Pendor Calendar 358 September 1st, sunny.
Battle of Buyulin.
This is the most difficult battle I have fought with His Majesty. It is even more difficult than the previous battles against devils like Aigrem - Your Majesty was sneak attacked by that bastard Agason!
In fact, everyone including me knows that this guy Agason must be extremely loyal to the Bacchus Empire, and his loyalty to Emperor Marius is also unquestionable.
So I don't quite understand why this person who was most loyal to the country and the emperor used the most violent method to disobey Emperor Marius's will, and even destroyed the good situation that Emperor Marius had bought with his life.
His Majesty said that everyone has a paradise in his heart. The Bax who has Emperor Marius is the Bax in Agason's heart.
Emperor Marius is gone, and Agason no longer has the country and emperor he wants to be loyal to.
Maybe that is indeed the case.
But I think this is an irresponsible escape...
People will always die. After Emperor Marius passes away, shouldn't the living people inherit his legacy? What we should do more is to build the country step by step into what Emperor Marius expected, right?
But His Majesty said, there are many kinds of loyalty.
Some are loyal to the king, some are loyal to the people, some are loyal to class, some are loyal to career, some are loyal to reputation, some are loyal to love, some are loyal to gods, and some are loyal to themselves.
His Majesty said that Agason is loyal to the ideals in his heart.
He could not accept that Bacchus Empire was in a weak position, so he tried to die with His Majesty, intending to use this method to weaken New Kingdom of Pendor, bring new opportunities to Bax, and awaken the courage of Baxian.
His Majesty believes that Agason is safeguarding the honor of the Bacchus Empire from his standpoint. He believes that he is committing martyrdom, and dying on the battlefield can be regarded as the fate that a general deserves.
Therefore, His Majesty engraved the words of praise "brave" on Agason's tombstone.
But I think Agason is actually a coward.
If it is really for the honor of the Bacchus Empire, then he should go to the Amara Continent and restore the original glory of the Bacchus Empire on the land occupied by Snake Worship Cult - just like His Majesty rebuilt New Pendor. That is what is called a true brave man.
I told His Majesty my thoughts, and then His Majesty asked me what I was loyal to...
To be honest, I was stumped by this problem at the time.
I spent a long time thinking about this question, and finally I came to the answer - I probably only stay true to the promises I made.
I was a little ashamed at the time, because it seemed a bit selfish. Keeping promises is just a basic morality, and I could only do this. It didn't seem to be in line with the moral character that a vassal should have.
But His Majesty was very satisfied. He said that being loyal to one's promises is already the noblest virtue of a person.
His Majesty said that if I want, he can give me the title of 'Promise Keeper', or 'Noble One'.
I didn't ask for these damn titles...
Because at this time I had already realized that His Majesty engraved "brave" on Agason's tombstone, in fact, it was mainly to appease Baxian...
--Excerpted from <New Pendor Battlefield Diary>, written by Risadiran Aino.
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"The Empire will never be destroyed!"
When two thousand cavalrymen rushed from the flank with lances, Li Ang was leading his men to advance on foot towards Snake Worship Cult in front.
In fact, Li Ang saw the Bax troops rushing from the side, and also recognized that those at the front were Iron Ring Centurion under Agason, but he thought these cavalrymen were They came to cooperate with me in encircling and suppressing Snake Worship Cult - Agason's cavalry cut into the battlefield from the side, and scattered a small number of Snake Worship Cult's followers along the way. It looked like they were carrying out a side attack.
This combat method of cutting from the side of a large enemy force is exactly what the cavalry should do on a large-scale battlefield.
Li Ang even praised him, feeling that Agason had grasped the timing of entering the battlefield just right. This side attack would definitely plunge Snake Worship Cult's army into complete chaos.
Therefore, Li Ang ordered Kloze and Sigismund to lead the infantry to the front quickly, and asked Risadiran to lead the Noldor to disperse and advance quickly to implement arrow rain coverage.
This is all a natural move in conjunction with the cavalry's side attack. They attack from the front and cover the fire with large-scale bows and arrows. This makes the Snake Worship Cult army unable to quickly organize manpower to deal with the cavalry on the side - if Agason really wants to flank the Snake Worship Cult army...
But after these two orders were issued, Li Ang was left with only Wendy and a guard of 200 people. This was also the only 200 cavalry troops Li Ang had in this battle, and it was also the reserve team - Li Ang had been using the troops to advance in coordinated formations with infantry and bows. Except for his own guards, the other Noldor warriors did not ride horses.
And just after his own large army withstood Snake Worship Cult's army, Li Ang discovered that the cavalry did not break into the enemy's formation, but instead made a small arc and rushed straight towards his flag!
This was a sneak attack that no one expected!
At this time, the cavalry was only more than 200 meters away from the Li Ang flag.
"Assholes... they are coming for us! Shoot arrows to stop them!"
Li Ang's reaction was quite fast. After noticing something was wrong, he immediately asked the guards to stop it.
He had no intention of negotiating with the charging cavalry. At this time, anyone who disturbed the battlefield must be the enemy!
But Li Ang somewhat doesn't understand - now is the best time to get rid of Snake Worship Cult's army! What the hell is Agason doing?!
Noldo Guard quickly turned to the side, dispersed and started firing arrows to block the attack.
The cavalry and shooting capabilities of these Noldo Ranger are all first-class, but their number is too small, two hundred to two thousand, and the enemy is a well-equipped heavy cavalry, so it is impossible to prevent the opponent's large troops from rushing in front of them.
"Li Ang, you have to get out of here!"
Wendy rode in front of Li Ang, trying to get Li Ang to evacuate the battlefield.
"I can't retreat... my banner is still here! If I retreat, the Snake Worship Cult army will take advantage of the chaos to counterattack, and Agason may also pursue us - most of the brothers are not riding horses in this battle, and we will suffer heavy losses!"
Li Ang looked around, gritted his molars and said.
Directly ahead, his troops are already fighting against the Snake Worship Cult army, and they still have a certain advantage in the situation for the time being.
This is probably because Snake Worship Cult's troops did not expect that the cavalry on the side was not directed at them. They were originally shrinking their defenses, so they are currently being suppressed by Li Ang's troops.
But the Snake Worship Cult army had a large number of people after all, and seeing that the Bax cavalry ignored them, the Snake Worship Cult army also began to fight back with all its strength.
Li Ang's troops have advanced, and they must not withdraw now. Unless Snake Worship Cult's troops can be defeated, once the infantry formation is scattered or has holes, it will lead to a great rout.
From the side, Shadow Legion's soldiers fell off their horses one after another at Noldo arrows, but they were still charging towards the location of Li Ang.
Moreover, their charge array is gradually dispersed...
Obviously, these Baxian do not intend to maintain the formation, they are just trying their best!
The cavalry at the front was only more than a hundred meters away from Li Ang, and Li Ang could clearly see their faces.
Iron Ring Centurion rushed to the front, but they did not hold lances. They held broad-bladed throwing spears in their hands.
Except for Iron Ring Centurion, the other cavalrymen all held lances in their left hands, and the shields in their right hands were held diagonally in front of their chests, which looked very neat.
So many lefties?
Of course it's impossible. Li Ang has already realized that these are the Shadow Legion soldiers who were ordered by him to cut off their right thumbs.
Unable to grasp it with their right hand, they could only hold the gun in their left hand and tie the shield to their right forearm.
If they are these people, then they really have a reason to attack themselves...
"Stop shooting! Everyone! Grenade ready!"
Li Ang felt a little panicked, but still forced himself to stay calm.
Wendy glanced at Li Ang with some concern. After quickly shooting an arrow from Bow of Twilight in his hand, he also took out the grenade from his waist.
She remembered the scene when she fought against Aigrem...
At that time, Li Ang also asked all the guards to throw grenades at the same time, creating a large number of explosion craters, so that Aigrem's cavalry could not rush forward in the end.
But at that time, we were dealing with those fallen war horses that had inflexible steering, and those Fallen One had no brains.
But now we are facing the elite troops of the Bacchus Empire...
Oh right!
Li Ang The war horses of these two hundred guards are all trained in explosives.
Wendy thought of the explosion training he personally conducted - Baxian's horse must have never seen the huge sound and light effects and the smell of gunpowder smoke.
But the problem is that the throwing distance of grenades is limited...
And Baxian is very good at throwing spears, which can be thrown much farther than grenades!
Moreover, in order to light the grenade, one's own troops cannot move and can only stand in place as targets.
Wendy has seen the broad-bladed spears in the hands of Iron Ring Centurion...
The collective throwing of spears by more than 300 Iron Ring Centurion is very terrifying. There is no way to avoid or stop them, and they will inevitably suffer huge losses...
"Put the grenade on the arrow and light it!"
When Agason's cavalry was a hundred meters away from the guards, Li Ang gave an exciting order.
Wendy suddenly realized...
White smoke came out of the hands of the two hundred guards.
"Salvo!"
The ignited grenade was shot out with Noldo arrows. At this time, Agason's cavalry was only sixty or seventy meters away from the guard.
Iron Ring Centurion have also raised their spears and are ready to go.
But they failed to make a successful move.
"Boom boom boom...!!"
Before the enemy could throw his spear, one after another improvised 'explosion arrows' shot into Baxian's cavalry!
Fortunately, Noldo Guard had experienced strong winds and waves, and they were relatively calm. At least they shot out grenades, and no one let such a fatal thing fall into their team.
The grenade is very heavy, and it is actually difficult to control it when it is stuck on the arrow. It cannot shoot very far, and it is not accurate.
However, the arrow with the grenade does not need any accuracy...
After a series of explosions, the charging momentum of Agason's troops was disrupted, and most of the war horses began to run and jump completely uncontrollably.
The Iron Ring Centurions at the front were among the hardest-hit areas. Very few of them could successfully throw their spears, and most of them missed the target. Of course, you couldn't throw your spears accurately while riding on a frightened horse. If you didn't injure your own people, it would mean that these Iron Ring Centurions were well-trained.
Moreover, most of the cavalry were blocked.
Some cavalrymen behind who were wielding left-handed pistols failed to hold back their lances, and even poked the frightened horse in front - they were not dominant hands, so their ability to react temporarily was indeed greatly reduced.
"Brothers, bring grenades and charge with me!"
Seeing that Baxian's formation was thrown into chaos by the frightened horses, Li Ang certainly wanted to seize this precious opportunity. He took off two grenades from his waist, held a fire stick in his mouth, and then rushed straight towards the chaotic enemy.
This time, he didn't plan to use arrow grenades. Just now, he just wanted to strike first to prevent Iron Ring Centurion from throwing spears collectively. Now that the enemy is already in chaos, it would be a better choice to rush over and mess them up even more.
"Boom... boom... boom..."
After another burst of intermittent explosions, the battlefield became filled with smoke. After confirming that most of the enemy's horses were out of control, Li Ang began to retreat with his troops.
He has already seen that Baxian basically jumped off their horses and surrounded him - the enemy did not hesitate to lose, they would rather pay any price to kill him!
"Follow me!!"
He shouted loudly, asking the guards to follow him.
But at this time, a crossbow bolt was shot into the sky, bringing with it thick red smoke.
Moreover, the crossbow arrow hit the head of Li Ang's head diagonally!
Order arrow... is this marking my position?!
Li Ang followed the position where the crossbow arrow was shot, and sure enough...
Agason is right there.
Li Ang happened to look at each other at Agason.
Agason was no longer riding a horse, holding a crossbow in his hand. Seeing Li Ang looking over, he bowed slightly to Li Ang.
But then, he dropped the crossbow and drew his sword. The sword pointed at Li Ang, and he opened and closed his mouth to give some commands.
The battlefield was chaotic, and Li Ang couldn't hear his voice, so he could only retreat and call his guards to launch a volley at Agason's location.
I don't know whether the salvo was successful or not, and I didn't have time to check because the battle cry of Baxian had already been heard again.
"The Empire will never be destroyed!"
Along with the war cry came the sound of thousands of footsteps and hundreds of broad-bladed spears flying in arcs!
Agason has made all the troops abandon their horses and start charging on foot as skirmishers!
There is no queue, no military formation, just a pure charge, throwing spears or firing crossbow bolts while charging!
The most troublesome thing is...
They are attacking indiscriminately!
They don't care at all whether there are any of their own people within the target range!
Casualties began to appear continuously among the Guards.
We can no longer hold on. Although the enemy has no horses, the huge advantage in numbers is still there. More than a thousand people are encircling Li Ang.
Although Li Ang is full of cavalry, there is no room to fly kites - there are Baxian all over the ground. They are surrounded by complete skirmishers, and Baxian's crossbow has a longer range than the guards...
However, Li Ang cannot retreat yet. The battle between the large army and Snake Worship Cult is still going on. Li Ang dare not lead the guard to leave the front battlefield alone.
Otherwise Agason will definitely turn to attack his own large army. The large army will face a flanking attack and is likely to be defeated, or at least it will suffer irreparable losses!
Moreover, probably because they saw the explosion and chaos on Li Ang's side, Snake Worship Cult's army seemed to become more courageous as they fought!
This is probably what Agason wants - he wants Li Ang to suffer huge losses, and he wants Bacchus Empire to maintain a stronger military power than New Kingdom of Pendor!
Even if this will lead to the Snake Worship Cult army breaking out of the encirclement...
"Li Ang! Withdraw your troops... You have to get out of here!"
Wendy is anxious. She no longer cares whether she will be defeated or not. If this continues, Li Ang will be too dangerous!
"No... follow me! We move forward..."
Li Ang gritted his teeth and pulled up his battle flag.
"Forward?!"
Wendy is a little panicked.
"Yes... I want to rush into the Snake Worship Cult army!"
Li Ang waved the battle flag and rushed towards the Snake Worship Cult army on the front battlefield. "Agason! Do you want to kill me? Come on! Come and kill me!!"