The magic chariots rushed out of the withered grass. Pulled by two skeleton horses, they followed the barbarians and chased after the enemy infantries.
The Qinyin Empire's infantry was as good as the cavalry. Near cities, heavy infantry was the cavalry's nemesis. The pirates' arrows were useless. More than a hundred arrows couldn't hurt a few infantries. The wounded infantries were protected by their shields, and the arrows didn't even affect their fighting ability.
Salin didn't put poison on the arrowheads. Poisons were time-limited and expensive. So, the infantries still had more than half of their fighting ability, except for those who were wounded in the legs. If Daniel didn't chase them with the barbarians, the infantries would definitely escape.
Although the barbarians didn't know how to fight, the order was very simple. Don't get separated from the magic chariots. In fact, the barbarians couldn't get separated from the chariots. The magic chariots moved very fast. As long as it was on flat ground, they were only slightly slower than the cavalry.
The low-level Mages on the two magic chariots cast Strength, Stone Skin, Healing Water, and Clarity on the barbarians. With the help of the magic chariots, these spells didn't consume much of the Mages' magic strings, and the effect was multiplied.
The barbarians were good at running and could carry heavy loads. After the spells, they could run as fast as they could.
If all the magic chariots were great Mages, they could even catch up with the cavalry in a short distance with Wind Speed. That was the strength of the magic chariots.
Unfortunately, the number of soldiers a chariot could carry was limited. Two hundred was fine, but beyond that, the Mages would be in danger. Otherwise, the empire would have produced a lot of chariots and replaced them with war puppets. War puppets were the real kings on the battlefield. They had many ways to attack and were very fast, and they weren't limited by the terrain. Their only weakness was that they were too costly.
Seeing that its master was charging in person, Peuuce reluctantly stopped the retreating infantries from the other side. At this moment, the swordsmen among the infantries were no longer in the mood to attack Peuuce. The two magic chariots rushed up, and the swordsmen's hearts sank.
If the cavalry were still here, it wouldn't be like this.
The barbarians raised their axes and halberds high. Under the effect of Wind Speed and Strength, the charging soldiers in the front jumped more than ten meters and cut down the soldiers at the back. The wooden shields were shattered by the halberds, completely defenseless. The wooden shield was originally used to defend against bows and arrows, and the lightest of the Barbarian's axes weighed more than 15 kilograms. Even heavy armor wouldn't be able to defend against it. Even if he couldn't cut through the armor, he could still stun the soldiers inside.
Only barbarians or Caucasians could use this kind of heavy weapon for a long time. If it was a Senior Swordsman, weapons like axes and halberds could only be pulled by chariots. They could only be held in their hands when they needed to fight. How could they be like these barbarians, who could carry them on their shoulders and march?
The infantry commander ordered half of the infantry to turn around and charge, while the other half sped up to break out of the encirclement. He could see that the enemies on the skeletal warhorses were no longer able to shoot arrows.
However, a huge fireball falling from the sky completely made him lose hope. Under the effect of the magic chariot, Fareins released a fireball more than two meters in diameter, bombarding the infantry formation that was breaking through. The fireball exploded and turned into hundreds of smaller fireballs. Whatever it touched would continue to burn.
It was also the first time that Fareins had used the enhancement ability of the magic chariot. He felt like he was back in the Magic Tower. This huge fireball was a level-six spell, but his magic string only consumed one-sixth, not all of it.
Dozens of soldiers were burned to death, and the remaining hundred or so soldiers rolled on the ground, trying to put out the flames on their bodies with snow. But magic flames were made of elements, and they could continue to burn even underwater.
Only thirty or so soldiers were uninjured. Fareins took out two-fifths of the enemy's forces in a single attack. The pirates were instantly excited. Only a few of them died, and there were still more than a hundred and ninety of them left. At this time, they all put away their bows, switched to longswords, and rushed back on their skeletal warhorses.
If they had the same number, they would have been cut down by the infantry, but now they had six times the number of infantry.
Fareins didn't continue to attack. He meditated on the chariot and let the low-level Mages continue to help the barbarians fight. There were also forty barbarians around the chariot to protect, and as long as he wasn't approached by a large group of enemies, Fareins's safety wouldn't be a problem.
The pirates outnumbered the barbarians, and the barbarians bullied the weak. Seeing this, Daniel released a series of necromancy spells to help the barbarians slaughter the infantry in the rear.
There were no shouts on the battlefield, and the barbarians were also shocked by the power of the magic, just silently waving their weapons.
Although the barbarians were crude, they were also a group of proud people, but more than half of the enemies in the distance who were about as strong as themselves were destroyed by one spell, which was no longer something that could be resisted by force.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and Fareins didn't continue to attack. Daniel controlled the consumption of mental power, and unless his soldiers were in danger, he would never attack. Those Qinyin Empire infantrymen were really brave enough to kill more than twenty barbarians even under these circumstances. On the other hand, the pirates weren't damaged, and except for a few who died at the beginning, they maintained a complete formation.
If it was just an encounter, Daniel's soldiers wouldn't even have died, and as long as the Mages attacked, it would be enough to kill all the enemies. That was ten Mages, all on the magic chariot. But then they had to charge into the city, and all the Mages were calculating the consumption of magic strings.
When the battle was about to end, Daniel gave an order for all the Mages to start meditating and seize the time.
Daniel's necromancy killed more than thirty soldiers, including a few swordsmen, wearing the armor of low-level officers. All the people killed by necromancy had their clothes completely intact.
Geyi didn't attack, and finally he rode on the skeleton warhorse and finished off the wounded enemies one by one. Then Geyi had the pirates start to strip off all the armor that could be used by the two battalions of infantrymen.
"Sir, how long will it take for you to recover?" Geyi went to Daniel's chariot and asked in a low voice.
"In an hour, I think Fareins' magic strings will be completely recovered."
"Then I'll take the city gate in an hour, you guys set up an ambush five miles away. This is the battle path of the empire, and the speed of the magic chariot can reach fifty miles. I'll take people to guard the gate for six minutes, and if you guys don't arrive, I'll be in danger. "Although Geyi didn't come from a regular army, he still did things like taking the city gate. Pirates didn't always plunder at sea, and occasionally landed on the coast to harass the town.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely make it." Daniel stopped talking to Geyi and seized the time to meditate. He also knew that rushing into the city was a very dangerous thing, but he was confident that he had the magic chariot, and even if he couldn't succeed, it wouldn't be a problem to escape. Before Salin left, he gave him a Green Phantom Gem, which could seal six skeleton warhorses.
Even if the warhorse he was driving was chopped into pieces, he could still summon new warhorses to escape at any time.
Apart from the cavalry, the only ones who could catch up with the magic chariot were the mages. But whether it was the cavalry or the mages, if there were too few of them, they wouldn't dare to chase the magic chariot. If Daniel wanted to escape, the people of Strandburg definitely wouldn't dare to split the majority of their forces to chase after him.
More than a hundred barbarians all changed into the clothes of the empire's soldiers, and most of the armor was already broken. Many of the horses had died, and the remaining twenty or so were caught and given to the barbarians in officer's clothes.
The barbarians' axes and halberds were given to the pirates, and they were hung on the skeleton warhorses. When the city gate was tricked into opening, the barbarians would guard the city gate, and then the pirates would rush in and give them the weapons.
Every soldier drank a cup of Recovery Water, and the injured used the Recovery Water to wash their wounds. Because the weather was too cold, they weren't afraid of infection.
Everyone rode the skeleton warhorses to a place five miles away from the city, and after resting for ten minutes, they silently set off with more than a hundred barbarians.
Five miles was a distance that could be covered in half an hour if they ran for their lives. Ge Yi estimated that Daniel and Fareins would have recovered all their fighting strength by the time he reached the city gate.
Ge Yi's military strategy was terrible, but he knew that when it came to war, it was important to fight in one go. His team had just won, and their morale was high. If the rest time was too long, it would make the soldiers slack. So he rushed to the outskirts of Strandburg without stopping.
Strandburg's attention was all on the west gate, and the east was actually the rear. There was a city where the empire's army was stationed two hundred miles away. When the soldiers guarding the city saw their comrades who went out to search and ran back miserably, they immediately opened the small gate and let them in.
Strictly speaking, this wasn't a mistake. There were only about a hundred people outside, and behind the small gate was a narrow passage that would be difficult for the enemy to break through. As long as a company was deployed here, they could hold on for at least ten minutes. Ten minutes was enough to mobilize the cavalry in the city to block the city gate.
Ge Yi's face was covered in blood. He entered the passage behind the small gate and saw a mage in a white magic robe a hundred meters away. His heart suddenly skipped a beat.
In such a narrow place, this low-level mage only needed to release a few spells to block all of his men in the passage. Also, a mage had a strong memory, and he didn't think that the blood on his face could hide from a mage. Salin had reminded him that a mage only needed to see you once to remember your appearance.
Ge Yi made up his mind and followed the method Zola taught him. He took a deep breath and let the breath expand in his lungs. Then, he coughed violently, spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell forward.
The white robed mage was attracted by his voice, and when he turned around, Ge Yi's face was already falling to the ground.
He was really injured. Although it wasn't serious, it was enough to fool a mage.
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