Chapter 761 Blocking
When more than fifty armor-piercing heavy arrows roared through the air and flew towards the group of mercenaries, these guys with eyes full of anger and hatred did not have the slightest fear. They still waved the swords in their hands, roaring loudly while facing the rain of arrows. Rushing with all their might——
Perhaps it was these hateful northerners who provoked the mercenaries time and time again a moment ago that filled this group of mercenaries with anger. They did not pay any attention to the arrows flying over their heads, but focused all their attention on the enemy troops waiting in front.
To them, a spear formation composed of just over a hundred people is not worth mentioning at all. It only takes one charge to overwhelm the opponent's formation. At that time, the group of light armored infantry will be slaughtered by them like exhausted sheep.
While this group of mercenaries were still immersed in the excitement of charging into battle at this moment, a shrill scream of a war horse suddenly came from the charging team~
Following that, the cavalry on horseback was thrown out the moment the war horse fell to the ground, and hit the ground heavily. Seeing the cavalry and horses falling down one after another, the cavalry company commander reacted and shouted quickly: "Raise your shield!" As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow whizzed past his left ear and hit the forehead of the adjutant behind him who had no time to react. After the sound of a skull breaking, the adjutant instantly fell off his horse and was trampled into a puddle of flesh by the cavalry who followed~
Upon seeing this, the cavalry company commander was so angry that he gritted his teeth, raised his scimitar and struck hard on the horse's back. Suddenly, the pained war horse broke away from the team like lightning and accelerated towards the enemy array. The other mercenaries also kicked the horse's belly hard, and rushed towards the enemy with roars full of anger, "Hold on!"
Seeing the group of mercenaries speeding up in the rain of arrows, Angus, who was supervising the battle at the rear, shouted at the light armored infantry in front.
Although these soldiers are elite soldiers of the legion, looking at the ferocious-looking mercenaries in front of them holding scimitars and rushing towards them at a high speed against the rain of arrows, I can't help feeling a little panicked.
"Listen to my orders!" At this time, Angus's voice sounded again.
The soldiers lowered their bodies one after another, with their left foot behind and right foot in front. The spears they held tightly in their hands passed under their right arms and armpits, and they were ready for battle.
"The enemy's army still has fifty steps!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than two hundred enemy cavalry had already rushed in front of him, "Kill me!"
As Angus gave an order , the soldiers aimed the spears in their hands at the cavalry and horses that had rushed under their noses and stabbed them desperately... -··
"Ah!"
In the blink of an eye, there were bursts of mourning in front of the array. The muffled sound of the spear penetrating the light armor and the horse's belly came one after another.
Looking around, the war horses blocked by the array of spears raised their front hooves and violently threw away the cavalry on the horses.
Before the mercenaries could react, the long arrows protruding from the gaps in the shields kept thrusting into their bodies~
"Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows!" Seeing that the rest of the cavalry were still charging, Angus quickly shouted to the archers,
As dozens of arrows flew out one after another, the mercenaries who were charging at the front became living targets and rolled off their horses one after another.
In front of the array, the light armored infantry who withstood the first wave of mercenary attacks became more confident and began to gradually advance forward, trying to push back the enemy cavalry. Soon, those mercenaries who were still able to move after being injured were dragged to the back of the shield formation by the approaching light armored infantry and ended their lives with short swords.
"Damn it!"
At this time, the captain of the mercenary company standing on horseback not far away regretted that he had underestimated the enemy.
Watching his men fall one after another in front of the opponent's position, his many years of battlefield experience made him very clear that the combat power of these light armored infantrymen holding spears in front of them was indeed extraordinary. If they charged hard, they would only increase the casualties of their own cavalry. At this time, the large army was behind them, and the military situation was urgent. If the cavalry, as the vanguard of the army, could not clear the way forward, the consequences would be disastrous.
At this critical moment, the captain of the cavalry company took a look at the open space on the left behind the enemy and suddenly came up with a plan.
After a while, a cavalry group of about fifty people left the business road and rushed towards the hills to the east quickly. "
"Lord Angus, look!" After noticing that the enemy cavalry squad left the business road and ran towards the east, the company deputy commander Jafar pointed to the direction in which those guys were heading to warn Angus.
Angus smiled lightly, "It's better this way. When the time comes, we retreat early and let them miss." Facing the tactical adjustment made by the mercenary company captain, Angus saw through the opponent's plan at a glance. Then he turned to Jafar and said, "In this case, you can take a few guys and sneak around behind us. Once you find those idiots trying to attack us from behind, you can return. At that time, the cavalry will stay behind to cover the infantry's retreat."
"Don't worry, Lord Angus!" Ja'far said and greeted a few cavalrymen and ran towards the open space to the east."
It turned out that there were several hills on the east side of the array. As long as they bypassed these obstacles, the mercenary team could move back to the rear of Angus and the others, charge through the open Maiyouli, and disrupt their defensive formation.
Even though the mercenary company captain did not know in advance that he could bypass the business road and sneak attack Angus and others from behind. However, in order not to be flanked by the opponent and block the retreat, the deputy commander of the legion, who had always been unconventional, had to send someone to closely monitor the mercenaries who left the team in order to successfully complete the task.
As everyone knows, the mercenary company captain’s move played into Angus’s plan. As long as the cavalry sent by the opponent appears in his field of vision, there is no need to continue to waste time with these guys. When the time comes, the infantry retreats and the cavalry alternately cover, fighting and retreating at the same time.
When the cavalry of more than fifty people disappeared from the sight of both sides, the mercenary company captain raised the scimitar in his hand again and shouted loudly: "The archers suppress the opponent, the rest charge with me!"
"Kill!"
Soon, the two sides fell into a melee. The short-term suppression of the mercenary archers once caused the spear array of the Wells Legion to panic. Five or six light-armored infantry were shot by the enemy's random arrows.
But as the elite soldiers of the Wells Legion, with their terrain advantages and the spears in their hands, this group of cavalry once suffered a lot. After the first round of charge, the mercenaries dropped several bodies in front of the formation and then continued to retreat under the threat of spears. In addition, the battlefield was not conducive to large-scale cavalry charges, so these mercenaries could only use refueling tactics and attack in batches.
On the other hand, on the side of the Welsh Army, the densely packed spears and shields in front of them formed an almost insurmountable obstacle. Whenever these seemingly ferocious cavalry rushed forward with scimitars brandished, the soldiers, in groups of three or five, could always easily knock their opponents off their horses.
Seeing that several attacks in a row ended in failure, the mercenary company captain couldn't help but slapped his thigh hard. Time is getting tighter and tighter. If the opponent's army seizes the opportunity to enter the battlefield early, I am afraid that I will be blamed.
At this time, there was no trace of the team that went behind the enemy to cooperate with the pincer attack. The army behind them could be said to be very close, and the military situation was the order. The captain of the mercenary company gritted his teeth and stared fiercely at the flawless shield wall in front of him. In order to complete the mission assigned by the legion commander, he decided to give it a try.
"You guys, listen to my order! The captain of the mercenary company turned to a few strong soldiers behind him and shouted loudly, "Let me ride my horse and accelerate toward the enemy's formation, and use the horses to break through the defenses of these bastards! The rest will seize the opportunity to break through the enemy's formation and kill them!"
"Yes, Mr. Company Captain!"
"Kill me!"
"Kill!"
Hence the mercenary company captain's order, seven or eight cavalrymen kicked the horse's belly violently, and the sound of the scimitars in their hands slapped on the horse's back was loud. The moment the war horse was in pain, it hoofed out like an arrow from its string, snoring and striding towards the front position. The dirt behind it was flying in the sky, and the momentum was overwhelming.
Not far away, I saw the cavalry charging again. The light armored infantrymen standing in the front row holding spears braced themselves and prepared to face the enemy again.
But just as the opposing cavalry was halfway through the charge, one of them turned sideways to the other side. They all lowered their bodies, grabbing the saddle with one hand and holding the scimitar in the other hand, hanging in the air. The galloping war horses showed no signs of slowing down and continued to charge toward the formation—
…——.What do these guys want to do? "At this time, Angus behind the formation felt vaguely uneasy.
咚~咚咚～
Before Angus could react, the seven or eight high-speed war horses were like battering rams hitting the city gate, knocking away the soldiers and their shields in an instant. The originally airtight defensive formation had three gaps due to the impact of the horses.
"Not good!" Angus shouted, and then ordered the cavalry behind him, "Quick, follow me and rush up to cover the infantry!"
"Kill!"
At this time, more than a hundred cavalrymen in the cavalry company drew their swords, raised their axes and hammers, and under the leadership of Angus, rushed towards the enemy cavalry "——Brothers, kill!"
At the battle front, seeing that the plan was successful, the mercenary company captain quickly got up from the ground, shouted at the top of his lungs and rushed towards the gap that had been opened.
A moment ago, when the war horses were less than two horse lengths away from the shield formation, the leading cavalrymen jumped off their horses one after another, allowing the war horses to crash into the enemy formation.
The moment the war horse made contact with the shield, the huge impact directly knocked away the soldiers behind the shield. During this short gap, most of the cavalry following behind them quickly broke into the spear formation and killed five light armored infantrymen on the spot. Three others were knocked to the ground by the horses and vomited blood.
The captain of the mercenary company who was charging towards the enemy on foot knocked a light armored infantryman holding a long sword to the ground during the attack. When he raised his machete and was about to kill the guy at his feet, an inexplicable force suddenly came from the direction of the blade. The force was so strong that it almost made this brave and strong man fall to the ground.
When he turned around to look, the cavalry on horseback had raised their battle axes and struck at him again.
The mercenary company captain rolled and avoided the opponent's fatal blow. When he was about to get up, the horse under the cavalry rushed towards him again.