Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 93: Execution by Lineup (Part )

The mercenaries and militia who suddenly rushed towards the knights' team did not block Stevie and others on the mountain road for no reason.

In the chaotic and crowded crowd, Stevie saw dozens of terrifying metal monsters shaped like giant spiders suddenly appear at the bottom of the gentle slope of the mountain road, and they kept driving the stragglers in his team up the hillside.

Occasionally, some slower-running soldiers would fall behind, and would be immediately approached by these spider monsters, who would pierce their bodies with their sharp insect legs and then drag them into the bushes beside the mountain path.

In the camp located high up on the mountain path, the terrifying invisible crossbow attack seemed to suddenly slow down its momentum. Stewie and the two bloodline knights beside him looked at each other in confusion.

Almost at the same time, they realized that the opportunity to counterattack had come. "It seems that their invisible crossbows and bows have run out of arrows!"

The two bloodline knights nodded heavily to Stewie, and immediately turned around and rushed towards the gate of the mountaintop camp a few dozen steps away. Stewie immediately followed closely behind them with his few remaining knights.

But at this moment, dozens of black-clad soldiers suddenly stood up behind the sandbags of the camp roadblocks, and almost at the same time raised the fire sticks inlaid with silver-white metal in their hands, pointing them directly at Stevi's group of knights who had returned.

"No! Get down and hide quickly..." Before Stewie could finish his words, he saw several thumb-sized blood holes appear on the armor on the backs of the knights and their followers who were rushing in the front. A large number of the charging knights fell down in an instant.

Another row of more than ten black-clad soldiers stood up, and blood splattered all over the knights and horses, and they fell to the ground like wheat being cut.

The only one left in the front who managed to dodge the attack was the fastest Bloodline Knight. He jumped over the sandbag roadblock in one step and swung his sword at a terrified black-clad soldier with one hand, cutting off one of the opponent's arms cleanly, but at the same time, two fire sticks were pressed against his waist on both sides.

Even under the protection of the iron armor, the flesh and blood body seemed so fragile and soft. Before the Blood Knight could swing his sword to defend himself, the armor and blood on his waist instantly splattered, and he was broken into two pieces as if he had been cut in half.

The Cavaliers' team finally collapsed.

The knights who fell behind the charging team loosened the reins of their horses, used all their strength to push away the mercenaries rushing down the hillside, and began to flee into the dense forest on the slope on one side of the mountain road.

The mercenaries and militiamen naturally saw the bloody defeat of the knights in front of them, and naturally would not be willing to take another step forward and die. They have always worked for money. Now that the main knights have retreated, of course they have to run faster.

A team of nearly three hundred people was crowded on a narrow mountain road, with the terrifying Grim Reaper constantly reaping their lives in front and behind. The situation quickly became uncontrollable. There were also dozens of strong horses in the crowd. In the chaos, many people were knocked down and were ruthlessly trampled by the horses, and their wailing echoed throughout the hillside.

The black-clad militiamen in the camp on the top of the mountain formed neat rows and began to slowly advance towards the chaotic defeated troops. They began to clean up the battlefield.

……

This was the first time that Tommy, after being promoted to squad leader, led his fifty soldiers in a head-on battle against the nobles' knights and mercenaries.

What he didn't expect was that these knights riding on tall horses, whom he hadn't even dared to look at, were no better than the evil orcs who were charging and roaring under the muzzles of magic guns.

They repeatedly organized two failed charges, and the casualties caused to their own side were only a soldier who had his arm chopped off at the front line and a soldier who was pierced in the abdomen by a long sword thrown by a knight before his death.

The two injured were immediately dragged to the rear, given oral and external applications of special medicine made by Lord Egno's Medical Hospital, and then placed on stretchers and sent down the mountain and back to the territory for treatment.

"Captain, we've counted the bodies of twenty-eight knights, but the number doesn't add up..." The soldier in charge of cleaning up the battlefield trotted over to report. "The soldiers on the sentry post didn't get an accurate count of the miscellaneous soldiers at the back. Many of them have fled into the mountains, and the wolf spider beasts have dispersed to hunt them down." "We must find all of these armored noble knights, dead or alive," Tommy waved his hand to indicate it didn't matter. "As for the miscellaneous soldiers, leave them to the wolf spider beasts. They love playing cat and mouse in the mountains..."

At this time, the soldiers carried over two familiar corpses. They were the arrogant noble who led the knight team just now and the official in brocade clothes beside him.

Both of them were trampled to death by their own horses, and neither died from the magic gun. I don't know whether it was lucky or unlucky.

"Gather all their armor and weapons. Don't leave out a single piece of metal armor. Lord Reiner has repeatedly reminded us that we are in great need of metal materials..."

Tommy stretched out a foot and gently stepped on the gorgeous cloak of the noble lord who died in the battle, which was stained with blood and mud.

"These nobles are nothing more than this..."

……

The battle on the ridge of Jackdaw Ridge began at noon.

Harvey received the news of the great victory in the battle after waking up from a nap after dinner.

Fifty soldiers equipped with bullet-equipped magic guns and thirty wolf spider alchemy beasts faced more than thirty noble knights wearing heavy armor and more than two hundred civilian mercenaries.

They achieved a crushing victory at the cost of only two serious injuries.

Xavi was very satisfied with the result.

He carefully read the combat report written by the junior non-commissioned officers and was amused by the frequent spelling and grammatical errors in it.

Due to the terrain on the narrow mountain road, the knights sent by Earl Feigen had to give up the charge on horseback and choose to dismount and fight on foot, which also gave the soldiers of the territory the best opportunity to quickly counterattack.

Until the end, this group of elite knights were unable to break through the roadblock defense line set up on the top of the mountain and engage in close combat with the territory soldiers. That was the situation Harvey least wanted to see. These civilian soldiers under his command had only been trained for less than half a year, and their close combat skills were far inferior to those of the skilled knights.

The report also mentioned that a small number of soldiers experienced adverse reactions such as hand tremors, nausea, and vomiting because it was their first time shooting their own kind. The symptoms were not serious. Harvey believed that after experiencing it a few more times, they would gradually get used to this bloody battlefield scene.

"Within a month, Earl Fagan will receive news that his elite troops have been annihilated," Harvey muttered to himself, stroking his chin. "Even if he sends more men, I won't be afraid at all. However, I still have to stand on the high ground of morality and public opinion..."

Along with the battle report, there was also a magic stone that could record photos. Harvey had instructed the soldiers at the mountaintop sentry post in advance to activate it with an alchemical instrument as soon as they came into contact with the enemy.

It only recorded the footage of the other party meeting and talking with his non-commissioned officers, paying taxes and turning hostile on the spot, but it was enough to submit to the Federation as solid evidence to accuse Earl Feigen of violating the laws of the Duchy and going back on his word, and attempting to infringe on the life and property safety of a spellcaster.

(End of this chapter)