Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 99: First Victory: Robbery of the Bandits' Chariot
After Su Li and Orstein selected the battlefield, the main force of the Hessian army quickly marched to the vicinity of the battlefield, and the troops with fluttering flags were deployed on the west side of the hill.

Su Li stood at the highest point of the slope and looked down to the west. He could see a large formation of soldiers, with flags and armor, illuminating the sky and the earth.

This was his greatest confidence in winning this battle. He would lead these 800 territory soldiers to stop the greenskins here, otherwise they would swarm into the vast, fertile, and flat plains of the Hessen Territory.

When the decisive battle finally arrived, Knight Orstein comforted everyone. He shook his wiry brown beard, looked east toward the Blood Pine Forest, and said contemptuously, "Although the Green Tide has 5,000 men, they are nothing more than a mob. Most of them are the elderly, weak, and sick from the tribe. There aren't many truly fierce and skilled tribal warriors."

"And they only reached this size because of the joining of multiple tribes. This bloated army, without a unified command, is destined to rush forward in a rush. As long as we use the right tactics, our elite knights will be like a sharp razor, easily dismembering this bloated, fat pig-like army."

Everyone knew that Knight Orstein was trying to calm the troops and boost morale, but the soldiers still cheered when they heard such inspiring words.

As long as you are a passionate person, you will always tend to believe what you want to believe.

After hearing Knight Orstein's analysis, the soldiers became more convinced that they had the advantage in this battle and would surely win a great victory.

Even the stubborn dwarves only clenched their heavy hammers, no longer emphasizing how fierce and terrifying the monsters were, or how they were different from the hastily gathered militia, the elderly and the weak.

Su Li, holding a long sword, stood under the banner of the Bauhinia Family and asked Knight Orstein, "Did you see them?"

Holding a gold-rimmed lens, Orstein peered through the low clouds, searching the shining plains under the clear sky.

"Yes," Knight Orstein replied. "I saw them. A huge green tide, roaring and chasing our knights. They're less than thirty miles away. They're very fast. Perhaps in two or three hours their vanguard will reach the foot of this high slope."

Everyone looked at him with concern, and Ron asked, "How are they doing?"

"Just as the intelligence suggests, the greenskins are filled with restlessness and rage. They've been enraged by our mounted archers. A large number of goblins and greenskin boys are roaring and chasing us."

"In the front are their Ravagerfang Bandit Chariots and Forest Spider Riders."

After hearing Knight Orstein's introduction, everyone was excited. It was just as the intelligence had told them, this was their chance!
A large number of the enemy's cavalry and mobile units rushed to the front. If the knights could decisively strike and destroy all these highly mobile units, the enemy would be like a bloated piece of fat and could be ravaged at will by their side.

Without their mobile units, they would be forced to engage in a bloody battle across the vast front, while the elite cavalry of humanity could launch fierce raids from the flanks.

The dwarves knew this tactic all too well: the hammer-and-anvil tactic. Like a blacksmith's hammer, they used repeated, ferocious cavalry assaults to squeeze the enemy's space, squeezing the bloated infantry into a confined space, unable even to turn. Even if the enemy army contained scores of ferocious trolls and powerful orc warlords, they would be unable to wield their clubs and axes. Instead, they would be pierced by the piercing spears and hail of arrows, leaving them lying on the blood-soaked, muddy battlefield.

This is the standard tactic of the Imperial Cavalry against evil monsters.

Having verified the accuracy of the intelligence, Su Li decisively ordered: "Let the shock knights assemble and prepare. The first goal of this battle is to defeat the Green Tide's highly mobile forces."

Boros Dragonhammer held his heavy warhammer and sat on the ground, praying in a solemn dwarven prayer ceremony: "Ancestral God Granni, bless us powerful dwarves and big men to defeat evil and chop all the greenskin bastards into pieces."

Amid the dwarves' indistinct prayers, the sound of fierce horse hooves soon came from afar. At this time, the vanguard knights under the watchful eyes of Knight Orstein had already returned on horseback, with various broken arrows sticking out of their bodies. There were 12 cavalrymen when they set out, but only seven were left when they returned, and all of them were injured. Even the elite knight Frederick who commanded them, had crossbow arrows shot by goblins on his half-griffin.

Riding his horse to the high ground, Frederick shouted without even taking a breath, "My Lord, the vanguard of the monsters is right behind us. Their chariots and spider riders have separated from the group by at least ten miles. We can kill them all in one blow."

Needless to say, Su Li and the knights around him had already seen the monsters howling and chasing after them.

The Raidfang Bandit Chariots were at the forefront. These were the famous Goblin Wolf Chariots, which had been used by their armies since the Goblins began using giant wolves as cavalry mounts. They were crudely spliced ​​together from felled logs or gathered materials, then tightened with gut ropes. All greenskins valued these easily disintegrated devices.

Each of the Broken Toe Tribe's eight chariots carried at least three goblins. The drivers at the front excitedly cheered as they steered. This was a goblin's favorite occupation; they relished the thrill of speed. The goblins in the middle, armed with bows and crossbows, unsightly launched their arrows into the sky above the highlands. The mere three or four mounted knights on the plateau didn't faze them at all; they were accustomed to seeing these knights standing on the grasslands, attracting their attention. Every knight who flaunted his power was utterly annihilated by their arrows.

At the very back was a goblin tied to the right side of the carriage, holding a short machete. He was the most excited, shouting and yelling. They hadn't been able to catch up with the knights and start chopping people, so he couldn't contain his excitement: "Charge! Charge! Charge! Charge! Charge! Chop up all the humans and dwarves!"

The goblins on the eight chariots were all engulfed in war fever. They whipped the giant wolf's back frantically, and started racing and competing with each other. Death was not in their consideration at this moment. They just wanted to speed up to smash their opponents, or crash the chariots into pieces and fly away.

Su Li still underestimated the war frenzy of these goblins under the influence of the green tide. The war frenzy even controlled their minds. They didn't consider anything else at all and only wanted to rush up and chop people.

Without waiting for Su Li to order the knights to charge out, these monsters howled excitedly and rushed up to the high ground. They didn't even have time to slow down and flew out directly, falling heavily on the west side of the high ground. Two chariots fell apart on the spot. These things were not strong to begin with, and they might fall apart during the racing process, let alone such a violent fall and impact.

The other chariots that did not fall apart and the goblins on them that were thrown to the ground found themselves surrounded by the human army before they could react!
The halfling archers launched the first attack, and four goblins were immediately pierced through the throat and fell off the car with screams.

Surrounded by a large number of human heavily armored knights, the goblin wolf let out a terrible howl, like the scream of a dog whose tail was stepped on.

There was no way out. The human knights staring at them all had red eyes at this moment. This was merit and honor that was delivered to their doorstep. The six chariots fell from the high ground and were all chopped into pieces before they could stabilize themselves and accelerate again.

The roars of the giant wolves intensified the enthusiasm of the goblin spider riders in the back. Their heads were completely controlled by the desire to fight, and all the sounds they heard were the carnival of battle. They just thought it was the cheers of the giant wolves in the battle in front.

More than eighty forest spider riders, riding their eight-legged demons, charged towards the knights on the high ground with noisy and fanatical shouts.

These eight-legged demons are venomous and have steel-pincer jaws powerful enough to pierce through plate armor and inject venom. While not as fast as wolves or horses, these spiders can navigate the narrowest of forest paths.

Forest Goblin Spider Riders are masters of tracking their targets, guiding their multi-legged monsters to lurk in the treetops before pouncing on them.

They were supposed to hide in the shadows of the dense forest of the Blood Pine Forest and launch a fatal attack on the invading enemies. In the dark forest, even a formal knight wearing plate armor might die in this despicable sneak attack.

But their minds were controlled by the fighting fever, and they launched a charge across the vast and flat grassland, which was like hitting a rock with an egg!

Su Li decisively ordered: "Charge knights, mount your horses, go around the high ground from the right, and cut off the monster's retreat."

Then Su Li drew the sword from his waist and asked the breathless Knight Frederick, "My brave knight, do you still have the strength to fight me again?"

Frederick immediately raised his halberd with his right arm and said excitedly, "Wherever your sword points, that is the battlefield where I will fight to the death."

"Haha, great! This is the spirit of loyalty and bravery I want. Follow me."

Following Su Li's order, Harry, who was born with supernatural powers, immediately rode his horse and followed Su Li down the hill to the right, holding the flag of the Bauhinia family.

When the goblin spider riders saw the human knights disappear from the high ground, they immediately became anxious and irritable. They would never allow their prey to disappear under their noses.

The leading goblin swung his short spear and shouted sharply, "Those human creatures are trying to escape again! Chase them and kill them all!"

But as they climbed the slope, they soon began to yell in frustration, "Damn it! Humans are so despicable as us goblins, setting an ambush here!"

(End of this chapter)