232. Chapter 232 Worry
In the era when "breaking the soil" was in, there was no concept of "street battle" in people's minds - castles, fortresses or even manors. No matter how they fought before, once the gate was broken, it basically declared the victory of the battle.
Because the breakdown of the defense line will cause the morale of the defenders to drop directly to the bottom, the subsequent battle will basically be one-sided massacre.
With this idea, when he saw the iron gate of the manor in front of him collapsed, the soldiers who rushed to the front immediately became excited.
According to common sense, this battle has become no suspense after all.
Something came from the manor's mansion, but it was soon submerged in the sound of horse hooves brought by the cavalry behind him. The candlelight in the master bedroom on the second floor swayed a few times, and a figure flashed hurriedly. Seeing this scene, the two barons riding on the horse couldn't help but smile and squinted their eyes, and promised rewards to the soldiers in front:
"One head exchanges three silver coins, kill Soder, and reward one gold coins!"
The soldiers' already rapid pace instantly accelerated again, and the excitement and fanaticism in their eyes were unconcealed... These people said they were "soldiers", but in fact, they were all strong farmers in the village in the past. All their battles were basically derived from their yearning for money. So when they heard the words "gold coins" and "silver coins", they immediately rushed up even harder - the door of the mansion was close in front of them, and the soldiers in the front had already held the weapons in their hands tightly and screamed to smash the solid wood door.
But when there were still seven or eight meters away, the door suddenly opened.
The soldiers in front were stunned. The dark hall of the mansion was not lit, and they were pitch black at this time and could not see anything inside. However, the echo of the horse's feet hitting the floor as the war horse was walking around was clearly heard...
"They have horses! They are cavalry!"
"careful!"
It was too late to react. With a loud "drive", led by Soderol, five knights riding war horses rushed out of the mansion and directly crashed into the front row of soldiers!
These knights were wearing half-body light armor. Except for Soderol, holding heavy swords, the remaining four were holding terrifying heavy weapons - two-handed axes, chain hammers, and maces... These weapons that ordinary people are difficult to hold immediately exerted their terrifying power in the dense battle formations of close-range sprints!
The sound of a watermelon slamming out, and as blood splashed, the five knights almost jumped forward on the bodies of the first row of soldiers!
The soldiers who had just rushed into the manor had no vigilance at all, so their formation was completely a mess. At this time, they were suddenly attacked, and they only felt five dark mountains rushing out to face the enemy. When they looked up to face the enemy, their originally high morale was instantly suppressed...
Soderol was 1.9 meters tall, and the scouts followed were all burly and strong men who were 1.8 meters tall. At this time, they were just riding a horse forward, which was enough to give people a sense of despair that was "unattackable".
What's even more terrifying is that Soderol and others are definitely not "skinny". After waving the weapons in their hands without any mercy, a large number of infantrymen in the second echelon flew out!
Although there were only five people, when the war horses advanced, they ignored the infantry's obstacles as if they were sickles. In front of real professional soldiers, these soldiers could only be called "farmers" and had no one-union enemy at all.
The infantry were stunned. The people in front stopped and tried to avoid it. The people behind were crowded together because of the narrow entrance to the manor, which made some soldiers unable to retreat and unable to hide. In the end, they could only throw away their weapons and run to the side with no life... In this way, the infantry's morale had just collapsed completely.
"Roar out!"
Soderol's command was calm and steady, which was in sharp contrast to the soldiers who had already begun to flee in all directions. Five armored light cavalry rushed out of the manor easily. After traversing the defense line composed of more than 20 infantrymen, they almost had the illusion of pushing the soldiers who rushed into the manor back!
The two barons standing behind were completely frightened by this scene. It felt like some kind of ferocious beast was released from the manor. Several soldiers in their sight tried to attack these knights. However, when the huge chain hammer wheel came, their bodies were smashed into pieces with a muffled sound!
The chest cavity is shattered, the head explodes, and the terrifying power of heavy weapons is fully interpreted in such an encounter...
"I am Baron Soder, the shameless sneak attacker! You will pay the price for it!"
In the hellish bloody scene, Soderol, who was rushing in front, shouted angrily at the soldiers. Then he didn't want to fight, turned around and ran towards the back of the manor, as if "a hero is not suffering from the loss in front of him."
This result made the two barons' faces extremely ugly in an instant. They wanted to chase after them, but when they saw the unhuman-shaped corpse that was smashed, they had to hold the reins tightly and shouted to their side in anger: "Go up and go up and chase them up and kill them! There are only five people who let them run away?!"
More than 60 knights beside him immediately advanced and rushed towards the manor - however, they ran fast, and the soldiers trying to pursue were running slowly. With this rush, the space in the manor was not enough for the cavalry to bypass them, so many infantry could not dodge and were knocked away by their own people...
The scene was incredibly chaotic in an instant.
This is not the scene expected by the two barons. When they saw that there were only five people on the other side, they were secretly happy. However, in a flash, the other side left, but their soldiers were crowded together like waste. This gap is really unacceptable...
"Damn it, get out of the way! Cluster from both sides! Can they still run away in the manor?"
I shouted like this, but there were only a few people who could be heard on the chaotic battlefield - the fighting style of the lords of this era was actually like this: the commander's orders were difficult to pass on to the battlefield. A group of "militia" who had not been systematically trained, and a group of knights who were always pampered and had a long time of pampering. It was indeed difficult to deal with such a battlefield...
However, the cavalrymen were fast enough after all. After getting rid of their own entanglement, they immediately began to accelerate, bypassed the manor and passed through the abandoned back garden. The knights who had finally played their original advantage thought they would see the five knights being forced into the corner, but when their vision turned, they only saw the backs running towards the distant forest...
When their eyes turned close, they found that a piece of the manor's wall was dismantled!
The two barons who followed were extremely ugly - sixty cavalry and more than one hundred infantry, actually let five people escape so easily?
"Chasing! I will see Soderol's head within an hour!"
Amid the angry rebuke, more than 60 knights rumbling to chase the five black shadows in the distance. The soldiers left behind also reported news at this time-
"The catacomb is empty!"
“There is no one in the manor!”
"Sir Baron, it's empty here..."
"I know it's empty! Then what are you waiting for? Let's chase them together!"
The roar sounded in the back garden of the manor, and then the two barons looked at each other, but raised the whip at the same time - the opportunity to avenge Ansadin was right in front of them, and they could not miss it no matter what.
*******
"A bunch of mentally retarded."
In the forest two kilometers away from the manor, Roddy stood on the temporary mail tower and looked at the knights chasing over in the distance, giving a very unceremonious "evaluation".
He held a pine needle in his mouth. Although Roddy's tone was full of jokes, his face couldn't feel relaxed at this time.
After realizing that there was a problem with the nobles' negotiations, he and most of the soldiers immediately retreated to the defense line that had begun to be repaired this week. Speaking of which, the defense line with a large number of fortifications is used to deal with this group of "traitors", but its activation time was advanced due to the opponent's attack...
This is an unplanned situation - according to the original agreement, Roddy only needs to circle these nobles in Keege Town until the 12th. However, this targeted attack launched in the early morning of the 10th still made Roddy feel a little uneasy.
If you don’t last until the 12th, you’ll be a mess.
But such thoughts flashed and looked at the knights chasing over in the distance, Roddy quickly suppressed those unreliable ideas - a joke, if even these guys can't beat them, what else would he plan?
After calculating Soder's travel time, Roddy turned around and made a "preparing for battle" gesture to Ruger.
His eyes turned to the other side, and Akasha, who was squatting behind a tree, was just looking over... As his eyes met, Rodie nodded calmly and then went to sort out the arrow pouch behind him.
Akasha blinked her eyes below, pursed her lips and moved her eyes away. Her expression didn't seem to change much, but the palm under the sleeves of the robe were slightly tightened, and the palms were unconsciously wet.
I couldn't tell if I was nervous or something else in my heart. Akasha looked down at the ring on her finger and whispered to herself: "Remember what he said, don't drag her back..."
The soldiers in the defense line were already ready, but to outsiders, they seemed completely "empty" - whether they were scouts or temple guards, they hid their bodies under the fallen leaves as ordered and remained motionless.
Time passes.
The sound of horse hooves gradually became louder. When the first sunlight of the rising sun illuminated the top trees in the forest, Soderol and others rushed into the dense forest.
Chapter completed!