Realm of Power

443 Wikia’s Counterattack (5)

Things in the world are always full of wonders and unfathomable things.

The screams of the war horses and the miserable howls of the Ruidian cavalry came from the thick fog not far away like the innocent souls in hell.

"What the hell is going on?" Standing on the hill, the veteran Ruidian Kurd could no longer remain stable on the mountain. His round eyes were fixed on the white mist at the foot of the mountain, trying to see clearly what was going on inside.

But his anger was completely in vain, the thick white fog covered everything,

Humid low-lying areas are where fog gathers.

They didn't feel anything at the top of the mountain. When they reached the foot of the mountain, the Ruidian cavalry realized that the thick fog had covered everything. No matter the enemy or their own people, they couldn't see clearly the situation on both sides.

The only thing that can be seen is the burst of fire. The occasionally exposed corpses of war horses indicate that the situation of the Ruidian 5th Cavalry Flag Regiment that just rushed down should be extremely bad.

"Sir, if this continues, the Fifth Flag Regiment will be doomed. Let me go and rescue them." Rook, the commander of Ruidian's Third Cavalry Flag Regiment, stood up from behind the Kurdish figure.

The Kurdish Knights not only have a full 13,000-strong light cavalry flag regiment, but also a heavy cavalry flag regiment. The one who just rushed down the hillside was the fifth light cavalry flag regiment, which is responsible for the main forward attack. As a rearguard unit, The Ruke Banner Regiment are all heavy cavalry with relatively heavy equipment.

As the right-hand man of the Kurds, Rook and the commander of the 5th Cavalry Banner Regiment, Knight Alovantai, are known as the "Kurdish Double Blades"

One is good at maneuvering from the enemy's side, and the other can drive heavy cavalry to penetrate the enemy's formation frontally. They are both famous among the Ruidian cavalry commanders.

But now, he had to watch the sharp Kurdish double blades being tragically broken into pieces by the despicable ambush of the Wikiyans.

"Sir, let me go," Luke asked again, pointing to the piles of corpses in the thick fog, and said excitedly with blood-red eyes.

"They should die with more dignity. They should fight to the last man like the Ridian Knights and then fall with dignity, instead of lying there without dignity like they are slaughtering prey like they do now."

Luke's words seemed to touch Kurd, causing his two gray eyebrows to twist into a ball.

As the battle progressed, even though he could not see the specific situation below the mountain, the Kurds could still hear the screams coming from the distance and knew what was happening to the 5th Light Cavalry Regiment.

Because those heart-rending screams floating in the wind are all familiar Riel classics.

"Okay, you go ahead." Kurd thought solemnly for a while, faced Luke's earnest eyes, and finally nodded. As a great knight commander who regards glory as his life, Kurd cannot sit back and watch his subordinates meet. Don't save me even if you know it may be a trap that devours flesh and blood.

"You all come with me." Seeing Kurd's slightly nodded head, Rook took a deep breath and waved to the neatly arranged heavy armored cavalry behind him.

"Victory is certain." The heavy armored cavalry who had been waiting behind them all raised their knight's spears. The heavy horses accelerated slowly. Although the weight had been reduced, the power of the heavy cavalry still made the ground roar.

The "heavy cavalry" saw a thick steel wall pouring down from the hilly area above. The Vekia soldiers at the foot of the mountain couldn't help but panic.

"What is supposed to come will eventually come." Crolisate clenched her fingers with a solemn expression. The Ruidian people pressed all their last trump cards. The real decisive battle has only begun now.

No one is not afraid of heavy cavalry. As long as you think that this half-ton steel monster can trample your body into flesh like an ant, no matter how brave you are, you will feel fear in your heart.

"Order Ezhak to let go of the encirclement and let in the Riedian heavy cavalry." Crolisat quickly issued an adjustment order, and the Vecian hunters who originally moved closer to the center spread out to both sides again.

"Boom" Luke led five thousand heavy armored cavalry, rushing into the thick fog in front of him like a storm without hesitation, and a pungent burnt smell hit his face.

"Damn it, what are these?" Luke cursed angrily. The tragic scene in front of him made him feel like he was in hell.

The corpses of the Redian cavalry were everywhere, with fiery red flames burning on their bodies.

The bursting wind blew the fire ring, and a huge pile of burning fireballs suddenly rolled out from both sides of the thick fog.

"Hissing" Luke's war horse jumped up with its front hooves in fear. If Luke hadn't been an expert in riding, he might have been thrown off the horse by this sudden jump.

The firelight illuminated the figures of heavily armored cavalry in the thick fog.

"Shoot!" Accompanied by the shouts of the captains, the hunters from the Vecchia Mountains on both sides used all the hunting methods they used in the mountains in the past.

Using fire rings to drive away beasts in the dark mist is a skill they are good at, but at this moment, the beasts they hunted turned into the Ruidian heavy cavalry that barged in recklessly.

The rapid and precise short hunting bows in their hands were constantly being drawn to full capacity, and the vibrations of the bow strings when they were released were heard one after another in the thick fog. This made the Ruildian heavy cavalry who could not see the situation even more frightened.

Dense arrowheads continued to tear open the dense fog in front of them, scurrying out like flying locusts. War horses and heavy cavalry equipped with only light armor fell down with their bodies covered with arrowheads.

Within this range of 50 meters, the mountain hunters' precise and rapid shooting will undoubtedly have a greater advantage in massacre than the powerful and slow Sanwa chief archers.

The war horses neighed with arrows, and the leaping figures of the Ruidian cavalry were constantly being targeted by the hunters due to the illumination of the ring of fire.

Luke, commander of the 3rd Cavalry Banner of Rui Erdian, finally saw clearly the bodies of the cavalry group of the 5th Banner Regiment that fell into the fire pit in front of them. The bodies of the horses and cavalry were burning in the fire pit, and the pungent smell of burning made people vomit.

His old friend, the great knight Arovantai, has undoubtedly become one of the charred corpses.

"What the hell!" Luke was so excited that he shuddered. He quickly waved the long-handled knight's sword and led his men to the other side of the thick fog.

The powerful arrowheads flying towards him continued to harvest the lives of his men. A dozen guards following him kept falling off their horses on the way, but the careful Luke also discovered that the shots in a certain direction seemed inconsistent and always separated by a period of time. ,

"The gap must be a gap in the entire military formation." The experienced Luke quickly realized this,

If you want to distribute tens of thousands of people in this wide low-lying swamp, it is absolutely impossible to achieve uniform troop strength everywhere. An experienced commander will often hide his shortcomings.

Obviously, the last position of the Vekians' military formation is the weakest position.

Guided by the light of hope he felt, Luke took a deep breath of the cold air filled with the pungent smell of blood, and looked around.

The corpses of war horses and cavalry fell in piles, and the bright red blood of their men had dyed the ground stained with morning hoarfrost red. Although the Fifth Flag Regiment, which was the first to charge, suffered heavy casualties, their remaining cavalry also attracted attention. Most of the Vickians attack,

This undoubtedly gave Luke's heavy-armored cavalry a chance to breathe. His more than 5,000 Ruidian heavy-armored cavalry were divided into several teams to break out on both sides, but they were all driven back by the fierce long bows and arrows.

With the destruction of the fifth flag regiment, Rook felt that the encirclement of the Vekians was shrinking, and all attacks were directed towards his own flag regiment.

"We can't hesitate anymore. No matter what, we have to give it a try." Luke checked the blood on his forehead with his hands. Just now, an arrowhead scratched across his brow, revealing the dense white bones. The heartbreaking pain made him wince. eyebrow

"Everyone, follow me." Luke waved his incomplete sword to the cavalry following behind him.

He decided to lead the remaining army to make a desperate move.

Instead of becoming a target for the Vekians, it is better to make a desperate move and use the powerful impact of the Ruidian heavy cavalry. As long as they can break through this dense fog area, they can penetrate this mysterious and strange monster of the Vekians from behind. formation, drawing a victorious ending to the entire war

"Whoosh!" The war horse carried the sound of the wind. The thick fog in front of him formed whirlpools due to the high-speed galloping of the war horses. Luke saw the arrowheads in front of him brought the lives of hundreds of cavalrymen who were opening the way, and fell into a pause again.

"The good opportunity is now." Luke's solemn face finally showed a hint of pride. The horse under his crotch jumped violently, and the thick fog in front of him suddenly became thinner.

"Come out!" Luke shouted excitedly. When he braved the rain of arrows and led 3,300 heavy cavalry through the thick fog, he felt that he saw hope.

"Come on, you bastards of Ruidian." The one who was equally excited as him was Dryden, the leader of the Vekia flag who had been ambushing at the end of the military formation. At this moment, he was suddenly waving his arms in excitement,

The prey finally fell into the carefully arranged pocket

On his right side, there were thirty heavy-duty crossbows lined up and 3,000 longbowmen who had already drawn their bowstrings. Sending out waves of tremors that irritated the eardrums,

The rapid and powerful refined iron crossbow arrows shot out from behind him like a life-harvesting scythe of death. With a roar that ripped apart the air, they slammed into the oncoming Ruidian cavalry group.

Luke, who "touched" the war horse, didn't even react. He was already taken away from the horse by the huge arrow and collided with his companions behind.

The mail armor was shattered by the powerful crossbow arrows. Luke and the people behind him were simultaneously pierced by a two-meter-long giant crossbow arrow like a candied haws. It flew for more than ten meters and dragged out a path among the Ruidian cavalry group. A bloody tear,

This tragic scene caused a lot of panic among the Ruidian cavalry.

"Lord Luke is dead," the cavalryman Rui Erdian shouted with a hesitant look on his face.

Following the thick fog that dispersed in front of his eyes, the Ruidian cavalryman who was the first to escape the disaster finally saw the scene in front of him clearly.

"Hiss" everyone took a breath of air,

Because they saw, fifty meters away from them,

A wider ravine blocked their way. Behind the ravine, dozens of monsters shining with cold metallic light were facing them, and sharp arrows made of fine iron shone with a terrifying light.

"Crossbow Cart, Crossbow Cart of the Vecians." Some Ruidian veterans who had participated in the northern battle of Vecians recognized these things, and turned their horses around with pale faces.

In the Northern Campaign, it was this kind of irresistible monster that easily killed nearly 20,000 Ruidian cavalrymen.

This undoubtedly left an indelible shadow on the cavalry of the Northern Army.

"Pengpeng" the Ruildian cavalry in front turned around one after another, but the ones behind were still at a loss.

Most of Ruidian's heavy cavalry still charged forward with determination to die. The war horses on both sides collided mercilessly, and the vests of the war horses made a friction and collision sound.

Countless cavalrymen fell off their horses due to the collision with each other. The heavy armor on their bodies made it impossible for them to avoid the horses' hooves that fell like raindrops on them. Hundreds of people were trampled to pieces in an instant.

"Go back quickly"

"What the hell is going on?"

"You cowards who run away from the battle!" the Ruidian cavalrymen yelled at each other. At this moment, the dense arrowheads from the opposite side were once again shot towards their faces like a heavy rain.

"Kill, kill, kill!" The excited Dryden even went into battle himself. In order to make it easier to pull the bow and arrow, he even took off his armor.

Arms as thick as the thighs of ordinary people, the bow strings of the bison tendons creaked when they were pulled, and sharp light and shadow shot from the crowded bodies of the Ruidian heavy armored cavalry.

The longbowmen fired fiercely without any scruples,

They are the strongest base of the entire longbow sniper array, just like a huge bowstring that has been stretched to its maximum requires a steady hand.

Relying on the vast and insurmountable huge ravine in front, thirty heavy ballistae formed a longbow sniper array, and the last was a death trap that could not be crossed at all.

The scattering arrowheads designed for large-scale destruction, together with the precise shooting of 3,000 longbowmen, formed a death movement.

The crowded ranks of the Redians fell like harvested wheat straw. The panicked heavy armored cavalry suffered another devastating blow after losing their commander.

The weather in the snow-capped mountains is very cold, but the rapid reloading and struggling to pull the powerful winch of the crossbow caused the Vecchia shooters on the opposite side to have their upper bodies exposed, and the steaming heat formed white smoke around them.

"Sir, we are finished, all finished." A captain of the Ruidian cavalry squadron with three arrowheads stuck in his body rolled down from his horse in front of the Kurds.

At this moment, the bright morning light shines through the clouds in the sky, and the veteran Kurd looks at everything in front of him with a bitter mouth.

On the flat ground at the foot of the mountain, the corpses of 18,000 cavalrymen were piled together, their arrowheads swaying in the morning wind, like a sea of ​​white flowers.

Only more than 200 people from the entire knights came back, and everyone had arrows stuck in their bodies. The one with the most had more than a dozen arrows stuck in his body. If it weren't for the strong heavy armor on his body, the entire knights would not be alive.

"Hurry up and pull out all the arrowheads," Crolisat ordered loudly. He was not in the mood to care about the feelings of the Redians. He had more important things to do.

He knew that this war to determine hegemony had just sounded the clarion call for Vecia to counterattack.