Chapter 309, Nanzi Great Battle (Part 1)
The formation of the battlefield gradually appeared in front of everyone.
The knight army in Brittany is divided into three parts. The left wing is led by the Holy Grail Knight Eisen. The two serf longbow battalions are at the front. Eisen himself leads three hundred knights and seven hundred knight retinues behind the left wing. A large group of serf soldiers, these serf conscripts are the serf infantry regiment carefully selected by the Duke of Lyonnaise. They hold long spears, swords and shields and form a tight formation.
On the right flank were 500 knights and 2,000 cavalry led by Jules. A large infantry regiment was in front. Jules and the five Holy Grail Knights were also with him, along with Anara, the prophet of the lake god, and Calad, the count of Galament.
The most elite 3,000 knights and 5,000 knight retinues are located in front of the central army, behind the large group of knights is an elite infantry regiment composed entirely of sergeants, and the Duke of Dalheide is located in the central army.
The Duke's legitimate son, Aldred, led a thousand reserve troops behind the central army.
Compared with the army of Brittania, the barbarians did not separate at all. Under the command of Egil, the barbarians formed several giant phalanxes and formed a tight shield wall, ready to meet the knights. charge.
The fierce barbarians used shields to form a powerful formation, but this could not cover up their crude equipment and messy team. The entire shield wall was uneven, and there were even many loopholes visible to the naked eye.
"Hmph! The Yankees live in the wasteland, so it's amazing to be able to stand in such a formation." Dalhaide said disdainfully, looking at the scattered formation of the barbarians.
"My Duke, the knights are all ready, but if they forcefully charge the barbarian army like this, the knights will suffer a lot of losses." Lieutenant Earl Wren said, riding a horse, looking at the formation of the barbarians, towards Dalhaide said: "We should let the archers approach first."
The army of knights approached slowly, while the barbarians remained as firm as a rock.
A large group of archers gradually approached the barbarian army in a loose formation. The barbarians did not respond, and they still stood still.
Duke Dalhaide nodded to Lieutenant General Ren, so Ren galloped forward and waved his hand: "Let go!"
The left wing of the Holy Grail Knight Eisen also approached slowly. The archers were ordered to shoot arrows at the barbarian army formation together, while Jules, who was on the right wing, signaled his army not to move. They must always prepare for the barbarian counterattack.
At this time, in a large snowstorm, there are large pieces of snow everywhere under the narrow Nanzi Plain, and many woods and mountains are covered with snow.
The archers shoot arrows at the barbarian army,
A dense rain of arrows poured down from the sky and fell on the barbarian army formation.
"Oh~" Many barbarians were hit by arrows and screamed, and the formation shook for a while. A barbarian chief stood in the army formation, holding up his battle axe: "Don't move! Don't move!"
The poorly equipped barbarian army kept people killed by arrows. Most of the barbarian soldiers only wore simple leather armor and used ordinary shields to resist bows and arrows. The small round shields were mainly used for close combat and could not effectively resist bows and arrows.
Of course, the barbarians were not willing to be beaten in vain. Many axe-throwing soldiers and spear-throwing soldiers used long spears and throwing axes to fight. The serf archers were hit hard. Shivering from the cold, once attacked, almost all of them died on the spot.
Dalhaide responded with indifference, and the Duke himself waved the knights to readiness.
The horses neighed, the horseshoes slid on the ground, and the knights lined up in rows, and they were ready.
After the three rounds of volley, many serf archers were frozen to death, and the confrontation with the barbarians also caused heavy losses to the serf archers. Many thin serfs were already very tired in the heavy snow.
The barbarian army also began to shake because of the three salvos.
"This is your chance! Knights! For the ladies! For Brittania! Onward!!!" Dalheide raised his lance, and he shouted angrily.
"Forward!" Nearly 10,000 heavy cavalry units began to move their horseshoes, and they began to walk forward slowly until they charged.
Dalhaide took a deep breath, and Duke Leonasse closed his eyes, and he began to listen to the voices on the battlefield.
That was the sound of heavy snow covering the battlefield, that was the sound of horseshoes trampling on the plain, that was the sound of heavy breathing of barbarians, and that was the sound of Bretons and northern barbarians marching into the battlefield.
That is, the sound of war!
The Duke himself was holding the first Holy Grail Knight, the lion lance left behind by the first Duke of Lyonnaise, Sirruf, and he listened to the angry roar of the knights.
Scalins, Egil, the pain you brought to Lyonnaise, the pain you brought to Lyonnaise, I will let you taste it today, the anger of the Bretons!
"The whole army! Advance!" The white Shirruf battle flag fluttered in the air, and the Britannian knights ran over the plain like rolling thunder, charging towards the barbarian army with unparalleled anger: " There is only one purpose, and that is Egil's head!"
"Forward!!!" The knights rushed across the field like a gust of wind and raging waves, and the knights rushed directly to the first line of the barbarian army without looking back. Resist the invincible knight's charge.
The Britannian knights quickly let the northern barbarians see the power of the most powerful knight in the old world. When the first champion knight rushed into the barbarian army and pierced the barbarian's chest with a lance, The knights poured into the barbarian army like a tide.
"war!"
"go ahead!"
"For the lady!"
"Crack, click!" The sound of dense lances breaking rang out in the first battle of the barbarian army. Hundreds of barbarians were killed on the spot under the impact of the knights. They were defeated by the powerful impact of the knights amidst the sound of shattering and bone shattering, and the barbarian marauders fell in pieces.
"This is revenge from Lyonnaise!" Rennes, who was charging, yelled angrily. He threw away the shattered lance, pulled out a sharp sword from his waist, and shouted: "Don't stop, keep going!" Charge forward!"
"Forward!" cried the knights, and they brought death to the barbarians.
However, the barbarians did not have much fear. Although they were attacked by the knights, many of the barbarians were even kicked to pieces by the horses and flew into the sky, the remaining barbarians gathered towards the knights like ants, and they waved Holding the battle axe, desperately delaying the impact of the knights.
The impact of the knights is certainly devastating, but when the barbarians are not affected by the morale of the knights' impact, then the number is no longer a problem, and almost every barbarian frantically gathers towards the knights. Come, they shouted the slogan of the Chaos Gods.
This may be one of the few opportunities for them to get the attention of evil gods. The barbarians are not afraid of death, they are so afraid of death that they are unknown.
Earl Wren quickly realized the plan of the barbarians.
The knights began to change. They could no longer get into a fight with the barbarians, but had to continue their charge.
Otherwise, once the impact is lost, the Cavaliers will lose all their advantages.
In the middle of the barbarian army, Egil watched the knights rushing towards him. The king of Scalins showed a bloodthirsty smile. He turned to look at the chaotic dwarf lord Zumala: "Launch."
Zumala showed a cruel smile when he heard the words: "Since you want to launch, then launch."
"Release the prepared one!" Egil then said to his adopted son, Chaos Wizard Chakoy.
Chakoy bent down: "Let go!"
Hundreds of Chaos War Dogs were released under the order of the Chaos Wizard, and they rushed directly towards the first formation of the barbarian army under the order of the Chaos Wizard.
The hideous-looking Chaos war dogs with pimples and tumors on their faces were released from the cage. These war dogs rushed to the knights frantically. gun.
The target of these war dogs is not the knight on the horse at all, they directly attack the horse.
"Ahhh!" A knight's horse was attacked by war dogs. After being frightened, the horse raised its front hooves high and then fell down. The knight was also attacked and fell off the horse. Just solved the knight.
Attacked by the war dogs, the barbarian army entangled tightly again, and the knights who rushed in in the first wave were in trouble.
Dahlhaier immediately realized that the knights' charge was in trouble, and he immediately signaled to the Holy Grail knight Eisen: "Continue to attack!"
"Knights! Follow me!" Upon seeing this, Eisen, the Holy Grail Knight, led the rest of the knights and rushed into the barbarian army.
At this moment, the barbarians who had encountered strong pressure began to collapse for the first time. The Holy Grail Knight Eisen rode an elf horse, and the blade in his hand flew up and down. A large group of barbarians were massacred in the hands of the Holy Grail Knight. In front of them, the bravery that the barbarians were proud of was smashed to pieces.
"I'm Basil, chieftain of the Balder tribe, Holy Grail Knight, what's your name?" A barbarian champion raised his ax and challenged Holy Grail Knight Eisen.
"I am the Holy Grail Knight Eisen." The Holy Grail Knight Eisen swung his sword, and the two Chaos War Dogs were split in half.
"I'm right here, are you willing to take my head?"
"I wish I could!"
Three minutes later, as Chief Basil was killed by Holy Grail Knight Eisen, the first formation of the barbarian army finally began to collapse.
But at this moment, two crimson beams of light appeared in the gray sky.
In the barbarian army, Egil sneered at the battlefield.
The first team of the barbarians was a sweet bait. The first team consisted of old, weak, sick and disabled barbarians and barbarian warriors from some small tribes. Egil didn't care about these people.
Right now, the Chaos Hell Cannon is making a loud noise, and crowds of serfs are howling and being stuffed into the red cannon barrel as cannonballs.
Devouring a large number of human flesh and souls made the demon sealed in the chaotic hell cannon make a satisfied sound, and then, as everyone on the battlefield saw, two crimson beams rose into the sky, and then Fall towards the barbarians in the melee.
The wrath of the devil, just like that, exploded in the barbarian army regardless of whether it was enemy or friend.
The explosion directly hit hundreds of knights and thousands of barbarians. Their armor was melted directly by the demon flames of the Chaos Hell Cannon, and then their bodies burst with the huge explosion, their blood turned into boiling sewage, and turned into The liquid molten iron boils together in place.
"Are the barbarians crazy?" Dalhaide was shocked by the changes in front of him, and the Duke himself opened his mouth: "They even killed their own people?"
Egil showed a cruel smile.
The barbarians began to retreat slowly, and the knights, who were already red-eyed, rushed into the hinterland of the barbarian army almost madly in order to avenge their companions. After the defeat, thousands of barbarian warriors and Chaos warriors appeared in front of them.
These Chaos Warriors and Barbarian Warriors are the core of Egil's army!
This is Egil's plan. The plan of Khorne's chosen champion is to sacrifice part of the army and allow the first team to be surrounded and annihilated by the knights. This tactic is very simple. Egil will use these Britannian knights To celebrate the birthday of his soon-to-be-born son with his blood and head!
The barbarian army surrounded the knight army from all directions, and Dalhaide and Ulles were shocked when they saw it.
"Forward!" Ules immediately led the remaining few knights and infantry regiments to support.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and a large group of Chaos Warriors suddenly rushed out of the snowdrifts and snow-covered land by the roadside. These thousands of Chaos Warriors were all composed of Chaos Warriors who had fallen into madness and hair. The grizzled barbarian warriors swung their axes furiously, longing for an honorable death.
These people have been lying in ambush for several hours in the snowdrifts and snow fields, and only the barbarian warriors who have accepted the mutation of chaos and are extremely able to tolerate the cold can do it.
This group of barbarian warriors cut off the connection between the knights and the infantry in one fell swoop, and the fragile infantry of Brittania were quickly massacred. In front of the brave barbarian warriors, the infantry retreated steadily, while the knights were defeated Jill's Grand Army besieged.
One side of the battle began to tilt in favor of Scalins.
At this time, Egil looked at the army of knights who were in trouble. Although the Britannian knights were under siege, their pride and well-trained training meant that the knights were still fighting vigorously. Egil finally The elite barbarian army of more than 10,000 was even somewhat unable to surround it.
And those barbarian troops slaughtering the infantry also encountered a strong enemy. The Holy Grail Knight Commander Jules was leading his army into the battlefield. Encouraged by the Holy Grail Knight, the infantry stopped the trend of defeat and began to regroup.
The balance of the battlefield moves left and right, and no one knows who will collapse first.
"Strategy is useless at this point." Egil stood up from his black skull throne, picked up his pair of Hell Tomahawks - Garm and Gaum, and walked towards the battlefield: "The whole army charges!"
Behind him, the Chaos Mammoth appeared on the battlefield. Mammoths more than ten meters tall entered the battlefield with huge steps. The eyes of these towering beasts were burning with the anger instilled by the God of Darkness. They were like stepping on grass General trampled down everything in his path, including knights and barbarian soldiers, with a force that shook the earth.
This war has begun to heat up.