Despite their unwillingness, after dozens of their companions fell, the human civilians still approached the city wall. A dozen long ladders crossed the moat. The untrained civilians climbed to the other side using their hands and feet, holding long swords and
Sticks kept falling into the moat. Although the mercenaries on the city wall did not attack them directly, huge stones thrown from a distance would fall into the crowd from time to time after rebounding. Some people kept falling to the ground with their hands on their heads.
Entering the moat, the red part of the river is getting bigger and thicker.
Suddenly, a knight troop came out along the moat on the right side of Duanbing Port. Unlike all the human knight troops that the Fanos Legion had seen before, these knights did not wear heavy armor or even ordinary plate armor.
The long black clothes are tightly wrapped around the body, with only white steel wire chain armor on the chest and abdomen. The weapons in their hands are also fundamentally different. These knights do not have the standard two-handed spear or one-handed spear in their hands, but only carry them on their backs.
A long sword and a long bow in his hand.
The first appearance of the knights of the small mercenary regiment was an unimaginable thing for most army commanders at that time. For any country, the destructive power of heavy infantry is three times that of light infantry. This is
It is an indisputable matter, and the heavy knights not only inherit the advantages of heavy infantry with high defense, but also have strong penetrating power. In any battle, once the heavy knight troops are put into use, the end is not far away.
Many people in later generations believe that the mercenary king Amy not only fully promoted the swordsman profession, but also gave a new interpretation to the application of the knight army, thus leading to a new development of the knight army.
However, at that time, only those involved knew the bitterness and bitterness involved.
The expenses of the knight army are so high that the leaders of the small mercenary group had never expected before. Purchasing horses is extremely expensive, and the price of a good war horse is even as high as 100 gold coins. Fortunately, Amy and others are thankful that
All horses in the Knights of the Small Mercenary Group are brought by the members themselves. The raising of horses has brought an almost devastating blow to the finances of the Small Mercenary Group. A horse eats up to 20 kilograms of feed a day. Don’t think that horses are
Eating grass - War horses eat forage. The so-called forage is a mixture of fine grass, oats, black beans, etc. Duanbing Port is located on the west side of the mainland, and the main origin of oats and black beans is the hinterland of the mainland. These forages are transported to Duanbing Port.
The price of ice port is almost the same as that of food. Basically, the consumption of one horse's mouth is basically equivalent to the food consumption of seven mercenaries. This number is converted into money and even exceeds the consumption of meat and fish by the earthly dragon.
The small mercenary group was already strapped for funds, and the war horses and ground dragons made the finances very tight. So one time when Amy and others were inspecting the stables, the leader of the group was holding the strongest war horse in his arms, full of affectionate tears.
Wang Wangdi said to the war horse: "Grandpa Ma, you know, you are really going to eat me up. Look, there is no meat on your body. This is the hard-earned money of more than 2,000 brothers in the small mercenary group. If
During the war, if you lose, I won’t be able to get my money back even if I kill each of you. Maybe... you can still sell your skin for some money, your horse mane for some money, and your horse.
The sinews can be used to twist the bowstring, and your horse..."
Before the captain finished speaking, the vigorous war horse in front of everyone was already lying on the ground with its hooves spasming. Wherever Captain Amy looked, both the horses and the knights in the knight camp were swept by the cold wind.
One by one, they got into a fight.
In this tight economic situation, the small mercenary group really cannot spend more money to buy complete sets of armor for the knights. In fact, even if they have money, the knights' armors are all customized. The small mercenary group just
After ten months of stabilization, the production capabilities of several small blacksmith shops in Duanbing Port could not provide so much. In order to prepare for the Fanos Army this time, Amy specifically found out the original armed swords from the Duanbing Port City Guards.
It was really impossible to find the short chain armor and knight's spear in the knight camp, but we couldn't let the teenagers in the knight camp fall to the enemy's spear in the first impact. Amy specially found a lot of them from the city guard's warehouse.
The horn bow has been eliminated long ago. Your Excellency Amy's original words are: "Shoot him, shoot him, even if his armor is thick and you can't kill him, you have to slow down their impact speed, so that when they collide, you can
Hold their spears, yes, crawl along the spears. Anyway, they wear a lot of armor and their reactions are not as fast as ours. Ride on their necks and chop them! Remember, you are not allowed to die casually. You still have these horses to blame.
My debt has never been paid off!"
Putting aside the obvious self-deprecating part of the poor in your words, the use of these simple weapons should indeed bring more chances of survival to the knight battalion of the small mercenary group. Of course, this will not be tested before it has been tested in a large number of wars.
Everything is just kind expectations.
With some confusion, the Fanos Army quickly dispatched a mixed force to intercept the less than 200 knights. Hundreds of heavy infantry raised their steel shields high to form three iron hedgehogs. Then, a considerable number of half-armed soldiers
Centaur and horse archers pushed forward, and the last knight troops also moved. Only knights could match the knights.
The bow strings in the hands of the knights buzzed and trembled. Although the shooting range of the horn bow was different from that of the long bow, the knights of the small mercenary group had the right time and location. The fierce monsoon in early spring swept along the coast from the southwest to the mainland.
The initial speed of the bows and arrows fired by the knights on their mounts, carried by the strong wind, and then carrying the light cavalry exceeded the judgment of the Fanos soldiers. Before the first row of heavy infantry had time to erect their large shields, steel raindrops fell.
Ten Ursine warriors were hit by arrows in the face and fell to the ground covering the arrow holes. The impact of the blow coming faster than expected was obviously more than that. The Centaur archers squinted their eyes against the strong wind and were passing through the arched position that had not yet been completely formed.
, the steel raindrops obviously hit them harder than the bear warriors. The white bodies kept falling to the ground, and the hoarse screams became the main theme of the position on Fanos side.
The commanders of the main formation of Fanos and the two wings were shocked at the same time. Unstable turbulence appeared among the tens of thousands of soldiers. Two blue and red flags were raised one after another above the main formation, and the left-wing soldiers once again sent out a half-orc heavy infantry.
Centurions and two werewolf centurions.
When they were still about 150 meters away from the enemy, Chi Aotian led the knight battalion to ignore the enemy in front and penetrate behind the enemy along the southeast direction. This was also Amy's order. A one-on-one casualty exchange must be a big violation of the "One-for-one profit."
” business rules.
In Amy's careful calculation, after the knight battalion fired the standard 3 dozen arrows per person, it would be considered appropriate only if it could injure 100 enemies and lose no more than 10 people. The purpose was just to save people, a kind of frontal knight attack on the infantry.
The scenery of the camp should be left to the regular imperial army. After all, the small mercenary group has not received a penny of food and salary from the imperial military headquarters. This strange style of play is difficult for Chi Aotian to accept. In the imperial knight school
Any regular knight drill is a real collision between steel and flesh. If it weren't for the fact that none of the other senior cadres in the small mercenary group had experience in knight combat, Chi Aotian would definitely give up this position.
More heavy infantry were separated from the front troops on the left wing. Hundreds of large shields were raised high. Arrow feathers slid through the air and fell from the top of the shield to the back. Screams continued to be heard.
In order to prevent the enemy from rushing out of Duanbing Port to break through the left wing troops, new orders were spread among the Fanos soldiers. More than three heavy infantry centurions and more than five light infantry centurions in the main formation strode forward for 20 seconds.
m constructed the follow-up echelon, and at least half of them established the new left flank protection. At the same time, the two Werewolf centurions withdrew from behind the civilians, and the rapid protection was left behind the catapults between the main and front formations.
position.
The Fanos soldiers suddenly heard a sharp cry from the rear. Almost all the main formation, and the soldiers on the left and right wings subconsciously turned around and looked around. Countless mad vultures were sweeping in from the black sky in the distance. Each mad vulture had its back.
There is a swordsman on the mountain. All the senior officers of Fanos know that among the main swordsman battalions of the small mercenary group, the Crazy Eagle Swordsman Battalion is the sharpest weapon. The sharp eyes of the orcs immediately recognized the Crazy Eagle Swordsman.
Our target: Fanos main camp.
No Fanos soldier dared to give the slightest glimpse of the Wild Eagle Swordsman Battalion. In the Battle of Xilin Island, tens of thousands of Fanos elite troops surrounded and annihilated the small mercenary group but fell short because they missed the calculation of the Wild Eagle.
Swordsman Camp - The sound of bowstrings was heard three times in the dark night sky. General Dahino, who had experienced many battles, was shot to the ground by an arrow. The sound of bowstrings sounded again and hit the rope floating in the dark night sky.
It was a blessing in misfortune that Lord Dahino survived. Afterwards, all the officers who saw the scene where the rope was shot with an arrow were silent. Even Dahino himself had to admit that an archer with such accuracy could
It is absolutely impossible for the first arrow to miss. This goes against the common sense of soldiers about bows and arrows - for any archer, the first arrow is the one he shoots most accurately. It seems that the sharp archer himself did have something at that moment.
Subjectively, facing an aerial attack by such a sharp archer, not even a dragon knight can escape the disaster of one arrow.
Seeing that the overwhelming force seemed to be overwhelming all the Vulture Knights, Commander Merlin, the commander of the Fanos Campaign, could not be sure that there was not among them the sharp archer who frightened all the soldiers, let alone that such a sharp archer was in the small mercenary group.
Quantity, as a soldier, although he has been very optimistic about his own life, once the commander is attacked, the entire army will face an irreparable disaster.
Merlin immediately released the green harrier that reported the news. Then, all the centaur archers and human crossbowmen withdrew from the front, quickly passed through the already chaotic main formation and formed a new protective net around it.
The human civilians who were coerced and attacked with swords immediately felt that the pressure behind them disappeared in an instant. The formation collapsed in a few breaths, and the civilians behind them tilted towards both sides of the moat like water.
The right side of the Fanos Army found that the city gate on the left side of Broken Ice Port suddenly opened, and at least five knight centurions poured out like black mercury against the ground. As the right wing commander, Norton felt that this knight force was in contact with the attack.
The difference between the left-wing knight troops, strictly speaking, is that only such knight troops are real knights. The ones rushing at the front are regular knights with armor between heavy knights and light knights, and 2.7-meter-long knights with tall heads and big horses.
The spears stood high, and all the knights pulled down their dark masks. At least 40% of the horses' bodies were made of chain armor. Behind these knights were more than one or two hundred tall earth dragons, and all the other earth dragons.
Similarly, these dragons are not wearing any armor, and the various scales reflect the dazzling luster under the setting sun. The green-clothed knights on the horses are unusually tall, and no one is wearing any piece of steel armor. The bulging muscles on their arms show that these knights are in combat prowess.
In terms of strength, they are definitely not inferior to the Bear Warriors. Like the heavy infantry of Fanos, these warriors only wield two weapons in their hands - black war hammers and silver battle axes, neither of which is less than 2 meters in length.
Merlin also saw the changes on the right wing. These knights who came madly were not much different from the knights in the battle on the north bank of the Lion River. The knight troops would undoubtedly be a problem for the right wing composed of pure infantry. At this time, the right wing could only hope
The troops wish themselves well.
All the heavy infantry on the periphery of Fanos's right wing quickly gathered, and the few remaining archers entered the center of the right wing in the shortest possible time.
What stunned Fanos's right-wing troops was that the knights did not cherish this rare glimmer of chaos on their side and inflicted a greater blow. All the knights pressed like an avalanche towards the werewolf warriors who were left outside, although the werewolves who stayed behind the humans to supervise the battle
The warriors also had a thousand-man team, but the light infantry without heavy armor defense had almost no ability to compete with the charge of conventional knights.
The 2.7-meter-long knight's gun rarely has only a thin body of a werewolf warrior strung on it, and the destructive power brought by the earth-moving dragon knight following him is several times that of the conventional knight in front, whether it is the knight itself or the mount.
The hind limbs of the walking dragon have bone claws that are more than 10 centimeters long, and the front claws are even longer to 20 centimeters. The long-term preying on various beasts has caused the claws of this strongest carnivore on land to be covered with corpse poison, and it lies on the ground.
The wolf warrior who had just escaped from the knight's spear immediately had countless claw marks on his body under the bone claws that were sharper than the spear. Especially every time the Earth Dragon's front claws were fiercely grabbed, the werewolves with many parents and young mothers in front of them were killed.
The huge battle axes of the mad knights easily cut off the werewolf's back without any effort, and the heavy wind-sounding warhammer knocked the werewolf's corpse into the air more than 20 meters away.
There was no suspense in the battle outside Duanbing Port City. When the last Earthly Dragon Knight passed over the Thousand Werewolf Team, there was not a single complete corpse on the ground.
The knights did not pause for a moment and shot at the left wing of Fanos like arrows. The left wing of Fanos, which was under attack from both sides, collapsed in an instant. The unprotected bodies of the centaurs and werewolves could not form a strong defense.
The orcs and bearmen soldiers who were defending the knight camp led by Chi Aotian had just had time to turn around, and the huge battle axes and long swords were already coming towards them.
The east gate of Duanbing Port opened with a bang, and troops of black-clad swordsmen poured out from the east gate and north gate at the same time. They oppressed the coerced civilians from the outside and rushed towards the city gate. The teenagers shouted loudly in the straightforward local dialect of the northern continent to let people know.
Escape into the city.
Amy watched Da Qingshan direct the mercenaries under the city wall to carry injured civilians into the city, holding the flagpole beside him tightly in his hands. As the city's top military officer, the pressure on his heart at this time was definitely not something that ordinary mercenaries could understand. What was in front of him was
In the First World War, the small mercenary group sent almost all its combat power. Now the main force responsible for defense on the city wall is the Duanbing Port Swordsman Battalion and residents with no combat experience at all. The coastline defense system that Barbas is responsible for except leaving
All the remaining troops of Yiqu Swordsman Battalion were taken out, and they were supplemented by the four small D and E-class mercenary regiments stationed in Duanbing Port.
The smooth development of the battle has exceeded Amy's expectations. He did not expect that the attack of the Wild Eagle Swordsman Battalion would prompt the enemy general to mobilize almost all long-range strike forces to defend the formation. It was this small change that made
The enemy's right-wing troops lost their frontal defense and had to unite together in the end; while Fanos's left-wing troops even lost their back defense, and their formation completely collapsed.
Even so, the war situation is not optimistic. The small mercenary group currently does not have any organized teams to send out. At this time, if enemy warships attack the harbor, the defense system of Duanbing Port will tend to collapse; at this time, if the enemy
If any large-scale knight force intervenes, the battle situation outside the city wall will fundamentally change. It is the first time to command such a large-scale battle, and Amy can only secretly pray that the battle will end as soon as possible.
Two loud roars suddenly sounded in the western sky, and then there was a thunderous sound of the air being torn apart from the sky. The calm cloud sky was suddenly shattered, and dozens of huge beasts flew towards the sea.
dragon!
Dragon Knight!
Not just one!
The eyes of Amy and Horns both showed the look of the worst possible outcome. Lu'er received the summoning order from the Dragon God Pilot and returned to the Dragon Realm to hold a meeting of the Dragon Envoys. The small mercenary group will no longer be as fearless as before.
Giant dragons, and these giant dragons in front of them, even the pseudo-dragon knights described in the intelligence, would probably cause a huge blow to the soldiers defending the city.
At the front of the many giant dragons is a golden dragon as huge as a hill. Its two giant wings spread out like golden clouds, blocking the proud sun on the horizon. Every time the giant wings vibrate, the golden scales the size of the mouth of a bowl reflect a bright and dazzling light.
, there is a black-armored knight behind the dragon's neck. Although it is far away, the luster of the mixed-cast black armor proves the preciousness of the rare metal. The golden thorns protrude from between the dragon's neck and the dragon's wings.
The dragon spear is at least 3 meters long, and exposed on the other side is a giant shield about one meter wide.
The dragon knights had obviously seen the war on the ground. The golden dragon let out a clearer dragon roar, and its giant wings drove the boundless wind and thunder's huge body to the battlefield. More than a dozen dragon knights behind them also changed directions.
Looking down at the earth from the sky, the ground is like a chessboard and the roads are like silk. Nearly 20,000 soldiers are strangled into four independent battle groups. The right wing of Fanos is the most stable and has not yet had substantial contact with the small mercenary group; the main formation has already
Entering a state of war; the most miserable thing is the front line, where no living Fanos soldiers can be seen; the most chaotic thing is the left wing, the formation has completely collapsed, most of the soldiers are fighting alone, and the Imperial Knights are fighting with
The orderly battle formations charged indiscriminately.
The golden dragon soared over the left wing troops. The giant dragon in a battle-like state exuded a breathtaking arrogance. The ground dragons rolling on the ground immediately felt the fighting spirit descending from the sky. All the mad knights could feel it sitting down on the dragon beasts.
The huge fear revealed, the steady steps became staggering, the straight necks were drooping, and some timid dragon beasts no longer even obeyed the knight's orders and fled around in panic.
The dragon's even more shrill roar came from the sky. The dragon's 3-meter-long neck was raised gracefully and powerfully, and its two giant wings spread out to the sky. Then, a figure appeared in the dragon's mouth.
A huge golden fireball. After a few breaths, the rapidly enlarging fireball shot towards the ground like a bolide falling from the sky. The moment the fireball landed, the sky and the earth changed color, and a mushroom-shaped fire cloud suddenly rose from the ground.
, the flames emitted infinite light, burning the entire sky red and stinging everyone's eyes.
A few breaths later, a series of deafening loud noises like thunder suddenly sounded between the sky and the earth. Everyone felt the rolling heat wave that was pushed out from the place where the fireball landed. The residents who stood on the city wall of Duanbing Port and did not hold on to the crenels were
He was even knocked to the ground by the heat wave.
After everything calmed down between heaven and earth, the little mercenary members who tried to open their eyes were shocked by the scene that needs to be described as "tragic": there was a huge circular pit on the ground that was 4 meters wide, and the pit was pitch black.
In one piece, countless charred corpses fell radioactively around the huge pit. On the ground were molten and rolling iron flows. A little further out, there were still burning corpses. A little further out, more corpses fell.
The sudden heat wave stripped off all the clothes on the corpses, and all the dead people shrank and fell to the ground like cooked prawns. The air was filled with the pungent stench of burning corpses.
All the soldiers stopped fighting and stared blankly at the battlefield. In just a moment, the knight battalion directly under the Empire's Icebreaker Port City Lord had been completely wiped out from the Empire's active forces. If it weren't for the speed of the Earthly Dragon,
Slow down, if the dragon's power emitted by the golden dragon hadn't forced the dragons to flee in all directions, and if the golden dragon's breath sprayed 30 meters further north, the newly formed Mad Knight Battalion of the small mercenary group would also have been abolished.
sequence, even so, at least two teams of mad knights were involved in the sea of fire.
Except for the crackling sounds of the flames devouring the corpses, the battlefield was deathly calm, and the fighting power exploded by the dragon was enough to make the timid man have the urge to run away.
"Your Excellency, you are really majestic!"
In the heat wave, a cold voice suddenly sounded. There was no deliberate emphasis in the words, but the cold air still penetrated the bone marrow of everyone on the battlefield during the breath. Both the Golden Dragon Knight and the Pseudo Dragon Knight were surprised that there were enemies who could ignore the scene in front of them.
He spoke so calmly. 300 meters away to the south, a large mass of black air surged thickly on the flat ground. The sea breeze was so cold, but the black air was not moved at all. The cold voice came from the black air.