Black Iron Crown

Archers are extremely sensitive to passwords, and it takes 21 days to make a person form a habit. Although three months will not allow them to engrave this habit into their bones, if Reiner issues an order, they will Respond immediately.

Wearing leather armor and lined with this thick armor, they look more robust, even compared to the melee infantry. The action of drawing the bow requires a lot of strength. If the strength is weak, it is impossible to pull the heavy bowstring. , Drawing bows all the year round makes their upper limbs and arms extremely developed.

Reiner silently estimated the enemy's distance through the peephole of his helmet, "200 meters... 180 meters..."

"One hundred and twenty meters!" Reiner estimated the number of enemy troops in his mind. The distance of one hundred and twenty meters just reached the range of the exquisite recurve bows in the hands of archers.

Leiner immediately drew out the long sword at his waist, pointed at the enemy in front of him and shouted: "Shoot!"

"Bouncing bouncing..." There was only a sound of the bowstring bouncing back, and the arrows flew towards the enemy with sharp chirping like falcon birds.

There was a scream, and a dozen Kladers fell to the ground immediately. The blood spurted out was very little, and they were all wrapped up in their thick fur coats. Only a small amount of blood was dotted on the thick snow. , as beautiful as plum blossoms in winter.

No one wants to appreciate the beautiful flowers that represent death. Their warm furs cannot resist the arrows shot by exquisite recurve bows, and the Klades, who have become weak due to lack of food, cannot bear such injuries at all, and they are all shot. The arrow fell to the ground.

However, due to the small number of archers in Leiner's hands, even when the enemy's formation was extremely dense, it only caused more than a dozen casualties to the opponent.

The death of more than a dozen people did not dispel the idea of ​​defeating the enemy in front of them to plunder supplies. They bypassed the corpses of their fallen companions and continued to follow the large army towards the front.

The thick snow was enough to reach their knees. Due to the obstruction of the snow, they did not move fast and could only move forward slowly.

This gave Leiner's archers a chance, and the slow movement of the enemy meant that they had more time and opportunities to shoot.

"Get ready!" Reiner ordered, and the archers once again picked up an arrow from the ground and put it on the bowstring. Now, with their physical strength, they can shoot eight times with a recurve bow before it loses its strength. .

"Shoot!" He ordered to shoot again, and twenty arrows were shot into the advancing enemy army.

After five rounds of shooting, 70 or 80 corpses were piled up in the snow. Seventy or eighty people were lost before the enemy could face them. The Klade people couldn't help feeling a little shaken in their hearts.

At this time, Leiner did not let the archers continue to open their bows. They were already tired after five rounds of shooting, and the enemy was gradually approaching. Now it was time for the melee infantry to show their talents.

"Sir Cord!" Reiner gave his name, and Sir Cord, who was standing beside him, responded immediately: "Yes, I am here, my lord!"

"Take your team, together with Sir Maylan, Sir Belard and Sir Brogan's team, block the enemy from the front for ten minutes, and when you hear my brass trumpet, this will take you immediately The squires who can ride horses join me, and we will charge the enemy's rear and crush their rear!"

"Sir Valas! You take all my knights to attack the enemy's rear, and I will bring my direct army. After you defeat the enemy's rear, I will let them continue to expand the tearing of the enemy's formation , and kill the main force of the opponent at the same time!"

"Yes, my lord, I obey your orders!

Apart from the five Scarlet Griffin Knights, the Merland family has ten knights with fiefs and six apprentice knights without fiefs.

The last time the red dwarf bandit organization was wiped out, only eleven people were dispatched, leaving five people guarding the castle.

This time it was about the life and death of the territory, Leiner didn't dare to hold back, and brought all the knights out.

Five Scarlet Griffon Knights clustered around Reiner, they were responsible for ensuring his safety and tearing apart the enemy's formation while charging.

After receiving the order, Sir Corder saluted with his right hand on his chest, and then said: "Please rest assured my lord, I will complete your order and block the enemy!"

Sir Cord, Sir Maylan, and Sir Brogan all nodded heavily. This is indeed a relatively dangerous operation. Even if you can't say that you are fighting against more than 700 enemies with a force of less than 100 troops from the four knights , but it is also weak.

However, Reiner believed that they could hold on for ten minutes. Among the 80 or more of them, besides the knights, there were also retinues who had undergone combat training and combat experience, and self-cultivators with good physical fitness and some combat experience, that is, free people.

Compared with the Klad people who are physically weak, they still have an advantage in terms of individual combat effectiveness.

At this time, the Klades had advanced to a distance of about 30 meters in front of the Merland army, and Leiner's direct army had followed behind him and began to retreat slowly.

Highlander, the leader of the Klades, also discovered this change. Even among the Klades, who live in a primitive and barren life, there are wars. He still knows the simple truth that leads to failure.

In addition, few lords would choose to resist the plunder of the Klad people in the past, so they never even knew that there was such a powerful and fast-moving terrorist army in this world.

"Let the warriors in the rear be vigilant! The damn Ridka will definitely attack us from behind! They are not as numerous as us! As long as we are vigilant, they will not succeed!" Hailanda said naively However, as everyone knows, the most powerful weapon of the knight is not the lethality, but the deterrence and morale blow to the enemy, as well as the split formation, which can even completely destroy the infantry ten times the size of one's own side.

And he naively thought that as long as his own number had an advantage, he could block the enemy.

"Obey the leader!" A small leader said to him, and then quickly rushed to the rear to convey his order.

At this time, Leiner has led the army to go around to the front of the Klades, and it is estimated that they will be able to go around behind the enemy in about ten minutes.

At the same time, Sir Codd and others also led the army to officially start fighting with the Klade people.

There is no formation, just the simplest teamwork. Dozens of people huddle together and wave their weapons to attack enemies with worse equipment than them.

Due to the snow, the sprints of both sides had no speed, so there was no force exerted by speed. Therefore, the first collision between the two sides only killed a few people.