Chapter 42 - I Want To Be a Nobleman - NovelsTime

I Want To Be a Nobleman

Chapter 42

Author: Gluttonous fat man
updatedAt: 2025-04-30

The terrain of the defense site selected by the land reclamation alliance is good. It is a hilly area with broad terrain and large ups and downs. It can not only make the human forces form a comfortable array, but also limit the group charge of centaurs.

    Although they formed an alliance to fight together, the nobles still commanded their own troops, but they had their own tasks according to the tactical arrangement of the alliance.

    As in previous dynasties, unified formation and joint command of the army is indeed more effective and cohesive, but the coalition did not want to do so.

    For one thing, the soldiers have not run in training, and it is difficult to cooperate well when they are suddenly organized into a strange team.

    Second, no nobles want their troops to be commanded by others. Whoever makes more contributions in the process of opening up wasteland will obtain more territory. Whose credit is it that you kill the enemy with my soldiers?

    The Marquis of Prague''s regiment is close to tens of thousands of people. He and the 1000 member regiment of dwarves are the main force in the center of the defensive formation.

    Other nobles took the Marquis of Prague as the center to defend both sides. The strong responsible front was longer and the weak one was shorter.

    Although Marcus himself was strong and his knights performed well, he did not occupy the main position because the number of troops was too small, only more than 1000.

    Marcus''s territory is not in the eastern province, so it is much more difficult to recruit soldiers than other nobles. Only a few hundred people have been recruited under good conditions, including the veterans brought from the territory.

    However, these 1000 soldiers are regular soldiers with relatively strong combat effectiveness, and there is no mixed formation of miscellaneous soldiers.

    Marcus is arranged to defend a highland on the right side. The terrain here is the highest, and various traps and obstacles are set up. It is a better place to defend.

    The elves followed because the handsome elf and theona had a good relationship with harlott. It happened that the highland on the right was also suitable for archery.

    Marcus encouraged everyone: "if we win this war, our land reclamation plan will be half successful! Honor, status and wealth are waving to us!"

    "Take courage and fight! Our battle will be recorded in the annals of history, and become a valiant record in human history. It is praised by future generations. We are heroes in opening up new worlds."

    Marcus was extremely charming. This encouragement greatly increased the morale of the troops, and the soldiers who had never fought with centaurs also summoned up their courage.

    Harlott was assigned an important task. A total of 200 elite infantry were under his command, including the 50 infantry he was originally responsible for, the gladiators and the core guards under Marcus.

    It''s a pity that he can''t play with a bald head, but harlott believes Marcus won''t treat him badly.

    Harold with these elite must firmly guard in front of the highland to block the frontal attack of the Centaur.

    Several other knights led ordinary soldiers to defend both sides. Marcus led archers in the rear and took ordinary soldiers around to support when things were bad.

    The elves do it by themselves, and Marcus is not qualified to order them, but fortunately, these elves cooperate and are close to the long-range forces under Marcus.

    The Centaurs came very quickly. They came to the alliance camp ten miles before noon. Each Centaur was a behemoth weighing half a ton. More than 30000 centaurs were several times more spectacular than 80000 coalition troops.

    Centaurs are impatient and not a disciplined army. It is impossible to make tactical arrangements or separate troops.

    After only a dozen minutes of rest, half a man launched a general attack on the coalition forces.

    Tens of thousands of centaurs launched a random charge. There was no formation, no cover, no division regiment, just Hula rushed to the coalition. The open hills were crowded by centaurs.

    As Archduke lance said, the army of the Centaur army is completely a mob. There is no formation and tactics, just like the silly tactics of charging the whole army as soon as the game starts.

    Only the thunder tribe led by the Centaur leader did not mess up, and continued to maintain the formation in the rear without attack.

    The troops of more than twenty thousand centaurs came fiercely and poured into the defense front of the coalition army. The sound of tens of thousands of horses trampling on the earth and the roar of centaurs were deafening.

    Fortunately, the terrain fluctuates greatly, and it is difficult for the Centaur to add up its speed. The deterrent force of the group''s charge is less than half.

    The two sides far away began to shoot arrows. The Centaur''s bow shooting action did not affect their movement at all. The Centaur''s strength was greater than that of human beings, and the bow string was also very tenacious. After full pulling, the range was longer than that of most archers on the human side.

    Centaurs basically shoot an arrow before humans can fight back. Fortunately, centaurs despise humans and have poor military literacy. They do not use the range advantage to bully humans remotely.

    The accuracy of this army''s shooting is not so important. The Centaur''s advantage in archery accuracy is not reflected.

    Soldiers on the human side raised their shields for defense, and even Harold, a fierce man with a big sword, raised the fine steel shield on his back above his head to resist the rain of arrows.

    Although the Centaur has great strength and can shoot far, the arrow they shoot is made of stone, which has limited lethality to the human side equipped with shield and shelter protection.

    On the human side, in addition to bows and arrows, there are a small number of powerful crossbows, and the enemy is a huge centaur. Hundreds of centaurs were shot down in one volley.

    If it were not for the tenacious vitality of the Centaur, the two three arrows wouldn''t be in the way at all, and the number of fallen would be several times more.

    In the long-range confrontation, the coalition forces had an advantage, but it was a pity that they did not have the opportunity to shoot too many rounds to expand their advantage.

    The Centaur charged quickly, even in the hilly terrain with large ups and downs, it quickly rushed to the coalition and began a close combat.

    The alliance''s original advantage in long-range exchange of fire has disappeared, regardless of whether the Centaur formation is scattered or the team is chaotic. With a weight of half a ton and extraordinary strength, the human army is not an opponent at all.

    At the first time of the battle, the human coalition was in chaos and suffered heavy casualties. The defense formations composed of formal soldiers or elite soldiers were easily torn apart, and thousands of human soldiers in front were killed.

    This is also due to the fact that the Centaur did not speed up to launch an assault on the hills. Otherwise, it is estimated that the coalition forces will have more than 10000 casualties at once, and it is also possible to lose morale directly.

    The Centaur''s strength is three times that of ordinary humans and twice that of elite soldiers. It weighs half a ton and has far more vitality than humans.

    In a small-scale battle, humans can still swim flexibly with their bodies, but in this chaotic battlefield, strength and physique are the most critical.

    The physical quality gap between human and Centaur leads to a positive hand over, and human will inevitably be at a disadvantage.

    Except for the Chinese army with the help of the dwarf regiment, all other defense points in the charge of the nobles were pressed, several fronts were completely pierced, and many soldiers began to flee.

    The Allied forces fell into such a great disadvantage as soon as they fought, which was beyond everyone''s expectation. How could the ragtag Centaur group army be so strong?

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