When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

#359 - Battle of Black Mountain (pre-war deployment)

Arriving at the temporary knight assembly area with a gloomy face, the previously clamoring knights fell silent.

"Prepare for battle!" With a gloomy face, Nidsar's bronze face almost turned into matte black, "Are you satisfied now?"

"There's no such thing as satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Aren't we all just following your command?" The Grand Archbishop of Golden River Township crossed his arms and laughed mockingly.

Nidsar was not affected by the Archbishop's trash talk, but firmly remembered the face of this old rascal.

Now that the arrow is on the string, he has no choice but to fire, even if he feels it is difficult to fight or risky, he can only endure it.

Nidsar had fought battles where he was forced into action, but every time he encountered one, it was more disgusting than eating shit.

Reluctantly, Nidsar began to make pre-war troop deployments in short words.

The Ibe Knight Army transferred from Gale Keep had a total of 10,800 soldiers assembled.

The cavalry included 400 extraordinary knights, including 150 banner knights, 250 squire knights, 1,000escorts, and 300Nigosaks.

The infantry included 4,000 night watchmen, 900 armored sergeants, 1,100 archers, and 3,000 peasant soldiers.

"These 11,000 men are divided into left, center, and right armies, commanded by Nidsar, Zeraken, and Domenico!"

Standing on the mound, Nidsar frowned as he watched the orc hussars running back and forth in front of the formation.

"Find a few teams of extraordinary knights and drive them all away, but don't chase them too far."

In order for the troops to be mobilized smoothly, a dozen extraordinary knights led nearly a hundred escorts to charge towards these orcs in armed clothing.

Under the mobilization of the three commanders, the flow of people moved slowly and chaotically.

One formation after another began to unfold, and in the midst of the complex and intricate footsteps, the sound of weapons colliding with weapons was clear and audible.

Under Nidsar's arrangement, this army finally slowly unfolded its formation in front of Black Mountain.

Located in the southeast direction was the right-wing army led by Domenico, with 100 banner knights, 100 squire knights, 500 escorts, 200 armored sergeants, and 2,000 peasant soldiers.

They faced the steepest part of the mountain ridge in the southeast direction, but judging from this configuration, Nidsar only required Domenico not to be overwhelmed by the Savior Army coming down the mountain.

Nidsar would naturally not hand over the position of commander of the central army to the Grand Archbishop of Golden River Township.

This position was held by his confidant Zeraken, leading 150 squire knights, 200 escorts, 1,100 archers, 2,000 night watchmen, 500 armored sergeants, and 1,000 peasant soldiers.

Among them, the night watchmen and armored sergeants were arranged in a 50x50 formation, plus the archers, it was just a Dunjar phalanx.

The left-wing army was personally commanded by Nidsar, leading 300 Nigosaks, 2,000 night watchmen, 200 armored sergeants, and 300 escorts.

Among them, 2,000 night watchmen and 200 armored sergeants formed a 25x88 offensive column.

The left-wing army faced the relatively gentle part of the northwest side of the Black Mountain ridge, where at least four companies were visibly distributed in the sunlight.

Nidsar was determined to first eat a company of rebels, and then send the knights of the central and right wings to charge.

If the armies of the central and right wings were defeated, he would calmly persuade them to lead their troops away and fulfill the previous plan.

If the armies of the central and right wings had good luck and could suppress these rebels, he wouldn't mind annihilating these rebels in one fell swoop right now.

However, from Nidsar's own understanding, judging from the performance of the spring-loaded guns alone, fighting a positional war with these damned rebels was simply unnecessarily suffering.

"Remember, when I attack, you use arrow rain to suppress the middle of the enemy, don't let them mobilize their forces, understand?"

"Understood." Zeraken nodded emphatically.

After explaining the tactics, Nidsar mounted his horse and galloped towards his left-wing army.

His left-wing army did not originally travel the same road as these people, and even if they arrived at the battlefield, they would be far away from the central and right-wing armies.

This was mainly to prevent these damned bastards from messing around and charging his phalanx.

Unlike those trash armies, Nidsar always believed that although the army had tens of thousands of people, 8,000 of them were useless burdens that had to be brought along.

Only the elite could determine the outcome of the war.

Arriving in front of his left-wing army, on the grassy plain, two thousand night watchmen wore simple leather armor or armed clothing, their sweat soaked through their worn-out clothes.

They held spears and simple wooden shields tightly in their hands, their steps were messy and uneven, and people stumbled from time to time due to nervousness.

In stark contrast to this were the two hundred armored sergeants standing on the periphery, with long swords tied around their waists and battle axes or two-handed swords on their shoulders, most of them wearing a chain mail or breastplate.

The chain mail gleamed with a silvery-white light in the sunlight, and faint dark red rust or bloodstains were visible in the gaps of the armor.

Every step they took made a piercing sound of metal colliding.

However, in Nidsar's view, their movements were clumsy, their bodies were uncoordinated, and they were useless except for a few breathing techniques.

Even the elite of the Ibe army infantry formed a clear contrast with the Nigosaks.

The bronze-skinned javelin heavy cavalry stood solemnly on the side, wearing a layer of red linen overalls outside their armor, and the tall warhorses snorted, despising the infantry passing by their side.

"White devils, hmph!" The pale skin of the Imperials has always been a common target of ridicule for the Nigosaks.

In the midst of the chaotic footsteps, Black Mountain slowly approached the marching army.

Nidsar breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the central and right wings had already lined up their troops, and turned around to call the left wing to form a formation.

But just as he turned around, a sharp whistle pierced the air.

Nidsar felt uneasy, especially since this breathing sound was actually mixed with the cheers of the Ibe knights.

Whenever the Ibe knights cheered, Nidsar laughed.

Unlike knights like Helwyn who had fought against the Black Serpent Bay army, the knights from the hinterland of the Ibe Plain, such as Gale Keep, had at most suppressed farmers.

These knights who fought counter-insurgency warfare every day only had one possibility when facing regular troops - something was going to happen.

He instinctively turned his head and saw the hussars had already drawn their bows, and arrows were flying like raindrops towards the knights of the central army.

At this time, they had courage, and the arrows hit the thick armor with loud thuds, and they charged towards the hussars against the rain of arrows.

"Retreat!" Grush's order, the hussars finally arrived.

But still, seven or eight were unable to retreat in time and were pierced through the chest by a lance, screaming and falling to the ground.

As the other knights began to praise loudly, the extraordinary knights in the front row of the central army, who had just formed their ranks, broke away from the formation and chased after the hussars amid Zeraken's furious curses.

This was clearly a major taboo for cavalry - reckless charge!

"Charge, kill!"

In Nidsar's unbelievable eyes, the battle flag of Domenico of the right-wing army took the lead and rushed to the front.

There were not even any hussars or any enemies in front of him! They just saw the central army charging and followed along!

The central army knights charged before he arrived, which made Nidsar's head bleed, but what he never expected was that there were still masters.

"Speed up the march, speed up the march!"