Chapter 130 The Devastation of War
In the open wilderness, Ryan Gao Highlands, who was riding on a war horse, looked at the continuous golden wheat fields and couldn't help but take in the fragrance of the grain intoxicatedly.
Two thousand elite soldiers stood neatly and solemnly behind him, making Viscount Hogg's eyes in the distance extremely solemn.
"Baron Ryan, I still underestimated you!"
He originally didn't pay much attention to Baron of the Frozen Earth, who fought two commendable wars in Zero Crossing Prefecture. He just fought steadily based on his own military qualities.
But now, he still miscalculated. He was able to block that avenue, but he never thought that Ryan would come here according to the method he had thought about for a long time.
Ryan did not respond to Viscount Hogg's trash talk. He did not forget that this was a battlefield. At this moment, he took out Knight's Greatsword from his waist. His gorgeous silver-white Mithril Armor was so dazzling on this battlefield.
He held Knight's Greatsword in front of his chest, and the war horse under him advanced slowly. Every time the war horse moved forward, the two thousand elite soldiers behind him would move forward uniformly at the same time. The sound of stamping on the ground was deafening, making the soldiers behind Viscount Hogg in the distance subconsciously fear.
Even Viscount Hogg changed his expression at this moment. He had never seen such an army. Even the powerful Extraordinary Legion, he had never seen such a terrifying military appearance.
The noble has the most knowledge, and he knows very well that the combat effectiveness that such an army can unleash is unparalleled.
Ryan was still moving forward, and the war horse beneath him seemed to feel the murderous atmosphere on the battlefield at this moment. He lowered his eyes and only stared at the land in front of him.
boom! boom! boom! boom!
The two thousand armored soldiers came closer to him little by little. The evil aura that hit his face like a strong wind and huge waves finally caused his army to become confused when he was about fifty meters away from Viscount Hogg's army. Some soldiers still retreated, and some stood still. Between these gaps, the entire army's formation was destroyed.
"Charge!!!"
The voice of Ryan roared in the sky above the battlefield. There were only Brandt and others riding horses beside him. The two thousand soldiers behind him, all infantry, were all roaring and killing towards the front at this moment.
"Let the troops in front come back!"
Viscount Hogg shouted, and then at the same time took out a magic crystal in his hand, sending a ray of fire straight into the sky.
His most elite cavalry regiment of one thousand knights has always been at the rear of the battlefield.
"Fight back, fight back!"
Viscount Hogg was also roaring. He did not retreat. It was not like the wars Ryan encountered in Zero Crossing Prefecture, because similarly, this viscount was also a powerful Golden Knight.
The soldiers around Viscount Hogg and the slave soldiers in the rear had experienced several victorious wars after all. After seeing the battlefield stabilize at the initial moment, they stabilized themselves and stopped retreating.
"Kill!"
Ryan Behind him, the five hundred soldiers belonging to him, showed their fangs at the first moment when the two sides collided.
Five hundred people, all soldiers who have passed Ryan Deer Spirit Blessing, each one is at least Apprentice Knight.
The outside world envies Viscount Hogg for having a thousand knights and cavalry, because each of those thousand knights and cavalry is at least Apprentice Knight.
But now, it is the five hundred soldiers of Ryan who are the first to make the troops on the battlefield feel terror.
Gastro is one of them. He was once a slave, the slave of Count Weiss. He was captured in the war of Zero Crossing Prefecture and became the slave of Baron Ryan. Later, Baron Ryan turned him into his own soldier and pardoned his status as a slave.
From that moment on, Gastro felt that he was free, but in fact he was far from it. In the subsequent war, his performance won the approval of the lord. At the foot of the mountain Frozen Earth Territory, he was given a sacred and shocking blessing. And he was not just a soldier, but a servant who swore allegiance to Baron Ryan.
Everything about him has changed.
He had his own house in Frozen Earth Territory, and was assigned a woman, and he himself became a noble knight.
In less than a month, he changed from a slave to a knight. Such a shocking change made his inner loyalty to Ryan reach its peak, and he swore in his heart that he would make Lord Ryan win every war.
Especially when facing Count Weiss, he didn't want to lose again. He didn't want to go back to the past and become a slave.
As Knight Retainer, he certainly knows the enemy Lord Ryan is facing in this war. He doesn't know whether the nobleman fighting the powerful Brandt knight in this war at this moment is Count Weiss, but he knows that the other party is the enemy.
Then, in his eyes, this is equivalent to Count Weiss's army.
"We must win!"
Gastro roared, and the surging energy and blood in his body caused his strength to skyrocket. Deep in his eyes, there seemed to be a stag roaring at the sky. The metal spear in his hand came out at this moment, directly piercing the two soldiers in front, who were stronger than him. A lot smaller. Under this huge power, Gastro rushed out like a violent beast, knocking down several soldiers, and then turned over and pulled out his spear. Blood sprayed on his face, making the people around him fearful like an evil ghost.
He didn't care about the frightened eyes of the soldiers around him, but kept charging forward. He clearly remembered the words passed by the lord before, which was to rush into the depths of the opposite army. Only then would they not have to face the opponent's huge number of terrifying cavalry.
Unless the cavalry on the opposite side also kills their own soldiers.
As long as they and the opposing army are confused on the battlefield, the opposing cavalry will lose the power of charge.
As for the retreat? At this moment, none of the five hundred Knight Retainer who had received Deer Spirit Blessing, including Gastro, thought about retreating. They now only have one goal.
That's the charge!
"Kill!"
The companions around him made Gastro understand that he was not the only powerful warrior under the lord, there were many soldiers like him.
Viscount Hogg's army is roughly divided into three parts.
The most elite ones are undoubtedly the thousand knights and cavalry that Viscount Hogg spent countless Gold Coin and resources to train. This is his lifeblood.
In addition, there are only about a thousand ordinary soldiers in number. For Viscount Hogg, after having those thousand knights and cavalry, he does not need so many other ordinary soldiers. He needs to focus most of his resources on his future Extraordinary Legion.
Then there is the cannon fodder, an army composed of slaves. Although these slave soldiers began to perform well after several victorious wars, they are still slaves after all.
Previously, in order to seize Walter Castle's city gate, Viscount Hogg sent five hundred ordinary soldiers and dozens of powerful knights, so only the other half of the normal soldiers and a large number of slave soldiers remained with him.
At this moment, facing Ryan's two thousand Zero Crossing Prefecture's most elite troops, this army numbering up to five thousand was retreating steadily.
As time passed, when the distant cavalry trampled the deafening sound coming from the earth, under the crazy charge of Ryan's five hundred Knight Retainer, most of the group of soldiers around Viscount Hogg had been cut through.
What accompanies the mass death? It was fear, defeat, hoarse cries of despair and trembling all over.
Don't underestimate the oppressive power of war. Once the cold iron weapons touch their flesh and blood, the consequences will be death or disability. For ordinary people, wounds can make them vaguely see the God of Death smiling at them.
Boom!
The iron hooves of the war horse trampled on the golden ears of wheat. Legion Commander, who was leading this quasi-extraordinary army next to Viscount Hogg, did not seem to be a vegetarian. When he saw from a distance that the army around the viscount was being defeated and scattered, he chose not to worry about everything.
"Charge!"