Lord of War

Sean's allies have their own reasons for choosing to wait and see. For example, Florence Wiles was held back by the third garrison of Broken Dragon Valley, especially the Thunder Lion and Cecilia's Guards. Once the two legions left, Florence's pressure would be even greater. If it weren't for him There is also Mensuo, who ranks very high in the list of famous generals under his command. I am afraid that the third garrison will counterattack and come back. As for Cos Hobson and Ronnie Holder, it is because the Fascist Kingdom that is about to move Hold on, the small-scale conflicts that have erupted at the border in the past month can almost match the total of the past year.

And Asuna, who is now the Grand Duke of Garrod, naturally cannot send troops at will, and another reason is that her Principality is in the hinterland of Garrod Fortress, between Sean's Void Principality. The distance between them was almost four months away, and by the time she sent troops to rush over, the war would probably be over.

Besides, it was impossible for her to send troops directly without the consent of the other lord when applying for military access like Sean.

As for the two allies Hatchibald and Bernbadi, even if they want to support Sean, they still have to pass the barrier of military access. Moreover, the two of them were also unable to adopt a aggressive posture, because the lords whose territories bordered on these two were either Marquises of strength or Marquises of real power, and these people stood on the opposite side of Xiao En and others, and belonged to the Kingdom of Lai Si The other duke, from the faction of the Duke of Rohacarchi, they're not going to sell Hutchbald any face.

So from a certain point of view, even if Sean's six Ryan Kingdom allies want to support Sean, they are powerless, and they are tantamount to being held back.

Fortunately, Sean never thought of asking these allies for help from the very beginning.

Annuo's blood feud is the blood feud of the Void Principality, and Sean is not so weak that he cannot take revenge and needs help from others.

After entering the Earl of Dalysa, the Thunder Lion did not show a cautious attitude. Under the leadership of Alfred, the entire legion advanced in a straight line, preparing to cross the Earl of Dalyza. Generally speaking, even if the military right of passage is obtained, the army advances as close to the border as possible, and will not choose to cross the way swaggeringly, so this behavior of the Thunder Lion is simply a blatant contempt for Darius. Lord Lysa.

What's more, the earl has not yet agreed to the Duchy of the Void's request for military access.

So on the fifth day after the Lion of Thunder entered the Earl of Dalaisha, the earl had already completed the assembly of the private army in the territory, and then blocked the Lion of Thunder's advance route.

The Thunder Lions were an infantry regiment that combined light and heavy infantry, so they were not equipped with horses. Even Alfred, the commander, had never been used to riding a horse. So when Earl Dalysa looked down at Alfred on a tall horse, the arrogance on the earl's face was clearly visible. There are times when the arrogance on his face turns to contempt.

In his opinion, the so-called Thunder Lions are just a motley army, how can there be so many races mixed together in a real powerful team. Therefore, he directly believed that the external description of the Thunder Lion's combat power was exaggerated. As for saying that the Thunder Lion was one of the three most elite legions under the Duchy of the Void, the count even scoffed at it. In his opinion If the so-called main forces and elite legions are at the level of the Thunder Lion, then the Duchy of the Void is nothing to worry about.

It's no wonder that the earl guessed so.

Count Joseph of Tower Gate, lord of Dalytha,

But he was born in an orthodox military family from the aristocratic circle in the northwest of Dabion.

In the battles in the Northwest Theater that year, the earl also had many outstanding military performances. The biggest achievement was that he led the army to raid the logistics supply line of the Ryan Kingdom's army in the middle of the night in a suicide attack, forcing Ryan The army suddenly fell into isolation deep behind enemy lines. At that time, if it wasn't for the fact that Dabion's side lacked the sanctuary powerhouses to sit in the camp, causing Angelugus to be directly beheaded by Devin's intrusion into the camp, the history of the war in the Northwest War Zone would probably have to be rewritten because of the Joseph Tower Gate.

So in fact, this Earl of Dalysa is actually a very capable lord, not that kind of scumbag lord.

In particular, in the year and nearly two years since the end of the war, the lord has redeveloped the army, which had only a few dozen people left, into a quasi-fourth-level army with a scale of 10,000. It has to be said that the lord's ability is indeed very strong, especially in military strength. If he is given some more time, it is naturally not impossible for him to cultivate a fourth-level elite army again.

Therefore, it is understandable for the lord not to take Alfred seriously.

But Alfred doesn't care about that.

The Lion was in a very bad mood now, for he had been held up more than ten minutes by the Lord and his army.

How can Alfred be in a good mood if ten minutes of time are wasted for no reason. So the look in his eyes looking at Joseph Tower Gate naturally became extremely unfriendly, even gloomy and fierce.

"Good eyes." Joseph naturally sneered when he saw Alfred's eyes.

At this time, the distance between the legions of the two sides was about a kilometer, but the commanders of the two sides did not order the war, but chose the pre-war negotiation point. Therefore, the distance between Alfred and Joseph was only about 30 meters. The two commanders came, only their respective guard regiments.

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." Alfred said in a deep voice, "You should have received the notice."

"I have no answer." Joseph said lightly, still looking condescending.

"We didn't ask for your opinion." Alfred's voice was still low, and his expression seemed very impatient, "I just wanted to let you know, if you still don't plan to let your army go away 11... "

"Hehe, what a big tone!" Joseph was really angry when he heard Alfred's words, and even the soldiers of the guard regiment around him were angry, "I want to see, if I don't I agree with you to pass through my territory, so what can you do!"

"It's not good." This time, it was Alfred's turn to speak calmly, "Under the blood flag, there will be no end to death."

"Haha, it's up to you to stay alive!?" Joseph shouted angrily, pointing the whip in his hand at Alfred.

This time, Alfred didn't answer, but showed a smirk, then turned around and led his guards back to the Thunder Lion's main formation, watching Alfred return directly to Thunder without even saying hello. In the lion's formation, Joseph's anger was even stronger, but he also knew that this was Alfred's determination to go to war, so he and his guard group returned to the formation as soon as possible to prepare for the battle.

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When Alfred returned to the formation, the entire Thunder Lion began to move, moving towards Joseph's army.

But this time, the formation began to change quietly.

The Thunder Lion heavy infantry holding shock shields walked in the forefront, while the light infantry walked to the rear of the legion and formed a corresponding formation. The archers in the Thunder Lion Legion were a little behind the legion's main formation by about 100 meters, but everyone was ready to shoot at any time with their bows and arrows. And Alfred and his guards stood at the forefront of the legion in the usual manner.

As the Thunder Lion gradually approached, the orderly footsteps began to turn into thunderous rumbles. At this moment, the Thunder Lion was like thousands of troops galloping, and the momentum of the entire legion began to rise continuously. .

Seeing that the aura suddenly became extremely strong and powerful, a tragic and murderous atmosphere began to permeate, Joseph Menta, who had always been showing contempt on his face, became serious, and the army under his command, The breathing of all the soldiers also began to gradually become heavy, and many of them even started to tremble in their teeth. For a while, their momentum was taken away by the Thunder Lion. The size of the lion's shield is much larger. Even if those humans can't lift the impact shield, it is not difficult for the bears and tauren to lift it up. The blow will naturally be blocked.

As for Alfred, seeing the cavalry on both sides rushing towards them in disorder, he sneered and waved his hand again.

As the Lion of Thunder, who is a brother legion with Iron Wings, it is naturally also the best throwing spear that understands Iron Wings. So when these cavalrymen approached a certain distance, the light infantry who were behind the heavy infantry immediately threw out all the javelins they had prepared in their hands, and in an instant there was a sound of horses whining and people turning their backs: But this is not the end , The archers at the rear also lined up on the left and right at the first time, and then directly shot the second wave of arrow rain straight out.

It's just that this time the target of these archers is no longer the cavalry on horseback, but the running horses.

In an instant, there was another sound of people turning their backs on their backs.

After the second wave of arrow rain was shot, the second wave of javelin throwing from the Thunder Lion's light infantry followed closely.

This time, the enemy cavalry on the two flanks immediately produced chaos.

Seeing the cavalry on both wings wiped out more than one-third without making any achievements, and falling into chaos, Joseph's heart began to bleed! At this time, his eyes were already red, and he didn't care about anything anymore, and immediately ordered a strong attack. This kind of battle situation has completely entered into a fierce battle. No matter how many tactical changes he has, he can't keep up with the rhythm. So at this moment, the only thing he can do is to hope that the cavalry commanders on both wings can immediately stop the chaos. , and continued to attack the Thunder Lion's back row, and the only thing they had to do was to cooperate with the cavalry on both wings to launch a fierce attack.

Seeing Joseph leading the enemy to attack, Alfred snorted coldly, and at the same time led the Thunder Lion's heavy infantry to charge towards Joseph's sword and shield soldiers and spearmen.

From the point of view of momentum alone, it is undoubtedly the Thunder Lion's side that is more shocking.

Under the leadership of Alfred, the Thunder Lion's heavy infantry phalanx was like a sharp knife piercing butter, mercilessly cutting the infantry phalanx of Joseph's legion. Seeing his infantry phalanx being cut apart by the Thunder Lion with almost no ability to resist, Joseph was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood, because the performance of the Thunder Lion completely subverted the performance of a heavy infantry regiment.

You must know that heavy infantry regiments have always been known for their slow movement speed and strong defense capabilities. And cutting the army formation is not the patent of infantry, but the patent of cavalry, especially heavy cavalry

On the battlefield, the role of heavy cavalry is to cut up the army formation and combat morale. It is the cavalry responsible for the raid that is actually used for harvesting on the battlefield.

However, under the command of Alfred, this Thunder Lion's heavy infantry will completely show the demeanor of heavy cavalry. Not only is it not slow to run, but it can also easily move its own infantry phalanx. Cut it apart. What made Joseph vomit blood even more was that after the Thunder Lion heavy infantry cut and broke their own infantry phalanx, they actually separated into two formations, the front and the back—the frontmost ones headed toward the front without looking back. They rushed towards their own archer phalanx, while the latter group turned around and started making dumplings towards their own infantry phalanx instead!

What's even more exaggerated is that the Thunder Lion light infantry phalanx did not follow the charge, but threw the last javelin left on its body towards its own infantry phalanx. At a distance of less than a hundred meters, watching these barbarians, tauren, bear people and many other races known for their strength throw javelins, how could it be possible to resist it with the defensive ability of the sword and shield soldier's square shield.

Then in an instant, there was another scream!

Accompanied by the screams, a new round of wailing horses and cavalry death screams resounded on the battlefield again.

Then Joseph saw that after the third wave of arrow rain was over, there were less than a thousand cavalry left on the left and right flanks, and they were less than a hundred away from the Thunder Lion's archer phalanx. rice. Originally, this should be a piece of news that made Joseph very happy, but when he watched the archers drop their bows and arrows without hesitation, took out their spears and swords, and then attacked the cavalry, Joseph knew that his two thousand cavalry game over.

Of course, he also knew that more than two thousand cavalry had been played.

The archer phalanx charged by the Thunder Lion heavy infantry led by Alfred was also finished. Because the archers he trained are not like the Thunder Lion archers. They can be directly used as infantry by throwing down the bow and arrow and picking up the spear and sword. It is linked to the term "Tuan Mie".

And himself and the remaining four thousand infantry?

Joseph looked around at his own soldiers who were surrounded and were constantly being eroded and downsized. Joseph suddenly felt extremely ironic. More than half an hour ago, he still looked down on the Thunder Lion army, but in just over half an hour, he was already facing the end of annihilation of the entire army, which dealt a serious blow to Joseph's self-confidence. He has always believed that his military talents are very strong.

But it turns out that he is the one who is really "just as it is".

"We surrender!" Joseph roared in a deep voice, "We surrender! Stop your attacks!"

But in the face of Joseph's roar, the Thunder Lion ignored it, and the crazy attack continued.

"We surrender! You cannot continue to attack! I am willing to pay the ransom!" Joseph continued to shout loudly.

But this time, someone finally responded to him, but the answer was not the voice Joseph wanted to hear.

"Under the blood flag, there will be no end to death!"

"Under the blood flag, there will be no end to death!"

The roar of the Thunder Lion resounded throughout the battlefield.

Hearing this shout, Joseph's face turned pale, and even the legion under his command completely collapsed at this moment. No matter how much Joseph tried to regain his strength, he was completely powerless.

At this moment, Joseph really regretted making such a provocation to the Thunder Lion.

On April 16, 1878, a fierce and short hand-to-hand battle broke out at the Joseph Tower Gate between the Thunder Lion and Earl Dalyza, who had penetrated into the Earl of Dalyza.

The battle between the two sides lasted one hour and twenty-three minutes.

Thunder Lion killed 78 people, slightly injured 369, and seriously injured 121.

Count Dalysa's army, totaling 10,000 people, was wiped out.

Earl Dalysa, Joseph Tower Gate was killed on the spot.

Afterwards, the Thunder Lion marched straight into the Earl of Dalysa, and the Tower Gate family was brutally wiped out.

At this point, the entire Kingdom of Ryan finally clearly saw the determination of the Principality of the Void this time.

Under the blood flag, there is no end to death!

Joseph knew he couldn't go on like this, so he raised his right hand and shouted in a low voice, "Archers prepare! Aim at the archers behind the enemy's phalanx."

Immediately, there was a sound of bowstring pulling from the legion behind Joseph.

Joseph got off his horse. He knew that once the war started, he would be a living target if he continued to sit on the horse.

The air became extremely stagnant.

The distance between the legions of the two sides was only 500 meters, and the distance between the archers of the two sides was 600 meters.

"Get ready!" Joseph's voice sounded, and his raised right hand did not fall.

The distance between the archers on both sides was only about 400 meters.

Joseph's legion is a combination of cavalry and infantry. Although there is no heavy infantry as a solid defensive line, Joseph, who is good at field combat and raids, naturally does not need this kind of cumbersome troops in his opinion. At this time, he placed a 5,000-man infantry phalanx on the front line, mainly composed of 3,000 sword-and-shield soldiers holding simple swords and light shields, supplemented by 2,000 pikemen; Thousands of archers are responsible for carrying out long-range strikes. The standard range is 300 meters, but if it is a precise strike, the range must be within 150 meters.

You know, the precise strike at a parallel angle of 150 meters is already very good among the archers.

As for the last 2,000 soldiers, they were light cavalry on both wings of the phalanx, with 1,000 soldiers on the left and right. Training cavalry is more difficult than training infantry, even if it is only light cavalry, so under normal circumstances, Joseph would let the two thousand light cavalry be responsible for flank harassment and containment, and finally clean the battlefield to harvest the enemy.

When Joseph felt the thunderous aura of the Thunder Lion, he knew that this army was still a bit strong, but in his opinion, it still couldn't compare with the army he had trained by himself. Of course, he didn't intend to push him to have such an excellent commanding and combat ability. Naturally, it was not a fluke, so Joseph was waiting. When the opponent's archer entered the range of 300 meters, he immediately launched the first wave. Arrow rain, let the light cavalry on both wings attack at the same time, and after the second wave of arrow rain, he planned to attack the Thunder Lion's front line phalanx.

He knew very well that the archers were not very effective against the heavy infantry. It was only the second wave of arrow rain. Joseph's intention was not to kill the enemy, but to injure and restrain the enemy. He is very confident that once the light cavalry attack, the Thunder Lion's frontline infantry phalanx will definitely change and protect the archers in the back row, so what he wants is to prevent these infantry from attacking the archers in the back row. Protect!

Seeing that the Thunder Lion was still advancing slowly, the corner of Joseph's mouth slightly raised, showing a sneer: What kind of elite army, nothing more!

However, Joseph's smile soon froze!

Because when the archers in the Thunder Lion's back row stepped into a distance of 400 meters, they had already shot the first wave of arrows. The infantry phalanx in the front row also stopped at this time and did not advance again.

For a while, Joseph cursed angrily.

He knew that he underestimated the enemy!

The first wave of arrow rain's attack was naturally not a confrontation with the archers in the back row of Joseph, but all fell on the infantry phalanx in the front row of Joseph.

Alfred's idea was also not to kill the enemy, but to hurt the enemy and morale!

Those sword and shield soldiers may still be able to raise their shields to parry, but the pike soldiers who are also in the front row are out of luck. Those who were relatively close to the sword and shield soldiers were lucky, and the pike soldiers who were a little farther away immediately fell down in pieces like cutting wheat, and the wailing sound resounded on the battlefield for a while.

"Damn it!" Joseph cursed loudly, "Cavalry attack! Attack!... Sword and shield soldiers raise their shields to defend, the whole army advances!..." Archers, shoot freely! "

The cavalry units located on the left and right sides of the phalanx immediately attacked after hearing Joseph's order. They didn't need Joseph to give orders, and they knew what their attack target was. At this time, time became extremely precious, especially when they saw that the archers were drawing their arrows again, and they were about to launch the second arrow The rain hit, so these cavalry didn't care about maintaining their formation, and they all rode their horses and ran.

At the same time, the pikemen immediately closed their formation, hid under the protection of the sword and shield soldiers, and then began to move towards the Thunder Lion. However, they did not dare to gallop like cavalry, but moved forward cautiously, fearing that the enemy's archers would attack them again. As for the archers, like the cavalry, they knew exactly what they should do at this time, so their first wave of arrow rain fell towards the Thunder Lion's front line to prevent them from retreating to protect the archers.

Without Alfred's order, all the Thunder Lions have already consciously raised their shields to resist the rain of arrows falling from the sky. Compared with the square shield that is only one meter long, Thunderbolt (to be continued) [] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )