Chapter 36 Cavalry Confrontation

Derrick's judgment was not wrong. The reason why the barbarians crossed the Iron Wall City was not purely military considerations.

Although the barbarians have carried out a series of military and political reforms in the past thirty years, some things are difficult to completely remove.

For example, the chieftain system centered on small tribes, such as the conscription system.

Many of the barbarian armies that invaded this time were warriors provided by various tribes.

The barbarian commander also inevitably had to consider the demands of these tribal chiefs.

So letting a small force cross the Iron Wall City to sweep is a way to win them over.

Moreover, it can also delay the reinforcements of the Locke Kingdom.

It's just that the barbarians underestimated the difficulty of siege. The main focus of the Iron Wall City in recent years is to guard against the attack of the Holy Cross Kingdom.

So as a northern province, military considerations are more than commercial considerations.

This central idea of building a city accidentally saved the life of the northern province.

From the time the barbarians attacked the Iron Wall City to now, half a month has passed, and there is still no progress.

And these looting teams of barbarians are also very conscious.

Seeing Derek's army approaching, they joined forces immediately and prepared to evacuate.

At least they had to gather a certain number of troops before they would try to clash with the large army of Locke Kingdom.

Half a month was enough for the barbarians to realize the combat effectiveness of Locke Kingdom.

At least the nobles of the northern province had not fallen to the point of not being able to lift a knife. On the contrary... the nobles of the northern province were more ruthless than wolves.

Several small groups of barbarian troops quickly moved together and retreated according to the predetermined plan.

Although they took some spoils of war, they were not worried that the army of Locke Kingdom would catch up.

Because the action of a large army would inevitably be delayed, they were equipped with a large number of mules and horses for this moment.

Small troops were chasing, and it was not known who would do whom.

The army of Locke Kingdom was a wolf, and the barbarians were lions.

When Derek quickly pursued, he actually encountered the barbarian scouts more than ten miles away.

Simon led three or five cavalrymen to chase, and the two sides started chasing.

Derek climbed up and looked far away. He saw the barbarian soldiers for the first time, and he could see a lot from them.

"The barbarian scouts are so far away, which means they have a complete military organization and are not a mob.

And this scout has good riding skills and is a lot bigger than us. It seems that everyone is too optimistic."

Derrick was in a heavy mood. He thought it was a weak opponent who was brushing the dungeon, but he didn't expect a big boss to jump out. This feeling is not good.

However, no matter how strong the barbarian scouts are, the one chasing him is an elite knight, and Simon knocked him off his horse in a short while.

"Hold them and take turns to rest. I want all the barbarian scouts to not dare to move out and make them blind."

Derrick ordered.

The cavalry is fast, and the elite infantry behind them is still a little behind. With the rest time, they have to hold the opponent for at least one day.

It is difficult to do this with more than 20 cavalry.

The barbarians only need to concentrate on their journey to open up the distance as soon as possible.

However, Derek divided the knights into two teams and took turns to hold the barbarian caravan.

From time to time, they showed off their power and made a gesture of attacking the barbarian caravan.

If the barbarian cavalry wanted to chase, they would retreat.

The barbarian wanted to leave, so he continued to tease.

After a few times, the barbarian could not control his emotions.

"Let me take people to teach them a lesson. Give me all the cavalry. I must kill these hateful Rockmen."

A barbarian strong man roared. As a low-level barbarian leader, his military strength was not low.

Moreover, the barbarian cavalry of several teams were gathered together. There were at least forty or fifty cavalry, which seemed to be nearly twice as many as the Rock cavalry chasing them.

They had seen the cavalry of the Rock Kingdom these days, and they were not stronger than themselves, and even their individual combat effectiveness was weaker.

The other small leaders thought about it and thought it was not a big deal to be harassed like this.

So they agreed to hand over their cavalry to the other party.

In addition to a few leaders, a total of 52 cavalry were gathered.

When Simon brought the cavalry to harass again, the barbarian cavalry swarmed out.

This time, they were not satisfied with driving away these annoying Rockmen.

Even if Simon left the battlefield as soon as possible, the barbarian cavalry chased him closely, with the momentum to eat up Simon's cavalry in one breath.

Derek was resting with another team of cavalry. When Simon came back in a panic, he immediately jumped on his horse.

"Brothers, here comes the chance to make achievements."

It is better to chase the barbarians out than to hide in the cowardice.

It can not only strike with elite troops on a small scale, but also destroy the barbarians' cavalry.

Otherwise, a fierce battle with the barbarian army, whether it is to gather cavalry to charge or to charge back and escape in the end, will bring considerable losses.

It is better to solve it in advance and reduce infantry casualties.

Everyone has trained for so long just to kill the barbarians.

Now the opportunity has come, all the knights are on their horses, but they are unexpectedly calm.

"Go around, go around."

Derek shouted.

Simon saw this and led the cavalry to make an arc, and finally returned to Derek's back.

Derek had already occupied a high slope. Because of Simon's guidance, the barbarian cavalry tilted slightly to the formation, exposing a small part of the abdomen to Derek.

Maybe they didn't think that a mere ten cavalry dared to charge back, and then they saw it.

As the northern war horses accelerated, the heavy hooves rumbled.

The chain mail made a crisp collision sound, and in just a few seconds, the cavalry team completed the whole process from static to acceleration.

The barbarian cavalry noticed this group of daring enemies, and the formation was a little flustered.

It can be seen that the quality of the barbarian cavalry is quite good. Even if they are not familiar with each other, they can barely complete the U-turn.

But Derek was faster and inserted into the only gap fiercely.

Pierced the barbarian cavalry from the rear.

The armored cavalry who charged up quickly completed a puncture.

The barbarian losses were unexpectedly large, and more than a dozen horses fell in a short time.

Even if the formation was a little chaotic, this kind of casualties should not be.

They even noticed that this team of cavalry was different from the harassing cavalry, and even the war horses were armored.

Derek and Simon divided into two teams, and the harassing team would go into battle lightly.

The team that rested would wait in armor, just to prevent this situation.

Their advance preparations have now taken effect, and coupled with the combat power of the elite cavalry, the morale of the barbarian cavalry was demoralized at one time.

Simon also made a circle and launched a charge.

They had not yet recovered from the chaos, and some of them even faced Derek, ready to fight.

They were caught off guard and were stabbed again.

Derek and Simon reunited, and most of the twenty or so riders were intact.

"Charge!"

The barbarian cavalry barely counterattacked once and finally collapsed.

When they saw the remaining dozen riders return to the convoy, the barbarian soldiers couldn't believe their eyes.

"Did you encounter an ambush?"

This was the only reason they could think of.

But the barbarian cavalry shamefully told the truth.

The remaining barbarian leaders immediately realized that they might be in big trouble.

With the performance of the Locke Kingdom cavalry and their bold attacks and harassment, they were definitely not an ordinary army.