Chapter 33
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nBoth sides were just 500 meters apart.
nThe moment Philip waved his hand and shouted, “Begin!”
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nHe charged fiercely towards the other side!
nThe Three Talents Formation, where Monn was, had everyone lined up neatly.
nThey had a feeling of being one when they charged as a whole!
nAnd the captain and team captain from the opponent’s side.
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nAlthough the enemy’s average strength was stronger, their troop’s aura was also strong when they charged forward.
nBut they didn’t show any strength of unity!
nThey were more like a large group of people gathered and charged forward together.
nThey didn’t have any cooperation, nor did they have any division.
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nThey all had the thought of “relying on themselves to defeat these Grey Iron Rank rookies in front” deep in their hearts!
nThat was a common problem of almost all the armies in this era!
nEven in the elite troops like the Iron Thorn Army and the Iron Throne Army of the Kingdom of Kate!
nThere wasn’t much cooperation between the soldiers!
nIt was the commander who gave the order, and everyone charged over together most of the time!
nIf the enemy was scattered by the frontline, then they would be considered to have won, because the other troops would fall into defeat!
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nAnd if his side was scattered by the first wave…
nThen everyone would just run for their lives!
nThat was mostly the case in the era of cold weapons!
nMonn knew this, so that was the reason he chose the simpler method of battle formation, to make the soldiers become one!
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nTo make the soldiers not retreat and not fear death and could quickly gather and charge again, even if they were defeated on the first wave was not something that could be done by a mere battle formation!
nThat required strong psychological quality, firm faith, and almost every soldier had to have subjective initiative!
nTraining these qualities…
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nMonn knew that he could not do it!
nTraining an army was not as simple as talking.
nFrom logistics, to work and rest, to training methods, to propaganda, to psychological construction…
nAlmost every link, all needed many professionals!
nEven Monn was just a smatterer.
nHow could he find those professionals?
nLooking at the opponent, the captains and team captains were charging like a group of scattered armies.
nMonn smiled.
nAlthough he could not build such an invincible army, the opponent couldn’t win even if they only display half of the battle formation’s power!
nIt was unless they had an expert above Amethyst Rank among them who could suppress them with absolute force and instantly break their defense.
nIf not, those knights would only have one chance to cast spells!
nThe rest would be purely close combat!
nA captain said that 500 meters were unfair to these 100 Grey Iron Rank knights just now.
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nMonn disagreed with that!
nThe 500 meters was a delicate distance!
nAlthough the Heavy-Armored Knights could charge if the distance were too long, they would not have much momentum when it came to close combat.
nMoreover, they would be suppressed by the endless firepower of the enemy!
nThe Heavy-Armored Knights could not charge if the distance were too short.
nOnly 500 meters was the most suitable distance!
nThoughts ran through his mind.
nMonn’s gaze became solemn.
nThe distance between the two sides had shortened to 300 meters!
nThe Light-Armored Knight had already started charging!
nThey needed to stall for time for the Heavy-Armored Knights until the Heavy-Armored Knights could charge at full speed!
nThen with the help of inertia, even Mithril Rank knights would not be able to block these Heavy-Armored Knights head-on!
nHealing and all sorts of support spells had already begun to cast behind them!
nThe Heavy-Armored Knights’ charge gradually had an unrivaled momentum!
n200 meters!
n100 meters!
nMonn roared in a deep voice when the distance between the two sides was only 100 meters!
n“Charge! Crush them!”
n“Charge!”
nThe 100 Gray Iron Rank knights seemed to have condensed into a single entity at that moment!
nThey fearlessly charged forward!
n50 meters!
n10 meters!
nThe Light-Armored Knight met the opponent head-on!
nA Gray Iron Rank knight was knocked over by a Mithril Rank captain with a single spear!
nHowever, he fearlessly brandished his long saber before he ‘left’ the battlefield!
nThe long saber slashed onto the Mithril Rank captain’s spear!
nThe strike caused the team captain to be slightly stunned.
nHe looked at the Gray Iron Rank knight who was already lying on the side as if he was ‘dead’!
nHowever, there was no fear in that knight’s eyes!
nHe only looked at his companion quietly.
nThere was determination, courage, and fearlessness on his face!
nThe Mithril Rank Captain was shocked.
nHe seemed to understand why Cardinal Monn felt that these 100Gray Iron Rank knights could defeat them.
nThat was because they all trusted their companions!
nTherefore, each of them dared to charge forward and swung their strongest saber at the enemy!
nAnother Gray Iron knight jumped up with a murderous look on his face in a split second. The long saber in his hand slashed towards the heads of four or five Mithril Rank knights in front of him!
n“Kill!”
nAt this moment, the four or five Mithril Rank knights withdrew their weapons at the same time!
nIt was not because they wanted to hold back.
nInstead, they were shocked by the murderous look in the eyes of that Gray Iron Rank knight!
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