Chapter 794 Encirclement and Annihilation
As soon as he finished speaking, Laika had already turned the reins and rushed towards the valley -
The other soldiers saw this and ran towards their horses in a swarm, while a few others abandoned their horses and ran away. In the panic, arrows were flying towards them non-stop around the hunter's cabin.
During this time, these Lombard cavalrymen ran away and broke up as if possessed. On the east side, Lusignan looked at the seven or eight Lombards who had been shot to the ground, and immediately ordered everyone to draw their swords and rush down the hillside to intercept the remaining cavalrymen.
On the other side, Jafar, who was in charge of the west side, had already led people to the hunter's cabin.
"Quickly, kill these bastards for me, don't let them escape!" Jafar ordered to the cavalry following him while searching for the target of the attack.
Suddenly, a panic-stricken Lombard man on horseback rushed out from behind the hunter's cabin, trying to break through the encirclement from the front.
But this unlucky guy had already been targeted by Jafar who was standing behind a big tree. He quickly moved two steps to the right, raised the ax in his right hand and threw it out with all his strength. After a muffled sound of cracking bones and flesh, the war horse fell to the ground with a neigh, heavily throwing the Lombard soldiers on the horse out and hitting a big tree.
Jafar laughed a few times when he saw this and ran over quickly. Pulling out the ax stuck in the horse's back, he turned around and walked towards the Lombard soldier who had already stood up with difficulty.
"Ah!"
Seeing Ja'far walking towards him, the Lombard soldier got up in a panic, but did not flinch. Instead, he gritted his teeth, raised his sword and angrily charged towards the burly man in front of him.
As the combat leader of the cavalry company, Jafar was not afraid at all and stood firmly on the spot waiting to see the opponent.
A few steps away in the blink of an eye.
The Lombard Cavalry's left hand was covering the chest cavity that caused severe pain after the impact, and his right hand was holding a long sword that left a scratch on the ground. When he was three steps away from Jafar, he instantly grabbed the long sword in his right hand and drew an arc, causing Jafar to retreat hurriedly without having time to react.
Looking down at his torn crotch, Jafar took a breath of cold air.
"You bastard, you almost made me cut off my descendants!"
Jafar cursed, then raised his ax and swiped across.
The Lombard soldier fell to the ground and escaped the fatal blow. But the moment he landed, the violent vibration made his internal organs feel like being hit by a hammer, causing unbearable pain.
Before the Lombard soldier could gain a firm foothold, Jafar raised the ax in his hand and slashed diagonally, hitting the opponent's shoulder armor. A large number of sparks instantly appeared.
Just when the Lombard soldier was about to raise his sword to fight back despite the pain in his shoulder, Jafar kicked the stubborn opponent to the ground with a fierce kick.
Just as the Lombard soldier turned his head, Jafar stepped on the long sword in his hand, raised his ax and struck the guy on the head. As a harsh metal sound came from the barrel helmet, the Lombard soldier lying on the ground spat out a large mouthful of blood... "Jafar, be careful!"
The sudden warning made Jafar come back to his senses from the previous battle. At this time, Lusignan, who was standing not far in front of him, had just put a heavy armor-piercing arrow on the string.
Shoo~
The moment the arrow flew out, Jafar turned his head and looked behind him. At this time, a Lombard cavalryman raised his sword high and rushed towards him quickly. When the cavalryman was less than ten steps away from him, a heavy arrow instantly penetrated the guy's eyebrow. Suddenly, the men and horses were separated, and the Lombard cavalry fell heavily to the ground.
In a matter of seconds, Jafar jumped onto the charging horse and quickly chased the Lombards who fled outside the valley.
After a fierce fighting, more than half of the Lombard cavalry were killed or wounded. Lusignan glanced at the guys lying on the ground who could still move, nodded twice to the men who were finishing up, and then jumped on his horse and chased out of the valley "— Guys, follow quickly, we will leave here soon——"
On the hunter's trail less than 400 steps away from the exit of the valley, Laika Tierno, who was rushing at the front, looked at the seven or eight men following him from time to time, his eyes full of fear.
When he first escaped from the hunter's cabin, there were about fifteen people who left with him. But as we got closer and closer to the exit, there were only seven or eight left.
Without enough time to blame himself, he lifted up the horse's belly again and accelerated towards the exit of the valley. However, how could he not have thought that when he was about to escape from danger, the danger was right in front of him.
At this time, more than two hundred steps away from the exit of the valley, the soldiers of the two squads of the cavalry company who had been waiting here for a long time were very anxious.
Logically speaking, the Lombard cavalry who luckily escaped should have come out long ago, but they have not seen the shadow of each other for a long time.
The cavalry squad leader responsible for ambushing the remaining enemy soldiers slowly stood up, pressed against the tree trunk next to him, and glanced at the situation in the valley with one eye.
There was no one on the looming hunter's trail in front of me. It was so quiet that I could almost hear my own breathing. "Strange, why haven't you come out yet? Could it be~"
At this moment, the sudden sound of horse hooves interrupted the team leader’s thoughts. He slowly moved his head, using the cover of tree trunks to look into the deep forest in the direction of the sound. Tall tree trunks intertwined with each other, dividing the hunter's trail. Through the gap between the trees, the team leader set his sights at the end of the path. The moment he blinked, a figure suddenly flashed past.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered to the soldiers lying under him, "They are coming, prepare!"
At this time, a dozen cavalrymen hidden in the bushes on both sides of the hunter's trail were immediately alert and prepared to capture these escaped fish.
On the trail, a hemp rope spanning the middle was covered with thick fallen leaves, and both ends were tightly held in the hands of soldiers hidden in the bushes.
As the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, the soldiers' breaths could not help but quicken. They have been lurking here for a long time since the company captain Lusignan gave the order.
After discovering the traces of this cavalry, in order to catch them all, the company captain Lusignan decided to attack in three groups. Let him lead the way and deal with the sentry on the east hillside. Ja'far was responsible for the entire route, attacking from the western hillside.
Since the hunting hut chosen by the Lombard cavalry faces mountains on three sides in the west, north and east, the southern exit is their only escape route if they want to get out of the mountain.
Hence, Lusignan arranged for two small teams to guard here, blocking the Lombards' retreat, trying to completely block them inside and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
Now, the opportunity has finally come.
The cavalry squad leader looked in the direction of the Lombards again. Six or seven figures were less than a hundred steps away from a few of them. So, he slowly squatted down and said to the soldiers around him: "They are coming, watch my gestures!"
The soldiers nodded, tightly grasped the hemp rope in their hands, and prepared to launch a fatal blow to the enemy. At the same time, the rest of the people put their hands on the hilts of the swords at their waists and stayed motionless in place——
". Guys, hurry up, we can rush out soon! "
Looking at the looming exit not far away, Laika Tierno looked back at the soldiers following him again and shouted to them excitedly.
In his opinion, as long as he leaves the valley and enters the plains, he and his men can leave here alive.
So, with hope and longing for life, he accelerated again and rushed towards the mountain pass."
The moment the horse under Laika raised its front hooves, it was knocked to the ground by the hemp rope blocking the path, and he was thrown heavily out. The two cavalrymen who were following him had no time to react when they saw this. For a moment, they fell onto their backs and fell into the bushes on both sides.
"Kill!"
The squad leader immediately stood up and shouted, pulled out the long sword from his waist and stabbed the Lombard soldier who rolled to the edge of the bushes.
「Kill!」
For a time, a dozen soldiers hidden on both sides took off their camouflage and pounced on the remaining six Lombard cavalry who were still in shock.
Seeing that the opponent was well prepared, the Lombard soldiers dispersed and ran into the bushes on both sides of the trail without any time to think.
However, it was difficult to move through the thorny bushes. Soon, a Lombard man was chopped down to the ground by two soldiers from the cavalry company who were chasing him.
At this time, Laika Tierno, who had already climbed up from the ground, glanced at the panting war horse with a broken front hoof not far away, and ran toward the outside of the valley without looking back.
"Squad captain, the leader has run away!"
A soldier strangled the Lombard man beneath him by the neck, and shouted loudly to the captain who was about to chase another cavalry, "Don't worry, you can't run!"
The soldier looked in the direction of the sound, and saw Jafar suddenly appearing like a gust of wind, holding a battle ax and chasing after him.
Looking immediately, Lusignan and others caught up with him. Except for a few soldiers who caught up to reinforce Jafar, the others began to surround the Lombard cavalry that was running around at the exit of the valley. When the soldiers of the cavalry company brought the horses that they had seized from the Lombards out of the valley, Jafar's figure also appeared on the grass not far away. Behind him, Laika Tierno, whose hands were tied with hemp rope, limped along behind.
In this battle, more than fifty men of the cavalry company headed by Lusignan completely wiped out the Lombard cavalry that attacked the Welsh Army at night after paying the price of one death and five injuries.
At this time, Lusignan, who was leaning on the saddle, looked at the enemy cavalry leader who was brought to him by Jafar, and stepped forward to look at this guy with interest.
Looking at the swollen bruises on his face, Lusignan shook his head at Jafar. "You!"
Jafar shrugged and said with a smile, "You can't blame me! This bastard made me chase him so far, so I'm being polite if I don't kill him!"
"Okay! Everyone mounts their horses and returns to life!"
After a while, the group of people disappeared at the end of the plain -