Rumbling!
One thousand enraged Frey Family cavalry, led by Duke Forrest, launched a mass charge directly ahead.
Those kept by Duke Forrest were naturally handpicked elite cavalry.
The momentum of the charging Frey Family cavalry, surging forward with unstoppable force, instantly brought immense pressure upon the Tiger Party cavalry who had previously been toying with them like a cat with a mouse.
Bang, bang!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Suddenly, from the woods on both sides of this crucial pass, a dozen thick, long crossbow bolts and a large number of ordinary arrows were shot horizontally towards the Frey Family cavalry.
The Frey Family cavalry were currently charging in a square formation, which was specifically arranged by Duke Forrest.
The purpose was to minimize the area exposed to attacks from the woods on the left and right sides.
Because these enemies chose to ambush in the woods, their archers would inevitably be unable to use high-arc shots for covering fire and could only shoot horizontally.
"Raise shields!"
Koma, who was temporarily in command of a portion of the cavalry, immediately shouted the order upon hearing the sound.
The Frey Family cavalry on both sides of the formation quickly took out their shields with the twin tower emblem from behind and tried their best to block their bodies.
Hiss!
Bang, bang!
Facing the spear-like crossbow bolts fired by the giant crossbows, the result was the same whether they had shields or not.
As long as they were hit, there was basically no chance of survival.
More than ten Frey Family cavalry on the left and right sides were instantly pierced through both man and horse by the thick, long crossbow bolts, falling to the ground.
Thud, thud, thud!
Neigh~~
A large number of ordinary arrows arrived a little later than the spear-like crossbow bolts, and some of the arrows heavily embedded themselves like raindrops on the surface of the shields, successfully blocked.
Another part of the arrows directly shot into the flesh and blood of the warhorses on the left and right sides.
A small number of warhorses hit in vital spots fell to the ground directly with the Frey Family cavalry on their backs,
while most were wounded by arrows, the intense pain causing the warhorses to lose control and start to go wild.
This wave of ranged attack caused the Frey Family cavalry on both the left and right sides to lose a total combat strength of over a hundred men at least.
Instantly losing one-tenth of his troops, Duke Forrest felt a pang of heartache.
He pointed his hand towards the woods on the right, then turned his head and said word for word to a small figure wrapped in a green robe beside him: "Attack, the, right, side!"
This small figure seemed to struggle to understand the sentence for a moment, then reached out and patted the warhorse under her, which had no saddle or reins.
The warhorse seemed to understand the meaning of the rider on its back and immediately broke away from the mass charge formation, galloping towards the woods on the right.
The Tiger Party archers in the woods on the right naturally spotted this anomaly, and a small number of archers spontaneously attacked him.
But that warhorse was like a champion in a past life's equestrian competition, dodging left and right, and was not hit by a single arrow.
The Commander responsible for the ambush on the right side of the woods saw this and immediately ordered more archers to provide covering fire, giving the opponent no space to dodge.
The small figure seemed to sense the impending danger, patted the warhorse in advance, and then leaped forward with extreme agility.
After the small figure left, the warhorse immediately changed direction and turned back to run.
And the small figure in the air wriggled quickly and continuously like a slime from a past life's anime, as her green robe fell off.
A giant grey ice wolf, two to three meters high at the shoulder and three to four meters long, appeared in everyone's sight.
This small figure, capable of true shapeshifting, was naturally one of the Children of the Forest Wood Dancer captured by Jacaerys earlier.
After losing their usefulness, they were given to Ela by Jacaerys as promised.
It is unknown what Ela did in her magic laboratory, but now these three Children of the Forest not only obey her commands implicitly.
But their magic and true shapeshifting abilities also seem to have been enhanced.
This time, when heading east to Essos, Ela naturally brought her three little pets with her.
The person who caused the west wall of lys to collapse earlier was leaf, that was the source language magic 'Roar of the Earth'.
And she knew that besides worrying about Lucerys, Jacaerys also valued Duke Forrest.
So two Wood Dancer were sent by Ela to protect the two of them respectively.
Back to the main topic!
"Damn it! What is that monster? Attack it quickly!"
The Commander responsible for the ambush on the right side of the woods originally thought that the lone knight was certain to die, so he focused his attention on the charging Frey Family cavalry.
But suddenly, he heard exclamations from his archers.
Upon hearing this, he looked to the right and immediately saw that the huge grey ice wolf had approached with abnormal agility.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
In fact, he didn't need to say it, those Tiger Party archers had already pulled their bows and shot with faces full of panic.
This time, the area covered by arrows was wider, but it was completely useless, this grey ice wolf with human intelligence completely refused to confront them head-on.
It was seen flashing and turning, entering the forest from the side dozens of meters away from the Tiger Party archers, and then disappearing.
Crash, crack!
The dense branches of the trees not far away were constantly being broken, as if some monster was directly breaking off the thick branches without avoidance and continuing forward.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
All the Tiger Party archers had now turned their arrows and were launching a covering arrow rain attack towards the direction from which the disturbance came.
Facing these sharp arrows, the grey ice wolf in the forest charged straight forward without dodging or avoiding.
Before the arrow rain hit the grey ice wolf, a pendant on its neck emitted a faint blue light.
Then a burst of white mist quickly rose, and in the blink of an eye, a crystal-clear ice armor condensed on the grey ice wolf.
Needless to say, this was naturally also Ela's doing.
Cling, cling, cling!
A large number of arrows hit the grey ice wolf's ice armor, making a series of crisp and pleasant clinking sounds.
"It's coming! Be careful!"
Because the grey ice wolf was too fast, the archers only shot one arrow.
A few giant crossbows were still adjusting their direction, and it had already rushed to the front of the archers.
Whoosh!
A Tiger Party archer who happened to be facing the grey ice wolf directly could even see its bloody maw up close at this moment.
This Tiger Party archer's face turned ashen as he waited for death to arrive.
But who knew, this grey ice wolf, covered in ice armor, leaped in front of him, flying high over the heads of these Tiger Party archers.
Crash! Bang!
The grey ice wolf heavily smashed onto a giant crossbow, its high fall combined with its own weight instantly shattering the giant crossbow into pieces.
The Tiger Party archer operating this giant crossbow was currently heavily trampled under the huge wolf claws, constantly spitting out fresh blood.
Hiss!
After dealing with one giant crossbow, the grey ice wolf immediately shot out like an arrow.
Its claws, as sharp as swords, instantly tore another giant crossbow directly in front of it into fragments.
Those Tiger Party archers controlling the giant crossbows naturally did not fare well either, their corpses were even more scattered than the giant crossbows.
Crash! Snap!
The grey ice wolf, charging towards the other giant crossbows, rampaged through the Tiger Party archers.
With a crisp sound of bone breaking, a Tiger Party archer's neck instantly snapped and was carried by the immense force to form a ninety-degree right angle towards his right shoulder.
This Wood Dancer, who had transformed into a giant grey ice wolf through true shapeshifting, knew the duration of the ice armor on her body.
So she chose to first eliminate these giant crossbows that posed a threat to her.
Although it sounds slow, the grey ice wolf's attack was actually as fast as lightning.
It wasn't until she had destroyed three or four giant crossbows that the Tiger Party Commander at this ambush point reacted.
He immediately shouted hoarsely at the still-stunned Tiger Party archers: "It's trying to destroy the giant crossbows, everyone focus fire!
The remaining giant crossbows, quickly prepare to attack!
Its actions indicate that the giant crossbows are lethal to it, and can definitely kill this monster!"
Four or five hundred Tiger Party archers were ambushed in the woods on the right side.
At the command of this Commander, they finally reacted from their daze and raised their weapons in unison to attack the grey ice wolf.
Crash, crash!
The grey ice wolf continued its destructive attacks on the giant crossbows.
It was seen that when it used its claws to attack, the nails of its two front paws were completely retractable like Wolverine from a movie in a past life.
The nails, like sharp swords, slashed across the giant crossbows, instantly cutting them apart as easily as a cake.
In front of the terrifying grey ice wolf, the remaining seven or eight giant crossbows here were simply not enough, and were all destroyed by her in a very short time.
When all the giant crossbows were destroyed, dense crowds of Tiger Party archers then surged over and surrounded her completely.
Cling, cling, cling!
Clang, clang, clang!
Arrows shot from all directions, long swords and sharp axes hacking, were all blocked by the ice armor, which had excellent physical and magical defense.
Having destroyed the giant crossbows in advance and facing this unequal supernatural power, the grey ice wolf was already in an invincible position.
What happened next in the woods on the right side was simply a matter of whether the grey ice wolf would slaughter them all first, or whether these Tiger Party archers would collapse and flee first.
The fate of the Tiger Party ambush force in the forest on the left side was no better than that of those in the forest on the right!
When the charging frey cavalry withstood the second wave of arrow attacks, Duke Forrest ordered a small group of suicide cavalry to charge at them at all costs.
Bang, bang, bang!...
When this group of suicide cavalry, covered in arrows, charged into the forest on the left side.
They immediately destroyed all the Exploding Fruits they carried.
These Exploding Fruits were naturally given to Duke Forrest by Ela; with her accompanying them, they would naturally not lack such easily made magic items.
Subsequently, continuous explosions sounded among the Tiger Party archers on the left side.
This kind of magic hand grenade was different from hand grenades in a past life; it neither had grenade fragments nor did it contain steel balls or other killing objects.
Its killing power relied purely on the magic explosion and the high temperature of the orange-red flame.
Therefore, Tiger Party archers hit by Exploding Fruits were either blown into multiple pieces by the powerful explosive force or instantly burned to charcoal by the high temperature generated.
Whoosh, whoosh!
After the violent explosions, even if there were Tiger Party archers who didn't die on the spot, they couldn't escape the rapidly spreading forest fire.
Perhaps being blown to death on the spot by Exploding Fruits was better than being burned alive by the forest fire.
After Duke Forrest used his two trump cards, the Tiger Party archers ambushing on the left and right were equivalent to being completely wiped out.
And on the crucial pass of the ambush battlefield, the Frey Family cavalry square formation, having lost two to three hundred men, was getting closer and closer to the remaining thousand Tiger Party cavalry.
Whoosh!~~
With the sound of a long horn, the Tiger Party cavalry Commander, looking at the imposing Frey Family cavalry square formation, immediately shouted the order: "Retreat, the entire army retreats!"
Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop!
Through the hundred Frey Family cavalry with Koma, the Tiger Party cavalry Commander already knew the strength of the Frey Family cavalry.
Having low morale to begin with, upon hearing the order, they scattered their formation and turned their horses towards the hills behind them as if they were truly defeated.
Dicken and the other three, who had been used as bait, collapsed to the ground one after another after the Tiger Party cavalry retreated.
They were truly exhausted from fighting, and if it weren't for their strong will supporting them, they would have fainted long ago.
"Raise shields! Disperse, act according to plan! The last squad rescues people, the rest form into hundred-man formations and charge!"
Koma, who had been ambushed here before, immediately gave the order as soon as he saw the westerlands cavalry retreat, acting according to the predetermined plan.
The Frey Family cavalry, numbering only about seven hundred, immediately pulled out their single-handed shields from behind to protect vital areas after receiving the order.
At the same time, their formation dispersed from a mass charge square formation outwards, turning into seven small charging square formations composed of a hundred cavalry each.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
As Koma had expected, after they raised their shields and dispersed, a large number of heavy stones and sharp arrows came at them from the hills ahead.
Bang, bang, bang!
Because the Frey Family cavalry formation had already dispersed, these dozens of heavy stones basically fell to the ground, rarely hitting the Frey Family cavalry.
Thud, thud, thud!
Neigh~~
However, the high-arc arrow rain attack was indeed difficult to defend against, the Frey Family cavalry, only using single-handed shields to protect vital areas, were unable to provide protection for their warhorses.
Many wounded warhorses fell to the ground with the Frey Family cavalry on them, and for a moment, the battlefield was in chaos, with screams and wails filling the air.
Clatter, clatter, clatter!
Form ranks!
When Koma led the Frey Family cavalry close to pursuing the Tiger Party cavalry, dense figures surged out from the hills directly ahead, stepping with messy but loud footsteps.
At the same time, countless figures also surged out from the woods on both sides of this hill, it seemed they wanted to directly surround Koma and the others, preparing to capture them all.
Oh no, there was an ambush within an ambush?
And there are so many enemies?
What to do? Retreat? Or charge through them with a burst of energy!
Looking at the thousands of enemies surging towards them from three directions, Koma's heart instantly became as chaotic as tangled hemp.
From this, it can be seen that after all, it was his first time commanding a large-scale battle, and Koma lacked sufficient battlefield experience for on-the-spot judgment.
"Retreat, take my brother and retreat!"
Koma glanced at his fallen brother, bit his lower lip hard, and issued the order to protect Dicken and the other three and retreat.
Neigh~~
The seven Frey Family hundred-man cavalry square formations immediately pulled their reins to the left, forming a 'U' shaped trajectory and heading towards the squad behind them, who were rescuing Dicken and the other three.
Valarion, one of the Tiger Party magistrates!
At this moment, he was on top of a hill, looking down at the ambush site below.
When he saw the Frey Family cavalry beginning to turn back, he shook his head and said to the messenger beside him: "Hmph, it took such a great price to finally lure you here, and you still want to run away?
Order, pull up the wooden spikes that are covering the rear, and begin the encirclement!" (End of this chapter)