Garriott snorted coldly and said, "I naturally have my own plans. No one except His Majesty the Emperor can control how the Black Guards act."
At this time, a shield-breaking bomb was fired from outside, and the noise it made when hitting the shield was much louder than that of an ordinary bomb.
Watching the explosion of shells outside and inside the barrier is a completely different experience. Wang Jiyuan and his companions only felt that no matter how the shells exploded, the annoying turtle shell remained motionless, and there was no satisfactory effect at all. But from the perspective of the people inside, every hit of the "cannon" was terrifying, as if the thin light curtain would collapse at any time and let the rain of fire fall. The effects of ordinary shells and elemental shells were already like rolling thunder, and the effect of shield-breaking shells was like thunder that suddenly exploded in the ears.
Everyone looked at the shaking barrier nervously, and the ordinary soldiers around had already been frightened and hid in the corner.
Primo said: "If this kind of attack is dense enough, it will be enough to break through the barrier at a certain moment. If one of them falls on the top of the city, even if we... "
Marco said, "Didn't you notice that the enemy only sent a small number of people? Just the test has achieved such a powerful result. What if they put all their forces to attack together?"
"What do you mean?" asked the Marquis Baldini.
"Like I just said, we should send the Black Guards to launch an attack while they are outnumbered. If we can destroy those 'cannons', it will definitely relieve a lot of pressure."
Garriott was about to refuse, but at this moment the mages outside fired a scattering beam. The effect of the white light hitting the barrier shield was even more obvious than the previous shield-breaking bullet. He looked at the crumbling shield and made a decision: "Okay! Your Excellency the Marquis, I can try to attack this army. But not with the Black Guards, but with your personal guards.
We haven't figured out the enemy's tactics yet, so we can't immediately send our most elite forces into an unclear situation.
Therefore, I want all of your two hundred men to reach the level of knight squires and be proficient in horsemanship."
"That's impossible. All my personal guards combined don't have that many people." said Marquis Baldini.
Garriott said bluntly: "Then go ask other nobles. I know that there are more than a dozen nobles here, both big and small, and even more merchants. If everyone contributes seven or eight people, it will meet my requirements. Oh, and there must be a few people with decent skills in the city guards, right? With them, it should be enough."
Marquis Baldini said: "Sir Garriott, I have to remind you that such a team is difficult to manage."
Garriott said: "You don't have to worry about that. My deputy and I will lead this team together. You should know that we are both in the same boat. I will cherish the manpower you give me."
Warriors above the rank of knight attendant have all entered the path of cultivation, so it is not easy to gather them. Marquis Baldini did not have time to ask for people one by one, so he could only call on some people from several nearby city guards, plus his personal guards, and forced dozens of guards from several nobles who lived nearby. After patching together, he finally gathered about 150 people, among whom at least 40 to 50 were just ordinary cavalry.
But even if he couldn't provide enough men, Garriott had to set off because the Chinese had already begun to pack up their artillery and retreat. If he wanted to gain something before they retreated to their camp, he had to act immediately.
Garriott selected two high-ranking and four mid-ranking Black Guards, hurriedly opened the city gate, and the cavalry went down the ramp, entered the outer city, galloped along the main road in the city, and killed the Chinese team from behind.
Garriott said to his lieutenants, Senior Knight Miguel and Senior Mage Sacheri, "Those magical weapons called 'cannons' take time to use. Now that they have put them away, they will definitely not have time to unload them to use against us.
They also have a group of cavalry, these people will be trouble. When the cavalry come over, Miguel will lead forty people to hold them back.
Sacheri, take the remaining men and attack the carts carrying the cannons. Let your cavalry hold back the infantry so that you have a chance to cast magic. This time, we don't want to kill their infantry, but we must destroy the cannons."
The two nodded in agreement. Mage Sacheri said, "But what about their group of mages?"
Garriott said: "I will deal with those guys!"
He paused and said, "Don't take risks when you encounter any dangerous situation. Nothing is more important than our own lives."
Most of the Chinese army was infantry, so they moved much slower than Garriott's cavalry. Although they set out earlier than Garriott's team, they had not moved too far when Garriott chased them out of the outer city. The distance between the two sides was less than two kilometers, with an open space in the middle with no shelter.
Without the shelter of the outer city buildings, the Chinese soon discovered the horse team chasing them from behind. Their team stopped, and the rear team became the front team. The thinly dressed soldiers dispersed in an orderly manner, relying on the artillery transport vehicles to form a battle formation.
In Garriott's opinion, the postures of these people were very strange, some were standing, but some were squatting. Garriott instinctively felt that something was wrong, he had never seen any warrior participate in the battle like this.
Even more strange was that some soldiers were holding some half-man-high cylinders and leaning them on the ground, standing in front of everyone. Garriott noticed that there were two people next to each cylinder, one soldier put an unknown cone-shaped object into the cylinder, and the other pressed his hand on the end of the cylinder.
Considering that their shape is a smaller version of those large "cannons", Garriott has a premonition that these small cannons will cause him big trouble. However, now is not the time to retreat. If he gives up the current opportunity and retreats with his entire army, others will not understand his caution. Instead, they will blame him for the delay. Now he just hopes that the power of those small things is not too great.
On the other hand, the Chinese cavalry did not come up to harass them as expected, and the mages stood in the middle of the infantry formation in a strange formation.
Everything in front of him was very different from Garriott's judgment. The Chinese team exuded a weird atmosphere from head to toe.
"Sir, there is something wrong with these people," Miguel said.
Garriott drew out the long sword from its scabbard and said, "I know, but we have no other choice now. In this case, let's all go together and make destroying those strange cars our top priority."
He raised his sword, thrust it diagonally upward toward the sky, and shouted with his fighting spirit, "Charge!"