My Villains Episode 380
62. Tactics of Deception (7)
‘Zeln Tree’ west of High Castle was originally a dense forest.
It was a tenacious forest that burned down once every ten years because of frequent wars, but sprouted new shoots from the ashes when a group of clouds driven by the westerly wind crumbled before the plateau.
The yew and dogwood trees that sprung up were cut down again throughout the winter, leaving only the stumps. The felled trees were used for siege weapons or firewood.
And fresh fertilizer was sprinkled on the Zelntree, which was now covered with melted snow and mud. The wild dogs who cut down the trees that grew here to escape the cold and cooked the stew were spraying blood and flesh.
“Retreat retreat-!”
“Run away!”
The first among the troops of the Mitergerland Empire was a 2,200-strong mercenary unit. It was to observe the reaction of the kingdom’s army prior to the siege of High Castle. The mercenaries volunteered for a very thick job with the front barely exceeding twice the depth.
And the rectangular cluster was split in two by a heavy cavalry force of just over 500 cavalry.
“Who speaks of retreat! Form your ranks and raise your spear!”
“Don’t jump out recklessly and come together! Only then can I live!”
The commanders and mercenary commanders dispatched by the Duke of Avillambus used evil spirits, but the morale of the mercenaries was already broken.
It was thanks to the knights of Prince Eun who showed a dance worthy of their reputation. They tore the mercenaries’ straight lines to shreds.
“Please please have mercy!”
“Please save me-”
Among them, the center of the ranks was completely collapsing due to receiving the complete shock of the cavalry.
At the center was the red knight of the silver prince.
“Form up your ranks and raise your spear!”
Shouting with a lot of laughter.
Phoenix threw a spear at the enemy commander and pierced his throat, and was repeating the same words he shouted until just now. The ice blades
that
sprouted more than 2.5 meters high made a sound like a whip. In an instant, a dark red disk appeared in the air. The head of the man who had been yelling at his subordinates was caught on the tip and soared into the sky.
“Anyone who runs away will be decapitated!”
As if mocking the mercenary commander’s will, Phoy Nyx struck the protruding head with a black blade. Astonished faces flew over the heads of those men and boom! It exploded with a roar. Red shrapnel swept over a dozen mercenaries.
“Queuuuuuuu-”
A middle-aged mercenary saved his life in the midst of the bloody storm thanks to his well-made armor. He looked up at the red knight with earnest eyes, clutching his neck with his thick wet gloves.
The handsome man, who had thrown off his helmet before he knew it and revealed his bright face, made a clicking sound as he looked down at the middle-aged man. Perhaps that was the signal, the demonic beast with two spiral horns bit off the bleeding mercenary’s head.
The sound from the bicorn’s mouth was repeated through the rider’s mouth.
“Kkoaaaaagh!” The mercenaries, who had barely managed to get their morale together and stood shoulder to shoulder with their colleagues, turned their backs on the horrifying shout.
Those who could even run like that were on the other side of the fence. Most of the time, they were just sitting there with a pale face and their trousers wet.
The red knight rampaged like a killer in a nightmare. The only man who could give him orders did not pull the reins, but rather spurred him on.
“Spread! Spread out and chase!”
Prince Ulkar’s shout spread through the mouths of the knights and cavalrymen.
“Spread!”
The bar that was honed through training, mock battles, and actual battles shined again.
The five hundred heavy cavalry were scattered in order. The cavalrymen were a group of twenty to thirty men, centered on knights such as ‘Giant’ Anki Le ‘Painter’ Hilter ‘Golden Swordsman’ Gide Bal ‘Champion of Odenlock’ Daylessid ‘Bronze with Axe’ Actbert. has achieved
Troopers also gathered at the red knight who was running amok.
“Sir Phoenix!”
“lily!”
Stied and Solton, who occupied the last seats among the prince’s knights, came running with their servants and light cavalry. Phoenix’s own soldiers, such as Fritz the Ponytail and Dylan the Night Watcher, were also there.
As the allies gathered, Phoenix regained his sanity and quickly looked around the battlefield and led the cavalry.
” Come this way!”
The heavy cavalry, divided into twenty branches, chased the mercenaries as if hunting sheep.
It is the law to reap more results when chasing a fleeing enemy than when facing the original enemy. After leaving the gate, they killed about 150 mercenaries in about 20 minutes, but the cavalry gathered close to 600 mercenaries in just 5 minutes after dispersing.
The commanders and staff of the Imperial Army of Mittergerland were not fools. They also guessed that the mercenary unit approaching High Castle would be held in check, and were prepared for it.
However, it was unexpected that all of High Castle’s elite troops would come out, even the highest commander, Prince Ulkar.
“These idiots!”
As the mercenary unit completely collapsed even before the prepared operation was carried out, the bloody Elector Count in his 40s burst into a roar.
“Are you just staring at the gold that my subjects paid for with their blood and sweat while it is melting here and there!”
Most of the commanders and staff were nobles, but none could withstand the wrath of Duke Abillambus.
“Let the knights go! Alzenberg also told me to move immediately!”
“Ah, I see, Your Highness the Duke!”
“Don’t just answer, move! Before making a garum named after your family name!”
The nobles, whose faces turned white at the threatening to turn themselves and their families into salted fish, hurriedly launched a preliminary operation as if their feet were on fire.
Two troops came out from the thick forest to the west of the deforested Zeln Tree.
“Your Highness!”
“An enemy!”
The scattered cavalry, noticing the enemy’s presence, shouted at Ulkar in the center of the battlefield. The dark blue eyes of the silver prince quickly scanned the enemies.
Protruding from the north was an orderly unit with a regular mix of heavy armor, archers, pikemen and shieldmen.
‘The army under the guidance of the peace-loving Alzenberg Viceroy and the Lord’ was what is commonly called the slave corps.
Its momentum and armament were unusual, but it was a terrifyingly menacing army because the ranks continued endlessly. However, what Ulkar paid attention to was the cavalry unit that came out from the south.
“It’s an Imperial Knight!”
Lord Ankir recognized the enemies at a glance and let out a shout that seemed to be mixed with red.
Indeed, at the head of the cavalry, numbering well over 1,000, heavy cavalrymen wearing fancy plate armor were showing off their majesty. The imperial knights under the command of Duke Abillambus and the servants of the Strom family were evident.
About half of the huge group of horses fell in a lump and came running like the wind. Just as Ulkar’s heavy cavalry charged the mercenaries, the enemies were also accelerating with the aid of the battle mages.
“Stop the chase! Break the brunt of the enemy cavalry!”
Even before the order was given, the heavy cavalrymen had already stopped and gathered their momentum.
“Keep it open! We will fight as promised!”
Maintaining a scattered formation against the densely charged enemy cavalry seemed at first glance a risky choice.
However, the knights as well as the squires and ordinary cavalrymen obeyed the order without question.
“An-keraxo!”
“UlhummO zuon!”
Among the rushing Imperial cavalrymen, a murmur of a strange tone was heard. Then, along with the sound of ‘goo-woo-woong’, masses of magical energy emitting white light flew in succession.
“It’s magic!” The masters of destructive magic who practiced in ‘Linhow on the Mountain’ flew attack spells at a distance of over 100 meters.
Its range was obviously great, but its speed was much slower than that of arrows, so the dismounted cavalry quickly hit the reins to avoid the masses of magic.
Kwagwagwang!
The spell with the name ‘Warm Wind of Mount Daybal’ did not match its name and turned the battlefield into a mess. In the explosion of pure power without flames, some troopers even had blood in their ears.
“Prepare for magic!”
“Keep moving! Don’t stop!”
As the nervous knights led the crowd and shouted, Ulkar and his bodyguards were running towards the enemy.
When it came to the prince’s safety, Sir Gisella, the ‘new hawk’ who always showed a fitful reaction, and friendly soldiers did not dare to stop their master on the battlefield. It was just to keep the reins in order to protect Ulkar.
Tung/ Ulkar
ran as if he were going to run into the Imperial Knights. Then, it hurriedly turned and fired arrows at a distance of only 560 meters from the enemy’s lead.
“Kuruk”
Among the crowd that was running at full speed, one Imperial Knight jumped backwards as if someone had pulled him.
The knight, who could not even react to the arrows flying in front of him while galloping, became a piece of minced meat under the horseshoes of his comrades with his eye sockets pierced by the arrows.
“excuse me! That-”
“It’s the silver prince! Silver Prince Ulkarda!”
Did he notice it by looking at his bow skills, or did he recognize the fluttering silver hair? Some of the enemy cavalry shouted in Gellan.
As if responding, Ulkar turned and fired an arrow backwards while demonstrating the art of putting one foot on top of his horse. Without fail, one of the knights rolled on the ground and became a piece of meat.
The imperial knights turned their horses’ heads little by little without realizing it. It was to capture Ulkar, the commander of the enemy’s highest place.
“Now!”
A silver prosthetic hand flashed and pointed to the sky.
At that moment, the kingdom’s cavalrymen, who had been running spread out toward the imperial cavalrymen rushing in an elongated triangle, attacked as if they were gathered in one point.
“Kill-!”
An imperial knight let out a loud roar that pierced his eardrums, symbolizing his superhuman body.
that was the signal Attack spells poured in between the imperial cavalry in earnest. The kingdom’s battle wizards also used all sorts of spells to release the mana they had saved.
White and red flames, blue lightning and black stones blazed among the cavalrymen.
A roar of screams and screams filled the air.
The startled war horses ran rampant and the riders who lost their hearing for an instant blinked their eyes blankly.
Mencius, who did not lose their momentum even in the midst of this, squeezed sharp steel between the enemy’s armor.
Even the elite cavalrymen were busy following the people in front, and the magicians who cast spells were unable to stand on their own without the help of the guards.
An extremely chaotic battlefield.
In just a few breaths, countless ordinary cavalrymen and servants died.
This was a stage that only those who constantly beat their weak bodies and eventually became monsters could climb.
“—– Kill everyone!”
“Besieged!”
The knights clashed.
Most of them were left speechless in the aftermath of magic and were throwing themselves at enemies, relying only on armor and weapons.
A man engulfed in flames lunged at the enemy with a strange sound. A middle-aged man whose arm had been cut off swallowed the entire potion bottle and received a vicious mace. The ax blade fell on the back of the man who stabbed the dagger into the enemy’s groin. The woman, who was rolling on the floor with her lower shin crushed, pierced the spear and skewered the horse and rider.
Even on that terrible stage, there were those who especially shined.
“Eurueuua-1”
The gigantic Lord Ankir struck down the two-handed sword with a force that could cut through a mountain. An imperial knight raised a shield to block it. The gigantic knight twisted his sword and slashed the air, then shoved the shield with his shoulder.
thud!
“Ugh!”
It was the will of a young Imperial Knight. As his opponent stumbled, Lord Ankir thrust his sword without hesitation under his neat moustache.
“Three. O”. – 丁 that .
‘Painter’ Sir Hilter, who was not interested in such close combat, slowly rode his horse and aimed at the enemy’s back. Almost no one took more than five pieces of the half-moon spear he wielded.
In addition to them, unknown knights took the lives of their enemies too easily. On the other hand, it was also common for a knight entering the battlefield for the first time to defeat a renowned enemy.
“Gather! Gather!”
Prince Ulkar fired arrows incessantly, shouted loudly, and at the same time constantly inspected the battlefield.
Fifty or so battle mages poured out attack spells at once, sweeping the lead of the imperial cavalry. Thanks to this, the entire unit was in a state of bankruptcy for an instant.
On the other hand, the kingdom’s cavalry, which had spread out and prepared for the enemy’s charge, were still running. Swept away by magic, the group that suffered fatal damage or the group that fought directly with the enemy was close to half, but the rest were still running.
“Save allies! Take off the enemies!”
In the west, the mercenary troops that had been torn apart were reuniting, and Alzenberg’s slave army was approaching from the north. The size and momentum of the mercenaries did not change, but the size and momentum of the slave corps, as well as their speed, were extraordinary.
Ulkar roared again, as the speed was unexpected.
“Burn allies who have lost their words! Hurry up!”
Of course, the enemies also did not let go of the kingdom’s knights and cavalry.
Those in the rear of the imperial cavalry corps belatedly came to their senses and moved their horses. Some jumped into the arena of monsters, others attacked the cavalry of the kingdom gathering.
“this.”
Thanks to the tactic of the moment, the exchange rate so far was overwhelming for Ulkar.
However, if the stopped imperial cavalry began to move in earnest, the damage to the kingdom’s army would almost certainly grow out of control, and if they were caught by the slave army, they would suffer irreversible damage.
To judge it coldly, they had to abandon those who were stranded and rescue the rest. In that case, the combined knights and elite cavalrymen would lose about a hundred people, but considering the damage inflicted on the enemies, it was a tolerable damage.
The prince, biting his lower lip, was about to shout something.
“Huh o”
A small breath mixed with a thick fishy smell.
Unconsciously turning his head, Ulkar found his seventh knight and a group of cavalrymen. After a brief hesitation, he shouted.
“Sir Phoenix! You have to push back the enemies. Can you do it?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Phoenix had a twisted planting. It was because he missed the fiercest battlefield when he was distracted by the mercenaries running away.
“I will be glad to do so.”
Therefore, the prince’s order to throw himself into that mess was very welcome to Phoenix.
He burst into laughter again.
Before the imperial knights could turn their heads at the terrible voice, the red knight jumped into the stage.
