Chapter 122: The Special Effects of the New Year’s Greetings Sword Technique
When the lord led his team out of Changhe Town, the three prophets were no longer visible.
The three prophets ran very fast with the doom bringers.
Their horses were all light and fast, and when they made up their minds to escape, they did not spare the horsepower at all, and they disappeared after a minute or two.
However, the Lord thinks they still can't escape...
Because the Fierce Lion Cavalry and those mercenary groups were already chasing closely, and the scattered members of the Owl Knights were also using whistles to communicate.
Although both are riding horses, there are differences between horses...
In the Prophet's Legion, the war horses ridden by the Doombringers were probably provided to them by the knights and deserters who followed the Prophet. They were all well-bred hunting horses with relatively fast short-distance speeds.
This kind of warhorse is actually a very delicate tool of war, completely different from the Gatuma.
Although there is a groom named Drash in charge of raising horses in the territory, Alice has always been fed by the lord himself, and Leon is well aware of this.
The Gattus horses that Drash raised were somewhat similar to Mongolian horses.
The Gatuma is not tall, only about 1.3 meters tall at the shoulder and weighs about 700 to 800 pounds. It is considered small among horses and has a very docile personality.
This kind of horse is strong, has thick fur, is not afraid of cold, and is not picky about food. Moreover, it runs fast and has excellent endurance. It does not even need to be fed or watered during long journeys.
This is a typical nomadic horse, a model of hard work and endurance. They can eat almost nothing but grass, and can be ridden, pulled carts, and carried goods, and can do any kind of work, with many advantages.
But the Gatu horses also have flaws - they are relatively small in size, making it inconvenient to equip them with horse armor, and they are not very suitable for the iron-can heavy knights of the continent of Pendor to charge into battle.
Therefore, the Jatu people usually use their speed and long endurance to use horse archery to wear down the enemy, and those Jatu war riders who use lances to charge into battle will not wear heavy equipment.
At the same time, they always lower their heads to look for grass to eat, and they don't look majestic at all...
If we use cars as an analogy... it's like a Hongguang, which can do anything, has no requirements for the grade of oil, and can run fast on any road. But it doesn't look cool, and its explosive power is not that strong when running at high speed.
The Doombringers ride on well-bred hunter horses that look very much like thoroughbred horses.
Such horses are tall and elegant, with great explosive power and impact force. Their shoulder height can reach over 1.5 meters, their throat and neck are relatively long, and they look very beautiful with their heads held high and their chests puffed out.
A thoroughbred hunter horse is very fast in short and medium distances and looks good, which makes it very suitable for these plastic surgery women who are always looking for rich men.
But this type of horse has very poor endurance and has high requirements for food.
A war horse needs to eat more than ten pounds of grain feed every day - such as oats, beans, etc., and a few eggs if conditions permit.
If these big guys are not fed properly, they may go on strike.
This kind of horse is more suitable for racing, socializing, or hunting for the nobility, after all, it looks elegant and respectable.
If we still use cars as an analogy, it is like some so-called luxury car brands that are popular among the majority of green tea fans. They must be filled with high-grade oil, have small space, poor horsepower, and poor endurance. They are just outstanding in appearance and have relatively high brand social value.
This is why the Horn Summoning Rangers have been introducing Gatu horses in the hope of improving the mainland horse breed - the Changhe Town gelding they improved is a hybrid of mainland horses and nomadic horses, possessing the advantages of both.
However, this hybrid horse with great advantages must be castrated at an early age before it can be used as a war horse. Otherwise, not only will it not grow tall, but it will also be very irritable and disobedient... This can be considered a matter of pros and cons, there is no perfect thing in this world.
This is like some relatively good quality domestic cars, which have combined the advantages of all parties after the joint venture. The workmanship may be a little rough, and some things have been castrated. But the configuration is very good, and the overall cost performance is very high...
The reason why the three prophets waited until Ralph's rangers entered Changhe Town to rest before running away was probably because they thought they might not be able to escape from the pursuit of those long-stamina geldings in Changhe Town.
At this time, all the rangers in the original coalition army, including the fake cavalry riding draft horses, entered Changhe Town to rest.
The three prophets probably thought that as long as they ran for dozens of miles without sparing any effort, no one would be able to catch up with them...
Those doom bringers have been hanging out with those nobles for a long time, and they must be very familiar with the mentality of those nobles. They know that the garrison in Changhe Town is not willing to go out of the city to fight.
But they didn't expect that the Changhe Town garrison and those mercenary groups would chase them closely because the lord paid a high price.
In addition, the camp of the Prophet's Legion was burned down by a fire, and the granary and stables were burned the worst. The three prophets had no grain or even straw left.
Moreover, the Prophet's Legion has been on the battlefield all the time and has not been able to rest at all.
It may not be a big deal for a person to go hungry for one or two meals, but if these delicate fine-bred hunting horses go hungry for two meals, they will probably not be able to run far before going on strike.
But the Fierce Lion Realm cavalrymen who had just come out of Changhe Town were all well fed and well-drinking, and their horses were all civilian war horses - Fierce Lion Realm hunting horses.
This kind of horse is a standard warhorse between a Gatuma and a thoroughbred horse. It has better endurance than a thoroughbred horse, while its speed and size are not much worse than those of a thoroughbred horse.
Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Fierce Lion Realm Cavalry is actually very strong.
In the Kingdom of Sarleon, the status of cavalry is much higher than that of infantry. Usually only the best and bravest warriors have the right to ride on horses and fight with lances.
The social status of Sarleon Cavalry is even comparable to that of Knights' Squires - most of them are warriors who have been trained for a long time and have strong combat effectiveness, generally stronger than those Knights' Squires who have been trained since childhood.
Moreover, the Fierce Lion Cavalry brought spare horses - they came out to capture prisoners and sell them to wealthy people, not just to charge into the battle!
The Fierce Lion Territory cavalrymen all rode two horses each. The speed of their red hunting horses was not much different from that of the Doombringer's fine hunting horses, and their endurance was even better - the result of the pursuit was obvious.
Therefore, the lord thought that the three prophets could not run far and would be surrounded soon.
The area outside Changhe Town has become a series of small battlefields. Basically, every team of female soldiers will be surrounded and beaten by men who are four times their number, and most of the most powerful Doombringers are not there.
These female infantry soldiers can neither fight nor escape, their fate is already determined.
So, Leon led his team and followed the report from the Owl Knights, slowly heading west.
This is the road upstream along the Tongtian River, and it is also a route that Li Ang is very familiar with - he took this road when he went to Kewen Village a few days ago.
The 'hoohoohoo' whistle sounds have been coming from this direction. The Owl Knights had previously spread out over dozens of miles around Changhe Town, so there were naturally many night owls in the west.
Given the condition of the Doombringers' horses, they would have to dismount after running twenty miles at most, so the lord was not afraid of losing them at all.
Sure enough, just one hour later, more than 20 miles west of Changhe Town, he saw the Fierce Lion Realm cavalry and the Three Prophets' troops fighting each other.
However, the battle situation seems a bit strange...
Although the team of the Three Prophets consisted of less than eighty people, and the cavalry and mercenaries totaled nearly six hundred people, they were unable .
The main reason why they couldn't handle the situation was not because the three prophets were too powerful individually - their strength was indeed strong, but they couldn't fight against a hundred people alone in the open wilderness.
Moreover, their horses were obviously out of strength, and several of them seemed to have died on the road. All the Doombringers had dismounted and were fighting on foot.
The three prophets are now also walking, surrounded and protected by the Doombringers.
It is estimated that the mercenaries shot their horses to death - no matter which continent, the trick of shooting the horse first is still the same, and this is also what you will do when chasing the enemy.
But now, a large group of cavalrymen, facing dozens of women fighting on foot, were unable to gain the upper hand - the main reason was that these Fierce Lion Realm cavalrymen and mercenaries were reluctant to kill them...
The Three Prophets are 50,000 each, and the Doombringers are 3,000 each, but they definitely can’t be sold if they die!
As a result, these guys who were obsessed with dinars actually used blunt instruments...
So, the current battle situation is that the Sarleon cavalry surrounded the three prophets' team , and then started to swing hammers at the Doombringers...
However, the strength and skills of those Doombringers far exceeded those of ordinary people. The hammers in their hands were their usual weapons, and their skills in handling blunt weapons were obviously much better than those of the cavalry and mercenaries.
Dozens of doom-bringers were surrounded and beaten by hundreds of people, but they were still able to fight evenly.
After losing their horses, the three prophets stood back to back in the middle, with several corpses of cavalrymen in front of them - both the men and horses fell to the ground, all killed by a single blow.
It was obvious that some cavalry had tried, but were chopped down along with their horses, so no one was willing to step forward to deal with them for a while. However, they were surrounded by hundreds of people, and it was obvious that they could not break out even if they fought on foot.
The lord did not move forward after being about a hundred meters away, and asked his brothers to disperse to prevent the three prophets from escaping.
Since this area is flat, the cavalry and mercenaries surrounded the three prophets' team quite tightly, and most of the time the three prophets could not even be seen. The lord did not try to shoot arrows to avoid accidental injuries.
He just needs to stand outside and watch the show.
Leon was very satisfied with the current situation. It wouldn't be long before Godric or Charles would bring a large army over anyway. He was already thinking about how to get the spoils of the three prophets...
"The goddess watches over all injustice and evil..."
At this moment, the three prophets once again chanted the prayer to the goddess of justice.
Those doom-bringers, at the moment the prayer sounded, became extremely crazy once again, and they launched a violent and suicidal charge against the cavalry!
These Fierce Lion Realm cavalrymen and mercenaries had originally wanted to capture them alive, and had been cautiously besieging them, but they did not expect these women to suddenly go berserk!
The encirclement of several hundred people was suddenly broken through by the Doombringers!
These women who lost their horses did not escape through this gap, but continued to fight fiercely.
However, the three prophets immediately broke out through the gap.
The prophet in the middle wielded a long-handled broad-blade knife, swinging it left and right as he attacked. The huge blade swept across a large area with a fierce sound of wind. At least three shields were broken by this blow, and several men standing near the gap retreated one after another, not daring to withstand its sharp edge.
The gap was suddenly widened by several meters.
Then, the other two prophets rushed out side by side, holding a golden shield in one hand and wielding a dragon bone axe in the other.
"Stop them!"
Upon seeing this, the lord quickly took his men to stand in front of them.
This time they were closer, and Leon finally saw the three prophets clearly - their faces looked beautiful, but there was no human emotion in their eyes at all, as if they were three robots!
The three prophets were still chanting prayers, and their voices were getting louder and louder. Perhaps this was a strange kind of witchcraft. Leon once again felt that the entire sky was filled with their voices.
This may be a special chanting technique, or perhaps it is a way for them to deceive believers.
But this chanting obviously also had a strong effect. The eyes of those doom-bringers had turned blood red, and the expressions on their faces had become ferocious, like wild beasts.
And the three prophets' armors were stained with blood during this breakout.
The flesh and blood armor revealed its true appearance again. The cavalrymen who had surrounded them were terrified and quickly retreated as if they had seen a ghost.
In fact, they really saw a ghost...
That armor made of human flesh and bones can still make people feel cold even in broad daylight!
Several archers shot arrows quickly, but just like what the lord had tried before, the arrows penetrated into their flesh and blood armor and stayed there, seemingly having no effect.
Li Ang reacted immediately and realized that this was a witchcraft armor made of flesh and blood. It might actually be very thick, but it just didn't look obvious. Arrows couldn't penetrate it, and blunt weapons certainly couldn't cause any damage!
But since it is flesh and blood, it can definitely be cut by a long sword or a broadsword!
"Cut them with swords! Their armor can only be cut with swords!"
The nearest armed infantrymen had already rushed forward with heavy fan-shaped shields, brandishing long swords to surround them again.
The two prophets holding shields and dragon bone axes were soon surrounded by thirty soldiers and beaten with swords. They could only block left and right and could not even free their hands to fight back.
Obviously, although the flesh and blood armor they wear can protect them from arrows and blunt weapons, they really don't want to be slashed by swords...
Although they seemed to be very skilled and were able to defend themselves without any flaws when facing the siege of dozens of people, it was obvious that they were surrounded again.
The prophet holding a broad-bladed knife rushed over and swung the blade, bringing up a dazzling light with extremely terrifying power.
She came to rescue another prophet.
The infantry under Li Ang couldn't hold on at all. The two heavy infantry shields were chopped off in an instant, and the two soldiers were even knocked flying.
Seeing that she was about to swing the broadsword again, the lord rode Alice forward and stabbed the prophet in the chest.
With a loud bang, the lance broke apart, and then the lord flew up...
Leon's lance skills were impeccable, but his spear was blocked by the prophet - she used the blade of her long sword to block the tip of Leon's spear!
Not only that, the prophet also pushed his hands forward, and with the help of Leon's horsepower, he directly smashed the lance with the tip of his sword!
The Lord had never expected such a situation to happen. How could anyone charge forward against a charging lance?!
As a result, the lord, who didn't have time to let go, was pushed away by the blow and his shoulder was almost dislocated.
The prophet's power was too terrifying. He charged with his lance, but it was Leon who was riding his horse that flew backwards for more than three meters...
What happened to the promise that all beings are equal under the lance? !
Alice was a very smart horse. She made an abrupt stop and turned back to Leon, kicking the prophet with her hind legs.
But this swift kick was still blocked by the prophet's knife!
This terrifying proficiency...
However, no matter what, basic physics still exists in the continent of Pendor - the continuous and huge reaction force caused the prophet's supporting feet to sink deeply into the mud, and the mud covered his ankles.
While one of her feet was stuck in the ground and she had not had time to retract the weapon in her hand, Klose took this opportunity to chop her with a heavy sword.
It still depends on whether your own people are reliable. Klose's ability to seize opportunities on the battlefield is first-class.
However, the prophet quickly blocked his powerful sword with the handle of his sword. He then kicked him away - he flew more than three meters away and fell together with the lord.
This kick was more powerful, able to kick the more than 300-pound Klose away, and the reaction force encountered by the prophet was also stronger - after this kick, her supporting foot had sunk deeply into the mud, and the originally hard mud directly covered half of her calf.
Being stuck in the mud wasn't a big deal. With the prophet's strength, it was just a matter of lifting his legs.
But the problem was that the surrounding Mettenheim strongmen had already surrounded her, not giving her any chance to move even a step.
They rushed forward, more than ten big swords were wielded at the same time, and each of them used the wood-chopping sword technique - that is, the New Year's greeting sword technique.
The prophet who was stuck in the mud raised her weapon to block. She was really amazing. With such a long broad-bladed knife, she could actually block all the attacks with a clang.
However, she was hammered into the ground like a pile by this group of muscular men holding heavy swords!
His legs were submerged in the mud for a foot and a half, and his knees were not even visible!
The Prophet's physical strength is also too outrageous...
When the power is too great, but the body is not big enough to match it, something like this will happen that would never happen under normal circumstances...
The lord got up and rolled on the ground, swung his sword straight at the prophet's leg.
The strong men who were working on the ironwork held back the prophet, and she was completely unable to defend against the sword that was struck close to the ground.
This time, no miracle happened.
Her leg was severed by the griffin sword.
But the prophet didn't seem to feel any pain, and the leg didn't even bleed much!
However, after losing a leg, the prophet also lost his balance and could no longer block the attack of the Mettenheim people, and was slashed in the face by a big sword.
That pretty face was chopped to pieces.
She staggered and fell down.
The surrounding Fierce Lion Realm cavalry were all stunned. How could they fight like this?
Looking again at the dozen Doombringers who had already fallen but not a single one had been captured, they felt as if they had mastered some trick...
