Riding and Slashing

Chapter 77 Deterrence

Outside the grove, Li Ang's voice came, short and clear - he had been watching the enemy's situation outside.

The great swordsmen of Mettenheim silently waved their great swords to kill the enemies around them, and then silently disappeared into the woods.

They followed behind Klose, smashed through the branches and vines, and artificially created a dark passage in the woods, as if a giant bear had passed by.

The gangsters made too much noise, and it was difficult for them to identify Klose's position in the woods with poor sightlines.

Therefore, the bandits who rushed in first left the woods after leaving behind more than 20 corpses.

Although they were a mob, they were not fools—they also knew that they could not pursue blindly like this, so they retreated and planned to encircle them.

So Li Ang told Klose and the others to leave quickly.

The harassed enemies surrounded the woods for a while, but found no one, and soon regrouped under the urging of the knights.

But they didn't rest on the bank of the river anymore, but started marching towards Mai Xiangling.

The leader of this army obviously had experience in battle. He didn't bother to be harassed by a small army, but directly let this mob rush from the main road to Xiangling, and let those well-trained infantry stand guard on the periphery.

One part of the infantry was at the rear, and the other was at the front, guarding against possible ambushes in the woods on both sides.

They walked more slowly—looking cautiously.

Li Ang looked up, and he could already see the smoke over White Hart Castle. No wonder these people continued to march even though they knew there was an ambush—they wanted to cooperate with the White Hart Castle's offensive.

It's a pity that I don't have cavalry archers...

The bandits' long-range attack ability is not strong, and their defense is also poor. If there is a team of cavalry archers in hand, Li Ang thinks that he can probably let their kites die.

When this battle is over, the whole cavalry unit will have to come out for life or death.

The lord lay prone in the woods, frowning and thinking.

Most of the enemies are mobs, and the only ones who are difficult to deal with are the knight leader and those infantry, and many infantry still have heavy crossbows in their hands.Moreover, those knights were all dressed in the same dress, so it was difficult to tell who was the real leader.

Li Ang patted Alice's butt, and let the horse run to hide in the woods, and then he also entered the woods on the side of the road.

"Klose, you all go ahead and wait for my order, and prepare to charge..."

Although the enemy is very careful now, Li Ang still found some opportunities.

Marching will always elongate the formation. After the enemy enters the road from the open river bank, the team is obviously stretched into a long line-this road has not yet been repaired, although it can accommodate carriages, it is not enough. Just three meters wide.

The few knights walked in the middle of the team, but there were no reliable elites around them—the infantry were placed at the head and tail by them.

Li Ang felt from the quiver and pulled out a silver arrow.

These are Lisa Dilan's arrows. There are only two arrows in total. They are a souvenir of the attempted assassination.

In fact, this kind of heavy all-metal arrows is really not used by ordinary people. The equipment and martial arts of the Noldor elves are in their own style, and it is not easy for humans to adapt, so Li Ang has no idea about the equipment of Sadilan.

However, this arrow can be used in Li Ang's hands, but when shooting at moving targets, it is not as accurate as ordinary feather arrows.

"put!"

Li Ang let the archers shoot a volley again, but he himself went forward quickly.

The heavy armored archers still shot arrows at the bandits in the middle of the team this time, and then retreated into the woods again without looking at the results of the battle.

This time no one came to chase, only sparse feather arrows and crossbow arrows returned.

In fact, the results of this wave of arrows were not good-the enemy was prepared and only shot down two bandits with insufficient armor.

But this wave of harassment made the enemy stop. They held up various shields to defend, carefully looking for traces of the attackers.

And just as they stopped, a silver arrow pierced a knight's head.

——Li Ang asked the archers to shoot a wave of feather arrows, just to stop the enemy so that he could face the stationary target.

"Noldor! Here are the arrows of the Noldor!"

"How can there be Noldor here!"

"All defense!"

The effect of this Noldor arrow far exceeds that of a volley of thirty men, and all the enemies raise their shields and form a circle.

Those knights were obviously a little panicked too—if it was just the harassment of a few dozen people, they didn't care, they just set aside some people to take precautions, and the large army would speed up and attack Mai Xiangling.

A small number of harassing troops will not achieve much results. After all, there are so many of these bandits.

But Noldor's arrow, that's different...

And just when they all raised their shields to defend, another silver arrow directly pierced the shield in another knight's hand and pierced deeply into his neck.

Li Ang has seen the armor-piercing ability of the Noldo Arrow before, and the eagle bow in his hand has enough kinetic energy to achieve the armor-piercing effect!
Although in his hands it is not as good as Lisa Dilan, who can penetrate the armor and the human body and penetrate deeply into the compartment, but it is still possible to penetrate an ordinary kite-shaped shield.

Li Ang didn't shoot any more arrows. Ordinary arrows can't penetrate the shield, and if he shoots again, the enemy will probably be able to spot him.

Two Noldor arrows can already have a good effect.

If the first Noldor arrow only brought commotion, then the second arrow, which broke the shield and killed people, brought panic—all the knights understood that the 'Noldor' was obviously killing the leader knight!
No one is safe from Noldor's armor-piercing arrows!
The remaining five knights visibly panicked. They obviously knew how terrifying Noldor's bows and arrows were in such an environment surrounded by woods.

The knights dismounted immediately and hid behind the horses, covering their bodies with their shields.

Moreover, several completely different orders sounded at the same time.

"Go forward!"

"Back off!"

"Defend in place and don't move around!"

Perhaps every order is reasonable, but it would be troublesome to issue different orders at the same time-this is a mob, and they lost their unified command at this moment.

Just two Noldo arrows still have a deterrent effect on a large army!
The gangsters who were not easy to be restrained began to mess up, some were moving forward, some were retreating, and more squatted down on the spot.

Those knights were not idiots, they were just a little flustered by the two Noldor arrows. Seeing this scene, they immediately reacted, and the leading knight shouted loudly: "All Xiang...stop them!"

But before he could utter the order, he was forced to change the word—because at this moment, more than a dozen strong men suddenly rushed out of the woods, shouting loudly, and rushed towards the few knights.

These huge two-handed swordsmen brought grass clippings and leaves all over the sky, and they formed an arrow-like squad, swaying out like swords.

The gangsters who held up their shields to block their vision couldn't stop the shining swords. The weak defense of only a dozen or so people broke through the Mettenheim people almost instantly.

The leading knight got off his horse and had no time to dodge. After knocking down an infantryman, Klose had already rushed in front of him.

The big sword slashed down obliquely with the sound of breaking the wind.

The knight was skilled, holding up the shield to block the blow, but the shield in his hand was cut in half, and Klose's powerful strength caused him to stumble back a few steps.

But this astute knight made the most correct choice - he threw down his shield, turned around and ran to the front of the troops, letting Klose kill those chaotic bandits behind him.

Klose didn't pursue, the guy ran so fast that he couldn't catch up.

Taking advantage of the short-term confusion among the enemy, the Mettenheim stormtroopers swung their swords and cleared a small area of ​​flesh and blood. Several knights died under the sword, and another knight ran back. .

The gangsters on the front and back were finally really out of touch.

(End of this chapter)