Unknown Knight

King Griffiths was full of confidence and planned to launch an attack at dawn. He ordered his men to open the camp gates and push out the siege towers before daybreak, waiting for daybreak to launch a full-scale attack.

There was a noisy sound of people on the walls of Shariz in the distance, as if they were desperately preparing to defend the city. Looking at the hurried figures on the dimly lit walls, King Gryphus raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a scornful smile.

As we all know, the soldiers of the Rhodok Kingdom are the kings of infantry combat on this continent. There is no room for cavalry to perform in siege warfare, which is the greatest advantage for the Rhodok side. King Gryphus is preparing to send troops to attack the city directly at dawn, using this method to maximize the advantages of his own camp.

But when the darkness and morning mist before dawn gradually faded away, what appeared before the Rhodok soldiers were rows of neatly arrayed infantrymen under the city walls. The soldiers in Shariz had formed a battle array outside the city at some point in time. This silent formation was scary enough, indicating that the opposing army had extraordinary military proficiency, which gave King Gryphus an ominous premonition.

However, the situation at the moment was like a hanging arrow on a bow string. It was too late to make new plans, and retreat was impossible. Once the army retreated, it would inevitably cause chaos. He had no doubt that the enemy on the opposite side who were ready for battle would take the opportunity to attack.

Fortunately, King Gryphus was experienced in battle, and he called on several capable lords to ride on horseback and command the change of formation in front of the formation. Under their command, the soldiers covering the siege tower walked to the front of the siege tower and formed a formation directly in the front. The subsequent troops slowly followed up, and they managed to complete the change of formation in a very short time.

In fact, King Gryphus was quite confident in the ability of the soldiers in his camp. He was quite clear about the intelligence in the city of Shariz. The original regular force was at most 600 to 700 people. Seeing that the number of people on the opposite side was about 2,000, he was betting in his heart that the soldiers in the city of Shariz were just bluffing and most of them were probably temporarily recruited militiamen. The soldiers on his side were all top-notch elite soldiers in the country.

When the five arrays in front of the five siege towers were fully arranged, King Gryphus, like a gambler playing poker at the table, waved his sword with red eyes, and the army of the Rhodok Kingdom began to advance slowly forward.

On the other hand, the situation in Shariz City was much calmer. Seeing that Rhodok's army had started to move, the army of more than 2,000 people formed a simple and tight straight line and began to slowly advance forward.

In comparison, the weapons and equipment of the two armies were comparable. The heavy infantry in the front row were all wearing chain mail with good defensive capabilities. However, what outsiders did not know was that under the chain mail hood of Shariz's soldiers there was a piece of protective plate armor, which had far greater defensive capabilities than the Rhodok soldiers.

However, the soldiers in the front row all held thick broad shields, and it was hard to tell which was better before the shields were destroyed. Moreover, the front row soldiers of the Rhodok Kingdom were mostly experienced Rhodok sergeants, whose combat strength far exceeded that of the soldiers in Shariz City. From this point of view, the Rhodok side seemed to have a great advantage.

Sure enough, after the two armies came into close combat, the Rhodok soldiers in the front row kept pressing the soldiers from Shariz City, but the soldiers in the front row of Shariz City seemed to know that they were no match for them, so they just held up their broad shields and defended blindly. After the shields were broken, the soldiers behind them immediately stepped forward to replace them, and then withstood the enemy's attacks, but did not take the initiative to attack forward.

Given Aix's character, it was impossible for him to just defend without counterattacking. Of course, the person in charge of the attack had other arrangements. After the two sides fought for a while and were completely stuck together, Aix waved his hand and the archers, slingers, and catapults on the city wall began to attack together.

However, the Rhodok soldiers were not called the king of land warfare for nothing. When they saw the overwhelming rain of arrows coming, they quickly formed a tightly connected shield formation, which effectively defended against most of the arrow attacks.

However, they were unable to defend against the flaming oil pots of different sizes that came crashing down right after the arrows. After a series of crackling sounds, a huge fire suddenly broke out, and screams of grief and grief were heard from the Rhodok formation.

The soldiers in the front row of Shariz City, who had been defending with great difficulty before, suddenly felt a void under their shields. Looking through the gaps in their shields, they saw the enemy retreating in panic.

How could they be allowed to retreat so easily? Seeing this, the Shariz soldiers shouted and clung to them with their shields, holding on to them and not letting them escape. At this time, the killing effect of the arrows shot from the top of the city began to increase, and the casualties of the Rhodok soldiers increased.

King Gryphus' heart was pounding. He had been feeling uneasy because he had not seen a single warhorse in the enemy's formation. Now his own formation was defeated at the first sight. He could no longer suppress his panic and hurriedly rode his horse towards the main camp.

As soon as his horse turned, King Gryphus was so frightened that his eyes almost popped out of his sockets. He didn't know when thick smoke began to billow out of his camp.

As he stood there in shock, countless Bedouin cavalrymen wearing turbans and wielding scimitars suddenly rushed out of the thick smoke.

King Gryphus could not help but understand what was going on in this situation. He was so terrified that his soul was scared to death. His crotch tightened and he almost lost the function of his front and back sphincters temporarily.

Fortunately, he had been in a high position for a long time and had seen many storms and waves, so he was able to suppress his fear immediately, gathered his mind, and without hesitation, shook the reins and galloped towards the nearby dense forest.

The king took the lead in fleeing, and the dozen or so noble lords who were traveling with him were not stupid either. They rode their horses and joined the escape.

Originally, the Rhodok army's capabilities and qualities were still very strong. Facing the three-dimensional attack from Shariz's side from above and below the city, although they suffered a considerable loss for a while, they did not show signs of decline. They were still providing cross-coverage and retreating layer by layer.

However, the escape of the king and lords made the Rhodok army lose all courage to resist, like a man with a spine removed. With a loud bang, they fled in all directions.

However, the Rhodok soldiers from the mountainous country were basically infantry, and could not compare with the fine horses ridden by the king and the lords. How could their two legs outrun the 800 cavalrymen who were coming? Except for more than a hundred experienced cavalrymen who took off their armor, abandoned their broad shields and weapons, followed the king and lords on horseback and escaped by rushing into the dense forest, most of the other Rhodok soldiers were captured.

Aix had fought in many wars, and it was the only time in his life that he won such a large-scale war so easily. It made him dazed and felt incredible. He even wondered if he had the passive aura of a "God of War".