Silver Hand's combat effectiveness is actually very strong, because all the members are tall, strong and macho men with extraordinary skills.
Most of them use big swords, halberds or big hammers - basically all heavy weapons, with no shortage of lethality.
The defense on the body is not bad either. Most of them are wearing chain armor blouses inlaid with steel sheets, which is composite armor suitable for infantry. Plate armor is not easy to make, and it is difficult to create movable joints. The water conservancy stamping equipment around the Aier River has not yet been built, so naturally it is not possible to equip all members. Only Kloze and others are wearing their Meitengheim plate armor.
But a full set of composite armor actually has very good defensive power. In this era, ordinary noble knights can only afford to wear this kind of armor.
In addition, the core personnel are all equipped with Mithril gauntlets, so at least ordinary swords are not a problem for them at all.
When in close combat with the enemy, there are actually very few troops who can defeat them. Many times they can overwhelm the opponent with strength alone - when the strong men are wielding swords and hammers, the shields in the enemy's hands are basically useless.
That hammer was a big piece of iron weighing eight to twelve pounds. It was actually used to knock on city walls, and the shield couldn't stop it.
But now, what they are facing is a group of Fallen One...
A group of inhuman monsters far superior to them in strength.
The sledgehammer is of course very lethal to Can Knights or other humans, but when this thing hits Fallen One, it won't have much effect - at most it will cause a few fractures...
Unless you hit him in the head, you can't kill him at all.
Fallen One are all walking zombies after all. Whether they are missing arms or legs or have broken bones, as long as they are not dead, they can still retain most of their combat effectiveness!
Moreover, heavy weapons like hammers have a huge problem - poor balance.
This thing cannot be taken back after being swung out, and it is basically impossible to adjust during the attack. It is really not easy to hit the opponent's head accurately.
Meitengheim people's big sword is not bad, and they are very good at 'New Year's Sword Style', and are very skilled in beheading and other tasks.
But the problem is that Meitengheim people's sword skills are very open and unrestrained - this kind of sword skills requires a lot of space.
In other words, Silver Hand cannot form a dense formation to attack.
--Of course, the same goes for the halberd and sledgehammer. They need to be spread out a little, otherwise it is easy to accidentally injure friendly troops.
Kloze had troops surrounded on three sides before. Actually, it was because they could not attack in a conventional array and they needed more space.
But in this way, the original numerical advantage seemed not to be that great - those Fallen One kept their dense array untouched, and when faced with the attack, they even quickly formed a shield formation.
Therefore, when Silver Hand came into contact with the Fallen Ones, it was as if they were fighting with fewer enemies - the enemies stood very densely, but the Silver Hands were relatively scattered.
At the same time, since the enemy formed a shield formation, the first blows of the tough men with sledgehammers were aimed at the shield.
The sledgehammer is a shield-breaking weapon. It is reasonable to break one by one.
Fallen One The shields in their hands were indeed broken with one blow, but the force of the sledgehammer failed to make them move at all - not even the hand holding the broken shield moved!
Just as the enemy's shield was shattered, the sledgehammers faced Fallen One's counterattack.
They had just swung the hammer, but their whole body strength had not yet been recovered. At this moment, their feet were temporarily unable to move.
Those Fallen One slashed at the hammermen with their swords at this moment - obviously, these Fallen One still have good swordsmanship, or some kind of instinct.
The weapons in Fallen One's hands were actually nothing special. They were just ordinary long swords or conventional weapons such as hand axes and machetes. However, that seemingly gentle counterattack actually cut many sledgehammers and their armors into two pieces!
Not even Silver Hand's Mithril gauntlets can stop them - the power of these Fallen Ones is too terrifying!
They abandoned their souls and gained inhuman strength. Many Fallen One even cut off the swords in their hands with the first blow...
The originally quite strong composite armor was like paper in the face of these Fallen One's terrifying powers!
Therefore, after only carrying out the first wave of attacks and completing a brief contact, the troops led by Kloze lost dozens of sledgehammers, basically all killed in one hit!
"Back off! Everyone back off!"
Kloze realized that he had made a mistake. He should not have faced Fallen One with conventional combat methods!
Moreover, these Fallen One are completely different from those previously encountered in Long River Town - they do not seem to have completely lost their minds.
Those Fallen One did not chase the retreating Silver Hand, but still lined up neatly and remained extremely quiet.
After Kloze led people back dozens of meters, those Fallen One even restored the circular formation into a horizontal formation, and began to slowly approach like a wall.
"If only those Noldo Elves were here..."
Sammer looked helplessly at the approaching flesh and blood monsters and said something to Kloze.
Indeed, if Noldo Elvess were here, then these Fallen Ones would only be shot through the head by precise arrows and would not pose any threat at all.
But now, there are only Silver Hand and Free Legion - not many remote attack methods.
Silver Hand, who uses strength as his main method, faces Fallen One whose strength far exceeds his own in close combat. It is really not cost-effective, and he will definitely suffer heavy losses...
Sometimes, one thing kills another. When facing Fear Legion at the beach, the Noldor's arrows did not have much effect; but when facing Fallen One in the wilderness, Silver Hand is indeed difficult to operate.
"Throw the spear up!"
Kloze frowned and called Free Legion's people to come forward.
Free Legion There are indeed many people equipped with throwing spears, especially those gladiators from the Bacchus Empire.
Then a wave of javelins flew over.
But almost no one fell down on the other side...
Many javelins were indeed inserted into those Fallen Ones, but they did not react at all - it was completely indifferent to Fallen Ones to receive puncture wounds...
It is obviously not easy to accurately hit the head with a javelin, and moreover, most of the Fallen One on the opposite side have shields in their hands. Although they seem to react slowly, they can still do it with the shield to protect their heads.
As a result, after throwing a wave of spears, Kloze immediately regretted it.
The Fallen One on the opposite side suffered almost no damage, and they picked up the throwing spears stuck at their feet or on themselves and threw them back!
Although their throwing skills were not very good, and most of the javelins deviated from the target, the javelins aimed at the target without exception caused casualties - under the inhuman strength of Fallen One, the javelins thrown back were so fast that they could not even be seen clearly!
The powerful and heavy javelin can even completely penetrate the human body - there is no way to block it and no time to hide!
This is really troublesome.
Although the brothers have all seen Fear Legion, which is more difficult to deal with, and have no fear of Fallen One, everyone is aware of the troublesomeness of these enemies...
It's hard to fight in close combat, and you'll be killed if you throw a spear...
There are some crossbows, but only the Sigismund scout team is equipped with them. The number is relatively small, and most of them are not very accurate. It is difficult to achieve any effective results against the walking dead.
It doesn't seem to be possible to avoid them instead of fighting them. Kloze had already taken a detour to avoid them before, but they were still able to miraculously block the large army in the wilderness.
The biggest problem is that at this moment, another group of enemies came from the distance...
That is still Fallen One, there are not many in number, about one or two hundred - but this means that Fallen One will continue to gather here!
"Sinclair, do you have any good ideas? If this continues, there will be more and more Fallen Ones, and we seem to be unable to get rid of them in a short time!"
Kloze turned around and asked the scout captain Sigismund.
"We can't waste time... How about letting the large army disperse? Spread into small groups and avoid them. I will lead the scout team here to lure them. You go directly to Vulpine Town!"
Sigismund did give a reliable method.
"We can give it a try... take the squadron as a unit, all disperse, go near Vulpine Town, and watch the ringing arrows gather!"
Kloze also thought this method was good, so he immediately issued the order.
After all, the more important task now is not to kill these Fallen One, but to get to Amy as soon as possible.
A squadron is actually composed of more than ten knights and about thirty sergeants. Silver Hand and Free Legion were scattered into thirty teams. Each team had about forty people, and they began to follow their captains in various directions.
Only Sigismund didn't move. He asked the scouts to shoot several rounds with crossbows, temporarily holding Fallen One in place.
It sounds like this is a good idea, because those Fallen One did not pay attention to the small team after they dispersed, and did not divide their troops-all the Fallen One began to chase the Sigismund scout team.
From the looks of it, these orders given to Fallen One may be to block large-scale troops.
Perhaps they can sense the location of large-scale troops through some special guidance, and even perform some simple tactics, such as fighting in formation or ambushing in dense forests.
However, they can probably only obey instructions to a limited extent, and do not have any flexibility to respond to actual situations.
After everyone dispersed, the 80-person scout team Sigismund became the largest team, so those Fallen One were still executing their original orders - to block or eliminate large-scale troops...
Therefore, Sigismund led the scouts and began to retreat quickly - in the opposite direction of Vulpine Town, so that the large force could successfully get rid of these difficult monsters.
But it didn't take long for Sigismund to discover that his own ideas had gotten him into big trouble - he couldn't get rid of these Fallen One!
Fallen Ones don't actually run fast. While they gain strength, they must also lose part of their dexterity and agility.
But the thing is... they are not afraid of getting tired!
Moreover, none of them carry any weight - not even skin, which means they carry less weight than a person wearing nothing...
Sigismund and others are not monsters that don't get tired, and they have a lot of equipment.
Although they were faster than Fallen One, they couldn't get rid of Fallen One who was chasing them even though they were running and stopping. They were basically driven away like dogs.
As a result, Sigismund had been driven out for more than ten miles. He felt that he could not go to Vulpine Town, so he simply led the team straight to Talboa.
On the other side, after dividing the troops, Kloze raised Golden Griffin banner when he could see Vulpine Town from a distance, and shot a loud arrow into the sky as a signal.
He plans to reunite the scattered teams here and then charge into Vulpine Town.
Kloze has now realized that Silver Hand currently has a big problem with this army.
But as long as it can be combined with Amy, these problems will no longer exist. Griffin Claws of Amy can just make up for the shortcomings of Silver Hand.
However, before he could gather his troops again, several strange small teams appeared in front of him.
There were several cavalry squads, and each squad looked to be quite elite cavalry.
Although the equipment of these cavalry teams looks diverse, Kloze can tell that each of them should be a battle-hardened warrior, but... the discipline of these people seems to be very poor, quite poor.
Each of them brought some messy things, such as vases with silver foil, copper pots, leather, and even women's skirts and underwear...
There were also people with them, all of whom were wounded with missing limbs. They were basically dressed as villagers. There were also children among them, who were probably their captives.
Obviously, these cavalry had just completed a separate robbery, and it must have been in a very violent way - most of the people in each cavalry team, including the horses, were stained with blood.
"Who are you?!"
Kloze vaguely feels that he may be in trouble again... These cavalry are probably not good people, but not all the troops have arrived after they were dispersed.
"They are not our people... Assemble!"
The cavalry on the opposite side did not respond to Kloze's question, but started to join together with shouts.
Kloze suddenly realized - these cavalry also came to gather after seeing the sound of arrows...
Those cavalry are obviously enemies, and with all their cavalry, their gathering speed is naturally much faster than Silver Hand.
Then, the cavalry released the villagers with mutilated limbs and said harsh words to Kloze: "Surrender! Or be like them!"
The wounded limped towards Kloze, seemingly wanting to get away from the cavalry on the opposite side as quickly as possible.
The cavalrymen followed behind the wounded, laughing and driving their horses around, shooting one or two arrows at the wounded from time to time, as if to make them escape faster.
"What's going on? What do they do?!"
Kloze drew out his sword and asked the villagers who fled to his side in panic.
"That's Fleur's Oswood! That brutal executioner!"
A villager who was still somewhat sane answered quickly. His face was full of tears, his whole body was covered with various scars, and one of his ears had disappeared, leaving only a bloody ear hole.
It was obvious that he had been extremely cruelly abused before.
"What? Is that guy famous?"
Kloze has obviously never heard of this name, and none of the members of Silver Hand have heard of it - Lion Territory among Silver Hand and Free Legion There are no locals, either Meitengheim people or Bacchus Empire, Sigismund is also Fieltzwe people who was born in Raven Territory...