Crusader Kings: Prisoners of War

After getting permission from his lord, Rollo picked up his two-handed axe and stepped forward to confront Astolfo.

Rollo couldn't ride a horse because of his size, so this duel was between a foot general and a cavalry general. Even so, Rollo didn't look much shorter than Astolfo on horseback.

Astolfo was surprised to see this tall warrior who was as strong as a mountain of iron: "There are so many talented people in your army. I feel like the legendary giants are like this, right?"

Rollo didn't reply to the other party, but just clenched the battle axe in his hand and walked slowly towards Astolfo on horseback.

Astolfo didn't feel nervous either, and continued to complain: "It's a bit difficult for me to meet an enemy who doesn't ride a horse and walks. I regret it a little bit. Maybe I shouldn't have crossed my legs?"

Rollo had already entered the charging posture and began to accelerate continuously. Astolfo rode his horse and pulled a short distance away from the opponent to avoid his sharp edge. But Rollo knew that his legs were short and he didn't give the opponent such a chance. He threw the battle axe in his hand, and the battle axe flew towards Astolfo and his horse at a high speed.

Astolfo's reaction was also very fast. He jumped off the horse and avoided the opponent's throwing attack as soon as the battle axe was thrown, but his horse was not so lucky. Such a large animal could not do the same evasive action as a human, and the horse with its back to Rollo was unaware of it.

The battle axe cut through the opponent's body like cutting butter. The horse collapsed to the ground in an instant, blood and various organs flowed all over the ground. The horse could no longer move, and could only paralyze in place and wailed softly, and saw that his breath was getting weaker and weaker.

Astolfo seemed a little angry at this time. The warhorse is a creature that lives with its master day and night. He pointed his spear at Rollo and cursed: "You really pissed me off this time!!!"

Rollo was completely nonchalant when fighting. He drew out the long sword from his waist and back and made an attacking posture again. The two sides collided and started fighting within a few seconds.

Astolfo's strength was at a disadvantage at the beginning, but he was relatively more agile, and the long spear in his hand also had the advantage of long arms. The techniques of both sides tended to be practical, without so many fancy little moves or meaningless fake moves. The main focus was to cause fatal damage in the simplest and most direct way. Any mistake could be fatal on the battlefield, so both sides were very cautious. After a few moves, they broke away with one blow, looking for the next suitable opportunity to attack and then fighting briefly and quickly again.

A sharp sound of breaking through the air sounded, and Rollo rushed towards Astolfo again with the force of thunder. He swung the long sword in his hand to try to break through the blockade of the opponent's long spear. The long sword drew a dazzling arc in the air and rushed straight to the enemy's chest.

Astolfo reacted just as quickly. With a retraction and a turn of his wrist, the long spear blocked in front of Rollo as if by his arm. The collision between the spear tip and the sword edge made a crisp metal collision sound. Rollo maintained a high-pressure attack posture, constantly changing his position and angle to try to find the gap in Astolfo's defense, but was blocked by the opponent.

Whether it was wielding a sword or fighting, it was actually very energy-consuming. After several rounds of continuous high-intensity attacks, the breath of both sides was a little disordered. Relatively speaking, Astolfo seemed to have a better ability to adjust his breath. He lowered his body and rushed towards Rollo again with a gun.

Leaning down to avoid Rollo's sweep, Astolfo changed his spear into a stick and slapped Rollo's abdomen with the spear. Rollo's movements slowed down a bit due to the pain.

Taking this opportunity, Astolfo turned the spear in his hand half a circle, and at the same time, his body slightly retracted. He aimed the tip of the spear at Rollo's abdomen and stabbed it hard.

At the critical moment, Rollo's mouth suddenly rose uncontrollably.

He slightly adjusted the angle of his body so that the spear passed through his armpit. Rollo seized the opportunity to release the long sword in his hand, grabbed the wooden body of the spear, and began to pull Astolfo to his side.

Compared with the tug-of-war, Rollo had an overwhelming advantage. Astolfo was soon uncontrollably dragged to Rollo's front. He raised the long sword in his other hand and slashed at Astolfo's neck.

At this point, Astolfo simply gave up the long spear and retreated a few steps to avoid Rollo's slash, then drew the long sword from his waist and prepared to continue the duel.

The stronger person will always have the upper hand. It is certainly not impossible to use cleverness to break the opponent's strength and achieve a great result with a little effort. However, the problem is that Rollo's skills are actually not worse than Astolfo's. The two sides are opponents on the same level.

Previously, Rollo abandoned the battle axe in his hand to scrap the opponent's warhorse. Astolfo could barely suppress Rollo with his long weapon. Now that he has changed to a short weapon, it is not the same.

Rollo used two two-handed long swords and used them as one-handed swords. Generally speaking, the power of holding a sword with two hands is definitely greater than that of a one-handed sword, but Astolfo is very strenuous even if he uses the power of both arms to fight against Rollo's one-handed sword. They are almost evenly matched.

Soon Astolfo was obviously at a disadvantage. He tried to force Rollo back and get out of it, but Rollo kept sticking to the opponent and didn't let Astolfo leave.

He was already a little exhausted. With Rollo's continuous high-intensity pressure, Astolfo soon became dangerous and the situation continued to deteriorate.

Gifted people like these two possess superhuman strength and reaction speed, but their bodies are not much stronger than ordinary people. They are at least at the level of normal carbon-based creatures and can be harmed by weapons such as swords, bows and spears.

As long as Rollo hits him once, Astolfo will be seriously injured if he doesn't die. Rollo also saw this, so he kept chasing him.

Seeing that the situation on his side was getting worse and worse, Astolfo did not choose to fight with Rollo for his life, fighting for that little possibility. Instead, he threw down the long sword in his hand very ruthlessly, raised his hands and spoke crisply.

"Surrender! No more fighting, no more fighting, I can't win!"

The sword in Rollo's hand stopped abruptly half a meter in front of Astolfo. He looked at Astolfo deeply, and then put away his weapon.

"Then please keep your promise and let your soldiers lay down their weapons and surrender."

Astolfo is also a man of his word. He nodded slightly, and then asked his soldiers to really lay down their weapons and surrender to the Romans. He also handed over all his weapons, and then came to Orville under Rollo's custody.

It was only then that Orville understood why Astolfo proposed to fight Rollo in a duel. The smoke and dust that was raised before was the smoke and dust that was rolled out by a few cavalrymen who tied wood or something behind them. In fact, Astolfo only had a few dozen people at hand. This was a battle where both sides were afraid of each other.