A group of men and horses galloped through the night. The Knight on the horses were all dressed in black armor. They rode lightly, with long blades on their backs and flintlocks strapped to the sides of their horses. The Knight was silent. Even the hooves of the horses were padded and the mouths of the horses were covered, making the sound of the galloping horses almost negligible. This group of men and horses advanced quietly like ghosts, heading towards the low slope where Allen's caravan was.
When the Horse team passed by a low hill, a black shadow suddenly floated up from behind one of the hills and arrived above the Horse team. The leader of the team suddenly noticed it and looked up. Under the dim moonlight, he could see that it was a black cloth. Behind the cloth were a dozen or so spinning black spheres with sparks flashing from the fuses. The leader sucked in a breath of cold air. He couldn't care less about hiding his tracks and shouted, "Beware of the flaming lightning …"
At the end of his words, there was an explosion above his head and a large area of flames exploded. The impact caused the dozen or so riders below to fall down. The horses and the Knight suffered broken bones, but the leader didn't know that those weren't ordinary flaming lightning bolts. Instead, they had been modified by Lin Si. The inner layer of the original flaming lightning had been modified using a thin metal sheet to separate the oil from the gunpowder. When the flaming lightning exploded, the oil would scatter in all directions and ignite upon contact. This would increase the destructive power of the flaming lightning and prolong the time the flames could burn.
Now, more than a dozen of the flaming lightning bolts had exploded, forming several walls of fire on the ground. The walls of fire not only disrupted the Horse team's formation, but also allowed Allen and the others on the distant slope to clearly see the situation of the Horse team. The leader shouted, "Charge!" The Knight immediately took out a black cloth from behind his waist and quickly wrapped it around the horse's eyes so that it couldn't see the flames. He then clamped the horse's belly tightly and urged the horse to charge through the walls of fire.
Far away on the hillside, Allen saw warhorses breaking out of the fire with the help of the flames. They quickly recovered their formation and continued to advance in their direction. Allen narrowed his eyes and said, "What do you think?"
Beside him, Edward said with certainty, "They don't look like pirates, but more like an army. Not only was the Knight well-trained, even the quality of his warhorse was quite good. But without any markings, it's hard to determine his identity. "
Allen pointed at the Horse team in the distance and said, "There are no other caravans within a hundred miles of here. They are obviously coming for us. In other words, they knew we were coming. Edward, do you want to make a bet with me? This must be a gift from some lord. "
"Don't expect me to participate in a bet that I will lose," Edward said in a deep voice. "The other party has quite a lot of people, about twice our number. Lord Allen, what do you intend to do? "
"There are quite a few." Allen didn't even think before saying, "Kill them all. Do not leave any survivors. Do not take any prisoners. Kill them all. Since someone has given me a gift, I won't stand on ceremony and accept it! "
Fares, who was standing behind him, was astonished. He had also seen the size and performance of the Horse team. Not only did the other party have the advantage in numbers, but it also seemed that their combat strength was comparable to the imperial regular army. Under such circumstances, Allen actually wanted to swallow the other party. Fares almost thought he was crazy if he didn't know his character.
Edward ignored Fares's thoughts and said a few words to Brass Blade beside him. That Brass Blade nodded and left, then passed down the order. The warriors of the King Of Mountains raised their shields and hammers and set up an arc-shaped defensive line at the foot of the hill. This defensive line had a total of three layers. Behind the defensive line, the Inch Fire Archers pressed in, and everyone held their breaths with their guns raised. Behind these archers were the infantry soldiers.
Allen raised his hand, and several piles of wood that had been set up in front of the formation burst into flames, illuminating the battlefield. By the light of the flames, the enemy Horse team could see that Allen's party had already set up a formation at the foot of the hill. The leader was slightly surprised. He was surprised at the efficiency of Allen's guards, but he wasn't afraid. He raised his hand and shouted, "Musketeers, get ready!"
Dozens of musketeers behind the leader immediately picked up the musketeers on the side of the horse. They controlled the horses with their legs and raised their guns with both hands. Just as the leader was waiting for the other party to enter the firing range of the musketeers, he was shocked to see flames flickering on the opposite hillside. Then, a rough gunshot rang out.
The other party actually fired first?
The distance between the two sides was still about five hundred meters. Even with the empire's latest musketeers, they had no power to speak of at this distance. However, under the night sky, the leader despaired as he saw lines of fire whistling towards him from the opposite hillside. One of the flames was heading straight for him. The leader drew his saber, poured his Origin Energy into it, and slashed it under the flames. Sparks splashed everywhere, and the saber in his hand swung violently. The leader's heart trembled. The impact of the opponent's bullet was actually so terrifying!
The leader picked up the bullet with his saber, but the Knight behind him didn't have the ability to do so. After a round of shooting, the Horse Team archers fell from their horses one after another, causing the leader's gaze to be incomparably heavy. They hadn't fired a single shot, but they had already lost the lives of more than twenty archers. However, there was no way out now. The leader could only point his saber forward and say, "Charge! Charge! "
Right now, he could only hope to use the speed of the warhorse to charge into the enemy formation, rendering the other party's extremely powerful musketeers useless. However, gunshots rang out from the foot of the hill again. The distance between the two waves of gunshots was so short that there was almost no interval between loading. This was another despairing discovery.
However, by the time the second wave of gunshots rang out, the Horse Team archers had already entered the shooting range. Without the leader's orders, the archer immediately launched a counterattack.
At this moment, the King Of Mountains warriors set up a shield wall. Three layers of shields were stacked on top of each other, protecting the Inch Fire Archer behind them. He allowed the other party's archers to shoot, sweeping out a series of jumping sparks on the shield wall, but not a single warrior was knocked down. At most, it would only bruise or hit an unimportant part, and when the enemy archers finished shooting, they would take advantage of the gap between them and reloading. The shield wall split open, and a straight Flame Fighting Rifle reappeared ferociously, cutting off a large portion of the enemy Horse Team.
Fares and Rick's expressions were almost dull. They had seen the power of the Flame Fighting Rifle when they were in the Black Wood Forest. However, the battle at that time was too short, and it was far less shocking than it was now. In particular, the range of the Flame Fighting Rifle had subverted their common sense, which shocked them even more than the power of the rifle.
Elise, who had made up her mind to stand by and watch from the beginning, was also dumbfounded. Her small mouth opened into an O shape for a long time. Elyse couldn't believe that there was such a battlefield killing weapon in this world that far surpassed the technology of this planet. Even though this kind of rifle posed a limited threat to experts, how could there be so many experts on the battlefield? Most of them were ordinary soldiers with low Origin Energy or even no Origin Energy.
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