After looking at the map, Li Ang began to arrange defense.
"Ansen, bring all the militiamen to the entrance of the village to set up defenses. You should have become familiar with the battle formations in the past few months. Make good use of all the buildings - you led the people to build them. You know how to use them!"
"Yes sir!"
Ansen is no longer the weakling who could only hide behind the Sarah horse.
Although his martial arts skills have still not improved much, he has experienced bloody battles in Border Camp and witnessed great battles in Sava Fortress, and he is no longer unfamiliar with the battlefield.
"Lesley, pull all the carriages to the entrance of the village and arrange a carriage formation. Lay out three lanes of carriage formation."
"Okay, sir! But what is our strategy?" Lesley asked.
Every caravan that encounters bandits will use car formations to resist. Arranging car formations is indeed something Lesley is good at, but she doesn't know how Li Ang intends for her and Ansen to resist the enemy.
"You guys' tactic is to guard the entrance of the village and fire arrows when you see the enemy! When the enemy gets close, burn the carriages and retreat. Then retreat to a formation of carriages behind and continue firing arrows!"
"That's it?"
"That's it!"
Lesley sighed, this tactic is indeed simple and easy to understand, but isn't it too simple?
Li Ang, of course, deliberately simplified the tactics. He did not have a reliable commander, and making the explanation too complicated would affect the performance. Besides, it is not certain whether this tactic will be used or not.
Kloze Charge Captain is quite experienced, but he can only charge forward, and his mind is all about muscles.
"Kloze! Bring Charge Squad and follow me." Li Ang put the map into his pocket.
"Sir, what is our plan?"
Kloze is a little worried, the gap in the number of people is really too big.
"The two of us will lead the others to take the initiative! Kill dozens of enemies first and see what happens next!" Li Ang put the horse armor on Alice and said lightly while tying the belt.
"Ah?"
Kloze is a little confused, the others, that means forty people? Kloze can still figure it out...
Forty people take the initiative to attack thousands of people? Isn't the lord a bit inflated after getting rich?
"Brothers, follow me!"
The Lord put on his helmet, and his face was obscured by a ferocious giant helmet - this was a newly purchased one, and the original helmet was given to Raphael.
The body is no longer chain armor, but a set of half-body armor focusing on vital protection, which is a light plate armor.
On the side is Meitengheim Charge Squad.
Behind him were thirty heavily armed archers.
Of course Li Ang must take the initiative to attack - since those gangsters have chased Risadiran all the way, they must be equally exhausted now, and they may even be out of touch.
It's a pity that I don't have any cavalry...
If there is a cavalry team of dozens of people, Li Ang will even bring out all the troops to attack.
With Sammer leading the way, less than half an hour after leaving the village, they saw the group of gangsters from a distance.
It looked like there were eight or nine hundred people, which was less than what Risadiran said. It was probably because some people were left behind.
As Li Ang expected, these enemies chased them for dozens of miles. They were obviously extremely tired and were probably preparing to take a rest by the river.
Most of the gangsters were sitting on the ground by the river, but they did not set up camp. They were obviously taking a temporary rest, probably waiting for the stragglers, and would start acting again soon.
This group of gangsters couldn't be called an army at all - they had all kinds of equipment, from cloth and leather to iron, and they were sitting there noisily.
Maybe they were really too tired, so they didn't even send any scouts, and there was no warning around them at all - of course, it could also be that they were outnumbered and didn't feel the need to be alert.
"A rabble has nothing but numbers."
Li Ang lay down in the nearby woods, peered carefully, and gave an evaluation.
Kloze nodded beside him. When he saw these gangsters, he understood the reason why the lord wanted to take the initiative - these gangsters didn't seem to be very good at arranging their physical strength.
In fact, there are still elites on the enemy's side, including seven or eight horsemen. They look like knights and are fairly well-equipped.
They should be the ones who let the gangsters stop here to rest.
They were riding around to greet the gangsters, and their curses could be heard from a distance. It seemed that this rabble was not easy to control.
In addition, there were about a hundred neat-looking infantrymen sitting alone on one side. These should be elite soldiers and were not with the large group of gangsters.
"Kloze, you ambush here and don't move. I'll go and seduce them, and then you can take action when they come after them..."
Li Ang explained, and quietly led the archers out of the woods and got closer to the river.
"Let go!" Li Ang led the archers to secretly gather near the group of bandits. He raised his arms high and threw a wave of arrows into the group of bandits, causing a miserable howl.
Then, the Lord Lord turned around and ran away with thirty archers.
The archers' archery skills were not very good, but without any precautions, a dozen of the gangsters who were resting by the river were still knocked down.
Several knights yelled and cursed loudly and began to give orders.
The group of elite infantrymen were the first to react. When they spotted dozens of people like Li Ang, they immediately stood up and began to approach with their shields raised.
But the gangsters were very unrestrained. They howled and rushed over.
Li Ang looked back and saw two knights chasing after him, so he raised Eagle Strike Bow and turned around with an arrow.
Reflexive riding and shooting, the fighting style of the grassland peoples.
The distance of this arrow was more than 100 meters, but the arrow still accurately hit the head of a knight. The knight turned over and fell off his horse with a 'clang'.
The lord grinned - this was simply a matter of luck. His level of mounted archery had not yet reached the point where he could hit wherever he pointed with rapid fire. He didn't expect to hit the head, but just being able to hit the knight was considered to be a superb performance.
But the other knight was obviously frightened by this terrifying long-distance arrow headshot. He slowed down and turned around to say hello, then a group of dark gangsters rushed up and started to chase, and random arrows began to be fired at Li Ang.
The distance was too far, and Li Ang and his men kept running back. The wooden bows in the hands of the gangsters could hardly cause any harm to the well-armored heavy-armed archers. Thirty archers ran into the woods in a hurry.
Although 'Don't enter in the forest' is a rule of thumb that should be followed most of the time, the gangsters were so numerous that they naturally didn't care about a small forest at the moment. A group of people quickly rushed in with loud shouts and shouts.
Li Ang himself did not enter the woods. He rode a horse in circles around the woods, shooting an arrow from time to time - he was single-handedly seducing the heavy infantry.
Seeing this situation, the knight wisely restrained the infantry not to pursue Li Ang, but to stay on guard outside the woods.
This is what an army should look like. It cannot be disrupted even if it is harassed. This knight seems to be an experienced warrior.
Li Ang shot an arrow at him, but the knight blocked it with his shield. Then several crossbow arrows from the infantry formation shot at Li Ang.
This kind of shooting was not cost-effective, so the lord had no choice but to ride Alice around the woods and disappear in front of these people.
However, although the leading knight was very smart, the gangsters suffered a loss and seemed to be difficult to restrain. A large group of people rushed into the woods with random shouts, indicating that they would kill the corpses of the cold arrows...
However, not long after they entered the woods, a group of strong men suddenly jumped out from behind the big trees, followed by a large area of neat sword light!
The dappled sunlight in the woods made a dozen strong figures appear dark, and the swords in their hands flickered, making it difficult to resist the powerful and heavy attack.
After several rounds of sword rays, there were no less than twenty gangsters and more than forty gangsters fell in the woods, with screams and screams.
"Let's go!"