Chapter 824: Battle of Marunpo (V)
“Press up!”

Kaler’s voice was hoarse, but still clear enough to penetrate the cold wind.

He exerted force with his wrist suddenly, and the spear tore a bloody wound in the enemy’s throat. Warm blood splashed on his face, but he had no time to wipe it off.

The war monks holding sabers rolled on the snow and on their knees, and the Leia infantrymen in front of them fell one after another.

Not long after the two sides engaged in battle, their spear formation began to fall into chaos.

The Black Champion’s clockwork cannon roared again and again, and the shells tore through the air and smashed accurately into the enemy infantry phalanx.

boom–!
The moment the shell hit the ground, exploded soil and blood splattered everywhere.

The round iron ball bounced among the crowd, leaving broken limbs and blood everywhere it rolled past.

Although this was not the first time these Leia infantrymen had seen such a scene, they still could not hide the fear in their hearts.

In an instant, the infantry phalanx of the Leia army was in chaos, the soldiers retreated one after another, and some even dropped their weapons and fled.

The spear monks of the Thousand River Valley were like an indestructible wall. Under Victor’s command, they advanced again and again.

“Match the same steps! Go and crush their guns!”

Breathing in the cold air with his throat as if on fire, Kaler took a sudden step forward.

His left foot dug deeply into the snow mixed with mud, water and blood, and he held the spear in his right hand and pushed forward fiercely.

The tip of his spear pressed hard against the edge of the opponent’s shield. There was a loud “bang!” and the next moment, the Leia infantry on the opposite side staggered under his brute force.

The chain mail rubbed against the spear shaft, making a sharp scraping sound.

It’s now!

The two spearmen at his side pushed out their spears at the same time, and with two “pu pu” sounds, they pierced the man’s neck, waist and abdomen.

“Ah, ah.” Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and the Leia infantryman grabbed Kaler’s gun as if he had found a life-saving straw.

Kaler tried to pull it out casually, but it didn’t work.

Before he could come to his senses, he heard the soldier on his left yelling, “Captain! Left!”

He bent down instinctively, and the stabbing spear grazed his shoulder armor.

“Damn thing!”

Kaler growled, raised his elbow and hit the opponent’s chest, pushing him away.

At the same time, the Holy Spear Monk next to him had raised the Holy Spear in his hand and aimed it at the Leia enemy fighting in front of him.

“Den-“

The lead bullets pierced through the iron armor with a loud explosion, and seven or eight people immediately fell down on both sides of the small square formation.

At such a close distance, there will always be someone to hit with your lead bullet.

The spearman who was attacking Kaler was stunned and was slashed on the ankle by Kaler’s comrade.

After stepping on the spearman’s wrist and breaking it, Kaler’s face was tense. “Well done! Keep pushing!”

Kaler took a breath, gripped his spear again, and raised his head suddenly.

The front ranks of the Leia Army had begun to collapse.

The first four rows of spear monks of the Qianhe Valley Army have firmly held off the enemy.

Behind them, the Holy Gun Brothers took turns firing, ensuring that every enemy attack would be disrupted.

However, as the war progressed, many Leia infantrymen began to rush towards the Holy Gunners.

Many Holy Gunners had to draw their sabers or even pick up a spear to engage in close combat with these infantrymen.

It has to be said that they only had a thousand people, but at the beginning of the war they overwhelmed an army of eight thousand.

If I had known this, I should have had a field battle from the beginning!
But at this moment, a strange dull sound suddenly came to Kaler’s ears.

“Om-!”

It’s the sound of gears rubbing against each other, a dull hum.

It was a clockwork cannon, Kahler knew it without even looking back.

But having once trained as an artilleryman, he felt that this clockwork cannon seemed to lack the usual response.

He turned back sharply.

The artillery positions that were supposed to be firing in an orderly rotation now only had a few sporadic clockwork cannons still firing holy thunder.

The clockwork chamber…is almost exhausted!
Kaler’s heart sank.

At the same time, Count Dreta on the distant high ground narrowed his eyes slightly.

“The gunfire has slowed down.”

he whispered.

Macherov immediately realized something and quickly turned his attention to the Black Champion’s artillery position.

He calculated silently for a while, and sure enough, the clockwork cannon that should have fired regularly now became extremely unstable.

“They’re running out of clockwork!”

With a smile on his face, Count Dreta did not hesitate and was about to wave his hand to order an attack, but was interrupted by the rangers who came running over.

“Sir, the army we sent to the west to attack the camp… has lost contact!”

Taking back his hand that had given the order, Dreta frowned slightly: “Lost contact?” “Yes, there has been no report for more than an hour.”

Rubbing his brows, Dreta thought for a moment, but he just waved his hand lightly and said in a cold tone: “It’s okay.”

Looking back at the main battlefield ahead, his eyes were as cold as iron: “Let’s talk about this after we finish this battle. The Imperial Order Company – attack!”

“Uuuuuu——”

The bugle sounded, and all the knights of the Leia Army mounted their horses.

They carried heavy spears, rode fully-armored war horses, and their black cloaks fluttered in the wind.

With their iron hooves stomping the ground, three hundred knights formed a sharp steel spike and attacked the positions of the Thousand River Valley Army.

The Black Champion’s monks all noticed the knights charging in the distance.

Staring intently at the tide of knights in the distance, Kaler had only one thought in his mind:
“broken!”

As Kalle expected, these imperial knights did not have the same high morale and combat effectiveness as Prince Condé’s men.

But this does not mean that the Black Champion’s war monks are all tireless and fearless robots.

The battle lasted for more than an hour, and their physical strength and morale declined seriously.

If the Imperial Order Company attacked again at this time… if Her Majesty Na hadn’t entangled one of the Imperial Order Company, it would probably be even more difficult to defeat.

“Reorganize the team and retreat first. Don’t confront the cavalry on the gentle slope!”

The messenger from Victor shouted, and Kaler obediently led the crowd to retreat.

One thousand people facing eight thousand people, and two imperial command companies, the advantage is indeed on Leia’s side.

The advantage established in the early stage by relying on artillery began to be eroded by the charge of the Imperial Company.

“Captain, we can’t hold on any longer. Send my money to my mother.”

“Bullshit! Pay attention to your breathing and do your own thing!”

He gritted his teeth, raised his hand and chopped down a Leia soldier who was rushing towards him, but the physical exhaustion had made his movements slow.

The Leia soldiers fought one after another for only one thing: to slow down their retreat to their positions.

Because the Imperial Knights are getting closer!

Kaler looked up suddenly and saw a silver torrent roaring towards him.

The iron hooves of the war horses trampled the ground, and the knights’ spears shone coldly, almost piercing his eyeballs.

“Captain, be careful!”

boom!
The lances slammed heavily into the spear phalanx of the Qianhe Valley Army.

The first row of soldiers were knocked over in an instant, their bones crushed by their horses, leaving a bloody mess.

Kaler watched helplessly as the Black Champion recruit who had asked to send money was pierced directly through the breastplate by a lance.

He was thrown out and fell to the ground, still convulsing.

“withstand!”

Turning his head, Kaler roared and stabbed a charging knight with his spear.

The knight lowered his lance, and he could even feel the smile under the helmet of the Knight of the Order.

The tip of the spear had a huge impact force, and he dodged it by leaning sideways, and could even feel the strong wind caused by the knight’s charge.

“boom!”

The Holy Gun Brother finally squeezed through the chaotic crowd, aimed at the knight at close range and pulled the trigger.

The knight’s silver helmet was pierced by a lead bullet, and he fell backwards and rolled off his horse.

But a large number of knights still rushed into the battlefield, the infantry were scattered, the spears could no longer maintain formation, and they began to retreat.

“We can’t retreat! We can’t retreat!”

Kaler roared desperately, but the knights’ charge had torn through their defenses.

At this moment, even these arrogant Black Champion monks felt despair in their hearts.

Numbers are indeed the biggest advantage. Before the machines in the military engineering drawings of the Holy Court become reality, it is easier to defeat a smaller number of people with more people.

Ultimately, clockwork cannons are powerful but also have limitations.

The entire position was in chaos. If it weren’t for the Leia trebuchets that smashed the friendly salient, some of the Black Champions would have retreated by now.

High morale does not mean unlimited morale.

At this point, with no hope of victory, isn’t the only option left to us? Retreat?
Just when everyone was in despair, a low drum sound came from afar.

Victor turned around suddenly.

On the distant hills, black and red flags fluttered in the cold wind.

“That is……”

The Leia army also noticed this, and Dreta’s face suddenly darkened.

He stared into the distance, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)