Chapter 217 Annihilating the Horse Thieves (Part 2)
Speaking of which, the number of horse thieves is indeed quite large. Although nearly two hundred of them have been eliminated by Roger, their number at this time is at least twice as many as Roger's soldiers. [ ] It is precisely because of this that the horse thieves are
Have the courage to charge at Roger. Before they come, our numbers are much greater than that of the enemy, and we can win as long as we swarm them.
However, facing the attack of the horse thieves, Roger did not show the slightest fear. Having experienced many battles, he knew very well that the outcome of the battle could not only be measured by the number of people. No matter how many sheep there were, they would not be the same.
The lion's opponent, a group of rabble, can never defeat a few elite soldiers.
Therefore, facing the attack of these horse thieves, Roger would not worry at all. He believed that with the strength and discipline of his soldiers, coupled with high morale and tenacious style, it would be easy to defeat an enemy twice his size.
Down.
Facts also proved that Roger's method was correct. When the horse thieves rushed to the front of the formation and started a real battle with the soldiers, the two sides made a judgment. The other horse thieves screamed loudly, and the expressions on their faces were all ferocious and terrifying.
But they were no match for the silent enemy. Many horse thieves only had a face-to-face encounter with each other, and were stabbed in the face with sharp iron spears. Without even a single cut, they became the souls absorbed by Roger.
power.
Some horse thieves with more flexible minds realized that trying to break through the opponent's formation from the front would be suicide, so they chose to go behind the iron spear soldiers from both sides, trying to rely on their numerical advantage to surround the enemy, and then launch attacks from all directions to win.
victory.
However, since Roger came to the world of Toulonzo, he has experienced many battles, large and small, and most of them were battles in which fewer men defeated more. His experience in dealing with an enemy with a numerical advantage with limited men
Already very rich, I have already prepared for this trick of horse thieves.
As soon as those horse thieves who thought they had a trick got around to the flanks of the iron spear soldiers, they were immediately hit head-on by the long sword warriors. Compared with the iron spear soldiers, the long sword warriors were no less lethal. They used their shields to block the horse thieves' attacks.
The weapon, the sharp sword, immediately left fatal wounds on the enemy's body.
The crossbowmen located behind the two wings also took the opportunity to launch a fatal attack on these horse thieves. At this time, the crossbowmen were almost shooting at the target. At such a close distance, every arrow was missed.
Any arrow can destroy an enemy. Some arrows can even penetrate a horse thief and then shoot into the body of a second horse thief, which is simply the most terrifying nightmare for these guys.
The horse thieves who attacked the enemy's flank thought they would have the opportunity to kill the enemy, but they did not expect that they would become the target of the enemy's killing. After paying nearly a hundred lives, the morale of these horse thieves finally collapsed. At first, two people
The three horse thieves began to retreat backwards, and then the phenomenon grew bigger and bigger like a snowball, eventually leading to the complete defeat of the horse thieves on both wings. Of course, Roger would not let go of such an opportunity, and immediately ordered the long sword warriors to launch a pursuit.
Follow the horse thief and kill him.
The defeat of the horse thieves on both wings also directly affected their frontal offensive. Originally, the horse thieves on the front could barely compete with the iron spear soldiers, but now that the two wings were lost, many long sword warriors put pressure on them from both sides, and they quickly collapsed.
In order to stimulate the fighting spirit of these horse thieves, they also joined the fleeing team.
The so-called "defeat fell like a mountain", at this time, none of the horse thieves had the courage to fight Roger, and they all fled into the camp in a swarm. It was as if they could escape the enemy's pursuit if they ran there.
People will do ridiculous things when they are extremely panicked. In fact, in this forest, a horse thief who has lost his horse cannot ensure that he will be fine no matter where he escapes.
Of course, Roger would not miss such a good opportunity and immediately ordered all his men to launch a counterattack. Whether they were iron spear soldiers or long sword soldiers, they followed closely behind the horse thieves to cover them up. These soldiers charged towards the place where the enemy was most concentrated.
Many horse thieves who ran a little slower were cut down or impaled from behind, and soon became corpses lying on the ground.
The crossbowmen stayed in place, shooting continuously at the enemies who were escaping in all directions. The horse thieves often felt a pain in their backs while running. They had been shot to the core by the arrows and could only struggle unwillingly.
He fell to the ground and could not get up again.
After all, the advantage of horse thieves lies in horses. With horses, they can rely on their excellent mobility to gain the initiative on the battlefield. After losing their horses, horse thieves are inferior to ordinary militiamen. When they meet someone like Roger
With such a powerful enemy under his command, they could be said to be on the verge of collapse. Roger easily took control of the entire battle.
"Kill all these bastards!" Roger learned about the despicable behavior of these horse thieves from Cage and the drunkard. He was extremely disgusted with these guys and issued a killing order to his soldiers without hesitation.
Through the spiritual connection with Roger, all the soldiers understood his intentions and attacked the horse thieves more mercilessly. After many horse thieves were injured and fell to the ground, the soldiers quickly dealt them a fatal blow to faithfully
Carry out Roger's orders.
Horse thieves have done the same thing to many caravans before. At the time, they thought it was very exciting, and the pleasure of controlling other people's fate made them intoxicated. However, when the same thing happened to them, the horse thieves realized that this was absolutely
It's not as wonderful as it used to feel.
Many injured horse thieves begged Roger's soldiers, and many even took the initiative to lay down their weapons and kneel on the ground to surrender, hoping that this would allow them to escape and save their lives. However, the answer they all received was a merciless sword.
Regardless of whether they were injured or surrendered, any horse thief who fell into the hands of those soldiers would only die.
The horse thieves were frightened by the enemy's unhesitating massacre and retreated to the camp in panic, leaving corpses everywhere along the way. Roger was very satisfied with the current battle situation and felt that if this continued, it would not take long to wipe out all the horse thieves.
The enemy has finished the battle.
However, at this moment, the door of a wooden house suddenly opened, and a figure rushed out. This person was none other than Watson, the leader of the horse thieves.
After returning to the camp, Watson, who was in a very bad mood, drank to drown his sorrows and soon fell drunk. As the leader of the horse thieves, he certainly had such privileges. As for the security of the camp and other matters, naturally there were other people to worry about.
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However, Watson never imagined that after just sleeping for a short while, the camp would encounter such a catastrophe. The stables were burned down, all the horses ran away, and more than half of his men were killed or injured. The camp that was fine not long ago was already gone.
It became a slaughterhouse full of blood.
However, Watson is also the leader of the horse thieves after all, and he has more experience than ordinary horse thieves. Although he was frightened and angry at this time, he did not panic. Instead, he immediately shouted: "Don't panic, form a defensive formation to meet the enemy, who can
No one is allowed to run around!"
Watson's shouts were so angry that everyone could hear them clearly even in the chaos of the camp. However, all the horse thieves were frightened. Who else would listen to his orders? Many people did the same.
He ran around in a panic, not taking Watson's words to heart at all.
Knowing that all his men would be annihilated if this continued, the ruthless Watson stabbed a horse thief who ran past him with his sword, and then chopped off the guy's head with his sword. Watson's bloody head was raised high
Raise it up and shout with all your strength: "Get in formation, I will chop to death whoever runs around again!"
Watson had a reputation among horse thieves. At this time, he chopped off the head of one of his men to establish his authority, which frightened many horse thieves. Some people came to line up next to Watson, although many people's faces
There was still fear written all over it, but at least it was much better than just now when everyone was running away desperately.
People are blindly obedient animals when they are scared out of their wits. Now that some people started to gather, other horse thieves also quickly gathered together and formed a defensive formation under Watson's scolding. At the same time, Roger's soldiers were also coming.
Chase down those lone horse thieves
, and eliminated those guys who were scared out of their wits one by one. This also stimulated the other horse thieves in disguise. Seeing that they could survive as long as they gathered around the leader, more people ran towards Watson, and soon they gathered.
A team of about two hundred people.
However, this was all the remaining strength of the horse thieves. All other horse thieves had been wiped out by Roger's soldiers. Seeing that less than one-third of his men were left, Hua was so angry that his eyes turned red. He looked ferocious.
Staring at Roger and those soldiers, I wanted to grind the bones of all the enemies into ashes and let their souls endure the pain forever.
However, Roger did not give Watson much time to get angry. Taking advantage of the fact that the horse thieves had just reorganized their formation and were still in shock, he immediately ordered his soldiers to attack the enemy.
The iron spear soldiers marched neatly towards the unevenly formed horse thieves, while the long sword warriors surrounded them on both wings. The crossbowmen also began to shoot deadly arrows at the densely packed horse thieves, launching all-round attacks on these guys.
attack.
When the two sides were more than ten steps apart, the iron spear soldiers and the sword warriors began to accelerate at the same time, running towards the enemy in front. These silent soldiers, but exuding a murderous aura, put a lot of pressure on the opponent.
Many horse thieves standing in the front row have begun to shrink back, not daring to confront such an opponent head-on.
However, Roger did not give the horse thieves a chance to retreat. In the blink of an eye, the two teams collided violently. Iron spears, long swords, and various weapons were waved by their masters desperately, just to take away the opponent.
Life, killing, begins again.
The horse thieves have always been engaged in attacking caravans. They are used to bullying the weak, and their emphasis is on running away if they can't be beaten. They have no experience in fighting the enemy like they are now. It took only a moment for the horse thieves to regain their morale after the battle restarted.
Collapse. They left nearly a hundred corpses in front of the formation. The others no longer cared about the severe threat from Watson behind them, and fled in all directions.
"Cowardly bastards!" Knowing that his men would do no good except making them easier to be killed by the enemy, Hua yelled angrily, then drew his sword and joined the battle himself.