Chapter 60: Remnants of Soldiers (Part 2)

"Collapse the two wings!" Murphy stood on the high slope and issued an order, while the commander ran in front of the military formation as a microphone.

Command in the cold weapon era was quite inconvenient. Just relying on horns and flags was not enough. Generally, generals would be equipped with one or even several commissars.

When the troops on both sides were only 300 meters, Murphy ordered the two wings to close, freeing space for the other side to advance.

The Greek infantry moved closer in neat steps and turned the formation into dense.

The heavy cavalry running in the front were stunned when they looked at the square formation with long spears in front. They only realized after the two wings were closed and they rode their horses toward both sides.

As the distance narrowed, Murphy finally saw the other party's form clearly.

Strictly speaking, this is not a collapse, but a retreat.

Although it looks a bit embarrassing.

The heavy cavalry running at the front of the queue were heavy cavalry. The number of these heavy cavalry was about eighty, wearing armor and holding long spears. Behind the heavy cavalry were infantry, and the infantry looked a little embarrassed, with armor and weapons incomplete. Then there were refugees, with a large number, conservatively estimated to be nearly five thousand! Many of these refugees were adult men, some of them were equipped with simple weapons. The last row of the team was heavy infantry with obviously well-equipped, wearing half-body armor, helmets, holding a large square shield with a length of about sixty centimeters, and the weapon was a dagger.

It looks a bit like a heavy infantry in the Roman army.

Behind the temple was a Greek infantry with a large shield and a light cavalry with a number of about 300.

There were too many people, and smoke and dust were rolled up on the ground, and Murphy was unable to find Mrs. Elizabeth's figure from it.

From Murphy's perspective, there are less than a thousand soldiers who can be considered as soldiers in these five or six thousand races, namely the heavy cavalry before and the heavy infantry and light cavalry behind the temple. The ones in the middle of the formation are not so soldiers, but rather farmers who have picked up weapons.

Behind the team, the figures of the werewolf gradually emerged.

Although the gnolls have strong short-range charge ability, their endurance is not very good. They followed about five hundred meters behind the team and chased them relentlessly. Occasionally, the gnolls with fast speeds were chased, but they were all killed by the light cavalry behind the palace. The pursuit seemed to have lasted for quite a while, and Murphy could see that the gnolls were also very tired.

The retreating soldiers passed through the vacant passage, while the shield-armored infantry in charge of the temple filled in the vacant position with the Greek infantry.

At this time, Murphy discovered Mrs. Elizabeth's figure. She was wearing a half-body armor, and the light cavalry guarded her around her.

Taking the general guards down, Murphy moved closer to Mrs. Elizabeth.

When they passed by the heavy cavalry, Murphy discovered that they were covered in blood and mostly wounded, and it seemed that they had charged once in the previous battle.

After reaching the rear of the front, the heavy cavalry divided into three and began to reorganize the soldiers around the queue, ordering them to form a second line behind the Greek infantry. Most of these heavy cavalry were nobility's canonized knights, with good martial arts and systematic military training. In the army, they were also commanders of the middle and lower levels, responsible for assisting the lord in command of the army.

After a brief chaos, the retreating soldiers began to line up, while the farmers holding weapons were arranged at the last.

At present, they have not received much military training and will only make bad things, turning the impeccable defense array into a mess!

Just now Murphy roughly estimated the number of zombies.

Although it is a huge momentum, it is actually only about two thousand people, far from the three thousand people mentioned by the middle-aged knight.

The only difference is that among this group of gnolls, the number of males is very large, close to one-third!

The distance is closer again.

About three hundred meters ahead of the square formation composed of Greek infantry, the zombies stopped chasing and began to reorganize their formation.

During the pursuit, not only did the human soldiers be pulled into a long snake formation, but the same was true for those werewolves. The strong and endurance male werewolves followed closely, while the females with relatively poor physical strength fell behind the team.

The archers, with a number of about one hundred and fifty men, were integrated, and they were arranged behind the square array.

Murphy immediately took over the command of the army from Mrs. Elizabeth.

Heavy cavalry and light cavalry gathered on the high slopes under the command, waiting for the opportunity to rush into the enemy's formation at the most deadly moment.

Both sides hold on.

The zombies rested on the spot after reorganizing the formation, while the Greek infantry were on high alert.

Those retreating soldiers also need to recover their strength.

"Is it okay?" Murphy asked when he came to Mrs. Elizabeth's side.

Mrs. Elizabeth shook her head and inserted the blood-stained sword into the scabbard. She was wearing half-armored armor and covered in blood. She obviously participated in the battle herself at the beginning.

Murphy had never seen her use a sword, but she didn't know she could still fight.

"Less than one-third of the Knights organized by the three hundred people survived. The only ones left of the shield-armored infantry organized by the two thousand people. The entire army of the Eagle Flag Silver Shield infantry was destroyed!..." Mrs. Elizabeth's voice was filled with a hint of sadness, and she said slowly in a low voice.

In this world, most of the so-called knights are composed of canonized knights with skillful martial arts.

They were all low-ranking nobles, with fiefs of one or two villages. According to Murphy's estimate, Mrs. Elizabeth's territory might be as big as a prefecture-level city in his previous life.

The Eagle Flag Silver Shield Infantry is the most elite soldier in her territory, just as the Spartan heavy infantry is for the Greek city-state.

In this world, most of the most elite troops in human city-states use the patterns of beasts as flags. The most elite soldiers are given the titles of eagle flags and wolf flags.

"There were tens of thousands of leaders who did not escape, and they became slaves of the werewolves!" Mrs. Elizabeth's eyes turned to perseverance. She stared at Murphy and said in a deep voice: "I must save them!"

"I need your help. Fei." It was not until this moment that a trace of weakness appeared in Mrs. Elizabeth's eyes.

Murphy didn't say much, he just raised his hand to wipe off the blood from Mrs. Elizabeth's face and said slowly: "Prepare for the fight!"

After a brief rest.

The gnoll's army began to advance, and the male gnoll equipped with leather armor and holding round shields were arranged at the forefront.

These werewolves are more elite than Murphy’s previous encounters!

And their weapons are much more sophisticated than in the past, and a small number of elite zombies are even equipped with heavy armor!

The only thing that is thankful is that Murphy did not find the figures of those high-level zombies who are far taller than ordinary zombies. It seems that there are not many elite zombies with heights of more than 2 meters and 5 meters in the entire zombie race.

Three hundred meters.

This is outside the range of the archer.

Two hundred meters.

The male zombie standing in the first row held the round shield high in front of her chest and slowly advanced.

One hundred meters.

The male gnoll at the front began to advance quickly. The archers began to shoot.

Fifty meters.

The male gnoll at the forefront launched a charge! The archers poured out their fire as much as possible!

Thirty meters.

About fifty werewolves, with an arrow, fell to the ground and lost their combat effectiveness.

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