Chapter 288. Desert bandits' tactics
The trumpet was sounded.
In this desert there is a dull and long sound.
This was Kant's order, and the cavalry below, which had been lined up in a neat line, moved to the sound of the long horn, and the horses' hooves rushed through the flat desert.
Rolf personally led 120 Salander riders, clenched their scimitars and with solemn faces.
And the 220 lightly dressed desert robbers have already pounced out, like sparrows scattered in the sky, and even more like wolves scattered on all sides, faintly waiting for an opportunity.
The people of Salander have a kind of soul-like familiarity with the desert.
They are a people who live in the desert.
Be the elite of the desert!
At the post station, those caravan guards and convoys were restless, looking at the caravan leader at the top of the post station, one by one panicked, as if they had encountered a horse thief and wanted to hide, but they did not dare to leave the leader without permission.
Even when he saw Rolf leading the cavalry to resist, he was still uneasy.
Including the merchants on the rooftops.
Everyone can see the combat effectiveness of both sides.
Rolf is indeed vicious, just like a bandit leader, but this does not mean combat effectiveness!
With 600 well-trained knight squires in full armor and chain mail, and the knights who lead the team as commanders, it is easy to exterminate the same number of horse thieves!
The regular army is the elite army that can crush the bandit gangs.
Troop of Narolf.
The most numerous desert bandits were poor light cavalry in leather armor.
In the battle sequence of the Duchy of Lion, only the troops responsible for reconnaissance will use these cavalry, except for the poorest and hardest nobles, and it is the caravan guards who will be equipped with this kind of armor.
Although leather armor has some defensive effect, it is extremely limited.
Even those robbers and horse thieves with aristocratic backgrounds don't have a set of chain mail per person, for example, there are still two layers of iron-inlaid armor, where can they be like these light cavalry led by Rolf, the armor is so pitiful that they can't bear to look at it directly.
Even if there are 120 people and knightly squires who seem to be about the same as Salander riders.
But the number is very small.
This is against those knight squires, and they will be crushed on the spot in minutes!
The hearts of these businessmen were beating at great speed.
looked at Kant, who was facing away from him and still holding a silver cup, and his gaze was also very unkind.
They can already guess that these cavalry are all the capital of Kant, maybe in the Naren Desert, if you are careful, you can completely defend the sentry oasis and this post station, but if you fight against the strong, you will definitely fight with chickens and eggs.
The army of 600 knightly squires is already the regular army of the Lion Principality.
And these businessmen have different thoughts.
Looking at Kant's gaze, there is even more implicit resentment.
The previous groveling, and the current fear, are all reasons for these businessmen to resent Kant.
As long as Kant loses his troops to rely on, the nobles behind these merchants will all extend their hands into this desert, just like the knightly squires who have appeared now, and perhaps they can talk about the open and secret battles of the nobles.
If these knightly squires do kill them, then it represents a war between the nobles!
The salt mines in this desert will not be swallowed by a few nobles.
It can only be a win-win situation.
But this win-win situation will definitely not include Kant, the original lord of the Naren Desert.
The merchants looked at each other, each snorting a little heavily, nodding to each other, they all understood the meaning in their eyes, and now united, they found that they were not very afraid of these soldiers and Kant, but had a kind of confidence to unite, appeared in their hearts, and could fight against Kant.
But this was only their delusion, for the small movements of this group of merchants behind their backs, the royal knights and light infantry saw in their eyes, their faces were expressionless, but their eyes were extremely vigilant.
If Kant had opened his mouth and commanded, there would have been a bloody storm on this roof.
They can do it.
But Kant did not speak, nor did he command.
Shaking the red sugar water in the silver cup, the sweet feeling in his mouth has not yet dissipated, looking at the dust raised in the distance and a famous rider, the smile on the corner of his mouth is still the same.
Two cavalry units were approaching.
The cavalry of 600 knightly squires slowed down, as if they had something to say.
But the two wings, riding a desert horse that was suitable for desert running, the lightly dressed desert bandits did not stop, quickly outflanked on both sides, bent over and arched their backs one by one, grabbed the reins and galloped wildly.
Rolf, on the other hand, led the Salander riders to a halt, and 120 men formed a three-row line, armed with spears, in a charging position.
The tactics employed by both differ.
But it's closely connected!
This is the wolf pack tactic that the Salanders learned when they fought against the Kujits.
The scattered desert bandits are the wolves who lure and drive away the enemy, and the Salander riders who concentrate in a charging position are the wolf king's guards who deliver the final blow to the enemy and completely tear the enemy's throat apart!
They are small in number, but they are well-structured and tactically clear.
Hundreds of years of strife on the continent of Calradia have turned these peoples into war-savvy machines!
600 Knight Squires slowed down.
They spotted the desert bandits scattered on both sides.
But based on their own strength, they chose to ignore it, but they still moved closer to each other, holding shields to guard the surroundings, intending to continue to move forward and talk to the opposing cavalry who were standing.
It is best to deal with these enemies without bloodshed, and they come here to deter in itself.
Countess Agatha's orders were clear.
Destroy Baron Kant's armed forces, take control of the young baron, and indirectly control the Naren Desert.
As for the merchants who came here, if they dared to resist, they should all be killed, and if they did not resist, they would be gathered and buried alive in the desert with the troops of Baron Kant who had surrendered.
There is no need for the Naren Desert to have a force other than them.
Leading the team were 2 Grand Knights.
The junior and middle commanders consisted of 40 knights, and the rest were knightly squires.
This is the dependence of the Tempest Mercenary Regiment that once crisscrossed the 3 counties of the Lion Principality, and they were silent on weekdays, but as long as there was action, they would appear, revealing their fangs.
The secret hands of Agatha, the countess of East County, have always been known for their bloody ruthlessness.
But their ideas miscalculated.
Rolf didn't have the slightest intention of talking to them.
There is no idea that they are at a disadvantage, so they are tied up.
Seeing that the other party was slowing down 500 meters away, as if he wanted to show the appearance of negotiation, the corners of his mouth curled up with a disdainful smile, the hideous color on his face became more and more intense, and the scimitar in his hand was raised high, turning in a slight circle.
This is an order to attack, no need to keep your hands!
Orders to the Desert Bandits.
"Puff p
A horseshoe strikes a layer of sand.
Strange noises continued one after another.
The desert bandits rode their horses on both wings, circling the 600 knightly squires, neither near nor far, converging like wolves and vultures waiting for an opportunity.
It's just their equipment that makes the knight squires disguised as the Tempest Mercenary Regiment show a mocking face.
What can these cavalrymen in leather armor do?
In hand-to-hand combat, these cavalrymen will be chased and slaughtered by these knight squires!
Their Tempest Mercenary Regiment is not in vain, they have also captured the border towns of the Silver Plate Kingdom, and those townsfolk armed cavalry of the Self-Defense Force are wearing leather armor, and they are cut off from it, and then easily slaughtered.
Equipment superiority, sometimes so terrifying, can influence the situation on the battlefield.
Besides, they are still cavalry!
But how could the battlefield be as they expected.
Just like the invincible heavy cavalry of Swadia at the beginning, facing the extremely mobile Kujit archers on the steppe, and encountering the highly armored blunt iron cavalry of the Salanders in the desert, it was impossible to distinguish the advantages of friend and foe for a while.
Don't use the original thinking to measure your opponents, they will be deadly on the battlefield!
The desert bandits are going to teach this arrogant group of knightly squires today.
What is tragic!
Quickly galloping around them, encircling the knights' squires in a ring, and just after the desert horses under their crotch warmed up, the desert bandits drew their short javelins behind their backs.
And the ring of the galloping horse, unconsciously, gradually compressed inward.
Slowly approaching from a range of more than 50 meters.
Eventually, when it came to a range of about 10 meters, both sides could see each other's faces.
The knights' squires shrunk their eyes.
In the midst of the panic, the iris shield in their hands was instantly raised.
"Whoosh whoosh—"
The sound of breaking the air continued.
Black shadows flew out in an instant along with the circular array of the desert bandits' horses.
It was the short javelin they had already held in their hands.
It was nailed heavily to the iris shield that Dao had raised.
"Dangdangdangdang—"
The dull thump was heard as the shield pierced itself with the stout short javelin.
What's more, he was a little sluggish, and the short javelin that was thrown at great speed was nailed to the helmet, and the sharp javelin tip instantly pierced the helmet, stabbed the skull, and directly killed the unlucky knight squire!
The circular cavalry formation, which was born from the Kugits, became a shortened version of the javelin in the hands of the desert bandits.
But the effect is still the same.
The lethality is even stronger because of the javelin throwing!
Javelins can pierce armor.
At close range, within 20 meters, these desert bandits throw short javelins with the inertia of extremely fast running, as long as they hit the body, it is deadly, and can instantly solve the opponent's terrifying weapons!
220 desert bandits, 4 short javelins each.
Instantaneous.
Javelins rained down on the group of unprepared knights.
People shouted and neighed, and blood splashed everywhere!
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