Ride and Cut

"My lord!" Accompanied by the sound of hoofbeats, two centaurs galloped towards Li Cha like a gust of wind. The sweat from the lower body had stained the fur into dark brown, and said loudly, panting: "Fifteen miles to the northwest, a large number of enemies are coming, and there are cavalry!"

"It's finally here, I can't wait."

Li Cha waved them back to the team. These centaur recruits are very amateurish as scouts, and the intelligence they get back is of limited value. How many cavalry, how many infantry, and whether there are strong units are all unclear.

A desolate and low-pitched horn sounded from the wooden building, and Gaoshan Fort began to mobilize urgently.

The swords and guns were unsheathed, the armor was on, the heavy footsteps were noisy, and there seemed to be a chill in the warm wind.

With the help of the caravan servants, Li Cha is putting on three layers of heavy armor, the innermost layer is wrapped in chain mail, the middle is the plate and chain armor produced by the system, and the outer layer is put on a large armor, completely armed to the teeth.

"Master Richard, I have studied systematic military courses. What is your battle plan? Do you need the cooperation of mercenaries?" The solemn atmosphere of the Alpine Fort also affected Annie to some extent, and she was worried about the upcoming battle.

"First shoot two rounds of arrows to kill a dozen. Then lead a wave of people to kill seven or eighty people, and the rest will naturally collapse. At this time, they will follow and kill them." Li Cha said while adjusting his armor.

"This is the plan?" Annie looked at a madman.

"Otherwise?" Li Cha tightened the belt around his waist and strode out of the wooden building.

The three layers of armor weighed at least three hundred pounds, enough to break the spine of a pack horse, but his legs and feet were as flexible as a normal person.

"Boss." Gunther grinned wearing an exaggerated horned helmet, behind him was a barbarian warrior wearing a sharp and murderous look.

"My lord." Hurt stroked his luggage, and the centaurs next to him held longbows and had two pots of arrows hanging from their waists.

The gap between the new recruits and the veterans was evident at this moment—the barbarians all looked calm and composed, while several centaur herdsmen had been kicking their hooves in turn, obviously a little nervous.

Li Cha looked around and nodded in awe.

"Just line up here."

The hills have slight slopes extending to a large area around them. It would be foolish not to use this terrain. The effect of gravity is very advantageous for the defender,

The waiting time before the battle is always extremely long. Li Cha sat on the horseshoe and waited for nearly two hours before the bandits slowly emerged from the horizon.

"There are more than five hundred of them, nearly six hundred of them." Annie reminded in a low voice, the elven blood made her eyesight far surpass that of others.

The total strength of the Alpine Castle is no more than 70 people, and even including the mercenaries with combat effectiveness, it is less than 90 people. A simple calculation shows that the opponent has a full six times the number of people advantage!

In such an extremely disadvantaged situation, Li Cha also planned to detain the mercenaries as a reserve team, and only use the direct descendants of Gaoshanbao as the main attack. The actual comparison of the forces of the two sides is seventy to five hundred, and the gap has further widened to eight times.

Annie couldn't help but clutched the corner of her clothes, her palms were full of sweat. According to her understanding of the military, such a disparity is even enough to support a tragic siege battle. I don't know where the lord of the mountain castle is so indifferent.

"Yeah." Li Cha squinted his eyes to observe the approaching enemy army.

Frankly speaking, he was a little surprised, not simply because of the large number of people.

Different from the previous typical wilderness fighting style where everyone swarmed together and someone used what guy, this group of bandits in front of them was actually roughly divided according to the type of arms.

There were seven or eight werewolf cavalry riding wargs cruising in front of the left and right, running back and forth along the direction of the large army.

Werewolves are a very brave and aggressive race, and they are used to domesticating wolves as partners and mounts. The blood connection makes the werewolf and the warg have a high tacit understanding, and they are naturally alert and have a keen sense of smell, making them the best candidates for scouting.

In the center is a large and bloated infantry group. Between a large number of gnolls, werewolves, and wildlings, there are also a large number of hobgoblin warriors who are responsible for maintaining discipline so that the entire formation will not disintegrate during the advancement.

What is even more surprising is that the front row of infantry actually held up all kinds of shields.

Although it is not difficult to see that these shields are all made of door panels, and the defense is very worrying, Li Cha still wiped his eyes twice before he believed it.

At this time, even if a few archers came out after the battle, it would not be surprising to prepare him with two rounds of firepower in a decent manner, because there must be some knowledgeable robbers.

Although very shabby, this could already be regarded as the embryonic form of an army.

"What shall we do?" Annie noticed that the barbarian in the front had the most indifferent expression, while the mercenary hiding in the back had the palest expression.

"Prepare to meet the enemy." Li Cha put down a sentence, and trotted towards the giant wind chasing beast.

His movements are very light, but the weight of the three layers of armor is not in vain, every step leaves a lot of footprints behind him.

The gang of robbers who were advancing aggressively paused obviously.

A knight in three layers of armor sits on the back of the dark iron-eating armadillo, as if the whole body is made of steel, and the sound of iron plates rubbing against one's teeth can be heard when it moves a little.

The hill-like behemoth turned slowly, and the iron knight on its back grabbed the giant four-bladed lance. In his hands, the bulky lance was no more difficult to control than a single sword. The knight waved it twice casually, and the dull howling sound of piercing the air made one's heart tremble.

Just standing there without moving, one can't help but imagine what kind of landslides and mountains will be destroyed once a charge is launched.

Anne didn't understand why the Alpine Fort could maintain morale under the huge disadvantage of troops, but now she vaguely understands that this general's heavy cavalry can also support a hundred infantry according to the most conservative estimate.

The hobgoblin, who maintained military discipline, beat the stopped bandits desperately with a wooden stick, causing the entire army formation to slowly start moving forward again.

"God gave them a good chance to survive, but it's a pity they don't know how to cherish it." Li Cha put on his helmet, his face covered by a ferocious iron plate. Clamping its legs, the lumbering iron-eating armadillo took a step.

On both sides of him are the barbarian warriors closely following, together forming a V-shaped assault arrow, and Li Cha is the sharpest point of this V-shaped arrow.

Arrows came before them.

The centaurs gathered in the rear, raising their arms high and throwing feathered arrows into the robber formation. The frequency of their shooting arrows is not fast, but the rhythm is very steady, and every time the longbow bowstrings vibrate, it will cause a miserable howl.

The robbers could never have imagined that they specially prepared shields to defend against long-range strikes, but there was nothing they could do with the centaur's arc-shaped projectiles.

The rain of arrows skimmed over the top of the shieldman, but swooped into the formation like a falcon, instantly knocking down a dozen bandits who thought they were safe!