Chapter 23: The Great Defeat (Part II)

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the entire Qinling army formation was completely disrupted, with the heavy cavalry in front and the light cavalry covering on both sides, rushing straight towards the elven army.

"You must fight with the elven legion in close quarters! Otherwise, the advantages of the imperial soldiers will not be brought into play, the elven clan is good at longbow attacks, and now that they have this kind of anti-heaven weapon, they are even more like a fish in water! Rely on! You must go up!" Huangfu Le Sheng's horse watched the situation ahead, and there was only this thought in his heart.

Except for the heavy infantry phalanx of the two legions, which were left behind to suppress the formation because the heavy armor was not conducive to the charge, and those pale Shenji battalion soldiers, basically all the troops were pressed by the whole army.

Behind the Seventh Legion, the samurai battalion of the Ninth Legion formed a warlord, and those who did not patrol and retreated without permission would be killed!

"Longbowmen!!Two hundred meters ahead, throw!!" An elven officer gave the order to shoot loudly in an elegant tone, even on the battlefield, these elves would not forget the elegance carved in their bones.

The sky seemed to be covered by dark clouds, and hundreds of thousands ......of feathered arrows covered the sky from the sky, and it was black.

Then, with the exception of the heavy cavalry, whose horses were wrapped in steel armor, the soldiers of the two legions, who were only wearing half-body armor and leather armor, fell like wheat one by one.

The "Boom ......" magic crystal cannon was fired again, but this time the target was the Qinling army that was charging, and it was all powdered within a radius of ten meters with one shot, and there was no need to aim at all, the impact formation of more than 100,000 people could hit the target no matter how it hit.

The distance of the last two hundred meters was as impassable as a moat, and along the way there were corpses full of arrows and artillery craters.

The soldiers of the Ninth Legion were still rushing forward desperately, and the two-wheeled chariots of the chariot battalion roared in front of the heavy cavalry. There were also people in the Seventh Legion who tried to escape, but under the strong suppression of the Overseers, they were completely honest after killing a division commander, but the fear in their eyes made people wonder how much combat power they still had.

No, it can't go on like this, we must organize elite forces to break the formation of the elves, otherwise this kind of impact will be suicide! Thinking of this, Huangfu Le Sheng clamped the horse's belly, held the war knife in his hand, and rushed towards the battlefield with the guard battalion, he was going to go into battle in person!

"Knock knock knock......" An unusual drum beat sounded from the rear of the Qinling Army, and the soldiers of the Ninth Army turned their heads to look at it.

Sure enough, this is the Legion Commander coming to the battlefield in person!

Immediately, the morale of the Ninth Army was greatly boosted, and Huangfu Lesheng took the lead with three thousand guards and one horse to rush over the heavy cavalry and rush towards the enemy camp. The samurai battalion was originally supervising the battle of the Seventh Legion, but seeing that the commanders of their own legions were all in the lead, they all turned their heads and followed the figure of Huangfu Lesheng and rushed forward.

At this time, the Seventh Legion no longer needed the bullet pressure of the Supervisory Brigade, people were animals that were easily infected by emotions, and when they saw the soldiers of the Ninth Legion around them, they were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they were also enthusiastic and followed.

The body of the magic crystal cannon is cast in bronze, and the powerful energy is engraved in the magic array in the barrel, which will cause the barrel to overheat, and often after a fire, you need to wait for the barrel to cool. Moreover, the charging time of the magic crystal cannon is too long, and all the energy in the magic crystal needs to be extracted and compressed to the bottom of the cannon chamber, which also takes a long time.

Fortunately, there are such shortcomings, otherwise the elven clan would not be invincible with such a sharp weapon.

The army of pure martial artists was strong, and it was only a matter of a moment to rush over the distance of just a thousand meters. Huangfu Le Sheng's hand is holding a war knife, slashing left and right, and there is no one under his command to kill the elven spearman.

The 3,000 guards who followed Huangfu Lesheng suffered extremely slight losses, and then they also rushed into the enemy group, and the ferocious hand-to-hand combat began.

Prince Hicks looked at the situation in front of the front from a distance, and said to General Simpson with a frown: "The reserves have been dispatched, and in this battle, the Qinling people will be wiped out!"

"Yes, Your Highness, I will immediately order the knights to go out and encircle and suppress this group of Qinling warriors!" Seeing Prince Hicks nodding, he immediately turned his horse's head and headed towards the Royal Knights.

"O dear goddess of life, please give strength to your faithful believers!" After receiving the military order, tens of thousands of life knights knelt on the ground, prayed to the sky, and then drew their knights' swords, straddled the horned horses and rushed in the direction of the emperor's fortune.

The fluctuation of life energy from the direction of the elven army attracted the attention of Huangfu Lesheng, who slashed down an elven spearman who was trying to sneak attack, and sat on his warhorse and raised his eyes. I saw tens of thousands of knights holding high the knight's sword, with life energy faintly exuding from their bodies, and their bodies covered in bright silver armor rushing in their directions.

In his heart, he knew that these people were life knights, holding the seeds of life energy, which were not comparable to ordinary people. He hurriedly ordered the flag bearer to wave the banner and summon the guards to gather and prepare to fight the Knights.

Although the strength of the warriors of the guard battalion is strong, but two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, and the strong personal force in the military formation only guarantees that you can live a little longer, but it does not guarantee that you can be invincible. When the guard battalion was gathered, Huangfu Lesheng found that the guard camp had lost nearly one-third.

Fortunately, the samurai battalion then came in, and the chariot battalion and heavy cavalry in the rear also easily passed the defense of the elves, stirring up the elven phalanx in this area into a pot of porridge.

"Hey!" Huangfu Le Sheng's true qi poured into the battle knife, and slashed towards a knight who rushed over, and this knight looked at the tragic situation of his head separation in disbelief, he was a great knight, equivalent to a master of the innate realm, and he couldn't even block a move!

Huangfu Lesheng also killed the true fire at this time, and the true qi of the foundation building period was puffed up, and the elf soldiers in front of him were shocked by the true qi. He threw his sword far away at a knight, nailing him to the ground, then drew the long-handled sword that he was carrying on the side of his horse, and rushed towards the knights with a swing.

Huangfu Lesheng couldn't remember how many great knights and high-ranking knights he had killed, until he ran into the great knight in front of him.

"You are very strong, human! I heard that you are known as the first martial artist in the Qinling Empire, and I, as the head of the Kunya Royal Knights, will be with you for a while!" After speaking, the great knight in the gorgeous armor with a hollow pattern waved a sword flower and saluted the nobles of the Huangfu Le Holy Line.

Looking around, all the guards and samurai were fighting separately, the heavy cavalry and chariot battalions rushed left and right in the encirclement of the elves, the light cavalry troops in cover suffered heavy losses, and the infantry phalanx had already fought with the elves.

As for the large square of the elven middle line, it has been thrown into chaos, and the losses are also quite large, especially after the defense line was broken through by the Huangfu Lesheng with the personal guard battalion, and under the trampling of the heavy cavalry and chariot battalion, the defense line was in danger. If it weren't for the Royal Knights' participation in the war, maybe the battle of Huangfu Lesheng would still be won.

"Bang!", Huangfu Lesheng stuck the long knife on the ground, pulled out the command knife on his body, and also held the knife flower and looked at the good man and the Great Knight of Blood Fury.

"Bang ......" The two of them suddenly rushed forward, and the swords struck each other with a loud sound, if it weren't for the fact that both sides deliberately protected the swords in their hands, the swords would have been destroyed under this blow.

You fought back and forth for more than ten rounds, and suddenly Huangfu Lesheng stumbled under his feet, and finally stabilized his body, and the long sword of Jia Nan Blood Fury was already stabbing at his throat. A master's move is often a one-hit kill in some small details.

What's more, Emperor Fu Lesheng made such a big mistake, if Jia Nan Blood Fury couldn't catch it anymore, he would be sorry for his prestige as a great knight!

Just when he couldn't help but feel a wave of surprise in his heart because he was about to kill the first master of the martial arts of the Qinling Empire, he saw a sneer of disdain on the corner of Huangfu Lesheng's mouth, and his heart shook wildly.

It's not good, I've been fooled! This is a flaw deliberately sold by Huangfu Lesheng! Thinking in his heart, Jia Nan Blood Fury wanted to withdraw the move, but just now in order to kill with one hit, the move has already been used up, how can he change the move so lightly.

Huangfu Le Sheng withdrew to his side and let go of the big sword, and the knife in his hand stabbed him fiercely in the heart. What a good man, Blood Fury, after all, is a great knight chief, and his combat experience and strength cannot be underestimated, I saw him slightly adjust the shape of the body that fits and pounces, avoiding the blade that hits the heart, and stabbing him in the right chest.

This is the best countermeasure, and it dodges the fatal knife with the least cost. After being stabbed in a bloody rage, he didn't retreat, he locked the long knife with his body, and slashed at the chest of Huangfu Lesheng, shattering the armor on his chest, adding a deep bloody wound to his chest.

The two of them dropped their swords at the same time, and took a few steps back to their own side, and the two masters were both defeated, especially the final blow of Kazuo Bloody Fury was almost the same death.

After the two of them returned to their own people, Jia Nan Blood Spurted out a mouthful of blood, his injuries were more serious, he wiped the blood that overflowed from the corner of his mouth and said: "You are worthy of being the number one master of martial arts, and you have been taught in the next place! But no matter how brave you are, you can't save the fate of your defeat! Why don't you take refuge in my elven empire and believe in Her Highness the Goddess of Life!?"

"The Tao is not the same, not the same!" Huangfu Lesheng suppressed the injury and shook his head and refused, Jia Nan's last blow Don't look at the wound, it's just some skin trauma.

"Boss, look!" At this time, Liu Yuyi, the commander of the guard battalion beside Huangfu Lesheng, pointed to the rear battalion and exclaimed.

Huangfu Lesheng turned his head to look, and his anger suddenly increased. Zhao Ti, the bastard, actually fled, and the flag of the Seventh Legion was also discarded by them.

As soon as the handsome flag fell, the Seventh Legion, which had no intention of fighting, suddenly scattered, and fled in the direction of Manchuan Pass in the rear, ignoring the Ninth Legion that was still fighting alone.

"Zhao Ti! Flee from the battle! I vow to kill you!" Huangfu Le Shengpu spurted out a mouthful of blood, and turned on his horse with a pale face, although he was now hit hard, but he must not fall.

"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!" Huangfu Lesheng led the guard battalion and the samurai battalion to turn around and prepare to break away from contact with the elves. Under the impact of a group of soldiers of the Ninth Legion who regarded death as home, the Royal Knights were powerless, and watched Huangfu Lesheng and others break out of the encirclement.

"There is no need to pursue! Manchuan Pass is already in the hands of this king, they are just some lost dogs!" Prince Hicks witnessed the whole battle with his own eyes, more than 100,000 Qinling troops, with Zhao Ti fled to Manchuan Pass, there were as many as 80,000 or 90,000, mainly the Seventh Army and the heavy infantry and Shenji battalion stationed in this formation, seeing that something was wrong, and fled behind Zhao Ti in panic.

Although the heavy infantry of the Ninth Army Corps was unwilling to leave behind the commander and comrades, it was like this in the army, once the formation of a large group of routs and escapes, it would trigger a domino effect, and they could only slowly retreat in the direction of Manchuan Pass with the brigade.

Later, as soon as the Huangfu Marshal broke through, the units of the Ninth Army finally relaxed and tried to maintain the formation and retreat towards Manchuan Pass.

In the eyes of Prince Hicks, these routed troops who fled to Manchuan Pass were all turtles in the urn, as long as they advanced slowly, they could wipe out this part of the Qinling army under the fortified city.