Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard

Three days later, Orlando with his men broke through the three lines of defense of the Clay clan, but the interception of him by the Clay cavalry also slowed the return of Orlando and others. At this moment, Orlando is still far from the Emperor. Walked sleeplessly day and night.

At the beginning, the Clay clan mobilized a tens of thousands of people to attack Orlando and others, but they soon discovered that in front of the charge of the holy knight, the cavalry of the Clay clan was basically useless, and the arrows fired could not hurt the holy knight. , And the bizarre acceleration when the holy knight assaults has become a nightmare for these warriors who have lived on horseback since they were young.

Later, these Clay cavalrymen finally changed their methods. Under the command of the leader Kailim, they broke the 10,000-person team into parts and divided them into groups of hundreds, and then harassed the holy knights in the distance day and night. Relying on his mobile ability, he used his bow and arrow to interfere with the rest of the Holy Knight at a distance. Once the Holy Knight attacked, he immediately fled in all directions.

In this way, because the number of targets is too small, the use of "the same hatred" is not worth the loss, but if it is not charged at full speed, the holy knight and the Clay cavalry are both cavalry, the former wears more armor than the latter, and naturally it needs speed. Slower than the latter, but also unable to catch up with the opponent, can only passively be beaten.

Kailim’s method did indeed achieve the effect. In the three consecutive days of marching and fighting, Orlando’s men did not suffer much damage, but due to the repeated use of "the same enemy" to charge, every holy knight’s The body is quite fatigued. Many people ride on horses, their bodies are trembling constantly, but all the holy knights are full of energy and morale, ready to fight at any time.

This situation improved in the evening a day ago. Before dark, the 1,000 holy knights led by Captain Bacon finally broke through the Clay blockade and merged with Orlando.The 1,000 people led by Bacon departed one day later than Orlando and the others, but like Orlando, they also encountered the sniper of the Clay clan on the way.

Captain Bacon adopted a rather stupid method, which was to completely ignore the Cavalry of the Clay clan, and head straight to the south of the Nantarun grassland, which is to return to the direction of the imperial capital. In the pursuit, Bacon and the others relied on their good protective power to resist the feather arrows shot by the Clay fighters. There were no casualties, but they were indeed embarrassed.

But this stupid method is very useful for the sniping and harassment of the Clay clan. Bacon took his subordinates to go for three consecutive days without rest, breaking through, marching, breaking again, and marching, finally breaking through the opponent's defenses and chasing. Go to Orlando and his party.

With Bacon’s 1,000 men, Orlando is much more relaxed in the formation. He divided the 1,500 men into three teams. One team drove the Clay harassment cavalry on the periphery, and the other team was prepared under the leadership of Orlando. Join the battlefield at any time and use a powerful charge to defeat everything in front of you, while the remaining team rests in place.

In this way, apart from Orlando himself, the other holy knights would not be able to recover a lot of physical strength.Using this method, the holy knights, led by Orlando, slowly retreated toward the imperial capital.And the hardest part of this kind of tactic is Orlando. Every time he charges with his subordinates, he will consume a lot of energy. When his subordinates are resting, Orlando still has to concentrate and lead another team to watch silently. Around, looking for opportunities for assaults, as long as the Clay fighters are slightly careless, Orlando will decisively launch a charge, even if the opponent has only a few hundred people, Orlando will directly bring 500 subordinates to crush the opponent.

Orlando, who fought against the Holy Knights, was exhausted and weak, but on the surface, he still looked as usual. Others couldn't see the mood of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy from his face, which strengthened the confidence of other Holy Knights.

Orlando’s heart has been thinking about the Clay’s intentions of sniping himself. He doesn’t understand what this means, but the Clay’s cavalry did hold back Orlando’s return to the imperial capital because it is impossible for Orlando to put his own lives behind. And regardless, forcibly rushed to the capital.He can only use the method of rotation now, slowly walking back.

After another two full days, Orlando led 1,500 of his men into the Fernando City area.Fernando City claims to have a population of tens of millions. In fact, there are not so many cities in it. When the archmage Jess presided over the construction of the city 200 years ago, those who lived in the northern part of the mainland suffered from kingdom wars and undead invasions. People who are waiting for suffering have regarded this place as their home, and their ancestors have lived for generations.

The population of the Imperial City is actually less than 1 million, but most of them are aristocrats, and most of the civilians live in manors, farms, and pastures outside the city. Originally, these civilians all owned their own land or pasture, but 200 In the coming years, the land annexation outside the imperial capital city was very fierce. Farmers who used to own their own land have almost become vassals of those nobles, working hard every day in exchange for subsistence food.

It is precisely because of this that the area to which the imperial capital belongs can accommodate a large number of people, because the vast majority of the people in it live without food and clothing, and of course the demand for subsistence is very small.However, due to the slow development and the slow reclamation of many civilians, there are a large number of manors, farms and pastures within a thousand miles of the Imperial Capital. Every day, more than 100,000 people transport food and water to the residents living in the Imperial Capital. And other supplies.

Although they entered the area of ​​the imperial capital, even without the sniper of the Clay clan, Orlando and the others would have to gallop for a whole day to see the walls of the imperial capital. Of course, the roads on both sides of the road are no longer as endless as the South Tarun grassland, usually farms, The manor is much denser than on the prairie.

"Head of Orlando, we are finally back!" Bacon said in a slightly excited tone.The experience of the past few days made this captain hold his breath quite a bit. Even if he was besieged by Senat's heavy soldiers, he would not be passively beaten like this time.

Orlando is far south, and he whispered: "Yes, I'm back. But what is the purpose of the Clays desperately intercepting us along the way?"

Bacon didn't hear what Orlando was saying. He asked, "Captain, what did you say?"

Orlando didn't answer, because a large group of cavalry came galloping in the distance.

Orlando nodded and said, "Everyone prepares, this should be the last battle."

A familiar voice came from a distance: "Haha, Orlando General came to our hometown, why didn't he stay for a few more days and left in such a hurry?"

Bacon immediately remembered the owner of this voice, it was Kailimu, the captain of the Clay clan who participated in last year's Golden Tournament. He shouted: "Kairim, it's you!"

Kailim laughed and said, "Yes, it's me naturally."

Bacon scolded Kerim and said, "Why do you Clay betray the empire?"

"We Clay people have our own ancestors and glory. Everything now is imposed by others, how can we talk about betrayal?"

Bacon still wanted to reprimand him, but Orlando dispelled his thoughts with a few faint words: "Since ancient times, careerists have always been everywhere, and excuses are always high-sounding, but they and everything they did eventually disappear. In the long river of history."

Although the voice was very small, Kailimu heard it too. He laughed and said: "History is always written by the victor!"

Orlando shook his head and said, "As long as I am here, victory will always belong to the Empire."

Kailim was startled, and then shouted: "I don't believe it." After saying this, Kailim turned his head and shouted: "Go on, don't stay in the slightest, we will drag them down!"

When the Klei cavalry led by Kailim heard the order, they rode forward. When they were about 300 meters away from Orlando and the others, they drew their feather arrows and shot them on the bowstrings. All of them were present. It was completed in the running of the horse, and after shooting this arrow, the Clay fighters pulled the reins and manipulated the horses to run around Orlando.

Kailim brought only 3,000 Clay cavalry this time, but these were the most elite archers of the Clay clan. Their shooting skills were almost the best in the clan. These 3,000 people surrounded Orlando. At 300 meters, a sparse circle was formed, running continuously, and then shooting feather arrows during the running.

In this way, no matter which direction Orlando leads his men to charge, they can only attack less than one-tenth of the enemy at the same time, and the exhaustion after the charge will greatly reduce their speed, and eventually become A target.

Orlando made a decisive decision and immediately issued the order to retreat at full speed. Captain Bacon personally led the charge, while Orlando was at the end.The 1,500 holy knights easily broke through the encirclement of the Clay archers and evacuated towards the imperial capital. Kailim didn’t force it. He took his 3,000 men and hung them far away. Behind Orlando, he kept shooting with bows and arrows, as if driving away a holy knight.

After several hours of continuous pursuit, Kailimu issued an order to stop the pursuit. Lugman, who had participated in the competitive competition with him, said fiercely behind Kairim: "Finally, we finally figured out when we fled last year. Disgusting.” There was an intriguing smile on Kailim's face.