Blood tax

Chapter 485 Side Attack
"Boom-"

Desai suddenly opened his eyes.His head seemed to have been hit hard, and he lost his direction in a daze.

what happened?

He swung his camera to see the silver breastplate and mail under the red fleece cloak, the sturdy gauntlets and flowing greaves, and the long sword and dagger on the brown belt.He moved his body, and the fine rings made a clanging sound.

Then there was a dense sound.The view became clear, and ranks of cavalry stood up nearby.They carried lances, sabers or maces, and some had silver flintlocks in their saddles.

"Boom--!"

There was another muffled sound, and Desai suddenly realized that someone was tapping his helmet.He turned his head to see Lansada adjusting his belt and pounding his helmet with his fists.

"Desai, wake up! It's time to attack!"

"Emmm..."

Desai inexplicably felt a little confused and restless, his throat was very thirsty, like a beast waking up from a deep sleep, eager to drink blood.

He felt as if he had been assigned something very important, but he couldn't remember it.

"Ready to attack!"

The flag was waved on the low hill, and the thunderous roar inspired shouts and slogans one after another. The cavalry turned on their horses, and the heavy and dense hooves of the horses rolled.

The blood in Desai's whole body was almost boiling, and he grasped the lance subconsciously.When he looked up, he vaguely saw the other side of the low hill, some unreal, beyond common sense, and indescribable shadows were swaying in the smoke and dust. throbbing uneasy.

The battlefield cannot be seen here, and the pervasive wind and smoke curled up the screams of the dying, full of uneasiness, madness and chaotic wails.

What's in that smoke and dust!
This horrifying thought just flashed by, and the strange shadow disappeared in the rising smoke in a blink of an eye, and Desai couldn't see anything clearly.Hurrying figures passed by the entire armored cavalry squadron and rushed to all directions of the battlefield.Suddenly all units were mobilized, and nearby squadrons of dragoons on standby were already moving along the level ground between the low hill and the river bank.

"What happened?" Paxiu rode his horse and stood behind Desai, asking uneasily in a low voice.But no one answered, the eyes of the cavalry were all focused on the hillside, and the first-level assault squadron leader Griffith de Ravenel jumped down from the hillside and came among his cavalry.

Desai felt another unknown throbbing.

Nearly two hundred young cavalry men and women saluted their commander together.

"Armored cavalry, get ready." Griffith came to the front of the team and jumped on a strong black horse. "The priest stepped forward and blessed the whole team with courage and faith, and skipped the rest."

The clergymen in the ranks sprang into action immediately.Lansada beside Desai also ran to the front of the team.She wore a blue nun's robe over silver chain mail, opened a book, and chanted prayers with a clear voice.

Desai seemed to be bathed in the morning light, the ethereal and pure breath enveloped him, and the hesitation and confusion just now disappeared without a trace.He immediately had a strong sense of mission, and wanted to immediately devote himself to the great war.

"Asylum, loading is complete."

"Armored cavalry, move!" Griffith in front of the squadron held up the blood thorn, followed by two hundred cavalry, marching from the hidden river bank to the battlefield in four columns.

At 4:15 pm on April 2th, the Storm Squadron completed preparations for the attack.They left the slope of the low hill and moved from behind the tight infantry line to the left flank of the field.

Desai finally saw the whole picture of the battlefield.

Wave after wave of rebels followed the military flags, formed a dense formation, and moved forward amidst the sound of military drums.Their officers raised their swords, shouted loudly on the front line, and drove the soldiers away.Groups of infantrymen with halberds desperately tried to squeeze through the forest of guns shining with cold light to attack another forest of guns.

Suddenly, the ground trembled, and the 6-pounders on top of the low hill opened fire.The salvo of the artillery team tore through the sound fault, and the thick smoke and flames made everyone shake.Desai held his breath and looked in the direction of the bombardment, only to see black shadows flying over the crowd, making a terrible whistling sound, and landing in the square formation in the distance.

The moment the shells fell, it was strangely calm at first. Just when Desai was wondering why the shelling had no effect, the heart-piercing screams and wailing almost knocked him off his horse.

The black iron ball bounced off between the legs and rolled over, tearing off limbs and pieces of flesh wherever it went.Those dense gun formations were driven out of the flesh and blood in a blink of an eye.

Another round of shelling followed.

Except for the soldiers at the front who were fighting, the soldiers in the middle and the back of the large square could only stand and be bombarded.When the cannonball was about to hit the ground, it was so slow that it seemed that it could be caught by reaching out.Some reckless pikemen brandished their spears trying to knock the shells to the ground.But the shells snapped the barrels and tore their arms from their bodies.

The three squadrons of armored cavalry, dragoons, Veronese noble cavalry, and mercenary cavalry ignored the phalanx in battle, but detoured under the leadership of the commander.They are the sharpest short swords, ready to strike a critical blow under the leadership of a powerful transcendent.

Vision becomes clearer and clearer.

The low hills and crowds receded farther and farther away, like ant-covered mounds in a flood.Volleys of musketry rose one after another, and shells and buckshot mowed down the ranks of soldiers.

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the cavalry.At the moment of gaining vision, some people witnessed an astonishing existence.

"what is that!"

"what is that?"

The cavalry group, which had always maintained a strict formation, was in chaos.They saw the swollen lump of flesh standing on the ground, and the sea above it was covered with an ugly and thick chitin carapace, with huge pillars of dark red fangs sticking out.This unheard-of behemoth, beyond all cognition and nightmare, is rolling over with unstoppable wriggling.

Beside it, several thick phalanxes seem to have fallen into autistic and ignorant madness.The soldiers of the rebel army were not afraid of this terrifying monster. They stood stiffly on the battlefield, watching the troops in front of them repeatedly attack Bayeran's position with unimaginable madness, paving the way for the arrival of the monster with dead bodies and flesh and blood.

Some of the Bayeran infantry who faced this scene had already fled under the ravages of fear, but most of them still held their positions.The gunners on the top of the low hill were all shirtless, firing shells with all their might.The sound of cannons came and went, and the position was completely covered by thick smoke, like a sea of ​​clouds. Below the clouds were the crowds rolling and pounding like stormy waves.

Countless infantry were blocked under the low hill, unable to advance or retreat, and were killed in pieces by dense shells and lead bullets.

The giant beast with carapace, arms, legs, and arthropods turned a blind eye to all of this, and persistently and slowly moved towards Byelan's position.Wherever it went, the splintered, bleeding wounded and corpses disappeared.

What's even more strange is that the rebels deployed near this terrifying monster stood still...

Desai's heart beat faster.He realized with horror that everyone was about to charge towards that indescribable monster, to challenge some kind of existence beyond human beings!How can this be done! ?
At this moment, Griffith raised his lance again.

"Squadron, stop!"

The entire squadron took up Xiao ran's mount.At the same time, the other two squadrons led by Lana and Murat have also arrived, gathering into a tight fence like streams converging into a river.

Cavalry and horses trembled and stirred.They were all terrified, and it was the limit of their courage to come here.Just the stench and ferocious smell in the air has caused the mind to collapse, even if you take a second look.

This mountain-sized monster hadn't even appeared in the books.If it were allowed close to the line of defense, the infantry on the Borodino hill would fall apart in an instant.

Griffith took a deep breath, feeling the thickness and moistness of the blood, and a hot flame ignited in his eyes.He struck the ground with his lance, and an invisible impact and sonic boom swept over.The power of the war knight gushed out from his limbs and bones, gathering and hovering around him like a canopy of flames.

The panicked cavalry were alerted by the shock and echo, and their suspicious eyes focused on the standing knight.The noisy chaos froze.

The morale of the Byelan Cavalry is locked by the "Broken Army" feature.

They saw their commanders, strong and graceful, pointing their swords at the source of madness and chaos.The timid people are full of enthusiasm, and the withdrawn people are full of enthusiasm.

Lansada squeezed from behind to Desai's right rear, and Paxiu raised the military flag.All the cavalry put down their helmets and approached each other, roaring like beasts, and stared straight ahead.

The wings on Griffith's saddle whistled in the wind, leading the entire squadron to make an astonishing sound.

He has blood thorns in his right hand and light in his left hand.The sharp gaze under the dark golden visor was like a scarlet moon, and the trembling that made it impossible to look directly gripped the hearts of all the cavalry.

A majestic voice echoed in the hearts of the six hundred cavalrymen:

"From now on, we will launch a surprise attack on the rebel flank.

"Lancers, line up!"

Griffith drew his sword and pointed forward. Armored cavalry, dragoons, and light cavalry, wearing breastplates and blue and red uniforms, moved like a city wall amid the rhythmic sound of horseshoes and the clash of spurs.

Looking from the sky, it looks like a cold tide, roaring and galloping towards the shore.Many scattered rebels along the way were sucked into this huge wave, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

The first row of the trotted cavalry battle line held lances, and the next few rows clenched saber and mace, maintaining a smooth line and rolling forward.

Griffith received the snowflake-like information collected by the Commander, and quickly caught the threat ahead.The turn of the situation was unexpected. Iseus attacked in the form of a mythical creature ahead of time, and Byelan's entire army was in danger of collapse.

It is necessary to cut through the rebel defenses and kill Iseus after he reaches the front line!Right now!
"Follow me to attack!" Griffith called all the cavalry reserves into battle, and rushed into the core of the rebel army from the side of the battlefield.He shouted over the deafening rumble of hooves, "Byeland—!"

"Long live!"

The cavalry group began to accelerate.The rebel phalanx deployed in the center was as dull as a pile of logs, and the formation was divided by corpses, ravines, and mounds along the way.They deployed their guns slowly and inefficiently, and were caught in the gap before they were deployed!

The cavalry rushed through the crowd from the gap in the phalanx, and then quickly tore apart the battle line, with crackling and snapping sounds under the horse's hooves,

Desai saw that countless phalanx soldiers were like festering ant nests, collapsing piece by piece in front of the cavalry and on the left and right sides, fleeing in all directions.

"Boom!" The cavalry battle column broke through the enemy's defense line like a flood, making a deafening roar.Pieces of rebels flew upside down, and then were trampled under the iron hooves of war horses.

"Failed, defeated!"

"Oh monster!"

A strange scene happened. The rebels near the monster seemed to wake up from a dream, and suddenly screamed overwhelmingly.

The loud noise and tinnitus made people crazy, and Desai ran into a group of rebels, smashing his men and horses into the crowd.He rolled a few times, jumped up quickly, drew his sword and knocked down several people.

There was chaos everywhere, and everyone seemed to be running around.The cavalry battle line had passed through the formation, and it seemed to be heading towards the monster. There were screams and screams of fighting everywhere.

(End of this chapter)