Kant's face was serious.
Riding on his war horse, the palms holding the "strength of intimidating the enemy" are all stained with water.
It's sweat.
Because the desert bandits who had gone out to investigate had returned in pieces by this time.
One person is even missing.
It's not a good sign that the whereabouts are unknown.
Equivalent to death.
This is already bad news.
And the information brought back by these desert bandits is even more worrying.
The infantrymen who had assembled and waited in line in the street began to whisper.
They were a little flustered.
"Calm down."
Kant's voice suddenly sounded.
His eyes were like the eyes of eagles, and he swept across the troops that were already in turmoil, and he raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Only cowards will flee in battle, and the Swadians are never afraid!"
The news of the arrival of 50 retinue knights has spread throughout the oasis.
The infantry beside Kant, after hearing the news, their faces turned pale.
They are not NPC data, but real people.
have fear.
There is also excitement.
There is a fighting spirit.
There are also fears.
What's more, they found that they were facing 50 heavily armed heavy cavalry.
Both legs became a little weak.
Because they understand the horror of heavy cavalry.
The Kingdom of Swadia was originally established with cavalry.
The rampant and invincible heavy cavalry on the battlefield is the foundation of the Swadia Kingdom's hegemony, and it is also the capital to deter the enemy from easily offending the frontier.
With a group of low-level troops, they are just cannon fodder in front of 50 heavy cavalry.
Even if they are equipped with long pole weapons such as spears and long-handled sickles.
To know.
Even the Rhodok Kingdom, whose troops were equipped with shields and spears and defeated the Swadia Kingdom's troops several times in the mountains, did not dare to confront these heavily armed cavalry in the plains.
50 Swadian heavy cavalry can easily penetrate 200 infantry.
If there is no pole weapon, even 500 people can't stop these heavy cavalry, and they can only be destroyed and defeated in the plain.
Kant's 165 infantry are only low-level arms.
50 heavy cavalry are already equivalent to a chisel that can defeat their psychological defense.
Let alone 50 heavy cavalry, even 50 ordinary cavalry, such as light cavalry like desert bandits, can easily defeat and annihilate them as long as they have proper tactics.
Kant understood as well.
Frowning tightly, he asked in a concentrated voice, "Are they from the Principality of Lions?"
"Yes." The scouting desert bandit replied.
After all, only the Lion Principality borders the Nalun Desert.
Taking a deep breath, Kant's face was solemn, and there was a bit of haze in his eyes.
He thought of several bad situations.
Due to his embarrassing status in the Lion Principality, Kant couldn't help gritting his teeth: "Could it be that I chose this place as my territory, and these guys still won't let me go?"
Some nobles in the country don't want Kant, the Duke's youngest son, to be alive.
"My lord, what should I do?"
These Swadian infantrymen all looked at Kant with panic in their eyes.
Different from Gnoll.
Those are just brutal races of primitive ignorance.
They might not be able to fight recklessly.
And these 50 heavy cavalry seem to be small in number, but they are a real army.
fully armed.
Well trained.
Well equipped.
It is a terrifying power that can easily destroy "Dherim".
them…
Can't fight hard!
"Remember, Swadians have never been cowards."
Kant's voice was heavy, echoing in everyone's ears.
Because he knew that anyone could panic at this time, but as the lord, the Kingdom of Swadia reflected itself in this world and must not panic.
He wants to stabilize the morale of the army.
"Recruit soldiers and peasants block the sides of the street."
Kant held up the "power to deter the enemy", and the banner of the golden lion on the red background was fluttering in the wind.
And his deployment was quickly conveyed: "All militiamen are responsible for the top of the house, and use hunting crossbows to snipe the enemy!"
"clear!"
Hearing Kant's order, these infantrymen immediately responded loudly.
Although there is still panic on the face, the minimum morale has recovered a little with Kant's deployment.
When "Dherim" was first built, the buildings were lined up just to form a street, and the crowded buildings also formed the specifications of today's fortress, which can be guarded against danger.
At least there is no need to confront the cavalry head-on on the flat ground in the wild.
Deployment is complete.
At the street entrances on the left and right sides, a distance of 10 meters was already densely packed with infantry.
At the front are the Swadian recruits. The 2-meter spears are placed flat, and the long-handled sickles of the farmers behind them together form a primitive and rough spear phalanx.
On the roof next to it, militiamen with hunting crossbows were also preparing.
Not only shooting, disrupting the enemy's offensive formation, but also jumping down to maintain the defense line when the street is in danger.
The war in Calradia has made these infantry familiar with war.
Everything is ready.
Even in the grocery store, the people from the Zhiwading caravan who stayed here have come.
Wearing chain mail and holding a flanged hammer, the caravan leader had a solemn face, and stood behind Kant with his 6 caravan guards and 12 sentries, waiting and obeying orders.
They intend to defend together.
"Lord Kant, Zhiwadin's caravan is willing to join this battle and obey your arrangement."
The caravan leader was very forthright.
Kant nodded, with a smile on his face: "Thank you very much."
Although caravan guards and sentries are low-level units of level 2 and level 1, they are at least a new force. In this critical moment, it is of course excellent to be able to serve as reinforcements.
At this time, Kant naturally did not pick.
Time passed by.
The sun sets.
The evening light is struggling.
A faint river of stars has appeared in the sky.
"Familiar scene."
Kant narrowed his eyes slightly, he thought of 8 days ago.
It seems that at this time, with the help of Rowan and those cavalry, he wiped out the wolf man tribe occupying the sentry oasis.
It was a hearty battle.
But also at this time.
Instead, he became a pitiful person guarding the oasis of the sentry, waiting for others to attack.
"This feeling is really bad."
Kant clenched his fists.
Waiting quietly for the final battle, Kant heard the exclamation of the Swadian militiaman on the watchtower.
Looking up at the top of the tower, he frowned and asked, "What did you find?"
"Big... my lord."
The militiaman poked his head out, pointed to the south and said, "They are here!"
The troops on both sides of the entire street suddenly made a slight commotion. Obviously, everyone understood that the enemy army had arrived.
"They" refers to the 50 heavy cavalry, of course.
However, there was an abnormal calmness on everyone's faces at this time. Even those Swadian farmers had the determination to fight to the death to protect their homeland deep in their eyes.
If they fail, they will completely lose their qualifications to survive.
And on Kant's retina, the prompt box of the system also suddenly appeared.
[Ding...Temporary task release]
[Temporary task: form a coalition]
[Reward: Arrow Rain Overlay (500 Wikia Marksmen) x 3 waves]
[Introduction: In the dark sky, there is danger. Thankfully, an elite force arrives. You can choose to ally with them and get through this.]
Temporary duty.
Kant quickly read the introduction, his face stiffened.
"Form a coalition?" He was quite puzzled.
At the same time in doubt.
What was said in the system introduction was ambiguous, but he was also aware of the crisis in it.
Because this is a warning from the system.
"Dangers are gestating in the dark sky..." Kant read these words softly.
At the same time, he looked at the next sentence: "There is an elite army coming..."
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"Choose an alliance..."
These crucial sentences made Kant's heart beat faster.
He seemed to think of something.
At the same time, there was a noise from the entrance of the street, as well as the sound of horseshoes, as if someone had returned.
Kant turned his head to look.
It was the missing desert bandit from before.
PS: This is the first update of the supplement. Explosive update today!
(end of this chapter)