"It's unbelievable that Brooks' army was defeated by a group of mercenaries."
"Don't underestimate mercenaries. Compared with farmers who are recruited temporarily, mercenaries are real soldiers. They fight all year round, take other people's money, and eliminate disasters for others. Those mercenaries may spend their entire lives killing
The troops we recruited may seem large in number, but in fact many of them may have never even killed anyone. They are eager to return to their farms after the war, sow seeds and farm. In essence, each lord's standing army is very small.
, Therefore, in a duel between the kingdom’s army and mercenaries with equal numbers, it is normal for the kingdom’s army to lose.”
"But Brooks's legion is much larger than Erengrad's mercenary army!"
"Hey, old friend, you have to know that local battles are never won by numbers. The quality of soldiers, desire to fight, and discipline are all very important. An army composed of farmers and craftsmen may only have one tenth
The death rate is so high that the whole army collapses. However, an army composed of kingdom knights and noble mercenaries may fight to the last man and still hold on to its position. This is the gap."
On the trail in late winter, Rhodes and his old neighbor Lord Varrel talked about the rebels' defeat of the regular army of Kislev. They received intelligence two days ago that the Snow Queen sent Marquis Brooks to lead an army from Kislev.
The kingdom's army recruited by the husband went to Erlengrad, but met the bloody mercenary group hired by the Erlengrad noble alliance on the way. The two sides started a fierce battle. Although Marquis Brooks bravely commanded the troops to fight against the mercenary group, the kingdom's army
Still defeated.
When the news reached the Bandaga Palace, the Ice Queen was furious and withdrew the Northern Allied Forces that besieged Erlengrad to stop the aggressive Blood Hand mercenary group. At the same time, the Queen personally summoned the
A powerful blizzard temporarily blocked the mercenary group's progress.
If nothing else goes wrong, the northern coalition forces will arrive at Wintermark Castle two days later, join Brooks' defeated army, and attack the Blood Hand Mercenary Group again.
Such news is extremely unfavorable to the northern lords, because it means that they may have to spend the entire spring in southern Kislev, and the peasant soldiers will not be able to return home to cultivate, and the land will miss the best opportunity.
Sowing time. After all, women can't be expected to do much. They can do well in handicrafts, but for things like sowing and cultivating, men still need to be there.
But this is not a problem for Rhodes, because he is leading a professional army, and none of the farmers from Black Hammer Castle have been brought out, so there is no need to worry about delaying the farm work.
"It does make sense, but having said that, old friend, you have been very eye-catching recently. The entire Northern Alliance Army knows that the Grand Duke is at odds with you. Take my advice, it is better to keep a low profile. We are not really competing with each other.
His opponent."
"I understand, but you know, sometimes people can't help themselves."
Rod returns.
"Okay, what about my daughter? She can't help herself either?"
Varrel turned his head and looked at Rhodes with squinted eyes.
"Caroline..."
Rhodes was about to reply when suddenly, the large team stopped. The communication soldiers shouted "Stop" quickly and loudly! No one knew what was happening in front of them, there was only boundless silence...
The pale sunlight shines through the gaps between the trees in the dense forest, forming a faint halo. The silence is suffocating.
Suddenly, the white bear roared manically.
"There's a situation!" Seeing Spirit Bear's reaction, Rhodes immediately knew that trouble was coming.
"Blackhammer Castle Infantry, raise your shields!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the buzz of countless flying arrows came from the dense forests on both sides. Accompanied by the loud noise of rolling rocks and roaring waves, the long and narrow marching team was in chaos! Obviously, no one would have thought that the legion would be ambushed here.
.
"Damn it! Didn't the mercenary group go to Kislev?!"
The lords cursed loudly, and even Cohen was temporarily confused.
There was no time to command, and in the next second, countless arrows covered the sky over the coalition forces like a torrential rain. The ignited boulders rolled down the slopes in the forest on both sides. For a moment, the flames shot into the sky, and arrows flew flying.
"Total defense!"
Rhodes jumped off the horse in a hurry, and while issuing an urgent order, he took off the round shield hanging on the saddle and covered the head of the old lord Varrel. An arrow just shot down and was hit by Rhodes' heavy round shield.
Bounced away. Lord Varrel of Heidelberg was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he hid in Rhode's shield formation with a big belly.
From both sides, fire kept coming, and those rolling boulders were like hell horses, raising huge sparks and dust, rushing into the crowd at extremely fast speeds, and whole rows of soldiers were crushed to the ground by the boulders, turning into
There were piles of bloody meat patties...
Flags with bloody hands and skulls flickered in and out of the high-temperature atomized air.
"Brothers, hold the battle line for me! No matter what appears from the darkness next, keep the formation!"
Rhodes shouted as he squeezed into the shield formation and stood with his men. He wanted to stand with his soldiers. No matter how dangerous it was, his morale must not collapse!
Wave after wave of arrows rained down on the crowd, but they were bounced off when they hit the Norscan shield wall, or pierced into the shield, but did not cause any damage to the soldiers behind the shield wall. And those unsuspecting northerners
The soldiers were shot and killed brutally, with random arrows piercing them and nailing them to the spot. The soldiers who were not directly shot to death were also injured one after another, blood flowed freely, and there were even scenes of trampling on each other... There were crowds of people around, and everyone's face was filled with tears.
Bleeding and screaming in terror.
"Hold on!"
Standing in the team, Rhodes kept shouting loudly, ordering his soldiers to stand in their positions. No matter how chaotic the outside world was, the shield wall could not be broken up! If necessary, those who tried to break into the shield formation would also be killed!
However, an uncontrollable scene occurred on the chaotic battlefield. A burning boulder rolled down from the forest high ground, carrying raging flames, and hit the Norscan troops directly.
The distance was not far apart, and the scorching heat and the trembling ground were thrilling. Even though the soldiers under his command had rich combat experience, their flesh and blood bodies could not resist the falling boulder. I saw the boulder hitting the ground.
After hitting an old tree, it shattered into two rolling stones, one large and one small. It continued to roll down the slope, and the flames burned all the grass along the way to ashes. At the critical moment, Rhodes saw Caroline among the rebels.
, there was no need to shout, I saw that the Frost Witch had already begun to cast a spell.
She stabbed the staff into the ground and recited the frost spell nervously. A cold wave began to spread from the end of the staff, and the ground around Caroline quickly turned into white frost. As she chanted the spell
Going faster and faster, the frost magic continues to increase, and the hoarfrost on the ground spreads out at an alarming speed, freezing the scorched land along the way, and pounces on the rolling boulders.
Rhode's eyes widened as he saw under the gray sky, the roaring flaming rolling stone and the frost path on the ground approaching each other. The moment ice and fire collided, the flames on the rolling stone exploded several meters high.
The fire wave ignited the dead branches on the trees, and the thin snow instantly turned into waves of water mist and dispersed. However, after the strong shock wave, the rolling stone still did not stop rolling. It was like a horse that had lost its flames.
Although the Nightmare War Horse no longer has the fire, it can still kill the opponent through pure crushing.
Rhodes had already tightened his grip on the battle ax. As a last resort, he could only order his men to spread out the shield wall to avoid the falling boulders. However, Caroline was still working hard. She stretched out her hands and chanted the magic spell quickly, using all her strength.
Cast Ice Girl's Kiss(1) with full power.
The biting cold wind mixed with late winter snowflakes spurted out from the hands of the Frost Witch. The rolling boulders were gradually frozen by clumps of frost, as if countless pairs of ice hands were dragging the boulders to prevent them from continuing.
Rolling, finally, at the moment when it was about to hit the Frost Witch, the rolling boulder was completely frozen on the ground, like a huge ice stone connected to the ground! Caroline let out a heavy breath, and a drop of sweat fell from her body.