"Gee!" The Cross Bauhinia Knights rode out on their horses, they will go forward to lure the enemy.
"Form a formation! Be careful to hide!" Nix pulled out a slender staff, and streams of magical elements flowed around her staff.
"Everyone, cheer up! Be careful, we are facing the Dongyi people riding chariots! They are brutal, powerful and well-equipped!" Grand Duke Nix sighed.
The Crusaders at this time were not the army of 100,000 men in history. This army was composed of militia and professionals, with a total number of no more than 5,000 men. And now they were about to face their first clash with the Dongyi people!
"Huff, huff~" The heavy breathing sounds of the Cross Bauhinia Knights came from under their visors. Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, the Cross Bauhinia Knights drew out the flails hanging on their horses!
"Ka!" The swung flail brought up a spray of warm blood, and a corpse with a sunken chest flew out from the truck bed. After rolling on the ground for a few times, the corpse convulsed a few times and then stopped moving!
A well-made flail is a true can opener, its opening accurate. Hitting leather armor with it creates an immediate dent and bruise. Hitting iron armor is even more entertaining! The flying iron and blood will tell you how wrong they were to flail with their flesh.
"Kill them all!" The charioteers who were suddenly beaten had bloodshot eyes. They suddenly accelerated the whips, operated the chariots, turned around and chased after the Cross Bauhinia Knights.
"They are coming!" The knights looked back and found that they had successfully lured away the reconnaissance troops of the Chariot People, so they increased their speed with confidence.
"The enemy is about to join the battle! Prepare to face the attack!" shouted the Cross Bauhinia Knights who had crossed the hill. Not far behind them were the charioteers driving chariots and holding spears.
"Keep the formation!" Grand Duke Nix swallowed and said in a trembling voice.
"Kill!" The charioteer driving the chariot crossed the hill and appeared in front of everyone.
"Raise your guns! Set up barricades!" Some grassroots officers spontaneously commanded the troops. Whether they were conscripted light infantry or professional soldiers, they all raised their spears. Steel or wooden shields were erected by the soldiers to block them.
"Meet the charge!" Facing the roaring huge chariots, the officers shouted with all their might. Only if they could successfully block the chariots' momentum would they have hope of victory. Otherwise, the chariots with terrifying impact force could easily crush their formation, drive them away, and slaughter them.
"Boom!" Several chariots jolted, their pulling horses slamming into the soldiers' shield walls. The horses' terrifying inertia instantly overturned sections of the shield wall, and the sharp blades embedded in the chariot wheels sliced through the armor of the soldiers on either side. The armored soldiers were fine, only their armor was cut. Some professionals, protected by their fighting spirit, didn't even have their armor broken. But the unarmored light infantry were in dire straits! In an instant, their armor was flattened, and blood gushed out like a fountain! Dozens of light infantrymen immediately fell into a pool of blood, clutching their wounds and wailing.
"Giant vines are entangled!" Grand Duke Nix's starry eyes flashed, and a flash of emerald green light passed by. Several huge vines broke out of the ground and quickly wrapped around the wheels that were rolling madly. Suddenly, under the influence of the huge tearing force, the entire chariot was torn to pieces, and countless parts were scattered all over the ground. The three charioteers on the chariot also fell down with the broken chariot.
"Puchi!" Several ordinary soldiers wearing linen robes embroidered with cross patterns rushed forward and knocked down the charioteers who had just landed and were still a little confused.
"Puff!" A soldier casually raised the spear in his hand and stabbed a passing charioteer with it, and the blood dripped down the spear shaft and flowed all over the ground.
"Ah!" Several charioteers fell off the chariots after being hit by arrows.
After the initial panic, most of the Crusaders reacted. Led by junior officers, they re-formed their formation and surrounded all the chariots that had unexpectedly rushed into the crowd.
"Where are the archers! Shoot!" Seeing that there were still many tankmen hiding in the tanks and resisting stubbornly, Grand Duke Nix had no choice but to give the order for a long-range attack. After all, it was extremely unprofitable to sacrifice the lives of soldiers for these crazy and mortal men.
"Shoot them! Boy, let them see how powerful we are!" A knight reacted and with a wave of his hand, several archers drew their bows and arrows.
"Ah!" A shrill scream rang out. The charioteers who were still resisting stubbornly could not withstand the powerful attack of the archers. Their thick leather or iron armor was pierced by the archers' longbows, and their warm bodies fell under the chariots.
"See if there are any survivors! Make sure no one escapes!" Finally, after the enemy was overwhelmed by the rain of arrows, the officers moved forward little by little and ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and finish off the enemy.
The Crusader soldiers who received the order were also smart. They raised their spears and whipped the corpses of the already dead charioteers from a distance.
"Sir! They are all dead!" the soldiers asked for credit.
Looking at the Tankmen before them, who had already turned into blood gourds, the officers grinned. "I asked you to finish off the enemy, not to whip their corpses!" Look at how ravaged these corpses are... They're no longer human.
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"What's wrong with Your Highness the Grand Duke?" A Cross Bauhinia Knight walked towards the silent Grand Duke Nyx.
"Only a few chariots this time? Such a small number of enemies have caused heavy losses to our soldiers and almost caused the collapse of the army... Now I am beginning to doubt whether the Eastern Expedition was a mistake!" Nix's mouth twitched, and the light in his eyes dimmed.
She had originally thought she would be able to drive out the enemy, reclaim her homeland, and return to the lands of the Principality of Nyx, just like in the novels. However, the harsh reality dealt Nyx a heavy blow. The previous encounter had made her realize clearly that the Crusaders under her command were truly a motley crew! Perhaps, aside from the comfort of numbers, their strengths were completely worthless.
"Your Highness, you need to believe in yourself! Even more, you need to believe in us! No matter what, we will stand in front of you and fight for you! Until the last drop of blood is shed!" the knights said excitedly.
Unfortunately, Nyx didn't have a true general under his command. If Raynor were here, he would have ordered the immediate concealment of any traces of the battle and a full retreat, not down this road! A missing patrol would always attract attention, and a second, larger reconnaissance team would soon follow the path they disappeared from...
"Okay! Thank you all for your trust! Then let's continue fighting! Let's try to defeat the enemy as soon as possible!" Nix clenched his fists, his red little face full of determination.
If Roland were here, he would probably cry. This little girl is really fearless. She probably doesn't know how many enemies there are at her destination. Not to mention the 5,000 militia soldiers mixed with the Crusaders, even a regular Lagrange Legion would suffer a great loss if they came here!
"Clean up the battlefield! We will camp out front tonight!" Nix said as he looked at the clean and open mountain pass in front.
"Okay, Your Highness!" Several knights rode out on horseback to conduct reconnaissance and exploration ahead.
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