Three days have passed. Orlando and his men broke through the three lines of defense of the Clay tribe. However, due to the interception of the Clay tribe's cavalry, Orlando and others also slowed down their return. At this moment, Orlando's location is still far away from the imperial capital.
I walked all day and night without sleep.
At the beginning, the Clay tribe mobilized a team of ten thousand people to snipe Orlando and others, but they soon discovered that in the face of the charge of the Holy Knight, the Clay tribe's cavalry was basically useless, and the arrows they fired could not hurt the Holy Knight.
, and the strange acceleration when the Holy Knight attacks has become a nightmare for these warriors who have lived on horseback since childhood.
Later, these Clay tribe cavalry finally changed their methods. Under the command of leader Kailimu, they broke up the team of 10,000 people into groups of hundreds, and then harassed the Holy Knights from a distance day and night.
Relying on his own mobility, he used bows and arrows to interfere with the Holy Knight's rest from a distance. Once the Holy Knight attacked, he immediately fled in all directions.
In this way, because the number of targets is too small, using "Same Enemy" would not be worth the gain. However, if it is not charging at full speed, the Holy Knight and the Clay Cavalry are both cavalry. The former wears an extra set of armor than the latter, so naturally they are faster.
It is slower than the latter, but cannot catch up with the opponent and can only be beaten passively.
Kailimu's method indeed achieved results. During the three consecutive days of marching and fighting, Orlando's men did not suffer much damage. However, due to the repeated use of "Same Enemy" to charge, every Holy Knight's
The body is quite tired, many people are riding horses, and their bodies are shaking constantly, but all the holy knights are in high spirits, have high morale, and are ready to fight at any time.
This situation improved in the evening the day before. Before dark, the 1,000 Holy Knights led by Captain Bacon finally broke through the Clay tribe's blockade and joined Orlando. The 1,000 people led by Bacon were more than
Orlando and the others set out one day later, but like Orlando, they also encountered Clay tribe's snipers on the way.
Captain Bacon adopted a relatively stupid method, which was to completely ignore the Clay tribe's cavalry and head straight to the south of the Nantalun grassland, that is, back to the imperial capital, at full speed, leaving the Clay tribe's warriors behind him.
In pursuit, Bacon and the others relied on their good protection to withstand the arrows fired by the Clay warriors. There were no casualties, but they were really embarrassed.
But this stupid method was very effective against the Clay tribe's sniping and harassment. Bacon led his men to march non-stop for three days, breaking through, marching, breaking through again, and marching again. Finally, they broke through the opponent's layers of defense and pursued them.
Went on a trip to Orlando.
With Bacon's 1,000 people, Orlando was much more relaxed in the formation. He divided the 1,500 people into 3 teams. One team drove away the harassing cavalry of the Clay tribe on the outside, and the other team prepared under the leadership of Orlando.
Join the battlefield at any time and use powerful charges to defeat everything in front of you, while the remaining team rests in place.
As a result, except for Orlando himself who could not rest, the other holy knights could not recover a lot of physical strength. Using this method, the holy knights, led by Orlando, slowly retreated towards the imperial capital. And this tactic was the most effective.
The hardest one is Orlando. Every time he leads his subordinates to charge, they will be greatly reduced.
Exhausting energy, while his subordinates are resting, Orlando still has to concentrate on leading another team to silently watch the surroundings, looking for opportunities to attack. As long as the Clay warriors are a little careless, Orlando will decisively launch a charge, even if
There were only a few hundred opponents, and Orlando directly led 500 subordinates to crush them.
Although Orlando, who was fighting the Holy Knight, was so tired that he was weak, on the surface, he still looked as normal. Others could not see the expression of joy, anger, sorrow, or joy on his face. This strengthened the confidence of other Holy Knights. Mobile visit
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Orlando has been thinking about the intention of the Clay tribe to snipe him. He doesn't understand the meaning of this. However, the Clay tribe's cavalry did delay Orlando's return to the imperial capital, because Orlando could not risk the lives of his subordinates.
Regardless, he forced his way to the imperial capital. Now he could only take turns and walk back slowly.
Two full days later, Orlando led 1,500 of his men and finally entered the area of Fernando City. Fernando City claims to have a population of tens of millions, but in fact there are not that many in the city. 200 years ago, the assassin Jie Xi presided over
When this city was built, those people who lived in the north of the continent and suffered from the wars in the kingdom and the invasion of the undead all regarded this place as their home and lived here for generations.
The population of the Imperial City is actually less than 1 million, but most of them are nobles, while most of the civilians live in manors, farms, and pastures outside the city. Originally, these civilians all owned their own land or pastures, but only 200
Over the years, the land annexation outside the imperial capital has become very intense. Farmers who used to own their own land have now almost become vassals of the nobles, working hard every day in exchange for subsistence food.
It is precisely because of this that the area to which the imperial capital belongs can accommodate a large population, because the vast majority of people here live without enough food and clothing, and their demand for living materials is of course very little. However,
Due to the slow development and the slow reclamation of land by many civilians, a large number of manors, farms and pastures are covered within a thousand miles around the imperial capital. Every day, more than 100,000 people deliver food, water, etc. to the residents living in the imperial capital.
Materials.
Although they entered the area of the Imperial Capital, even without the sniper attack from the Clay tribe, Orlando and the others would have to gallop for a whole day before they could see the walls of the Imperial Capital. Of course, both sides of the road were no longer as boundless as the Nantalun Grassland, and were usually filled with farms.
In the manor, the population density is much denser than on the prairie.
"Captain Orlando, we are finally back!" Bacon said with a slightly excited tone. The experience of the past few days made the captain quite suffocated. Even if he was surrounded by Senat's heavy troops, he would not be beaten as passively as this time.
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Orlando, far to the south, whispered: "Yes, we are back. But the Clay tribe tried their best to intercept us along the way. Why?"
Bacon didn't hear what Orlando said clearly, so he asked: "Captain, what did you say?"
Orlando did not answer, because a large group of cavalry came galloping in the distance. The warriors on horseback were holding scimitars. They were the cavalry of the Clay tribe.
Orlando nodded and said: "Everyone, prepare, this should be the last battle."
A familiar voice came from the distance: "Haha, General Orlando came to our hometown, why didn't he stay for a few more days and left in such a hurry?"
Bacon immediately remembered that the owner of this voice was none other than Kailimu, the captain of the Clay tribe who participated in last year's Golden Competition. He shouted: "Kailimu, it's you!"
Kailim laughed and said, "Yes, of course it's me."
Bacon angrily scolded Kailimu and said, "Why do you Clay people want to betray the empire?"
"We Clay people have our own ancestors and glory. Everything we have now is imposed by others. How can we talk about betrayal?"
Bacon wanted to reprimand him a few words, but Orlando gave up his idea with a few simple words: "Since ancient times, careerists have always been everywhere, and their excuses have always been high-sounding, but they and everything they did eventually disappeared.
In the long river of history."
Although the voice was very small, Kailim heard it. He laughed and said, "History is always written by the victor!"
Orlando shook his head and said: "As long as I am here, victory will always belong to the empire."
Kailim was startled, and then shouted: "I don't believe it." After saying this, Kailim turned around and shouted: "Go ahead, don't stop at all, we will overwhelm them!"
After hearing the order, the Clay cavalry led by Kailimu rushed forward one after another. When they were still about 300 meters away from Orlando and the others, they drew out their arrows, put them on the bowstrings and shot them out. All of this was witnessed by those present.
This was done while the horse was running, and after shooting the arrow, the Clay warrior pulled the reins and controlled the horse to run around Orlando and the others.
Kailimu only brought 3,000 Clay cavalry this time, but these are the most elite archers of the Clay tribe. Their riding and shooting skills are almost the best in the clan. These 3,000 people surround Orlando for about
At a distance of 300 meters, a loose circle was formed, and the horses kept running, and then shot arrows while running.
In this way, no matter which direction Orlando leads his men to charge, they will only be able to attack less than one-tenth of the enemy at the same time. However, the fatigue after the charge will greatly weaken their speed, and eventually become
A target.
Orlando made a prompt decision and immediately issued an order to retreat at full speed. Captain Bacon personally led the charge, while Orlando was at the end. The 1,500 Holy Knights easily broke through the encirclement of Clay horse archers and headed towards the imperial capital.
The direction quickly withdrew, and Kailimu did not force it. He led his 3,000 men, hanging far behind Orlando, and kept shooting with bows and arrows, as if he was driving away the holy knights.
After several hours of continuous pursuit, Kailimu gave the order to stop the pursuit. Lugman, who had participated in competitive competitions with him, said fiercely behind Kailimu: "Finally, we figured out what happened when we escaped in embarrassment last year.
The bad breath." An intriguing smile appeared on Kailimu's face.