Count Antusor rode his most beloved pure white war horse "Pineapple" briskly onto a hill that was higher than the nearby hill. He raised his head slightly and glanced at the sparse crowd on the plain in the distance. The corners of his mouth were raised, his expression full of disdain.
"These guys are the troops of the Luersun Kingdom? Look at this situation, I'm afraid there are not even 5,000 people. Where do they have the courage to stop me here?"
"My lord, don't underestimate them. You see, the troops of the Luersun Kingdom have been equipped with a lot of military magic machines, even more than our army has. We need to be more careful in a while. OK."
"Military magic machine?" Count Antusol snorted coldly. "You guys keep talking about this thing all day long, as if you can't fight without it. In my opinion, it's nothing special. With so few people on the opposite side, my elite heavy cavalry can kill it with just one charge. They solved it all."
"This... Lord Earl, I think it's better to be careful, just in case..."
"It's nothing just in case!" Count Antusor waved his hand impatiently, interrupting his loyal adjutant's advice. "Send the order, the heavy cavalry brigade is ready to charge. We must give these guys who dare to resist our Kandra Empire a bloody lesson from the beginning!"
The adjutant glanced at the scattered troops of the Kingdom of Luersun in the distance. It seemed that there were only a few thousand people, and there was not even a war horse among them. He couldn't help but shook his head, thinking that even if the opposite side possessed the so-called military magic, Mechanical, it should not be a concern, so he stopped persuading Count Antusor and passed on his order.
Count Antusor led the Glory Legion this time, known as one of the ten elite legions of the Kandra Empire. Their mission was to serve as the vanguard and be the first to launch an attack on the Kingdom of Luersun.
Half a month ago, because the Principality of Standing rejected the Candela Empire's request to ban the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the Candela Empire used this as an excuse to formally declare war on the Principality of Standing.
Subsequently. And because the Luersun Kingdom rejected the Candela Empire's request to use the road, the Candela Empire declared war on the Luersun Kingdom.
The Glory Legion led by Count Antusor was the first army of the Candela Empire to enter the Kingdom of Luersun in this war, also known as the Vanguard Legion.
"Hey. It's hard for me to win this vanguard position. This battlefield is the moment when I, Romance Antusor, will shine!"
Seeing that the heavy cavalry group was already in position and ready, Count Antusor raised his sword high.
"charge!"
"Glory shines in my heart!"
Three thousand heavily armored cavalry, all fully armed and covered with a thick layer of armor even when sitting down on their horses, roared in unison. Three thousand war horses raised their front hooves and rushed out at the same time.
The cavalry and horses alone weighed more than one ton. Coupled with the heavy armor and weapons they wore, the weight could easily approach an astonishing two tons.
When such a heavy cavalry charges, the momentum is already astonishing.
But now three thousand heavy cavalry were charging at the same time, and the momentum was naturally extremely shocking.
The ground trembled continuously due to the galloping of the war horses, and the dull sound of iron hoofs on the soil mixed together and resounded throughout the entire sky like thunder.
Seeing his heavy cavalry brigade rushing towards the military formation of the Kingdom of Luersun on the opposite side, Count Antusol laughed wildly.
"Ah. What a wonderful formation, what a beautiful sound! The small Luersun Kingdom is so arrogant and dares to be an enemy of our great Kandra Empire. Today is the day to bury you!"
"Whoosh—"
A strange sound suddenly came, as if something was breaking through the air at high speed.
Count Antusor looked in the direction of the sound in shock, and saw a fiery red light flying up from the military formation of the Luersun Kingdom, flying straight to this side.
"Humph... some unfashionable gadgets..."
Before Count Antusor could finish his sentence, he saw the fiery red light falling into the charging heavy cavalry brigade.
"boom-"
An unusually bright fire exploded suddenly, followed by an extremely strong explosion.
Countless heavy cavalry in heavy armor and seated horses flew into the air amidst the sound of fire and explosions. There were even some stumps and broken arms flying into the sky together.
Just suffering from this attack, a huge gap was suddenly opened in the originally complete and tight formation of the heavy cavalry brigade.
But this is not over yet.
Immediately following that ray of fiery red light, more than ten rays of light flew out from the military formation of the Luersun Kingdom, and landed in the formation of the heavy cavalry brigade in an instant.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom—”
A series of violent flames exploded. There were dense explosions, and countless heavy cavalry and heavily armored war horses were blown away. Countless limbs and broken arms were flying in the air.
In the blink of an eye, the 3,000 heavy armored cavalry brigade that was so majestic just now and seemed to be as irresistible as a torrent had changed beyond recognition, with only less than 1,000 heavy armored cavalry remaining alive. But there was no way to maintain the charge momentum just now, let alone continue to maintain a complete formation.
Count Antusor stared at the scattered heavy armored cavalry brigade in the distance with wide eyes, completely unable to believe what he saw.
God be upon you! This is a full three thousand heavy armored cavalry!
This is the most proud army of the Glorious Legion. It is the most elite army of the Candela Empire that is unstoppable even on the frontal battlefield with the Malo Empire!
But now, they didn't even touch the edge of the enemy, and they lost more than half of them in one fell swoop!
"This is impossible... This is impossible!" Endless shock and deep fear suddenly filled Count Antusor's heart, causing him to roar loudly. "How can these rubbish from the Luersun Kingdom be so powerful! This must be an illusion!"
The adjutant on the side swallowed hard, looked away from the miserable battlefield ahead, and shouted anxiously to Count Antusor: "Your Majesty, let's retreat quickly. They even have magic artillery, and we don't have any Maybe it’s their opponent’s!”
"Withdraw?" Count Antusol turned to look at the adjutant. "Where to retreat? We are the vanguard! Do you understand what vanguard means?"
"But Lord Earl, we are definitely no match for them. If we don't withdraw, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
Count Antusor looked at him coldly and shook his head: "Impossible. Since I have seized the vanguard, there is no possibility of retreating from the battlefield. Send my order and the whole army will attack!"
"Lord Earl, you can't do this!" The adjutant was immediately horrified and shouted loudly: "Even the heavy armored cavalry brigade is finished, how can we possibly defeat them? It's better to follow my orders and withdraw quickly. When you get back, ask for troops. If the Ministry equips us with more military magic machines, then everything will be fine!"
Count Antusol looked back and found that the troops of the Luersun Kingdom had also taken action at this time.
Although they didn't have even a group of war horses, when they got on the strange-looking thing that was said to be called a magic armored vehicle, they were extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye they had caught up with the heavy armored cavalry who were fleeing back.
Then tongues of fire erupted from those magic armored vehicles, and the heavy cavalry covered in heavy armor fell in rows like harvested straw, defenseless.
Count Antusor took a deep breath.
In this expedition, he relied on the strength of his family to get the vanguard position, hoping to gain more military exploits and pave the way for his future promotion.
However, seeing with his own eyes the terrifying power of those military magic machines owned by the Luersun Kingdom's army, he had to waver.
Another flash of fiery red light fell in his eyes, and a group of heavy armored cavalry were directly blown away. Count Antusol couldn't help his eyelids twitching.
"This must be the power of the devil..."
After pondering for a moment, he raised his hand and lifted the reins in his hand. The sitting "Pineapple Silk" immediately understood what he meant. He raised his front hooves and turned in a circle, but turned his body to the rear.
"Retreat!" Count Antusor ordered in a deep voice.
Although he only had a very simple contact with the army of the Kingdom of Luersun, he had clearly judged that he seriously underestimated the power of military magic machinery, so much so that even the most powerful heavy cavalry brigade in the Glorious Legion was Almost the entire army was wiped out.
In the face of the opponent's extremely powerful military magic machines, he was certain that his men had no ability to resist at all and could only choose to retreat.
Seeing that Count Antusor finally decided to retreat, the adjutant was immediately overjoyed and quickly conveyed the order.
But just as the remaining troops of the Glorious Legion struggled to complete their formation adjustments and were about to retreat, dozens of firelights suddenly flew across the sky and fell directly into the Glorious Legion's formation.
"boom-"
A ray of fire was impartial and landed less than two meters away from Count Antusor.
Count Antusor only had time to widen his eyes, and as soon as the shocked expression appeared on his face, an unusually bright firelight with a huge and irresistible shock wave had already swept through him and the "Pineapple" who was sitting down.
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On June 4, 3802 in the continental calendar, the Candela Empire really declared war on the Kingdom of Luersun. The Imperial Military General Count Antusol led the Glorious Legion, known as one of the ten elite legions of the Candela Empire, as the vanguard and the first to enter Ruhr. In the territory of the Kingdom of Luxun, they came into contact and fought with the army of the Kingdom of Luxun.
After a day of fierce fighting, the result ended in a complete defeat for the Glorious Legion.
According to official reports after the war, the Kingdom of Luersun suffered zero manpower losses.
As for the Glorious Legion, 3,000 of the most elite heavy cavalry brigade were completely wiped out. The remaining 15,000 light cavalry, heavy armored infantry, archers, and the magic repeating crossbow brigade equipped with some military magic machines suffered losses of up to 70%. , less than five thousand people barely escaped.
The commander of the legion, Count Antusor, was killed in battle, and his body was not found. (~^~)