A victory with a heavy toll

After Verati was beheaded by Victor, the Cavalry that had charged with him were stunned. They could hardly understand how such a person could exist.

He launched the knight from his galloping horse, leaped so high, hung in the air for so long, and beheaded him without any leverage in mid-air.

They didn't know how Victor had done it, and they were all afraid of Victor. However, their warrior discipline and loyalty to the legion prevented them from backing down. One by one, they slowed down their horses and cautiously surrounded him.

However, Victor had already mounted Verati's warhorse, turned it around, pulled out the spear stuck in the ground, and charged towards them with the spear at the ready.

The Cavalry tried to stop Victor, thrusting their lances at him. Victor seemed to have the ability to turn the impossible into reality; even his warhorse became incredibly agile, and Victor dodged all the thrusts.

As he dodged the spear thrusts, Victor also thrust out his own spear. The black spearhead moved through the crowd like a poisonous dragon, and with just a slight movement, several Cavalry were pierced and fell from their horses.

By this time, these men had completely lost faith. In their eyes, Victor seemed to have transformed into a monster. Several Cavalry threw down their weapons, turned around, and rode away.

At this moment, several guards around Victor caught up, seized the enemy's horses whose riders had died, and began to fight the enemy cavalry that had not yet left. These guards were all elite, and now that they had horses, they were naturally adept at dealing with the enemy cavalry that had lost confidence.

Victor returned to the flag. After all, it was more important to remain under the flag while fighting the enemy.

This lightning-fast battle lasted only a few minutes from start to finish. Marvin and his men didn't see the whole picture; they only saw the battlefield after it was over.

Victor dismounted and sat down under the wagon carrying the military flag. He had already deactivated his Supernatural Perception, but perhaps because it was the first time he had activated them in actual combat, he still felt a slight stinging sensation in his head. However, it quickly dissipated, and his head felt cool and comfortable.

"It's even more terrifying than I imagined. My vision and hearing have been enhanced exponentially, and I can even feel the effects of smell and touch. The smell of blood during battle and the tactile feedback of swords tearing flesh when they slash at people greatly increase my combat power."

With the help of the Combat Assistance System, I can easily take on a hundred enemies, no, as long as I have enough stamina, I can even take on a thousand.

Is this what it means to Transcendent? Truly remarkable!

Victor remarked on this power.

However, Victor soon stopped paying attention to this matter, as he was more concerned about the situation on the battlefield than improving his personal combat skills.

Marvin and the Bask redefined their tactics. Marvin, with his makeshift pike phalanx, intercepted half of the Cavalry, driving them away and preventing them from rejoining their allies.

The Bask troops gained a numerical advantage and began to systematically annihilate the remaining half of the enemy cavalry. By this time, the two sides were already mixed together, and the Cavalry had no room to maneuver. They could only be knocked off their horses one by one by these elite warriors with long spears, either by knocking, pushing, or pulling them down. Those who resisted fiercely were killed directly, while the more obedient ones were beaten and disarmed.

With the two sides working together, the Cavalry of the First Legion's Personal Guard was quickly and completely defeated. Apart from the soldiers who were killed or captured, less than a third of the Cavalry escaped, and the threat from the ranged forces was completely eliminated.

The ensuing battle was uneventful. With the Cavalry threat eliminated, the ranged units could continue to unleash their attacks with impunity, and at least the First Legion's defenses on the main battlefield could not hold out.

With the support of ranged units, the Heavy Infantry Sword-and-Shield Soldiers First Legion, Southern Marching Legion with the Spearman Phalanx, quickly tore apart the First Legion's iron wall.

However, the Heavy Infantry had also lost their offensive capabilities. Wearing two layers of armor, they first marched three kilometers on foot and then fought for a full hour. Many of the Heavy Infantry soldiers were exhausted, and some were even dehydrated. Less than one in ten could continue fighting.

Moreover, the Heavy Infantry suffered heavy casualties while squeezing out the enemy's formation. It can be said that this unit was no longer capable of fighting for a short period of time, and Victor was heartbroken just to replenish the lost troops.

Fortunately, the Pikemen and ranged units were freed up, and Marvin left the task of capturing prisoners to Bask and his men, while Marvin led the remaining troops to support Santos.

Santos had been entangled with four enemy battalions for a long time, and he only had two detachments, less than a quarter of the enemy's strength, but he and his soldiers finally held out until reinforcements arrived.

After Marvin led his men to defeat four enemy battalions, he found Santos surrounded by his own men. Seeing Santos's disheveled appearance and blood-soaked body, Marvin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Old friend, I thought I'd never see you again!"

"Thank goodness, I almost didn't see him again. Is the Viscount alright?"

"Don't worry, His Excellency is perfectly fine!"

Upon hearing Marvin's words, Santos clutched his side and collapsed, which terrified Marvin. If Santos, also Regimental Commander, were to die because he failed to provide timely support, Marvin's achievements would be greatly diminished.

Fortunately, with the help of the soldiers, the medic in the team removed Santos's armor. After examining him, he said to Marvin, "Lord Santos only suffered minor injuries. His abdomen was cut by a sharp weapon, but thanks to the protection of his chainmail and armor, the wound is not deep and there is no infection. He only needs a simple bandage."

"Then why did he faint?"

"Lord Santos must have been exhausted, and after seeing you, his tense mind relaxed, which is why he fainted."

Marvin breathed a sigh of relief. He instructed the medic and Santos's guards to take good care of him, and then led his troops to continue their advance.

At this time, the left flank of the First Legion was also breached by Ron and his men. Lacking ranged units and suppressed by Ron men, they were unable to deploy their formation and were directly slaughtered by Ron's crossbowmen in their dense formation.

The Regimental Commander in charge of the left flank could only fight and retreat, trying to get support from the central army. But at this moment, Beck had already learned from the fleeing Personal Guard that Verati had been killed in battle and that the flanking maneuver had failed.

Beck immediately made a decision: he abandoned his troops and fled south alone with the Personal Guard Cavalry who had escaped. As for the remaining troops, he ordered the Legion Deputy Commander to take command and retreat as needed.

Although the First Legion still had Reserve Force of more than half a regiment on the right flank, as well as five battalions of ranged troops in the center, plus the troops that had retreated from the left flank, the First Legion still had nearly 10,000 troops, and could hold out for a long time with these troops.

As for the entire battlefield, it's still a long way from the end of the battle. The Coalition of Nobles on the right wing, relying on its numerical superiority, has tied down the Southern Marching Legion and the Cavalry of Great Oak Territory.

The left-wing Allied Army were still locked in a stalemate with the infantry of Great Oak Territory. For some reason, the Great Oak Territory army was not performing as expected, its attacks were weak and lacked momentum, and even with the cooperation of other noble private armies, its progress was very slow.

However, Beck still believed that the Duchy Army had no chance of winning the entire battlefield. After much consideration, Beck chose to flee rather than actually die on the battlefield.

He believed that if he did not flee while the overall battlefield situation was still unclear, the Northern Frontier nobles and Count Black, who possessed ample Cavalry, would never allow him to escape.

Not long after he left, the Legion Deputy Commander of the First Legion could no longer control the troops. When the soldiers learned that the supreme commander had fled, they also clamored for a retreat.

Seeing the crowd's agitation, the Legion Deputy Commander no longer hesitated and ordered a retreat. However, the First Legion still had a large force, and even though Marvin and Ron arrived later and joined forces to block them, they were unable to stop them all, and at least a large portion of them escaped.

Meanwhile, the Coalition of Nobles discovered the First Legion's retreat and abandoned their fighting to escape. However, compared to the organization of the Duchy's Regular Legion, these noble private armies couldn't even manage to escape properly. Ultimately, with the cooperation of the Southern Marching Legion and the Great Oak Territory army, most of the noble private armies were annihilated, with only a few remnants escaping.

After the war, many members of the Duchy believed that it was Beck's preemptive escape that led to the collapse of the entire front and ultimately caused the defeat in this battle; otherwise, Viscount Golden Sunflower would not have been able to achieve such a victory.

After all, Viscount Golden Sunflower's troops were already exhausted and suffered heavy casualties in the bloody battle with the First Legion. According to the statistics afterward, in this round of the Golden Sunflower Family's troops heading south, the total number of soldiers in the four regiments exceeded 40%, and even six officers at the Detachment Commander level were killed in battle. This was the first time Victor had commanded such a fierce battle.

However, the results of the battle were too brilliant. The Duchy's First Legion suffered heavy losses, with only less than 6,000 survivors escaping by land to Wright County.

Nearly 90% of the private armies of the nobles in the three eastern counties were annihilated, with losses exceeding 100,000 men. Eleven barons and viscounts died in the battle, 15 were captured, and very few escaped. It can be said that the loyal nobles of the three eastern counties were basically wiped out.