The Rhodoks studied spears, but to the point of madness.
No wonder.
After all, just next to it is the Kingdom of Swadia, which is dominated by cavalry.
Only relying on the complex geographical location of the Rhodok Mountains can hinder the heavy cavalry of the Kingdom of Swadia, but if you want to defeat your former suzerain country, you must develop troops that can restrain the heavy cavalry.
Heavy armored spear infantry is the line of arms chosen by these Rhodoks.
It has also proven extremely useful.
They continued the characteristics of the Rhodoks who were good at defense.
The dense troops form a solid defense line like a rock, and with sharp spears, they press down on the enemy's formation layer by layer.
At least in this formation, many kingdoms in the entire Calradia continent are helpless.
Like a porcupine made of rock.
Immovable.
Can't bite badly.
There are more sharp external thorns.
If one does not check and is approached, it will be even more miserable.
It's like the pikemen of the dark red sect who stabbed with their spears, but they could only touch the tower shield, but as the spears in the gaps in the tower shield shook, a cold light pierced them out of nowhere .
The sharp cold light is extremely deadly, it only picks at the throat, chest, and thighs where the defense is weaker.
Just a moment.
Dozens of spearmen from the Dark Red Sect fell to the ground wailing.
Then, the infantry behind the tower shield pushed forward step by step, squeezed out a space, and came to the wounded pikemen who fell to the ground, and were smashed down by one-handed warhammers one by one.
The skull cracked, and the seven orifices that were smashed directly bled, and the dead couldn't die anymore.
The means are cruel.
It doesn't look like it's alive at all!
This made the spearmen of the dark red sect even more frightened and timid.
They were all spearmen who were afraid of the Dark Red Sect. In fact, they were Viscount Gibran, the spearmen trained in Fort Aviles, but they were transferred to Death Penalty Mountain and became private soldiers of the Dark Red Sect.
It's not the elite troops of the Dark Red Sect, but the subordinate troops guarding the periphery of the Death Penalty Mountain.
They don't need to work hard for the Dark Red Sect.
So keep backing away.
Besides, they knew that just behind them, two ballistas were waiting.
There are also more than 200 strong archers, who can completely let the ballista blast the formation, and the strong archers cover and shoot, making these heavy armored pikemen with amazing defense but slow movement speed into turtles that can only be beaten!
In the end, the commanders of the dark red sect's pikemen also thought so.
There was a bit of scarlet in the eyes.
The breath of the devil is circulating.
He is a high-ranking person from Death Penalty Mountain, a demon cultist in the Dark Red Sect. Because the demon lord gave him great power, he, who used to be a farmer, can now control this army.
He is an absolute loyalist to the Dark Red Sect.
That's why he led the troops in person.
As long as he slaughtered the cavalry that had severely injured Viscount Gibran in Fort Aviles, he would be able to gain even greater strength when he returned. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tremble all over, full of excitement and fanaticism.
Following his order, the pikemen in front kept retreating and spread out to give way to the ballistas in the rear.
The spears used as weapons have been placed on 2 ballistas.
Just launch.
The powerful spear will rush out like a crossbow bolt.
Even the heavy tower shield couldn't stop it, and it would be pierced along with the human body behind it, nailing the seemingly flamboyant heavy armored spearman to the ground, and dying miserably and wailing.
This is a siege weapon, its power in the field is comparable to the ancient version of artillery!
But the ballista was not fired yet.
In the cave, groups of crossbowmen rushed out quickly.
They were all experienced Rhodok crossbowmen, holding the most sophisticated heavy crossbows in their hands. As they walked quickly, they came to the side of the cave to line up and pulled the trigger in a very short time.
The sound of "whoosh" was endless, and the steel crossbow shrieked as it tore through the air.
And just within 100 meters.
The ballista, which was originally in an absolutely safe position, was shattered.
The steel crossbow bolts were like a torrential rain, and they were nailed in an instant, causing the operators who hadn't had time to react to be pierced by the steel crossbow bolts all over their bodies, and the leather armor on their bodies couldn't stop them. On the ground, then there is no life, and the dead cannot die again.
As for those operators who survived by hiding behind the ballista, they all looked at all this in horror, dropped the tools in their hands, and fled towards the back.
Facing such precise shooting, no one dared to wait here.
They don't have to work hard.
But in the rear, the dark red sect supervising team in black robes appeared on their escape route.
The gloomy commander waved his hand, and the long sword in the supervisor's hand slashed down, immediately separating the heads and necks of these operators, beheading them on the spot, deterring the soldiers whose morale had been shaken around them.
The Crimson Sect's rule itself is based on terror.
This method is very normal.
However, even with the existence of the supervisory team, it still cannot save the already low morale.
Because the heavy armored pikemen holding the tower shields had already pushed forward, the dark red sect pikemen had no choice but to retreat. They had no intention of resisting at all, not to mention they had no means of resisting.
The best equipped of them wore chain mail.
Most of them were in iron-inlaid leather armor.
But for the existence of the elite infantry in front of them, what do they have to resist
Totally impossible!
And just at the entrance of the cave.
More troops appeared layer by layer.
It was the archers holding war bows, who climbed up to the top of the hill swiftly, and then a continuous rain of arrows, like a torrential rain, covered these spearmen.
But when those dark red sect strong archers wanted to fight back, they were immediately scattered and fled by the steel crossbow arrows.
They completely lost the ability to fight!
Morale was extremely low.
What's more, on the periphery, there are nearly 200 light cavalry, still running around and harassing them.
From time to time, short javelins were thrown over, and if someone dared to leave alone, they would transform into a group with great viciousness, pull out their scimitars, charge forward with spears, and slaughter those dark red sect soldiers who were alone.
"what happened…"
Madness and despair appeared in the eyes of the commander of the dark red sect.
Originally, this was supposed to be his victory, but he didn't expect that there would be so many infantry as reinforcements in the hole that gave off a disgusting feeling. He didn't believe that there would be so many troops hidden inside.
Perhaps, that hole is actually an underground passage!
His guess was right.
But it's no use.
Right at the entrance of the cave, Kant has led many cavalry to rush out.
With the roar of the war horses, more and more desert robbers rushed out and spread out towards the open plain beside them, among them were well-equipped Sarande riders, and Mamluks who were all armored, including men and horses. !
This battle, which has lasted for several days and has not ended, can finally be declared over now.
(end of this chapter)