Li Ang, who was leading the charge with a lance, had already approached the Immortal Legion array about a hundred meters away.
This has already entered the range of the Bacchus Empire crossbowman.
The two infantry phalanxes constructed by Bax Imperial Second Legion fired crossbow bolts from the left and right sides of the Immortal Legion toward the center of the battlefield.
The distance between these two battle formations is very important. They are two hundred meters apart, allowing the crossbowmen to form crossfire.
This is Bacchus Empire's traditional battle formation. Bacchus Empire's large shield and spear are never used to protect the center of the Chinese army, but are used to cover the crossbowmen.
Just like the 'ear forts' protruding from both sides of the bastion, the phalanxes on both sides shoot at oblique angles, and the Immortal Legion in the middle serves as a city wall to intercept.
If you charge towards the Immortal Legion in the middle, you will face all the firepower.
But if you attack two long contradictory formations on both sides... you have to rely on heavy infantry like Silver Hand to forcibly demolish them. Using cavalry to eat such hedgehogs will not end well.
It is difficult to guard against crossbow arrows fired from an angle, especially in large-scale battles, where you are faced with a locust-like rain of arrows. You must either rely on your equipment to carry it, or pray that you can be favored by Goddess of Fortune...
Fortunately, Li Ang is wearing a shield in this battle - this is not against Fallen One. Facing Bacchus Empire's heavy crossbow, if you don't bring a shield, you are really looking for death.
The Noldor cavalry and Horn Summon Ranger Corps were dispatched together with Li Ang. After rushing half the distance, they spread out to the left and right to make way for the middle position, and then drew their bows to launch shots at Baxian on the opposite side.
This is not a regular exchange of fire. It is not cost-effective for the cavalry to exchange fire with the crossbowmen in the shield formation. This is just to suppress the opponent's long-range output as much as possible so that more heavy cavalry can rush into the Baxian formation.
What rushed out from the space given by the cavalry archers were Griffin Knights, Lion Lake City heavy cavalry and Lion Territory cavalry - they accelerated behind the Noldos and formed a row of sixty people, then passed the Noldo Elvess and followed closely behind Li Ang.
These heavily armored lancers are the main force in the battle.
There was a gap of nearly two meters between each cavalryman. The cavalrymen in the back row did not follow their comrades in the front row, but faced this gap.
There is also a distance of about twenty meters between each row.
This kind of lineup is actually a fish scale formation. All the space is left for the reaction distance of the war horses. If the cavalry in the front row is forced to stop or is shot over, the back row can continue to charge forward directly from the gap without being blocked by comrades.
Heavy armor, lances, and fish scale charge - this is also the tradition of Lion Territory... or rather, this is the tradition of Kingdom of Pendor.
The sound of horse hooves became the main theme of the entire battlefield, and Li Ang could no longer hear other sounds in his ears.
In his eyes, there is no other picture, only the Bacchus Empire battle flag getting closer and closer to the opposite side.
He leaned down, hid his head behind Alice's neck, and shrank his body as much as possible under the protection of the shield.
The crossbow arrows kept flying by his side, and occasionally struck his shield and armor, causing slight shocks.
When he rushed in front of the Immortal Legion, more than a dozen crossbow bolts were already inserted into Li Ang's shield and Alice's horse armor, and two were also inserted into the armor on the shoulders and crotch.
There was some blood on the side of Alice's neck, and there were some skin injuries on Li Ang's shoulders and thighs, but fortunately, they were all minor injuries.
As a king, of course his men and horses wore the best quality Noldor enchanted armor. Most of the crossbow bolts could not penetrate this equipment, after all, they were fired from a distance of one or two hundred meters.
But the cavalry behind Li Ang did not have such good equipment. Just by rushing through the more than one hundred meters range in front of the immortal array, dozens of cavalrymen and horses were shot down.
Especially the first line of cavalry, only half of them can still follow closely behind Li Ang.
Li Ang knows that if we charge head-on like this, the losses will be huge.
But Li Ang also knew that as long as he could successfully rush to Marius' side, charging into the Chinese army would be the way to minimize losses in the end.
Now Li Ang has seen Emperor Marius, right in front of him, holding a flag and looking at him.
The two looked at each other on the dangerous battlefield.
There seems to be no one else in each other's eyes.
Immortal Legion's soldiers had already poured forward dozens of meters - they did not wait stupidly for the cavalry to charge, but marched forward and threw their broad-bladed spears in the face of Li Ang's lances.
This is the correct way to respond. The shield wall alone cannot actually stop the heavy cavalry. Only by causing more damage to the cavalry in the front row and causing it to form an obstacle to the cavalry in the rear row can the impact of the large-scale cavalry be truly slowed down.
Li Ang did not dodge the incoming spear - this kind of dodge is actually useless on the battlefield. He just put the shield in his left hand in front of him, leveled the lance and continued to move forward at high speed.
"Boom!!" "Click..."
The lance shattered into pieces, and the brittle wooden pole in front of the gun handle almost exploded into slag. An immortal was pierced by the tip of the gun and flew back several meters.
Then, the sound of lances cracking was heard, and blood splashed everywhere like big waves hitting rocks.
Li Ang's shield was also pierced by the spear, and the spear tip pierced Li Ang's arm.
"Hiss... uh hiss..."
The Alice underneath him neighed rapidly, and another throwing spear pierced the side of its chest, swaying as it ran.
But Alice still didn't slow down, it was still charging forward.
Li Ang threw away the lance handle, leaned over and pulled out the throwing spear from the side of Alice's chest. He used the throwing spear as a short spear and stabbed it into the throat of an immortal who was raising his sword in front of him.
Then, violent vibrations came.
Alice has crashed into the Immortal Legion's shield wall.
A sword blade struck Alice's horse armor with dazzling sparks, and Li Ang also felt an uncomfortable sensation of metal rubbing against his leggings.
But Li Ang ignored it.
Now, as long as it doesn't come from the front, he will ignore it.
Naturally, other comrades will deal with the enemies on the side and behind.
He just needs to move forward.
Draw your sword.
forward.
After breaking through the three-layer shield wall and knocking over a dozen people into the air, Alice's speed slowed down, but he was still not forced to stop.
Because Alice has always taken the initiative to ram into the shield - in fact, this is the least vulnerable way for war horses to be harmed and the easiest way to break through the shield wall, but ordinary war horses can easily avoid or deflect instinctively after seeing a huge shield.
Alice was not blindfolded, but it ignored all interference. Li Ang asked it to move forward, and it kept moving forward.
Probably horses, like people, often rely not on strength, but on wisdom and determination.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the golden-maned horse Alice is not the best charging horse, because it is not the strongest in all aspects - its explosive power is not as good as that of a thoroughbred horse, its endurance is not as good as Gatu Horse, its impact is not as good as that of Long River Town gelding, and its agility and speed are not as good as that of Nordo horse...
But Li Ang always feels that Alice is the best.
Because Alice is much smarter and tougher than ordinary horses.
It can detect what Li Ang wants to do, has complete trust in Li Ang, can avoid the greatest danger on its own, and can endure the pain to complete what Li Ang wants to do. It didn't even turn a bit after being hit by a spear.
For a war horse, what could be better than this?
Li Ang has broken through the shield wall of the Immortal Legion.
The cavalry behind them have also charged into Baxian's array.
The sound of cracking lances resounded throughout the world, and then the sound of swords and shields being handed over drowned out the sound of roaring horse hooves.
We were close, the flag of Emperor Marius was thirty meters away, and Marius himself was still standing under the flag without taking a step back.
But at this time, Alice did not continue to rush, but suddenly jumped high.
Li Ang also saw it, two rows of extremely long spears appeared in front of him.
This is a horse-repelling gun-the five-meter-long kind.
These anti-horse guns should have been deployed urgently after Li Ang launched the charge. There were only two rows, dozens of guns in total, all in front of Emperor Marius's battle flag.
These two rows of anti-horse guns were mounted on large shields and pointed diagonally at a very small angle. The height of the gun tips was about 1.2 meters - this is the height of the chest and abdomen of the war horses.
If the war horse rushes over, the spear tip will be tilted upward due to the impact after piercing the horse's chest, and the people on the horse will also be strung together.
Standing under the flag, beside Marius, stood a large number of Two-handed Swordsman who were waiting to attack - they were also immortals, but they did not hold shields, but all of them were holding two-handed swords on standby.
Of course, Bacchus Empire's array is not that easy to break through.
Just this ability to quickly arrange multi-level interceptions has demonstrated their super discipline.
The spear formations and crossbows on both sides come from the tacit cooperation of the Bacchus Second Legion.
The spear-throwing team charging forward, the three-layer shield wall, the two rows of riflemen protected by the shield wall, and the Two-handed Swordsman under the battle banner were preparing to attack - all of these were arranged by the Immortal Legion within one minute after Li Ang launched the charge!
Immortal Legion's battlefield efficiency is higher than Li Ang imagined.
Moreover, those two rows of anti-carriage guns were very insidious, because they were blocked by shield walls. Baxian deliberately moved the three shield walls twenty meters forward, just to prevent Li Ang's cavalry from seeing the position of these anti-carriage guns.
I'm afraid most of the cavalry will be hit if they rush here...
But Alice didn't get caught - it jumped over the first row of rifles very cleverly, then landed heavily and came to a sudden stop.
The clever little mare was eventually forced to stop, and this leap would probably twist the horse's hoof as it stepped on the gun shaft, but at least it prevented itself and its owner from being pierced by the spear.
And Li Ang did not waste Alice's spiritual leap.
Before Alice landed, Li Ang leaped out from the horse, and with the final inertia brought to him by Alice, he flew towards his final goal.
Emperor Marius is right behind the two rows of anti-horse guns.
Alice jumped over the first row, and Li Ang used the momentum to fly over the second row.
They are indeed like-minded partners.
"Li Ang!"
Emperor Marius raised his head in surprise, looked at Li Ang flying out from the horse, and clenched the sword in his hand. "Everyone, attack!"
The location where Li Ang landed was less than ten meters away from Marius.
Marius did not panic, he still stood calmly and let Two-handed Swordsman beside him attack.
But then, his expression changed drastically.
Because, Two-handed Swordsmans did not obey orders...
"Your Majesty, retreat quickly!" "Protect Your Majesty!"
The immortals around Marius swarmed in, but they did not attack forward, but blocked in front of Emperor Marius.
"Don't mess around! Maintain the military formation!! Cough cough... cough!! Line up the swords! Push forward!!"
Marius shouted loudly.
But the Immortals didn't do what he said...
Most of them didn't hear Marius' voice, they were just focused on protecting His Majesty the Emperor...
The immortals crowded in front of Emperor Marius, even completely blocking Marius' sight.
In fact, Li Ang can't hurt Emperor Marius now - the enchanted armor on his body is very light, and he was not thrown when he flew out. However, as soon as he hit the ground, he was surrounded by several immortals and Imperial Guards, and he could only roll and crawl around and slash him left and right.
Basically, I relied on my strong sword to resist, and it was not easy to stand firm.
The cavalry behind him were intercepted by carbine rifles one after another. Many soldiers and their horses were penetrated, and the cavalry behind him were also blocked. No one could support him for the time being.
But Li Ang is so close to Marius...
Marius himself was not afraid. He did not move at all because he knew that he would not be in danger.
If Immortal Legion can maintain the military formation at this time, take advantage of the opportunity when the first few rows of cavalry of Li Ang are stopped to form a sword array and push forward, and continue to deploy horse guns, it is very likely to intercept the charge of most of the cavalry on the side of Li Ang step by step!
When faced with a cavalry charge, the infantry cannot actually retreat, let alone cause chaos.
As long as you intercept the first few columns of the opponent's cavalry, and then continue to push forward steadily, cutting down the horses of the cavalry in front, so that the injured horses pile up and cannot be dispersed, then the opponent's subsequent cavalry who are rushing towards you can only turn and avoid.
Even if the cavalry keeps moving forward with determination, the horse will turn on its own - unless the horse is blindfolded.
Once the cavalry turns to avoid it, it will cause a chain reaction and the lineup will be disrupted. Even the fish scale formation will not be easy to use in this situation.
But now, the immortals' military formation is in chaos.
Just because Li Ang rushed to a place less than ten meters away from Marius...
Emperor Marius finally overlooked a small thing.
He ignored that he personally gave Li Ang the reputation of a devil a few years ago...
At that time, Li Ang was still a young baron, but Emperor Marius and Justus portrayed Li Ang as an extremely terrifying monster - an invincible hero, a sword master with three heads and six arms, a monster that could eat five children in one meal...
If it were someone else flying over like this, the Immortals might not take it too seriously and just send a few people to swarm it and be done with it.
But Emperor Marius looked at the person flying over and shouted "Li Ang"...
Moreover, looking at this guy's bravery and fearless determination when he took the lead in charging into the battle, every immortal felt that this guy was indeed an unbeatable sword master!
Otherwise, who has ever seen a king rushing to the front?
This thing is totally different - a sword master who can kill anyone he wants is less than ten meters away from Emperor Marius?
Of course the immortals are panicking!
"Ahahaha! His Majesty Marus! I'm coming! Aren't you going to retreat?!"
Li Ang shouted with the loudest voice, and the volume of one person almost drowned out hundreds of people - hundreds of immortals were already piled in front of Emperor Marius.
They all held two-handed swords, so they used their bodies as shields in front of Marius.
This is the result that Li Ang wants to cause by forcefully charging into the formation!
--Marius was a good and beloved emperor, and his Imperial Guard would definitely protect him subconsciously. Especially now that Emperor Marius is weak and has no fighting ability, Immortal Legion will protect him even more subconsciously!
Marius himself could indeed remain calm, but his immortals could not - these loyal defenders would be driven by their subconscious...
It is the instinct of all animals, including humans, to protect the weak, and it is the duty of the Immortal Legion to protect the emperor.
They messed up when they shouldn't have.
In fact, Li Ang is currently resisting with difficulty. A large group of immortals and Imperial Guards have already surrounded him - they did not directly swarm him. In fact, it is because of his reputation as a 'sword master'...
Li Ang just relied on his good equipment to carry it, and he already had several wounds on his body.
But this does not stop him from continuing to scare the immortals...
"You can't stop me!!"
Li Ang once again had a wound on his body, and the Noldor's enchanted armor could not block the Immortal's blade, but he was still slashing and seemed to be getting more energetic as he fought.
Several immortals have died under his sword.
"Keep the military formation! Leave me alone! He can't hurt me... cough cough... cough cough cough!!"
Emperor Marius shouted at the top of his lungs, and then coughed hard.
There is no way to stop a cough on the battlefield...
The immortals protecting Emperor Marius began to retreat slowly, and Emperor Marius's flag also began to retreat - the immortals held Emperor Marius back a little, hoping to keep Marius, who currently had no fighting power, away from Li Ang.
Retreating to protect the seriously ill emperor was an instinctive reaction and certainly not a mistake.
But once they retreat, the situation becomes serious...
"Ha!! He!! Charge!!"
The troops on Li Ang's side suddenly let out an astonishing roar. The continuously charging team brought unimaginable pressure to Baxian at this moment, and the skyrocketing morale was almost visible to the naked eye.
--Following Li Ang's order, they all kept looking at Emperor Marius's battle flag, but now, that battle flag has retreated!
What does this mean?
It means victory is at hand!!
No wonder His Majesty Li Ang wants to lead the charge himself. It turns out that the enemy is vulnerable!
With such an idea, anyone's morale will skyrocket. Most people probably feel that they can fight at least ten!
They actually don't know that Li Ang is the one in danger... They can't see the fallen Li Ang now.
But most Baxian don't know either... They only see Emperor Marius's battle flag retreating!
Li Ang finally got what he wanted - the ebb and flow of morale.
This is the price of loyalty.
The immortals who were loyal to Emperor Marius personally made the balance of this battle tilt towards Li Ang.
The immortals in the front row were quickly forced back, and a few cavalrymen finally rushed to Li Ang's side - they were lucky enough not to be poked by the carbine.
Seeing that there was a new force around Li Ang, the immortals took Emperor Marius and his flag and began to retreat faster.
"Keep rushing! Leave me alone!!"
Li Ang had scarlet wounds on his chest and abdomen, but he still waved his sword and shield and shouted loudly, "Do you still remember my order? Charge forward!!"