BXBX NOVEL Chapter 144: 144 Defeating the Army (Part 2)_1
Chapter 144: 144 Defeating the Army (Part 2)_1
The steak in Viscount Auston’s hand slammed into his dinner plate.
The splattering sauce stained his napkin and even some got on his expensive ceremonial dress.
At this moment, Viscount Auston had no thought to lament over his dress. All he felt was an icy chill in his limbs, his mind completely blank.
How was the Dark Cavalry here?
Weren’t they hiding on Thorn Mountain?
“Sir, the enemy cavalry has charged out, what should we do?” Seeing the dazed Viscount Auston, the orderly officer urged anxiously.
Viscount Auston was shocked into action, quickly issuing orders: “Hurry! Recall the siege troops! Rally the soldiers, prepare to face the enemy!”
“Yes sir!”
Although the Order had been issued, Viscount Auston did not relax in the slightest.
Because he knew, this battle, odds were unfortunately against them.
The remnants of the Dark Cavalry numbered only eight thousand, dispersed on all four sides of Silver Moon City, roughly two thousand in each direction.
Meanwhile, the Pegasus Army outside Silver Moon City numbered forty thousand, approximately ten thousand in each direction.
Two thousand versus ten thousand.
It seemed like the Pegasus Army still outnumbered their opponents.
But in reality, the math was not this simple.
Firstly, the Dark Cavalry were horsemen, whereas the Pegasus Army outside Silver Moon City were entirely infantry.
Infantry naturally were at a disadvantage against cavalry in the open field. The only winning strategy was to form a tight formation using large shields, long spears, bows and arrows, and other weapons to counter-attack.
But at this point, the Pegasus Army had already arranged themselves for a siege, with their positions widely scattered to avoid a rain of arrows from the city causing heavy casualties.
Moreover, the weapons in the soldiers’ hands were siege equipment, not the large shields and long spears used to block cavalry charges.
What’s more, these forty thousand Pegasus Army soldiers outside Silver Moon City, weren’t their true elites.
The true elites were all led by Marquis Vincent to Thorn Mountain to encircle the Dark Cavalry.
These forty thousand Pegasus Army soldiers were originally set up to meet the Silver Moon Guards of the Half-Elves, and thus, wouldn’t be comprised of their elite troops.
However, who knew that it seemed like fate was playing a joke on them. The Dark Cavalry didn’t appear at Thorn Mountain but charged out from Silver Moon City instead!
The opponent was expected to be a weak and easy adversary, but suddenly a formidable Ultraman Tiga appeared?
As he watched the oncoming Dark Cavalry, Viscount Auston felt his heart sink.
His first thought was to flee.
But pragmatism told him that trying to escape would only make things worse.
Because human legs can’t outrun horse legs, if pursued by the cavalry, they would become lambs to the slaughter.
The thundering sound of horse hooves was like a death knell, continuously approaching the Pegasus Army.
Yet at this moment, the Pegasus Army’s formation hadn’t even had time to take shape.
The timing the Dark Cavalry chose was too cunning, completely catching the enemy off guard.
In their panic, the soldiers of the East Territory could only raise the small round shields they originally used to block the rain of arrows from the city. Yet, these shields were of little use against a cavalry charge.
The officers of the East Territory army yelled loudly, urging the soldiers to form a spear formation.
But since they were prepared for a siege, they weren’t carrying the cumbersome long spears. And where could they find spears to form a spear formation in such a short time?
Only the bowmen were able to shoot a sparse rain of arrows at the Dark Cavalry as their few attempts at a counterattack.
Even more soldiers from the Pegasus Army already turned around to run.
The army of the East Territory, which hadn’t experienced any major wars for nearly a hundred years, displayed its lack of combat strength without reservation at this moment.
Viscount Auston closed his eyes in utter despair.
The surging Dark Cavalry didn’t bother with any dialogue.
Enemies meet, eyes blazing with mutual hatred.
The heavy cavalry led the way, with the light cavalry buzzing right behind.
Faced with ill-prepared Pegasus Army, their uncoordinated formation disrupted, a ruthless and forceful trampling was the best tactic.
At this moment, the Dark Cavalry finally demonstrated its might as the leading force of the North Territory.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amidst the deep collision sounds, countless soldiers spurted mouthfuls of blood and were blown away like ragdolls.
The troops of the Dark Cavalry, like red-hot blades piercing through butter, advanced through the military formation of the Pegasus Army without any hindrance, leaving only gore and destruction in their wake.
The pitiful Pegasus Army, left almost defenceless in front of this devastating attack, had no means of retaliation.
They found themselves on the worst battlefield, at the worst time, facing the worst enemy.
The heavy cavalry force smashed through in columns, shattering the eastern formation.
The light cavalry promptly followed, like an overwhelming tide of black, submerging the Pegasus Army outside the Silver Moon City completely.
When Viscount Auston opened his eyes again, he saw his own formation mercilessly and recklessly shattered by the Dark Cavalry.
“My lord, we must escape!”
Snapped out of his trance by his attendant’s urging, Viscount Auston chaotically scrambled to his feet from beside the dining table.
In his panic, the sumptuous lunch was knocked over and littered on the floor. “Yes, I must leave immediately! I have to report the Northerners’ conspiracy to the Marquis!”
As if providing himself an excuse to escape, Viscount Auston scrambled onto his warhorse, and without hesitation, abandoned his army and fled.
His escape caught the immediate attention of his warriors.
The sight of their commander fleeing, even forgetting to remove his dining bib, led to a complete collapse in morale.
A contagious wave of panic turned the Pegasus Army into dispersed, fleeing lambs.
And thus, their fate was sealed.
The Dark cavalry would not show them any mercy.
No surrender, no prisoners.
The hatred born in Shadow Gorge could only be washed away with blood!
“Kill! Avenge!” Knight Logh, his body drenched in blood, still held his knight sword aloft and bellowed out.
His voice, though faint amidst the thunder of galloping hooves, still triggered violent roars within the ranks of the Dark Cavalry soldiers. The sound spread across the battlefield, drowning out all other noise.
“Avenge!”
“Avenge!”
The deafening war cries pierced the skies, for a moment even drowning the rumbling of charging hooves.
Each of the fierce Northerners Riders, transformed into vengeful envoys, held aloft their gleaming steel swords, shouting fiercely, venting their pent-up hatred.
Blood sprayed around like rain, heads flying in all directions.
The agonized screams of the soldiers of the Pegasus Army blended into one chilling chorus, but soon it was drowned out, becoming background noise no one paid attention to.
Helpless to fight and unable to run, countless desperate soldiers from the East dropped their weapons, kneeling in surrender.
But this failed to elicit any mercy from the Dark Cavalry.
These black armored riders became cold-blooded demons, unwilling to cease their frenzy of killing.
Groups of Eastern soldiers fell like fields of wheat.
Bloody gaps appeared in the Pegasus Army’s formation as life flowed away in streams of blood.
The relentless black tide eventually submerged the suburbs of Silver Moon City completely.
The stage was set for a massacre..