Chapter 233 Crushing
Strictly speaking, these sixty people are all models of "knights" in the traditional sense of the kingdom.
They were entrusted to baronial nobles, had fiefs, managed small villages, paid taxes to the lord on weekdays, and had to go into battle when they encountered battles, and followed the lord to fight with their retinue and conscripted militia—— It is a system and concept that is almost universal in all human kingdoms, and it is also one of the most profound imprints of the current era.
But is such a knight really powerful?
Although there are strong men like Wellington and Titus who are the best in Everta, but looking at the overall situation, when the knights participate in actual combat, everything becomes another matter...
The knights may study martial arts on weekdays, but most of them are just to get a better ranking in the "competition competition"-knowledge in swordsmanship, and have a set of armor that has been passed down for several generations, and most knights will be proud of it Very proud. Although it is not to the point of looking down on each other, but when they really get together, there is absolutely no so-called "tacit understanding".
Formation? coordination?
Everyone rushes to their own, just find the enemy and kill it, who cares whether the guy next to him cooperates with him or not.
This kind of mentality is the true portrayal of the current sixty knights-they may have good individual strength, and when they charged forward, each knight used all his strength, but in the same way, they did not have any scruples about other knights with my own...
After the two-kilometer charge, the knights who were still together had completely dispersed. And because the charge was too fierce, those subordinates had been thrown away long ago and disappeared.
If they were old knights who experienced wars in the early years, they might still know the principle of "cooperating on foot and cavalry", but these young knights obviously never thought that they would encounter failure.
After rushing into the forest, they immediately saw Suo Deluoer and others who had slowed down significantly, and immediately made a posture of preparing to siege - the cavalry in the dense forest could not maintain a high speed, so the advantage of numbers immediately became prominent at this time.
What made them even more excited was that Soderol and the others in front of them stopped completely after running for a while—the first batch of more than twenty knights who entered the forest grinned, as if they had seen the enemy being killed. A scene of siege to death.
However, their expressions soon froze on their faces...
"There Are Archers"
"Quick flash"
When he raised his head, a large group of figures holding short bows appeared in the forest in front of them. Simple shooters might not be able to surprise them, but the key point is that these shooters are not standing on the ground, but standing around with artificial On the "sentry tower" of traces
The distance of five or six meters from the ground made the knights look desperate - few knights in the Karen Kingdom mastered the "devious" skills of "riding and shooting", so none of them carried long-range weapons. arms…
In this case, even a fool would understand the consequences of continuing to charge
The knights who came back to their senses immediately turned around and prepared to escape, but the arrows were already aimed at them, the command "shoot arrows" sounded, and they shot out with the rain of arrows - the sound of wailing and the muffled sound of falling horses instantly resounding through the forest
The knights on the horse panicked completely, hearing the arrows "swoosh" flying by, but they didn't even know where to hide - the archers occupying the commanding heights had almost no shooting blind spots, and the deadly arrows fired three waves in a row. Directly hit the ten knights in the front row severely
"boom"
Some knights still wanted to attack Soderol with all their might, but they flew upside down in a ball of flames after riding their horses to charge. The appearance of the "burst arrow" made these knights even more Heart as dead ashes.
The knights who were attacked in front worked hard for a long time, and finally began to scatter and escape to the sides. After the horses ran up to speed, the power of the arrows immediately dropped a lot. And the knights who followed up also avoided the area with the densest arrows by virtue of their combat awareness. Although they were embarrassed, they escaped the deadly threat...
But in this way, the remaining knight team of more than forty people was completely dispersed in the forest.
They tried to turn their horses around and run back, but just as they were about to leave the forest, Soderol led a scouting team of 20 people and started to sweep
It sounds like 47 knights are fighting against a 21-man scout cavalry, but the actual situation is completely opposite... The knights who were separated by the rain of arrows are basically three or five together, the most is no more than eight, and the twenty-one scouts However, the team was always a whole, which allowed Soderol's team to immediately occupy an absolute advantage in a certain area
Not only are my war horses better than yours, my equipment is better than yours, and my people are better than yours, even if it is a battle of numbers, I still have the advantage of crushing
Soderol and his team were in full swing. The scouts all used scimitars and long swords as weapons due to the forest conditions—their posture at this time was completely like "cat and mouse", no matter how the scattered knights resisted , everything is the end of being harvested face to face
The 60-member cavalry team was killed by more than 30 people within seven or eight minutes after entering the forest. After they finally left the jungle area, what they saw head-on was the scene of two baron lords swarming over with more than 130 soldiers...
One side advanced and the other retreated, and the two sides "collided" again.
At this time, the morale of the knights has completely collapsed. It is said that there are still more than 20 people, but in fact no one wants to continue fighting. The gesture of fleeing in a panic is completely like a lost dog being chased away—see Seeing the attitude of their subordinates, the two barons were dumbfounded.
"what happened?"
The voice of inquiry yelled, but none of the knights stopped to respond. They fled crazily into the distance as if they had seen a ghost, leaving only the two barons staring at each other.
However, such questions were quickly answered: the figures of Suo Deluoer and others rushed out of the forest, and then stopped slowly at the edge of the forest...
"No wonder something went wrong, it turns out there is a helper."
A baron said this, but there was no fear in his heart at all—he looked at the more than 130 soldiers around him, and then at the 20 cavalry in front of him, and he still believed that he occupied got the upper hand.
After winking with the other baron, he waved his hand and gave another attack order without hesitation:
"Go up and kill them all"
After the words fell, the team in front of him suddenly changed a little.
There was the sound of horseshoes in the forest, and then other figures gradually appeared behind the original 21-person team... The other 20 scouts who were reserve soldiers all joined the team at this time.
Not only did they come to replenish the team, but they also carried long lances in their hands. After entering the team, they came directly to the front-the three-meter lances pointed to the sky, and the metal armor and the sharp tip of the spears in the morning sun There was a cold light below, and when the whole team stood there silently, it was like a giant steel beast that wanted to devour people...
A hundred meters away, the scattered soldiers were about to bite the bullet and rush up after running for two kilometers. However, after seeing the scene in front of them, their footsteps immediately became hesitant...
"Cavalry Regiment, Charge"
Soderol's order was very clear among the silent ranks. His horse began to accelerate slowly, and his long sword swung forward suddenly-the next moment, the sound of horseshoes sounded like a landslide, and the entire cavalry regiment unexpectedly It started to accelerate at full speed almost at the same time.
From standing still to attacking, their postures are like sharp swords drawn out of their sheaths, and they charged towards the enemy with the strongest posture.
Leaving the forest area, the acceleration of the horses is no longer hindered. This cavalry regiment, which has gone through countless battles, now has a strong military quality, so that the two barons in the distance who do not know how to fight at all feel a deep chill in their hearts. …
The distance of 100 meters seemed to be reached in a single leap. Under the half-moon-shaped assault formation, the momentum of landslides and ground cracks caused the morale of the militiamen who could not hold their shields to collapse instantly-but at such a time, it was useless to turn around and flee...
"Quack, quack, quack-"
In just an instant, the forest-like lances penetrated and divided the weak battle formation. The more than a hundred soldiers neither had enough physical fitness to block the horses, nor did they have a reliable formation to rely on. Standing in the open area, they completely It's a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and it was completely crushed by the cavalry regiment in the blink of an eye
The faces of the two barons on horseback were so frightened by the scene in front of them. When they saw the terrifying team coming towards them, they immediately turned around and tried to run away without any regard for their dignity. The arrows shot through their bodies on the spot...
When Rody's figure appeared on the chaotic battlefield, he didn't attract attention at all, but his existence was definitely more terrifying than Suo Deluoer's team.
However, what happened next made Roddy frown slightly—these two barons were shot in the chest, and if ordinary people should have lost any ability to move, they would definitely fall off their horses next. However, at this moment, the two men continued to run away without hindrance, and the arrows stuck in their bodies didn't seem to have caused much damage to them at all.
"Damn puppet..."
Roddy cursed in a low voice, then raised his hand and shot out two arrows——"Explosive Arrow" exploded behind the two barons. Such an attack, was dismounted...
At this time, the sky was already bright, and Soderol's cavalry regiment had completely dispersed the infantry team, but they did not continue to carry out the one-sided massacre, but immediately shifted their direction and chased after the fleeing knights .