The trumpet was sounded.
There is a dull and long sound in this desert.
This was Kant's order, and the cavalry below, who had already lined up in a neat formation, moved with the sound of the long horn, and rushed across the flat desert with bursts of horseshoes.
Rolf personally led 120 Salander riders, holding the scimitar tightly, with a solemn face.
And those 220 lightly dressed desert robbers had already rushed out, like sparrows flying all over the sky, even more like a pack of wolves scattered in all directions, waiting for an opportunity.
The Sarande people have a kind of familiarity with the desert from the soul.
They are originally a nation living in the desert.
Be the elite in the desert!
At the post station, the caravan guards and convoys were restless. Looking at the caravan leaders at the top of the post station, they all panicked, as if they had encountered a horse thief and wanted to escape, but they did not dare to leave the leader without permission.
Even when he saw Rolf leading the cavalry to resist, he still felt uneasy.
Including those merchants on the roof.
Everyone can see the fighting power of both sides.
Rolf is indeed cruel, just like a bandit leader, but this does not mean fighting power!
600 well-armed, chain mail, well-trained, elite knight attendants, plus the knight who leads the team as the commander, it is extremely easy to wipe out the same number of horse thieves!
The regular army is an elite force that can crush bandit gangs.
That Rolfe's troops.
The desert bandits with the largest number are still poor light cavalry in leather armor.
In the battle order of the Lion Principality, only the troops responsible for reconnaissance, except for the poorest nobles, would use these cavalry, and only those caravan guards would be equipped with this kind of armor.
Although leather armor has a certain defensive effect, it is extremely limited.
Even those bandits and horse thieves with aristocratic backgrounds don't have a set of chain mail, for example, there are still two layers of iron-inlaid leather armor. How can they be like the light cavalry led by Rolf, whose armor is so pitiful that they can't bear to look directly at it.
Even if there are 120 Salander riders who look similar to the knight attendants.
But the number is very small.
This is against those knight attendants, and they will be crushed on the spot in minutes!
The hearts of these businessmen are beating extremely fast.
Looking at Kant, who was still holding the silver cup with his back turned to him, his eyes were also very unfriendly.
They can already guess that these cavalry are all of Kant's capital. Perhaps in the Nalun Desert, if they are careful, they can completely defend the sentry oasis and this post, but if they fight against the strong, they will definitely be defeated.
The army composed of 600 knight attendants can already be called the regular army of the Lion Principality.
And these businessmen have different ideas.
Looking at Kant's eyes, it even implied resentment.
The groveling before and the fear now are the reasons for these businessmen to resent Kant.
As long as Kant loses his troops as a support, the nobles behind these merchants will all extend their hands to this desert, just like the knight attendants appearing now, perhaps because of the open and secret struggles of the nobles.
If these knight servants really killed them, it would represent a war between the nobles!
The salt mines in this desert will not be swallowed by a few nobles.
It can only be a win-win situation.
But this win-win situation will definitely not include Kant, the original lord of the Nalun Desert.
The merchants looked at each other, their breaths were heavy, and they nodded to each other, they all understood the meaning in their eyes. Now that they are united, they find that they are not so afraid of these soldiers and Kant, but have a sense of unity Confidence, appearing in their hearts, can fight against Kant.
But this was just their illusion. The royal knights and light infantry saw the small movements of these businessmen behind their backs, their faces were expressionless, but their eyes were extremely vigilant.
If Kant spoke, there would be a bloodbath on this roof.
They can do it.
But Kant didn't speak, nor did he order.
Shaking the red sugar water in the silver cup, the sweet feeling in the mouth has not dissipated, looking at the dust and a famous rider in the distance, the smile on the corner of the mouth is still there.
Two cavalry corps were approaching.
The cavalry composed of 600 knight attendants slowed down slowly, as if they had something to say.
But on the two wings, riding desert horses that are suitable for running in the desert, the desert robbers in light clothes did not stop, quickly outflanked the two sides, bent their backs one by one, grabbed the reins and galloped wildly.
And Rolf led the Salander riders to stop, and 120 people formed 3 rows, holding long guns and lining up in a charging posture.
The tactics adopted by the two are different.
But closely connected!
This is the wolf pack tactic that the Salanders learned when they fought against the Kugits.
The scattered desert bandits are the wolves that lure and drive away the enemy, and the Sarande riders who line up in a charging posture are the wolf king's guards who give the enemy the final blow and completely tear the enemy's throat!
They are not many in number, but they have a clear structure and clear tactics.
Hundreds of years of disputes in the Calradia continent have already turned these nations into machines good at war!
600 knight squires reduce speed.
They spotted the desert bandits rushing and scattered on both sides.
But based on their own strength, they chose to ignore them, but they still moved closer to each other, guarded the surroundings with shields, and planned to move forward and talk to the opposing cavalry who stood still.
It is best to deal with these enemies without bloodshed. They came here mainly for deterrence.
Countess Agatha's order was clear.
Destroy Baron Kant's armed forces, control the young baron, and indirectly control the Nalun Desert.
As for the merchants who came here, if they dared to resist, they would all be killed. If they did not resist, they would gather together with the surrendered Baron Kant's troops and bury them alive in the desert.
There is no need for other forces besides them to appear in the Nalun Desert.
The team is led by 2 great knights.
There are 40 knights for the grass-roots and middle-level commanders, and the rest are knight attendants.
This is the reliance of the Storm Mercenary Group, which used to traverse the three counties of the Lion Principality. It is usually silent, but as long as there is action, they will appear and show their fangs.
These dark hands of Countess Agatha of the East County have always been known for their blood and ruthlessness.
But their thinking was wrong.
Rolf didn't have the slightest intention of talking to them.
I don't even have the idea of being at a disadvantage and thus getting caught.
Seeing that the other party slowed down 500 meters away, it seemed that he wanted to express the appearance of negotiating, but the corner of his mouth was raised into a disdainful smile, and the ferocious color on his face became more and more intense.
This is an order to attack, don't hold back!
Command to desert bandits.
"Puff puff puff puff puff puff puff—"
Horseshoes strike the sand.
The strange noises continued one after another.
The desert robbers rode their horses and galloped on both wings, circling around the 600 knight attendants, neither approaching nor far away, converging into one place, just like a pack of wolves and vultures waiting for an opportunity.
It's just their equipment that made those knight attendants who were disguised as the Gale Mercenary Corps show mocking faces.
What can these cavalry in leather armor do
In close combat, these cavalry will be chased and slaughtered by these knight attendants!
Their Wind Mercenary Group is not in vain. They once captured the border town of Yinpan Kingdom. The townspeople's armed cavalry of the self-defense force were wearing leather armor. They were cut off from them abruptly, and then slaughtered them easily. .
Equipment advantage, sometimes so terrifying, can influence the battlefield situation.
Besides, they are cavalry!
But how could the battlefield be as they expected.
Just like when the invincible heavy cavalry of Swadia faced the highly mobile cavalry archers of the Kugits on the grassland, and met the bludgeoning cavalry of the Sarande people with strong armor-piercing in the desert, for a while He couldn't tell the difference between the enemy and the enemy.
Don't use the original thinking to measure your opponent, it will be fatal on the battlefield!
The desert bandits are going to teach this group of arrogant knights today.
What is tragic!
They quickly rode their horses around them, surrounding the knight attendants in a circle, and just after the warm-up of the desert horses in their crotches, the desert bandits drew their short javelins behind their backs.
Moreover, the circle of galloping horses, unknowingly, gradually compressed inward.
Slowly approach from a range of more than 50 meters.
Eventually, at a range of about 10 meters, both sides could see each other's faces.
The eyes of the knight attendants narrowed.
In the panic, the kite-shaped shields in their hands were instantly raised.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
The sound of breaking through the air continued.
In an instant, black shadows flew out of the circular array of desert bandits galloping on horseback.
It was the short javelins they had already held in their hands.
It was heavily nailed to the raised kite-shaped shields.
"Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang—"
The sound of heavy blows was endless, and the shield was completely pierced by the thick short javelin.
What's more, it was a little slow, the short javelin thrown at a high speed was nailed to the helmet, the sharp point of the javelin pierced the helmet in an instant, shattered the skull, and directly killed the hapless knight attendant with one blow!
The circular cavalry and shooting formation born out of the Kujit people became a simplified version of the javelin in the hands of desert bandits.
But the effect remains.
The lethality is stronger because it is throwing a javelin!
Javelins can break armor.
At close range, within 20 meters, these desert robbers use the inertia of speeding to throw short javelins. As long as they hit the body, it is fatal and can instantly eliminate the opponent's terrifying weapon!
220 desert robbers, each with 4 short javelins.
Instantaneous time.
Javelins rained down on the unsuspecting knight attendants.
People screamed, blood spattered everywhere!
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(end of this chapter)