Life in a Simulation - Chapter 30

After all, mercenaries made a living through fighting, and their combat effectiveness and ability to endure casualties were indeed much stronger than that of peasants. The mercenaries on both sides mixed together and fought fiercely for a full minute without stopping.

However, Zhou Ming, with his keen eyesight, vaguely noticed that although these mercenaries appeared to be fighting fiercely, their moves were actually exaggerated and they did not use their full strength. Especially when he saw some old acquaintances in the opposing mercenary forces, they even put on a show and played a game of clashing swords.

“This is not fighting at all; it’s more like reminiscing on the battlefield,” Zhou Ming shook his head in secret.

More than twenty minutes later, perhaps due to exhaustion, the mercenaries of Baron William left behind more than thirty corpses and began to retreat to the rear.

The mercenaries of Count Lautiz chased the retreating soldiers for a while, but suddenly heard a high-pitched horn. Upon seeing the charge of Baron William’s knight squad, they immediately dropped their weapons and fled the battlefield without any resistance.

“These mercenaries, who only care about money, are of no use at all. All knight squads, prepare to charge!” Count Lautiz cursed the fleeing mercenaries and, with a flick of his riding whip, ordered the knight squads of his vassals to charge.

“Charge!” “Kill!”

The family banners of the barons were raised high, and more than 120 heavily armored knights, armed with long lances, holding gleaming heavy swords, and swinging heavy maces, spurred their constantly accelerating warhorses, roaring as they charged towards Baron William’s forces.

Baron William had fewer vassals than Count Lautiz, and he only brought more than 110 knights, which was clearly fewer in number.

However, the northern highlands were cold, and the warhorses raised there were tall and strong, while the knights trained there were brave and fearless. These more than 110 knights actually fought evenly with Count Lautiz’s vassal knights, who had a slight numerical advantage, and it was hard to tell who was winning.

“Kill! Let’s finish off these southerners!”

Baron William was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a strong build and extraordinary swordsmanship. In no time, four people had fallen under his sword.

“Baron William, I’ll take you on!”

Edward, who was only twenty-six years old, had reached the peak of a knight’s physical and technical abilities. With equally extraordinary swordsmanship, he had already taken five heads. Seeing Baron William, who was killing people in the middle of the battlefield, he wanted to prove his martial skills and spurred his warhorse, slashing a sword towards Baron William’s head.

“Where did this young whippersnapper come from, daring to show off in front of me?”

Baron William was not to be trifled with either. With a cold smile, he turned to face Edward. For a while, their long swords and armor clashed, producing loud noises and dazzling sparks.

The number of fallen people and horses on the battlefield increased, the smell of blood became stronger, and the sudden screams made people’s scalps tingle. At this moment, these knights and nobles fighting on the battlefield were no different from ordinary soldiers. Their eyes were bloodshot, with no elegance or dignity, only roars and fighting.

“Neigh!”

At this time, an unexpected situation occurred. Baron Connor’s warhorse accidentally stepped on a muddy patch of grass and suddenly sank into the mud. Because the knight and the armor on the horse were too heavy, this somewhat old warhorse lost its balance and fell to the ground with a scream.

Baron Connor, who was on the horse, fell directly to the ground and hit the ground heavily.

“Dad!”

Edward, who was still fighting with Baron William, was startled by this scene, and his moves became disordered, no longer as sharp as before.

Baron William, who keenly observed this, smiled at the corner of his mouth and seized the opportunity to say to the knight beside him, “Quickly go and kill that fallen baron, and it would be better to kill this boy too!”

Baron Connor, who had injured his lumbar spine, could no longer get up from the ground. Looking at the chaotic horse legs in front of him and the constantly stabbing swords, he could only desperately swing his sword to block the attacks from above.

“Neigh~!”

A tall horse raised its front hooves high, screamed fiercely, and trampled hard on Baron Connor’s chest. The breastplate on Baron Connor’s chest collapsed sharply, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, letting out an unbearable scream.

“Dad!”

Edward was anxious! He rushed forward, struck with anger, and killed the knight who trampled his father with a sword. Just as he was about to get off the horse to save his father, a gust of wind came from his ear. He turned his head sharply to the side, and a sensation like ants biting came from his neck. It was Baron William who had struck a sword on his neck. If he hadn’t dodged quickly, it wouldn’t have been just a scratch.

“Knight Morris, go and save my father quickly!”

Edward had to shift his attention back to dealing with Baron William and called for the rescue of his family knight.

……

“Is Baron Connor in danger?”

Zhou Ming, who had returned to the vicinity of the battlefield, saw Baron Connor, who was surrounded by a circle of knights, repeatedly contested, lying on the ground with serious injuries, and in an extremely dangerous situation. His heart couldn’t help but race.

To save?

Or not to save?

If he saved, Baron Connor might still have a slim chance of survival.

If he didn’t save, unless Count Lautiz brought his own thirty or so elite knights into the battle, his vassal knights, who were already at a disadvantage, would definitely not be able to protect Baron Connor lying on the ground.

“Save, must save! Otherwise, if Baron Connor dies and Edward becomes the lord, Donny and I will have no place to stay in Granling…”

Just at that moment, a riderless warhorse ran in his direction.

Zhou Ming’s eyes lit up. He went forward and took hold of the heavily armored warhorse, making it stop.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Ming unfastened the heavy armor’s buckle, took off all the armor weighing more than a hundred kilograms from the warhorse, only kept the saddle and pad, then rode the horse, picked up a javelin stuck in the ground, and charged into the battlefield like the wind.

Lightly equipped, Zhou Ming’s horse running speed was much faster than that of the heavily armored knights. Moreover, the heavily armored knights on the battlefield had already consumed a lot of energy in the fierce fighting, and they were helpless against Zhou Ming, who passed by like the wind.

“Whoa~ whoa~ whoa~”

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang!”

Zhou Ming, holding a javelin, kept harassing the knights of Baron William’s side, knocking on their helmets with the javelin, and attracting their attention with strange cries, making these knights, who originally had the upper hand and had been pushing back Count Lautiz’s vassal knight team, extremely annoyed.

Even Baron William, who had already made many wounds on Edward, had the beautiful helmet with many bright feathers on his head knocked heavily by Zhou Ming’s javelin.

“Quickly go and kill that damned serf! I will grind his bones into powder!”

Baron William was both ashamed and angry, as if he had been greatly provoked! He let go of Edward, who was facing him, pointed to the direction where Zhou Ming was fleeing, and ordered the knights to make that serf pay a heavy price!

Soon, more than ten heavily armored knights, who wanted to put Zhou Ming to death, followed behind him.

To deal with these heavily armored knights, Zhou Ming still used the tactic of “running.” The equipment and warhorse of a heavily armored knight weighed more than two hundred kilograms for the rider and armor alone, plus the warhorse itself weighed more than half a ton. In a running state, it would be a miracle to run continuously for five kilometers. Zhou Ming only led these knights around two or three circles, and their warhorses slowed down to a snail’s pace.

The knights on horseback could only glare at him with a look that could eat people.

“My lord, quickly ride this horse! The knights behind are almost catching up. I have to leave first!”

Zhou Ming spurred his horse back to the center of the battlefield, came to Baron Connor’s side, and with difficulty, he put him on the horse. He whipped the horse’s rump to make it run faster. Before the pursuing soldiers arrived, he blew a provocative whistle at them again, “Whoosh~ whoosh~” The pursuers were provoked, and they, who originally wanted to intercept Baron Connor, angrily chased after Zhou Ming.

However, their exhausted warhorses could not even catch up with Zhou Ming, who was running on foot.

“All knight squads, launch the final charge!”

Count Lautiz, who had been waiting in the rear for the right moment, watched the scene on the battlefield with wide eyes. Seeing that Baron William’s knight squad was almost exhausted, he raised his hand and ordered the remaining more than 30 elite knights, who had not yet entered the battlefield, to launch the decisive blow.

In this battle, Count Lautiz, at the cost of 88 casualties of his own knights, killed and wounded 94 knights of Baron William’s side and captured Baron William himself, achieving an absolute victory in the “500 horses” war.

Life in a Simulation - Chapter 30

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