Ironvine Territory (84)

Victor did not have time to continue observing Baron Brown's situation. He could only remind the officer in charge of those bed crossbows to pay close attention to the enemy on their flanks and rear, while he himself focused his attention straight ahead.

Because the front of Victor's main camp happened to be a trumpet-shaped intersection. Going from far to near, this wide road grew narrower and narrower, with the widest and narrowest points differing by a factor of two, so the forces Ursus could deploy were limited.

Moreover, Victor had also let Knight Yellen yield the position at the narrowest point, placing the military formation further back. This meant that if the attacking force launched an assault, they would have to adjust their formation, which would make things very uncomfortable for them.

However, neither Victor nor Knight Yellen expected that the Ursus Legion Commander would not consider the issue of formation shifting at all. He directly dispatched a heavy infantry unit, launching an assault in a dense Arrowhead Formation.

Victor noticed that those frontline armored troops wore a layer of lamellar armor directly over a set of chainmail, and they charged straight forward carrying battle-axes while enduring the rain of arrows.

The archers of Great Oak Territory were still using standard war bows common in the Grand Duchy, with a draw weight of only about 120 jin. Even when switching to Armor-Piercing Arrows, it was difficult to harm these heavily armored infantrymen who were armed to the teeth.

Although their movement was relatively slow, these armored infantrymen still approached the front line of the Great Oak Territory troops step by step. Seeing the Sword-and-Shield Soldiers phalanx already beginning to stir, Victor sighed. At this moment, Yellen had not taken any countermeasures, which seemed to show that his experience was