Lord of War

A sound like a surging tide resounded on the battlefield.

As far as the eye can see, a red light emerges, accompanied by the sound of horseshoes galloping, like the surging waves of the sea, rushing towards the battlefield.

The Crimson Knights, the number one force under the command of Prince Cazes Hokkidi!

It's only on the scale of a thousand riders, but the sound of galloping on the battlefield is like a thousand troops.

The leader of the knights was Thaddeus.

He is also wearing a set of red, blue, and black light armor. The shape of the armor is not luxurious. On the contrary, it pays more attention to the comfort and practicality of the rider, and Thaddeus, the head of the entire knight order, only has more armor than others. Just a red cape.

Under his leadership, the galloping knights quickly formed a cone formation most suitable for charging.

And as the sharp knife at the core of the cone array, it is undoubtedly Thaddeus.

"Raise the gun!"

He only heard Thaddeus shout angrily, then slowly raised the spear in his hand, and the knights in the row behind him also slowly raised their spears.

When the shining long spears were raised high from the hands of the knights, they looked as dazzling as a fast-moving forest of spears.

The distance between the two sides is rapidly being shortened.

"Elevate!"

There was another roar.

Even on a noisy battlefield, this voice is still loud and clear.

The galloping knights finally began to slowly raise their spears horizontally, in order to enhance stability. The end of the handle of the knight's spear is all clamped under the armpit.

This move basically meant that the final charge of the knights was about to begin.

The roaring gallop. It is also getting closer and closer to the main battlefield——the Crimson Knights are only less than 500 meters away from the Thunder Lion's rear. Although this distance is not the most suitable for charging and accelerating, the Crimson Knights Judging from their moving speed, they will enter the perfect distance point that is most suitable for launching an accelerated charge in two or three minutes at most.

But at this moment, on a hillside about a hundred meters away from this battlefield,

Several people were watching the charge of the Crimson Knights with cold eyes.

The corner of William's mouth was slightly raised, and the expression on his face was that everything was still under his control.

"Are you so sure that the final result will be like this?" Sean really couldn't understand William. Couldn't help snorting.

"Of course." William said proudly, "The so-called strategic intention, to put it bluntly, is actually just a game between two chess players. If you want to play a game, then all the rules must be collected according to your own. Therefore, in the strict sense, it can also be said to be an intelligence war, and whoever collects more intelligence will naturally gain more advantages in a battle."

"I still don't understand." Sean shook his head.

"With your IQ, it's really hard for me to explain it to you." The blush on William's face became more and more obvious, and he curled his lips in disdain, not even squinting at Sean, "Anyway, you All you need to know is that the information collected by the other party is provided to him by me. If I don’t let them know, they don’t know anything. Only if I want them to know, they can know.”

"Excuse me, can you speak the lingua franca?" Sean asked.

"Altdorf, you explain." William didn't want to pay attention to Sean at all.

Looking at the appearance of William and Sean, it seemed that Altdorf had a helpless look on his face after being chased away. He pondered for a while, and then he said: "... What Lord William means is that he created a wrong illusion for the other party, making the other party's commander mistakenly believe that the three troops of our side are just the vanguard army, while the real The main force of the army has other people. In this way, the commander of the opponent will definitely be eager to deal with our vanguard, so choose a terrain that is most suitable for their army's combat effectiveness, that is to say, at the very least they want to combine people and land Both of those advantages were taken.”

"But isn't the mountainous terrain like the White Ice Ridge the most unsuitable for knights?"

"That's because they regard the Scarlet Knights as surprise soldiers." William said impatiently, "Tactics is a means to achieve strategic intentions, and to put it simply, it is a way of dealing with details.  … …Their core tactics were indeed built around the Crimson Knights, but their core tactical idea was a surprise attack rather than a frontal assault, so they sacrificed the three infantry legions as cannon fodder from the very beginning. The purpose is only to delay the decisive battle on the frontal battlefield. If I guess correctly, the opponent is planning to defeat our troops within three days."

"Three days?" Sean said with an incredulous look on his face, "Didn't you say they wanted to use blitzkrieg?"

"That's right." William said with a face of course, "In their view, ending a war in three days is indeed a blitzkrieg....So you see, I am not teaching them what to do now. Is it a real blitzkrieg? I only need half a day to end this war."

"This tactical plan was drawn up by Altdorf." Sean raised his eyebrows. He had never seen someone as shameless as William before.

But obviously, William Yale, the military commander of one of Sean's Big Three, didn't know what it was to be ashamed at all, and he said with a face of course: "If it weren't for the illusion I created, Altdorf wouldn't be able to carry out a blitzkrieg." Could it be so easy? So obviously, I am not only teaching the other party, but also teaching Altdorf." At the end, William turned his head to look at Altdorf, and said in a deep voice: "Altdorf, you are indeed deep To get the essence of blitzkrieg, I am indeed not as perfect as you in terms of tactical raids, but if you want to be more sophisticated, then you must learn how to catch your opponent by surprise."

Hearing William's words, Sean was a little surprised.

Because what William said was "unprepared", not "do a good job in intelligence warfare". This fully shows that what William just said about teaching Altdorf was not a simple talk, at least he did not forcefully instill in Altdorf the tactics he is good at. But just to remind Altdorf.

"Stop talking nonsense, think about how to deal with the charge of the Scarlet Knights first." Sean said coldly.

"I still need to think about it?" William curled his lips in disdain, and at the same time waved his right hand, and several command flags were quickly waved.

In an instant, Sean could intuitively feel the sudden change in the atmosphere on the entire battlefield!

The steel wings that were originally entangled with an army in the middle, in an instant, more than half of the barbarians of the Northland immediately broke out, and at this time the Thunder Lion broke out with a bloody madness, and once again ruthless The Fire Dragon Legion was suppressed and retreated again and again. But it doesn't end there. Because after the Lion of Thunder suppressed the Fire Dragon Legion, it actually merged directly with the Iron Wings. In an instant, the two troops turned into one. It is the same as the first time to cooperate with tactics.

What made it even more difficult for Prince Cazes Hochdi to accept was when the two remnants of Iron Wings and Thunder Lion merged to form an army and faced two troops far superior to their own. Its momentum did not decrease but increased, and the two enemy troops began to faintly collapse in one breath.

In just a blink of an eye, although Xiao En's side on the battlefield still seemed to be three troops, the situation on the battlefield was completely different.

The situation of the Cecilia Guards remained unchanged, and their attack was not strong, perhaps because they were both from Dabion after all. But for Clover, as long as he can hold back this army and prevent them from converging with the other two enemy armies, that's enough. After all, in terms of tactics, his Cecilia Guards really couldn't integrate into the battle of Steel Wings and Thunder Lion at all.

On the other hand, Thunder Lion and Iron Wings obviously don't have this kind of problem, because no matter how they say it. Alfred's status in the hearts of the northern barbarians was second only to Sean. Therefore, after his linkage and convergence, although the strength of the troops is far less than the sum of the two enemy troops. But in terms of momentum, it is absolutely superior, so it is not difficult to easily suppress the two enemy troops, and even force the opponent's defense line to collapse completely.

As for the third legion on the battlefield—more than 2,000 steel-winged soldiers, they quickly switched positions with the previous Thunder Lion. At this moment, they have become a strong wall on the Scarlet Knights' offensive route. . With the distance of less than 100 meters left between the two sides, it is completely impossible for the Scarlet Knights to give up charging at this time, so Thaddeus just gritted his teeth and gave the order to attack .

The charging speed of the entire knight group suddenly more than doubled.

The billowing smoke and dust got bigger.

"They lost." William sneered, "It's your turn to attack."

"knew."

Sean turned around and left without looking back.

At the beginning, his speed wasn't that fast, he was just running slowly. But gradually, his speed began to become faster and faster, and after dozens of meters, his figure became faintly blurred, and every step forward was a distance of several meters. However, when Xiao En advanced tens of meters, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared at the foot of the mountain, but these cavalry could clearly see that they belonged to two different camps: the number of the previous group of cavalry was smaller , there were only about 30 riders, and they all wore red light armor; and behind this group of riders was a group of riders wearing light blue light armor, their number was slightly larger, probably There are still sixty or seventy riders, and there are almost a hundred people from both sides.

And judging from the equipment carried by these riders, it is obvious that these two groups of riders are not ordinary cavalry, but belong to the ranks of the Knights!

The thirty or so people in red light armor were undoubtedly the newly established Scarlet Knights under Xiao En's command.

Although the combat power of this knight order is only at the level of quasi-level four, with the assistance of Reina's halo, it can display a combat power that surpasses that of ordinary fourth-level troops. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is even a quasi-level five army. . But the only pity is that the number of members of the Scarlet Knights is too small at this time, only about 30 people, mainly because Xiao En ordered half of the people to protect Hela and Ruby, so he even did not hesitate to ask Florence borrowed the twin sisters Nana and Pepe.

And following behind the Scarlet Knights. It belongs to the Knights of Florence: Holy Roman Knights.

When the ancestor of the Wiles family, Roman Wiles followed the Fascist king to establish the Fascist kingdom. Relying on the ten knights who followed him at that time. And in this crusade for the founding of the nation, Rome Wiles also gradually began to rely on the followers around him to form his own knight order: the Roman Knights. Now that hundreds of years have passed, the Roman Knights have not only become the strongest legion under the Wiles family, but also the only sixth-level army owned by the Fascist Kingdom—if it wasn’t for the Roman Knights, the Fascist Kingdom would have It was wiped out by the Chinas Empire.

Therefore, Florence named his knights the Holy Roman Knights. Sean naturally knew exactly what he was thinking: in order to surpass the Wiles family's Roman Knights. And as a person who was kicked out of the house by the family. With his own efforts, he finally defeated his family's long-established Knights on the frontal battlefield one day. Is there anything more exciting than this?

No!

It's just that in terms of today's facts, Sean is really not very optimistic. After all, the Holy Roman Knights are only barely reaching the level of the third-level army.

Strictly speaking, the combat power of the Holy Roman Knights is not weak. The biggest problem is that their equipment is of poor quality, which is one level worse than that of the Scarlet Knights. Compared with the Crimson Knights' equipment, there is a clear gap in terms of comfort and practicality. Because there are some extra parts in the overall structure that seem to be completely redundant.

The Scarlet Knights and the Holy Roman Knights are quickly gathering towards Sean, but the leader is not Rena, but a young man.

Dwight, the leader of the Scarlet Knights!

At this time, on his left and right sides, there is a horse without a rider.

And when he led a horse and quickly approached Sean, Sean jumped onto the saddle with a vertical leap. He took the reins easily.

The two knights immediately rushed to the front line in mighty strength.

And ahead, the collision between the Scarlet Knights and the Iron Wings is about to erupt completely.

On the enemy's command line, Prince Cazes Hochdi and Huo Sen finally relaxed their frowning brows when they saw the charge of the Crimson Knights finally collided with the temporarily deployed defense line of steel wings. Stretch out, and the heart that was suspended was completely relaxed. The two of them had been worried about what William would have left behind. I am deeply afraid that some sudden change in the middle will cause the Scarlet Knights' charge to lose its impact, so although it will not cause any loss of combat power to the Scarlet Knights. But in the end, the Scarlet Knights could only fall into entanglement.

So at this moment, seeing that the charge of the Scarlet Knights had completely worked, the two of them naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, William Yale's reputation is too great.

But the relaxed expressions of these two people did not last for a second, and they were immediately frozen again!

The Crimson Knights' charge in front of the defense line composed of steel wings was like hitting a mountain wall—after a loud roar, the Crimson Knights' charge did not break through the steel wings defense line, but It was blocked abruptly!

When the knights at the front thrust their spears at the steel-winged tower shields, the points of the lances in their hands were completely deformed in an instant, and then the huge recoil from the points of the spears instantly crushed the bones of their right hands. It was directly broken, and the time was too fast for them to make the slightest reaction. The next moment, the charging horse slammed into the tower shield, directly smashing his head and bleeding, and fell to the ground after a tragic neigh, while the knight on the horse was thrown flying without any suspense. go out.

At this time, the soldiers with steel wings behind the formation immediately raised their spears to stand sideways, not only leaning on the tower shield, but also pressing the end of their spears on the solid ground, forming a whole piece of spears that made people feel chilling. Forest. Even if the riders who were thrown out were not directly stabbed to death by this forest of guns, the impact parts still made them feel very uncomfortable, especially after they hit the forest of guns and fell from above, one after another The impact and shock made them almost lose their ability to fight.

Just a wave of charge was blocked, and more than a hundred knights were either killed or injured, leaving a trail of horse corpses at the front of the line of defense, and blood flowed out slowly.

And at this time. It has long been unclear whether the blood is horse blood or human blood.

However, once the charge is launched. There is simply no way to stop the behavior.

The defeat of the knights at the front did not scare off the knights who continued to charge in the rear. After all, not all corps can be torn apart by a single charge. It takes two or even three rounds to break through the formation. Opponents abound, but this time is the heaviest casualty of the Scarlet Knights since its establishment. But such a bloody scene in front of them did not make the knights of the Scarlet Knights shrink back, on the contrary, it aroused their anger of the same enemy.

The knights of the Crimson Knights began to charge one after another.

Only one person knows that the situation this time is completely different from the previous charge being blocked!

That man is Thaddeus!

As a high-ranking gold powerhouse. Although Thaddeus has not yet become a quasi-sanctuary powerhouse, he has touched the threshold of the rules after all. At the moment when he charged and hit, he keenly felt the fluctuation of the power of the law.

It was as if a wall was drawn in front of them by a lawful line to block their attack.

The only difference is that this wall made of law lines is not as indestructible as imagined.

So in the first blow, although Thaddeus didn't break through the defensive formation, his spear still easily picked up a northern barbarian. In this way, it is natural to create a gap in the defense line.

According to the normal charging effect, once a gap is created, the charging knights (cavalry) must continue to advance, trying to expand the gap to form a collapse, so that the cavalry troops of one's own side can completely cut through the formation. After all, for cavalry units, once they charge, they cannot penetrate the enemy's formation but are trapped in it. Then this charge must be considered a failure, and waiting for them will be a siege.

However, knights are much stronger than cavalry in terms of individual combat effectiveness, so even if they can't penetrate the formation of steel wings, with the combat effectiveness of the Scarlet Knights, they are facing only 2,000 steel wings. It can also be killed without leaving a piece of armor.

But all of this must be based on the premise that Thaddeus can break through this defensive formation.

only. The reaction speed of the steel wings was far faster than Sidis could have imagined.

When the northern barbarian was shot and flew by Thaddeus, the northern barbarian behind immediately raised his shield and advanced, once again standing on the same front as his comrades around him, completely ignoring what he had to face He is a strong man at the top of the golden peak.

Thaddeus's pupils shrank slightly. Although he couldn't see the specific power of the law, he could feel that the cracks he dug through the wall of the law with great difficulty were being quickly repaired. So at this time, he threw away the spear in his hand without hesitation, and pulled out an exaggerated epee from behind the horse with his right hand. The muscles in his right hand tightened immediately, and his arm almost swelled in a circle. With a swing, the epee struck directly on the tower shield in the hands of the northern barbarian.

There was a slight sound, as if some machine had exploded, and the tower shield in the hands of the northern barbarian was immediately exploded, and the iron pieces scattered, dragging several northern barbarians around him into the water to be buried together, Thaddeus The obviously expensive war horse under his crotch was also not spared.

Only at this time, Thaddeus could no longer worry about the sacrifice of his beloved horse.

His vindictiveness erupted suddenly, directly crushing the bones of his beloved horse. The moment his feet touched the ground, his figure immediately moved, and the heavy sword in his hand immediately swung, directly chopping down several northern barbarians. fly into the sky. Without waiting for these northern barbarians to land, due to the influence of Thaddeus' grudge, the bodies of these northern barbarians quickly swelled up, and exploded in the sky the next moment, and countless blood rained down one after another.

A small gap was completely broken by Thaddeus!

But at this time, the Crimson Knights had charged for three rounds. Apart from increasing the Cavaliers' casualties, it obviously didn't have much effect on the entire defensive formation. Of course, the northern barbarians were not all casualties. When the third round of the charge hit, all the northern barbarians in the first row could not withstand the charge of the knights, and they were directly shocked by the continuous impact force. die.

Thaddeus' eyes turned cold. He knew that the charge of the Knights was not useless, but if he really had to rely on the charge of the Knights, the casualties would definitely be huge. And from the signs at this moment, it has clearly shown that it is impossible for them to penetrate the defensive formation formed by these two thousand steel winged soldiers.

Of course, Thaddeus is not stupid. Just looking at the current situation, he already knows that this heavy infantry regiment can block their charge, not because of their greatness or strength, but because of this infantry. It's just the tower shield used by the Corps.

In fact, when the Iron Wings are equipped with shock shields, it is true that this legion can be upgraded to a fifth-level army, but this upgrade is not a fifth-level army in the true sense. It can only be said that in the battle against cavalry, the Iron Wings It can only display the combat effectiveness of a fifth-level army.

However, the army skill "Continental Barrier" is not really invincible.

[Continental Barrier: Clothing advantage, the army is immune to all slashing, piercing, and long-range strike damage, forms a field suppression effect on cavalry troops, is immune to the light cavalry charge effect (added field suppression effect), and is exempt from 60% heavy cavalry charge effect (already bonus domain suppression effect), exempt from 30% of the charge effect of special cavalry units (with bonus domain suppression effect), movement speed decreased by 50%, unable to hide, unable to move when the defensive array is deployed, weakened by 400% against magic resistance, any god The blessings of spells and magic will be weakened by 50%. Dress code: 500 men, heavy infantry. Clothing special effects: The army level is promoted by one level, absolute barrier: 35% chance to force cavalry units that have broken through the defensive formation to be unable to penetrate the formation. 】

In this army skill, the reason why it can block the power of the first round of the knight's charge is purely because of the special effect of "immunity to all slashing, piercing, and long-range strike damage". ’ type of injury. However, strictly speaking, the knights already belonged to the type of "special cavalry unit", so the effect of the continental barrier only weakened it by 30%.

In actual combat, it is simply impossible to intercept the charge of the Crimson Knights simply by relying on the "Continental Barrier"—at least William never thought about it. So the current situation is definitely an unexpected surprise for William. Only Xiao En, who saw this scene, knew that the reason why the steel wings were not completely cut open at this time, but blocked the Scarlet Knights, was purely because they were very lucky to activate the special "absolute barrier" Effect.

But even if the formation is not cut open, the threat that the steel wings need to face has not diminished in the slightest.

"Dismount! Fight on foot!" Thaddeus shouted in a deep voice.

All the knights of the Crimson Knights did not hesitate at all. They immediately let go of the spears that had been clamped under their armpits, and pulled out the chopping knives that were placed behind the horses with their backhands. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)

PS: Chapters with 7k words, of which 1K is considered to make up for the number of words owed yesterday, and 6K is actually updated today.