Riding and Slashing

Chapter 239 The Silver Hand
"Come on! Everyone go up!...Your Excellency Li Ang, you will suffer heavy losses if you go on like this..."

Justus did come over. Although he knew that he would suffer heavy losses, he still ordered the guards to go up with their big shields, which seemed quite reasonable.

Still, the governor doesn't seem confident about the fight.

"If we can't stand up to them here, then we'll probably have to keep being hunted down...all the infantry under you and me won't be able to escape. If we're chased by the fearful army, then the Snake Cult army going to Boshi City But no one can stop it! Didn't you say that the Legion of Terror is in Siyuan City?"

Li Ang chopped off a rotten head, then dragged Justus back a few steps, and waved Jocelyn to lead the other prepared Freedom Legion infantry to the front, and then began to ask Justus Tess.

"I also want to know what's going on here! The news I got is that His Majesty is dealing with the fear army in Siyuan City...there is no real curse in Serendil..."

Justus was also a little confused.

Fighting recklessly with such an enemy will indeed cost a lot.

These undead don't have any emotions, and they don't know how to communicate with others. Naturally, they won't be deceived. Li Ang and Justus may have a lot of schemes, but after all, most of the schemes can only be used on living people with emotions. body.

Moreover, the fighting style of the Dread Legion is also different from that of ordinary people. They do not dodge or block at all.

Of course the undead are not afraid of anything, they will go forward and attack anyone they can attack.

It is easy to suffer a hand-to-hand fight with such an enemy. Cutting on the broken bodies of these undead will not reduce their combat effectiveness, but being hit by their sword is likely to kill them.

Of course, not being afraid of anything is not necessarily a good thing-they will also not dodge when faced with a fatal blow, but still wield their strange flaming swords and continue to fight back.

Although this seems to be a model of being indomitable and fearless, it also led to the speed at which the python knight was beheaded very quickly.

Fortunately, most of the imperial guards under Justus can be called brave soldiers.

Maybe they didn't have the ability to single out these giant python knights, but after they went up with their big shields, they really withstood the advance of the fear army.

Those giant python knights couldn't charge up, and most of them were blocked in the chest-deep seawater—the van guards desperately resisted their horses.

Although those underworld horses seem to be quite powerful, no matter how strong they are, they can't charge in the mud soaked under the waves, and the horseshoes will sink if they exert force.

As long as those terrible horses can't exert their impact, these python knights won't appear too tyrannical, at least the lances mounted on the horses are abolished.

The fighters of the Freedom Legion also arrived one after another, forming a comprehensive close-to-body relationship, and the two sides formed a curved coastline along the surging beach.

In this kind of close combat, both sides don't want to use any long-range attacks, which also makes the python knights of the Dread Legion unable to use their spears.

However, most of the soldiers of the Freedom Legion use short weapons, such as the Empire Broadsword - most of their equipment is the spoils they got from the territory of the Bacchus Empire during their uprising.

Short weapons are really disadvantageous against these python knights - the length of the weapons is limited, so they must be attached very close to attack, which will also give the python knights a chance to fight back.

Judging from the fighting style of these undead, using short weapons is basically equivalent to exchanging their lives for skulls.

This has to be the case that the skill is good enough and the cut is accurate enough...

Unless the skill is comparable to that of the lord, he can kill the opponent while avoiding the counterattack of the python knight.

If the number of enemies is not large, it is nothing to fight so hard to the end.

But the problem is, the number of python knights appearing here is no less than the number of the Freedom Legion...

If there were more fighters holding big swords and long halberds, the situation would certainly be greatly improved, especially at this time when one inch is longer and one inch is stronger.

But there are only a few hundred gladiators, and now less than half of them have been killed or injured.

"Brothers hold on!" "Don't retreat! If you retreat, you will die!"

Sigismund and Jocelyn have been trying their best to boost morale in front of the battle, and two soldiers have already turned around and ran back.

Deserters are always inevitable in such battles.

But at this time, if someone turned around and fled, most of the friendly troops who had been fighting by the side would die in battle.

Moreover, if you don't put the enemy in the water, maybe the whole army will be wiped out!

"boom!"

Amy set up a musket on the beach, and after one shot, a rotting head shattered.

She managed to ignite the match in the strong wind, and two female soldiers stood by to help her block the wind that would blow away the medicine pool.

It was a shot fired hastily, but it was very accurate, and just killed the python knight who had a gap due to desertion.

"Your Excellency, go to supervise the battle...Military order! Don't retreat! Anyone who disobeys the order will die!"

Li Ang gritted his teeth, pushed Justus, and pushed him to the back of the line. He knew that the governor was not very skilled.

And he himself took a greatsword from a fallen gladiator, beheaded another deserter, and stepped forward to fill the void left by the soldier's flight.

Some tough battles have to be fought. Although Li Ang has been pursuing smaller battle losses, he can afford it when there is nothing available.

Just like when he used dozens of miscellaneous soldiers to resist [-] Gatu cavalry in Fletcher Village.

"Don't retreat! Those who retreat die!"

Justus stood beside Wendy, shouting with the Noldor guard.

And the Noldor drew their bows and arrows, and with swords and shields they began to attack those who turned and fled and left their comrades behind.

Several soldiers who turned and fled were hacked to death by Noldo, and then several Noldo rangers, like Li Ang before, stepped forward to fill the gap.

The other two Imperial Vanguards who threw down their shields and retreated in a panic, were beheaded one by one by Justus with a single sword.

Wendy led someone forward to fill the position.

"Don't retreat! Win this battle! Kill them, and I'll make you all knights!"

The lord roared loudly.

"what!!"

I don't know if the supervising team is deterrent enough, or the lord's promise is really attractive, anyway, no one escaped for a while.

The losses gradually increased, and all the Noldor elves who were originally behind all pushed forward to fill in the vacancies.

The supervisor team has been replaced by Amy and her female soldiers—only half of the female soldiers are still behind, and those with better skills have already gone up to fill the gap.

The Dread Legion lined up very densely, and when there was no gap, it was useless for others to step up, and those who were not strong enough would get in the way instead.

"Li Ang...Your Majesty...it really looks like..."

Justus let out a long breath, muttered something, frowned and turned his head around, he seemed to hear something.

"boom!"

Amy continued to show her marksmanship kissed by the goddess on the beach—she once again hit the head of a python knight with perfect accuracy, and the lead bullet directly penetrated the helmet, smashing the skull-like head to pieces.

This is the fifth enemy Amy has shot in the head with a musket in 5 minutes.

Justus glanced at Amy, was about to turn his head, but looked behind Amy.

"what is that?"

He saw some tall figures in the distance behind him!

At dawn, the light was not good, and it was hard to see clearly. Those figures were obviously much taller and stronger than ordinary people, and they seemed to be approaching rapidly!
"Ladies, prepare to fight to the death..."

Amy glanced back and gave the order with a calm face.

The remaining two hundred female soldiers turned around and prepared to meet the enemy.

But then Amy rubbed her eyes, and a hint of surprise appeared on her face: "Wait... Klose? That's my own! Make way for them! Reinforcements are coming!"

After finishing speaking, she flew on the horse and greeted those tall figures.

"Sure enough, it's Miss Amy... I said it looks like, only she can use that kind of musket frame!"

Klose drew his greatsword and shouted, "Come on, brothers!"

Amy stopped on the coast on her horse, and she saw a group of Mettenheimers brought by Klose speeding up.

She knew that Klose and the others must have seen her.

Amy didn't speak any more, and pointed directly to the battlefield by the sea.

"Chains? Put these chains on!"

When running over the iron piles on the shore, Klose stopped, reached out and dragged an iron chain from the ground, and then continued to rush towards the battlefield.

The long iron chains were brought by the group of Mettenheim people and dragged to the battlefield where they were fighting, making a series of ear-piercing sounds of iron rings rubbing against each other.

Those were the chains that were originally used to restrain the slaves. The iron stakes that were originally attached to this beach are now all rusty, and most of the locks that were originally connected to the iron stakes have been rusted and broken.

But thanks to the reputation of this 'accursed place', the chains that were broken and left on the beach have not been stolen for many years, and each chain still wears a thick iron collar.

This kind of collar is a fit lock formed by two half-rings, which seems to be quite strong-to be honest, the equipment used by slave owners to restrain their slaves is stronger than the equipment of most armies...

"Ha! Klose! You came back in time! Chop these green heads!"

Hearing the familiar voice, the lord shouted in surprise, this happened to be the time when he needed the great swordsman the most!
"Good lord!"

Klose ran with great strides, making huge waves in the water: "The ones in front! Tangle them with iron chains!"

He rushed all the way to the front of the formation, slammed the iron chain in his hand like a meteor hammer, and then slammed it directly into the faces of those giant python knights.

The python knights are all riding horses, much taller than the soldiers of the Freedom Legion, which is a big sweep.

Almost all the heads that Klose took with the iron chain were smashed in one blow!

Everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that the heads of these undead were so fragile!
The neck that has been decayed for hundreds of years is not strong, and the joints are very fragile!
To deal with such an old corpse, the effect of striking with a heavy object is obviously far stronger than cutting with a sharp blade!

And this is not the biggest achievement of these iron chains.

Many iron chains were broken during the whipping, and the gladiators of the Freedom Legion quickly grabbed half of the iron chains from the enemy.

They were quickly inspired by the way the people of Mettenheim used iron chains.

These thick iron chains are more useful in the hands of gladiators.

Gladiators used to live with this kind of iron chain every day, they were too familiar with it, and the iron chain was an auxiliary weapon they often used in the arena.

Even if they are not tall enough to swing in the water and cannot directly harm the enemy, at least they can lock the enemy's arm or weapon.

No matter how bad it is, you can also use iron chains to wrap around the enemy's horse's legs.

At the same time, three hundred Mettenheim two-handed swords joined the battlefield.

Klose brought back a lot of hunks!
This is the coastal environment that the people of Mettenheim are very familiar with—their hometown is also this coastal area, and even the climate is similar.

They often fight against the Buckley Empire on this coast in the same way—in order to prevent the Buckleys’ muskets from reaching the shore and exert their power, they block the enemy’s landing process and prevent the Buckleys from leaving the sea and wind and waves , This is the normal state of fighting in Mettenheim.

Iron chains were also their weapon against the Buckleys...

Now, this group of fresh troops has quickly joined the battle in the way they are best at, and has become the biggest help against the fearful army.

The battlefield is finally tilting towards intelligent life.

The wind gradually died down.

After Klose swung his big sword and chopped down the last python knight, the first rays of sunlight appeared on the horizon on the other side.

The wet warriors on the coast can finally turn around and face the rising sun in the east.

The sunlight reflected on the weapons held high by the soldiers, and in the cheers like a tsunami, bursts of dazzling silver light reflected.

Just as everyone's hands and swords are made of silver.

"I intend to form an order of knights...brothers."

Li Ang's voice was not excited, he calmly looked at the weapons held high by the soldiers, and at the bursts of dazzling silver light: "You are the first army to defeat the Legion of Terror...you are qualified to be the real Knights! All of you!"

"Haha!!"

The silver light began to tremble with the cheers.

"My lord, what is the name of your knight order?"

Sigismund asked.

He was always at the front, and he was only wearing the close-fitting leather armor he had worn during the night watch. He had four or five bloody scars on his body, but on the contrary, it made his fit body look more heroic.

Sarah has been watching him from afar on the shore.

"It's not my knight order, it's our knight order! It's called...'Silver Hands'! This is what you look like now! Remember the light you hold in your hands today! Never back down in the face of evil is the Silver Hand The highest creed of the Hand! If you still dare to face such evil after experiencing everything today, then go to Klose and swear an oath! He is the first Knight Commander of the Silver Hand!"

"what!!!"

For this victory, the Freedom Legion lost 400 warriors, [-] of Justus' Empire Vanguard fell into the sea, and even the most skilled Noldor Rangers lost more than [-] people.

The total loss is thousands of people, and many times the two countries do not have such a large number of casualties.

It is indeed fitting that an order of knights should be formed in honor of this struggle.

After seeing the Dread Legion, every soldier is very clear that death is not the scariest thing, but after death, it is too scary to become a puppet like the Dread Legion these python knights!

This is more tragic than being a slave. Now they can understand why Li Ang traveled thousands of miles to Bacchus to deal with the Snake Cult.

Creating the Red Death has killed countless people, driving those untrained civilians to die, and turning the brave warriors into an army of undead... Everything the Snake Cult has done is against all mankind!
Even the slaves of the Freedom Legion, who had suffered so much, can now deeply understand that this is far more evil than those slave owners.

Even Justus expressed his willingness to help the order be recognized in the Valides charter.

But the lord doesn't care about the charter at all... He knows that the Valides charter cannot recognize a group of knights composed of civilians.

He took the opportunity to set up the 'Silver Hand' at this time, but it was not for the purpose of regularizing the troops.

"The belief of the Silver Hand is to protect this land! Eliminate the evil on this land, so that brave warriors will no longer become such undead monsters! Stop those evil deeds against humanity!"

He wanted to eliminate Sigismund's previous influence—to change the position of the Freedom Legion from 'against the whole continent' to 'protect the whole continent'!
At the same time, give his direct troops a direct upward path.

As for the Valides Charter - when the Silver Hand is strong enough, the Charter itself will spread its legs and assume the most suitable posture.

"Klose, when did you come back?"

While the others were cleaning the battlefield, Li Ang began to catch up with his old subordinates.

"Actually, we've already been back in September... You said you wanted us to return to Maixiangling at the end of September..."

In fact Klose did come back long ago.

After bringing back a large number of seeds for the country, Frederick was appointed as a foreign affairs officer, and Klose became a hero in his hometown.

That is to say, the emerging Earl of Mettenheim does not have a traditional knight class, otherwise Klose would definitely be called a knight from now on, even if he did not pledge allegiance to Earl Mettenheim.

And Dean, the son of Cleon, who went with them, became the guest of Earl Guderian, and even served as the Minister of Agriculture in Mettenheim as a Bacchus—it is estimated that Dean will be there soon. I will not return home.

Under Dean's guidance, the people of Mettenheim replanted a season of grain in summer, and everything went smoothly.

The only small problem is that Klose also encountered the attack of the Snake Cult in his hometown.

It's just that the Snake Cult doesn't have much room for development in Mettenheim. The Mettenheim people's belief in the Iron God is relatively stable, and there is not much internal oppression. Moreover, the country is extremely united because of Barkley, a huge foreign enemy.

In fact, the Snake Cult couldn’t develop in Buckley either—Buckley was undergoing a technological revolution, and there were more educated people, so it was difficult for the cult’s deception to work.

So only two fleets of the Snake Cult went to Mettenheim. This was probably a brain-slapping decision made by the Snake Cult Priest Council, and it was an invasion by force.

But Mettenheim has ironclad ships... Even the extremely advanced warships of the Buckley Empire can't attack Mettenheim, let alone the backward ships of the Snake Cult 200 years ago...

"Huh? You brought an ironclad ship? Didn't you say that ironclad ships can't go far?"

(End of this chapter)