Riding and Slashing

Chapter 238 Forward!forward!
Siyuan City.

Emperor Marius finally attempted a less intense attack.

He has been besieging the city for more than ten days, but there is still no movement in Siyuan City.

Knowing that there was a fearful army in the city, Emperor Marius did not act rashly at first, but has been patiently building fortifications outside.

But there was still no movement in the city, so he planned to test it out, and let the Immortal Legion and the Shadow Wolves launch a strong attack one by one.

But what he didn't expect was that this strong attack would succeed so easily - the Legion of Terror disappeared inexplicably!
However, after Emperor Marius' troops entered the city, they faced new troubles.

In Siyuan City, there are a group of dilapidated corpses all over in green, wandering around...

All the corpses were skinless, and the stench and the occasional dripping juice all over the city attracted flocks of scavengers, but most crows didn't touch the green walking corpses.

Only some turquoise maggots crawled in and out of the rotting eye sockets of these walking corpses.

That's the devoured.

Moreover, the source of these devoured people is actually very clear-they were once the rebels under Sheila Youzas.

Even after Sheila Youzas was killed by Maltis, she was still making trouble for Emperor Marius...

Although these devoured people looked terrifying, Emperor Marius wasn't worried. What he was worried about now was another question—how did the fearful legion leave Siyuan City?where did they go
"Your Majesty, the Legion of Dread probably left by sea!"

General Sura of the Shadow Legion suddenly said to Emperor Marius.

"But we had destroyed all the docks when we left the port!"

Mario frowned in confusion.

"Your Majesty, we all overlooked a problem... This is my mistake, I didn't remind you in advance..."

Sura closed her eyes and shook her head, seeming to blame herself: "The Dread Legion is full of undead, they... never need a pier!"

"... Agathon! Where was the fleet when the Legion of Dread landed? Summon all the cavalry, and we will destroy their warships!"

Emperor Mario was stunned for half a second before taking remedial measures.

All the warships of the Dread Legion are in Ziza Village, which is the subordinate village of Fort Olega that was ordered to be burned by Emperor Marius. Similar to Serendil, this is also a coastal fishing village.

Qiza Village did not become a cursed fishing port like Serendil. This is mainly because Qiza Village does not have as many pearl resources as Serendil, and Qiza is relatively close to the capital, Siyuan City...

But now, Qizha Village has also become a spooky haunted area, because there was a massacre not long ago.

That's what the Dread Legion did when they landed.

The seven or eight warships of the Dread Legion are still staying on the beach of Qiza Village. The small village does not have a deep enough pier, and those ships are actually stranded.

In fact, it is not a particularly advanced large ship, but some old models from nearly 200 years ago. It is a mixed galley-sail troop carrier of the Cubax Empire, with an average displacement of only about a hundred tons.

"Surely this isn't all of their ships... what about the others? Looks like we're late..."

Emperor Marius commanded the troops to surround the stranded ships. After looking at the internal structure, he felt that there should be more than these warships.

It is impossible to transport more than 3000 horses with only seven or eight such ships, and even if it is doubled, it may not be able to accommodate them—horses take up too much space.

"Your Majesty...these ships are all damaged, and they should have been abandoned here."

Agathon came back after checking, and he found that all these old ships were broken—they were all antiques, and they were indeed easy to break.

"Are these all damaged? They probably won't abandon these ships... Oops! There are enemies nearby who haven't left yet! All troops are on alert! Search for the enemy!"

Emperor Marius suddenly regretted it a bit. In order to hurry, he only took some imperial knights and Agathon's iron ring centurion out, and the troops around him were less than 500 people.

"His Majesty the Emperor is really smart... I am indeed still here..."

A voice without any emotion came from the sea.

Afterwards, hundreds of turquoise figures emerged from the sea.

That's Martis, and her horn viper pioneer!
Emperor Marius drew out his sword with a 'swipe', looked back, and then looked again at the horned viper pioneers in the sea with only their heads exposed.

"Charge forward! Stop them, don't let them go ashore!"

Mario didn't turn around and flee, but went up to him brandishing his sword, and didn't ride his horse again.

Agathon gritted his teeth, took off the spear on his back, and faced the terrifying enemies side by side with Emperor Marius: "Forward! Forward! Don't let their horses leave the water!"

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In Serendil Village, which is only separated from Qiza Village by a bay, the horns for war have sounded.

Amidst the sound of the wind and waves, the volume of the horn appeared to be quite weak. The army was also the most troubled at this time, and they would not be able to prepare properly for a while.

Only the Noldor elves gathered around the lord with great efficiency, and were the first to prepare for battle on the coast.

But that fleet was almost completely motionless.

Serendil Village is only a civilian fishing port, and the pier is relatively shallow. The huge warships could not reach the pier. After being tossed and swayed by the wind and waves for a while, the fleet stopped at a bay several hundred meters away from the coast.

Then, there was no movement.

There were no lights, no figures, and no landing craft were seen being lowered.

In the dim morning light, it looked like a ghost ship.

"My lord, they seem to have run aground... The wind and waves are so strong, but the boats didn't move at all."

Wendy was the first to discover the problem: "Why don't I go over and have a look?"

"If the boat runs aground, their people should come out, but they don't seem to be moving...Wendy, don't go there for now, just take a look."

The lord felt that something was a little strange, so he stopped Wendy Fu from moving.

"Hiss... that's... hiss... that's a warship of the Legion of Dread! They, hiss... better get off the coast! They're in the water!"

Behind her, Alisa suddenly screamed in panic.

The lord also saw it, and someone appeared on the surface of the water.

But that doesn't seem to be human...

It looked like miserable green corpses, wearing helmets of the same color, as the waves loomed on the sea, they seemed to be rising gradually.

"They came up from the bottom of the sea! Back up...wait! Don't back up! Forward! Let's go up, don't let them leave the water!"

The lord immediately realized that something was wrong, and quickly waved his hands to let the Noldor disperse.

But when he was about to retreat, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly led the people forward, even standing in the sea water that kept hitting the beach.

"That's the undead... Charge forward and stop them in the water! If we let them land, we'll be in big trouble!"

Li Ang drew out his sword and shouted, he saw long black shadows under the surface of the water—those terrifying enemies seemed to come up along the bottom of the sea on horseback.

Across the bay, Mario and Leon reacted in the same way at this time——Don't let the Legion of Terror go ashore!

A horse that can sneak under water...

It's kind of scary.

Sigismund probably noticed it too, and he ran towards the camp of the Freedom Army, shouting "Brothers! Don't wear armor! Come out and form!"

When encountering cavalry, you really have to list long weapons or big swords to fight. Right now, only the Freedom Legion has a dedicated anti-cavalry unit. The gladiators under Sigismund basically use long halberds or big swords.

However, the efficiency of this newly formed legion was not high enough, and it was not yet ready for battle. Sigismund's yelling gradually faded away with the howling wind, and Jocelyn could occasionally be heard swearing loudly at the barracks.

The enemy was only more than 100 meters away from Li Ang's current position, and occasionally the chests of the enemies in the front row and the dark horses they were riding could be seen from under the receding waves.

Those horses were all dressed in black horse armor, and they couldn't tell what they looked like, but each of them looked extremely tall, and it looked a lot like the war beast that Jocelyn was riding now.

But the eyes of each horse looked extremely piercing...or maybe they weren't eyes at all, but a little red light glowing from the empty eye sockets.

The Noldor began to shoot feathered arrows towards the sea, but the sea was very windy, and the mist rolled up by the strong wind and the turbulent waves fell on the shore like raindrops.

In this environment, even if the Noldor Arrow is less affected by the wind, it is difficult to be completely accurate.

Fortunately, the Noldor used metal composite bows, which would not be affected in such a humid environment. If a wooden crossbow was used, it would basically be useless under such strong winds and waves.

This is probably the main reason why most of Bacchus' troops are not equipped with bows and arrows - they were originally fleet troops, and the landing troops in the fleet are indeed not suitable for using bows and crossbows, and are more suitable for throwing weapons.

The same is true for Fieldsway. Many Lords of Fieldsway, including King Vidis himself, used to be Vanskerry's pirates, and they are also accustomed to using throwing axes.

As for the current situation, the lord certainly feels that it might be better to throw weapons...

This is not because the Noldor are inaccurate in the strong wind and waves, but because it seems useless to shoot the arrow correctly!

The Noldor were skilled indeed, and these 'young' Elven rangers were brave indeed.

Many arrows did penetrate the withered heads that were still floating in the sea.

The lord could clearly see that many arrows even shattered those turquoise faces, and made gaps in the heads of those enemies.

But those terrifying enemies are still moving forward, seemingly unaffected at all.

Can't kill?

Now Li Ang knew why this army was called the Dread Legion!
This is an undead army without emotion, without fear of life and death, without fatigue, without pain, without supplies, or even breathing.

Moreover, probably part of the body is damaged and will not affect their actions.

Li Ang's whole body was a little hairy now, he turned his head and took a few glances, and he was already thinking about where to run...

The Noldors also took a few steps back in fear. Even though the Noldors were all brave fighters, they were a little scared in this situation.

Never had they met a foe whom the Noldor could not kill.

It wasn't until Wentierf shot an arrow beside the lord, passing through the middle of an enemy's forehead, that the lord didn't see that enemy disappear into the sea.

"It seems that the Legion of Terror can still be killed... But, looking at it like this, I'm afraid you have to smash your brains..."

The lord's original plan to run away finally stabilized a little bit.

But in this stormy weather, it would be too difficult for a bow and arrow to shoot between the eyebrows and penetrate the head.

Fortunately, the Legion of Dread is still soaking in the sea. It probably won't be able to use its strength under the surging waves. It moves very slowly. It will not be able to threaten the lord for a while.

I don't know what the undead of the Dread Legion use to maintain a neat army formation. Now that they have gone higher, they can clearly see their empty eye sockets-it seems that they don't even have eyeballs.

"My lord, it depends entirely on luck to hit the middle of the head in the wind and waves. Can that thing... work?"

Wendy turned around and asked.

"I'm afraid it won't work in the water, and their horses are probably not afraid of anything... We can't let them go ashore, or let their terrible horses charge up, and they can't stop them anymore..."

Li Ang shook his head, feeling that this matter was quite tricky.

Each of the Noldor Guard carried a few grenades, as did the non-commissioned officers.If you have a good weapon, you will naturally use it, and the lord will not hide it.

But this homemade black powder grenade is not waterproof, and those horses that look like ghosts from the underworld can sneak in the sea, don't even need to breathe, and probably won't be afraid of explosions...

"Master Li Ang... let us come!"

Sigismund finally went back, and he brought a team of shirtless gladiators—these guys had just woken up, and before they had time to put on their armor, Sigismund directly asked them to fight The outfits on the field went out to fight.

That is to say, they go into battle directly with their shirts off, and all of them are leather pants and shirtless. This outfit is very suitable for surfing in the sea.

Sigismund is still very adaptable, and he is indeed a fearless fighter.

"Well come! Forward! Forward with me! Throw them in the sea, and cut off their heads before their horses can run!"

The lord rushed forward waving the griffin sword in his hand - he has now changed back to his most convenient weapon.

Great swords and long halberds are indeed more suitable in this environment. These gladiators are not wearing armor, so it is more suitable...

Armor is not supposed to be worn when fighting in the sea.

Although the gladiators are not white stripes in the waves, it is not a problem to roll over and chop off some broken and decayed heads on the sea. Those beheaded dread legion python knights did fall into the sea just like that.

The soldiers of the Dread Legion who appeared here are basically all python knights, but few of these knights with extraordinary skills can fight back - most of them are now in the sea, the heavy horse armor on the horses and their withered bodies The thick python armor made it impossible for them to float to the surface of the sea.

The soft sand in the sea made the horseshoes sink deeply into it, coupled with the constant ups and downs of the waves, so they couldn't walk fast, so they could only slowly move three steps forward and two steps back to the shore.

In fact, this is the reason why they can come up from the bottom of the sea-they are too heavy now.

If it is a normal human and a normal horse, even if they have dozens or even hundreds of catties of heavy armor, they can still have a lot of buoyancy in sea water. After all, the ratio of volume to weight will not be increased too much.

But the Legion of Dread are all century-old corpses, and maybe even people and horses. The dry and dehydrated corpses can't float on the water, and with the heavy iron armor, they are basically a weight...

Even those giant python knights whose heads and necks have been exposed to the water are currently unable to fight - they can only wield their weapons in the water, no matter how powerful they are, they can't wield much strength.

But this situation is only temporary. After hundreds of rotten heads were cut off by the gladiators, the Dread Legion finally came out of the situation where they were powerless to fight back—they had gradually walked out of the shallow sea where the mud was piled up, and came to a place where they could gain a foothold. The sandy beach, the sea water will no longer affect their arms.

The immediate counterattack of the Dread Legion was quite fierce. The gladiators' line was torn apart almost instantly, and hundreds of people fell in the waist-deep seawater while fighting and retreating.

The morning light of dawn reflects the red-stained coastline, bringing this beach, which has been miserable for hundreds of years, back to its former appearance.

It looked bloody.

Fortunately, most of the horses were still in the sea water, and they still couldn't run, but the speed of moving forward was obviously accelerated...

"My lord, withdraw, it seems that I can't stand it anymore!"

Wendy appeared next to Li Ang again, and cut off the head of a python knight with a flying sword.

"Can't retreat! They are all knights! If they leave the beach, they will be even stronger!"

Li Ang was a little flustered, but he still didn't hide behind to protect himself. Seeing that his army was retreating steadily, he brought his brothers to the front row again.

It is true that the commander who leads the army in battle cannot retreat casually.

If he retreats, the army will probably be defeated in a short time.

"Wendy, take the guards to the back to supervise the battle! Let Justus send the guards up... No one can retreat! We can only block them here, we must not let these guys run!"

Li Ang gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Unexpectedly, if you didn't face the front in Buyulin Village, you still have to fight a tough battle here, and you still face a tougher army.

But this battle has to be fought. The enemy has already ridden the beach on horseback, and now they cannot retreat. The outcome of the retreat is definitely worse than fighting a tough battle-the Freedom Legion is all infantry.

In fact, even cavalry may not be able to outrun those underworld horses that don't get tired...

The gladiators didn't wear armor, so it wasn't suitable for them to push forward. It was more appropriate for the imperial guards who were good at using large shields to stand up against the enemy. Anyway, they couldn't let the enemy's horses run.

(End of this chapter)