Chapter 2383 - 1122: Not a Bad Hit
The Diesel Knights charged...
Abandoning the greatest advantage since the start of the match, including the two heavy cavalry, Liya Delin and Scarlett, who were saved from dire peril by their companions yet still heavily injured. Except for Motan, all thirty-five members of the Diesel Delegation launched a charge against the Holy Spear Knight Academy, which had just slowed down and was preparing to turn toward the Snow Bathing Sword.
More precisely, they charged at the twenty-two heavy cavalry of the Holy Spear Knight Academy!
A charge that seemed infinitely close to ’suicidal’.
Indeed, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the average quality of the Diesel side was far superior to that of the Holy Spear Knight Academy, and they held a one-third numerical advantage.
But no matter what, these factors could never justify a charge by a light cavalry against another heavy cavalry that hadn’t yet collapsed, seemingly aiming to directly crush the latter.
They couldn’t do it, they had no reason to be able to do it!
Even the Diesel Family could not easily disrupt the conventional logic of troop counterrelations at the ’Advanced Stage’.
As long as both sides maintained a certain distance, the light cavalry with high range and high mobility held the advantage.
In a direct clash, the heavy cavalry, no matter how poor, had no reason to lose to a light cavalry, even if the latter outnumbered them by thirty percent.
But the Diesel charged anyway!
They put away their war bows, which could threaten the enemy from dozens of meters away, and uniformly drew their longswords, raised their riding spears, turned their horses, accelerated, accelerated, and accelerated again!
It was as if they had practiced hundreds of times, moving with such calmness and naturalness.
It was suicidal!
Clearly, it was a conclusion that anyone with even slight knowledge of the knight domain could reach, yet these Diesel people seemed to have simultaneously gone mad, disregarding the obvious, solely increasing their horse speed, rapidly closing the distance with the opponent.
[What are they trying to do? What do they plan to do?!]
For a moment, even Batty Arthur fell into temporary confusion, frozen in place.
But he only hesitated for a few seconds, quickly coming to his senses. Despite still being unable to fathom the motive behind the other’s actions, Batty made the right decision at the first moment.
"Defend, raise shields, circular formation!"
Dismissed the idea of turning back to rescue the Snow Bathing Sword, Batty immediately issued orders loudly. In the next second, despite being filled with countless doubts and confusion, the students around him rapidly formed a tight, impenetrable circular defensive formation, ready for battle.
Cannot turn back!
If they continued with the original plan, the only result would be that the light cavalry would pierce through the rear formation before they arrived, creating a dangerous breach.
Batty, knowing this well, had no time to explain, instead squinting his eyes, staring intently at the approaching Diesel Knights, unwilling to miss any detail.
[They couldn’t possibly breakthrough the circular formation formed by the heavy cavalry...]
[Even if it doesn’t result in head-on collisions, but turns into a slaughter battle, we still have the absolute advantage...]
[So, there must be changes, absolutely will be changes!]
He took a deep breath, tightened his grip on his longsword, face slightly pale.
Having his plan broken several times, Batty Arthur, though not shamefully doubting himself, had raised his level of caution towards Diesel’s ’tactics’ to the utmost — simply put, he didn’t believe the opponent who caused him repeated setbacks would easily make such a simple mistake!
The opponent must have planned, so there’s no way they’d mindlessly charge to their death.
Since they don’t want to die, there will definitely be changes!
Then...
[Here it comes!]
The next second, Batty’s pupils contracted instantly, ordering without hesitation: "Dismount and raise shields! Two wings, semicircular formation! Left head, right tail, reinforce!"
As expected, when the Diesel Family closed in on a dangerous distance for both parties, they changed formation!
Through swift yet nuanced movements, they cleverly split into two parts while maintaining the appearance of a single unit. In Batty’s eyes, they already completed a division in two, centered around the two leading heavy cavalry, splitting into two teams!
Furthermore, the two lines of knights in the middle, unnoticed, performed a maneuver — they discreetly attached ropes, similar in material to those from previous bowstrings, to the saddles of adjacent companions.
Their actions were swift, with many comrades quietly covering them, yet Batty, completely focused and synchronized, missed no detail.
The answer was already clear!
[Fishing Net Tactic]!
Like the previous roping tactic, Fishing Net Tactic is also quite an uncommon strategy. Simply put, it involves using ropes or chains linked between knights to sweep through the enemy formation situated between two groups of knights, causing chaos and damage.
During battles between knight orders, this tactic is usually aimed at the enemy’s war horses.
Even the stoutest ropes can hardly shake a heavily armored knight perched on horseback, akin to an armored can. But if the target is the mobile war horse, which can’t freely increase armor, and must leave gaps at the joints, then this tactic’s effect can be terrifying!