The Great Arcanist Who Traveled Through the World of American Variety Shows.

Chapter 635: The Battle of the Balkans

Kill the gods.

Arcanists have been conducting research on this topic since the beginning of the Arcane Empire until the establishment of the Supreme Arcane Council.

However, this kind of research is very secretive, because once discovered by the gods, there will inevitably be a fight. The original agreement between the Arcane Council and the gods had already stated that this kind of research would be abandoned.

However, this kind of research has always been conducted in secret as a theoretical study. Of course, the technology derived from it is the technology to kill monsters such as gods and ancient evil creatures.

The gods actually know that the arcanists will not give up this research easily, but they have not found the evidence yet. Once they find the evidence, those gods will not be polite.

Richard also conducted research on killing gods, but there were too few records and data on killing gods, so the information obtained was limited.

However, according to previous news, without the gods of the Kingdom of God, the difficulty of killing them has been reduced by several levels.

The reason why Richard supports polytheism is that he wants to use the power of polytheism to deal with the Creator. In this world, he does not have a floating city, and he is definitely not as good as the Creator who has the Kingdom of God in his hands.

So he prepared to rely on the power of polytheism.

Although polytheism is no match for monotheism, it has no problem holding back its kingdom of God and legion of angels.

Without the Kingdom of God and the endless army of petitioners, it would be much easier for Richard to deal with Him.

If the two of them really fight one-on-one, he is still very confident of winning. After all, he has the Infinity Stones in his hands, and his control over the rules is higher than that of the Creator.

time flies.

The Western Roman Empire and Byzantium were both accumulating strength. After completing the replacement of the army's equipment, Richard began to mobilize for war and launched an offensive against the Eastern Roman Empire.

"Uuuuuu——"

The melodious sound of conch shells rang out across the Balkan Peninsula, and thousands of elite cavalry charged out like arrows.

Richard stopped on a mound and watched expressionlessly as countless elite cavalry charged out, leaving only a few hundred elite cavalry behind.

These elite cavalrymen are putting armor on their horses with the help of their servants.

That's right, Richard specially built a group of armored cavalry for this war.

Of course, although it is called an armored cavalry, in fact this set of armor is still very simple.

The vest is made of leather and linen, with a layer of iron scales on the outside. These scales are only on the front half, so there is basically no protection behind the warhorse.

This kind of basic armored cavalry is not as powerful as the real armored cavalry, but it is already a revolutionary type of soldier in this era.

When war horses are charging, they are often attacked by arrows or javelins. Once this happens, the horses can easily fall down.

On the battlefield, falling down meant death, and the horses behind would have no time to dodge and would simply trample over you.

With the vest, this situation will be reduced a lot. Although there is armor only in the front, these heavy cavalry are used for charge and only the front faces the enemy, so as long as there is armor in the front, it will be enough.

This not only provides excellent defensive capabilities, but also reduces the weight of the warhorse, killing two birds with one stone.

Richard's army was dispatched, this time also in two directions. The water route started from the Greek Islands, and the army attacked the Balkan Peninsula from the Greek Islands.

The other route was to head east from northern Italy and directly attack the Balkan Peninsula.

The two armies attacked from both sides.

After nearly a year of integration, the Byzantine Empire also completed the reorganization of its army. After learning that the Western Roman Empire had taken action, it immediately dispatched a large army to begin resistance in the Balkan Peninsula.

Cruz led 5,000 elite cavalry to attack, while the anti-Richard alliance also had 7,000 elite cavalry roaming around.

Although Richard was the attacking party, the anti-Richard alliance did not withdraw all its troops back into the city to defend it.

If the other party really did this, Richard would wake up laughing in his sleep. At that time, he only needed to block the city gates, and the tens of thousands of other troops would have to leave the city and surrender in three months at most.

In a city defense battle, one side relies on the city walls while also stationing troops outside the city to harass or counterattack the enemy when they attack.

Cavalry, in particular, will basically not stay in the city. The advantage of cavalry is mobility, and once they enter the city, the biggest advantage of cavalry is basically gone.

Richard looked calm as he watched the two cavalrymen fighting outside the city. He trusted his army very much. He had been training them strictly over the years, and they had sufficient food and wages, as well as a full set of armor and weapons.

If we still lose to the opponent like this, it would be unless the opponent has the inhuman physical fitness of Captain America.

"Boom!"

The deafening sound of horse hooves gathered such a powerful force that even the earth was shaking as tens of thousands of horses galloped.

The soldiers in the city also lined up outside the city under the leadership of the general.

The enemy has their backs against the city wall and has the support of the wall, so the losses from such an attack will be great.

On the other side, Horn led his army and slowly approached.

The army formed a battle formation, with spears like a forest and shields like a wall. With the orderly pace, the pressure was overwhelming. Facing this attack, the battle formation outside the city also became a little chaotic.

Obviously, some soldiers could not bear such great pressure and collapsed directly. After all, the Byzantine army was integrated. Even after some training, there was still a big gap compared to Richard.

After all, the treatment of soldiers in the Byzantine Empire was not as good as that in the Western Roman Empire. Moreover, the quality of troops provided by many countries was even worse.

Although these Byzantine soldiers were considered elite when facing the mob in the past, the gap between them was immediately apparent when they faced the real elite.

Seeing this situation, the commander could only ask the cavalry to come to help. However, the cavalry under Richard would not let it go so easily.

Accompanied by the sound of conch shells, Cruz directly ordered a charge on the cavalry.

The horses' hooves were like thunder, and the sound shook the whole country.

Both sides seemed to want to flatten the land, and soon the cavalry approached quickly. When there were about fifty steps left, both sides took out their bows and arrows, drew their bows and arrows, and shot at each other.

A large number of arrows took off in an instant, like a dark cloud, rising up, colliding, and then falling.

"Xilulu!"

A lot of screams were heard.

The armor rate of the cavalry of the Byzantine Empire was not high, and this cavalry was only 50% armored. Even at 50%, it was already a rare elite force in the Byzantine Empire.

Countless arrows fell, and the soldiers with armor suffered almost no casualties, but those without armor were miserable. One arrow could seriously injure them. If they were unlucky, they would die directly.

In addition to the soldiers, most of the unarmored war horses were also injured. Many of them had their chests pierced. The horses screamed and fell down with a loud bang.

Countless people fell to the ground.

The two sides were only fifty meters apart. After shooting two rounds of arrows, the cavalry of the Western Roman Empire rushed directly into the Byzantine coalition cavalry.

The two sides fired at each other, and the advantage of the Western Roman Empire was not fully utilized. After all, the horses of both sides had no armor, while every soldier of the Western Roman Empire had armor.

Seeing the Western Roman Empire cavalry charging towards them, the Byzantine cavalry originally wanted to avoid them, but the Western Roman Empire did not give them any chance and rushed forward one after another, biting the opponent closely.

Under such circumstances, the cavalry of the Byzantine Alliance could only fight with the Western Roman Empire.

Compared with the cavalry of the Byzantine Empire, the cavalry of the Western Roman Empire was obviously better coordinated and better equipped. When they fought each other, a large number of Byzantine soldiers were killed.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of both sides crossed each other, and the cavalry of the Western Roman Empire quickly turned around the dock, made a circle, and rushed forward again.

The cavalry of the Byzantine Alliance reacted a beat slower. On the battlefield, if you are one step slow, every step is slow.

Cruz would not give the other party a chance, and led his soldiers to chase and slash. As a blood knight, his strength was far beyond that of ordinary people. Wherever he went, there was no enemy who could stand up to him. Any enemy in front of him was directly thrown away and killed.

Behind him, a large number of cavalry gathered into a cone and charged at the enemy again.

After only two charges, the Byzantine cavalry began to collapse.

Without the protection of cavalry, the Byzantine infantry was already losing ground under the suppression of Richard's legion.

The defenders on the city wall saw this and realized that they had been defeated. The commander saw this and sent another reserve force to support them.

At the same time, archers on the city wall also began shooting to suppress Richard's legion.

Richard was not in a hurry about this situation. He could force the enemy infantry back into the city, and then block the gate to attack the reinforcements or besiege the city.

The Byzantine Alliance is quite powerful and it is impossible to defeat it in one battle.

Richard had a clear understanding of this, and he planned to take steady steps to eliminate all opponents.

The Byzantine cavalry had begun to disintegrate, and the Western Roman cavalry began to pursue them. The battle line was getting farther and farther.

After two hours of fighting, the horses on both sides were exhausted, and many of them were even foaming at the mouth. If they continued running, they would surely die of exhaustion.

"Xilulu!"

At this moment, a cavalry suddenly rushed out from behind another mound outside the city. This cavalry was well-equipped and numbered as many as 3,000.

After rushing out, he did not go to rescue his teammates, but rushed directly towards Richard's battle flag.

It is obvious that the goal of these people is to take the opportunity to kill Richard in a battle. As long as Richard dies, the Western Roman Empire will inevitably be divided again.

After all, Richard has no son.

This is also the method with the highest success rate that the Anti-Richard Alliance found after research to defeat the Western Roman Empire.

In order to implement this plan, they even gave up 7,000 elite cavalrymen in exchange for this opportunity.

There are only a few hundred cavalrymen around Richard now.

After seeing the cavalry charging towards here, Richard smiled and said: "Finally I can't help it, then I will let you see what cavalry is!"

(End of this chapter)