In Parnilla half a year ago, with the help of new weapons, the rebels succeeded in leaving a scar on the pearl of the empire. The Padrosi report at the time recorded those weapons: "It sounded like thunder, emitted huge fire and smoke, and plunged people and horses into extreme confusion. It took a long time for the command system to react."
——But this didn’t attract anyone’s attention.
This is a common malady in countries with a long history. The maintenance of tradition is more important than the new things.
"Gunpowder? Isn't it just the kind of thing used to make fireworks? What can be so scary about it?"
With this thought in mind, everyone who knew about the incident, including Wilma Manisto, was paralyzed and thought that this was just a heresy.
This taught them a lesson today.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound of "Bang! Bang! Bang!" echoed around one after another, and fire shot into the sky.
The broken tiles shot up directly from the ground and tore the horse's abdomen into pieces. The impact caused the knight on the horse to be thrown away and fell heavily to the ground.
This was a premeditated attack, and the scope of the explosion happened to cover the entire left and right flanks.
The Lamanite cavalry guard formation is just like a textbook standard. It is precisely because of the standard that it is easier to predict.
"Hush——" The explosive wind mixed with the strong smell of sulfur, pebbles and leaves blew from both sides. The knights quickly and decisively protected the queen and the three. Mira and Henry lowered their heads and covered their faces with their hands, while the sluggish Galeva was pulled to the ground by the little unicorn biting the backpack. In an instant, the nearby oxygen was absorbed by the explosion, and people felt it was difficult to breathe.
"——Cough cough, cough cough cough——" Smoke and fallen leaves all over the sky blocked the field of vision. After the surrounding air surged in again, inhaling the breath mixed with falling dust caused many people to cough loudly.
Violent tinnitus echoed continuously, and the horses were also frightened along with the people. The huge noise and the unfamiliar environment disturbed them, causing many horses to start neighing or spinning in circles.
"-Good formation!!--To--" The leader of the Macnisto Dragon Wings roared loudly and waved his hands, but because of their dizziness, the knights in the van seemed at a loss.
"Get in formation!! They are coming to kill!!"
Wait until they hear clearly.
It's too late.
"Huh--" The thing that came out of the yellow smoke in unison was not Claymore, but a row of four-meter-long anti-cavalry super spears. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but, but the war horse, which lacked the protection of its vest, was directly stabbed in the neck and chest by the super spear.
"Ho-ah!!" The great swordsmen all stepped firmly, lowered their waists and pushed forward, stabbing the war horses to death with their hard spears.
"Interpa (advance)!" The sparse forward was easily rushed to the ground by the great swordsmen carrying anti-cavalry spears, and the injured and crazy horses threw off the riders on their backs. The shortcomings of being well-trained without actual combat became apparent. Although in theory they should all know what to do, these dragon-winged knights were just dumbfounded. After the first four people were thrown off their horses, they were stabbed to death through the observation entrance. The remaining two talents finally reacted - but the decisions they made were also wrong.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" they let out a bold roar. Instead of approaching friendly forces, they charged further towards the enemy.
"The courage is commendable, but the IQ is worrying." The young mercenary who led the charge of the great swordsmen said mercilessly in Laman language.
"Crossbowman!" He raised his hand.
"Bang-bang!" Two heavy crossbow bolts accurately hit and penetrated the knights' thigh armor at extremely close range.
"Uh-huh -" One of them let go of the spear in his hand and fell to the ground, covering his bleeding wound, while the other held on and waved his sword randomly.
"Haberdiers!" the young mercenary spoke again, and then two mercenaries carrying big swords but holding halberds came up to the front, easily knocked down and stabbed through the gap in the throat armor, killing the two. Dragon Wing Knight.
The white feathers lying on the ground were stained with stains and blood, as the great swordsmen's feet in various leather boots trampled over it. Kill the people in the central array.
A face-to-face meeting did not last more than a minute. The six dragon-winged knights in the vanguard were killed like powerless children.
"No--" These are their colleagues, receiving the same elite training. Confidence began to collapse, but it was at this moment that Mainis roared angrily: "Don't let the morale of the army be shaken! Fall back!"
"The rear-cutting troops are the vanguard, let's withdraw——!!" He roared loudly through the raised visor, and the entire team found a backbone in this situation - they still have the advantage of cavalry and can easily Gain distance through mobility.
These great swordsmen did not wait until they entered the town before launching an attack. It was an omission on their part. As long as they evacuated, they would still have a chance——
"Leta (release)—"
The light voice was accompanied by a burst of magical light.
Immediately afterwards, a burst of fire flashed again at the feet of the broken troops.
"Bang!!!!" The horses torn apart by the huge impact exploded in an instant and splashed plasma all over the dragon-wing knights behind them. The knight on top was shot away like a broken doll like a broken doll. Throw far.
"Sha la la -" Pebbles and soil fell down and hit them all.
"Neighing!" The war horse panicked in unprecedented fright.
The person riding on it had a dull look on his face.
"Is it a giant! Is it a giant!" The frightened princess Lola suddenly screamed loudly as if she had lost her mind. This sound further upset the people around her.
Chaos began to spread among the team. The great swordsmen came closer.
"Get into formation! Get into formation! The seventh style!" Wei Ma's voice sounded again, becoming the backbone of the Dragon Wing Knights.
They quickly distanced themselves from the Queen in the center, raised their spears and pointed outside.
"Huh--" The great swordsmen all gathered around outside with super long spears. The teams on both sides were like two circles, one large and one small, pointing their weapons at each other.
In one meeting, he lost 30 reliable subordinates.
This battle was completely in the opponent's hands from the beginning.
Large traps that can deal with cavalry will always leave traces. The trap must be very large to achieve enough damage, and it also needs personnel to operate nearby, so it can be easily detected.
This is a rule of thumb. As long as they strictly follow the code of conduct, they can avoid those traditional anti-cavalry methods.
Speaking from experience——hehehe——
Arrogant, arrogant, Weimar Viryu Manisto! The price of your arrogance is the lives of your subordinates!
The smell of sulfur and the explosive wind combined with the magician made it easy for him to guess what weapon his opponent was using.
The gunpowder pot with the magic circle drawn on it was buried in the ground in advance. No mechanism operation is required, and it does not matter if the distance is far away, as long as the magic circle is activated.
The first thing to be knocked out was the flanks, which isolated the main formation in the center. Then they took advantage of the chaos of the explosion to close the distance, kill the forwards, and waited until they were about to evacuate before detonating the gunpowder cans in the center and rear, killing the personnel in the rear - all of this was calculated.
The people behind were dead. Theoretically speaking, they still had a chance to escape just now by rushing over their bodies and continuing to flee. But Mainisdo hesitated, which was exactly what the other party wanted.
If the gunpowder cans in the central part are detonated together with the flanks as soon as their forwards come over, then with this formation, the main formation personnel behind will still have a chance to escape.
And they waited until the moment they were about to retreat before detonating it, killing those behind them.
This raises a question for Manisto - is it just that part of the explosive?
What would happen if they stepped over the corpses of those behind them and forced their way forward, and the other party detonated it again?
——With just this moment of hesitation, Captain Longyi missed the last opportunity to command a retreat. The great swordsmen quickly surrounded them with super long spears.
Even the heart has been seen through.
They only follow textbooks to fight. No matter how well-trained they are, they have no experience after all.
Not being licked by the flames of war, they have a lot of rules and regulations but are completely unable to react. The response is always half a beat too slow, and many people even have blank minds and forget how to do it.
The remaining knights stubbornly protected the queen.
The opponent did not attack immediately, maybe because they wanted to persuade them to surrender, or maybe because they wanted to do something else.
"Magicians, gunpowder, crossbowmen, anti-cavalry spears, they really do everything they can. Is this how mercenaries fight -"
They were caught off guard.
"I really learned a good lesson."
"Did you make such a plan because you didn't want us to escape?"
But Knight.
"You are really completely underestimated."
Still holding his head high.
"Dragon Wing Knights!" "Here!"
"Spear flat!"
The radiance of magic began to unfold on the wooden frame of the dragon's wings behind them.
"For Her Majesty the Queen, for the glory of our country!"
"You idiot." Henry held his forehead, and the white wings behind the roaring Dragon Wing Knights suddenly started to move automatically without wind. They made a hunting sound and then some kind of white light began to disperse.
"Wind magic, be careful!" the magician among the great swordsmen suddenly shouted.
"knight--"
"charge!"
"Boom!" The horse's hoofs trampled on the ground, but it didn't seem to leave any footprints.
The strong wind blew so hard that the group of people in the center of the formation could hardly open their eyes, and at the last moment when the feathers glowed, there was suddenly a sound of glass breaking. Mira felt a vibration coming from the magic pool on her chest, and then the wooden frame behind the Dragon Wing Knights suddenly burst into flames.
"Steady-" The movements of the great swordsman commanded seemed to slow down.
"live--"
He roared loudly.
The fiery red halo of light burned away the magic power of Long Yu, and the knights suddenly increased their charging speed within a distance of less than five meters.
Like a spreading dandelion.
Like spreading ripples.
Like.
Exploding fireworks.
"Boom!" "Hiss!" "Ahhhhh--"
"Dang Cang——!!" The heavy anti-cavalry spear scraped against the armor of the knights, leaving a deep dent, causing a burst of sparks before being bounced away. Only a handful of spears accurately hit the throat armor or the load-bearing point of the breastplate. Knock the knights off their horses.
Even after their finely crafted armor fell heavily to the mud, they were still fine, but they got up again feeling dizzy.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." After breaking their spears, they pulled out their long swords, and the dragon-winged knights who had rushed a certain distance came back to kill them. The great swordsmen whose formation was disrupted also suffered casualties. The powerful impact of the passing cavalry allowed them to directly split the heads of the great swordsmen with one sword.
Plasma began to flow, and the great swordsmen and the dragon-winged knights, whose formations were disrupted, fell into a melee.
"Tsk!" Arrogance does not only exist on the side of the Dragon Wing Knights, but also on the side of the great swordsman. In front of the hidden trump card of the Dragon Wing Knights, their originally completed encirclement was completely torn apart by the impact.
"Follow! Follow quickly!" The knights behind roared loudly and drove their horses forward. The majestic charge was not without purpose. Mainisto made a decision in a very short time - since the retreat might be deceitful, then just break out in the direction from which the great swordsmen came.
"Don't let them run away!" The great swordsmen who reacted roared and dropped the super-long spears that were difficult to move, and with a "clang--" they drew their great swords from behind.
"Break the queen!" Several dragon-winged knights who had fallen off their horses or died in battle, and who were all injured, tore off their burned wooden frames. After the magic blessing disappeared, they felt that the armor on their bodies was heavier in an instant. many. But they are well-trained and still have the ability to wear armor and continue fighting.
In the face of overwhelming numbers, several knights struggled to resist, but were still pressed to the ground and killed by stabbing daggers into the gaps in their helmets.
Their armor, stained with mud and blood, lay dented under the blue sky.
"Get out! Get out quickly!" There were only about 20 dragon-winged knights left, the Queen and Henry, all of them, dismounted and rushed into a small shop next to the village entrance. They drove out the villagers inside and made preparations for defense on the spot.
"Tap, tap, tap -" the sound of neat steps sounded outside. The sun was in the sky, and the Claymores in the hands of the great swordsmen who came non-stop were shining brightly.
What happened one after another within ten minutes made the knights soaked with sweat. Except for a few people, Long Yu's disappeared armor also began to become heavy. Their movements became slower, but the Great Swordsman still had an overwhelming numerical advantage.
"Your Majesty and the others?" Manisto, who was squatting in the shop and relying on the cabinet outside as cover, lifted his visor in the dim light, turned around. "It's okay, I was just frightened." The female knight who guarded the three of them fiercely replied.
"These guys really want to murder Your Majesty!" Adjutant Sig looked extremely angry, but Mainisto denied this: "If this is the case, they can just detonate the gunpowder can."
"Then what is their purpose?" "Now is not a good time to think about this, Tawa, Gesu, you two go to the back to see if there is a back door or something like that, be careful of being outflanked by them." Mainisto said quietly and quickly. Commanding, the knight who received the order quickly ran to the rear and began to inspect.
"How to break out of the encirclement -" he was thinking hard, and when he turned around, he suddenly met the sage's calm gray-blue eyes.
"...Do you want to say that you have guessed all this a long time ago?" Captain Long Yi looked at the calm expression on the other party's face and became angry for no reason. When his eyes locked on the sage Kong Wuyi This anger went even further when he touched the object's hands.
It might be said that he was expressing his anger, but when he said these words, his voice had a hint of an attack.
"Do I look like someone who's been put in trouble?" Henry shrugged. Manisto clenched his fists, looking at his spotless body and thinking of his sacrificed subordinates. Although he knew it was not the sage's fault, he still wanted to blame this man for the suffocation in his chest.
"There is no back door, there is a dead end behind!" The two knights who went to explore the road brought back a piece of news that was not bad but not good either, interrupting Mainisto's about to explode. He gritted his teeth and thought carefully about how to break out, but he could never find the answer.
"Put down your weapons -" the young man's voice came from outside the store.
Then the great swordsmen hesitated for a while, but they all took back Kramer according to his command.
"Come out, I want to talk to you." The tall mercenary with a ponytail said, and looking out through the door of the store, Mira, Henry and Galeva were shocked.
This was the person who had an unharmonious encounter that day in the small town of Porusaro.
"What exactly is the plan..." the leader said, but he still stood up.
