Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 71: Decisive Battle! Facing the Whip of God! (+ Subscriptions)
The morning light emerges.

Next to Duncan was the still sleeping Raven Queen - Triss. She had to keep her oath and serve and take care of Duncan, so she was really exhausted.

At this time, she actually missed Anya a little.

A breeze blew by.

Duncan quietly rose, donned his coat, and left the camp. His wounds had been rebandaged and were now scabby. He expected to fully recover in a day or two at most. Perhaps due to the suppression of supernatural powers during the final days of mythology, regeneration wasn't as impressive. While wounds healed quickly, strenuous exercise could reopen them. His injuries and bleeding caused a small, sparse health bar, requiring him to eat a large amount of food to replenish his body.

Avalon's scabbard can only make you immune to continuous bleeding, but because it is not yet fully completed, it is not as powerful as the legend says.

"It doesn't affect my combat, but after losing too much blood, the upper limit of my health bar actually becomes shorter."

Duncan felt that his killing power was at its maximum, reaching the peak of mortals, but his defense was really not enough, or it could be said that everyone was the same. Without armor, no matter how long the blood bar was, it could not withstand the slashing of the sword and was directly chopped into meat paste.

This is the limit of mortals.

There are times when parrying and blocking in combat skills will cause mistakes and it is impossible to completely block the arrows. With the rain of arrows coming over, Qiao Feng would be hit by them.

"Achilles in ancient Greece seemed to be invulnerable to swords and spears, but that was a figure from the mythological era."

"Dragons have dragon scales for protection, I'm human, so at most my skin is a little tougher."

"How can I strengthen my defense so I don't get hurt, or get hurt less?"

There was no plate armor in this era. If there was the plate armor from the late Middle Ages, Duncan would have been able to rush into the chaotic army and be invincible. But now he was wearing a set of lord scale armor, and the protection was still a little bit lacking after all.

Now is the Middle Ages. The more the times develop, the more fragile life becomes. When guns appear in the future, battles can no longer be fought head-on.

"But when the age of firearms finally arrived, I felt more at home."

With Duncan's abilities, he couldn't imagine how strong he would be if he fought with guns. Perhaps only the interstellar battlefield could allow him to unleash his full potential.

Soon, servants came to help him wash, dress and put on armor.

Last night, Valkyrie spent a long time circling the wounded camp. The seriously wounded gradually died, and some who couldn't make it were personally finished off by the captain. Duncan had been there several times, but each time he saw the wounded wailing, he felt a pang of pain. After personally escorting a dying general's personal guard to his death, he stopped going there again.

After all, he was his own soldier, so he was a little reluctant to do it. He would save him if he could, even if he was disabled, because he could take care of him.

Combat with cold weapons is extremely brutal!
Due to limited medical conditions, many people died from infection. Duncan had introduced some modern medical knowledge and herbs prepared by the druids, but he still could not prevent the deaths of the seriously injured.

Sometimes when there is really no hope, it is better to kill it with a knife.

A general cannot be merciful. Duncan sent some of the wounded soldiers back to the exile camp. Whether they could survive depended entirely on fate.

This is what troubled times are like.

If you don't die on the battlefield, you will die somewhere else.

The Five Barbarians Invasion broke out in the Central Plains, and only about four million Han people in the north were left dead, and they were almost wiped out.

The empire suffered hundreds of years of barbarian invasions. Although there are no specific statistics, after the fall of the Western Empire, the population in the Roman area was only one twentieth of its original size, and the population of Western Europe as a whole dropped sharply to more than five million.

From this perspective, dying on the battlefield is not a bad outcome, at least it is a dignified death.

There was a sound of footsteps.

Soon, a young boy in armor walked in and said respectfully, "Sir."

"An envoy from the empire has arrived!"

After two battles, Carl has become Duncan's personal guard, and he will probably be released to lead a cavalry battle in the future.

Brave generals emerge from the army, and prime ministers come from prefectures and counties.

Duncan is now equivalent to a warlord, so he doesn't need to waste too much energy on internal affairs for the time being.

He looked up and asked, "The empire's envoy?"

"bring it here."

soon.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the tent, and Duncan was stunned by the person who came in.

Catus.

A few months ago, Duncan fled with them. Catus wanted to introduce Duncan to the Protector of the Realm - Aetius. In one of the causal deductions, the human body No. 1 was Aetius's adopted son and was trained as one of the heirs in the army.

Behind Catus, there was a young man with a somewhat wretched look. He was none other than Almagun, who had flattered Duncan in the past. This guy was doing very well and seemed to be Catus's follower.

Outside the tent.

Catus also looked dazed when he saw Duncan. At that time, he felt that Duncan was definitely not an ordinary person and had great potential, but unfortunately Duncan insisted on going to the British Isles with the Raven Queen Triss, and he was unable to recruit such a talent for Aetius.

During this trip, he heard that the leader of the British reinforcements was called Duncan, so Catus had some guesses, but he didn't dare to think so. After all, it had only been a short time, and now after seeing the real person, he still couldn't help but look dazed as if he was in another world.

Are golden scales just a thing in the pond? They transform into dragons when the storm strikes.

Catus gave a wry smile, bowed and said, "Lord Duncan!"

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Duncan hurried forward to help him up, and glanced at Alma Gun behind him. The young version of Captain Jia had a round look in his eyes, as if he wanted to cling to Duncan's thighs again.

Things are different now, Duncan's thighs are no longer so easy to hold on to.

Time passes.

Catus also joined the army. It seemed that Aetius had also brought out all his old tricks during this period, and the private guards recruited by the family chamber of commerce were reorganized into the army.

There were only two familiar faces in the group, and the others were mostly dressed as Huns. Aetius had many Hun followers around him.

Simple greeting.

Catus didn't bother reminiscing about the past. He said in a deep voice, "Attila, the Scourge of God, is besieging Orleans." "The city can hardly bear it."

"Lord Aetius has assembled the Eagle Banner Legions from the entire western empire. They are on their way to the battlefield and will arrive around noon tomorrow."

"The cavalry of the Visigothic Kingdom has also arrived."

"Lord Aetius hopes that you and Merovingian can gather your troops and arrive at the battlefield before noon tomorrow to seek an opportunity to engage the Hun army in a decisive battle!"

Aetius could not afford to delay.

The eighteen princes united together, each with their own thoughts, and the barbarian chiefs were only cooperating temporarily. If they did not seize the opportunity to defeat the Hun army, internal riots might occur.

The forces involved in this battle were very complex. The most powerful were the Visigothic Kingdom and the Imperial Legion, followed by Merovingian of the Franks and Duncan of Britain.

In addition, there was the exiled Alan king Sanghis who fled into the empire. He had an Alan Knight Order under his command. The Bretons, Burgundians, Alemanni and other barbarians also had armies to assist in the battle. The fewest had only a few hundred people, and the most could reach thousands. The many Germanic barbarians united together and it was very chaotic.

This makes command and dispatch extremely difficult.

The situation on the Hun army's side was similar. The Huns were not good at long-term combat, so Attila, the Scourge of God, would also look for opportunities for a decisive battle, otherwise his vassal army would also be in chaos.

"The Battle of Sharon is about to officially break out!"

Duncan quickly realized that the moment of the decisive battle was coming. Both sides wanted to decide the outcome in one battle, and now all they lacked was the opportunity for the decisive battle.

He looked at Catus and said in a deep voice, "The army will set out today."

"We will join the French and rush to the battlefield together."

This was a battle that determined the fate of the empire.

The empire cannot fall now. At least before defeating the Hun Empire, the Western Empire has to continue to survive. A dead Whip of God is a good Whip of God. Otherwise, if the Hun tribes unite in this era, their combat effectiveness will be too strong.

If there had not been problems in the rear during the Mongol invasion of the West, they would have really been able to kill their way through all of Europe.

Catus left quickly.

at the same time.

In Aurelinia, a major military town in Imperial Gaul, the Hun army was surrounding it. Long before the Huns attacked the city, the city leader, Bishop Anenus, asked Aetius for reinforcements, but was told that the defenders had to do their best to hold on to the end, and it would take time for the reinforcements to gather.

The Scourge of God - Attila's army attacked the city fiercely for five consecutive weeks, like a tide. From May to June, the city underwent a severe test, and the defenders led by Anenus struggled to hold on.

We can only be thankful that the Huns of today are not good at attacking cities, otherwise the Mongolian army of later generations would have directly smashed the city defenses.

But at this moment, the defenders in the city were almost in despair!
They can no longer be stopped.

But just when they were at their wit's end, a cloud of dust suddenly rose behind the Hun army attacking the city. In the flying dust, the purple flag of the Roman Legion and the flying eagle emblem appeared. On the other side, war horses were galloping, and suddenly the flags of the Visigothic Kingdom flashed by.

In the midst of the smoke and dust, an elite cavalry unit advanced rapidly and headed straight for the rear of the Hun army, breaking through the Hun's defense line and disrupting their rear.

A black dragon head flag was flying in the air!

Duncan led the assembled elite imperial cavalry and instantly defeated an enemy force that was blocking the way.

——Roman Elite Guard Cavalry (one star)!

As soon as they met, the Protector of the Realm - Aetius handed over nearly a thousand elite Roman cavalrymen under his command to Duncan, asking him to urgently rescue the besieged Aurelinia. Duncan lived up to expectations and directly broke through three lines of defense, causing chaos in the enemy's rear.

at this time.

The main forces of the Imperial Legion and the Visigothic Kingdom arrived, and the army fought fiercely with the Huns. The defenders on the city gate also began to counterattack frantically.

The Scourge of God - Attila finally couldn't hold on any longer and urgently ordered a withdrawal, letting the German vassal army cover the rear, and the Hun army withdrew to the north. At the same time, he ordered the Hun troops who were looting in various parts of Gaul to gather on the Champagne Plain. Soon a large number of troops gathered in the Chalons area.

The Catalonia Plain was the ideal place for a decisive battle favored by both army commanders. The open terrain located between two forests was suitable for the Hun army with a large number of cavalry to gallop, and for the imperial coalition forces with large-scale infantry to deploy their battle formations.

On the east side of the plain, there is a high ground overlooking the surrounding area. Both Attila and Aetius realized the importance of this high ground, so it became a key point to be fought over in the subsequent decisive battle.

Inside the commander-in-chief’s camp.

Duncan dismounted and hurried in. He had just returned from the battlefield, leading the elite Roman cavalry and British cavalry to strangle the remaining Germanic fleeing soldiers.

The Scourge of God - Attila was also a ruthless man. He just gave up the thousands of barbarian vassal troops.

Being left behind on the battlefield means death.

At this time, the Hun army had already gathered in the Chalons area, and the leaders of many forces had almost all gathered in Aetius's tent to discuss the next decisive battle.

Duncan, on the other hand, spoke little at this time, did not easily interfere with cause and effect, and was prepared to follow the course of history.

of course.

History has changed a little. I don’t know if it was because of Catus, but Aetius actually handed over his most elite imperial armored cavalry to Commander Duncan, and then took away the command of the British Legion.

Duncan has become famous recently, and there is no more suitable cavalry general under Aetius than him!

He suddenly upgraded his weapon.

Thousands of British troops were incorporated into Aetius' Roman legion and prepared to be deployed on the left wing of the defense line, while Duncan led the cavalry as a decisive battle force ready to be deployed at any time.

This Roman Protector is incredibly courageous!

According to the original historical trajectory, this force should have been dispatched to cooperate with the cavalry of the Visigothic Kingdom, but after he met Duncan, learned of his Roman identity, and saw the appointment document of the Governor of the British province, he handed the cavalry over to him without saying a word.

Everything is just for victory!

Aetius also knew that if he lost this battle, the Western Empire would be completely destroyed.

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(End of this chapter)