Because the action of the large army is bound to drag, they are equipped with a large number of mules and horses, for this moment.
Small force pursuit. We don't know who's doing who.
The armies of Locke's kingdom are wolves, and the barbarians are lions.
And so Derek quickly pursued, more than a dozen miles away, unexpectedly met the barbarian search horse.
Simon gave chase with three and five cavalry, and the two sides gave chase.
Derek looked up and saw the barbarian soldiers for the first time, and he could see a lot from them.
"The fact that the barbarians have ventured so far shows that they already have a complete military organization and are not a mob."
And the horse was a good horse rider, and the barbarian was bigger than us. It seemed everyone was too optimistic."
Derek had a heavy heart, thought it was a weak chicken opponent who brushed a copy, but unexpectedly jumped out of a big boss, this feeling is very bad.
However, the barbarians are strong, but the pursuit of his elite knights, soon Simon was knocked down from the horse.
"Hang them and rest them in turn. I want all the barbarian scouts to be afraid to go out and make them blind."
Derek ordered.
The cavalry is fast, the elite infantry behind is still short of a cut, and with time to rest, it will hold the opponent for at least a day.
Twenty more rides, it's hard to do that.
All a barbarian has to do is keep his head down, and he'll get away as fast as he can.
But Derek split the knights into two teams, taking turns hoisting the barbarian caravan.
Every now and then, he flexes his muscles, makes an impact on the barbarian caravan.
If the barbarian cavalry wants to chase you, fall back.
The barbarian wants to go. Keep flirting.
After a few times, the barbarian can't control his emotions.
"Let me lead the men to teach them a lesson. Give me all the cavalry. I will kill these damned Mega Men."
A strong man of the barbarians roared, for a small leader of the lower ranks of the barbarians, his force is not low.
And he rounded up several groups of barbarian cavalry, at least forty or fifty horses, which appeared to be nearly twice as many as the Rocco cavalry in pursuit.
They have seen the cavalry of the Kingdom of Locke these days, and they are not stronger than themselves, and even their individual combat power is weaker.
Several other small leaders thought about it, so it is not a matter of harassment.
They agreed to hand over their cavalry.
52 rides except for a few ringleaders.
When Simon harasses again with his cavalry, the barbarian horsemen swarm out.
This time, they weren't content to chase away these pesky Mega men.
Even if Simon was out of the field the first time, the barbarian cavalry was in hot pursuit, with the momentum of eating Simon's cavalry at one breath.
Derek was resting with another group of cavalry, waiting for Simon to flee back in distress, and he immediately jumped onto his horse.
"Brothers, this is your chance to make a difference."
It's better to chase them out than to hide behind the barbarians.
It can strike small blows with its elite, and it can neutralize barbarian cavalry.
Otherwise, fighting with the barbarian brigade in hard times, whether it is gathering cavalry to charge, or finally counter-charge to escape, it will bring no small loss.
Might as well have taken care of it earlier, reduced infantry casualties.
You guys have been training for a long time just to fuck some barbarians.
Now comes the chance, all the knights mount, but surprisingly calm.
"Go around, go around."
'shouted Derek.
Simon saw this and led the cavalry around in an arc, finally coming back behind Derek.
Derek had already taken possession of a high slope, and thanks to Simon's guidance, the barbarian cavalry tilted slightly to the formation, exposing a small piece of its belly to Derek's eyes.
Maybe they didn't think ten horsemen would fight back, and then they saw it.
The heavy hooves rumbled as the Northern horse picked up speed.
The chain armor made a crisp crash, and in a few seconds, the cavalry completed the whole process from standstill to acceleration.
The barbarian cavalry noticed the audacity of the enemy, and there was some confusion in their formation.
It can be seen that the quality of the barbarian cavalry is still good, even if they are not familiar with each other, they barely completed the U-turn.
But Derek was faster, hard into the only gap.
Punctured the Barbarians from the diagonal rear.
The armored cavalry charged up and quickly completed a piercing.
The loss of the barbarian was unexpectedly large, and he fell a dozen rides in a short time.
Even if the formation is a little confused, these casualties should not be.
They even noticed that, unlike the harassing horsemen, this squadron even wore armor.
Derek and Simon split into two teams, and whichever team harrages gets to go light.
Whichever team takes a break and waits, that's what it's for.
Their advance preparations now paid off, and the strength of their elite cavalry, demoralized the barbarian cavalry at once.
And Simon went around in circles and followed suit.
Still not recovering from the chaos, some even faced Derek's side, ready to fight.
Once again, I was stabbed to the core.
Derek and Simon joined up. 20 rides mostly intact.
"Charge!"
The barbarian cavalry barely recoiled once, and finally broke down.
The barbarian soldiers could not believe their eyes when they saw only a dozen of them riding back to the convoy.
"You were in an ambush?"
It's the only reason they can think of.
But the barbarian cavalry was ashamed to tell the truth.
The remaining barbarian ringleaders soon realized that they might be in big trouble.
With the performance of King Locke's cavalry, and their daring assault and harassment, it's certainly no ordinary army.
Should we abandon the train and run, or stay where we are and wait for help?
The barbarians are in disarray, and as night falls, camp must be set up.
Leave a few horses to watch the barbarian camp, and small groups of barbarian cavalry asking for help will be ignored.
Derek and his men packed up the battlefield, a dozen horses in good condition, and the rest could eat a few meals of horse meat.
Then the head is cut off, and the rest of the body is thrown in a pit, and some dirt is buried.
The weapons and the leather armor that were pulled from the body, even if Derek didn't like them, could sell them for a few bucks.
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And then there's the waiting.
The elite infantry Hundred did not disappoint him, the longest trained, and the hundred without any outsiders, arrived before midnight.
But even elite soldiers can't go into battle right away.
Simply set up camp, make do with food, everyone directly roll a sleeping bag, rest in place.
The real fight, the next day.
...
Dawn is breaking!
The barbarians finally argued for a result, or a compromise.
Holding out for help?
They don't have any confidence at all, don't get me wrong, not that they can't hold on for a few days.
They don't believe anyone is coming to save them.
A little common sense, also know that the Locke kingdom counterattack is coming, I am afraid that no one will pay attention to these straggies.
In fact, some of the barbarians have already withdrawn, leaving only to risk taking a little more.
But Derek's about to laugh his ass off.
Whether the barbarian holds on to help, or simply abandons everything and runs away, it can add some trouble to him.
It was only this hesitation that gave him the greatest relief.
"When it is broken, it will suffer chaos."
Or you can hold the line, at least give the enemy a few more casualties.
Or you leave everything and run, and with luck you might get away with most of it.
So want to run and stay, want to stay and run, but not to please both ends.
Remember, in future situations like this, you must be decisive."
Derek, on the spot. Well, that depends on how the fight plays out.
But compared to the barbarians worried over the night, Derek here dragon essence tiger fierce, one is eager to pounce on a bite.
"Attack!
This time, we captured half of them."
This is the first battle in the true sense, and they are the old people who have followed them the longest.
Derek knows that no amount of usual talk is as good as the reward at this time.
Sure enough, everyone's eyes turned red when he said that.
As the elite infantry attacked, a small number of cavalry roamed the perimeter of the battlefield, waiting for the moment when the barbarians would break.
The Barbarians have also discovered this Mega Man army, or they were prepared for it.
"I have long said that Mega Man's cavalry has backup behind it, and it should be abandoned and run away."
"It's okay to hold out for help, or at least to bite a piece of their flesh."
"Don't talk nonsense, the other side is smaller than us, what are you afraid of?"
"So what about beating them? There must be more troops behind, and the longer we wait, the worse they will die."
Before the battle was to begin, the barbarian army turned against itself.
Some of the barbarians left everything and went away, while others stayed where they were, trying to fight off the enemy.
The funniest thing is that some of the barbarians looked at it helplessly until the infantry hundred approached and scrambled to help.
"Unified command is important, and one may make a mistake, but at least this is not the case."
Derek didn't need to remind the others that there was something wrong with the Barbarian's command.
The leaders of several small tribes could not identify a leader at all, and the end result was fragmentation.
The seemingly larger barbarian army was not even half as effective.
The barbarians overturned the spoils and tried to build a makeshift wall.
But the elite infantry have already crossed the barrier.
Even in this case, they maintained a relatively tight formation.
Compared to a bunch of loose sand barbarians, very different.
Kill!
Under the command of the junior officers, the infantry quickly harvested the lives of the enemy.
As soon as the barbarians made contact, they found that these enemies were different from those they had encountered before.
The strength of the elite infantry generally overwhelmed the ordinary barbarians, and the discipline and will to fight were very strong.
When they were in neat formation and covered in leather, it was difficult for ordinary barbarians to inflict effective damage on them.
After discovering this, the barbarian formation became even more confused.
Derek is acutely aware of the chaos and mood changes of the barbarians.
"Charge!"
The hooves of the horse were thundering.
Like the straw that broke the camel's back.
The barbarians, who have seen the cavalry of the Kingdom of Locke, finally lost their temper.
The chaos intensified.
Then the cavalry arrived.
A massacre. And then a massacre.
As the knights shouted surrender, some of the barbarian soldiers dropped their weapons and lay on the ground.
The whole battle lasted half an hour and was over.
The infantry began to sweep the battlefield, tying together the surrendered barbarians.
A brief count of casualties, two cavalry, a dozen elite infantry lost during the day.
The number of injuries has doubled.
This is still the result of an absolute advantage to the elite strike.
If the barbarians had been more determined to fight, the casualties would have been greater.
Derek's evaluation of himself is only qualified, if the barbarian has a qualified commander, I am afraid it will cause more trouble.
But we got off to a good start, and there were 70 or 80 severed heads.
The number of prisoners is about the same.
The rest are gone.
Derek doesn't know how the other thousand teams fared, but his speed should be among the top.
The messengers had returned with good news, and Derek was even ready to move on.
Count Pereira's purpose is nothing more than to drive the barbarians away and inflict damage.
A piece of cleaning, this piece is over, naturally to take advantage of the pursuit.
The only concern is that if you stand out too much, you might break away from the Second Army.
And then become a thorn in the side of the barbarians, which is a very big risk.
But Derek thought about it and decided to go ahead.
How do you stand out if you don't?
To put it cruelly, this is risking your life.
...
The Second Army of the Northern Province, Count Pereira, did not build a camp.
Actually, he's not planning to stay long, just temporarily.
Once the 1,000 teams have completed their initial targets, they'll need to keep getting closer.
He drew three horizontal lines on the ground.
Cross that last one, and you're right at the Iron Wall.
"Ten days, at most, to concentrate our forces against the barbarian army."
Count Pereira knew that the city of Iron Wall could not hold out any longer.
It is best to induce the barbarian army to move in these ten days, and then seek the opportunity to fight.
Because the first Army of the Northern Province is about to arrive.
Two legions together, enough to fight the barbarians.
If you have to, force back the barbarian army.
It's very unsightly, and it doesn't discourage the barbarians.
Count Pereira wants to try again.
Until the herald arrives.
"Report! The 1,000th team has completed its mission, beheading more than 80 people and capturing more than 90."