Riding and Slashing

Chapter 403 Battle of Buyulin

On September 358, 9 in Pandeli, it was sunny.

Battle of Bullin.

This is the toughest battle I have ever fought with His Majesty, even more difficult than fighting devils like Egreme before—Your Majesty was attacked by that bastard Agathon!

In fact, including me, everyone knows that Agathon must be extremely loyal to the Bacchus Empire, and his loyalty to Emperor Marius is beyond doubt.

So I don't quite understand why this person who was the most loyal to the country and the emperor used the most violent method to disobey Emperor Marius' last order, and even ruined the good situation that Emperor Marius had bought with his life.

His Majesty said that everyone has a paradise in their hearts, and Bacchus with Emperor Marius is the Bacchus in Agathon's heart.

With Emperor Marius gone, Agathon would have no country or emperor to which he wanted to be loyal.

Maybe it is.

But I think this is an irresponsible escape...

People will always die. After the death of Emperor Marius, shouldn't the living people inherit his legacy?What should be done step by step to build the country into what Emperor Marius expected?
But His Majesty said that there are many kinds of loyalty.

Some are loyal to the king, some are loyal to the people, some are loyal to class, some are loyal to career, some are loyal to reputation, some are loyal to love, some are loyal to gods, and some are loyal to themselves.

His Majesty said that Agathon was loyal to the idea in his heart.

He couldn't accept that the Bacchus Empire was in a weak position, so he tried to die with His Majesty, intending to weaken the New Pendor Kingdom in this way, bring new opportunities to Bacchus, and awaken the courage of the Bacchus.

His Majesty believes that Agathon is defending the honor of the Bacchus Empire from his standpoint, and he believes that he is martyred, and death in battle is also the due destination of a general.

So His Majesty engraved words of praise like 'brave' on Agathon's tombstone.

But I think Agathon is actually a coward.

If it is really for the honor of the Bacchus Empire, then he should go to the Amala Continent and restore the original glory of the Bacchus Empire on the land occupied by the Snake Cult—just like His Majesty rebuilding New Pendor, then Call the real brave.

I told His Majesty what I thought, and then His Majesty asked me, what am I loyal to...

To be honest, I was stumped by this question at the time.

It took me a long time to think about this question, and finally I came to the answer - I'm probably only true to the promises I made.

At that time, I was a little ashamed, because it seemed a bit selfish. Keeping promises is only a basic morality, and I can only do this, as if it does not conform to the character that a vassal should have.

But His Majesty was very satisfied. He said that being faithful to one's promise is already the most noble character of a person.

His Majesty said that if I wanted, he could give me the title of 'Promise Keeper', or 'Noble One'.

I didn't want these damn titles...

Because at this time, I have realized that His Majesty engraved 'brave' on Agathon's tombstone, in fact, mainly to appease the Bacchus...

—Excerpt from "New Pendor Battlefield Diary", by Lisadiran Aino.
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"The empire is immortal!"

When two thousand cavalrymen rushed from the flanks with lances, Li Ang was leading his men to advance towards the Snake Worship Cult on foot.

In fact, Li Ang saw the Bacchus troops rushing from the side, and also recognized the Iron Ring Centurions under Agason's men who rushed in the front, but he thought that these cavalry were here to cooperate with him to encircle and suppress the Snake Cult—— Agathon's cavalry cut into the battlefield from the side, and scattered a small number of Snake Worshipers along the way. It seemed that they were carrying out a side attack.

This kind of combat method of cutting from the side of the enemy's large forces is exactly what cavalry should do on large-scale battlefields.

Li Ang even gave a sigh of admiration, feeling that the timing of Agathon's cut into the battlefield was just right, and this side attack would definitely throw the Snake Worship Cult army into complete chaos.

So Li Ang ordered Klose and Sigismund to lead the infantry to the front quickly, and let Li Sadilan lead the Noldor to disperse and advance quickly to cover the arrows.

This is all natural to cooperate with the side attack of the cavalry. Go up to the front and cover the shooting with large-scale bows and arrows. This will make it impossible for the Snake Cult army to quickly organize manpower to deal with the side cavalry—if Agathon really wants to make a side attack If the army of the Snake Cult...

But after these two orders were issued, only Wendy and the 200 guards were left beside Li Ang.This is also Li Ang's only [-] cavalry troops in this battle, and it is also a reserve team - Li Ang has been letting the troops advance in a coordinated formation with infantry and bows. Except for his own guards, the other Noldo warriors did not ride horses.

But just after his own army resisted the Snake Worship Cult's army, Li Ang discovered that the cavalry did not break into the enemy's formation, but rushed straight towards his own flag in a small arc!

This is a sneak attack that no one expected!
At this time, the cavalry was only more than 200 meters away from Li Ang's banner.

"Bastards...they are coming for us! Shoot arrows to stop them!"

Li Ang's reaction was fairly quick, and immediately asked the guards to stop him after he noticed something was wrong.

He didn't intend to negotiate with the rushing cavalry. At this moment, anyone who disturbs the battlefield must be the enemy!

But Li Ang somewhat didn't understand—now is the best time to get rid of the Snake Worship Cult army!What the hell is Agason doing? !
The Noldor guards quickly turned to the side, scattered and began to block with arrows.

The cavalry and archery abilities of these Noldor rangers are all first-class, but their number is too small, two hundred versus two thousand, and the enemy is well-equipped heavy cavalry, it is impossible to prevent the opponent's large army from rushing in front of them.

"Li Ang, you have to get out of here!"

Wendy drove her horse in front of Li Ang, trying to get him to leave the battlefield.

"I can't retreat...my banner is still here! If I retreat, the Snake Cult army will take advantage of the chaos to counterattack, and Agathon may also chase us--most of the brothers in this battle did not ride horses, we will A heavy loss!"

Li Ang looked around, gritted his molars and said.

Directly ahead, his troops had already fought with the Snake Worship Cult army, and they still had a certain advantage in the situation for the time being.

This is probably because the troops of the Snake Cult did not expect that the cavalry on the side were not directed at them. They were shrinking their defenses, so they were currently suppressed by Li Ang's troops.

But after all, the Snake Cult army had a lot of people, and seeing that the Bacchus cavalry ignored them, the Snake Worship Cult army had already started to fight back with all its strength.

Li Ang's troops had already gone up, and they definitely couldn't withdraw now. Unless the Snake Cult's troops could be defeated, otherwise, if the infantry's formation became disorganized or leaked, it would lead to a major defeat.

On the side, the soldiers of the Shadow Legion were shot down by Noldo's arrow one after another, but they were still charging towards Li Ang's position.

Moreover, their assault formations are gradually dispersing...

Obviously, these Bacchus didn't intend to maintain the formation, they were just doing their best!

The front cavalry was only more than 100 meters away from Li Ang, and Li Ang had clearly seen their faces.

The iron ring centurions rushed to the front, but they didn't hold lances, they held broad-bladed spears in their hands.

Except for the iron ring centurion, the other cavalrymen were holding lances in their left hands, and the shields in their right hands were slanted against their chests, which looked very neat.

So many lefties?

Of course not.Li Ang had already realized that these were the Shadow Legionnaires who had been ordered to cut off their right thumbs.

Unable to grasp in their right hands, they held guns in their left, with their shields strapped to their right forearms.

If it is these people, then they really have a reason to attack themselves...

"Stop shooting! Everyone! Grenades ready!"

Li Ang felt a little flustered, but he still forced himself to remain calm.

Wendy glanced at Li Ang with some concern, and after quickly shooting an arrow from the bow in her hand, she also took out the grenade in her waist.

She remembered the scene when she fought against Egreme...

At that time, Li Ang also asked all the guards to throw grenades at the same time, creating a large number of explosion craters, which prevented Egrem's cavalry from rushing forward in the end.

But at that time it was dealing with fallen warhorses with poor steering, and those fallen had no brains.

But now they are facing the elite troops of the Bacchus Empire...

Oh, right!
The horses of Li Ang's two hundred guards were all trained in explosives.

Wendy recalled the explosion training that she personally performed - the Bacchus horse must have never seen the huge sound and light effects and the smell of gunpowder smoke.

But the problem is, the throwing distance of the grenade is limited...

And the Bacchus are very good at throwing spears, which can be thrown much farther than grenades!

Moreover, in order to ignite the grenade, your own troops cannot move, and can only stand still as targets.

Wendy has already seen the broad-bladed spears in the hands of the iron ring centurions...

More than 300 Iron Ring Centurions collectively throwing spears is terrible. They cannot avoid or stop them at all, and they will inevitably suffer huge losses...

"Put the grenade on the arrow and light it!"

When Agathon's cavalry was a hundred meters away from the guards, Li Ang gave an exciting order.

Wendy suddenly realized...

White smoke rose from the hands of the two hundred guards.

"volley!"

The ignited grenade was shot out with the Noldo arrows. At this time, Agathon's cavalry was only 70 meters away from the guards.

The iron ring centurions have also raised their spears and are ready to go.

But they failed to make a successful shot.

"Boom boom boom...!!"

Before the enemy threw their spears, one after another temporarily modified 'explosive arrows' shot into the cavalry of the Bacchus!

Fortunately, the Noldor guards had all experienced strong winds and waves, and they were relatively calm. At least they all fired grenades, and no one dropped this terrible thing into their own team.

The grenade is very heavy, and it is actually difficult to control when it is stuck in the body of the arrow. It cannot be shot too far, and it is not accurate.

However, an arrow with a grenade doesn't need any accuracy...

After a series of explosions, the charging momentum of Agathon's troops was disrupted, and most of the horses began to run around completely uncontrollably.

The Iron Ring Centurions at the front belonged to the hardest-hit area. Few of them were able to throw their spears smoothly, and most of them missed the target. Even these iron ring centurions are well-trained.

Also, most cavalry were blocked.

Some cavalry behind with left pistols failed to hold back their lances, and even poked at the frightened horses in front—not their dominant hand, and their temporary reaction ability was indeed greatly reduced.

"Brothers, take the grenades and charge with me!"

Seeing that the formation of the Bacchus was messed up by the frightened horses, Li Ang of course wanted to seize this precious opportunity. He took off two grenades from his waist, and with a gunpowder in his mouth, he went straight towards the chaotic The enemy rushed over.

This time, he didn't plan to shoot the grenade with the arrow. Just now, he just wanted to prevent the iron ring centurions from throwing spears collectively, so he had to strike first.Now that the enemy is already in chaos, it is a better choice to rush over and mess them up even more.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

After another burst of intermittent explosions, the battlefield became filled with gunpowder and smoke. After confirming that most of the enemy's horses were out of control, Li Ang began to retreat with his troops.

He had already seen that the Bacchus basically jumped off their horses and surrounded him—the enemy did not hesitate to lose, and they would rather kill themselves at all costs!
"follow me!!"

He yelled loudly, telling the guards to follow him.

But at this time, a crossbow was shot into the sky, with thick red smoke.

Moreover, the crossbow shot obliquely to the top of Li Ang's head!

Commanding the arrow... Is this marking my position? !
Li Ang followed the position where the crossbow shot out, and sure enough...

Agathon is there.

Li Ang and Agathon just looked at each other.

Ajiasong was no longer riding a horse and was holding a crossbow in his hand. Seeing Li Ang looking over, he bowed slightly to Li Ang.

But then, he threw down his crossbow and drew out his sword, pointing the blade at Li Ang, opening and closing his mouth to give some order.

The battlefield was chaotic, and Li Ang couldn't hear his voice, so he could only retreat, and called his guards to fire at Agason's position.

I don't know if the volley was successful, and I didn't have time to check it, because the battle roar of the Bacchus has already been heard again.

"The empire is immortal!"

Along with the battle roar, there are the footsteps of thousands of people, and hundreds of broad-bladed spears flying in an arc!

Agathon had already ordered all the troops to give up their horses and start charging on foot as skirmishers!
There is no queue, no army formation, just a pure charge, throwing spears or firing crossbows while charging!
The most troublesome thing is...

They attack indiscriminately!

They don't care if there are people of their own within the target range!
A series of casualties began to occur among the guards.

I can't carry it any longer. Although the enemy has no horses, they still have a huge advantage in numbers. More than 1000 people are encircling Li Ang.

Although Li Ang's side is full of cavalry, there is no space to fly kites - the ground is full of Bacchus, they surrounded them in a state of complete skirmishers, and the range of the Bacchus' crossbows is farther than that of the guards...

But Li Ang couldn't retreat for the time being, the battle between the large army and the Snake Worship Cult was still going on, Li Ang didn't dare to lead the guards out of the frontal battlefield alone.

Otherwise, Agathon will definitely turn to attack his own large army. The large army will face a pincer attack, and it is very likely that it will be defeated, or at least it will suffer irreparable losses!
Moreover, probably because of seeing the explosion and chaos on Li Ang's side, the Snake Worship Cult army seemed to be getting braver with each battle!

This is probably what Agathon wants - he wants to cause Li Ang to suffer huge losses, and he wants the Bacchus Empire to maintain a stronger military power than the New Pendor Kingdom!
Even if this will cause the Snake Cult army to stand out from the encirclement...

"Li Ang! Withdraw your troops...you must leave here!"

Wendy is in a hurry, she doesn't care if she will be defeated now, if this continues, Li Ang will be too dangerous!
"No...follow me! We charge forward..."

Li Ang gritted his teeth and pulled up his battle flag.

"forward?!"

Wendy panicked a little.

"Yes... I want to rush into the Snake Cult army!"

Li Ang waved the battle flag and rushed towards the Snake Worship Cult army on the frontal battlefield: "Agason! Do you want to kill me? Come! Come kill me!!""

(End of this chapter)