A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

Then came the flood, accumulating terrifying power, which began to discharge through the breached dam!

With 60 Holy Tree Knights as the vanguard, followed by 50 Holy Tree Cavalry, and then 515 Khergit Steppe Riders.

So much so that, with the exception of the 60 Holy Tree Knights and 50 Holy Tree Cavalry who held their lances high and charged forward, they pierced the Hell Devils in front of them on the spot.

It truly resembled a destructive flood, completely collapsing the scattered Hell Devils.

Following behind, the 515 Khergit Steppe Riders raised their nomadic scimitars and began their reaping.

The Holy Tree Knights and Holy Tree Cavalry were like daggers piercing through the Hell Devils.

While the 515 Khergit Steppe Riders were the sharp blades, inflicting even more terrifying injuries after the dagger tips pierced the Hell Devils.

The hooves trampled on the Hell Devils who had already fallen to the ground.

The horseshoes were like hammers, fiercely striking the fallen Hell Devils, crushing their bones and trampling their flesh to pieces.

Even those Hell Devils who stood blankly in place, still raising their scimitars to resist, were directly cut down by the Khergit Steppe Riders who rushed over like a whirlwind in the instant of crossing.

This display of exquisite close-quarters combat skills by the human cavalry, who had just been desperately chased by the Hell Devils wielding scimitars, only added to the Hell Devils' confusion and fear.

Because compared to the pathetic figures who had been fleeing in disarray just moments ago.

These human cavalrymen were no longer like pitiful little lambs.

Instead, they were vicious wolves who had shed their sheepskin, revealing their terrifying fangs, even more ferocious and hateful than these inferior devils, like murderous thugs!

At this moment.

Patches upon patches of Hell Devils, whether they were inferior devils or low-level devils, were being rapidly swept away by these 600-plus cavalrymen.

It was as if a hot knife was cutting through cold butter, directly slicing through a third of the scattered formation of these devil troops.

And taking away the lives of nearly a thousand devils.

After these Holy Tree Knights, Holy Tree Cavalry, and Khergit Steppe Riders charged through.

Only a field of Hell Devil corpses remained on the ground.

All of this was witnessed by Shen Mu, who was still standing on the hilltop.

"What wonderful coordination."

Shen Mu couldn't help but exclaim.

Because at this moment, he had already seen how Bestur led those Khergit Steppe Riders to lure the Hell Devils into scattering their formation and chasing after them.

And how, under the unexpected circumstances, Elyen led the Holy Tree Knight Order to charge over like a flood, collapsing the scattered formation of those Hell Devils.

Furthermore, under Bestur's command, they quickly reformed into a cluster from the scattered formation of numerous small groups.

The 515 Khergit Steppe Riders, wielding lances and nomadic scimitars, followed behind the Holy Tree Knight Order and charged over again.

And this time, they did not use nomadic bows, but instead displayed their fierce close-quarters combat abilities.

Reaping the lives of those Hell Devils who had been directly collapsed, in a more meticulous manner, one by one.

Precise and cruel.

It was only one round of charging.

Nearly 3,000 Hell Devil troops in total, with the scattered formation of over a thousand Hell Devils at the southernmost part, had their lives taken away by these cavalrymen.

Adding the three or four hundred devils previously shot dead by these Khergit Steppe Riders with nomadic bows.

And the three or four hundred devils lost during the attack on the city walls.

It could be said that within this short period, the number of these 3,000 Hell Devils, who had originally surged up from the bottom of the Su family's station, had already been reduced by more than half.

Moreover, Shen Mu watched as the cavalry troops of the Holy Tree Knight Order, like sharp knives, fiercely charged through the formation of those Hell Devils.

Directly causing the remaining thousand-odd Hell Devils, who were currently at the edge of the city walls, to appear extremely awkward, neither advancing nor retreating.

Because at this time, even if these remaining Hell Devils continued to attack the city walls, the human cavalry, who had clearly cut off their retreat, would definitely not let them go.

It was as if these human cavalrymen and the human infantry on the city walls had surrounded them in the middle.

Under this pincer attack.

If these Hell Devils continued to attack the city walls, the final result would definitely be a complete annihilation.

After all, on the current city walls, those Vaegir archers were still holding their high-quality nomadic bows, continuing to rain down cone-headed arrows from their quivers upon these Hell Devils.

Allowing these special arrows with extremely strong armor-piercing capabilities to snipe these Hell Devils, who had no heavy armor or shield protection, one by one at close range.

Causing the number of casualties among those still stunned Hell Devils to increase linearly with each passing second.

Moreover, even if these Hell Devils still wanted to rush up the city walls along the ladders, it was already impossible.

The defensive forces on the city walls were so dense.

Whether it was the light crossbow cannons on the city gates, or the light catapults on the arrow towers on both sides.

At this time, they were still bombarding them with javelins and countless stones.

Making these remaining Hell Devils constantly accumulate casualties.

Furthermore, it allowed these Hell Devils to leave behind corpses, which began to pile up below the city walls.

Wanting to attack the city walls was simply wishful thinking!

"Roar!"

Finally, from the very back of these Hell Devil formations, the mid-level devils responsible for the rearguard began to roar angrily.

Because each of these mid-level devils had higher intelligence and thinking abilities, as well as a better judgment of the situation, than these low-level devils.

Not to mention those inferior devils who had no self-thinking ability, as if they were freaks and defective products.

In this dilemma, those mid-level devils still roared and summoned these remaining Hell Devils, beginning to regroup into a dense formation.

And began to retreat continuously.

Clearly, the city walls of this human territory could no longer be attacked, so they could not waste their troops casually anymore.

Then, continuing to stay here would not only be courting death, but would also not make any progress.

Then, they could only retreat.

Compared to the rather angry low-level devils and inferior devils who still wanted to fight to the death with the surrounding human cavalrymen.

These mid-level devils already had their own judgment.

After communicating with each other.

Confirming that they no longer had the opportunity to attack the city walls, they immediately began to loudly command the remaining devil troops to retreat.

Planning to slowly withdraw from the vicinity of the city walls and return to the subway tunnel below the Su family's station.

After all, that was their lair and base.

After retreating into it, both defense and the organization of the defense line could very well prevent these human troops from chasing and killing them.

At least in the face of these extremely annoying human cavalrymen, and the shooting that resembled the skeletal archers of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty.

They could also make corresponding arrangements based on the terrain and narrow subway tunnels.

Even if they endured those fatal arrows, charging forward.

They could eventually approach these human archers or human cavalrymen, and not be kited in this open plain area like some stupid fools, only leaving their corpses behind without being able to react.

The mid-level devils were all veterans who had experienced one battle after another, and then were rewarded with soul worms by the superior devil overseers, and evolved from low-level devils after receiving soul-level replenishment.

They were already quite skilled in combat and had their own unique understanding.

Therefore, they could understand what they should do now that would be the most sensible.

That was to retreat immediately.

"Do you want to retreat now? Although it's sensible, it seems a bit impossible."

Shen Mu's lips curled up at this moment, watching the Hell Devils being commanded by those mid-level devils who were pressing the formation at the rear and did not directly participate in the battle, beginning to leave the range of the city walls, planning to retreat.

He calmly moved his gaze, looking at Elyen and Bestur, who were still regrouping their troops in the distance.

To be precise, he should be looking at the Holy Tree Knight Order led by Elyen.

As well as the Khergit Steppe Riders led by Bestur.

At this time, the Holy Tree Knight Order led by Elyen was once again the tip of the blade, and then the Khergit Steppe Riders led by Bestur formed the edges of the blade on both sides.

Once again charging towards these Hell Devils who had reorganized and formed a dense defensive formation.

'Rumble!'

It was as if a flood was coming again, rumbling and forming a terrifying momentum of a cluster, launching a new round of charging towards these Hell Devils.

This time, both the Holy Tree Knight Order and the Steppe Riders had switched to their main weapons, those Holy Tree lances and Khergit spears.

What they wanted was to use the terrifying posture of the charge to completely collapse these Hell Devils in one wave.

"But is that really the case?" Shen Mu suddenly had such a question in his mind at this moment.

If it was the Holy Tree Knight Order or the Swadian heavy cavalry troops, then they would definitely swarm up, using their most terrifying charging ability to directly smash into these Hell Devils who had already formed a dense formation like a heavy punch.

But at this time, there were only 110 members of the Holy Tree Knight Order.

Even if there were 515 Khergit Steppe Riders following behind, the number seemed to occupy a good advantage.

But this definitely did not conform to the idea that these Khergit Steppe Riders would attack the dense formation of heavily armed infantry who had already been tightly defended.

Although those Hell Devils, whether inferior devils or low-level devils, were only wearing the thinnest leather armor.

But relying on the muscles and powerful close-quarters combat abilities that even inferior devils possessed.

These Hell Devils could all be called heavy infantry.

Heavy striking infantry.

Even light infantry could do it.

Light infantry meant that their armor was light armor. Heavy meant that they wielded scimitars, engaging in the most brutal close combat with the enemy.

So, they were a group of infantry with high attack and low defense.

Overall, they were similar to the infantry of the Lake Rat gang family.

However, relying on the demon race's inherent strong close combat ability, their power to wield scimitars made them an even more formidable killing force.

Therefore, against light cavalry units, the Khergit steppe bandits dared not engage in direct combat with these hell demons who had already formed dense formations.

Even if they knew that they could rely on the power of their spears and the momentum of their steppe horses to instantly break through the front ranks of these hell demons.

But once they broke through the front ranks of the hell demons, if they couldn't quickly withdraw from the battlefield, they would be entangled by those hell demons.

Then, they would be the ones slaughtered.

Therefore, these Khergit steppe nomads, born as steppe bandits, wouldn't be foolish enough to use their lives to charge into the enemy's dense lines.

That's why such a doubt arose in Shen Mu's mind.

After all, doing so was simply not in line with the style of these Khergit steppe nomads.

"All Holy Tree Knight Order members! Follow me!"

Just then, Ayeren seemed to have heard Shen Mu's thoughts.

He directly shook the reins of his steed, leading the Holy Tree Knight Order members, who had already entered the charge phase and were planning to directly collide with the hell demons' tight formation, to also shake the reins of their steeds.

Watching Ayeren turn his horse's head, not directly charging towards the hell demon formation that was ready to be collided with.

These Holy Tree Knight Order members also followed Ayeren, bypassing the tight formation of these hell demon troops from the north, just enough to avoid the hell demons' tight formation.

They didn't directly charge into the hell demons' formation.

It was as if they were putting on a show of force.

It was a feint attack.

And this feint attack was indeed a tactical deception launched by these Holy Tree Knight Order members under Ayeren's leadership.

Because as someone who also came from the Calradia continent, Ayeren certainly knew what the most classic tactics of the Khergit nomads were.

It was various harassments and horse archery before the general offensive.

Using the nomadic bow and arrows in their hands, they would continuously deplete the enemy's strength, disrupt their formation, weaken their morale, reduce their organization, and provoke the enemies to leave their heavily defended formation.

They wouldn't be like they were now, when he shouted that he wanted a general offensive, the Khergit nomads deliberately followed behind him and the Holy Tree Knight Order, pretending to want a general offensive together.

This was simply not in line with the Khergit people's habits.

Therefore, Ayeren immediately understood Beshtur's thoughts.

Or rather, because of the frequent exchanges between the Vaegirs and the Khergits in the past, whether through war or alliances and cooperation, the excellent tactical literacy developed allowed him to instantly understand Beshtur and the Khergits' thoughts.

Thus, he launched a charge that looked like a general offensive.

Making the hell demons subconsciously begin to shrink their formation, forming a tight square to resist the cavalry charge.

But when Ayeren led the Holy Tree Knight Order, and they whizzed past from the side.

The hell demons who had formed a dense formation were all dumbfounded.

At this time, they were all like tortoise shells, starting to defend against the cavalry charge with a tight formation, but they didn't expect that what they were facing now was not a cavalry charge, but Khergit steppe bandits.

And these Khergit steppe bandits, after bypassing them in the same way, took out the nomadic bows they had taken out during this process, as well as the arrows taken out of the quiver.

They once again performed close-range horse archery on these hell demons inside the tortoise shells.

This time, a wave of torrential arrow rain came.

Allowing these unprepared hell demons to once again welcome the greetings from death.

'Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff!'

Thus, as the warhorses roared past.

Those black shadows that streaked past at high speed once again left the hell demons strewn across the ground.

Because their dense formation meant that they had no way to hide, they could only passively accept the damage from the arrows shot out during the horse archery.

They could only use their lives to withstand the arrows shot by the Khergit steppe bandits.

They had no way to change it.

"Hey ha!"

To the point that those Khergit steppe bandits who had detoured from the south began to circle around these hell demons who had already formed a tight formation.

They began the circles of the circular horse archery formation.

Using the nomadic bows in their hands, they poured all the arrows in their quivers towards these hell demons.

Causing the number of deaths and injuries among these hell demons to increase more and more.

Reaping the lives of these hell demons in a more cruel and efficient way.

And at this time, Shen Mu, who was still standing on top of the hill in Rivacheg, slowly raised his hand.

"Low-Tier Supply Ring!"

Shen Mu once again communicated with the system in his mind: "Supply target! 500 Khergit steppe bandits!"

Then, using the ability of the Mount \u0026 Blade system, he communicated with the special magical power of the ring in his hand, and communicated with the armory of the Einherjar Empire from the Mount \u0026 Blade Warband world.

He moved the arrows to the quivers of these Khergit steppe bandits.

Allowing them to replenish all their empty quivers, and be able to continue drawing new arrows to shoot at those hell demons!

'Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!!!'

Then, a series of shrill sounds of piercing air once again appeared in this flat field.

Those Khergit steppe bandits who had originally emptied the arrows in their quivers.

At this time, they once again began to unleash a new barrage of arrows towards those hell demons.

More and more hell demons began to fall.

Even the outermost lesser demons were almost all dead and wounded, and those sharp arrows that streaked past like black shadows had already begun to reap the lives of those lower demons in the middle layer.

Causing more and more demon figures to begin to fall to the ground.

Miserably turning into corpses all over the ground.

Moreover, it should be known that at this time, these demons who had formed a tight formation didn't dare to rush out again casually.

Because before, they had already rushed out, they had already learned their lesson, and they had already left corpses all over the ground.

They had already been severely educated by those human cavalry wearing white armor.

And now.

These hell demons could only be forced to form a tight formation, using the lives of those demons on the outer periphery to exchange for the survival of the demons in the inner layer.

Then, they slowly began to move towards the Su family's station with high organizational strength and strong discipline.

Wanting to use the lives of hell demons to buy time to retreat.

Especially those middle demons who were extremely well protected in the very center.

Not a single one had died so far.

Although there were also two or three middle demons on the outermost periphery with two or three arrows stuck in their bodies, they didn't cause any fatal injuries to them, not even serious injuries, only minor injuries.

This benefited from the stronger muscles of these middle demons, as well as the more refined leather armor they wore on the outside.

But at the same time, it benefited even more from the lower demons and lesser demons using their lives to protect their humanoid shields.

The demon hierarchy is like this.

When encountering danger, sacrificing the lower-level demons without hesitation is a common occurrence for these demon levels.

There is no pity, no pity, and no regret.

Lower-level demons are inherently consumables for upper-level demons.

Moreover, one level presses down on another.

Unless they reach a higher level, they can avoid becoming consumables.

This is also why these demons, although they have high organizational strength and strong discipline, are still doing their best to scheme against each other, and even harm their own clansmen and companions in small details.

It is because these demons all know that if they let their same-level demons eat one more bite, then it is equal to themselves eating one less bite.

Then the time for them to advance to a high-level demon will be extended.

And once it is extended, then they may encounter danger, and it is still fatal danger, such as now, when there is no way to advance to a higher-level demon anymore.

In order to avoid this situation, so any demon, no matter which level, is doing its best to seize every opportunity to absorb soul fragments, eat soul worms, and make themselves stronger.

As far as possible, advance to a more powerful demon, a higher-level demon in the shortest possible time.

Of course, now is the scene where high-level demons can unscrupulously order low-level demons to serve them.

These middle demons unhesitatingly let those lower demons stand in front of their bodies to become shields to block arrows, and then they can approach the Su family village's station.

Have a chance to survive, have a chance to escape, have a chance to organize a new force to counterattack.

And all this is also taken for granted by those lesser demons and low-level demons.

These lesser demons and low-level demons are also willing to die.

Perhaps they are not willing.

But the demon's level is like this, the cruelty is like this, there is no way to resist!

And just then, as Shen Mu repelled this first wave of attacks.

The dialog box had already appeared in front of him.