Like a silver tide, the military force slowly approached the mountains. The clash of armored weapons frightened away the birds on the treetops. Even the moonlight in the sky could not capture half of the attention of the chilling silver sea on the ground.
A dragon bird knight hovering in the sky leaped over the army and went straight into the center of the army.
"Your Majesty, the Thain Army is on that hillside."
The Dragon Bird Knight, who had returned to the Grand Legion to report the news, landed directly next to Jarvan I's horse, pointing towards the Silver Mountains not far away.
"These Noxian bastards still speak nonsense and offend His Majesty. It is a crime that cannot be punished!"
Sitting on the back of a pure-blooded Demacian warhorse, the 1-meter-long Jarvan I wore Demacian mithril armor, a crown on his head, and his eyes were as cold as the moon.
The personal guards behind him carried Langton's Omen and Attama's Halberd for Jarvan I, always ready to defend the supreme emperor of Demacia with their lives.
"Oh? What nonsense did those Noxians say? But it doesn't matter."
After receiving His Majesty the Emperor's approval, the Dragon Bird Knight knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice.
"They said they were going to...cut off His Majesty's head..."
"Bold!
"
The personal guard shouted loudly and drew out his mithril sword. However, when Jarvan I waved his hand and glared at the unobtrusive dragon and bird knight, he had no choice but to give up.
Looking around at his invincible army, Jarvan I smiled calmly.
"I have soldiers who are good at fighting, and generals who serve the country loyally. My ancestor, King Dulles, was once invincible on the battlefield. Now that Demacia has strong soldiers and horses, why should we fear the enemy's provocation?
You go and tell him that my Dulles head is right here, waiting for him to get it."
"yes!"
…
Half a day's journey south from the Demacians,
The horse trotted forward. The Noxus Empire, the commander of the First Army and the Third Army, Led Sarapam, took advantage of the rare free time to look up at the sky.
The bright moon in the sky seems to have never changed. Just like the night when he and Malz entered the ancient capital of Lienland, the bright moon illuminated the dark land. The two of them brought expectations for the future and honor.
Desire, began a war journey like a meat grinder.
At this moment, the moon looks like the Demacian mithril armor. It is gorgeous and noble, but also awe-inspiring, no less powerful than the killing soldiers born in the black iron furnace of Noxus.
Through countless savage collisions, Demacia has proven with its strength that it is an enemy that Noxus must fight with all its strength. To prove this, Commanders Maltz and Burnham have paid the price with their lives.
Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, I will become a cold corpse on the battlefield, buried in blood in this beautiful and rich land, but this is not a romance that belongs only to soldiers.
After fighting for such a long time, Led himself wanted to take a break, but unfortunately, he knew that he had no chance to rest.
In order to save his own reinforcements, the Thane Legion became the most hated target of the Demacians. For this reason, the King of Demacia turned north.
After learning the whereabouts of the Demacians, Leed only thought for a minute before he understood the Demacians' action plan and issued the order to follow up.
He would never allow himself to escape this battle and become a coward to Noxus.
Betting on the honor of the Sarapam family, the faith of the Roxy family, and your own life,
Tonight, we will definitely fight to the death with Jarvan I in the Sparkling Silver Mountains.
"Send the order! Speed up the march! We must not let our compatriots fight alone!"
"yes!"
…
Thane didn't care about Emperor Jarvan's response. At this point, except for a real fight, any trash talk was meaningless.
The meaning of this war is not complicated,
He wanted to kill Emperor Jarvan before he died, and Emperor Jarvan wanted to kill him to avenge the Demacians. Only one of them could survive, that's all.
Observing the military situation at the foot of the mountain, Se
En soon found the Emperor of Demacia's Central Military Command,
The three-meter-high indigo flag was as conspicuous as a target. Under the banner, a man in luxurious silver armor rode a tall horse and advanced with great momentum, being escorted by close guards.
There is no need to guess, that conspicuous man must be the Emperor of Demacia, Dulles Jarvan.
The line of sight began to shift. A long snake phalanx composed of Demacians was pressing down from the end of the horizon like a tide. There were at least 30,000 people in total.
With the archers in front and the spear and shield soldiers at the back, the mithril heavy armored infantry of the Fearless Vanguard were divided into two square formations, one on the left and the other on the right, blocking the attack route closest to Jarvan.
The silver-armored heavy infantry holds a big sword, and their steps are like frost and iron hitting the ice, with awe-inspiring momentum.
In large-scale wars, even the soldiers of the Dauntless Vanguard cannot maintain the shield formation method used in training and can only be used as elite infantry.
There are thousands of light cavalry and about two hundred dragon and bird riders on both sides of the military formation, who can launch a devastating charge at any time.
The mithril armor-piercing arrows that are ready to go are ready, waiting to tear apart the front line they have laid out.
Looking back at the demoralized Thain Army, Thain gave a rare smile, and then sighed.
In addition to more than 10,000 kings and nearly 1,000 fearless vanguards, the Demacian army was filled with newly recruited recruits.
If it weren't for the fact that the Demacians had more than 20,000 new recruits who had never seen much blood, there would be no need to fight this battle at all. If less than 9,000 people faced more than 40,000 people, they would definitely lose.
Our only advantage lies in the terrain. There are cliffs on three sides of the mountainside, and only one side is a steep slope. After being repaired by the accompanying mage using earth element magic, only two gaps were left, one bright and one dark, open and closed.
,
Only about a thousand people could stand in the open space, so the Demacians' numerical advantage could not be fully utilized.
As long as your bones are strong enough, you can still fight this battle.
Withdrawing his gaze, Yeager noticed his best friend's complicated expression and couldn't help but ask.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Sean, what are you laughing at? What are you sighing about?"
Turning back, Thain stared into Yeager's eyes with a soft expression.
"I laugh that after this battle, the Demacians will definitely mourn. If I can take the head of Jarvan's son, my life will be worth it.
What I lament is that I have not been able to truly train an elite soldier who can survive a hundred battles and regard death as home. Noxus is so big, but it is difficult to find a few elite soldiers and generals.
As a general, I am too unqualified. It is a pity that you and I have never had the opportunity to further our training. Otherwise, maybe you and I can really command an iron army that can defeat a hundred."
After hearing what Thain said, the morale of the soldiers in Thain's legion dropped again, and many soldiers showed dissatisfaction.
Knowing that Thane never cared about the soldiers' emotions, Yeager quickly smoothed things over without changing his expression.
He has learned the essence of how to prevent Thane's troops from mutiny.
"You are wrong about this. Our Thane Legion is the only iron army in the empire that can win every battle. We are the only ones with combat effectiveness in the entire Noxus. Otherwise, why did the Demacians give up the two major forces of Leed?
Legion, mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress us?
Doesn’t this mean that the Thane Legion is Demacia’s real enemy? We should be proud of ourselves if we can make Demacia people frightened.”
This time, Thain did not refute Yeager's words. He knew that Yeager was trying to stabilize the morale of the army for himself. Although he did not know much about how to run an army or train an army, he also understood that this was not the time to say depressing words.
"That's right. Although it is not as good as the warrior I thought in my heart, it can still be called a brave army. I can see the long-lost military soul of Roxy in the soldiers. I, Thain, can be regarded as dead.
Sorry."
Thain's words shocked the soldiers of Thain's Legion. Since they joined the army, they have hardly heard the general's praise. They just fight with their heads covered, one after another. Naturally, many soldiers can't stand the high pressure. Veterans who make enough money
Just choose to leave the legion.
Just plug
En never deducts military merit, and always rewards meritorious deeds and kills any mistakes. This fact makes many new soldiers willing to stay and fight in the Thain Army.
If you work hard a few times, you can get fertile land and rewards without worries for the rest of your life. It is better to endure the high cost of death and stay in the legion, and wait until you have enough wife money before leaving. Anyway, Thane will not stop the soldiers who choose to leave.
Compared with other legions, the Thane Legion seems to have no shortcomings except for its high mortality rate.
"Everyone, today we have no retreat, we can only fight to the death. You and I slaughtered several Demacian villages. The Demacians will never leave any prisoners in this battle.
Rather than being a coward waiting to be killed, it is better to take up arms and let the blood of Demacians stain this land red."
Yeager struck while the iron was hot and the morale of the Thane Legion was restored. Although most people still had fear and death intentions, they were much stronger than the state they had just been in.
The captain finally regained his courage to fight and asked.
"General, how should we fight this battle?"
Putting the black cutter on his shoulders, Thane said in a deep voice.
"Stay here and wait until we annihilate those enemies in silver armor, then I will lead you out through another closed gap and go straight to Jarvan's son.
If we can capture Jarvan I, we will definitely survive. If not, then kill Jarvan I. Our death will not be in vain."
"Okay! We are willing to follow the general!"
"Isn't it just death? What's so scary! I also did it with the general! Hack those Demacia bastards to death!"
…
At dawn, the moon sets in the west, and the sun rises from the shining silver mountains in the east, casting the first ray of golden light.
The field of vision became wider, and Demacia's military formation sounded the horn of attack. Tens of thousands of troops marched at the same time, heading towards the location of the Thane Army.
"Do you want to cower? Order, long-range infantry to rain down arrows on the enemy! The fifth and sixth phalanxes press in quickly, and the other phalanxes advance slowly."
"yes!"
After receiving the order from Jarvan I, the messenger quickly conveyed the battle order to the Demacia general.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The horn made a desolate and rough sound. About five thousand long-range archers faced the rain of arrows flying from the mountainside and kept getting closer until they were almost within the shooting range of the horn bow.
"Open the bow!
"
The Demacian archer, who had long been suffocating, bent his bow and nocked an arrow. The bow was like a full moon.
"put!"
With an order, the extremely tight bow string was loosened, and five thousand arrows were scattered like a moving black rain curtain onto the mountainside. Due to the terrain, only the front thousand arrows successfully flew up the mountainside.
The soldiers of the Thane Legion, who had already formed a shield wall, hid behind the black iron square shield in the shape of scales, and did not waver despite the arrows missing and hitting the shield.
A wave of arrows rained down, and only a few dozen unlucky ones were stabbed in the limbs by arrows drilled into the gaps in the shield wall, but there were no casualties.
"Fire arrows!"
After a wave of arrows, the crossbowmen of the Thane Legion poked their heads out from the shield wall and cocked their crossbows at the Demacian archers from a high position.
Less than 2,000 crossbowmen fired their crossbows and missed, causing huge damage to the Demacian archers who bore the brunt. Because the positions were too dense, a wave of arrows rained down, and the Demacian people suffered nearly 500 casualties.
Noxus is not excellent in terms of people's livelihood, but it is not good at forging weapons.
Adhering to the unique heavy style of Noxus, the extremely durable Noxian crossbow incorporates the ancient mechanical technology of the Emerald Territory and is much more powerful than ordinary military crossbows.
Not only does it have a longer range and greater power, the most important thing is that with the help of pulleys and draw rods, crossbowmen can string the crossbow faster.
While the two sides were raining arrows on each other, the fifth and sixth phalanxes, who were behind the archers and facing the mountain road, with a total of 6,000 people, passed the archers in front of them and approached a thousand meters away.
"Rush!
"
With their long swords unsheathed, the Demacian soldiers rushed towards the hillside regardless of their safety.
"General Yeager! Do you want to change the shooting target?"
The legion commander in charge of commanding the crossbowmen asked.
"No, keep killing those archers."
Yeager ordered calmly.
"Occupying a favorable terrain, we are not afraid of engaging the enemy. The only thing we need to worry about is the Demacian archers. We must kill them as much as possible before the crossbows are used up."
"yes!"
The arrows of the imperial crossbowmen missed the charging Demacian soldiers and continued to fly towards the approaching Demacian archers. Because the compatriots also entered the range of the bows and arrows, in order to avoid accidental damage, the Demacian archers had to
stop shooting,
As a result, Demacia's archers paid a heavy price.
Unable to fire arrows at the backs of their compatriots, the archers could only accept the order to retreat and exit the attack range of the imperial crossbowmen.
Jarvan I sighed as he observed the military situation two thousand meters away with the [Golden Monocular Telescope] produced by the Jade Collar with serious eyes.
"Those Noxian barbarians are extremely militaristic and warlike. There is nothing to say, but the weapons they created are so sophisticated. We will also focus on studying the craftsmanship of crossbows when we go back this time. The training process of archers is too complicated. On the contrary,
It’s not as convenient as a crossbow.”
"Your Majesty said so."
"Stop shooting!"
The Imperial crossbowmen took two steps back to clear the way for the legionnaires led by Thane.
Wearing a heavy helmet with horns and a suit of magic steel armor, Thane carried the black cutter and stepped forward with iron boots in front of everyone, like the devil from hell.
"We will stay here, Demacians, kill as many as you come!"
