Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Many, many years later, Princess Anna Han of the former Styak Empire, who had personally experienced this battle, always said with great pride:

"In that battle, Rhode and I fought in and out of the demon army, and I was always half a body length ahead of him!"

The fact is that in this battle, we must do our best, even the logistics and baggage troops must be deployed to the battlefield, and the rear is the attack position of the hell army, so there is no safe place on the entire battlefield.

So, Rhode tied the little meat bag Princess Anna to his chest, and he couldn't carry her on his back. Anyone who has played Mount and Blade knows that carrying someone on your back is used to block knives and arrows. On the entire battlefield, only the chest of the strongest commander of one's own side is the relatively safest position.

The human beings and the hell demon army encountered each other on the plain. Since the latter had not been fully reorganized, and the opponent in front of them was obviously not weak, the general of the opposite demon army planned to avoid fighting and not cause trouble for himself.

However, this demon general never expected that the human army in front of him would immediately launch a frontal attack after just a little hesitation.

The light cavalry rushed out from one side at high speed, interfering and delaying, cutting and charging continuously.

The large army pressed forward to seize the favorable terrain position.

The three-arrow siege crossbow was almost as powerful as the assault rifle of this era. In addition, the light attribute that restrained the creatures of Hell, if it was used to the limit, there was even a chance that it could directly shoot the opponent.

The opponent might want to avoid the battle, but Rhode couldn't gamble.

Because the opponent had not yet discovered the Hell Legion following behind him, if the opponent discovered it, there was a high probability that it would pounce on it like a vicious dog that found a meat bone, and fight to the death.

The forces of the Hell Clan have always been very aggressive.

"You are seeking your own death!"

The demon general who finally realized that he was being attacked actively roared in anger. A large group of hellhounds followed him.

Hell hero characteristics:

Hound leader.

As the level of the demon general increases, the attack and defense power of the hellhound, hell three-headed dog, and hell flame dog led by him will all be increased. Under his training, the hellhound has the opportunity to mutate into a hellhound. After the mutation, the attributes are improved, but the advancement route does not change. But there is no doubt that the power gained by advancing to the hellhound is even stronger.

"Summon poisonous bees"

"Rotting curse"

"Painful torture"

"Deeply sad"

"Psychic storm"

The demon general just roared, and a magical aura suddenly sprinkled around him, and fist-sized poisonous bees flew out. At the same time, the demon dogs around him either rotted, or wailed in pain, or whimpered and became listless.

Before the battle, Rhode had already specifically instructed that Caitlin, as the accompanying mage, should cast her magic killing moves on the opponent's main general as soon as possible.

As for the reason, Rhode did not say, and Caitlin did not ask, but followed it.

If it was a mage from an academic school, he would be more powerful at the same level and might not be so obedient. However, Caitlin was born as a wild mage and was not affected by the "mage's dignity". In addition, Rhode's strong command and leadership ability made her execution rate of Rhode's orders always very high.

Therefore, after the battle began, Caitlin cast her own spell combo the moment she found the demon general, and at this moment, the Will Obliteration Ring was in her hand.

However, except for summoning poisonous bees, the other negative energy spells had almost no effect on the demon general. Even the dozen poisonous bees were killed and burned by him very quickly.

It should be noted here that these negative energy spells also have a coverage range. When a small army is fighting, it naturally has no effect and can definitely cover it. However, when a large army is fighting with a gradually increasing number, the coverage range and effect depend on the intelligence, spell power, spell research level of the caster, and the resistance of the object.

Just like now, Caitlin's spells are basically enough to act on the demon general and the hellhounds around him, and basically have no effect on other positions on the battlefield.

"Looking for death!"

After killing all the poisonous bees, the more furious demon general roared and stared at Caitlin with the central single eye of his iron helmet.

Hell hero characteristics:

Soul-stealing technique

When the demon general activates this ability, the affected person will have a significant reduction in magic power. As the demon general's level increases, the reduced magic power of the affected person will increase year-on-year. When the person's magic power is exhausted, the demon general can control the person's behavior.

Affected by this characteristic of the other party, a large number of blue-gray light particles suddenly spread around Caitlin, who was riding on a warhorse, and her magic power was almost emptied in an instant.

When the demon general was going to further control the will of the human mage and let her commit suicide, two illusory skeleton phantoms suddenly appeared in front of and behind Caitlin. This force was not strong, but it was extremely tough. It cut off the demon general's soul-stealing technique and could no longer continue: the son will always do his best to protect his beloved mother, whether in life or after death!

"Gail, Buster... is that you?"

Caitlin stared at the twin souls in front of her, and she was stunned.

Rhodes can see the information and level characteristics of those who pledged allegiance to him, but people like Fatis and Caitlin themselves are not aware of it.

Fatis would not know that his willpower is far stronger than that of ordinary people. He uses swordsmanship of the same level more skillfully and powerfully than others, and has the characteristic of superb insight, which gives him an advantage in both personal and legion battles.

Caitlin also did not know that the souls of her two dead sons had been protecting her during her practice of dark witchcraft and undead magic. Otherwise, she would have been backfired by the magic and tortured to the point of being neither human nor ghost.

Until this moment, with the advent of the extraordinary era, the surge of the magic tide, and the right opportunity, Caitlin saw the souls of her two sons, although the whole process only took a moment.

"Be careful!"

The elf girl Likia Qiusha rushed over and knocked Caitlin down on horseback. The next moment, a blazing rocket passed through. If Likia had not reacted quickly enough, Caitlin would have been burned to death. Facing such an attack, not to mention the twin spirits, the nine spirits were useless and had no defensive effect.

Likia Qiusha and Caitlin fell off the horse and fell to the ground in a very embarrassed state. At this time, the entire battlefield was already full of killing sounds.

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Charge, charge, charge!

Hundreds of cavalry swept across, and the wind swept the fallen leaves.

Ancient proverb:

It is easy to get thousands of troops, but it is difficult to get a general. The peerless generals on the battlefield of ancient cold weapons fought on the battlefield, with a war horse and a two-foot-long spear, trampling the camps, and the cold light of the spear head flashed, and the gods and ghosts were afraid.

What a majestic and heroic spirit!

In a war with less than 10,000 people, the bravery of the commander can greatly affect the outcome of the war. The ancients called such people "ten thousand enemies"!

Rhodes knew that he was still far from that level, but in this world of extraordinary rise, as long as he continued to work hard to hone himself now, he might not have no chance to reach that level in the future, or even go further.

Rhodes did not choose to fight on the front battlefield, and he gave that part to Resarit and Caitlin.

Although the current main force is the 240-man advanced Rhodok crossbowman unit, if you really want to quickly tear open the enemy's battle formation and tear open a flaw in the enemy, you still have to rely on the cavalry as a decisive battle strategic unit!

Because the cavalry of Lonely Mountain Castle has the habit of riding two horses since the Dark Black Armor Cavalry, although not all of them are like this, the Vigia Cavalry still gathered 20 horses and distributed them to the guards of Her Royal Highness Princess Anna. In this way, Rhodes has a very elite cavalry team of 60 people.

At this moment, Rhode led the cavalry to wander around the side and suddenly attacked. It was not a one-shot attack, but a high-frequency, multi-angle attack like a knife cutting meat. Each cavalry charge cut off a layer of the demon army.

The current hell demon army is composed of:

Imps, parasitic demons, horned demons, flaming horned demons, hellhounds, three-headed hellhounds, enchantresses, and enchantress whippers.

Among them, imps and parasitic demons are the bottom-level arms of the hell army. Horned demons and flaming horned demons are meat shield arms with extremely strong counterattack explosive power. Hellhounds and three-headed hellhounds are guerrilla forces, contingency forces, and support from all sides. Enchantresses are long-range troops that can launch fireballs to bombard the opponent's battle formation. Whippers are the advanced changes of enchantresses. While maintaining the ability to launch fireballs, they can also whip the surrounding demons to inspire morale and improve combat effectiveness.

Although the hell demon army often has complex variations, it is still roughly this structural system. At the same time, due to the characteristics of the current demon general, the hellhound is likely to change from a mobile force to an ace force.

At present, in the melee, the human side has the first-hand advantage in long-range attack suppression. On the one hand, it is because of the largest number of Rhodok advanced crossbowmen, and on the other hand, it is because of the powerful performance of the three-arrow continuous crossbow.

In this battle, Rhodes even took out the Hellfire Crossbow Cart that had not been used since the expedition. The soldiers tore off the canvas covering the outer layer, revealing the majestic and terrifying model underneath. Three spear-like all-steel crossbow arrows had already been strung, waiting for the final moment of firing!

[Hellfire Crossbow Cart]

[Enchantment effect:]

[Fireball Launch·Continuous Fireball Launch 1: You can launch fireballs with pure energy to attack, or enchant crossbow arrows, you can continuously launch three crossbow arrows with pure energy, or enchant crossbow arrows.

Frenzy Shooting 2: You can rapidly launch a large number of fireballs with pure energy to bombard the enemy formation. ]

[Note:]

[It requires a magic source or magic crystal to charge, and each time the frenzy shooting is activated, the crossbow car will fall into a month of fatigue. 】

Before the battle, Rhodes had already filled the crossbow cart with enough energy with magic crystals. At this moment, he fired three crossbow arrows in succession. Wherever the sharp edge pointed, it was simply unstoppable.

It was just like ejecting three long dragons of fire in succession. Wherever it passed, flesh and blood were pierced, no matter if it was a nimble little devil or a thick-skinned horned demon.

Finally, when the power was exhausted, the three-arrow enchanted crossbow arrows would explode violently, causing another range of damage to the surroundings.

"Damn it, damn it, this thing, how could this thing appear here?"

The demon general was furious when he found out that the Hellfire Crossbow, a terrifying weapon, was in the hands of his opponent, madly harvesting the lives of his own Hell Legion. At this time, he had not thought that the Hellfire Crossbow in front of him was Dilibu's Unit-01.

Among the demon forces in Hell, there are still some generals who threatened Dilibu with a large sum of money or force, forcing him to build war machines for himself, but those Hellfire Crossbows undoubtedly did not have the terrifying power and natural spirituality of this one.

If this war continues, Rhodes will win in the end, but the loss will not be small. Let those hellhounds successfully attack the crossbow group. The Rhodok crossbowmen are undoubtedly fighting with their weakest points against the strongest points of their opponents. No matter how strong they are and how elite their soldiers are, they will suffer heavy losses.

However, Rhodes put out all his trump cards and personally went to the battlefield with a gun to charge. Of course, he wanted more than just this result.

"Damn it, even if I have to return to Hell, I have to take away enough lives and souls!" The demon general had experienced many battles, and he quickly saw the direction of the battle.

The enemy's army was so strong that even the elite army, let alone the ragtag army he had just assembled, could not be the enemy's opponent under the situation of inferior strength.

At this moment, it was just a matter of how many lives he could take away from the enemy.

When the hell demon general grew to a certain extent, he would naturally awaken the talent of harvesting souls. The enemy's soldiers were so elite that as long as he harvested only about a hundred people, he could greatly make up for his loss of being defeated and sent back to hell.

The demon general thought so in his heart, while Rhode's idea was to reduce his own losses as much as possible and send the opponent back to hell.

Because of this idea, the demon general did not send out his hellhound troops for a long time to attack with the whole army, but used the little demon army, the horned demon army, the enchantress and the whippers to continuously consume the strength of the crossbowmen, while the largest number of hellhound troops were hidden in the formation and did not take action for a long time.

With this in mind, Rhode tied up the little princess Anna in his arms, stared at the changes in the battle formation with red eyes like a beast, and commanded the cavalry following him. He needed to find an opportunity to strike a fatal blow and make the final decision. Only in this way could he achieve his strategic goal.