Warlord: King of All Clans

The Riverbend Territory's army remained hidden in Gravel Fort until Gladstone's legion camp was completed, and they did not come out to harass.

This seemed to confirm Knight Edward's judgment that there were indeed not many soldiers in the river bay who could fight in the field.

Many corner flags were very excited, and looking at the twelve-meter-high city wall, they seemed to have become much lower.

They also sent out scouts to go around to the other side to see if there was a chance to attack from both sides.

Unfortunately, once these scouts disappeared from sight, they disappeared forever.

In addition to building legion camps, the corner flags are also building siege ladders.

Siege ladders are not simple wooden ladders, but ladder trucks with wheels, baffles, grappling hooks, and even pulleys. Basically, once they are placed against the city wall, they are difficult to destroy.

However, ladders within ten meters are easy to manufacture, but the difficulty of manufacturing ladders over ten meters increases exponentially, so progress is very slow.

As for stone crossbows and counterweight catapults, a small square flag or corner flag family cannot afford to support military craftsmen of this level.

Two days passed, and the corner flags could no longer hold back. Several corner flag knights from Isenbol, who were famous for their martial arts, came to the city gate to challenge them.

A knight holding a corner flag fiercely stuck his battle flag into the ground and shouted, "You coward hiding in the city, do you dare to come out and fight me?"

Leo looked at the corner flags, feeling itchy, and asked Knight Solovy, "Do you think I can beat them?"

Knight Solovi glanced at them and nodded, saying, "They are just the chickens and dogs you mentioned. If you can't even defeat them, you really deserve to die. Go ahead, I'll help you scavenge."

Leo grinned foolishly, ordered the city gate to be opened, carried his 35-jin long crescent-shaped sword, and rode out of the city on horseback to fight.

Knight Solovy and Knight Roman, uncle and nephew, were worried about this new relative who was not even a knight and was extremely unreliable, so they also picked up their spears and rode their horses, following behind to plunder the enemy.

In a duel between knights, if a knight failed, he would either be stabbed to death or knocked off his horse.

The two were mainly worried about the latter, fearing that Leo would accidentally fall off his horse and then be surrounded and killed by several corner flag players of the opposing team.

Leo was also wearing a breastplate armor given by a heavy-armored elite soldier.

This kind of heavy steel plate armor can only be penetrated in one fell swoop unless the extraordinary knights on both sides hold armor-piercing lances and launch a high-speed lance charge.

In an ordinary duel between knights, there is a high probability that the knight will be hit by the huge impact force of the lance, fall off the horse and cough up blood.

During this period of time, Leo would carry his heavy long crescent-shaped sword and ride horses and kill people everywhere.

All the wooden stakes taller than a person on the Hewan Peninsula were in trouble, the free-range cattle and horses almost evolved into reptiles, and the grooms and herdsmen never dared to turn their backs on Leo.

The warhorse under him gradually became familiar with his master through daily companionship, and could speed up or turn by relying on the strength of Leo's legs.

Every qualified knight is first and foremost an excellent groom.

It’s not because they lack servants to feed the horses, but because they need to cultivate deep feelings and reach a point of telepathy through close contact with their war horses.

The Empire's knight assessment includes basic assessment items such as loosening the reins, controlling the horse with both legs, and fighting with both hands. A rider who cannot do this cannot be called a knight.

However, even a skilled knight would find it difficult to ride an unfamiliar warhorse and gallop across the battlefield at will.

On the fierce battlefield, the warhorse is the lower body of the knight. If the lower body does not obey commands, the knight's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Of course, Leo wanted to ride Red Hare into battle, but unfortunately Freya was unwilling to be his daily mount, let alone follow him to war.

Rio rode forward, several dozen meters away from the opponent's corner flag, and shouted in a deep voice: "Who are you? I will not kill nameless people with my sword!"

The Knight of the Corner Flag, who had raised the flag to challenge Leo, became furious when he heard him showing off the imperial language. He spurred his horse forward and stabbed Leo with his gun.

"My name is..."

Leo raised his sword and swung it, the sword flashed, the shouting of the Knight of the Corner Flag stopped abruptly, a head flew into the sky, and fell to the ground with an iron helmet.

His warhorse continued to run for more than ten meters carrying the headless corpse until the corpse fell to the ground. It then stopped to sniff its master and let out a sad neigh.

"Oh! You're rushing too fast!"

Several corner flag officers became alert upon seeing this, and the horses beneath their feet seemed to be able to sense their masters' emotions, and they also kicked their legs agitatedly.

The other corner flag holder was unwilling to accept this. He had been promoted to a transcendent rank and was no longer an ordinary person. Even the square flag knight Edward had to be treated with courtesy.

The Super Knight's sense of superiority made him unable to suppress his anger, but the strength displayed by the opponent would not make him underestimate the enemy again.

So the Knight of the Corner Flag placed his lance directly on the buckle of his breastplate, and launched a lance charge before Leo could spur his horse.

Leo squeezed the horse's belly and the warhorse leaped several meters to the side, narrowly avoiding the opponent's lance charge.

The Super Knight was not discouraged. He made a circle and launched a new charge.

Lance charge is an advanced horse-combat skill. Just like sniping, the difference between an expert and a novice is like heaven and earth.

It was not surprising that the shot missed, but the opponent's performance had given him a glimpse of his true strength.

The extraordinary people have only had their bodies greatly strengthened, but they are still flesh and blood.

Even an ordinary knight, as long as his lance charging skills are superb enough, can kill a transcendent with one lance.

This is also the reason why the Imperial Armored Cavalry Regiment can face off against the Orc Wolf Cavalry Corps head-on.

Each wolf cavalry orc sergeant is extraordinary, but he cannot use his body to withstand the lance charge of the armored cavalry.

The Extraordinary Knight has keenly sensed that the opponent does not dare to engage him in a lance duel!

Whether it is a problem of skill or courage, this is a fatal weakness.

But Leo dodged all three lance charges.

Facing the lance charge for the fourth time, the Extraordinary Knight's horse was running out of energy, and Leo finally seized the opportunity.

When the two sides were fighting, the long crescent-shaped sword in his hand knocked the opponent's lance head, knocking it off track, and the blade stabbed forward.

Under the huge impact brought by the galloping horse, the tip of the long crescent-shaped sword easily broke through the opponent's knight's face, and then stabbed out from the back of the head, deforming and twisting the entire knight's helmet.

The crescent-shaped sword can also be used for stabbing!

Leo twisted the knife and crushed half of the extraordinary knight's cheek, then put away the knife.

"You are a nobody, so what's the harm in letting you three-in-one?"

Seeing this, the remaining corner flags no longer dared to challenge and retreated back to the legion camp in disgrace.

Leo rode his horse back to the city, with a thin layer of sweat on his back.

Horse fighting and foot fighting are two completely different things. In foot fighting, he can rely on the strong body of a low-level advanced and excellent fighting skills to ruthlessly crush ordinary low-level extraordinary people.

But horse fighting is different. The body is restricted to the horse and cannot move left or right. Except for a small deviation of the body, it is almost entirely dependent on the degree of control over the horse.

Leo's horse fighting skills have only reached the level of an ordinary knight. If he really were to fight against the extraordinary knight on lance, there would be a high probability that both sides would suffer losses.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that he is very comfortable in the battle and can easily kill the opponent.

But if he reacted a little bit slower, or if his horse resisted a little, he could be stabbed to death or maimed by the enemy's lance.

After this battle, the opposing corner flag lost its temper and just waited for the order from the legion commander Edward.

Gladstone's Legion finally built four ladders and a battering ram on the fourth day, and then could not wait to launch an attack.