Blood Dragon

Chapter two hundred and ten

Robin walked past the group of soldiers he had just taken over.He noticed that at the end of the line to his left, the young man's mouth was moving.Although Robin was also very young, that one was obviously younger than him-only 17 years old, a typical recruit.

It took him a while to recognize that the young man was saying "this is dead" over and over again.

What should I do in this situation?Robin suddenly found that he was completely incapable of dealing with this situation. All his past experiences and all the knowledge he had learned in books did not include these.He could see that this was not the young soldier's intention, he was just doing it unconsciously.what to do?Kill him immediately on the charge of "shaking the morale of the army"?Or ignore it?Or simply drive him to the rear?Neither of these looks like a good idea.

Robin turned his head, across the rugged battlefield, another army was forming.The sight alone confuses his mind.The movement of the chaos army in the distance is calm, neat and orderly.The rear of the Chaos Legion is constantly being joined by new, sporadic troops.But all these scattered troops quickly integrated into the battle formation.After seeing this scene, everyone will subconsciously understand the truth: Opposite them is an elite army.

Some of the soldiers of the Chaos Legion wore leather armor and simple iron helmets.But more of them were wearing black, ominous chaotic heavy armor.It can be seen that their formation has its own rules: soldiers wearing chaos heavy armor are in the center, light soldiers are on both sides, and cavalry are on the outside of light soldiers.No, there are actually no cavalry.The terrain here determines that the cavalry cannot play their strengths.The Chaos cavalry dismounted one after another, drove the horses to the rear, and joined the phalanx on foot.

Their weapons are simpler: black steel spears, heavy axes, war hammers, and other weapons that seem to be full of intimidation.It seems that they are not in a hurry to use these weapons, but continue to wait patiently.

Robin suddenly realized with horror that his courage was not much more than this recruit.This isn't a barracks formation waving wooden weapons, it's real.Facing this fact, he felt his heart beating uncontrollably and his legs were slightly weak.It is entirely because of the strong self-esteem cultivated by his status as a nobleman that he maintains his external calm in this situation, so that he will not behave abnormally like this recruit.

Robin didn't know any of them.They were not Belair's own soldiers, not even Tiberius.They were all broken soldiers who were intercepted by Baylor in the past two days—they were chased and killed by the Chaos Legion, and many of them even lost their weapons.

Baelor picked out a number of warriors from them in a simple way—see if they still carried their own weapons.If there are, then they are considered to still have the will to fight and are left behind to form this phalanx.On the contrary, they were sent to the rear, waiting for the severe punishment of the military law.Those who have noble status will face charges of deprivation of their titles, and if they are civilians, they may be sent to hard labor.In this era of martial arts, no matter what kind of country it is, the fate of deserters is often quite miserable.

Even so, many people still feel that it is not enough.Some military books emphasize the need to strengthen the punishment of deserters on the battlefield, beheading one out of ten, beating to death with a whip, beating to death with a stick, cutting off their noses, degrading them into slaves, humiliating and abusing them in various public ways, etc. .In the thinking of many military strategists, it is emphasized that soldiers must know fear, so that their fear of fleeing exceeds the fear of the enemy, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of soldiers on the battlefield.

Robin tried hard to get these unwanted feelings out of his head.He doesn't need this now, he is the general's adjutant.Now he was performing the duties of an officer: leading a group of soldiers in formation, ready to engage the enemy.In addition, he is a nobleman, and he must show the demeanor of a nobleman in front of these commoners.

Although Robin believed that if he changed his armor, these soldiers would not recognize him.

However, the current situation is that the recruit must be dealt with, otherwise, when the enemy launches the first round of charge, the queue may collapse directly.

"I'm going to die... I'm going to die now..." The young man was still chanting these two sentences over and over again, his eyes were dull, and the hand holding the spear was full of sweat.No one cared about him, because at this moment, everyone was equally nervous.It's just that their performance was not as explicit as his.

"Young man, what's your name!" A voice suddenly sounded.The recruit looked at the source of the voice. It was a young man wearing simple armor, but wearing a pure white cloak that was rarely seen on the battlefield, without a helmet, showing a simple face like a farmer.

"Taler." The recruit replied subconsciously.

"how old are you?"

"Ten years old..."

"Is this your first time on the battlefield?" the young man asked. "Of course, the time when you ran away without seeing the enemy a few days ago doesn't count." He smiled slightly, making Thaler's face turn red.

"But everyone... who are you?"

"My name is Belle." Belle said, "I know, it's not the fault of any of you." He stretched out his hand and patted the boy on the shoulder. "I heard what you just said."

These words made the boy's heart fall back into the valley immediately.His gaze turned to the enemy's battle formation. "We're doomed, aren't we?" He knew about battles, and they were crushed by the enemy even when they were outnumbered.And this time, the enemy's strength seems to be more than theirs...or at least about the same.

"No!" Belle replied decisively. "As long as you are clear-headed, know what you are doing, form a battle formation, and rely on your companions to fight together, you will not die!"

"But they...too many..." The young man looked into the distance.The Chaos Legion has formed, or appears to have formed.Their number seems to be much more than here,

Because the width of their battle formation is much longer than this side.

However, experienced veterans can see that the difference in the number of the two sides is not that great. The reason why the chaotic formation looks wide is because they are arranged in a sparse offensive formation, while here they are arranged in a tight defensive formation. .

It's not clear how effective Beller's words of encouragement were, but at least this young soldier named Thaler never said anything like "dead".After Belle left, he couldn't help but ask the people around him.

"Who is this man named Belle?"

The companion around him gave Thaler a strange look. "Our general... Tiberius, the one who came for reinforcements. Now our commander!"

"Okay, kids!" Baylor looked around in front of the queue.These are all new recruits—or at least the inexperienced types.However, this is exactly the result of his choice.When Parry set up the formation, he put the veterans in the front line and the young soldiers in the rear.Therefore, when the whole army collapsed, those recruits were the ones who could escape unscathed and escape relatively quickly. "My name is Belle. I believe you have all heard of me. Ten years ago, I wiped out those chaotic cubs, and now this situation will happen again!"

"You can see clearly, they look like a lot of people, but in fact they are not bullshit!" Belle's voice was loud, and he used the most vulgar tone, which was completely different from his usual.

A long blast of a horn interrupted Baelor's speech.This is the signal to attack.In fact, at this time, both armies have already completed their formation.The field between the two armies was an open, flat, stony field.The warm wind blew past, blowing the flags of the two armies into a rattling sound.

"...We will defeat these chaotic wolf cubs once again! Proven by the gods of the star field!" Belel hurriedly finished his speech, and then bypassed the gap in the queue,

The formation of the two armies is very simple and obvious.The Chaos Legion is a horizontal battle formation, and their goal is to crush them, like rolling boulders, crushing all resistance in front of them.Chaos has no ranged troops - they prefer to use violence to directly smash everything in front of them, rather than using ranged weapons to gradually weaken and eventually destroy the enemy.

And Baylor relied on the terrain to lay out an inverted V-shaped battle formation.Hundreds of soldiers lined up with spears, and on both sides were musketeers holding muskets—in order to prevent the harassment of enemy light cavalry, Baylor carried a large number of muskets—but the musketeers were located high on the hillside. The road is behind the spearmen, in the shape of a "zigzag".

To put it simply, the Chaos Legion must destroy the spearmen blocking the way in front of them, so that they can chase up along the zigzag route and destroy the Musketeers.However, when engaging spearmen, they will be shot from the side of the musket.

If an analogy can be made, this is almost similar to a city defense battle, a city defense battle without a city gate.

"Stand still!" Robin shouted to his men.He looked around the battlefield.The Chaos Legion hadn't moved yet after blowing the horn, but the musketeers arranged on both sides had already raised their muskets and were ready to fire.

Damn... there are so many of them!He observed the numbers of the enemy, and after doing some mental calculations, Robin confirmed that the Chaos Legion outnumbered his men.Although he knew that his side had already occupied a favorable terrain, he also knew that the Chaos Legion not only had an advantage in quantity, but also had an overwhelming advantage in quality.Parry miscalculated on this point—this army is the elite of the Chaos Legion, and it is very brave.Parry had a superior force, but not a superior combat force - many people got the difference between the two wrong.

Several huge, what looked like giant onions appeared in the ranks of the Chaos army.As they passed, Chaos warriors were torn apart like tides against rocks.These monsters came to the front line.

"Chaos eggs!" Robin recognized these monsters.Not so long ago, the corpse of one such monster was displayed in the city of Nusteria, and was burned until it rotted.It's not hard to spot them.

Wasn't the horn just now an attack order?Instead, let the Chaos Egg go to the front line?

They should have retreated, not stayed and fought the legions of Chaos.Robin suddenly found a thought of regret appearing in his mind.They are all cavalry, and they can retreat in time.He had indeed suggested that to the General.It was Parry's poor command, nothing to do with them, and no one can blame Baylor.But Belle just smiled and rejected Robin's proposal.

"Robin, it's not a question of who should be held accountable." Baylor replied in this way. "This is what a general must do! If you don't understand this, you will never be qualified to be a general."

The horn blew again.The Chaos Legion began to move, with the Chaos Spawn leading the way.

Robin returned to his place and suddenly remembered that this should be his first battle.While in Sylvania, he was actually more of a watcher than a fighter.The previous operation to eliminate the Chaos Wizard... that was more like a hunt than a battle.These actions, he just followed the general's side.

This is the first time he stands on the battlefield, holds a weapon in hand, leads the troops, and faces the surging enemies.