Chapter 78: Attacking the Heart First
Thanks to the fact that this is just a group of improvised ragtag groups...
The detailed information that Risa Dilan reported in detail really played a big role.
It can be seen from the fact that they chased Lisadilan for nearly a hundred miles that the Dead Face is their real leader. These knights and their men gathered in Troublen, probably waiting for the Dead Face to appear.
According to Risa Dilan's experience, this group of bandits were just gangsters who were recently recruited from various villages.
They came from various villages within the kingdom and were the reinforcements provided by the knights within a month.
Judging from their performance by the river, these people had just gathered in a hurry and had no time for any training. They just listened to the orders of the knights, and they didn't seem to be very obedient when controlled.
Otherwise they would not have rushed into the woods after being harassed at the beginning - the knight and his footmen did not enter the woods.
Moreover, they were not familiar with these knights—not even with them during their breaks. It was obvious that these knights looked down on these bandits.
In other words, these bandits are cannon fodder used to compete in numbers, and there is a high probability that there are no lower-level management.
Reliable junior officers are an important factor in maintaining the stability and reliability of a force.
A unit without junior officers will become a loose sand once it loses its leader.
It seemed that those knights were unable to break free from the shackles of their thinking - if they dispersed their elite infantry among the bandits as grassroots officers, the reliability of this army of a thousand people would increase several times.
I guess I can’t bear to…
This is a common problem for most people - they always think that elite troops should be used separately, so as not to be dragged down by cannon fodder...
In fact, the elite troops mixed in with the cannon fodder are often more useful.
But now, these rabble easily " retreat" just because of Li Ang's instigation ...
The infantrymen were probably not greatly affected, but they were obviously incapable of commanding a large army, and the bandits would not listen to them.
The enemies behind him were no longer a concern, so Li Ang started to run towards Mai Xiangling.
It was only a distance of six or seven miles, and it took him just a few minutes to catch up with Klose and the others.
Maixiangling can be seen from here in the distance. It is also an open area with no trees nearby - the trees near the village have all been cut down and the houses in Maixiangling have been built.
Klose was leading his archers to confront the enemy.
In fact, the knight leading the enemy was a little frustrated.
The half of the team he led ahead numbered about 400 people. The military force was still huge, but he couldn't shake off the tail behind him...
Leader Mai Xiang arranged a chariot formation, and the army looked very neat - those sixty-odd recruits could even be considered elite infantry just by looking at their equipment.
He knew that it would be difficult to capture the city in a short period of time, so he wanted to deal with Klose and his group that had been following him.
But as soon as he turned around, his followers would run back - his men had run a hundred miles and had not had a good rest, so they really could not catch up.
When he wanted to attack Mai Xiangling directly, those followers came and shot arrows .
Did he divide his troops? He did.
He assigned more than eighty men to deal with this group of followers - exactly twice the number, including twenty elite infantrymen.
As a result, a small half of the bandits were shot down by the heavily armed archers, and the elite infantry, fighting two against one, were still mostly hacked to death by those big guys. Then the remaining thirty or so people collapsed, turned around to flee, but were shot to death again, and only .
And the tail group only lost seven or eight people, with a casualty ratio of 1 to 10.
Klose is not Leon. As long as he thinks he can fight, he will definitely fight. He will not pursue zero losses...
So he was caught in a dilemma, or rather a trilemma - having seen the two Noldor arrows, he did not dare to show his head, nor did he dare to let the few elite infantrymen leave his side.
He didn't dare to attack directly, because Mai Xiang Territory's defense was well arranged. This knight didn't know that Mai Xiang Territory's side was just a bunch of noobs. He thought that Mai Xiang Territory's defenders were as strong as these tails...
And he couldn't retreat or flee, because if the dead face was caught, he might betray him. If he couldn't take down Mai Xiangling, as a traitor to the Kingdom of Sarleon, he would definitely be hunted down by the whole country...
Now he can only wait for the rear troops to arrive quickly.
So he stood guard at both ends a few hundred meters away from the village entrance.
A team of more than 300 people was strangely on the defensive when facing two small forces of about 100 people led by Mai Xiang.
However, before the rear army could wait, Li Ang arrived first...
After Li Ang arrived here, he looked at the situation on the battlefield and felt relieved.
“Woooooo!”
When Klose and the others saw Leon coming back, they cooperated by raising their weapons and cheering - they trusted this lord , and since Leon came back as usual, it naturally meant that Leon's goal had been achieved.
The enemy looked at Klose and his men cheering and looked at each other. They were naturally familiar with this kind of cheering that only came after a victory, and the scene became quiet for a moment.
Seeing that the enemy infantry were defending with shields raised and not using crossbows, the lord rode his horse to a position about a hundred meters away from the leading knight.
The knight's face could not be seen because of his huge helmet, but he stood out in the crowd - he was the only enemy wearing plate armor and was protected by a group of infantry.
"Which hero is attacking my Maixiangling? Please tell me your name!"
Li Ang's voice was still loud. The noise was not loud at the moment, so it should be audible from a hundred meters away.
Several bandits raised their bows, but Li Ang didn't care - at a distance of about a hundred meters, if he was shot to death by a low-quality wooden bow, it would just be considered bad luck.
Of course, if the opponent's bow was of better quality, the lord would not have come so close.
In fact, if those infantrymen hadn't raised their shields, Leon would have shot them with an arrow instead of trying to get them to talk...
No one spoke on the other side.
Fine then, Li Ang didn't ask any more questions and started to disrupt the enemy's morale.
"Are you waiting for the people behind? They've been defeated! All of them have been scattered!"
"Do you understand? They are finished! You are finished too!"
After saying that, Leon waved to Summer.
Summer understood and took Leon's equipment over.
Then the lord began to change back into his own equipment in a carefree manner, throwing the pieces of knight's plate armor on the ground one by one and replacing them with his own light half-armor.
He even had to wipe and change it at the same time, and his movements were very slow.
Sammer and Klose helped on both sides, and of course, they were also ready to help the lord block the arrows.
However, no one from the opposite side shot arrows. Everyone just watched Li Ang change his equipment slowly and strangely, and no one said anything.
It was not until several minutes had passed and the equipment was completely changed that Leon spoke again.
"Do you understand now? The people behind you are finished!"
"And my reinforcements are coming soon!"
Li Ang used this method to increase his persuasiveness - your rear army is really gone, and the lord is hoping that you will waste time.
No one would doubt that Mai Xiangling must have reinforcements.
It’s hard to say anything else, but the Rangers will come sooner or later when the horn is blown to summon them - Mai Xiangling has been blowing the horn all the time, and sooner or later someone from the Rangers will hear it.
As long as one ranger hears it, a large group of rangers will come.
If you waste time, reinforcements will indeed arrive.
But what is the reality?
Does Li Ang really want to waste time?
