and turned pale, and they stood in groups next to some messy and dilapidated tents, trembling with fright, and although they had some inferior weapons in their hands, they didn't know how to resist!
"Kill them all!, leave no one alive!!"
Victory was within reach, and Leitos shouted excitedly, swinging his sword and lunging forward. However, at this moment, an alarming loud noise came from a distance. The earth shook violently, and many of our warriors could not stand. They were all knocked to the ground.
Leitos hurriedly raised his head and looked forward, his eyes bulging in surprise. Something he had never seen before in his life happened in front of him, only to see that in the distant forest, a huge giant puppet suddenly appeared at some point!
The doll is gray in color, the material on the surface is not gold or stone, and the structure of the body is similar to that of ordinary humans, but it is decorated with five-pointed stars of different shapes everywhere. On the head is a large five-pointed star carved with intricate spell patterns, and in the center of the star are two magic stone eyes with a pale blue glow. There is also a star-shaped shield on both hands, with sharp edges, which can be used to defend and attack!
Leitos' eyes widened in horror as he saw the giant puppet stretching out its thick arms and sweeping frantically back and forth on the ground, and row after row of Eastern Roman hoplites screamed and screamed, and were sent flying into the sky by the tremendous force of the impact, spewing out clouds of blood mist! Although the poor Eastern Roman soldiers marched forward bravely, fiercely attacking each other with their weapons, spears and short swords slashing at the strange shells of the puppets, they only sparked some sparks in despair, and had no effect at all!
It's a trap!!
What I thought was an easy victory turned into a slaughtered Shura field. Faced with such a tragic scene, Leitos was both shocked and angry, and finally realized that this was a conspiracy of the enemy, and that the so-called aristocratic private soldiers were just a trick, in fact, the enemy had already prepared for an extremely powerful war puppet to be ambushed here, waiting for them to throw themselves into the net!
Leitos was resentful in his heart, but he was just an ordinary general commanding thousands of troops, with limited ability and knowledge, and he simply didn't know what to do in the face of the enemy's heavy war machine that was 100 meters high!
The giant puppet is the Minoan Guardian Colossus piloted by Oni, and since the rebellion against the Eastern Romans was planned, she took the initiative to ask Elrens to take part of the enemy's attention in the direction of Troy and annihilate them.
From the very beginning, Oni waited patiently in ambush with the nobles' private soldiers, and as expected, the Eastern Romans soon sent troops to attack. When the enemy attacked, Oni immediately took out the deep sacrifice and released the Colossus hidden in the abyss, and with the assistance of the Blue Smoke Monster Kronos, piloted the Colossus to fight back against the enemy!
The enemy was no match for the Guardian Colossus of Milos, and the situation on the battlefield had quickly and completely reversed, and the noble private soldiers who had been running everywhere had regrouped and launched counterattacks from all directions with various weapons in hand. The Eastern Roman warriors were constantly slaughtered by the Colossus, and the originally tight formation became fragmented, everyone was terrified, and their morale was extremely low, and even the attacks of the nobles' private soldiers could not withstand them!
Under such a one-sided slaughter, no matter how elite the troops were, they could not resist it. Coupled with the laxity of military discipline during this period of time, the Eastern Roman soldiers were frightened and frightened, and the idea of retreating came out of their hearts......
(To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the cold rain and smoke for the ticket, I have a cold and fever these days, and the update is slow, I'm really sorry!