Xia Ya ran wildly to the north, not knowing how far he ran in one breath, until the chasing soldiers behind him gradually drifted away, and finally he couldn't even hear the shouting and shouting, and he felt a little relieved in his heart.
Fortunately, the magic power in the ring has not been exhausted. Now that the chasing soldiers have been thrown away, Xiaya is reluctant to use the ring again.
As soon as he stopped, Xia Ya found a low-lying dirt pit and lay down, leaning in all directions, panting desperately with his tongue out. Although he was assisted by the wind magic ring, Xia Ya himself used all his strength to run, otherwise If you catch up, that will be the end of the chaotic blade... As soon as I stop at this moment, I feel as if my lungs are on fire, and I almost burst my trachea.
Lying in the dirt pit, Xia Ya was so tired that she couldn't even move her fingers. This state lasted for about a meal before she barely stood up.
Once again experienced the crimson murderous aura, when the red light enveloped the whole body, just like last time, the injuries on Xia Ya's whole body disappeared instantly, and the damage caused by the repeated attack before was instantly smoothed out by the red light. Even a sword was slashed on the shoulder, even the armor was slashed, and the fighting qi exploded. The shoulder was originally blown into a bloody mess, and even the bones were broken, but now when I touch it, it has healed quickly, but the original The flesh at the wound was slightly red.
Xia Ya held her head and thought for a while.
(Damn, this is simply a trick. It heals wounds instantly, and can make a killing move that ignores defense... If such a trick is used, wouldn't it be invincible?)
Xia Ya held the spar in the palm of his hand, and only felt that its surface had returned to its gray and autumn appearance, but it seemed to be slightly different...
Taking a closer look at it, it really is. The surface of the crystal is still as gray as an ordinary stone, but if you look closely, there seems to be a small amount of thin red filamentous patterns on the crystal. On the surface, there are not many... It's like...
It's like the bloodshot on the eyeball when people don't sleep for a long time, but the number is much smaller, and the bloodshot volume is more subtle, if you don't look closely, you can't see it at all.
I remember that when I looked at this stone before, there was no such peculiar change. Is it because he used this strange red light twice by mistake, causing the stone to change
So if I use it a few more times in the future, will this stone turn pure red
Use it a few times…
Xia Ya couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The red light saved me twice, but now I don't know how to use this kind of thing correctly. Although this last killer move is powerful, but... it is not something I can easily trigger.
It seemed that every time he was beaten half to death, his body was bruised and bruised, and when life and death hung on the line, the red light of the stone was triggered.
This... But this method is too dangerous!
If the next time you encounter such a dangerous situation, the stone does not burst into a red light to let him use the ultimate move, wouldn't it be a very unfair death
After resting for a while, Xia Ya regained some physical strength. Although his hands and feet were still a little sore, after all, his physique was simply not as strong as a human being. In a moment, his physical strength also recovered by 20 to 30%. He stood up and looked at the surrounding environment. , identified the direction, and decided to continue north.
Although it is safest to go south to meet with General Adric's large army - but there are those reindeer cavalry chasing in the south, if you go south, you will meet those Odins first before meeting with the large army. But I can't expect the red light that was not working at that time to save me again, I can only go north... catch up with Kevin and the others.
Well, that bald man from Kevin, they should have joined up with the people from the Third Banner by now...
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Just as Char set off for the north, in the northern part of the Albact Plain, Kevin had indeed joined the people of the Third Banner Regiment.
Kevin led the three hundred cavalry from the battlefield under the cover of Char and continued to advance northwards. They encountered another interception on the road, and they were still a group of reindeer cavalry. After forcibly passing the interception, only two of the three hundred cavalry remained About a hundred rides.
Just before noon, Kevin finally saw the third flag regiment led by the silver-haired man Butler.
The Third Banner Regiment was a light cavalry unit under the Thirteenth Cavalry Regiment. When Kevin arrived, the Third Banner Regiment was already in a difficult situation.
This is a special terrain. The mountains on both sides are covered with woods. Although the slope is not high, only about four or five meters, it is extremely unsuitable for cavalry combat. In the middle of the slope, there are about two or three hundred meters wide and flat. Terrain - such a flat terrain is too narrow, as long as the Odins use a small number of infantry to form a thick array in the narrow terrain, it is enough for the cavalry to charge forward.
After all, the 3rd Banner Regiment is not a heavy armoured infantry, and forcing the enemy's thick formation frontally is not their best fighting style.
When Kevin arrived, the 3rd Banner Regiment was already in a hard fight. Butler, the flag officer, gathered his troops on a hillside and used the narrow passage to defend and wait for help.
They had been fighting hard here all night, and the Third Banner Regiment suffered heavy losses. There were only over 1,300 cavalry left in the 2,000-strong formation, and most of them were wounded.
Butler was almost gutted. He was originally just a vanguard, conducting a mighty search to clear the way for the large troops behind.
But last night, he met a small group of Odin's reindeer cavalry. After fighting with each other, the Odins left behind more than a hundred corpses and retreated. Butler was eager to expand the victory and pursued it. At night, the sight is not good. He was lured into this dangerous terrain by the Odins. When he reacted, it was too late to exit.
This is clearly a trap, and the Odins just paid attention and wanted to eat the third banner regiment, which was the vanguard.
In the narrow terrain, the cavalry could not rush out. Butler immediately made a decision and retreated to a hillside. At dawn, he finally determined that the Odins besieging him had a legion of about 20,000 people. The Odin army surrounded the hillside, butler tried to break through the encirclement twice. The cavalry rushed down from the hillside. With the help of the power of the sprint, he saw the Odin people who had killed the mountain for a short time and retreated step by step. But after all, the Odins gathered too many troops. In such a narrow terrain, as long as a thick infantry array was formed, Butler, who only had more than a thousand cavalry, could not penetrate the opponent's camp at all - like a rust A dull knife can't pierce thick meat fast.
Breaking through the siege twice, the cavalry of the 13th Corps fought bravely, but they clashed left and right, and finally had to retreat to the hillside - if they retreated a little later, I'm afraid they wouldn't even have the chance to retreat to the hillside. Be surrounded by people on the battlefield!
When Kevin led the soldiers to feel it, looking at the dense array of Odins under the hillside made one's scalp tingle. He only had 200 cavalry, and it was really difficult to rush to rescue. 200 people rushed into the camp of 20,000 people, I was afraid that they would be killed in less than a moment.
But then Kevin discovered a strange phenomenon - his cavalry force of 200 people was soon discovered as soon as he entered this area. Butler on the mountain saw the arrival of reinforcements, and gathered all his strength to organize another attack. Breaking through the siege, the more than 1,000 cavalry under him vowed to charge to the death, and they actually killed the hillside abruptly, killing a bloody road in the blockade of the Odins!
In the narrow terrain under the hillside, where corpses were executed, the Odins rushed up like a tide, and where Butler led the cavalry charge, the Odins receded like a tide.
In this case, Kevin had no choice but to rush up to respond, rushing into the formation of the Odins along the way. Although the killing was tragic, Kevin had a doubt in his heart...
The resistance of these Odins seems to be far less strong than imagined!
The two armies quickly converged on the battlefield, and then tried to quickly retreat from the battlefield and retreat south to meet the large army.
Tens of thousands of people shouted to kill the sky, crowded in this narrow, flat and low-lying terrain hundreds of meters wide. When the two cavalry just joined together, there was suddenly a dull horn on the hillside in the distance. trumpet!
The sound of the trumpet was thick and solemn, and the surrounding Odin warriors who were still trying to entangle themselves, suddenly receded like a tide to both sides, and soon broke away from the contact with the Byzantine cavalry.
"They let us go?" Kevin had such a doubt in his heart.
At this moment, Butler, the flag officer of the 3rd Banner Regiment, was bloodied all over his body. There were at least seven or eight damages on his armor. There was still an arrow stick on his shoulder. He had long since lost his helmet. As the surrounding Odins retreated, the silver-haired man wiped the blood on his face, but his expression suddenly changed: "Oops, we've been fooled!"
Odin's infantry quickly retreated, but groups of reindeer cavalry quickly rushed out of the woods on the hillsides on both sides!
These reindeer cavalry had already recharged their energy and spent a whole night grooming in the woods. Seeing teams of reindeer cavalry rushing down the slopes frantically from the hillsides on both sides, a flash of light flashed in Butler's eyes. The tragic smell, roared: "Rush to the south! All to the south!! Rush out of this canyon!!"
But it's too late! !
The reindeer cavalry on both sides poured down with the momentum of the downhill, and soon entangled the Byzantine cavalry, biting their rear team!
Entangled! The tactic of the Odins is very simple, that is, to bite the Byzantine cavalry, without giving them a chance to breathe!
After breaking out, the Byzantine cavalry queue was completely scattered. When they were fighting and retreating, they could not get a chance to stop and form a queue to counter-charge.
In this way, more than 1,000 cavalrymen were chased and beaten by the reindeer cavalry of the Odins, and there were still infantrymen who broke through layer by layer in front of them, and there were arrows from archers on the hillside...
Kevin has never fought such a weak fight! He knew that if it was a head-to-head confrontation, as the most elite cavalry of the Byzantine Empire, he would definitely be able to defeat the reindeer cavalry of the Odins head-on!
But... But now I can't turn around! ! !
Can't turn around! !
In order for the cavalry to form an effective kill, they must form a good formation to attack! Now in the chaos of the army, being chased and beaten by the enemy, and biting his own back team, there is no chance to breathe. Once it stops, there will be a large number of Odin infantry around. If he didn't stop, he couldn't get rid of the reindeer cavalry behind him.
The reindeer cavalry at the back is like a knife, cutting off the formation of the Byzantine cavalry layer by layer!
On the hillside in the distance, under a huge cowhide cloak, a tall figure stood there, and behind him was a huge chair made of some kind of animal bone, with a thick layer on it. black fur blanket.
This man has a typical Odin tall physique, broad shoulders and a majestic body, full of explosive power, wearing a bear helmet on his head and a gray fur cloak, but he has no weapons in his hands. , instead holding a small flag.
Compared with the rough skin of ordinary Odins, this guy's skin is too fair, as if with a morbid appearance, a pair of green eyes rare among Odins, staring closely at the foot of the mountain. situation of the war.
Behind him stood dozens of tall Odin warriors, each of whom was over two meters tall. Each of these Odin warriors was dressed in thick bear skins, with only iron armor hanging on their chests. With a hatchet in hand, each Odin warrior braided his long hair into dense little whips. This kind of attire is the famous "mad axe warrior" among the Odins!
The Odin man in the bear helmet in front of his head withdrew his eyes, and there was a slight disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Hmph, the famous Rodriguez cavalry regiment is nothing more than that."
He smiled faintly, and suddenly stretched out his arm and raised it horizontally. On his arm, with a black iron ring on it, he heard a loud eagle roar in the air, and a hawk covered in gray feathers landed on the ground. on his arm.
The Odin stretched out his finger and lightly tapped the eagle's head, then took out a bloody strip of meat from his pocket and sent it to the eagle's mouth.
"Oh... Adric should bring someone over here... Haha."
A smug smile flashed in his eyes, but before his smile fully bloomed, he heard hurried hoofs behind him.
A reindeer cavalry quickly rushed to a distance of more than ten meters, turned over and jumped down, staggered up, and slumped on the ground.
"What's wrong?" The Odin frowned.
The reindeer cavalry is a burly Odin man, but at this moment, his face is full of fear and his body is trembling: "Dear Lord Ke Kelan, you, your brother..."
Ke Kelan raised his eyebrows: "What happened to him?"
"Your brother died! He died at the hands of a Byzantine cavalry... We, we tried to hunt down the killer, but..."
Having said that, the Odin reindeer cavalry closed his mouth, because he saw Ke Kelan's eyes shot on his face. Ke Kelan's eyes were extremely sharp, and a chilling light burst out in an instant!
The body of the reindeer cavalry trembled uncontrollably - remembering that such an important person died in battle in his own team, I'm afraid...
Just when the cavalry was extremely frightened, the expected thunder and anger did not descend.
Ke Kelan seemed to be silent for a while, but then a strange smile appeared on his face.
"Oh... my dear younger brother, did he die in battle? Oh, this is interesting news. For us Odin warriors, dying on the battlefield is a rare honor."
These two sentences seemed to contain no trace of anger, and even had a hint of gentleness and femininity in their tone - but because of this, the cavalry who was familiar with this Lord Ke Kelan's temperament actually felt even colder in his heart! !
Seeing that the eyes of this Lord Ke Kelan were getting softer and softer, the cavalry was even more prostrate on the ground, not even raising his head, his body trembled as if suffering from a cold.
There was a smile on the corner of Ke Kelan's mouth, and he casually teased the eagle on his arm with his fingers, as if talking to himself: "Well, if a son is dead, I am sure that my noble and great father, His Majesty, will explode with thunder. The anger... ah, what sad news."
Although he said so, but there was no trace of sadness in the warm smile on his face
"...Fortunately, His Majesty the Father has more than 20 sons, and if one or two die, it's no big deal."
The last sentence is even more outrageous. The cavalry can only wish that he became deaf at this moment. Hearing such outrageous words, I am afraid that Lord Ke Kelan will not let him go...
Finally, after a moment of silence, Ke Kelan took a deep breath, and the gentle smile on his face faded instantly, replaced by a chill.
"Pass my order... Raise the bloody flag, I want to avenge my dear brother... Then, write a letter back to report this sad news." After a pause, there was a strange look in his eyes. : "Anyway, if a younger brother died, I have to make some gestures. This is the first time I personally lead the army, but I can't screw things up."
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Kevin and Butler finally led people out of this low-lying terrain. After running out of the valley, there was an open area in front of them. The two of them were already injured, and the prismatic hammer in Kevin's hand had long been thrown on the battlefield. Go up, holding a double-edged knight's long sword in his hand, and Butler is crouching on the horse's back, this silver-haired man can't even straighten his body, and he was slashed by an Odin reindeer cavalry on his back , the armor was chopped, and the axe almost killed him.
Once he rushed out of this valley, Kevin was immediately shocked. There was no Odin infantry in front of him. With the movement of his cavalry, he far surpassed the reindeer cavalry, and was fast enough to throw off the pursuers. Form an array, and then you can organize a counter-charge! In this way, these Odin reindeer cavalry can taste the power of Byzantine cavalry!
The cavalry has always been the strongest arm of the Byzantines! !
Kevin, who had been beaten with rage before, was about to vent, but what made him furious was that once he rushed out of this canyon, the reindeer cavalry of the Odin people immediately stopped chasing and killing, and the forward quickly and Byzantine cavalry. The back team broke away, and then turned around and retracted into the canyon!
(This, these bastards! When did the Odins become so cunning?!)
Finally stopped to line up, but as soon as the number was counted, Butler and Kevin vomited blood on the spot!
The 3rd Banner Regiment and Kevin's reinforcements, all added together, less than 600 cavaliers escaped alive!
In other words, the opponent's chasing and fighting tactics seem cunning and unreasonable, but they are very effective! This entanglement tactic caused more than half of the Byzantine casualties!
The Third Banner Regiment was completely crippled in this battle! In the following battles, it is no longer possible to use the formation of a banner regiment to exert combat power, and can only wait for post-war reconstruction.
Blood dripped from Butler's heart. As the commander of the Third Banner Regiment, these cavalry were brought out by him. At this moment, more than 70% of his troops were lost, so how could he not be sad
It can be said that if the plan of the Odins is to eat the third banner regiment, then this combat purpose is basically completed. Because of the 2,000 cavalrymen of the Third Banner Regiment, less than 500 were alive, and the losses reached 70%, and all the survivors were brought along, and only 300 were able to maintain their combat capability.
In this battle, although the Third Banner Regiment was not completely wiped out, it basically lost its combat effectiveness.
Butler, the silver-haired man, no longer had a hint of heroism on his face, as if he was twenty years old, crouched on the back of a horse, blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, and clenching his teeth.
Kevin's heart dripped with blood, looking at the remnants around him...
(Not normal, the fighting style of these Odins is very different from before. The Odins in the past were symbols of savagery and bravery. They were best at head-to-head decisive battles, but they would not lure the enemy, set up ambush, and fight for reinforcements. , and that cunning tactic that entangles Death Bite!)
In addition to this, the most important thing that Kevin and Butler couldn't care about is that the army of Odins in front of them, although there are about 20,000 in number, is not an Odin in terms of quality. The elite troops of the Ding people are just an ordinary second-line army of the Odins. In terms of the quality of individual soldiers and combat effectiveness, they are far from the standard of the elites of the Odins!
In the past, the 13th Cavalry Corps had not suffered a big loss in the hands of the Odins, but it was lost to the elite legion of the Odins commanded by Hastings. But this time, he actually ate such a big sap in front of an ordinary Odin army...
Both of them are old people who have been in the army for a long time. It can be estimated that the loss of the Odins this time is about 3,000 to 4,000.
Judging from the proportion of losses on both sides, it does not seem too ugly.
But don't forget, you are one of the most elite troops in the Byzantine Empire! ! And it's still a powerful unit: cavalry! !
"Fuck, the Odins actually learned to use the terrain and tactics... Is the opponent's general Hastings?" Kevin spat out bloody spit.
"No." Butler looked miserable: "It's not like we haven't encountered Hasting's Black Flag Army. If it is a change of generals, with Hasting's prestige in the Odin Empire, it is absolutely impossible to downgrade. Command an ordinary army. The only explanation is that another powerful military general has appeared among the Odins!"
After a pause, although the veteran was shaky, he still gritted his teeth and gave an order.
Since those Odins did not chase, then their own side did not have to retreat immediately, and they would line up on the spot to defend, and at the same time dispatched messengers, waiting for the large troops behind to catch up and converge.
"When the general arrives with people, let's fight these Ao Ding people fiercely!"
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Xia Ya didn't dare to take the road. He seemed to return to the days when he was hunting alone in the wilderness of the mountains. He carefully sneaked on the complicated hillside, deliberately made a big circle, detoured from the right side for more than ten miles, and approached quietly. Pre-booked meeting point.
At about noon, Xiaya finally came to this valley, but coincidentally, because he did not take the main road, he did not meet Kevin and others who were assembling for help in the south of the valley, but went around from the right side. In the past, he quickly approached the hill on the right from the side.
When approaching the woods, Xiaya immediately heard a voice behind him. With experience, the dull and messy hooves were obviously not the cavalry of the Byzantine Empire. He immediately ran up a tree like a monkey and saw A small group of reindeer cavalry slowly passed by.
After seeing the number of people on the other side, Xia Ya didn't dare to breathe, for fear of revealing a trace of movement.
And then, he crouched on the tree trunk and quietly shrunk his body into a ball, when he heard a loud noise coming from the woods, and the troops of the Odins drove out from the woods, just outside the woods. line up...
(Hell!)
Char, who was hiding in the tree, was unable to advance or retreat.