Chapter 409: Prisoners
It was impossible for the infantry to catch up with the cavalry, but Zhang Yang had a large cart and 12 new recruits, so they moved slowly.
Most importantly, these Sarleon deserters occupied the road out of the wasteland.
This battle is inevitable.
"Carly, go around and try to attract those three archers, but don't get too close."
Zhang Yang gave an order and separated from Carly to the left and right. It would be foolish to charge straight forward, as the advantage of cavalry lies in its mobility.
At this time, the deserters on the opposite side also shouted. After all, they were regular troops with rich combat experience, especially a level 38 veteran assault swordsman. So they quickly gathered into four teams. As long as Zhang Yang and Carly dared to rush over, they would most likely be besieged. It would be worth it even if it cost a few lives.
In these four teams, the three Sarion archers were also protected and did not shoot randomly, but waited for the opportunity.
Seeing this, Zhang Yang immediately rode his horse straight towards a group of deserters. If these guys really thought that this was foolproof, they were totally wrong.
Holding a shield in his left hand and a long sword in his right hand, he controlled the horse purely with his legs. It seemed that he was running very fast, but it was only about 70% of Zhang Yang's usual full speed. After all, with the level 6 riding skills, Zhang Yang had already reached an extremely high level of tacit understanding with the warhorse under his crotch.
Seeing Zhang Yang riding towards them, the deserters quickly changed their formation and gathered in the middle, while the three Sarion archers immediately drew their bows and locked onto Zhang Yang and his horse. Everyone knew the principle of shooting the horse first before shooting a person.
“Swish, swish, swish!”
In a blink of an eye, when Zhang Yang rushed to nearly thirty meters, the three Sarion archers immediately shot, but almost at the same time, Zhang Yang suddenly crouched down, and the warhorse suddenly accelerated as if with telepathic communication, rushing forward more than ten meters, avoiding the three feather arrows in an instant.
When Zhang Yang stood up from his horse again, the sapphire rune sword was already in his mouth. Before the deserters more than ten meters away could react, three assassin's flying knives shot out like ghosts.
Almost at the same time, Zhang Yang leaned his body to the left, and the warhorse immediately turned flexibly while galloping at high speed, and was only three or four meters away from the deserters.
“Ahhhh!”
Only at this time did the shrill screams sound. The three heavily protected Sarion archers dropped their bows and arrows, covering their faces and screaming. Even though they were not dead, they were too weak to fight anymore.
After a dozen breaths, Zhang Yang rode his horse thirty meters away and came back again. This time, he did not hide his strength at all. He pulled out a heavy javelin and threw it out. A shield-holding Sarleon armed infantryman was shot in the head as soon as he showed a little gap.
Within such a short distance, after eliminating the opponent's long-range threat, and with level 4 mounted archery, level 4 throwing, plus 255 points of throwing proficiency, Zhang Yang could really do whatever he wanted with the opponent.
"Raise your shields! Form your formation!"
The veteran assault swordsman shouted loudly. He probably regretted it at this moment. They were simply deserters who were too willful. So when they saw a young and beautiful girl, they wanted to act lawless and did not listen to the restrictions of him as the nominal leader at all. It was not until the death that they came to their senses, but it was too late.
Zhang Yang didn't care whether the other side was in formation or raising shields. He just called out to Carly, and the two of them rode their horses to surround the group of deserters, of course keeping a distance of thirty meters between them.
As long as these deserters raise their shields and face Zhang Yang, Carly can shoot their butts with a crossbow from the opposite side.
And if this group of deserters want to raise their shields to attack Carly, haha, Zhang Yang's heavy javelin has eyes.
Carly is undoubtedly very smart and has good cooperation skills. As a level 2 rider, she can control the horse with both feet and string the hunting crossbow on horseback.
After a while, Carly shot and killed a deserter, and Zhang Yang took advantage of the chaos among the deserters and attacked repeatedly, killing and injuring five or six people.
At this time, the true nature of these deserters was revealed. Seven or eight of them suddenly fled in the direction they came from. After a moment of surprise, the remaining deserters also fled in all directions, without any morale at all.
But this was a bit troublesome for Zhang Yang, because seven or eight deserters were running towards the stream.
"kill!"
Zhang Yang picked up the sapphire rune sword and started chasing after the deserters. As for Carly, she did not have the ability to fight on horseback yet, so she could only use a hunting crossbow to shoot slowly.
He chopped down three deserters in one breath, and the remaining deserters immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Zhang Yang ordered them to drop their weapons, and called Anderson, Thor, Bob and other new recruits to come and watch over them. Then he turned around and chased the deserters in another direction. He could let go of the other deserters, but he had to keep the veteran assault swordsman no matter what, after all, he represented experience points.
That guy ran quite fast, and he had already run several hundred meters in a short while. But Zhang Yang had four legs, and he was very familiar with the terrain nearby. After a while of running wildly, he caught up with a deserter, and with a light swing of the long sword in his hand, a head flew off.
This is not about fighting will, it is about cavalry suppressing infantry.
After killing several deserters, the veteran assault swordsman at the front suddenly stopped, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, and took a defensive posture, intending to fight hard.
Zhang Yang sneered, and without stopping his horse's speed, he used his long sword to gain momentum and slashed down fiercely.
"bite!"
There was a sound of metal clashing, and Zhang Yang felt his right hand go numb, and the long sword was actually knocked out of his hand.
The warhorse passed by in an instant, and the assault swordsman staggered at the same time, but quickly turned around and took a defensive posture.
Damn it!
Zhang Yang cursed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. He was only level 12, with a strength attribute of 16 points and a one-handed weapon proficiency of 100. However, this veteran assault swordsman was level 38, with a strength attribute of 21 points and a one-handed weapon proficiency of 320. Most importantly, the opponent possessed level 8 Iron Bones and level 7 Power Attack Skills.
Therefore, even if Zhang Yang had a war horse, he would not gain any advantage in a head-on confrontation.
Feeling a little angry and embarrassed, Zhang Yang directly pulled out the ancient empire's javelin and threw it five times in a row.
Da da da! After a few dull sounds, the shield in the hands of the veteran assault swordsman cracked. Then Zhang Yang grinned fiercely, took out the sapphire symbol flying knife, and rushed over on horseback. Damn it, if you have the guts, hide for me? "I surrender, I surrender!"
The old soldier suddenly threw away the sword in his hand, knelt down and shouted.
Zhang Yang reined in his horse and stopped, feeling a little contemptuous but not surprised. How could a deserter still have the courage to fight to the death?
However, whether or not to kill him, this will give you a lot of experience points.
After a slight hesitation, Zhang Yang made a decision. The new recruits were in need of a coach who was proficient in infantry combat, who could replace Tonks after she left.
(End of this chapter)
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