Chapter 381 Blockade
Trubrun.
This once abandoned village has been rebuilt and is now the territory of Ors, the leader of the Owl Knights.
When Li Ang was conferred the title of Duke of Changhe Town, he was given the title of Trubrunn.
However, this place was not built into a settlement, but was built by Ors into a sentinel fortress.
Ors was a very self-aware man. He believed that he had neither the ability nor the financial resources to build this place into a prosperous town like Maixiangling, so he chose to build it into an outpost defense station between Changhe Town and Maixiangling.
This is also in line with the expertise of the Owl Knights. As long as there are enemies around, the Night Owls can always discover them first and quickly inform Maixiangling and Changhe Town.
Kairos led the cavalry to attack Maixiangling. Thanks to Ors's advance warning, the non-commissioned officers had enough time to evacuate the farmers and transfer supplies.
But Ors did not evacuate Troublen. This time he made a completely different decision from the past - to fight a blocking battle in Troublen.
It’s not that Ors suddenly became a hero. In fact, he was trembling with worry... He was very worried that the Owl Knights would be destroyed here.
But some people, after becoming lords, only know how to abuse their power; while some people, always think about their responsibilities and obligations.
Ors was now a noble lord, no longer the leader of an outlawed order of knights.
In Ors's opinion, as a lord, he has the responsibility to defend the land. The villagers should evacuate, but he must not escape.
Therefore, after discovering Kairos's troops, he ordered some of his owl knights to take the villagers and retreat to Changhe Town, while he and some knights who were willing to face a battle of certain death stayed here.
But unexpectedly, when Kairos passed by Trubrun, he did not stop at all, but went straight to Maixiangling - the cavalry troops did not need to pay attention to such outposts, and Kairos did not intend to capture any castles. His purpose was just to force Leon and Bacchus to go to war.
Kairos' actions this time were actually more like those of a looter, especially a Gatu looter - he did not attack cities, but only destroyed villages and towns.
After destroying Maixiangling, Kairos passed by Trubrun again on his way to Changhe Town, but still ignored this outpost...
Seeing the enemy passing by his territory twice without stopping, Ors could of course see that this was the way of the looters - there were only about a hundred people in the scout fortress of Trubrunn, and they were unwilling to attack, which meant that the enemy was unwilling to waste time and was unwilling to fight a siege.
Over the past twenty years, while Ors was wandering as an illegal knight order, the most common thing he faced while helping the villages was the looters.
If that's the case, then Ors isn't that scared anymore...
Then Mai Xiangling's non-commissioned officers arrived, determined to stop the enemy here.
Ors was one of the few people who knew that these "farmers" were elite warriors - he and Leon first met because they encountered Leon's original non-commissioned officer unit in Troublen.
So, Ors, who was originally waiting for the enemy's attack with the determination to die, recalled all the Owl Knights, began to take the initiative and launched a guerrilla night attack on Kailos's troops.
Ors's goal was to delay - the most uncomfortable thing for the raiders who were unwilling to fight a siege battle was to be delayed.
If it was a head-on confrontation, the Owl Knights would definitely not be able to withstand a single charge from the Shadow Legion, but when it came to nighttime scout warfare, the Night Owls were definitely the best in the entire continent.
From the moment Kairos's team decided to retreat south outside Changhe Town, unexpected accidents continued to occur.
First, when they were camping at night, enemy attack alarms kept coming from all directions. The army assembled three times at night and did not sleep all night, but after each assembly, they could not find any trace of the enemy...
The sleep-deprived troops then spent a whole day retreating only to the vicinity of Trubrun.
No matter what kind of troops they are, they can't get up quickly without a good night's sleep.
The next night, Kairos ordered everyone to rest in batches, with one-third of the people taking turns on standby.
But it was of no use. There were not so many enemy attacks that night, but any outer scouts left alone at night would inevitably disappear mysteriously.
More than a dozen scouts disappeared in one night, but not even a shadow of the enemy was seen...
Now Kailos naturally understood that the sentry post in Trubrunn was not an ordinary militia post. If he didn't kill them, he would never get any sleep.
But he didn't expect that after Kairos led his army to attack Trubrunn, he was faced with a huge array of horse-drawn carriages - there were indeed many horse-drawn carriages in Maixiangling, including wholesale markets, bus fleets, and many passenger cars and trucks.
If the cavalry attacked the chariot formation, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses, so Kailos turned around and retreated. However, before he had retreated a few miles, he found that the Fierce Lion Territory cavalry were chasing him.
Those cavalrymen were not numerous, but they were chasing us very determinedly, and it seemed as if they were determined to catch up and fight a decisive battle.
Normally, this situation where a few people are chasing the majority usually means that there are even larger forces behind them - this also fits the current situation, the Noldor elves are likely to be here soon.
Kairos had no choice but to order the main force to turn back and destroy the pursuing cavalry.
But as soon as the main force turned around, the cavalry quickly dispersed into several small teams and then disappeared in a flash - they were too familiar with the geographical environment of this area.
There was no choice but to continue retreating, but when he turned around, he saw another cavalry of about a hundred men chasing him... This time it was the Owl Knights, because it was already dusk again.
As a result, for several days in a row, we couldn't sleep at night and couldn't march normally during the day. This is definitely not a solution...
Moreover, if we continue to retreat to the southwest, we will have to pass through a foggy area for hundreds of miles. Since the enemy is very strong at night, we will probably suffer great losses in a foggy area...
Actually, Kairos's judgment was a bit wrong. The Owl Knights were indeed very powerful at night, but that was because they were used to acting at night. The daily routine of the entire Knights was to hide during the day and move at night... But in the foggy area under the Goddess Mountain, the Owl Knights were no different from ordinary people...
But Kairos didn't know this. In order to prevent these people from following him into the fog area, Kairos had to make up his mind to kill these annoying tails.
But in the early morning, when Kairos saw those tails again, he actually saw a large group of carriages - not far from where he camped. Taking advantage of the Owl Knights' night scouting, the non-commissioned officers of Maixiangling moved the carriages to the vicinity of Kairos' camp.
It was obvious that Ors and the non-commissioned officers wanted Kairos to withdraw into the fog area.
Now Kairos has no choice but to fight, even if it means heavy losses. If he doesn't defeat these people, the price will probably be even heavier.
In fact, the non-commissioned officers did not use any particularly clever tactics. It was nothing more than conventional guerrilla warfare, coupled with the flexible use of carriages and the night advantage of the Owl Knights to keep pressing forward.
However, this is just right for the current situation.
All in all, Kairos was delayed in this area for nearly ten days - although his number of troops was six times that of the enemy, cavalry could not defeat chariots.
Kairos used the centurions of the Shadow Legion who had dismounted from their horses as infantry. The troops of the Bacchus Empire were quite powerful when fighting in formation , but even so, after six or seven days of fighting, they still could not completely destroy the chariot formation.
But the non-commissioned officers did suffer heavy losses. Kailos's troops were quite powerful. When Leon arrived, one third of the non-commissioned officers had been killed in battle, and almost all of them were injured and on the verge of collapse.
The biggest reason that kept the non-commissioned officers from collapsing was a reason that even Li Ang himself had not expected - they all knew that Li Ang was about to be crowned king...
After all, it was Eric who spread the news, and Eric and these non-commissioned officers were comrades-in-arms.
As the first troop under Li Ang, the partner of Maixiang Group, the first batch of manor owners under Li Ang, the Yuancong troops who once ate and made money with Li Ang, what will they become after Li Ang becomes king?
After Li Ang took over Changhe Town, he immediately appointed some non-commissioned officers as tax officials.
And if Leon becomes king, what will their roles be?
Loyalty and determination, or firm belief, usually come from hope for the future.
Besides, Leon has always been generous to his own people, and Eric is already a big shot now.
Kairos really didn't expect that these mere 400 people would be so resilient. When he could see the Noldor elves appearing from the southeast with the naked eye, he knew that he had to evacuate immediately regardless of the losses.
In other words, it is not called evacuation, but escape.
Leon brought with him all Noldor elves, numbering nearly two thousand, including more than eight hundred cavalry - in fact, most of the Noldor could ride horses, but the Noldor elves did not raise many horses.
Except for the troops of Islamdir, all the Noldor elves who were willing to obey Leon's command were brought by him.
Anyone who sees a Noldor elf of this size will have to flee...
After all, even the 'militia' among the Noldor elves, that is, ordinary Noldor hunters, are basically equivalent to the top elite of humans.
If the Noldor Forest had not been burned, Leon would not have been able to bring so many Noldor elves who were willing to obey his orders...
Kailos no longer cared about the losses. He left behind several hundred people in the attacking chariot formation and asked them to cover the rear, then took the others and quickly fled towards Serenmis.
The escape to Serenmis was, of course, intended to retreat directly south to Caren Deerburg.
But Leon certainly didn't want Kairos to escape like this, so he led the Noldor elves with horses in pursuit and caught up with Kairos' troops in the south of Serenmis.
The Noldor elves were lightly equipped and the Noldor horses were faster, so they could naturally catch up.
However, when Kairos no longer cared about the losses, the Shadow Legion became terrifying.
As the commander of the Shadow Legion, Kairos's martial arts are indeed top-notch, and all members of the Shadow Legion also have good martial arts. This legion inherited from General Osa has not been corrupted in the past 160 years. They just don't agree with the policies of Emperor Marius.
Leon, who was leading eight hundred Nodo, just caught up with Kailos's troops when he found that Kailos's troops had all dismounted!
Kyros ordered his troops to abandon their horses and drove at least half of the horses back to charge, disrupting the formation of the Noldor elves.
Afterwards, the Shadow Army united into a square formation, using large shields and spears to form a strict array, and turned back to fight Leon in formation.
This is a very practical and simple tactic - show weakness to the enemy, then wait for an opportunity to disrupt the enemy, and then use the military formation to fight against the disorderly cavalry.
Kairos put himself in the position of the weaker party, even though he had more people.
The military formation used was also very old - a square formation composed of swords, shields and spears.
But this simple tactic appeared at this time, and Li Ang couldn't crack it...
Because the Noldor elves are least good at fighting in formation...
Most of them were not originally warriors, and many came with hatred in their hearts;
In addition, the Noldor are always accustomed to rescuing their companions, which is of course a good habit, but in battle, this will disrupt their own lineup.
What does it take to fight in formation?
Good discipline, a stable mentality, and most importantly - the courage to sacrifice.
But the Noldor do not possess any of these points...
The spear formation is like a slow hedgehog. If the two armies are still some distance away, the Noldor elves can easily deal with such a formation - if there is a slope or a trench, the Noldor elves can easily shoot everything with bows and arrows.
But now the two armies were basically facing each other, and the Noldor elves' formation was broken up by thousands of horses. Kairos' sudden attack really caught the Noldor elves off guard.
Leon hurriedly ordered them to disperse and retreat, but the Noldor elves, full of hatred, were now very close to their enemies. Except for the Ranger Guards, who Leon was more familiar with, the other Noldor rushed forward frantically...
The Noldor elves, who had no lances, rode high-speed warhorses and charged at the spear formation with swords and shields...
The Noldor elves, who originally had an overall advantage in strength, suffered dozens of casualties in a single encounter, and in subsequent battles they could only exchange one for one with the enemy!
Because they fought in a scattered state, basically fighting on their own.
It seems sad, but that's the price of being blinded by hatred...
"Back off...back off, don't rush! Damn it!"
Leon yelled at the top of his lungs, but seeing that the Noldor were still charging in a scattered state, he took out all the grenades on his body, lit them all, and threw them at Kairos's troops.
If grenades were used in a planned way, they could have a very good effect against dense shield formations. But now, in order to reduce the losses of the Noldor elves, Leon had to use this powerful weapon as a simple reminder.
He was still some distance away from Kairos's troops, and the grenades he threw basically only hit the shields of the soldiers on the periphery.
“Boom!” “Boom…”
After being thrown to the ground by the shield bullet, the grenade exploded, and the direct result was only that five Bacchus shieldmen were injured...
But the loud noise of the grenades alerted the Noldor elves...
There is a magician here!
Most of the Noldor elves, who were finally awakened from their hatred, began to retreat, but Kairos turned a deaf ear to the explosion and began to retreat quickly with his men.
By the time Leon finally regrouped the scattered Noldor elves, Kairos's troops had retreated to a hilltop - there were many mountains in this area.
Now, it is unlikely to quickly eliminate Kairos. Even for the Noldor elves, it is difficult to shoot against the Bacchus crossbowmen occupying the hilltop.
