Chapter 24: Rescue Battle

Richard rode on the ironhorn horse and followed Lieutenant Colonel Marvin to attack the orc army.

They appeared on the battlefield very suddenly and caught the orcs off guard. They were not prepared at all.

Commander Gunderson hurriedly used the tactics of pulling out the team, commanding the two squadrons in the rear to turn around through the flag, changing the formation to block the cavalry with a dense square formation.

Before the battle, Marvin led the cavalry to fire three rounds of feather arrows in a row, shooting down fifty or sixty orc soldiers.

Gunderson asked the messenger to command the dog-headed infantry to fire crossbows, but the number was small and only seven or eight soldiers were shot.

Once the cavalry fell off the horse during the charge, it would be difficult to save their lives unless they were strong professionals.

Richard's archery skills were very good. After several rounds of feather arrows, he shot and killed six orcs, including a professional, and got 500 experience points and a small merit.

Getting closer and closer to the orc army, Richard rode his warhorse and rushed into the orc formation fiercely.

The ironhorn horse was very strong and violently knocked down an orc and trampled him to death. Richard thrust out his spear with all his strength, killing the second enemy.

A sound of breaking through the air came, and Richard did not look back, but could feel a hint of cold through his clothes.

Listening to the wind, it was the sound of the spear stabbing.

If he looked back, he would probably be pierced through by the spear first. The orc who could stab this spear had a high level of spearmanship.

Richard was not good at using the spear, and seeing the crisis coming, he decisively discarded the spear and suddenly hid in the stirrup, hiding on the other side of the iron-horned horse's body.

The spear stabbed through the back of the iron-horned horse, and Richard almost lost his life.

Richard looked back and found that the attacker was a third-level minotaur.

The minotaur stabbed in vain, and just as he was about to return the spear and stab again, Richard had already ridden away.

The opponent of the minotaur has become Lieutenant Colonel Marvin.

Lieutenant Colonel Marvin rode a fourth-level fire dragon horse, and the fire dragon horse suddenly spewed out a stream of flames, pouring on the minotaur, and thrust the spear in his hand hard.

Marvin jumped the third-level minotaur, which weighed several hundred kilograms, high up in the air, and flew more than ten meters away, landing near Richard.

Richard used his long sword to stab back with his left hand, hitting the minotaur's throat without deviation, and easily killed the third-level minotaur.

"Kill the third-level minotaur, and reward 2,000 experience points."

Kill the third-level minotaur, and reward three small merits.

Although Lieutenant Colonel Marvin accounted for the vast majority of the contributions, the military judge should give Richard a small merit after the war.

Before the battle was over, Richard had already won two small merits and increased his experience by 2,500 points.

Richard opened the attribute panel and found that the experience value had accumulated 5,000 points, which was enough to improve the kingdom's basic swordsmanship, riding skills, and the Northern Legion's fighting skills.

Among these three skills, the fighting skills are the most useless.

The fighting skills are bare-handed fighting skills, which can only play a small role in war. Unless Richard falls off his horse and gets into a hand-to-hand fight, he will use his fighting skills to knock down a heavily armored soldier.

Generally speaking, the third-level fighting skills are enough. Unless it is a gladiator who performs bare-handed combat, few soldiers will specialize in this skill.

Even Richard's third uncle Bernie Harland has only the third-level fighting skills, and his second uncle Powell's fighting skills are not as good as Richard's.

On the contrary, Richard's father William is one of the few warriors in the Northern Legion who is proficient in fighting skills. He has practiced this skill to the sixth-level limit, reaching the pinnacle of human fighting skills.

Riding and Grant Kingdom Basic Swordsmanship are both very important. Riding can enhance the coordination with Warcraft mounts. In the battle just now, if Richard had not been an excellent rider and performed a hiding in the pedal, he might have been severely injured by the third-level minotaur and died in the battle.

Grant Kingdom Basic Swordsmanship is also a very important combat skill, and has repeatedly made military achievements in cavalry charges. Besides, Grant Kingdom's basic swordsmanship is also a prerequisite for high-level swordsmanship such as White Crow Swordsmanship, Spirit Snake Swordsmanship, and Flying Dragon Swordsmanship.

In terms of increasing combat power, improving Grant Kingdom's basic swordsmanship can be more immediate. Richard couldn't think too long in the battle. In a flash, Richard had made a choice and added 3,500 experience points to Grant Kingdom's basic swordsmanship.

With the increase in experience, the attribute panel changed immediately.

Richard Harland

Strength: 8.7

Agility: 2.6

Physical strength: 3.8

Mental strength: 9.1

Mad Lion Legion Breathing Technique: Level 4 (1356/10000)

Grant Kingdom Basic Swordsmanship: Level 4 (Extreme)

Archery: Level 4 (674/10000)

Riding: Level 3 (589/4000)

Northern Legion Fighting: Level 3 (181/4000)

Experience: 2500

"Level 4 basic swordsmanship is already the limit. If you want to enhance the power of swordsmanship, you can only look for higher-level swordsmanship skills."

Richard calmed down, holding the long sword in his backhand, and concentrated on chopping down the orc soldiers who blocked his way. He glanced and found that the cavalry had broken through the obstruction of two orc squadrons and killed more than 180 orc soldiers.

Only 50 or 60 orc soldiers survived this round of charge. They were already scared and fled to the forest in panic.

Ron led dozens of soldiers and shot arrows continuously to hunt down these defeated deserters.

After defeating two orc squadrons, Lieutenant Colonel Marvin turned around and attacked the orcs' left wing.

The orcs on the left wing were very close to the castle, and their formation was scattered. They did not form a dense formation, and the orcs could not stop the cavalry's charge at all.

Lieutenant Colonel Marvin won victory after victory, concentrated his forces to attack the scattered enemies, and continuously charged, defeating five squadrons of orc soldiers one after another.

In the subsequent battles, Richard once again seized the opportunity to shoot and kill a second-level orc, adding 1,000 experience points and accumulating two minor merits.

In the battle this morning, Richard gained 3,500 experience points and accumulated four minor merits. Now he has accumulated two medium merits and seven minor merits.

The soldiers of the Eighth Battalion stationed in the last three castles were already lacking confidence and wanted to make plans to break out.

Suddenly, they found a reinforcement, which immediately strengthened their confidence.

Seeing that Lieutenant Colonel Marvin easily defeated five squadrons of orcs like cutting melons and vegetables, the defenders on the top of the city, under the command of Captain Sharp, seized the opportunity and took the initiative to open the city gate and launch a counterattack against the orcs.

Attacked by human soldiers from both inside and outside, the orc soldiers immediately retreated. Captain Sharp commanded the soldiers to pursue desperately and took back the lost fortresses No. 7 and No. 5.

The remaining orc troops retreated to castles No. 1 to No. 3, and did not dare to act rashly.

The orc siege troops were attacked by cavalry three times during the siege, and each time they suffered heavy losses.

Especially the third loss, which made Commander Gunderson very sad. Seeing that the Pratos defense line was about to be broken, the situation fell into a stalemate again.

Although the number of cavalry commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Marvin was small, their combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the Warcraft cavalry under Baron Harden. But this cavalry seized the best opportunity, like the last straw on the camel's back, and crushed the spirit of the orcs at once.

Gunderson knew that if they did not go through a long period of reorganization, the two orc battalions would no longer have the confidence to attack the city.