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Chapter 62: Devil Descends! Overlord! (Additional chapters for an average subscription of )

The Huns were extremely brutal.

When they plundered Gaul, they often massacred villages and destroyed towns. Attila allowed his troops to plunder, forcing all forces to unite and fight back.

The enemies Duncan encountered were mainly Gepids, an East Germanic barbarian tribe conquered by the Hunnic Empire. They had a certain relationship with the Ostrogothic Kingdom and were considered to be a relatively brave and warlike barbarian force. The name came from the fact that they were the slowest to arrive during the migration.

These enemies must have looted other places as well, because there were more than a dozen carts behind the troops, as well as some looted cattle, sheep and other livestock.

"Disperse the formation!"

Outside the town lay a relatively open plain. Years of war in Gaul had left cultivated farmland largely abandoned, making it ideal for cavalry combat. The Huns' tactics were simple: the Gepids would gather in a defensive formation, while the Hunnic Archer would lead his cavalry to harass Duncan's forces. Using their superior horsemanship and mounted archery, they would exploit the open terrain to weaken the enemy, ideally damaging their morale before finding an opportunity to charge and route them.

This was an old tactic of the Huns, because they rarely charged head-on when encountering cavalry in the wild. The cavalry of the Visigothic Kingdom had tall horses and strong armor, and a head-on attack caused them considerable losses.

The decisive factor in the entire Battle of Chalons was the Visigothic heavy cavalry, which had reached a level close to that of the medieval knights.

Even after the king died in battle, the soldiers continued to fight against the Huns with high morale.

A hail of arrows came.

Duncan swung the Sword of Promised Victory in an instant to cut off the stray arrows, but the others beside him were not so lucky. Clegane was hit by an arrow on the shield and an arrow on the right shoulder. Fortunately, his armor was thick and the injuries could be basically ignored. The first wave of Huns' projectiles were from a long distance and did not cause any substantial casualties.

This is the first wave of temptation.

The Huns' cavalry archery tactics generally consisted of two waves. In the first wave, a small number of elite troops fired a round without slowing down the cavalry, which was considered a tentative attack. In the second wave, all the archers slowed down their horses and fired in one direction, forming a rain of arrows to cover the enemy's firepower and deal a blow.

When a warhorse is running at high speed, few people can shoot accurately. Most people slow down and shoot, and then speed up to retreat when the enemy approaches.

This kite-flying tactic requires very high terrain requirements.

Small numbers actually work better. If a large number of cavalry gather together, even the Huns' elite archers can only deliver a few waves of damage before being quickly overtaken by the Visigothic cavalry. The only place where they can gallop freely and fly kites is probably on grasslands, but even a light cavalry charge can still catch up.

The Huns' horses were relatively short and had great endurance, but slightly less explosive power, and could not defeat the Visigothic heavy cavalry in a head-on attack.

Another hail of arrows came.

This wave was not the initial test, because the elite Hun archers significantly reduced the speed of their horses. The slower the speed, the higher the accuracy of mounted archery. People behind Duncan fell off their horses one after another. Five people died before he even engaged the enemy head-on. Most of them were light cavalry, and heavy cavalry were not so easy to shoot to death.

Duncan was hit by an arrow in the left shoulder. His shoulder armor was thick, so it didn't hurt. He didn't have a shield, so it must have been the Archer who hit him.

The rain of arrows came, and some of the arrows he deflected slipped through his net, so he could only rely on his armor to withstand them.

"The Huns' archery skills are indeed amazing!"

Duncan continued to accelerate. He almost rushed to the front alone, dozens of meters ahead of the other riders. He was looking for a suitable angle. When the locked enemy appeared in his sight, Duncan quickly took out the Norden bow, put an arrow on the bow, and the bow was like a full moon, aiming at the Archer in the center of the crowd.

Capture the thief first and capture the king!
The quickest way to confuse the enemy is to kill the Hun Archer, who is their leader.

call out!
The sharp arrow broke through the air.

The power of Norden's bow was astonishing! The Hun eagle archer had just realized it when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. His armor was pierced and he was shot off his horse by Duncan.

This is a special armor-piercing arrow, only 60 centimeters long, which is convenient for shooting while riding, but the arrowhead has been modified with hardwood.

——Elite Hun horse archers (morale shaken) (leader killed in battle) (encountered a powerful enemy) (intimidated)!

Duncan risked being hit by an arrow and directly shot the Eagle Shooter in the crowd.

This caused chaos among the Huns themselves.

They have always used horse archery to suppress the enemy so that they can't raise their heads. But now Duncan galloped on his horse without holding the reins at all. Norden's bow shot continuously, and sharp arrows flew through the air. In a blink of an eye, five or six people fell off their horses. There was no need to shoot in the head. If they were shot in the body, they would be seriously injured if not killed.

"Sharpshooter!..."

The Hun horse archers were in a panic. Some wanted to fight back and shoot Duncan's horse, but his horse was also wearing armor, and Norden's bow was extremely powerful. Duncan's range was far beyond theirs.

Horseback riding crushes! Horseback archery crushes!
Duncan alone almost made the nearly one hundred Hun horse archers unable to raise their heads, and even the Gepids who were forming a battle array at the edge of the battlefield not far away showed signs of "panic".

This is true courage that no one could match!
Perhaps in a large-scale war, Duncan is unable to change the overall situation, but in a small-scale battle, a war involving a few thousand or 20,000 people, he can be said to be able to kill his way through on his own!
"rush!"

Clegane raised his lance, and behind him the Sarmatian riders charged with their lances, with the young boy Cal following closely behind.

During this period of confusion and loss of command, the Sarmatians, who were the best riders, and the noble riders from the British Isles had already caught up with them. The second echelon of cavalry was a few dozen meters behind, but they also drew their long swords and blades.

Generally, only trained cavalry can use lances flexibly, while ordinary cavalry mostly use sabers and long swords.

Continuous shooting.

Duncan fired a flurry of shots, locking onto his target and killing all the elite Hun cavalry archers within his sight, leaving only the terrified ordinary Hun cavalry archers.

A wave of collision!
Clegane stabbed one man to death, then threw away his spear and drew his sword, slashing left and right like a barbarian berserker. Wherever his sword passed, three or four people fell off their horses.

The Sarmatian cavalry charged with their lances, striking down over a dozen men and knocking them off their horses. This instantly opened up the situation, causing the Hun archers to panic. They were unexpectedly penetrated by the cavalry, and the archers, forced to flee, split the hundreds of Hun cavalry into two, with forty or fifty men escaping on each side. However, once caught by the light cavalry, they had fewer opportunities to calmly draw their bows and arrows, and many Hun riders were forced to draw their melee weapons.

Duncan rushed straight towards the enemy!
He was now using human body No. 1 as Xiang Yu and Lu Bu. As soon as the Hun riders on the right had gathered, he rushed up alone, braving a hail of arrows. The Sword of Victory flashed a cold light, and he cut a Hun rider in half as if cutting tofu. Then the sharp blade danced wildly, slashing left and right, and the warhorse galloped all the way. Behind him were only more than ten lonely warhorses. The enemies he killed were either beheaded, cut in half, or had their hands and feet broken and fell off the horse to death.

He is truly invincible!

With just one charge, the Hun cavalry was completely defeated. Duncan had five or six arrows stuck in his body, but he seemed to be completely unaffected and killed more than a dozen elite Hun cavalry in succession.

Duncan held the Sword of Promised Victory, and the heavy cavalry was almost the same as unarmored units to him.

Clegane gradually began to reap the harvest.

Duncan single-handedly defeated more than fifty Hun cavalrymen, and the cavalrymen he led completed the strangulation. After entering into hand-to-hand combat, the Hun cavalrymen on the left fell off their horses one after another. A forest in front blocked the route, forcing the enemy to turn their horses around and charge head-on. Dozens of people passed by each other. An elite Hun rider covered his broken arm, and only a dozen or so remnants were left behind him.

No skills, just pure strength!
Duncan's powerful personal force, coupled with the excellent riding skills of more than ten Sarmatian riders, opened up the situation in one wave and directly killed these enemies, causing them to show signs of "total rout".

At this time, Clegane regrouped hundreds of cavalrymen, and the greatest casualties were caused by resisting the charge of cavalry archers.

In the subsequent head-on confrontation, not many people were killed.

At this time, Duncan has started to kill the whole court!
As sharp arrows flew through the air, the Hun riders were shot dead one by one, and the battlefield was littered with lonely war horses. This time, he was a little more restrained, killing people but not horses. Soon, except for twenty or thirty riders who ran away quickly, the rest of the Hun riders were almost strangled to death.

The elite cavalry of the Sarmatians were no less powerful than the heavy cavalry of the Visigothic Kingdom. They could rush in front of the Hun cavalry and fight them head-on.

At this time, the Gepid people who had formed their battle formation not far away were a little dumbfounded.

No!

Haven't the Hun horse archers been harassing all along? Haven't they been looking for opportunities to launch a siege and directly crush the enemy's morale?

Why were the Hun cavalry archers defeated before they even made a move this time?
The Gepids sensed something was amiss.

Some people have become morale-shaken and are looking for opportunities to escape.

At this time.

One or two hundred reinforcements came from the direction of the town. They were basically Frankish barbarians, led by a small number of Frankish axemen. Most of the others were barbarian militia, holding only shields and almost no armor. When they saw Duncan defeat the Hun cavalry in one wave, their morale was boosted, and they took the initiative to lead their troops to besiege the Gepids.

The Franks really hated the Huns!

"Come with me!"

Duncan was in the lead. He took advantage of the Gepids' wavering morale and led the cavalry to charge from the right, but he did not attack forcefully. Instead, he circled the horses, forcing the enemy to change their formation. When the Frankish militia rushed up, he immediately seized the opportunity, summoned the heavy cavalry in the front row, formed a wedge formation, and smashed the Gepids' formation into pieces like a hot iron hammer.

kill!

Duncan brandished the Sword of Promised Victory and broke through the formation single-handedly, as if a god had descended to earth. He charged forward in a wave, with heads rolling behind him, five or six headless corpses, and blood splattering like a fountain. The scene was like a ghost descending to the earth, and the Gepids, who were always known for their bravery, were so frightened that they screamed in fear.

clang!
Sparks exploded.

Duncan's horse charged forward with all its might. He swung his sword to cut off the enemy's spear and split open a heavy infantryman's helmet. The holy sword cut through iron like mud, and half of the skull fell off, revealing the neatly cut brain tissue inside.

Then he swung his sword in his backhand, and under his terrifying brute force, the Gepid commander was killed with his sword.

The enemy's sword was cut off, and the Sword of Promise of Victory slashed from his left shoulder to his right waist, and the whole person was almost split in half diagonally!

so horrible!

How cruel!

Is that human being?
It's like a ghost descending to earth!

The Gepids completely collapsed, with few even escaping, and many simply throwing down their weapons and kneeling in surrender.

The war horses neighed.

Duncan's cloak was dyed blood red, and his whole body seemed to be poured with blood. Drops of blood slid down the lord's armor. Behind him, those British noble riders who were slightly dissatisfied because their military power had been taken away, now lowered their heads deeply, no longer daring to look directly into the man's eyes.

This is beyond human power!
It's like the Overlord is still alive.

Duncan led more than one hundred cavalrymen to kill an equal number of elite Hun riders head-on. One charge forced five or six hundred Gepids to kneel down and surrender.

As for the casualties of the troops, there were only a dozen or so people. When the cavalry behind him rushed up, the enemy's morale had already collapsed.

Throughout the entire battle, it was almost Duncan alone who destroyed the enemy's morale.

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(End of this chapter)